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Sportacus was not sure how much time had passed. He'd started doing push ups to pass the time. He was very restless. Robbie was still fast asleep, snoring loudly.

Stingy and Trixie were playing cards, Ziggy was playing with some pieces of candy he had in his pocket, Pixel was checking the insides of his computer to asses the damage, and Stephanie sat on the floor watching Sportacus.

Stephanie was worried. Could this elf hurt Sportacus? If she had the skills from the game she could really hurt someone.

Out of the corner of his eye, Sportacus could see a concerned Stephanie watching him. He stopped and sat next to her. "What's wrong, Stephanie?" He was more relaxed.

"I'm-I'm worried about you. What if she hurts you?"

Sportacus wasn't sure how to respond. He looked down for a moment and thought and looked at Stephanie. "You know, I can feel, somehow, that everything will end up ok. I'm not sure how, but there is always a way." He smiled quoting her words.

"I wonder what she's doing?"

"I've been wondering that myself."

"Do you have a plan?"

"Well-"

"Ok! The computer seems fine. No damage." He sat back in his chair relieved. He spun his chair around to face the group. "Hey! Look!" He pointed out the window. The dark clouds were light gray and there was no thunder or lighting. Everyone ran to the window. It was down to a drizzle.

"Thank goodness!" Trixie yelled.

"Pixel-" Sportacus started.

"Already on it." He fired up his computer. The monitor came on. "Uh oh."

They all turned.

"What?" Sportacus walked over to Pixel and looked at the screen. "Download complete?" He looked to Pixel for an explanation.

"Well...it could mean that she came from the download or..."

"Or?"

"Or it split and she's here and in the game." He turned back to his computer. "I'm gonna find out."

"I'm going to find Elena." He stopped at the couch and shook Robbie awake. "Wake up Robbie. We have some work to do."

"Work?" He slipped off the couch. "What are you talking about, Sportakook?" He pulled himself up.

"I need your help to find Elena. You can look in all of your hiding places."

"You want my help to find that elf?"

"Yes." He said simply. Sportacus waited.

"Oh alright!" He growled. "If it'll get me some peace and quiet." He picked up his raincoat and put it on and marched out the door.

"I'll contact you if I find anything. But if you can get her here I can run some tests and get some answers."

"Ok."

"We'll help!" Stephanie stood up.

"No! I don't think that is a good idea. You should stay here. We need to be careful. She's going to be frightened. If too many of us are out there..."

"Well, what about SportaStephanie? Please? I'll be careful."

He looked at Stephanie. After looking at her pleading brown eyes, he nodded. "If you find her, you find me. Deal?"

"Deal! I'll go home and change."

"Wait!" Stingy yelled. "Take walkie talkies."

"Great idea!" Pixel tossed one to Sportacus and the other to Stephanie. "Good luck everyone!" He hooked it on his belt and they took off.

Robbie started looking in some of his usual hiding spots grumbling all the way.

"Why am I helping Sportanerd? I could be in my chair eating cake or napping. Am I glad he's alive? Ok, fine. I am. But I still want to get rid of him." He said waving his arms. "There has to be a way to get what I want instead of helping the blue elf find the blond elf! Bah! But wait." He pointed a finger. "All I have to do is get the blond elf to run out of town and Sporta-goody goody will try to find her and be out of Lazy town forEVER! Hehehe. Now, all I have to do is find her and get her to run clear into next week. Hmm..." He headed to the billboard where the entrance to his lair was and looked around. "Nothing. Maybe the forest." He marched off.

Sportacus was running around the edge of town. He'd hope to find her first. But what to do? What was his plan. He was going to have to find some way to get her to trust him. He went off looking up in trees behind rocks, walls and bushes. He stopped and scratched his head. With a determined look he took off again.

Stephanie looked everyplace there was to look in town. She decided to widen her search.

Pixel was working hard to find answers. "Great. I'm going to have to go into the program and see how it was written. I don't think I'm getting to bed by 8:08 tonight."

Meanwhile in the forest-

"Here elfie, elfie, elfie. Where are you? Come to Uncle Robbie." He looked around.

"Where would she hide?" Robbie heard something above him. He slowly looked up and there she was on the tree branch. She looked at Robbie and jumped down landing in front of him.

"Um, hi." He said awkwardly waving his hand.

