//------------------------------// // Maretropolis Part 3 // Story: Skylanders X MLP // by Skylander545 //------------------------------// In the warehouse, Spotlight, Blackout and Hum Drum waited while staying out of sight in case any thugs showed up. But luckily, they were in the clear as the three remaining Power Ponies joined them. Matter-Horn looked at the two stones that Blackout had in the bag and asked, “Are these it?” Zapp spoke, “They are the very stones that were stolen.” She smiled, “It is good to see them again.” The blue and red stones momentarily flashed as they backed up, but nothing happened. Spotlight stated, “Anyway, we need to rescue the others. There’s no telling what would happen to them.” Saddle Rager nodded, “I still can’t believe Mane-iac escaped from prison.” Blackout sighed, “I should’ve warned you when I had the chance.” Matter-Horn spoke as she placed an assuring hoof on his wing, “Even if you did warn us, Mane-iac knew the weaknesses of the others. We were actually lucky to escape further into the warehouse.” The black dragon looked at the unicorn, “Thanks Summers.” She wasn’t phased by him calling her by her real name, “No problem, Blackout.” She looked at the remaining members of their team, “But right now, we have the Stones so we could commune with the Red Eyes and the Blue Eyes and help Spotlight control the Blue Eyes within her.” Zapp approached the black dragon, “Don't believe that you failed because three of us were captured. We will rescue them and stop both the Dream Sheep and Mane-iac…” She placed her hoof in his claw, “Together.” Blackout, realizing that they haven't lost yet, “You're right, we haven't given up yet.” He looks at the black stone of legend, “Zapp, Matter-Horn, Saddle Rager, Hum Drum, can you give us a moment for us to gather our strength and commune with the dragon spirits?” All of a sudden, a voice shouted, “Not so fast, Skylanders!” At that moment, the Dream Sheep and Mane-iac appeared from the opposite end of the chamber. The crazed mare with the freaky mane looked at Spotlight and Blackout, “These are the creatures that caused you trouble? They don't look as tough mainly because they are not crazy.” The sheep looked at the crazed mare, “Don't underestimate them, Mane-iac. I found out the hard way in my world.” Mane-iac chuckled, “Either way, we get to destroy the remaining three Power Ponies and the Skylanders at once!” Matter-Horn spoke, “Then you're in for a big disappointment!” Zapp stood in front of the two dragons, “We will not let you deviants harm them!” Hum Drum joined the others, “Power or powerless, we choose to fight, not just for Spotlight and Blackout, but Maretropolis as well!” Saddle Rager stated, “Because there's only four of us and two of you, not counting your puppet.” The Sleep Dragon asked, “Puppet?” It wasn't until the many underworld thugs appeared behind the villains as robots, and tough unicorns, pegasi and earth ponies gathered behind the villains. Saddle Rager realized that she jumped to conclusions too soon. Matter-Horn spoke, “We can take them, our main concern is to get to where the others are.” But then they realized that Spotlight and Blackout will be vulnerable since they will be doing the ritual. It wasn't until there was a crashing sound in the nearby wall as it exploded as an armored dragon and a water dragoness stood in the opening. Spotlight and Blackout know these two as they said in shock, “Blades? Echo?!” The armored dragon asked, “Did we miss the fight already?” Everyone on the good guys said, “Ummm...no.” Hum Drum pointed out, “Well, you're early.” It wasn't until the rest of the wall came down as all of the redeemed nightmare villains appeared while chanting Blackout’s name. Echo looked at the amazed look of the good guys and the shocked look of the bad guys, especially the Dream Sheep and said, “Well let's get started!” The battle began as the thugs and robots charged at the Nightmare Team with Blades and Echo leading the Nightmare Team’s charge. The power ponies jumped into the fight, except for Saddle Rager. She notice some of the big robots give them a hard time so she turned to the two dragons and said, “We’ll keep them off of you while you do the ritual. We’ve got quite the backup.” As the mare turned to step into the fight with her fellow Power Ponies, Blackout spoke, “Dr. Spanner...now would be a good time to get angry.” The mare smiled as she said, while one of the metal monstrosities approached her, “Well, that's my secret, Blackout…” She turned to them briefly and said, “I’m always angry.” After saying this, Saddle Rager turned into her massive hulking form and slammed her hoof into the big robot, knocking it out of commission immediately. She roared at the enemies as she joined her fellow Power Ponies and the Nightmare Team. Blades looked at the advancing Power Ponies and spoke to some of Nightmare Team, “Bobbin and Olaf, cover the Power Ponies. Bertha, you take down the thugs. Smashbeak, take down the robots and whatever we do - Keep them away from Spotlight and Blackout!” The Elven Archer and Goliath Drow nodded as Bertha went to work on taking down the thugs. Baron Von Smashbeak spoke, “We’ll protect them!” Bucktooth the Tiny spoke, “You can count on us!” Blades and Echo were glad that their former enemies will protect the two dragons until the ritual was complete. In the grublin base, Spike did an Earth Smash which sent out a shockwave that knocked off some of the Bowslinger’s gear while Trail Blazer did fire buck