Chapter 2: The Slightly Annoying Travel

Disclaimer: I do not own Skylanders, Spyro the Dragon, or Activision. I only own the OC's in the story. (Taylor, Ben, Ryan, Sam, and Deems)

It had been almost an hour since I teleported Spyro and I to Skylands. We had been walking around the island for the past fifteen minutes to explore the island and to get me used to the wildlife that lived in Skylands. Sure I played the game many times and thought I already knew the wildlife from Skylands, but the creators of the game (Activision) haven't been to Skylands before and simply guessed what wildlife lived there.

"Isn't that a Pansy?" I asked Spyro as I walked by a flower with purple petals, a yellow center, and (of course) a green stem. "Yep." Spyro replied turning around to look at me. "It's beautiful isn't it." "Yeah…." I sighed happily. "Do you have those on Earth?" Spyro suddenly asked me. "We do actually." I said. "Although I didn't think there would be one in Skylands as well." "And why's that?" Spyro asked again. "Well it just seems strange to me that Skylands and Earth both have the same wildlife. I thought they would be ENTIRELY different." "No two things are entirely different Taylor. There are going to be some similarities between the two. Try to remember that, ok?" Spyro said as if he was teaching me something. "Ok."

After a few more minutes passed by I saw a hot air balloon up ahead with somebody throwing sandbags out of the balloon onto the ground. I couldn't tell what he looked like from such a far view so I asked Spyro if he knew who he was since dragons have better vision than humans and can see further away. "Oh brother..." Spyro said disappointingly. "HE had to come." I was confused about this because I couldn't tell if the person he was referring to was either evil or someone he really hated, but was good. "Is he bad?" I asked him guessing the person up ahead was a him. "No he's not, he's just annoying that's all." Spyro replied. "Gotcha"

As we walked up to the hot air balloon, the guy throwing sandbags out of the balloon looked at us. I realized who Spyro was talking about because the guy happened to be Flynn. Flynn's appearance was a tall, sturdy looking Mabu with rings around his blue eyes and a koala shaped nose. He wore a light brown jacket halfway unzipped. Underneath the jacket he wore a black shirt. He wore dark brown pants with a brown belt, light brown shoes, light brown gloves for his large hands, and light brown boots. He had a aviator hat which his pointy ears stuck out of. He also had goggles on the hat and wore a red scarf around his neck.

"Hey Spyro." Flynn said with a wave. "Is that the new master portal thingy?" "It's 'Portal Master' and yes he is the new Portal Master." Spyro said slightly annoyed. "Well hey there new Portal Master! I'm Flynn. The best pilot in ALL of Skylands." "Yeah, I knew that already." I said back to him. "Of course you did. BOOM!" Flynn said with a smile and a wink. Spyro groaned at this and I could tell he was getting annoyed already. "So why are you here exactly?" I asked Flynn. "Because I was supposed to tell Spyro that the Skylanders are waiting for you and Spyro at the citadel so Master Eon sent me here to take you back." He then looked over at Spyro. "By the way Spyro, Master Eon sent me here to tell you that the Skylanders are waiting for you and that guy at the citadel. Are you ready to go?" "I heard you the first time and I think you know the answer already." Spyro said. "Got it, we stay here and stare at my charming looks." Flynn said with a pose. "NO! WE GO TO THE CITADEL!" Spyro shouted. "Ok ok." Flynn said calmly with a smile on his face. "We go to the citadel WHILE you stare at my charming good looks." "Anything is fine as long as we get to the citadel." Spyro growled trying to calm down. I could tell he was gonna burst at any moment now. I've seen him burst before, it didn't end well. "Hey Flynn. I'm gonna make a deal with you." I said. Flynn turned to look at me. "Does it have anything to do with ladies or food?" "It does actually." I said with a grin. "Well tell me already." Flynn said anxiously. "If you shut up for the entire ride, I'll get you on a date with-" "DEAL!" Flynn interrupted. "You don't need to say the rest of the deal, I know what you're going to say." He rushed over to me and Spyro and shoved us into the balloon. "Come on come on. He said hurriedly. "The sooner we get there, the sooner I can get on my DATE!" He rushed out of the balloon, threw the sandbags in, closed the door to the balloon. And soon enough, we were off the ground and heading off towards the citadel.

