This is something I've been thinking on for a while. Let me know what you think.

Skylanders belongs to Activision, but I hope you already knew that.

Skylanders Awakening: The First Adventure

Prologue: Shooting Stars, Blazing Skies

The woman in red stood up on the roof of her cottage, watching as the purple night sky lit up orange in several streaks. The streaks covered the whole sky, and they only let up in short intervals. The wind picked up as each streak passed, picking up her red skirt each time. Voices carried themselves through the air, crying for help and assistance.

Something wasn't right.

And she had expected it might happen for a long time.

"Mom! What's going on!?" a voice shouted from below.

The woman in red climbed down the ladder and back onto the grass. Her daughter, covered in a black sweatshirt with the hood up, ran straight for her. She could see her fear in her hazel eyes. Her daughter was hardly close to adulthood. While she had been taught of the possibility of this strange event many times over, she was more optimistic in believing that it would never pass.

"Magic has returned to Earth," the woman in red explained. "I believe that the connections are healing themselves once more."

"But the screaming! It's so unbearable! Has something bad happened?"

So her daughter could hear the screaming, too? The woman in red had always hoped that her daughter might be spared from that burden. Was this what the Ancients wanted from them?

"I believe there's been an awakening," the woman in red decided. "Do you feel something inside you? A possible connection, maybe?"

"I do," her daughter replied.

The woman in red shifted through her pockets, pulling out two items. The first was a slip of paper, carefully folded in half. The other was a pendant, of sorts. The pendant was circular, with runes carved into it. The center now glowed in various colors, roaring back to life as it had when she had first found it long ago.

"You'll need this to move between the worlds," the woman in red explained as she set the pendant around her daughter's neck. "You can't summon your magic without it."

"Isn't this yours?" her daughter asked.

"It's yours now. I want you to have it."

Her daughter nodded, tucking it away into her sweatshirt.

The woman in red suddenly felt a shake against the wall of the cottage. Someone had caught up to her. Looking for the pendant, no doubt. She had to make sure they didn't find her daughter.

"You must follow the path of the streaks, searching until you find the name on this list. He is the one that has been trusted with leading the protectors in the absence of a great master. You must find him, and locate the other heroes in order to prevent the calamity," the woman in red explained.

"B-By myself?" her daughter asked. "But why can't you-"

"I'll only get in the way. I've taught you enough to take care of yourself, haven't I?"

"I suppose."

"You have to get going now. Don't stop until you find that name, got it?"

"Promise you'll be right behind me?"

She didn't think she could. Regardless, she said, "I will be. Now go."

Her daughter nodded, running into the woods. The woman in red watched her go, waiting until she disappeared from view altogether. She walked around the side of the house, following the wall to the front door. She walked inside, pausing as she noticed the disturbance. Her books and notes had been scattered across the floor. Her tables and desks sat in pieces on the tiles. Her relics shattered on the ground, with Earth's secret history now lost within them.

And the culprit sat in the middle of the destruction. They were no more than a shadow, the tampering with broken magic manipulating their form. They were no longer man or woman, or even close to human. The only thing that poked out of their shade were two glowing green eyes that watched and scanned.

Waiting for her.

"I don't have what you're looking for," the woman announced.

"But it is around here, isn't it?" the shadow asked, their voice echoing in unfamiliar cadences.

"I thought you'd have your own gateway by now."

"Don't underestimate me. I have my methods. But my current methods lack the necessary power to move around the way I'd like."

"I'm almost surprised that you're telling me of your shortcomings."

The shadow hovered close to her, stepping right in front of her face. They smelled of smoke and ash, as well as a strange substance that could only come from the stars.

"That's because you know that you can no longer get away. Isn't that right?"

The woman in red held her stern countenance. Her throat ran dry. Her palms grew sweaty. Her heart pounded in her chest. Her body was trying to give away her fear, and she fought with everything she had in order to appear fearless.

"That's right."

The shadow chuckled. "Now tell me," they began, "Where can I find the leader of the Skylanders?"