The Princess Knight

"The Princess Knight" is the fifteenth episode of the Disney Channel animated series, Elena of Avalor. It premiered on March 18, 2017.

Plot
Gabe and Elena were fencing each other outside of the castle. Elena soon wins and Francisco compliments her on how good of a fencer she is like her mother was. While Elena is putting her things away she noticed that Gabe forgot his gloves. As she follows Francisco and Gabe, she hears that Francisco asked Gabe to take it easy on her. She is soon angered by this and learns that her mother was in the fencing competition before and was close to the finals, but broke her wrist and had to forfeit.

Once, Francisco leaves she says she wants to enter the fencing competition. Gabe then says she can't because her grandfather would know who she is and would never let her enter. Elena says she'll just enter in disguise but Gabe says it won't work because of the hard competitors. He soon shows her and she still wanted to be in it. Gabe soon fences Elena to show what she's like when he is not taking it easy on her. Elena soon realizes this and asks if he can train her. Gabe first warns her she wouldn't like the training, but Elena is willing to do whatever. Gabe soon leaves and Elena tells him to wake her up at five.

When it's soon five Gabe wakes her up and they start training. Elena fails on most of the tests and complains. Gabe tells her to stop complaining and that she should step up. With every test Elena gets better and better each day. When she was able to defeat Gabe at them he tells her she's ready for a sword. He tells her some strategies but tells her she shouldn't do the "Leaping Stag" and has to time it right.

The competition soon begins and Elena's first opponent was the Beast. Gabe tells her to be quick and she'll have the higher advantage. Elena does so and wins. Elena's next opponent was the Viper who was very quick. Gabe tells her she needs to be patient and have quick foot work, but Elena doesn't listen and was strikes two times. Gabe goes down and tells her what to do in order to win. She does so and wins. Her next opponent is Sir Cassius and will compete against him the next day. Elena's grandparents soon congratulates her, not knowing Sir Elezar is Elena, and invite her for tea. Elena grunts "no" but they took it as a yes. Gabe soon asks why she said yes but she said she said no. Fans of Sr Elezar chases Elsa and Gabe covers for her and she goes on a tent. Sir Cassius and his father, Lord Elrod talk about how to beat Sir Elezar. Lord Elrod soon tells his son to go to his wrist to break it so Sir Elezar can forfeit just like he did to Elena's mother. Sir Cassius tells his father he doesn't want to cheat, but his father tells him that he can't be the first in the family to lose and they soon leave the tent. Shocked, about what she heard, Elena plans on telling Gabe when they get to the castle.

At tea, with her grandparents, they greet themselves and asked Sir Elezar about himself. Gabe covers for Elena by do the talking for Sir Elezar. When, Francisco talks about how his daughter, Lucia, tried to win the fencing competition Elena breaks her cover and tells them the truth and about Lord Elrod's plan to stop Sir Elezar. They soon become angry about what he did to Lucia​ and encourages Elena to win for her mother.

The next day of the competition, Elena and Sir Cassius fence each other. Elena keeps winning and Lord I Elrod tells his son to cheat. Elena soon knows what he's about to do and trips and he soon gets a point. Elena notices that her ankle hurts and asks for a one minute break. Gabe looks at it and says it's not broken. Her grandparents come in and say she needs to figure out a way to win, and they give her a picture of her mother to give her strength. Elena soon gets back in the competition and soon notices she can barely do anything. She soon remembers the move Gabe did and does the "Leaping Stag" and wins. She takes her helmet off and reveals she's Princess Elena. Sir Cassius gives the trophy to Elena and Lord Elrod stomps angrily away. Elena puts the trophy up in the air and whispers that this was for her mother.

Cast

 * Aimee Carrero as Princess Elena
 * Jorge Diaz as Gabe
 * Bob Joles as Lord Elrod

Songs

 * Steppin' Up

Trivia

 * Fiero's statue makes a camo appearance in the beginning of this episode.