The Fudo siblings were outside for the day. They decided to have a picnic for their lunch, and Mo thought it would be a good idea since it was so nice outside.
Estelle soon saw some squirrels and smiled to them, letting them have some food. "Here, you go, guys..." she then smiled softly.
The squirrels smiled back before eating the food. As she fed the squirrels, Estelle started to miss Sofia, Amber, James, Miranda, and Roland. Estelle soon sighed.
"You okay, Estelle?" Vincent asked.
Estelle flopped against the blanket. "I wanna go to Enchancia."
"Same here." Akito said.
"It would be nice... Wouldn't it?" Vincent replied. "It has been a while since our last visit."
Mo and Atticus had to agree on that.
"Mom... Dad..." Akito and Estelle smiled.
"Hi, kids," Mo smiled back. "Having a nice picnic?"
"Yeah, but could please go to Enchancia?" Estelle asked.
"You wanna go back to Enchancia?" Mo smiled. "Well, I see nothing wrong with that."
This of course excited the kids right away.
"Oh, thank you, thank you!" Estelle beamed as she hugged her mother.
Mo smiled from that, happy that it made Estelle happy to go back to visit Enchancia.
"I wonder what'll happen this time?" Estelle beamed. "I guess I'll know once we get there!"
Once they were all ready to go to Enchancia, they soon took off. Atticus and Mo smiled as the kids got excited about visiting Enchancia again, though especially Estelle since she and Sofia were almost like best friends.
"Who do you think is more your best friend?" Akito smiled to his twin sister. "Sofia or Kelly?"
"Oh, I couldn't pick between them." Estelle said.
"So, then both of them would be your best friends?" Akito guessed.
"I can have more than one best friend?" Estelle asked.
"Sure you can!" Akito smiled. "I think mine is a tie with Ace Bunny and Ash. Maybe James too... The Enchancia one, not from Team Rocket, though he and Jessie are pretty cool now."
"Yeah, they sure are." Vincent smiled back.
"Oh, you kids and your Pokemon," Mo smiled. "I hope you have fun in Enchancia."
"Us too." The Fudo siblings replied.
They soon went back in time to Enchancia.
When they came to the palace, Sofia appeared to be playing hopscotch with her animal friends.
"Looks like we arrived right in the middle of a game of hopscotch." Estelle smiled.
Sofia soon stopped before looking over.
"Hey! Estelle! Akito! Vincent!" Clover smiled and ran toward the Fudo siblings.
"Hi, Clover!" Estelle giggled as she picked up the bunny in her arms.
"How've you been?" Akito smiled down at the bunny.
"Oh, it's been all right," Clover smiled back. "I missed you guys a bit."
"So did I." Sofia added.
"We missed you guys too," Vincent smiled. "We thought we'd visit for a little vacation."
"That's cool." Clover smiled back.
"Hopscotch?" Estelle asked Sofia. "Can we play?"
"Sure!" Sofia smiled. "I can teach you guys a rhyme I learned."
"Ooh." Felicity smiled back.
Sofia soon had Clover down on the ground so that they could play together.
"Into a town came 20 wizards, Raised their wands and made some blizzards, Can you count how many storms, The strongest of the wizards formed?" Sofia began to rhyme while going first to show them the rhyme. "One, two, three, four, five, Into a town came 20 witches, Who ran off with all the riches, Can you count how many pots The richest of the witches got?"
Felicity began to try to think of the answer to of how many pots. Clover soon counted with Sofia as they played together. Amber seemed to be watching them, crossing her arms at her step-sister as her twin brother walked by with a dog.
"Dix?" Felicity smiled which meant 'ten'.
"Yes, ten." Sofia smiled back.
Felicity beamed as she was right.
"Whoa! Nice moves, Sof." Clover smiled.
"Thanks, Clover!" Sofia smiled back. "Okay, who wants to go next?"
"Ooh! Me!" Estelle smiled back.
"Here you go, Estelle." Sofia smiled, giving her the pebble to take her turn in hopscotch.
"Why does Sofia spend so much time with those animals?" Amber wondered.
"I spend a lot of time with Rex." James told his sister.
"You take him for walks, James; you don't play hopscotch with him or try having a conversation with him." Amber told him.
"Uh..." James blinked.
"I mean, does she really think she can talk to animals?" Amber continued.
"How would I know?" James replied before yelping as Rex ran off with him.
