Spike and Ori had to quickly make their way to the top of Sorrow pass as they could see fire starting to happen, they had made their way back to the top of the place where they dropped the rock on Kuro.
"So we need to ride the winds to get higher?" Ori asked.
"Yes we must hurry the mountain is already starting to erupt" Sein says with worry as they could see fire and lava erupting and lightning coming out of the clouds, they used the feathers and glided high atop the forest, they could see the places they had been to previously.
"It feels like our journey passed by like winds on grass" Spike says as he looked over the area.
"I know, yet its only been a day or two since we started it." Ori says looking around as well
"We've seen so much in so little time" Spike says
"Yet we explored all of it like it was only the beginning of something grander..." Ori continues
"Whatever adventure awaits us next, I'll be beside you Ori" Spike tells her with a smile.
"Same here Spike" Ori responds with a smile too.
They then glided towards the top until they finally reached Sorrow Pass.
"This place feels like a maze" Spike says as he observes the area.
They see a door that needed energy cells to open, luckily they had more then enough and the door opened, they had to bash of more owl monsters and even some falling rocks, they reached the top of a higher area and found a map stone fragment, they looked down and saw a weak floor. They both slammed on the ground and luckily the Map Stone itself was right there, they inserted the fragment and got the view of the area.
"That may have been the easiest one to find" Sein says with a little disappointment.
"your right about that." Spike and Ori both say at once, they then continue higher.
They had to find more door fragments again, but luckily they weren't far from each other Spike had found the ones in high places while Ori found the ones that were low, they redirected an enemy into a weak wall and were able to bring it down, the door they needed to find was luckily just down the ledge and they were able to open it. they then found more weak floors and opened them up revealing faster ways back. They then glided up more updrafts and found 4 more door fragments which annoyed them as it was getting repetitive, they then redirected a large rock up the updrafts to reach a beam of fire that they had to move through the another door that needed the fragments and pushed it till it was completely blocked.
"Those last two doors felt like rehashing" Spike says annoyed with Ori and Sein agreeing and they continue once again.
They redirected two more rocks to block the paths of more beams of energy to continue they then use their ground pound in order to open up the way upwards by having to smash down on a blocked path which let the updrafts flow higher.
They then found more fragments yet another door, 3 doors in less then 10 minutes which annoyed them even more, eventually though they found the door and opened it.
"If there's another one of these doors i swear imp gonna burn them to the ground" Spike says frustrated.
They then continued on, they smashed down more weak floors and bashed off more lanterns before they came across one more Ancestral tree.
"I hope this is the last one" Spike says praying there's no more , with Ori nodding as well.
"This spirit, another sacrifice for Nibel, Nir flew through the air, she soared through the sky , her world knew no bounds until the forest turned blind." Sein says sadly they looked down sadly as well, they then absorb the light once more hopefully for the last time and land on the ground with a new power.
"This is the Charge Jump, when on the ground or walls you can charge up energy around you and go spiraling forwards with a wave of energy" Sein explains.
Spike groans in pain once again this time in agony as he falls on the ground and his body glows white even more.
"Spike!!" Ori and Sein both shout as they come to help him, more of Spike's body turns white, this time his entire green spine and underbelly becomes white as well as his right arm completely.
"Why... does... it... hurt... so...much?!" Spike says in pain, the glow fades away once more and spike looks at his right arm in horror, he also notices that in between his scales a blue glow can be seen.
" There really is no turning back now..." Spike says sadly.
"Spike... I'm so sorry..." Ori and Sein both say with regret.
"Spike... I wish i could help stop this... but i don't know anything that can help stop this, it will continue to spread until your body entirely becomes white." Sein says sadly as Spike looks down in sadness.
"we're so close now... we can't give up, we can make this right" Spike says with confidence.
"Spike.." Ori says regretfully as she wished she could've stopped this
" We... can't let this stop us we're so close, we need to keep going!" Spike says seriously as he gets up.
"As much as it pains me, he's right we can't stop now or all or Nibel is doomed" Sein says sadly.
"We're almost at the top let's hurry!" Ori suggests and they all start to climb more.
With their new power Spike and Ori made short work of the obstacles in their path as they were able to break through them
they were able to break one more blocked path that stopped them from reaching the top, they glide up the drafts once more until they push through the smoky clouds and finally reach the top, They both see the entire forest as well as a beautiful view of the clouds, they then see the sunstone right in front of them.
"Finally" spike says thankfully as they come closer to it and sein observes it.
"No wonder Kuro tends to avoid this place, the Sunstone still radiates the light that she fears." Sein says looking at the light, Spike and Ori then walk even closer and the sunstone then lands right in front of them.
"It's beautiful... Spike says as he looks at it in awe.
We cut back to Ori's old home, Naru's dead body is seen lying on the ground, Gumo then comes over her holding the Light vessel.
"Let the light give you life once more..." Gumo says as he uses the light to bring her back to life, Naru then opens her eyes once more and looks at him confused.
"Their journey inspired even he who had doubt."
