//------------------------------// // Scratch's Crush // Story: Skylanders X MLP // by Skylander545 //------------------------------// After rescuing the Ancient Flashfin, Spyro spoke with Tessa and asked about their next destination until she said, "Kaos might be planning to build more of those Evilizers. But he might need parts and there is an excavation in the Rampant Ruins." Spyro realized, "So, he finally found a way to activate his Evilizer without having it blow up in his face." Tessa replied, "Come speak to me whenever you and the Skylanders are ready to set out for Rampant Ruins." Spyro replied, "Will do and we'll crash this party, Kaos has kindly set up." He shouted, "Princesses, Pull me out!" He disappeared and was replaced by Scratch. She asked, "Can I go for a quick flight before setting off?" Tessa replied, "Like I said, whenever you are ready, come speak to me." Scratch nodded as EQG Twilight appeared in a flash of light and asked, "Why do you want to go flying when there is a crisis at stake?" Scratch replied, "We don't have to go to Rampant Ruins immediately. I just want to go for a quick flight and come back to Woodburrow." EQG Twilight thought about it and said, "Well, one flight never hurts anyone. Its not like that we would find someone injured on a nearby island." Scratch gestured EQG Twilight to get on her back as her Magic and Air Swords surprisingly appeared, EQG Twilight realized, "I guess the Swords work for any flying Skylander, not just the Dragons." They left Woodburrow and began to circle around the Volcano as EQG Twilight asked, "So this Volcano is what helped you out during the war?" Scratch replied, "It was the Elementals that generated their powers into the Volcano to help the alliance fight back against the Apes and because the Arkeyans sealed Malefor in Convexity, we were able to turn the tide." The curious EQG asked, "Were you there when Malefor was sealed in Convexity?" The Sphynx replied, "No, but Chop Chop was there when he and the Arkeyan Elites merged with the Eternal Magic Source, opened the Portal of Convexity and wrangled the Dark Master through the Portal. I wasn't even old enough to know about the war yet." EQG Twilight asked, "What happened after you were recruited by Jet-Vac?" Scratch smiled, "Star Strike has been telling you backstories hasn't she?" The EQG nodded as Scratch answered, "The team's main base of operations was the Dragon City of Warfang. Its where we took our commands from our Dragon or Mole Commanders until the SWAP Force, before they were even able to Swap were sent to the Volcano." She frowned, "When the SWAP FORCE were sent to Equestria because of the Volcano, we were swept away as well." EQG Twilight realized, "A bond of friendship occurred on the Elite Team." Scratch replied, "That bond was so strong that when my recruiter and the others were swept away when the Giants defeated the Arkeyans, most of us felt sad. Until it was our turn to be swept away." EQG Twilight said, "Whoa." Scratch finished, "Well, that's my story, Twi." EQG Twilight realized the story behind Scratch until the Sphynx started to look at a nearby island. Scratch noticed a small orange and blue spot and said to her rider, "Hang on, I'm going to descend on that island." As they landed on the island, EQG Twilight disembarked as the Sphynx looked at the middle of the island and saw the orange and blue spot that she and her rider saw from the air. She came in closer and saw that the spot was actually the form of an light orange Pegasus stallion with a blue mane and damaged armor. Scratch recognized the armor as one of the Royal Guards back in Equestria. She approached the injured stallion and asked, "Hello, are you all right?" The stallion eyed the Sphynx and muttered, "N.....n...no." Scratch asked as she eyed the claw marks on the stallion's flesh, "Who did this to you?" The stallion muttered, "Ma.....Ma....Malefor." The stallion passed out as Scratch, who was panicking spoke to EQG Twilight, "This stallion is injured really badly. We have to get him back to Woodburrow." She paused as she noticed his health, "But, I don't think he would still be alive when we get to Woodburrow." EQG Twilight placed her hand on the stallion's body and began generating her powers to the stallion as she said, "His life signs are stabilized temporarily, but we have to get him back to Woodburrow before..." She noticed the stallion's Cutie Mark, "Wait....I know this stallion." Scratch interrupted with determination of not letting the stallion die, "We'll talk about you knowing him later, right now we have to get him back to Woodburrow before your Stabilization Spell wears off." EQG Twilight nodded as Scratch pulled the stallion over her back as EQG Twilight kept him from falling off. They set a course to Woodburrow. After returning to Woodburrow, Scratch told Rufus, "Rufus, we need to see the Chieftess, we found this stallion injured on a nearby island and his life signs would go critical if we don't get him to the Chieftess." Rufus looked at the stallion on Scratch's back, "Oh dear, This is definitely something of great importance." Scratch looked at EQG Twilight, "Tell the Princesses that we need the healing Skylanders here to help us out." EQG Twilight nodded as she disappeared in a flash of light. Scratch took the stallion to the Chieftess, so she could look at his injuries. Scratch went to the Chieftess as she noticed, "Scratch, what has happened?" The