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Deceiver Chapter 1 - Villain Camilo au (rewrite)

TW: Some cussing

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Special thanks to @miracles-and-butterflies and @evostar for the inspiration.

These past several months have been the best fun Camilo has ever had. He bonded a little more with his family and that's the best thing he could ever ask for. Pranking people with Isabela, games with Dolores & Antonio, relaxing/talking about whatever with Mirabel/Luisa, and writing stories with his new Tio Bruno. Ok, well he's not new but still.

Not only that, but he's not forced to perform or babysit some random kid anymore. Don't get him wrong, he loved performing and babysitting but...it was getting a bit much for him.

A few years after his ceremony, it became expected for him to perform. To make people laugh. So much so that people would actively seek him out in hopes for him to make them laugh.

After he turned nine, he was given children to babysit. A few cousins on his papa's side of the family. No biggie. But after that, word spread around the Encanto, and he just became the designated babysitter of the place.

2, 3, 4, sometimes six or seven kids at a time that he was forced to look after. And at the time, he couldn't refuse. The family image was on the line and wanted to make abuela the miracle proud.

So, he dealt with it. All the times he wanted to relax he had to perform to make crowds or kids happy. If you need an extra Luisa you can just go to him. He can’t mimic her build and the strength she would have without her gift to help carry or lift whatever you needed…To hell with his own relaxation.

“Hey, it's Camilo! Tell us a story, we know you have a good one to share”

“I’ve been down lately, say something to lift my spirits”

“Say something funny, I'm so bored!”

Any time he tried to refuse he would be peer pressured into it. Or told how he was supposed to help. Sometimes he would get scolded if he said no too many times.

"You are a Madrigal for god's sake, you can't help me for a couple of hours?"

"Just take Elicia now, I'll be back in a couple of hours!"

"What's with the attitude?!"

"You watch that attitude young man, or I'll tell Alma how rude you've been."

And usually, when asked to go to a certain place, he usually has to be someone else.

"Hey, I need you to be me for a couple of hours. I do not want to go to that wedding"

"Can you be me at my sister's birthday party? I really don't want to go"

"I need you to be me and go on a date with my girlfriend. She's really been getting on my nerves lately and I just need to break"

"You're Camilo Madrigal, right? Turn into Isabela and do something funny"

Just constant pressure to be that happy go lucky town jester, doppelganger, and babysitter. Not to mention that his gift was taxing on his body. Every shift took more energy out of his body but how was he supposed to explain that? To children especially?

All the food he ate would barely even give him the energy he needed because he would be out of it two hours after breakfast or lunch.

There were days where just wanted to pass out from exhaustion, but he couldn't, you know why? Because he was Camilo Madrigal, Alma Madrigal's grandson, a bearer of the Miracle his abuelo died to give.

He was never allowed to be sad, angry, or any version of upset. Just a happy sunshine boy who would make you smile if you demanded asked him to. Camilo can’t even remember when he actually let himself feel anything besides joy.

But after the magic left...that all stopped. And even when someone tried to pin a child on him, one of his parents, sister, or primas would shoo the person away in their own way.

Things were getting so much better for him and the family as a whole. Sure...there are some issues that haven't been said on Camilo's part but...he has all the time in the world to say something right?

He has all the time in the world to tell his family that he has trouble understanding who he is. How he has trouble seeing who the person is in the mirror when he looks at it. When he looks in the mirror he’s too scared to see whether it’s himself or someone else hiding underneath.

How he still has issues letting himself feel negative emotions but…the magic isn't going to come back to distract everyone. So everything is going to go great.

Camilo watched as his hermanito gave Mirabel the doorknob. His smile widened and his heart swelled at the wholesome sight. As she walks up to it, they all come close.

"We see how bright you burn"

He sings with his family. He, his Hermana, and parents smiled warmly at her.

"We see how brave you've been"

"Now see yourself in turn"

Mirabel's sisters and parents do the same. Everyone in the family, including Abuela, looks at her proudly. She finally makes it up to the new family door. Tio bruno now stands beside tia julieta and tio agustin. Man, has he grown since the start of all this. Still a little skittish and scared of people but he’s genuinely trying and making progress.

All of them stay behind her, silently showing that it's her time to shine. She puts the doorknob in the hole and as soon as she does, magic sparks from it. Camilo's heart raced with fear...this isn't happening. He watched as the magic swirled around the house and all over the Encanto. Feeling the magic pulsate through his veins again.

No.

No. No. No. No. No. No! No! No!

NO!

This can't be happening right now. Not after all this time, it can't be. The magic felt agonizingly warm within his body. He never wanted to feel this warmth ever again in his entire life.

"Hola Casita!" Mirabel smiled and waved at the home.

The happy house started making music with its tiles, doors, windows, and anything else it could finally control again. With so much excitement, Casita bounced the stone floor under Mirabel and welcomed her in first.

"Come on! Get in here!"

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Casita did the same for everybody and slid everyone in using the ground they stood on. The joy was ultimately infectious to everyone but Camilo. He was still trying to process what the hell was going on.

"Calm down Camilo, our gits aren't back. It's just Casita, that's all" He thought to himself as everyone was piled in. "Surely, they wouldn't come back...right?"

Boy was he wrong, one by one, gift by gift. Isabela got her flower powers, Antonio could speak to his animals, Luisa got her super strength back. Pepa was happily dancing with small bits hail over her head. Felix cheering her on as always.

That must mean...no, no no no, it didn't. It couldn't have. He's happily gift less.

But he knew his gift was back. He could feel it in his very soul. Camilo was scared, frightened even. Does this mean things will go back to how it used to be?

Was he going to be the town jester and doppelganger and babysitter again? Was he now going to constantly be told to be someone other than himself?!

No, no, he won't let that happen.

Camilo looked around at the scene. Everyone seemed so happy and jovial while he was in a state of turmoil. Milo was feeling overwhelmed. He has to make this stop. He has to-

Suddenly, the tiles under his feet moved him to the center of the courtyard. Snapping him out of his thoughts.

Wait, what's happening?! he thought as his eyes looked around confused. The family all posed as the camera was brought out and bounced over to them with a rat on top of it.

"Everyone together!" Alma said cheerfully

Huh?!

"La Familia Madri-" Everyone was cut by Casita making them all huddle in too close together. Resulting in a funny but cute family photo.

After the family broke apart a little bit, Milo was given some space to think. If you could call it that. His mind was practically racing with all those horrible memories of how things used to be.

Dolores looked at him as she heard his heart racing. To be fair, everybody's hearts were racing but she was the closest to him at the moment.

She looked at his face. He wasn't smiling. He looked perplexed to say the least...and a little scared. Which was odd, this was supposed to be a joyous moment right?

She stepped a little closer to him and put her hand on his shoulder. A small way to get his attention.

"Milo...you okay?" She asked softly and quietly, he was close enough for him to hear but quiet enough for others to barely acknowledge.

