Chapter 8: Liberating Autumn Plains
In what looks like a plain with many trees that have falling leaves, there is another castle in the center of the plains and in the castle is Moneybags.
"Oh, that Ripto! His troublemaking has been costing me a fortune! It's only a matter of time before I go bankrupt! Thankfully, Spyro, those other strange dragons, and their friends are at least doing something against that vile reptile! If I were to confront Ripto, I'd give him a piece of my mind! In fact, I would gladly give him a punch or two!" Moneybags said, making punch motions, but as he turns around, he sees Ripto, who is on Gulp's back.
"Boo." Ripto said, making Moneybags fall off the castle balcony.
"RIPTO!" Moneybags shouted.
"Hahaha! What a buffoon!" Ripto said, as banners of Ripto's image hang onto the castle walls.
Just then, someone comes flying into the castle and it's what looks like a masked figure with yellow eyes, white gloves, purple shoulder pads, purple armored shoes, and black crooked wings, which transform into a cape.
"So, you have taken yet another castle after failing Summer Forest." The masked figure said.
"It was because of that annoying dragon and to make matters worse, the other two dragons happen to be the ones Dr. Facilier, Maleficent, and Ruber warned me about! They already defeated that simpleton Crush, but Avalar is still mine for the taking! I even got more of those Heartless into this place's worlds to cause as much havoc as they want." Ripto said.
"Just don't forget to find that Keyhole and the Faerie Heart. You'd do well not to fail." The masked figure said.
"And YOU make sure no one stands in the way of my conquest! I'll fulfill my role flawlessy!" Ripto said.
"I hope you're right because of the heroes of light are on their way here." The masked figure said.
"Let them come over! I'll gladly get rid of them!" Ripto said.
Later, Arthur, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Tod, Twilight, Tor, Amity, Kirby, and Spyro follow Elora and Hunter and arrive at the plain.
"Here we are, Autumn Plains." Elora said.
"This place looks as nice as Summer Forest." Arthur said.
"It sorta reminds me of Illusen's Glade." Tor said.
"Oh, no! Look!" Hunter said, pointing at the Ripto banners on the castle walls.
"We're too late! Ripto has taken over Autumn Plains!" Elora said.
"Hey, no problem. We kicked him outta Summer Forest and we'll do the same here." Spyro said.
"Yeah, no problem!" Sora said.
"But before you that, you'll need to obtain more Talismans in order to challenge Ripto." Elora said.
"Just how did Ripto get here anyway?" Goofy asked.
"The Professor was working on a portal that lead to a different world, but then Hunter decided to put in his birthday to try and pinpoint a world!" Elora said, glaring at Hunter.
"Hey, I said I was sorry!" Hunter defended, crossing his arms.
"That's how Ripto and his minions came to Avalar and we had to shut the portal down to prevent him from bringing any more of his minions here. We then learned that much to his relief, there are no dragons in Avalar, so we decided to bring a dragon to Avalar to get rid of Ripto and that's how we used the portal in Glimmer." Elora explained.
"And that's where I came in and how I got here instead of Dragon Shores." Spyro said.
"We're really sorry to ask much of you, Spyro, but we really need your help." Elora said.
"Hey, don't worry. All we gotta do is find more Talismans and kick Ripto out for good." Spyro said.
"And we're also gonna help!" Sora said.
"I knew you'd say that..." Donald said.
"I still don't know how you got to Avalar, but I really appreciate your help." Elora said.
"Looks like we got more worlds to explore." Donald said.
"Well, enough standing around. Let's get moving." Twilight said and they nod.
(Autumn Plains-Castle Grounds)
(Field Theme: Autumn Plains)
(Information: Find more portals leading to worlds!)
The group begin moving through Autumn Plains and they find a portal close to them and it says 'Crystal Glacier' and so they go into the portal.
(Crystal Glacier-Snowy Grounds)
(Field Theme: Crystal Glacier)
The group arrive at a snowy field with nothing but snow and ice all over.
"Ugh, why does it have to be a cold world?" Tor asked.
"I already hate it here!" Sora said.
"Let's hurry and find that Talisman and get outta here." Spyro said.
(Information: Explore Crystal Glacier for the Talisman!)
The group start moving, only to find Heartless that look like snowmen attacking what looks like a caveman wearing a coat.
"Here we go again." Tor said.
"Come on." Amity said.
The group confront the Heartless known as Snow Soldiers, who conjure snowballs and throw them at the group, who dodge and Arthur casts Blaze to deal great damage to the Heartless while Sora horizontal slashes with his Keyblade followed by casting Fire while Tod attacks with his stick followed by delivering a big bite, but the Snow Soldiers rain down more snowballs at the group. Twilight casts Shell to protect everyone and then casts her magenta flame while Donald casts Fire while Amity unleashes pink fireballs, but the Snow Soldiers create snow flake blades to attack, only for Goofy to block with his shield and then uses Charge while Spyro breathes fire for greater damage, but the Snow Soldiers create more snowballs to attack. Kirby inhales the snowballs, and becomes Snow Kirby and unleashes snow to attack the Heartless while Tor uses Sword Thrust and they defeat all the Heartless, saving the caveman.
