Elena didn't mean to take her idol's request of being happy for the rest of their vacation literally but she did as she excused herself so she could go potty. Helping James write about kitties wasn't easy when you worried about having an accident after all.

After using the potty, she went to her room and found two things other than Kitty that made her happy, Nell and Bobby Lee had allowed her and Gabby to each bring three toys so they wouldn't get bored while Ricky was napping.

Elena picked up her feelings puzzle, who she recently named Shirley, and her recent Wassailia gift Ellie.

Ellie looked similar to her idol but younger; she had been made by a friend of her mommy's while Nell and Amber made all of her outfits. Elena had been attached to her since opening her as she gently stroked her hair.

"I sorry I woke you up," Elena apologized.

"I think she had a longer nap than needed," Madeline smirked, mussing her hair. "Nell sent me to find you. She thought you got lost finding the potty."

"No I did not!" Elena pouted.

"I know you didn't. But if you think you know the hallways now, don't play Naked Baby here. I don't think you want another time out," Madeline grinned.

"No!" Elena gasped at the thought. She recalled that if she had one more timeout, she wouldn't see Kitty or Pinky until they went home. "I be a good girl!"

"We know you will," Madeline smiled. "Don't worry, Elena. Sofia's taking really good care of Kitty and Pinky, and we agreed that you could have them back when James was done with his story."

"How story coming? Is Miss Lydia riding a kitty?" Elena asked.

"Andrew had everyone ride a jaquin so they could sneak up on the person responsible for the laughing potion and the thefts," Madeline started explaining. "The person was caught, thanks to Duke Herbert, Captain Lee, and Mr. Edward, and now everyone's riding a jaquin for fun!"

"Ricky do something in Andrew story?" Elena gasped. "What he do?"

"I'm gonna have James explain that one," Madeline smiled. "Now why do you have your dolls?"

"They wanna hear Andrew story too!" Elena smiled.

"Okay, and I think you'll be happy to know that Nell suggested to James that Miss Ellie and Miss Shirley are included in the story," Madeline grinned. "They're friends of Miss Anna and Miss Lydia, and they're lookouts for Andrew and Julie."

Elena giggled at the idea. She knew James wanted to make everyone happy when he put everyone's ideas in the story. He sometimes had to go over the ideas again and see which ones would work. Some would go in, while James wrote other ideas on a separate paper where they'd be used in his other stories.

"James! Andrew story done?" Elena giggled, hugging James' legs.

"Easy Love Bug," Nell smirked. "You don't want to lose your dollies, do you?"

"No!" Gabby gasped, looking from where she was playing, "Don't lose your dollies!"

"Just about done," James smiled, looking up from where he was writing something on the inside cover of the folder. "Nell, read what it says."

Nell took the folder, and smiled as she read, "'To my friends and family. Thanks for helping me write this brilliant new story. I hope you like reading it as much as I liked writing it,'" She pulled James into a hug as she continued, "You dedicated your story to us? James, that's so sweet of you!"

"James good!" Elena giggled, flapping her hands.

"No, no, Ricky. That's Elena's dolly," Gabby grinned, gently taking Ellie out of Ricky's hands.

"What harm can he do, Gab-Gab?" Bobby Lee asked, giving Ellie to Ricky. "But you have to be a friend to Ellie, little guy. No chewing."

Ricky squealed and gave Ellie a hug. He flapped his hands like Elena sometimes did and bounced on Nell's lap.

"I've noticed that Ricky sometimes flaps his hands like Elena does," Sofia whispered to Nell as she watched him. "You don't think he has autism too, do you?"

"No," Nell whispered back. "We had Ricky tested a few months after he was born, and he didn't have it, thank goodness!"

"He just likes to copy her sometimes," Bobby Lee smirked, hearing the whispers. "And he's being so gentle with Ellie!"

"That's surprising," Queen Elena grinned, watching Ricky play with Ellie. "And I like her dress."

"Mommy did it," Gabby grinned, joining Sabrina and Madeline in the game they were playing.

"She makes pretty dresses, just like James writes wonderful stories," Queen Elena continued. "Mateo, are you ready to work your magic on James' story?"

"I've been ready," Mateo grinned. He aimed his tamborita at the folder, and made a copy of it. "Now you have the original story, and I can work my magic on the copy." he continued.

