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// Scroll 14- Igniting the Spark Part 2 
// Story: Beyond the Skies 
// by FrostTheWolf 
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Beyond the Skies- Igniting the Spark Part 2




        When Calvin opened his eyes shortly after the light of the Creation Crystal filled the entire room, he found himself in a place very… unfamiliar to him. For one thing, he was definitely not in the library with Hugo, but in an entirely different plane of existence in itself. He originally thought he was alone… until the Skyshifter heard a familiar voice from behind him. “Hey, you doing okay?”

        Turning around, that was when he noticed Stealth Elf standing directly behind him, surprising him as he was figuring out what to say to her. “S-stealth Elf? Where are we?”

        “This?” she asked him, lifting up a hand for a moment as she placed her left hand on her hip. “This is called the Imagination Space. Consider it as a workshop for where Imaginators are created… I had been here once before, so I’m sort of familiar with how things work here.”

        “Once?” he asked, sounding a little puzzled. “When was this?”

        “Originally, a long while back, we were given an exercise by King Pen to use a Creation Crystal in order to not only help improve our skills, but also practice teamwork and cooperation,” the elf explained to him before letting out a deep sigh. “Unfortunately though, we didn’t entirely succeed at the exercise.”

        That had Calvin raise an eyebrow in curiosity for a moment, before deciding to ask. “You… didn’t succeed? How come?”

        “Well, the point of the exercise was to have the Imaginator that we made come up with his own ideas, strategies and abilities. However, when we taught him how to fight, he just ended up copying what we were doing,” she recalled from when her, Spyro and Eruptor did the Fire Viper training exercise a long time ago. “You see, Mind Magic becomes a lot stronger the more brain juice or creativity you put into it. So, that involves coming up with things on your own instead of just doing exactly what your partner is doing.”

        After finishing that statement though, the elf soon looked back to Calvin before asking him a rather specific question. “So, with that in mind, what exactly did you have in mind for your Imaginator? Any kind of ideas for it?”

        That had Calvin scratch the back of his head for a moment before looking back to Stealth Elf, processing what he was trying to say before he actually told her. “Well, I was going to make it a brawler… and part of the idea for what I had in mind is… well, based on you.”

        Stealth Elf blinked for a moment, before staring back at Calvin with a confused expression. Not that he could tell though. “Come again?”

        “Well, I was wanting to make my imaginator a drow elf, like you and Flameslinger,” he explained to her. “However, instead of relying on weapons like you do with your blades or Flameslinger does with his bow, I wanted to try something that closely resembles the kind of combat style I used before, when I turn into Spitfire. So, the closest example of that is a Brawler.”

        “I… see,” she replied back, scratching her chin for a moment. “What about appearance? Did you have something in mind?” That was when Calvin surprised her with something that he had in his pocket. It was a drawing, one that he had come up with yesterday while he was with the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

        The Imaginator itself wore a leather martial arts gi and pants with a sapphire trim along the edges. There were some leather bands around its wrist and a hood to match the gi, but the arms were exposed and bare. She could see the ears form from the sides of the hood, and the hood had an feathery attachment, similar to Tessa’s. Something that stood out to her though… was that the Imaginator actually had no mouth. She was unsure if this was something Calvin forgot or if it was just part of the whole design, but it was the only thing that confused her.

        “The name for the Imaginator is Kai Chi,” Calvin also told her, “It’s a play on words with a form of martial arts back home named Tai Chi and the word Kai, which means fire in another language… I know. It sounds silly, but-”

        “Actually… It’s not silly at all. I like it,” she replied back to him, “Not only that, but we can use this as a reference for creating the Imaginator now. Though… there is one thing I should inform you about.”

        That had Calvin raise an eyebrow for a moment, before clearing his throat in order to speak. “Yes?”

        “Brawlers are known for fighting with knuckles and gauntlets. Are you still okay with that?” she asked him. “You did mention on how Flameslinger and I solely relied on weapons, so that led me to think that you didn’t want to do that.”

        “Well, gauntlets are fine for me,” he explained to her before opening and closing some of his hands. “I would prefer those, because it allows for me to be able to feel as if the power I have is flowing through my hands instead of going through a particular object. If an Imaginator of the knight class was very skilled with a sword, what would happen if they were disarmed of that weapon?” Stealth Elf thought it over for a moment and realized what he meant. Without a proper sword, a knight could not be able to properly fight on their own without their weapon of choice. But for a brawler, they can continue to fight, even with them being unarmed. “I want to be able to fight with everything I have, so I can’t just use up time scrambling to find a weapon to fight with when my hands can be that weapon.”