"Hey, thanks. Those things were not as friendly as I thought. More of them are still causing trouble." The Ice Caveman said.
The group continue moving through the snowy grounds and they later find a cave go into it.
(Crystal Glacier-Spider Caves)
The group enter the cave, where they find more Heartless, which are more Snow Soldiers and also Heartless that looks like spiders known as Crawling Venoms attacking more Ice Cavemen, but Twilight casts Blaze at the Snow Soldiers while Amity uses her Abomination to create dual axes to attack the Crawling Venoms while Tod unleashes a growling attack, only for the Crawling Venoms to spread poison while the Snow Soldiers rain down snowballs. Goofy uses Tornado at the Snow Soldiers while Kirby inhales a Crawling Venom, becoming Crawling Venom Kirby and unleashes poison at the enemies while Tor uses Sword Spin, but the Snow Soldiers unleash snow flake blades while Crawling Venoms swing with their webs while spreading more poison. Donald casts Thunder at the Crawling Venoms while Spyro breathes fire at the Snow Soldiers, but the Crawling Venoms unleash globs of poison while Snow Soldiers conjure snowballs and throw them, only for Sora to cast Earth while Arthur triple slashes with Excalibur followed by a somersaulting slash and they defeat the Heartless.
They continue through the spider caves, only to come across green liquid, but they manage to get across and avoid the green liquid, reaching the other side of the cave, where they find what looks like a wall, so Arthur and Sora start climbing up the wall to reach the upper part of the cave and as they reach the upper cave, Blue Rhapsodies appear and attack the group. Arthur casts Blaze while Sora casts Fire while Spyro breathes fire and they defeat the Heartless and later find a way outside the cave, where they find more Ice Cavemen under attack by more Blue Rhapsodies, so the group confront the Heartless and defeat them, saving the Ice Cavemen and reach the next part of the snowy grounds, where they find another Ice Caveman.
"Thank you for clearing this place of those things. Here, you can have this Talisman." The Ice Caveman said, giving the group Crystal Glacier's Talisman.
"I guess we're done here. Let's keep moving." Arthur said, as they use the portal to leave Crystal Glacier.
The group return to Autumn Plains and they find another portal that says 'Skelos Badlands' and they go for the next portal.
(Skelos Badlands-Lava Field)
(Field Theme: Skelos Badlands)
The group are now in what looks like a badlands with lava flowing and there are many bones around.
"Huh? This place kinda feels same and different." Arthur said.
"It's just a fire version of the last world we were at." Donald said.
(Information: Explore Skelos Badlands for the Talisman)
The group begin moving, only to find cavemen being attacked by Heartless that look like lizards made of magma.
"More people being attacked." Twilight said.
"We need to clear them out." Amity said and Tod nods.
The group confront the Heartless, known as Lavazards, as they unleash lava to try and burn the group, who manage to avoid the lava and Arthur casts Frost to deal great damage while Sora diagonal slashes with his Keyblade followed by casting Blizzard while Spyro delivers a horn charge, but the Lavazards unleash molten rocks and send them to attack the group, only for Kirby to use Stone while Donald casts Blizzard while Tod growls. The Lavazards create more lava on the ground to burn the group, only for Amity to summon her Abomination fist to deliver an uppercut while Goofy uses Charge, but the Lavazards unleash more molten rocks and send them to attack the group, only for Tor to block them with his shield and vertical slashes with his sword followed by a shield bash while Twilight unleashes magic orbs followed by casting Volt and they defeat the Heartless.
"Hey, you guys are pretty tough. I bet you can't get through these badlands without getting cinched." The Caveman said.
"Oh, yeah? Watch us!" Sora said.
"Yeah, we'll prove you wrong!" Spyro said.
The group continue moving through the badlands' lava fields while dealing with more Heartless and they later find a cave and decide to go into it.
(Skelos Badlands-Magma Cave)
The group in a cave full of lava flowing across and they start moving through the cave while using boney platforms to get across the flowing lava, only for Lavazards to appear and unleash molten rocks to attack the group, only for Arthur and Sora to cast both Frost and Blizzard and they defeat the Heartless and keep going through the cave, where they find a line of skeletal remains over the lava. The group use the skeletal remains to get across while avoiding to fall into the lava, but they see Red Nocturnes, who shoot fireballs, only for the group to defeat them and continue through the cave until they find a way out of the cave.
(Skelos Badlands-Boneyard)
The group leave the cave and are at what looks like a boneyard full of bones and more lava and they find more Lavazards and Red Nocturnes and they attack the group, only for Arthur to cast Frost while Sora casts Blizzards while Donald casts Thunder while Twilight unleashes magic blasts while Tod attacks with his stick followed by a skullbashing strike, but the Lavazards unleash molten rocks to attack the group. Spyro delivers his horn charge while Tor uses Sword Thrust, but the Red Nocturnes shoot fireballs, only for Goofy to block with his shield and uses Rocket while Amity uses her Abomination to deliver a hammer fist strike followed by striking with its axe arm, but the Red Nocturnes keep shooting fireballs while the Lavazards unleash lava to burn, only for Kirby to double swing his hammer while Sora vertical slashes with his Keyblade and they defeat the Heartless.
