Chapter 7
Roughly another 2 minutes later.
The wind howled outside the windows. Flynn stayed inside the cockpit located near the front of the ship. Alex was busy tinkering away on a small blue machine in the centre of the room while Chill was throwing her javelin in the air with one had and catching it with another.
"That should do it" said Alex as the machine whirled back to life.
"Impressive. It would take an army of the techies back at the Island at least an hour to fix. Then again, they never work their best on this ship. There's just something about it that brings them down".
With that, Flynn left to pilot the ship again.
"Well, it's done now. Anyway, now you can answer a few of my questions. Why do the others keep calling me a sprite? Why was there all that scrap back there? And what exactly is Flynn?"
"Flynn is a Mabu. I'm surprised that you didn't know that, but then again, there mustn't be any where you're from. Second, Skylands is full of remains of robots. They were known as the Arkeyans. 10,000 years ago, they ruled Skylands, until their king was defeated by our very own giants" replied Chill.
"Wait," Alex exclaimed "there are giants?"
"Yes, now don't interrupt me again if you want your questions answered. Anyway, once the king was gone, the Arkeyans fell silent. Few remained whole, let alone functional. Most have since been destroyed, mainly by the Skylanders as they were a threat to peace, or left locked up somewhere. Three of them are now Skylanders, Chop Chop, Magna Charge and Drill sergeant. The fourth is used to clear debris from islands now populated by Mabu. Finally, sprites are beings who can harness the power of one element. Most of them come from the north. In case you didn't notice, I'm a sprite".
"That answered my next question. Ok, just two more. You keep referring to elements and Skylanders, like its common knowledge. What are they?"
"Right, there are 8 elements. Long ago, Skylands was created by 8 mystical beings, the first elementals known as the benevolent ancients. They created everything from portals to sheep. Each created an element in their name. Air, Earth, Fire, Life, Magic, Tech, Undead and Water. I harness my power from the water element, but others take their power from a different element. Occasionally, some beings are able to take their power from more than 1 element, sometimes all 8, like Spyro, the dragon we saw earlier. Skylanders are heroes who use their powers to help those in danger, commanded by a portal master. Right now, the portal master is master Eon, the one were going to see" Chill lectured.
"Portal masters?" asked Alex.
"My gods, the questions are never ending. Fine, but this is the last one, we're nearly there. Portal masters are born with their powers, able to make portals do nearly anything. The rest of us use them for transport only. A portal master can be good, like Eon or evil like Kaos. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ASKING ABOUT HIM RIGHT NOW. Anyway; they have all sorts of powers, as they can fully harness every element. Not even Spyro can do that. Portal masters on their own are powerful, but with a portal, they can be near impossible to stop. No more questions, we're here now" Chill answered.
Alex looked out the window, to see an island rapidly approaching. A voice yelled from the intercom "Next stop, Core of Light Island".