She moved closer to him and looked in his eyes. It was the first time he'd seen her with her eyes open.

'Just say shoo, Robbie. Just say it.' He thought. He was backed up against the tree and she just looked at him. As he looked at her he got a weird feeling. He twitched his nose as a goofy grin came across his face.

She stepped back. "Wait, don't go."

She turned to run when she saw a figure dressed in blue approach. She quickly spun around behind Robbie grabbing him by the throat.

"What? We were having a moment." He protested.

Sportacus stopped. He walked slowly until he was within a few feet. He saw the panic in her eyes. What could he do? He had to think fast for Robbie's sake.

Stephanie looked around and she saw no signs of Robbie or Sportacus anywhere. She looked towards the forest. It's was the only place she could think where the might be. She decided to go in. She would keep a safe distance and be there if they needed her.

"Elena. It's ok. Don't be afraid."

She just looked at him.

"It's ok. Sportacus, friend." He smiled. "Robbie, friend." Smiling again.

Robbie was taken aback. "What?"

"Shh. Elena, friend." He extended his hand and smiled.

About this time Stephanie caught sight of them. She saw Elena had Robbie and it looked like Sportacus was trying to make friends with her. She moved close enough so she could hear what was going on. 'I hope Sportacus can do this.' she thought, kneeling down behind a bush.

Sportacus gave his hand a little shake offering it to her. He saw her grip loosen but her eyes were still narrowed.

"So, is that all the great blue elf has? A hand shake? I'm a bit disappointed."

Sportacus shot a look to Robbie, while still smiling, when suddenly an idea occurred to him. He slowly reached up to his head, took a hold of his cap and pulled it off. The then turned his head showing her his ears. She immediately let go of Robbie, who hunched over grabbing his throat as if she tried to suffocate him, and took interest in Sportacus's ears.

Stephanie was surprised. It had been a while since she'd seen Sportacus with his cap off. He looked very different without it. She saw his sandy blond locks slightly curl atop his head. She remembered the first time he told them he was an elf. It was a while after Robbie first made the discovery.

(He gathered all the kids together and told them a story about the small island off the North Sea and how a small group of elves lived there. The elves had been trained to be heroes to go out in the world and and help those who needed it. There was always a special elf who would hold a very special crystal to help him or her in their journey. He explained he was one of the especial elves. It took the kids a few minutes for everything to sink in. In fact they didn't believe him until he showed them his ears, but they thought it was the coolest thing.

Sportacus mentioned he was actually surprised Robbie didn't say anything after he first found out.)

It had just occurred to her. That's why Robbie always called Sportacus the blue elf. Now it made sense. She refocused on what was happening. At least it looked like Sportacus was making progress. She kept watching.

Elena walked right over and began examining his ears. She took her finger and traced over the top of one. Sportacus let out a giggle but let her continue. She then rubbed it between her fingers.

"What is she doing?" Robbie demanded.

"I think she's making sure they are real." He said letting out another giggle. He reached up and gently took her hand. His ears were very sensitive to touch. "Ok, that's enough." He said with a smile. "Friend?"

She just watched him. "I wonder why she can't talk. I wonder if she can understand us."

"Well, she understood her hand around my neck pretty well, I'd say." He said rubbing his neck.

Sportacus just shook his head. "You'll be fine Robbie." He tilted his head at Robbie as he replaced his cap "Why have you never told anyone I was an elf when you found out?"

(He twitched his nose remembering the time when he first discovered it. It was in the early days. It was one of the hottest days of the summer and Sportacus had landed his airship for a bit of maintenance. He snuck up as close so he could to try to sneak a candy apple on the airship. Sportacus had come out on the platform and sat down wiping some sweat from his face and taking a sip of water when he reached up and pulled off his cap. He leaned forward and ruffled his hair to cool off and when he pulled his head up, that's when Robbie saw his ears. "What?! You're an elf?!"

Sportacus jumped and saw Robbie who jumped up from a bush. His jaw dropped and he quickly replaced his cap.

Robbie marched over to him.

"Robbie! What are you doing here?"

He was face to face with the sports elf. "Elf. You're an elf." He said with a scowl on his face.

Sportacus nodded awkwardly. He really didn't know what to say.

