Chapter 99: A Canterlot Wedding Part 3
In the wedding hall, twilight was sobbing as she fell to her knees, crying for Spyro as he laid on the ground motionless, pushing past the guards as she bolted to him, the Changelings going to chase her, but Chrysalis raised her hoof, letting them know not to pursue as she skidded to a halt, kneeling over him as her tears flowed down her face and onto his, holding him in her forelegs as she cried.
"You're a monster!" Cadence said, giving May a resentful glare. "He was your friend! He looked for you!"
"And he failed to find me." May replied, dismissing her blade. "Just like all of you failed to notice or believe your friend."
"She's correct." Chrysalis said, looking to the sobbing mare. "It's funny how Twilight and Spyro were the only ones suspicious of me from the start while the rest of you were too caught up in your wedding planning to even notice or believe her or find her suspicions were correct."
"Twilight, Ah'm sorry." Applejack said, a tear rolling down her face. "We should have listen to ya... and now... Spyro's gone."
"It's not your fault AJ." Twilight replied. "She had everypony fooled."
"Yes, I did, didn't I?" Chrysalis said, turning to her drones. "Go now and feed!"
The changelings saluted her and flew out the door and out the windows as they went to the city, leaving the her with the nobodies and Grublins with her allies, overlooking the chaos as she took it in, a dark smile on her face as music started to play again, smirking at the scene before her.
[Chrysalis]
This day has just been perfect,
the kind of day I've been dreaming of since I was small.
Everypony I'll soon control,
every stallion, mare, and foal
Who says a girl can't really have it all?
As she finished her little tune, she started to laugh as her laughter echoed across all of Canterlot, everypony powerless to do anything as there were too many Nobodies and Grublins to fight and even if they tried, they'd be struck down in a matter of seconds, all looking to Spyro as he laid motionless, feeling their hearts break as they lowered their heads, crying for their friend. Elsewhere, Spyro was falling through darkness, feeling nothing as his body fell continuously, too weak to do anything as he just went with the flow, letting gravity take him to who knew where as images of his life went by, seeing all the friends he made, all the adventures he went on, and the ponies he loved pass by, reaching for them to find something to hold onto, but he just flew by and everything returned to darkness, closing his eyes as he awaited the inevitable. A moment later, he felt a familiar feeling as his body went upright and he was standing on glass, opening his eyes to see he was standing on his own platform, seeing his human self with his dragon self and Jedi self on his right while his pony and chaos self was on his left, sighing in defeat as he sat down.
"Giving up already?" A voice asked.
He looked up to see who was talking to him and saw a human man wearing white and black armor with two dragon head shoulder guards on his shoulders, green hair and a scar over his right eye as he approached him, holding a helmet.
"What's the point?" Spyro asked. "My friend's Keyblade... my one chance to save her... destroyed. Shattered into thousands of pieces."
"Ah, I hate when that happens." The man said, sitting next to him. "I broke many Keyblades in my life you know? Shattered a good few dozen before one lucky guys got me in my Achilles heal." he then raised his foot and showed he had an ice shard in his heel, making a point. "Literally."
"Who are you?" Spyro asked. "What do you want?"
"I'm Arillius." He replied. "Fourth Prince of Light and Darkness. And as for why I'm here... I'm here to help."
"Unless you can reforge my friend's Keyblade, it's hopeless." Spyro replied, getting up and walking to the edge of his platform. "Without her Keyblade, I can't save her heart. I can't purify it."
"Ah, you finally finished the spell." Arrilius said, appearing next to him. "That's excellent news."
"But what's the point!?" Spyro asked, still in despair. "Her Keyblade was the only thing that could have helped me to purify her, banish the darkness holding her heart and now it's gone!" He stormed to the middle of the platform, sitting down as he broke down, rocking back and forth as the stress of it all finally got to him, causing him to shutdown as he couldn't handle it anymore. "I failed."
"Hey, don't say that kid." Arillius said, walking over to him. "You did way more than any of us could. You finished the spell we worked on for centuries, you made many great friends, you even got a lot of girls to like you. believe me, if I could switch places with you, I would." he chuckled a bit to cheer Spyro up, but it failed, walking in front of him and kneeling before him, raising the distraught prince's head. "A Keyblade can always be replaced, friends cannot. Your friend is still fighting for control. You can save her."
