Treetop Terrace
The JTeens and company arrived at Treetop Terrace which was also known as the Tree of Life. The group was amazed at the scenery and sights of the place. Arbo was feeling right at home in the Tree of Life.
"It feels good to be in the Tree of Life." Arbo said as the team was standing on a giant tree stump. "I can sense these things."
"Yeah we get it tree dude but we're on a time limit." Ice reminded, "Where are the life seeds?"
"Found by the Drow and they're keeping them for themselves." Rose said.
"How do you know that?" Hsi Wu asked as Rose just pointed to the numerous Drow minions in the area and at a bag of seeds.
"That pretty much answers the question of where they're being kept." Chrissie said, "So all we need to do is get them back and plant them in the ground."
So the team headed through the Canopy to get the Life Seeds back. But they ran into some hornets in the process. Colleen easily took care of them with her new powers by tossing a few snow balls at them defeating them in a heartbeat.
"Colleen's getting the hang of her increased power." Rose said as Chrissie led the charge through the canopy alongside Sonic Boom since Air Skylanders were stronger in that zone.
"She sure is." Cody said, "Now she doesn't have to worry about not being able to fight effectively if water isn't around."
"She can just summon it like magic." Ice said, "Speaking of which, it seems like all the eternal sources are magic."
"Well in some ways yes and in others the Eternal Magic Source is the heart of the Core itself." Sara said. "The other sources grant their respective elemental powers."
The team all had an interesting lesson on that as they entered the Sluice Gate Zone. Cody shined through in that zone as he used his new powers to summon boulders to fall from the skies on enemies destroying Chompy monsters respectively as well as Drow lancers and witch blades.
Soon the team then entered the hollow and faced down a Goliath Drow and a Life Spell Punk Mage.
"That's a Blitzer Bully." Rose said seeing the enemy in question. "They usually carry life spell punks on their backs so they can recover energy they lose and in exchange the life spell punk gets a faster way to travel and a powerful protector."
"Sounds like a perfect demonstration of a symbiotic relationship," Chrissie replied, "Although this one is a mutual relationship, in which both partners benefit."
"You two can discuss the science talk later." Sara said, "Right now we've got to find a way to beat this guy."
"Allow me ladies." Hsi Wu said as he flew to the Blitzer, "He ugly you're so slow that if slowness was an art you'd be a modern art master piece."
The monster didn't take kindly to that insult and charged at Hsi Wu who dodged and evaded the attacks. The JTeens saw that the enemy had its back turned to them and Cody took that as his cue to toss a bolder at the Spell Punk destroying it while Ice roasted the enemy with a fireball.
"Let's go before more spell punks show up," Chrissie said, "We've got enough issues to deal with as it is."
The JTeens and The Thompson twins continued making their way through the hollow looking for the Life Seeds. They were conversing about some interesting tops such as the people they met and how they enjoyed the sights of Skylands so far.
Meanwhile back on Avalon, The Moon Demon Tso Lan had been observing the events through the Magic Mirror so far. As one of the Eldest of the Demon Sorcerers he was very versed in the ways of magic. Currently he was observing the interaction between the JTeens and the Arkeyan Sorceress Queens, Rose and Sara, and he saw that while the Thompson Twins meant well he could tell that the twins were beginning to have some issues with their powers. Shendu then made his entrance into the room noticing his brother's airy look.
"Something troubling you brother?" Shendu asked using the same question that the Moon Demon asked him.
"As you know Uncle goes on about balance." Tso Lan said mentioning what Uncle had said, "And as you know the balance of Light and Dark has been disturbed greatly in Skylands."
"Yes I already know that." Shendu replied, before guessing what his brother was thinking, "Are you saying that Rose and Sara not only represent the balance between Magic and Technology among the Arkeyans but also the balance between Light and Darkness as well?"