There's no candle...nothing to snuff out. Nothing to make the magic go away. It's going to happen all over again. No one is going to want me for me anymore. I have to get rid of it. GET RID OF IT! GET RID OF IT! But how?! Did Mirabel bring it back? no...wait, the doorknob...THE DOORKNOB-

"Camilo?!"

Dolores spoke a little bit louder as she nudged his shoulder. Camilo looked at her in shock and looked around. His heart was still going rapidly.

"Camilo are you alright?!" She asked him while she looked into his eyes. She saw panic in his eyes, and he wasn't saying anything...he must be having a panic attack.

Her concerned voice alerted her parents Pepa looked at her son and stepped a little closer, putting her hand on his cheek.

"Mijo, are you okay?"

Camilo finally snapped out of his thoughts "I- I uh...yeah, I'm just...shocked is all" he chuckled nervously. Which wasn't a lie, he was shocked.

"Your heart was going really fast milo, are you sure-"

"I'm sure Dolores!" Camilo answered with a slightly irritated tone. He didn't mean that. Quick idiota, change your attitude "Heh....I'm okay, I'm happy"

Ok, very odd. He was telling the truth but there was something he wasn't saying. Dolores, Pepa, and Felix could see it.

"Mijo...if there's something wrong you can say it." Felix said sincerely.

"I'm fine papa, really"

The party continued and everything was going well. Camilo joined in on the fun as well. But only to appear just as happy as everyone else was. But on the inside, he was feeling everything but happy.

"The magic is back now" a voice in his head said.

"You know what that means," Another voice said.

"Everything will go back to how it used to" another said.

"You're going to be the villages Mamita and bufón again"

"It'll all go back to everyone never wanting you, just someone who doesn't even act or look like you"

What is happening?! Where are these voices coming from...why are they saying this to me... Camilo thought to himself.

"We're saying it because it's true milo. Everything is going to go back to normal...unless you take that doorknob out of the front door of course."

This was becoming very concerning to him...but he felt like they were right. He didn't want to go back to that, he can't go back to that! He needs that doorknob gone.

When he noticed the attention wasn't on him, he snuck out to the front of the house and stood in front of the door.

It was a happy little door. It had everyone on it as a family. Cami couldn't deny that it was a sweet sight. But he wasn't really in the mood right now for sentimental value. He looked down at the doorknob, staring into it intently. It glowed so beautifully with that 'M' carved into it. Oh, how he hated it.

"Go on!"

"I can't!"

"Just take it already!"

"What if it doesn't work?"

"You want to go back to how things were? At least try it!"

Camilo internally argued with himself for a few more seconds until he reached out and gripped out. He tugged softly the first time, no budge. He tugged harder, still, it didn't budge.

“Puta madre!! Why Mirabel, WHY?! You just have to fuck everything up don’t you?!” Camilo seethed to himself. There was definitely no way of removing the magic this time. That doorknob more than likely wouldn’t budge unless Mirabel herself wanted to remove it.

He wanted to cry, he wanted to scream, to punch something ANYTHING! This isn’t fair. He can’t go back to being other people! He can’t go back to babysitting every kid in Encanto without a choice in the matter.

“I don’t even know who I am at all and it’s all their fault! Those soul sucking ungrateful villagers. I never even got a thank you for watching their kids! Never a “thank you” for pretending to be someone else for them! I'm not going to let anyone force me back into that corner, EVER! I will burn this entire encanto DOWN to the ground before that happens again!”

Camilo’s heart was racing fast as he stared at the glowing door. Those smiles were so adorable…so mocking. He looked at the glowing version of himself “drawn” onto the door. He reached up to it and touched it.

The door felt sickeningly warm to the touch. He could feel the music from inside vibrating off of it. Milo took his hand away with a scowl etched into his lips. He chuckled but there was no joy in it. Only disdain.

Before he could think anything else the door swung open and hit him straight in the face, knocking him down.

“OW!” Camilo groaned as he sat up off the ground clutching his face.

“Huh? Oh sorry Milo, I didn’t know you were there” A voice said apologetically. Camilo instantly recognized it as Isabela’s.

He looked up and saw her. She was completely covered in a variety of pollen colors but the most obvious one was dark blue. She held her hand out and Camilo begrudgingly took it. Next to her was a giddy and bouncy Antonio.

“Did you kick the door open?!” He said as he rubbed his hurt nose.

Isabela shrugged, “Yeah, lo siento. Now come on, Casita said that some of us have new additions to our gifts. Antonio wants you to try something”

Camilo looked down and was met with Antonio’s beaming face, “Cami! Dolores can turn her gift off when she wants too, that’s so cool right?! Isabela can make all kinds of plants now, even poisonous ones! I’m not sure what I or mama or Luisa can do yet but I want you to try something!”

Camilo took in all of that information and reminded himself that he wasn’t smiling, so he pretended that he was just as happy as Antonio, “Oh really? Well, what do you want me to try?”

“Try shapeshifting into animals por favor!”

Milo was taken back by that, animals? He remembered trying that once as a kid and nothing happened.

“I- I don’t know tonito-”

“Pleeeeeease!” Antonio begged with that adorable smile and big eyes. Who can say no to that

Camilo sighed and kneeled down to be at his hermanito’s level “fine, any specifics?”

“A jaguar, like Parce!” Antonio bounced with anticipation and joy.

The teen boy looked up at Isabela, who just shrugged and put a hand on her hip as she waited. He looked back down at Antonio and stood back up.

“Well…worth a shot” Camilo shrugged and closed his eyes.

Milo focused on the image of Parce in his head and breathed a deep sigh. His eyes closed and breathing calm. After ten seconds he opened his eyes. He looked at Antonio and up at Isabela, then down at the ground.

Paws…he sees paws! He tried to circle around but he would just trip over himself seeing as it’s the first time he’s walking in cat form. But that didn’t deter him at all. He was ecstatic.

“I- I did it! I turned into jaguar! I can shift into animals-”

“Pffft-” Isabela snickered and Antonio giggled at the sight. Camilo assumed it was because he was walking funny. Nope.

“You missed a spot primo!” Isabela pointed at her face

“Que?”

“Your head isn’t a jaguar head. And you have a human backside” Antonio giggled. In a quick pace, tonito asked Casita to open the front door. The house obliged and did what it was asked. Before Camilo could get a word out Antonio shouted that everyone come see Camilo in a jaguar form.

“No wait! Don’t!” Milo wasn’t a fan of his weird shifting quirks. They always acted up at the worst times and he hated it. Now was one of those times. The more he tried to shift back into any other animal or just himself he would just shift into a different animal with strange human likeness.

By the time people were outside they saw the amalgamation that was a half donkey, horse, and teenage boy. It caused people, especially his family, to laugh at this shifting quirk. It was causing him to panic and shift more uncontrollably.

He didn’t want this, he didn’t want to be the town entertainment again. Milo stopped to focus on the ground. In this form his legs looked to be a donkey's legs, horse torso, and a capybara face with his normal hands and hair.