"How?" Spyro asked. "Her Keyblade is gone."
"It's not the Keyblade that makes the person." Arrilius said. "It's the person behind the blade that makes the person. Your friendship with May was very strong before this happened, her blade came to you because it knew you could help her."
"Yeah, great job I did there." Spyro said.
"I'm serious." Arillius said, sitting down in front of him. "I had many friends as well, but when it got tough, they abandoned me. What you have... how you never gave up on trying to find her... that's real friendship. It wasn't the blade that helped to banish the darkness, it was your friendship and your heart that did that." Spyro looked to Arillius, who was standing up and walking away from him before he stopped, turning his head to look at him. "You can save your friend without her Keyblade. You just need to believe."
"But... how?" Spyro asked. "How can I do this?"
"That... is for you to discover." Arillius said, turning to the edge of the platform. "All you need, is a pure heart."
"A pure heart?" Spyro asked, watching as he started to turn into light. "What do you mean?"
"The princess and the captain are the key." Arillius said. "Two hearts, intertwined in the bonds of love, one pure, one noble, are the keys to freeing the light."
Before Spyro could ask further questions, Arillius turned into multiple small lights, flying away into the darkness as the lights twinkled, flying further and further away from him as he watched from the platform, wondering what he was talking about. He turned to look down at his platform, starring at the stain glass floor as he pondered what he was talking about, when something came to him, now understanding what he meant as he smiled, closing his eyes as he felt his body fly up through the air for a brief moment before it stopped, opening his eyes and blinking a few times to clear his vision and saw Twilight over him, tears rolling down her face and hitting his, smiling as he reached his hoof up and wiped a tear away from her eyes, the mare not even noticing as she was in shock.
"Chin up butter cup." Spyro said, Twilight's eyes opening wide as did Applejacks, the others hearing his voice and looked to him as did Larxene, May, and Chrysalis, everyone's eyes wide with shock and surprise as they watched him get back up, cracking his neck as if the blast that hit him was nothing. "Tears don't suit your beautiful eyes, little starlight."
"Spyro!" Twilight shouted, hugging him as she was happy he was alive.
"Impossible." May said, backing away in terror. "That's... impossible! I hit you with everything I had! You should be dead! How are you still alive!?"
"Let;s just say I have a habit of cheating death." Spyro replied, hugging Twilight back before walking forward, looking at his coat and glaring at May. "Oh come on May, you ruined my best coat! And it's the one Rarity modified for me!"
Everyone was too focused on Spyro's sudden resurrection to notice Cadence summed up what remained of her magic and fired a bolt of magic at the stuff holding her in place, rushing to Shining Armor, but May noticed her and called her Keyblade, conjuring a black fireball and sending it as the couple, which Cadence braced for a deadly attack, but heard something explode, looking up to see Spyro was standing in front of her, standing on his hind legs as the flames destroyed his jacket, making pieces of it fly everywhere as smoke obscured them.
"Spyro... you're ok." Cadence said, smiling.
"Takes more than a bolt of magic to put me down." Spyro replied, turning his head to her. "Go... your love for Shining Armor is the key to freeing him. Love breaks any spell."
Cadence nodded and rushed to her husband to be, leaving Spyro standing on his hind legs as the smoke started to clear.
"I don't know how you survived, but make no mistake, I'm going to destroy you!" May said, summoning another fireball. "And when I'm done with you, those two love birds will be next! I'll make sure that-"
She stopped talking when she saw what was underneath Spyro's jacket, Larxene's eyes wide in terror as she saw it as well, backing away as she recognized it. What was underneath the jacket was the chest plate he was wearing the entire time, smiling at the two of them as he enjoyed seeing the shocked expressions on their faces.
"No... you didn't!" Larxene said. "That's... that's...!"
"Step three." Spyro replied, floating in the air as purple lines appeared in the armor. "Project: Madalorian."
The lights on the chest plate glowed as a magical aura surrounded Spyro, the lines spreading over his legs and going up his wings and up his neck, over his head as the aura filled in between he lines, taking a pattern of light and dark tendrils as he was then encased in purple armor, the pattern of of black and white lines going across his chest and towards the Chaos and Master Emeralds, down his legs and over the rim of his wings, up the neck and on the helmet, a plate of armor over his nose as the rest of his face was still visible, everyone seeing the smile on his face.
