Thank you all for reading! This completes the story arc I hadn't intended on. Lol. I have more new stories coming. Enjoy!

"Wait!" Elena demanded. Sportacus's mother put a hand on her shoulder, reminding her to remain calm. "There is a lot that you should know."

"There is nothing we need to know. She is one of us. And she will return with us."

Loquia wrapped her arms around Elena's leg. "But you do. You need to know what happened to her. How she came to be here. It's important you know."

No sooner had she said that, Elder Matrik appeared. "Welcome. You seem to have arrived early."

"We felt it was not necessary to delay the inevitable." Elena thought they looked a bit annoyed at his arrival.

"Well," the elder spoke. "It is a beautiful day but there is much that needs to be said in this matter. Perhaps we should go inside and sit."

The elves looked at each other. "Very well."

Leanna ran in and jumped on the bed waking her brother and causing some books to fall. "Sportacus, wake up!"

"What? Leanna? What are you doing?" He sat up.

"The elves are here! They came early! You have to get out there, now!"

She ran back out of the room.

Sportacus swung his legs off the side of the bed and somehow slipped and fell to the floor. "Whoa!" He shook his head as one of the remaining books fell open at his side with a letter sticking out of a section of the journal. He read where the page was marked and his eyes went wide.

They all arrived in the family room when Leanna came in. Elder Matrik stood up. "Perhaps it is best that you take Loquia out back for a bit while we talk."

"There is no need for that." One of the elves spoke.

"Yes, there is a need for it." Elena replied. "Just hear us out and you'll see why."

"Come on Loquia, we can pick some peaches and play for a bit." And Leanna took Loquia's hand. But not before she gave her Elena a hug and a kiss. They continued their conversation when she left.

"It seems you have a strong bond with the girl. This is unfortunate. It will make things harder for her."

Elena wanted to burst but she remembered what Sportacus's mother told her.

"She has been through a lot. Now, before I tell you her story, you need to know, we love her very much and we do not want to give her up." She was wondering what was taking Sportacus so long. "That being said, you need to know why." And she told them everything.

They were looking for the wrong thing. Sportacus quickly flipped through the pages the letter came from. After he read the last entry, he then opened the letter and read it.

Elena finished telling Loquia's story. "So, you can see why she needn't be here. There is no reason to relive her pain. But, it has taken a lot for her to trust and she trusts us. She has overcome so much and we love her as if she were our own."

"We can sense that you do. Your feelings are very strong. But, projecting the way you are will not work to sway our judgement."

Elena was confused and worried. She thought she had everything under control.

"If I may," Elder Matrik spoke up. "Her powers have recently been discovered. She is not aware she is projecting, nor have we had time to help her control them due to her recent illness."

"What illness do you speak?"

"It was residual magic left from the black crystal. Nothing that can harm any of us."

'Sportacus, where are you?' Elena kept thinking.

Then Sportacus's eyes went wide as he read the letter. "What?" He gasped. "That means..."

"Never the less, the child is from our clan. She is ours."

"She's not a piece of property! She's a little girl. And she belongs where she's happy. With her family. With us!" Elena yelled those words in her head but only spoke firmly when they came out of her mouth. "After all I've told you, all she went through, you're going to cause her more pain? That's not logical."

"A pain which she will recover from, as she has done with you. We thank you for talking care of her. I'm afraid there is no more to discuss. You hold no right to claim the child."

"That's not necessarily true." Sportacus was standing in the archway holding the book. All eyes focused on him. He joined the group and sat down. "My grandfather was a traveler and he left many journals of his travels. The last entry tells of a woman he fell in love with. Does this look familiar?" He held up the letter which had an emblem drawn on it.

"It is the crest of our clan." One of the elves spoke up.

Sportacus opened the letter. "My dearest Eturnu. It has been at least three years since our magical night under the night sky, by the frost berry tree. I understand and was saddened that you had to leave that night. Our time together was so short, but it felt like we were together for an eternity.

Our clan has not settled so, we are moving yet again. I have written you so many letters but I feel they have not reached you. In the hopes that this one will, I am letting you know that I am coming to find you.

