Spyro stayed around in his bedroom during a day off for the team. Stealth Elf, Pop Fizz and Jet-Vac were away for the whole day, which allowed him to focus on his main goal: trying to get the Wumpan puzzle box opened. He tried for hours to open it, either by his hands or by destroying it. All of this without any kind of result.

"Will you open, you stupid thing?" He was starting to lose patience and was also annoyed by something else. "And how could I focus with these noises?" He left his room to find Eruptor whining in the living room.

He tried his best to be polite so his former friend wouldn't be suspicious. "What's the matter, Eruptor? You're doing some kinda annoying noises." The fire Skylander answered: "I'm in a terrible situation, Spyro! I'm supposed to hand a report on Wumpa Islands tomorrow, but I can't find any information about it!" After thinking a bit, he added: "If only I could see Crash Bandicoot..."

The dragon was confused: "What does that marsupial has to do with this?"

"Don't you remember? He's from Wumpa Islands, he could certainly help me!"

Remembering of this information, the black dragon thought "Wait, Crash Bandicoot comes from the Wumpa Islands, so if I talk to him... I could know how to open this dumb puzzle box!" Meanwhile, in his mind, his pure light side got a bit worried. "Oh no... I may manipulate another close friend... Hopefully, it doesn't work..."

With this in mind, he offered a solution, pretending to help him. "Come, Eruptor, I think I have a solution. Doesn't Jet-Vac have a time travelling device?" The fire Skylander was slightly hesitent. "Yeah, but we can't use it without his permission..."

"This is the only was to help you, though."

"Well, okay..."

The pair then sneaked into Jet-Vac's room, Eruptor feeling guilty. "I don't know, Spyro, this really isn't right..." The dragon tried to share his positivism with him.

"No issue, we go to the past, talk to Crash, and come back! No one will notice! Now where's that device?"

Eruptor found it. "Here!" He then showed a normal looking remote. "Isn't that incredible to think a small thing like that could help us travel through time?"

The dragon commented. "Well, it's not a flying car, but that'll do! Let's go!" The two activated a portal and ended up on a forest. They then heard a familiar voice with an Australian accent.

"Well, since Dr. Cortex mutated me, I've turned much more capable!" The two saw Crash walking with the past versions of themselves and their partners, causing them to talk. Eruptor realized "It worked! That was us right now, which means we went... Back to the past!"

The dragon commented "Great Scott! It sounds so wrong..." Following that comment, Eruptor focused on their goal. "Come on, let's talk to Crash!" The pair managed to drag the bandicoot away from the group. Following the surprise, he was willing to fight.

"Alright, who's trying to mess with good old Crash, eh? Oh... You mates? Weren't you with me just a second ago?" Eruptor quickly explained. "We travelled through time thanks to this device." Crash was impressed. "A time travelling device? Sounds amazing! My sister Coco would love this, she loves technology! May I see?"

Spyro took the device and gave it to him. "Sure, so we're here for..."

Eruptor interrupted him and he noticed. "Spyro, careful! You walked on a flower, meaning you may change the future!" "Uh, don't you think you're overreacting?" Noticing he was busy trying to put the flower back how it was, he took the opportunity to talk alone with Crash.

"So Crash... mate... have you heard about Wumpan puzzle..." The bandicoot was too distracted by the device to hear the question. "Could this device bring us at any period of time? Including in 3 seconds from now?" Spyro was confused by what he meant before he started to goof off, but he lost balance and the remote sends both Spyro and Eruptor back to their time period.

Dark Spyro tried to stay calm. "That klutz! We couldn't even ask him anything!" Eruptor was worried. "Hopefully, that didn't make too many changes..." A familiar voice surprised them "Too many changes to what?" Crash accidentally came back with them and shocked them.

"You're not supposed to be here! This can cause severe changes to our present!" Crash shrugged it off. "Come on, it can't be anything major..."

But they went outside then and saw darkness all over the Skylands, and the academy was in ruins. This left Eruptor scared and speechless. While this happened, Dark Spyro was confused and kept thinking. "By any change, could this have caused Strykore to rule the Skylands...? No, it couldn't be, because I wasn't there to free him... Then it would be... Kaos, that annoying guy? I can't believe it!"