        “You really sound like a sensei when you say it like that,” Stealth Elf giggled a little, before taking a deep sigh and returning her focus to Calvin. “But, I do understand your point. Though, for me, whenever I lose a weapon, I always have a pair of backup daggers, just in case things go south.”

        “How many spares do you have?” Calvin asked in response. Though, the answer that he got was not one that he was personally expecting.

        “Forty three,” the life skylander replied casually. Something, to which, almost made Calvin’s jaw drop upon hearing that. “I’m… kind of a collector on that, just in case if one happens to break and what not.”

        “More like Collect-o-maniac if you ask me,” Calvin thought to himself mentally, before looking back at Stealth Elf. “Alright, now that I have an idea and a plan, let’s get started.”

        “Hold on there, there’s more to an Imaginator than just their appearance, you know?” Stealth Elf informed Calvin as she began to list a few other details, “Imaginators would also need a name, personality, voice and also a catchphrase. Something that is a representation of that personality… Now, what were you thinking about in terms of personality?”

        “I don’t know… something heroic maybe?” Calvin shrugged, “It’s hard to think of something like that on the spot. I do know that I was thinking of Kai Chi to be a guy. One that would brace for glory.”

        “Brace for glory? That… sounds like a good catchphrase right there,” Stealth Elf replied back to him. “So… fire brawler, Kai Chi, heroic personality, brace for glory… What else is there…”

        “How about an Imaginator’s abilities?” he then asked. “Is there a specific way to how that works?”

        “Well, there are three specific ability sets that you should keep in mind,” the Life Skylander explained, counting them off using fingers on her hands. “First are the abilities of your battle class, A.K.A., your fighting style. Second is your abilities that are determined by the element of the Creation Crystal you are using. Lastly, there are secret techniques, which can be learned through Senseis.”

        “Okay... but here’s a question that came into my mind,” he then asked her, recalling something from all the other times that he had played Skylanders games before and decided to ask Stealth Elf about it while the subject was fresh on his mind. “Do Imaginators have Soul Gems, like other Skylanders?”

        “I believe it’s possible, but I think that’s something you should ask Master Eon or one of the Senseis about, just to be sure,” she responded, “Now, I think that’s mostly everything. Time to create your Imaginator now!”



Meanwhile…

        It was just moments after Rainbow herself had arrived at Skylander Academy with her friend Pinkie Pie, and right away, things weren’t entirely going well for her. Originally, she had brought the earth pony along with her so they could be able to find Calvin once they ran into somepony that she knew up here. But unfortunately for her, the sight of what looked like a walking piñata caused Pinkie to chase after it like a dog was chasing a cat, which led things to go off the rails rather quickly.

        “She had… one job,” Rainbow Dash facehooved herself as her friend continued chasing the terrified piñata around the courtyard. “And even then, she still messed up. I just hope that there’s someone we know here that can fix this.”

        “Hey! What’s with all the racket out here?” the pegasus heard not far from where she was standing at, turning her head to see a familiar face. It was one of the Skylanders that Calvin not only had transformed to, but also had the same name as the Wonderbolt Captain. And he was looking directly at her. “Wait a minute… you’re that pony that was with Calvin the other day, right?”

        “Yeah, that’s me,” she said, just as they both heard the sound of Pinkie Pie’s party cannon go off. “And I’m glad that you’re here, actually… I need some help.”

        “No kidding,” he chuckled, just as he witnessed Pain-Yatta running through the courtyard while Pinkie Pie was holding onto the edge of his lollipop by her teeth. “I’m going to take a wild guess and assume that the pink energetic one is a friend of yours?”

        “Yes… Unfortunately,” Rainbow Dash sighed, “Both Pinkie Pie and I came up here because we thought that Calvin was here.”

        “Did you go through the M.A.P.?” Spitfire asked her, only to get a rather unexpected response from Rainbow.

        “What the hay is a M.A.P.?”

        That… made Spitfire raise an eyebrow as he looked back at Pinkie and Pain-Yatta… before turning to her. “Wait… If you didn’t go through the M.A.P… then how in Eon’s name did you get up here?”

        “Well, the only other way, of course…” Dash deadpanned, looking back at Spitfire as she stretched her wings. “However, Pinkie’s a little more resourceful… she just used her Party Cannon to keep on launching herself up here on each cloud she happened to land on.”

