Clover refuses to come this time at first due to is fear of Crackle's fire breath, but in the end, he agrees to come with her. Later, Sofia decides to go to Vivian's castle to check on her. Vivian ultimately gets too scared and runs away. The next day, Sofia and Vivian are talking about their castle when Amber and her friends enter the room. Sofia tells Vivian she should talk at school more so they can find out what she's really like, but Vivian is still unsure of herself. Eventually, Vivian joins in on the singing and the castle is soon complete. Sofia asks her to play and offers to sing along. Vivian brings her to her music room and says the mandolin is her favorite instrument. Sofia has all kinds of ideas for the dream castle but, since Vivian can't think of anything, Sofia suggests that they go to her favorite room in the castle to get an idea. While the girls leave to work on their castle, Clover is left with Crackle, who breathes fire when excited and does so often since she has an excitable personality, to his dismay. Sofia admits that she was a little scared to come over after hearing the rumors from the other girls and Vivian reveals that she is well aware of what they say about her, but is too shy to confront them about it. Sofia is relieved that it seems none of the rumors she was told about Vivian are true, but it turns out she does have a dragon, Crackle, who is very friendly. When they arrive at Vivian's castle, they are greeted by Vivian's mother, Queen Cecily, who suggests to Vivian that she show Sofia her room. Clover offers to accompany her, which makes Sofia feel better.
Miranda tells her she won't know what Vivian's like until she truly gets to know her. After her excuse to not go doesn't work, Sofia tells her mother about hearing that Vivian is strange and that when she tried talking to her, she didn't say much. Back home, Sofia's hanging out with James and Zandar while they work on their castle when Miranda arrives to inform her that the coachman is waiting to take her to Vivian's castle. No one knows if these rumors are true since Vivian never talks to anyone and no one has ever been to her castle. After school, Sofia is told rumors about Vivian and her friends: supposedly Vivian's parents are gnomes, she lives in a cave with glow in the dark bats, and she has a pet dragon. Sofia goes over to introduce herself when the class is finished and says Vivian can come over to her castle to work on the project, but Vivian doesn't really want to but does agree to have Sofia come over to her castle that afternoon. Everyone is paired up for the project, and Sofia is paired up with the shy Princess Vivian. After that, the class is given a new project: To make a model of their dream castle and bring it in for show and tell. Sofia gets to know Vivian, but how can she help Vivian get to know everyone else?ĭuring art class, Sofia and the other students paint portraits of Minimus. Sofia hears rumors about Vivian from Amber, Hildegard, and Clio. Sofia's art class is doing a dream castle project, and she's been assigned to do hers with Princess Vivian, who's really shy.