attack which sent the Doomlander flying while Gilda and Sonic Boom did a combined slash attack while Ember sealed the deal with a comet burst attack. The Doomlander slammed against the wall as it slid down and fell face-first onto the ground. Spike looked at the Doomlander, “You lost, Bowslinger.” The Doomlander laughed, “I think not! While you were busy with me, my grublins have begun resurrecting the great monster that led the city to ruin a long time ago!” Gilda’s eyes widen after hearing this, “No…” The area rumbled as the Bowslinger stated, “I guess they are finished with the resurrection. So now…” He pressed a button on his wrist as a few red lights on the wall began to beep as he said, “Bombs away, Skylanders!” They cleared out as the wall exploded, consuming the Bowslinger in the process leaving only an Imaginite crate. Spike couldn’t believe it, “He just blew himself up…” Gilda, still shocked about what their foe said, “Spike, I think he did that just we could face an old enemy of the city.” Spike’s eyes began to flash as he saw the battle above them. The griffins and the other Skylanders were holding their own. Crash and Cortex tag-teamed on a group of grublin orc bowmen as Aku-Aku and Uka-Uka slammed together and created an explosion which took down two Grublin trolls before both masks returned to their helpers. Radiant Sun and Quick Blaze used their abilities to take down several grublin axemen while Tidal Wave focused his fists and piranhas on the Grublin wyverns and the Hero Orcs. Gabby worked with Rocky Roll to take down a battalion of grublin flies. The young griffin was fast and quick with the flies alongside the rock buddies. But even with the many clashes between the two armies, one thing was off about the grublins, one that Spike noticed after they defeated the Bowslinger, “The Grublins are not retreating!” Gilda spoke in shock, “But the Doomlanders are usually a leader figure in these attacks.” Ember added, “They are, but the way the Bowslinger acted…” Trail Blazer realized, “The resurrection of…” Then the realization hit the whole group like a ton of bricks as Spike realized, “The Bowslinger turned over command to Arimaspi!” Sonic Boom realized, “I should have known. But we have to stop him as soon as possible.” Gilda was still shocked by this revelation, “That monster that Grampa Gruff speaks of...he’s now leading this attack!?” Spike placed an assuring wing on the griffin, “We need to pull ourselves together, Gilda. If we don’t stop that monster, he and his grublins will destroy the city, even after we destroyed the demolition team.” Gilda realized, “If he’s back, maybe he would also have the idol as well.” Knowing that the monster would have the idol with him due to his greedy personality. Trail Blazer spoke, “But where would we find a resurrected monster?” Gilda noticed a yellowish glow in a tunnel near them. She pointed, “Down that tunnel!” The five ran down the tunnel as Spike asked, “Are you sure about this?” Gilda shook her head, “No, but I’m taking that chance!” Trail Blazer asked, “Geez, how did those creeps resurrect him in the first place?” Spike spoke, “If Malefor could resurrect monsters like the Golem during the Battle of Capybara Island, he could certainly resurrect Arimaspi.” Sonic Boom spoke, “And to think that we were tricked, the Bowslinger had us distracted while the resurrection was at play.” Ember added, “Our mission is still clear! We need to defeat Arimaspi and close the portal!” The group ran down the tunnel as they went towards the glow until they came to an opening that showed something that they never expected. It was a room filled with treasure ranging from gold to gems. Gilda’s eyes widened in shock, “I don’t believe it...I thought this was a myth.” Spike joined in, “The Forgotten Treasury of Griffonstone.” Sonic Boom realized, “This is where the griffins kept all of their treasure.” Ember noticed, “Just a clawful of this stuff would be any dragon hoarder’s dream.” Spike realized, “But if we found the treasury, we could use this stuff to help the city.” Sonic Boom looked around the area, “Ever get the feeling that you’re being watched?” The purple dragon noticed something strange, “We haven’t seen any grublins on our way here after defeating the Bowslinger.” Gilda guessed, “Either they decided to weasel out and run, which is unlikely because of the one in charge…” Sonic Boom realized, “Or they wanted us here!” Soon enough, a portal opened as a Grublin Hero Orc appears along with the resurrected Arimaspi. The Hero Orc spoke, “We meet again, Purple Dragon. I knew that you would be involved in this feeble defense of that worthless city.” Spike recognized this grublin as both he, Ember and Trail Blazer shouted, “The Grublin Commander!?” Sonic Boom was shocked, “It is talking...just like the report said.” Gilda stated, “Well then, let's shut it up already!” The Grublin Commander looked at Gilda, “The fast one’s former friend, so full of arrogance and aggression. Wanting to be with your friend and only your friend. Tell me, why have you fought for your pitiful race of griffins when you wanted to leave?” Gilda sneered, “You know exactly why, dweeb! I fight because I want to redeem myself, in front of the dragon that beat me years ago, to regain Rainbow Dash’s friendship and to keep dweebs like you from destroying it.” Sonic Boom smiled and said, “It's true, she's gotten inspiration for her courage. Even if we don't win this, we will fight you regardless! However as insignificant that your