"That's not fair!" He said waving the hand that had the apple in it. He gasped and quickly hid it behind his back. "No wonder why I can never beat you. I wasn't thinking 'elf'." He marched off grumbling, swinging his arms.)

"Well, why didn't you?" He said responding to Sportacus's question.

"I don't know. I just never thought about it until that day. We should get back to town and see if Pixel has any answers. You can go home if you want." He offered.

"Uh, maybe I'd better stick around, yeah, in case uh, she decides to make a run for it again." He muttered quickly.

Sportacus smiled and started down the path. As they started walking Sportacus spotted something pink out of the corner of his eye. He stopped. "Stephanie?"

She slowly stood up. "Hi" she walked over. "I see you made friends."

At that moment Sportacus's cap was lifted off his head. He raised his hands to his head and he saw it being tossed to the ground. Surprised, immediately picked it up and replaced it.

"It's been a while since you've had your cap off, huh."

"Yes. But I like it. It's a part of me." His cap was again lifted and tossed. He retrieved it and looked at Elena.

He pointed to his cap and said 'no' shaking his head. He put it back on. They continued walking.

"So...what do you think-" He began as his cap was again tossed to the ground.

She laughed. "I think someone doesn't like your cap on."

Sportacus sighed and picked up his cap. He kept off for the duration of the walk. He ran his hand through his hair. It did feel good but at the same time strange.

"Well, Sportakook, looks like the cats out of the bag now." He chuckled.

"I told the kids a while ago, Robbie."

"Oh."

"So, now we have another elf in town."

Sportacus nodded. "I guess so."

He looked over at her. She was walking close to him. Probably trying to keep within reach should he decide to put his cap back on, he mused. A bold, blond, beautiful elf. And from a computer game.

Never a dull moment in Lazy Town.

As they walked through Lazy Grove, random drops of water fell from the trees. Robbie occasionally wiped drips that fell on his nose while trying to make conversation with Elena. She looked but didn't respond. She stayed close to Sportacus who was holding his cap.

The sun was breaking through the trees and the sky was almost clear. It was past midday and the walk was interrupted by the grumbling of Robbie's stomach.

Sportacus and Stephanie giggled. "I think Robbie's stomach is right. And my energy is a little low. I don't think there are any sports candy trees in the grove. There is a tree outside the grove. We can get some sports candy there."

"But, I don't eat sports candy!"

"You can go home and get something to eat." Stephanie suggested.

Robbie grumbled and was about to protest when his stomach grumbled even louder. He was really hungry. He'd been up since morning. He'd never gotten up before noon if he could help it.

"So, do you think Pixel has an explanation for all this?"

"I hope so. It'd be nice to know what's going on."

"Do you think she'll have to go back in the game?"

Sportacus and the rest stopped. It was a question he didn't want to face.

"What?!" Robbie exclaimed. "She can't go back in the game! She's not a game! She's a person! A princess!"

He was sure Robbie had his reasons but maybe he was right. She felt real. She didn't feel like a computer game.

Stephanie looked at a concerned Sportacus. "What are you thinking Sportacus?"

"I'm not sure what's going to happen." He turned and looked at her. Except for her lack of communication she was real. She had something going on in her head that was making her repeatedly pulling the cap off his head. "We will do what is best for her."

Robbie's stomach grumbled again. He reached out and spun Sportacus around.

"Listen Sportaloon, I'm going home and have a piece of delicious cake for lunch. "You are not allowed to do anything without me. Got it?"

"Robbie-"

Robbie gave him the eye.

Sportacus looked at Robbie who was very determined to get his way.

"You have my word."

"That actually worked? Hmm." He mumbled. Then marched off to his lair.

"Sportacus?" Stephanie wasn't sure what he was thinking.

What if they did have to put her back in the game? He wasn't sure what to think. "Let's just get to Pixel's." He said continuing out of the grove. He needed more information. But he had a very uncomfortable feeling that wasn't sitting well with him.

Pixel was looking over what information he had. "This just doesn't make any sense."

"What?" Ziggy asked.

"All this code and script. It just doesn't add up."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know yet. But it's crazy." He continued trying to decipher the read outs.

"Any sign of them yet?"

Ziggy went to the window. "Nothing yet.

After a small walk they finally reached the end of the grove. And plenty of sunshine.

