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A morning clear sky stretches across the sky of Encanto, people chattering and kids playing.
Y/n and Mateo carrying baskets full of fresh-baked goods to give to the town.
Mateo keeps getting distracted by anything that looks interesting to him and Y/n has to save the day to keep him from the task at hand.
"Look! Look! Y/n! They have toys!" Mateo points to the children playing to their older sibling.
"Yeah yeah I do, but we need to deliver these so we can clean the bakery so we can go to the ceremony early " Y/n reminds him
He huffs and pouts at them "I never get toys... Pa promised me that he would give me one on my birthday! But I only got was muffins..."
He is right, every time their father promises something, he never keeps it. The time he promised that he's going sunset watching with his kids, he never got to because of the bakery or the time where he promised to play with them but he couldn't cause of the bakery.
But that doesn't mean they hate him, they just hope that he has more time to spend with them than the bakery.
Y/n looks at the basket then back to their little brother, Y/n could only give him a pitiful smile until they thought of an idea.
"Hey, how about this, if you help me with my shift in delivery, I'll get you a toy" Y/n promises.
"Promise?" Mateo looks at them with gleeful eyes.
"Of course, now let's go deliver these so we can go back home"
as they deliver some pastries to the community getting some thank you's here and there and having only one basket to deliver.
"Who's that for?" Mateo ask with curiosity
"This is for the Madrigals, they need some more ingredients for the ceremony" Y/n explains making Mateo beam.
"We're going to the Madrigals!? What are we waiting for?! let's go!" Mateo starts sprinting off to the house
"Mateo! Wait for me!" Y/n exclaims trying to catch up to their little brother.
Meanwhile, Maribel is reviewing who the family members are and their gifts in the Madrigals proudly to the kids in town until one of them asks.
"What about you? What's your gift?"
"Uh. Well. Wanna hear about my cousin Dolores?" She tries to change the subject explaining the family member's powers to them again but they were too desperate to know about her's until Alma yells,
"Mirabel!" making her wince and turn to her Abuela "what are you doing?"
"They were asking about the family so--" "she was about to tell us about her super awesome gift!" before Mirabel could continue one of the kids answered pointing at her.
"Mirabel didn't get one" Dolores peeks out of the corner and leaves leaving a little "Mhh!" sound -Alma also leaving-.
All the kids surrounding Mirabel look at her in pity "you don't have a gift?" one of the kids asks.
"Well..." "Mirabel! Delivery!" someone calls her name who is holding a basket with many colorful decorations. (?)
"I give you the special cause you're the only Madrigal kid with no gift!" He continues to give the basket in her arms.
"I call it the 'not special, special'!" He announces with a proud face "cause... You have no gift!"
Mirabel stiffens a smile at him "thanks..."
"Oh, tell Antonio good luck!" he pulls a thumbs up "The last ceremony was a bummer... Except yours, that-that did not work" he tries to reassure stuttering leaving Mirabel.
"If I was you, I would be really sad..." one of the kid spoke up.
"Well, I am not!" Mirabel spoke enthusiastically "gift or no gift, I am as special as the rest of my family" she confirms with a warm smile towards her home.
"Where do I drop the wagon?" Luisa asks using her strength to carry three wagons.
"Do we need any more pink?" Isabela asks decorating the house with more flowers.
"I made a rainbow!" her aunt Pepa beams proudly.
"I think your gift is in denial..." the kid replies.
Mirabel stood frozen place before catching Y/n who is running after Mateo "ah! Y/n! There you are" she starts to run towards them making the h/c head flinch.
"Help me! The kids are ganging up on me!" Mirabel whispers desperately to Y/n who nods and quickly moves to the front door to avoid the children.
As they enter the house seeing many people preparing for the ceremony; settling the food and beverages, Decorations, etc.
Y/n was admiring the scenery in front of them until they heard something below them making them look down seeing the tiles rose to make space for a staircase making their mouth gape in amazement.
"Camilo we need another, Jose" Alma ordered.
"Jose!" Camilo yells as he shapeshifts into Jose helping him hang up the banner in front of his brother's door.
Y/n looks up at Camilo who glances at them and waves with a smile making them greet back with a smile before hearing a bunch of barrels behind them making them stumble to Mirabel almost dropping their basket to be greeted by a slap on the face by a wind.
