The day after the inspection, Eruptor greeted Stealth Elf back from her trip with Flynn. "So how did it go, Elfy?" Elf was annoyed in her answer. "Nothing happened, except that I had to endure Flynn's driving, to the point where it was almost pointless for me to go there. What about you guys?" Eruptor answered "Oh, well the academy got an inspection, but Eon got knocked out by an accident, so Spyro and Jet-Vac had to enter his body to control him, as well as defeating Golden Queen, who did an attack around. Afterwards, Sprocket had to help them got back to their normal size because her machine turned them tiny." Stealth Elf again, was annoyed. "Seriously, how come crazy stuff always happen to you guys when I'm not around?"

Eruptor was surprised, since her friend wasn't usually grumpy like that. "Uh, is something wrong, Elfy?" She then confessed "Not really, but... I'm worried. Don't you think Spyro has been a little suspicious since he came back?" Eruptor dismissed the idea. "What? I know he came back with a different color and sounds a bit different, but he's still our good old friend."

"I don't know... It looked like he sent me with Flynn just to send me away from him..." Eruptor, again, didn't believe that. "You're thinking too much, Elfy." Eon then appeared to ask for Stealth Elf to come to his office.

Dark Spyro was on his berdoom, looking himself in the mirror. "So, which look would best fit the new and improved Spyro? A dark bandana? Or a spiky collar?" Spyro couldn't believe what he saw. "Eww! Am I really that much of a narcissist?" He then notices Strykore appearing.

"Oh, hey, Master? Which one would you prefer? Please say the spikes..." Strykore ignored. "Did you open that box?" The dark dragon lied about what happened the previous day. "I had a chance to do it, but unfortunately, I was in a situation where I would've been caught, so I couldn't."

Since Strykore had something else in mind, he decided not to argue and change the subject. "I have a new mission for you. One that will prove your loyalty to evil! Based on your reports, that green elf on your team is starting to get pretty suspicious..." Spyro got scared as Strykore referred to his best friend. "You want me to get rid of her?" "Not really. I think that girl has potential. I will teach you a magic spell, and I want you to use it on an object that she wears. This spell will slowly devour her light and turn her evil, allowing us to have a new ally on our cause!"

Spyro was shocked, which slightly reflected into his dark self's reaction. "Evilize Stealth Elf? But she's my friend!" He quickly corrected himself "I mean, she was, when I was a foolish Skylander too..." Strykore gave him the incantation before concluding. "Well, either way, you'll be able to work with her again, just like when you used to be a Skylander. But this time, she'll be on the evil side like you. I'm counting on you!" But before disappearing, he adds. "Oh, and you should take the bandana. Spikes are way too cliché!"

The elf went to Eon's office, where Kaossandra also was. "Elf, I made you come because I have a mission for you! King Pen suffered during his time as a captive of Strykore, and you will need to do a trip to get sap from the Tree of Life to assure his full recovery. Can I count on you?" Stealth Elf was willing to decline. "But, I just came back from my trip with Flynn, and it wasn't a good time..." Eon understood. "That's okay. I'll have to find someone else to do this trip with Kaossandra, then." The elf heard that and changed her mind, as she wanted to spend time with her to talk about her arrival to the academy.

Spyro flies outside of the home, looking inside Elf's bedroom. He then noticed her bracelet. "Okay, the bracelet should do it!" He charged energy on his horns. "Noctum, Semper, Vix, Momomo!" The energy fires at the bracelet and Spyro got a happy smile. "Hey, I got it right first try! It's hard to remember magic words!" Seeing the door open, he quickly flew away. Spyro saw the action and couldn't believe it. "No... I've doomed my best friend..."

Stealth Elf came in, finishing her package for the trip, while Kaossandra entered with her permission. "Thank you for accepting to come with me, Elf. To be honest, I needed company. Today is Mothers Day and..."

Stealth Elf got emotional "I know you miss Kaos. You know, despite all the times we foiled his plans... and all the times I called him an idiot... I think you are right to believe that he has a good side." Kaossandra smiled as Stealth Elf continued. "Mothers Day is always awkward to me, I don't have parents. I was raised by a tree."

She then had an idea. "I don't know if that would mean much, but..." She takes the bracelet that Spyro cursed outside of her knowledge. "This is my favorite bracelet. I'd like to offer it to you as a present for Mothers Day!" Kaossandra was so happy she could cry, and hugged Stealth Elf as a thanks. "We should get going now!"

Around one hour after their departure, Dark Spyro kept lying on his bed and had a somewhat sorrowful expression that was due to the feelings of the inner Spyro. The latter can't believe what he just did. "Stealth Elf is going to be corrupted and evil, all by my fault! I'm a terrible friend!"

It goes to the point where his physical self would start talking to himself, engaging an endless dialogue, back and forward between arguments. "Did I do the right thing?" "Of course, you're evil!" "Elf doesn't deserved that!" "But you'll work with her again!"

