The desperate hunt for the Golden Queen has been in operation for months and remained unsuccessful. However, the Skylanders didn't give up and continued to send out troops that would go to different islands in hopes of finding the rogue queen. The next place that would have to be visited was the Leviathan Lagoon, which the Skylanders visited years ago while looking for the Elemental Sources. Many Skylanders offered their services to visit the tropical island, mostly because it was one of the most popular holiday destinations since the Eternal Water source has been removed from it. Finally, Nightfall, Smash Hit, Roller Brawl and Chill were chosen to go on the mission. Nightfall used her vehicle, the Sea Shadow, while Smash Hit borrowed Dive-Clops' Dive Bomber to travel to the huge island. As soon as the Superchargers and their companions arrived, they begun the search, even though some had other things in minds.

"I'm so glad I finally get to visit the famous Leviathan Lagoon!" Smash Hit slammed the door of the Dive Bomber open and jumped out with joy. The warsupial inhaled the humid salty air and looked around himself. "I really envy the guys that were here when they were collecting the sources."

"We're not on vacation, Smash Hit." A distorted raspy voice spoke up. "We are looking for the Golden Queen, she could have gone anywhere, even here." Nightfall finally exited her vehicle as well and floated over to the fellow Supercharger.

"Of course, focus on the mission!" The Earth Skylander put a stern expression on and tried to be more serious about his duty. "But if she's not here we could visit the beach." Smash Hit looked over to the dreadwalker with his one healthy eye, who only sighed in return.

"Fine, but don't expect me to stay in the sun all day, it's already exhausting." While the sunlight didn't hurt her, it still was the opposite of Nightfall's natural habitat and she had a hard time adjusting to intense light.

Roller Brawl soon got out of the Dive Bomber as well, followed by Chill leaving the inside of the Sea Shadow. Oddly enough, the ice warrior was regularly wearing her blizzard armor instead of her regular attire. Despite Roller Brawl preferring that version optically, she was confused as to why Chill would wear her old guard armor. She already asked her friend about it, but the Water Skylander has grown more distant and silent since their intense adventure in the Ice Kingdom.

"You haven't been on any missions for a while now, huh?" Roller Brawl smiled as she looked at her friend's emotionless expression, attempting to make her smile.

"I haven't." A short and clear answer from Chill.

"I don't think you've been here before either. I already love this place." Roller Brawl observed the waterfalls as they poured down from the stone walls and into the seemingly endless sea.

"This is my first visit here too, yes." Chill took a few steps forward without giving the skater another look and discussed the plan with Nightfall.

Roller Brawl was upset. Chill has become her closest friend over the years, but now she doesn't even want to leave the Academy and she hasn't seen her smile for months. The vampire hoped that the relaxing atmosphere of the lagoons might bring the Chill she knew back.


At the Academy, Stealth Elf was just headed to the library. The Skylander has been visiting it quite often for the last few months, and she didn't plan to change that anytime soon. The elf opened the heavy wooden doors and stepped in. A few of her allies turned their heads towards her before going back to their books. The library was always calm and silent, perfect conditions for Stealth Elf to focus on her work. The assassin walked up the stairs and started to look for a few certain books. As she pushed them along the shelf, she spotted a familiar figure in the corner of the room.

"Star Strike?" The elf didn't think she would ever get to see the mysterious Skylander again, but now she was right there sitting on a chair in the library.

"Oh, hello Stealth." The alien briefly lifted her eyes to greet the bewildered elf before going back to her book about worlds beyond Skylands.

Stealth Elf still couldn't believe her eyes. "Why are you here?" She asked more calmly and wanted to know why Star Strike didn't pull through with her plan to leave the Skylands and return to her home. "Didn't you want to go home?"

"I did." The Magic Skylander turned over to the next page. "We were able to open the door, but there were… complications." The cloaked being remembered what she saw back then. The entrance to her home darkening itself before a spirit emerged from it and fled. Both her and Enigma tried to forget about it, but it's haunting them, and they fear that they might have freed something terrible.

"Why didn't you try again?" Stealth Elf didn't want to sound like she wanted Star Strike to leave for good, but she also realized how much she truly misses her home.

"The realm collapsed in itself. We tried, but we couldn't find it anymore." Star Strike knew that there were multiple entrances to the realm, but it already took Enigma years to find this one, so she didn't get her hopes up.

