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// Year: Haikus in the Swamp 
// Story: Spyro: The Dragon Trio of Avalar 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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"So, which realm should we take on next?" Elora asked, where she made sure to ask the question as soon as they returned to Midday Gardens and not while they were leaving Enchanted Towers, though she had to admit that the various enemies had been rather interesting this time around and that the Sorceress, in a twisted way, had a reason behind her actions, even if she was the one that caused them by ordering the Purple Villagers to build the statue of her in the first place, but that still didn't make their main foe right and only revealed that she was vain.

"Well, we have Spooky Swamp and Bamboo Terrace to pick from," Ember remarked, remembering the names that she and the others had learned when they were first exploring the homeworld that they were in the middle of assisting, due to Spike being the one to inform them of what the portals said, even though none of them really needed the help and just let him do what he normally did during their previous adventures, before she considered something, "there's also Country Speedway, but that's something that we'll take on before we leave this homeworld for the next one, just like we did when we were leaving Sunrise Spring earlier. Spike, is there anything you can tell us about the realms we have to pick from, or is that Guidebook Bianca dropped just dead weight?"

"Give me a second." Spike replied, where they came to a stop nearby and he reached into his satchel for a moment, though it took him no time to pull out the book in question and open it to the last page he had been reading, which had been the page about Midday Gardens as a whole, before he flipped to the topics that he wanted to look at, "Let's see here, Bamboo Terrace sounds rather straightforward and is inhabited by Pandas, just like that one painting we had seen earlier suggested, and they also harvest the bamboo they grow as building materials, be it for whatever they're building in their own realm or for something that someone else wants to make. Spooky Swamp, on the other claw, is nothing like the swamp that the Beast Makers live in, so we won't have to worry about the smell or odor sticking to us after we leave the realm in question, but there is one thing we'll have to worry about, and that's the fact that the realm is enchanted to a degree and causes everyone there to speak in haikus."

"You've got to be kidding me," Elora said, where she sat down near Spike for a moment and stared at the page that he was reading right now, as she was curious if he was being serious or if that was how the realm worked, before discovering that Spike was correct and that Spooky Swamp had such an enchantment on the entire swamp, which was rather weird and, at the same time, was something that none of them were expecting to deal with, "Okay, you aren't pulling my leg, but how are we going to deal with this? Can you break the enchantment, or maybe place a safety type spell on us?"

"That's a good question," Spike admitted, even though it wasn't something he was expecting to encounter, because he hadn't considered the possibility of needing a spell that could either break an enchantment or having a safety spell that would protect the four of them from an enchantment that rested on a realm they would be heading to, before he placed the Guidebook on the ground and pulled out the latest spell book he had been reading, "I mean, there are safety spells for all sorts of things, like the Heat Aura for icy realms and the Cold Aura to deal with the heat of some of the magma realms, just like we used back in Avalar, but I'm not sure if there's a spell to protect us from an enchantment like this... it wouldn't hurt to check my spell book and see if such a thing even exists."

"Well, we can take a few minutes to rest and relax a little, before picking out where to go." Spyro said, even though he was planning on picking Spooky Swamp for the next realm, regardless of whether or not Spike found a spell that would deal with the haiku enchantment, though he knew that a small rest was good for them so they weren't tired, just in case the enemies of the next realm were more difficult than what they were used to dealing with, since some of the foes they had dealt with in the last couple of realms had been easy to take down.

Spike nodded his head for a moment as he returned to what he was doing, where Elora sat near him and stared at the titles of the various pages that he was reading, giving her a slight understanding of the spells that were inside the spell book, which had to be some of the more advanced spells given what Spike was able to do, since Cosmos knew that he was possibly the greatest wizard the dragons had seen in a long time. Spyro and Ember sat nearby, simply looking at the rest of the realm as they waited for Spike to see if there was a spell he could use or not, where they found that the residents of the last couple of realms were waiting inside the keep that the hot air balloon was resting in, as in Sgt. Byrd, one of the Polar Bears, and one of the Purple Villagers, meaning there were two more realms for them to assist and two more people for them to send to the keep, even though none of them had any idea what they were doing. One had to assume that they were going to be giving their hot air balloon a power boost or something, so they could make it to the next homeworld and continue their adventure, but there was no way of knowing ahead of time since it didn't seem like anyone wanted to tell them what was going on, even though it would be easy to get some information if they asked Sgt. Byrd. Other than that there was nothing else for them to really focus on, as Bianca wasn't in this homeworld anymore and Hunter was in whatever realm he had moved to after his session in the last skateboard area, or maybe he was still there, practicing his skills, but none of them were thinking about that as they waited for Spike to finish reading the pages of his spell book and see if there were any spells that could help them out.

