As Malefor's new army began to grow, Sombra looked over at the army of Dark Crystal Ponies, "How does this help us?"
The Dragon spoke to the Dark Unicorn, "Our army will spread across the world and consume anything in their path. Unlike trying to ressurect the Destroyer and the Golems of the Deep, this new army will be a new Great Cleansing."
Sombra asked, "And what of our new monster?" Malefor looked at the Crystal tower where his new monster lives in solitude, "She will be the first to witness this army. Besides, the Skylanders are already on their way right now."
Sombra said evily, "Its time for our payback from the Equestrian Isles."
Malefor replied, "Patience Sombra, those Skylanders took out a lot of our allies, they tried to interfere with my return."
On board the Dread-Yacht, the Skylanders gathered in the Rec room where they played Skystones with their old friend, Dreadbeard. The other Skylanders were talking with their Variants about the upcoming battle. But Spike was concerned about Rarity and what she has become because of Malefor.
Flynn came into the room to introduce their new teammate. "Guys, I would to introduce you to Tessa, she's an adventurer, but she wants to help out with stopping Malefor." Tessa decided to speak for herself,
"I'll handle this. I have some experiance with Malefor's army back home, but nothing like this." She gestured Dreadbeard to clear the table so Cali can set out the map of the Crystal Empire. Tessa decided to brief,
"Malefor and Sombra's forces have set up prison camps to keep the Crystal Ponies there until they are ready to turn them. Reaching the Camps would be easy since our friend, Hunter scouted the area. There are Grublins guarding the captive Crystal Ponies, but we can have the Giants go in and take out the Grublins. Spike will search for any Crystal Ponies that were turned and use his Crystal Heart to free them of Malefor's influence. Once the Crystal Ponies are free, the Swap Force would handle the Grublins while the Giants escort the Crystal Ponies to the ship. But we really need to get up to the top of the Crystal Tower to reach Malefor and Sombra."
Twilight replied, "Thats why we brought the Elements of Harmony. We could use them to defeat Malefor and Sombra."
Spyro interrupted, "It takes alot more than the Elements of Harmony to take down Malefor. Cynder and I fought him before and we inprisioned him in the first place. It took all of our powers combined to stop him."
Cynder spoke, "There is also a matter with Rarity, she has become Malefor's monster, we can't let her suffer the same fate that I went through."
Alicorn Twilight replied, "We are all aware of your past, Cynder. But we trust you, no doubt about that." Alicorn Twilight changed the subject, "Back to the matter of getting to the tower. Its best that one lone Skylander goes to the tower to face Malefor and Sombra."
That's when a realization struck Spike, "Its practically a one way trip, but I'll volunteer." Everypony and Skylander paused until Princess Cadance came into the Rec room, "Spike does have a point."
Flynn jumped, "Wowsers, next time, warn me before you appear out of nowhere!"
Cadance continued, "When I foalsat for Twilight, my real assignment was to look after Spike. Everytime he would have trouble sleeping, I would take him over to me, but I always felt a really powerful aura surging inside of him. I still feel that aura inside of him."
Spike asked, "Are you saying that I'm supposed to..you know, fufill my destiny as a Purple Dragon?"
Spyro spoke, "Cynder and I have faced Malefor before. But now its your time to shine. You are the second Purple Dragon born 4 years after me, when its usually 200 years. Now you need to confront Malefor."
Spike closed his eyes and thought of the monster that Rarity has become until he opened his eyes, "Once we rescue the Crystal Ponies and get them to safety, we'll head for the tower, that's when Alicorn Twilight will suit me up."
Cadance turned to Spike, "Before we reach our destination, I suppose I could teach you on how to use the Crystal Heart that dwells within you. Follow me to the Main Deck."
Spike followed the Princess of Love to the Main Deck and stood by her as she used her magic to spring up a Crystal Dummy with indication that it hs been possessed by Dark Magic.