There is something else about that night, it brought something more magical than I ever imagined. A baby. Our baby girl, Loquia. She needs her father as much as I need you. We will go to the last village you had set out for in the hopes we shall be together again, my love. Enclosed is the route I will take. If you get this I'm sure we will see you sooner.

Love

Loraya"

Sportacus opened the book and summarized the last entries. "It turns out, Eturnu, my great, great, great, great, grandfather. Got the last letter. He set off to meet with Loraya and Loquia but he arrived too late. She was killed and Loquia, taken. He came across these two humans he believed took Loquia so, he gained their trust to find the girl and avenge the death of her mother, the woman he loved."

Everyone was quiet.

"Unless Loquia has a family line, we have the right of claim."

Elena's emotions were overflowing but she remained calm until it was certain they relinquish their claim.

One came forward and examined the letter. "It's irrefutable. This is authentic. We release our claim. The child is yours." Everyone stood up and bowed and the dark elves left as quickly as they had arrived.

Elena screamed and ran and jumped into Sportacus's arms, legs around his waist saying 'I love you' several times following each one with a kiss. Everyone gathered round.

"You see, I knew destiny wasn't done with you yet." His father pat him on the back as Elena was still showing her gratitude.

Sportacus spoke between each kiss. "Well-it sure-waited-till-the last-minute." He pulled back to stop Elena from kissing him and he looked at everyone. "Would you excuse me for a few minuets. I need to kiss my wife to be." And for the next few minutes that's what they did.

"She's ours. She's really ours!"

His mother hugged them both. "She really is family. I'm proud of you both."

Leanna ran in with Loquia. "We heard a scream!"

"It was Elena. She is very happy!"

Leanna looked around and realized what happened. Elena and Sportacus knelt down and Loquia ran to them they hugged her tight. Elena was smothering her with I love you's all over her face then hugged her again.

"The elves aren't going to take me away?"

"No one is going to take you away! You belong with mommy and daddy, forever!" He picked her up and swung her around.

The rest of the day was filled games, running around and bananas out of Sportacus's ears.

Elder Matrik approached Sportacus and Elena when everything calmed down. "You both have done well."

"Thank you." They replied.

"Elena, we need to perform the ritual on you and shift Loquia's memories. But tomorrow. Savor the victory."

"We will." Elena said and gave elder Matrik a hug. It was not something he was accustomed to, but he hugged back.

"I will take my leave of you now." He walked off and vanished.

Sportacus's family decided to keep Loquia busy and took a walk around the grounds, giving Sportacus and Elena some privacy.

"I have never been happier." He told her.

"I don't know of any feeling that can compare to what I'm feeling now. She's ours."

"I wish my grandfather knew what happened." No sooner than he said that, his crystal started to glow.

"That doesn't look like a trouble glow." Elena commented.

"It's not."

It glowed so bright it was almost blinding then it dimmed. And went back to normal.

"I think...I think my grandfather knows."

"And I'm sure that was a thank you. But, let's retire to another room." She pulled him into the bedroom. "I want to thank you, properly." She said pulling off his cap.

"As long as I get to thank you, too."

"I think there will be a lot of thanking." She smiled as they closed the door.

The next day the ritual for Elena took the better part of the day. The shifting of Loquia's memories, which she agreed to, took longer. When they were finished, they went into town and she was fine. She was still shy of some of the children, but not out of fear. Just natural shyness.

After dinner Sportacus announced they were going to be heading home to LazyTown the next day and they would let them know about their wedding plans as soon as they could. They all settled down for a good nights sleep.

Sportacus slept in once more catching up on his sleep from the weeks events and awoke the next morning to find an unusual surprise.

"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!"

"Hm, what?" He opened his eyes and he was buried in bananas, which fell all over when he sat up. "What?!" He looked in the doorway where his father was snickering. Everyone came to the room to see what the commotion was about.

His mother looked at her husband. "Honestly."

Sportacus picked up a banana and sighed. "Breakfast anyone?"