In the end, after a few minutes, Spike stood up and gathered his magic for a few seconds, where Spyro, Ember, and Elora watched as he etched a new symbol onto their bodies, one that looked like the three lines that made up a haiku in the first place, the first and third being the same size with the second being longer than them, with a fourth line that went diagonally through them, like it was supposed to cancel something out.

"Okay, that should do it." Spike commented, where he made sure to put the same enchantment on his body, which wasn't that hard to do, before slipping both the spell book and the Guidebook back into his satchel, putting them back in the areas they had been resting earlier, though that was when he glanced at his siblings and Elora once more, "This is an enchantment that's supposed to counter the haiku spell that's on Spooky Swamp, meaning that we should be able to explore the swamp without having to speak in haikus whenever we want to talk to each other, but the only way for us to even know if it works or not is by heading to the realm in question and seeing what happens when we speak... that's if we're heading to Spooky Swamp next and not Bamboo Terrace."

"Don't worry, we'll be tackling the swamp next," Spyro replied, though he had to admit that he was surprised that his brother was able to find something that could counter the enchantment that was on the swamp, meaning that whoever had lived in the Forgotten Realms, before the Sorceress banished them, had created the spell and managed to pass it down to the later generations, eventually coming to Spike.

Spike, Ember, and Elora nodded their heads for a moment and followed Spyro as he headed for the portal that would take them to Spooky Swamp, where they took turns climbing up the wooden ladder that was connected to the tree house that contained the portal in question and headed through the portal, which took them to the next realm that they would be exploring and assisting for a time. It didn't take them long to arrive in their destination, where they found that the next starting area was definitely in a swamp, just like the name on the portal suggested, though the water was an eerie green color, there were reeds growing out of the water, a number of large trees rested around the area, and there were some structures that looked like large lanterns, though whether or not they could be lit would be something they determined as they explored the realm. The group could also see a large building that looked like a magical castle or something, which could be something they might explore at some point in time, before they found one of the Fireflies, who looked identical to the painting that was resting in the keep, being chased by a dark green scaled beast that resembled an alligator, which meant they had already found one of the enemies that they would need to take out as they helped the residents of this realm out. Other than that the group found that there were some piranhas in the water, meaning that it was a bad idea to fall into the water that rested around the realm, not that any of them were thinking of doing that, and there were some signs that warned people of the dangerous fish that were lurking in the water, but instead of worrying about that the four of them decided that it was time to move forward.

The first thing that they did was collect the gems that were in the area around them, smash a few straw baskets, and take care of the Alligator that was in the middle of attacking the Firefly that was going to tell them what was going on with this realm, in the sense of what the Rhynocs were doing and what sort of target they needed to be working towards, where Ember just whacked their target with her tail and knocked it into the ground, allowing the Firefly to relax for a few seconds as they approached it.

"That gator was mean!" the Firefly stated, referring to the Alligator that had been chasing him, which the group really didn't need to be told since they had been able to determine that ahead of time by watching what was going on for a few seconds, though they said nothing as they waited for him to finish what he had to tell them, "I thought I was a goner. Thanks for saving me."

The group said nothing to that, as they were sibling waiting for the Firefly to say something about the situation that was engulfing his realm, but he didn't offer anything more to them and eventually walked away from where the group was standing, leaving them to climb up the wooden ladder that was attached to the building in front of them and head into the room that was up there, where they found a large candle that happened to be out, so Spyro just flamed it and lit the entire inside structure that they were standing in.

"Okay, so this is just a hunch," Elora said, where she paused for a moment, as she realized that she was speaking like she normally did and wasn't forced to speak in haikus, like the rest of the residents of the realm were, confirming that the new spell Spike had used was successful, which put a smile on his face as he jotted down what she had discovered, just so he could tell the other dragons something new when they got back home, "but something tells me that we need to relight all of the lantern structures, why I'm not entirely sure, and take out all of the Rhynocs that have invaded this realm, since they're the ones that likely put them out. While we're doing that we should keep an eye out for the side portals that we've seen in the other realms we've visited so far, since I'm sure there is one of them here, at the very least, and it will have one or two of the stolen eggs we're looking for."

