The Darkness was excited. He had gotten so powerful, he had been so close to beating Spyro, his mortal enemy. He thought there was a hope that he could beat Spyro and rule over the universe. He knew he would have to get a lot more power to defeat the Chosen One. The blasted spirit was the only thing that stopped him from taking over the Skylands as it was. He needed more power, but how to get it was the problem. Then there was a loud rumble that shook the entire Darkness's fortress.
Then Strykore busted in the door. His face was as white as quartz. He was barely able to stutter, "You...needed...outside.". The Darkness stood up straight and got his scythe and prepared to fight. He walked out the door and dropped his scythe. What, or more preciesly, who was standing outside the door and had a tired expression on his horrible face. Out of a hellish red portal, was a massive muscular figure, skin a bloodish red, two horns sticking out of his temples. It was the Devil.
The Darkness fell onto his knees. "Please don't take me mighty Devil! The only person I ruled over is a troll!" he pleaded. The Devil rolled his eyes and rumbled in a great demonic voice, "Dude, TMI. Why would I kill you when you have sent me so many subjects and refreshing pain? I came here to make a deal with you, not kill you. And besides, divine law and all that stuff forbids me from killing you or harming you in any way. But I might just help you as nothing prohibits divines from helping each other.".
The Darkness regained his composure. "So," the Darkness said in a wavering voice, "What kind of help would you be suggesting?". The Devil smiled and said, "I was thinking of giving you a little extra power and some of my subjects to help you against that fiend Spyro. He caused a big uprising after he escaped. Do you know how much paper work that was? Complaints on how I run the Underworld, Having the one who helped them escape from me, it was a massive problem you know.
"I was forced to make a decent deal by the end of six months. You would be the last person I would deal with, but the Spirit of the Chosen One forbid any deals with any creature on rooted grounds. You do not have such descriptions, and I am forced to make a deal with you. And I want to torture Spyro's spirit eternally. So, interested?". The Darkness thought he was getting a big break. "Wait one minute," the Darkness said with his expression going from excited to skeptical, "what's in it for yourself?".
The Devil simply laughed at the question. "What I want, is half of the Skylands for myself after you conquer it, half of the residents, and also, a daily fee of ten karats of gold. A divine has to find a way to make a living, don't ya think?" he said, "You get everything else. Deal?". He took out his hand. The Darkness smiled. "Of course, you can have half of the Skylands. Or what's left of it." he said with the last bit under his breath. The Darkness put out his hand and the Devil shook it with his ginormous hand.
The Skylander Academy grounds.
Spyro walked across the grounds with his girlfriend Cynder. It was over a year they had been together. Spyro considered them the best years of his life. His connection with Cynder was strong. He would never leave her willingly. He had made that promise over a year ago. For the first few months, they kept it a secret as they were dragons, and therefore vulnerable to emotions bieng in anarchy. They had their work cut out as it became more obvious to everyone they were a couple. Spyro smiled.
He was in a good mood. He was at rest. He was a little concerned of how the Darkness was getting more powerful very fast, but he was mentally prepared for any battles he might face. He took a turn at the training course and had to fix the recording system again. "I swear to Eon's beard," Spyro was heard saying, "If this thing gets destroyed again, I'm going to make somebody else do it.". Spyro fixed it and used his phsycic ability to find the optimal route through the swinging maces. This was tough.
The moving objects made things harder. He needed to find a way to find a space where no maces or anything else would interfere. Eventually he found the optimal route. He performed it perfectly. He decided to take a break. In the past couple of months, he had grown very big. He was almost as tall as Master Eon, and that was not including his horns. They had made a circle that pointed to his back. (Think of Spyro Awakened in Skylanders: Ring of Heroes, bigger, without the golden marks.)
He saw something moving in the distance. He discarded it as a cloud. He saw a couple of minutes later that it was the Darkness's fleet. He noticed something on the ship that did not look like the normal bought of the Darkness's monsters. Instead, he saw a bunch of blood red creatures that looked like old hags. They had weapons. Spyro knew where he had saw those creatures before. With a lead pound in his stomach, he saw what was before him. The Darkness was leading the forces of Hell.
Spyro had dreadful flashbacks to when he was in the Underworld with those monsters. By the looks of it, the Darkness had obviously made some sort of deal with the devil. Spyro knew from a wittness, the Devil was a ruthless creature. He obviously knew that the Devil would not make a deal with nothing in it for himself. He quickly run his known analysis of the Darkness who only wanted things for himself. The most obvious answer was that the Devil would help in return for half of the Skylands, but the Darkness would destroy the Skylands so there is nothing to rule over. Spyro started to fight.
The Darkness seemed to be at calm. He fought with such magnitude that the Darkness would seem to be sure he would win this battle. Spyro was about to knock the Darkness into next week when a giant portal came out of an empty space and the Devil came through. Spyro heard a small yelp behind him and saw that Dark Spyro had gone rigid with fear as Dark Spyro had been tortured by the Devil. He had escaped with only a scratch on his left eye but was still a trausmatizing experience.