"I'm... alive?" Naru asks as she looks at Gumo
"I used the light to bring you back" Gumo says with a smile
"Where's my child Ori?" Naru asks worried
"She's with a friend, i know where they went, let me help you." Gumo answers as he helps her up.
"Who?" Naru asks confused.
"Follow me." Gumo tells as he helps her out of the cave, we then see them with a large view of the forest, Gumo then points at the mountain.
"Gumo had found a place to belong"
"I saw that their gonna be heading there... it's to dangerous for them." Gumo says with worried.
"No... my child, i can't let lose her" Naru says worried as she then heads down the ledge with Gumo following after
"Who is this friend Ori made" Naru asks
"Someone who helped keep her safe, but i noticed the light starting to cover more of his body, as there wasn't any the first time i saw him, he looks to be just as young as Ori " Gumo explains with worry.
"He could be in just as much danger as her" I have to help them" Naru says with worry as they continued for the mountain.
"With the Sunstone we can now pass through Mount Horu's gates!" Sein explains, as she finishes the ground shakes more violently then before almost knocking them off their feet scarring them.
"Mount Horu is close to spewing fire, there is no time to lose!" Sein says with worry
"We have go lets hurry!" Spike says with worry as he and Ori jump down the ledge.
They had to be quick as they used a spirit well to warp near the gates of the mountain as they found one earlier, Spike and Ori had to avoid extremely hot waters, while it looked like it couldn't harm spike because he's still a dragon, it could definitely kill Ori, they used their powers to avoid the fires on the ground and were finally at the gates of the mountain.
Spike continued to feel more of the light spread over his body as his left shoulder was covered now and he moved even faster.
"Darkness brought them to this forsaken place"
" At the gates a tough decision was made."
"This is it the last place, you ready for this?" Spike asks Ori as they stand at the gates
"Yes, are you?" Ori asks her friend.
"Lets do this..." Spike says as they put the stone in the gates and they open the ways into the mountain, they hold their hands as they enter.
"Nibel's source of warmth, all its glory burned, lets be careful many who have entered have never returned." Sein warns as they continue.
Spike and Ori find themselves in a huge area, lava is spewing out from almost every direction.
"The element of warmth is close. but i have never seen the mountain this way, we have come so far, we cant give up now , we must enter the fay" sein says as they begin to explore.
The mountain was perilous, it was like it was testing everything they had learned to this point, they had to climb to the top and enter more and more rooms to stop lava from blocking the places they needed to go. they had to enter like seven different rooms in order to, the last one with 2 symbols on it they had to escape a lava flow and ground slam on the ground
in order to lower the amount of lava flooding over the floor, Naru and Gumo meanwhile were hurrying towards the mountain Naru got separated from a bridge collapse, Gumo had to find another way, Naru continued forward as she wanted to just see her child again.
"This place is like the ultimate test" Ori says as she was feeling tired.
"Were almost done here one more room to go!" Spike says as he continues forward starting to struggle from even moving, even more of his body had become white, barely any purple or green had been left, even his green fire breath had become white.
They had to fight through one more gauntlet of lava monsters before the ground below opened up, when they entered a door that looked like it had a circle on it, they entered a room with smoke being spewed out in all directions, they had to climb towards the top and finally made their way towards the element of Warmth.
" We actually made it!" Ori says happily.
"I knew we would..." Spike says weakly as he took heavy breathes.
"The element of warmth is in our grasp! with the elements restored ,we can finally undo the effects she had caused!" Sein says as she flies towards the element, she glows brightly and the entire element becomes blue, the smoke then stops spewing out as the light finally saves it.
"We did it!" Ori says as she hugs spike.
"We really did.." Spike says as he hugs her back, but their victory is soon interrupted as they hear a screech in the background and they turn pale as they know who it was.
"Kuro..." Spike says with fear as they see her fly towards them.
Kuro then lands on the element and screeches at them in rage.
"Run!!" Spike shouts as they make their way towards a nearby cave.
This last escape was extremely tough, they had to use every skill they had in order to escape her, she almost had them multiple times, they bashed off enemy projectiles, lanterns, charge jumped through broken walls, and barely avoided her by diving into the water, fire all the while continues to spread forward, they then had to bash off more falling rocks and land on the top of a tree barely avoiding a fire explosion and they fall to the ground.
"Spike!" Ori shouts
"Ori!" Spike shouts back as they continue to fall and sein follows them.
"She left them to burn, thought she vanquished my light"
Ori and Spike's body's are on the ground unconscious and Sein tries to wake them up.
"ORI! SPIKE!! PLEASE GET UP!!" Sein shouts as she sees the spirit tree in the distance.
"The Sprit Tree, so close... He's our only hope left!
Ori and Spike then wake up, Spike tries to get up but the light has made him to weak to move.
"Spike!" Ori shouts as she helps him up, they then make their way to Sein as she's just a little farther ahead.
"The Sprit tree's near, there's one more step to take, Nibel will live once again.
Spike then weakly holds on to ori as they both use their feathers to fly towards the tree, but Kuro then flies in and ,grabs them, she then squeezes them hard and throws them to the ground holding Sein all the while.