"So, anyone got any good jokes?" Vincent asked.
"Frappe-Frappe." Felicity said.
"Who's there?" The Fudo siblings replied.
"Crayon brisé." Felicity said.
"Broken pencil, who?" The Fudo siblings asked.
"Never mind, it is pointless." Felicity giggled.
This caused them all to laugh with her as they got the joke.
"Oh! I think I have a rhyme!" Clover said to them. "It's about carrots and radishes!"
"Uh... Those words don't exactly rhyme." Estelle smiled sheepishly.
"Maybe he found a way to make a rhyme out of them." Akito said.
"Um... 20 carrots are in the garden... Then I eat 20 carrots... And then I eat 20 radishes!" Clover tried.
The others laughed to that a little.
"Can they ALL talk to animals?" Amber asked herself.
After some time, they all soon went inside with the adults.
"I gotta say, Sofia, I never had so much fun with hopscotch before." Akito smiled.
"Well, maybe because we've never came up with a fun rhyme like she did." Estelle smiled back.
"Yeah, I guess that's true." Akito agreed.
"I'll have to remember to show Gabrielle and Chip later." Felicity said.
"I wonder how Amber and James have been?" Estelle said.
"Well, you know we can hang out with them," Vincent smiled. "I think I saw James with his dog earlier..."
"He must have been taking Rex out for a walk." Sofia said.
"I haven't seen Amber." Felicity replied.
"Must be inside somewhere." Sofia guessed.
"Must be trying on tiaras." Akito added.
Sofia soon lifted up her skirt. "I think I should hopscotch inside." she then smiled.
"Just don't break anything." Estelle said.
"I won't." Sofia smiled.
"Oh, I know, that's just what Mom always says." Estelle smiled back.
Vincent and Akito soon went to find James. Sofia giggled as she hopped with Estelle and Felicity down the corridor and soon ran into Amber.
"Oh! Hi, Amber." Sofia smiled to her step-sister.
"I saw you!" Amber glared.
"Saw her what...?" Estelle asked Amber.
"Talking to those animals!" Amber glared.
"Oh!" Sofia giggled sheepishly. "You know me, I'm always talking to them."
"Yeah, like everyone else." Estelle added.
"No, I don't mean regular talking to animals, like, 'Oh, aren't you cute! Yes, you are. Good boy'," Amber clarified. "I mean, having a conversation with them. Like you understood what they were saying."
"Oh, maybe it just seemed that way." Sofia smiled sheepishly.
"You told your rabbit his rhyme was funny." Amber replied.
Sofia bit her lip and looked nervous from that.
"Sofia, I'm your sister," Amber pried to the younger girl. "You can't lie to me."
Sofia soon walked a little distance from Amber with a frown.
"I think we should tell her." Felicity said.
"Would it be allowed?" Estelle replied.
"What could go wrong?" Felicity shrugged.
Sofia let out a sigh. "Okay..." she then said to Amber. "You're right. I can talk to animals."
"So it's true! How?" Amber replied.
"Well, it's kind of hard to explain." Sofia said softly.
"I have all day." Amber replied.
Sofia soon took Amber into her room to talk as Estelle and Felicity soon joined in.
"Okay, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else," Sofia told Amber. "I mean, anyone else."
"I won't," Amber replied. "As long as you tell me."
"That's basically how it works." Estelle said.
"Right... Sorry..." Amber said sheepishly. "Uh, you guys were saying?"
"My amulet gave me the power to talk to animals." Sofia soon told Amber.
"Your amulet is magical?" Amber gasped. "That's incredible! What else can it do?"
"Oh, it, uh, there's a few other things." Sofia smiled sheepishly.
"Like what?" Amber smiled back.
Sofia just looked away then.
"Sisters shouldn't keep secrets from each other, Sofia." Amber then continued.
"I know, but-"
"Whatever it is, you can trust me."
"Okay," Sofia sighed, holding onto her amulet. "Sometimes, the amulet calls other princesses when I'm in trouble."
"It's true," Estelle nodded. "Like at the night of Sofia's ball."
"Oh! I think I might faint!" Amber said before doing just that. "Is that why Jasmine came to help us in Tangu? Your amulet called her?"
"Well, that and why Aunt Cinderella came when we first met." Estelle smiled from that memory.
"Her amulet only calls princesses when she's in trouble." Felicity said.
"You have the most amazing amulet ever! Wait," Amber beamed before looking curious. "Did Daddy know it could do all that when he gave it to you?"
