Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Elena and the Secret of Avalor is a Sofia the First/Elena of Avalor crossover television special. It premiered on November 20, 2016 and serves as the prequel/backdoor pilot episode for Elena of Avalor.

Plot
In the Kingdom of Avalor, Elena takes Naomi up a mountain to show her her favorite view of Avalor City. Elena laments to Naomi how she was trapped in the Amulet of Avalor for forty-one years. Elena then takes out a broken wand and shows it it to Naomi. Elena tells her it was Shuriki's wand and how she would still be trapped in the Amulet if it wasn't for a brave young Princess: Sofia. Elena then proceeds to tell Naomi the whole story: A coach is heading toward Avalor Castle. It is being chased by a green mist. When the coach reaches the castle, Elena comes out to greet her parents just in time to see the mist get revealed as a person who kills Elena's parents with a spell. The sorceress then proceeds to strike Elena with the same spell. The attack is revealed to be a daydream that Sofia is having. Flora flies by and dismisses the students for summer vacation. As Sofia heads back to the coach, Sofia's Amulet starts to glow blue alert her it's time to go to the Secret Library. Meanwhile, King Roland and Queen Miranda are trying to decide where to take their kids for their summer vacation. When the royal Twins meet up with them, they reveal they still haven't picked a place out. Meanwhile, Sofia grabs Behind the Walls and heads to the Secret Library. When she arrives, the Library selects a book called The Lost Princess of Avalor to the shock of Sofia who askes "Like my Amulet of Avalor?" When the book goes into the pendulem, it turns into a man who states "Exactly like your Amulet of Avalor!" The man tells Sofia that he is Alakazar the Royal Wizard of Avalor. Alakazar then proceeds to tell Sofia the story: ''Across the great ocean in the Kingdom of Avalor, there once lived a princess named Elena. On her fifteenth birthday, her mother Queen Lucia gave her the Amulet of Avalor. One fateful day, an evil power-hungry sorceress from the northern islands named Shuriki invaded Avalor. She attacked the King and Queen and set her sights on the palace. Elena chose to face Shuriki on her own. When Shuriki tried to strike her down, the Amulet saved Elena's life by pulling her inside it. Alakazar found the Amulet and dscovered that the only way to free Elena was to find a special Princess to set her free. Alakazar traveled for years to find this Princess until he became so old to continued. He then used the last of his magic to turn himself into the book he transformed from.'' Alakazar then tells Sofia that the daydream she had earlier was Elena telling her the time had come for her to be free and that she is the Princess who can free Elena. Alakazar tells Sofia that she can do it as the Amulet tested many Princesses before her and she is the onlyy one the Amulet chose. Alakazar tells Sofia what she has to do to free Elena: She must go to his home in Avalor and summon his chanul. He also warns Sofia to be careful as Shuriki is as powerful and evil as ever. Sofia goes to her family and convinces them they should spend their vacation in the Kingdom of Avalor. The royal Family of Enchancia then sets sail for Avalor.

The Royal Family of Enchncia arrive in the on the Royal Galleon under the command of Admiral Vasquez. When Sofia sees the size of Avalor City, she wonders how she's going to find Alakazar's house in such a huge city. Sofia is horrified to learn that they are going to meet Shuriki since Roland sent a message ahead tell her they were coming since it's the custom to greet the King or Queen when visiting a new Kingdom. Meanwhile, Shuriki is using her magic to get ready for their arrival when Esteban comes in and tells her they have arrived. Armando assures shrike that everything will look it's best. When Shuriki asks if the crowds will cheer, Esteban tells her he and Armando sent the Royal guards ahead tooter encouragement. The Royal Family are greeted by cheering crowds but Sofia notices that the crowd isn't actually happy. Shuriki arrives to greet them and Sofia is wary instantly. Sofia notices a flute playing to Shuriki's chagrin. As they get into the coach, Sofia spots Shuriki's guards take the flute from the boy playing it, upsetting him.They arrive at Avalor Castle where Shuriki gives them a tour before taking them out to a feast Esteban planned. Suddenly, jaquins, the symbols of Avalor, arrive and snatch food. Shuriki tells the jaquins to get lost. She is about to pull out her wand but Esteban stops her and leads the group back inside. Sofia Amulet glows and pulls toward the Jaquins which Sofia takes to mean they can help her. Sofia goes up to the jauins and asks for their help. The Jaquins refuse stating that they don't help friends of Shuriki's. Sofia reveals she's there to help bring Princess Elena back. Hearing this, the jaquins instantly become delighted to help and fly her to Alakazar's house. On the way, Shuriki reveals that the reason Shuriki's guards took the flute is because Shuriki outlawed music because she wants everyone to forget the old Avalor and that she hates Jaquins because they are symbols of the Spirit of Avalor alive.

