N/A: Happy New Year everyone! Alright, this adventure is going to be a little longer than I had previosly planned. How long? I don't know, but what I do know is that if I end it at as three parter, then it will leave a whole bunch of good stuff out. Right now, just sit back, enjoy the story, and let me worry about how long thus will be.
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Chapter 190: Da Big Apple Part 3: The Professors Thesis
It was in the dead of night and Spyro was walking woth all his friends through the streets and back alleys to get to the Tooth Fairy's lair, reaching it and seeing it was a regular warehouse on the outside, but was more than likely that there was more to it thzt outside appereances.
"I'm guessing that's your lair." Spyro said.
"It is indeedilidy!" Tooth Fairy replied. "Dr. Diente had me prisoner and dumped me in Jersey, trying to crush me in some kind of crushing machine while trapped in a car!"
"Wait, he did what!?" Jade asked.
"How did you get out?" Yang asked.
"I may not have my wand deary, but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve." The Tooth Fairy replied.
"Alright, let's get in there and get Haley back!" Jake said, walking forward.
"Wow wait!" Spyro said, pulling Jake back as a few Dusks walked by while patrolling. "Dusks."
"Dusks?" Jake asked. "What's a Dusk?"
"A Nobody." Spyro replied. "The empty husk of a person who lost their heart to darkness or if it was taken by a Heartless."
"Heartless?" Jake asked.
"Creatures born from the darkness in peoples hearts." Spyro replied. "Let's just say you're better off not seeing one. Now, we need a way to get inside."
"We don't have time to sneak in!" Jake said. "We have to save Haley!"
"I agree." Jade replied, holding up her revolvers. "We need to get moving now."
The two of them then ran towards the building as the Dusks came back around, spotting them and charging forward, but Spyro rushed forward and slashed through the first one, turnng it into dust as he casted his Blizzard spell and pinned another while the third tried to hit Jake, but the dragon ducked and used his tail to swipe it away and towards Rainbwo Dash as she slashed through it, giving them a clear path to the door as they all ran to it. Meanwhile in the lair, Dr. Diente was grabbing a pair of pliers from his table while Xigbar tuned his weapons while Haley was stuck in the cage made out of teeth.
"So, are you a dentist?" Haley asked. "And are you some kind of pirate or something? My dentist always gives me free toothbrushes and he doesn't associate with Pirates. Plus he doesn't keep me in a cage."
"Well little girl, I'm a very different kind of dentist." Diente said. "I'm the kind that is planning on reclaiming every dollar that fool Tooth Fairy gave away."
"Now that is very short sighted of you." Xigbar said, dismissing his weapon. "With that kind of power, you could take this world over without any issue."
"I'm not interested in the world, but in reclaiming all the money Tooth Fairy gave away!" Diente said. "Besides, when I plany the tooth, all the power that comes with it will be mine. I'll be unstoppable."
"There's no way my brother and his friends will let you keep me here!" Haley said. "They'll kick both of your guys butts!"
"Oh please." Diente said, walking to her. "I know kids like that, who wish they were an only child so they wouldn't have to share or have to deal with annoying little siblings! By now he's probably grateful not to have to deal with you." He then got out the pliers, ready to extract the tooth. "Now, be a good little brat and-" Haley used her dragon breath, causing the pliers to heat up and get hot enough to make him drop them, making him hiss and glare at her. "Why you little snot nosed brat! I'm gonna-"
"Gonna what?" Spyro asked.
Diente looked behind him and immediately got sucker punched in the face, getting sent flying away as Lao Shi busted down the door to allow everyone else to enter.
"Haley!" Jake shouted.
"Jake, Grandpa!" Haley shouted.
"Tooth Minions, attack!" Diente said.
"Nobodies, attack!" Xigbar said.
The minions and the Nobodies all charged towards the group, but Spyro got his Keyblade out and went after Xigbar, who was firing on him to try and slow him down while Jade and Yang fought through the tooth minions to get to Haley, only to be fired upon by the Snipers, so Jade aimed her revolvers at them while Yang propelled herself towards them, smashing down on the ground beofre she unleashed a flurry of punches and shotgun blasts on the Snipers. Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash were sticking together, going through the dusks that were attacking them while Jake and Lao Shi would handling one of the berserkers. As they fought, Xigbar jumped backwards, firing his Arrowguns at Spyro, but he just delfected them as rushed him, the Nobody was forced to block using one of his guns, only for Spyro to turn to water and appear right behind him, slashing his back and making him fall to the ground.
"You have certainly imporved young prince." Xigbar said, looking to him. "You're more powerful than when we had last met."
"And I'm still growing more and more powerful everyday." Spyro replied.
"Yo, let me go!" Jake shouted.
