Riley's emotions contribute to her primary behaviors in the film. Overall, Riley is an upbeat, honest, and goofy person when she is content. However, in adolescence, Riley becomes more sentimental, shy, and uncertain of herself as her other emotions begin to appear. With Riley's emotions now working all together and without one superseding the other, it would seem she had reached emotional stability. However, once she reaches puberty, she starts to feel her emotions more deeply.
Riley was having a great time in High School, being sixteen now, a Sophomore. She was able to keep her old friends, Grace and Bree, while also making new friends, like Val, and the other Firehawks.
As she settled in, she continued to play to her fullest potential on the ice, and she has never played so fluently until now.
In recent months, she has been hitting the ice rink after school to practice by herself, but as she walks into the stadium with her gear, she spots someone else on the rink…