CHAPTER THE SEVENTH:An unexpected twist


Spyro and Camo landed on Melon Farmland.
"What are you doing here Spyro? You aren't on this holiday!" Gurglefin cried.
"Yes, but you shouldn't be here either! Camo lives here! You have no right to invade his personal skyland and treat it like a holiday!" Spyro replied.
"Hmph. Fine. We'll leave."
"But wait! I need everyone here to go to Core Island. We are holding a meeting, everyone needs to come."
Gurglefin shrugged and rounded up all the skylanders onto the boat. Camo asked whether he needed to come too.
"You don't need to, but feel free to visit any time! Here, my address."
Spyro produced a piece of paper (he is, after all, magic) and wrote down his address. Number 5, Old Town, Restored Island. Spyro and Gurglefin's ship left the island.

Ember had the rest of the skylanders on the island. Spyro joined them, as the other 10 walked onto the beach. Spyro stood in the middle of a circle of 27 skylanders.
"You may have noticed that not all of us are here." He started. "That is because of one person. Hex. She has betrayed us."
They was some murmuring in the crowd.
"She has decided to reawaken the Hydra! She has possessed Cynder in an attempt to pin the blame on her. We must stop Hex from succeeding!"
A cheer rose from the skylanders.

Stealth Elf could sense something was wrong. She looked around. Gurglefin was leaning on a rock, listening. Hugo was reading his book, uninterested. Flynn was checking his hair in a hand mirror. Cali was punching a punch-bag. A dragon was flying towards the island. Cynder. Cynder landed on the island and walked through the group.
"Oh, hello. What are you doing here?" She asked in a plain, uninterested tone.
"Having a meeting, about you." Spyro replied.
"Oh, ok. I'm just coming to talk to General Robot. Excuse me..."
"No, Cynder. Snap out of it!"
"Snap out of what?"

"You're being possessed! Wake up!"
"No, I'm not being possessed..."
"She's right." Gurglefin interrupted.
Spyro turned around.
"What do you mean?" Spyro asked.
"She's not being possessed."
"Yes she is, she's been pos-"
"She's been hypnotized. By me."

There was silence through the skylanders. Hugo looked up from his book. Flynn dropped his mirror. Cali stopped punching.
"I hypnotixed her when she came on the ship on new year's day. I made her put posters up of Hex to pin the blame of her. And now, I just need one more component. Tech."
Ember gasped. "Speak of the devil! What is that?"
She pointed at somekind of machine, flying towards them.
"Drill Sergeant!" Terrafin shouted. "Leave at once!"
"Sorry master Terrafin. You are no longer my master. Master Gurglefin gave me my last command."
"Drill Sergeant. Come here. Cynder, give me the ingredients." Gurglefin commanded.

"The elements, i give you master." Gurglefin started. "To Air, the Djinn of the south wind."
A huge windbag djinn appeared on the island.
"To Water, the Leviathan."
"To Earth, the Stone Sentinel."
"To Life, Arborick."
"To Tech, Drill Sergeant."
"To Fire, Steam."
"To Magic, The Quicksilver Giant."
"And finally, to undead, Cynder!"

"CYNDER!" Spyro screamed.
She was returning to the way she was when Malefor had control over her. A monster.
"NOOOO!" He cried.
"Hmph. You could get in my way. Hugo! Start a teleportation of them all!" Gurglefin ordered.
"Where to?" Hugo asked.
"Earth. And this time, make SURE they can't get back!"
"Y-Yes master."
"Cynder..." Spyro whispered.

"You won't defeat us! We've still got Hex!" Cali cried
"No you don't. Would you like to see her?"
"Sure! I'll save the little chick!" Flynn offered.
"Gurglefin threw a teleportation stone at Flynn. He was gone.
"And now! I give you my master! CATASTROPHE!"
The skylanders could not see much of the monster, as they were telported a second after he came into view. But what they could see was terrible. Something they wish they hadn't seen. Misery, chaos, despair. That was the worst. Some of them were even glad they wouldn't be there to see Catastrophe's work. His despair...