A Royal Wedding
Just outside Castle Enchancia, the servants were hard at work, preparing for a very special ceremony.
"We need more flowers for the flower sculptures!" Baileywick instructed. "More chocolate for the chocolate fountain!"
"Oh, I love weddings!" Amber smiled, picking up a cherry from a nearby bowl and dipping it in the chocolate fountain.
"I don't." James pouted. "Having to greet all those people... how am I supposed to remember everyone's names, and where they're from?"
"Don't worry, James." Sofia assured him. "You're going to do great."
"Especially with us helping you practice." Madeline added, taking the guest list. "Okay, how will you greet the king of the Cobolds?"
"Um... I-I'll bow, and move my arms like they're ocean waves?" James acted out the movements.
"No, James, that's you greet the Queen of the Mermaids." Amber corrected him.
"You greet Cobolds with their traditional foot stomp, remember?" Sofia declared.
"Oh, whatever you do, don't touch their hair." Amber added. "Cobolds really don't like that."
"Why did Aunt Tilly have to invite so many different creature to her wedding anyway?" James groaned.
"Uh, because she's Aunt Tilly?" Madeline shrugged.
"And why is it my job to greet them?" James asked.
"Because, James, you're going to be king one day." Amber pointed out. "And that is one of your duties as heir to the throne."
"Oh, right." James sighed. "Well, I guess doing all of this boring stuff will be worth it once I'm king."
"Come on, James." Sofia urged. "It's for Aunt Tilly's wedding. It's going to be fun."
"Incoming!" Aunt Tilly suddenly flew towards them, wearing a white dress with a pair of working wings on the back.
"Aunt Tilly?" Madeline gasped.
"Do you have wings?" Amber gaped.
"That's a very observant observation you observed." Aunt Tilly declared, flying around them. "And the answer is 'yes'. But I can make them come and go as I please." She waved a wand. "Flutterus terminus!"
The wings vanished, and she landed on the ground.
"Flutterus featherus!" Tilly waved the wand again.
"That's incredible!" Sofia smiled.
"Isn't it?" Aunt Tilly smiled. "This is a Whenever-Wings Wand, and I've been testing it out all morning for a little surprise I've planned. Flutterus Terminus!" The wings vanished, and she landed on the ground. "Sir Bartleby and I want to make sure our wedding is memorable."
"I'm sure it will be." Madeline chuckled.
"Your majesties, it is time for the royals to gather for the official wedding portrait." Baileywick announced. "Right this way, please."
"Sofia, Madeline, since it was you two brought me and Sir Bartleby together, I was hoping that you'd be my Maids of Honor today?" Aunt Tilly requested.
"Of course, Aunt Tilly." Sofia nodded.
"We'd be, well... honored!" Madeline agreed.
"Whiz-bang!" Aunt Tilly beamed. "Here's your first Maid of Honor assignment: hold on to my Whenever-Wings Wands until the ceremony. Then, when I give the signal..." She whispered the rest.
"Ooh, that would be fun!" Sofia smiled.
"Real fun." Madeline nodded.
Shortly after, the family, including Roland and Tilly's mother, were all gathered in the throne room for their portrait.
"Grand Queen, please stand next to the bride, flanked by the King and Queen." Baileywick instructed. "Children, you're up front, heir to the throne in the center."
The kids took their places, James standing in the center.
"Oh, no, no, no, no. That's all wrong." Grand Mum shook her head. "Amber, you stand in the middle."
"But mother, the middle spot is for the future king." Roland protested.
"No, I'm afraid not." Grand Mum declared. "You two need to switch." She told Amber and James. "James is not next in line to the throne. Amber is."
"I am?!" Amber gasped.
"She is?!" Roland frowned.
"Wait, what?!" James gaped.
"I thought James was going to King." Sofia declared.
"So did I." James shrugged. "So did everyone!"
The artist readied his paints.
"Don't worry children, we'll get this all straightened out." Roland assured them. "Mother, I'm afraid you are mistaken. The firstborn son inherits the throne, like I did."
"Oh, but Roland, dear, that is not how the law is written." Grand Mum revealed.
"Mum is right." Aunt Tilly admitted. "It's the firstborn child who gets to rule."
"Indeed." Grand Mum nodded. "Amber and James may be twins, but Amber is seven minutes older."
"Making her the future Queen." Aunt Tilly announced.
Amber took her place in the middle, nudging James aside.
"I just can't believe any of this!" Roland frowned.
