//------------------------------// // Aftermath and Skyhighlands // Story: Skylanders X MLP // by Skylander545 //------------------------------// Back in the present time of Skylands, a time portal opened up in the desert and out came EQG Dark Spyro along with a special package that was retrieved from the Future. The Dark EQG was exhausted from the battle that he passed out in the sands of the desert. Although, his return didn’t go unnoticed by the Golden Queen when she and Glumshanks set off to find him and retrieve the package that he brought back. It turned out to be quick since they discovered him as Glumshanks shouted, “Um…Golden Queen, I think I found him!” The Doom Raider looked at the exhausted form of EQG Dark Spyro, “He’s still alive.” She turned to Glumshanks, “Get my guards to carry him back!” The troll ran back as she knelt down towards the genetically created EQG and noticed the package, “At last…revenge will be mine!” She noticed the EQG squirm a little, but she said, “Relax, you have been through a lot.” The Dark EQG remained still as the Queen’s guards arrived and carried him back to her lair. She was relieved to know that the package contained the extra stinky cheese. It had the exact stink to power up her Ultimate Weapon and exact revenge on the Skylanders. But first there was EQG Dark Spyro, the genetic Super-Soldier; there was a reason why he was sent back alone with the cheese. She knew exactly what happened when the Dark EQG rose from his bed asking, “Your Highness, where’s Adagio? Is she all right?” The Golden Queen shook her head,“I believe she got captured to save you.” EQG Dark Spyro was shocked, “That…that can’t be! She was safe when I took that hit. I saw her unharmed by that blast!” He soon felt something in his pocket as he pulled out Adagio’s pendent…which did nothing but show the truth of what happened. This caused the Dark EQG to have tears in his eyes due to the sight of her pendant. He soon stood up and yelled, “NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” The Gyrocopters soon returned to the present Skylander Academy and landed in the Academy’s hanger bay. As the occupants disembarked from the copters, they were met by Buzz, who asked, “So what took you guys so long to get back?” EQG Legendary Spyro replied, “You have no idea what we’ve been through in the future.” EQG Drobot spoke, “We just had to fight a war that would occur in the future to destroy a sky-eating station that was built by our resident midget portal master. Only to be followed by Dark Spyro resulting us to go after him.” EQG Terrafin took over, “And we managed to capture Wolfgang and Adagio, she took Dark’s place in the trap that was meant to be for him.” EQG Camo finished, “In term, Dark Spyro escaped and returned back to our time zone.” Sonata added, “And he wasn’t willing to let her go.” Buzz thought about it and spoke, “So…he’s weakened?” Blaster-Tron stepped forward, “The enemy is indeed weakened due to losing a loved one.” Buzz looked at the robot, “Well, you must be quite smart for a robot from the future.” EQG Drobot spoke, “Well, he’s as smart as me when I built him.” EQG Spike decided, “Blaster-Tron is as smart as Drobot…but, before we came back…Master Eon of the future gave us a warning of a battle that could decide the fate of Echo Squadron.” Buzz noticed the unease that the six were going through when he realized, “I see, the future was a nightmare and somehow all of you need to survive in order to change the future.” EQG Spike replied, “There is more, he said something about me lighting our darkest hour.” Buzz was curious, “Lighting our Darkest Hour? Where have I heard those words before? I need to figure this out. But in the meantime, you guys should return to the Portal Chamber. You got back just in time for an interrogation.” EQG Legendary Spyro asked, “Wait…interrogation?!” The Squadron soon flashed out as returned to the Portal Chamber. The group was hoping for a welcome home greeting…but what they came back to…was a group of Skylanders guarding a prisoner…a female EQG with an all-too familiar sunset colored hair who was sitting on her knees. She was especially familiar to EQG Spike as he eyes squinted in anger as he said the first word, “YOU!” Principal Celestia spoke, “Calm down, Spike. She’s with us now.” EQG Spike was not buying it, “With us!? After everything she has done? How can she be with us when she tried to kill us?!” Soon enough, the prisoner, Sunset Shimmer spoke, “Because I came here willingly, I wouldn’t be calm if I came here unwillingly!” This caused EQG Spike stop as his eyes started to glow as he felt a voice in his head speak to