Eruptor was quick to try to solve the situation. "Crash, we need to send you back in the timeline to fix this bad future!" Crash was motivated and commented. "Alright! Let's go back before this time!"

Dark Spyro commented "That sounds wrong, but whatever!" However, as Eruptor tried, he notices that it doesn't work. "I'm afraid it's out of battery..."

Spyro got very annoyed, but avoided showing that to the others. He then added. "Guys, we should try to talk to someone to learn more about this timeline!" The group then went into town.

Once there, they met a mabu and Eruptor went to talk to him. "Excuse me, sir. Do you know if there are Skylanders around here?" The guy answered. "Skylanders? There aren't any since the Skylands got a new ruler!" Eruptor got to the same conclusion as his friend. "Right, Kaos..." The man was a bit confused.

"Kaos? No, the new king of Skylands is Glumshanks!" Both Eruptor and Spyro reacted surprised. "GLUMSHANKS?"

Once the group moved a bit, they discussed about how this seemed unlikely until they noticed a broken television on the floor. Dark Spyro had an idea. "Maybe this will help us..." Eruptor got confused. "Spyro, it's most likely broken..." "You never know...", answered a confident Spyro.

He realized something and quickly found a way to get them distracted. "Guys, can you check if you see a familiar face on the street?" He took profit of them looking away to use his dark electricity on the television. "Hey, it's working!"

The program was about how Glumshanks became king. Back during Crash Bandicoot's previous visit to the Skylands, he got powered-up in dark magic thanks to the book that contained Strykore. As such, he started to defeat Skylanders and made himself king, as well as making time travelling illegal.

Crash didn't know what to do, but Eruptor was motivated. "Alright, guys, only one solution! We got to Kaos' castle and try to find a solution! He must have time travelling devices there!" Dark Spyro couldn't suggest anything else, so he agreed with it.

After a trip to the castle, Eruptor talked to the other two. "Alright, I'm going to learn about the guards to know when it'll be safe to enter! Wait for me here!"

Spyro took, the opportunity to talk to Crash about his goal. "Crash, have you heard about Wumpan puzzle boxes?" "Puzzle boxes? You mean, Wumpan puzzle boxes? Those created in my birthplace?" Spyro turned very optimistic until he heard the following. "I don't know much about these, sorry."

Spyro, from the inside of his dark self's mind, was relieved. "Well, that won't solve it, thank goodness. I didn't manipulate Crash to help evil win. Will that be enough, though...?"

Dark Spyro got annoyed and Eruptor came back. "Guys, it's all clear!". The group took profit of the guards break to sneak inside the castle, but they then hear people in the hallways, causing them to enter a room in panic.

Crash looked around and noticed something. "Dang, look at the quality of those statues!" Eruptor looked and got scared. "Crash, that's..."

"Will you stop touching me?" It was actually Kaos, who was angry at how Crash was acting. He then noticed Eruptor and Spyro. "Skylanders!". The two prepared to fight, but much to their surprise, Kaos hugged them. "I'm so glad you're here! You can help me solve this nightmare!"

Eruptor was heavily confused, but kept their goal in mind. "Listen, we need to go to the past and let our friend Crash stay there, so we can change this timeline and not be this situation." Kaos was thinking and remembered. "Well, Glumshanks keeps a time-travel device locked in the throne room, but I can access to it so you can use it!"

He took a few steps before coming back with an object all too familiar for Spyro. "Is that a Wumpan puzzle box?" Kaos answered "Exactly!", as he just needed to look at it to have it open and get a key.

Spyro was shocked. "How did you do that?" "Oh, that's quite simple! All you have to do is have a honest heart! Now let's go get that device!" He took time to process it before Crash talked to him. "Hey, Spyro! If you still need to know things about these boxes, I know how to open them!". Spyro answered an annoyed "Thanks, Crash..."