Spyro looked up, seeing that Jake had just been captured by one of the Tooth Minions while everyone was still fighting while Xigbar laughed, jumping up and unleashing a storm of missile fire at everyone below, but Spyro rushed over and held his hands up, creating a crystal shield to block the attacks as Jake was thrown into the cage, knocking Haley down and causing her tooth to come out and fly in the air for Dr. Diente to grab.
"Ah, at last." Diente said.
"Oh no." Spyro said as he kept the shield up.
"Finally, after all this time, I've been waiting for this moment my whole life." Diente said as he walked over to the pot.
"Where do you think you're going yo!?" Jake asked, hopping over the tooth minions and the Nobodies as he knocked the Tooth Fairy's wand out of his hand and took it. "Yo Tooth Fairy, catch!"
Jake tossed her back her wand as she used it's power to dispell tha magic animating the Tooth Minions, looking to Diente with a smile as she giggled.
"The giggle is up Diente." Tooth Fairy said. "Also, you're fired!"
"Fine, I don't need that wand anymore." Diente said as he thrusted his fist into the pot of soil as it started to glow. "Finally, the legend of the dragon's tooth... it's no longer a legend!"
Jake and Spyro both disengaged from whatever fight they were in and ran towards the doctor, but he transformed from a person into what seemed like a massive Yeti, laughing as he knocked both of them back while Xigbar walked backwards away from him.
"That's it?" Xigbar asked, looking at Diente. "A single dragons tooth turns you into a giant yeti? How disappointing."
"Now, if you excuse me, I'm off to reclaim some of the Tooth Fairy's idiotic losses!" Diente said, looking to Haley. "But just incase I need some more dragon's teeth."
Diente reached for Haley, ready to take her, but Spyro threw his Keyblade and slashed him across the arm, making him yelp in pain as he looked to him, but when everyone saw him holding a Keyblade, they froze in fear.
"You leave that kid alone, you hear me!?" Spyro shouted.
"A keyblade!" Diente said, backing up. "You have a Keyblade!?"
"He's not the only one either!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
She ran towards him, but Diente lifted his foot to crush her, but before he could, Rainbow Dash sped off, leaving a rainbow colored trail behind as she slashed at his foot, making him yell in pain as he hopped backwards while Rarity and Fluttershy bombarded him with Fire and thunder spells, the fire doing little to nothing as Jake was flying around, spewing fire on him, but as soon as a bolt of thunder hit him, he yelled in pain, noticing this as he flew dow to Spyro.
"Yo Spyro!" Jake said. "This dudes weak against eletricity!
"Eletricity?" Spyro said, looking to him. "Everyone, grab any and everything that has eletricity in it!"
Jade nodded as she switched her revolvers to eletric rounds, firing them at the massive yeti like monster and doing some damage as he walked backwards, trying to avoid the attacks while Spyro and Jake flew out, the prince charging up his power as a storm appeared above them, raising his arm above his head while Jake looked for something that would work, hearing his pop idol singing behind him and seeing a billboard showing her, which he had an idea.
"Sorry Shaniqua, but I have a little sister to save." Jake said.
He flew to the billboard and ripped it off it's hinges, throwing it at Diente while a bolt of lightning came down and landed on Spyro's fist and sent a massive bolt straight for Diente, which the billboard caught the attack and was supercharged, hitting the doctor on the head and smashing on him. A second later, the eletric build up in the billboard sent all the energy into Diente, causing him to yell in absolute pain before he ended up exploding, teeth raining everywhere.
"Aw yeah, take that you evil dentist!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
jake and Spyro both landed on the ground, which jake found Haley's tooth and picked it up, looking at it in amazement.
"To think, all this for such a little tooth." Jake said.
"A dragon's tooth holds great power jake." Lao Shi said. "Which is why we strive to make sure no evil acquires such power."
"In other words, let's get rid of this thing before someoene else ends up snatching it." Fu said.
"And I know the perfect way to get rid of it." Jake said, picking Haley up. "Come on Haley, let's get this underneath your pillow. You oughta get at least a twenty after everything you've been through."
Jake then took off into the air with Haley in his arms as they flew on home while leaving everyone else in the warehouse, exhausted after what they had gone through, but they found the strength to return to the shop so they could get some rest. The next day however, Spyro and Jake were on the roof top of Lao Shi's shop, getting ready for a training session while the others just sat down and took a break, Spyro in a meditative state while Jake stood in front of him.
"Jake, you hold great power inside of you, but such power can also be very dangerous." Spyro said. "How you use that power is up to you."
"But how?" Jake asked. "How can I unlock this power I have?"
"First, you must understand your element." Spyro said, standing up. "You Jake are a young fire dragon, meaning you have access to the fire element and all the power that comes with it."
"Pfft, dog, I know how to use fire like I know Mr. Rotwoods hair is actually a toupee." Jake said.