"The Crystal Heart granted you an unlimited amount of Magical energy including a breath that frees a Crystal Pony from Dark Magic. Use your Crystal Breath on this dummy to test it." Spike unleashed his new breath on the dummy as the dark magic from the dummy faded away.
Soon enough a squad of dummies appeared and Spike used his new breath to relinquish the dark magic away from the dummies. After he defeated all of the dummies with his breath, Cadance complemented,
"The Crystal Heart has given you an unlimited power for your breath, but now lets test out your melee combat."
Spike whipped his tail at one dummy and then slashed his claws at another. When a medium size dummy appeared, he used a combo attack with both his tail and his claws to defeat it. After he defeated the dummies with his melee attacks, Cadance spoke,
"Perhaps Princess Celestia was right about you when she sent me to look after you when you were young." Spike returned to her and she continued,
"The Crystal Heart has granted you a special Fury attack, the full power of it will bring light back the Crystal Empire. But you have to perform a minor Crystal Fury that could free the big dummies from the dark influence."
Spike was in position as the smaller dummies popped up. After Spike used a lot of his Crystal Melee and Crystal Breath attacks, the bigger dummies appeared as his eyes started to glow a clear white color. The Dragon levitated himself as he closed his eyes and build up his Crystal Heart Fury combined with his Lightcore powers. Spike opened his eyes and pressed his claws forward as his wings spread out. A shockwave of clear magical energy erupted as the dragon performed the minor Crystal Fury while his teacher erected a magic barrier to protect herself from being caught in the shockwave. Cadance lowered the barrier as Spike lowered himself back to the deck,
"Well done, Spike. Now the Battle of the Crystal Empire awaits."
The Giants infiltrated the Crystal Empire as soon as the ship landed, they entered through the sewer system and used their senses to locate a prison camp and map it out. It wasn't time for a direct assault on the Crystal Empire. Its just a simple task to map out the prison camps, Spike also went with the Giants to sneak up on Dark Crystal Ponies, pull them into the sewer and free them of Malefor's grip. Spike is the only dragon that can free a Crystal Pony from Malefor's grip because he possesses the Crystal Heart.
As soon as Celestia's sun rises on the horizon, it was time to begin the attack. All prison camps were mapped out, all Dark Crystal Ponies were found and freed. The Giants appeared from the sewers along with Spike and the Swap Force to free the captive Crystal Ponies and escort them to the ship. Unknown to the Skylanders, a mysterious cloaked figure was watching them, the figure is a female and wore a purple and blue cloak with the Magic medallion on her chest. She watched as the Giants and the Swap Force freed the Crystal Ponies and brought them back to the ship. The figure said,
"Hmmm...Those Skylanders won't have enough time to free the Crystal Ponies before Malefor and Sombra notice. I must get to the other camps, free the Crystal Ponies and escort them to the Giants, but I have to keep myself out of sight from the Giants."
At the other camps, the Giants and the Swap Force freed the Crystal Ponies and escorted them back to the ship. But even the Giants and Swap Force knew that they need to hurry before Sombra and Malefor show up. Thats when Wash Shift noticed a couple of Crystal Ponies running towards them, saying something about a mysterious cloaked female that freed them.
After getting all of the Crystal Ponies to the ship, it was tiefor the direct assault on the Crystal Tower, which was being guarded by Grublins. The variants went in first as Punch Pop Fizz used his beast form to slash away at the Grublins, Legenary Slam Bam bashed two Grublins together as he said,
"Alicorn Twilight, bring out the magic!" He hurled it to Alicorn Twilight as she blasted it with her magic, "Way ahead of you."
Legendary Trigger Happy appeared as he said, "Here comes Legendary Trigger Happy." He booped a Grublin Troll, "In the face!"
Legendary Chill eyed a group of Grublins, "Narwhal Time!" She summoned her narwhal as it plowed over the Grublin group.