"And we might want to refrain from talking when we're near the residents of this realm, as they might get upset if they see us talking like we normally do, instead of in haikus." Spyro added, knowing that if the Fireflies were used to talking to each other in haikus, and were used to getting replies in a similar manner from those that visited their realm or called the swamp home, than speaking in their normal style would likely annoy the Fireflies.

The group nodded in agreement once he stopped talking, as they knew that Spyro was right about not talking when they were near the various residents of this realm, before they started to move once more, which was when they walked through the opening that was in front of them and entered the area that was next in their quest to explore Spooky Swamp, take out the Rhynocs, and recover the stolen eggs. As they walked out onto the ground that was right outside the structure they had been inside they found a pair of straw baskets that were broken in seconds and, more importantly, a bridge that connected to the next piece of ground that needed to be explored, though guarding the bridge was a Rhynoc that was wearing a pair of overalls, a yellow cloth hat, and was carrying a lantern that seemed to be its weapon. As such the group labeled decided to call it a Lantern Rhynoc, and would call the others like this the same name, and waited for it to swing its lantern at them, which was when Spyro charged at the opening that it created and knocked their foe to the ground, which allowed the dragonflies to pick up the gem that fell and another they were walking by. On the other side of the bridge was an Alligator and another new type of Rhynoc, one that was wearing pants, a torn white shirt, a straw hat on its head, and carried a slingshot in one of its hands, meaning it was a Slingshot Rhynoc, though as it aimed at them Ember jumped in front of the ground and hardened her entire body, preventing the rock from hurting her or the rest of the group while also stopping the lone Alligator from chowing down on her, causing it to look sad after trying to bite her. With that done Spyro just whacked the foe that was in front of Ember with his tail, knocking it to the side, while Elora rushed forward and spun around so she could kick the Slingshot Rhynoc in the face, allowing them to drop a pair of gems in the area as Spike kept his eyes open for anything that might require some magic to take down, even if he could just charge foes into the ground if they needed additional firepower.

From there they found that they had one path to take and a small side area of sorts to explore, where they walked down the couple of stone platforms and descended into the area that was below the main path that would take them to the rest of the realm, allowing them to break two straw baskets and two bullseye chests so Sparx, Talon, and Cinder could pick up the gems they freed. While they did that Spike spotted a large pink skinned bug with a stinger for a nose, which meant it was a mosquito, flying around the area that the main path was in and seemed to be waiting for someone to come near it, so he loosed an Arcane Missile and blasted the Mosquito out of the air, because if Alligators were enemies than he had to assume the same was true for that creature, and the gem that followed justified his actions. Once the lower area was cleared of gems, and they were sure of that, they returned to the main path and jumped over the gap in the ruined bridge, allowing them to reach the wooden ladder that would take them up to the room that contained the next candle that needed to be lit, to which Spyro headed up there, alone, while Spike, Ember, and Elora jumped to the side a little and landed on the area that he would drop down into soon enough. There were a couple of straw baskets and a number of metallic vases that they ended up breaking, where that gave them some time to see that Spyro rekindled the light of the candle that was in the structure above them, before he jumped down and rejoined them, allowing them to continue what they were doing and smashed a few more metallic vases, even though that included flaming an Alligator that was rushing at them and charging into a Lantern Rhynoc.

While the group was doing that Elora found a chest that was locked, meaning that there was a key somewhere in this part of the realm that would unlock it, though this time she didn't bother asking Ember if she could just use her hardened tail to smash it, even though it would have been easier for them to do that, so she turned her attention towards the area that they were heading to as she kept an eye out for the key in question.

