"So," Chihiro asked as she tilted her head before the giant object presented before her, "what is this thing?"

The object in question was strange. It kind of looked like a giant robot made entirely of rusty metal, and looked like it hadn't been carefully attended to in years. The head and body of the robot were an old orange while the rest was in a dull, dark blue. Its head consisted of a round, closed object placed atop a grate, while its body was circular and had a giant door decorated with an intricate pattern and sealed shut by rust. Two long, skinny "arms" rested at its sides, and something about it seemed so sad and lifeless.

"We don't know," replied a rough, gravely voice as a golem made entirely of rock and crystals with blank yellow and red eyes walked around the side of the strange object. "We just found it during patrol duty—dunno how nobody noticed it before."

"Whaddya think it is, Prism Break?" Wrecking Ball asked as he bounced up and down in front of the machine. "Is it a giant warp machine that'll take us to another world? An oven filled with sweets? A big old picnic basket?"

Prism Break gestured towards the object with a crystal hand. "How does that look like a picnic basket?"

"I dunno." Wrecking Ball rolled on his back as his lengthy tongue lolled out of his mouth. "I guess I'm just hungry!"

"Wrecking Ball, you're always hungry!"

"What's going on here, guys?" Spyro asked as he flew up to the group and looked over the object.

"We don't really know—Breaks and Wrecks just found it here," Chihiro remarked as she looked over to Spyro and shrugged before she looked back at the robot, "but whatever it is, it sure needs a good oiling!"

Chihiro hummed as she placed her hands on her hips and tapped her foot. With a few more bars of some unspecified song hummed, she darted over to the other side of the beach and disappeared over the horizon, only to return a few minutes later with a container full of oil.

"Spyro," Chihiro called as she nudged Spyro's shoulder, "take this thing of oil and dunk it all over that thing! I'm sure that'll get it running!"

With a nod, Spyro retrieved the container from Chihiro's slender hands, flew over the strange object, and began dunking the oil all over it.

"That thing's got like, a couple barrels' worth of oil in it." Chihiro held up a hand as she made the best informative tone she could. "If that doesn't get it nice and loose, I don't know what—OWCH!"

Chihiro hopped up on one foot as she held up the other and groaned. Her balance just barely maintained as she looked down at her foot to find a snide-looking clam latched onto her boot tight!

"Darn clams." Chihiro grunted as she yanked the clam off her foot and tossed it a few feet away. "I swear, you can't go to the beach anymore without them biting your feet and eating your sandwiches! Where'd they even come from, anyways?"

"I'm no expert." Spyro shook down the container some more and watched as oil came flooding down on the object. "But if I had to guess, I'd say they probably got drawn here by the surge of Water Element magic that came with the Eternal Water Source—"

"GOOOOOOD MORNING SKYLANDS!"

Everybody around screamed in surprise from the appearance of a sudden, unidentified voice—Spyro even dropped the container he was holding onto the oil-covered object! As it made a shout of pain, the oil that coated it drained into its body while the round, closed object atop its head flicked open into… An eye?

"Thanks for that, I've been needing a good oiling!" the object exclaimed while it looked down at the others, its voice the metallic equivalent of a charismatic news show host's.

Everybody else frowned as they looked over this strange machine.

"Uh, who are you again?" Chihiro asked as she tilted her head.

"Pardon me for not introducing myself!" The object coughed and rubbed a metallic hand against its metal chest. "I'm a Clam-Tron 3000, classic model. Just give me some clams and I'll turn them into shiny new pearls!"

"Clams, huh?" Chihiro grinned as she looked towards the swarm of clams behind her, who now had terror-stricken faces and back at Clam-Tron. "Well, I do want to see what happens."

As the clams hopped away in panic, Chihiro snapped her fingers, crafted a giant, cyan fishing net and beamed as the net shot itself along the beach. The sound of terrified clam screeching echoed for a couple of minutes, but a swift tunneling sound took its place as the net dashed back to Chihiro. As it arrived, sand fell out of the net's many holes, and all that remained was a gigantic stash of squirming, terrified clams!

Chihiro sputtered out an overly-excited giggle, grabbed the net by its top, and looked over at Clam-Tron. As he opened the hatch on his belly, Chihiro skipped up front and shook the clams into the fire!

