Florence, Bobby Lee, Bianca, and Elena met up with Queen Elena in the castle courtyard. "I'm actually looking forward to this," Bianca admitted. "I've seen you flying with the children, and the jaquins are very gentle with them."
"And Gabby loved being on the jaquin, even more than the flying horse," Florence added, recalling how she and Nell had to watch Gabby following her day-long grounding following her ride on a flying horse. "I know James was a little worried about her at first, but you and Roland were with him, and helped calm him down."
"I don't think he'll ever forget Gabby's first ride on a flying horse," Bobby Lee murmured, recalling the daring mid-air rescue James had to do.
"Mommy can't neither," Elena recalled, smiling as she saw Skylar land on the ground and ran towards him. "Kitty!"
"Should I go get her?" Bobby Lee smirked, watching the interaction with Elena and Skylar
"No. She'll be fine," Queen Elena smiled, seeing Skylar nuzzling Elena.
"You want to come with us again, little princessa?" Skylar asked.
"As long as someone holds onto her!" Florence grinned as she saw James coming up to them.
"Why don't I hold her?" James suggested. "I couldn't ride a jaquin before, since I was helping watch Ricky, but Nell said I earned this."
"You certainly did!" Bobby Lee grinned, mussing his hair.
"Kitty ride! Kitty ride!" Elena giggled, flapping her hands.
"Okay, Elena. Let's get you on the kitty," James smirked, musing her hair.
"He's so sweet to Elena Lydia," Bianca cooed, watching as James lifted Elena in his arms.
"He's more than made up for his attitude when Rex had to be sent away," Bobby Lee agreed. "He's always there to help us whenever we need someone to watch the girls or Ricky; whenever we need music for some event, he helps find it, and volunteers to play it..."
"You know that Sofia and Amber help with the girls too," Florence agreed, "But you're right. James tries to help us any way he can!"
"Can we ride them too?" Madeline asked, running into Bobby Lee's arms.
"Looks like I'll have to take two kitty rides," Bobby Lee smirked, mussing Madeline's hair.
"You love it as much as they do!" Florence smiled.
"When you put it that way...yes I do!" Bobby Lee grinned.
"I don't think Sabrina rode one either," Madeline spoke up, "She'd been worried about me earlier, and she wanted to help me."
"I'll get her," Bobby Lee assured her, "Don't go flying off without me!"
"I won't," Madeline promised, putting a hand on her chest.
Bobby Lee smirked, musing her hair. He knew that when Madeline promised something, she was bound to keep it.
He poked his head in Nell's room, where Sabrina was helping Nell put Ricky down for a nap. "Sabrina, do you want to go on a jaquin ride?"
"Can I?" Sabrina asked, looking up at Nell.
"Of course you can," Nell smiled. "You helped out so much with Ricky, and you helped Madeline earlier when she had that headache. You've earned this, so go have some fun!"
"Okay! Will you watch us, Nell?" Sabrina asked.
"From the window, since Ricky's sleeping," Nell smiled.
"Go out with her, Helen; I'll watch Richard," Luisa offered.
"Okay," Nell smiled, "Let's go!"
"Yay! Thank you, Miss Luisa!" Sabrina giggled, jumping up and down. "Thank you! Thank you too, Nell!"
"Okay, that's enough!" Nell chuckled, taking her hand.
"Let a sleeping Ricky lie," Bobby Lee cooed, musing Ricky's hair.
Ricky babbled a little bit before falling back asleep with one of Zoomer's paws in his mouth.
When they were outside again, Elena was waiting in James' arms, listening as he sang a kitty song to keep her calm.
Sabrina grinned as she mounted Luna with Nell behind her. "This is so incredible!" she smiled.
"It will be, but I hope Skylar can manage three people on a jaquin," Nell agreed, seeing Bianca sit behind James.
"He'll be fine," Bobby Lee assured her as he helped Florence and Madeline onto Migs and sat behind them.
"I hope you're not afraid of heights sweetheart," Luna muttered softly to Sabrina with a smile.
"No way! I'm good with heights!" Sabrina giggled, holding on to the female jaquin.
"Kitty fly now?" Elena asked, unable to contain her excitement any longer.
