The Magic Crystal

On the Chain of Time, Luna and the Magic Element Skylanders were making their way to a place that was very familiar to the Princess of the Cosmic Arkeyans and to five of the Magic Element Skylanders.

"This is it everyone," said Spyro, "We're in the Arkeyan Armory."

"What's in this place?" Hoot Loop asked.

"An ancient armory created by the Arkeyan Empire over 10,000 years ago to hold most of their weaponry," Ninjini said, "Myself and the other Giants managed to imprison an elite battalion of Arkeyan Robots in a vault before we went after the Arkeyan Robot King himself. It was Tree Rex who delivered the final blow that defeated the Evil Robot King and deactivated the Arkeyan Robot Legions."

"However this victory came with a heavy price," said Luna, "Using the last of it's power the Iron Fist of Arkus sent the Giants to Planet Earth where the new Portal Masters uncovered them 10,000 years later."

"But it seems that a power vacuum was created and the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire rose to power," said Enigma, "The Giants went after the Robot Empire but they forgot about the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire."

"Yep and if we had known what the Arkeyan Sorcerer Empire would become then we would've taken on the Sorcerer King and made sure that the Sorcerer half of the Arkeyan Empire didn't gain the power that they currently have," said Ninjini with a heavy sigh, "Now the Arkeyan Empire once again rules all of Skylands. Only this time it's the Sorcerer Half in charge. I feel like the work that myself and the other giants did was for nothing."

"You may have a point," said Trap Shadow, "The Arkeyan Robot Empire may be gone but Kaos used their remnants in plot to takeover Skylands and cover it with darkness."

"How did he try to do that?" Blaster Mind asked.

"He invaded the Rampant Ruins to try and dig up some petrified Darkness up in an attempt to corrupt the Ancient Elementals," said Hoot Loop.

"And that was 100 years after Kaos' Mom sent Fire Vipers to attack the Ancient Elementals," Trap Shadow Spoke, "Fortunately the other Swap Force Skylanders and I defeated them and saved the day but we were blasted to earth by the Volcano's power itself."

Luna and the Other Magic Element Skylanders were listening as they were walking through the Armory. When they arrived at the War Machine Luna hopped in at the controls and activated the Robot to get herself and the team through the Halls of Fire and to the Crucible of the Ancients.

"Here we are," said Voodood, "The Crucible of the Ancients."

"Which means we had better be careful," Pop Fizz spoke, "If what Spyro and the others say is true then the Arkeyan Robots have been cleared and Rose and Sara left a powerful barrier preventing Shadowkhan from getting in here."

"Which means we've got the easiest sub crystal to locate," said Luna, "It's like we've got an easy walk in the park."

"Yeah but for some reason I feel that Malefor's got a surprise waiting for us once we get back to New Camelot," said Spyro as they arrived at the Crystal.

"Let's just grab it and go," Pop Fizz spoke as Luna grabbed the Crystal and teleported the group to New Camelot.

"Here we are," Luna said holding the Crystal, "Let's get to the throne room. The others are sure to have gotten their crystals there by now."

"I'll escort Luna to the Throne Room," Spyro said, "The rest of you return to Skylander Academy. We don't know what Kaos is up to."

The other Skylanders nodded as they went to do just that while some of the Core Skylanders stayed behind. Once Luna and the Core Magic Skylanders arrived at the throne room they saw the rest of Luna's Team having already acquired their crystals.

"I don't need to ask how your missions went," Luna said.

"We've got the Crystals," Roark spoke, "Now let's reassemble the Arkeyan Crystal."

"We can't just reassemble the Arkeyan Crystal if the Emperor isn't present," Kayleigh said, "That violates Arkeyan Procedure."

"Somebody call?" Emperor Drake spoke as he showed up with his sisters flanking him.

"Emperor Drake where were you?" Flannery asked.

"While you guys were out collecting the Arkeyan Crystal I had the Supercharger Skylanders take me to the prisons that the Arkeyan Empire Created," the Emperor replied, "I personally told the Wardens to quadruple the security measures to prevent another jail break."

"Well let's get the crystal back together," said Marlon, "The sooner the better. Then we can resume watching Shendu's final punishment."

"The one where he's sentenced to eternal torment until the end of creation by the entire Arkeyan Empire past present and future," Kayleigh said, "Nice idea Marlon."

The other Arkeyans were celebrating and cheering at that suggestion and so were most of the core Skylanders but Spyro and some of the Core Skylanders weren't. They had some objections but they kept them to themselves since they were in Emperor Drake's presence. Rose and Sara may have lost most of the power they had when Emperor Drake returned and even though they wanted to say something about how Shendu was only being a parent they didn't because they were already on thin ice and wanted to avoid meeting the same fate as Adinda so instead they took a different approach while saying what they wanted to say.

"Look we get that you all feel that Shendu and the parents care more about their kids' enemies and you want to make them suffer under Arkeyan Bylaws but let's be honest," Rose said, "The guy who tipped you off was planning on this from the beginning."

"What are you saying?" Flannery hissed, "That our enemies wanted us to wipe out Avalon and the Earth?"

"That's precisely what we're saying," Sara retorted, "Malefor's been behind this from the beginning."

"Which means that Kaos has been pulling our strings from the beginning," Luna realized.

"He probably wanted Adinda out of the way so as to revive Hektore in an attempt to take over the Radiant Isles and steal their power," said Erika, "And I hate to think what else he's got planned."

"But for now we'll have to gear up and prepare for whatever Kaos has planned," said Rita, "If he's already accomplished his goal to take over Skylands then we'll have to have the Governors step up security cause their castles, ours and Skylander Academy are gonna be the biggest symbols of hope that all of Skylands will have."

Little did they know that they were being watched by Malefor, Vrak, and Avarona in the Gigant Horse.

"Enjoy your little victory now cause once Kaos is done there won't be any hope left," said Malefor.

"So what's our next move?" Avarona asked, "Do we help Kaos with his plan or what?"

"I vote we take the Gigant Horse and the Armada Fleet to the Dragon Realm and make sure that nothing gets in or out without your counterpart's say so," Vrak said, "Then we can takeover Avalon and the Earth."

"But how are we gonna get our Armada to the Dragon Realm?" Avarona snapped.

"Did you forget that my counterpart sent the instructions on how to open the portals?" the Dark Master replied, "Once this is over you and Vrak will take the Armada to the Dragon Realm and use it to crush any remaining resistance."

"You mean you're not joining us?" Avarona asked.

"There's already a dimensional counterpart of Malefor there," Vrak spoke, "It would be too confusing if there were two of Malefor in the same dimension."

"I see your point," the Ice Dragon said, "Anyway let's motor."

The three evil beings smiled maliciously knowing that the problems for all of creation had only just begun and that Hell would have a new meaning.