"Now…" Clam-Tron slammed the hatch's door shut and shook around for a few moments. "Just toss it around, mix it up, throw in a little elbow grease, and…"

With a friendly chime, steam poured out of the hatchet while Clam-Tron slammed open his door. He then reached inside, shuffled around and pulled out…

"A shiny new BLACK pearl?" Clam-Tron exclaimed as the steam cleared and he examined the object, "What in Skylands is this?"

"EH?"

"Black pearls?" Chihiro repeated with a sparkle in her eyes. "I've never heard of black pearls before! Lemme take a look!"

Chihiro snapped her fingers and crafted springy boots out of magic, then leaped up and snagged the object from Clam-Tron. As she landed and the boots disappeared, she paused for a moment and turned the black "pearl" around in her hands. It was a lot larger than the pearls she had seen in the jewelry stores, maybe about five times the size, if she had to take a gander? It wasn't as smooth, either; its surface had a coarse, almost gritty texture to it. And on top of that, she swore she heard some kind of powder shake around in its inside.

Wait a second…

"IT'S A BOMB!" Chihiro exclaimed as she tossed the bomb in the air.

"What was that, Chi?" Wrecking Ball asked as his eyes shot up to the skies. "Oh no, the pearl! I'll get it!"

"It's not a pearl!" Spyro shouted as he flew up and snagged the bomb while fire crackled at his mouth. "It's a—" Spyro stopped short as a sizzling sound resonated around, and everybody slowly, fearfully gazed at Spyro's paws, where a now-lit bomb rested. "CRAP!"

Spyro instinctively tossed the bomb aside, and it promptly landed in Chihiro's hands. Chihiro screamed in panic as she fumbled the bomb around for a few seconds, and passed it to Prism Break, who only cried out in surprise as he tossed it back to Chihiro. This game of hot potato—or rather, hot BOMB-tato—carried on for a few more seconds with Wrecking Ball and a panicked Clam-Tron as the witnesses, until Wrecking Ball grabbed the bomb with his tongue and flung it as high as he could.

"Whadya say again, Chi?" Wrecking Ball asked as Spyro flew down and take sanctuary on the beach.

"It's a bomb!"

The bomb finally exploded right as Chihiro shouted this ou,! Thankfully it was out of range to do any serious harm. but it did rain soot all over everyone.

"Oh, a BOMB!" Wrecking Ball replied before a pile of soot landed in his mouth and he broke into a hacking fit. "Bombs taste yucky."

As everybody coughed out soot and wiped it out of their eyes, the sound of frantic footsteps as they ran across the sand paired with the pant of a familiar voice echoed around the island.

"I heard an explosion! Is everything alright?" Hugo asked as he fell to his knees and panted. He looked back up at the others, and frowned as he adjusted his glasses. "Why do you have soot all over your faces?"

"No reason," Chihiro replied as she shook the soot off her face. "Anyways, anything else you need to tell us, Huges?"

Hugo's eyes sparkled as he adjusted his glasses. "Actually, now that you mention it." Hugo pulled a paper out of his jacket, "Well, I found the next part of the Core!"

"You found the Crystal Eye?" Spyro exclaimed as he pushed past the others and looked at Hugo. "Is it where I told you it was going to be?"

"Yep!" Hugo looked over the paper, "It's right at chocolate ice cream, whipped cream and bananas—wait, that doesn't sound right." Hugo looked over the list in his hand, chuckled, and put it away. "Yeah, that's… You know what, let's just forget about that! It's right at the Crystal Eye Castle, the home of the cyclops masons!"

"Knew it!" Spyro beamed as he sat himself on the beach. "Getting this one back won't be any trouble at all!"

"Wait, hold up," Chihiro interjected as she joined Hugo and Spyro, "I'm missing something here—aren't cyclopses like, evil and all?"

"Cyclopes, Chihiro," Hugo corrected.

"WHATEVER!" Chihiro huffed and crossed her arms. "Potato potatoh!"

Spyro pulled away Chihiro. "Not actually, Chihiro. The cyclopes here live in pursuit of their life's passion!"

"Oh, oh, lemme guess!" Wrecking Ball shouted from the back of the crowd as he bounced up and down. "It is cooking?"

"Sewing?" Prism Break guessed with a shrug of his rocky shoulders.

"Underwater basket weaving?" Chihiro suggested as everybody around gave her strange looks. "Hey, it's an idea!"

Spyro’s eyes glistened. "None of those things—it was masonry! These cyclopes have had an alliance with us for years! In fact, most of the buildings here are cyclops masonry!"

