Chapter 80: Guardians of the Key Part 3: The Battle for Xandar
Spyro had just gotten into his ship after it had arrived, Rocket leading Groot and Drax to Quills ship, the Milano, and the two space vessels took off out of Knowhere and set course for the ravager fleet, finding them close to Knowhere as they flew straight for the Ravager ship. While they flew, Spike was filled in on what had happened while they were gone, how they were imprisoned, Gamora betraying Ronan, the Infinity stones and how Ronan has one because he traded it for Rosy's life, and about how they were going too get it back.
"So, let me get this straight, you gave this guy this Infinity Stone and now he's going to use it on a whole planet, destroying it, and we're going in and fighting this guy?" Spike asked, looking at him and at the holoscreens he was using to talk with Rocket and his friends. "Dude, you are an idiot."
"That's what I told him." Rocket said. "He is an idiot for giving Ronan the stone and now we need to get it back, while he has the support of Thanos and all those Heartless!"
"Actually, I was counting on it." Spyro replied.
"What!?" Everyone shouted.
"If there's one thing I know about egotistical warmongers, they make allegiances to have power." Spyro answered. "They know they're weak, so they make allies to use for their own self centered needs. But once they have something that holds great power, they'll immediately think they're invincible, betraying their allies and destroying them."
"So, you gave it to him on purpose, to weaken him?" Rocket asked.
"Exactly." Spyro answered. "Physically, he's powerful, but when it comes to his army, if he does what I think he'll do, he'll loose a lot of men and the support of Maleficent and the Heartless, weakening him."
"Ok, not gonna lie, that was pretty smart." Rocket said. "Except for the fact you GAVE HIM, THE POWER STONE! How are we going to go up against that and against Ronan's personal army!?"
"Rocket, please, one thing at a time." Spyro replied. "First things first, let's pick up our army."
"Dude, we don't have one." Spike pointed out.
"Yet." Spyro replied.
They then approached the Ravager mothership, which he could see through the window that Quill had accomplished not getting killed as he and Rocket flew up in front of the ship.
"Alright, talk to me man, what's the plan here?" Rocket asked.
"Simple, we get their attention." Spyro replied. He then opened a channel on all frequencies, getting their attention as they looked over it the front window and saw them, everyone rushing forward to see the two ships. "Ravager mothership, this is Spyro VanVickle, I hope you're in a talking mood because honestly, I prefer to talk instead of turning your ship into scrap metal."
"Give us our companions back, or the lunatic on this ship with rip yours a new one!" Rocket said, revealing Drax was in a space suit holding some kind of cannon.
"Seriously Rocket!?" Spyro shouted.
"No, Spyro, Rocket, stop, we're fine!" Quill said, getting on the intercom. "We have an agreement, we figured it out."
After getting permission from Yondu to dock on his ship, Spyro and Rosy got out of their ship, leaving Spike to stay in the crest for his own safety while Rocket, Groot, and Drax got off the Milano, being escorted by a few of the ravager to a private room where they could talk with Peter and Gamora, who explained what they were going to do, which Rocket was not happy about.
"Wait, you want to rob the guy who beat us up blind!?" Rocket asked. "Ah've you lost your mind!?"
"You want to talk about loosing minds?" Quill asked. "How about you when you threatened to blow the ship up when you were trying to rescue us!?"
"To be fair, Rocket was the one who wanted to blow you up, not us." Spyro pointed out.
"Hey, we didn't have time to work out how the plan would go!" Rocket said. "I thought when you said you'd prefer you didn't turn them to space dust it meant get the lunatic on the roof of the ship with the biggest cannon we have in stock!"
"I am Groot." Groot said.
"Exactly, they are ungrateful." Rocket said.
"Hey, what's important now is to get the ravager to help us save Xandar." Gamora said. "And hopefully this 'Maleficent' hasn't already started her attack and betrayed Ronan to get the stone."
"Believe me, that's the least of our concerns now." Spyro said. "I knew that when fighting three armies at once, it would be suicide, combined forces would have decimated us in minutes. But when you introduce the Power Stone..."
"It creates a power struggle." Gamora said, finishing his sentence. "They'll be fighting each other for the stone, weakening their forces. I got to admit, that's not a totally idiotic idea. With their alliance destroyed, we can focus on the main issue without being interrupted."
"But what happens when Maleficent and her Heartless... things, decide to launch an attack of their own!?" Rocket asked.
"We use that as a distraction." Spyro answered. "Maleficent wants to Infinity Stones as badly as Thanos does, so she'll do whatever is necessary to get them. Launching a full scale attack against Ronan's army is definitely what she would do."
"Even if we defeat Ronan and get the stone, we can't give it to Yondu." Rocket pointed out. "He'll just sell it to someone who's way worse than Ronan."
"One issue at a time Rocket." Rosy said. "We'll cross that bridge when we get there."
