Spyro was sitting on the large green chair in front Eon's table. The dragon has been sitting there for a few minutes and started to get bored. He scratched the armrest with his claw until realizing that he was leaving marks and stopped. He soon heard the doors of the office open and Eon's spirit floating towards his own chair to sit down and face the Skylander.

"You wanted to speak to me?" Eon asked his most loyal follower curiously.

"Yeah, I probably should have asked earlier but I didn't get the chance." Spyro had a slight smile as he looked at the ghost of his father figure. "I have been trying to figure out what this transformation thing that happened some months ago is about."

"You mean your awakening?" Eon clearly remembered the day Spyro barged into the room to go on about it for hours before the spirit titled the transformation as an awakening.

"Yes, exactly!" Spyro thought of the day he stood up to the Doom Raiders and teleported them all back to the prison in a matter of seconds after awakening. "I have been trying everything! Training, meditating, even reenacting the situation, but I didn't feel anything."

Eon was silent for a moment and tried to find the right words to ease the dragon's mind. "It is possible that you can only awaken when it's truly necessary." The former leader started to explain. "You were in a life and death situation and you were ready to risk it all to save your allies. There is something inside of you that's far more powerful than you realize, Spyro."

Spyro felt flattered even though that's nothing he hasn't heard before. "You keep telling me I'm special, and I may be the leader of the Skylanders, but I'm just like everyone else here."

"You're wrong." Strangely, Eon disagreed with the humble statement of the Magic Skylander. "You are not like everyone else. And they are not like each other either."

Eon looked outside of his window, which Spyro followed, to look at the Skylanders outside spending time together and enjoying themselves. "You are all unique and special in your own ways, even if you don't feel like it, you are always capable of more than you dare to believe."

Spyro looked back at Eon and smiled once more. A more genuine smile this time. He was surprised to see the spirit suddenly stand up and position himself in front of Spyro.

"I want to show you something." Eon told the dragon as he rose and looked up to see the old man's eyes.

Eon moved his staff in front of him and positioned his other hand over the blue orb on top of it. It glowed in a radiant light, so bright that Spyro had to cover his eyes. As soon as the light faded, Eon reached out with his open hand. Spyro saw a small white orb hovering on top of the ghost's palm, still glowing in a pure white light.

"What is that?" Spyro was in awe and stared at the mysterious object with big eyes.

"It's an Elemental Orb." Eon kept his eyes on the small circular relict as he recalled everything he knew about it. "An ancient artifact I kept for ages. There are orbs for each one of the elements in Skylands, this one is the Orb of Light."

Spyro wanted to touch it by slowly reaching out for it before Eon quickly pulled away.

"A being of another element cannot touch the orb. The effect of any contact is extremely dangerous and could lead to devastating destruction." Eon wanted to make the dangers of the object clear and firmly told Spyro that he could not touch it.

"Why do you have it then?" Spyro asked.

"Back in the day, before any of you were even born, there were threats that overpowered us, nearly destroying the Skylands." The Skylanders knew of the old tales of forces like the Darkness, but they never heard about the details from Eon. "In case the Core of Light would fail, there were the Elemental Orbs which served as a last resort to defeat the evil. Luckily we never had to use them."

"Where are the other orbs?" Spyro had a feeling that Eon was hiding something and that there was a reason why he was telling him all of this now.

"We have lost them." Eon said with a heavy heart and even a hint of disappointment. "Even if we had to use them, the stones are scattered all across Skylands, similar to the Eternal Sources back when the core truly was destroyed." Eon paused once more and thought of his next words. "Spyro, there may have not been any threats recently and the Golden Queen does not require these kinds of measures, but I have a feeling that there is something far more dangerous out there." The spirit looked back at the Skylanders outside and was worried that there might be something that could endanger them. "All I ask of you is that you keep an eye out for any signs of the orbs. It's not urgent, just try to find them if you can."

"Of course, Master Eon." Spyro already looked forward to do something that could really help them defeat the evil in Skylands once and for all. "I will do what I can!"

The dragon was about to leave the office before Eon stopped him. "And Spyro." The dragon turned around. "Don't tell anyone about this."