Alma came up to him with tears in her eyes as she chuckled, “aye milo, still trying to make everyone laugh I see”

This isn’t happening right now…it couldn’t be. He wanted this to be a horrible dream but all of it felt too real to be. The laughs were so loud and annoying. His heart was beating really fast and all he could do was just look around in embarrassment.

Pepa saw the panic in his eyes and her smile quickly faded, as well as her rainbow. She quickly walked over to him. Felix noticed her expression and followed suit.

Pepa stood by him and patted his head in order to calm him down “Cami, you alright?”

Camilo looked up at her and looked back at everyone else. He was not okay. He needed to not be the center of attention right now. He tried to shift into his human form but that just caused so much more embarrassment for him.

Not to mention that all of this unorthodox shifting was hurting him. His bones and skin just shifted into so many things so many times. It was painful.

Please stop! Please stop! Please stop! Please stop! Please stop! PLEASE STOP! He thought to himself. With a final scream of frustration he finally shifted back into himself. He checked himself over. Normal hands, normal face, normal body, normal feet.

His breathing was quick and uneven. His heart beating a thousand beats per second. And…he was crying. Tears were falling down his cheeks and his body was shaking.

“Camilo” Felix looked down at his son with concern and bent down to pick him up by the arm. “Hey, hey mijo! Breath, look at me!”

The teen couldn’t hear him. In fact, Camilo could still hear and see the villagers laughing at him. Even if they weren’t anymore. The laughter got louder and louder to him, never stopping.

This frightened Camilo and he ran past all of them. Pushing and knocking over whoever he can to get inside Casita. The voices calling out to him were unheard as he rushed up Casita’s stairs and into his room.

It was still the same as it used to be. A large theater with a big stage. The only difference was that the lights were much brighter than they used to be. And they were directly on him and followed his every movement as he ran past the audience seats and on top of the stage.

He moved the curtain back and his old king sized bed was there with all of its yellow, orange, and red pillows, blankets, and sheets. On the right of his bed was a large rectangular mirror with the classic round light bulbs decorating all sides of it.

“Casita…please,” Camilo whimpered as tears fell down his cheeks. Laughter was still echoing in his head. “Make it stop!”

He covered his ears like his hermana used to when noise became too much for her.

Why is this happening to me?! I just want things to be normal! Why can’t I be normal, why can’t this family be normal?! Camilo fell to his knees and tightened his hold on his head.

Why did Mirabel have to touch that fucking doorknob! This is all her fault, her fault, her fault, HER FAULT! Everything was fine before that. My life was going to be normal and now it’s back to how it was! Those people are going to use me again…no…

Camilo’s eyes widened as he stumbled upon a thought, “Those people…those ungrateful ass people! How dare they laugh at me?! After all the turmoil I went through to make them happy…that’s how they repay me”

The teen boy chuckled, then giggled, and soon he started to laugh. Loudly and Maniacally. This was it, Camilo finally snapped.

“I’ll make them pay”

On the outside of his room, Dolores was downstairs at the kitchen table trying her best to listen in on her hermano. But she couldn’t hear anything. She did hear him crying but then it just stopped as quick as it started. The only thing she could hear was his heart beat. There was a thought that he was just doing this to get attention but Camilo would never do that.

“Do you hear anything?” Pepa asked with concern in her voice. The only reason she didn’t barge into his room is because Felix stopped her. He wanted to see him too but didn’t want to overstep a boundary.

Dolores shakes her head, “No, mama his room is soundproof”

Antonio looked up at his hermana and parents, “Is he gonna be ok?”

Felix looked down at his youngest son sympathetically, “He’ll be ok mijo, he was just uh…a little embarrassed”

“A little my ass” Pepa thought to herself as she was stroking her braid. A small gray cloud over her head.

“He was crying though” Antonio doubted and sank back into his chair a little bit.

The table went quiet as everyone went into deep thought. He looked really panicked, hurt (both physically and emotionally), and embarrassed. Most of them thought he may have been having a panic attack but Dolores informed them his heart rate has slowed down. Which was also a calming thing to know for her as well.

“If I was in his situation I would’ve cried and ran off too” Bruno admitted quietly as he fiddled with his fingers.

Camilo breathed in a deep sigh and stared at himself in the mirror. For once in a long time, Camilo saw his face staring back at him. He was sure of himself now…and knowing that put a sinister smile on his face.

He tilted his head as he noticed something…man he needed a wardrobe change.

I need a better style than this. Oh! I know Mami and Dolores would love to help me with that! Tonito and Papi would too. Milo stood up and walked away from the mirror, swiping the curtains out of his way and walked down the stage stairs.

Once he made it out of his room he closed his door lightly and leaned his back on it. A big and chipper smile appeared on his lips. A soft and happy voice to go with it.

“Dolores, can you and Mami come upstairs please? I want a makeover”

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evostar · 21 days

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Some ideas I had for La Madre Silenciosa

Dolores heard everything from gossip, to cheaters, and abusers.

She’s always heard abusers whether they were an abusive sibling, spouse, or parent.

Dolores would cry herself to sleep knowing there were so many people in Encanto who needed help but Alma nor any adult would listen. Mirabel was the last straw, she heard Mirabel crying alone in her room one night a few weeks after her ceremony. She was crying every night, but Dolores didn’t know what to do.

After some long consideration, Dolores took it upon herself to start caring for Mirabel. Pepa was sometimes too tired to play with Camilo so Dolores would take it upon herself to care for him too. Felix had a little more energy so he could watch him from time to time. But it still wasn't often.

So, Dolores started caring for her two kids at precisely 12 years old. It wasn’t hard, Tía Julieta and Tio Agustín were too busy/tired and same for her parents. Alma did take notice and would be a little confused by how much Mirabel spent time with Dolores but never said anything.

When out in public Mirabel would stick close to Camilo, “She’s helping me with my show/ she’s helping me make people laugh” he would say if anyone even TRIED to open their mouth.

Also, if anyone tries to verbally or physically hurt Mirabel, he has to help her in some way. Dolores told him that he is Mirabel’s older primano and that he has to look after her if she isn’t around. Yeah, he would get in trouble, but he didn’t care, as long as Mira was ok, he was happy.

By the time Antonio came along she was seventeen, and of course, she took him in.

Now when it comes to hiding abused people/kids I'm not sure how it would work. I think at first, Dolores asked Casita to make her room a little bigger and took people in over time.

The ages of people she takes care of range from 5-20+. These are just some ideas, you can tweak them of course.

I’m so happy to have this au! It seems so interesting and adorable🥹 (well half-)

I was thinking that Dolores kinda grew up to be a takecarer of the Encanto children who most likely either get treated bad by their parents or guardian. She’s either a big sister or a mother to a lot of the children, most of the children she has basically grew up with her and they eventually started to call her mother or big sister, most of the older children often help her take care of the others as if like a family, including camilo, Mirabel and Antonio! Camilo and mirabel kind of became a Tia or Tio too in the process.