Legendarys Chop Chop and Stealth Elf used their combined strength to take down a huge Grublin Hero Orc.
Legendary Jet-Vac used his vaccum gun to suck up the Grublin Wyverns.
Legendary Rarity gestured to Dark Spike, "Lets take down these ruffians."
Dark Spike replied, "Way ahead of you."
The Giant Variants even bagged a few kills on a couple of Grublins, even the Grublin Trolls.
After fighting through the Grublins to the tower, the original Skylanders arrived at the tower to prepare Spike for the final confrontation. Alicorn Twilight said to Spike, "Make them last and let you know that we will always be there for you."
Spike replied, "I understand." The bearers of the Elements of Harmony placed the Element trinkets onto Spike and soon something amazing happened.
The Elements began to levitate around Spike, Honesty and Laughter connected with Spike's back legs, Loyalty and Kindness connected with Spike's forelegs, Generousity placed itself around Spike's neck and Magic placed itself on Spike's head.
Spike said, "If they can help me out, I'll make sure I'll have the power to defeat Malefor."
Rainbow Dash said, "If you find Rarity, change her back and send her down the tower before you perform the Crystal Fury, okay?" Spike nodded as he started his ascent up the tower. As the other Skylanders began to defend the tower to give Spike some time.
Spike began moving up the stairs to the top of the tower where he will find Malefor and Sombra. He has to make it to the top to face them and fulfill his destiny. As he moved up the tower he began to use the Elements of Harmony to communicate with the three Princesses and soon, three holographic versions of Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Princess Cadance appeared. Spike said,
"I'm going up to find Malefor and Sombra. But I feel a little bit scared right now."
The holographic Celestia replied, "Everypony has to be scared sometime. But the only thing to be scared of, is not trying at all."
Spike asked Princess Luna, "Did you ever encounter anypony who was scared, while you were in their dreams?"
The holographic Luna replied, "I encountered Scootaloo, who was scared to admit that she was scared, but when she was in the presence of Rainbow Dash and Whirlwind, I told her that it is time to admit that she is scared."
Spike asked Princess Cadance, "I know that you were scared when you were captured and Impersonated during your Wedding, but you were heart-broken and scared, right?"
The holographic Cadance replied, "I was indeed, scared, but I put that fear aside and wanted to press on through to your brother. It was Ignitor that brought us back together, he possesses loyalty. He helped me through the conflict when we became Ignidance, but when his armor fell off of me with no movement, both Shining and I were scared that he didn't make it. It was a right time to be scared of losing a friend. But you can be scared sometimes."
The holographic Celestia continued,"But you have to fight Malefor and Sombra to face your fear."
The holographic Luna finished, "You also have to fight Rarity to face that fear."
The holographic Cadance added, "Spike, you still have the Soul Gem Omnitrix. All you have to do is point it at Rarity and it could conceal her Dark form in a Soul Gem and can contain it."
Spike looked at his left foreleg wear the watch was and remembered it. He said, "Thank you for this advice." The holograms faded away and Spike continued his ascent.
The Purple Dragon reached the final staircase before the final confrontation. He took a deep breath and felt a magical energy surge through him as he said,
"I'm ready for this."
As he reached the top of the tower, he came face-to-face with Malefor and Sombra. Malefor looked at the dragon and said,
"At long last, our guest has arrived. Please come in. Such determination to get here, it seems we share more qualities, besides our color."
Spike said, "No, I'm nothing like you!"
Sombra asked, "Do you think so?" The unicorn laughed, "We'll get to that."
Spike asked, "Where is Rarity?"
Malefor replied, "She is right behind you." Spike turned around, only to get whacked by a hoof. When he got up, he saw Rarity's dark form, Nightmare Rarity. Spike yelled,
"Rarity, No!"
Sombra said, "You are a fool to come to the tower alone. You've always been alone."
Malefor continued, "And here you are, trying so desperately to save this miserable world, refusing to accept the true role of the Purple Dragon."