him, “She didn’t show any resistance when they discovered her, Spike. I know this, but you do not.” He rubbed his head as he approached his former-enemy, “If you came here so willingly when we were gone, what was your reason?” Sunset Shimmer replied, “Something is going on with Malefor…he’s not like what he used to be since the Conflict…he’s changed…something's are things that I can’t explain.” The voice in EQG Spike’s head soon spoke, “A troubled girl who used to work for an evil dragon…but yet there are something's that was left unexplained. Ask her what became of Malefor?” EQG Spike asked, “What did you see?” Sunset Shimmer replied, “I don’t know, but Malefor said something of using mechanical objects to improve himself.” The voice soon said, “Cybernetics? Very Bizarre of Malefor to use. I would guess that he’s growing desperate.” Sunset continued, “I didn’t want any part in this despite being his apprentice…so I left and came to the Academy…where I actually begged Buzz to grant me an audience with the Princesses and Principals.” The voice soon described one part of Sunset, “Her eyes are full of a misunderstood nature, just like that Sonata girl.” EQG Spike held his hand out as his former-nemesis grabbed it as he pulled her up to her feet, “If what you say is true, then you are welcome to stay with us for protection.” Sunset smiled, “Thank you, Spike.” She hugged him as EQG Spike was taken by surprise before accepting the hug. After the hug was finished, Master Eon asked, “How long do you think that Malefor planned this?” Sunset replied, “His plan would take a matter of months.” The alicorn nodded as soon turned back the matter at hand, “Right now, we need to find the Golden Queen and end this war.” The Golden Queen has the cheese and soon enough, her ultimate weapon would be fully operational. The queen decided to address Skylands as its ruler as her image appeared throughout the areas that the Skylanders have been to. “Attention all of Skylands, It is I, your magnificent Queen…” Krypt King, Buzz and Flynn looked up as she continued, “I would like to take this opportunity to present, ‘The Three Golden Rules’ that I now expect all of you to follow: Rule #1: All Skylanders must surrender to me at once and release my fellow Doom Raiders. Rule #2: All Gold in Skylands must be delivered to me as fitting tribute. And Rule #3: I reserve the Royal Rite to make up an infinite number of…More Rules!” She laughed as Krypt King lowered his head knowing that she needs to be stopped. Onboard the Weapon, Glumshanks has placed the cheese into the reactor as a stink shield covered it. So now with the large amount of Traptanium plus the Stinkocity from the cheese, the weapon is now operational. The Golden Queen soon continued, “And just in case, let me show you what will happen if you break any of my rules!” With a slam of her staff, the weapon discharged a powerful charge from the top as the charge hit Time Town and trapped and everyone who lives there, inside a snow globe as the Golden Queen finished, “Now I got Skylands right where I want it! But there is one more demand that I require…Turn in the Skylander, Krypt King to me and you won’t suffer the same fate as these ‘unfortunate’ subjects!” She soon faded as Krypt King dropped his broadsword in shock knowing that she would go this far. Buzz spoke, “Boomsticks, your girlfriend is going all tyrannical on Skylands just to get to you.” Krypt King sat on the ground as put his hand on his faceplate in sorrow, “I can’t turn myself in; it will do more harm to others than good.” Flynn spoke, “Well come to think of it, things really weren’t that great since this war started.” Krypt King lowered his head down, “Everything, this war, the weapon was all because of me…she’s doing this just to hunt me down.” Buzz placed his hand on the knight’s shoulder, “Ya know, kid. At times like these, I thought that is was over for the good guys. But you know what kept me and my squad going?” Krypt King was curious, “What kept you from giving up?” Buzz replied, “Hope, son. Hope to see another day. Hope to see the world in peace instead of oppression, that’s what’s kept me going all these years.” The veteran picked up the broadsword and pointed the hilt end towards the Trap Master, “You can’t lose hope that you could stop her. You stopped her once even though it was through deception. But you can beat her again in straight up combat.” Krypt King soon placed his hand on the broadsword as he used it to raise himself up as he spoke, “You’re right, Buzz…I can’t give up now.” Buzz patted the Trap Master on the shoulder, “That’s the spirit…but the only question is; where is