"You may know how to use it, but can you manipulate it?" Spyro asked. He then summoned a fire whip and lashed it out towards Jake, who dodged it and looked up at Spyro, changing to his dragon form and sent a stream of fire at him, but he spun the whip around and made a makeshift shield, stopping the flames and sending them back at Jake as he looked back at Spyro. "That all you got?"
"Oh, I got more!" Jake said. He then sent three fireballs at Spyro, but he just used the whip and destroyed them all, triwling the whip and creating a flaming vortex, which went right past Jake, nearly hitting him, but went into the sky instead, exploding into fireworks and captivating everyone. "Wow. Wicked."
"That there is four years of using fire." Spyro said, dismissing the whip. "After such a long of using the elements, you learn how to maniulate and control them into many new ways and forms. After enough time and practice, even you can manipulate it to whatever you want it to be."
"HELP!" Someone shouted.
Spyro and jake ran to the side, seeing what looked to be a Leprechaun, except he wasn;t wearing green, he had on a sickly yellow jacket on with brown colored pants, a yellow shirt and a green hat, no buckles ont he shoes or the hat. He was running with what appeared to be a woman in his arm while running with a pot of gold in his other hand and right behind him was the Huntsman and the Huntsgirl, both of which were after the poor guy.
"Seriously, these jokers again?" Spyro asked.
"It's a daily basis here kid." Fu said.
"So, how do you want to do it?" Spyro asked.
"I'll take the Huntsgirl, you take the Huntsman." Jake replied. "You're more qualified to fight this guy than I am."
"Alright, let's go." Spyro said.
"We'll come with you." Rarity said.
"No Rare, not this time." Spyro said. "I can deal with this guy myself. Jake, try not to flirt with the enemy this time. It's a distraction."
"Aw come on, it's just a little fun." Jake replied, leaping down.
Spyro shook his head as he leapt down after him to help him in the fight while the others leaned over to see what was going down, but Jade's fist was clenched, feeling rage in her heart as she broke away from the group, sneaking down to try and take care of the Huntsman herself. On the ground, the Leprechaun was cornered, the two hunters having surrounded him as the Huntsman and the Huntsgirl approached.
"It's no use Leprechaun." The Huntsman said. "You fell for our hunting beacon. A good little devide for attracting Leprechauns."
"Now hand over the pot of gold and we might let you live." The Huntsgirl said.
However, a stream of fire went between them, forcing them to flinch as jake and Spyro landed in front of the Leprechaun, putting themselves between them and the defenseless mythical creature.
"Sorry Huntsgirl, but gold digging drops you a couple of points on the hot meter." Jake said.
"Ok, that was clever kid." Spyro said.
"You'r the one about to get dropped dragon." Huntsgirl said.
The Huntsman pointed his staff at the dragons, firing green beams of power, but Spyro got in the way, raising his left hand and blocking the attacks a few times before he summoned his fire whip again, hitting the Huntsman in the shoulder as he rushed him.
"Huntsgirl, take the American dragon!" The Huntsman said. "This one's mine."
"As you wish Huntsmaster." Huntsgirl replied.
She then ran past Spyro, both ignoring one another as Jake picked the Leprechaun up and flew them both into the air, heading to the top of the roof while Spyro dismissed the whip and called two burning swords, swinging them and landing a hit on the shaft of the weapon, flipping over him as he threw several daggers made out of ice at him, spinning his staff to block the attack.
"Oh, you're full of surprises dragon." The Huntsman said. "Why not face me in your true form and we can make this a proper battle?"
"Sorry bud, but you need to earn that right to fight me as a dragon." Spyro said, smiling. "The only thing you've earn so far is a spot on my list of people I'm going to mop the floor with."
He changed the fire swords into balls and chains made out of earth, swinging them around and forcing the Huntsman on the defensive while he unleashed blast after blast of earth like shotgun blasts. Meanwhile on the roof, Jake and the Huntsgirl were in the middle of a fight of their own, flipping from roof to roof as they flipped one another over and attacked each other, jake protecting the Leprechaun and giving him a chance to escape with the robotic decoy. However, below them, Professor Rotwood was climbing up the fire escape to try and get a look of the city, looking for something while wearing a spy outfit with nightvision goggles on.
"Scientific log: Day 739 of Urban Nocturnal surveillance" Rotwood said. "Still no proof of the existence of..." he then turned around and saw jake and Huntsgirl fighting one another before looking down and seeing Syro fighting the Huntsman, turning to water and avoiding an attack. "At last, all these years! There is proof of the existence of magical creatures right in front of me!"
He then took out a camera to try and snap a picture, but he was then pulled down by a police officer while he managed to snap a photo of the fight.
"Alright peeper, shows over." The officer said.