Stealth Elf was silent for a few seconds. It all sounded very dramatic, but that gave her the desire to make the Academy feel like Star Strike's true home. "So, you're staying here?"

"I never wanted to truly leave all of you." Star Strike did want to go back, but she made many friends along the way and didn't want to lose that either. "But I wanted to go back home more." She finally closed the book in between her hands and looked at the elf. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."

Even though she couldn't see it, Stealth Elf felt that Star Strike was happier than she used to be. She put her hand on the Magic Skylander's shoulder. "I'm sure you will." The assassin left her friend in solitude and continued with her own research.

After a few minutes, the Life Skylander found all the books she required and made her way over the several wooden planks that were present in the library. At the other side of the building, the Skylander reached a grand wooden closet filled with books. She put the ones she had in her arms on the ground and pushed the closet to the side. Behind it was a dark tunnel with torches lighting it up on the side. The assassin picked her books up and entered it before pushing the closet in front of it back into place. At the end of the tunnel was a small area with an opening above allowing light to shine into it. In it were countless books which the elf gathered over the last few months, and now she had more to add. She sat down and picked one of the books out of the mountains surrounding her. They weren't all the same, but they all had something in common – it was always about the history of forest elves and records of orphaned children from many years ago.


Back on the Leviathan Lagoon, the four Skylanders asked some of the few inhabitants about seeing any strange occurrences that were related to gold. None of them had anything useful to tell them. While Nightfall continued to look for herself, Smash Hit already considered the job done and went to the beach.

"What are you doing?" The irritated dreadwalker asked the Supercharger as he just grabbed a lounger and a towel.

"We asked everyone about the Golden Queen, she's not here. So I'm going to the beach!" Smash Hit didn't bother to reason with the grumpy Skylander any further and went off to find a nice spot next to the ocean.

Nightfall was in no mood to argue and floated after him. "Smash, we did not come here to have a beach trip. There could be clues to where she's gone. It's been months and she must have been to some places-"

"Isn't this exactly what you did the last time?" Smash Hit interrupted the Dark Skylander who abruptly stopped in surprise. "You were looking for the Doom Raiders for about two weeks with this exact strategy, and you could only find them when Sprocket escaped and brought you to them."

Nightfall was at a loss for words. She did not expect the laid back and usually chatty Earth Skylander to react in such a way. "They teleported themselves to an island we never heard of before, we couldn't-"

"I'm not trying to tell you that you're doing your job wrong, but I think you have trouble learning from your mistakes." Smash Hit pushed the lounger in his arm up when he felt it slowly slipping down before continuing his lecture. "You would have never found them if you kept looking for them like this. And it's been months with the queen now. She hasn't done anything so far and she won't until she's settled down somewhere. And when she does, we will find out about it and stop her, just like we always do."

The Supercharger turned around and left without another word. Nightfall was caught off guard and for the first time had nothing to say in return.


Meanwhile, Chill and Roller Brawl were also done investigating the tropical islands and were ready to head back. Chill walked straight into one direction without speaking a word with Roller Brawl, who awkwardly skated next to her. They have only communicated when necessary during their trip and Roller Brawl didn't enjoy feeling this uncomfortable around her friend.

"You have any plans for the rest of the day?" The roller skater attempted to start a conversation. "The weather is nice, even though I can't stay in the sun for too long and you don't like the heat either, we could do something-"

"I'm going back to the Academy as soon as the mission is done." Chill responded before her friend could finish and continued walking while Roller Brawl slowed down until coming to a halt.

"Chill what happened to you?" Roller Brawl finally asked a question that made the ice warrior stop as well.

"What do you mean?" The Water Skylander's Russian accent made all of her sentences sound harsh and colder than they already were.

"You know exactly what I mean." Roller Brawl was getting tired of Chill's behavior and decided to finally confront her. "For the last months you have been distancing yourself from everyone, even me!" The skater stared at the Skylander's back who didn't feel the need to face her angered ally. "We used to be best friends, don't you remember?"

Chill was silent and didn't move. Roller Brawl desperately looked at her friend, hoping that she would finally talk to her. Suddenly, the warrior turned around and tossed her javelin right past the vampire. Roller Brawl looked back to see a bunch of marine monsters emerging from the water, one of which was just hit by Chill's weapon.