"We aren't;t crossing a bridge." Drax said.
"Forget it." Spyro and Rosy said at the same time.
"So, how are we going to stop Ronan, even with the Ravager on our side?" Rocket asked.
"I, actually have a plan." Peter said, everyone looking at him.
"You have a plan?" Rocket asked.
"Yes, I have a plan." Peter said.
"By Celestia's mane, we're all gonna die." Spyro said, knowing the plan he had was probably not going to work. "Peter, is it a full on plan or something you're make up as you go?"
"Uh, option two." Peter said.
Everyone groaned at his response, Spyro pressing the space between his eyes together as he felt a migraine coming on while Rosy just pulled out a piece of pa[er and rote something on it.
"Look, I'll admit, I'm still working on it, but we still have a plan." Peter said. "And hopefully it will work. Look, Yondu will be here in two seconds and he expects to hear this big plan of ours."
"Well, if we explain how their alliance will break and the opening it will give us, maybe we can convince him." Spyro said, trying to be optimistic about it.
"Look, I'm not asking too much of you, because I am asking you a lot." Peter said. "Please, I need you to trust me. Because, I look at all of you and you know what I see? Loosers."
"Watch it pal." Rosy said. "Call me that again and I'll kick you where the sun don't shine, friend or no friend."
"Trust me, you don't want to be kicked in the no-noes by a pony." Spyro said. "You can kiss a whole generation of stupid good bye. Which doesn't sound like a bad idea right now."
Everyone then nodded their heads, mumbling that they agreed while, Rocket even chuckling as he fist bumped him.
"Look, that's not the point." Peter said. "Most of you are basically people who have lost stuff. And believe me, we have lost stuff, all of us. Our homes, our families, normals lives. Life takes more than it gives, but not today. It is giving us a chance. A chance to care for once and not run away." Everyone looked at one another, his words weighing on them heavily as they listened. "I for one am not going to run away anymore. I'm going to fight."
"But Quill, you know it's suicide." Rocket said. "You're asking us if we're ready to die."
"Yeah, I guess I am." Peter replied, looking distraught.
"Quill." Gamora said, standing up. "I have lived most of my life surrounded by my enemies. I'd consider it an honor to die along side one of my friends."
Peter smiled at Gamora, pleased to see that she was on board with the idea and then turned to see Spyro stand up, smiling as he called his Keyblade.
"I will always stand against darkness Quill." Spyro said, raising his Keyblade. "And I will continue to fight it, throughout my immortal life."
"As shall I." Rosy said, standing up and raising her Keyblade. "Though I'm not immortal like my dad, I will fight until I take my final breath."
"You are an honorable man Quill." Drax said, standing up. "I will be honored to fight beside you. And in the end, if I die, I shall finally see my wife and daughter again."
"I am Groot." Groot said, saying he'd fight by his side as well.
Rocket looked at everyone, Spyro sensing he was hesitating, weighing his options before standing up, ready to fight with his friends to the bitter end.
"Might as well." Rocket said. "I don't have that long a life span anyway." He stood straight up, everyone looking around as they all were ready to go. "Now can we please get this over with and not stand around like a bunch of idiots standing in a circle?"
After they finished their little pep talk, they left the room and immediately went to the armory, where they got everything they needed, even suiting up in ravager suits, which they had to make one specially for Rosy, loading up on as much high explosives as they could while Peter got his weapons fully charged up. After they suited up, the group all went to the bridge where Yondu was waiting for them with his crew, all looking to him as they awaited for them to tell them what they had planned.
"It's about time you finished talking!" Yondu exclaimed. "You got a plan or not!?"
"Oh, we got a plan alright." Spyro replied. "Gamora, why don't you start us off."
"Gladly." She replied, walking to the center of the room. "The Power Stone reacts to anything organic that touches it. The bigger the object, the bigger the power surge."
"That means if Ronan touches the stone to the planet's surface, everything dies." Petter said. "Plants, animals, Nova Corp, everything."
"Which is why we need to stop him before he reaches the surface." Spyro said. "The plan is not a simple one, but it will be an effective one. Rocket, you will lead a group of fighters to blow a hole in the Dark Aster's hull, making an entry way for us."
"Then, our craft, the Milano, Yondu, and Spyro's ship, the Dragon's Crest will enter the breach in the hull." Peter said.
"Won't there be hundreds of Sakaraan soldiers inside?" One of the ravager asked.
"There will be, but that's where things get interesting." Spyro said, pulling up an image of Ronan's forces and the Heartless. "I knew that by giving the Power Stone to Ronan, it will create a power struggle between the three allies, destroying the alliance and making them fight each other. If we're lucky, they'll be focused on one another and not us, letting us slip by without being noticed."
"But once on board, if the Heartless do attack the Sakaraan's, Ronan will activate his security system, creating an impenetrable barrier." Gamora pointed out. "I know the layout of the ship and its security systems, I can disable it."
