Sofia the First S4 E5

## Plot

Unlike every other special, this one first aired in June instead of November. It still has wonderful animation though, and kicks off a new arc to replace the Secret Library one of season 3. Amber is having some servants redecorate her room with a tapestry. She changes her mind and asks them to hang it in the other room. She sees a tile on the wall and touches it. The wall swings around, revealing that it was the entrance to a secret passageway. She heads down some stairs under the castle, and to a river. Also, she has a beautiful new signature dress. She runs into Sofia. She has a lot of questions for her sister, who wants her to go back. The amulet glows blue and summons the tiara boat. Amber refuses to leave, and gets on the boat with Sofia. She explains that she's the Storykeeper, and she's supposed to give the stories in the Secret Library a happy ending. She's given the book "The Tale of the Crystalmasters". The Mystic Isles are made up of countless islands, each one home to different magical creatures. Isle of Centaurs, unicorns, crystals, etc. For centuries, Crystalmasters have grown crystals for wizards to use in their scepters, wands, and amulets. This means that the jewel in Sofia's amulet probably came from there, and maybe even the jewel in Elena's scepter, as well as the Scepter of Night, etc. Anyways, one Crystalmaster has a wicked plan to grow magic crystals on the other Mystic Isles. Doing this would drain all the magic from the creatures that live there though. Amber wants to come with Sofia, but she says she can't, because Amber isn't the Storykeeper, she is. Amber wants to go to the Mystic Isles to get a special amulet and have adventures of her own. Sofia admits that it's not fair that she's the only one who has a magic amulet and gets to be Storykeeper. That being said, life isn't fair, and Amber can be a vain, selfish person sometimes. Sofia lets her come, but just this once. And as long as she remembers that they're going to the Mystic Isles to give this story a happy ending. The enchanted elevator takes them to a field of giant dandelions. They come across a woman that just *screams* evil, but they listen to her. She used to be a Crystalmaster. She claims that her unkind sister Azurine took her powers away, and she had to flee the Mystic Isles. She's trying to get back. She introduces herself as Prisma, and Sofia and Amber agree to take her with them and get her powers back for her. She tells Sofia that her amulet can summon unicorns to take them to the Mystic Isles. Every creature from the Mystic Isles can magically talk to others. They land on the Isle of Unicorns. They have to go on foot to the Isle of Crystals. They see a unicorn try and fail to fly. He just reached the age to get his wings. Sofia frees him, and he repays her by becoming her devoted steed and helping her with whatever she wants. His name is Skye. I hate the way he talks. He explains that the dragons and mermaids in their world came from the Mystic Isles. If it wasn't for the magic here, there would be no magic anywhere. They just have to cross the Isle of Dancing Deserts to reach the Isle of Crystals. The magic sands show anything you want. They start heading to the Isle of Crystals, but Amber stops their ride because she didn't get to ask the sands for anything. She asks to see a magic jewel, but it doesn't show her anything. She gets off and heads to the pile of sand. She finds a jewel and makes wishes, but nothing happens. They make it to a bridge that will take them to the Isle of Crystals. Amber is frustrated that her jewel won't work, and strikes it against a support. The bridge collapses, and Sofia falls. She and everyone else are saved by a Protector of the Mystic Isles, Orion. He's a Windwalker. He has wings. Prisma pulls up her hood and hides her face from him. He tells Amber that her jewel is a Shatter Stone. It will magically shatter anything if it's hit against it three times. They came from another isle, and the Protectors of the Mystic Isles hid them here so they wouldn't cause any harm, because sand is already broken. Amber leaves the stone there. In the Isles, their world is called the Ever Realm. Orion tells them that he was just at the Isle of Crystals, and didn't see the evil Crystalmaster he and they are looking for. He leaves, and Prisma says that Azurine must've hid from Orion, or tricked him. Because of Amber, they have to go another way to the Isle of Crystals. On the Isle of Rompkins, Amber tries on their crown and is made their queen. This means they can't leave. Sofia says that no one ever wants to visit their isle because they're too rough. She and Amber teach them good manners, and they're let go. They finally reach the Isle of Crystals. They find Azurine on her farm. Prisma's terra crystal, the tool Crystalmasters use to perform their magic, is in her tower. Sofia transforms into a crystal bird and gets the terra crystal. On the way back though, she gets trapped in a net, and drops the terra crystal. Azurine frees her. Prisma says that Sofia is in danger, and she can rescue her if Amber