        “Well, no wonder some of those ring shaped clouds have confetti on them then,” the two of them heard another familiar voice. The Air Supercharger named Stormblade was now walking towards them, alongside the mabu named Hugo that Rainbow Dash met before. “But could you please explain why she would be chasing Pain-Yatta of all people? I mean, something like that might give him flashbacks to when he used to be a bad guy.”

        “Well, I-” Dash was going to continue, before blinking at one part and looking back at Stormblade. “Wait… you’re telling me… that the walking pinata used to be a bad guy? Then, how…?”

        “Eon had him and a few other villains reform so they can be Senseis.”

        “Well, doesn’t that sound familiar…” Dash rolled her eyes for a moment, before looking back at Spitfire. “The guy that Spitfire ran over with his vehicle once is a reformed villain from our side… though, Pinkie Pie and I did not come here in order to talk about reformed villains or anything like that. We came here because we thought Calvin was here.”

        That… had Spitfire facepalm himself with a claw of his before looking back at Hugo. “Please don’t tell me that he actually went to go see you…” The expression that was on the mabu’s face gave it all away as Spitfire sighed even more. “If anyone wants someone to blame for this… you can blame me.”

        “Now, that’s just ridiculous,” Hugo replied back. “Why would we-?”

        “Well, this whole mess started because Calvin was asking me if I actually knew anything about Creation Crystals or how to use one,” the Supercharger explained as he recalled the events from the day before. “The only thing I could actually say to him was that I did not know about it and suggested that you might know… However, I did not anticipate for him to take my advice literally… Now that that’s out of the way, where exactly is he, Hugo?”

        “He’s with Stealth Elf right now. She’s helping him create his Imaginator.” Hugo responded. Though, before they could continue, they noticed that Pinkie Pie was now chasing Pain-Yatta… while holding onto his lollipop club.

        “Um… should we do something about that?” Stormblade asked.

        “She’ll tire out…” Rainbow assured them. “Eventually.”

        “Eventually?” Hugo asked.

        “Hopefully.”

        “Hopefully?!!” Both Superchargers and Hugo responded in unison, caught off guard by what Rainbow just said.

        “What? You’re talking about a friend of mine who works in a bakery and is hyperactive a lot of the time. This is kind of normal for her.” The pegasus just shrugged, folding her wings as she continued to speak. “Well, normal to an extent… Don’t get me started on what she did with the Mirror Pool several months back.”

        That… made all three of them look back at her for a moment and just stared at her, causing Rainbow to facehoof herself. “You know what… let me handle this,” she sighed, before trotting over to where Pinkie is. “Hey, Pinkie. These guys might know where Calvin is.”

        That immediately had Pinkie Pie stop for a moment… before throwing Pain-Yatta’s club up in the air and having it land on his back as she bounced over. “Really? Why didn’t you say so, silly?” That… just had everyone that was originally staring at Rainbow… now staring at Pinkie Pie as she just happily giggled in place before looking at everyone else passing through the courtyard. “Oooh, there are so many weirdos here! It’s awesome!!”

        “How…?”

        “Just… bear with it…” Rainbow advised Hugo. “It’s Pinkie being Pinkie.” Despite Rainbow’s advice though, Pinkie’s actions and everything she had been doing for the last few minutes had made Hugo question pretty much everything that she was doing, especially when he witnessed her bringing out her Party Cannon when Stormblade was asking about what that exactly was. And it was something that Rainbow soon happened to notice after a little while. “Um… Hugo, are you okay?”

        “I’m… trying to decide which is worse,” he cleared his throat and adjusted his glasses. “Her or… s-sh-sheep.” After that, he heard a sudden ‘BAA!’ from behind him, causing Hugo to jump for a moment as he turned around to see a sheep behind him.

        ...Before catching his breath and turning around to find Pinkie Pie… in a sheep costume. “AGH!! H-how-!?”

        “I told you… It’s Pinkie being Pinkie,” Rainbow sighed deeply. “Trust me, Twilight herself tried to figure out how Pinkie’s abilities work, and that didn’t go so well for her. Almost burned her mane out in the process.”

        “...Please tell me you’re joking…” Hugo blinked upon hearing that, not even wanting to try to think about that inside his head.

        “If I were, I would actually be laughing at the thought,” Rainbow sighed. “So… where were we, before we were on the subject of sheep and angry book nerds?”