"Cool!" Chihiro beamed and shoved her hands into her pockets. "So if we're buddies and all, I'm sure they'd let us have that Crystal Eye thingie, right?"

"Exactly!" Spyro snapped his claws and flew off. "They even set up a path between their castle and Ancient's Peak for quick communication, I'll just—OOF!"

Spyro rammed into something cold and hard, and slid down from that something, which was none other than an impressive stone wall. As he sat up and shook his head, Spyro took to the skies and flew back to Hugo and Chihiro.

"Was that wall always there?" Spyro asked.

"I don't think so," Hugo replied as he walked over to the wall and rapped his furry hand against it. "It seems pretty solid. I don't think regular attacks will take it down."

"Typical cyclops masonry." Spyro sighed and flew his way to the stairs. "Looks like we'll have to find another way there."

"It seems that way, Spy—" Hugo stopped short as he walked past Clam-Tron and did a double take. "Wait, is that a bomb?"

"Why, yes, yes it is," Clam-Tron replied as he made a curt nod and showed off another shiny, black bomb.

Hugo grinned and clasped his paws. "Great! A bomb could open up the barrier!" Hugo’s grin faded into a look of nervousness. "Or, blow us all up in the process, but hopefully the former."

"Worth a shot!" Chihiro exclaimed

She picked up the bomb and nudged it over to Spyro, who lit it with a quick puff of smoldering embers. As the bomb sizzled and everybody stood back, Chihiro stood like a baseball pitcher, took a few wide swings then tossed it straight at the wall! Time seemed to stop as the bomb soared in the skies, and KA-BOOM! A loud, fiery explosion occurred as soon as bomb hit stone, and when the smoke started to clear, they all found the wall reduced to little more than rubble.

"Man, that was some explosion!" Spyro whistled as he looked over the former wall.

Chihiro grinned as she looked at Spyro. "I know, right?"

"Hello, is anyone there?" cried out an elderly-sounding voice as the smoke finally dissipated, "and if you are, please tell me you're not cyclopes!"

With the smoke finally gone, a peach-skinned mole clothed in brown robes and goggles ran out of the walkway with a look of absolute terror on their face!

"Uh, no, we aren't?" Chihiro replied as she scratched her head.

"THANK GOODNESS!" the mole exclaimed as they stumbled forward and hugged Hugo tight. "I've been trapped by those awful cyclopes in their horrible castle for weeks, making a tower for their Crystal Eye! I thought I'd never see the sun again!"

"So much for benevolent."

Chihiro scoffed as she looked towards Spyro—but he seemed more concerned than angry. "That's definitely wrong," Spyro remarked as he watched Hugo try to pry the mole off. "I've met those cyclopes myself, and none of them would do something like that."

Spyro's face darkened as he flew away from Chihiro and addressed the mole.

"They call me Diggs," the mole responded as they looked away from Spyro and frowned. "At least, I think they do."

"Then Diggs—" Spyro adopted his most matter-of-fact voice "—you rest here for now. We Skylanders need to investigate something over at the castle."

Spyro turned around and motioned for Prism Break and Wrecking Ball to join him.

"Wait, you're going?" Chihiro asked.

"Sorry, Chihiro." Spyro made an earnestly solemn expression. "I know I promised I'd help you with studying and all—"

"That's alright!" Chihiro grinned as she skipped up to Spyro's side. "I'll just come with you and we'll study along the way!" Chihiro grabbed Spyro's paw and pointed towards the open pathway. "To Crystal Eye Castle we go!"

§

"Now, there's only one path to the castle, so it should be easy to get there," Spyro said as they crossed an amber-colored bridge.

"Should be?" Chihiro echoed as she tilted her head.

"Yep!" Spyro nodded his head as he flew ahead. "Photographic memory never fails and all—OOF!"

"Spyro!" Chihiro raced ahead and helped Spyro up as she looked at the thing he had collided with, which was a smooth, stone wall with an eye carved onto it.

"Alright, maybe photographic memory does fail sometimes." Spyro sat up and shook his head, then frowned and placed a claw on his chin as he examined the gate. "Problem is, how are we going to get past this gate?"

Chihiro frowned and hummed along as she looked to the side of the gate. There, a small, stone pillar stood tall and firm. It wasn't much bigger than Spyro, and would have seemed completely ordinary if not for the floating stone eyeball that hovered above it.

