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// Boom Town 
// Story: Skylanders X MLP 
// by Skylander545 
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Zap and the two Trap Masters travelled throughout Ponyville to inform the others that the call for action has come once again. While Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash handled the EQGs in informing them, they would handle rounding up the others. Zap turned to the two, "Follow me, I know where they would be at this hour."

Snap Shot asked, "How long have you been here?" Zap replied, "Two or three years so far." They went to Applejack's stand where both Terrafin and Applejack are and Zap spoke,

"The Call has come." Applejack responded, "A call to action? Right now?" 

Terrafin called out, "Yo Big Mac, Applejack and I are being called to action. Can you watch over the stand?" Applejack's brother looked at the Dirt Shark, "Eeyup." 

Applejack realized and said, "Now lets see what in the hay this call is about."

Zap replied, "Flynn's hometown is under attack.....and I believe that Count Moneybone is involved in this."

Terrafin spoke, "Grim Creeper is gonna love this." Zap replied, "He will like to give that snotty rich skeleton a bit of payback."

Applejack spoke, "Lets round up the others and git to the train station."

Snap Shot spoke, "We already have Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash searching for a group known as EQGs. You know them?"

Terrafin replied, "Some of the Mane-6's human counterparts from a different dimension, there were seven of them until five others found their way here through the Multiverse Portal, four of the EQGs are human Skylanders."

Gusto realized, "It has been a strange time."

Applejack replied, "Spike had to find a gem that belonged to a fellow variant. We had a first encounter with them."

Terrafin added, "It turned out well, they became our allies. Kaos managed to accidently bring the seven into our dimension and soon enough they been here ever since."

Snap Shot realized, "Now that's quite the story."

Zap nodded and said, "Let's go find the others." They soon set off to search for the others as fast as they can before they had to go to Canterlot. The Trap Masters saw most of the EQGs led by Legendary Spyro and Rainbow Dash until they noticed that there are five extra EQGs. Snap Shot asked Terrafin,

"I thought you said that there were seven?" Terrafin realized, "Well, I left the part of the other five out. Lets just say that some of the DNA of four others, myself included merged with theirs."

Gusto asked, "What about the fifth one...the orange fiery one?"

Terrafin replied, "She was like the other seven, natives of that universe with her power awakened by the Soul Gem Conflict."

Applejack spoke, "But right now, we should spread the news to Grim Creeper....Ah reckon that he has unfinished business with Moneybone." 

Terrafin nodded, "Ah reckon, he does." They moved to an old crypt on the outskirts of Ponyville where Grim Creeper set up as his home and they surprisingly found Grim sitting cross-legged with his scythe by his side and his eyes closed. In front of a miniature statue of some sort of Crypt Guardian with a giant sword, Snap Shot and Gusto knew exactly what that statue really is. Snap Shot spoke,

"Crikey, that's....that's Krypt King, the Undead Trap Master." Grim Creeper opened his eyes and turned his head towards the group as he said,

"I knew already that it is Krypt King, just like I know that you are the Trap Masters."

Gusto asked, "How did you find him?" Grim stood up, "He was here when I was moving in. Ever since then, I have meditated in front of him, listening to him telepathically." His ghostly aura glows as the reaper senses the Trap Master, "He says that the time for freedom has come." 
Grim Creeper pointed his scythe to the frozen Trap Master and fired a beam of energy which the statue absorbed and started to grow. The statue grew to a life size version and the Trap Master, Krypt King started to free himself as he smashed through his statue cocoon. He busted out and fell on one knee with his giant Traptanium Sword to support him. Krypt King looked at Grim Creeper,

"Thank you for sensing my calls. But being frozen seems to weaken my strength for a bit." Grim nodded, "I know how that feel when being frozen." Snap Shot mentioned, "Come to think of it, I did feel weak when I was freed." 
Krypt King noticed the Crocagator, "Snap Shot? You are here as well?" Snap Shot nodded, "That armor doesn't play tricks on you because it is me, Gusto is here as well."
Krypt King nodded as he stood up, "I may be weakened but my strength will return in time. But I knew for a fact that we landed in Equestria."

Applejack spoke, "Well yer well-informed." Krypt King sheathed his blade, "It was because of my telepathic communication with Grim Creeper which made me find out."

Terrafin spoke to Grim Creeper, "Hey Grim, Count Moneybone is at large again and this time he's attacking Flynn's hometown. Ready to give him payback?"

Grim Creeper's ghostly aura turned from blue to red at the mention of Moneybone's name, "I'm ready."