Everyone watched as Mateo cast a spell and turned the copy of the folder into several leather-bound books. "Here you go, Elena," Mateo grinned, "Our copy for the castle library, and I made three extra copies for our friends from Satu, Norberg, and Cordoba, just like we'd talked about. I also made a copy for me and Naomi, if that's okay?"

"Of course it is," Queen Elena smiled, "We all agreed that everyone who helped with the story or seemed interested in it deserves a copy of it."

"And don't worry, Elena," James added, "This is going in the box that has my favorite stories in it!"

"We get book too?" Elena asked, tugging on Nell's dress.

"Please?" Gabby begged.

Ricky cooed, tugging on Nell's dress sleeve.

"Sure," James grinned, "Mateo, could you make a copy of the folder that's all pictures?"

"No problem," Mateo grinned back as he copied the folder again and made another hard-cover book. "I put the words at the bottom, so if Nell wants to read it, she can read it. Or if Elena, Gabby, and Ricky want to tell the story with pictures, they can do that."

"We take this book to sharing time at school!" Elena shouted.

"Miss Milly and everyone will love this!" Gabby giggled.

"Indoor voice, Elena," Bobby Lee grinned.

"What that mean?" Elena asked in confusion.

"Let's say that Ricky or Gabby were taking a nap," Sabrina suggested with a smile.

"Why?" Elena pouted. "They're not sleepy now!"

"We know that, but we also know that you're excited about being included in James' story; believe me, we all are," Sabrina smiled, "But do you think you could be a little quieter in your celebration?"

"You can shout as much as you want outside, but not inside," Madeline added.

"Babies don't like loud noises. Ricky's used to you, Love Bug," Nell smiled, seeing Elena about to pout. "And he's not crying right now. But I remember when you two were a few days old. Just after Daddy tried to be a bird."

"That was only once and you know it, Helen!" Bobby Lee pouted as Bianca and Florence had come into the room, smiling in amusement.

"Aunties not use their indoor voice?" Gabby guessed.

"We were trying to stop Bobby Lee from drinking nectar out of your head," Madeline giggled. "He said he thought he was some kind of hummingbird after doing so many shifts for the guards when they were sick."

"Oh yes," Nell smirked. "You and Sabrina were both laughing so hard that we thought he'd wake Elena up after we put her down for a nap. He was sniffing the top of Gabby's head when you came in. Fortunately, the girls could sleep through everything and didn't hear you!"

"Maybe so with hummingbirds, Helen Genevieve, but not when they were trying to nap and all your sisters did was make noise," Bianca started with a smile.

"Of course you and Robert may not remember because you two went to a dance that night," Florence finished with a smirk.

"A young couples' one?" Queen Elena smirked, seeing both Nell and Bobby Lee blush.

"Well, I did want to have him relax a little, since he'd been working so hard," Nell admitted.

"And it worked," Bobby Lee smiled. "You and I waltzed away with first prize in our age division!"

"And while you two were dancing the night away, we were trying to keep your sisters quiet, so Elena Lydia and Gabby Anna could get some sleep," Bianca added.

"I don't remember it working out well," James smiled, hearing Ricky yawn. "Looks like someone needs a nap."

"I'll take him," Florence offered, taking Ricky in her arms. "Oh! You're your daddy's son alright. You're a heavy little man."

Ricky cooed happily, snuggling close to her chest as he dropped Ellie to the floor.

"Finish story please?" Elena pleaded, picking up her dolls. "Shirley and Ellie wanna hear too."

"Okay, Love Bug; let's see where we left off..." Nell smiled, taking Elena, Shirley, and Ellie next to her.

"You were dancing away," Sabrina recalled with a smile. "Miss Bianca watched us that night."

"She wasn't very fun," Madeline frowned. "She kept playing with Elena and Gabby."

"She wanted them to go back to sleep, and as soon as they did, we spent some time with you two," Florence smiled. "Now, would you two like to help put Ricky down for his nap? I'm sure he'll have exciting dreams after hearing James' story."

"He really liked riding on his kitties," Madeline smiled, recalling how Ricky would giggle every time James talked about Mr. Edward zooming through the sky on a jaquin.

"That's all he did?" Elena frowned.

"Well he's a baby. Mr. Edward can't walk or talk yet and can't carry certain things without chewing on them," James smiled, mussing her hair.

