|| Heyo! Welcome to the original Skylanders Short Stories, an old series of mine that I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote and has since been discontinued in favor of a reboot. This is the first installment, titled "Swappable Stoppable". It's... really bad, and I'm ashamed of it. But, if you're into really bad fanfiction, or are looking for a ridiculous laugh, or are just looking to see what my old writing was like, or looking to read the place where Skylanders Short Stories started, then this is the place to be. Without any further ado, let's get into it. ||

SKYLANDERS SHORT STORIES: SWAPPABLE STOPPABLE

January 2014 - June 2014

Stealth Elf wants to train under Trap Shadow, but being a life element, that's a bit impossible. But when something occurs between her and Spyro during a battle, she just might get her wish. But can the forest elf and the purple dragon handle what it brings?

Chapter One

"Trap... Shadow..."

Stealth Elf watched dreamily as Trap Shadow taught his class. Sunburn stared at her strangely from a distance. "She's been doing that for half an hour..." he muttered. "Obsessive."

Whirlwind joined him, glanced at him, then stared in the direction he was facing. "Are you watching Stealth Elf watching Trap Shadow?" she asked.

"Um... yeah," Sunburn replied.

"Got a crush?"

"W-W-W-What?! No! We're not even close to the same species!"

Whirlwind rolled her eyes. "Then why are you staring so blankly at her?"

"She's the one staring blankly," Sunburn said. "She doesn't have irises!" He sighed. "I'm just a little worried about her. She's been watching that class since it began."

Whirlwind glanced back at the elf. "She looks enchanted with that Magic SWAP Force guy," she said. "Didn't he train in the same martial art as her?"

"Yep," Sunburn responded. "She probably wants to train under him instead of-"

"Let's go talk to her!"

"Wait, what?"

Whirlwind not-so-subtly bounded over to Stealth Elf. "Hey Stealth!" she exclaimed. Stealth leaped a mile in the air.

"W-W-W-W-Whirlwind!" she cried. "H-H-How long have you been s-standing there?"

"Not as long as I have been." Sunburn trotted over to the girls. "Why you so obsessive all of a sudden? I haven't seen you that flustered since that time we were on that mission and Kaos did that thing with the-"

Stealth snapped his beak shut. "I thought we agreed to never speak of that again."

Sunburn's face turned pink and he pointed at Stealth's hand. She let go and the phoenix hybrid took a deep breath. "Noted," he finally said. "But seriously, what's going on?"

"Are you in looooooooove~?" Whirlwind poked Stealth's stomach.

"What?! No!" Stealth Elf exclaimed. "Maybe? Ugh, I don't know what love feels like!" She turned back around to watch the class. Trap Shadow was demonstrating how to center your power and release it upon your foe. Spyro and Voodood had it down, Pop Fizz and Dune Bug were still struggling.

Stealth Elf didn't turn back to Sunburn and Whirlwind. Sunburn snapped his fingers (claws?) in her face. Nothing happened. He did it again. Repeatedly. Still nothing. Whirlwind sighed, then slapped Stealth across the face. "Snap out of it!"

"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" Stealth exclaimed. "I just really wish that I could train under Trap Shadow instead of..." She muttered the name under her breath.

"Who?" Sunburn asked.

"You know, you stupid!" Whirlwind cried. "It's Stink Bomb!"

Stealth Elf facepalmed. "Slap me again. Put me out of my misery."

"What's wrong with Stink Bomb?" Whirlwind questioned.

"Well, let's see here," Stealth began. "He's immature, there's nothing that he can teach me, and he smells horrid!"

"Strewth!" Sunburn cried.

"The Aussie accent doesn't work for you," Whirl growled. "Now focus! Our friend has a problem." She blinked. "Woah woah, back it up. What's this about him not being able to teach you anything?"

"Please!" Stealth laughed. "He claims to have been trained in ninjitsu, but my master had more skill than he could dream of."

"He could teach you how to throw a shuriken," Sunburn suggested.

Stealth folded her arms. "I do not need to know how to throw a shuriken," she replied. "Now Trap Shadow on the other hand, has so much to teach! If I could learn what he's teaching Spyro and the others, I could be unstoppable!"

Whirl and Sunburn exchanged glances. "Now let's not get carried away..."

