At last, Spyro announced the first team of Skylanders that would head out to look for the Doom Raiders and Sprocket. Spitfire, High Volt, Nightfall and Tidepool have been assigned to visit the Know-It-All-Islands and ask the Stone Heads about the whereabouts of the villains and their lost ally. Tidepool sat next to Spitfire inside of the Hot Streak, while Nightfall joined High Volt in the Shield Striker. With the help of a dimensional rift, the Skylanders soon arrived on a track leading to the destination.
"Why is it that the two of us always get paired up?" High Volt directed his question at Spitfire as the Superchargers were racing along the path.
"Probably because I'm the leader and you're the wannabe leader." Spitfire giggled while High Volt was as unamused as usual with the spirit's teasing.
The two females that came along remained silent and only stared at the road ahead. "I am surprised you two are even allowed to go on missions together after your… argument." Nightfall finally spoke up.
Spitfire remembered the Multi-Terrain Race and wasn't too proud of his behavior. "Heh, yeah. That was just a small conflict Volty and I had."
High Volt was also embarrassed about that day, and the fact that Spitfire keeps calling him Volty. "Yeah, that's definitely not happening again."
The four Skylanders arrived at the famous islands and were greeted by a Stone Head as soon as they left the vehicles. The group passed a bridge leading to the islands and started to look for more of the ancient statues.
"Our mission is to ask the Stone Heads about the location of the Doom Raiders and Sprocket." High Volt was standing in front of the other three and adopted the leader role. "We should split up and each look for a stone."
The Skylanders nodded and parted their ways. Spitfire soon saw a Stone Head and dashed in front of it using the fuel in his flame wings. "Hey, Stone Head! Can you tell me about the Doom Raiders?"
The Stone Head opened its eyes and awoke from its sleeping state before starting to speak. "I tell you about Golden Queen. She desires-"
"No, I already know that!" Spitfire stopped the stone from talking any further and wasting his time. "Tell me where they are now!"
"The Doom Raiders betrayed the Skylanders and fled, right after one of you was shot and left dead." The Stone Heads always spoke in rhymes and often told unnecessary details.
"Yeah…" Spitfire didn't want to think about that and just decided to listen further.
The statue continued to speak. "If you seek to find the queen and her friends, you need to travel to the farthest of ends."
"That wasn't very helpful." Spitfire was disappointed by the information he received and hoped to hear more.
The Stone Head interpreted Spitfire's sentence as a question and answered on that instead of the one the Skylander wanted. "Helpful is something you are not either, even though you are considered the leader."
"Excuse me!?" Spitfire felt insulted and was surprised to hear such a personal remark from the head. "I didn't come here to listen to you doubting my role as a leader!"
Spitfire turned around and floated away from the Stone Head, which once again responded upon his sentence. "He is still young and has a lot of pride, but the day will come where he can no longer hide." Spitfire was already too far away to hear those words and decided to look for another Stone Head instead.
While the team was looking for answers, Spyro was on an airship waiting for someone to arrive. The dragon was looking at the many towers of the Academy, he was so distracted that he didn't notice Stealth Elf, Enigma and Star Strike standing behind him.
The Magic Skylander turned around and nearly fell from the ship in surprise. "How do you manage to sneak up on people like that?"
"We… didn't." Enigma responded while the other two kept a neutral expression.
"Anyway, are you ready to go?" Spyro spread his wings to fly over the Skylanders and onto the roof of the cockpit.
"Yes, captain!" Stealth Elf jokingly referred to Spyro as the captain, even though Flynn was steering the ship as usual.
After Enigma and Star Strike revealed their plans to their leader and his stealthy friend, Spyro wanted to travel to the Path of Doors himself and try to open the gate the mysterious Magic Skylanders were talking about. Possessing a book that grants them a look into the future could be the solution to all their problems, so he was willing to find it.
After a rather long flight, the ship finally entered the mystical realm and the sky turned into a deep purple.
Enigma got off the ship and used his staff to reveal the path and countless doors along it. "This way." The mage already started to walk towards the door they were looking for.
Stealth Elf strolled alongside Star Strike, who always floated instead of walking. "How come you never told us about Enigma's plan?" Stealth Elf was curious about the Magic Skylanders' alliance. "If we knew what it was about earlier, we could already be holding the book in our hands."
"Well, it's not just about the book." Star Strike felt uncomfortable going into further details about the mission. "The realm in which the book resides isn't just any random one."
Stealth Elf became slightly suspicious again. "What realm is it then?"
Star Strike hesitated to answer, but finally overcame herself and told her the truth. "It's my homeworld."
Stealth Elf didn't expect to hear that, but she was positive about it. "Star Strike, that's great! You always wanted to visit your home again since you came to Skylands, right?"
"I do." Star Strike's voice sounded relieved, but it was still hesitant.
Stealth Elf was aware of how much Star Strike missed her home and that her only wish was to see it again. "Why did you keep that a secret? We would've helped you if you told us!"
"I don't think you would have." Star Strike lowered her head and appeared sad.
"What?" Stealth Elf was completely irritated and didn't understand what Star Strike was trying to say. "Is everything okay-"
"We're here!" Spyro interrupted the elf after Enigma stopped in front of the door they had to open.