"Oh, then I'll show you." Grand Mum smiled. "Follow me."
The family traveled to another room, where Grand Mum looked through some records.
"Let me see..." She mused. "Here we are: 'heir to the throne. Rulership of the kingdom shall be passed down from generation to generation'."
"'From firstborn child to firstborn child'." Madeline read.
"That... that's me!" Amber gasped. "I was born first!"
"Yeah, we know." James pouted.
"But how can this be?" Roland asked. "If that's the law, then Tilly would have been offered the throne instead of me!"
"Well, truth be told, I was." Aunt Tilly confessed.
"You were?!" The family (save for Grand Mum) chorused.
"That's right." Aunt Tilly nodded. "Many years ago, I was offered the crown. But I couldn't accept it. I knew I wanted to be an adventurer, and that my baby brother would make a much better King."
"But... why didn't anyone ever tell me?!" Roland spluttered.
"Because we knew being King was all you ever wanted." Grand Mum declared. "And your father and I knew it was all you could ever do."
"I guess that's true..." Roland admitted.
"And we knew you'd be great at it." Tilly smiled.
"Maybe being King is all I ever wanted." James spoke up. "Did anyone ever think of that?"
"I'm so very sorry, son." Roland apologized. "But the law is the law."
"James, you don't even like doing most of the things a King has to do." Amber pointed out. "You said it's boring!"
"And you think you're going to be a good Queen?" James scowled. "You've always been more worried about how you look in your tiara than how the people in the kingdom are doing!"
"Well... I'm not like that anymore." Amber declared
"James, I understand this is difficult to hear..." Roland began.
"No." James stepped away. "You don't understand, dad. You got to be king!"
James ran out of the room.
Some time later, James was in the royal stables, facing a training dummy while wielding a sword.
"Not how the law's written..." He muttered. "Well, this is what I think of that law!" He attacked the dummy. "Take that, law!"
"James?" Sofia asked, as she and Madeline entered.
"Are you okay?" Madeline added.
"Girls, I just went from being the future King to the future nothing." James sighed. "So no, I'm not feeling so great."
"We're so sorry." Sofia declared. "I can't imagine how that must feel."
"I spent my whole life thinking I'd grow up to protect our kingdom from bad guys." James declared. "All that great King stuff."
"Well, that's not all a King does." Madeline pointed out.
"Now I'll never get to protect the kingdom." James groaned.
"Maybe you can just find another way to do that?" Sofia suggested. "Without being King?"
James thought for a second.
"Yeah." He smiled. "Maybe I can."
"That's the spirit!" Madeline nodded.
"I'll go work on that right now!" James ran out of the stables.
"Okay, good luck!" Sofia called.
"Huh." Madeline mused. "That was way easier than I thought it would be..."
"Sofia's right." James told himself. "I can protect the kingdom... by making sure Enchancia doesn't get a selfish, self-centered Queen like Amber!"
Later, Baileywick and Aunt Tilly were talking with Amber.
"Now, Princess Amber, as heir to the throne, you have lots of important wedding duties." Baileywick announced. "Greeting the guests, presenting the cake..."
"And holding on to Sir Bartleby's wedding ring for safe keeping." Aunt Tilly added, holding up the ring. "It's one of a kind, just like Bartleby." She gave Amber the ring. "I need you to keep it safe until it's time for me to give it to him at the wedding ceremony."
"I'll guard this with all my future Queen abilities." Amber pledged.
Baileywick and Aunt Tilly walked away, satisfied.
"I never thought this day would come." Amber admitted to herself. "And now that it has... it just feels so right!"
Amber: I've always loved being a Princess
The gowns, the balls, the jewels galore
But I started to wonder what else life has in store
And now I see there's something more
I will be Queen
That's the path for me
I've always known deep down that it was meant to be
Enchancia's Queen
It is clear to see
That I was born to rule
Yes, it was meant to be
I have so much I know I could offer
I'll help the folks across our land
And I can't wait to tell them everything I've planned
The future will be so great and grand
I will be Queen
That's the path for me
I've always known deep down that it was meant to be
Enchancia's Queen
It is clear to see
That I was born to rule
Yes, it was meant to be
James: I'm the one who was supposed to end up on the throne
Supposed to run this land and make the rules all on my own
If I show them all that Amber's nothing but a fool
They have got to see I'm far more fit to rule
Both: I will be Queen/King
That's the path for me
I've always known deep down that it was meant to be
Enchancia's Queen/King
It is clear to see
That I was born to rule
Yes, it was meant to be
James: Meant to be
Amber: Yes, it was meant to be
Shortly after, the guests began to arrive.
