If Elena had one wish to make, other than kitties, kitties, and more kitties, she would wish that grown-ups and aunties understood how her mind worked.

If they did, then she wouldn't still be feeling the swats on her bottom stinging as she sat down with Madeline and Nell.

She barely glanced at Sabrina, grumpy with her about getting in trouble for being herself.

Now she wanted to take her wish back and wanted to get out of where she was, and maybe do what she did as a three year old, such as streak. Even for a little while.

"No Elena," Madeline muttered, seeing her move around on her stinging bottom. "We're not moving unless you need to go potty."

"I go potty?" Elena asked.

"You went after you had dinner," Madeline replied, checking the clock. "But maybe it can't hurt to check; you've been in timeout for at least two minutes. Is that okay, Nell?"

"Give her another minute, Madeline. We'll check her then," Nell replied.

"Okay...is Sabrina okay? She was really upset before," Madeline asked.

"She'll be fine," Nell assured her. "I'm only sorry she was scared."

"Me too. I know she did the right thing," Madeline smiled a little before she frowned. "We just never gave the girls a swat before."

"I know, and it was a little better than a full-on spanking," Nell muttered, turning away for a moment. "I guess we've spoiled the girls so much lately that Elena thought I would be on her side."

"But you weren't," Madeline recalled as Elena moved around again on her bottom that wouldn't stop stinging.

"You no take Kitty bye-bye?" Elena asked.

"Kitty comes back when you go to bed," Nell replied. "Why don't we let her get to know her new siblings? It's been another minute or so now, so maybe we can let you up to see if you need to go potty."

When they checked saw that Elena was fine, Nell and Madeline let her up from her timeout stool. "But remember, Elena, you have to apologize to everyone, and after James and Chancellor Esteban have their game, you're going to bed," Nell reminded her.

"Okay," Elena agreed, and Nell led her to the sitting room where Esteban and James were getting ready to play their first game.

Madeline waved a friendly hand to Sabrina who waved back as Elena glared at her in anger.

"Elena! Sit!" Nell scolded, seeing her stand out of her seat.

"No!" Elena shouted, crossing her arms. "Auntie Sabrina hurt me and it still hurts so I wanna hurt her too!"

"Good grief," Madeline groaned, focusing on the game and silently cheering on for James.

"Elena Lydia, would you like to go to bed now?" Bianca asked.

"If you go to bed now, you won't get Kitty back until tomorrow," Nell added.

"I stay!" Elena cried.

"Maybe this could help her," Florence suggested, putting a few pillows down for Elena to sit on. "How's that?"

"Good!" Elena giggled, flapping her hands. "But I still mad at Auntie Sabrina!"

"Speaking of mad, Helen Genevieve, I'm mad at you for spoiling the girls during your pregnancy, because that showed how Elena acted tonight," Bianca grumbled, hearing the game begin. "If you weren't an adult, I would put you in time outs that would last longer than Elena Lydia's!"

"We wanted to show the girls that we were still going to love them when a new baby came into our lives," Nell tried to explain. "I know it's probably no excuse, Bianca..."

"I can understand where she's coming from, Miss Bianca," Amber admitted, "I was jealous of Sofia when she first came, but we helped each other through some tough times, and we learned about each other along the way."

"I'll take your word for it, Princess Amber," Bianca smiled, mussing Elena's hair. "Now, Elena Lydia, who do you want to win?"

"James," Elena answered with a smile. "Kitty wants him too."

"I pick the chancellor," Madeline answered, smiling a little. "Just to show my respect to him since he's older."

"They both look like good competitors," Florence smiled; she knew James was good, but she also knew Esteban was smart. Either of them could win.

Meanwhile, James wondered how Ricky was doing. He knew the little guy hadn't been feeling too well earlier. He thought after the game, he'd go with Nell and Bobby Lee to check on him, and maybe, just like he did with Elena and Gabby, he'd sing him a song to cheer him up.

He was shaken out of his thoughts when he heard Queen Elena explain the rules. The first person to solve all the puzzles in front of them would be the winner. There was no time limit, so they could take all the time they needed to think a puzzle through if it was too hard.

James was more than thankful for that, hearing one side cheer him on and the other side cheering for Estéban which, other than Queen Elena and her family, probably was for respect. Still he had to concentrate, not letting anything get to him.

Esteban smiled to himself when he saw James mouthing a song as he worked. He recalled how Francisco would do the same thing as they went head to head before.

"I'll have to ask Prince James what that song is, and if he can sing it for me," Francisco said as he tried to read James' lips.