The group keep moving across the boneyard while crossing the lava, reaching the other side and later, they reach the boneyard, where they find another Caveman.
"Hey, you guys made it in one piece and you defeated the monsters! Have this Talisman for showing your courage." The Caveman said, giving the group Skelos Badlands' Talisman.
"Can we get out of here now? I feel hot in this place." Tor said.
"Me too." Arthur said.
"Me three." Goofy said, as they go for the portal and leave Skelos Badlands.
The group return to Autumn Plains and they start searching for more portals and they find a small tower, where they find Moneybags standing next to a portal that doesn't work.
"Oh, you, the annoying bear." Tor said.
"Aww, Spyro and friends. You're in luck! Legend has it this portal leads to a world called Zephyr. Legend also has it I know a way to activate it. Furthermore, as I recall, the legend also mentions it can be activated again with...a small fee." Moneybags said.
"And how much is this 'small fee'?" Twilight asked.
"700 gems." Moneybags said.
"Ugh, fine!" Spyro said, giving Moneybags 700 gems.
"Thank you, Spyro. With all this cash, I can open a burger shop." Moneybags said.
"Open THIS!" Donald said, casting Thunder on Moneybags, electrocuting him.
The portal is now active and it says 'Zephyr' and the group go into the portal.
(Zephyr-Battleground)
(Field Theme: Zephyr)
The group are now in what looks like a battleground, where they see cannons and missiles.
"Whoa! Did we walk into a war or something?" Twilight asked.
"This is bad, especially since we'll be dealing with Heartless." Arthur said.
(Information: Explore Zephyr for the Talisman!)
The group start moving through the battleground while avoiding cannonballs and missiles and as they keep moving, they see what look like worm creatures being attacked by Heartless that look like vultures.
"And lo and behold, more Heartless." Amity said.
"You know what to do." Spyro said, confronting the Heartless.
The vulture Heartless known as Air Breakers fly around and unleash whirlwinds to get the group, who dodge and Arthur aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Volt while Sora aerial slashes with his Keyblade followed by an aerial drilling slash followed by casting Thunder while Spyro breathes fire, only for the Air Breakers to fly into the air and deliver diving attacks while unleashing wind blade attacks. Amity uses her Abomination hand, which grabs an Air Breaker and slams it to the ground while Twilight flies around and shoots magic bolts followed by casting Blaze, but the Air Breakers keep flying and create more winds to attack, only for Tor to use Sky Dance and aerial slashes with his sword followed by a downward shield slam while Goofy uses Rocket. The Air Breakers unleash wind blades and send them to attack, only for Kirby to multi jump and aerial strikes with his hammer while Donald casts Thunder while Tod unleashes a growling attack and they defeat the Heartless.
"Well done, soldiers! I thought those creatures came from Breeze Harbor, but I guess not. See if you can find more of those monsters and clear 'em out!" The Worm Soldier said.
"Sir, yes, sir!" Goofy said, saluting.
"Goofy!" Donald yelled, jumping up and down.
The group continue through the battleground, where they find more Worm Soldiers being attacked by Heartless, only for them to fight off the enemies and continue and they later find a tunnel and decide to enter it.
(Zephyr-Tunnel)
The group enter the tunnel and they find more Air Breakers, who unleash whirlwinds to attack, but Arthur and Sora fight them off and they continue through the tunnel, only find Soldiers, who pick up rockets from the ground and throw them at the group, who dodge. Arthur and Sora quickly defeat the Heartless using the rockets and they continue moving through the tunnel and they later exit the tunnel.
(Zephyr-Fortress)
The group exit the tunnel and return outside, where they find what looks like a giant fortress, but they also find more Air Breakers flying around and attacking the fortress, as well as more Worm Soldiers, so the group hurry for the fortress and confront the Heartless, who attack, only for Arthur and Sora to aerial slash with their weapons while Spyro shoots fireballs at the flying Heartless, who retaliate with unleashing wind blades. Twilight flies to confront the flying Heartless and unleashes magenta lightning while Amity shoots pink fireballs, only for the Air Breakers to unleash whirlwinds, but Goofy uses Rocket while Kirby multi jumps and then uses Stone to crash onto one of them, but the Air Breakers fly around to deliver diving attacks while unleashing more wind. Tor uses Sky Dance and aerial slashes with his sword followed by a downward shield strike while Donald casts Thunder while Tod delivers an aerial bite attack and they defeat all the Heartless.
After the fight, the group hurry through the fortress and Tod finds a switch and presses it to make the fortress' doors open, allowing the group to continue moving through the fortress and go into it and while going inside, they find more Worm Soldiers fighting against more Heartless, only for the group to fight off the Heartless and continue on through the fortress while reaching outside, where they find Air Breakers, as well as Air Soldiers. As the Heartless attack, Arthur vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Quake, making rocks fly out and rain down while Sora triple slashes with his Keyblade while Donald casts Fire while Goofy uses Tornado while Twilight casts Blaze while Tor throws his shield while Amity shoots pink fireballs while Kirby uses Hammer Spin while Spyro breathes fire and they defeat the Heartless.