"Beskar." Larxene said.
"Like I said May, I'm always three steps ahead." Spyro said, landing on the ground. "But man, wish I had an epic theme song to go with that because that would have made the reveal all the more epic, ya know?"
"Beskar?" May asked, a dark aura surrounding her. "You were wearing Beskar... THIS WHOLE TIME!?"
"Yep." Spyro replied. "In the World of Marvels, i was wearing Beskar during the Chitauri invasion and during the fight against Ultron." May's eye started to twitch, her anger reaching new peaks as she charged up a massive fireball, one that was large enough t destroy the entire room and threw it at him, hoping to roast him from the inside out, but Spyro just used the Force and grabbed the ball of death, throwing it out the window, causing it to explode. "Ah, ah, ah, not so fast there little girl. I wanna give the happy couple a moment to rekindle their love for one another."
He turned his head to the princess, who walked up to her husband-to-be and saw the condition he was in, tears rolling down her cheeks as she approached.
"Shining, please, come back to me." Cadence said, the captain not responding. "Shining, it's me... Cadence. Please come back to me. I... I love you." She the hugged him, crying as she hugged the unresponsive captain. "I love you."
Suddenly, some magic went up her horn and to the tip of it, which produced a heart that flew around them and shocked everyone, but it then flew in front of the captains face, exploding right in front of his eyes and freeing him from the spell, leaving him confused as his fiancée backed away, smiling at him.
"Wha... what's going on?" Shining Armor asked. "Is the wedding over?"
"Not exactly." Spyro replied, getting the captains attention and surprising him with what he was wearing. "The wedding had to be postponed on account of a changeling invasion."
"Wait, Spyro?" Shining Armor asked, left confused. "What are you wearing?"
"Not the right question." Spyro replied.
"Shining Armor, the shield!" Twilight shouted.
Shining Armor tried to conjure up whatever kind of magic he could, trying to recreate the barrier, but he was struggling, giving up as he lost the strength to do the spell.
"I-I can't." Shining Armor said. "My powers... I don't have the strength to repel them. It's over."
"Not on my watch." Spyro said, looking back. "I might have an idea to fix this, but I'll need your help."
"Anything." Cadence replied, walking up next to him.
"Don't know what I can do, but I'm in." Shining Armor said, both ready for the fight.
"Hah, amusing." May said. "Two of you can barely stand your ground while one of you is wearing indestructible armor. What hope do you have of defeating us with two weaklings."
"They're many things May." Spyro said, looking to Cadence. "A princess..." He then looked to Shining Armor, smiling at him. "A captain..." He then returned his gaze to May, a smirk on his face as he conjured up something special. "But the one thing they are not... is WEAK!"
All of a sudden, a golden dome surrounded Spyro, taking Shining Armor and Princess Cadence completely by surprise, but what surprised them more was when a second dome formed around the princess of love, making the captain worry until a third done surrounded him, all three spinning in the same direction before they shattered, glass scattering around the room as the purple ethereal dragon flew around the room as it roared out, the purple light blinding everyone as a pink and purple the real alicorn shot out followed by a white unicorn, both neighing like horses as the galloped after the dragon, the three of them circling the room until they collided in the center of the room, showering the entire room with purple, pink, and white light as everyone covered their eyes to avoid going blind, releasing the royal sisters as the light melted their cocoons. When they could see again, they slowly opened their eyes and were all surprised to see Spyro in his new Drive form, but it was completely different from the rest.
On his left shoulder what a white unicorn head, sections of the armor on the legs and on the chest white as snow as the captains Cutie Mark was on the unicorns forehead while on his right side was the head of an alicorn, more sections of the indestructible armor pink on the legs and on the chest, but making a heart around the emeralds as blue and hot pink outlines made the heart, one half of the heart blue and the other half pink, the princesses Cutie mark on the alicorn's forehead. His mane then grew out of the back of the helmet revealing it to be purple, pink, cream yellow, blue, on the right, blue on the left, and gold in the center, opening his eyes to show they were royal purple, blue, and light purple. Then, four separate lights appeared above him and four Keyblades appeared front those lights, the first having a stem of two thin, yet durable, lines going up the guard, which were the pink alicorn wings, the teeth of the blade looked to be a crystal heart with a golden rim around at the tip and two different curves with the color of her mane and the key chain a crystal heart. The second Keyblade looked to be more like an actual sword for the stem, but it got thinner and thinner as it reached the tip, the teeth of the blade was the Cutie Mark from the Captain of the Royal guard, the guard of the blade looking like a shield around the handle, and the keychain looked to be a military badge.
