Spyro was uncounscious in an unknown location. It seemed to be an endless dark void. Despite the pain he felt, he managed to open his eyes. "Oooh... What happened? Where am I?" Spyro couldn't see anything around him, just a dark place that made his voice echoing. He couldn't do anything or go anywhere. "What happened to me?"

Right as he wondered, an answer started showing to him. At Kaos' bedroom, the new dark Spyro woke up, and the two now share a body and mind, but he wasn't in control of anything. He was only able to see and hear what happens. "I'm at... Kaos' place?" He then remembered. "That's right! I've been kidnapped by him, and that eyes thing attacked me. What did Eon said about Strykore again...? He's the "Light eater"?" His body started to walk around and got close to a mirror, which gave Spyro a shock. "What happened to my body? Where is my cool purple color?"

His new self got closer, not hearing what his light self is saying, and started talking to himself with his deep voice. "I can feel the power of darkness within me..." Spyro understood what happened and gasped. "This is terrible!", while Dark Spyro's reaction is letting out a loud "This is amazing! I'm loving the new me!"

Both of their reactions were cut short by Kaos' annoyed reaction. "Excuse me, but it still is my place here." Dark Spyro was annoyed, but teased as an answer. "Yes, and that's a nice place, but the decoration could be better." Kaos was even more angered at that. "Father probably doesn't care about you, so don't get too confident!"

Their bickering was quickly interrupted by Glumshanks. "Strykore is requiring your presence." Kaos gloated "See? Father is asking for me. He doesn't care about an old Skylander who doesn't know squats about evil!" Glumshanks painfully had to correct him. "Actually, Sir Strykore is asking for Spyro..." Dark Spyro couldn't resist to taunt him. "Oooh... In your face!" Spyro was amused, but it didn't prevent him from freaking out as his body enters the room Strykore is at.

"Ah, Spyro! And Kaos..." Spyro was nervous at the sight of the dark sorcerer. "So that's Strykore! Is it just me or does he looks incredibly like Eon?" Strykore gave him news. "I just had a word with my old friend Malefor. The Skylanders went to help your past self, but they weren't any match for him. He successfully managed to get his daughter back to have her join evil again." Spyro felt like he got a huge punch in the stomach. "Cynder is gone... And it's all my fault..."

Strykore continued, using magic to illustrate his subjects: "Now let's focus on our goal: destroy the Core of Light once and for all! To do that, I will need a weapon, the Fist of Arkus. It is located at the island of Arkus, but it's location is kept secret between Skylanders Senseis." Spyro recognized King Pen and got worried as Strykore continued: "We will kidnap the current Sensei and force him to tell us what he knows."

Kaos was impressed. "That's a great plan, Father." "Yes... and Spyro will do it." Spyro, on the inside, was shocked like Kaos did. The latter immediately asked "Why him and not me? He's not experienced in evil!" Strykore's answer was simply "I decided it to be so!" "Father, reconsider it, please... Please..." Strykore just wanted to have him stop whining. "Fine, you can go. Serve me King Pen on a platter!" "Alright, Father!"

On the inside, Spyro sighed. "Be a hero or a villain, Kaos will always be a pain... But I have more things to worry about. King Pen will find out I'm working for evil, and..." He doesn't dare to think about his friends' reaction as he prepares his trip alongside him.

Dark Spyro and Kaos arrived later to King Pen's island and Kaos was early to gloat. "I'll show you how evil is done, noobie. I'll serve King Pen to Father on a platter." Kaos shows that he brought an actual platter, which really doesn't impress Dark Spyro since it was a figure of speech. "Look, there's our target!" Spyro gulped, but then noticed that King Pen has blindfolded himself, preventing him from seeing who his opponents are. Kaos was confident seeing this. "Ha, he won't see us! It's like he wants to be captured!"

King Pen actually noticed the intruders. "I may not see you, but I can feel you. I've been training blind for a while, so don't expect this to be an easy fight!" Kaos charged forward despite Spyro warning him "Uh, Kaos, I don't think it'll be that easy...". He got punched back predictably. Spyro was nervous as his body went on to attack King Pen, but he tried to calm down. "King Pen is very well trained and won't let himself get taken. But please, don't let him take off that blindfold!"

Dark Spyro attempted to attack him with a fireball, but King Pen felt it and dodged before kicking him back. Spyro actually felt the pain, but was relieved. "That's what you expect from a Skylander Sensei!" King Pen, feeling his opponents defeated, declared. "This is the way of a Sensei. Getting stronger while looking weak." Right as he moved, however, he bumped into a block of ice and starts to faint. "Maybe my senses still need to train more..." Kaos got up and stated "Look, we did it!"

Meanwhile, at the Skylander academy, Kaossandra tries to get accepted by the Skylanders, who don't trust her given that she's the mother of Kaos. Only Eon trusted her to begin with, and only Stealth Elf believes her when she says she wants to stop Stykore. This only led to several disputes around Spyro's old friends until Eon intervened. "Skylanders, I have bad news. King Pen has been kidnapped and is currently a captive of Strykore and Kaos. You'll need to save him at Kaossandra's castle." Kaossandra immediately stated "And I'm coming with you!"