"Very well fought, soldiers! Still, we'd best prepare for our battle against Breeze Harbor. Here, take this Talisman and keep it safe!" The Worm Soldier said, giving the group Zephyr's Talisman.
"Well, we gotta go and deal with our own battle." Tor said, as they go for the portal and leave Zephyr.
The group are back in Autumn Plains and they continue to find more portals and they find another portal that says 'Breeze Harbor' and they go into the portal.
(Breeze Harbor-Docks)
(Field Theme: Breeze Harbor)
The group are now in what looks like a harbor that has what looks like a metallic lair and they're at the docks and as they begin moving, they find birds being attacked by Heartless that look wlik worms.
"And here too. What a surprise." Spyro said.
The group confront the worm Heartless known as Diggers and the the Heartless dig into the ground and rise to try and attack the group, only for Arthur to cast Volt while Sora casts Blizzard, but the Diggers move around the harbor and then dig underground again while unleashing dirt to attack, only for Twilight to unleash magic orbs followed by casting Frost while Spyro delivers his horn charge. The Diggers keep going underground and attempt to attack from underground, only for Amity to use her Abomination to create a hammer and delivers bashing strike while Kirby multi punches followed by swinging his hammer, but the Diggers move around while leaving behind dirt trails, only for Goofy to use Charge while Tor uses Sword Spin while Donald casts Fire while Tod delivers a skullbashing strike and they defeat the Heartless.
"Whew, thanks a bunch! We thought they came from Zephyr, but clearly not. There could be more where they came from." The Bird Trooper said.
"Just leave them to us." Sora said.
The group continue moving through the docks to find more Heartless and they later go for a different area.
(Breeze Harbor-Trolly Tunnel)
The group arrive at a tunnel, where they find a trolly.
"A trolly?" Spyro asked.
"Wonder where this could take us." Arthur said.
Arthur, Sora, and Spyro get on the trolly and use it to drive across the tunnel's tracks, but then, Air Soldiers and Diggers and attack, only for Spyro to find a cannon and uses it to fire cannonballs at the enemies. The trolly continues driving through the tunnel while Arthur, Sora, and Spyro keep dealing with Heartless while dodging obstacles, such as explosives barrels and crates and later, the trolly takes them out of the tunnel and they reach a different area.
(Breeze Harbor-Flying Base)
The group arrive at the harbor's flying base, where they find more Bird Troopers under attack by the Diggers and so they confront the enemies and Arthur triple slashes with Excalibur followed by a flipping slash and then casts Quake while Sora horizontal slashes with his Keyblade followed by a blitz slash and then casts Blizzard, but the Diggers dig underground and attack from underground, but Donald casts Fire followed by casting Earth while Goofy uses Tornado. The Diggers move around and try to dig underground again, only for Twilight to use Telekinesis to lift them in the air, allowing Tor to triple slash with his sword followed by a shield bash, but the Diggers move around and unleash dirt to attack, only for Amity to use her Abomination to grab the Heartless and crush them while Kirby double swings his hammer while Spyro breathes fire and they defeat the Heartless.
"Nice fighting, everyone! Now we're ready to battle against Zephyr! Here, take this Talisman for safekeeping." The Bird Trooper said, giving Breeze Harbor's Talisman.
"Well, we're done here." Arthur said.
"Back to Autumn Plains for us." Spyro said, as they go back to the portal to leave Breeze Harbor.
The group return to Autumn Plains and begin searching for more portals.
"These can't be the only portals left." Twilight said.
"There might be more around. C'mon." Sora said.
The group continue searching for portals and they arrive at the castle walls and they look up to see a way into is high up.
"How're we supposed to get up THERE?" Arthur asked.
"You forgot you have me." Twilight said, using her magic to teleport the group into the castle.
(Autumn Plains-Castle Corridors)
The group are now in the castle corridors and continue to search for any portals and they find a portal that says 'Scorch' and so the group go into the portal next.
(Scorch-Desert Grounds)
(Field Theme: Scorch)
The group are now in what looks like a desert aera that has a palace like structure.
"Now we're in a desert?" Spyro asked.
"And already, I'm feeling hot." Sora said.
Just then, something comes flying to the group and it's the same masked figure.
"So, you are the ones causing trouble for Ripto? You're going to wish you hadn't." The masked figure said.
"Another masked person?" Arthur asked, remembering the masked boy from Camelot.
"Poyo!" Kirby said.
"Huh?" Donald asked.
"Poyo! Poyo!" Kirby said.
"Guys, I think Kirby knows this guy." Arthur said.
"Ah, Kirby, so you have survived our world's destruction. A pity, for I, Meta Knight, shall be your end." Meta Knight said.
"Wait, what?" Sora asked.
"I have this world's Talisman and will deliver this to Ripto." Meta Knight said, showing Scorch's Talisman.