"I am saying that," Tso Lan said, "After all Rose admits that she has power over the moon and the Darkness while Sara has power over the sun and the Light. I fear that Rose will lose herself to the Darkness if the core of light is not restored."
"Relax you guys." Po Kong said walking into the room after hearing everything, "Rose is an Arkeyan Sorceress Queen so she's not one to give in to the Darkness that easily."
"If only we hadn't let Tchang Zu talk us into bullying and terrorizing the humans so easily." Shendu said before continuing, "Still one of us should keep an eye on them just in case history decides to repeat itself."
"Repeat itself?" Po Kong asked, "How can history repeat itself? It's not like the twins have a legion of robots to do what they want."
"True but as an Arkeyan Sorceress Queen Rose and Sara did gain their powers from all eight eternal sources." Tso Lan reminded remembering the lesson on the Eternal Sources, "But Rose uses the Eternal magic Source with her power over the Darkness the most. If the darkness builds up enough she could be consumed by it and decide to invade Avalon."
"Then we had best keep an eye on her." The Mountain Demon said as the three continued watching the Mirror.
The JTeens were now in the Seed Tree section of the Treetop Terrace. They had already faced down the evil Drow that were guarding the Life Seeds and defeated them as Arbo arrived to congratulate them.
"The Seeds of life at last," Arbo said, "Let's get these back to the Ruins so they can show us the way to the Eternal Life Source."
Soon the Team was back at the ruins and was waiting for the location of the Eternal Life Source. Some sheep were present as well and were trying the nibble on the fruit from the newly planted trees.
"Shoo shoo shoo land creature." Arbo said trying to shoo the sheep away, "Have you no respect for the sacred Life Seeds."
"At last, somebody who agrees with me on the subject of sheep." Hugo said, "Those sheep are evil I tell you. Evil."
"Okay what's the issue with the sheep?" Cody asked wondering what issue the sheep were causing.
"The Apples growing from the life seeds we collected will tell us where to find the Eternal Life Source." Arbo explained, "But these sheep are eating all the apples."
"So you want us to keep the sheep away long enough for you to speak to the apples?" Chrissie guessed.
"That's pretty much the plan." Colleen said as Arbo nodded.
So the team went to go shoo the sheep away while they collected the apples. Sometimes the twins would summon some fresh grass for the sheep to graze on and distract them while at other times the JTeens would collect some of the apples. Soon the team had collected enough apples for Arbo to learn the information he needed.
"Yes the Seeds are speaking to me. The Eternal Life Source is hidden in an Acorn within the Tree of Life." Arbo said.
"That's easy." Hsi Wu said, "So all we need to do is find a giant acorn."
"Hold it." Ice said, "The tree dude didn't tell us the bad news yet."
"I'm afraid that he's right Sky Demon," Arbo said, "The Forest is in danger. We must go quickly in order to save it."
"No arguments from me boss." The Twins said as they headed up the vine to Falling Forest.
Back in Kaos' Flying Fortress the evil Portal Master himself was discussing what he just saw.
"An Acorn I knew it," Kaos yelled, "Those lying deceitful trees are hiding my Eternal Life Source."
"Master?" Glumshanks said, "I thought we were looking for the Eternal Life Source."
"The Eternal Life Source is hidden within a giant acorn." Kaos said before ranting about how the trees were meddling in his plans.
"So what do you expect to do?" Glumshanks said.
"Summon my lumberjack trolls." Kaos said, "And tell them to find my Eternal Life Source."
"By cutting down a few trees?" Glumshanks asked confused at that plan.
"No not a few trees you nimrod." Kaos said, "Cut them all down. All of them!"
Next Time:
The JTeens witness Kaos' deforestation plan at its fullest as the trolls cut down all of the Falling Forest on orders from Kaos to find the Eternal Life Source. The Teens then do battle with Kaos' minions leading to another showdown with the Evil Portal Master. Will the Teen recover the Eternal Life Source or will they lose their lives trying? Read and review to find out.