"That's right, Elena, kitties fly now!" Bobby Lee grinned as the jaquins took off.
Elena was excited about being on the kitties again, but she tried not to flap her hands. She looked up at James, and he tightened his grip around her waist.
"You're doing so well, Elena Lydia," Bianca murmured
"And so is Madeline," Florence grinned, kissing Madeline on the cheek.
Madeline kept her excitement low, so she wouldn't fall off, but the sight of Avalor and the being of the jaquin had her calm.
"This is amazing!" Sabrina screamed as Nell placed her hands around her waist.
"It certainly is," Nell smiled. "I bet you never imagined you'd be flying on a jaquin!"
"I never thought I'd be flying on anything like this!" Sabrina grinned. "I don't think I've even ridden the flying horses yet!"
"You haven't?" Bobby Lee echoed. "Why not?"
"Because I saw what happened to Gabby," Sabrina admitted. "I didn't want that to happen to me."
"Oh, baby girl, that won't happen with you," Nell murmured, "You're old enough to be on a flying horse, and if you want, we'll ride one with you when we get home."
"I'd like that," Sabrina smiled.
"Elena, are you enjoying the kitty ride?" Madeline asked with a smile.
"Yes. Now I wanna have Kitty be real," Elena smiled, imagining Kitty as a real jaquin.
"A real Kitty?" Bianca chuckled, musing her hair.
"We already discussed that, Love Bug," Bobby Lee smiled, "We agreed that Kitty should stay a toy, since our kitties would be sad if she had to stay here."
"That's right; jaquins are native to Avalor, not Enchancia," Florence added. "Don't you think Kitty might be lonely if she's the only real jaquin in Enchancia? There wouldn't be any other kitties for her to play with."
"A real jaquin might scare the animals in the stable," Bobby Lee agreed, "And Snow White and the barn kitties wouldn't like being scared of their friend."
"Elena, you can have her real in your drawings," Madeline suggested, seeing her niece pout. "I think Kitty will like that."
"Okay. But Mateo make Kitty real before we go home, Mommy?" Elena asked with a smile. "So I can say hi?"
"Again, sweetheart, that's not a good idea," Nell started, "Kitty might like being real so much that she escapes in the palace. I think Isabel told you how the baby jaquins got out and she had a hard time getting them back by herself."
Elena nodded. Even though the babies were really cute, they caused a lot of trouble. The last thing she wanted was for Kitty to cause trouble like they did. "Okay, Kitty won't cause trouble, cause she won't be real."
"Thank you, Nell," Madeline smirked, trying not to laugh. "I wouldn't want to chase Kitty around the palace."
"Me neither," Sabrina added, petting Luna's fur. "The only people I don't mind chasing love kitties and has a lookalike."
A few minutes later, they came back to the palace. Queen Elena, Sofia, and Amber were there to greet them. "How was your jaquin ride?" Queen Elena asked.
"I love flying kitties!" Elena giggled, flapping her hands excitedly.
"Take it easy, Love Bug," Bobby Lee grinned, "You flap your hands much harder, and you'll be flying again without the kitties!"
"Oh, Robert," Florence smirked.
"We love flying kitties too," Sofia smiled, and turned to Amber, who was standing beside her, "Amber, do you want to come with me? I think it's our turn to ride a jaquin now!"
"Okay!" Amber smiled back.
"Have fun, you two," Nell smiled, feeling Elena tug at her dress. "Yes, Love Bug?"
"I go play with Kitty and Pinky," Elena smiled, running back inside the castle.
"Hopefully she doesn't start playing with magic," Bianca mused, helping Madeline off Luna. "The last thing we need is a real Kitty and Pinky flying around."
"Why don't I keep an eye on her?" Madeline suggested. "I don't think she'll get into Mateo's magic stuff, but it can't hurt to watch her while she's playing with the kitties just the same."
"That's a very good idea," Bianca agreed. "I don't know if she knows where Mateo's workshop is, but I think it's a good idea to keep her away from there, just to be on the safe side."
"And Sofia did say it wasn't a good idea to get anyone in trouble for messing with magic stuff," Nell added.
"And I don't think Elena would be in the mood for time out," Bobby Lee smirked, taking Nell by the arm. "We have to check on Ricky anyways."