Spyro didn't move for some seconds and wasn't sure why he would tell him that. The leader knew that those were forces beyond his control, so he didn't question Eon about it and just nodded before soaring out of the room.


On the nearby air balloon island, the Magic Trap Master Enigma patiently stood next to one of the several aircrafts, staring into the distance. He had already prepared everything for departure, but he was waiting for his companion to arrive. To his surprise, Knight Light suddenly fell from the sky and landed a few feet in front of the magician.

"Are you going on a mission?" The Light Skylander asked eagerly as he took a few steps forward.

"It's a private mission." Enigma answered shortly. "I'm just waiting for-" Before the Trap Master could finish his sentence, someone familiar just stepped onto the island. The sorcerer leaned to the side to see her behind Knight Light. "There she is."

The timelord Déjà Vu has agreed to join Enigma on his casual journey today. However, she was ten minutes late, which left the Trap Master quite irritated.

"I will never stop wondering how you, the only Skylander possessing time powers, manage to be late." Enigma addressed the Magic Skylander who approached the Trap Masters before standing next to Knight Light, who still didn't know what this was all about.

"I'm so sorry Enigma. I was busy finishing up several things at once and I tried helping myself with my past selves, but that didn't really work out." The sorceress was embarrassed, which the others could tell by the shape of her squinted eyes. "I could reverse the minutes I missed if you want."

"No, there's no need for that." Enigma immediately denied since he would rather not get stuck in a time paradox, which was quite possible with Déjà Vu. "Let's just get going."

The Magic Skylanders entered the air balloon Enigma prepared and were about to set off. "Ahem." Knight Light exclaimed a coughing sound before they could leave to get their attention. "Could I come along?"

"Why do you want to join us so badly?" Enigma really wasn't in the mood to have any excess travelers with him, so he tried to get rid of the angel as politely as possible.

"Well, as you may know I am currently under a lot of pressure because of my former superiors, and I would very much like to keep my wings." Knight Light reminded the hooded sorcerer of the knight's current situation. One of his former allies and member of the Guardians, Angelica, threatened to rid him of his wings if he didn't properly fulfill his role as a Skylander. Ever since that day, the Trap Master has been going on missions daily and doubled his training sessions. "I promise I won't bother you. It's just been a very quiet day, and this is the only mission I could find."

"Fine." Enigma finally gave in and allowed Knight Light to follow them. "But there's no more room in the balloon, you'll have to fly alongside us."

"That's fine by me." Knight Light proudly spread his wings and was ready to glide through the skies. "These beauties are the reason I'm doing this anyway."

Enigma sighed before finally taking off, with the angel always flying close by the sorcerers.


As the day went on and the Skylanders proceeded their missions, trained together or simply enjoyed the nice weather, Sprocket was as usual busy with her machines. However, this time it was more important than ever before. Her tracking machine recently located the Golden Queen by using one of the jewels Sprocket collected after their fight months ago. The engineer didn't know the exact location, only that it was on some distant deserted islands, similar to the Golden Queen's home. The Tech Skylander filled a bag with supplies which she needed for her journey and a small screen that replicated the villain's location from the device.

"All set." The Skylander told herself when she was done packing and ready to leave. She decided not to tell anyone about her discovery or journey, she wanted to take the Golden Queen down by herself. The goldling was worried that that might not be the smartest thing to do, but after their last encounter she just had a feeling that there was something more than just the common rivalry between Skylanders and Doom Raiders.

Before Sprocket could exit her room at the Academy, Smolderdash opened the door leading inside, almost running into the nervous engineer. "Sprocket, there you are! I have been looking all over for you."

Sprocket smiled awkwardly. Smolderdash was a good friend of hers, but she was hoping that no one would see her as she leaves for the journey. "Don't worry, I was just busy with some of my machines." She tried talking herself out of the truth and used the most obvious excuse.

"I see…" The Fire Skylander then directed her sight to the huge backpack on Sprocket's back. "Are you going somewhere?"

"Oh no, someone just asked me to bring them a backpack with supplies." Sprocket lied. She never liked to lie, but in that moment she didn't see any other way.