gives her the terra crystal. Plus, she'll give Amber her very own magical amulet. Sofia realizes that Azurine is good, and changes back to normal. She tells Amber to not give Prisma her terra crystal. However, Amber wants her own amulet, and gives it to her. Prisma changes back into her true form, and says the magic of the Mystic Isles will be hers. She traps Azurine in a cage, who loses her terra crystal. Just like Princess Ivy and her big sister, Prisma felt overshadowed by Azurine. Once again, a magical older version of Amber if she lets her greed, vanity, and envy of Sofia take over. Speaking of which, she gives Amber an amulet. And then she sends them falling down a crystal vortex. Sofia turns into a unicorn, and helps Skye fly. Amber wishes she was a unicorn too, but it doesn't work. Her amulet isn't magical. They land on the Isle of Rompkins. Sofia changes back to normal. Amber says that this is terrible. Sofia tells her that they'll find a way to stop Prisma. However, Amber clarifies that she meant her amulet not being magical. She doesn't think they can stop Prisma, and wants to go home. Sofia is disgusted by her selfishness. They call Orion for help. Prisma starts growing crystals on the Isle of Unicorns. All the unicorns, including Skye, lose their horns and wings. Orion arrives, but he also loses his wings. A Rompkin catches him. He tells them that the only chance they have to stop Prisma is to destroy her terra crystal. Sofia wants to help, but Orion tells her that it's a job best left to the Protectors. Prisma starts growing crystals on the Isle of Rompkins. They lose their magic, and become tiny. Prisma is watching them, and laughs at how Sofia thinks she can still stop her, saying that she almost feels sorry for her. Amber wants to help everyone there, but she doesn't think she can. She's starting to think there's a reason that Sofia has a magic amulet, and gets to be Storykeeper, and she doesn't. She says that she's just not a hero like her sister. Sofia reminds her of times where she did do the right thing and put others first, like when she helped rescue Roland and James from the Jade Jaguar, went after Miranda when she thought she was taken by a sealian, and helped fix Clio and Hildegard's friendship. She vows to stay and help their new friends, and not get distracted this time. Sofia realizes that they can break Prisma's terra crystal with a Shatter Stone. Prisma admits that it's a clever plan, but she attempts to preempt them by growing crystals on the Isle of Dancing Deserts. The sands have no magic left to show them where the stones are. However, because the Shatter Stones came from a different isle, they still have their magic. Amber points out the sand dune that she found her Shatter Stone in before. Prisma can't remember which isle the Shatter Stones were originally from. If I had to guess, *your* isle. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out that you created them in the first place to cause chaos and destruction. Prisma has spiky crystals sprout up to trap them. None of them can break the crystals. Prisma continues with her plan. The others consider giving up. The sand has a little magic left, and shows Sofia where a Shatter Stone is. She uses her amulet to shrink and get out of the cage. She finds a stone, and uses it to free the others, which Azurine sees. They get back to the Isle of Crystals. Amber distracts Prisma by complaining about her amulet not having special powers. Sofia uses the Shatter Stone to free Azurine, who gets her terra crystal back. Prisma stops her from using it though. Sofia hits her terra crystal twice, but Prisma traps her too. She loses the Shatter Stone, which falls down a grate. The Rompkin Harrumph jumps down to get it. He gives it to Skye, who kicks it over to Amber. Prisma tries to trap her too, but Amber summons a mirror, and the spell hits Prisma instead. She tries to convince Amber to give her the Shatter Stone. She says that if her terra crystal is destroyed, everything created with it will disappear, including her now magical amulet. Amber says she'll give it to her, and hits her terra crystal, destroying it. Everyone is freed, everything goes back to normal, and Prisma loses her powers again, this time permanently. She tries to escape, and Sofia and Skye go after her. Skye finally flies. Prisma reaches the edge of the isle, and almost falls off. She's saved by Sofia. The Protectors arrive. They *all* have wings. So cool! They take custody of Prisma, who blames Sofia for her failure. Another protector, Vega, is voiced by Ming-Na Wen. Yay! The Protectors are all very impressed by Sofia. They invite her to become one of them. A non-magical creature has never been made a protector before. They've been looking for someone who could help them with problems outside of the Mystic Isles. In time, Sofia will become the Protector of the Ever Realm. Her training will begin soon. She tells Amber, who is happy for her. Harrumph lets Amber keep the Rompkin crown, and they say goodbye to each other. Sofia and Amber *finally* go home, but they take the scenic route with Skye first.