Nightmare Rarity blasted him into a wall as Malefor continued, "There had been many Purple Dragons before me, it has been the duty of our predecessors to bring about 'The Great Cleansing.' This is the true nature of our kind, your destiny is to destroy the world." Spike got up after he got hit by another blast from Nightmare Rarity and said,
"No, I don't believe that! Your plans have already failed!"
Sombra laughed, "Thats why we created Nightmare Rarity, she can create a shadow among this world and plunge it into an Eternal Night. My Master's quest will come to full completion."
Spike saw as Nightmare Rarity came closer to him as she fired another blast, but he blocked it with his wing. Nightmare Rarity said, "Fight back!"
As he kept deflecting Nightmare Rarity's attacks with his wings, he remembered the Soul Gem Omnitrix, Master Eon's gift to Spike. Nightmare Rarity asked, "Why won't you fight back?"
Spike replied, "Because I was left with nothing to fight for." Spike's answer caught the Nightmare Unicorn offguard as she began to turn normal as the essence of Nightmare Rarity was trapped in a Soul Gem created by the watch.
Rarity said as she smiled, "There is always something."
Spike replied, "You need to get to the other Skylanders, they are at the bottom of the tower."
Rarity said, "Take them down, Spikey Wikey." She kissed Spike on the cheek and fled. This aggrivated Malefor and Sombra, the dark dragon said,
"You made your choice and you shall suffer the same fate!" The Dark Unicorn said, "Prepare to Die!!"
Spike got into his battle stance as his two foes charged at him, Spike dodged their elemental attacks, used his Crystal Melee on Malefor and used his Crystal Breath on Sombra. Spike charged forward, avoiding the duo's attacks, and made a ground pound on Malefor. He used a tail swipe attack on Sombra which knocked him to the ground, but soon after his attack, the Elements of Harmony began to glow.
The Elements of Harmony began expanding all over Spike's body, Loyalty, Kindness, Honesty and Laughter became armored pieces that expanded from his legs to his claws, Generousity expanded as a full armored suit from his neck to his tail, and Magic became a Draconic helmet that folds on and off because of a telepathic connection with Spike's horns. Thats not the only thing that happened, Spike's horns, spines, and tail tip turned from green to yellow.
Malefor and Sombra began to attack again but Spike dodged them and used a massive tail strike on them. It was time for Spike to perform the Crystal Fury, as soon as Spike started the Crystal Fury, Malefor looked at Sombra,
"You have failed, I will find another way." Malefor disappeared in a portal as Sombra looked as the Fury was on top of him and destroyed him.
The Skylanders looked at the tower as darkness was turning back to light. The Crystal Empire was saved, but they are wondering what happened to Spike.
Spike woke up in a twilight zone where it was uncommon to him. He looked around and said, "Hello, anypony here?" He looked around, but he saw nopony around until he was approached by a very familiar pony, Princess Celestia. He asked,
"How am I here? How are you here?"
Celestia replied, "You did it. You've defeated Malefor and Sombra."
Spike asked, "But why am I here?"
His mother replied, "I used my magic to transport your soul here, so I can speak with you personally."
Spike asked, "But what about my body?"
Celestia replied, "Its still on top of the tower, though when you return to it, you would be unconscious."
Spike began to ask, "The Elements of Harmony turned from jewelery into an armored suit. It looked like it's supposed to be used by Dragons."
Celestia replied, "When your Grandmother made the Elements of Harmony, she wondered if a rare breed of dragons would join forces with us. She improved them to work with one dragon if the Element Bearers were defeated...a Purple Dragon."
She began showing the memories of Spike and herself caring for Spike when he was an egg. Spike saw his own life story before his very eyes and the origin of the Harmonic Armor.
Celestia spoke, "Since you fulfilled your destiny as a Purple Dragon, I believe its time to reveal you as my son."