And if there were any abuse to poeple who are way older then her, she made sure to report them to the police. She did try to do the same with the children but often got rejected because they thought she was just lying or ruining peoples lives so she stopped trying with the children.

The other family members had some suspicions about some stuff but rather brush it off. Isabela and Luisa are always watching though.

I also like to think that when Dolores was 18 she got together with Mariano! Who has also become a big part of the little (rather big) family! He’s like a father figure to most of them, many call him “papa” or “big brother” too! But their favorite word to call him is “gentle giant” all of them knew though that everyone’s favorite was Dolores.

Now I think that casita would have made an extra apartment like room for the little family, it’s somewhere in Dolores room (where it’s most likely hidden) and that casita often helps them take care of the family, such as providing food, making sure they are all comfortable or not left out, and definitely that none of the little ones escape into the house. They love to call casita “Tia casita” or “Tita” for short. There is door in the backyard that also leads into the room so it’s often easier to acces too! (Which ofc, is also hidden!)

Dolores loves to take care of these people, and if she ever felt ill or bad, they always made sure to check on her too :D!

(Little art 🩵👌)

(These two are siblings who’s parents got arrested for drug addiction and abuse, mostly the drug addiction but they are newly members to the family who adapted it quiet quickly)

#encanto #my art #la madre silenciosa au #dolores madrigal #mirabel madrigal #antonio madrigal #camilo madrigal #madrigal family #encanto au #mariano guzman #Encanto village #yea i used bases bc that’s hard af 😭#I used half of the base tho 😃#ask me anything #dolores my beloved🩵 and the others too ofc 💕#abuse is not good 😡

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row-boats3 · 11 months

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A piece I wrote in like 20 minutes because I have Encanto brain-rot and I started thinking of how Mirabel got her “gift” in a Celebrity!Madrigals AU

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Mirabel returned home sluggishly, tossing her bag to the couch as soon as she crossed through the door of their home.

Unsurprisingly, the house was empty.

Mama had gone to an interview for her new cook-book, dragging Papa with her as even with her collected front she hated doing interviews alone. Tia Pepa was working hard on recording her next album with Tio Felix. Dolores was at a meeting for her cover art, Luisa at training for the athletic event, and Camilo at a table read for a new, exclusive movie he wasn’t allowed to tell her about yet.

Even Senorita perfecta Isabela would be welcome right now, but she was out too, negotiating a contract with a new, up-and-coming fashion boutique.

Once again, ordinary Mirabel was left alone as her extraordinary family won over the hearts of the public.

It wasn’t like Mirabel resents them for it.

(Well, maybe she did - just a little - but she really didn’t mean to.)

Mirabel loved her family more than anything, and they loved her. She knew her family loved her, they showed it every day. They were just so busy with interviews, and work, and fans, and fame.

(And yeah, maybe things have been tough for a couple years since Camilo had started getting serious acting work. Maybe Abuela was starting to pressure Mirabel, or asking her why she hadn’t started working on something impressive like her sisters or cousins. Maybe Mirabel felt just a tiny bit alone every time her parents, or sisters, or cousins were too busy to ask about her day or help with homework. That didn’t mean they loved her any less, right?

Right?)

She turned the TV on, just to drown out the silence of the apartment. It landed on an old rerun of a talk-show from last week, an interview of Dolores quietly teasing her new album. Mirabel left in on, the familiar voice always calming.

There she was, home alone, given full range of the top floor apartment building her family owned.

She was was wholly, completely, unequivocally bored.

With nothing better to do, she decided to actually do some homework, pulling out notebooks of her bag and flipping to the next clean page of her math one. Her eyes wandered, smiling at the paper.

Just before it was a page full of doodles from when she got bored in class, all symbols important to her family. Herbs for Mama, A thunderbolt (the name of Tia Pepa’s first solo album), a chameleon for Camilo, Flowers for Isabela who always said she wanted to be a florist before modeling took off. Beside the individual drawing had been a smaller sketch, the markings inside a pair of pants.

Mirabel paused.

She glanced down at her own, suddenly very plain skirt.

Her private school had many rules on dress code - no colored hair, uniform below the knees, black shoes.

They said nothing against modifying the turquoise uniform, did they?

In a sudden moment of weakness and ADHD hyperfixation, the teen shot up. Papa kept some extra sowing supplies in the back of his closet, didn’t he?

Somewhat quickly, with only a small fight with a jacket, she’d gotten the sowing kit and changed clothes to pull her skirt over her lap.

She sowed, carefully working the needle in and out of the fabric in a focus she’d never had before.

So often, she was “the other Madrigal”, the boring one, the child left to herself. So, if she had to be plain Mirabel, the least she could do was have a not-so-plain skirt.

Two weeks full of lonesome days passed by thanks to that needle and thread before the skirt was done, and she was no longer so plain.

She had no idea almost a year and a half after that, she sold her first fashion design, catapulting herself from ordinary Mirabel into the spotlight as one of the Magnificent Madrigals.

#encanto #ao3 author #mirabel madrigal #I had to write this just so I could go to bed #celebrity au #camilo madrigal #felix madrigal #pepa madrigal #agustin madrigal #dolores madrigal #antonio madrigal #julieta madrigal

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commander-writergirl · 2 years

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Tio Jake Sings

Synopsis: Jake works on helping you with the kids when a trip doesn’t go as planned.

Rating: PG

Warnings: N/A

Word Count: 1139

Notes: Lani, darling, Spector-Grant Family AU is too powerful to not inspire this little thing. @ofstarsandvibranium

This was the moment you wished YOU had taken the car to get checked before the big road trip. It had been Marc’s idea and Steven was all for it with the agreement that all museums would be stopped at. Though now you were starting to think the trip was cursed, between Luna not sleeping and Alex throwing things into the front it was a miracle your patience lasted so long.

“Are we there yet?” Alex asked again. You sighed and pulled into the auto shop parking lot.

You parked and turned back to the kids, “Mommy has to run inside right quick, okay?”

Luna started whining and Alex tilted his head, “Why?”

You chewed on your lower lip, “Well when papa was supposed to get the car checked, he apparently didn’t.”

You looked over to your husband to see his posture had changed and you sighed. “Tio Jake is going to stay in the car with you.” You grabbed your purse and got out walking towards the building.

Jake knew you were more upset that Marc had forgotten about getting the car checked then at him fronting. So, Jake did a thing he never thought he would do, he climbed into the back seat and sat between Alex and Luna.

“So, what shall we do, Alex?” Jake asked as he got Luna out of her car seat and rocked her trying to get her to calm down.

“Can you sing? Papa says he can’t.” Alex undid the straps on his car seat so he could turn to face his Tio.

“I can try.” Luna had started to play with the Star of David necklace that all three men left on, Jake didn’t mind, it was keeping her calm.