As we flew in the hot air balloon I was admiring the amazing view of Skylands as we passed tons of floating island and majestic creatures. "Whatcha you looking at Taylor?" Spyro asked me as he looked out of the balloon. "Nothing much. Just the view." I replied. "Oh yeah, the view is amazing." Spyro agreed. "It's just so beautiful that it gives you that one moment to relax and to not worry about anything." "I know right? It seems like almost everything I've seen in Skylands so far has been beautiful." I said. "What hasn't been beautiful?" Spyro curiously asked me. I pointed behind me at Flynn who was piloting the balloon. Luckily, his back was turned so he didn't see me point to him. Spyro snickered softly as I pointed at him. Flynn turned around to look at us as Spyro snickered. "What's so funny?" He asked us. "Oh nothing much. It's just that you broke the deal by talking just now so you're on your own to get a date." I replied smiling evilly. "I didn't want the deal anyways." Flynn said crossing his arms. "So why were you all so 'LET ME GET MY DATE ON!' when I told it to you?" "Because I was...uh..." Flynn started to say but then trailed off. "Exactly." "Also Flynn aren't you supposed to be piloting the balloon?" Spyro asked. "Oops almost forgot about that." Flynn said as he turned back around to pilot the balloon.

After what seemed like an hour or so we arrived at the citadel. The citadel looked exactly like it did in the game. At least before Kaos destroyed the core of light and blew up the place. The Core of Light was a machine that shot a beam of light towards the sky to keep the darkness at bay. It sat in the middle of the citadel properly working functionally. I shifted my view from the Core of Light as I saw some Skylanders roaming around the place. They looked up at the balloon as It hovered over them. I wasn't sure if they could see me or not. I'm guessing that they could since I had my head sticking out of the balloon and that Flynn and Spyro weren't. Flynn landed the balloon inside a dome made of stone without a roof on the east side of the island. As soon as it landed Flynn opened the door for us and we walked out of the balloon and onto the stone floor. "Hey Taylor. I've got a question for you." Flynn said as he put a hand on my shoulder. "Ooookkkk, what is it?" "What does this dome remind you of?" He asked me waving his hand around the dome. "An igloo." "I don't know what that is but I'll take it as a compliment." Flynn said as he walked away from me and to the balloon to tie it down.

"So Taylor, you ready to meet the Skylanders?" Spyro asked me. "I don't know." I replied back to him. "I'm a little shy meeting new people who are really popular in some particular way." "What are you shy about?" "All of them hating me." I said. "Taylor..." Spyro sighed. "They're not going to hate you. All of the Skylanders are really friendly and only hate people if they are enemies. Plus Master Eon showed us your life story and all of the Skylanders seemed to take a liking to you. And also, if they are mean to you, I'll make them like you." "Thanks, and how the heck did Master Eon know about my life story?" I asked. "I don't know actually. But I'm guessing since Master Eon has a Portal Master history book collection, and since you just became one, he must have got it at the library as soon as he found out that you were a Portal Master." "Ok then." I said.

Flynn stuck his head in between us and said, "Look guys I hate to interrupt your boring conversation but I'm going to tell Master Eon that I found the new Portal Master." "That's great Flynn, but I'm pretty sure that Spyro found me first, not you." I said pointing my finger towards Spyro and then to Flynn. "Whatever." Flynn said as he flicked his arm up at me and walked through the tunnel. "Should we follow him?" I asked turning my attention towards Spyro. "That depends. Do you think you're ready to meet the Skylanders?" He asked. "DOES THIS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION!" I yelled softly as I went to the exit. "Crystal." Spyro said as he walked up to me. "Alright then, ONWARDS!" I said as I walked outside of the dome. Spyro smiled to himself as he also exited the dome.