"I wonder…"

Chihiro held her hand up to the eye as a small magic sphere formed in her palm. With a snap of her fingers, the magic sphere shot straight into the eye and caused it to slam straight into the pillar! The light flared, and the gate slid down with a satisfying shing!

"Well, guess that's that!" Chihiro exclaimed as she straightened her vest and walked back to the group. "Now, let's go—"

"WATCH OUT!" Spyro shouted as he pushed Chihiro and the others out of the way.

"What was that for?" Prism Break demanded as he fell on his rear and sat up, all while he rubbed his head.

He stood up, but Prism Break stopped short as several large barrels with sparkling lit fuses rolled down the pathway ahead, fell off the ledge, and exploded with a loud BANG!

"Okay, that definitely wasn't there the last time we paid a visit," Spyro remarked as he flew in place.

"Gee, you think?" Prism Break shot Spyro a glare as he stood up and rubbed his head.

Spyro just shrugged, then turned around and beamed. "Hey, you, over there!" Spyro shouted as he waved over to the other side.

"What's he yelling at?" Chihiro asked as she turned to Wrecking Ball, who only grunted.

The two of them leaned over a stone wall and looked up to find Spyro's targets. There, at the top of the path, was a pair of twin, teal-skinned cyclopes in heavy-looking stone armor who rolled the barrels down the way.

"It's us, the Skylanders!" Spyro beamed as the cyclopes turned to face him. "We've come to pick up the Crystal Eye!"

The two cyclopes tilted their heads, and whispered between each other before they glared back at Spyro.

"So, is that a yes or a no?"

One of the cyclopes heaved a giant, heavy-looking gunpowder barrel over their head, and with a loud cry of war, tossed it straight at Spyro!

"I'll take that as a no!"

Spyro let out a yelp of surprise as he flew out of the barrel's trajectory, and grimaced as it exploded in midair thanks to a conveniently-timed laser from Prism Break. "Guess the diplomatic approach is out of the question." Spyro sighed as he few back down and landed on the stone pathways.

"Then we'll just have to get through the old-fashioned way," Prism Break remarked as he turned over to Wrecking Ball and waved a crystalline hand. "Come on."

"Ooh ooh ohh!" Wrecking Ball exclaimed as he hopped up and down. "Does that mean I get to break things? Or eat things?"

Prism Break raced over to the mouth of the forwards path once more. "Sure thing!"

"Yay!"

As Wrecking Ball rolled over to Prism Break's side, Prism Break clapped his hands and summoned a giant crystal from beneath the earth! He placed his crystal hands together, and shot out a laser that refracted in ten different directions the moment it hit the crystal—all of which hit the barrels!

"Now's your chance, Wrecking Ball!" Prism Break proclaimed as he looked back at Wrecking Ball.

"YAY YAY YAY!" Wrecking Ball exclaimed as he leaped over Prism Break's crystal.

While the cyclops guards panicked, Wrecking Ball rolled himself into a ball then zoomed off at the speed of light! Wrecking Ball rammed himself straight into the cyclops guards with all the force of a dodgeball, and unfurled himself as the guards fell to the ground unconscious.

"Can I eat them now?" Wrecking Ball asked as he watched Prism Break walk up to his side.

"I don't think so," Prism Break said as he shook his head, "Cyclopes probably taste awful, anyways."

Wrecking Ball pouted as he laid on his belly and sulked. "Awwww, darn."

"I don't get it." Spyro's face turned a bit confused, a bit solemn, as he flew up to join the others. "I've been to this place on errands more times than I can count, and nothing like this has ever been here! Why the sudden change?"

"Is it just me, or do you guys get the feeling we're being watched?" Chihiro asked as she looked over towards an eye statue, turned away, and did a double take, "I could've sworn I saw that thing move!" Chihiro turned around and perked her brows as everybody else proceeded. "Hey, guys, wait for me!"

When Chihiro rejoined the group, she looked over to Spyro and frowned as he heaved a sigh. "Still worried, Golden Boy?"

"A little," Spyro replied as he nodded slightly with a tense smile on his face, "I can't possibly think of why they're all so hostile now!" Spyro's tense smile dipped to an even tenser frown. "Well, I can think of a few, but…"

"They're not exactly pretty, right?" Chihiro tilted her head and frowned as Spyro nodded. "Well, if you need something else to think of, I do still need help studying for that exam!"

"Oh, right!" Spyro snapped his claw, "Lemme think of a test question." Spyro placed his claws against his chin as he flew in place. "How about this? Skylander A intentionally wounds their portal master during an argument about patrol hours. What code would that be a violation of?"