“Can you sing Encanto?” Alex asked reaching for the snack back on the floor in front of him.

“Which song would you like?” Jake watched as a few people walked out of the shop before turning his attention to Alex.

Alex hummed and opened a pack of apple slices. “Can you sing one of the songs that’s in Spanish?” Alex looked at his Tio. Alex knew not to push, and he was ready for his Tio to say no, knowing his papa and daddy didn’t like singing much.

“Sure,” Jake pulled the star out of Luna’s mouth. “No puedes comer eso mi pequeña luna.” Alex quickly handed Luna one of his apple slices as she began to whine again.

The Star to apple transition was a success.

“Ah I know one,” Jake took a deep breath before he began to sing Two Oruguitas.

“Dos oruguitas enamoradas Pasan sus noches y madrugadas Llenas de hambre Siguen andando y navegando un mundo Que cambia y sigue cambiando Navegando un mundo Que cambia y sigue cambiando...”

Alex listened as his Tio began to sing in Spanish. Alex was used to his daddy speaking in French and his papa in Arabic, Hebrew, and Yiddish (mainly when he was angry). But Tio Jake speaking in Spanish was new and he wasn’t around enough for Alex to understand it... yet.

As Jake sang, he noticed Luna slowly falling asleep, the apple slice loose in her mouth and Alex yawn but still watching him as if it was the most magical moment on their whole trip. When the song was finished, Luna was fast asleep in Jake’s arms and Alex wasn’t far behind.

“Duerme un poco hombrecito,” Jake said to Alex as he worked on getting Luna in her car seat and buckled up again.

“What does that mean?” Alex yawned and rubbed his eyes.

“Nap time.” Jake said as he fixed Alex in his seat and buckled him back up. Alex slowly fell asleep as Jake doubled checked everything before moving back to the front of the car.

Once Jake was settled back, you walked out of the shop.

He could tell you were angry, and he had never been more thankful for Alex’s curiosity in his Tio. Because even Jake knew parents had their limits and with Marc’s forgetfulness, yours's had been pushed. Jake had a feeling he was going to be fronting for the rest of the trip as you got to work fixing whatever was wrong with the car.

You had never been more thankful for Jake since that night on the street. While you were inside, he had gotten the kids to sleep and it made the drive to the hotel bearable, especially since he wasn’t much of a talker.

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Once you got checked in and the kids in their bed, you walked to the living room to see Jake double checking everything. Since his first time coming forward, you read a lot on DID (more so than when Marc and Steven first mentioned it) and had figured out Jake was probably the actual protector of the body.

And watching him start a triple check of the room confirmed it for you. “Thank you for getting them to sleep.” You said as he finished his third round.

Jake looked over and nodded before going to grab an extra blanket and pillow.

“Guessing neither of them wants to come out right now?” You asked watching him set the couch up. Jake never really stayed around this long and part of you really hated the idea of going to bed alone after a long day.

Jake cleared his throat. “I think they are both worried about you being angry with them.”

You sighed and walked over to him. “I’m annoyed, not mad but they can’t hide behind you this whole trip.”

At that moment Jake’s shoulders relaxed and caved a little, “What?” Steven. Steven looked around the room before seeing you. “Oi, did we black out again?”

“Not really, I think Marc let Jake take over.” You moved a bit closer and hugged him.

Steven sighed and wrapped his arms around you. “He forgot about the car, didn’t he?”

You couldn’t help laughing at how quickly Steven could figure out what Marc did wrong to put you all in this situation.

“And I’m sure you reminded him a thousand times.” You looked up at him and stroked his cheek.

“I did but he’s a twat and told me he got it.” Steven smiled lightly at you.

You bit your lower lip, “So Jake sang for the kids.” Steven groaned and laid his head back, causing you to giggle. “They may ask you for the encore.”

“It was bound to happen sooner or later.” Steven kissed your head before wrapping his arm around your shoulders and walking to the other bed in the hotel room. “I’ll make Marc do it as a punishment.”

“You’re the twat, Steven.” Steven rolled his eyes at Marc’s statement as he climbed into bed with you, ready for the rest of the adventure to come on your first family trip.

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Translations: No puedes comer eso mi pequeña luna “No, that’s not for eating my little moon.”

Duerme un poco hombrecito “Time to sleep little man.”

#marc spector x reader #spector grant family au #steven grant x reader #jake lockley x reader #sj writes #sammi writes #marvel #moon knight x reader #marvel fanfiction #moon knight fanfiction #inspired by #WHY BRAIN WHY

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miracles-and-butterflies · 4 months

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List of Fanfics #2

Colour Me Impressed - 15/12/23: Mirabel says her first word, set before the film

To Mirabel, With Love - 21/12/23: Mirabel on being aroace

A Traditional Christmas Vignette - 29/12/23: Dolores tries her hand at directing a play, set after the film

This Blessed Regret - 31/12/23: Mirabel wonders about what could have been, set in Miracles Plus AU

Of Porcelain and Lace (and Other Things That Break) - 02/01/24: Mirabel has PTSD, set after the film

A Second Chance - 04/01/24: Dolores is reincarnated, set in Reincarnation AU

Something Borrowed - 05/01/24: the cousins play dress up, set after the film

Then It All Went Wrong - 06/01/24: the Madrigal kids get caught in another collapse

One Miracle, Two Souls - 08/01/24: Encanto but the Madrigals have they got daemons

Marbled - 10/01/24: Mirabel on her scars, set in Reincarnation AU

That Fucked-Up Girl - 08/02/24: fourth part of Ride the Cyclone AU

My Cooking Skills (do not run in the family) - 10/02/24: Julieta gets her girls to cook

Under the Surface That Seems So Unbreakable - 11/02/24: set in mutual’s AU

Change Your Mind - 15/02/24: Camilo and Mirabel make amends

Let Me Help Carry the Weight - 15/02/24: set in mutual’s AU

Flightless - 17/02/24: Wing AU

A Madrigal Sleepover - 21/02/24: the kids have a sleepover

The Shades of Green are For You, Papa - 17/03/24: set in Papa Bruno 2.0 AU

Careful, It’s Carnivorous - 21/03/24: Isabela and Mirabel discuss boys

#encanto #my writing

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impossiblefangirl0632 · 6 months

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1, 17, 24, 29

1. Song: Oof tough choice. Let's go with Liar by the Arcadian Wild and Cold is the Night by the Oh Hellos

17. Thing I've learned while researching for a fic: So many things for TBTK. I know a lot about Chiribiquete now, the fall of the Incan Empire, when speaker phone was invented, the Colombian foster care system... I could go on.

24: moodboard for TBTK

29: I've had the idea for a not-really-a-Papa Bruno AU because his kid would be an OC not Mirabel for a long time. This was the very rough just stream of consciousness, barely edited, first scene idea.

The sound of a horse racing up the main road was, while not unheard of, certainly enough of an anomaly that it caused a stir.