master thinks we are, we will fight, protect and find a way! That's why the griffins of Griffonstone are still fighting, they have hope.” The Grublin Commander spoke, “Know this, Skylanders. You will know the meaning of fear. We shall see how that hope holds up for you in the future.” He turned to the lich, “Arimaspi, finish what you started. Kill the Skylanders and the gold is yours.” The Grublin Commander vanished as the monster roared as it challenged them to fight. The five fighters stood in defiance as Gilda yelled, “Come at us, you monster!” Sonic Boom yelled, “Full Scream Ahead!” Trail Blazer ignited his mane and tail, “Time for the Mane Event!” Ember sprung out her fire swords, “You want to fight? We’ll give you a fight!” Spike flared his wings, “No more running, let's finish this battle!” Soon enough, both sides charged at each other for a final showdown. Back in the Warehouse, Shellshock Sheldon and Birdo Chesterfield used a combined strike of both bombs and magic to take down a group of robots and thugs as they helped the Power Ponies move further on to rescue their friends. The two were nearly struck in the back by a fireball from the Sleep Dragon until Grunkin Gobsprout pushed them out of the way and dodged the fireball and fired his blaster at the Dream Sheep on top of the lizard. The troll looked at the other two and said, “Keep covering the Power Ponies with Olaf and Bobbin, I’ll keep the bag of wool and crazy mane off of you!” The two nodded as Grunkin reloaded while turning to his adversaries, “All right, this game ends here.” He soon charged at the Dream Sheep and Mane-iac. Meanwhile, Runys Pointyboots and Marf Gargaroots were with Russel Purplestache and Smashbeak defending Spotlight and Blackout until the ritual is complete. Runys had managed to use her magic to blow back a couple of thugs while Marf used his ability as an illusionist to trick a couple of robots and used his power to destroy them. He commented, “They still have us outnumbered, 10 to 1!” Runys guessed as she blew back another group of thugs who were trying to get to the dragons, “More like 20!” Russel used his brute strength and hook chains to pulverize a group of robots and knock out a bunch of thugs as he said, “But who’s counting?” They were soon assisted by Blades as the armored dragon used his wing attacks on a few drones and tail strikes on a bunch of thugs. He spoke, “We need to hold out as long as we can. We have to keep them protected!” The three nodded as the armored dragon looked at the two dragons that were performing the ritual, “Come on, guys. We know you can do it.” He saw Echo use her music attacks on some robots and thugs before continuing to protect Spotlight and Blackout. Spotlight and Blackout opened their eyes and saw that they were not in the warehouse, they were standing before the statues of the Blue Eyes White Dragon and the Red Eyes Black Dragon. Blackout asked, “Is this…” Spotlight realized, “The Shrine of the Guardians!” The statues began to glow as they began to move an gain their color and soon enough, the large dragons approached the two. But they were also joined by a mare who bore a resemblance to the mare in Aurora’s story, she stood beside the Blue Eyes as she spoke, “You two are strange, and yet…” She looks at Spotlight, “You possess the Power Guardian inside you.” She turns to Blackout, “You seem to possess the Potential Guardian as well.” Blackout realized, “Wait, you’re that mare from Aurora’s story!” The black dragon paused for a moment before finishing, “You’re Kisara.” The mare nodded, “I know who told you about me, she’s a bright one.” She stated, “But I know why you wanted to speak with us.” Spotlight asked, “Us?” Kisara’s form turned from mare to another Blue Eyes, she spoke, “I promised Seto that I would serve him in this form after I saved his life.” Blackout can only guess that ‘Seto’ is the name of the priest, “You had the spirit of the dragon within you the whole time?” The second Blue Eyes nodded, “I did and but now it’s time to awaken Spotlight’s Blue Eyes spirit.” Spotlight guessed, “Which will lead to a peaceful transformation.” Kisara vanished as the Blue Eyes and Red Eyes approached them as the Blue Eyes spoke, “Even though you are from another world, we have been watching you two, for a long time.” The Red Eyes spoke, “You two have fought to capture an old enemy and bring peace to your world. But there is an enemy in the shadows planning to attack. But there is always a time to prepare. It’s now that matters.” The two dragons spread their wings around Spotlight and Blackout and looked down at them. After a few minutes of just looking at them, they both shot their blue and red flames at them. But the fire didn't harm them in this dream state, the dual flames circled around them as they saw images of the Ancestral Dragons, the Blue Eyes for Spotlight and the Red Eyes for Blackout, they saw how they fight, train and grow their own abilities. The Blue Eyes spoke, “Great Power is what earned my title, while others dragons use other powers. We, Blue Eyes had the power to surpass many. We represent Power.” The Red Eyes spoke to Blackout, “Potential, the ability to have what it takes to win. Red Eyes had a potential for many abilities which earned the title. What many enemies forget is to never underestimate a Red Eyes. We represent Potential.” At that instant, Spotlight and Blackout closed their eyes as the two ancient dragons spoke while an image of the battle appeared, “We sense danger waiting