Spike replied, "There is no hiding me from nobility anymore."
Princess Celestia hugged her son and said, "The Crystal Empire needs to see their Crystal Savior, you should return to your body."
Spike teared up, "I will..Mom." After Celestia vanished, Spike exited the Twilight Zone and entered a state of unconsciousness.
As the other Skylanders and their friends looked at the tower hoping to see Spike, they did see something falling from the tower. Flynn pulled out his Spyglass and saw in shock,
"Its Spike, but...he's not moving!!!"
He was hoping that one of the Skylanders would spring into action and save Spike until Princess Cadance swooped in and caught Spike. She carried the dragon to the ground and set him beside the other Skylanders lying on his side. Cadance used her magic to open the helmet blocking the dragon's face. But when it opened she said in shock,
"I....I can't believe it!" The other Skylanders saw what Cadance was surprised about. It was Spike's blue face and yellow horns. But he was still unconscious, Gnarly Tree Rex decided to roar in his face, which instantly woke him up. Spike looked around and asked,
"Please tell me, that no one kissed me?"
Cadance answered, "We won."
Alicorn Twilight said, "And you finally found your Legendary variant."
Spike replied, "Way to go, guys.....Wait..I found my Legendary Variant?"
Cadance gave Spike a mirror to examine his face and soon he discovered that his face is blue and his horns are yellow, he looked over at the exposed spines and they are yellow as well. Cadance managed to take the Crystal Heart itself out of Spike's wings and they were yellow. The Skylanders saw that their Equestrian Skylander found his Legendary variant. Princess Cadance saw the Crystal Ponies gather around Spike, staring at him in awe, she said,
"They are now seeing you as a Crystal Savior because you saved the Crystal Empire." Spike used the watch on himself to conceal his Legendary variant in a Soul Gem.
Spike replied, "I am the Crystal Savior, but when we return home, I wouldn't want to be late for the victory party, I am Princess Celestia's son after all."
Twilight replied, "We know, but the others back home don't."
Spitfire asked, "If you are Celestia's son, would that technically make you.."
Drobot finished, "A prince?"
Spike nodded at his friends' question, "Its complicated, if anypony found out that I was Celestia's secret son, I would be seen as a weakness. She sent me to Twilight to keep me safe. I fulfilled my destiny as Purple Dragon and thats what would break the secrecy."
As soon as the Crystal Empire was rebuilt, the Dread-Yacht went back to Canterlot to tell Princesses Celestia and Luna the news about Spike and his final charge against Malefor and Sombra. It was excellent that Sombra was destroyed, but it was troubling that Malefor escaped back into Skylands. But the battle did drain half of his power and wouldn't be a threat until he plans to strike back.
As for Spike, Princess Celestia annouced to her subjects that Spike is her son. That got some surprised looks on everyponies faces as they found out that the Sun-Goddess has a Dragon son and she kept him secret until now. But there were no negative outcomes to neither Celestia nor Spike. Celestia decided that Spike deserved a coronation since he was already her son. At the end of the Victory party, everypony now knows the name, Prince Spike the Dragon, Celestia's son.
The Skylander Variants decided to return to their Soul Gems and rest, but Master Eon developed a way for the variants to interact with one another and still move around. He created a Variant world where the variants can move around, talk and interact. Its only accessable via Arch Portal. The Portal had the name on it to know where anypony and any Skylander were going. This proved that the Variants can be useful in and out of a fight.
As for Nightmare Rarity, the Soul Gem that contained her allowed her to tame her Nightmare powers turning her into a good Nightmare Rarity. In the Variant World, Nightmare Rarity began a relationship with Dark Spike, while Legendary Spike and Legendary Rarity began their relationship.
As for ruling the Variant World, The Variants voted and realized that Alicorn Twilight and Punch Pop Fizz are planning to get married. The Variants agreed that Alicorn Twilight and Punch Pop Fizz should rule jointly.