|| And here we have chapter 2 of The Birth of Dark Spyro, AKA "the part where Spyro is a complete moron". ||

Chapter Two

Spyro, the mighty dragon of Magic he was, soared through the coulds above Skylands. The farther he flew, the darker it grew. Darker and darker, in the direction of Kastle Kaos. He was confident that he could take anything that the Dark Emperor had in store- perhaps too confident.

When the shady flying palace came into view, Spyro landed in front of the enormous, iron double-doors. Cautiously, he held up his hand (or whatever dragons have) and knocked. "Now what are you up to...?" he muttered.

Almost immediately after doing so, the huge (and inaccurate) hologram of Kaos' head appeared. "Who goes there?!" it boomed.

"Hiya, baldy," Spyro taunted.

The hologram scowled. "Oh. You." It disappeared, and a moment later, the doors slowly began to open. Spyro nodded, then bounded inside.

Meanwhile, Sunburn and Stealth Elf were discussing something with Trigger Happy. "...chewing, climbing, licking, eating..." Sunburn was saying with almost no space in between the words. "...kicking, shooting, exploding, and most importantly, throwing!" He then took a deep breath, and sighed. "And now that we've gone over everything that you can't do with the Sky Diamond..." Trigg looked anxious. "...you can go play with it now."

"Yay!" Trigg exclaimed, scooping up the Magic Piece and storming toward the training dummies.

"You think he's actually not gonna do that stuff?" Stealth questioned.

"No," Sunburn replied. "no I don't."

Stealth stretched, then examined her right hand. "Mph... I'm gonna go do something... important," she said. "Do me a favor and don't bother me, alright?"

Sunburn watched in confusion as she walked in the direction of Woodburrow's entrance, looked around, then completely disappeared. "She's definitely hiding something," he observed. He paused, then shook his head. "I shouldn't worry about it..." He glanced back to see the gates open and close on their own. "...not yet." As he wandered back over to where Trigger Happy was goofing around, he wondered aloud, "I wonder how Spyro is doing."

When he entered Kastle Kaos, Spyro was greeted by Kaos' throne room. "Looks like he did some remodeling." He looked around, realizing that he was the only one there. "Hello?" he called. No response. He shrugged it off, and approached the Portal sitting in the center of the room. Standing on his hind legs and leaning against the Potal for balance, he swirled his claw in the liquid. Where is he?

Suddenly, there was a "ding" noise that caused him to flinch. Kaos and Glumshanks stepped out of the elevator across the room. From the elevator emerged the lyrics,

"Make you laugh

"And then she'll make you cry

"Twist and tangle in her power

"All her enemies will cower!"

"Those Skylanders were right," Glumshanks said. "that elevator does play weird music!" Kaos ignored him and turned his attention to Spyro.

The dragon growled. "Hey, look what the troll dragged in."

Kaos smirked. "Same to you." He pulled out his "DOOM" remote and pressed a button. The Portal lowered into the floor, and a platform rose in it's place. "I would thanks you for coming..." the human claimed. "...but I don't 'thank' people."

"Thank you Captain Obvious," Spyro said. "So, why'd you call me here anyway?"

Kaos dismissed Glumshanks with a wave of his hand. "You see, dragon," he then explained. "I, Kaos, have conceived a plan so fiendishly awesome that it will not only conquer all of Skylands for me, but it will also permanently leave you and all the rest of your pitiful Skyloser friends in ruins!"

"Funny," Spyro laughed. "because I recall you saying that about the Hydra, and the Fist of Arkus, and the Evilizer, and-"

"Silence, fool!" Kaos cut him off. Spyro rolled his eyes. "Unlike my previous schemes, this one will not, in fact, end in a horrible heap of failing failure."

Spyro couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah right!" he exclaimed. "My friends and I have foiled every single one of your plans! We've destroyed all your weapons, defeated all of your minions, and ultimately defeated you three times now! There's nothing you can do at this point that we can't counter."