Kaos went to the throne room and got the remote thanks to the key that desactivated the security. "There you go, friends! You can go back in time, now!" Eruptor, still confused, accepted. "Thanks, pal..." He activates a portal while Crash looked at the wall. "What does that button do...?" He pushed it and revealed something that was hidden on the room. Eon, Stealth Elf, Pop Fizz and Jet-Vac were frozen and kept by Glumshanks.

Eruptor was shocked. "Our friends! This is terrible! We can't let them like this! We have to do something!" The dragon didn't get the logic. "Once we go to the past, this timeline won't have ever happened, so we are going to do something!" "No, this will not be enough! We stay here and defeat Glumshanks!" He decided, much to his partners' shock, to close the portal, as the new king entered.

"King Glumshanks!" Kaos immediately went to him. "Those intruders were trying to change the past, so I made sure to keep them busy so you can defeat them!" An unusual evil Glumshanks talked to him "You did well, Kaos! I'll make sure you'll get a slightly more comfortable bed as a rewerd. Because thanks to you, my collection of Skylanders will finally be complete, alongside that orange guy! Time to join your friends!"

He started to use powerful magic on the three intruders, who were starting to lost control of their body. When all seemed hopeless, a voice interrupted. "Enough!"

Kaos shot a powerful magic at Glumshanks, allowing to free "I am done letting you do what you want, king!" He started to blast magic at the captive, which slowly put them back to life, before resuming his fight while Glumshanks army entered.

Eruptor, despite the pain, wanted to help. Crash took the situation at hand, managing to defeat the army and corner Glumshanks with his friends. Meanwhile, this timeline's version of their friends were fully able to move again. "What's going on?", asked Jet-Vac. "We'll have a lot to explain to you guys...", answered Eruptor.

The group reunited outside Team Spyro's house, where the whole situation was explained to them. "I'm glad you're all okay, now!", said Eruptor. This timeline's Eon commented. "We owe you a lot, dear friends. This was an unbelievable story, but thanks to you, there is no more evil on the Skylands!" Kaos commented "Glumshanks' reign of terror didn't have only bad effects, though. It made me realize that Mother was a friend of Eon the whole time, and that turning good was a great thing!" The two were still heavily disturbed at seeing a nice Kaos, but still smiled.

This timeline's Stealth Elf was particularly emotional. "Thanks again, you two! It's great to know that I can count of my best friends, even if they're from another timeline!" She hugged both ot them while Dark Spyro felt guilty. "Yeah, exactly..."

Crash then lead the two. "Alright, mates, let's go back to the past so we part ways there!" Crash jumped on the portal, while the other two saluted this timeline's residents.

They went back to the forest of the past, during Crash's first visit. "We're sorry for dragging you into this mess, Crash..." Eruptor felt guilty, but Crash assured it wasn't a problem. "It was an intense, but pleasing time, mates! Now I need to go back to your past selves! See you!"

The two ended up alone and Eruptor had something to say. "Hey, Spyro... Maybe you're an evil dragon who's helping Strykore to destroy the Core of Light and spread darkness all over the Skylands." The dragon felt a huge fear until he ended his remark "... in another timeline! That sounds crazy, right?" He giggled to avoid suspiscion "Yeah, so insane, I can't even imagine it!"

Eruptor looked at the device and said. "Now, only one thing to do: go back to the future!" "That still sounds awfully wrong...", added the dragon before jumping to the portal.

They went back to their house and Eruptor was relieved seeing the bright skies. "Phew, what a journey..." But he was quick to panic again. "Wait... I couldn't ask anything to Crash for my report!" Spyro tried shrugging it off while trying to symphatize. "Sorry, dude. You should've started your researches earlier. Good luck either way."

He then went inside to lie on his bed and talked to himself. "What a day..." He then took the puzzle box. "So... a honest heart, um...?" He looked at the box for some time before complaining. "This is stupid! I can't have a honest heart if I'm evil!"

Spyro took time to think about the situation after this difficult journey. Despite the pain, the struggles and the lies he had to tell, he was happy that it ended well, and was optimistic because of what he learned. "So, I won't be able to open with box if I'm evil, and neither will Strykore! Ha, their plan is fooled!"