"From there, I will use Rocket's Hadron Cannon to kill Ronan." Peter said.
"Once he's dead, use the devices on the tray going around now to contain the stone." Gamora said, one of the ravager going around with the devices. "If you touch it, it will kill you."
"But, there will be a lot of Necro fighters and Heartless fliers between us and the Dark Asteroids." Spyro pointed out. "Peter will send a message to one of the Nova Corps officers and give them a heads up about what is heading there. Hopefully they can provide us with reinforcements to help us destroy the enemy before he reaches the planet."
"Sounds like a solid plan." Yondu said. "I like it. But will it work?"
"Oh it'll work alright." Rocket said. "But we need one more thing to make it a perfect success. That guys eye."
He pointed to one of the ravager who has a cybernetic eye, scaring him as he looked around nervously, but Risy just charged up her magic, zapping him in the rear and making him yelp is surprise.
"No, we do not need his eye." Rosy said. "You did that gag with a prisoner for his leg, you're not doing it again."
"Oh come on, it'll be funny to see him not be able to see out of one side of his head! Can you imagine it!?" Rocket said, laughing.
"Alright, any questions?" Spyro asked, seeing no one had questions for them. "Good because we don't have time for questions. We arrive in fifteen minutes, let's do this!"
After the briefing was complete, everyone got out of the bridge to finish their preparations, getting everything they needed in order before they got into Xandars atmosphere. When they arrived, all the fighters, including the Dragon's Crest got out of the Ravager mothership and flew towards the city, finding that the Dark Aster had arrived and was descending towards them, however there was no sign of any Heartless in the area, which worried him, but they still had a job to do. once the order was given, the two destroyer class ships fired an energy ball that blocked their view and allowed them to dive below the barrier, distracting them long enough to get Rocket's team to the area where they needed a breach right as the cover disappeared.
"Get ready lads, this is where the fun begins." Spyro said, looking back to Spike as he looked nervous. "Don't worry Spike, the Dragon's Crest will be on automatic pilot to get you as far away from the fight as possible once Rosy and I are in."
"Thanks Spyro." Spike said, looking at the Dark Aster, taking a nervous gulp.
A moment later, enemy fighters appeared from the Dark Aster and was about to engage them, but all of a sudden, hundreds to thousands of voids opened up, allowing Heartless ships to come out and engage Ronan's fighters, providing them with a cover as Ravager fighters engaged both enemy fighters, blasting at the closest enemy while Spyro's weapons started to swivel and turn, following the closest enemy craft and firing on them, destroying multiple enemy craft as they made their was to the Dark Aster. While they flew, they watched as Necro Fighters engaged Heartless craft, focusing on them while the Ravager picked off the enemy fighters while they were distracted, making the fight an easy one for them as they flew through the field of swarming enemy craft as they fought each other, but all of a sudden, Yondu's fighter was hit, loosing his wing as he spiraled out of control to the ground.
"Gah, I'm hit!" Yondu said. "Quill, Spyro, it's all on you two! And no more games with me boy, you hear me!? I'll see you at the end of this!"
"There's too many!" Gamora said. "The Heartless are swarming the Aster, and the Necro Fighters are all over us! We'll never make it up there!"
Right as she said it, the fighters swarming them started to get destroyed as Nova Corp ships surrounded them, providing them with cover from the enemy swarm as they made their way to the Dark Aster.
"Peter Quill, this is Denarian Sal of the Nova Corp." The commander said. "For the record, I advised trusting you here. Prove me wrong."
"Alright, they got my dick message!" Peter said.
Spyro and Rosy looked at each other, both equally disturbed by the thought of what he meant by that and made a silent agreement to not even ask what he meant by that as they flew straight for the hull breach, which the Milano managed to get inside no problem, but Spyro pressed a red button on his control panel next to his chair as did Rosy, both their seats lowered into the floor and immediately, two boarding torpedoes were launched from the ship, flying straight for the hull breach and digging their way through as the Milano got in, blasting the enemy soldiers there while the Torpedoes ground up some of the soldiers, bursting open right as the last one was mowed down. The team then got out of their ship and torpedoes and walked along the route towards the flight deck, passing by a lot of enemy soldiers who were busy fighting off Strafers, Soldiers, Shadows, and other kinds of Heartless that Maleficent had brought with her for the fight, making their journey a simple one as they didn't need to fight. They then came to a dark corridor, which had no lights whatsoever, making it difficult to see a thing.
"I can barely see." Drax said.
"Agreed." Spyro said. "It's really dark in here. Someone flip the light switch already."
A moment later, Groot raised his arm and dozens of firefly like creatures came out, lighting the room up while also providing a beautiful light show for them to witness.
"When did you learn to do that?" Drax asked.
"I'm pretty sure the answer is 'I am Groot.'" Peter replied, Groot nodding his head.