Smolderdash tilted her head to look behind the goldling. She saw the blinking machine and was curious as to what was displayed on the dark green screen. Before Sprocket could interfere, the fire being floated over to the device and observed it. She then took notice of the gem inside of it. It took Smolderdash a second to recognize it, but as soon as she did, she was very confused.

"Is that one of Golden Queen's gems?" Smolderdash took another look at it to make sure it really was said gem before facing Sprocket. "Why do you have that?"

"She lost it during the battle." Sprocket finally told the truth for once. "I thought I could make something valuable out of it." And yet another lie that hurt the Skylander's moral code.

Smolderdash stared at the monitor picturing a map with a glowing dot, indicating that it's located something. "Is that… a location machine?"

There was silence before Smolderdash's eyes widened and the Fire Skylander knew what this was about. "You found her!"

"Not so loud!" Sprocket let the bag from her back fall to the ground and approached the excited Skylander. "You weren't supposed to see this."

"Why not?" Smolderdash considered her friend's behavior very strange. "You located the Golden Queen, now we can finally catch her!"

"I don't want everyone to follow me there!" Sprocket finally told Smolderdash her true intentions. "I want to find and capture her on my own."

The Fire Skylander was silent for a second and not sure what to say. "But… why would you do that?" She couldn't figure out the reason for Sprocket's decision. "If a team went after her we could easily defeat her, but on your own…"

"I know it sounds insane and stupid, but I feel like I have to confront her on my own." Sprocket continued to explain herself. "When I fought her, she wasn't able to turn me into gold. Why is that? Everyone else becomes completely frozen by one touch." She has spent countless nights researching about goldlings and even the Golden Queen's heritage to find out why that was. "I think there's something more behind that, and I want to figure out what."

Smolderdash was once again speechless. She trusted Sprocket and respected her decision, but she didn't want her to face the powerful queen on her own when the Skylanders could easily defeat her together. She knew how stubborn the engineer was, so she didn't even try to argue with her, but she did come up with an idea. "Sprocket, I know you want to find out why such a strange thing happened to you. The endless questions you ask yourself…" The fire creature stopped and seemed lost in thoughts, but she shook her head and went back to Sprocket. "But please, please make sure you don't risk your life for this."

Sprocket was quiet. "I promise I won't, I'll be careful."

"Can you just promise me one thing?" Smolderdash asked, to which the inventor nodded. "If you feel like you can't do it on your own and you need backup, call me." The Skylander picked one of the communication devices in Sprocket's room up and pressed it into the goldling's hand. "I will always keep it by my side and as soon as you send me a signal I will be on my way."

"Okay." Sprocket thought that was a good idea. She attached the device onto the side of her bag before putting it back on her shoulders. "I should get going now, the Golden Queen won't wait for me."

Smolderdash looked into Sprocket's eyes before leaning into a hug to embrace her friend. "Good luck." She whispered into the Skylander's ear.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Sprocket reassured Smolderdash that she had no reason to worry. "And if things get messy I will make sure to call you."

The engineer gave her friend a soft smile before she turned around and left her room, leaving Smolderdash all by herself in between the countless machines and tools that Sprocket gathered over the years.


Enigma and Déjà Vu have arrived on a small island in the midst of Skylands, soon followed by Knight Light descending to the ground.

"So, where are the bad guys?" The Light Trap Master pulled out his Traptanium Scythe and readied himself for battle.

"There are no bad guys, Knight." Enigma said stale as he walked alongside Déjà Vu.

The knight was confused. "But didn't you say you were going on a mission?" He made his weapon disappear with the flick of a wrist, turning into sparkles of light.

"Not every mission involves fighting villains." Enigma didn't want to bother with the eager warrior and headed to the place he was looking for.

"Then what are you doing here?" Knight Light looked at both magicians perplexed while walking behind them.

"We travelled to this village because there's supposed to be a library which holds some rare books we couldn't find at the Academy." This time Déjà Vu answered to prevent Enigma from becoming rude.

"Why don't you just go to the Eternal Archives then?" Knight Light mentioned the ancient library which possesses every book imaginable. "You're sure to find your books there."

