"The Dark Emperor smiled." Time for the final attempt' He gestured. a huge surge of energy raced through the ship, slaying the black dragons instantly. The emperor gestured again and the shields were revived, for the moment. The Dark emperor reached his throne room and turned over a huge hourglass. the sands had nearly run out. As he turned over the hourglass, a monitor turned on, revealing Stripetail's house. "I will strike back, at the wizard.' He laughed, and then vanished.
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the hourglass, which was a measure of the fortunes of good and evil, began to run its course. the dark empreror had stopped the evil sands from running out. Had he let the sands run out, that would have ended the war, with the defeat of him and his forces.
"The emperor appeared in Stripetail's garden. He stopped short as Snowpaw came out, and stopped in horror as she saw him. "You are not the whelp but you'll do" He said coldly , gesturing and freezing Snowpaw in stone.