"my baby's night has to be perfect and if it's not perfect and people are going to be coming, I'm not afraid--" "you're tornado-ing the flowers! The flowers!" Felix tries to alert and calm down Pepa -who was summoning a tornado- to hear one of Mirabel's sister's angelic voice.
"Did someone say... Flowers?" Her voice rang as she lets out a vine to carry herself from the balcony to the floor -like a Disney princess mary sue-, making flowers blossom over the walls and also covering them on the staircase railings.
"Our angel! Our angel!" people cheered and clapped for her except for Mirabel and Y/n cause of the baskets they are holding -and Mirabel just doesn't want to clap, she isn't a fan of her sister-
"Please, don't clap" "thank you" Pepa thanked Isabela after she gives her a small bouquet.
"Oh, it's nothing!" she smiles at them fixing her hair before slapping it onto Mirabel's face -getting flowers all over her- making Isabela's eyes roll back at Mirabel.
"That sounded like it hurts..." Y/n hisses quietly.
"Little sisterly advice, if you aren't always trying too hard you won't be on the way," she says with a bittersweet voice.
"Actually Isa, this is called helping" Mirabel confirms making Isabel scoff "and I'm not in the way, you are--" Maribel got hit by a tree (?) making Y/n cringe and run to her for aid.
Y/n and Mirabel decide to go inside the kitchen finding Julieta who is currently carrying a pot to the stove, Julieta notices her daughter who is having a hard time carrying a large basket towards her.
"You don't have to overdo it" Julieta assures Mirabel.
"I know mama, I just want to do my part like the rest of the family" Mirabel replies carrying some stuff out of the basket to the counter.
"Uhm... Ms. Madrigal?" Y/n makes their presence known, pushing the basket towards her.
"There they are! Gracias" she thanked Y/n, getting the basket out of their hands "and call me Julieta, no need to be formal" she laughs lightly making them nod timidly.
"How's the family?" Julieta asks Y/n.
"Ah! We're doing alright, Adria is on a date with her lover while Adella is helping the bakery with pa and ma is having a meeting with the Lopez" they inform her.
"Bee stings" Mirabel announces making Julieta look at her husband who is covered in bee stings.
"Dios mio" she sighs in irritation before grabbing some food near the counter.
"I see, how about your little brother?" Julieta ask.
"Meteo, he..." realization struck you making you jolt "Mateo! He was with me! Oh no!"
Y/n sprints out of the kitchen -practically yelling their goodbyes to Maribel and her parents hearing a quiet goodbye from Mirabel- frantically trying to find their little brother and hopefully, he is still inside the residence.
"Mateo! Mateo where are you?" Y/n calls Mateo's name, not hearing any response but only people chatting.
What if he got lost!? What would mom think!? You only had one job and you couldn't even do it! Everyone will think that you can't handle even a simple task, great... just great.
"Hey, this your kid?" A voice spoke making Y/n turn around to see two Mateos standing in front of you until one of them shapeshifts into Camilo himself startling you.
"Mateo!" Y/n Gasp and sighs in relief before grabbing both of his shoulders "don't scare me like that! You know the I have an attention span like a donkey so please don't do that again!" you lecture him hearing him faintly apologize.
Y/n sighs then look at Camilo "Thank you, I wouldn't really know what to do if you haven't found him" they thank him scratching the back of your neck.
"Eh, it's fine," he says shrugging, his voice laidback and relaxed, "he was trying to get up the stairs and casita was having a hard time getting him off"
Y/n chuckles embarrassingly and took the time to notice his features closely, he was [shorter than /same height as /taller than] Y/n by a couple of inches, and his eyes remind them of freshly baked bread in the morning.
"I'm sorry... Uhm.. for him" Y/n finally apologize after catching themselves ogling at him.
"Like I said, it's alright, you're one of the kids we had dinner with last night, yeah?" he asked pointing his fingers at both of them.
"Yeah, This is Mateo, my little brother" you introduce him to Camilo "and I'm Y/n"
"Y/n, huh, you coming to my little brother's ceremony?" he asks you.
"Yeah, my family is planning to bring some cakes and maybe bread to the ceremony," you tell him fidgeting with your clothes.
"Nice! Can't wait to eat your cake, see you later?" he ask slowly walking away waiting for Y/n to respond, they nod at him.
Y/n and Mateo head back home from the Madrigal's residence letting them get ready for the ceremony.
Y/n was actually proud of themselves, they got to speak to their idol and successfully deliver all the stocks with no circumstances -except for Mateo leaving their sight-.