for you two when you return. Spotlight can now unleash her powers along with a few new abilities for both of you. Are you ready?” Spotlight and Blackout’s eyes opened up as their eyes were glowing once more. Spotlight’s eyes were blue while Blackout’s were red. Both dragons said, “Yes, we’re ready.” Grunkin was knocked to the ground as his blaster was knocked beside him. The Dream Sheep snickered, “It's a shame that you couldn't be on the winning side, Grunkin. I had quite the use for you in my army.” Mane-iac stated, “No matter what you throw at us, you can't stop us by yourself!” The troll smiled, “Who said anything about stopping you?” Soon enough, a blur passed by the crazed mare as a bomb made of jewelry hit the Dream Sheep as a lasso wrapped around Mane-iac’s mane. “You never learn to mind your surroundings!” spoke Masked Matter-Horn as the Power Ponies approached with the now freed, Radiance, Miss Mare-Velous, and Filli-Second. Zapp looked towards a shining light, “And we’re just in time.” The Dream Sheep and Mane-iac saw the light which now eveloped Spotlight and Blackout. The Sheep shouted at the Sleep Dragon, “We can still stop them! BURN THEM TO A CRISP!” The Sleep Dragon shot its fire breath at the light as the sheep grinned hoping that he finally did them in. But the flames circled around the light as they turned blue and red and grew to a big size and took the shape of the Blue Eyes White Dragon and the Red Eyes Black Dragon. The flames subsided as the two dragons stood up, glaring at the Dream Sheep and Mane-iac. The Nightmare team looked at the legendary dragons and knelt down in their presence while the thugs and robots tried to attack the two. The first robots that tried to attack the dragons ended up shattered by a powerful tail strike from the Red Eyes. The thugs looked terrified when the Blue Eyes used it’s large tail to sweep them to the side. The Power Ponies knew that the two dragons are Spotlight and Blackout, this made Zapp smile knowing that the Guardians have returned as the prophecy said. The Dream Sheep looked both shocked and angered that they became the two ancestral dragons so he turned to someone in the background and yelled, “Deploy it now!” Soon enough, a door opened up as a large mech in the shape of the Dream Sheep and Sleep Dragon emerged. The Dream Sheep jumped into the open cockpit as he stated, “I made the mistake of underestimating you last time, but I won’t make that mistake again and this time, you two will fall to my villainous machine!” The machine powered up as the Mecha Dream Sheep did a tail strike which hit the Red Eyes, this made the Blue Eyes mad as she went to attack the Mecha Dream Sheep with her claws and energy breath. The Dream Sheep shouted, “MECHA DRAGON SQUASH!!” The robot flew up and did a shockwave attack which blew Blackout in his Red Eyes form around as he got up. Spotlight in her Blue Eyes form looked at Blackout and at the Mecha Dream Sheep. Her eyes were angry as energy built up around her as two ethereal Blue Eyes appeared and merged with her. There was a blinding light for a moment until it faded which revealed something that Zapp stared in awe, “I’ve seen stories of this before...but I never thought to see it in the flesh.” Matter-Horn asked, “What is that?” The Dragon confronting the Mecha Dream Sheep was a Blue Eyes White Dragon, but it has three heads instead of one and was immensely powerful as Zapp spoke, “Spotlight has become the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!” All three heads on the Ultimate Dragon roared, challenging the Mecha Dream Sheep as the Dream Sheep stated, “Ultimate Dragon, eh? Let me show you what my upgrade can do!” Soon enough, Spotlight and the Dream Sheep began their battle. Back in the forgotten treasury, Gilda was knocked back by Arimaspi while Sonic Boom used her sonic screech to distract him. The resurrected monster was stunned for a bit and retaliated with a swipe from his claw, but the mother griffin’s babies were already covering their mother as a combined screech attack pushed the monster back. It was Spike and Ember’s turn as the purple dragon used a fire dash attack while the Dragon Lord to be, swiped her wrist swords across Arimaspi’s chest. He tried to crush the dragons with his fists, but Trail Blazer snuck up behind him and gave him a flaming buck to the hindquarters which caught the monster’s attention. The stallion looked at Spike and Sonic Boom as he dodged Arimaspi's retaliatory strikes, “You two get Gilda up, we’ll give him something to focus on!” Spike and Sonic Boom nodded as they flew to where Gilda crashed. The former bossy griffin shook off the impact as she saw the two, “It feels like flight school all over again minus the huge monster.” Spike understood what she meant since he heard Rainbow’s stories of flight school. He said, “We need to get you back in the fight.” Sonic Boom spoke, “We can't win this battle without you.” Gilda stood up, “No need to tell me twice. Grampa said that the griffins back then couldn't beat this thing, so let's show this dweeb what we can do.” Spike told her, “Watch out for his arms. The moment he sees you, he'll strike.” Sonic Boom added, “When you see an opportunity, use your screech attack to stun him for a while.” Spike finished, “But also find a weak point on him. Attacking him directly won't do enough damage to stop him.” Gilda nodded as she and the Skylanders went to battle. Ember and Trail Blazer hit the beast with multiple fire attacks as Arimaspi shielded