The other two Keyblades however looked like they were combined Keyblades, both with a design similar to the Ultima Keyblade, but one half pink with the teeth of it looking like half a heart with stain glass around it, the bottom stain glass a light pink, but as it went up, the pink became darker and darker, turning to purple as it reached the top while the guard was pink and purple, looking like a flame and the Keychain looked like half of a pink heart. The other half was similar in design, but it was white and the teeth at the bottom was a light blue and as it went up, it grew darker and darker until it was a dark blue, the guard also a flame, but blue and white in color and the key chain was the other half of a heart, but blue in color.
Taking all four blades with his magic, he starred at May, who was backing away in fright as she could feel a powerful amount of magic coming off of him, terrified by what his new Drive could do.
"Wow, this is... wow." Spyro said as his eyes turned purple.
"Oh my... this feels... weird." Cadence said, speaking through Spyro as his eyes turned light purple.
"Wait, this is a Fusion Drive?" Shining armor asked, Spyro's eyes turning blue. "Gotta say, this is... this feels... I don't know how to describe it."
"We can discuss how it feels later." Spyro said, raising the blades, two above him and two below. "Right now, we got a fight to win."
"You think you can really save me?" May asked, chuckling as she called her Keyblade. "I told you, my heart is long gone."
"No, it's not." Spyro replied.
At that moment, music started to play, which sounded like 'Live and Learn' from Sonic Adventures 2, the music starting and the two warriors charging at one another, Spyro swinging the Keyblades with ease and May blocking and swiping, each f them taking opportunities to try and hit one another, whether it was with the Keyblades or with magic, they attacked one another, moving with speed that was unmatched as they bounced around the room, dodging and twisting in the air as they fought. Spyro them called upon the power from the princess, an ethereal heart appearing as multiple hearts shot out from it and made their way to her, which she managed to deflect two of them, but the third hit her and threw her back, Spyro moving in behind her and slashing upward, knocking her in the air and flying up towards her, which she twisted around and swiped her Keyblade in the air, releasing an arc of dark magic at him, but the unicorn's eyes glowed and an ethereal shield appeared, blocking the attack as much as multiple swords appeared, shooting towards May and cutting through her, catching her off guard as Spyro bit down on her tail, throwing her to the ground.
This only infuriated her as she got up, leaping towards him as water shot out of the ground, riding it like a surfer on a wave, going straight for him, but as she reached him, two more ethereal hearts appeared and clones of himself came out, the three of them flying towards her with their blades, engaging her in a three on one fight, overwhelming her as she tried to deflect their attacks, but the clones managed to knock her down, Spyro using the Force to pick her up and throwing her around the room, hitting the walls with such impact that they heard something crack, throwing her to the ground and making her roll around, getting up stagily and infuriating her as she called on the Dark Aether's power again, dark blue flames covering her body as she leapt in the air, floating in the air as Spyro called the power of Pure Aether, the purple flames surrounding him once again as he felt the power of the ancestors flow through him.
"You can't save me Spyro!" May said, her eyes flickering between greenish yellow and emerald green as she said it. "No one can! The darkness has taken my heart, swallowing it! My Keyblade is destroyed, you have no hope of saving me!"
"A Keyblade can be replaced." Spyro said, confusing her. "But friends can't." His hooves turned to claws as he took the two combining Keyblades in them, looking to her. "I failed to save you once May, failing to reach you in time before Malefor got to you, but I won't fail to save you now."
He then flew towards May as she shot out the dark blue flames, creating a wall and torrent of flames as she surrounded herself in those flames, creating a protective dome to prevent them from reaching her, but Spyro was undeterred by it as he flew straight to the flames, shocking everyone as they believed he lost his mind and would be cooked alive, but Spyro pulled up and flew up, spinning around until he hovered in the air, lifting the two blades above his head as they hovered in a bright pink and white light, combining into two and creating a heart shaped aura around them, pink on one half, blue on the other as the two keychains connected with a golden light filling in the empty spaces in the blade, flying down towards her with the blade in his claws, spearheading towards the orb as flames shot out again, but the Aether covered him, creating an arrow for him to fly through, cutting through the dark flames like butter, surprising everyone as a dragon roared out, hitting the dome and piercing through it, shocking May as no one could penetrate the dome turning to knock his Keyblade away, but was too slow as the blade hit her chest, a Keyhole appearing in it as she screamed out, purple flames mixing with the ark blue flames as he turned the combined Keyblade to the right, unlocking her heart as a light shined out from her chest.
