Deep in the heart of an enchanted forest, a small village of children lives unaffected by the passage of time thanks to a powerful stone that protects them from it. But when the stone is shattered and a thief runs off with one of the shards, four of the children must set out at once in search of the missing shard before their village is swallowed up by time and everybody in it dies. Armed with four crystals with special powers, the children bravely make their way through the dangerous forest to hunt down the thief, making friends and enemies along the way and encountering one strange creature after another.

The four children from the village unaffected by the passage of time continue on their desperate quest for the thief who stole their magic stone. On their journey, they help a village fight off attacks by war-mongering brutes led by a monster and a Titan, and they make some startling discoveries about time and where they fit into it.