A picture of the whole team of Arena Challengers started catching ice. The entire apartment complex, divided into multiple floors for different Arena Challengers, was freezing. The cold wave in Lamplight Town was way too much to handle. Poor Mila's Peeko has to cuddle up next to Cameron's Burnewt to stay warm- the heaters in the room just wouldn't cut it.
Nova, Fuchsia, Crios, and Korathius were sharing a gigantic blanket as they watched TV. "Urgh... it's way too cold!" Korathius sighed, his sweat beads having frozen over. Slumping forward, Crios accidentally hit the television remote, switching the channel to the news.
"How's that cold wave in Prodigix going along? Any change in temperature?"
A cut to a man lying on the floor, sobbing like a baby as he lies in a pool of solidified tears.
"When will this stop?! Please make it stop!"
"Thank you, Derek."
Suddenly, the channel changed.
"Are you so cold that you are literally lying in an ice sheet of your own tears?"
Korathius perked up. "What is this sorcery- er, I mean product?"
"Survive the frost with hot chocolate. The only drink that's hot. In a temperature way. Sponsored by Shipwreck Shore Beach Enterprises."
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Nova smirked.
Crios thought for a moment. What does she mean by this? "Are you thinking what I'm thinking" tf?
"I hope so."
Nova, Crios, and Korathius: "Let's go to the beach!"
The bus full of people smashed into the palm trees, spewing out a barrage of wizards and hot chocolate.
A seagull waddled towards a crab when an inflatable sofa crashed between the two animals and inflated into a couch. An umbrella, barbecue grill, and Smoky Spatula fell down right in their designated spots. Nova and Korathius sat comfortably in their couch, and Korathius sipped a nice hot chocolate.
"Son of a beach..." Nova gazed in wonder on the garbage-ridden polluted beach. "It's beautiful!"
"Well worth the fifty-hour drive! In fact, not long enough!" Korathius reclined into a massaging recliner that he stole from Crios. "You understand that you're... letting sand inside my property, potentially damaging the recliner." Crios facepalmed.
The rest of the wizards tumbled out in a giant mess as Team G.R.E.A.T, Derek Shardwisp, and his cousin Topaz Shardwisp unbuckled their seat belts. "How could you say that it's beautiful? It's a disgusting, pollution-ridden dumpster of a beach, and there's not a single lifeguard in sight!"
The bus was completely dented and the front window was busted. "I'm gonna miss the bus."
"Not us! The drive was slow, the air conditioning was broken, and the gas prices were downright OUTRAGEOUS!" Topaz yelled. "I'm telling you, as soon as we're out of here, I'm gonna buy a new bus for us to- OW!" Topaz tripped in a rock and has a face full of sand.
Somewhere around Skywatch, a barrel of ice, water, and cloud waste was transported into the waste disposal when a barrel fell off the platform, into the river, leading towards Shipwreck Shore Beach.
"A barrel of ecological waste has been found on the Shiverchill Riverside, heading towards Shipwreck-"
Gemini Jamantha, Rohan Jicholas, Evergreen, Tanner, and Ashley relaxed in their couch, and Gemini switched off the channel, plugging in a game. "Ah, the beach." Jamantha sighed. "It's amazing to get away from Lamplight and all these people and noise."
"DIE, FIEND!" A kid was burned up by a flamethrower. "NOBODY IS SAFE FROM GEMINI SLAY!" A teenager was buried in the sand permanently.
Soft-Serve Chaos
The Sun, Sea, and Slaughter
Gemini grabbed the controller, beads of sweat forming on her hair, poised over the shoulder buttons...
You died!
Killed by a lifeguard with a shovel
"NO! The last level!" Gemini slapped the controller and unplugged the game, sulking in her seat. "There's plenty more to enjoy! You could take a look at the boardwalk!" Rohan tried to console Gemini as a crab took the controller and started playing with it.
"Hmph." Gemini got up and trudged away.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow-" Gemini's voice trailed off in the background as she stepped on a bunch of seashells.
Rohan called for the rest of his friends to explore the boardwalk.
"Hey, I have a crazy idea. Let's start a competition! Whoever manages to eat the most boardwalk food... gets Alvin Flamegiver's antique Smoky Spatula!"
Everybody gasped in awe. Alvin Flamegiver was the champion of the Harmony Island Arena, and had slowly crawled to the top of the rankings ever since the Coliseum was torn down and the wizards all got placed in an apartment building.
"We'll all get stomachaches," Tanner quickly reminded Rohan.
"So that means when we... make pavement pizza, we'll have room for more snacks!" Rohan pumped his fists together. "Everyone, come with me to the boardwalk!" Rohan then subsequently started scatting wildly while Evergreen gave Ashley a "Jicholas is cuckoo" hand signal.
"Another thing I like about the beach that I can really enjoy... is the cool, refreshing sea breeze." Crios kicked back and relaxed. Suddenly, a waiter materialized in front of him. "Um, sir, your non-alcoholic sea breeze." The waiter then promptly disappeared.
Nova squinted in disbelief.
Korathius grabbed a fruit smoothie when some random person got up and personal in his face. "Hey, beach bums! Surfing hard or hardly surfing?"
Korathius blinked.