In the heart, Spyro was falling through darkness, gliding down through the dark abyss as he looked for her heart, finding the remains of her platform and gliding down to it, landing in the center of the ruined structure and looking around. He saw that the platform was May in her human form, in a resting position with her Keyblade t her side and water surrounding her, images of her friends on either side of her, but the platform was shattered, dark crystals having grown out from the platform and nearly destroying it, only small amounts of the platform surviving.
"May... I'm here." Spyro said, looking up. "I'm going to save you this time."
"What is this place?" Cadence asked, making Spyro turn around and see both her and Shining Armor were in the heart with him, looking around at the dark abyss and then to the platform, backing away as she was curious to see what it was. "What's this? And who's she?"
"Welcome to the Heart." Spyro replied, making them look at her.
"The Heart?" Shining Armor asked.
"This place is known as the Dive to the Heart." Spyro replied. "It's a place where one dives into their own heart or into the hearts of others, appearing as Stain glass pillars to help guide those who need help or are worthy for the Keyblade. Here, the heart is corrupted by darkness and is trying to shatter the heart."
"Ok, but why are we here?" Cadence asked.
"It seems that while we were still fused, it brought you into the heart with me." Spyro replied, confusing them. "I have the power to purify the heart of its darkness, saving the person or pony who's about to fall into darkness."
"And... how do we do that?" Shining Armor asked.
They then heard something behind Spyro, the prince turning as the couple looked to see what made the noise and found a blue door with a pattern that looked like water, the handles looking like waves from an ocean, making Spyro smile.
"We find their anchor." Spyro replied.
The door opened for them, a light shining out and blinding the couple while Spyro had no issue looking into the light, engulfing them as it shined out into the entire room was engulfed int he same light. After a moment, the three of them found themselves in a room that looked to be degraded, wallpaper peeling off with training gear around the room, posters of surfers and surf boards leaning against the wall, pictures of Spyro and their other friends on the wall in their man forms, but the glass was cracked or shattered and some of the pictures were torn up as if they were an angry girlfriend scorned by their boyfriend.
"What... is this?" Shining Armor asked.
"Their room." Spyro replied. "A place in their heart when a spark of light remains, even if the darkness overtakes the heart."
"So... what are we looking for?" Cadence asked, using her magic to pick up a picture.
"An anchor." Spyro replied, confusing them. "The Hearts Final Connection. Something that holds her light, something they hold onto and cherish that holds the light and never lets it go out."
"And how do we know if we find it?" Shining Armor asked.
"You'll know." Spyro replied.
"Boys... I think I have something." Cadence said.
The two of them walked over to her to see what she had, finding she had found an undamaged photo of her and Spyro in Radiant Garden during a Carnival with Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Axel, everyone having Sea Salt ice cream in their hands, Riku giving Sora a nuggie, Kairi doing rabbit ears over Sora's head, Axel winking while holding up two fingers as a peace sign, and Spyro with his arm around May's shoulders, who had her eyes closed as she smiled.
"I remember this." Spyro said, taking the photo. "We were in Radiant Gardens taking care of reports of Heartless in that world, near the palace as Maleficent tried to conquer it again. After we took care of the mob of dark monsters, we went out and got some Sea-Salt ice cream to celebrate."
"Oh, I love Sea-Salt ice cream!" Cadence exclaimed, looking happy. "Ever since it came out, I couldn't get enough of it! First it's salty and bitter, but then it's sweet and delightful! Oh, I wish I could meet the pony who brought this delight to Equestria."
"You just did." Spyro replied, shocking her.
"You!?" Cadence asked. "You came up with Sea-Salt ice cream!?"
"Oh no, I only brought the recipe to Equestria." Spyro replied. "The rest happened on its own." He then looked back down at the photo, his smile turning to a frown. "But... this was before..."