Bobby Lee was also watching James' lips. "I know that song, sir," he smiled. "The guards and I sometimes sing it back home."

"Apart from word games, Prince James is quite good at music," Bianca smiled. "But let's let him concentrate on his game first, and if he wants to, he can sing for you later."

"Good idea," Bobby Lee grinned, looking at the game. "It gets my mind off Ricky."

"I'm sure it's just a cold. All babies get one," Luisa assured Bobby Lee with a smile. "If it's not don't worry I have an old remedy that might help."

"Wish you were around when Elena and Gabby first had their fevers, Miss Luisa, that would've helped me a whole lot," Nell whispered, thankful that unlike his sisters, Ricky wasn't still feeding from her chest when he started not to feel well.

Esteban looked up from the puzzle he was working on. He remembered the remedy Luisa was talking about. The only way he'd take it if he was sick was if Luisa (or Elena) did the 'here comes the jaquin flying to its nest'.

Queen Elena saw the look on his face and said, "Helen, if Ricky won't take the medicine if he needs it, just do what I did with Esteban. The only way he'd take medicine or eat when he was younger was if my abuela did 'here comes the jaquin flying to its nest!'"

Elena and Gabby giggled, but Florence grinned. "You use jaquins here? All this time I was using airplanes to get Robert to take his medicine!"

"I might have to do that with Bobby Lee or Gabby next time I want them to try something new!" Nell chuckled.

"Oh no! Not me! Let Gab-Gab be your taste tester!" Bobby Lee groaned, looking at the game. "It's hard to tell who's winning."

"James," Elena muttered, drawing on a piece of paper Florence had given her so she wouldn't run off.

"Maybe, but we both know he and Chancellor Esteban are equally good," Bobby Lee smiled.

"Yes, but I think we're about to see the winner," Madeline pointed at the last puzzle.

They watched as James and Esteban went head-to-head on the giant crossword puzzles that Armando had set up. James had to stand on a chair to reach the very top boxes, but he tried his best. He smiled as Roland held the chair steady for him and helped him down when he finished the top row. "Thanks, Dad; I'm sorry I'm short!"

"You're doing fine, James," Roland smiled.

"What are you drawing, Elena?" Sabrina asked, hoping to get on her good side again.

"No talk to you, meanie," Elena grumbled, going back to her drawing.

"She's really mad at me, isn't she?" Sabrina frowned, looking at Madeline and Nell with tears in her eyes.

"Elena's never been swatted before, but don't worry; she'll get over it," Nell assured her. "She's never held a grudge for very long."

"But what if she doesn't forgive me?" Sabrina asked.

"Then we explain why you did what you did," Nell suggested. "She'll understand why it had to be like that."

"Nell, Dad just went back to his seat and I don't want to bother him again," James motioned for her to come over. "I thought I filled out all the squares on the top rows, but I learned that I need to go up there again. Can you just hold the chair steady for me?"

"No problem, James, just be careful when you're balancing on it," Nell smiled as she helped spot him on the chair. "But maybe next time you do crossword puzzles with Chancellor Esteban, they shouldn't be so big or take up so much room. And while I'm with you, maybe you could double check the top rows and make sure you have everything filled out."

"Good idea," James said, reaching out for the top row. "And thank you."

"With my babies being small I'm used to doing this," Nell grinned, seeing her husband watch the girls. "Just try your best. You're against an older man after all."

"Maybe when we get back to Enchancia or on the way back to it, you and I can go for a round?" James smirked, smiling down at the mother of three.

"Be careful what you wish for, James," Nell grinned.

"Oh, it's on, Nell," James grinned back.

"Yay Mommy!" Elena cheered.

"Get him, Mommy!" Gabby giggled.

"Girls, let him finish playing with Estéban first," Nell smirked, holding the chair better so he could stand.

"Yes, Mommy," The girls smiled.

James made sure to double and triple check each row as he filled out the clues. Even though he was careful, Esteban was the one to finish the crossword puzzle first.

"Congratulations, Chancellor Esteban," James said as Esteban and Nell helped him down.

"Thank you, Prince James," Esteban smiled as they shook hands. "You were a formidable opponent, but you are right that perhaps the puzzles should not have been so big. I had to stand on a stool myself to get some of the top rows."

"Well played, both of you," Queen Elena smiled as she came up to them, "Congratulations, cousin! Well done, Prince James!"

"Congratulations, Mr. Chancellor!" Sabrina giggled, clapping her hands.