Gusto spoke, "We should go see the Princesses, they rule this land and we have to turn in our Traptanium Crystals." Krypt King acknowledged this and began walking with the group towards the Train Station where the others were waiting for them. 

 After arriving in Canterlot, the team moved towards the castle and entered it through the travelers entrance when they always see ponies and Mabu coming and going when they want to use the two portals. But on a 'Call to Action' its a time when the travelers entrance because an observer entrance and using the portals is temporarily restricted. As they entered the portal chamber, they saw Celestia, Luna, and Master Eon waiting for them. The Royal Sisters saw the three Trap Masters in the group as Snap Shot approached,

"Are you the Portal Masters that we answer to?"

Celestia replied, "Yes, we are. You must be the Trap Masters that we were told about."

Snap Shot took out his Traptanium Crystal while Gusto and Krypt King did the same, "You should have this. Its my Traptanium Crystal. It was used to trap villains, but we are now passing them on to you and your sister." Celestia smiled as she and Luna accepted the three Crystals. Master Eon smiled,

"A Trap Masters loyalty is the most powerful thing you can behold." They nodded as Eon informed the Skylanders, 

"We've called you here because, The Evil Count Moneybone, Lord of the Mountain of Malefor has created a Clockwork Army. He is now plotting something terrible starting with what happened earlier today. Behold." The Portal of Power sprang to life as it took the image of Flynn's hometown as the mayor spoke,

"Today is a very special day in the history of Boom Town..." They noticed Cali whispering to Hugo about the ceremony going straight to Flynn's head as the mayor continued, "We are here to celebrate one of Skylands' most amazing heroes." They heard Hugo whisper that it would be great to see where Flynn grew up. The mayor continued, "From this day forth, the first day of Spring shall forever be known as...."

Wash Buckler spoke, "Let me guess, 'Flynn Day?" The mayor shouted, "Flynn Day!" The Swap Force Skylander proclaimed that he must be psychic as a joke as the Portal continued on with the unveiling of the Golden Statue of Flynn. Flynn did his pose, "Boom! Pretty good likeness you think?"

All of a sudden, the Statue fell to the ground like a tree going timber. As a coffin took the statue's place, it opened as Count Moneybone emerged. The very sight of him caused Grim Creeper to show his red aura again.

"What's this? A Welcoming Party? For me?" said Moneybone. Flynn spoke, "Not so fast, chief. Autograph line starts back there." The skeleton spoke, "Oh, forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Count Moneybone, Lord of the Undead and I accept your surrender." Flynn asked, "You and whose army?"

With the stomp of his staff, the Clockwork Army was now rising up and terrorizing Boom Town. Flynn, Cali and Hugo were surrounded as Moneybone said, "Now that That is settled, I really must be off. But not before taking a few parting gifts." He looks at the statue, "That Statue will look nice in my garden." He snapped his fingers and the statue disappeared as Flynn spoke, "My Solid Gold Statue!" Moneybone eyes Cali, "Say, has anyone ever told you that you would look marvelous undead?" He zaps her with his staff as she turns into an zombie. She followed Moneybone into the coffin as he closes it. Hugo told Flynn,

"We got to go after him!" Flynn looked at the robots, "I think we need a little help first." Flynn realized as he looks up, "Princesses, We need the Skylanders!!"

The Skylanders heard the call as Celestia and Luna told Grim Creeper and Spyro to go. 

 At the Sky Docks, on the outskirts of town, Grim Creeper and Spyro emerged in a flash of light as a Mabu ran up and said,

"Skylanders, the Sky Docks are under attack!" Spyro asked, "What happened?" The Mabu replied, "These Ships came out of nowhere! Some people are even saying they're coming straight out of Boom Town. Something must have happened up there, but we can't get through all these machines to help!"

Grim Creeper asked, "How do we get to Boom Town?" 
The Mabu spoke, "Just keep on following the docks. Once you crossed the bridge, you're almost there." The Mabu ran to safety as Grim Creeper ran through the docks as a bunch of robotic chompies attacked, but they were no match for him as he used his scythe to take a bunch of them down. 

He swapped to Spyro as the War Hero destroyed many of the robots and assisted the Mabu in dealing with their robot trouble. Spyro was about to jump across a damaged bridge until a cannonball from one of the airships destroyed the bridge causing him to fall. 

Spyro had a soft landing, thanks to his wings as a female Mabu asked, "Are you hurt?" 
Spyro replied, "Only a few scrapes and burns, but the fall was nothing serious." He passed by the Mabu as he continued upward to the destroyed bridge and thankfully, he was on the side he wanted to be on. 

