Mesmeralda's Show
A stage had appeared as if out of nowhere after the Ancient Frosthound was snatched. Clifford and Mac flew up on the stage to find out who was behind all this and saw a womanly creature with puppets and she started dancing a performance.
"Uh Mac, do you have any idea what the heck is going on?"
"For once, I don't."
Then, the curtain went down and music started playing again. This time, only the woman was there.
"Who are you supposed to be?" asked Clifford
"Name's Mesmeralda, boys. Let me tell this, nobody muzzles their way onto my stage. Puppet chorus, show them how we deal with upstaging Skylanders!"
"Get ready, I sense this will a battle with a dance tied in it." Mac warned
First, the puppet chorus came out and was in front of the stage. Then, they projected pink ghastly lines of their path and then dashed down those paths. Mac and Clifford dodged them easily, but once wasn't enough. More and more came to dance, from the left and right and front.
"The show stops for no one. Find a spot and stay out of the way, or we'll run you down."
When the puppets disappeared, 2 stage lights came on set and the stage scenery appeared.
"Give them a hand folks, weren't they something? Take a break fellas, you've earned it."
"Mac, what now?"
"Judging by the cease of attacks and the stage, I'd say that she is hiding somewhere."
Clifford looked at the stage and saw her eyes in one of the openings on the scenery. He looked back at the stage lights and got an idea. He went to the stage light on the left, turned it on and blinded Mesmeralda.
"My eyes, my eyes!"
"Smart thinking Clifford. Now's our chance to attack!"
He used Trigger Happy's machine gun attack and Clifford went up close with SmolderDash's whip. However, Mesmeralda recovered and flew back to the stage and reset the stage.
"Thank you, thank you. Please, hold your applause. There's still a lot more scares and surprises, so please stay in your seats and DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING!"
"Mac, does she really think that this is a show?"
"I guess so."
When the curtain came up, a new scenery was placed.
"Ever wonder what we do with performers who bomb on stage? I make them ushers. Clear the theater boys."
The hands started dropping down the proximity mines from earlier. This time however, they were moving right towards the dogs. But they remebered that they explode when hit from a distance. So they made sure to keep their distance from them while dodging the dancing puppets. When the lights came back, they shined a light at Mesmeralda and blinded her again.
"No, I'm not wearing makeup!"
They launched another assault of attacks on Mesmeralda and once she recovered, she flew back to the stage with another announcement.
"You're in for a special treat Skylander. Many have tried to reach the third act, but have all been swept away by my performance. Let's see if you got what it takes. On with the show!"
When the stage changed scenery, the third act began.
"Wow, such amazing talent. I think you're ready to put it all together. Call out the spinning dancers!"
It was the rotating blades from earlier, but this time one appeared and it moved back and forth across the stage in a U shape. After a 3rd performance, it was the assault again followed by an encore with 2 spinning blades. Once that show was over...
"Ladies, Gentlemen, and creatures of all shapes and sizes! We've reached the moment you've all been waiting for. I'd like to thank myself for such an incredible performance. Now hold on to your hats, you ain't seen nothing yet. It's time for the grand finale!"
"Grand finale?"
"Things are about to escalate around here, Clifford. Don't let your guard down!"
So the puppet chorus, spinning blades, and proximity mines all came out for one final performance. It was definitely a performance that they wouldn't forget. When they blinded Mesmeralda and finished her once and for all, she tried to finish off the show.
"You're... the one... who pulled... my... strings!"
"Shows over, Mesmeralda!" Clifford said
"That performance earned a score no higher than 5."
Just then, the Ancient Frosthound freed itself from its captivity and warped back to Woodburrow with Clifford and Mac in tow.
Back at Woodburrow...
While Clifford and Mac retrieved the Ancient Frosthound, K.C., T-bone, and Cleo rescued the Ancient Treespirit from Kaos' forces and even captured the tyrant himself. After a brief debriefing, Everyone witnessed the Ancients depart for the Cloudbreak islands volcano. The current Chieftess told everyone that Tessa was the new Chieftess of the village. Everyone was celebrating but the feeling was short-lived when someone came out of the clouds near Woodburrow and they were not too friendly.
"Congratulations, Skylanders. Once again, you've foiled one of my son's overblown and ridiculous plans."
"Yeesh, your mom's harsh" Cleo sympathetically said.
"You think?"
"However, this is far from over." Then, in a split second Kaos vanished and so did Tessa. They wounded up back at Kaos' fortress with him free and Tessa tied up.
"Hey, give her back right now!" Cleo demanded
"I don't think so. If you want her, then you'll have to come and get her." Then she disappeared. The festival was brought to a screeching halt, but the Dog Stars felt that it was a second matter. What matters to them right now was getting Tessa back. So Flynn, Sharpfin, and the Dog Stars boarded his ship and headed straight for Kaos' fortress for a rescue mission.
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review. Sorry it's short, the next one will be longer.
