"Alright, first order of business," Chop Chop started. "We need to figure out what the icy wasteland was. That was the first place I saw."
"Is it Glacier Gully?" Pop Fizz offered. "That's where we went to find the giant Arkeyan robot to fight robo-Kaos."
"Did that place have ice elves? I remember there were villagers." Chop Chop said.
"Wait, ice elves?" Roller Brawl asked. "They live in Winter Keep. I think that's a place in the Cloudbreak Islands."
"That's the place where the Swap Force Skylanders were born, right?" Chop Chop asked. Roller Brawl nodded her head. "Alright, time to find Flynn to take us to Woodburrow to find a ride to the Winter Keep."
"What was that?" came a voice. The group stood up and looked to the noise. Standing there was none other than Flynn. "I heard my name."
"Geez man, it's like you got an equally stuck up fifth sense." Pop Fizz moaned.
"We need a favor, mate" Dino-Rang said.
"Oh yeah, waz that?" Flynn asked.
"We need you to take us to Woodburrow." Chop Chop told him.
"Woodburrow? I'd love to take you there! I'd get to see Tessa again. Uhh, don't tell Cali." Flynn said. "The only thing is I don't think I can fit you all on my balloon."
"Didn't you say you had a ship?" Chop Chop told him, recalling his conversation with Flynn his first day in Skylands.
Flynn face instantly beamed and had a grin as wide as his face could hold. "To the Dread Yacht!" he yelled pointing to the ship in the pier.
"Wow, that's your ship?" Roller Brawl asked. There was a large brown ship in the water with multiple cannons coming from the ground. The mast had a large picture of crossbones with a skull. A massive wheel stood at the front of the ship. "That's pretty impressive."
Flynn looked to where Roller Brawl was looking. "Wait, what? No, are you kidding." He pointed to another ship on the other side of the pier. "That's my ship." Where Flynn was pointing was a teal colored ship. The outside was covered in vents sputtering out black smoke. The front had an opening with a single cannon sticking out. Multiple patches of red and white cloth covered the ship, along with multiple scratches where paint had peeled off.
Snap Shot whistled. "She's a bit of a fixer-upper, wouldn't ya say?" he said.
"She's a beaut, isn't she?" Flynn said. "Don't worry though, I've had it fixed up since I first had it. It used to run by the power of starved crazy raccoons running on a wheel. Poor little guys were so hurt when they were replaced by an actual engine."
Snap Shot's eyes widened. "Raccoons?" Flynn nodded.
"Well guys, this is the best we got." Chop Chop tried to reassure his team. "Let's do this. To Woodburrow!"
The team and Flynn boarded the ship. It started rumbling uncontrollably. "Gahh, what's that?" Pop Fizz said, his voice trembled under the shaking of the ship.
"Give me a sec!" Flynn yelled with the same shakiness in his voice. He approached the wheel and slammed his fist on a piece of equipment and the ship immediately calmed down. "See? Nothing to worry about."
"I think that was the reason we should worry." Roller Brawl whispered in Chop Chop's ear. Chop Chop laughed at her and Roller Brawl smiled. It was so good for their friendship to be back to normal. She just wished that he could stay by her forever. She imagined that after Kaos was stopped Chop Chop and she could go to Cutthroat Carnival and just have fun time together. Maybe ride the Ferris wheel. She'd probably bribe one of the pirates to make their car stop at the top so she could kiss-
Woh there brain! Roller Brawl thought, a little embarrassed that she had the slight thought of being more than just friends with Chop Chop. You just got him back as a friend. Don't rush yourself.
"Yo, Roller Brawl, you feel alright?" Chop Chop asked. Roller Brawl noticed that she was staring off into space and that she lost her smile from the small joke she shared.
"Oh, sorry, just thinking." Roller Brawl stuttered.
The Dread Yacht started to move towards the edge of the waterfall and leave the ruins. As it approached the cliff, the ship started to pick up speed and then it rose into the sky. The paddles on the side swung from left to right in the sky as the propeller underneath spun faster.
The intercoms on the ship beeped. "We will arrive in Woodburrow within a couple of hours so make your selves comfortable and we will be there in no time. Pop Fizz, no touching the cannon" Flynn said.
"Awe come on!" Pop Fizz's voice echoed from somewhere on the ship. The team had already spread around the boat.
"Come on, let's explore the boat!" Chop Chop told Roller Brawl. He quickly grabbed her hand (which made her heart skip a beat) SNAP OUT OF IT, ROLLER BRAWL! and led her down below deck.
There was a main hallway once they reached the bottom of the stairs. At the very end of the hallway came the loud shouts and moans of Dino-Rang and Snap Shot having a gambling game of Skystones along with Captain Dreadbeard who helped around the ship for Flynn as long as could play Skystones as much as he wanted with the passengers of the Dread Yacht (which included pretty much just Flynn since no one rides the Dread Yacht with all the technical problems). Chop Chop and Roller Brawl entered the room at the end of the hallway. Snap Shot and Dreadbeard gave Dino-Rang some gold coins as the green dinosaur laughed evilly.