"Now remember, Princess Amber, it's the heir to the throne's job to greet wedding guests in the custom of their own lands." Baileywick instructed.
"Yes, Baileywick." Amber moved to greet the guests.
"Heh, I've been practicing these for weeks!" James chuckled from his hiding spot. "They're really hard, and there's no way Amber can know them all!"
"Introducing the King and Queen of Trufflandia!" Baileywick declared.
The King approached Amber, and they started bowing and clapping hands together.
"Bonjour monsieur, bon soir lafette!" They said in unison.
They both bowed one last time.
"Okay, she made a lucky guess." James frowned. "But sooner or later, her luck will run out." He ducked down. "Royals from Freezenburg?"
"Their majesties, the King and Princess of Freezenburg." Baileywick announced.
Amber bowed and shivered in unison with King Henrik and Princess Hildegard.
"Too easy." James scoffed. "Mermaids?"
"Her royal highness of Merroway Cove, Queen Emmeline." Baileywick declared, as Emmeline was brought along in a clam-shaped pool, pulled by a horse.
"Too easy." James shrugged. "She already knows that one."
"What are you doing?" Sofia asked, she and Madeline suddenly appearing.
"Making sure that everyone sees that Amber doesn't deserve to be the heir to the throne." James replied.
"James, you can't do that!" Madeline gasped.
"Watch me." James crawled closer to the action.
Sofia and Madeline followed after their brother.
"Gnomes?" James frowned at the next guests. "I can never remember their greeting. Perfect!" He rushed over to the gnomes. "Please follow me, King, uh..."
"King Veridian." The gnome King answered.
"Yes, I knew that." James lied. "You get a front of the line pass. Follow me, sir!"
"I really don't think this is a good idea." Sofia whispered.
"You're right, Sofia." James agreed. "I need to raise the bar and stump Amber with some centaur." He walked over to some centaur guests. "Follow me, folks." He turned to some giants. "And you too, giants." As the group followed him, he told Sofia and Madeline "I didn't even know the giants had royals."
James led the group to Amber.
"Princess Amber." He bowed. "These nice folks would like to receive their royal greeting." He walked away, smirking. "Good luck."
"King Veridian of the gnomes, please accept my warmest welcome." Amber curtsied. She then started yodelling as Veridian danced. Then they both bowed.
James stared in surprise.
Amber spoke to the centaur King in his own language. The King laughed, and spoke back. The the giants walked over.
"Hail, hail!" Amber said loudly. "My heart is open to you!" She curtsied once more.
"And mine to you." The giant King bowed.
"What?!" James gaped. "How did she know-?"
"Come on, James." Madeline declared. "You know she aced 'Majestic Formalities' at Royal Prep."
"But that was the most boring class ever!" James frowned.
"Not for Amber." Sofia pointed out. "She really loves that 'boring' stuff. And it's part of being King or Queen."
"Well, if I was King, I could've learned to like it." James pouted. "I guess that's never gonna happen now..."
Some time later, Aunt Tilly and Sir Bartleby approached Amber.
"Princess Amber, you are doing a fantastic job representing the royals." Aunt Tilly declared.
"Thank you, Aunt Tilly." Amber beamed. "I've greeted all the guests, presented the cake, and I still have your ring, safe and sound."
"Whiz-bang!" Aunt Tilly smiled. "Amber, you are going to make a great Queen!"
"I am so sick of hearing people say that." James groaned, standing a few feet away.
"Sofia, Madeline!" Aunt Tilly called. "There you two are! I have another important task for my Maids of Honor."
"Sure, Aunt Tilly." Madeline nodded.
"It's almost time for the wedding ceremony." Aunt Tilly declared, as Sir Bartleby walked away, then returned with a covered bird cage. "When I give the signal, I'd like you to release this flock of beautiful wedding-"
"Doves?" Amber asked. "Oh, I love doves!"
"Not doves, dear." Aunt Tilly shook her head. "Doves are so ordinary. We're releasing..." Sir Bartleby removed the cover, revealing a fish bowl inside the cage. "Flying fish!"
"Oh, fish." Amber said awkwardly. "That's a little... unexpected."
"This could be my chance to show everyone there's no way Amber could make a good Queen!" James watched from nearby.