Chihiro hummed and tapped her foot as she gazed up at the clouds.

"Code two?" Chihiro suggested at last.

"Well, you're close—it's actually code five!" Spyro held up a claw. "Code two is that Skylanders can't intentionally bring harm to those they hold power over without good reason—" Spyro clasped his paw "—but it's worded pretty similarly, I can't blame you for messing it up."

"Darn." Chihiro huffed and crossed her arms.

"Are you two just gonna stand over there forever?" Prism Break shouted from across the area.

Spyro and Chihiro both turned around and saw that Prism Break and Wrecking Ball stood beside an open gateway ahead of them! The two of them giggled and scratched the backs of their heads.

"Coming!" Spyro and Chihiro shouted in unison as they raced up the pathway.

"Now," Spyro said as he flew next to Prism Break, "which code has had its regulations debated by portal masters over the past century in regards to the practice of merchandise based on a Skylander's image?"

"Uh…" Chihiro sputtered as she looked down at the earth and tapped her foot, "… Uh, er, well… Seven?"

Spyro only shook his head. "Code three. A Skylander must not exploit their position for wealth or status."

"I had a feeling it was that one." Chihiro hung her head as she trudged forwards, then shook it off and looked back at Spyro with fire in her eyes. "C'mon Gold, gimme another one!"

Spyro flapped in place as he thought some more. "Which code has come under fire due to concerns of portal masters exploiting it for unnecessary labor of their Skylanders?"

"Look out!" Wrecking Ball shouted from across the room.

Spyro turned around and casually shot a fireball at a flying cyclops soldier before it could hit him while Chihiro contemplated.

"One?" Chihiro asked with a bit of worry in her eyes.

"Six," Spyro replied, "a Skylander must be willing to face any task or challenge given to them."

Chihiro groaned as she watched Spyro fly ahead and reluctantly torch a platoon of cyclops soldiers, then trudged beside him as they passed another round of stone walls and ominous-looking eye statues.

"Which code has caused certain portal masters to come under fire for their choice of Skylander recruits?" Spyro asked once more as he flew up a slanted pathway.

"Nine?"

"Eight." Spyro shot an eye statue an odd look then flew up the next path. "Skylanders must always be diligent, courageous and kind. I think Master Eon got hit with that one a couple times, to be honest."

Chihiro made another tired groan as she followed Spyro up the pathways, and tugged on her jacket as her eyes darted back and forth.

"Which code acts as the basis of the vows that both Skylanders and portal masters give when they begin their formal training?"

Chihiro winced and racked her brain as she sucked on her lip, but finally sighed and hung her head. "I give."

"Nine." Spyro flew further upwards and sat down between Prism Break and Wrecking Ball. "A Skylander must be willing to protect the universe at all costs."

Chihiro heaved a defeated sigh as she trudged over to a nearby pathway and picked up a strange, worn plush doll that vaguely resembled a teddy bear, only it had an eye and a fanged mouth in place of a normal face. "I dunno if I'm ever gonna be ready for this test," Chihiro sighed as she rubbed her thumbs against the doll's plush body before she stowed it away in her pocket. "I think that's the tenth time I messed up!"

"Don't worry too much about it, Chihiro," Spyro reassured as he flew next to her, "I'm sure you'll get it even—OW!" Spyro stopped short as something hit him straight in the head and turned around. "Alright, who threw—"

Spyro stopped short as they all found that right in front of them was a giant platoon of cyclopes warriors! They were all dressed in heavy, polished stone armor, and their eyes were bloodshot to no end as they wielded carefully-crafted stone spears, swords and other weapons. Most of all, they looked like they were ready to kill!

"That?" Spyro shook his head as he thrust a fist to the sky. "Skylanders, attack!"

The cyclopes shouted their own battle cry in retaliation, and all heck broke loose! As the warriors tossed their spears and slashed with their swords, Chihiro and the Skylanders retaliated with whatever they could! Laser beams, magic spheres, burst of flames, but something seemed wrong about it all.

"What's going on?" Spyro demanded as he slapped away a tiny cyclops with a swing of his tail. "I thought we were allies!"

"Not anymore, dragon boy!" cackled a shrill, mocking voice from up high.

Spyro looked up, then gasped and reeled back.