his face with his arms. But it left him open to Gilda clawing at the back of his head with Sonic Boom whipping her wings at the beast ending with Spike using an Earth Shot straight to his eye. The beast rubbed his eye until he could see his foes as the team formed up. Sonic Boom could see the anger in his eye when Spike slammed into him. Arimaspi was angry all right, for hitting him in the eye. That's when she figured, “His eye! His weak point is his eye.” Trail Blazer smirked as he said, “No wonder he was trying to shield himself from our fire blasts.” Ember nodded, “Well let's take him down and end this fight.” Arimaspi roared in attempt to threaten the heroes, but to no avail as Spike shot his ice breath at the beast’s fist and used a tail strike to knock him back. It left the lich open to a duel attack by Trail Blazer and Ember as they made a dual comet dash at his chest while Gilda and Sonic Boom struck his eye with a flurry of claws, screeching and the pecking of griffin hatchling beaks. The beast yelled in pain as he covered his eye to protect from further punishment. But that didn’t save him when Spike jumped behind the lich and gave it a jolt of his electricity breath. That left him open for Sonic Boom as she and her hatchlings charged at the monster. The griffin attacked with a sonic scream as her babies followed suit, all hitting the eye. Trail Blazer shot a fireball at Arimaspi’s eye while Ember shot a stream of fire across the lich’s eye. Now for a final blow, Spike jumped off of the creature and joined Gilda in a combined ground pound attack. The dragon and the griffin held each other tightly as they spun down towards the lich. The powers of Spike’s elemental powers along with a gust of wind as Gilda’s powers of the wind awoken, it led to a massive impact which blew most of the treasure out of the impact zone. Both Dragon and Griffin shot out of the crater as they looked down at the lich. Arimaspi struggled to get back up as he tried to strike once more only for Sonic Boom to shout him back to the crater and soon enough a beam of light shot from the crater through the ceiling. Back on the surface, Eye-Brawl and Dive-Clops were with a group of griffins pummeling the grublins to a pulp while Crash and Tidal Wave were taking down grublins one by one. It wasn’t until they noticed a beam of light shooting up into the sky which caused most of the fighters to stop and stare, even the grublins stopped. Soon enough, the grublins started to cower and flee the city as a red beam shot at the portal and closed it as the vortex blew up. Some of the griffins and the Skylanders pursued the retreating grublins as some stopped and cheered as they were victorious. Quick-Blaze shouted, “The grublins are retreating! They did it!” Tidal Wave cheered, “They gave that Doomlander a good pounding!” Radiant Sun spoke, “The portal has closed as well...it’s over.” Krypt King spoke as he walked up to the Imaginators, “We won!” Dive-Clops approached, “We saw those lights appear at from a hole near the merchant district.” Golden Queen heard this and said, “We’ll send a team there as soon as possible.” In the treasury, the team of five looked into the crater and saw what remains of Arimaspi, just rotten flesh and bones. He wasn’t moving as his eye dimmed, signifying that he was not getting up at all. Ember noticed the hole in the ceiling and used the scepter to close the portal. As the clouds of the vortex cleared away, the only thing they saw in the hole was sunlight. Spike looked up and sighed, “We did it.” Gilda knew what he said, “The portal’s closed...it’s over.” Sonic Boom spoke, “For now, but it will at least give us some breathing room. There will always be more of those things and it’s up to everyone to stop Malefor.” “Yeah, it will be up to everyone.” They turned to see the Supercharger, Spitfire along with his team. Spike asked, “Enjoyed the fight?” Stormblade spoke, “Those creatures didn’t know what hit them.” Smash Hit stated, “They were soon cowering like babies after you guys destroyed the leader.” High Volt spoke, “We were just mopping up the stragglers.” Fiesta looked around, “But still, we never thought that this treasury was here.” Spike nodded as he said, “We thought that if we beat the Bowslinger, the grublins would retreat. We were wrong, it was only distracting us while the grublins resurrected…” He goes to the crater and pointed his wing into it, “This.” The superchargers looked into the crater and saw the corpse of Arimaspi, withering to just bones. Spitfire asked, “And he gave this thing control of this attack?” Spike nodded as the team understood what has happened. It wasn’t until Sonic Boom noticed something in the crater, she flew into the crater and saw an idol that was on the lich’s corpse. She took it and went back to the team and spoke, “This was on Arimaspi’s corpse.” Gilda looked at it and realized, “This is the idol from Grampa’s story!” Spike looked at the idol and understood, “All this time, Arimaspi felt attached to this thing. But what matters now is that he’s dead and the idol is secure.” Spitfire looked at the hole in the ceiling, “That’s our way out. We just have to take the idol back to the surface.” Soon enough, a few griffins and Skylanders dropped from the hole with Krypt King leading them. Krypt King looked at the team and said, “We are victorious in the battle. The Grublins started to flee once the leader was beaten and the portal was closed.” Spike said, “Okay, but now it’s time to head back to the