"Ah! An apple tree!" He turned to Elena. He put his hands up motioning for her to stay. "I'll be right back. Stay."

He walked a few feet then flipped and jumped his way to the apple tree. I felt good to really move after the walk through the grove. He felt like he was standing still. He enjoyed every twist, turn, jump and flip. It was so refreshing. He made it to the tree. He took a deep breath and smiled and started jumping up for sports candy.

"Pretty cool huh?" Stephanie said to Elena.

She tilted her head and studied Sportacus. She straightened up and and took off doing the same flips and jumps as Sportacus.

"Wait!" Stephanie yelled and took off after her.

Sportacus jumped up for the last apple and turned to head back when he saw the blond elf spinning and jumping her way to him. His jaw dropped. He just watched until her final jump a few feet from him. She had a satisfied look on her face.

Stephanie finally caught up. "Sorry Sportacus. She took off before I knew what was happening." Sportacus was still in disbelief. "Sportacus?"

"Huh? Oh yes." He snapped out of it. "It's fine. Here." He handed her an apple.

"How did she do that, Sportacus?"

"I-I don't know. It was...amazing." He finally took a bite of his apple. He immediately felt his energy return and his crystal glowed.

Elena looked in fascination. She reached out and traced it with her fingers.

"It's my crystal." he explained. "It beeps when someone's in trouble and shows my energy."

She pulled her hand away and looked at Sportacus then turned away.

Sportacus looked at her. Something was bothering her. He went to her side. "What's wrong?" She looked at him. It was becoming clear to Sportacus that she was getting frustrated. She didn't understand. "It's ok." He took her hand. "We will help you. Come on." He started to walk then stopped. He turned and smiled. "Stephanie, would you like to head back to town, Sportacus style?"

"Go for it!" She got into position.

He turned to Elena, did a couple of flips, stopped and motioned for them to follow. Stephanie ran and flipped landing in front of Sportacus. They both looked at Elena.

She stood there for a moment and slowly a smile broadened her face and she flipped next to them.

Sportacus smiled. "Ok! Follow the leader! Let's go!" They all flipped following Sportacus.

Robbie went to his orange chair with a very big piece of purple cake. "Mmm mmm! Purple! My favorite." He took a bite savoring each chew. "Cake never tasted so good. Now, I can think. I need an evil plan. It's already been a whole day! What can I do about this new elf in town."

He thought, taking another bite of cake. "Let's see what we know so far. She's from one of poodles computer games. Interesting. She's a princess. Hmm... I know! I'll become Prrrrrince Robbie, marry her and become King! Ha ha ha! Then, I'll make Sportakook the court jester! Na! All that flipping would drive me crazy. But I could make him flip out of town! Hm, what else?...Ah ha! I could declare Lazy Town to be Lazy forever! Everyone would bow down before me. I'd finally get the respect I deserve." He stood up and walked over to his periscope. "Now, where are they?" He looked all over and found them flipping and jumping into town.

"What?" He threw his cake off to the side and took hold of both handles. "No! No! No flipping! Stop! Don't! Arg!" He turned away folding his arms. "That's it! The wedding is off!" He grumbled, paced then stopped.

"Wait a second!" He raised a finger. "All I have to do is win her over. Show her I'm a prince. It's disguise time!" He walked over to his disguise tubes. "Hm, too bright. Too light. To-knight. Ah! Mr Right!"

He pulled a leaver, spun around and a deep purple suit with a bow tie replaced his striped suit. He clapped his hands and a mirror came down. He looked in it.

"Mirror, mirror on the...wire. Who's gonna make handsome sire?" He moved closer giving his most dashing smile and the mirror cracked. "Oh, what do you know? Well," he stood up straight and brushed his sleeves. "It's time to claim my kingdom! Oh, Robbie. You have come up with the best idea yet!" He shook his hands to either side cheering himself.

When he finished he walked over and opened a file cabinet, with a multitude of papers, that opened so fast it pushed him across the room. He got up and began fishing through the mass of papers. "It's got to be in here somewhere. License to drive a bull dozer, permission to run a bad guy lair, permission to give samba lessons?" He said throwing each paper over his head.

"Aha! Document declaring the holder to be royalty of the residing town! Look out Lazy Town! Here comes Prince Roberto! Ah ha ha ha!" He set off to put his evil plan in motion.