"Yay James!" Elena cheered, holding up her drawing. "And can sue her too!"

"Sweetheart, did you draw them both?" Florence cooed, taking the drawing for herself.

"Yeah!" Elena smiled. "James wins this game!"

"Thank you, girls," James smiled, "Now can I go check Ricky? I want to tell him, and Sofia and Amber, all about this."

"Yeah!" Gabby smiled as she hugged him.

"Okay," Elena looked a little sad now, "Night-night, James. I sorry, Queen Elena."

"That's right," Bobby Lee looked up. "After the game, Elena has to go to bed."

"And we'll see you in the morning," Queen Elena smiled, giving Elena a hug. "Night-night."

"I hope Ricky is alright," Nell muttered softly upon seeing Bobby Lee take Elena to bed.

"With him being the smallest, I'm hoping with you, Miss Helen," Estéban shrugged, seeing Queen Elena smile. "Richard could've gotten it from anyone of us."

"You're probably right," Nell smiled. "But winter is the prime season for colds. We'll let Ricky rest tonight and see how he is in the morning."

"And he has his little friend Zoomer to keep him company, right?" Madeline asked, knowing that Ricky was now old enough to have little toys in his crib with him.

"Yes, Zoomer will make him feel better, and so will his new friend," Nell smiled. "We'll have to figure out a name for him, won't we?"

"That's right," Bobby Lee said as he passed out the 'official' jaquin adoption papers. "We signed our names on the papers, but we left the jaquin names blank until we thought of a name for them."

"I thought of Butterfly!" Madeline giggled, taking her paper.

"And I thought of Howie!" Sabrina added with a smile.

"Auntie Sabrina and Howie sitting in a tree! Mommy and Daddy how do you spell their names?" Gabby asked before she frowned, hearing Ricky cry.

"First, let's check on Ricky," Bobby Lee said as he watched Madeline write Butterfly's name on her paper, and Sabrina as she wrote Howie on hers. He helped Gabby write the name Lily on her paper, and he helped Elena write Pinky on hers, since Sofia bought her a little pink jaquin that looked like Estrella.

As they walked down to Ricky's nursery, Bobby Lee, Madeline, and Sabrina recalled the new jaquins' names. Since she had a blue and silver jaquin, Nell had named hers Bluebell, and Bobby Lee had named his dark brown and yellow jaquin Sergeant.

"You gave him a rank?" Madeline giggled.

"Well, that's not so strange, since Roland named his Regent," Bobby Lee grinned, recalling the blue and gold jaquin Roland bought. "And since Amber loves jewelry so much, of course she named hers Emerald!"

"James named his Zebra!" Sabrina giggled, remembering James' black and white jaquin, "And Sofia named hers Ella!"

"Well, we didn't want confusion between Elena and Sofia's jaquin," Bobby Lee grinned, recalling Sofia's new pink and purple friend she partly named after Queen Elena. "Miranda named hers Miss Paisley!"

"So we know she's a girl!" Madeline giggled as they came to Ricky's nursery. "We'll help Ricky come up with a name for his new friend too!"

"Hey little guy!" Nell cooed, taking him in her arms. "You okay, Ricky?"

Ricky fussed in frustration as Madeline saw his pale face.

"How about Greenie?" Madeline suggested as Nell rocked a sick Ricky in her arms.

"Not because of Ricky's pajamas is why you picked it?" Bobby Lee joked, seeing that his wife still hadn't learned her lesson of not rocking a sick baby from five years earlier.

"Greenie's cute," Nell smiled as she changed him. "And this is the second time you came up with a name for Ricky's jaquin, Maddie. I have to say it: you're fantastic when it comes to naming kitties!"

"I came up with Zoomer's name too!" Madeline grinned, "Zoomer goes zoom-zoom!"

Ricky giggled softly, but he started fussing again as Nell started walking him around the room.

"We know, buddy," Nell murmured as Luisa came in with a bowl of something. "Here, try this. Luisa says it'll make you feel better."

Ricky fussed when Luisa came up to him. He didn't like the yucky looking stuff in the bowl and turned his head away.

"Come on, mijo," Luisa crooned. "This will make you feel so much better." She smirked when Ricky turned his head toward Nell, hoping his mommy would stop her. "Okay," she said as she took a spoonful and moved it toward him, "Here comes the jaquin flying to his nest!" She popped the spoon into his mouth when Ricky giggled. "There you go, sweetheart. By tomorrow you should feel so much better!"