Sphynx replied, "EQG Twilight and I found this stallion on a nearby island and he is badly injured. We managed to keep him alive so we could get him here so you and the others can heal him." The Chieftess replied as Scratch set the stallion on a nearby stump, "This stallion's injuries are great but..." She paused as she asked, "Did he answer any questions about what did this to him?" Scratch replied as she lowered her head, "He mentioned one word, one name and that was Malefor." The Chieftess frowned, "This stallion has been in a fight with Malefor himself. Any attack from Malefor can be fatal. But this stallion is lucky to be alive, but if we don't hurry, he'll die." At that exact moment, Multiple lights hit the area as EQGs Twilight, Fluttershy, and Camo, along with Skylanders, Fluttershy, Camo, Whirlwind and Polar Whirlwind emerged. Scratch asked, "But he can still be saved?" The Chieftess nodded, "If we don't hurry." Scratch replied as she shed a single tear, "I'll just.....wait outside." She walked outside of the hut as EQG Twilight followed behind. As she waited by the training field where they tested their powers, Scratch was sitting near a mushroom looking at the volcano as she began to shed more tears, thinking about the injured stallion in the Chieftess' hut that was currently being healed by the Chieftess and the Skylanders who specialize in healing. EQG Twilight came up to her and sat beside her as she asked, "Do you want to know who that stallion is?" Scratch asked in sadness, "Who is he?" EQG Twilight told her a story, "His name is Flash Sentry, he is the Ex-Boyfriend of Sunset Shimmer. The same unicorn who stole my Crown of Magic and Legendary Spike's Soul Gem to bring the two universes together which lead to the Battle of the EQG Universe. Flash Sentry might've been Sunset Shimmer's boyfriend, but he was basically a neutral in all of it. He was an ally for the Skylanders when they arrived at our universe. But when Sunset Shimmer accused me of vandalism, Voodood, Punch Pop Fizz and Flash Sentry defended me from her accusation in-front of Vice-Principal Luna. Although, I still giggle when I heard Punch Pop Fizz say, 'Shake and Break' when he High-fived Flash Sentry. Flash Sentry had a brotherly relationship with Voodood as he taught him how to use a guitar, but it turns out Voodood catches on pretty quick when he used his Axe Reaver as a guitar and made sounds with its magic. Flash Sentry was one of the students hypnotized by Sunset Shimmer when she obtained the Soul Gem and the Crown. He nearly attacked me, but Tree Rex defended me from him. But after the battle, Flash Sentry mysteriously vanished. Until we found him here in the Cloudbreak Islands." Scratch asked, "But how did he get here in the first place?" EQG Twilight held out a Portal-Trix, "He was wearing this when we found him." Scratch recognized the watch as she remembered Princess Celestia showing her it, "He was wearing a Portal-Trix. But, he didn't remain his human form like the others." EQG Twilight realized as she fiddled with the Portal-Trix, "So, he's from this universe the whole time." Scratch asked, "Is it the right idea to fiddle with it?" EQG Twilight replied, "No, I guess not." She stopped fiddling with the Portal-Trix as the Chieftess approached them and said, "Scratch, we managed to heal him. He is already waking up." Scratch cried tears of joy and said, "He's Alive!" She sped towards the hut in a big hurry. EQG Twilight said to the Chieftess, "She has a crush on Flash Sentry." As Scratch returned to the Chieftess' hut, she knew that she was ready to see Flash Sentry as she entered. As she entered, the healers noticed the Sphynx enter as the healing Flash Sentry began to regain consciousness. The stallion opened his eyes as he looked around and then to Scratch as he asked, "Where am I?" Scratch replied, "You are in Woodburrow in the Cloudbreak Islands." Flash Sentry remembered, "Wait, you are the Sphynx that found me. You.....you saved my life." Scratch nodded, "I was worried that you wouldn't make it when we brought you here." Flash Sentry smiled, "Thank you for bringing me here." Scratch asked, "You mentioned that Malefor did this to you. What happened?" Flash Sentry spoke, "It took place after the battle as the Skylanders returned to their universe. I went soul searching and I was drawn to a dark crystal in the middle of the forest, I knew for certain that I shouldn't go near it since its merged with Dark Magic. That's when I found the Portal-Trix near the crystal. I realized that the Portal-Trix's ability is to now open a dimensional gate which was demonstrated by Skylander Spike when he first arrived. So I opened a dimensional gate to this universe....my home universe. That's when I came into contact with Malefor himself. I almost intended to arrest him, but I bit off more than I could chew. I fought Malefor, but I was ultimately defeated. He left me for dead on an abandoned island near the volcano and then you found me." Scratch put an assuring claw on the stallion, "A Skylander never leaves anyone or anypony behind. I couldn't leave you to die." She embraced the healing stallion as his eyes widen in shock while the others smiled in awe. After several minutes, Flash Sentry was fully healed and was able to walk again. After he was able, Scratch asked, "How are you feeling?" The Pegasus replied, "Much better now." Scratch asked, "So are you going to remain in Woodburrow?" Flash