she hiding?” Kaos soon approached, “Don’t be ridiculous! She keeps her stupid temple in some stupid secret location so nobody can steal her stupid gold!” Krypt King realized, “Wait…Gold!” Kaos asked, “What are you blabbing about?” Krypt King spoke, “I know a gang of air pirates that have a base up in the Skyhighlands. They have a magic prism that can point out large deposits of gold…” Flynn finished, “Riiight - and since Queenie there is totally made of gold, that pirate-y plunder prism should lead right to her. Boom, let’s go there now!” Krypt King shook his head, “Flynn, none of our ships have the capability of reaching the Skyhighlands.” Flynn realized, “Boom withdrawn. If you been there before, how did you get there the first time?” Krypt King replied, “I stowed aboard an Arkeyan Gyrocopter that was stored inside a rocket and blasted off to the highlands during the war. They were one of the few floating islands that existed until the end of the war…that’s when I found the prism…and the pirates. They didn’t like visitors so I managed to evade their fire and escape.” Buzz decided, “We might not have a rocket, but the trolls do. All we need to do is to get our hands on that rocket; I’ve already sent the Mabu Defense Force to commence Operation: Troll Rocket Steal.” Krypt King nodded, “I’m on my way.” All of a sudden, his left hand began to spark and flash as the Trap Master gripped his hand, “What’s happening to me!?” Buzz looked at what was going on and realized, “Yep, just as I suspected. When you touched the Traptanium shard in the tomb, the memory that was shown to you left a mark on your hand. I’m no expert in magic, but I believe that mark would be very useful in combat.” Krypt King looked at the visible mark and said, “I’ll find out what this mark does.” At the Golden Queen’s lair, the Queen was pretty much snickering to herself as the snow globe that contained Time Town sat on her throne. She is now on the verge of conquering Skylands and with her Ultimate Weapon at her disposal, she cannot be stopped. But that didn’t stop her from noticing her Super-Soldier approaching, “It’s not going to work.” The Queen asked, “What did you say?” EQG Dark Spyro taunted, “Did I stutter, ‘your highness?” The Golden Queen stood up, “Don’t you dare mock me!” EQG Dark Spyro stated, “The Ultimate Weapon plan is not going to work!” The Golden Queen approached, “How dare you say this to your Queen!” EQG Dark Spyro stood unfazed, “Your overconfidence is your weakness. The Trap Master will come, but he will not come peacefully!” The Golden Queen scoffed, “Me? Overconfident? Don’t be ridiculous! My revenge is bittersweet and soon enough I will have Krypt King, one way or the other. And you have the nerve to question my authority; I should just have you end up like my unfortunate subjects in Time Town.” EQG Dark Spyro’s red eyes glowed as the Dark EQG saw the memories of the Queen and the Trap Master that she’s after before breaking the link…but before the Queen can question him further, he vanished. He was in his living quarters as he sat on the bed, “Her memories…it’s not just revenge…its sorrow. She’s ashamed for losing that Trap Master due to his deception. That is almost like…” He reached into his pocket and pulled out Adagio’s pendant as the mere sight of it made a tear drop from his eyes as an image appeared in his head… It was in the future, he and Adagio were sent to track down Echo Squadron. It was before they encountered the Pirate Train and the two had set up camp for the night. On this particular night, Dark was sitting outside, staring at the horizon until Adagio decided to join him. She sat down next to him as he noticed her, “I was created to fight Legendary Spyro…I nearly had him…but I had to back off.” Adagio spoke, “You shouldn’t get yourself worked up on fighting him. It would only leave you weak when you fight him.” EQG Dark Spyro asked with an accusing tone, “You think I am weak?” Adagio shook her head, “You are not weak, but you need to think about something else for now until you go after the squadron.” The Dark EQG was puzzled, “Something else? What else should I think about?” It wasn’t until he felt something touch his hand; he looked to his left and saw Adagio’s hand covering his as he asked, “What are you doing?” The Dazzling replied, “Relax, Dark Spyro. I just wanted to tell you something since you first stepped out of your tank.” EQG Dark Spyro asked, “And that is?” Adagio stuttered for a bit, “I…I sort of like you, even before you were flushed from the tank.” EQG Dark Spyro was curious, “What do you mean?” Adagio leaned her head towards his shoulder, “You may be a