Sofia arrives at Alakazar's house. A woman greets her. Sofi tells her why she's here but the woman proves to be no help. Suddenly, Alakazar's grandson Mateo walks up and asks Sofia about her magical knowledge and reveals that the woman is his mother. Sofia introduces herself and reveals Alakazar sent her. Mateo realizes that Sofia's Amulet is the Amulet of Avalor and takes her to his workshop. Once there, Mateo reveals that he's been training himself to be a wizard in secret since Shuriki outlawed all magic other than her own when she took over. Mateo also reveals that a chanul is a spirt animal that acts a guide to all the magical things in the worldd that can only be seen through magic and that it was Alakazar's chanul who revealed to him that Elena is trapped in the Amulet and how to get her out. Mateo summons Alakazar's chanul Zuzo who tells Sofia what she has to do to free Elena from the Amulet: She has to get Shuriki's wand. Once she gets it, she has to wrap the amulet around it and put both on the Crown of Aziluna. Mateo explains that Aziluna was a Maruvian healer who could undo any spell or curse and that there's a statue of him up in the mountians. Zuzo also tells Sofia "You maybe the one but you're not the only one" before he vanishes. Sofia doesn't know how she's going to get shuriki's wand until Mateo accidently gives her an idea: To dance with her. At Avalor Castle, Armando is entertaining the Royal Twins while Shuriki's conversation with Roland and Miranda is having her contemplating invading Enchancia. Sofia comes in and convinces Shuriki to dance the sambarossa with her. After Armando has shown them how, everyone dances the sambarrosa. During the dance, Sofia pretends to trip and steps on Shuriki's shoes. While Shuriki is recoiling from the pain, Sofia steals Shuriki's wand from her. After pocketing the wand, Sofia convinces Shuriki to let her and her siblings play hide and seek with Armando while she and her parents resume their discussions and Shuriki agrees. When Armando starts counting, Sofia pulls her brother and sister away with her. Amber realizes that Sofia is up to something and asks what's up. Sofia tells her and James she'll explain later and that she needs them to stay hidden for as long as possible. James instantly agrees but Amber demnads "Why won't you tell us?" Sofia tells her it's for her own good and leaves. Sofia heads back to Mateo and the Jaquins and shows them she got the wand. Mateo and the Jaquins are impressed with her for pulling it off with Mateo voicing it by noting "Girl looks sweet as sugar but she's got some skills." The group then flies off to free Elena.

The group arrives at the Maruvian Temple where the Crown of Aziluna is. Mateo explains that the Kingdom of Maru vanished centuries ago. Nobody knows what happened to them and all that's left of them are temples like this one. They go inside and find a magical lake. Mateo tells Sofia she needs to swim across the enchanted waters for the magic to work. Sofia turns herself into a mermaid and dives into the lake. Once underwater, she finds the crown of Aziluna and does a Zuzo instructed. This causes a island with a statue on it to rise out of the water. Once it surfaces, Sofia slides down to the face of the statue. Suddenly, Sofia's Amulet glows pink and depends. Once it hits the ground. A person appears in a flash of pink light. The Amulet returns itself to Sofia now pink. The person is revealed to be Princess Elena, who's finally free. Elena hugs Sofia and greets the Jaquins and Mateo. She then voices her intention to free Avalor from Shuriki. The group land and Elena tells them what she's going to do: She's going to use Shuriki's wand against her. Sofia and Mateo want to help but she refuses and flies back to face Shuriki alone withSofia and Mateo going after her anyway.

Armando is still playing hide and seek with Amber and James when Elena lands in the castle. Skylar wants to help but Elena tells him she has to do this alone. Elena confronts Shuriki in the throne room and tells Shuriki it's time to pay for her crimes, to Shuriki's horror. Roland asks Elena "What crimes?" Elena tells them that Shuriki invaded Avalor and seized the throne or the Royal Family of Avalor. Shuriki tries to pull out her wand to blast Elena only to find out that Elena has which Shuriki deduces must be because of Sofia. A shocked Miranda asks "Sofia's involved in this?" Elena confirms this and tries to blast Shuriki but she only succeeds in blasting aside a tapestry revealing a painting of Elena's little sister and grandparents. Shuriki reveals that that was how Alakazar protected them: By placing them inside an Enchanted Painting even her magic can't touch. Shuriki also reveals that Esteban is Elena's cousin. Shuriki takes back her wand and orders her guards to seize Elena. Skylar flies in and take off Shuriki orders her guards to throw Sofia's family into the dungeon and to capture Sofia and Elena. Elena meets up with Sofia and tells her that Shuriki has her family. Together, they fly back to Mateo's house.