"He's still a little fussy," Nell muttered before smiling at Luisa. "Thank you. Jaquins, or kitties, as my Elena sees them as always make Ricky feel better."

"He'll sleep through the night," Luisa grinned, stroking Ricky's hair. "But if he starts to show signs of a fever tomorrow, I'll get our royal doctor."

"Elena doesn't like doctors," Bobby Lee grimaced, knowing how much of a fuss Elena often made when it was time for a check-up.

"We'll play with her!" Sabrina giggled, hugging Howie close.

"And you can sing a song with me to cheer her up if she's still mad," James suggested. "Music has been known to make everything better."

Sabrina smiled. "I think I will. Are you going to sing the song you were doing during the game?"

"No, that one's a little too wild for Elena," James grinned. "But maybe you and I can come up with something."

Sabrina smiled at the thought. She really wanted to cheer up her niece, and if Ricky was experiencing more than just a cold, she wanted to do it right.

Early in the morning, Madeline had been woken up by loud, unfamiliar wails coming from Ricky's nursery.

Getting a stool, she climbed on it, carefully getting a wailing Ricky from his crib.

"You're okay. Mommy's coming soon," Madeline assured him before checking his forehead and screamed.

"Why Auntie Madeline scream?" Gabby yawned, rubbing her eyes. "Ricky woke me up!"

"Where's Nell? I need her here now!" Madeline shouted.

Nell ran in the room. "Madeline, what is it?"

"Ricky's burning up! He needs a doctor now!" Madeline said as Nell felt Ricky's forehead herself.

"You're absolutely right, Madeline," Nell murmured.

"Ricky sick?" Elena frowned, dragging Kitty behind her.

"More than that, Ellie," Madeline muttered, taking her hand. "He needs a doctor."

"No doctors!" Elena cried.

"Elena, the doctor's not for you; he's for Ricky," Madeline explained, "You don't have to worry. The doctor will help Ricky feel better."

"We need to be brave for Ricky," Sabrina murmured, "Elena, I know it's scary, but Ricky needs you to be brave for him. I know you're mad at me, but that doesn't matter now. Ricky's more important than a timeout."

Queen Elena came in with the castle doctor, having heard the conversations and acted quickly. "I found the castle physician, Helen. He'll help Ricky."

"Bye-bye, Ricky," Elena sniffed, feeling tears in her eyes as she cling to Sabrina. "I sorry, Auntie Sabrina!"

"No. I'm the one that should be," Sabrina smiled softly, mussing her hair.

"Why?" Elena asked in confusion. "I bad girl!"

"You didn't know what was going on, so of course you'd be upset," Sabrina assured her. "Everything's going to be fine, Elena. The doctors will take care of Ricky."

"And while they're doing that, we'll play with you!" Gabby giggled, jumping up and down.

"Kitty ride first," Elena said, flapping her hands.

"Kitty ride?" Madeline asked in surprise. "Is this so you don't have to think of Ricky being sick?"

"We ride kitties, please?" Elena asked as Sofia came up.

"Maybe Amber, Isabel, James, and I can take you, Madeline, Sabrina, and Gabby for a ride while you're waiting," she suggested. "I know you probably want to do something to keep your mind off Ricky. Let's ask someone if that's okay, and we'll go from there."

"I can stay with Gabby and go on a jaquin ride later," James offered; he knew how scared Gabby was when she rode a flying horse for the first time.

"Okay, James, if that's what you want to do," Sofia agreed.

"James Kitty," Elena muttered softly, giving it to him. "I brave for Ricky."

"And he'll like that you're brave," James smiled, mussing her hair. "I'll put the kitties in my room so they're safe. They can have a music or word puzzle party of their own while Gabby and I check on Ricky."

As he watched the girls go off to find Isabel, James and Gabby went to Ricky's nursery. They saw the doctor examining Ricky, who was very red in the face and crying as the strange man poked him.

"He's got a nice little fever, Mrs. Johnson," the doctor said a few minutes later. "I'll give you some medicine for him, and he'll be back to his old self in a day or so."

"But we tried a different remedy yesterday and he was worse this morning," Nell frowned. "I know it's possible, but could Ricky be allergic to an ingredient in it?"

"It's possible," the doctor admitted, "I'll run some tests and see what the problem could be."

"Ricky, over here!" Gabby giggled, starting to make a funny face. "Look!"

Ricky stopped crying for a moment as he spotted Gabby's funny face and squealed, clapping his hands.

"James, where are the girls?" Nell asked, wanting to scold Gabby, but didn't have the heart to do so.

