A/N: According to the Skylanders Trap Team Game Guide, the four stoneheads on Know-It-All Island are called Knuckleheads. Just thought you'd all like to know. :)

Chapter 2: What The Knuckleheads Said

Flynn landed his ship and Rachel and Jamie jumped off. "Thanks, Flynn," said Rachel. "We'll be back in a bit."

"No problem-o," he said. "I'll be here, although I may take a look around. This place is pretty sweet, in a calm sort of way."

The cousins laughed lightly and quickly got the nearby gate opened and took off, finding the first Knucklehead rather quickly. "Hello, Portal Masters," he said. "There are no villains that have escaped prison yet."

"Yes, Knucklehead," said Rachel.

"We're here about something else," Jamie said. "You guys know all the history of Skylands, right?"

The Knucklehead smiled. "All the way back to when Master Eon became the guardian of Skylands," he said. "What do you want to know?"

Rachel took a deep breath. "Who is Claudia?" she asked.

The Knucklehead was quiet for a minute before looking at them and clearing his throat. "I tell you about Claudia," he said. "Claudia was strong in mind, to friends she was kind, until one day she came back, and both did she lack."

The Knucklehead then went to sleep, leaving the cousins to look at each other with confusion. "Both did she lack," said Jamie. "What does that mean?"

"Strong in mind and kind to her friends," said Rachel. "She stopped being kind one day?"

They looked at each other and Jamie shrugged. "I think we need a bit more information," he said. "Let's find the next one."

They did so and listened to the next Knucklehead. "Two lives she did live, and her vow did she give, but something bad she hid within, a battle where she would not win," he said to them.

Jamie had pulled out a notebook from his backpack and wrote down what the Knucklehead had told them and what the first one had said.

"Sounds like they were talking about her life," he said.

"Two lives she did live," said Rachel. "I wonder what other life she had?"

Jamie shrugged. "Maybe it was like us," he said. "We live two lives, our lives on Earth and being Portal Masters."

Rachel looked at Jamie in shock. "Jamie, I think that's it," she said to him. "That's the reason I came to Skylands to ask our friends about Claudia. In one of the other pictures, she had something in her hand. I think it was a Skylander figure."

"Claudia was a Portal Master?" he asked.

"Maybe," said Rachel. "Come on, let's find the third Knucklehead."

They rode the steam jets up to higher ground and found the third Knucklehead sleeping, but he gave a snort of surprise when Rachel gently nudged him and Jamie laughed, which woke up the groggy information keeper who smiled gently before answering their question.

"One day, true colors were shown, and harsher than any wind had blown, in exchange for her friends she gave, she was granted the power she craved."

Leaving the Knucklehead to sleep, Rachel looked over what Jamie had written down. "This sounds like Claudia was a traitor," she said. "But, power she craved? That doesn't make sense."

"We don't really have powers as Portal Masters," said Jamie.

"Wait, we do," said his cousin. "It's Portal Master power. It's not like lightning or fire like our Skylanders have, but we have power to help them, to encourage them on."

"True," said the boy. "But what kind of power did she crave?"

"Maybe the power her partner had?" Rachel guessed. "Who was her partner anyway?"

With a lot of questions now, Jamie led the way to the last Knucklehead, who told them this:

"A traitor sided with Kaos, and to Skylands it was a grave loss, over time the story changed has been, so bonds can be formed again."

Rachel shook her head as she and Jamie headed back to Flint's ship. "Well, that told us Claudia was a traitor, but why would the story be changed over time?" Rachel asked.

"So bonds can be formed again?" said Jamie. "What bonds did that Stonehead mean?"

Rachel shrugged and they were quiet for a bit until Jamie remembered something. "Hey, Mags told me about the old Archives that are under the Academy," he said. "She was looking to invent a device to store all the written history in. She's still working on it, but maybe we can check those books. If the Knuckleheads knew, I bet it was written down too."

Rachel nodded. "Okay," she said. "But our partners can't know we're back yet."

"Mags showed me a secret entrance from the library," said Jamie. "We could use the transport beams."

His cousin nodded. "Let's do it."

Hmm. More mysteries. Read on!

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