The horse and rider, a teenage girl that Julieta would later swear she mistook for her brother 25 years ago

Are you Julieta Madrigal she asked, the horse cantering to a stop

I am

"May I speak with you in private? I—" she glanced at the villagers all ogling them, "It's urgent."

The fear in the girls eyes convinced her.

Julieta led the girl into an alcove

I need you to come with me, my father, he's dying and I don't, tears, nothing but your gift will save him

Of course but forgive me I don't recognize you who is your father your family must live on the outskirts

She shook her head we live half a days ride from here outside the Encanto

Shock. Outside the Encanto? Nervous. How did you know about my gift? How did you enter the valley?

I know about your gift because my father told me. He said one bite of your food can be the difference between life and death please, it's been two days already

Who is your father?

The girl stammered and drew something from her bag, a letter. Oh right, right. My father is Bruno Madrigal.

She kept talking through her Tia's shock. He never told me about his family until yesterday. He gave me this letter to give to you. He wanted me to come here after he died. But I wasn't going to wait around for him to die when there's someone who can save him.

Begging now, I know you think he abandoned you but he didn't! It wasn't his choice to leave! He says it was in that and he probably stills thinks it was because he blames everything on himself but it wasn't his fault! He didn’t say anything about my mother in that. At first I thought it was normal because he never talks about her but then I started reading his journal. He was so scared of coming back here I had to know why. She tricked him, she— she wasn’t a good person.

#asks #thanks friendo

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mamabelverse · 11 months

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First post for my (hopefully) fully original AU? LET'S GO, BABY!

Yep, I created yet another Gravity Falls AU, I'm trying to keep up with... actually, it's been in my head since last summer, but I only recently came around to officially make it.

Well... welcome to Mama Mabel AU blog! :)

(AU logo)

The point of AU is my try to reverse the popular concept of making Stan or Ford to be Dipper and Mabel's father. This gave me Mabel as a mother to Stan and Ford. And before we continue, I want to say that, while creating this AU, I was very inspired by my favorite AU for last year's big hit Encanto, Mamá Mira, created by lovely @anotsomysticalnight and it's fanfic on AO3

Right now, I'm really giving myself to this AU fic and I like how it turns out to be, so I hope you will too!

And, for awhile, it's been my main concern for this AU, before I made a request to @elishevart and saw this :

And saw this AU by the amazing @gamerbearmira

By combining them, I got myself two timelines for this AU, I really like and will continue to make! I don't have real names for both timelines yet, so, for now, I'll be calling them "Biological" and "Adopted".

I do not claim any of the things, I was taking ideas from, as my work, it all goes to their original creators!

And thank you too all the amazing people, who inspired me to create and write this AU! I love you, guys!

#stan twins #mabel pines #stanley pines #stanford pines #Mama Mabel AU #Reverse AU #more to come #AU introduction #heavily inspired

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gamerbearmira · 1 year

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Red Queen AU

(This is an AU based on one of my favorite book series. Feel free to ignore this, I know it's long and confusing.)

In this AU the Madrigals are people who have silver blood, this type of blood allows them to have powers and abilities, and this allows them to be considered nobility.

Mirabel is not a silver, instead, she is a New Blood, someone who has red blood but has stronger and better versions of the powers and abilities Silvers have.

The Madrigals still live in the Encanto but it’s more of a kingdom now, where they’re the only silvers there and married Red, ordinary people.

Alma is Silver who has the ability of telekinesis, I tried to keep her as normal as possible, she’s still the matriarch and leader of the Encanto, Basically regular Alma. Pedro however was a New Blood but didn’t have an outgoing and Strong ability and tried to keep it hidden. After his death, Alma thought her kids’ Silver abilities would keep them safe so she fixated on those.

There are other silvers in this AU but they work under the Madrigals and work for them. No one is as strong as the family as no one tries to overthrow them. Compared to the Madrigals, they’re all weak and aren’t considered to have powers, but they are still considered nobility, but the Madrigals are ROYALTY and are the bosses of everything, well Alma is.

Julieta: A skin Healer, someone who has the ability to heal others but not themselves. Skin-to-skin contact is needed.

Pepa: A storm. Someone who can manipulate weather, but like in Encanto it’s directly tied to her emotions, however, with enough training, she can fully control the weather whoever she pleases.

Bruno: He still has the ability to see into the future, this is called Eyes, the ability to see into the future. Bruno is still seen as Bad Luck Bruno and doesn’t use his abilities as much.

The triplets are incredibly close, seeing each other as each others rocks.

Julieta does marry Agustin and Papa does marry Felix, two ordinary Reds, much to Alma’s dismay, but was actually pleased with the result.

Isabella: A Green Warden, or a Greeny. She still has control over plant life and nature. She is still Señorita Perfecta the face of the kingdom. Everything is Pink and roses, she’s Alma’s favorite. Much like canon Isa, she doesn’t want to be perfect and wants to explore her powers but she’s afraid of the disappointment of her Abuela.

Delores: Deciding her ability was kind of hard of to find out, but ultimately I decided that she’s silk. They are agile, quick, and quite almost catlike. Swifts are considered formidable warriors and spies. That’s mainly what she uses her abilities for. Her powers basically enhance her senses and increase their stamina and reflexes. She knows everything about everyone.

Luisa: Same old Luisa, sweet, kind, but believes she’s useless unless she’s Super strong, can create shockwaves just by clapping her hands and mini earthquakes simply by stomping her feet, she can also

jump incredibly high. She’s pretty much the same as canon Luisa, she overworks herself and doesn’t know how to say no, but loves her family more than anything.

Camilo: He’s a shifter, same as canon Camilo, carefree, funny, a trickster, a theater kid. He’s exactly the same our Camilo, the only difference is that he’s jealous of Mirabel, well, they’ll are.

And now to the star. Mirabel is New Blood. New Bloods are special, they have red blood, leading people to believe they’re powerless and normal until their powers manifest, and next thing you a large bolt of lightning cracks down on a group of bullies, then they all start floating and she suddenly vanishes.

Mirabel was born early and weak, everyone hopes that when her powers kicked up. Julieta used as much of her power to keep her daughter healthy and alive, but she could only do so much. They worried, even more, when Mirabel turned five her powers had never kicked in. Alma turned away from her, but kept a close eye on her to make sure she wasn’t hurt. She didn’t pay much mind to Mira and fixed on the rest of the family, she did however ask Bruno for a vision to see if there was something wrong, to which he left the same night and never told anyone what he saw.

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Mirabel, at age ten, developed her first two powers. Yeah, the first two.

She was surrounded, by six bullies, some her sister’s age, some older. None of them were silvers, but they were big and definitely wanted to do harm. Poor Mirabel was terrified, no one could hear her, and no one would care. One of the bigger ones stepped closer to her, a rope in his hands. Mirabel, in a fit of panic, raised her hands and shouted. A loud crack and bright flashes blinded them all, followed by screams of pain and fear. Mira opens her eyes, electricity cracked around her arms and in her hair.