        That had Hugo shake his head for a moment before looking back at both of them. “Ah, yes. That’s right,” he said with a slightly irritated tone in his voice. “You two came looking here for Calvin. Well, like I said, he’s with Stealth Elf in the library-”

        Not even a second after he said that, Pinkie took off, leaving behind a cloud of dust and dirt, some of which got on Hugo’s glasses. A patch of grass landed on Rainbow Dash’s head… leaving her to be the irritated one this time because of how the mabu finished his sentence… while also trying to hold in his laughter. “Well… I think your friend has the right idea… Rainbow Grass?”

        “Try calling me that again… see what happens.”



        “Urgh… Come on!” Sombra impatiently snapped as he began to flip through another set of books. He knew that he did not have a lot of time and solely had to rely on a speed reading spell in order to cover through a good section of the library within the last ten minutes, but so far, his efforts have not actually brought up any good results. Many of the things that he had been uncovering included useless scrolls labeled ‘The Problem with Sheep’, ‘The Game of BOOM!’, ‘Magical Pyrotechnics’, several entries in a series called ‘Meditations on ‘BOOM!’’ from a ‘Captain Flynn’ and the numerous entries of what seemed like Kaos’ own diary. “How can acquiring such simple information be so tedious?! All I want to know is something useful!”

        Still, there was… one thing that did happen to catch his attention, even though mostly everything had been a real waste of time. Chapter Six of Kaos’ Diary, also titled ‘Evil for Dummies’, had a particular excerpt that made him a little bit curious, mostly because of the first sentence.

        ‘UGH! Mother has SOMEHOW managed to send me another meddlesome SELF-HELP BOOK from her mirror prison of endless oblivion.’

        The part about the self help book did not really interest him… but the part that did was the fact that Kaos had a mother. And given how she had managed to send a ‘self help book’ to her son, it seemed as if she was a very knowledgeable Dark Portal Master herself and was trying to pass some of that knowledge to her son, despite the fact that Kaos was… well, not buying any of it from the looks of things. One that could be just as strong… or perhaps stronger than Kaos, and someone who could be a rather helpful ally. How very interesting...

        Though, it was just as he was finished reading this that he heard somepony… singing through the hallway. But the voice was one that, dreadfully… he knew. “Come on, everypony! Smile! Smile, Smile!!”

        “Oh, you have got to be kidding me…” He grumbled, forcefully closing the scrolls that he was reading before transforming back into his disguise. The door to the library violently slammed open upon the arrival of the pink earth pony that he remembered from the Crystal Empire… and unfortunately, it led to all the books that were previously on some of the shelves to be falling on him instead.

        “... HOW AM I ABLE TO FEEL PAIN IN THIS FORM?!”

        Of course, his personal outburst was not exactly heard by anypony else that was entering the room, which happened to include the same scholar that was originally in there beforehand, the air supercharger that originally told the mabu of what was going on and got him to leave in the first place… and the egotistical rainbow maned pegasus that he personally dreaded along with the rest of the ponies that had stolen his Crystal Empire from him in the first place. It was all the more reason for him to get out of here, before someone figured out what he was doing.

        So, Sombra began to use his magic in order to change forms. Specifically, to one that looked like a spider as he began to leave the room by crawling up behind one of the bookcases. The fallen books provided some cover for him to change forms unnoticed, which was a rather big help considering that getting caught was the last thing that he wanted to happen to him right now.

        Around the same time that he was making his exit though, he didn’t notice that the boy that he had used to gain access into these archives in the first place was actually returning to the library, much to the surprise of everyone else that was there… and the joy of Pinkie Pie. The first thing she did when seeing Calvin return into the room… was immediately tackle him to the ground.

        “Found you, Calvy!!”

        “Wha-? Ah!!” the Skyshifter said before he realized that the one who tackled him was none other than Pinkie Pie. “P-pinkie?! W-what are you doing here?!”

        “Well, I was looking for you, silly nilly!” Pinkie Pie cheerfully replied back, while also giggling for a moment as Calvin tried to get back up on his feet, only to find it impossible because the party pony was still holding onto him with an iron grip. He was also wanting to ask how Pinkie Pie was somehow able to find this place and guessed that she found the entrance to the M.A.P. through Twilight’s basement; but before he could confirm that, he saw Rainbow Dash breathing out a sigh of relief.

        “Well, at least you’re still in one piece…” Rainbow sighed, “Still, you have a lot of explaining to do. Like, why didn’t you tell anypony that you were coming here?”