The Skylanders gazed at the deep blue colors and the millions of stars that were pictured on the door with awe. Enigma proceeded to speak the spell that opens the door and completely focus on it. He was able to create a small gap that let a ray of light shine on Spyro. The Trap Master started to struggle and feared that he would fail again. Spyro took notice of that and wanted to help him by pushing the door with his horns.
"You're not alone Enigma! We can do this together!" Spyro's voice was breaking from the amount of strength he had to invest in keeping the door open.
Stealth Elf helped her friend by pushing the door with all her strength as well. Everyone but Star Strike was attempting to enter the realm now. The intergalactic being wasn't sure if she wanted to open it. She was afraid of something that could happen once she gets back home. Before she could join the others, Enigma crashed to the floor and the door closed again. Star Strike rushed to the Trap Master's side and helped him to get back up.
"It's okay, you did your best." Star Strike spoke with a soothing voice to comfort Enigma, who was gasping for air.
Spyro and Stealth Elf were disappointed about the outcome, but nevertheless they helped Enigma to regain his energy and assure him that he did a good job.
The Skylanders headed back to the airship that would return them to the Academy. Enigma had to rest before they could try another attempt to open the door. During the flight, Stealth Elf restrained herself from asking Star Strike anymore questions about their conversation but still kept an eye on her.
Back on the Know-It-All-Islands, Tidepool was walking over one of the many floating pieces of land. The Sensei didn't put an effort into finding a Stone Head, her mind was only set on Wild Storm. Whatever he wanted to say to her yesterday, he seemed to have changed his mind after taking down the enemies that threatened the Academy. The Water Skylander just didn't understand why he behaved that way.
"The person that troubles your mind, should have not been left behind." Tidepool stopped and slowly turned her head into the direction where the voice came from. She found a Stone Head which answered the question from Tidepool's mind.
"What did you say?" The quickshot became curious about the abilities of the creature.
The Stone Head opened its mouth once more. "Your friend might appear neglecting, but what he wants to do is protecting."
"Protecting?" Tidepool was confused about the totem's answers. "Does he want to protect us more? Is that why he won't spend as much time with me?" She knew that the knight was extremely loyal and dedicated to his role as a Skylander, but why wouldn't he want to take a break when there were no threats?
The Stone Head remained silent and closed its eyes again without answering Tidepool's questions. "Hey, wake up! Tell me about him, tell me why he behaves like that!" The Sensei tried to wake it up by slapping on top of the solid structure, but it wouldn't react in any way.
Tidepool grunted and kept on walking along the path, looking for another Stone Head. After she left, the sleeping Stone Head rose up one more time to talk without anyone hearing him. "The answer you cannot get from me, confront your friend and you shall see."
After only finding unresponsive heads which wouldn't wake up, High Volt went to the last island he hasn't been on. There he found one more Stone Head which was awake and ready to speak.
The Supercharger thought of a question which could give him the answers he needed. "Where do the Doom Raiders currently reside?"
The head was silent for a few seconds before speaking up. "The villains fled to an island not known by many, you will have to find it yourself to catch any."
High Volt wasn't satisfied with the answer, but he didn't expect the Stone Head to tell him the exact coordinates. "Where is Sprocket?" The Tech Skylander wanted to know for sure if Sprocket was taken by the Doom Raiders.
"Your engineering friend has been kidnapped, if you don't find her soon she may remain trapped." The Stone Head entered its sleeping state like the rest of his kind after those words.
The group of Skylanders reunited on the first of the Know-It-All-Islands. Everyone discovered a Stone Head, but only High Volt was able to get new information.
"Have they told you anything?" High Volt asked the other three Skylanders, with only Spitfire and Tidepool nodding.
"Mine gave me answers on questions I didn't even ask." Spitfire complained about the strange system of the islands but kept the answers to himself. "It's almost like it could read my mind."
"Mine did that too." Tidepool crossed her arms and only thought about what the sentences she heard meant.
"What about you Nightfall?" High Volt looked at the Dark Skylander, who did find a head but didn't receive any answers at all.
"The one I found was asleep. It wouldn't respond to my questions." The Supercharger wasn't too upset about that, as she was sure High Volt made an actual discovery.
The goldling guard was curious what the others heard, but he didn't want to hold his information off any longer. "Seems like I'm the only one that got an answer to our question then."
"What did it say?" Spitfire leaned forward eagerly to hear the answer he didn't get.
"It told me that the Doom Raiders are on an island no one knows of." The Supercharger explained exactly what he was told. "They took Sprocket and we have to find them, otherwise she will remain their hostage."
Tidepool finally ignored her thoughts about Wild Storm and instead expressed her worry for Sprocket. "So they really did take her."
"Then we have to find them as soon as possible!" Spitfire sounded like it was a life or death situation. The fire spirit always wants to get missions done as quickly as possible to prevent further consequences.
"We will." High Volt reassured the team and tried to stay calm next to the unsettling news. "But we have to tell the others first and start looking for them together."
Everyone agreed before they headed back to the vehicles. Tidepool couldn't help but wonder how Nightfall managed to get by a Stone Head without getting a single answer. "Hey, Nightfall." The Sensei called the dreadwalker who stopped to allow Tidepool to catch up to her. "How come the Stone Head didn't give you an answer? Mine was able to answer questions I didn't even speak out loud."
"Because I have no questions." That was the short response Nightfall gave the Water Sensei, leaving her even more curious than before.