"No," Sofia shook her head. "You are the only one I've told."
"What about you guys?" Amber asked Estelle and Felicity.
"We talk to animals for a different reason..." Estelle said.
"Oui." Felicity nodded.
"Well, Sofia, your secret's safe with me," Amber replied before smiling eagerly. "So, can I have a turn with it?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, Amber; I can't take it off." Sofia said.
"She promised your dad that she would never take it off." Estelle told Amber.
"Dad doesn't have to know." Amber replied.
Sofia kept her amulet safe while Amber reached out for it.
"Amber, please stop," Felicity said. "Non means non."
"Sofia, you are not being a very good sharer." Amber soon said out of frustration and stormed off.
"Just give her some time to calm down." Estelle told Sofia.
"Thanks, guys." Sofia said to her and Felicity.
The three girls soon got into a group hug once Amber was gone.
Meanwhile with Roland, Atticus, and Forte...
"Busy in here," Atticus said. "It's like my office whenever I see Ruthie in the morning."
"This Ruthie sounds very loyal." Roland replied.
"Oh, she sure is," Atticus smiled. "She's the best secretary ever," He soon saw Roland looking confused by that word. "She basically helps me out when I do my job," Atticus explained. "Gives me coffee, takes messages for me."
"Oh, I see," Roland replied. "Sort of sounds like Baileywick."
"Yeah, she's like Baileywick." Atticus said.
"King Roland." The chef greeted the king.
"Chef Andre," Roland smiled. "How's the food for tomorrow's anniversary ball coming along?"
"We are making all of the queen's favorites," Chef Andre replied. "Elf-grown kale fritters, refried magic beans, Jiggly Wiggly pudding-"
Jiggly Wiggly?!" Roland beamed.
"Your favorite desert I'm guessing?" Forte smirked playfully.
Atticus seemed to smirk along with Forte to that notion.
"Uh, I don't suppose you could spare a taste or two?" Roland smiled sheepishly to his cook.
The cook and three other workers soon brought out four wooden spoons.
"Oh, Roland..." Forte sighed playfully.
Roland soon came to try some of the pudding.
"Daddy!" Amber cried out as she walked in.
"Hello, Amber." Atticus greeted as Roland was busy with the dessert.
"I really need to talk to my father," Amber said. "Alone."
"Uh, Roland?" Forte called. "Your child calls upon you."
"And it seems important." Atticus said.
"Oh... Carry on!" Roland said as he returned a spoon.
Amber soon took her father's hand, dragging him out of the kitchen.
"This must be serious..." Forte commented. "I don't think I've seen her so aggressive."
"Same here." Atticus said.
The cooks soon offered them some pudding.
"Well... Maybe one bite couldn't hurt..." Atticus smiled, a bit hungrily.
Forte and Atticus both soon had some pudding.
Cherry and Mo soon walked by as Amber began to make demands.
"Don't be such a Veruca, Amber." Cherry mumbled to herself.
"Is everything okay, Amber?" Mo asked.
"It's not fair!" Amber pouted. "Sofia gets the best amulet ever and I want one too!"
"How is it the best amulet?" Mo asked.
"It does everything!" Amber said.
"Come now, don't be silly now." Cherry told the young princess.
"Yeah, it can't do everything." Mo nodded.
"Oh, grown-ups never understand!" Amber complained.
"Sorry." Cherry said simply.
"Amber, how about you be happy for Sofia?" Mo suggested.
"Yeah, don't pout, kid," Cherry said. "It's your parents' anniversary."
"Alright, fine, I'll try to be happy for Sofia for having the best amulet ever." Amber pouted before walking off. Once she was far enough away, it was safe for Mo and Cherry to talk.
"That kid's necklace..." Cherry said to Mo. "Uh... You know... That one Roland gave to Sofia when we first came here."
"Yeah, I know..." Mo nodded. "I guess someone's jealous and knows a little more than anyone else does now."
"Of all people, Sofia had to tell Amber." Cherry groaned.
"Now, now, I'm sure Amber will keep a secret for her step-sister." Mo smiled.
"That girl isn't exactly trustworthy." Cherry told her cousin.
"We better keep an eye on her then." Mo said.
"Fair enough by me..." Cherry smirked. "I can track her from her blood."
Mo looked disturbed from that, but it couldn't be helped. Cherry was a vampire after all.