"Spike..." Ori says sadly.
"Ori..." Spike says weakly.
Naru then calls out for Ori worried she then sees them in the distance and runs over to them, she then sees Spike and Ori on the ground.
"Ori my sweet child..." Naru says sadly as she picks them up holding them close. Kuro looks at them and remembers something, she sees how this is exactly as she lost her children, Spike then opens his eyes again.
"Naru... please put me down, i want to talk to her" Spike begs, Naru is shocked and hesitant to do so but she puts spike down and holds ori close, he then rubs her head and looks at her
"Keep her safe. please..." Spike asks as he weakly walks over to Kuro the memories of her killing the spirits flashing once again but he simply walks through them as they don't scare him.
"Kuro... i know your hurting, i know how you feel, you lost your family, as i was taken away from mine in order to save this place, like Ori lost hers..." spike says as he walks closer until she is right below her.
"But please listen.. if this forest burns not only will i lose my family, but you'll lose what's left of yours..." Spike says as he holds his left hand out, Kuro then looks at him confused.
"the light is something everyone needs, it won't just burn this forest, it will burn my home too... along with my family..." Spike says sadly.
Kuro looks at him and sees just how much he's struggling to talk to her, her white eyes then fade as she begins to cry.
"I... just don't want to lose...her" Kuro says sadly as she brings her head down.
"If the fire continues she won't make it... please do what we tried..." Spike says sadly as he puts his left hand on her head, soon a light begins to form in spikes arm and transfers over to her, her body then gets what looks like a barrier.
"Please... Save her... you may not have been able to before... but you can now," Spike says weakly as he used the last of his strength before the light takes over him.
Kuro then looks back at her nest and sees the fire is almost near, she then looks at spike once again.
"I will save her..." Kuro then takes sein and fly's off to the spirit tree.
"Thank you... Kuro..." Spike says gratefully as he falls down unconscious as the light finally convers him whole and his body begins to glow brighter.
Kuro then hurries over to the spirit tree and places Sein in the tree and it begins to glow brightly, but thanks to the barrier she was given the light doesn't harm her surprising her as she didn't expect this.
"He... saved me...." Kuro says surprised as she watches the forest finally return to life again, waters become clear, grass grows green, and mount Horu what was once fire and ash has become green and filled with life, the forest had been saved.
Kuro then flied back to see if they are okay, when she arrives she finds Ori, Gumo and Naru looking over Spike's body her eyes widen as she noticed its changed.
"What happened to him?" Kuro askes worried.
"The light was to much and covered him completely" Ori says sadly and looks up at her and Kuro looks down with regret.
"Ori... I'm so sorry for what i did..." Kuro says regretfully.
"No... I'm sorry... if it wasn't for me... you wouldn't have lost your children that night..." Ori says sadly as she rubs her head.
"We all just wanted our family's back" Naru says sadly.
"We've all lost so much... please let us not lose this one" Gumo says hopefully
They soon hear spike groan as he wakes up
"SPIKE!!" They all shout.
Spike then opens his eyes and looks up at Ori.
"Did... did we do it..." Spike asks
"We did... we really did!" Ori says happily as she helps spike up.
Spike then looks at himself and sees a nearby pond and looks over its reflection his eyes widen in what he saw.
His body had become entirely white, he still looked like he a dragon as he had scales and an underbelly there was a blue light in between his scales, but he had grown long ears like Ori's, as well as black eyes with white pupils, his tail had become like ori's as well.
"I really do look like a hybrid now" Spike says sadly as everyone walks to him.
"Spike... I'm so sorry..." Ori says sadly as she rubs his head.
"It's okay... i took this path and now i have to walk it." Spike says as he hugs her.
"Thank you Spike... for everything..." Gumo says as he comes closer.
"You made a huge sacrifice to save us all... we couldn't be more thankful for what you've done" Kuro says as she comes closer as well.
"no matter what happens.. you will always be apart of this family..." Naru says as they all hug each other, Kuro wraps her wings around them for warmth.
"Thank you... all of you..." Spike says with a smile.
We cut to see Naru, Gumo and Kuro were at Naru's home, Naru said that Kuro could come live with them, she was hesitant at first as she was still regretting for what she did but agreed as she brought her egg over to them and they made a nest around the place for safety.
Spike and Ori are seen sitting together near the spirit tree as it shines brightly.
"Ori... Thank you for everything..." Spike says as he holds her close.
"You think we will find your friends soon?" Ori asks worried as she holds his arm.
"I know we will, I'm sure they'll be proud to know what I've done, they might be surprised to see me in this "Spirit Dragon state as i call it" but I'll be able to explain everything to them, and they'll love to meet everyone here" Spike says with a smile.
"I love you Spike..." Ori says happily putting her head on his shoulder.
"I love you two Ori..." Spike says with a smile as he holds her closer, we then see a final shot of them together tails intertwining as they look at the trees with smiles.
We cut back to naru's cave, Naru leaves the place with a drawing of everyone being seen on a tablet, kuro's egg then begins to move before it starts to crack open...