They removed him fromt he fire escape as the photo came out of his camera, revealing the photo, but it was blurry and not very good, but he didn't care as he had what he wanted while being shoved itno the back of the police cruiser as it drove off. However, ont he ground, Spyro and the Huntsman were still locked in combat, Spyro using the Force to push him away as he slammed his foot into the ground and threw the rock towards the Huntsman, who blasted it as Spyro socked him in the head. But nearby, Jade pocked her head out, seeing the Huntsman had his back to her, getting one of her revolvers out as she glarred at him.
"End of the line Hunts creep." Jade said.
She aimed the revolver at the Huntsman, aiming straight for the head as she pulled the hammer back, but the click alerted Spyro as his ears picked it up, looking a bit to the right to see her.
"NO!" Spyro shouted.
But Jade didn't listen as she fired the revolver, the bullet heading straight for the Huntsman, but a circle of purple magic appeared, deflecting off it as more appeared, making the bullet bounce off one after another until it landed a solid hit to the knee, making the Huntsman collapse as he yelled in pain, getting the Huntsgirls attention as she looked down.
"Master!" She shouted.
Jade got ready to fire again, aiming for the Huntsman for a second time, but Spyro used his whip and knocked the gun out of her hand, slamming his foot into the ground as a wall made of earth erupted as the Huntsgirl jumped down, picking her mentor up as she hissed.
"This is a one time thing." Spyro said. "Get him out of here and don't let me catch you guys going after the Leprechauns or any other magical creature again."
"Don't expect a thank you dragon." Huntsgirl said.
She threw down a smoke bomb, making it difficult for anyone to see as Jade came running around the corner, finding they were gone as she yelled in rage.
"You let them get away!?" Jade shouted. "Why!? You had him!"
"I told you I could handle him Jade!" Spyro shouted, walking to her. "I told you to stay on the roof! Why did you try to take a shot at him!?
"Oh, I don't know, maybe because he's a monster!" Jade replied. "I mean, he literally kills magical creatures, even though they mind their own business and don't do humans any harm!"
"Yeah, but that doesn't give you the right to go all Vigilante on me and disobey my orders!" Spyro replied.
"Oh, so now you're ordering us!?" Jade asked. "Guess what pal, I don't take orders from grownups all that well! I kill monsters as they deserve to die for what they have done! If you had let me shot him, I'd be saving a lot of innocent creatures right now!"
"You'd be erasing this world from existence, that's what you would have done!" Spyro shouted back. "The Huntsman is a key individual in this world! If he dies before his time comes, then this world will erase and rewrite itself!"
"I don't have to listen to this." Jade said, walking away. "Come find me when you're ready to put an end to the Huntsman."
She walked away from Spyro, leaving in a huff while Spyro just pressed his fingers into his eyes, frustrated with what Jade try to do as Jake walked up, reverting back to his human form.
"Uh, what did you mean by our world would be erased if the Huntsman was gone?" Jake asked.
"It's best we discuss this tomorrow." Spyro replied. "Besides, don't you have school tomorrow?"
"Aw man." Jake replied as the ngiht came.
The next day, Jake was in his Mythology class as Rotwood started passing out some fliers for everyone to see.
"Alright class, feast your eyes on my latest scientific discovery." Rotwood said.
As Jake took the flier, he saw it was a picture of him, but the image was far too blurry and out of focus to even resemble a dragon, but it still made Jake's stomach turn.
"Um, Mr. Rotwood-" Trixie said.
"Professor!" Rotwood replied, slamming a flier down in front of her.
"Yeah, alright, whatever." Trixie said. "Prof, I'm looking at your flier and the only thing my eyes are seeing is a big red and yellow glob."
"It kinda looks like my moms lasagna." Spud said. "My mon's lasagna flying around and doing Kung Fu."
Spud then proceeded to do some Kung Fu moves as the professor slammed his hands ont he desk.
"Nein!" Rotwood shouted. "This is not an imposter! It is a dragon! Or a sphynix, or maybe a griffon, I don't know. But I am the first to capture one on film!"
Everyone looked at one another, not sure what to make of the professors claims while Jake looked nervous, starring at the flier in fear.
"Yeah, that all just fairytales and mumbo jumbo, those things ain't real." Trixie said.
"Aw yes, the mumbly jumbly stuff, yes." Rotwood said. "The fairy tales, well, allow me to explain three things to you. Number one, there is a magical creature loose in New York city! Number two, I am offering a five hundred dollar reward for physical evidence of said creature. And number three, and probably most important, it is professor Rotwood!"
The bell then started to ring, dismissing the class as they walked out for the day while carrying the flier, everyone clearly confused while Jake remained worried about the photo.
"May, Rotwood is trippin hard this time!" Trixie said.
"Huh, oh yeah." Jake said, folding the flier up.
"I wonder if my mom even knows her Lasagna escaped." Spud said, both his friends covering their eyes.