Madeline nodded, hoping that Elena was being a good girl as she peeked into Gabby's room and smiled a little as the little girl was practicing her exercises.
"Gabby, have you seen Elena?" Madeline asked, sitting her down. "I'm trying to make sure she doesn't go to Mr. Mateo's workshop and make her toys real."
"He have potion for that?" Gabby asked in surprise. "Like Mister Magic Man?"
"I'm not sure," Madeline frowned. "Elena got the idea in her head that Kitty should be real."
"But if Kitty real we can't take her home!" Gabby cried. "My book says jack wins live in Avalor! They can't come home with us!"
Madeline took Gabby in her arms as she started to cry. "I know. And you're absolutely right. But it's okay, Gabby. We're going to look for Elena right now. I know she'll have Kitty and Pinky with her."
"And she'll be talking a lot, right?" Gabby sniffed, feeling Madeline stroking her hair.
"Exactly," Madeline smiled, kissing her cheek. She took Gabby by the hand. "Now hopefully Mr. Mateo didn't leave the door to his workshop open because of his lesson with Olivia today."
"He has a up friend his too?" Gabby asked, knowing that Sofia was Cedric's apprentice back home.
"That's right, Gabby, but we're going to take a quick look in there, just to be on the safe side," Madeline smiled.
Madeline and Gabby went to Mateo's workshop, where they saw, to Madeline's relief, that the door was shut.
Meanwhile, Elena was in the kitchen with Francisco and Luisa, having a snack and telling them all about the kitty rides she'd taken.
"I remember our Elena's first time on a jaquin," Luisa smiled, "She was as excited as you were."
"Isabel and Esteban liked petting the jaquins at first," Francisco remembered, "But as they grew older, they enjoyed an occasional ride."
"Can-sue-her ride kitties too?" Elena asked.
"Oh yes," Luisa smiled, "And he was like you: once he started riding a jaquin, we couldn't get him off it!"
Elena giggled, flapping her hands looking around as she spotted Olivia and became shy.
"Don't worry. She won't bite," Mateo joked, musing Elena's hair. "But she is practicing the things becoming real spell, so I would recommend that Kitty doesn't join you for snacks."
"But Kitty likes snacks," Elena frowned, holding Kitty close. "She's my friend."
"I thought Gabby was your friend, Elena," Madeline smirked, not seeing where she was going and bumping into Olivia.
"Are you okay?" Olivia asked.
"I'm fine now that I see Elena's all right," Madeline smiled. "And Elena, just so you don't get crumbs from your snack on Kitty or Pinky, or so they don't have anything magical spill on them by accident, I'll hold onto them."
Elena frowned at first when she learned that Kitty and Pinky couldn't be brought to life, but she didn't want anything to spill on them either, even if she was careful. "Okay. Maybe Kitty and Pinky can take nap naps since they had a snack and a story!"
"But you forgot what else they can have with a snack," Olivia grinned, sitting beside her.
"What?" Elena asked, thinking that Olivia's potion was a toy milk bottle for Kitty. "Oh! Kitties like milk! Snow White always does!"
"Elena, that's not milk!" Madeline yelled, seeing what Elena thought was pretend milk spill on Kitty.
"Be lucky we're not facing a water spirit," Mateo shuddered as Olivia looked down at her feet.
"Well, you wanted Kitty to be real," Madeline groaned as Kitty became a real baby jaquin.
"First, everyone shut any doors or windows!" Mateo took charge. "Do not let anyone in or out until Kitty's back to normal!"
"I'm sorry, Mateo," Olivia cried as she helped shut the doors and windows, trapping Kitty in the room.
"It's not your fault, Olivia; Elena took the potion," Mateo assured her.
Fortunately for everyone, Kitty was just looking around. She didn't even notice that she had wings.
Elena took Kitty in her arms, and Mateo came up with his reversal potion. "Can I hug Kitty before she's a toy again?" she asked.
Mateo couldn't help but smile at her innocent question. "Sure," he agreed, scratching Kitty behind her ears.
"I sorry, Kitty. You a good jack win, but a better toy," Elena smiled as she hugged Kitty.
Kitty purred, and Mateo poured the reversal potion on her. "We'll have to tell Nell and Bobby Lee about this," he added. "You were told not to make Kitty real, and you didn't listen."