"Sofia, Madeline, I'll need you to keep a close eye on these critters." Aunt Tilly instructed. "Keep them safe in their little home, then when I give the signal, let them soar into the sky!"
"Got it." Sofia nodded.
"That sounds like a job for the heir to the throne!" James rushed over.
"What are you talking about, James?" Amber asked. "Aunt Tilly asked Sofia and Madeline to do it!"
"Oh, I'm sorry." James retorted. "So you don't think you can handle it?"
"Of course I can handle it." Amber scoffed. "I would be honored to take care of your fish, Aunt Tilly."
"That's fine with us." Madeline shrugged.
"Okay, then I'm sure their fins are in good hands." Aunt Tilly smiled.
"Duchess Tilly, may I have a moment?" Baileywick requested.
"Ooh, it's almost time!" Aunt Tilly gushed. "Meet us by the ceremony tent in a few minutes!" She told Amber.
"I'm glad to see you've come around to the idea of Amber being Queen." Sofia told James.
"Oh, y-yeah!" James nodded nervously. "I'm over that. ...Hey, isn't that your wombeast friend?"
"It is!" Madeline nodded. "Hi, Wilbur!"
Sofia and Madeline went over to talk with Wilbur. James then walked over to Amber.
"Uh-oh, Amber, your tiara is crooked!" He claimed.
"Oh, dear." Amber frowned, moving over to the punch bowl to adjust it.
"Hello, little guys." James told the fish. "Who wants to get out early? You all do? Okay!"
James opened the cage, and the flying fish flew out, giggling loudly.
"Amber, the fish!" Sofia pointed.
"Oh no!" Amber gasped. She grabbed the cage, dragging it with her as she chased after the fish. "Pardon me! I'm terribly sorry!" She told the guests as she ran past. Leaving the cage with Sofia and Madeline, she kept up the chase. "Come back, fish! As your future Queen, I command you to-!" She grabbed one of the fish, but it slipped out of her hands, flying nto the Cobold King's hair.
"Oh no!" Madeline gaped.
"My hair!" The Cobold King shook his head, trying to get rid of the fish. Amber tried to help by grabbing the hair.
"Princess Amber!" Baileywick rushed over. "The King of the Cobolds! You touched his hair!"
The King's hair flopped down over his face.
"Oh, your majesty, I am so, so sorry!" Amber apologized. "I'll help fix it... once I get the fish!"
"Wow, Princess Amber sure messed that up." James told the crowd. "Prince James to the rescue!"
James, Sofia and Madeline followed Amber to another area, where she was still trying to catch the fish.
"Careful, Amber!" James declared. "You might get your dress dirty!"
"It doesn't matter!" Amber yelled, grabbing a fish and putting it in the bowl. "I'm doing this for Aunt Tilly!" She grabbed another. "Gotcha!"
"Wow." James frowned. "Amber doesn't care if her dress gets dirty."
"That's right." Sofia nodded.
"She's not the panpered Princess she used to be." Madeline put another fish in the bowl. "Is that all of them?"
"No!" Amber shook her head. "I see more!"
Amber chased after more fish.
"Here, little fishes..." She said softly. She then pounced, grabbing the fish. However, the movement sent Aunt Tilly's ring flying. "The wedding ring!"
The two fish slipped out of her grasp. One of them picked up the ring in its mouth.
"No!" Amber yelped as the fish dived into the ocean below. "...It's gone... This is a disaster!"
"I didn't mean for that to happen!" James declared.
"The day started off so well." Amber sighed. "But then, I messed everything up! I let Aunt Tilly's fish get out, and I touched the Cobold King's hair! And then, Aunt Tilly's ring... I lost it!"
"You're being too hard on yourself, Amber." Sofia declared.
"Yeah." James nodded. "I mean, this may not be all your fault."
"Of course it is!" Amber retorted. "Look at all the damage I caused in just a few hours as heir to the throne. I'd probably destroy the whole kingdom of I ever became Queen! Which is why... I won't. I'm not the right person to rule Enchancia."
"What are you saying?" Madeline asked.
"He is." Amber pointed to James.
"Y-you don't mean-" James started.
"I do." Amber nodded. "If Aunt Tilly gave up the throne, so can I. From now on, you're heir to the throne. I quit."
"Amber, wait!" Sofia frowned.
"Young royals!" Baileywick suddenly arrived. "You are needed right away. The ceremony is about to begin!"
"Might as well tell everyone about the news." Amber sighed. "And tell Aunt Tilly that I've lost her special ring..."