Eruptor was quick to decline. "No way! We can't trust to have an evil sorceress on our side yet!" Kaossandra explained "I've never been evil... I stopped Strykore before, and in order to kept him captive, I had to use a powerful dark magic which corrupted me. Despite the appearance, my goals have always been good." Stealth Elf immediately adds "Besides, she can be of great help for us. She knows the place and has fought Strykore before." Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz thought about it and accepted, while Eruptor was still very doubtful.

Eon then motivated the group. "Alright, then. Skylanders, go at Kaossandra's castle and rescue King Pen! You don't have to defeat Strykore, but you will most likely have to face him, so be careful!"

At the dining room of the castle, King Pen has been immobilized while he was unconcious. Thankfully for Spyro, he was still blindfolded. He finally woke up and talked. "Strykore... I can feel your powerful darkness. So you're back. I don't know what you want from me, but I'm warning you that I'm trained to resist torture." Strykore didn't let himself discouraged. "We'll see about that! Give it a try, my new recruit!" Spyro is horrified at the idea, but is mostly thankful that Strykore didn't name drop him in front of King Pen. Kaos interrupted. "Wait Father, I can do it!" Again, Strykore gave up on contradicting him. "Fine, give it a try..." Kaos then started to use his dark powers against King Pen.

Meanwhile, the Skylanders arrived at the outside of the castle and started figuring out a plan. "We'll need to locate Strykore, who's more than likely trying to interrogate King Pen right now. Then, some of us will have to fight to distract him and Kaos while the others free King Pen." "That's a good plan, Jet-Vac!", answers Stealth Elf. "Kaossandra, what do you think you should...?" Her question was cut short as the sorceress disappeared from their side. Eruptor was annoyed as he took it as proof that she couldn't be trusted.

Inside the castle, Kaos has been using his powers for around a minute. "So, you're willing to talk, penguin?" King Pen only had an clueless tone. "Oh sorry, did you start the torture? I could only feel a little breeze." Spyro was amused and confident: "Of course he won't talk!" Strykore then turned to the dark dragon. "Why don't you try?" Dark Spyro started to fly above King Pen, charging dark steam from his horns. Meanwhile, Spyro could only cover his eyes out of shame. "I'm sorry, King Pen..."

Much to Kaos' dismay and despite Spyro's expectations, it only took a few seconds for King Pen to talk under Dark Spyro's torture. "How can I go to Arkus?" asked Strykore. "I do not have an answer to that, but I know there is a map whose location is kept secret, but I'm convinced that it is located somewhere in the Skylander academy." Strykore then thought as he got off King Pen's earshot with his new henchman. "Here's the plan, Spyro! You'll return to the academy, tell you previous friends that your change of color and voice was due to your fight with Malefor, and while you have their trust, try to find the map!"

Spyro was shocked. Not only was he forced to be on the side of evil, he will have to lie to his closest friends.

As always, Kaos looked for attention from him. "Wait Father, what can I do?" Strykore was annoyed and answered "Spyro is the perfect person for the mission. Do you really think you can convince the Skylanders that you're good?" Kaos admitted "Well, no... But then what, are you seriously going to let your son behind on your plan?" "Yes!", answered Strykore with brutal honesty.

Strykore walked back to King Pen. "Now that you told me what I wanted to hear... Time to end you!" He charged a powerful dark power and Spyro gulped, until an alarm rang. "We have intruders!", alarmed Kaos. Strykore was irritated. "Skylanders! Of course!" Adressing to Spyro, he adds "I'm counting on you! Leave now before they see you, or our plan will fall apart!" Dark Spyro managed to leave the room mere seconds before the Skylanders' infraction.

"So, here to try and save your friend, aren't you?" Strykore was not afraid to take down a team of four Skylanders, with or without Kaos' help. While the team could occupy Kaos, Strykore was too powerful for them to handle. "You made a foolish mistake!" He charges a blast of energy that would defeat them for good, but Kaossandra came using a secret passageway to block Strykore's magic with a shield, allowing Stealth Elf and Jet-Vac to free King Pen while Eruptor and Pop Fizz took care of Kaos. She then lead the Skylanders to a secret exit, allowing them to escape safe and sound.

Kaos was very annoyed. "Father, I'm sorry I didn't manage to help you get rid of them!". Strykore was surprisingly calm about it. "It doesn't matter! I got everything I wanted to know from that captive, and the plan is going just fine with Spyro." His new henchman flew towards the academy with a confident, sinister smile. He'll have no issue lying and manipulating the Skylanders.

But on the inside, Spyro was freaking out. "This can't be happening... I'm so dumb. Why did I got mad at Master Eon for banishing my species? It was all Strykore's fault they were evil in the first place! Eon had no choice! Now, by my fault, one of the biggest villains of Skylands is back! And Cynder is gone because I was reckless enough to get captured by Malefor. And I'm serving evil and will do my life partners dirty!" The purple dragon was close to crying. "I'm officially the worst Skylander ever..."