Did-did she do that? Someone else, an adult, stormed forward, a large fresh scar traced down his arm, a wooden stick clutched in his hands. Mirabel threw her palm to, in an attempt to defend herself, only for a shield of bright golden light to separate her from the now splintered stick. By now the family and several citizens raced after the giant lightning bolt. Everyone is shocked, before breathing the kids and then jumping the literal adult who is now punching the shield trying to get to the terrified ten-year-old. Alma, furious, marched forward and yanked the man by the back of his shirt.

“How dare you, that is a child!” The man, Ricardo, looked like a feral animal trapped in a web of vines. It looked the severity of the situation had finally hit him as he erupted into excuses and pleads, from he thought she was someone else to blaming her, saying how if she had stayed out of the way like she was told she wouldn’t get into trouble.

Alma couldn’t believe her ears. This grown man, clearly drunk, would attack her granddaughter, what would have happened if they weren’t here. So many kids, some teenagers, and a few adults. It was scary. So many people were willing to hurt a harmless Red, who apparently wasn’t so harmless. “Take him and anyone over the age of 18 to the prison house, anyone young takes them home and inform them that will be paying each one a visit so make sure you get names and addresses”, she told a guard. Alma turned over to her youngest granddaughter who was being fretted over by her parents, sisters, and aunt, no doubt overwhelming the poor frightened girl.

“Everyone, let’s go back to Casita. Mirabel must be overwhelmed and frightened, we’ll get answers tomorrow.” Alma gently patted Mirabels back and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder before leading the shaking child back to their home. Two abilities? TWO?? That was unheard of, she was a red. Normal and ordinary, suddenly called a bolt of lightning down and created a shield. This was certainly something that needed to be looked into.

What do you mean by that last sentence 🤨🤨 REGARDLESS This is still cool⁉️⁉️ I’ve never read the book or heard of it, but doesn’t remind me of some manhua I’ve read! At least they were still looking out for her, I still think it’s kind cold that they still pushed her aside but hey, at least the noticed at some point. Even if the circumstances are very convenient. And does Alma even know??? That that variation of red exist or did Pedro’s just never live king enough to tell her. Cause frankly she shouldn’t be that surprised, especially if she already know.

Also I’m in dark mode so. I spent like 3 minutes longer reading this because it’s black in black 💀💀

#my asks are open #my asks #encanto #encanto au #au #encanto mirabel #encanto alma #red Queen AU

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addaxus · 1 year

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Redraw time! Happy New Year!🎊🎆

This drawing is just about one year old and boy did I want to redraw this so badly!

I’m blown away at the crazy change I took in just a year of continuous drawing. Here’s to another year of drastic improvements!

#encanto #bruno madrigal #mirabel madrigal #encanto brainrot #encanto fanart #papa bruno au #dad bruno au #disney #art #digitalart #myart #these two are still beautiful!🥺

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blindaysblogforturtles · 1 year

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Yes, my All Eyes On Me AU has a playlist. I will be inflicting the main songs I listen to when thinking about each bois (I hate a very random taste in music but all of the lyrics fit with the characters):

Raph:

Surface Pressure (Encanto, Caleb Hyles cover), Human (Rag'n'bone), Ciao Papa (Pinocchio), Brother (Kodaline), Titanium (David Getta), Awake and Alive (Skillet), Bleeding Out (Imagine Dragons), I choose You (Alessia Cara), Infections of a Different kind (Aurora), Here comes a Thought (Steven Universe);

Mikey:

Little Lion Man (Mumford and Sons), Arsonist's lullaby (Hozier), Invisible (Zara Larsson), Bastille (Pompeii), Ship in a Bottle (Fin | Steffan Argus), Bird Set Free (Sia), I choose You (Alessia Cara), There can be Miracles (Whitney Houston), Through Heaven's Eyes (Prince of Egypt), Burn (Ellie Goulding);

Leo:

Villain (K/DA, Kim Petras), Wolf in Sheep's clothing (Set it Off), Gasoline (Halsey), I can't decide (Scissor Sisters), Look what you made me do (cover by Caleb Hyles), Mr. Blue (Catherine Feeny), Lovely (Billie Eilish), Heathens (Aurora), Are you Satisfied? (Marina), All Eyes on You (Smash into pieces); + Hurt (Johnny Cash).

Donnie:

Fish in a Birdcage, Cradles (Sub Urban), Somewhere only we Know (Keane), The Devil is Human (Aurora), Two Ghosts (Harry Styles), Two Birds (Regina Spektor), A dangerous thing (Aurora), Family Jewels (Marina), Vienna (Billy Joel), Soldier Poet King (the Oh Hellos);

Spoiler: Donnie, Raph, Splinter, Mikey - Requiem (Dear Evan Hansen).

#rottmnt #tmnt #rottmnt au #Rottmnt all eyes on me au #all eyes on me au #rottmnt aeom au #rottmnt separated au #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles

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margotquinsel · 11 months

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Modern Encanto AU

Chapter 5 The plane

"Are you kidding me!"

"What wrongs Mariposa?"

"I'm stuck in the middle!"

"Maybe you're with me, Mira"

"Hmm maybe, where do you sit?"

"E5"

"Ugh not even close, K7."

"Oh, I'm behind you."

"Which means me and your Papa are behind you."

"UGH, Still bad.

I'm in the midde of two strangers, Wha if I next to a child? Or even a baby! Or a creep!"

"If its a creep then I'll kindly ask the person next to me to move."

"Yeah but Paaaa, what if its a woman next to you, then she'd have to sit next to the creep!"

"Oh yeah, lets just go sit down."

They all got to the seats, Julieta looked around, she got anxious when she couldnt see Isabela and Luisa, she knew they were near each other, they'd keep each other safe. She also looked around for anybody that looked like a creep, or a young boy or girl.

AN HOUR LATER (The plane has been lifted off )

"Theres still no one next to Mirabel." Julieta muttered to Agustin.

"Maybe they're still trying to look for their seat?"

"I doubt that."

"Maybe they're in the wrong seat?" "I dont think so, look." Julieta pointed to an elderly woman with a baby in her hands.

"Excuse me dEaRe, I'm sitting over there, next to the window, do you think I could go past you? Or maybe you could come out?" A shaky old slow voice said.

"Oh, I'll just get out of my seat, ma'am." Mirabel replied getting out of her seat. She turned around to face her mother with a beaming smile as her mother gave her a thumbs up.

Julieta and Agustin thought that the Lady wasn't going to be a pain but they'd completely forgot about baby she was holding.

The first 5 minutes of them being there wasn't that bad. The baby was cooing but very quietly, they couldn't hear it. Until the cooing got louder and turned into whimpers, and those whimpers turned into weeps which turned into very loud crying.