tank-bred human version of Dark Spyro…but sometimes there is more to your existence besides fighting.” EQG Dark Spyro wondered, “What do you mean?” Adagio stated, “It’s being with someone who likes you.” EQG Dark Spyro replied, “I’ll…need to think on this.” After flashing out of that memory, EQG Dark Spyro soon wiped his tears with the sleeves of his jacket as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a gem, it was a black and purple color which emitted an enormous amount of magical energy. He remembered Adagio saying that the gem was on him when he was flushed from the tank. He doesn’t know the reason behind the gem, but he was always holding on to it like it was a piece of him. But even the gem couldn’t calm his sorrow for losing Adagio, “Why? Why did you have to get captured?” In the Throne Room, the Golden Queen stood in shock at what the tank-bred just did to her. Ever since he got back, there was nothing obedient about the Super-Soldier; he didn’t even possess the fact that his mission was complete. The only thing that he shown was a rebellious nature and sorrow for losing Adagio at the battle in the future. She was wondering why he decides to say that her ‘Three Golden Rules’ would not work. She asked, “Who does he think he is? He should remember that I ordered his creation! He was created to do my bidding!” She introduced her hand to her face as she used her staff to pull up an image of EQG Dark Spyro lying on his bed gazing at Adagio’s pendant. The Queen realized, “This…reminds me of…” She turned her head towards her picture of Krypt King and finished, “Myself after losing Krypt King.” The sight of Krypt King not only brought her sorrow, but anger in the Trap Master deceiving her. She looked at the image of EQG Dark Spyro as he gets up and speaks, “She got herself captured just to save me…I took that blast from her sister’s attack and yet she took the trap vortex for me.” He kissed Adagio’s pendant as he spoke, “You give yourself for me…but I hope, we could see each other again…maybe if Skylanders can end this stupid war.” This made the Golden Queen cross, “He WANTS the Skylanders to win!? Has he lost his senses completely?” The Dark EQG looked up as his eyes glowed again, “I can hear you talking, you know.” The Golden Queen was soon struck with images of what he experienced as it flooded her mind until he broke the connection. After that he continued to lie on his bed and rest for a little while. The Queen shook off the experience and was now determined to get the Dark EQG under control for when she needs his assistance. The Golden Queen sent Glumshanks to eavesdrop on EQG Dark Spyro and the clumsy troll discovered some useful information that he reported back to the queen. He said that EQG Dark Spyro has a gem that he carries around a lot. He noted that the tank-bred was showing signs of emotions, mostly sorrow and love. He was still swearing revenge of EQG Legendary Spyro, but he only does that on a rare occasion. The Golden Queen realized, “Hmm…He wants revenge on his counterpart? Very interesting.” Meanwhile Krypt King and the Skylanders managed to recover the Troll Rocket and trap the troll in charge of defending it. Now with everything set up, their air team was ready for the assault on the pirate base in the Skyhighlands with Krypt King and Echo Squadron leading the formation. Krypt King was onboard his own gyrocopter that was Arkeyan Red which differs his from Echo Squadron. Once the rocket reached the Skyhighlands, it separated revealing Flynn’s ship, Tessa and Whiskers, the Dread-Yacht, a blue Arkeyan Robot and the eight gyrocopters. The air-team approached the base as Mags spoke, “Hot buttered toast with all kinds of cinnamon – there she is!!” Flynn spoke, “Alright everybody, stick to the plan. On my signal, we’ll get their attention by crashing into each other.” Tessa shouted, “Wait, no Flynn. That’s not the plan. Remember?” Krypt King decided to relay the plan, “Alright Strike Team, listen up. You and Echo Squadron are going to create a diversion to draw the pirates off of me while I board the mining platform. I’ve been here before so I know my way around the place. Once I get onboard, the fighters will try to strafe me, so don’t let that happen. Keep me covered until I locate that Gold-Finder and then…the moment of truth.” Cali spoke, “We all know what this means to you, Krypt King. Once you activate it, it will lead you right to her.” Soon enough, EQG Legendary Spyro spoke, “Guys, watch out! We got several Pirate Fighters and Gunships heading right towards us!” Krypt King soon hit the throttle and armed the copter’s weapons, “Strike Team, Engage!” Cali