Stealth Elf's mouth dropped as if gravity effected only her lower lip. "Paul Reiche, head of Toys for Bob, is your dad?"

Ignitor ignored her completely. "Dad, you knew this would happen?" he asked. "Those things we got at the library, they turned us into Skylanders?"

Paul stepped forward. "Kyle, those buttons didn't turn you into Skylanders, they kept your minds from becoming evil."

Wind-Up frowned. "That makes no sense."

Paul sighed. "There is much to discuss. Please come in. The office is free of enemies now. But believe me this is only the beginning."

The nine of them followed Paul inside. Whirlwind smirked at a thought "Only the beginning, huh? Hmph, how cliché, he sounds just like Eon at the end of every game" she said to herself.

They reached his office after passing through the facility. Employees were busy cleaning the office. "Somehow we were infiltrated by, someone. Not a good person. His army nearly destroyed the place." Lou Studdard, the guy from Activision that the five friends instantly recognized, turned around a corner to face the group.

"Paul, we got some Activision guys on their way here. We'll get this place running in no time!" he said.

"Thanks Lou. Kids, follow me." Paul said.

"Hey now, how do you know all of us are kids? I could be in my thirties for all you know!" Prism Break groaned.

Paul laughed. "Hank, I know who you are too."

Stink Bomb cackled. "Your actual name is Hank? Hannah and Hank are Stealth Elf and Prism Break" The ninja skunk was laughing too hard, he had no time to think how a rocky face of an earth golem could turn bright red from blushing.

They finally reached the office of Paul Reiche and filed in. Paul took a seat at his desk and pushed his fingers to the bridge of his nose. "Where to begin"

Ignitor lifted a finger. "How about to start, how do you know Prism Break and Stealth Elf?"

Paul looked up and smiled nervously, as if the question didn't surprise him at all. "You guys know Fred Ford, my friend that helped me build this place? Hannah is his daughter and her two best friends, you know Hank, and Flip Wreck's name is Jason" Paul took note of Flashwing and leaned back. "I don't know who you are though Flashwing"

Flashwing lowered her head in embarrassment. "Olivia, my name is Olivia"

Paul smiled. "Alright, how about this. Skylands is real"

The nine of them stared at Paul in a mixture of confusion, amazement, and fear that such a place could possibly exist.

"I know, a lot to take in. Skylands, the Skylanders, Kaos, the Core of Light, they are all real"

Night Shift interrupted, "Wait, so why are humans turning into Skylanders. Are there two of me."

"No no, you are the real Night Shift, Mason. Or at least, you're the only Night Shift right now. His essence is inside of you, but you still have your brain, your memories. But you also have some of your Skylander's personality. It's why Eddy is actually good at math now"

Wind-Up shook his head. "I hate numbers!"

Ignitor kept the discussion back on track. "Wait, but that still doesn't explain why some Skylander humans are evil and some are good."

Paul sighed again. "Earth is under attack. The evil of Skylands is crossing over to Earth and back to Skylands. It's spreading at an increasing rate. The division between our two worlds is collapsing and if we merge the universe will go into complete chaos"

"Chaos? Is it Kaos who is behind it?" Ignitor questioned.

Paul looked at his son turned Skylander in despair. "Hmph, if only it was Kaos. He wouldn't be a threat. You've seen him in the games. He's pathetic."

Whirlwind put her front legs on top of the desk. "Yeah, why were the games made if Skylands was real? What's the point if we could just go there ourselves?"

"Because we couldn't! The link has been broken for centuries. You know how in the olden times there are stories of monsters and creatures in the Middle Ages? Monsters from Skylands. Eon realized that Earth couldn't handle the magical properties of Skylands and cut the link between the two. But somehow, someone figured out how to repair the link and is invading Earth."

"Who is invading Earth?" Whirlwind helped Ignitor question Paul.

"I wish I knew. All I know is he has pale pink skin, bright pink buzz cut, and always has a pinstripe suit."

"But if the Skylander games are based on the real thing, why don't we know who he is?"

"We never knew about him! He was under the radar, not a threat until now!"

"And how do you guys know about Skylands if we could never cross?"

"Eon told me. With him in his spirit form he can cross between worlds despite the division. Even without a portal. However even he didn't know about weird buzz cut guy. All he knew was that a great evil was about to come forth from Skylands and told us to prepare the Earth for the incoming invasion. What better way to let people know than a video game."