The Devil reached out and grabbed Spyro. The Darkness laughed but was taken aback when the Devil turned to him. "I am so sorry, but divine law says you can't steal someone who is participating in the battle and let the battle be. You will all have to come with me. And no harm is to come to anyone. Understand?" the Devil said sternly. The Darkness was angry but followed the Devil into a gladiator style arena with Spyro in the middle. One side was the Skylanders, and the evildoers were on the other.
Spyro was furious. "Could somebody explain to me, WHAT IN THE NAME OF EON'S BEARD IS GOING ON?!" he shouted. The Devil was standing on an emporer's stand. He smirked. "I have made a deal with the Darkness, and in order to let you go free, you must complete the Six Demon Trials. Six hard tasks that will test your skill, strength, and power. Pass these tests, and you will go free with you returned to normal as before I captured you, fail, and you will be kept here for all eternity!" he said.
Spyro was sweating on the spot, but could not afford to look weak. The Devil continued, "Also, before you begin, I am afraid I can't let you posses the Chosen One's spirit.". Spyro was stunned. "What do you mean?!" he shouted. Soon as he did, the Devil raised his hand and Spyro began to feel all the warmth sucked out of him. He fell to the ground. "However," The Devil continued, "You may still hold the sword of the chosen one, and use any element of your choice.". "What? Come on!" a voice shouted.
It was the Darkness. He was shouting furiously. The Devil put his hand down. "These are the rules, and if you have a complaint, why don't you come down and join Spyro?" he said daringly. Spyro was thinking of which element would be the most useful. He then asked, "May I use my Time Form? Anyone can learn it.". The Devil thought long and hard about this question. He thought for a full twelve minutes before saying, "You intrigue me, you may use your Time Form, but nothing else. Deal?".
Spyro said, "Deal.". And with that, the Devil started the first Demon Trial. A robotic voice said, " This test requires analysing your battlefield and using it to create a little advantage over your opponent.". Spyro picked up his sword. Then, the arena magically expanded and a massive canyon with multiple pathways. Spyro flew above and met his opponent. It was a hag, piloting an air jet. She started shooting at Spyro in an attempt to take him down. Spyro dodged and tried to slice the wings off the plane.
His blade bounced off. The jet turned around and again started shooting at Spyro. Spyro dodged. Being the smaller of the two, he was more nimble and agilistic. All this time, he was repeating what the words the machine meant. He then saw the passageways and straits of the canyon. He then knew how to beat his opponent. He dived down into the canyon and the hag followed him. Spyro used his smaller scale to zip in between the rock formations while the hag could not slip between the rocks.
Spyro traveled down a long straight that ended in a tight crevace. Something Spyro knew about hags was that their eyesight was very near-sighted. He flew very close to the ground so the hag would not have enough time to react. He zipped through the crevace and the hag's jet exploded on contact with the stones. Spyro had won the first trial. The Devil was impressed. He expected Spyro to be absolutly nothing without the Chosen One's spirit inside him. That concluded the first of the six trials to complete.
The Devil then changed the course for the second task's challenge. It was a flat grassland. "Now," said the robotic voice, "You will be tested of power. You must face 10 of our fiercest warriors at once.". Spyro took a sigh. He fought warriors a lot. He was prepared for this fight. The ten warriors were going to be tough to beat. Spyro put himself in a battle stance. He activated his time form. He felt the familiar power return to him, and he felt whole again. He looked at Cynder, the beautiful face that made him proud to be himself.
They locked eyes. Their powers linked, and Spyro looked at the warriors. Spyro smiled. He launched into an attack. He used his sword to knock one back. He jumped up and heaved Shurikens at another. The Shurikens sliced through 5 of them. The Shurikens got lodged into a wall. Spyro sliced one in half with his sword. Another put all his force on the punch he was throwing Spyro. Spyro turned and heldhis paw out. He caught the warrior and flipped him on his back. Spyro stabbed him. 3 left to go.
Spyro used Amber blades to slice through the remaining warriors. As he rushed at the last one, they started shooting blasts of magic at him. Time slowed down. He dodged the shots like nobody's business. He stopped in front of the last warrior. "Based on the radiation signatures from the launched projectiles, you ought to have used a heat calibrator to track your target." Spyro said. The warrior was confused. "Huh, english please." he said. Spyro smirked and said, "You did homing shots man.".
Spyro smiled as he flipped backward. The magic shots had no time to redirect. The shots hit the final warrior. The Skylanders were cheering on their friend. The Devil was starting to become intrigued. "Maybe this person is as strong as without the Spirit. I should have made a deal with him." said the Devil to himself. He called that before the third task, Spyro could speak to his friends. A rare privlege. Spyro was feeling great as he taked to his friends. He knew that he would win this one, and he would.
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