Spyro then froze, unable to get the words out as he remembered what had happened vividly, Cadence and Shining Armor seeing his reaction and knew it was difficult for him to say, but wanted to know what happened.
"Before what?" Shining Armor asked.
"Before the Destroyer." May answered.
Everyone turned around to see the corrupted Keyblade bearer, Cadence gasping in shock while Shining Armor got in front of her as they saw her, covered in black crystals like what was used for the Golems and Grublins, a mass of crystal over her right eye, cracks appearing on her body. Shining Armor was charging up his magic to attack her, but Spyro raised his hoof up, stopping him from attacking.
"May." Spyro said, surprising them.
"Every world has a Destroyer." May said, walking over to a nearby chair, sitting in it. "Malefor has the power to summon any Destroyer, so long as someone who serves him is there. However, his power grows weaker the longer he's in the core of his world. He had enough power to bring me to his world, making me become his puppet." She then broke down, putting her face in her hooves as she sobbed, Spyro walking over to her. "I... I took... so many lives while serving him. So many worlds... lay in ruins due to me. I... I deserve to-"
"Hey, hey." Spyro said, wrapping his wing around her. "Sh, sh, sh, it's ok. None of it was your fault. You couldn't control your actions."
"I... I tried to... to fight back." May said, still crying. "H-his power... his... darkness... was too strong. I... I..."
She then put her head against his chest, feeling how upset she was through the Force as he hugged her, patting her head and letting her cry her eyes out, Cadence not helping but walk over and sit down next to her, putting her hoof on her shoulder, getting her attention.
"You know, i don't know who you are or exactly know all about you Keyblade ponies." Cadence said, giving her a warm smile. "Heck, when I learn Twilight had one, I felt so proud of her. And I can tell, just from listening to you, you're a good pony or whatever you are."
"Well, if Cadence trusts you, then I trust you." Shining Armor said. "Though, not a hundred percent, but, from where I'm standing, you seem alright."
"May, in the end, you are still you, not the darkness nor Malefor." Spyro said, wiping her tears away. "You're still a Keyblade Bearer, a good one. But more than that, you're my friend." May then looked up to him, the crystals having disappeared, surprising the two ponies with him as they had no clue where the crystals went to. they then heard something behind the captain and looked to see her door again, this time with a golden rim around the door. "Time to go."
He got up and helped May out of the chair, holding her in his wing as the princess and the captain walked next to him.
"What happens now?" May asked.
"We'll take you back to Master Yen Sid, let him know what happened and you're back to your old self." Spyro replied, looking to her. "The others will be thrilled to have you back on the team."
May smiled at him and hugged him, happy that he was willing to give her a second chance as the door opened, light shining into the room as it flooded the place and engulfed them. Back in the real world, eveyrone was watching the ball of purple and dark blue fire swirls around as the raging inferno's fought one another, waiting for the results of the fight when they saw the dark blue flames turn Indigo, the flames dying out as it hovered to the ground until the ball of fire touch the ground, revealing that Spyro was still standing and May was under his wing, smiling up at him as she leaned into him.
"What happened?" Chrysalis asked. "May, get over here!"
"She's right where she belongs." Spyro replied, getting in front of her. "She's no longer Malefor's puppet. And with her magic gone..." He then looked to the grublins, as did Larxene and Chrysalis, watching as the flies started to crumble, turning to dust before their eyes, shocked by what was going on. "So shall the Grublins die out without their master."
"May... what...?" Larxene tried to say, but couldn't.
"He's right Larxene." May said, staggering up next to him. "I'm done being his puppet and I'm done hurting innocent lives! If Malefor wants to get out of his prison, he can do so without me!"
She then raised her hoof and a flash of light appeared in front of it, before her hoof was her old, shattered Keyblade, but before they could ask what she was doing, the blade suddenly started to glow a bright blue before the glow stopped, revealing it was repaired, but instead of it being it's original form, the stem of the blade was now a combination of flowing water with snowflakes along the stem and for the teeth of the blade, the guard of the blade looking like the Crystal Snow, but at the bottom of the hilt was a unicorn horn and the Keychain was a swirling vortex trapped by a snowflake. She then took the blade with her magic, which her magical aura was, instead of red, ocean blue as she raised it, ready for a fight.
"Hmph, even if you now have another Keyblade Bearer on your side, it makes no difference!" Larxene said, drawing her daggers. "I have been waiting a long time for this and no one is getting in my way! Not even a weaken Keyblade bearer like you."
