The Academy: 5:00

A black figure sneaked through the Academy. His eyes glowed red and he was laughing to himself profoundly. He had finished his setup, as today was one of his favorite days of the year. He had waited for this moment all year. He had just returned and was holding the trigger. He had been made aware to steer clear of Cynder because she did not take pranks too well.

He finished his setup and went back to sleep. And waited. The next hour was agonizing to wait, but he held up. The Academy had no idea what was about to happen.

6:00

Stealth Elf woke up and looked around. Unfortunately, she did not notice the date. She walked down. She opened the door to get some breakfast but was surprised to see it was empty. Little did she know that the dark figure was waiting nearby. She called up and soon everybody was looking for the food and were very confused as it was known they had just gotten more food yesterday. Stealth Elf looked inside Pop Fizz's basement and was met with an avalanche of food.

She stood dazed as the others were buried in all the food. She heard profused laughing coming from the corner. There she saw the dark figure. "Oh no, it's not what day I think it is, is it?". The figure responded, "Why yes it is.". "Do you really have to do this kind of stuff every year Spyro?" Stealth Elf asked. Spyro could not stop laughing. "Well, all I have to say is, Fools on you!" he laughed and shadow dashed through the wall. The others were just getting up. "Don't tell me, it is April first isnt it?" Eruptor said.

Soon, Spyro's pranks started to unfold. He had replaced Eon's Beard Spray with orange spray paint. He superglued Flameslinger's quiver to his back. He fused Drobot's mech suit together and he could not move, but it was nothing compared to the tricks he had pulled on the evildoers. The Darkness found himself in a room full of darkness so great even he could not see.

Strykore woke up to his helmet gone and Kaos had his helmet on. Everyone hated they had not seen this coming. Spyro had told Cynder ahead of time where his pranks were so she would not get attacked. Spyro had not gotten pranked because most pranks were either mechanical or magical. He sensed all of them. Once, he walked right on a pressure plate but it did not activate.

Jet-Vac had set it up because Spyro had made his Vac-Gun malfunction and had made the Vac-Gun shoot stink bombs. He walked over to where Spyro and Cynder had just passed and stamped his foot...right on the pressure plate. He was flung into his own prank and was bounced around like a bouncy ball. Spyro and Cynder watched as he came out backwards and upside down.

Spyro continued his spree until everyone wanted to get back at him. They organized a prank that would backfire horribly. A spell cast by Eon allowed them to look like the Darkness and his friends and allies. They started to attack Spyro's house and Spyro started to fight back. Unfortunately the villans also wanted revenge and was also attacking. Spyro was confused as which was which.

Spyro started to get overwhelmed until he recited, "mrof eurt sti ni dlrow eht wohs!".( by the way, if you haven't noticed, and take this as a tip, if you want to make a spell sound realistic, make them recite what they want to do backwards. Like: destroy the maker = rekam eht yortsed) The disguises of the Skylanders burned away and Spyro could clearly see where the Darkness was. He started to attack. Cynder helped by fighting by his side.

He would have had an easy win, except the Darkness had an upgraded weapon. It couldn't pierce Spyro's scales, but it was now double sided and could send out waves of darkness just by being there. Spyro saw it hard to focus but was able to defend. He knew he had to end this. The villains were starting to advance on the Academy. Strykore was getting more powerful by the waves of darkness.

He knocked Cynder bacwards into the Academy. She felt the left side erupt with pain. She knew all her left ribs were broken, and while the magic of Spyro's light necklace helped, it could not help much. She tried to breathe easily but it was like inhaling knifes. Spyro saw Cynder hurt and his rage exploded. He let out an enormous shock wave and blasted all the villains away. He flew over to Cynder and brought her to their house to be healed. He used his life powers.

She started to breate more easily and the life in her slowly re-started. As the life magic healed Cynder, Spyro brought out somethig he had been carrying for quite a while. It was the amulet that contained Dark Spyro, the physical incarnation of his darkness since he was cured of is darkness so long ago. Cynder looked over and saw Spyro had a look of sadness on his face.

She saw what he was holding. "You still have that?" she asked incrediously, "Why? Just kill him and move on so he can't cause any more trouble.". Spyro sighed. "I can't." he said sadly. Cynder's eyes widened. "What do you mean you can't? You are the Chosen One, you can do anything." she exclaimed. Spyro looked back at the amulet. "I just can't kill. The only one I can kill is the Darkness." he sighed.

Cynder tried to reason with him. "But you have killed hundreds of the Darkness's monsters." she said. Spyro sighed again. "That is different. They regenerate. They always live. I was once told that all life has meaning. And I just can't kill him." he said. He stared at his dark embodiment's face, it's face pleading to get out. He decided to do something.

Later, after Cynder had healed, he walked to an open place where it was close to his house. He made a new house there. He put an enchantment on the house. He went to the new house and marked a sign on the floor of the new house. He placed down the amulet. He carefully touched the amulet with his paw. The amulet started to grow and change color. It turned dark and started forming in the shape of a dragon.

Soon, Dark Spyro laid there where the amulet was. He opened his eyes. "What happened? Where am I?" Spyro was about to speak up when Dark Spyro noticed him and jumped up in a battle stance. But his face was full of worry. "Why are you here?" he asked. Spyro calmly explained how he had brought Dark Spyro back to life and this was his house until Spyro found out how to remove the Darkness within him.

Spyro left Dark Spyro and returned to his own house. Dark Spyro started to wonder why he had ever antagonized his other side. He wondered how his other form could be so forgiving when he had done so many bad things to his friends. He went to his new bedroom. He fell asleep. His mind conflicted on what side he was actually on and who opposed him.

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P.S. Sorry for the long wait, it was hard coming up with new ideas and for the storyline. You all rock!