Greetings! Welcome to the seventh chapter of this tale. Here Sofia continues her journey as Queen for a day.

With the exception of the character of Mr. Watney, who I created myself, the other characters and other elements mentioned in this story belong to Craig Gerber and The Walt Disney Company.

After the knighting ceremony, Sofia, James, Amber, Baileywick, and Gwen take a flying carriage and go to a little farm. Mr. Watney, the old farmer owner of the farm, is surprised on see Sofia and her group. Then the farmer greets Sofia.

- Welcome to my farm. How can I help you, Your Highness?

- Good afternoon, Mr. Watney. You can help the kingdom working as you do, providing us with your food. But I know you are with some problems now.

- That's true. It's not raining enough to wet my crop and I am now too old to carry buckets of water on my farm all day.

Sofia brings with her a parchment, unfolds it and calls Gwen.

- Gwen, please catch and read it.

- Right now, Queen Sofia.

Mr. Watney understand immediately that Sofia is a princess in charge.

- Gwen, this is a drawing of a mechanism that I created some time ago to irrigate another farm. I used buckets, ropes and pulleys that allowed someone to get water from a nearby river. The project was sabotaged and it did not work. It may be helpful here, if there is a river or lake nearby and if we work together to make this mechanism. But I know you can invent something better than the project I did. Something useful for any farm. Can you do it?

- Yes I can, Queen Sofia.

James talks to Sofia.

- Sofia, there's a lake over there.

- Good. Gwen, you can do your project later in the castle. Please help me to make this mechanism here. Amber and James, can you help me?

- Sure - The twins say at the same time.

Baileywick says to Sofia.

- Queen Sofia, I was a Groundhog some years ago. I want to help you. Consider this my good deed for today.

- Of course you can help, Baileywick. Groundhogs and Buttercups can help each other, always.

The group take some minutes to finish the mechanism. Mr. Watney is excited.

- It works! Thanks to everyone.

- You're welcome - Sofia says. - Now I must go now. Have a nice afternoon, Mr. Watney.

- Thanks, Queen Sofia. Goodbye!

- Goodbye, Mr. Watney! - All the others say.

At Dunwiddie village, Ms. Sarkin, director of Dunwiddie Academy, sees Sofia and her group getting out of the carriage. Sofia goes to Ms. Sarkin.

- Good afternoon, Ms. Sarkin. I'm glad to see you again!

- Princess Sofia! Nice to see you! We at school missed you.

- I know. Here are my siblings, Prince James and Princess Amber, and my friends Baileywick and Gwen.

- You're welcome. All of you.

All of the group greet Ms. Sarkin, who talks.

- Princess Sofia, you're different. Not only growing and more beautiful. I see hapiness on your eyes.

- It may be the duty that brought me here. My father is absent today, and he appointed me Queen for a day. Yesterday he received your request. I commanded the Royal Builder to make a project of a gymnasium for our school. And I will ask my father to let this be built.

Ms. Sarkin is grateful, and forget all royal titles. Sofia will not complain of her former director.

- Sofia. Always helpful, kind and caring. You didn't forget your old school and your friends here.

- How could I forget all of you? And the people from Dunwiddie? No matter I became a princess two years ago and moved to the castle. I'll be always from this village. You told the only thing the school need and hasn't is this gymnasium. I would never be succesful in the Royal Prep if I hadn't studied in a school like ours before. If I can do something for all the schools of the villages, I will.

Meanwhile, several villagers accompany Sofia, seeing what she is doing. Several of them remember when James visited the village as King for a day. When they see Sofia with a queen tiara, they realize that she is in charge today. Some children at preschool age pull Sofia by the arms, wanting to talk and play with the little queen. Sofia tries to talk and listen all the children. She is so happy as never was before. Playing, smiling and laughting with the preschoolers.

James, Amber, Baileywick and Gwen observe all of this, near where Sofia is. Amber is proud of Sofia. Smiling and letting a tear rolling on her face. James notes.

- Amber! Are you crying?

- Yes. I'm crying. Can I be not proud of Sofia?

James laughes a lot.

- Amber, you are unbelievable! In the morning you were angry, saying that Sofia was ordering to build without asking our dad and now, after all brilliant things that Sofia did today are you proud of her?

- Maybe I'm just a foolish sister, James. But Sofia has her secrets to be too much helpful and lovely. I still want to discover them. I don't know how, but I will.

It is the time when the Merry Band arrives and Carol calls Sofia.

- Need our help, Sofia?

- Carol! Glad to see you! Come here!

The children are fans of the Merry Band, as are fans of Sofia, and run to embrace the members of the band. Jane questions Sofia.

- What's going on? And why too many people are here?

- It's a long story. My dad is absent today and let me in charge. I think all of this people want to see me.

Carol laughes and says.

- I heared about it. King Roland let Prince James in charge once. Now you are in it, Sofia.

Sofia feels guilty.

- Yes, Carol. But I would seek you again if I wasn't in charge. I want it.

- Sofia. Don't be hard to yourself. Did you fulfill your duties today?

- Yes. Carol. I...