"Then how about us?" Twilight said, she and her friends walking up with their Keyblades out, the dusks and Ninja's guarding them turning to energy and dust. "We're ore than ready for a fight."
"Hah, even you don't have the power to best me and all the Changelings!" Larxene said. "Without the barrier, you're nothing!"
"She's right." Shining Armor said, speaking through Spyro. "Without my magic, we're finished."
"My love will be your strength." Cadence replied.
Though none of the others could see them, Spyro could see before his eyes they were hugging, feeling the love between them.
"How sweet." Chrysalis said, walking to the window. "What a sweet, yet absolutely useless sentiment."
"It's not a useless sentiment." Spyro said, walking to her. "Love is the most powerful emotion in the universe. Love is what drives people to go the distance for those they care about. And it is that love... that shall defeat you."
He then called the combined Keyblades, closing his eyes as he felt the drives power coming to an end, but he mustered all the power he could, standing on his hind legs and raising his forelegs, the two blades shooting in the air as they spun around, the power in them flowing as two ethereal ponies appeared, a unicorn and an alicorn appeared from he blades, catching the queen off guard, but shocked to see the two ponies were the two ponies meant to be married today, their colors appearing as they nuzzled their heads together, their horns touching and creating a spark that opened up power that not even the Prince of Light and Darkness could describe. He felt it flow though him as the heart on his chest started to glow blue and pink, the two ponies spinning around one another as the blades did, coming closer and closer together as the light shined brighter and brighter, the girls jaws dropping from what they were watching, but Larxene was backing away, fearing for what was happening and decided to open a corridor and bail out. Chrysalis turned around and saw what was happening, fearing for her own safety as she wanted to run, but the keys then connected and the two ponies started to glow, turning into a heart made of pure hot pink light.
"No, this can't be!" Chrysalis said, watching as Spyro took the combined blade in his hooves. "I drained Shining Armor of his magic, I imprisoned the princess of love, weakening her! How is this possible!?"
"When it comes to love, love knows no limit." Spyro said, his voice, Shining Armor's and Cadence's combined.
Spyro spun the blade around and pointed the tip of it onto the ground, tapping the blades tip onto the ground as it released a massive amount of magic, pure magic and love outward, the queen screaming in fear as it pushed her out of the hall, sending her and her minions flying back to where it came from while also destroying all of the Nobodies that were unlucky enough not to retreat, turning into dark energy that disappeared in seconds. When the light disappeared, Spyro and the couple were separated, returning to their original forms, setting down before and looking like they were in perfect condition, no dirt, scratches, scraps, nothing to indicate they were injured or in a fight.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight shouted, she and Spyro running over.
"I'm fine twilight, don't worry about me." Celestia said, getting up with their help. She then looked over to Spyro, who was then helping Luna up and the two hugged, bring a smile to her face. "Spyro, I'd like to thank you."
"For what?" Spyro asked.
"For staying by Twilight's side and believing her, trusting her where we did not." Celestia replied. "You trusted her instinct, more than we ever did. Twilight... could you ever forgive me?"
"Oh princess, you don't need to apologize to me." Twilight said, hugging her. "I already have forgiven you."
The princess smiled and then hugged her, relieved to be forgiven by her star pupil. A moment later, they heard the door open and saw that the crusaders were looking in, running over to the group and hugging their siblings.
"Spyro, you're safe!" Scootaloo said.
"Well, it was touch and go there for a while." Spyro said, hugging his little sister. "But, everything is fine now." he then heard someone groan from behind and saw that May was having trouble standing. "Uh, give me a moment Scoots, I want to introduce you to someone." He then ran over to May, Scootaloo watching him go over to May and help her up, which was when Scootaloo froze, not from fear of May, but from the room she was looking at, finding the condition of the room to be the exact same as what she saw in her vision, seeing Spyro help May up the same way as she saw in her vision, watching as her brother brought May over. "Scoots, I know you met May already, under less... desirable circumstances. But... she's not like that anymore. She's good again."
"Scootaloo..." May said, looking remorseful. "I am so, so sorry for what I put you through back in the Caribbean. "What I did... I don't deserve forgiveness from you... or anybody for that matter. I just hope someday... you could forgive me."
