A New Friend

As Freeze Blade woke up, he was hit in the stomach by a rather large wrench used by a feline mabu boy. Not the best way to wake up. With a yelp, Freeze Blade sat up, clutching the spot on his stomach where the wrench hit him. As soon as he sat up though, the mabu started yelling at him to get up.

"Get up, sleeping beauty!" the mabu yelled. "My ship needs fixing!"

Groaning, Freeze Blade got up. "Colin," Freeze Blade. "Why did you hit me in the stomach?" This question caused the feline mabu to scowl even more.

"Well, I could have hit you in the head, but I needed you to help me repair my ship, even if I hate you," Colin replied. "Also, it's Captain Colin to you! Now get up off your lazy arse and help me repair the Dread-Yacht!"

"Alright, alright," Freeze Blade groaned, knowing that he couldn't defy Colin. The feline mabu had been working for the Skylanders as a pilot since he was seven years old. He was the youngest pilot ever to win the International Cloud-Race 9000, the first to ever fly into the Sea of Clouds and come back out, and the anonymous writer of hundreds of piloting books. All before his tenth birthday. Colin was too valuable to the Skylanders forces for him to be defied, and in terms of over all contribution, he was equal to any of the portal masters. The only problem was his attitude, which was worse than a grumpy, overworked troll on a Monday morning waking up at six o' clock and only having five minutes to prepare.

Walking over to the ruined deck, Freeze Blade looked over the destruction of the ship. The deck looked pretty much intact, except for the very front end of the blue deck, which had been cleaved in half by the strange explosion. The front of the ship, including the cockpit and artillery cannon, had crashed about two yards away on the other end of the field they had crashed into, and was being pushed back to the hull by Bouncer and Rubble Rouser. Already on the deck were Food Fight, Star Strike, and Roller Brawl, the latter of which Freeze Blade was extremely relieved to see okay. Freeze Blade frowned however when he realized who was missing.

"Where's Infernia, Quartzia, and Flash?" Freeze Blade asked, concerned.

"They must have been below decks when we were hit," Colin replied with a shrug. At this, Freeze Blade began to panic.

"You don't think they're dead, do you?" Freeze Blade asked, worried. However, Colin shook his head.

"The explosion was too small for anyone to have been killed," the mabu answered. "Most likely, whoever hit us used a very small explosive, meant to spread fire through out the entire ship. However, it seems that the person who launched it sucked at aiming, cause fire only spread through half of below decks. It did however blow a hole in the cargo bay, along with half the hallway. Anything or anyone near it was tossed out of the ship..."

OOOOOOOO

Purple. That was what Spark saw. A strange aura of purple energy in front of him. Turning around, Spark saw that the purple aura was all around him, surrounding him in a sphere of energy that was only broken by a strange pair double-doors at the other end of the sphere. Also behind him were several shadowy creatures forming a circle. To Spark's right was the shape of a female elf wearing a long robe. To his left was a full-grown dragon with two tails that seemed to be standing at the head of the circle. In the center of the circle was a strange winged ball of light.

"How much longer until he opens the gate," said the elf to Spark's right.

"Not much longer," a voice coming from the ball of light said. "Be patient Enchantix."

"We've waited long enough," said the two-tailed dragon in a deep, vibrating voice. "Soon, the first lord will be awakened. If Lord Mon isn't defeated, then it will be impossible for any of the others to be defeated. If he can't open the gate, then we must do it ourselves!"

"I understand your concerns, but you have nothing to fear," said the ball of light. "He will open the gate. Give him a little time, and I promise he will. When he does, I will explain the situation to him, and the other gates will be opened. And if I happen to have some meatloaf along the way, that will be a bonus."

"What is it with you and meatloaf, Forel?" asked an elf standing across from Spark on the other side of the circle. "You never seem to take your job seriously."

Spark didn't know why, but he thought that the ball of light, who's name seemed to be Forel, was smiling. "If I took things seriously, I wouldn't be an angel, now would I?" Forel replied.

Spark's head suddenly felt like it was spinning when he heard these words. Angel? Spark thought. Angels...angels are supposed to be a myth! Aren't they? For a few minutes, Spark couldn't hear what the group in front of him was saying. It wasn't until his headache had subsided that he could hear, again.

"...one more day," said the dragon. "If he doesn't open the gate by then, we will open it ourselves. Understood?"

"Understood," Forel said after a few minutes of hesitation. Suddenly, Spark's vision began to fade, and he began to hear a faint voice call his name, which seemed to be getting louder and louder with every second. Before his vision completely faded though, he heard one word spoken, one word that sent shivers down Spark's spine, down to his very core;"...demons..."

OOOOOOOO

"Spark! SPARK!" the anthropomorphic fish standing above Sparx shouted as he woke up with a jolt, screaming and flaring his wings out in surprise. One of his wings hit a giant seahorse nearby in the face, causing him to whiny in protest.

"Sorry, Strike," Spark said, recovering from the shock of waking up from his dream. Speaking of shock...

"WHAT THE HELL, SPARK?!" Triton yelled.

"Woah, calm down Triton," Spark said, backing away from the gillman. "It was an accident."

"Uh...right," Triton said, calming down.

"Are you all right?" Spark asked.

"We're fine," said Triton after a moment of hesitation.

Looking around, Spark noticed their surroundings. They were in a field filled with snow and pine trees, and surrounded on all sides except to the front and back by snow peaked mountains. The air was filled with white snowflakes swirling around in a flurry of white. To Spark's surprise, it seemed to be light out.

"I read that the Frostfest Mountains were a place of eternal night, so why is it light out here?" Spark asked.