"Elena wanted to ride a jaquin, so they're asking someone if they can," James answered, smiling at Ricky giggling.

Nell was about to start lecturing James about asking her about this first next time, when Elena came in with Sabrina. "How Ricky, Mommy?" Elena asked, stroking Ricky's hair.

"He needs a few more tests to see if something in Ms. Luisa's medicine made him sick," Nell started, "But I hear that you wanted to ride a jaquin with the other kids."

"It didn't happen, if you're worried about that. The jaquins were busy with the babies, so we said we'd come back later," Sofia said as she came up. "We're sorry we didn't ask you first, Nell, but you were probably busy with Ricky. But we did see Mister Francisco, and he took us out."

"Well, as long as you had adult supervision, I can forgive you," Nell smiled. "Besides, Ricky's had enough with being poked at. And I think he'll probably hate doctors as much as you do when he's older, Love Bug."

"Is that a good exam pole?" Elena asked with a smile.

"No. It's not," Madeline grinned, mussing her hair before turning to Ricky. "Sorry you're still sick, little guy."

"Maybe he's growing another tooth?" Sabrina suggested, hoping that it was the case instead.

"I did see a tooth starting to poke through when he opened his mouth," the doctor smiled as he gave Nell some medicine for Ricky, "But he's got a little fever too. However, you will be pleased to know that he's not allergic to any of the ingredients in the medicines Queen Elena's grandmother or I gave him."

"That's good," Nell smiled. "So just wait a day or so and see if he feels better?"

"That's right. Make sure he gets plenty of rest, drinks lots of liquids, and this little friend of his with him can't hurt him, either," the doctor said as he picked up Zoomer, who had fallen on the floor during Ricky's examination.

Ricky cooed softly as he put Zoomer in his mouth. He liked chewing Zoomer's wings when he was teething.

"Ricky happy again!" Elena giggled, flapping her hands.

"Elena, hold on for a second. Auntie Sabrina and I want to talk to you," Madeline said, taking her hand.

"Why?" Elena frowned, looking at Ricky. "I sister too."

"We know, but we want to have a little sister time with our niece," Sabrina smiled.

"Sister time?" Elena giggled.

"This won't take long," Madeline assured her, "We'll just talk for a minute, then you can go back to Ricky."

"Okay," Elena smiled as she went with them. She rarely went into either of the twins' rooms back home, but now that she was in Avalor, the first thing Elena spotted was Butterfly and Howie.

"Is she in trouble, Maddie?" Sabrina questioned, seeing their niece talk to their toys.

"No, but I think you two should make your peace with each other," Madeline started, "She was really mad at you for what happened yesterday. She seems okay now, but I think she needs to understand why you did what you did."

"I think you're right," Sabrina mused. "Nell wanted to talk to her about it, but she got sidetracked with Ricky."

"Well He is the centerpiece of her attention," Madeline joked, calling Elena over to them.

"What I do?" Elena asked, a little confused.

"Nothing, sweetheart," Sabrina assured her before taking her in her lap. "Elena, you remember last night when you were bad?"

"Yes. And you swat me and they hurt," Elena frowned, feeling her anger return.

"I'm sorry I did that, Elena," Sabrina apologized. "But Nell had to take care of Ricky. She couldn't play with you when he was sick. Bobby Lee was worried about him too." She saw that Elena was about to start pouting again, so she continued, "Do you like to play with us or Gabby when you get sick?"

"No," Elena shook her head. "I like to hug Kitty if I sick."

"That's kind of like what Ricky wanted to do," Sabrina replied. "He wanted to hug Nell since he didn't feel good. Nell wanted to take care of him and put him to bed so he could rest and start getting better."

"So I bad girl?" Elena frowned, realizing what she was saying.

"You were a bad girl," Madeline corrected with a smile. "And we know how it feels when we get a swat too."

"And it stings really bad!" Sabrina groaned, remembering the last time she or Madeline had gotten a swat on the bottom from their older sister. "Your mommy's hand is not a friendly person when we need a swat."

"But you did learn a lesson, right?" Madeline asked. "When Mommy has to do something else, you wait, or come to someone else if you want to play?"

"Okay," Elena nodded. "I sorry."

"We forgive you," Sabrina grinned, kissing her cheek. "I didn't like doing what I did last night, and I saw you moving around because of the stinging."

"I no like stinging," Elena muttered, rubbing her bottom.

"Nobody does," Sabrina assured her, "And I won't do it again unless you really deserve it. Okay?"

"Okay," Elena smiled.