After school, the two kids were at Trixie's place playing games after classes, playing a game of football and they were all on a team.
"Clock's ticking guys!" Jake said. "We need a touchdown to win it!"
"Trixie, you and your friends hungry!?" Someone downstairs asked. "You all want something to eat!?"
"No thanks grandma!" Trixie replied. "We good. We're just trying to make a fourth quarter comeback up in this piece!"
"Trixie." Someone else called. It was her mother, who was walking in wearing a airline hostess outfit, walking to the fireplace and dusting a vase. "The captain called in sick, so I'm going to be flying the entire London to Tokyo to LA run. I won't be back until Thursday."
"Yeah alright mom." Trixie replied.
"Behave yourself, write to your father, and please listen to your grandma, alright?" Trixie's mom asked.
"Alright mom." Trixie replied. "Love you mom."
"Love you too sweetie." Trixie's mom said. "Bye kids!"
"Bye Mrs. Carter." Jake said.
"Drive safe." Spud said. "And watch out for flying Lasagna."
Mrs. Carter looked at Spud in confusion, letting it go as she left the house whil the kids kept on playing.
"Trixie, you leaving!?" The grandmother asked. "Ya can't just leave-"
"I'm still here Grandma." Trixie replied.
"Oh, you hungry?" The grandmother asked. "You and your friends want some food?"
"No thanks Grandma, we good." Trixie replied as she turned to her friends. "Alright, only enough time for one more play. Yo Jake, pick up that post and Spud, pick up that red dog blitz!"
They went with Trixie's play, following her play as jake got the ball, running to the end zone and landing the touchdown and everyone celebrating their victory.
"Oh yeah, we're the champions of a world that doesn't even exist!" Spud said.
"And the extra point goes to..." Trixie said. She kicked a pillow, but the pillow ended up hitting the vase, everyone diving for it, but it fell to the ground, shattering into dozens of pieces. "Oh no, not moms Saturn crystal."
"Trixie, what are you doing in there!?" Te grandmother asked. "What was that about the crystal?"
"Uh, nothing grandma!" Trixie replied. "I was just welcoming over my new friend! Her name is Crystal!"
She then elbowed Spud, hinting to him what she wanted him to do.
"Uh, yeah, I'm Crystal." Spud said, doing a imitation f a womans voice and failing miserably. "Nice place you have here Trixie!"
Trixie and Jake fistbumped Spud as they scooped up all of the pieces and took them to her room where they wouldn't be disturbed, putting the pieces on her desk as they looked at them.
"Mom is going to straight freak yo!" Trixie said. "That was an antique, one of a kind, Saturn crystal vase. My dad gave it to her on their first anniversary."
"Uh Trixie, it wasn't one of a kind." Spud said, looking at one of the pieces. "According to this stamp, it was one piece of a hundred pieces."
"Nice going Spud!" Jake said. "Let's go find that crystal!"
"You said it bud!" Spud said. "Follow me!"
He then ended up walking into Trixie's closet, which they just shook their head at their friend and how hopleless he was. Meanwhile at Lao Shi's shop, Spyro was helping their host around the shop while everyone else was out having a good time, his thoughts on Jade and how she tried to kill the Huntsman and what she had said, Lao Shi noticing how he was acting and walked over.
"Something troubling you young prince?" Lao Shi asked.
"Oh, it's just Jade." Spyro replied. "She tried to get rid of the Huntsman last night and I had to stop her. She's pretty angry with me."
"Hey, I'd be a little ticked myself if you stopped me." Fu said. "I mean, come on kid, you had a once in a lifetime opportunity to get rid of him and you just let him go."
"I had to." Spyro replied, walking to the window. "If I allowed him to die right there and then, then everything would have changed."
"Changed?" Fu asked. "What do you mean?"
"Yeah, explain to us then why it's important that Huntsman live?" Jade asked, walking out and crossing her arms.
Spyro could still sense how upset and angry Jade was, seeing her tap her finger on her arm, so he took int a deep breath as he looked outside.
"The Huntsman, like Jake, is a key individual in this world." Spyro replied, looking to Lao Shi and Fu. "Key individuals are people who have a role to play in a worlds story. If one of them is removed from the world or dies too soon, then the world itself is erased and rewritten."
"Rewritten?" Jade asked. "Ok, that sounds rediculous. how can a world erase itself and rewrite itself?"
Without answering, he raised his hand and a moment later, the entire room changed, changing from a video shop into a field filled with snow and grass just growing out of the snow with a forest behind them.
"This world is Fallow Fields." Spyro said. "This is the world of a close friend of mine and Sora's, Bambi. He lost his mother to a hunter when he was a fawn."
"Wait, a fawn?" Jade asked. "You're friends a deer?"
"So, what does this have to do with the Huntsman or us for that matter?" Fu asked.