"Hey, we need that!" Tor said.
"Can you please hand it over?" Arthur asked.
"If you want this, then come follow me, 'heroes', if you dare!" Meta Knight said, transforming his cape into its wing form and flies off.
"C'mon, after him!" Sora said.
(Information: Chase after Meta Knight for the Talisman!)
The group begin chasing after Meta Knight through the desert grounds, but Meta Knight flies faster to get away from the group, who try to keep up, but then, Heartless that look like mummies known as Wrap Traps appear and attack the group with bandages, but Arthur triple slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Blaze while Sora delivers four slashes with his Keyblade and then casts Earth, only for the Wrap Traps to try and wrap the group in bandages. Twilight shoots magic blasts while Donald shoots magic bolts followed by casting Fire, but the Wrap Traps use their bandages to try and wrap the group, only for Goofy to use Tornado while Tor uses Sword Spin, but the Wrap Traps keep attacking the group their bandages. Amity uses her Abomination to attack with its axe arm while Kirby uses Hammer Throw while Tod delivers a skullbashing strike while Spyro breathes fire and they defeat all the Heartless and continue chasing Meta Knight, who continues to fly at great speed to get away from the group while unleashing slash streaks to get the group, who avoid the slash streaks and they find Meta Knight going for the palace walls.
(Scorch-Palace Grounds)
The group are now on the palace grounds and they keep chasing Meta Knight, only for more Wrap Traps to appear and attack the group, but Arthur attacks with Excalibur while Sora attacks with his Keyblade while Donald casts Thunder while Goofy uses Charge while Twilight unleashes magic orbs while Tor slashes with his sword while Amity shoots pink fireballs while Kirby swings his hammer while Spyro breathes fire and they defeat the Heartless. Meta Knight continues flying away from the group, who keep chasing after him and later, Meta Knight lands at the palace's tower and the group confront him.
"So, you did follow me all the way here. Impressive." Meta Knight said.
"Hand over that Talisman!" Spyro said.
"You can't run from us forever!" Arthur said.
"True, but you cannot chase me forever, let alone outfight me!" Meta Knight said, taking out a yellow and orange sword with spikes on its edge.
"Wanna bet?" Sora asked, taking out his Keyblade.
"We'll teach you not to mess with us!" Tor said.
"Come! En garde!" Meta Knight said.
(Boss Theme: Meta Knight's Revenge)
(Information: Teach Meta Knight a lesson!)
Meta Knight triple slashes with his sword at the group, only for Arthur to counter and delivers three strikes with Excalibur, trying to deal some damage, but Meta Knight retaliates with a big slash at the boy, but Sora gives Arthur a potion to heal him and then horizontal slashes with his Keyblade followed by a diagonal slash, only for Meta Knight to counter and multi slash with his sword. Kirby double swings his hammer at Meta Knight, who flies to dodge and then delivers a drilling slash at Kirby, only for Goofy to block the attack with his shield and then uses Rocket, but Meta Knight disappears and reappears and tries to slash at the knight captain, only for Tor to block with his sword and the two knights lock swords, as Tor tries to slash at Meta Knight, who flies again and delivers a flying kick at the Lupe knight. Donald shoots magic bolts followed by casting Thunder while Twilight unleashed magic orbs and then casts Blaze, only for Meta Knight to deliver a multi tornado fashion spin attack to get teh two magic users, but Amity summons an Abomination hand to grab the masked warrior, who manages to cut off the Abomination arm with his sword and the tries to strike Amity. Spyro delivers his horn charge to attack Meta Knight, who multi slashes at the dragon with his sword and then delivers an upper sword strike, but Sora aerial slashes with his Keyblade followed by an aerial spin slash while Arthur vertical slashes with Excalibur followed by casting Blaze, but Meta Knight disappears and reappears and slashes both boys with his sword.
"Ugh, he's tough..." Arthur said, panting.
"Hmph, expected from the wielder of Excalibur and the Keybearer. You two are nothing more than pathetic kids." Meta Knight said.
"What'd you say?!" Sora demanded.
"If you are the best the Realm of Light has to offer, than you stand little chance against Ripto, let alone the dark forces themselves. Here, take this Talisman. It will not help you either way." Meta Knight said, giving Scorch's Talisman.
"Poyo!" Kirby said.
"Foolish Kirby. You think they can defeat Ripto? It appears their foolishness has rubbed off on you, as you are feeble-minded." Meta Knight said, disappearing in his cape and is now gone.
"What a jerk." Spyro said.
"Who does he think he is?" Donald asked.
"Tell me we're not gonna see him again..." Arthur said.
"I don't know, but we got the Talisman. Let's get out of here." Amity said, as they go for the portal and leave Scorch.
After the group leave Scorch, Meta Knight watches from the top of the tower.
"Hmm, they appear to have...potential. They are skullful to be sure, but they must be stronger to defeat Dr. Facilier, Maleficent, and Ruber. Perhaps I'll observe them further and watch their progress." Meta Knight said, disappearing in his cape.
