"So, you were saying that a portal to a new world suddenly opened?"

"Sure did, Spyro." Mags said. "But something's off. The runes translated that it led to Earth, but NOT the one you were banished to!"

"Hang on," Spyro said. "You're saying there's ANOTHER Earth?! Like a Multiverse Theory?!"

"Yep. REAL strange." Mags added. "Even stranger, you should be a frozen toy here! This Earth must be somehow connected to Skylands."

Suddenly, a green blast was seen on a nearby island, sending someone flying. It appeared to be yellow. And something, maybe a letter, was seen on its head.

"HOT BUTTERED TOAST!" Mags yelled, dodging it. "What kind of shindig is this?!"

"I don't know." Spyro answered. "But I don't like the looks of...whatever that is."

More of those green radiuses appeared all over the island. The two landed at the nearby beach.

"Hey, what's this?" Spyro picked up something and brushed the sand off. "It's a...tiki voodoo mask?"

"BOOBLEBLAGA!"

"AHHH!"

The mask floated up and began speaking, much to the two's shock.

"Greetings, travelers." It said. "I am the great Aku Aku."

"Aku whatnow?"

"What's going on over there?" A voice asked. A furry humanoid animal hopped down. By her looks, she appeared to be smart. "Wow! A REAL DRAGON! This is incredible!"

"Woah, woah, calm down, kid!" Spyro said. "Uh, okay, Aku. Where are we?"

"Ah, you're on N. Sanity Island. More specifically, N. Sanity Beach. And this young one here is named Coco Bandicoot."

"Oh. I'm Spyro. This is Mags. So, can you tell us exactly what's-?"

Loud snoring interrupted them. Spyro turned to see an orange bipedal marsupial lazily snoring on the beach. A butterfly flew near him. He ate it with a loud inhale.

Coco sighed. "I'll wake him up."

Getting a nearby fruit, she dropped it onto the bandicoot's head.

"WOAH!" He yelped with a start.

"How many times do I have to tell you, Big Brother?" She said. "The Great Synchronization Celebration is on the OTHER side of the island!"

"Great Synchorno-what?"

"An event that takes place once every 20 years." Aku Aku explained. "Then, and only then, the Wumpa Islands will be perfectly aligned with another world. I believe that is where you two come from."

"Uh, yeah." Spyro answered. "It's called Skylands. Not to change the topic, but this orange guy really isn't the smartest guy I've seen."

"Ah, yes. Crash Bandicoot." Aku Aku continued. "Created by an evil scientist known as Dr. Neo Cortex."

"Cortex? Could that be the guy we saw fly right past us?"

"Was he yellow and had a steel 'N' on his forehead?"

"Uh, yeah, but I didn't clearly get such a perfect view. He was going too fast."

"That's him. And possibly the cause of this mess."

"Mess?"

"The Thumpin' Wumpa Islands are harmonly in rhythm. Someone, or someTHING, must have disrupted it. Until we figure out who or what it truly is, our best guess is Cortex." Aku Aku then turned to Crash. "You and Coco must find a way to stop all this, or the world might not hear from us for another 20 years!"

With that, the three of them headed off, leaving Mags and Spyro behind.

"Well, I reckon we should go and help them." Mags said. She then noticed Spyro looking uneasy. "Something wrong?"

"Well, no." Spyro answered. "But I can't help but feel like this...Crash guy is...awfully familiar somehow."

Snapping out of it, the two headed up to join the others. Trekking through the jungle, they faced Chompies (somehow on this world wearing hula skirts), Bongo Beat Crabs, Metronomes, Mama Shakers, and Thump Grumps.

Along the way, Spyro noticed Crash dancing in a robo suit of some kind...badly. He was so offbeat that the rhythms were becoming bad.

Seeing the source of all this, Spyro and Mags decided to meet up with Crash and tell him to stop. Soon, they came to a village, which was under attack by more of those monsters!

Knowing what he had to do, Spyro leaped in and fried them all! As the villagers were in awe of the purple creature after the monsters retreated, Aku Aku, Crash, and Coco met back up with them.

"Alright, Crashy." Spyro said. "I think it's time to lose that robo-suit of yours!"

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Coco asked. "I didn't build ANY robo-suit for him! Not that I would trust him enough."