"We're not in the Frostfest Mountains," Triton replied. "We're in the outskirts of the Frostfest Mountains, near Winter Keep."

"That's where the statue of Angela's aunt is," Spark said, frowning as he realized something. "Wait, speaking of Angela, where is she?"

"I would say that she is where the explosions are," said a voice behind Spark.

Turning around, Spark saw Lefa standing behind him. Jumping back in surprise, he glared at her.

"Stop doing that," Spark angrily said.

"Doing what?" Lefa asked, feigning innocence.

"Nevermind," Spark decided. "What were you saying about explosions?"

Instead of answering, Lefa pointed in the direction behind Spark. Turning around, Spark saw small bursts of fiery light, faded due to the snow.

"I really hope that's not Angela," Spark said.

"Why?" Shock asked.

"Because she would only use explosions like that against Quartzia."

"Oh," Lefa and Triton said simultaneously.

"Yeah."

OOOOOOOO

In a clearing on the other end of the field that Spark, Triton, and Lefa were at, Infernia was just getting up from landing on the snow laden ground. Looking around, she saw nothing but dense trees on one side, and empty whiteness on the other. She started floating towards the empty plain, when suddenly a voice called out.

"I would not go that way-direction if I were you," the voice said. Turning around, Infernia still saw nothing but pine trees. "Sky-up here."

Looking up, she saw a massive white bird flapping it's wings as it descended slowly to the ground. On it's back, a green-skinned elf rode the huge bird like a horse. The elf wore a light-blue scarf, a white shirt beneath a long silver-colored coat with blue buttons, and a pair of blue slacks. His dark-blue hair was tied into a short ponytail with a feather stuck into it, and his eyes appeared to be filled with magical wind. Jumping back in surprise, Infernia gawked at the strange elf riding the even stranger white bird. That is, until the bird landed and raised a cloud of snow that covered Infernia, shocking her out of her reverie.

"Hello-hi," the elf said.

"What the?" Infernia said in surprise.

"Oh, sorry-pardons," said the elf, waving his hand. Somehow, all the snow on Infernia suddenly fell off. Gawking again at the elf, Infernia took a step back just in case.

"How did you do that?" Infernia asked.

"The same way-how I know that there is a deep-steep cliff in the direction-way that you were float-walking," the elf said, getting off the large bird, which began to shrink to the size of a regular. "By reading the air-wind currents. Now then, since you are obviously lost-unfound, I will assist-help guide-lead you back to your friend-companions. Assuming of course, that your friend-companions are a black dragon with golden horns, chest-plates, wings, spikes, and a tail- spike, a fish-man in a purple jumpsuit with a strangely-shaped crossbow riding a seahorse, and a tree nymph wearing a sash-cloth with several throw-knifes strap-attached to it."

"Well, they're not really my friends, but I do know them," Infernia said, realizing the elf had described Sparx, Triton, and Lefa.

"Excellent-good," said the elf. "Then let us get go-walking before they get to the metal-wing dragoness-hybrid and the crystal-earth dragoness battle-fighting each other."

"WHAT?!" Infernia yelled. "We gotta get there before they come in the way of Quartzia and Angela!"

Infernia began floating fastly toward the trees before she stopped halfway and turned back around with an embarrassed look on her face.

"I'm sorry," said Infernia. "My name's Infernia. What's yours?"

Smiling, the elf walked over, the now normal-sized white bird on his shoulder. "It is nice to meet you Infernia. My name is Aquillo."

OOOOOOOO

Five figures stood in a dark cavern lit faintly by torches. In front of them was a pit, so deep and dark, you could almost believe it was bottomless. Standing in front of it, the five figures began to chant. It was in a strange language that sounded like it was invented by monsters. Which was not far from the truth actually. As the five people chanted, a shadow of a figure could be seen climbing from the pit. It seemed to have a rather large right hand that seemed to gleam in the light of the fire. Finally, after a few more tense minutes, the creature stood before the figures. Seeing this, the lead figure bowed.

"Welcome, Lord Mon," the lead figure said in a voice that indicated him to be male.

"It's good to be back," the creature, apparently Lord Mon, said. "Tell me, who are you to awaken me?"

"We are the Four Horsemen," said the figure to the right of the leader in a gravelly voice. "And this is our summoner, Paleo."

"Is that so?" Lord Mon replied. "Well, since you awoke me, you may wish anything you want that is in my power to do."

"Lord Mon," the lead figure Paleo said. "I only wish for you and the other Lords to be awoken. But there are those who would not want that, which is why I awoke you first. I wish for you to destroy those who would defy your glory."

"Granted," Lord Mon said. "Is there anyone specific you have in mind?"

"As a matter of fact, there is," Paleo said. "I wish for you for you to destroy the one person who could really get in the way."

"Who?" asked Lord Mon, to which Paleo seemed to grin.

"Spark the dragon."

A/N

A/N

Now what could they want with Spark? How is he the only one who could defeat them?

"Why are you asking that when you already know the answer?"

Why are you asking that when you already know the answer?

"...Touche."

Exactly. Wow, this chapter took me quite a while, but luckily I finally got it out. Anyway, make sure to watch out for my next chater

Evil Arrival

Oh, and if you're wondering why I didn't tell anybody this chapter's name last chapter, it's because I didn't know what I was going to call this chapter at the time. So yeah. Again, make sure to watch out for my next chapter, leave a review if you like puppies and stay Magical!

EDIT: I forgot to put Flash's name in when Freeze Blade was asking about where the people missing were. Sorry about that.