soon spoke, “The Dread-Yacht’s weapons are still booting up and I’ve got pirates all over me!” Krypt King spoke to EQG Legendary Spyro, “Echo Squadron, Defend the Dread-Yacht!” The seven gyrocopters sped forward to defend the ship from those pirates. Krypt King was evading a gunship when Whiskers swooped down and plucked the gunner from his ship. Due to the bird landing on the ship, it became unstable as the pirate gunship crashed into one of the floating crystal geodes surrounding the mining platform. Tessa spoke, “Now’s your chance to land on the platform, we’ll keep them occupied!” Krypt King nodded as he saw his friends bravely fight this battle to buy him time. He switched to hover mode and landed on the platform. He stepped out of the copter and spotted a turret over to his left. He made his way over to the turret and realized, “This turret is in bad shape…I can’t make my way to the prism knowing that my friends still need help unless…” His left hand started to glow blue as he raised it up and yelled, “Threatpack, Come to my aid, for I need your help!" A beam soon shot out of his hand as a troll wearing a jet-pack appeared before him. The troll spoke, “Ah, Krypt King, what do you need my assistance for?” Krypt King spoke, “Since you use to be a professor and carry those homing missiles, I need your help to fix this turret because our friends need help.” The Troll looked at the turret, “Should not be long to fix.” In a flash, the turret was as good as new as Threatpack jumped into the cannon and fired his homing missiles at the pirate airships destroying everything hostile in his path. Threatpack jumped out and said, “If you need my help with taking down the airships, just use that mark on your hand to call me.” Threatpack vanished in a beam of light as the Trap Master began to make his way up the mining platform to locate the prism while fighting off some of the defending pirates trying to stop him. He fought through the pirates and noticed a locked gate, so he went into the Stolen Property Room and found the key being protected by pirates. After defeating them, he noticed a radio and noticed that Chill Bill was doing his warning about not saying ‘Argh’ in front of an air pirate since it would make them angry. Krypt King simply grabbed the key and opened the gate outside. After that he noticed a battle gate and several air pirates appeared to stop him from reaching the prism, but he made short work of them with his swordsman skills. Once the enemies were defeated the gate opened, but Krypt King was soon blocked by the leader of the pirates, which was a bird wearing a ninja’s garb, “Who dare disturbs the Great Hawkmongous and his evil band of pirates?” The Trap Master was about to respond until the bird spoke, “Wait, wait, don’t tell me. It’s more fun to guess. Let me think on it. And while I’m doing that, why don’t we play a game of Skystones Smash? If you win, I’ll even let you by. C’mon, you can trust the Great Hawkmongous!” It sounded like a challenge, the Krypt King sheathed his blade and got out his Skystones deck, “I accept your challenge!” Hawkmongous was pleased, “Excellent! Good to meet someone with an appreciation for such gamesmanship!” Soon enough, the two played Skystones Smash, it had its ups and downs and in the end, Krypt King won the match as he stored away his deck. Hawkmongous couldn’t believe that this mysterious intruder beat him, “Hey! How did you beat me just now? Guess that’s more food for thought though, huh? But we’ll meet again whoever you are. Mark my words. Go ahead. Mark them!” The bird soon jumped off the platform and onto a gunship as it flew off. Krypt King advanced forward as he noticed Tessa and Whiskers being pursued by pirates. He noticed the nearby turret and used it to take down the airships before any harm can be done to his friends. Although before destroyed a gunship, it got a few shots off at him. After destroying the pirates, Krypt King had to use a gear elevator and encountered Diggs the Molekin in a room with a tough geode ore that could only be destroyed by Grinnade. Krypt King used the mark on his hand to summon Grinnade as the grinning bomb blew up the ore and redeemed himself in the process. After that, Krypt King journeyed up to another turret that was defended by more pirates. But they weren’t that much of a challenge, it wasn’t until the gunships started to drop off troops to stop the Trap Master until a missile from Echo 2 destroyed the gunships and caused the defense team to break off and attack EQG Drobot. Krypt King looked at the turret and used the mark to summon Threatpack, “Our friends need help, Threatpack!” The