"We can't just go to the Eternal Archives." Enigma immediately shot that idea down. "Not to mention that it only opens once every century, which means we probably won't see it in our lifetime."

"Gee, Enigma you seriously need to light up a little." Knight Light used his illuminating powers to create a pillar of light above the sorcerer, moved closer to him and grinned so he would get the pun.

"Please just stop talking." Enigma's patience was wearing thin and he was glad to finally arrive at the library of the village. "Let's get this over with."

The Skylanders entered the library ahead of them and were greeted by a small elderly mabu lady who apparently worked there. "Welcome, welcome!" The small creature had a kind and inviting face and Déjà Vu was glad to finally see someone so friendly.

"Hello, we would like to look for certain books in your library." The timelord asked the employee right away so they wouldn't have to waste their time looking for the books.

"Of course, my dear. Just tell me the titles and I will see what I can find." The mabu smiled and looked over to the two equally taller Skylanders next to the sorceress.

"Do you have anything on the Hidden Pathway of Doors?" Enigma asked the mabu.

"Oh yes of course!" The woman answered right away and knew what the magician was looking for. "Many costumers have come here to ask for it."

"Is that so?" Enigma was wondering if his visits with Star Strike might have pulled some unwanted attention towards the realm.

"Yes, now let me show you kids where it is." The mabu woman got up from her chair and slowly walked through the rather big building until she arrived at a shelf which featured books about foreign realms. She got up on her toes and pulled a dark red book out which was titled "The Pathway of Doors".

"Here you go. Take as much time as you need." She handed the book over to Enigma with a smile.

"Thank you." Enigma held the book and stared at the cover for a few moments before opening it and skimming through the pages.

"What do you need the book for?" Knight Light was curious. "Don't you know everything about interdimensional travel?"

"It's impossible to know everything about that Knight Light." Enigma answered without removing his sight from the pages. "And there was a strange occurrence the last time we visited it, I need to find out what that was about." The Magic Skylander didn't want to admit that him and Star Strike had no idea what happened, and they fear that they might have unleashed something dangerous after witnessing a dark spirit storm out of a door and the entire realm collapsing.

"Did you and Star ever open that door? She has been very quiet ever since you returned." Déjà Vu used to be a good friend of the mysterious alien, but she has grown very distant from everyone since their last excursion.

"No, it was another failure." Enigma lied to answer the question without having to elaborate on what happened.

Knight Light looked over to the Skylander with purple pigtails and saw that she was looking through books in the cooking section. "Déjà Vu?" He took a step closer before she finally pulled out a book about different ways to cook an egg.

"There it is!" The timelord exclaimed with relief. "I have been looking for this for ages!"

Knight Light didn't question her choice of books any further and decided to look through the library himself. The angel was never much into reading, as he preferred to spend his time training or soaring through the air, especially with the pressure that's currently on him. However, he caught a glimpse of a section in the library that woke his interest. It was the historic section, featuring books about all kinds of different historical events and myths in Skylands. He kept his eyes on a book which looked like it was made out of solid gold. The Trap Master pulled it out to see that the cover was decorated with a shimmering golden material. "The History of the Royal Goldling Family". The knight never heard of such a book and wanted to read what it was about. He soon realized that it documented the ancient line of royal goldlings which lived in the Golden Desert, just like the Golden Queen.

"That's the right book. We can go." Enigma closed the book he was holding and made his way out of the library. He wanted to discuss it in private with Star Strike.

Déjà Vu grabbed her book as well and quickly followed the magician. Meanwhile Knight Light was so sunk in his book that he didn't even notice the absence of the Magic Skylanders. When he looked up and noticed that they were gone, he quickly dashed out of the library to not lose them.

"Have a nice day!" The mabu lady shouted after the Skylanders. "Should I have asked them for a library pass?" She asked herself a few seconds later but quickly forgot due to her short-term memory caused by her age.

The book Knight Light read was left open on the table. He had just gotten to a page which informed readers about a member of the royal family that changed the course of history forever. She was commonly referred to as the Golden Princess.