"He also caused a bit of a distraction for your villain by chewing on his shoes," Queen Elena joked.

"Eew! Toe jam!" Bobby Lee smirked, tossing Ricky up. "But thanks for the save you gave us in the story, you little ankle-biter!"

"With wordplay that good, you should write stories too," Sofia suggested.

"Maybe," Nell smirked.

Ricky cooed, reaching for Florence's arms as he began to fuss.

"Come here," Florence cooed, taking him in her arms. "In three days you'll be going home to all your toys and things to chew on."

"Go home?" Elena frowned.

"Don't you want to see Miss Milly and all your friends in preschool again?" Nell asked. "You can tell them all about how you rode the flying kitties, and helped James write his newest story..."

"And you can tell them how you got to sit with the Grand Council and give them some ideas," Bobby Lee added, recalling the picture of the Grand Council as cats that was in Elena's room. He had seen Mateo make a copy of it so they could take the original one home.

"Not even Miss Milly gets to do that," Gabby smiled, giving Elena a hug.

"Kitties bye-bye," Elena sniffed, running off in tears,

"Not for a few more days, sweetheart," Florence smiled as she caught her. "There are still so many things you can do while you're here. Francisco's going to play his guitar after dinner, and you can dance with everyone."

Elena smiled. She did like dancing, and though she didn't get to do much of it at the big party they'd had, the dancing she did with Sabrina and Madeline was fun.

"It'll take your mind off the kitties," Queen Elena smiled. "They'll miss you too."

"They will?" Elena asked in surprise.

"It's not every day that they get a friend that loves them so much," Nell smiled, mussing her hair. "Or knows what a kitty does."

"You can dance with Mingo, Zoom, and Estrella, since they're small enough for you to carry," Queen Elena smiled.

"It'll be just like when you dance with Snow White," Sofia smiled. "She likes that too."

"So does Jagger," James grinned.

"Doggie dance?" Gabby asked shyly.

"Yes he does. But he mostly likes chasing his tail," James answered, mussing her hair.

"I take Ricky so he go nap-nap," Elena offered, tugging on Florence's dress.

"You can come with me, and we can tell Ricky more kitty stories," Florence smiled. "That'll be fun, right?"

"Yeah! James writes kitty story down so we read it!" Elena giggled.

"Okay," James agreed as he got out his notebook again and went off with them.

"He's going to be working his fingers to the bone again with all that writing," Bobby Lee smirked.

"But we know how to make him stop!" Madeline giggled.

"Right; tickling him until he agrees to stop," Nell smirked.

"Kitty story get Ricky to go nap-nap!" Elena giggled, looking over James' shoulder.

"I know you're excited, but no distracting the artist at work," Florence smiled, gently rubbing Ricky's back.

"Don't worry, she won't," Bobby Lee grinned.

"I be good girl!" Elena promised.

"Good," Florence grinned, taking her hand. "You wouldn't want Ricky to cry, do you?"

"No!" Elena gasped uneasily at the thought. "Ricky loud!"

"He's not too loud when he cries, but we want him to be happy," Florence smiled.

"Yeah! Queen Elena says that we have to be happy for the rest of our vacation here," Madeline agreed.

"Though Ricky is excused to not always be happy because he's a baby. Crying is his only way to see if he's hungry or wants a nap," Bobby Lee smiled. "You better get him down for his nap before he starts getting fussy."

"And I stay with him!" Elena giggled, flapping her hands. "I'm a good sister!"

"You are a good sister," Nell smiled. "You try to help him when we're home, you share Kitty with him, and he loves hearing the stories you make up with your picture books."

"Maybe you'll be a writer like James," Bobby Lee suggested.

"I write Andrew stories too?" Elena asked.

"Or stories about kitties, or whatever you want," Nell smiled. "You might even call them Lydia stories, since you'll be the main character."

Elena smiled at the idea of writing her own stories as Ricky began to fuss.

"It okay Ricky. I tell you kitty story!" Elena giggled.

Ricky squealed at the idea despite how cranky he was becoming.

"I put Zoomer and Greenie in this story, just like James did!" Elena added.

"They'll have the cutest adventure together, won't they?" Nell smiled as she laid Ricky down on the bed to change him.

"Yeah! Ricky goes on adventures with his kitties, like I do with mine!" Elena cheered, flapping her hands.