Stealth grumbled. "Forget you guys," she grumbled, stomping away. She sat down next to the enchanted pool, where Rufus normally stands, and muttered under her breath.

"Woo-hoo, that was a rush!" Stealth Elf glanced over her shoulder to see Spyro approaching. "I gotta tell ya, Trap Shadow is an amazing mentor!"

(Go ahead, rub it in...) Stealth thought to herself.

"I swear, he's even bringing out Pop Fizz's potential!"

(Shut up!)

"Oh hey, here he is now!"

(W-W-W-What?!)

"Hey Trap Shadow!" Spyro exclaimed. "This is my friend Stealth Elf!"

Trap Shadow nodded. "Yes, I know," he replied. "I've seen you around, forest elf. You are highly skilled in combat, it is truly impressive. I am certain my colleague Stink Bomb will bring out your true potential."

Stealth stared blankly at him. Spyro waved his hand in front of her face. "Stealth? Ste-ealth!"

Trap Shadow chuckled. "Well, I take it you've seen me as well."

Suddenly, there was a loud "KA-BOOM!" and the three stumbled. "What was that?!" Spyro exclaimed.

Flynn dashed over. "Okay, I don't know what that was, but it's messing up my ship!"

Tessa rushed to his side. "It's Kaos' minions!" she exclaimed. "Ugh, doesn't he ever give up?!"

"Don't worry about it," Spyro called. "I'll take care of this! How hard can it be? It's only one ship!" He zoomed over to the gate. "I'm gonna use the stuff you taught me, Trap Shadow! It's show time!"

Stealth scowled as he left. "Oh no you don't!" She followed him out and found herself faced with a fleet of Drows and Greebles. "Woah." She stretched out her arms and legs, then readied her daggers. "Let's do this."

She leaped out and immediately disappeared. The Greebles watched in confusion as one of their own started beating themselves up.

Meanwhile, Spyro was flying circles around the Greebles, avoiding shots from the Drows. "Born to battle!" He spewed fireballs at them, easily killing them off in one shot. "Yeah, I'm all fired up!"

Stealth leaped in front of a pair of Spearmen and folded her arms. "Now you see me..." One of them freaked out and attempted to stab her. "...now you don't!" The Drow blinked and exchanged glances with the other, who shrugged. Stealth reappeared behind them. "You two are an embarrassment to our species," she laughed. They swung around and aimed, but she was already below them. Stab in the chest, and they were done in. "Nice try!"

Spyro stampeded through the enemies. "Woo!" He picked up a Greeble in his horns and tossed it high in the air. "Mess with the dragon, get the horns!" A Drow poked him in the chest with its spear and began pushing him backwards. "Hey, careful! That's the pointy end!"

"Argh!" A Greeble knocked Stealth Elf into Spyro. "Ouch, now that's a pointy end!"

"Stealth?!" Spyro exclaimed. "What are you doing here?!"

"Proving to Trap Shadow that I'm deserving of him," the elf replied.

Spyro tipped his head. "What about Stink Bomb?" he asked.

"He has nothing to teach me."

"He could teach you how to throw a shuriken."

"I do not need to know how to throw a shuriken." She and Spyro glanced around. "We're surrounded."

"No dip Sherlock."

The commander of the remaining Greebles pointed at them, and its army charged. The Drow leader did the same.

"Got a plan, elf girl?"

"I was hoping that you would."

"I do. Follow my lead!"

Spyro charged through the Drows, beating down just about all of them. Stealth blinked, then summoned her ghost blades and proceeded to be a total showoff by flipping through the Greebles.

Spyro spun around and charged back around.

Stealth Elf was pretty much confused, scratched her head and immitated him.

The Drow and Greeble leaders exchanged glances and then took one big step backwards. That lead to Spyro and Stealth butting heads, knocking each other out.

The leaders' eyes widened. The Drow poked Stealth Elf gently in the stomach, then started arguing with the Greeble leader on whether or not they were dead. They just ran.

|| I didn't even do any brainstorming for this. I literally just said "Spyro and Stealth Elf should switch bodies" and wrote it down. Ech. This story is terrible.

I was seriously debating whether or not to upload these as a collection, and for a while I had decided not to, but ultimately, I'd really rather have these things taking up one spot in my library rather than six. ||