Sofia the First: Friends Near and Far

Happy to Help

Sofia and Hugo were back in the Park of Rainbow Tigers with their families, looking at the beautifully colored beasts.

"Gotta love these tigers," Sofia smiled.

"Yeah, these colors are so beautiful, they kinda hurt my eyes," giggled Hugo.

"Hey, aren't Sara and Daisy over there?" James asked.

"That's them," Sofia smiled. "Let's go say hello."

The royals went over to say hello to Daisy and Sara.

"Well, if it isn't our favorite royals," Sara smiled.

"Hi, there," Daisy waved.

Suddenly, Sara heard a voice calling, "Hello, Sara!"

"Hi, Aunt Edelyn, Uncle Vaughn," Sara smiled. Her aunt and uncle are her legal guardians. She went over and hugged them tightly.

Daisy heard a woman calling, "Hola, mijita."

"Mamá, Papá," Daisy smiled. She hugged her parents tightly. "Papá, you didn't get to meet Princess Sofia."

"The princess you say saved Avalor from Queen Shuriki?" her father surmised.

"Exactamente," Daisy smiled. She turned to Sofia and said, "Sofia, this is my father, Jesus."

"You saved Avalor from Queen Shuriki?" Jesus asked.

"Something like that," Sofia smiled. "To do that, I had to free Princess Elena from my amulet."

"We thank you for saving us, princesita," Jesus smiled.

"You're welcome, but princesita?" Sofia asked.

"Princesa is Spanish for 'princess'," Daisy explained. "Princesita is Spanish for 'little princess'."

"How sweet," Amber grinned.

"So how have you girls been doing?" Edelyn asked.

"Can't complain," Sara smiled.

"Are you still working to get the money, mijita?" Daisy's mother asked.

"Sí, Mamá," Daisy confirmed.

"Money for what?" Hugo's older brother, Axel, asked.

"I want to take my parents on a trip home to Avalor," Daisy revealed. "I've been working really hard to get the money we need to travel all the way to Avalor and all the way back to Albuquerque."

"I've been helping her out by working at my own job," her mother said.

"Mija, I think you've worked hard enough recently," Jesus told his daughter. "I've heard in Albuquerque that someone got hospitalized from being a workaholic."

"That's horrible," Daisy frowned.

"Sí, mijita," her mother agreed. "We know you want to take us home to Avalor, but if you're not careful, that can happen to you."

Suddenly, the captain of the rescue squad came and said, "Your parents are right, dear. I think you need to take some time off before you hurt yourself. I'll give you a week off, but when you get back, don't get into workaholic mode. I'm sure Avalor can wait."

"Okay, Captain Stern," Daisy nodded. Her parents took her home, leaving the royals a little concerned.

"She really wants to take her parents home," Sofia said.

"Who knows how long it'll take her to get the money she needs without working so hard that she'll be in the hospital?" Hugo asked. "I wish we could take her family to Avalor. Then Daisy wouldn't have to worry about earning the money she needs."

This remark got his father, King Garrick, thinking. "Maybe we can," he smiled. "No, we should—we'll take Daisy and her parents to Avalor ourselves. That way, she won't have to work too hard to get the money she needs, and she won't be hospitalized."

"That sounds fair enough," Captain Stern smiled.

"Yeah, it's been a while since we've been there," Hugo smiled.

"Do you and your family want to join us, King Roland?" Garrick offered.

"We'd love to," Roland smiled. His family liked that idea.

"I didn't even get to be in Avalor in person the last time you were there," Sofia recalled.

"Right, you were trapped inside your amulet," Amber smiled.

Garrick turned to Sara and her aunt and uncle and asked, "Do you want to join us?"

"That sounds lovely," Edelyn smiled.

"Absolutely," Vaughn grinned.

"Sure,"Sara smiled.

"Well, we'd better ask Daisy and her parents how they feel about this," Hugo suggested.

"Right," Garrick agreed.

Later, the royals were in Albuquerque, and they found Daisy's house, where they told her and her parents about their idea.

"Yes, this is better than working hand and foot," Daisy's mother smiled.

"That's really nice of you," Daisy smiled. "I don't know how to thank you for this."

"No need," Garrick smiled back. "We just want to help you."