Chop Chop noticed Pop Fizz behind the bar next to a blueberry slushy machine. He opened his mouth right under the nozzle and flipped the switch which poured blue, iced, liquid straight down his throat. "Enjoying yourselves?" Chop Chop asked.
Pop Fizz mumbled something loudly from under the slushy machine. Dino-Rang and Snap Shot turned to him. "Well, I'm enjoying myself. I don't know how losers enjoy things." Dino-Rang said, pointing to Snap Shot.
"Oooh, mate just wait till I kick your crocodile behind." Snap Shot taunted.
"Oh, you did not just call me a crocodile. You're on jafa!" Dino-Rang teased.
"Me thinks I won't when with these blokes!" Dreadbeard moaned.
Roller Brawl laughed. The two left the room and back into the hallway. There were many doors still unexplored and Chop Chop wanted to see what each of them held. At least five of them were regular bedrooms, but eventually they found a room containing a large TV with several DVD's below it on a shelf.
"I didn't know you guys made movies!" Chop Chop said as he approached the shelf. He looked at the movie selections, hoping to see something like Star Wars or Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Instead he picked one and looked at it. "Flynn Saves Skylands 35". He picked up another one. "Flynn Saves Skylands 12".
"The thing is, we don't make movies in Skylands" Roller Brawl said. Chop Chop removed his face of confusion and realized these were all short videos of Flynn being, well, Flynn.
"Am I the only one concerned for Flynn? Because I feel like I am." Chop Chop said and Roller Brawl laughed.
They entered another room with multiple shelves of books. "Wait, let me guess, Flynn's movies were adaptations of the books." Chop Chop asked before he saw a similar book he had seen a lot when he was on Earth. He rushed towards it and picked it out. "Holy crap! You guys have Harry Potter?" Chop Chop exclaimed.
"Actually, the portal master that helped rebuild the Core of Light brought a bunch of books on his visit to show us what Earth was like. A lot of people like reading them." Roller Brawl explained.
"Wait, Flynn doesn't seem like the type of person who reads." Chop Chop wondered.
"These are all probably Cali's." Roller Brawl guessed.
They exited that room and entered another. It was completely empty except for a shelf directly beside the door with four sets of what looked like sunglasses. Chop Chop grabbed two and handed one to Roller Brawl. "I wonder what these do." Chop Chop said.
Immediately when the two put the sunglasses on, the empty wall in front of them glowed with words and a robotic voice said, "Where would you like to visit?"
Chop Chop and Roller Brawl stared for a few seconds. Finally Roller Brawl said, "Is this for real? I mean, we're already on a ship."
"There's only one way to find out." Chop Chop said. "Let's try something simple. Okay, umm, let's visit Batterson's Café." The room around them shimmered and then the two appeared at the doorstep of the Skylander hangout. "Oh my, I can't believe this!" Chop Chop said shockingly.
"Okay, I take that back, is this for real?" Roller Brawl said.
The robotic voice came back. "This is a virtual reality. It will feel real but it really isn't except for what you two do together. Enjoy your time."
"Sweeeeet!" Chop Chop tried to contain his excitement. "Okay let's try something else. You go this time" he said to Roller Brawl.
"Oh, umm, alright let's see." Roller Brawl thought out loud. "Ok, I bet it can't do this. Let's visit Earth."
The scene stayed the same for ten seconds. "Ah, figures, no big deal." Then the view shimmered and changed again into something else. The two appeared in a dry and brown place. They stood at a cliff and down below was a large valley with rocks and stones along with a small river running through it.
Chop Chop stared at the large valley in awe. Roller Brawl looked confusingly at him. "Umm, Chop Chop? Where are we?" she asked.
Chop Chop spoke softly. "This is the Grand Canyon."
"The what now? I have never heard of a place like that in Skylands." Roller Brawl asked.
Chop Chop turned to her. "That's because we're on Earth!" he exclaimed. Roller Brawl's eyes widened.
"Apologies for the delay, but places outside of Skylands take a few moments for my system to compute" the robotic voices said again.
"One last thing!" Chop Chop exclaimed. "Can you take us to the moon?"
The scene was silent except for vultures cawing above the two. Chop Chop mouthed to Roller Brawl they aren't real. After a couple moments later the scene shimmered and shifted into a gray and dark place. Chop Chop looked up and saw a blue and green orb spinning slowly. A bit farther away was a bright ball that was to shiny to look at.
"Woohoo! WE'RE ON THE MOON!" Chop Chop said. "Only one thing to do that I've always wanted to!"
"And what would that be?" Roller Brawl asked.