The next thing they discovered was a broken bridge that was being guarded by a Slingshot Rhynoc, as in it was on the other side of the bridge and was ready for one of them to come and try their luck, to which Spike used a barrier to quickly stop the incoming rock that was loosed in their direction and then let Ember jump into the air, where she spun around and brought the backside of her tail down on her foe, crushing him into the ground and opening the way for the others to jump over to where she was standing. That allowed them to walk up to a large door that belonged to the structure that was in the middle of the realm, which was starting to look for like a cottage instead of a castle, before Spyro charged into an Alligator that was trying to attack them from behind, allowing him to smash a pair of metallic vases at the same time and let their dragonflies claim what was resting on the ground around them. As he did that Elora jumped over to a patch of land that they were walking by and smiled as she found the first egg of this realm, where she made sure to break a few straw baskets and pick up the gems that were near her, before carefully lifting the egg up and then jumped back to where Spike was standing, allowing him to look over it for a moment like he did with all of the other eggs they had recovered in the past, only to send it off a few seconds later. Once they were done with the egg they found another bridge that had one of the Alligators on the other side, so what they did was let Spike blast their foe into the wooden ladder that was behind it and took it out, allowing them to walk forward and see what else the rest of the patch of land the third candle happened to be resting in had to offer them.

This time the structure the next candle was in only had one entrance, meaning that while Ember smashed a nearby bullseye chest, Spike shattered some metallic vases, and Elora dodged an attack from a Lantern Rhynoc, before delivering a kick to take it down, Spyro lit the next light before rejoining them, where they jumped over the gap that was in front of them and let Elora punch the Mosquito that was in their way in the face as Ember tripped up and smashed the Slingshot Rhynoc that was near it... before they sighed as they found a path leading right to Moneybags, who was guarding a large ornate door, though the two Alligators that were in front of him fell to Spyro flaming them.

"This door is jammed shut. Only the power of gems, can hope to move it." Moneybags stated, showing that he had also been ensnared by the haiku enchantment and that he was still up to his old ways, trying to force them to give him the gems that they had acquired so they could move forward through the realm that they were currently exploring, though at the same time there was a smirk on his face that indicated that he believed he finally had them and that they had no choice but to give him the gems that would allow him to open the door.

Spike quickly smiled in return, something that stalled the bear for a few seconds, before he focused his mind and let his magic roll over the door that was in their way, where all four of them could see Moneybags looking worried about what he was doing, which was followed by a clicking sound being heard as the door opened and revealed the area that was just beyond it, much to the bear's surprise, as he was switching between Spike and the door with shock on his face, showing that he was shocked by what he had done and was speechless as a result.

"Nice try, Moneybags, but you can't pull one over on us." Spike commented, where Moneybags was flabbergasted by what was going on, as the fact that he was speaking normally, and not in haikus like everyone else in the realm, was the breaking point for the bear, which was the moment that he tapped the symbol that came with the spell he had cast on all four of them earlier, "Oh, and we have an enchantment to counter the spell on this realm, so we don't have to speak in haikus like you and the Fireflies."

Moneybags said nothing as Spyro and Ember struck him with a combined fire breath combo, flaming his rear in a few seconds and sending him over the edge of the area that they were standing in, before the group smiled for a moment, as they were pleased to deal with the bear once more, just like they had done all of the other times they had encountered him during this adventure, and then focused on what was in front of them. On the other side of the door they found one of the Lantern Rhynocs that happened to be waiting for some enemies to overcome the door, though Spike threw up a quick barrier and blocked the incoming attack for a second, allowing Elora to rush past his defenses and punch their foe in the face, dropping a gem in the process as they focused on the rest of the area that they were in. The first thing that they did was smash the four straw baskets that were around where the door was resting and then, once those couple of gems were picked up, they jumped down onto a broken bridge that would have brought them to the next patch of land that was resting along the path that they happened to be following. There was a Mosquito resting at the end of the bridge, between them and the patch of land, so what they did was split their focus for a moment as Ember hardened her body and quickly smashed the Mosquito into the edge of the bridge with her tail, allowing Spyro, Spike, and Elora to jump over to where a Slingshot Rhynoc was standing, who barely had time to load its weapon when it realized that they were coming towards it and fell when Spyro charged right into its chest. From there they walked over the other bridge that was connected to the patch of land and found that it brought them to the backside of the cottage that rested in the middle of the realm, though they had to take out an Alligator and a Slingshot Rhynoc that were near the wooden door, where the former fell to a quick burst of fire from Spike as the latter collapsed after being kicked in the back of the head by Elora.

Once those two enemies were taken care of they found that the exit portal was nearby, meaning they had reached the end of the realm, and that there happened to be another wooden ladder to their right that would take them up to the area that the fourth candle was resting in, but before they did anything one of the Fireflies jumped down to where they were standing and produced an egg.