Sofia ran to keep up with Amber, while Madeline turned to James.
"Aren't you coming?" She asked. "You need to take over the heir to the throne duties."
"I guess..." James frowned.
"James, what's wrong?" Sofia asked, turning back. "You're going to be King. Isn't that what you wanted?"
"I thought so." James admitted. "But now..."
"What is it?" Madeline frowned.
"I have to tell you something,girls." James declared. "I'm the reason Amber messed things up." He sighed. "I let the flying fish out of their home."
"James, how could you?!" Sofia gasped.
"I know, I don't deserve to be King." James admitted. "And Amber does deserve to be Queen."
"You have to tell her." Madeline urged. "You have to make things right."
"But even if I tell her, I've still lost Aunt Tilly's ring." James sighed.
James looked over the cliff, and saw the flying fish splashing around, one with the ring in its mouth.
"There it is!" He gasped.
"Let's get it!" Sofia nodded.
"You still have that magic wing-giving thingy, right?" James asked.
"The Whenever-Wings Wand?" Madeline mused. "Yes, Sofia has it."
"Brilliant!" James grabbed the wand.
"Wait, James!" Sofia urged. "Aunt Tilly told us not to use it!"
"Flutterus Featherus!" James waved the wand at the water, but missed his target. "Flutterus Featherus!"
"What are you doing?!" Madeline yelped.
"Trying to give the ring wings so it'll fly up out of the water!" James explained. "Flutterus Featherus!" He missed again. "Ah! But it won't stay still! Flutterus Featherus!" He missed again. "Don't worry, I'll get it."
"Or you might hit something else!" Sofia pointed out.
"Maybe you should stop?" Madeline suggested.
James finally struck the ring, which flew up to them.
"I did it!" He cheered, grabbing the ring. "Flutterus Terminus!" The ring's wings vanished.
"Children, please!" Baileywick called. "The ceremony!"
"We've got to get this to Amber!" James declared.
"Before she tells everyone she won't be Queen!" Sofia added.
"Let's go!" James nodded.
As they headed for the wedding, a winged octopus emerged from the water.
Amber was rushing over to her parents.
"Amber, no!" James yelled, as he chased after her.
"We have the ring!" Madeline announced.
"You do?" Amber gasped.
"And you're still the heir to the throne!" James added.
"I am?" Amber smiled.
Just then, the winged octopus arrived, looming over them.
"Oh, no!" James gaped.
"What in the kingdom is that?" Roland asked.
"It's a Kandraki!" James declared.
"Wait, Kandrakis don't have wings!" Roland frowned.
"This one does!" James announced.
"Everyone, take cover!" Roland yelled, as the Kandraki swooped down on them. "Under the tables!"
The guests and royal family ran for cover.
"Where did that thing come from?" Amber asked.
"James, I think you gave that Kandraki wings with the Whenever-Wings Wand!" Sofia surmised.
"I know, Sofia." James admitted. "We've got to change it back!"
"Flutterus Terminus!" Madeline waved the wand, but missed. "Flutterus Terminus!"
"He's too far away, and moving too fast!" Sofia frowned.
"What do we do?" James asked.
"We need a plan." Madeline declared.
"Don't look at me!" Amber frowned. "I was a disaster as a future leader!"
"You weren't a disaster, Amber." James admitted. "You were great."
"Oh, what are you talking about?" Amber scowled. "I messed everything up!"
"...Only because I set the fish loose, and did everything else I could think of to make things harder for you." James confessed.
"You what?!" Amber growled.
"I'm really, really sorry, Amber." James apologized. "I thought you shouldn't be Queen. But now I see you're great at it. You're even great at doing the boring stuff."
"So I didn't really mess things up?" Amber asked.
"No." Sofia smiled.
"You were amazing." Madeline added.
"Thank you, Madeline." Amber beamed. "Okay, people, we have a Kandraki to stop, and a wedding to save. Sofia, Madeline, I need you to find Aunt Tilly and Sir Bartleby and make sure they're alright."
"Okay." Sofia and Madeline chorused.
"I'll help keep the wedding guests safe." Amber continued. "And James... uh..."
"I know what he can do!" Sofia offered.
"Oh, yes!" Amber nodded. "James, we could use your knight skills!"
"Got it." James nodded.
The kids went to work, Sofia and Madeline locating Aunt Tilly and Sir Bartleby.
"Are you two okay?" Madeline asked.
