This was going to be a different story but it turned into this. It's one of those in between stories. I hope you enjoy. Plz review. We love it when you do.

Lazytown was back to normal. Sportacus was happy everyone was alive. The only people who knew about the Black elf were Sportacus, Elena, Robbie, Stephanie. Sportacus saved Loquia and she saved Elena. On the way back to LazyTown, Sportacus was carrying Elena as she was not steady on her feet yet. They passed by the old LazyTown castle of the Blue knight. Something made Sportacus stop and look.

"What is it?" Elena asked.

A strange feelng rushed through him, then he shrugged it off. "Nothing." He said smiling at her. She leaned in and rested her head on his neck. "Are you alright?"

Just tired.

They made it back to LazyTown. It never looked so good to Sportacus. Bright and cheery. Just the way it should be.

"Why don't you walk Stephanie home? Loquia and I can sit here for a bit."

As soon as he set her down on a bench, the mayor came up from behind them. "Oh! There you are, Stephanie! You must've gotten up very early today! You early bird, you."

"Mayor!" Sportacus picked him up and spun him around. When last he saw him, he had died. But it was all an illusion. Never the less, he was excited to see him alive.

"Oh,eh bbbb, hello to you too Sportacus. I must say if we're now greeting each other like that, I may have to do a few more push ups." He chuckled.

"Don't worry about it mayor." He laughed. Ziggy and Stingy, and Trixie made their way over.

Sportacus picked up each one and hugged them.

"I think Elena's finally rubbed off on him." Trixie giggled. Who's the newbie?"

He pulled Loquia in front of him, hands on her shoulders. "Ah, this is Loquia. She's going to be staying with us for a while."

"Cool!" Ziggy exclaimed. "Maybe I can teach you to ride a bike. I'm really good now."

"It'll be nice to have another girl around. No offense Pinky, but we're a bit out numbered."

"Didn't you say that when Eleana showed up?"

"I stand by my words, no matter how many times I say it."

Stephanie rolled her eyes.

"Can she come and play in MY treehouse?" Stingy offered.

She pressed into Sportacus. "Maybe later. She's had a long trip here. In fact Elena's not feeling well. We should get her home."

"She must be sick. She's not bouncing around. In fact she's too quiet. That's scary in and of itself."

"I love you too, Trixie." Elena smiled.

Stephanie went off with the rest of the kids and Sportacus picked up Elena and the three of them went to her house. Elena slept for two days recovering from her ordeal. Sportacus and Loquia kept an eye on her. Ziggy even brought over a stuffed monkey to help her feel better. During that time, Sportacus gave Loquia background on all the kids, on LazyTown, he set up a bedroom for her and they got to know each other.

She was still a little quiet, but Sportacus didn't want to push anything. He was taking things at her pace. She asked a lot of questions about him and his family, watched him work out. She'd even seen him do a few saves. The kitten from the tree, Ziggy from the tree, and the mayor from a runaway skate board.

Loquia wanted to go outside for a while. She was still shy of the kids. She was going to interact with them at some point. For now she wanted to go in the back yard. Sportacus joined her outside and they planted some flower seeds and made a little garden just for her.

When they were done they went back inside to get some water when there was a knock at the door.

Stephanie came in. "Hi!" She smiled. "I wanted to see if you wanted to come play in the park for a while? It's really fun." She saw she was nervous.

She looked at Sportacus. "It's up to you. If you feel ready."

"Ok." She really wanted to know what it was like to be a kid. The fact that she could go outside was a new experience for her. In fact the only thing she'd felt the past few days was happiness. Sportacus even told her stories of the elves before bed. She felt safe.

She and Stephanie left for the park. Sportacus watched out the window for a while. Stephanie showed her the swings, slides and how to jump rope. Loquia did some activities but it was halfhearted. There was still a level of being around people she didn't know how to deal with. But Stephanie worked with her.

Sportacus smiled. Stephanie was a wonderful girl.

"Didn't I say no hats in the house?"

Sportacus spun around. "Elena! How are you feeling?"

"Well enough to be spun around in circles and shown how happy you are." She smiled.

He hopped over the sofa, jumped in front of her, scooped her up, twirled her around the room and embraced her in a kiss. "I love you."

"Do you want to hear a secret!"

He smiled. "What?"

"I love you, too."

Their lips pressed together and Sportacus felt something he had never felt before. The feeling of true love. As his arms were wrapped around her he felt the elder was right. Their destinies were indeed joined.

She pulled back. "Can I ask you a question!"

"Anything."

"Why did I wake up with a monkey?" She chuckled.

He laughed. "It was a gift from Ziggy."

"Oh. Because I thought you shrank and got all soft and fuzzy on your face." She innocently cocked her head to the side.

"What?" With that he began to relentlessly tickle her. She was screaming in fits of laughter all the way to the sofa. What the pair didn't realize was in the middle of their reunion, they had company.

"Ahem" Stephanie cleared her throat.

Sportacus looked fast, lost his footing and clumsily fell to the floor. Stephanie giggled and Elena laughed hard. Sportacus was not akin to clumsiness so, he just made a face as he got up a bit embarrassed. He pointed to Elena. "Not finished with you yet." And gave her a wink.

Loquia was not sure what make of it. Only that there was so much love in the room and it was filling her up with happiness.

"Sorry for the interruption. I wanted to ask if I could bring Loquia to my house? I have some old coloring books and toys I could give her if she wants."

He went over and knelt down. "What do you think?" He asked.

He was asking what she wanted. His voice was so gentle and he was so nice. Without thinking, she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tight. He hugged her and rubbed her back.

Elena sat up and watched them. She could feel the emotion coming from her. The want for the loneliness to be gone forever. For the anger turned into love. And the fear of the happiness she was feeling. Elena understood her feelings. It was confusing to Loquia but she was bringing in and filling up on what she never had. Loquia looked over to Elena and saw her smiling.

"Well," Sportacus began. "I don't think this is a no." He grinned.

Loquia stepped back. "I want to go." She said quietly.

"Are you sure? No one will be mad of you don't want to."

"I want to." She took Stephanie's hand.

Stephanie liked being a big sister, so to speak. "Ok. Off we go. Would you like me to teach you some songs?" As they left for Stephanie's house they heard a rendition of 'Bing Bang' being sung.

"It's good she trusts Stephanie."

"It's good she trusts you."

"She'll be ok in time. Now you on the other hand..." He slowly turned to face Elena. "Hm. Now where were we? Ah, yes. You were laughing at me when I fell on the floor."

"No, no,no,no, it's ok." She tried to run but Sportacus caught her, hoisted her in a firemans hold and headed for the bedroom. "Sportacus," she was laughing. "Put me down."

"If you insist." He plopped her on the bed and she bounced, giggling. Then he carefully flew on top of her and playfully kissed her. "Now, where was I? Oh, yes!" He started tickling her again. After he'd felt she'd had enough, he stopped and looked her in the eyes. He pushed back her hair, passionately kissed and made love to her.