"Zero gravity jumping!" Chop Chop shouted as he jumped. Roller Brawl expecting him to fall immediately straight down was shocked to see him float in the air and do a front flip until he slowly fell to the ground which made a small puff of space dust appear when he landed.
"Come on and try it!" Chop Chop said. Roller Brawl jumped in the air and floated again. The feeling of slowly rising and falling felt amazing to her. The two bounced around for what seemed like an hour until they collided into each other and slowly fell to the ground. Chop Chop and Roller Brawl sat up and started laughing uncontrollably until they both were clutching their midsections (even though Chop Chop barely had anything there) because they were laughing too hard.
Finally the two calmed down and looked at each other. Chop Chop had so many things to say to her now that they were alone and finally had some time for something other than the mission.
"You know, I really missed you. I was really scared when I didn't know where you were." Chop Chop finally said.
"Really?" Roller Brawl asked and Chop Chop nodded. "Well, when I was being tortured, I'm pretty sure thinking of you was the only thing that didn't make me give in."
"Really?" Chop Chop asked and Roller Brawl nodded. "So now what?"
"Maybe you should just stop talking and enjoy the moment." Roller Brawl said.
Chop Chop obeyed and the two sat there, virtually sitting on the moon, staring at each other. Chop Chop's heart started beating faster and started to lean in closer to Roller Brawl.
Holy crap, what's going on, does he feel like I'm more than a friend? Oh god what do I do Roller Brawl started to freak out realizing what Chop Chop was doing, but instead of thinking she started to lean in closer too. Both of their heads tilted as their lips were millimeters apart from each other.
The ground shook extremely hard and the two backed away from each other. "What was that?" Chop Chop focused as he took off his sunglasses, revealing the empty room again. Roller Brawl did the same, although a little disappointed on how the events did not allow her to finish her moment. The intercom beeped and Flynn's voice came on. "Sorry if I'm interrupting anything," You said it Roller Brawl thought, "but, umm, THERE ARE PIRATES ATTACKING US! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Then the intercom beeped off.
Chop Chop and Roller Brawl met Pop Fizz, Snap Shot, and Dino-Rang in the hallway.
"This is not good!" Pop Fizz shrieked.
"Well let's go guys!" Chop Chop said and the five of them ran up top deck as the ship rumbled beneath their feet.
On deck, Chop Chop spotted three pirate ships to the Dread Yacht's left and right. One was flying directly above them. The ship to the right fired a cannonball at the team.
"Dino-Rang, cover me!" Chop Chop shouted. He ran and jumped directly at the cannonball. As it got closer, Chop Chop removed his shield and placed it on his arm. Chop Chop brought the shield down and struck the cannonball downwards, throwing the projectile through the clouds below and away from the Dread Yacht. Before Chop Chop fell down and into the cloudy abyss, a boomerang snagged his back and spun wildly which let Chop Chop hover temporarily. The boomerang then brought Chop Chop back to the ship. He safely landed on board and the boomerang flew back to Dino-Rang's hand.
Snap Shot fired a sapphire arrow at an incoming cannonball from the other pirate ship which sliced it in half and stopped its momentum and made the cannon pieces fall below. The ship above the Dread Yacht opened a small hatch in the direct bottom of the boat and cannon popped out aimed straight at the crew. Pop Fizz drank a red potion from his bag and transformed into his beast form. He clawed at the ground as he ran up the steps and climbed the mast. He perched himself on the very top and jumped at the cannon. With extreme accuracy Pop Fizz slashed the cannon before it could fire. He fell back down to the Dread Yacht and transformed back to normal in midair. Pop Fizz landed on his butt directly behind Flynn who was driving which made the pilot jump. The cannon part that Pop Fizz cut off detached itself from the other half of the cannon and fell towards the ship. Roller Brawl shifter her feet and just as the cannon was about to crash into the boat, she ran and jumped towards it. She directed her head at it and head-butted the cannon straight on which made a loud banging sound. The cannon piece flew and landed on the pirate ship to the right. The team heard grunts from the pirates on that ship.
There was a loud frequency coming from the ship on the left and the team covered their ears. Chop Chop spotted a furry and ferocious looking creature on the ship with a megaphone. He wore a large red overcoat similar to Dreadbeard's, had a peg leg, and eye patch, and a devilish grin that just screamed I'm going to kill you and enjoy it.
"Ahoy crew of the cursed Dread Yacht!" the pirate shouted. "Me name's Goldigger, and this is me crewmates. Prepare to be boarded and robbed ye scallywags!"
Alright, that's another five chapters so another author's note. If you've read up to this far, thank you very much! As of right now the real adventure begins! The fight in Kaos' Lair was just the beginning so just be patient and I promise you that many misadventures full of action and awkward situations so thanks for any and all reviews! Also as of now I will take any requests for Skylanders you would like me to sort of "guest star" in a chapter of the story. I know that the story as been sort of restricted to the five main characters so time to get you reader's involved! I will try to get all requests in! Thank you all so much for reading!