"The flight deck is this way, three hundred meters." Gamora said.
They then made their way down the hall, the flying lights lighting the entire place as they made their way to the Flight Deck.
"You know, I want you all to know that I am grateful for accepting me after my blunders." Drax said. "It's pleasing to once again have... Friends. Peter Quill, you are my friend. This dumb tree, also my friend. Spyro and his pony daughter, also my friend. And this green whore, you are also-"
"Ph you must stop!" Gamora shouted, getting him to be quiet.
Nebula then dropped down from the roof, landing in front of them as she got her blades out.
"Gamora, look at what you have done." Nebula said. "You've always been weak, you stupid, traitorous-"
She then interrupted, getting blasted by a rocket to the stomach as Drax fired it at her, making her fly backwards and onto the ground in a smoking heap, everyone turning to look at him.
"Drax!" Spyro exclaimed, "Seriously!?"
"What?" He asked. "No one talks to my friends like that."
"I know, but I wanted to do that." Spyro said.
"Head to the Flight Deck." Gamora said. "I'll shut down power to the security doors."
They then split up, Gamora heading to the area that provides power to the security doors while the rest of the team went straight for the Flight Deck, but as they made it to the door, they ran into Korath, who had a large squadron of Sakaraan soldiers behind him, who smiled as he saw the five of them.
"Star Lord." Korath said, making Peter smile.
"Finally." Quill said, his day becoming a whole lot better.
They then started a massive fight, Drax engaged Korath directly while eveyrone else focused on the enemy soldiers, Spyro using his Keyblade to strike them down while being near Rosy, the two fighting in tangent with one another, each taking out a Sakaraan soldier while defending the other from the rifle blast, the two fighting as if they were a single being while Peter used his blasters, blasting them and flying around to provide support from above. Groot however was using his bare hands, crushing some of the enemy soldiers while also knocking them down as well, evening the playing field for everyone as they mowed through the enemy soldiers as if they were nothing more than blades of grass. Drax then managed to pin Korath to the wall, using his hand to grab a component on his head and make him yell in agony as he pulled on it, everyone looking to him as he did it.
"Finger to the throat means death." Drax said, pulling the component off, which electrocuted him and killed him, looking to eveyrone else as he felt proud of what he did. "Metaphor."
"Close enough." Quill said.
They walked a few steps forward, but a whole battalion of enemy soldiers ran at them with their weapons ready, so Spyro got ready to use the Force and push them back, followed by using Force lightning, but Groot beat him to the punch as he used his arm, yelling out as it went through half the enemy forces behold he slammed them into the remaining troops who were still alive, smacking them around the corridor as he yelled out, obviously enjoying it as the four companions looked to one another, shrugging their shoulders as Groot finished them off, turning and smiling to them.
"Remind me not to tick you off." Spyro said.
"I am Groot." Groot replied.
"Spyro, Quill, what's your status?" Rocket asked. "Ronan is having his goons go full blown kamikaze on the city right now and we are having a difficult time keeping them from reaching the city!"
"We're at the door, but it's still locked." Spyro replied. "Gamora, where are you?"
Right as he said it, the door opened up and two of Ronan's goons where ready for them, pointing their weapons at them, but an explosion caused the floor to open up, Gamora jumping out and killing the both of them with the sword she had, turning to them.
"Right here." She replied.
They then turned to Ronan, who had just opened the window and released the power of the Power Stone, hitting what appeared to be a barrier made from Nova Corp ships, destroying several of them and causing a chain reaction that destroyed more of the ships, breaking the barrier before turning to them, finding that Peter had the cannon out and fitted it, which hit Ronan right in the chest and created an explosion that left a cloud of smoke where Ronan was. They celebrated, thinking Ronan was dead, but when the cloud cleared, it showed that Ronan was still standing, not even fazed by the cannon as he raised his hammer, releasing a shockwave that pushed everyone back, but Spyro as he just slide back, but looked up, still standing as he called his Keyblade.
"Impressive, you still stand." Ronan said, raising his hammer again. "But you are also very foolish. You should have left when you had the chance. I promised I'd spare Equestria, but now, for your transgressions, I will destroy it!"
"Over my dead body." Spyro said.
He and Drax then rushed forward, however, this time Drax was knocked down, but Spyro used his Jedi training to fight this time while using the Keyblade, striking and blocking Ronan's hammer while flipping and spinning around, each exchanging attacks, but unfortunately, the Keyblade was doing very little to even hurt him. Ronan then knocked the Keyblade out of his hand and grabbed him by the throat, lifting him up as he choked him, but Rosy charged forward, jumping and raising her Keyblade over her head, but Ronan used his hammer, raising it to her and releasing a shockwave that send her flying through the air and landing on the stairs, grimacing in pain.