"Watch." Spyro replied. They all looked to see Bambi and his mother running, fleeing from the hunter who was aiming his rifle at them, but Spyro intervened, finding the hunter and destroying his weapon before knocking him out. "I saved his mother that day, making sure Bambi had a mother. But what I didn't know at that time that if you try to alter or change how the world works drastically, there was reprecussions."
A moment later, the ground started to shake as everyone felt it happen, looking to their right as they saw a white wall heading towards them, everyone raising their arms when it stopped, looking to the wall as they saw areas in front of them loosing color and further into it, until there was nothing.
"What... is this?" Jade asked.
"I don't exactly know." Spyro replied. "All I know is that it happens when something either takes away or changes what happens in the course of this world. Think of it like a glitch in a video game. Should the Huntsman suddenly cease to exist, the world resets itself to the moment before the glitch happened." They then watched Spyro try to protect the mother again, deflecting the bullets, tackling the hunter, even creating a dense fog that made it impossible to see, only for the world to reset every time. "I tried, over and over and over again to save her during my first year as a prince, with the power to alter reality if need be. But everytime it was the same, it always reset to the point to where she would die."
As he said it, the rifle fired and hit her in the heart, the mother collapsing to the ground while Jade covered her mouth, Fu and Lao Shi surprised by what they were seeing.
"So, let me get this straight, it doesn't matter how many times you try to get rid of this guy, he'll just keep coming back?" Fu asked.
"Afraid so." Spyro replied. "The world would just bring him back, rewrite everything that was meant to happen."
"Wait, if the world can restore itself, then why don't our worlds just come back?" Jade asked.
"I'm not sure." Spyro replied as the scene turned back to Lao Shi's shop. "It has to do with the heart of each world. When the Heartless takes the heart of those worlds, then those worlds will just blink out, cease to exist until it's heart has been freed from the darkness."
The three of them looked at Spyro, which Jade seemed more annoyed with him than anything as she crossed her arms.
"This is stupid." Jade said. "The Huntsman is a monster and I kill monsters. Get in my way again and I won't hesitate to shoot you as well."
She then turned around and walked away, leaving Spyro alone with Lao Shi and Fu, both watching her leave as well as she went back itno the back room.
"Ah don't let that get you down kid." Fu said. "I'm sure everything will turn out alright."
"Indeed." Lao Shi said. "One cannot plant a garden and expect it to grow overnight."
"Yeah, whatever that means." Spyro said. He looked back out the window and noticed Jake running past the shop, seeing how worried he looked as he ran. "Where the heck is Jake going? Wasn't he as Trixie's a while ago?"
"Eh, who knows." Fu replied. "Probably got a call from his mom or something. Come on, we got a rush order on a broken HD TV and we need your help to fix it."
Fu and Lao Shi went into the back to get started on repairing the tv while Spyro looked back at Jake, sensing that he was up to something, but decided to follow Lao Shi to help fix the damaged TV. Outside of a shop where they had found a Saturn Crystal, they were counting up the money they had to see if they had enough to buy the crystal.
"So, with the addition of Jake's allowance, we now have sixteen dollars and sixty-three cents." Spud said.
"Oh, I'm doomed." Trixie said. "That crystal costs at least six hundred dollars!"
"Hey don't sweat Trixie, we'll come up with something." Jake said.
"Yeah, there's nothing we can't do if we work together." Spud said.
"Hey, you're right!" Trixie said. "We could do some odd jobs to earn some dough and buy the crystal!"
"Heck yeah, that'll work!" Jake said. "Come on yo, let's get started!"
"They then ran down the street, finding a few odd jobs like painting a mans home, cleaning up some cars, even resorting to doing some breakdancing to entertain some people and setting up a lemonade stand selling freshly squeezed lemonade, though nothing went right as they accidently painted the wrong house, Spud throwing the lemonade on his friends in celebration of making the first dollar at the stand, Jake somehow falling inside of a train while dancing and loosing his cash and no one wanted to get their cars washed, meeting back up at the shop where they counted what they had.
"And six hundred pennies." Spud said, thrwoing the pennies into a pile. "That's six dollars. Wait, we lost ten dollars and sixty-three cents."
"I'm doomed." Trixie said, covering her face. "Doomed."
"Hey, hey, it's just a set back." Jake said. "I'm sure there's a way to..." that was when Jake got an idea, pulling out the flier Professor Rotwood had given them of the blurry picture of the dragon as an idea struck him. "Hold on, I got an idea. Meet me back here in a couple of hours."
He then got his helmet on and then got on his skateboard, but little did he know, Aphara was above him, watching Jake as he rolled away and unfurled her wings, flying after him. Meanwhile at the shop, Spyro had just finished fixing the TV, getting it to the front desk for the customer as he walked in, but as he walked out with it, he noticed Jake was rolling by, sensing that he was up to something as he placed it on the front desk.