"You are brave, dragons. Far braver than I, by far." the Firefly said, revealing that he was amazed by what the four of them were able to do, even if he was speaking about the siblings and not Elora, due to the whole haiku enchantment that was on the realm at the moment, before he gestured to the egg he was currently holding for a moment as he placed it on the ground, "Here, take this darn egg."

Before the siblings for Elora could say anything, or even acknowledge what the Firefly had done, he turned to the side and headed through the exit portal, where Spike took a few moments to make sure the egg was correct before sending it off to the Dragon Realms, before Spyro headed up the wooden ladder that was nearby and lit the next candle, something that was followed by the sound of a large door opening. The group had to determine that the door was likely the front of the cottage, which was near the start of the realm, even if they hadn't found the path to that area, before Spike spotted a platform that was near the structure that Spyro was in and made sure his brother knew about it, which was when the three of them watched as he glided over to the area in question and revealed a path they could take. As such the three of them climbed up the wooden ladder, or just jumped up to the opening in Elora's case, and then glided over to the patch of ground that Spyro was standing on, before discovering that there was another wooden ladder that needed to be climbed up to reach the top of the tree that was behind it. From there they found that they had to glide over to a few more trees to move along the path that they were currently following, where a split eventually revealed itself, as one of them had to glide over to a tree on their right to collect the key to the locked chest they had seen earlier while the others glided over to the tree on their left to find another egg, so Spike went over to the latter with Spyro and Ember as Elora collected the key they had been looking for. A few moments later, after looking over the egg for any damage, Spike used his Teleportation Breath to send it back home and then they moved once more, returning to where the locked chest was located and made sure to open it with the key that Elora recovered, allowing them to pick up the gems that had been inside it, before turning around and heading back to the area that the exit portal was resting in.

When the group reached the exit portal a few moments later they headed through the path on their left and found out something interesting, it brought them to the front door of the house and they discovered a portal beyond it, before finding a second portal beyond it that was designed in the manner of Sheila's portal, meaning they might be helping one of their new friends in the near future, but first they stopped in front of the Firefly that was in front of the door's portal, so they could learn what he wanted them to do.

"The tea lamps are lit! Now I'll tell you the secret, of what's in this house." the Firefly stated, where the group felt that the structures the lights had been in were lanterns and not tea lamps, but it wasn't their place to correct the Firefly and as such they remained silent as he explained things to them, because they were interested in hearing what sort of trial or foe they had to overcome, "A creepy wizard, lives inside, but hates the light. He has awoken! He swore to destroy, whoever lights the tea lamps. Better you than me!"

The group glanced at each other for a moment, because if it was a wizard that they would be facing Spike would be able to overcome the magic that would be used against them, to which they headed through the portal and quickly found that they were on the inside of the house not a few seconds later, where it wasn't hard to locate the wizard that was going to be their enemy for the next couple of minutes. The wizard was a tall Rhynoc that was wearing a dark green robe, with light green moons and stars resting all over the material, but as he got up, since the Firefly insisted on referring to it as a guy, they discovered something that was rather disappointing, the wizard was throwing bombs at them, trying to blow them up so he could return to his nap. Spike frowned as they discovered that, because he had been a little eager to see what their foe had up his sleeves, in terms of magical power, but once he saw the bombs he focused his mind for a few seconds and found that the 'wizard' really didn't have a shred of magic in him, rather the only magic that he could feel was the power that the Sorceress used to make him, causing him to just sit down as he started to blast some of the bombs out of the air with his Arcane Missiles. Spyro dodged some of the other bombs and flamed down the various Alligators that were coming out to fight them, who didn't drop gems for them to collect, while Ember hardened her entire body and just whacked the bombs back at the wizard with her tail, leaving Elora to shift back to her Spring Jump Form, which allowed her to jump over to where the wizard was standing, as he was in the middle of the chamber and was surrounded by a good bit of water, so she could punch him in the side of his face before using his chest as a base so she could launch herself back to where Spike was sitting at the moment.

As it turned out the wizard didn't have any other tactics than what they had seen during the first few moments of the battle, so it didn't take the group all that long to bring down the wizard and caused him to collapse on the platform that he had been standing on, allowing them to claim an egg that he was apparently guarding and let Spike send it back to the Dragon Realms, before they returned to the main portion of the realm and then headed into Sheila's portal, where they quickly found her standing near one of the walls, only for her to move in front of them, once she noticed that she had some company at long last.

