Today was the day of the Skylands awards and Hugo announced the prize for the bravest people of the lands. Dark Spyro was very bored, but had to roll with it as Hugo declares Team Spyro as the winners. Dark Spyro then joined the others on the stage as Jet-Vac started his speech. "Well, even though we won it several times already, it's still an honor to be thanked for our bravery. I do have a list of thanks to give..." He pulls out a long list, causing Spyro to react from where he was. "Oh, good grief, Jet-Vac..."
Dark Spyro didn't want to lost time. "J-V, if you don't mind, I'd like to say something..." Jet-Vac was bothered, but didn't want to decline. He then took the stage. "People of Skylands, we thank you all for this reward, and be assured we won't stop there. As long as Skylanders will be a thing..." That sentence gave him a thought "And who knows for how long exactly it will be..." However, he quickly snapped out of it before people could catch him with an evil grin on his face. "... the people of Skylands will have nothing to fear!" Right after his words, an explosion occured on a nearby island. "Well, except maybe that..."
Stealth Elf immidiately blames Bombshell, but Ka-Boom states that a rock from the explosion doesn't have traces of Bombshell usual explosive. This knowledge let the others confused. "I'm an expert of explosives. Why do you think I'm called "Ka-Boom"?" Eruptor blindly states "I thought that was your last name." Stealth Elf is, however, quick to ignore that. "Ka-Boom, we appreciate your help, but maybe we can handle this ourselves. Bombshell probably escaped from Cloudcracker Prison, so we should go and meet Snap Shot."
"Good call, Elfy! Let's go, team!" Jet-Vac adds, but Dark Spyro doesn't really want to because of his mission. "Well, I'm still weakened from the story with Malefor, so I may not be of good help... I should stay at the academy, but Ka-Boom can help you! After all, he knows the subject and he'll be of bigger help than me if you have a fight." Jet-Vac admits that he's right and accepts Ka-Boom company, although the group still think they can handle it without him. Spyro was a bit confused "What am I up to now with that...?"
Dark Spyro took profit of their departure to go to his bedroom, only to be surprised by Strykore's telepathic presence. "Ah! Were you just waiting for me?" Strykore ignored the question "What about the map? Any progress?" The dragon was confident: "Not yet, Sir. But I managed to get my team out of the academy, which means I'm free to investigate without them interfering." "Good, so get to it!" concluded Strykore before disappearing. Dark Spyro had an annoyed tone "Well, if he wasn't there asking me questions all day, I could do my evil work faster..."
Dark Spyro entered Eon's office and checked that he's alone before starting to charge dark electricity. "All I have to do is hack the security and..." He didn't have to continue, as the Relic room was already opened. "Seriously? This is all too easy... Not that I care!" Spyro had an evil smile until he heard Eon's voice inside. He was having an argument with Kaossandra.
"And I'm telling you that..." Eon stopped as he noticed the visitor. "Spyro! What are you doing here?" Dark Spyro was nervous as he tried to find an excuse. "I can tell, my friend. You still want to learn stuff about your ancestors, right?" Dark Spyro took the opportunity while having an emotional tone. "Yeah... How did you know...?" "Those tears on your face mean that it's still an important subject for you..." Dark Spyro corrected: "Actually, it's not that... You're stepping on my tail!"
The light sorcerer backed up. "Oh, I'm really sorry..." Dark Spyro understood that he couldn't search for the map without seeming suspicious to them. "Well, to be honest, I'm over it! I just wanted to tell you that it was dumb of me to get mad at you for that. So I should go..." Eon wanted to ask something before. "Wait, Spyro, we need your opinion on something. Kaossandra and I are working together for the first time in a while, and we happen to have many disagreements. Do you think you can help us?" Dark Spyro didn't want to sound rude and rolled with it. "Maybe I could, what's the problem?"