The group are back in Autumn Plains and continue moving through the castle's corridors and they find another portal that says 'Fracture Hills' and decide to go to the portal next.
(Fracture Hills-Hilltop)
(Field Theme: Fracture Hills)
The group arrive at what looks like a hilltop and it's nighttime and they begin moving, they find what looks like a stone statue of a satyr surounded by Heartless that look like golems.
"Ugh, here too." Tor said.
"Of course." Spyro said, as they confront the Heartless.
The golem Heartless known as Stone Crushers begin slamming their fists on the ground, casuing quakes and unleashing rocks, but Arthur casts Volt while Sora casts Fire, but the Stone Crushers unleash rock pillars to try and get the group, who dodge and Spyro breathes fire while Kirby uses Hammer Somersault, only for the Stone Crushers to create more quakes to cause the group to stun. Donald casts Earth to counter the Heartless while Tor uses Sword Thrust, but the Stone Crushers create rock slides to try and get the group, who dodge and Goofy uses Charge while Twilight unleashes magenta lightning while Amity uses her Abomination to create a hammer and delivers a giant bash, but the Stone Crushers unleash more rocks to attack, only for Tod to deliver a skullbash strike while Arthur casts Quake while Sora casts Earth and they defeat the Heartless.
Arthur, Sora, and Spyro manage to free the satyr from stone and the satyr starts playing bagpipes, much to Sora's, Donald's, Tor's, Amity's, and Spyro's annoyance and the bagpipes' music blast at a stone structure.
"Thank you for saving me. There are five more of us satyrs to free in order to save the temple." The satyr said.
"We're going to have to listen to MORE bagpipes!" Donald said.
(Information: Save the remaining satyrs of Fracture Hills!)
The group continue going through the hilltops to find more Stone Crushers and so Arthur and Sora attack with their weapons and magic and they defeat the enemies, as they free the second satyr, who plays his bagpipes and helps destroy the stone structure and the group keep finding more satyrs to save while also dealing with Stone Crushers and fighting off the Heartless, they save the third satyr, who plays his bagpipes to destroy more of the stone structure. The group continue to find more satyrs and they find the fourth satyr, who is surrounded by more Heartless, so the group fight off the Heartless and later free the fourth satyr, who plays his bagpipes to help destroy the stone structure, so the group continue to find the next satyr. The group confront more Stone Crushers, so Arthur and Sora work together to defeat the Heartless and Arthur, Sora, and Spyro free the fifth satyr to help destroy the stone structure and the group later manage to find the sixth and final satyr while fighting off more Heartless and they free the sixth satyr, who plays his bagpipes and the stone structure is finally destroyed, revealing a giant temple.
"You've done well. All of us satyrs are free and our temple is restored." The sixth satyr said.
"Finally, no more bagpipes." Tor said.
"Thank goodness." Donald said.
The group head for the temple and enter it, where they find a faun, who is playing with a yo-yo.
"Oh, so you like, saved our temple or whatever. Thanks, I guess. Anyway, the other fauns told me to give you this." The Faun said, giving the group Fracture Hills' Talisman.
"Can we go now? I'm tired of being here." Amity said.
"Yeah, we can go." Spyro said, as they use the portal to leave Fracture Hills.
The group return to Autumn Plains and continue moving through the castle corridors and they find another portal that says 'Magma Cone', so they go into the portal.
(Magma Cone-Volcanic Grounds)
(Field Theme: Magma Cone)
The group are now in what looks like an earthy ground with a giant volcano and they find a male faun.
"Oh, hello, everyone. I suppose you're here for the party. I'm afraid it's been cancelled since those monsters triggered a volcano." The Faun said.
"Well, time for some more Heartless clearing." Twilight said.
"And we do somethin' about that there volcano." Goofy said.
(Information: Clear out Heartless in Magma Cone!)
The group begin moving through the volcanic grounds, where they find Lavazards and Stone Crushers and the Heartless begin attacking, only for Sora to cast Earth followed by casting Thunder while Arthur summons Confusia, who unleashes chaos magic pillars to attack the Heartless, but Lavazards unleash magma while the Stone Crushers unleash rock slides, only for Twilight to cast Frost followed by casting Blaze while Donald casts Earth followed by casting Thunder. The Stone Crushers unleash rock pillars while the Lavazards conjure molten rocks and throw them at the group, who dodge and Goofy uses Tornado while Amity uses her Abomination to create two solid blades and deliver slashes, but the Lavazards unleash more magma to burn while the Stone Crushers unleash quakes to cause the group to stun. Kirby uses Hammer Spin while Tor uses Sword Spin while Spyro uses Horn Charge while Tod uses Growl and they defeat the Heartless.
The group continue moving through the volcanic grounds while dealing with more Heartless and they start climbing their way to the higher grounds to get to the giant volcano that's unleashing molten rocks on the ground. The group go for the volcano and begin climbing up to reach the higher point of the volcano and later, they're on the high part of the volcano and they find an entrance into the volcano and go in.