Hearing their little brother clap with a smug face, making them confused, they know that they don't talk to people that much but it made Y/n feel like Mateo is mocking them.
Dawn struck the bright blue-orange sky, as the town headed to the Madrigal's home, kids lighting up their sparklers and wavering it around as they go.
Y/n and their family arrive at the household beholding crowds of people chatting and having fun, the Casita holding their hats and barbequing corn for them, and the Madrigals entertaining the guest and kids.
Mateo already heading to Isabella who was dancing while spawning flower petals to the kids while Y/n's sisters were busy having a conversation with a random crowd.
"Are you sure you'll be alright, Y/n?" Camila asks her child.
"Of course I am, mama you don't have to worry about me" Y/n reassures their mother before seeing both of their parents leave to go find Julieta.
They are now standing alone in a crowd, this isn't new to them so it didn't bother them that much. Y/n actually likes it, just seeing people have fun is enough for their entertainment -but no kids were falling or tripping so it was very plain-.
Although Y/n is trying to find a certain boy in the crowd but they did not successfully find him.
sighing in defeat they hear Alma calling for everyone to make way for Antonio.
Everyone is now gathered together making space in the middle like a pathway to the stairs.
Y/n looks at Alma who was holding the candle that saved and gave them a miracle. A candle that never goes out.
It was dead silent, folks waiting for Alma's speech who took a breath before turning around to face her people.
"50 years ago in our darkest moment, this candle blessed us with a miracle" Alma rises the candle to the people, shimmering firey gold specks surrounding it.
"And the greatest honor of our family has been to lose our blessings to serve this beloved community" Her eyes gaze around the crowd.
"Tonight, we come together once more, as another steps into the light" Y/n looks around the crowd, everyone having proud smiles plastered on their faces, their gaze stops at Camilo who was also glancing at them.
"To make us proud..." Alma finishes, Drums playing in the background, even though Y/n and Camilo were surrounded by people, it felt like they were the only ones in the room, Y/n smiles at him warmly making Camilo's cheeks brighten up.
Both of them stopped when they heard tiles rearranging and the curtains pulled up beholding Antonio, people cheered and clapped for the boy making him more anxious than he is.
They all wait for Antonio to start walking, but he was frozen in place -a tile even nudged him forward- he looks at his left holding out his hand with pleading eyes before whispering to someone that is inaudible to anyone.
Mirabel walks toward Antonio taking his hand, making everyone gasp lightly.
Mirabel looks at the crowd anxiously, spotting Y/n with a determined face before nodding at her -probably not understanding or noticing why people were gasping about- making her hand tighten around Antonio.
"Come on" Mirabel smiles at Antonio "Let's get you to your door" she mutters towards him -who was grasping her arm- taking a deep breath before finally stepping forward.
The atmosphere was tense like the walls were tightening up, shrinking, air leaving the room making it hard to breathe.
Both managed to head upstairs -despise all of them starting-, Antonio lets go of Mirabel's hand then looks at his Abuela.
"Will you use your gift to honor our miracle?" Antonio nods as Alma reaches down the candle towards him.
"Will you use your gift to strengthen our community and our home?" Antonio nods again, holding the candle with his small hands.
Antonio looks at his door, shimmering gold surrounding it making it look so magical that anyone would never want to touch it so they don't ruin its beauty.
Antonio gulps nervously looking at the knob before holding it firmly as dust that is the color of gold filled the door making the crowd awe in amazement.
A toucan bird flew into Antonio's arm and croaks at him making him beam.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh! I understand you" Antonio confirms the toucan as it flew to his other arm tracking once more.
"Of course, they can come!" Antonio tells the bird happily making the toucan yell.
Different species of birds, raccoons, and other animals flew and ran towards him making the people chuckle and gape at them.
The door reveals an illustration of Antonio with many animals surrounding him making Alma and Antonio's parents sigh in relief.
Y/n looks at the door in wonder, making them think what it would feel like to get a door like Antonio, it would be amazing having an amazing gift on your own and being able to help everyone.
They didn't notice Camilo looking at them with fascination, seeing Y/n's eyes glimmer with a tint of gold in their eyes being reflected by the door making him feel fondness over them.
Dolores who has been monitoring their interaction since yesterday nudges her brother making Camilo flush from embarrassment. That's so weird...
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➣ Edited it... Still not proud