        That just had Calvin raise an eyebrow for a moment. “Didn’t Twilight tell you? I told her that I was coming over last night, and she was fine with it…” Hearing that had Rainbow Dash raise an eyebrow, surprised at what Calvin had just told her.



        “...... Oh, horseapples. I forgot to tell Rainbow about where Calvin is going today!!”



        “Seriously, kiddo? Twilight told us to check up on you later today. She didn’t tell us that you were going to be here at all,” the pegasus replied back, “If she did, then we wouldn’t have to worry about trying to get all the way here in the first place.”

        Now, that… had Calvin ask both ponies something. “You… do realize that there’s a shortcut through her basement, right?”

        “There IS!?!” both of them shouted simultaneously, which had Stealth Elf facepalm herself as she looked back at the three of them.

        “In any case… I think there’s something that we should address, but we should first head outside,” Stealth Elf explained, before looking at Stormblade. “Stormblade, can you do me a favor and find King Pen? There’s something that he might be… interested to see.” The lark nodded her head, before leaving the room as Rainbow yanked Pinkie Pie off of Calvin and allowed for him the chance to finally get on his feet.

        “So, how did the creation process go?” Hugo then decided to ask, before looking around and noticing something. “Where did the Creation Crystal go?”

        All Stealth Elf did was say two words as she looked back at the scholar and began to walk towards the door. “The Crystal isn’t entirely what’s important right now… What Calvin can do now is… and it’s the reason why I want King Pen to see it for himself.”

        That… left them a bit confused as Stealth Elf left, leaving Calvin to try and explain what she meant. “To put it simply, I can turn into the Imaginator that she helped me create-”

        “You can do what-!?” All three of them loudly responded. That was, until Calvin raised a hand and waited for things to quiet down first.

        “But... Stealth Elf wants me to hold off on transforming for the moment, because she thinks that if I show King Pen, then he can show me how to fight as a brawler,” he told them shortly after they all calmed down. “Because unlike my previous transformations, I don’t exactly have a lot of proper moves and abilities I can use to fight bad guys.”

        “So, you think this… Pen King guy is going to teach you? Like, take you in as an apprentice or something?” Rainbow asked, sounding confused.

        “King Pen,” Calvin corrected the pegasus. “But yes…”

        “That… does make sense in a way,” they heard Hugo speak up now as he opened up a book that he seemed to be holding onto. “King Pen is a Sensei of the Brawler Battle Class, meaning that he teach Brawlers how to be able to fight as well as teach them secret techniques to use in battle.”

        “That’s what Stealth Elf was thinking,” the Skyshifter replied back. “However, she thought it would be a little more dramatic to tell you once we were outside. Plus, she told me that if I transformed in here, there was a fair possibility that I might accidentally set some books on fire, since my Imaginator is of the Fire Element.”

        “Say no more,” Hugo told him, closing his book and putting it in the back of his oversized backpack. “Let’s head outside then and see what you can do.”



        By the time that Sombra had returned to Kaos’ Fortress of Doom, there were a lot of things that he needed to think over inside his head… even though almost ninety percent of what he found in the archives had no essential benefits in regards to helping him whatsoever. Soon, he the same room that he originally found Glumshanks in.

        Only this time… he found both Kaos and Glumshanks. “There you are! I have been trying to find you all afternoon, so I can tell you how much time I’ve wasted on trying to come up with stupid slogans for this campaign! Where were you?!”

        All Sombra did was give him a very annoyed glare, before setting a book on the table using his magic. “I’ve been trying to gain research on the enemy… but it turns out that what I was looking through was completely and utterly useless. This book though, happens to belong to you.”

        “Eh?!” Kaos blinked, before glaring at the book for a moment.

        “Uh, sir?” Glumshanks then spoke up. “Isn’t that your… well… diary-?”

        “My Diary of DOOM!!!” the dark portal master gasped, yanking it off of the table and trying to hide it from view. “Where did you find this?!!”

        “That… was in the Skylander Academy Archives… along with numerous other useless scrolls that I had tried looking through in the short amount of time I was there,” the shadow groaned, “I couldn’t even find anything important or of use.”

        “Um… pardon me for interrupting, Mr. Sombra,” Glumshanks soon spoke up. “But uh… did you happen to look at the Book of Skylanders by chance?”

        Sombra blinked for a moment upon hearing that, before gazing directly at the troll this time. “The what?”