(Magma Cone-Volcano)
The group are now in the volcano and they find more Lavazards, who unleash magma to attack, but Arthur casts Frost while Sora triple slashes with his Keyblade followed by a spin slash, but the Lavazards conjure molten rocks and send them to attack, only for Spyro to use Horn Charge while Tod uses Growl, but the Lavazards unleash magma, only for Twilight to unleash magic orbs and casts Frost while Amity summons two Abomination hands and they slam together to crush. The Lavazards unleash a flow of lava, but Goofy uses Charge while Kirby inhales a Lavazard, becoming Lavazard Kirby and unleashes molten rocks, only for Lavazards to unleash lava pillars to attack the group, but Donald casts Blizzard while Tor vertical slashes with his sword followed by a diagonal slash. The Lavazards conjure more molten rocks and send them to attack the group, who dodge and Sora casts Earth while Arthur horizontal slashes with Excalibur followed by a flipping slash and they defeat the Heartless.
The group begin climbing up the inside of the volcano to reach the top while dodging more molten rocks and using Twilight's magic, they manage to reach the top, where they find more Lavazards using the volcano to unleash and rain down molten rocks. Sora and Arthur confront the Heartless and defeat them and with the Heartless gone, the volcano stops erupting molten rocks.
"Thanks for the help, guys. It was starting to get hot around here. Anyway, we were going to use this Talisman for the party, but you'll need it more." The Faun said, giving the group the Magma Cone Talisman.
"Come on. Time to move on again." Twilight said, as they go for the portal.
The group return to Autumn Plains and as they explore the castle to find more portals, they find a portal that says 'Shady Oasis' and they decide to go for the portal.
(Shady Oasis-Temple Garden)
(Field Theme: Shady Oasis)
The groupb are now in what looks like a temple garden and they find what looks like a hippo creature.
"Are we glad to see some help. We're on our way to the fruit stash, but those monsters keep attacking us. Can you help protect us?" The Hippo Creature asked.
"Yeah, okay." Spyro said.
(Information: Escort them to the fruit stash in Shady Oasis!)
The group start escorting the Hippos through the temple's gardens, but then, Soldiers, Large Bodies, and Air Soldiers appear and attack, but Arthur delivers four slashes at the Soldiers with Excalibur followed by a wide slash while Sora casts Earth at the Large Bodies followed by casting Thunder, but the Soldiers attack with their claws while the Large Bodies create shock waves while the Air Soldiers attack in the air. Tor uses Sky Dance at the Air Soldiers while Kirby inhales a Soldier, becoming Solider Kirby and attacks with his claws while Spyro breathes fire at the Large Bodies, who become very angry and charge to attack while the Soldiers deliver spin kicks while the Air Soldiers somersault kick in the air. Amity uses her Abomination to shoulder charge at the Large Bodies while Goofy bashes the Soldiers with his shield while Twilight casts Volt while Donald casts Thunder at the Air Soldiers and they defeat the Soldiers.
The group continue to escort the Hippos through the temple and they find an apple tree, so Kirby takes it, as well as the Hippos and they grow big from eating the apples and the Hippos knock down doors blocking their path. The escort of the Hippos continue while the group fight off more Heartless, such as Red Nocturnes and Yellow Operas and they find more apple trees, which the Hippos eat and knock down more doors in their way and continue through the temple and they enter a different area.
(Shady Oasis-Inner Temple)
The group are now in the inner temple and keep escorting the Hippos through the temple, but more Large Bodies appear and deliver double punches, only for Arthur to cast Frost while Sora casts Earth while Spyro breathes fire and they continue to move through the inner temple and they find another apple tree, where the Hippos eat the apples and use their immense size to knock down more doors and they keep going, only for Soldiers and Large Bodies to appear and attack the group. Arthur slashes with Excalibur while Sora attacks with his Keyblade while Donald shoots magic blasts and casts Fire while Twilight shoots magic bolts while Goofy uses Charge while Tor double slashes with his sword while Amity shoots pink fireballs while Kirby inhales a Large Body, becoming Large Body Kirby and double punches while Spyro breathes fire and they defeat the Heartless.
Later, the group manage to escort the Hippos to a room full of apple trees.
"Thanks for the help, guys. Here, have this." The Hippo said, giving the group Shady Oasis' Talisman.
"Guess we're all down here." Tor said, as they go for the portal to leave Shady Oasis.
The group are back in Shady Oasis and they find Elora.
"Good news, guys! You have enough Talismans to challenge Ripto and Gulp. They're in the throne room." Elora said.
"Guys, let's get ready." Sora said.
"Let's see if we can stop Ripto for good." Arthur said, as they go for the next room.
(Autumn Plains-Castle Throne Room)
In the castle throne room, Ripto is with Gulp and he has a fairy.
"Gulp, we've done it! Avalar is as good as ours! The Heartless are causing much havoc and nothing can stop us now! All that's left is to find the Keyhole and the Faerie Heart, but first, you've been helpful. You deserve a reward." Ripto said, showing the fairy.
The group arrive at the throne room and are behind Ripto.
"Ready for a sneak attack?" Sora asked and they nod.