He concluded with "Stop thinking about her, okay?", but couldn't as he watched a picture of her, right before being surprised by Strykore. "Spyro, don't tell me you're feeling bad about your betrayal!" Dark Spyro was afraid and quickly said "Of course not, Sir!" Strykore left immediately, as he went back to his work.

Making sure that Strykore was busy, Dark Spyro decided to go outside to talk to Eon about something.

Due to Spyro's curse, Kaossandra kept acting more and more angry, which caused them to crash their Supercharger. Stealth Elf started to doubt Kaossandra. Looking for help, they ran into gremlins who told them that Bomb Shell stole their tools and enslaved them, convincing Elf to react. They quickly find the turtle villain and Elf starts to talk about a strategy, but Kaossandra, under the bracelet's effects, brutally went forward and defeated him.

Meanwhile, Spyro ended up leaving the academy, looking for something. He then noticed a crashed Supercharger against a tree. "Geez, it's not pretty..." He then noticed two familiar people. "Excuse me, Sir and Ma'am! What happened here?" The mabu couple was too busy arguing as they do almost daily, causing the dragon to repeat. "

"Excuse me? What happened?" The female mabu talked first. "What happened is that Gary isn't able to stay brave when he sees a vehicule and wouldn't be able to protect me!" The male mabu answered. "Claire, I can defend myself, it just wasn't a good opportunity, it was too sudden!" "It's never a good opportunity with you, like to pay for a restaurant!"

Spyro rolled his eyes seeing that and asked another question. "Were you able to see who was driving it?" Interrupting the argument, Gary answered "Well, we saw two women, including an elf. It seems whoever was driving got crazy with the wheel and tried to hurt us!" Spyro gasped. "That must've been Elfy... I turned her into a violent vandal..."

The mabu couple then kept arguing, changing subjects all the time. The dragon just decided to move on at this point. "Well, I can't do anything about that, so..." He went forward after letting a thank you, looking for more informations.

Stealth Elf was incredibly confused and didn't know what to think of her attitude. "Uh, Kaossandra? Thanks for defeating him, but..." The sorceress didn't let her finish. "And now, it's your turn!" Elf was shocked and took her blades, willing to fight back. "I can't believe I trusted you! I should've listened to Eruptor!"

Spyro went forward, seeing the same gremlins that Elf encountered, and heard the story. Spyro was relieved on the inside. "Cool, that means Elfy is still her nice and heroic self! But then, did the spell simply stopped...?" He suddenly heard fighting and saw the fight between Elf and Kaossandra, and quickly understood, speaking to himself in his mind.

"Kaossandra! She has the bracelet! How? But there's more important! She might hurt Elf!"

The elf fought back with anger and sadness, but even then, Kaossandra was able to disarm her and make her vulnerable, as her opponent continued to fight.

Dark Spyro panicked in his mind. "What do I do...?" Spyro, from the inside, yelled. "I have to save her!"

Stealth Elf was scared and almost gave up. "Kaossandra... Please..."

Right then, a quick movement distracted Kaossandra. Spyro jumped and didn't want to let his friend get hurt. He then punched to bracelet, making it fall on the ground. That act causes Kaossandra to lose focus as she got back to her senses. "Oooh, what happened?"

Stealth Elf then realized. "The bracelet! Once you put it on, you started acting like a crazy maniac! Not to be rude..." Kaossandra was quick to understand. "It must've been cursed! Someone wanted to turn you evil! And that's Strykore's specialty..."

Dark Spyro faked anger "Strykore! That guy will never let us alone!" Stealth Elf was impressed by her friend's act, but wondered. "Spyro, thanks, but... What are you even doing here?" He simply decided to answer "Oh, I just felt like taking some fresh air..." "That far from the academy?"

He simply added "Yeah, that's where the best air is!" Despite her questioning, Stealth Elf hugged her friend. "Thanks...". Kaossandra got back on the mission. "Now let's find the Tree of Life and go home!"

After their return trip, Spyro volunteers to deliver the sap to Eon. Kaossandra feels bad about what happened and Stealth Elf doesn't want her too, given that she also feels bad about thinking she was faking her kindness when she saw her possessed. Eruptor just met with Spyro and talked to Elf. "I'm glad you're okay, Elfy! Looks like Spyro saved you. Didn't I tell you he was still our good old friend?" "Yeah, maybe you're right!". She smiled after thinking about what the dragon did.

On the inside, Spyro, despite the guilt, was happy that he could once again influence his dark side to save the day. "Hopefully, I get to control that evil body soon enough. But still, what could I tell to my friends once that happens...?"

Spyro was right to worry, as the act only caused Stealth Elf to be more suspicious of him. "How could Strykore curse the bracelet without leaving Kaossandra's castle? How could he know that I wear this bracelet all the time? And how come Spyro seemed to know that the bracelet was the problem...? Could it be that Spyro...?"