"Oh, we're fine, girls." Aunt Tilly nodded. "But I don't remember inviting a Kandraki."
"What does he want, anyway?" Sofia frowned.
"Cake, cake!" The Kandraki snarled.
"Cake?" Madeline gaped.
"He's just after some cake?" Sofia gasped.
"Most Kandrakis do have a sweet tooth." Aunt Tilly shrugged.
"We've got to tell Amber!" Madeline declared.
Amber was talking to the centaur King in his own language.
"Amber, Amber!" Sofia yelled, as she and Madeline rushed over.
"The Kandraki!" Madeline pointed. "We think it's after the wedding cake!"
"Guards, go protect the cake!" Amber instructed.
The guards followed the order, standing by the cake with their shields raised.
"Cake! Cake!" The Kandraki roared.
"Guards, cut a slice of cake!" Amber ordered. "We can use some to lure him away. But just one piece, because-" She was given a plate with a cake slice on it. "Dessert is really for the invited guests!"
Amber brought the plate to James.
"James, see if you can get him to follow you." She instructed. "Away from the wedding."
"Hey, Kandraki!" James yelled running over and holding up the plate. "You want cake? I got cake for ya!"
The Kandraki didn't hear him.
"I can't get his attention!" James frowned. "I need to get closer!"
"Flutterus Featherus!" Sofia waved the Whenever-Wings Wand, making wings appear on James's back.
"Whoa, brilliant!" James smiled, taking flight.
"Go get 'im, James!" Madeline cheered.
James flew up to the Kandraki's face.
"Yoo-hoo!" He called. "You want some cake? Follow me!"
James flew off with the cake, and the Kandraki followed.
"Go James, go!" Amber smiled.
The Kandraki continued to follow James, being led back to the ocean. Sofia followed.
"It's all yours, Kandraki!" James threw the slice upwards.
The Kandraki caught the cake and swallowed it.
"Flutterus Terminus!" Sofia waved the wand.
The Kandraki's wings vanished, and it dropped back into the water.
"You did it, Sofia!" James smiled.
"We all did it." Sofia replied. "Flutterus Terminus!"
James's own wings vanished.
"Sofia, James!" Roland smiled, as the family caught up. "That was fantastic!"
"Sure was!" Madeline agreed.
"You were braver than the bravest knight!" Grand Mum added.
"You protected us all." Amber grinned.
"James, you said you wanted to protect the kingdom, without doing any of the boring King stuff?" Sofia reminded him. "Why don't you be a knight?"
"Yeah, maybe you're right." James nodded. "Actually, I think that's all I've ever really wanted to be!"
"Good call, Sof." Madeline grinned.
"Enchancia will be lucky to have such a brave defender." Amber declared. "In fact, my first act as Queen is to declare you First Knight of the Realm!"
James kneeled down, and Amber knighted him.
"That's very sweet." Grand Mum smiled. "But Amber, I'm afraid you cannot do that."
"Not until you are officially Queen." Roland added.
"Oh." Amber said sheepishly. "Well, when I become Queen, it will be my first act."
"Um, guys?" Sofia spoke up. "As one of Tilly's Maids of Honor, I should probably remind you she needs to get married today."
"And without any further delay." Madeline chuckled.
"That's true." Grand Mum nodded.
"Whoops!" Roland joked.
Soon after, the ceremony was in full swing.
"And do you, Duchess Matilda, take Sir Bartleby to be your husband?" Baileywick asked.
"I do." Aunt Tilly smiled, as Madeline offered Sir Bartleby the ring.
"Then, by the power invested in me by King Roland of Enchancia, I now pronounce you husband and wife." Baileywick announced, as Sir Bartleby put the ring on Aunt Tilly's finger. "Or as we like to call you, adventurer and knight."
"Huzzah, Aunt Tilly." Sofia said, as the crowd cheered.
"Congratulations." Madeline beamed.
"Oh, and I said I wouldn't cry." Grand Mum sniffed.
Aunt Tilly whispered in Sofia's ear.
"Now?" Sofia asked. "Okay!" She waved the Whenever-Wings Wand at both of them. "Flutterus Featherus! Flutterus Featherus!"
Both Aunt Tilly and Sir Bartleby gained wings, and flew up into the sky. The crowd gasped and applauded as they danced in mid-air.
"Flutterus Featherus! Flutterus Featherus! Flutterus Featherus!" Sofia chanted, giving all her family wings.
They all flew upwards together and joined the happy couple.