"Thank you Spyro." Lao Shi said, noticing him looking outside. "Is something the matter?"
"I don't know." Spyro replied. "I got a weird feeling in my gut."
"Yeah, happens to me when I eat too many tamales." Fu said as he was eating Mexican takeout.
"Would it be alright if I patroled around the area a bit?" Spyro asked. "I wanna make sure nothing bad happens."
"Well, I suppose it's alright." Lao Shi replied. "But don't take too long. Jake should be here anytime to go on his nightly patrol and I'd like for you to be there."
Spyro nodded his head and walked outside, looking around to make sure no one was watching him as he called his dragon wings and took off into the air, flying after jake to see what it was he was up to. Meanwhile with jake, he and Haley were getting pictures of his dragon form, having the idea of providing the proof to his teacher to get the cash they would need for the vase, printing them off so he can rush them down to his teachers place as listed on the flier, ringing the doorbell when he got there.
"What!?" Rotwood asked, lifting up the garage door. "Who's there!? Go away!" He looked and saw it was jake, looking annoyed as he saw him. "Oh, it's you. What do you want?"
"The dollars yo." Jake replied, holding up the flier. They walked in and Jake saw shelves with a bunch of dead animals in jars, some almost resembling magical creatures, not not really magical. "So this is where you live?" A moment later, one of the animals tried to attack him, hitting the glass and spooking him. "Nice crib you got mr... I mean, profeccor Rotwood."
"Well, thank you very much Mr. Long." Rotwood replied. "Now enough fo the pleasent chitty chat. You have evidence for me, yeah?"
"Yo, do I ever." Jake replied, handing him the envelope. "Chicky check it out. I'd liek the reward in cash, all about the Benjamin's yo!"
"Not so fast Mr. Long." Rotwood said, looking at the photos before ripping them.
"Hey yo, yo, yo, dude what the heck yo!?" Jake asked.
"These ridiculous photo's are obviously fake." Rotwood said. "Dragons do not pose in front of cameras like it's a, what do you call it, a selfie! Shame on you Mr. Jake Long."
"Say what!?" Jake asked, clearly annoyed. "Those were way better than those Lasagna photo's you haded out in class!"
"Exactly my point." Rotwood replied. "Not only wouldn't they pose for a camera, you wouldn't even get close to get photo's this good. Now take these and leave!"
jake took the photo's, though not happily, and left the garage where the door closed on him as Jake's phone went off.
"Yo Trix, what's up?" Jake asked. "You're gonna sell your what to science!? No, don't, I totally got this in the bag."
Jake then hung up and went back home, both Spyro and Aphara watching the kid as he went back home, where he got into the bathroom and changed into his dragon form, immediately picking the scales off of himself and cutting his nails to try and provide proof of the existence of dragons before returning back to Rotwood, who examined them under a microscope before looking to Jake.
"Obviously, these are fake!" Rotwood said.
"What, you kidding!?" Jake asked. "Those are genuine dragon scales and claws!"
"On Mr. Long." Rotwood said. "You should know better than to fool a trained Mytho biologist. Dragon claws glow in the dark, everyone knows that. And their scales have the faintest smell of lavander."
"Lavander?" Jake asked, clearly annoyed. "Glow in the dark!? That's crazy, they do not! You wouldn't know a dragon if it took a bite out of your behind!"
"You flaunt your ignorance Mr. Long." Rotwood said. "Dragons usually go for the throat, and they are alergic to buttocks."
"Ah forget you." Jake said.
He walked out of the professors house, leaving him with the scales and claws, which he scooped into his drawer and walked away, but Aphrara was already inside, sneaking in and opening the drawer and taking the scales as she smiled.
"Thank you very much kid." Apahar said. "You just made my job a whole lot easier."
Outside, jake was walking back home, defeated after trying to give the professor proof of the existence of dragons as Spyro landed right next to him, walking along side the kid as he went home.
"Hey Jake, you ok?" Spyro asked.
"Eh, I've been better." Jake replied.
"What's wrong kid?" Spyro asked.
"Oh, it's professor Rotwood." Jake replied. "He has no idea about what Dragons are really like! Glow in the dark claws, lavander smelling scales, that's completely bogus."
"Rotwood?" Spyro asked.
"He's our mythology teacher." Jake replied. "He's obsessed with the magical world and made his own dumb thesis on it. Dude's nuttier than a squirrel eating fermented pears."
"Wait, what?" Spyro asked, stopping him. "Jake, why were you trying to prove the existence of mythical creatures to a school teacher with an obsession for them? You know you're supposed to protect it, which means protecting it from threats. Both magical and nonmagical."
"I know, but..." Jake said, looking embarrased. "Trixie accidently broke her mother Saturn Crystal vase. We're trying to scrounge up enough money to buy a replacement. Rotwood was willing to give five hundred dollars for proof of a dragon."