- Don't say nothing, Sofia. I trust on you. The goal of the Merry Band is doing good deeds, no matter where, when, how or what we are. Our band was busy, too. But now I ask you to join us in our fun.

- Really? - Sofia feels happy again.

All the Merry Band, including Sofia, begin to play and sing happy songs. The children near of them join the fun, under the view of the people of Dunwiddie.

Hours later, in the late afternoon, Sofia and her siblings arrive at the castle. At the main entrance, Sofia asks Baileywick.

- Baileywick, is there some more work for today?

- No, Your Majesty. All today tasks have been completely fulfilled.

Sofia asks, a little worried.

- Baileywick, you works to my father since many years ago. I want a honest answer. Forget my title, either queen or princess. Did I do all of this with dignity? Did I leave something on mess?

- Oh, no, Milady! - Baileywick says gently. - You didn't leave anything on mess. You did everything correctly and dignitly. Your father would have been proud of you if he stayed to see.

- And now? What happens? What usually my dad do?

- Well, at such times, if he returns after a day out of the castle, he stays some time in his private quarters, and then go to dinner with the Queen, you and your siblings.

At this time, Roland and Miranda arrive, find the children and embrace them.

- Children, how was the day? - Roland asks.

- Everything okay - Sofia says.

- Me too! - James and Amber say, almost at the same time.

Baileywick makes a report to the King.

- King Roland, I must inform you that Princess Sofia fulfilled all of today's tasks.

- Thank you, Baileywick. Sofia, do you mind if we talk about all of it during the dinner?

- Of course not, dad. It will be a pleasure.

Amber and James go to their rooms. Roland, Miranda and Sofia are alone, when the Royal Builder finds them.

- Majesties, the project is complete. It's here.

- What project? - Roland asks.

- Dad, can I talk to you? I asked for the Royal Builder to do a gym project for Dunwiddie Academy. But as it involves costs for the kingdom, I informed to the Builder and Ms. Sarkin that the final decision would be yours. Although Royal Counter said the kingdom could begin the building of this gym today.

- Sofia, you are very wise and generous, and I'm proud of you.

- Dad, if a school of another village asks, can you do it for them? Please!

- Daughter, I will think about it when other schools ask. I wish to do what you want to them. But about Dunwiddie Academy, I think you can give a final command to the Builder.

- Why?

- Your day as Queen for a day is ending. It is fair to let you do a last command. You are doing as a wise leader should do.

- Well. If so...

Sofia turns to the Builder.

- Royal Builder, do the gym for the Dunwiddie Academy.

- It will be done, Queen Sofia.

While the Builder goes out, Miranda says to Sofia.

- Sofia, you are so kind! Never forgeting where you came from.

- Mom, how could I forget where we came from? It's a king duty to take care of all the kingdom. And is more for a queen who is of both worlds: royalty and the villages.

Later, the family is at dinner. James speaks to Roland.

- Dad! Sofia was brilliant! In the afternoon, we went to a farm to help the farmer to do a mechanism for irrigation. Amber and Gwen helped.

- All of you? Good. Why Gwen was with you?

- I ordered this, dad - Sofia says. - I showed her a project I did when I joined the Merry Band, and asked her to invent something that can help other farms that could have the same problem in the future. Gwen is working on it now.

- I helped a little on the farm, dad. - Amber says. - I used some skills from the Buttercups, as Sofia did. I recognize that the farmer was grateful to Sofia. And the villagers of Dunwiddie, too. I did not know they love her so much, even after these almost two years that Sofia came here.

At the end of dinner, Sofia go out of the chair and go toward the father, taking off her tiara and returning it to the king's hands.

- Dad, thank you for trusting on me today. Much. I must return to my own duties now. Good night, dad.

- You're welcome, Sofia.

Sofia goes to Miranda.

- Good night, mom. See you tomorrow.

- Good night, my dear Sofia.

Finally, Sofia goes to her siblings.

- James, Amber. Thank to you both.

- You're welcome, Sof - James says.

- Sofia, I'm proud of you - Amber says.

- Really?

- Really. You left me in trouble, Sofia. I must think of something to do when I become Queen for a day.

- Well. Good night, Amber. Good night, James.

- Good night! - The twins say.

Roland and Miranda say goodbye to Amber and James, and leave the twins alone. James speaks.

- Yes, Amber. You are in trouble. You will have your day as queen, but it will be impossible for you to overcome Sofia.

Amber remains jealous. And proud of herself.

- Perhaps not. It is true that I am proud of Sofia, but as I said before, I will discover her secrets. I will not give up that easy.

While the twins talk, Sofia walks slowly on the stairs and corridors of the castle, going to her room. Sofia is happy, dreaming awake and smiling. And sings more songs. Including one she did at the time she joined the Flying Derby.

- ... I can be anything, I can see anything...

This is the Chapter Seven. I hope everyone will enjoy this. Our story is not finished! Princess Sofia is back to her own duties, but Princess Amber remains jealous after her younger sister was well succeeded as Queen for a day.

Another chapters are coming. I'm waiting for comments and suggestions. Thanks to everyone!