Crash just scratched his head and shrugged.

"Wait a minute…" Spyro asked. "If that wasn't you dancing badly in that suit, then who was?"

All three of them were in shock.

"So, it seems that Fake Crash is the REAL mastermind behind all this!" Aku Aku said.

"Fake Crash? You mean he has an evil self? Just like I have Dark Spyro?"

"Yes. That suit must have been built for him by Cortex. This is bad enough, even without my evil twin, Uka Uka, being part of all this. We saw you fight back against those monsters. Perhaps you can help us stop him."

"Uh, okay. So, what's our next move?"

"Fake Crash must be headed towards the Synchronization Dance Hall." Aku Aku answered. "It's just north of our current location, Pau Pau Village. We must hurry before these Bad Vibes shake the whole of the islands apart!"

The team then continued forward, with Crash running from a boulder and Spyro taking down some of Cortex's minions, led by Uka Uka (being part of this after all). Avoiding stone pillars and fixing more Bad Vibes, the team managed to get to the dance hall. There, they confronted Fake Crash. Spyro even noticed something on the suit.

"Huh? Matrix Chamber?" He read the writing.

"Of course! Cortex must have been working on this for the past 20 years as an ultimatum to destroy Crash once and for all." Aku Aku said. "It may have created an army of loyal minions. Good thing Fake Crash is driving. If Cortex was behind the wheel, he would know of its true purpose, and Crash would be no match."

"Well, I guess we're lucky!" Coco smiled. "Alright, Big Brother, you know what to do!"

"Aha!"

Leaping into the fray, Crash began to battle with the beat, avoiding shockwaves and electric tiles. He punched, kicked, spun, jumped, and wumped that sucker!

"How is he not getting dizzy?"

"It's complicated." Coco answered Spyro.

Crash whipped out a rocket and jetpack after throwing at TNT and Nitro Crates, then flew up and blasted Fake Crash with Wumpa Fruit. After running out of fuel, Crash pulled out his yo-yo, using that as a weapon. It even increased his reach while spinning!

After dodging bouncing orbs and lasers, Crash clashed his spin with Fake Crash's, being able to overpower him and disable the machine! Fake Crash fell out and began seeing Wumpa Fruits as he fainted from being dazed.

Victorious, Crash began doing a little dance before spitting out the butterfly he had eaten earlier. Spyro was utterly confused.

"Uh...what's he doing?"

"Victory dance."

Then, the hall doors swung open as gasps and panting were heard. They saw a yellow man, dripping wet, pulling off a starfish on his head. Suddenly, he gasped.

"What have you done?! To my beautiful machine…"

"Neo Cortex!" Aku Aku said. "Was it your true intention to rip apart the musical vibrations of these islands?!"

"Well, uh…"

Spyro growled at him.

"Fish?"

Spyro was silent.

"Uh...what?"

"Nice try, Cortex! But you won't trick us again with that little stunt!" Aku Aku roared. "Yet another one of your world domination plans has failed."

"Speaking of worlds," Spyro interrupted. "I come from one far greater than yours. If any evil were to gain control of it, no world, not even yours, will be safe."

"Huh?"

"And what is this 'other world'?"

"Skylands." Spyro answered. "You, Crash, and Coco have all proven to Mags and I that you are all worthy of becoming great heroes of Skylands: Skylanders, like me. We could really use someone like you on my world. Then again, I'm not really from Skylands. Like you, I didn't originate from it. But if we protect Skylands, we protect all worlds, even mine, yours, and even an alternate Earth where I was banished 6 years ago. Also, the last visitors, a gorilla and turtle, I think, didn't stay for long. A few allies of mine said they said something about a 'Galeem and Dharkon'."

"More worlds?!" Coco gasped.

Crash nodded, then gave the dragon a cool look.

"Very well. Crash, Coco and I accept."

"As for you, Cortex," Spyro said. "In Skylands, bad guys get a chance to redeem themselves. What do you say? You in?"

After a moment of hesitation, Cortex sighed.

"Fine. But on ONE condition!" He declared. "If anyone is going to rule the world, well, THIS world, it's going to be ME! After all, this isn't the first time that bandicoot and I were forced to join, well, forces..."