Spyro could see how unhappy he was, sensing how he believed he failed them as he shook his head, putting his hand on Jake's shoulder to have him look at him.
"Jake, I admire your dedication and loyalty to your friends." Spyro said. "But endangering the magical world is not the way to go. I had to stop Jade from destroying the Huntsman in order to keep this world in balance, otherwise it would have been erased and you wouldn't have remembered who we were."
"Wait, for real?" Jake asked.
"For real." Spyro replied. "You don't need Rotwood or his cash to get the vase. Let me handle that."
"You... you really mean it?" Jake asked.
"Of course." Spyro replied. "That's what friends are for."
"Help!" Someone called out. "Help don'tcha know!"
"Wait, was that the leprechaun we aved last night?" Spyro asked.
"Definitely." Jake replied. They looked around the alley to try and find him, thinking he was in danger again as Jake used his dragon eyes, spotting him being cornered byt he Huntsgirl. "There, on the roof! It's the Huntsgirl!"
"Again?" Spyro asked. "Should have had that bullet take her kneecap as well."
"Come on, we have to help him." Jake said.
He then changed into his dragon form while Spyro called his wings, both taking to the air and heading straight for the roof. With the Huntsgirl, she was approaching the Leprechaun as he tried to protect his pot of gold, being cornered and having no where to go as she approached.
"End of the line Leprechaun." Huntsgirl said. "So much for the luck of the Irish. Now say goodbye."
She then threw the net, but as she did, a fireball appeared, burning the net as both Spyro and Jake got onto the roof.
"Seriously Huntsgirl, what did I just say about me catching you attacking Leprechauns again?" Spyro asked.
"Sorry, got a bad memory for such things." Huntsgirl said.
She then leapt towards the both of them, Spyro dodging her kick while she got into a match with Jake, Spyro following after them both with his Keyblade out as he approached the fighting kids.
"Geez girl, you ever take a day off or something?" Jake asked, swinging his tail as she ducked.
"I've been dreaming of slaying a dragon since birth." Huntsgirl said, blocking the attack. "Now I get to slay two."
"Keep dreaming kid." Spyro replied, spinning his blade. "Keep dreaming."
The Huntsgirl kept up her attack on Jake, kicking him into the wall of the building next to them before turning and focusing on Spyro, running towards him right as Trixie and Spud came rolling through the alleyway below them.
"We could try back alley turtle racing." Spud said, throwing out ideas they could use to make money. "Or poodles on go-karts. I hear that's pretty lucrative."
"Spud, puh-lease don't come at me with anymore schemes." Trixie said. "I need paper. Cold hard little change! It's not like it's going to fall out of the sky or anything."
But she was proven wrong when Jake, while in his dragon form fall right in front of them, causing them both to scream as they looked at the unconcious dragon.
"Wow, that is one big lasagna." Spud said. "Maybe I'm dreaming. Or, are you dreaming? Hey, what are you doing dreaming about me anyway?"
"Spud, shush!" Trixie said, rolling up and hitting jake on the head with her skateboard. "Is it dead?"
"Nah, it's still breathing." Spud replied, using his yo-yo to pull open Jakes mouth and to cause flames to come out. "Breathing fire!" Then flames came out the other end, surprising them. "Out of both ends!?"
"Wait, breathin' and tootin' fire?" Trixie asked, pulling out the flier their professor gave them during class as she got back on her skateboard. "Come on Spud, we got some money to make here! Grab the head!" Trixie grabbed jake's tail, but Spud reached for her head, making her try to bite him. "Not my head boy, the dragon's head!"
"Oh, right." Spud said.
He then went over and grabbed jake's head, the two of them rolling to the address that was on the flier to claim the reward. As for Spyro, he was just dodging the Huntsgirl's attacks, showing he couldn't be touched while using some of his spells from eletric and water to earth and ice to hit her, but her own training made her difficult to hit as they went on.
"Wow, you're good kid." Spyro said.
"Not so bad yourself." The Huntsgirl said. "But this ends here."
She then pulled out her staff and fired, the beam hitting his chest, but it had no effect, surprising her as she looked at Spyro.
"Yeah, I'm wearing Beskar Vibranium armor." Spyro said. "It's indescribable and it absorbs kinetic energy. Wanna see?" He then expelled the energy stored int he armor, sending her into a clothes line and getting wrapped up as Spyro chuckled. "Hang around a while kid. I need to check on my friend and see..." he looked down right as Spud and Trixie rolled away with Jake, his eyes wide with shock before looking up and finding tat the Huntsgirl was already gone, wanting to find her, but looked back down at the ground to see Jake's own friends wheel him away in the direction of the school professors home to turn him in for money. "Oh poodoo."