Kaos frowned. "Well this one is going to be different," he said. "This plan is perfect! Foolproof! It will go exactly as originally planned!" He paused, then gave a toothy grin. "...because you were stupid enough to answer my call and come here. Now that you're here, everything is falling into place. Because you see, dragon... you are the key in this scheme. You are going to help me take over Skylands by bringing this plan into motion!"

Spyro snorted. "Nice try, Kaos!" He leaped onto the platform in front of him defiantly. "If you think I'm gonna help you with some bull plan that will lead to my own self-destruction, your skull is more numb than a Bog Hog's!" Kaos didn't respond. He just stared and smiled eerily. Spyro raised an eyebrow. "Hey! You listening?"

"Oh, I'm listening," Kaos replied. He pressed the button on his "DOOM" remote again, and this caused two metal rings to pop out of the platform and latch onto Spyro's hind ankles.

"Oh, $&%#," the dragon grumbled. "I can not believe that I just fell for that."

"Weeeee! Diamonds!" Trigger Happy was cheerfully watching gems burst out of the Training Dummies as he blasted them with his guns. He whipped out his turret and fired rapidly at them.

Sunburn rolled his eyes. "Jeez, Trigg," he chuckled. "Are you ever not insane?"

"Insane is good!" Trigg exclaimed. "Insane is fun!" He laughed crazily while still continuing his antics.

Sunburn shook his head. "Whatever you say, pal. I'm gonna go talk to Tessa." He started to leave, then stopped and called back, "Put that thing back when you're done!"

"Fine..."

Sunburn walked past the enchanted pool and approached Tessa and Flynn, who were arguing about something... like they do every single day. "Hiya, uh, Tessa?" the phoenix interrupted.

"What?" They turned their attention to Sunburn. "Oh, sorry Sunburn," Tessa apologized. "What's up?"

"I just figured I should tell you that Spyro went out," Sunburn responded. "He left me in charge."

"Well, good for him!" Flynn said. "What's he up to? Fightin' some evil-doers?"

Sunburn blinked. "Well, I don't really know what he's doing," he replied. "Hot Dog gave him a message from Kaos, so he went to go confront him."

Flynn and Tessa exchanged glances. "Is that safe?" the Mabu questioned.

Sunburn scratched his head. "Come to think of it, he's been gone a while..." He paused, then instructed. "Do me a favor and tell Drobot that he's in charge. Trigger Happy and I are gonna go investigate."

"Sounds like a plan!" Tessa replied as he flew away.

Kaos plopped down on his throne, laughing maniacally. "Oh, this is too perfect." The rest of the machine rose up around Spyro as he struggled to escape. "And it's not even my birthday!"

Spyro snarled. "What the hell is this thing?!" he exclaimed.

"Isn't it obvious?" Kaos blatantly replied. "It's your doom."

With that, the button was pressed once more and. Volt upon volt upon volt of violet lightning snaked up the eight lanky spikes and merged at the tips. It then rained back down upon Spyro, causing him to roar in agony. Kaos watched with that smirk still on his face. Spyro reeled from the pain. When the electricity came to a stop, his legs were released and he collapsed.

"Well, that was dramatic." Kaos looked back to see that Glumshanks had returned with a cup of tea.

"You'd best not ruin this for me, Glumshanks," Kaos growled.

"Wouldn't dream of it, sir."

The mist from before made a reappearance and the large glass capsule emerged from the floor. Spyro struggled to stand back up. "Wha... w-what...?"

"Behold!" Kaos cried. "The creature that will bring Skylands to it's knees and burn it's protectors to a pile of ashes!" Before the door to the capsule could even think about opening, the glass completely shattered. A shadow burst upwards and perched on a high up pole. It spread it's wings and showed it's pointed teeth menacingly.

"Dark Spyro!"

|| That... that was the wrong its. This was before I knew the difference between its and it's.

Ugggghhhhhagh...

I said that this story was good, didn't I? Sorry for making false promises.

On the bright side, Kaos and Glumshanks's interactions are fantastic. Character interactions have always been the one thing I was really good at. Even if the dialogue itself is... awkward at times. ||