"Now you see fools!?" Ronan asked. "There is no power that can match that of the-"
He then suddenly stopped talking as he felt his throat tighten, finding it difficult to breath as he tried to gasp for air, dropping Spyro as he clawed at his throat, but it was Spyro who was choking him through the Force, using his hand to squeeze his throat like he was actually choking him.
"You are wrong about that pal." Spyro said, smiling as he got up. "There is no other power more powerful than the Force." He then felt a disturbance and looked to his right, finding that Rocket was heading his way as he was about to crash through the window. "Oh for crying out loud."
Rocket then crashed the ship through the window, crashing it to try and take Ronan out, but ended up throwing everyone everywhere and doing severe damage to the Dark Asteroids, destroying its systems and killing the crew that was keeping the ship in the air and caused it to free fall to the ground. Everyone was getting up and was regaining their bearings, which Spyro looked around to find Ronan, but he was no where to be found, so he believed that he was taken out when Rocket crashed through, but when he looked to the ship Rocket was flying, it was totaled, but thankfully Rocket was still alive, Peter pulling him out of the ship, but was unconscious. He then went to see if Drax was alright, but saw that Gamora was pulling him towards Groot, which was where Peter was walking over, so he and Rosy went over to him where everyone was grouped up, but he entire ship was collapsing, dark rocks falling everywhere as the ship was crashing.
"It's no good." Spyro said. "Even if Rosy and I use the Force to make this thing float to the ground, there's a chance we'll be killed by all the falling rocks."
"We need to get out of here!" Gamora said. "We need to get to the hangar!"
"Impossible!" Peter said. "With how the ship is falling, we'll all die before we even take off!"
Spyro was trying to think of something, trying to figure out how they can save themselves, but the then noticed that branches and roots were growing around them, looking to Groot as he was creating a dome around them to protect them from the crash.
"Groot?" Spyro asked.
"I am Groot." Groot replied.
"No Groot, don't." Spyro said. "You won't survive."
"Spyro's right you idiot!" Rocket said, walking up and grabbing his shoulders. "You'll die if you do this. Why are you doing this?"
Groot just smiled at his friends, looking to each of them, Drax was still unconscious, but he was happy none the less, looking to Rosy next as he created a rose for her, picking it and putting it behind her ear, no regrets for what he was going.
"We... are Groot." Groot replied.
The ship then crashed through a few buildings, the Dark Aster falling to pieces as it exploded, Spyro holding onto Rosy as they crashed and everything went dark, believing they were dead, but he then woke up, finding himself outside of the ship with his daughter in his arms, happy they were still alive. After a minute, Rosy opened her eyes and looked up to him, feeling through the Force how happy he was and hugged him before the two of them got up, looking around to see the others were waking up, getting up, both Rocket looked crushed, finding all that remained of Groot was a twig, feeling bad for the poor mammal as Groot was one of his first friends. However, they soon saw that Ronan was still alive, walking out of the ruined remains of his ship with the Power Stone still in his possession in his hammer as the crowd who gathered backed away in fear, some screaming and begging for their lives.
"You!" Rocket said, anger in his eyes. "You killed Groot!"
He then ran up to attack Ronan, but the war fanatic used the stones power and pushed him away, making him fly into some of the debris, showing he can't be touched.
"Quill, keep his distracted." Spyro said, whispering to Peter as he got up and moved to Rocket and Drax. "I got an idea."
"Behold!" Ronan announced. "Your Guardians of the Galaxy! What fruit have they rot! Only that my father, and his father, will finally have vengeance! People of Xandar, the time has come to rejoice and renounce your paltry Gods! Your salvation is at hand."
He raised his hammer and was ready to slam the stone into the ground, Peter started to sing a song before dancing, distracting Ronan while Spyro got up and closed his eyes, calling upon the power inside of him as he let his friend distract the tyrant, who was completely lost at what he was doing.
"What are you doing?" Ronan asked.
"Dance off bro!" He replied.
Peter kept on singing and dancing, causing a major distraction that kept Ronans attention while also distracting his other friends, wondering what he was doing, but it seemed to only annoy him as he started to grow frustrated with Quill, glaring at him as he kept dancing.
"What are you doing!?" Ronan demanded.
"I'm distracting you ya big turd blossom." Peter answered.
Ronan realized too late as he turned around and saw Rocket and Drax were up, holding the cannon as it was fired, heading straight for his hammer, but when it hit the hammer, it shattered the thing, releasing the stone as everything started to slow down all around them, Peter jumping for the stone right as Ronan reached for it, Gamora yelling for Peter not to do it, but the ravager took the stone and immediately he yelled in pain as a dark cloud surrounded him, the stone itself tearing him apart as Ronan smiled with glee at his imminent destruction while his friends moved to him.
"PETER!" Gamora shouted. "Take my hand!"