surface. We’ve made a big discovery down here.” The griffins who were present were in awe of the amount of treasure that was in the room. But when they saw the idol, there were even more in awe. The rescue team brought Spike and the others back to the surface to inform them of their discovery. Meanwhile in the Maretropolis Warehouse, Spotlight was doing her best to take down the Mecha-Dream Sheep. Even when she became the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, it still wasn’t enough. She looked at Blackout who was still struggling to get up after the shockwave from the Dream Sheep’s metal monstrosity, she was trying to get him back on his feet, but the Dream Sheep was keeping her from doing it. As the Power Ponies watched the battle unfold between Spotlight and the Mecha-Dream Sheep. Matter-Horn spoke, “They’re both equally matched, his shockwave attack blew Blackout to the side. But if we don’t do something, she would get overwhelmed!” Zapp was trying to think of something until she heard something in her head, a calm moan of a dragon as she felt something shake in her suit. She reached into her suit and pulled at a card that had the image of a strange dragon on it. She asked, “Are you sure it is time, little buddy?” The sound in her head gave out an assuring roar as she looked at the struggling Blackout and asked the voice, “You can help him, can you?” The only reply that she got was the card beginning to glow as the other Power Ponies turned to her. Radiance asked, “What are you doing, Zapp?” The pegasus replied with, “I’m sending in some help!” The card began to hover on its own as Zapp spread her wings… Meanwhile the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon was stuck in a stalemate with the Dream Sheep’s metal monstrosity. The Dream Sheep spoke, “Face it, Spotlight. Even as the Ultimate Dragon, my robot is no equal to you!” All three of her heads growled at the sheep as she swung her heads at the Mecha-Dream Sheep, it knocked the mecha dragon to the side as the mecha sheep itself fell off, she slashed at it several times, but the shield held and the robot sheep got back on the dragon. The Dream Sheep spoke again, “Even though you became the Ultimate Dragon, you still can’t stop me!” Zapp soon shouted at the Mecha-Dream Sheep, “She may be on her own as the Ultimate Dragon. But you have not seen anything yet!” She channeled her powers and the Thunderer and yelled, “COME TO OUR AID, METEOR DRAGON!!!” A flash of light occured as Zapp said those words, a swirl of rocks swirled around as it circled as it took the form of a meteor as a dragon’s head, claws, tail and wings emerged from it. The dragon roared at the Mecha-Dream Sheep as Blackout looked at it in confusion. The Dream Sheep asked, “This is what you summoned to stop me?!” He laughed, “That little space rock dragon wouldn’t even stand against me!” Zapp smiled, “That’s because I didn’t summon him to fight you!” She looked at Blackout, who was back on his feet, “I summoned him so he could help Blackout!” The Red Eyes tilted his head in confusion as Zapp spoke, “Blackout, you need to fuse your powers with Meteor Dragon. Then you can have a power like you’ve never seen!” Blackout nodded as the pegasus looked at Meteor Dragon, “Are you prepared, little buddy?” The summoned dragon nodded as she said, “You can help us win. Use Polymerization to fuse with Blackout.” Soon enough, the Meteor Dragon flew to Blackout and gestured him to fly up as the effect of the spell took place above them. The two dragons flew into the vortex above them as a flash of light appeared. Some of the Nightmare Squad shielded their eyes while the Power Ponies looked on towards the light until it faded. Once it did, a dragon appeared with the likeness of the Red Eyes Black Dragon but covered in the meteor skin of the Meteor Dragon. The Dream Sheep was now shocked by this as he said, “Whaaa...What’s happening!?” He activated the fire breath to aim directly at the new dragon, but the only thing that it did was have the dragon absorb it! The sheep asked, “Why can’t I hurt it!?” Matter-Horn knew what this meant as she stood beside Zapp, “Because they are the Guardians of Power and Potential!” Radiance stood forward, “The Blue Dragon represents Power!” Filly-Second sped next to her, “The Red Dragon represents the Potential to make power!” Mistress Mare-Velous stood next to the speedster, “You see the Ultimate Dragon.” Saddle Rager stood next to the Earth Pony, “Ultimate Dragon, Power while Black Dragon merged with Meteor Dragon!” Zapp stated, “With those two fused, Blackout has become the Meteor Black Dragon!” Hum-Drum finished, “Get ready for defeat, Dream Sheep!” Blackout looked at Spotlight and muttered something in a tongue that the two understood. Her three heads nodded as Blackout flew up into the air. Spotlight was charging her powers as Blackout reached the peak of his altitude. Radiance asked, “What are they doing?” Zapp spoke, “What they are meant to do. To win this fight, Together!” Blackout soon began to dive down towards the Mecha-Dream Sheep as Zapp stated, “He’s going to do a Red Eyes Impact while Spotlight’s going to use her Triple Burst Stream!” Blades yelled, “TAKE COVER!!” They all ran for cover, but even in cover no one couldn’t help admire the beauty of both dragons attacking at the same time. The Dream Sheep however, was scared beyond every thought has he had to escape from his robot. But it was all for naught as Blackout impacted the robot at the same time as