Flashwing scoffed slightly. "The only people you got ready were kids who won't know how to fight in some war."

"Except for you guys," Paul continued, "Eon lent me some magic to make a failsafe. To bring the Skylanders here without a Portal. They would become part of you. The only thing is, when we were infiltrated the buzz cut guy evilized the magic turning bad people into Skylanders. They got orders to cause chaos and stop anyone who got in his way."

Flashwing laughed nervously. "Hehe, sorry about that guys."

Paul leered for a second. "Wait a minute. Olivia! You turned good! That means Flashwings Skylander heart was able to get to yours. That means it's not too late for everyone else"

"Well how do we get everyone else to get there?" Stealth Elf asked.

Paul thought for a moment. "Skylands. We need to get there. Somehow get the magic from the Core of Light to spread throughout Earth. No Skylander can be evil once the core as illuminated their hearts."

"But how do we get to Skylands? The division hasn't been completely broken yet" Flip Wreck mentioned.

Paul sighed. "We're gonna have to let the invasion start. Monsters of all kind, creatures, minion, are all gonna be let loose on Earth. But once we have all the Skylanders on the side of good. We should be able to stop them."

"Well that's completely crazy! You expect us to wait that long?" Whirlwind cried.

Flashwing nodded. "Enigma has a death order on all of us."

Paul looked confused. "Wait, Enigma?"

Flip Wreck nodded. "He's the one who is getting the orders from 'buzz cut guy' and sending out the evil Skylanders."

Paul muttered, "This is worse than I thought"

The intercom on Paul's desk beeped on. "Uh Paul?"

Paul pushed the button on his intercom. "Hey Fred, I have Hannah and her friends with me"

Fred Ford's voice got weery. "Hannah? Are you alright? I heard you became Stealth Elf" Fred became serious before Stealth Elf could answer. "Wait, Paul, you need to take a look outside"

Paul paused and then motioned to the window to have someone open the blinds. Flip Wreck took two small chords and pulled them down. Apparently, the invasion had already started.

Outside the sky was a bleek green. Enemies out the wazzoo swarmed the streets and the skies. A giant rift in the sky that seemed to shoot every color imaginable clotted with more enemies pushing through.

Paul's eyes widened. "Oh no. This is sooner than expected."

Night Shift put a glove on Paul's shoulder. "Mr. Reiche. One more thing to ask. Do you know of a prophecy?"

Without skipping a beat, Paul recited the prophecy Night Shift had heard in the grocery store. When he finished he replied "Yes I know of it. And I think you guys are meant to be part of it."

Ignitor grew confused. "But there's only nine of us"

Paul nodded. He looked at Stealth Elf, Flashwing, Prism Break, and Flip Wreck. "I appreciate your help, but you four are not the chosen ones"

Prism Break sighed in relief. "Good, because I didn't come all this way to fight in some magic war. I want to be me again"

Stealth Elf and Flip Wreck looked at each other. "Hank, we need to help."

Prism Break looked at Paul. "You change me back"

"Hank-"

"CHANGE ME BACK" Prism Break exasperated.

"Hannah, if this is what Hank wants, we can do that." Paul said. Opened a drawer under his desk. He brought out a button with an Earth symbol on it. He tossed it Prism Break. "To change back. Just rip it apart. Just know that once you go back, you won't be a Skylander again."

Prism Break scoffed, "Good, I miss having fingers" he growled and left the office in a hurry.

Stealth Elf sighed, "So hot headed". She turned to Paul. "So, if we aren't the ones in the prophecy, who are the other five that will help out?"

Paul turned to the door. "Them"

The remaining eight Skylanders turned to the door and saw five people, enter. Normal humans in normal human clothes.

Night Shift stepped forward. "Hey, I know you guys! You were in the supermarket that day!"

The teenager that had kicked Voodood nodded. "Hi."

Ignitor stared. "But they're only humans"

The girl with pink hair leered. "Actually we're the real deal. We don't have human counter parts, we're Skylanders."

"Then how are you humans now"

The first teen replied, "To blend in until you guys showed up. Paul would you please?"

Paul nodded and flipped a switch on his desk. The five of them started to levitate and glow, just like Ignitor remembered when he was transformed. After a couple seconds, the five teens had turned into Skylanders as he had said. In front of them was Chop Chop, Roller Brawl, Dino-Rang, Snap Shot, and Pop Fizz.