troll jumped into the turret and used his homing missiles on the various pirate fighters and gunships that were pursuing the air team. The gunships were actually turning their attention towards the turret, but were quickly shot out of the sky by Threatpack’s homing missiles. Once the airships were destroyed, the gate opened up as Threatpack was pulled out. Krypt King continued on before encountering Hawkmongous again, “Hey, those turrets are for US to shoot YOU, whoever you are! Still haven’t figured that part out yet. But I will. Oh you’d better believe I will…” Krypt King spoke, “Don’t tell me, you want a rematch of Skystones Smash?” The air pirate pulled out his deck, “Great! I do deserve a second chance you know.” The Trap Master pulled out his deck, “It’s Time to smash!” Although the match was long and a few Skystones were down, the Trap Master came out on top and beaten Hawkmongous a second time. As per agreement, he let the Trap Master pass as he said, “The only thing more baffling than who you are is how you keep winning at Skystones Smash. Ugh, but next time, NEXT TIME, I’ll…have to figure that part out too.” The leader soon jumped onto another gunship as the Trap Master progressed onwards while finding a Geode Key, a Legendary Treasure, a perfect decoration for the Academy. He soon took the upper gear elevators to another turret guarded by air pirates; Krypt King used his mark to summon Grinnade as the little bomb blew all the pirates to next week. As the Trap Master patted Grinnade on the fuse, Mags contacted him as her robot flew by while being pursued by pirates, “I got a blueberry problem here, Krypt King!” There was a pause until Mags said, “I call pirates, “blueberries’ for some reason, can’t remember why, but anyway, help shoot them down with that cannon, will ya?” Krypt King and Grinnade nodded as they jumped into the turret, it was a combination of Fire and Undead as both undead energy and fire energy was shot from the cannon. Each time a pirate fighter went down, Grinnade would beep in joy that an enemy was down. Krypt King couldn’t help but chuckle at the time bomb’s elation over downing an enemy airship whether it would be fighter or gunship. He looked over to Grinnade and said, “One lesson in being a good guy: Better to be respected than feared.” The little guy beeped in acceptance of that term and shot down two gunships that attempted to open fire on them. Soon enough, the fighters and gunships were shot down as Mags remembered something, “Just remembered why I called them blueberries, met a pirate once called ‘Bluebeard’ and I just misunderstood his name. Anyway, Echo Squadron would handle it from here. You go on up and find that prism!” Once they jumped out of the turret, Krypt King noticed Grinnade beep in exhaustion as the Trap Master spoke, “Rest now, my friend. You need to save your strength.” Grinnade was pulled out as he went through the open gate and up the stairs to what he was looking for. Krypt King flashed into a memory of himself seeing the gold-finder once before escaping the pirates before. He shook off the memory as he approached the prism, but the mark on his hand sparked when he realized that he’s not alone. He looked up and towards the platform and saw Hawkmongous standing on the hilt of his katana as he stated, “No one dares disturb the Great Hawkmongous and his rag tag band of air pirates on their floating mine outpost! Except you apparently. But since no one else ever has, I still have no idea who you are.” The leader of the air pirates looked at the prism then to Krypt King, “What I do know is that we won’t allow you to use our prism for good. Only evil! And because you are not evil, you must be attacked!” Hawkmongous ordered, “Get that, whoever that is!!” The air pirates started turning their attention to Krypt King. He gripped his broadsword as he went into battle with a few slashes at the air pirates that were guarding the prism. It wasn’t until several gunships began offloading troops, Krypt King signaled Echo Squadron to offer him support, soon enough one of the gunships exploded as a blue gyrocopter passed by while opening fire on another gunship. Krypt King soon noticed that the prism was powering up and realized that it was being used as a weapon as Hawkmongous spoke, “We shall emerge from this battle victorious or my name isn’t the Great Hawkmongous!” The prism fired as the Trap Master dodged it and lured the big guys into its line of fire. The Trap Master sent out his swarms to sting the pirates into the prism’s beam before it stopped firing. Hawkmongous noticed, “This is going less-awesome than I expected.” As more