Spotlight’s Triple Burst Stream. The shockwave caused the robot to burst into bits as the Dream Sheep was flung from the cockpit and onto the ground. Once the shockwaves ceased, everyone got out of cover as they saw the Dream Sheep inside an energy cage with Spotlight and Blackout standing over him. Both dragons roared up at the skies as Princess Luna appeared in front of them. The Nightmare Squad were in awe to see the dream walker herself in the flesh. The Power Ponies couldn’t help but feel proud to see her as the Princess of the Night looked up at the two dragons and spoke, “You two have fought a great battle and unleashed the full extent of your powers. But none of you were alone in this fight.” She looked at the Power Ponies, “You had allies to help you fight and unlock your powers.” Matter-Horn stepped forward, “You must be Princess Luna, the dream walker that they told us about. You also look a lot like somepony I know.” Luna replied, “You have a keen observation. And I also thank you for helping us defeat the Dream Sheep for good.” The Dream Sheep yelled, “Hey! I’m still here, you know!” Luna glared at the defeated sheep, “Not for long.” As her horn erupted in magic, a thump of energy occured as a vortex opened up as the sheep looked up, “Oh no, not a vortex! I’ve been trying to avoid those for a long time!” He tried to escape when he was pulled up towards the vortex. Luna used her magic to spin the vortex so it could pull the sheep in. Even as the Dream Sheep struggled to escape, it was to no avail as he was pulled into the vortex as it dissipates. As soon as the Dream Sheep was trapped, Spotlight and Blackout returned to normal or in Blackout’s case, both he and the Meteor Dragon were normal and separated. The Sleep Dragon, however shook off the effects and asked, “Wha...What happened? Where am I? This doesn’t look like the Dream Castle.” Blackout noticed this and flew over to the bigger dragon and asked, “Your Majesty, is that you?” The Sleep Dragon looked at the black dragon and said, “That’s me and Blackout? Last I remember was that I was in combat with that terrible Dream Sheep and suddenly, he put me to sleep, but it felt like my mind was asleep, but my body was moving.” Luna approached, “That Dream Sheep had you under his control and used you to nearly put all of Skylands to sleep. If not for Spotlight and Blackout, you would’ve been under his control forever.” Matter-Horn realized, “So you’re the King of Dreams?” The Dragon King of Dreams replied, “Yes I am. And now that you’ve all defeated that terrible Dream Sheep, I can return to the Dream Realm to fix what he destroyed.” Filly-Second asked Blackout, “Does that mean you guys are leaving?” Blackout nodded, “We have to make sure that our friend wakes up.” Spotlight added, “And make sure that the Dream Sheep doesn’t bother anyone again.” Luna finished, “I also fear that with the coming war, we have to prepare.” The Alicorn opened a portal back to Skylands, but before any of them could step through, Hum-Drum stopped them by asking, “What if we joined you guys?” Blackout asked, “But what about Maretropolis? Wouldn’t crime and corruption return?” Radiance spoke, “We may be crime fighters, but…” Mistress Mare-Velous added, “We’re friends and best friends stick together.” Blackout couldn’t help but smile at their persistence as Matter-Horn said, “If it’s okay with you, the Power Ponies would like to offer their support in your fight.” Spotlight looked at Luna, “Is it alright if they offer support?” Luna accepted and used her magic to create seven amulets that are worn around the Power Ponies’ necks. Matter-Horn’s was a Magic amulet, Zapp’s was the Air amulet, Radiance’s was the Magic amulet, Mistress Mare-Velous was Earth amulet, Filly-Second’s was the Light amulet, Saddle Rager’s was the Life amulet, And Hum-Drum’s was a Tech amulet. The Power Ponies looked at the amulets in curiosity as Luna said, “For helping Spotlight and Blackout take down the Dream Sheep and also pledging your support for the war, all seven of you are considered ‘Honorary Skylanders’ when the time comes, we will face down the dark armies and drive them back.” The Power Ponies couldn’t believe it, the title of Honorary Skylander made them feel like they’ve earned their respect. Matter-Horn spoke, “I have to admit, this is a great achievement for all of us.” Zapp chuckled, “Even though, Spotlight and Blackout had a rough start when we met them.” Radiance spoke, “Which ended with him saving Zapp from falling to death.” Mistress Mare-Velous stated, “Because of what they’ve done for us, they’ve earned our respect.” Blackout approached, “With that being said, it’s time for us to go home.” Hum-Drum spoke, “We’re going to let the police know what happened.” Saddle Rager stated, “And when you’re ready to to kick the dark armies out of your world, give us a call.” The two dragons smiled as they turned around and went into the portal. At the Eternal Archives, Hugo was now waking up from the Dream Sheep’s Sleep Spell, as he opened his eyes, he asked while still trying to wipe the sleep out of his eyes, “Wh...where am I?” He shifted his head to see Flynn, Cali, Spotlight, Blackout, Blades, Echo and Princess Luna standing over him although he was looking at them upside down as the pilot stated, “Relax Hugo, you’re safe and sound in your mother’s arms.” The scholar corrected himself to right-side up as Flynn continued, “Well, if your mom’s a 7-foot tall, narcoleptic dragon, that is.” Hugo looked to see the Sleep