"This castle is under new management," proclaimed a lanky, blue-skinned cyclops dressed in a crown and magnificent robes as he stepped out and smirked, "KAOS'S MANAGEMENT!"

"You're not the king!" Spyro shot a ball of solid ice out at a bulky looking cyclops soldier before he glared down this cyclops king. "What're you doing here? Who are you, even?"

"Little old me?" the king simpered as he placed a hand to his chest and coughed. "I'm just an agent of Lord Kaos's wills, nothing more. And his orders are clear—" the cyclops king's smirk widened "—he doesn't want any Skylanders in his lobby!" The king pointed a finger out to the army. "ATTACK THOSE SKYLANDERS! MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE!"

As the cries of the army grew more determined, the heroes' will to fight did as well! The cyclops warriors all encircled Spyro, who only stepped back and growled as his eyes flashed green. With an upwards thrust of his head, giant thorny vines sprouted out from the group and wrapped themselves around the cyclops soldiers that once surrounded him! Those vines were tough, too! No matter how much those cyclopes squirmed, they couldn't possibly break free. All they could do was watch helplessly as Spyro charged into the vines and sent the cyclopes flying! Spyro smirked as he flapped in place, then…

"Owch!" Spyro exclaimed as he whipped his head right and left. "Who did this—YIKES!"

As a high-pitched cackle echoed through the area, Spyro whipped his head around and saw a tiny cyclops spearman jab his spear into Spyro's tail!

"Get off of me! I'm not your ride!"

Spyro shook his tail as hard as he could, but the spearman's grip was too strong. That is, until a long red tongue shot into the skies and wrapped around the spearman! With a yell of surprise, the spearman was yanked off of Spyro's tail and straight into the mouth of Wrecking Ball! Wrecking Ball contently burped as he gulped down the spearman, gagged and spit him back out!

"Breaks was right," Wrecking Ball said as the saliva-covered cyclops rolled on the ground. "Cyclopses taste yucky."

The two of them smiled and waved at each other before a giant laser shot into the sky and nearly singed Spyro! Spyro winced as he flew back down, for a giant blur flew right overhead of him!

"Incoming!" Chihiro shouted as she bounced over Spyro, now surrounded by a circling ring of magic spheres.

With intense grunt after intense grunt, Chihiro shot out a wave of magic spheres that knocked away the cyclops warriors who had them cornered. but only for a moment. The warriors cackled as they got up, and Chihiro gulped and stepped back.

"Need a hand, Chihiro?" Spyro asked as he flew over to Chihiro's side and grabbed her hand.

His eyes flashed purple while his clasped paw glowed in the same color, and they both smiled as Chihiro's spheres grew larger and streaked with purple. The two of them winked at each other and stared down the cyclopes—who now looked increasingly worried.

"You asked for it!" Chihiro exclaimed as she pointed to the cyclopes with her free hand. "It's the Magical Allegiance Double Decker Special, coming right at'cha!"

One by one the giant spheres zoomed off like rockets and slammed into the cyclops warriors, all of whom were completely helpless against this barrage. All they could do was let the spheres slam them into the nearby walls.

"WOO-HOO!" Chihiro hooted as she jumped in the air and pumped a fist, then gracefully landed on her feet and beamed back at Spyro. "Not bad, right? I think that nearly won us the battle!"

"OWCH!" exclaimed Prism Break from halfway across the battlefield before he turned around and gasped. "Get off of me, you big mutt! Do I look like a chew toy to you?"

"… And I spoke too soon."

Chihiro sighed, but jolted up as she heard a low growling behind her. She turned her head, and screamed and stumbled into Spyro's grasp! There, right in front of her, was a giant, blue-furred monster with a bloodshot red eye and a giant, toothy maw drawn back into a snarl large enough to showcase all its razor-sharp fangs! It had to have been about five times Chihiro's size—maybe even more! Worse yet, it wasn't the only one. About ten more had completely encroached on her group, and they backed into a circle as these strange monsters glared them down like they were prey. They were far too big in both size and numbers for the Skylanders to fight. What could they possibly do?

"CYCLOPS MAMMOTHS!" the king proclaimed with a gesture of his hands. "Have fun tearing up your new chew toys!"

Chihiro, Spyro, Wrecking Ball and Prism Break all gulped as the mammoths' growling grew louder and louder while they got ready to lunge. Just then, the ground underneath their feet was stolen away from them—literally! A giant door opened up underneath them!

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The four of them screamed in unison as they fell through the suddenly-created trapdoor.