Peter looked to Gamora, who had her hand out for him to reach for, but Spyro could sense that something in Peter was different, looking into his mind as he saw a woman who was dying in a hospital bed, seeing what he saw as he saw Peter's mother before she perished, asking her son to take her hand. Peter then reached out and took Gamora's hand, then power of the stone going into her as it tore her apart as well, but suddenly Drax touched Peters shoulder, sharing the pain as did Rocket, the four of them all feeling the pain of the stone as it equalized in them, stabling the power of the stone between the four of them, no longer tearing them apart as Ronan watched in horror that the stone was no longer killing them.
"Impossible!" Ronan proclaimed. "You are mortal. How can this be?"
"You said it yourself pal." Peter replied. "We're the Guardians of the Galaxy."
Peter opened his hand and unleashed a torrent of pure power into Ronan, which tore him apart from the inside out and destroyed him, Gamora reaching to put the stone in the orbs they had, but it suddenly was pulled out of Peters hand, all four of them collapsing to their knees from exhaustion from being exposed to that much power, but looked to where the stone went. They then saw Maleficent, who was using her magic to levitate the stone in the air as hundred of Heartless surrounded her, a massive Darkside rising from the ground and terrifying everyone as the Guardians tried to get up, but were too exhausted to move.
"Marvelous." She said. "I must say, this stone is more than powerful enough for my needs. What purpose would I need for the rest?"
"Maleficent!" Spyro shouted, calling his Keyblade. "You don't know what you're doing. That stone is too dangerous."
"On the contrary, I now know how to use it to where its power won't destroy me." She replied, raising her staff to levitate the stone towards the Darkside. "Now my minion, merge yourself with the Power Stone and conquer this world in my name!"
The stone then flew into the Darkside's chest, purple veins growing all over it as the Heartless started to change, it's claws growing longer, doubling in total size, and it's yellow eyes turning purple as it leered down on the two Keyblade wielders, backing away as they stared in terror at the now titan sized Heartless as it let out a terrifying screech.
"Dad, what do we do?" Rosy asked.
"I don't know." Spyro replied. "It has the Power Stone now, it's near untouchable."
"There is nothing you can do fool!" Maleficent shouted. "With this stone, nothing will get in my way to total conquest!"
The heartless then made their approach towards the city, the remainder of the Nova Corp approaching and raising their blisters, firing at the Heartless and taking out the small ones, but the massive one just stared at Spyro, the stone glowing as it raised it's hand, purple flames surrounding his hand as it threw the punch, which Spyro blocked to keep his friends safe, but the heat of the flames combined with the destructive power radiating from the stone made it impossible for him to hold for long, even with his super human strength. He felt the ground beneath him crack as he took a knee, barely holding on as the Heartless applied pressure to crush him, turning him into a pancake when his strength gave out. As he was ready to accept his fate, time slowed down again, looking out to Peter and the rest of the Guardians as they got up and were ready to help him fight while Rosy leapt up, hoping to do any kind of damage to rescue her father before looking to his left, seeing his friends as they all smiled at him, Pinkie waving to him as if she was happy to see him home before they disappeared, replaced by the version of himself with the six stones fused into his collar bone, kneeling down to his level as he smiled at him.
"Should have taken the Power Stone when you had the chance." He said. "Now you're going to die, all because you were too much of a coward to take it."
"I have no use for the Power Stone." Spyro replied. "I will not let that power consume me."
"It's your own arrogance and fear that will consume you." He replied, lying down and looking to the sky. "You know, you are strong when you're with your friends, you know? I mean, look at Peter. he managed to use the stone because he has his friends by his side. But there is one thing that allowed them to use the stones power. Can you guess what it is?" Spyro shook his head, feeling the pressure of the Heartless weakening him as he felt his body ready to give. "Heart. They had the heart and conviction to lay it all out on the line and do what they needed to do. Peter was ready to sacrifice himself, knowing the danger of holding the stone, yet he still did what he needed to do. Tell me, will you do what you need to do?"
His other self then disappeared from sight, hearing Rosy slash at the Heartless's fist along with Drax and Gamora, hoping to save their friend. Spyro smiled as he looked at them, looking back up to the Heartless and the stone in it's chest, knowing he needed to risk it, so he reached his right hand out, reaching with the Force to get the stone from it's chest, which refused to budge at first, but he put his full mental power into the Force, finally ripping it out of it's chest as it screeched out in agony, the stone flying into Spyro's hand as he felt its power course through him, yelling out in agony as he felt it's power. The force of the stone pushed everyone back and knocked the mutated heartless back, Maleficent covering her head with her cape as she watched Spyro get ripped apart from the stones power, smiling as she watched his destruction. As the stone was tearing him apart, he felt his vision grow darker, feeling like he was going to explode as he closed his eyes, ready to give.
"Spyro!" He heard Twilight say. "You can do it!"
"You giving up already lizard boy?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Ya'll got this sugarcube!" Applejack said.