enemies emerged, Krypt King decided to call for help; he raised his left hand high and used the mark to summon Threatpack, “Did someone call for a professor?” After that, the Troll worked his scientific genius while Krypt King spun around as his sword slashed the air pirates in his path while some were taken out by Threatpack’s homing missiles. Hawkmongous realized, “Perhaps I should’ve played you in Skystones Smash again.” The Prism fired again as the duo evaded the beam while using quick tactics to lure enemies into the beam’s path. Threatpack was starting to get tired as he spoke, “I’m getting exhausted, I need to rest!” The troll professor was pulled out as Hawkmongous had enough of seeing his pirates get defeated by some strange knight. So the leader of the pirates decided, “Let’s fight!” He hopped off his katana as it came down with him. He soon was on the prism platform with his katana in ready position, “My boys couldn’t take you down, but now I will take you down, whoever you are! But this time, my name is changed to Tae Kwon Crow!” Krypt King raised his broadsword, “Your move, Tae Kwon Crow!” His opponent soon teleported away leaving Krypt King open to an attack. As the bird charged, Krypt King raised his sword to his back as the katana clashed with his sword. He soon teleported in front of him and attempted to drop slash him. Only having his katana stuck in the floor, leaving the bird vulnerable for an attack by Krypt King. The Trap Master sent out his swarms to attack the leader of the pirates as they started to sting the bird several times as he thrashed around trying to shake them off. After that, he teleported again to catch the Trap Master by surprise, but thanks to the mark on his hand, Krypt King was able to stop Tae Kwon Crow’s attack as he counter-attacked with a jab in the gut with his pommel. Tae Kwon Crow flew to the ground when he got the wind knocked out of him. He tried to teleport and attack again and again, but still Krypt King got him and countered him until he was defeated. As the Princesses appeared, Krypt King spoke, “Your highnesses, I need a Dark Trap to capture Tae Kwon Crow.” After a while, his mark sparked in a dark color as Luna spoke, “The Dark Trap is in. Use the mark on your hand.” Tae Kwon Crow spoke from the energy dome, “Maybe I should’ve played you in Skystones Smash again.” He raised his hand high as a thump of energy occurred as a vortex emerged. The bird looked up as he was sucked in, “Why did I make the change to Tae Kwon CROOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!?” Celestia soon held the trap that held Tae Kwon Crow, “Aha! Who dares beat me at Skystones Smash, defeat my minions and now capture me! I still want to know!” Celestia spoke, “That would be us that captured you, Tae Kwon Crow.” Tae Kwon Crow was shocked, “Wait, I know you! The Princess of the Sun herself…if you captured me…than that means…the one that beat me in Skystones Smash and defeated my minions was…Krypt King! Have I got it right?” Luna spoke, “You are correct!” Tae Kwon Crow was even more shocked, “The Pony Princess of the Night!?” Celestia now stated, “You are now trapped in this crystal. If you want to be free, you fight with us for the greater good. Do I make myself clear?” Tae Kwon Crow soon spoke, “The Great Hawkmongous accepts his fate…and his new name of Tae Kwon Crow, pretty cool actually.” After that, the Princesses vanished as Flynn’s ship docked with the platform. Flynn looked at the device, “So all we have to do is shine this light through this prism and it will point the way to the Golden Queen’s super-secret temple?” Buzz spoke, “Yep, if she’s as gold as everyone says she is, then this oughta do it. Krypt King, since this is personal for you. Can you do the honors?” The Trap Master acknowledged this as he pointed his hand at the device. The mark fired a beam as the device activated; it fired a blue beam to signify the prism’s cooperation with the mark on his hand as it went into the mining platform and onto the horizon. In the Golden Queen’s Lair, she was trying to find a way to break her super-soldier of his pathetic sorrow over losing Adagio to the Skylanders. But still trying to convince him was a fruitless effort; it was basically infuriating to know this. It wasn’t until she was hit by a blue beam and she heard a familiar voice, “Of all things, putting all of Skylands at ransom to do your every whim is not something worth fighting for. But now, the moment of truth has begun. I am Krypt King and I send this message to the Golden Queen…” The voice started to become threatening as he demanded, “Leave Skylands alone! I’m coming for you.”