The dragon really wasn't expecting what he heard as an answer. "You need... directions? THAT'S the big deal? I'd say this is really stupid for two mature and powerful sorcerers like you to argue on stuff like that!" Eon and Kaossandra had to agree on that. "You're right, Spyro!", said Eon. "I think you'll be of great help for us, right?" "Exactly!", added Kaossandra. The two sorcerers dragged him out of the Relic room. Spyro was relieved. "Good! That'll prevent me from doing suspicious stuff for now... Thank you, Eon, Kaossandra!"
One hour later, Dark Spyro was still in front of them, seeing them arguing about pretty much anything. But the biggest subject was wether or not Kaos could be turned good. The dark dragon had enough and suggested something. "I have an idea. Hypnosis! You'll be able to tell to each other all the things you have deep within you. Once this is done, you'll both feel much better." Eon thought this would be worth a try. "So..." Dark Spyro flew to find a book at the office's library. He then starts the hypnosis method from the book called "Hypnosis - When Everything Else Failed". However, Spyro was confused "So... I'm helping them? Was I able to turn good again?" He had a happy smile seeing that.
Dark Spyro read the book aloud. "When I say the word "release", you'll both fall into a deep hypnosis state, in which you'll do exactly what I say. "Release!"" He checked on both, who had a distant stare and didn't react to his hand signs. Dark Spyro then took a sinister smile. "So... get me the map to Arkus!" The phrase caused Eon to move to the Relic room and Spyro's smile to fall apart. "WHAT? NO!"His only moment of happiness in a while immediately stopped.
Thankfully, Eon and Kaossandra kept bringing him dozens of inaccurate objects. Dark Spyro ends up giving up with Kaossandra minutes later. "Fine... You can go sleep, I don't need your help anymore. When you wake up, you won't remember!" He sat next to Eon and attempted one last time. "Can you show me where the map to Arkus is?" Still in hypnosis, Eon answered right "I can bring you to the map to Arkus!" "Finally!", yells Dark Spyro in his mind as he took a satisfacted smile. Meanwhile, Spyro was freaking out. "Master Eon, please don't! Wake up!" He tried using a trigger word, "Sheep", but as always, this proved useless as Eon couldn't hear the good Spyro.
Eon leads Spyro to the Relic room and says. "The map to Arkus is more than likely hidden in the secret passageway of the Relic room. This is where all the biggest treasures of Skylands are at. The only way to activate the passageway is me mentioning the lullaby from my childhood, Little Miss Muffet". Dark Spyro was pleased and added just for fun: "Well, I like Little Black Sheep more myself, but..." He quickly realized that saying this was a mistake as Eon started to act like a sheep and left the room. "Oh gosh, why did I say that? That's one of the trigger words... COME BACK!".
Dark Spyro then reunited both later as his experiment failed. Eon got back to his senses. "I don't recall anything... What happened?" The dragon was annoyed and lied "The expirement was a success. You both went back to the source of your problems." "Kaossandra, I'm sorry. I know Kaos means a lot for you and I think we make him realize that being on our side would be better for everyone." Eon got an apology from Kaossandra as an answer "I'm sorry too, I get way too sensitive when it's about Kaos."
The black dragon again wanted to change the subject, planning to ask Eon if he could make him visit the Relic room, but he was interrupted. "Master Eon!" Spyro's friends came back from the mission and had bad news. "Everyone! What's going on?" Eruptor answered with guilt. "We failed, Master Eon. We should've listened to Ka-Boom! All those bombs were just a mere distraction." Jet-Vac adds "Kaos did that to get us away. In the meantime, he got an old pirate boat and rescued the Doom Raiders to be his crew." Pop Fizz felt like adding "But he left Broccoli Guy behind!"
Kaossandra was shocked: "Kaos is... a pirate now?" Eon had an annoyed reaction "Does that shock you?" It quickly caused the two to argue again. Stealth Elf was very confused and asked Dark Spyro, who just answered "It's better not to get into this..."
Spyro, once again, went on an emotional ride, seeing his dark side trying to manipulate his friends for the sake of evil. And he's doomed to watch until he eventually succeeds.