        “Well… It’s considered as one of the most powerful books in the Academy, since it contains all the records on the Skylanders to this day and is indestructible. Plus, the book is bonded to all Skylanders, meaning that anything you do to the book, like if you encased it in ice or set it on fire, the same thing happens to the Skylanders,” Glumshanks explained. “Master Kaos even tried to claim it for himself-”

        “I told you not to TALK ABOUT THAT, FOOL!!!” Kaos snapped at his butler. “Besides, we don’t need that book in order to be able to beat those Skylosers THIS TIME!! Hahahaha!! If mother can see the progress I am making now, I will definitely rub this in her face.”

        That sentence… also left Sombra to clear his throat as he looked back at him. “About that… I don’t recall you ever telling me that you had extended family.”

        “Um… Well, you see…” Glumshanks was going to speak, but a glare from Sombra silenced him almost instantly as he looked towards both of them.

        “Glumshanks… I believe that since this is a family member, I think Kaos should be the one to tell me,” he told the butler, before focusing his attention solely on the Dark Portal Master now, going as far as to even close one of the doors behind Kaos and locking it so he couldn’t just easily run out of there and avoid the conversation. “Now… Kaos… Tell me about your mother.”



        “So, what exactly should I expect from this King Pen guy when we see him?” Rainbow asked while she, Pinkie, Calvin and Hugo were walking to the front of the academy.

        “That… honestly depends,” the Skyshifter told her, recalling that the last time he was here... Rainbow and Twilight did not even meet King Pen in person at all. “What’s the first thought that comes to your mind when I say the words ‘talking penguin’.”

        Rainbow thought about it for a moment, and was going to say something, but then Pinkie said something out of the blue. “Aww… how can something that sounds so adorable be a fighter?!”

        Calvin… looked at Hugo for a moment before letting out a deep sigh. “Perhaps… we should let you see for yourself.” That was something Hugo could agree with, especially since a few moments later, they happened to see King Pen coming out alongside Stealth Elf. And it was nothing like what either pony expected, especially since the Penguin sensei… was much taller than they originally thought.

        “W-woah…” Rainbow stammered, her eyes widening immensely, and her jaw dropping down. For Pinkie, it was much of the same thing… However, her jaw literally dropped all the way to the ground and later rolled back up like a set of window shades.

        “Well, this is something you don’t see every day,” the Sensei replied upon noticing both Rainbow and Pinkie Pie, before noticing Calvin not that far from the both of them. “Oh, hey there, kiddo. Did you come to give these two a grand tour of the Academy?”

        Personally… Calvin was a little bit personally annoyed every time he was beginning to hear some people assume he was a tourist, because it was King Pen who originally assumed that when he met him with Spitfire. But today, Jet-Vac took it to a different extent. “No, actually… earlier, I came to talk to Hugo, and my friends here, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash, came looking for me…” he first told them, before asking the sensei something, “Do you remember when Tessa found a Creation Crystal that was asleep the last time I was here?”

        “Well, that I remember,” King Pen nodded his head, “Why do you ask?”

        “Well… I was able to wake up the crystal,” the Skyshifter explained to the penguin before adding something else. “And with the help of Stealth Elf, I was able to get something rather… cool, to put it lightly.” Hearing that had King Pen seem a little surprised as he folded both of his flippers for a moment. He looked to have been processing something for a moment, before giving him a rather surprising answer.

        “How can it be cool? That crystal was of the Fire Element.” That comment had Stealth Elf facepalm herself while Calvin himself looked to be formulating an explanation, but before the Skyshifter can say anything, the elf spoke up.

        “He doesn’t literally mean ‘cool’,” she explained to the sensei, “He means… well… How should I put it?”

        “Awesome?” Rainbow decided to add on to assist Stealth Elf.

        “Yeah, that,” Stealth Elf nodded her head, acknowledging what Rainbow said as she looked back at King Pen. “What Calvin means is that he got something awesome that I think you might like it.”

        “Well, why didn’t you say so?” King Pen asked, leaving Rainbow to facehoof herself while Stealth Elf just let out a deep sigh. All the while, the penguin was looking back towards Calvin now that he happened to get his attention. “Come on! Show me what you can do!”

        Upon originally hearing King Pen’s encouragement, Calvin felt a little… unsure at first as he looked back over to Stealth Elf. But after seeing her nod her head, he soon smiled as the crystal around his neck began to glow bright red. Curling up his right hand into a fist, he soon punched his open hand around his chest level and said three words.

        “Brace for Glory!”




End Scroll 14