"Gulp, what it is, boy? Oh, the fairy. Here you go." Ripto said, but Tod bites Ripto while Spyro breathes fire, making him release the fairy, who flies away. "You?! You cinched my cape and bit me! Dragons! You're getting on my nerves!" Ripto yelled, running and gets on the throne.
"Get down here and fight us!" Donald yelled.
"Gulp, snack time!" Ripto said, as Gulp confronts the group.
"Now we have to deal with ANOTHER big guy!" Spyro said.
"Fine by me! We can take him!" Sora said.
"Gulp, finish them off and you can have ALL the fairies you can eat! I'm going to enjoy this!" Ripto said.
(Boss Theme: Squirming Evil)
(Information: Defeat Gulp!)
Gulp uses his blasters on his back to fire green energy shots at the group, who dodge out of the way, but Gulp continues to fire green energy shots at the group, only for Arthur to aerial slash at Gulp with Excalibur followed by casting Blaze while Sora also delivers aerial slashes with his Keyblade followed by casting Thunder, but Gulp runs to the group and and tries to jump on them. The group dodge Gulp's attack and Spyro breathes fire while Twilight fires magic blasts followed by unleashing magenta flames, only for Gulp to keep firing green energy shots at the group, who avoid the energy shots and Goofy uses Tornado while Amity uses her Abomination to deliver hammer fist strikes while Tod attacks with his stick followed by a skullbashing strike. Gulp charges at the group to deliver a bull charge attack, but they avoid Gulp, who keeps trying to charge, only for Donald to cast Earth, creating a rock wall, making Gulp hit the rock wall, causing him to stun, allowing Tor to use Sword Thrust while Kirby charges his hammer, as flames appear and then delivers a big swing. Gulp recovers and shoots more green energy shots at the group, who avoid the shots, only for Sora to aerial slash with his Keyblade followed by an aerial spin slash and then casts Blizzard while Arthur delivers four aerial slashes with Excalibur followed by an aerial flipping slash and then casus Quake, but Gulp charges at the group again to try and jump on them again.
As Gulp is about to try and land on the group, Amity summons a giant Abomination hand, which grabs Gulp and then slams him to the ground before throwing him away, allowing Goofy to use Rocket, but Gulp recovers and then starts running around the throne room while shooting more green energy shots, making the group avoid Gulp's attacks, but Gulp continues running and firing more green energy shots, but Donald casts Earth again to make another rock wall. Gulp runs into the rock wall again, stunning him, allowing Kirby to multi jump and then uses Stone to drop down on Gulp while Tor uses Sword Spin while Tod delivers a big bite, but Gulp recovers again and jumps around in anger and begins firing two giant green energy beams from his blasters at the group, who dodge out of the way. Gulp continues firing his green energy beams and then charges at the group to deliver his bull charge attack, only for Twilight to cast Quake to make a rock slide, making Gulp trip and fall to the ground stunned and then Twilight casts Volt followed by Blaze while Spyro jumps over Gulp and delivers a diving horn bash to do some damage. Gulp recovers once more and runs around while firing his two giant green energy beams at the group, who dodge out of the way, but Gulp keeps running and firing his green energy beams until he stops running around and then charges to try and jump on the group, only for Arthur to cast Volt to unleash lightning orbs to strike while Sora aerial slashes with his Keyblade followed by an aerial spin slash and they finish off Gulp, who stands on his hind legs and falls on his back.
As Gulp falls on his back, one of his blasters fires an energy shot at the throne Ripto is still sitting on, casuing the throne to fall back at the castle wall.
"Oh, no! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Ripto shouted, as the throne falls out of the castle and so does Ripto.
"Good riddance." Amity said, as Ripto's banners are gone from the castle.
Just then, Elora arrives at the throne room.
"Guys, you did it! Not only is Autumn Plains free, but Ripto is completely gone! Avalar is finally free from his trouble!" Elora said.
"That's great news, Elora!" Twilight said.
"Finally, at least we won't be dealing with him." Sora said.
"There's more good news; ever since you guys arrived and helped people, everyone in Avalar are starting to get along." Elora said.
"Wow, that is great news!" Arthur said.
"As a token of our appreciation and I know how much Spyro wanted to be on vacation, we decided to give you something." Elora said, as two faries arrive at the throne room with a chair and an umbrella.
"Wow, all this for me? Thanks." Spyro said, getting on the chair.
"So, what're you gonna do now, Elora?" Tor asked.
"I'm gonna join the Professor to see if we can get the portal in Winter Tundra working again, so we can send Spyro home." Elora said, leaving.
"It's great Ripo's gone and all, but shouldn't we be looking to see if there are any more Heartless around?" Amity asked.
"Good thinking, Am!" Sora said.
"Let's get a move on!" Goofy said, as they leave.
Spyro wakes up to find everyone gone.
"Huh? Elora? Arthur? Sora? I better go after 'em!" Spyro said, also leaving the throne room.
Here's Chapter 8 and now only one more part of Avalar to go before moving on once again. That's all. Chapter 9 is coming. See ya later and have a good day.