"Spyro darling, my prince, please come home." Rarity said.
"We want you home." Fluttershy said. "Please be safe."
"Hey, don't know what to say here, but KICK THEIR BUTT SPYRO!" Pinkie exclaimed.
He opened his eyes slightly, seeing the terrified look on his daughter's face as she watched her father get ripped apart by the stone, reaching her hoof out as a tear rolled down her face.
"Dad." She said, trying to run to him, but Drax held her back. "Daddy, no!"
His eyes suddenly shot open, raising his right arm slowly until he was staring at the hand that held the stone, taking a deep breath as he looked up, seeing his other self nodded his head as his arm shot into the air, yelling in pain as he opened his hand and a massive column of purple flames shot out of the stone and his hand, shooting into the air until it took the form of a dragon, roaring out as it suddenly turned around, flying straight for Spyro. The stone started to levitate out of his hand and suddenly spun around his neck rapidly, the dragon pulling up and leaving a single tendril in it's wake as it flew around him a few times as it roared again, staring at the Heartless. The stone then stopped spinning and hovered in front of his neck, lowering down until it touched his collar bone, fusing with him as the dragon shot out and into his chest, releasing a bright purple light that blinded everyone as they had to cover their eyes to avoid being blinded.
"Ah, that light!" Maleficent shouted.
"I can't see a thing!" Peter exclaimed. "What's happening!?"
"I don't know!" Gamora replied. "We need to help him!"
Her question was answered as a black shadow of Spyro appeared in the light, but his arms were suddenly surrounded by the purple light, trailing up his arms and to his torso as more of the light went up his legs and to his body, expanding until the light died down and everyone could see. When they saw him, they were surprised to see he was wearing purple and black armor, spikes on the shoulders and at the knees, amethyst crystals imbedded in the armor with the energy from the Power Stone flowing through it while a dragon's head was in the center of his chest, the seven Chaos Emerald surrounding it with the Master Emerald in the center of it's forehead, they the eyes of the dragon glowed purple as the Power Stone let the power flow through him.
"What trickery is this!?" Maleficent asked. "No one is able to wield the Power Stone alone! How can this be!?"
"You forgot one little thing Maleficent." Spyro said, calling his Keyblade and raising it towards the injured Darkside. "I'm the mother buckin' Prince of Light and Darkness."
A beam of pure purple energy shot out of the tip of the blade, piercing through it's chest as it screeched out in pain, the same energy shooting out and hitting the Heartless closest to it as it destroyed them in a single hit, many of the airborne Heartless fleeing to escape their destruction while the ones on the ground retreated into the voids, leaving the Darkside to explode and destroy hundreds of Heartless in the explosion, forcing Maleficent to retreat through her corridor. When they were gone, the stone shot out of his chest and he took the orb he had, putting the stone in it as he collapsed to the ground, the armor disappearing as it appeared. His friends all rushed over to check on him, helping him up right as they heard blaster riffles charging up, Yondu and his crew appearing in front of them.
"Well, well, well." Yondu said. "Quite the light show there. Ain't this sweet." She then walked down to them as Quill took the orb out of Spyro's hands and hid it behind his back as Yondu approached. "But now that this whole thing is said and done, we got some business to attend to."
"Peter, you can't." Gamora said.
"Yondu, you saw what the stone can do." Spyro said, barely able to stand as he needed to lean on Drax for support. "If you sell this thing, they might use it to destroy the universe like Ronan tried. The only way it'll be safe is if the Nova Corp takes it."
"I maybe as pretty as an angel, but I ain't no angel." Yondu replied, revealing his arrow. "Hand it over son."
Spyro looked to Peter, who looked remorseful, but he handed it over to Yondu, who was smiling and laughing as he waved his hand, his men leaving and returning to their ships while they left the Guardians of the Galaxy and the two Keyblade masters alone.
"Yondu..." Peter said, getting his attention. "Whatever you do, do not open that orb. You know that right? You've seen what it does to people."
Yondu didn't answer as they, but smiled, walking back to his ship and taking off, leaving therm alone as Spyro was about to lecture Quill about handing it over like that, but then saw that Quill had another orb, laughing as he realized Yondu was tricked.
"You tricky bugger!" Spyro said, getting their attention. "You switched the orbs, didn't you?"
"Of course I did." Quill replied. "And let me tell you, he is going to be som mad when he realizes it."
They all started to laugh as they found it funny after the kind of ordeal they had gone through, all taking the time to enjoy a good laugh without people trying to kill them. After a while, they arrived at the Nova Corp headquarters, they all got together and was asked by the administrator to meet with them for a moment as they had something to show them, walking over to reveal Quill's nervous system and genetics weren't fully human, but was actually half human and half who knows what.
"Wait, so I'm not Terran!?" Peter asked.