When they arrive back at Mateo's house, Mateo's mother Rafa comes out and reveals the spell that can free Elena's family. Citizens of Avalor also come over and, at Sofia's urging, she agrees to let them help. Sofia and Elena fly to a secret entrance to the castle and sneak into the dungeon. Once inside, they meet Armando who agrees to help. While Armando distracts the guard, Sofia sneaks past them using her shrinking ability. Sofia finds her family, who all tell her she has a lot of explaining to do. Sofia assures them they'll get one and lets them out. Roland knocks out the guard and locks him up. Elena then reveals the truth of Sofia's Amulet to them. Miranda tells Sofia that she'should have told them what was going on to which Sofia tells her she thought it was for the best. The group then sets off to execute Elena's plan. Meanwhile, Shuriki demands that Esteban produce the results she desires. Esteban protests that when he helped her invade Avalor she promised no one in his family would get hurt to whcih Shuriki retorts that she also promised him power which she granted when she appointed him Chancellor. Shuriki tells him to be grateful she kept one of her promise or he'll end up like his aunt and uncle. Suddenly, Luna flies in and attacks Shuriki, who chases after her. Once Shuriki is gone, Mateo sneaks in and, using the spell his mother gave him, frees Elena's family, who happily reunite with Elena. The entire group then flies off to execute the next part of the plan: rallying the Citizens of Avalor against Shuriki. The Avalorians and the Enchancians all march on the castle together and overwhelm the guards, who lock the gate. Sofia and Elena fly in and open the gates, through which the Avalorian march through. Shuriki raises her wand to blast Elena but Esteban, who's had enough, grabs Shuriki's wand and tosses it to Elena who destroys it. With her wand gone, Shuriki's powers are destroyed and she ages into an old woman. Horribly weaken, Shuriki hops down a waterfall and swims away. Sofia offers the amulet to Elena who tells her to keep it. Elena then assumes the throne of Avalor, to the joy of the Avalorans.

Back in the Secret Library, Sofia and Alakazar both review the story Sofia finished. Alakazar tells Sofia she gave Sofia's story a great ending to which Sofia tells him she gave Elena's story a great beginning. After he vanishes, Sofia dress undergoes and transformation and she leaves the Secret Library. Back in the present, Elena and Naomi both decide to lock Shuriki's wand away in the treasury forever.

Cast

 * Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia
 * Aimee Carrero as Princess Elena
 * Jane Fonda as Shuriki
 * Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
 * Tyler Merna as Prince James
 * Travis Willingham as King Roland II
 * Barbara Dirickson as Flora
 * Chris Parnell as Migs
 * Yvette Nicole Brown as Luna
 * Carlos Alazraqui as Skylar
 * Jenna Ortega as Princess Isabel
 * Emiliano Díez as Francisco
 * Julia Vera as Luisa
 * Christian Lanz as Chancellor Esteban
 * Jillian Rose Reed as Naomi
 * Joseph Haro as Mateo
 * Keith Ferguson as Zuzo
 * André Sogliuzzo as Alakazar
 * Joe Nunez as Armando
 * Ana Ortiz as Rafa

Songs

 * The Great Unknown
 * The Spirit of Avalor
 * My Time

Home Video Release

 * Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Trivia

 * This is the fourth TV Special movie in the Sofia the First series, following Once Upon a Princess, The Floating Palace and The Curse of Princess Ivy. It is also the second to be a stand alone movie due to the fact it is a crossover between Sofia the First and Elena of Avalor.
 * This special has its plot before all Sofia the First episodes from "The Tale of the Noble Knight" to "Royal Vacation" and the entire Elena of Avalor series.
 * Sofia's Amulet changes color from purple to ruby pink after Sofia frees Princess Elena. Due to this, this is the last time Sofia's amulet is shown in purple.
 * Sofia's family learns the truth of Sofia's Amulet in this special.
 * This marks the second time Amber learns the truth of the amulet, the first being The Curse of Princess Ivy.
 * This special is the prequel to Elena of Avalor and the first TV Special movie in the series.
 * Sofia gets a new dress.
 * "My Time" was released as a single to promote Elena of Avalor, long before the special premiered.
 * Sofia uses her ability to turn into a mermaid for the third time in this special.
 * This special is the fourth and final installment of the Secret Library story arc, preceded by "The Secret Library", "Olaf and the Tale of Miss Nettle" and "The Tale of the Noble Knight". It is also part three of the story arc.
 * This is the only part of the Secret Library story arc where Sofia will not wear her Storykeeper outfit and where Minimus will not appear.
 * This is also be the only part of the Secret Library arc where Miranda, Roland, Amber, and James appear.
 * The special was originally planned to premiere on July 22, 2016 but for some reason was rescheduled.
 * This is the first special where Cedric does not appear.

International Premieres

 * November 20, 2016 (Canada)