Spyro continued upwards to get to the gates of town as he came across the female Mabu as she said, "Good Work, I think we're safe....for now." Grim Creeper appeared nest to Spyro, "Are these the gates to town?" The Mabu nodded, "Yes, they are. The robots boarded the gate up before you got here. There is a bomb on that ship behind you." Grim Creeper grabbed the bomb as he placed in front of the door as he yelled,

"FIRE IN THE HOLE!!" The Bomb exploded destroying the boarded up gate as it opened to the bridge to Boom Town. 

 As Grim Creeper and Spyro entered Boom Town, they were greeted by the Mayor of Boom Town. He spotted them, "Ah Skylanders, Welcome to Boom Town. Home of Flynn, Skylands' most Awesome Hero." Spyro whispered, "If not, the most clumsiest." 

The Mayor caught on, "True, Flynn can be Clumsy at times, but his stand at the Battle of Capybara Island was most Legendary." He added, "It was his choices to call you to assist in driving off the invaders. I'd like to give you a tour, but...well let's see..." He pointed over to the destroyed docks, "The Western Docks are... completely destroyed. But not to worry! We have our top construction crew on the job!" He pointed to the museum building, 

"Our museum is still standing. We have the greatest collection of Skylander History and assorted hats in all of Skylands. Flynn was very pleased to see it still standing. He says that he wouldn't be complete without something that reminds him of you guys."
He pointed to the Dread-Yacht still fitted with the same upgrades that was provided at Woodburrow during the Eruption Incident, "Flynn has his Legendary Warship stationed at our remaining dock. The upgrades it received from the Cloudbreak Islands were going to be removed....but Flynn refused to remove any upgrades from his ship." Spyro shrugged, "Well, it is HIS Ship." The Mayor pointed to the Portal of Power,

"Your friends set up a portal in town so that they could call in new Skylanders to join the fight."

Spyro replied, "That's nice, but we need to speak to Flynn, plus with that Portal in town, We need to bring the Princesses here." The Mayor pointed to the Town Center, "He's currently talking with his assistant in the Town Center." The two Skylanders went to the town center where they saw Flynn and Hugo looking at a destroyed robot that attacked. Flynn noticed Spyro, "Hey Spyro, man, you finally made it!" 

Spyro smiled, "Flynn, its good to see your hometown for the first time." He looked at the robot, "You used a crowbar on that?" Flynn pulled out the crowbar with a piece of tech on it, "Yeah." Spyro laughed, "Trademark weapon then." Flynn then said, "I should've used my crowbar on that old bag of bones before he had the nerve to wreck my town and make off with my incredibly handsome new statue!" 

Grim Creeper showed his Red Aura again as the pilot noticed, "Grim, you're red..." Spyro calmed him down as he spoke, "Grim's been that way ever since Moneybone defeated him on New Year's Eve." Flynn realized, "Guess you got a 'Bone' to pick with him." Grim Creeper replied as he returned to his Blue Aura, "Pretty much."

Hugo spoke, "You forgot about Cali, Flynn. And we don't know how to open this door to go after them. The only clue we have to go on are these broken down machines that you pulled a crowbar on." Grim Creeper placed his hand on the machine and swept it across as he pulled it back and saw a familiar dust on his hand, "The robots are covered with Fairy Dust." 

Hugo realized, "If its true, then something must be going on with the Fairies in the Ancient Woods!" 
Flynn spoke, "I'll prep the ship, you might want to bring the Princesses here. That trick with the crystals won't work anymore, so its like your normal calls to action. Except they would be calling you in Skylands itself." Spyro joked, "Flynn, your genius is showing." Flynn panicked, "Where!?" 

Spyro laughed, "Made you look!" Flynn embarrassingly said, "Real funny, Spyro." He walked to the docks saying, "Playing a joke on me in my hometown. I'll get you back one day."

Hugo spoke, "Now that we've got evidence of Fairy Dust. We better bring the Princesses here and guide you and the others."

Grim Creeper shouted, "Princesses Celestia and Luna, we need you in Skylands!" The Boom Town Portal erupted as the Royal Sisters emerged in all their splendor. Almost every Mabu in the town halted in their presence. The Mayor even stuttered saying, "Your Highnesses, its....a...pleasure most rare. Flynn has....spoke very highly of you two.....and your assistances."

Celestia smiled, "I guess that a Welcome was in order."
Luna noticed, "Although some areas were damaged due to that attack." 

After hearing them speak, the Mayor just fainted like a clumsy ox. Grim Creeper looked at the KO'd Mayor as he said, "Somebody get a stretcher."