Cordelia took a deep breath and stepped into the stables. Against one side, Jack leaned against one of the posts, next to his backpack. On the other side, Elena stood, back straight. She walked up to them. It had taken her quite a while and a near sleepless night to decide upon what she should do. She'd talked to Fredrick, Sumia and Robin, mulling over her options. She looked back to Fredrick, who was standing just around the corner, out of sight of Jack and Elena. He nodded at her with a smile. She smiled back and stepped forward.

"And the verdict is?" asked Jack.

"Yes, what have you decided?" asked Elena.

Cordelia smiled.

"Well, you two have certainly caused me enough trouble. I got no sleep last night trying to figure out what to do about you two! But figure it out I did."

"So, what have you decided?" asked Elena.

"Yeah, before Elena pulls all of her hair out," said Jack

"Hey!"

"Stop it you two. I have decided that I'm going to have you two train together. For two soldiers fighting on the same side of a conflict in such a small group, you have remarkably little camaraderie. We will start there. You don't have to like each other, but at least accept the other's presence, ok? Maybe respect the skill of the other a little bit too? You're siblings, for crying out loud. We will also cover the tactical side of things later on – you two could learn a lot of things from each other if you would just stop butting heads."

"What about sparring, mother?" asked Elena, "It will help accentuate Jack's inferior style, and promote change."

"Oh please, I could beat you with my bare hands! I don't need a weapon!" grumbled Jack.

"No, we won't have that. Somebody might get hurt with all of the bad blood between you two. No, you will train side by side, under me."

Jack shrugged. "Whatever, I can deal with that. I'll have plenty of time to take breaks while I wait for Pegasus Princess to catch up. I'm used to legging it!"

Elena just sniffed, "I'm afraid you'll find that running for your life won't be able to outpace a knight determined on victory! I don't need a Pegasus to out speed you, rat trapper!"

Cordelia groaned, "Will you two just STOP arguing?"

"I'm not arguing mom, I'm trying to explain to Elena why I'm right!" said Jack.

"Mother, how can you stand it when Jack is…"started Elena.

Jack narrowed his eyes and hastily said "Elena, stop!"

Elena glared at him. "Why!? Too pathetic to…" she cut herself off mid sentence.

Cordelia was smiling at them, with a strange expression on her face.

"You see that look in her eye? She always has that look when we're in trouble! You of all people should know that!" hissed Jack.

"Oh, you're not in trouble," said Cordelia, maintaining her smile.

"We don't believe you!" said Elena, now beginning to panic.

Cordelia suddenly burst out laughing.

"What was that about?!" growled Jack, "You ticked her off even more! Good job!"

"It was nothing! What did you say?!" sputtered Elena back.

"I said nothing either! Why do you always have to mess up?"

"Screw up? You're the one who can't do anything right!"

Cordelia composed herself. "Who would have thought it would have taken the slightest bit of intimidation from dear old Mom to set you two straight!"

The twins sputtered in response.

"But honestly, you're not in trouble. I thought it was funny with how easy it was to get you two to work together!"

The two froze.

"You're just like your younger selves now. You don't know how to deal with having an angry mother, so you default back to what you used to do as children. Just as your younger selves do now. Fredrick, dear? Can you execute Plan B?"

Fredrick turned around the corner, holding the hands of the much younger current timeline Jack and Elena.

"And since your younger selves are here, why don't you explain to them why you hate each other so much?"

Fredrick let go of the two children's hands, and they rushed towards the older Jack and Elena with tears in their eyes and a flurry of questions.

"Why do you hate Jack!?"

"Why do you hate Elena?!"

"I'm telling Lady Lucina! She'll order you to be friends!"

"Yeah! You have to obey her! She's a princess you know!"

"We'll get Miss Maribelle to put you in time out!"

"We will! I'm serious!"

"She's scary you know!"

As Elena and Jack attempted to calm their younger selves, Severa and Edgar watched from afar.

"You say nothing to Mom about anything that happened in the past with not agreeing on stuff, got it?" said Severa.

Edgar nodded emphatically. "You got it."