"But Kitty my friend," Elena sniffed, looking away from Mateo.
"But why did you want her real?" Madeline asked, kneeling beside her. "And tell us everything. Not just because you wanted to."
"I wanna ride Kitty like Sofia rides her horsie," Elena muttered.
"You wanted something to ride on once in a while?" Madeline asked. "Elena, if that was something you wanted, you could have asked us to take you for a ride on a winged horse."
"I take Gabby on Kitty ride so she's not scared of her," Elena added.
"You wanted to help Gabby get over her fear of flying horses with a flying kitty?" Madeline suggested. "Elena, as nice an idea as that was, you have to let Gabby get over her fear one day at a time."
"Okay," Elena sighed, looking at Kitty's eyes. "I sorry, Kitty. I just wanted to be your friend like you're mine."
"Maybe we can have her be real for a little while," Mateo suggested, taking Elena in his lap. "But on one condition."
"What? What I do?" Elena asked, holding Kitty close.
"Nell and Bobby Lee are going to with us when it happens," Mateo replied. "And I'm the one who brings her to life, and turns her back afterwards."
"That's a good idea," Madeline agreed.
"Okay," Elena nodded.
When Nell and Bobby Lee heard about what happened, they were angry at first, that Elena had put a potion on Kitty, even if she thought it was something else. However, they understood why she'd done what she did. They told her that they agreed with Madeline, to let Gabby get over her fears on her own, and that after Kitty was a toy again, she wouldn't be accessible until bedtime, and Elena would be in timeout.
Elena accepted her punishment without complaining, since she was unable to contain her excitement at the thought of Kitty becoming real again.
She stood and watched as Mateo poured the potion on her best friend before Kitty looked around and opened her wings.
"Mommy?" Kitty asked, looking around for her supposed mommy.
"Kitty!" Elena giggled. "You real again!"
"I love Mommy!" Kitty purred, nuzzling her.
"I love Kitty too," Elena smiled, flapping her hands.
Elena let everyone pet Kitty, and even let Gabby hold her before Mateo poured the reversal potion on her.
"Okay, now let's go to your separate timeouts, Elena," Nell said as she took Kitty from her.
"Okay," Elena sighed. "Kitty have kitty party with her friends?"
"I'm sure she will," Nell smiled, "They'll love hearing about how she came to life. But they can't do the same."
"And little ones can't bring them to life," Bobby Lee muttered, taking Elena in his arms. "Maybe Queen Elena can make that a rule."
"But wouldn't everyone like a real Kitty to be friends with?" Elena asked with a giggle.
"No honey," Bobby Lee sighed, hearing Ricky wake up from his nap.
"I'll get him," Nell started.
"No, you and Bobby Lee take care of Elena," Madeline corrected her, "I'll take care of Ricky. But before I forget, you'd better take Pinky too. Even though she didn't have Mateo's potion spill on her either time, I'm guessing that she's not accessible until bedtime for Elena either?"
"You guess right," Nell smirked as she took Pinky.
Though Madeline hated for Elena to be punished, it had to happen as she went to Ricky's nursery.
Ricky babbled happily upon seeing her as Madeline took him in her arms.
"I hope you don't get Elena's imagination," Madeline said, stroking his hair. "I don't think Zoomer would enjoy being real."
Ricky squealed and held his little black and gray friend out to her.
"Well, since you put it that way," Madeline smiled, taking Zoomer and flying him around, "Zoom-zoom-zoom! Zoomer goes zoom-zoom!" She looked up when she saw the blue blur zip by the room. "And Zoom goes zoom-zoom too!"
Ricky giggled as he heard his favorite song, and he squealed happily as Zoom nuzzled him.
"He's saying hello!" Madeline giggled, gently petting the baby jaquin behind the ears.
Ricky giggled, dropping Zoomer to the ground as he reached out for Zoom. He hugged the baby jaquin to the best of his ability, babbling excitedly.
Madeline picked Zoomer up and set him next to Greenie. "There you go," she murmured, even though she knew they couldn't reply, "Don't turn real on us like your sister did!"
Ricky didn't know what she was talking about, but he didn't care, since he was too busy petting the baby kitty who was sniffing him.