"This swamp smells so sweet! The springtime trees are fragrent." Sheila said, where she paused for a moment, as she definitely seemed like she was at a loss for words as to what she was supposed to say to complete the haiku that she had been forced to start speaking in, though that was quickly before she determined what the last line could be, even if Spike was considering using the spell on her as well, "I'm off to kick butt!"

"How about this?" Spike inquired, where he quickly cast the spell on Sheila and they watched as the symbol appeared on her vest for a moment, where she stared down at it for a moment and then glanced back up to him, showing that she had no idea what he had done and wasn't sure what she should even say in response to what just happened, "There, you should be able to speak normally, instead of being forced to speak in haikus all the time."

"Amazing. I'm not bound to the enchantment anymore!" Sheila stated, where she was surprised by the fact that Spike was telling the truth, almost like she had doubted that such a thing was even possible, before she glanced at him and the rest of the group for a moment as she recalled what she had seen during the battle they had been in, "Is there anything the four of you can't do?"

"Oh, we're sure there are things we can't do, but most of it we haven't discovered yet," Spyro replied, though for the most part he knew that he and his siblings couldn't do anything that Sheila and Sgt. Byrd could do, and he couldn't forget about the limitations he, Spike, and Ember were bound by due to their age, since they were young dragons, "I'm sure that we'll find something else we can't do at some point in the future."

"Well, I'll take your word for it." Sheila said, showing that she understood what he was telling her, even though she noticed that his siblings agreed with what she was saying, before she glanced at the portal that was behind her for a few seconds as she considered something about the area she was heading to, "Anyway, I'm sure you know this, but don't let the Fireflies know you've done this, as they'll be very unhappy with the four of you, regardless of who did the deed... but, at the same time, I might need some assistance in the area behind me, since I have no idea what's waiting for me in this part of the swamp."

The group nodded their heads and followed Sheila through the portal that was behind her, where they quickly found themselves in an area that almost looked like some ruins, even though they appeared to be in great shape, and there were some boulders that were in their way, ones that were quickly smashed by Sheila hitting them with her feet or Ember using her hardened tail on them, as well as a straw basket that was crushed with a charge from Spyro, before they found two Fireflies resting in the next area they were heading towards.

"We have bombs here." the Firefly on the left said, informing the group that there was a reason that the two of them were carrying around explosives, which they only now saw since they were rather small and were carried in their pockets for some odd reason, but they said nothing as the individual told them what was going on, "We must destroy the egg cage! But we just go boom. Kangaroo can help. You can clear the path for us. Will Sheila help us?"

Sheila didn't say anything except nod her head, to which the Firefly that had spoken declared, in haiku, that it was now 'bombing time', before he jumped out into the area that was behind him and started to follow a path that seemed to be rather important to him, though just as he started to do that Sheila followed after him and jumped into the air to smash some of the tall mushrooms into the ground, so they didn't block the way. At the same time Ember used her hardened tail to smash the couple of boulders that were in their way as Spyro and Spike gathered the various gems that were on the ground, be they laying on the ground, laying on some of the structures that were near them, or in some straw baskets and metallic vases, leaving Elora to look all over the area as she kept an eye out for enemies, even though that let her locate some hidden areas that Sheila could smash with her legs once the eggs had been rescued. It took them some time to get the first Firefly to the other side of the area that they were in, due to the path that he seemed to be following and the fact that there were some things for the siblings to smash to get the gems, before he finally delivered the bomb to the cage and freed the first of the two eggs that were in this area, allowing them to return to where the other Firefly was waiting so they could do the entire thing all over again. Spike made sure to put the first egg down before they followed the other Firefly back out into the area that they had cleared, watching Sheila smash the rest of the mushrooms into the ground as she followed the individual they were helping out, where the siblings realized that there wasn't much for them to do this time around, before the second cage was broken wide open, allowing Elora to show Sheila the side areas she had seen so she could locate the gems that were resting in this area.

After a few more minutes Sheila and Elora came to a stop as they realized that they had all of the gems that were in this area and regrouped with the siblings, where Spyro, Spike, Ember, and Elora headed back to the main part of Spooky Swamp and headed for the exit portal, so they could head to Bamboo Terrace and finish off the last of the realms that were in Midday Gardens, before heading for the next homeworld at long last.