The Undead Skylander clenched her teeth and was about to skate towards them, when a trail of ice spikes suddenly impaled one of the enemies. Roller Brawl looked behind her to see Chill using more advanced ice powers to defeat the enemies in a rather brutal way. That didn't stop her to continue throwing her javelins and creating spikes to pierce through the enemies one after the other. It was a gruesome view, even for an undead such as Roller Brawl. After a few moments, all foes were defeated and their lifeless bodies sunk back into the depths of the sea.

"We should go find Nightfall and Smash Hit." Chill said as cold as always and continued her way.

Roller Brawl sighed before going after her friend, who still didn't give her an answer to her question. But the Skylander wouldn't give up that easily.


Spyro was inside of the Academy hospital. The dragon has been walking from left to right for minutes on end. He was nervous. Nervous was an understatement. He was utterly anxious and terrified. After Cynder has been resting and the doctors at the hospital have been trying to do everything they can, the results for her condition were finally here. They would finally know whether or not Cynder could ever fly again. Spyro waited in front of her room to receive the news first. The dragoness wanted her closest friend to tell her. Whirlwind soon got out of her main office and approached Spyro. Her expression already told the Skylander that the results were anything but positive.
After a short conversation, Spyro finally entered Cynder's room where she eagerly laid in her bed waiting for the news.

The undead dragon looked over to her friend who had a neutral expression. No smile, no frown. She didn't want to wait any longer. "And?"

Spyro took a deep breath and sat down next to his friend's bed. He couldn't hide his disappointment any longer. "Whirlwind told me that they have run many tests and considered every possible option, but…"

Cynder's hopeful attitude started to fade while the dragon was hesitating to finish his sentence. "I will never be able to fly again."

Tears started to form in Spyro's eyes as he looked up to his friend. He only shook his head to confirm her assumption.

Cynder inhaled and looked at the peachy orange wall of her room. A despicable color in her opinion. She had the urge to leave the hospital and soar back to the dark and gloomy place that was the Undead Realm, but now she could never do that. She could only walk. Slowly, carefully. If she fell off an island, she would have to rely on others to save her. Cynder started to picture her entire life without the ability to fly and couldn't stop tears from running down her face. Tears which lead to her sobbing and clenching the sheets on her bed with her silver claws, almost tearing it in the process.

Spyro rose up and embraced his friend, who continued to cry and sob on her friend's shoulder. "It's going to be okay, I promise." Spyro was as devastated as his friend and wanted to do everything he possibly could to help and support her through this hard time.

"Nothing will ever be okay again." Cynder had to inhale loudly and irregularly to not choke while she was sobbing. "First Malefor and now this." She remembered the return of the dragon who kidnapped and raised her to be a harbinger of death all those years ago, and he was still out there. If he ever managed to escape Hex' grasp and attack them again, the dragon wouldn't even be able to properly defend herself against him.

The friends were heartbroken and comforted each other by hugging and crying out all of the feelings and thoughts that were in their heads. Would Cynder truly have to live her life without ever being able to use her wings again? As terrible as it may sound, that was the reality they were currently in, and there was nothing they could do to change that.


Chill and Roller Brawl soon found Smash Hit relaxing on the beach and enjoying the bright sun, which was slowly disappearing behind a layer of clouds. He held his hands behind his head and looked over to the Skylanders with his one eye before closing it again.

"Where's Nightfall?" Chill asked directly, disturbing the Supercharger during his tanning session.

"She took the Sea Shadow to look for more clues." Smash Hit didn't think about moving in the slightest, even though he could slowly feel the warm sunshine disappearing.

"Golden Queen wasn't here, we checked everything." Roller Brawl wanted to get off the islands as soon as possible now. The monsters and Chill's cold behavior ruined her mood.

The Skylanders then heard something strange beneath the water. They looked at it when suddenly a purple light emerged from the depths and left a black hole behind itself. The Sea Shadow then ascended from the sea and flew above the others' heads, landing on the yellow beach sand.

Nightfall quickly exited her vehicle and rushed to the others. "Watch out!"

Even Smash Hit opened his eye when a great blue leviathan followed the Sea Shadow by jumping out of the water and flying in mid-air. Before anyone else could react, Chill raised both of her hands and created large icy spikes which pierced right through the creature's body. Blood spurted out of the wounds and the fish flinched for a few more moments, before the injuries of the spikes took its last breath.

Everyone, including Nightfall, stared at the dead body in shock and then at Chill, who showed a hint of surprise herself.

"Why did you do that!?" Smash Hit got out of his chair and confronted the warrior. "You just killed one of the rarest creatures in Skylands!"