Scootaloo was weary of the pony who first abducted, looking between her and Spyro, hoping this was real and not a trick, walking up to her brother and hugging him while giving May a cautious look. However, on the other side of a pillar, Larxene was peeking around the corner of the pillar, giving Spyro a resentful glare towards Spyro and his friends.
"You will not win this time, your highness." Larxene said, pulling out the Beskar daggers as she saw him and the princess in her view. "I might take out a princess while killing you... but that's just the way it is." She took aim at Spyro, getting the princess of love in her sights as well, smirking as she got her targets. "Collateral."
As his friends were talking, Spyro could sense a sudden disturbance in the Force, looking around as he knew someone was there and could sense their dark intentions as he looked, finding Larxene behind a pillar and the daggers she was holding, throwing them towards them and rushed over, pushing Princess Cadence out of the line of fire as multiple banging and clanging sounds went off, the princess shaking her head and looking to Spyro to see why he did that, but her eyes widened in horror as she and everyone else saw six daggers piercing through his armor and in his chest as the armor disappeared, Spyro's expression filled with shock and horror as he collapsed to the ground.
"SPYRO!" Twilight shouted as they all crowded him.
"That cheeky nymph." Spyro said as they turned him around. "Beskar Daggers."
"Spyro... y-you're going to be ok." Twilight said, pulling out a dagger and nearly fainting after seeing the blood.
"Yeah, not a good idea." Spyro said, struggling to get the words. "Besides... something's interfering with my magic... again."
"T-then we'll get a doctor." Twilight said, looking up. "No, the Cure spell!"
"Not this time little bookworm." Spyro said. "The daggers... no time."
"There's always time." Twilight said, taking Spyro's hoof. "Please... hang on."
Spyro just smiled at her, holding her hoof as everyone watched on, their hearts breaking as they watched him fade away.
"Hey... chin up butter cup." Spyro said weakly. "No tears. You're beautiful, you're all beautiful without the tears."
"Spyro... don't die." Twilight said as tears welled up in her eyes.
"Death isn't the end." Spyro replied, still smiling. "I... sort of have a habit of cheating death. Guess you can call me the Grave Walker."
"Please, just hang on." Twilight said, looking to everyone. "Girls, get your Keyblades and-"
It was too late as they heard something pop out, looking to Spyro and saw his heart come out of his chest as his body faded into darkness, watching as his heart was flying away into the sky as a dark vortex opened up, Heartless looking out and reaching for the heart as they sensed something fresh and powerful.
"We need to save his heart!" Twilight said, getting up. "Rainbow Dash, go-"
Before she could finish her sentence, a beam of light shot out from out of nowhere, hitting the heart and causing it to shine brighter and brighter until the light blinded everyone, sending out a shockwave that sent everyone flying everywhere, into walls and across the floor as the light faded. When it was gone, everyone got up and looked around to see what had just happened, looking to the vortex and seeing it was closing, the Heartless failing to acquire their prize. The girls looked around to see where that light came from and saw Rosy standing there, her Keyblade in the air as tears streamed down her face, sobbing as she collapsed, her Keyblade disappearing as she broke down.
"Rosy, what did you do?" Twilight asked, her heart shattered and felt betrayed. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?"
"What he asked me to do." Rosy replied, confusing everyone. "He asked me... to scatter his heart. He didn't want the Heartless to get his heart."
"What do you mean get his heart?" Twilight asked, trying to control her anger.
"Dad... he..." Rosy said, trying to get the words out.
"Dad?" Scootaloo asked.
"We'll explain later." Rainbow Dash said. "Rosy, why'd he ask you to do this?"
"Because of the future." Rosy replied. "In the future, Malefor returns... he comes to Equestria... and he destroys you."
Hearing this, the room went cold, nothing but Rosy's crying filling the room as Applejack rushed over and hugged her daughter, rocking her back and forth to comfort her.
"Why?" Twilight asked. "Why did he ask you to shatter his heart?"
"He... he didn't tell me." Rosy replied. "That's all he said. He didn't explain the reason for why he wanted his heart shattered. Just to do it. I'm sorry." She then cried on Applejack's shoulder, everyone else walking over and hugging her as they tried to comfort her, even Twilight couldn't be mad at Rosy forever as she walked over and joined the hug, the blind mare sobbing as she hugged everyone. "I'm sorry."