"You're half Terran, actually." The administrator replied. "Your mother is of earth. Your father is something very ancient we have never seen before. And the same for Spyro." An image of his system was pulled up, revealing the emeralds in his chest and his Dragonic genes. "His genetic code is on a completely different plane of existence. Something even more ancient than your father."
"That would explain why you two were able to hold the stone for so long." Gamora said.
"Gentlemen and ladies." The administrator said. "On behalf of the Nova Corp, we'd like to express our everlasting gratitude for saving Xandar. Guardians, if you will follow Denarian there, he has something to show you." The Guardians of the Galaxy turned and followed the guard called Denarian, who lead them to the outside of the building while the administrator looked to Spyro. "And you two, we would like to express our gratitude in another way." She motioned to her left and he saw crates full of items from books and gear to clothing and other kinds of Knick-Knacks and novelties. "Your little dragon friend told us you wouldn't except units, but some souvenirs of our world. We got a bit of everything for you and your friends back home."
"You have my thanks ma'am." Spyro said. "We're glad we could help. Please, promise me that the Power Stone will be safe here."
"You have my word, the Nova Corp will make sure it never falls into anyone's hands ever again." The Administrator replied.
Spyro smiled and shook her hand, patting Rosy on the head as Peter and the rest of the guardians came back, smiling at him.
"Well, guess this is it." Peter said. "Guess this is where we part ways."
"Afraid so Peter." Spyro replied. "But this isn't good bye. We'll see each other again someday."
"But when?" Drax asked. "When can we see you two again?"
"I don't know." Spyro replied. "We may never see each other again, but we'll never forget each other."
Drax smiled and walked over, hugging him as the others came over and did the same, saying their good byes to one another before they went to their respectable ships, each of them taking off and going their separate ways. Spyro put in the coordinates for Equestria, ready to head back and they then went into slip space, flying through the passage way of lights and colors until a few hours later, they arrived back home.
"Man, feels good to be back home." Spike said.
"You said it Spike." Spyro replied, patting his head. "And I'll bet twilight will be happy to see you again, if she doesn't kill you first."
Spike then groaned as he said it, making the two of them laugh as they made their descent back to the garage, flying past the clouds until Ponyville was in sight, flying over the town on their way back to the farm where the ship docked inside of the garage and allowed the three of them to disembark right as his friends all came running up to them.
"Spyro, Rosy, Spike!" Twilight shouted, hugging her number one assistant with joy. "Oh, I was so worried about you Spike. What happened?"
"Spike kinda stowed away on my ship." Spyro replied. "Gotta run a bio scan on the ship before taking off. So, what all happened while I was away?"
"Well, Rainbow Dash's wing was healed up, but she tried to break into the hospital to finish reading a book she enjoyed." Twilight replied, making Rainbow Dash blush.
"Seriously?" Spyro asked, surprised by what she said. "Rainbow Dash actually read a book? Didn't picture you as the reading sort."
"Well, I kinda like this book series with Derring Do in it." She replied, scratching the back of her head. "Anyway, did you bring anything back from your trip?"
"Oh believe me, I got souvenirs alright." Spyro replied, heading in and pulling out all the crates. "I got books, dresses, sports gear, and..." Spyro then saw a pet carrier, using his magic to pull it up and see in it to see an orange and white cat. "A cat?" He then took a closer look at it, looking into its eyes and he realized what it was, setting it down on the ground and backing away. "No, no, no, no! Heck no! No way, no how! NO!"
"What, it's just a cat." Spike said, opening the cage and pulling the kitty out, petting it.
"Spike, keep that thing away from me!" Spyro exclaimed. "I don't want it anywhere near me!"
"Oh, somepony afraid of a wittle kitty cat?" Rainbow Dash asked, picking it up and bring it closer to him. "It's just an adorable kitty, kitty!"
"Rainbow Dash, I swear by Celestia's mane, you out that thing back in the cage and get it out of here!" Spyro said. "I do not want it anywhere in this garage, period!"
"But, you don't seem to have an issue with Opal." Fluttershy said, petting the kitty. ""Why are you afraid of this one?"
"Because that's not a cat!" Spyro replied. "That's a Flerken!"
"A what?" Spike asked, taking the cat out of Rainbow Dash's hooves. "Dude, it's just a cat. There's nothing to be-" He suddenly stopped talking as soon as the cat opened it's mouth, massive tentacles shooting out and wrapping around Spyro as he yelled in terror, being pulled into it's mouth and down its throat as everyone looked at it in horror, backing away from the Flerken. Spike then set it down and opened its mouth, hoping to look down its thoat to find Spyro. "Spyro, you ok in there?"
He got his answer when Spyro's hoof shot out of the Flerken mouth, punching him in the face and sending him flying backwards and into the wall, seeing kitty cat heads and stars in his eyes after the hit.
"GET ME OUT OF HERE!" Spyro shouted, everyone staring at the cat as they tried to figure out how to get their friend out.