"It was about to attack us." Chill wanted to justify her actions and looked at Nightfall to confirm her statement.

"It is forbidden to kill them. I wanted to distract it so no one would get harmed." Even the gloomy dreadwalker seemed mortified by the Water Skylander's actions.

Chill finally looked over to Roller Brawl who covered her mouth with her hand in shock. The ice warrior couldn't take it anymore and ran off. The Superchargers looked after her while Roller Brawl decided to follow.
The clouds in the sky have turned into a dark grey and covered the entire area. Chill ran over one bridge after the other, she wanted to get as far away from her victim and companions as possible. But no matter how fast she ran, she wasn't able to outrun Roller Brawl.

The vampire soon caught up to her. "Chill, stop!"

Chill did as she was told and once again stood there without facing her friend.

"I'm worried about you, Chill." Roller Brawl slowly approached her friend and carefully tried to get closer to her. "We have all hurt and even killed enemies before, but what you're doing… it's too much."

Chill remained silent and didn't move an inch. She stood there as if she was frozen.

"You've been like this for months, and I want to help you, I really do." The Undead Skylander was now almost right behind the guard and stopped moving. "You just have to let me."

Chill clenched her fists and Roller Brawl noticed that she was starting to shake. Suddenly, the Skylander turned around with tears in her eyes. "I can't!"

Out of nowhere, snowflakes gently fell out of the sky and onto the torn friends. Roller Brawl was surprised, but she couldn't focus on that after seeing her friend like this. She knew that Chill needed help. "Why not?"

"I don't deserve your help, or anyone else's." Chill looked down at the ground and held herself with both arms as if she wanted to warm herself up. "I don't deserve anything."

"Don't say that!" Roller Brawl couldn't believe what she heard and decided to put her arms onto Chill's. "You're my friend and a Skylander, you deserve to be happy."

"How could I?" Chill removed her friend's arms by turning back around and looking at her reflection in the water. "How could I after what I've done?"

Roller Brawl was afraid she would hear that. She was aware of how deeply affected Chill was by their visit to the Ice Kingdom and her confrontation with the Snow Queen. She put her hand back onto Chill's shoulder.

"When I defeat those enemies with my spikes, it always reminds me of… her. How I killed her." Chill started to sob but quickly caught herself and repressed her tears. "I killed my queen."

Roller Brawl took a deep breath. The vampire has already tried to calm her down before she completely shut her out, but it seems like Chill would never truly get over it. "You know you did the right thing. She wasn't the queen you remembered. She got corrupted by power and-"

"But I swore to protect her with my life." Chill looked at Roller Brawl's glowing purple eyes and tried to not start crying again like she did many times after they returned from that excursion. "I was supposed to be her guardian."

"I know." Roller Brawl sighed and wasn't sure what to do anymore. She finally came to the idea to look at herself as an example and use her own experiences to help Chill. "I've been where you are before."

"You have?" Chill looked at her friend with questioning eyes.

"Well, not exactly, but something similar." Roller Brawl was talking about the time her brothers got kidnapped and she blamed herself for that. "I also beat myself up over something that wasn't my fault. I was the victim of the evil intentions of another person. Of course, it can't be compared to your situation, but I realized that by accepting the fact that it happened and that I can't undo it anymore, only then will I be able to fix it."

"But what is there to fix?" Chill used her cold hands to rub the tears out of her eyes.

"You, Chill." She looked at her friend with a soft smile and felt like she finally understood what this was about. "You may not be able to fix your kingdom, but you can fix yourself."

Chill was silent for a few moments. The snow falling from above was slowly starting to disappear and the guardian finally returned a smile after so many months. She stretched her arms out and embraced the vampire in a hug. "Thank you, for not giving up on me."

Roller Brawl returned the hug and was overjoyed that her best friend was finally back. While the friends embraced each other, the dark clouds vanished, and the sun reappeared to complete the warm setting on the beach.


The two Skylanders returned to the Superchargers, this time Chill looked far livelier and more like her old self.

"Did you two talk things out?" Smash Hit asked as he impatiently waited in front of the Dive Bomber to leave before anyone would notice the impaled leviathan.

"You could say that." Roller Brawl smiled and looked at her friend, who happily returned a smile.

"Then we can go." Nightfall hopped into her vehicle and the others soon followed.

The Skylanders made their way back to the Academy, where Chill and Roller Brawl would finally spend time together again, and occasionally talk about their feelings with each other rather than shutting them out.