Dragon with a crown on his head as he said, “Again, I thank you all for defeating that terrible Dream Sheep, my kingdom is forever in your debt.” He looked at Spotlight and Blackout, “For you two, I knew that something was unique about both of you. I had a vision of seeing you two fight together and possess the power of the Ancestral Dragons.” He looked at Blackout, “Blackout, you were chosen by the Red Eyes since you were a small hatchling, it was in your training and the way you fight. The way you had potential to win.” He looked at Spotlight, “Spotlight, when the Dream Weavers summoned you to help Blackout in his first war with the Dream Sheep, there was a power unlike anything that the Dream Weavers can possess. Ancestral Dragons are the precursor to the Purple Dragons, although Dream Dragons like me can sense a lot of things. I knew for certain that the Blue Eyes chose you.” The King of Dreams now presented them with two amulets, a red one for Blackout and a blue one for Spotlight, “These artifacts were from the Ancestral Dragons that crossed into the Dream Realm. They will serve as a reminder of the bond you two share.” The King of Dreams turned back to the portal as he stated to the others, “As a reward for your companions, I have a special present waiting for each of you...in your dreams. Bye!” The portal closed as the book closed as well. But Flynn was too eager to see what his present will be, “Oh boy, OH BOY, SWEET PRESSIES!” The pilot began to wonder, “How do I get to sleep right now?” He realized, “Oh, reading! That always puts me out!” He looks at the book and said, “And look, there’s a book right here!” He started running to the book, but was suddenly knocked out by Legendary Trigger Happy, who was turned human after a fiasco with Dro’s machine. Blackout asked, “LT? What are you doing here?” Cali asked, “I thought you were with Echo Squadron on their vacation?” LT replied, “I needed cameo in chapter before mini-story returns to main story. And I also needed to stop Flynn from doing something stupid.” He soon disappeared into a nearby rift. Meanwhile at Griffonstone, when Spike and his team returned to the service, the griffins rejoiced knowing that the kingdom was saved. But also, some of the griffins approached Sonic Boom who was holding the idol and then bowed before her. It was strange to say the least, but later that night, the griffins and Skylanders were now using the treasure from the lost treasury to rebuild Griffonstone from both decay and battle. The griffins were having both a victory celebration and a coronation since the griffins agreed to have Sonic Boom lead them as their queen. Griffonstone stood rebuilt and reborn as the griffins cheered to greet its new queen. But as the celebration was going on, Spike watched the party as Gilda approached, “You know, Spike. You’re not that bad in killing those things. We even managed to save the city.” Spike added, “And revitalize it in the process with the kingdom finally having a leader.” The griffin and the dragon looked at the newly-crowned queen being greeted by the other griffins. Spike asked, “What do you think about Sonic Boom becoming queen?” Gilda sighed, “She will help this city come out of the gutters. But she’s also decided to train me with my new powers.” Spike noticed, “Almost how Mom chose Twilight to be her student.” Gilda nodded, “But at least it’s actually training.” Spike chuckled, “We’ll be at war with Malefor in a month or two. Sonic Boom will have a few training sessions with you.” Gilda sighed, “Almost like school.” Spike looked at her, “Unlike any school you've been to, Gilda.” Ember approached the two, “But now with Sonic Boom as the new queen, she's going to honor the treaty that Griffonstone signed with the ponies.” Spike asked, “I suppose you're going back to the Dragon Lands?” The dragoness shook her head, “I’ll be sticking around.” She looks at the distant Trail Blazer, “Besides, someone's got to look after him.” Spike noticed, “You two have been close since the Dragon Lands. Even when we were traveling, is there something I should know?” Ember’s face turned red as she stuttered, “N...no, we’re not...he's not...we've only been watching our backs!” Although Spike wasn't buying it, he decided to drop the subject. Gilda asked, “So, you really think we could defeat Malefor?” Spike exclaimed, “It’s been a millennium since the ponies, griffins and dragons united to fight a common enemy.” Ember added, “It’s also because Malefor is a purple dragon, he’s too powerful for us to fight. It takes a purple dragon to defeat another.” Spike finished, “He’s also got a horde of grublins with him as well.” Gilda realized, “Which is why you’re building this army?” Spike nodded, “We need all the help we can get and trust me Gilda, there will be more of them.” Soon enough, Crash appeared with Aku-Aku at his side while Eye-Brawl and Dive-Clops approached along with Trail Blazer. Eye-Brawl said, “We have gathered all the help we could for this war. But in the end, it’s good to celebrate the victory.” Dive-Clops spoke, “Those Superchargers helped you guys out down there. I might consider joining up with them.” Aku-Aku stated, “Crash has decided that he wants to join up with the others to become a Sensei.” Trail Blazer noted, “The Senseis would welcome another brawler like Crash.” This group of heroes, this Fellowship of the Purple Dragon stood proudly as Griffonstone began its revival and celebration of its victory over Malefor and the welcoming of its new queen.