Sentry thought about it and said, "I think since you saved my life, I could accompany you to the Rampant Ruins and help you and the other Skylanders stop this Kaos guy." After hearing this, Punch Pop Fizz appeared right next to Scratch holding a beaker of a purple substance. Flash Sentry recognized, "Punch Pop Fizz, It's great to see you again." The Red Gremlin replied, "Like when we..." They both said, "SHOOK AND BROKE!" Punch Pop Fizz continued, "Sunset Shimmer, just days before the Fall Formal back during the Soul Gem Conflict." Flash Sentry asked, "What's with the beaker?" Punch Pop Fizz pointed to the beaker, "This is the Skylanders Serum, its used to initiate recruits into the Skylanders. It would basically turn you into a Skylander." Flash Sentry asked, "So.....I'm worthy to become a Skylander?" Scratch spoke, "You fought Malefor and lived to tell about it. You are worthy." Flash Sentry looked at the beaker and said, "Well, this is it." He took the beaker in his hoof and drank it down. That's when his sensation took a windy turn to it. His eyes began to glow light blue as he flared his wings and twirled in a mini tornado. After that he stopped as his eyes returned to normal. Scratch noticed, "You are now a Skylander of the Air Element." Flash Sentry flapped his wings forward and sent out a lightning blast at a nearby dummy. Flash Sentry asked, "Can those dummies be destroyed?" Tuk approached, "You won't worry about destroying them, Flash Sentry. Those dummies are enchanted to be indestructible, so fire away." Scratch nodded, "Thank you for explaining the indestructible dummies, Tuk." Flash Sentry asked, "Who do we talk to, if we want to go to Rampant Ruins?" Scratch hopped on fast travel pad, "We should go talk with our friend, Tessa. She's over on the other side of Woodburrow. We can use this fast travel pad to get there." Flash Sentry stepped on the pad, "How does it work?" Scratch's wing wrapped around the Pegasus as she crouched on her front legs, "Focus all your powers while crouching like this." Flash Sentry followed as Scratch's wing left his back as his own wings flared up. Scratch finished, "Now release your powers while jumping." They both jumped and they were now soaring above Woodburrow. They landed near the Airship dock where the Dread-Yacht was being repaired. Scratch spoke to Tessa, "Flash Sentry and I are ready to go to Rampant Ruins." Tessa replied, "Well, lets get on Whiskers and head for the Ruins." Flynn spoke, "Oh right, another attempt of trying to remain on the bird." At the Rampant Ruins, Glumshanks was Evilized and was overseeing an excavation of Arkeyan machines, so Kaos can build more Evilizers. It got more complicated when he saw a bird and four riders attempting to disrupt the excavation. So he used his newfound powers to knock the bird out of the sky with machine parts. While he was finally focused on getting back to the excavation process, he spotted a Winged Sphynx and an Orange Pegasus Stallion with a Blue Mane. He decided to aim for them. He said, "TURN BACK BEFORE ITS TOO LATE." Scratch looked at the troll in charge of the excavation until she heard Flynn's voice on the radio saying, "Hey I know that guy. I'm pretty sure that's Kaos' Butler." Scratch nodded, "Yeah, that's Glumshanks and he's actually more eviler." Flash Sentry noticed Glumshanks throwing a bomb, "INCOMING!!!" He tackled Scratch out of the way as the bomb landed at where they were standing. They got up as the Pegasus said, "I guess we are going to be bombarded the rest of the way." Scratch noticed, "Yeah, lets get to that monkey and finish this....And thanks for the save back there." They reached the stone Monkey, released the monkey as it pounded Evil Glumshanks to the ground and disrupted the excavation. Evil Glumshanks was angry on the Skylanders for disrupting the excavation. He listened to the machines and formed a vehicle which pushed the Stone Monkey, Scratch and Flash Sentry into a jungle. Now they are going to have a jungle rumble against Evil Glumshanks. Scratch noticed the spikes on the side and gestured Flash Sentry to trick Evil Glumshanks into charging towards the spikes and smashing his vehicle to pieces. While he was trying to repair it, it gives the Sphynx and the Pegasus an opening to attack Evil Glumshanks directly. After several attacks, Evil Glumshanks closed some of the spikes and summoned his minions, just as Kaos would do. But that would prove useless as Scratch used her helmet laser to disintegrate one half of minions while Flash Sentry used his lightning strike on the other half. After doing it over and over again, they managed to defeat Evil Glumshanks and revert him back to a regular butler. After he tried to strike back, his vehicle just blew up as Scratch said, "Happy landing, Glumshanks." Flash Sentry asked, "I've been going through my mind and realized. Beside of what you said about never leaving anypony behind, 'What was the real reason that you saved me?" Scratch admitted, "When you were healing, I was crying out in the training field, I didn't know that you would make it. But you managed to heal up, so....Flash Sentry, I like you." The Pegasus replied, "Well, I like you, too, Scratch. The way you had determination in saving me, your fighting skills and that armor. It's kept you moving ever since." Scratch replied, "I guess it has." They wrapped one wing around each other as they watched Glumshanks shoot across the sky.