In fact it was so loud that Isabela had messaged Julieta about it, but Julieta didnt hear the notification, Agustin did though and told her about it. The seat next to Agustin was empty, ( He was in the middle ) So he offered it to Mirabel because she looked like she could fall asleep any second now, she kept dozing off and quickly waking up because of that like chubby baby next to her. Mirabel did take the seat and tried to sleep but failed, she was still close to the baby.

After what seemed like hours the baby stopped crying. everyone was relieved but the Woman behind Agustin seemed to be annoyed.

"Are you kidding me!"

And she had a temper tantrum for the rest of flight, which wasn't for long..

#Julieta #mira #isabela #luisa #agustin #agustin rojas #rojas family #encanto #encanto series #holiday #airports #crying #madrigal sisters #Julieta Rojas #Modern Au

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oncexinxmyxdreams · 2 years

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Good Dream Milk (Sneak Preview of Miracles Come in Pairs.)

Sleep deprived Bruno finds Alejandra awake and fixing warm milk for a sleep antidote. Just leading into some bonding that leads to surrogate father daughter feels.

(For those who haven't read my Papa Bruno Au AO3 fanfic, a stranger named Alejandra wanders into The Encanto and reminds The Madrigal Triplets of a child friend, Mercedes. Kind of a sequel to this preview: https://oncexinxmyxdreams.tumblr.com/post/676467697683415041/i-cant-do-this-anymore-she-thought-she#notes.)

🥛⏳📿

A row of tiles flipped over, clinking together harmoniously, forming a pathway to the kitchen. Bruno shrugged. He knew his way around the house, inside and out, better than anybody. Casita knew that. He silently entered the dining room and for the kitchen. Then he saw what Casita meant.

“Oh,” he said softly.

Alejandra was there. She was sipping from a teacup and stirring something in a small pot. Her hair was messily tied back, and she was wearing the black ruana over her long nightgown. Casita slowly squeaked a cabinet door in front of her. She looked up and watched it wave. She set down her teacup and puzzlingly waved back at it.

“Hi again?” she answered. Casita widened the door and waved again. Now she looked over her shoulder seeing Bruno. “Oh! Uh, hi to you?”

“Hi,” he replied and walked past for one of the notes pinned on the wall. “Couldn’t sleep, getting some tea.”

“Me too,” Alejandra said. She didn’t sound so nervous like she usually was. Having that breakdown in front of Bruno helped. “I was heating up some good dream milk.”

“What’s that?” Bruno asked with amusement.

“It’s warm milk with a little vanilla and cinnamon,” Alejandra answered. “Mama would make this if I couldn’t sleep. She’d say it’d keep bad dreams away.”

“Oh right,” Bruno agreed. “I think Julieta used to make that sometimes.” Think? He remembered. Julieta would make it as a child before learning properties of tea and other health drinks. Seeing the bottle of vanilla and cinnamon sticks gnawed at him. She showed that to Mercedes! She told her that when Desie couldn’t sleep.

He shoved it aside. After helping Alejandra through her tears, it didn’t seem matter as much if she was possibly Mercedes’s child or not. From what she told him, the poor girl had enough family issues. Some he could relate. All she needed was kindness and understanding.

“Would you like some?” Alejandra offered. “I think I made too much. I usually make double portions.”

“Why not?” Bruno smiled. “Let nothing go to waste.” He took a spare mug and Alejandra stepped back to let him serve up. A little steam lifted as he poured the milk giving a subtle sweet scent. When she moved away, he noticed something on her nightgown.

“I didn’t know you do embroidery,” he commented.

“Oh that?” Alejandra said glancing down. She waved a free hand absently. “That’s my pathetic attempt.”

At the ankle length hemline was the embroidered pattern of a mouse sitting up on its haunches. It was in tawny brown thread, but it looked uneven. Some whiskers were long and other stubby. The tail was curved like an S, looking snaky. The body was squat and the ears wobbly.

“It looks fine,” Bruno said. “Better than I could do and I’m sure you got better after practice.” He sipped the warm milk. Just like Julieta used to make; warm and creamy with sweet vanilla and gentle spice of cinnamon.

“Nah,” Alejandra said with a headshake. “I gave up. I tried two other pieces and decided it wasn’t for me. I’ve tried other stuff before I found bead jewelry was my best.” She sipped again and leaned forward on the island counter. She watched the swirls of vanilla and specks of cinnamon in her drink.

#encanto milk day #Good Dream Milk #The title is dumb I know #bruno madrigal #encanto #alejandra cordova #papa bruno au #Miracles Come in Pairs #encanto milk #encantomilkday

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casitafallz · 1 year

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Abscond AU | Lydia and Pablo Madrigal

Lydia and Pablo are the two children of Abscond Luisa. Unmarried, Luisa fell pregnant after a night of passion with her secret boyfriend, Caden Badillo, on her 17th Birthday where he gifted her a set of metallic bracers he had found.

The Bracers were magical artefacts of the Architect of the Encanto Multiverse, Architect Luisa’s in fact and Luisa put them on the next morning about the time the twin’s conception occurred. The bracers activated and a ping was sent to the Watcher AU of it’s claim. The bracers gifted Luisa at first incredible strength and not all of the bracer’s gifts were yet unlocked given her inexperience with powers as she hadn’t been given a gift at age 5 like Canonical Luisa’s did.

Luisa remained unaware she was pregnant for weeks, the bracers masked most of the symptoms as it was designed to aid her body. In that time, her strength soon made it known to the family and to the town. Her attempts to rekindle a physical relationship with her secret boyfriend ended her accidently breaking a few bones. As a result, they broke up.

Of coruse, Dolores heard the heartbeats soon enough and informed Luisa who wanted to hide the fact to come up with options incase the family reacted badly. Luisa was terrified to disappoint Abuela in her knowing about having premarital sex and Luisa had thought she had done a good job on drinking her family’s ‘special’ teas that were their contraceptives.

Of coruse, the truth did come out and there were weeks of debate. Luisa ultimately decided to leave than live with the discord of arguments between her parents and Abuela, also fearing Abuela would give the baby to someone else in the family to raise to save face with the Encanto. Her ex-boyfriend didn’t want to marry her and his parents didn’t trust her not to cause more harm with her strength.

Luisa left a note to her parents and sisters and left in the middle of the night and left with a donkey of supplies into the woods.

The Artefact was tracked leaving Encanto, to the Watchers sent a group to intercept and recruit Luisa into the services.

With no destination and medical oversight desired for her child, Luisa took the offer with some scepticism but she saw some help was better than no help and curious on where this would lead her.

With the watcher Technology, Luisa was able to carry the twin to almost term, due earlier for twins naturally, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl first before a boy a few months before her 18th birthday. Unknown to even the watchers, wearing the bracers from their conception, pregnancy and birth led to the twins developing sonically more advanced.

It became more prominent as they grew to walk and talk fairly quickly, soaking in information faster and faster. Talking fluently in both Spanish and English by the time they were two when Luisa was studying to become a professor at the Casita, where she had to take them with her so they also learned with her.

It wasn’t until she caught them dismantling the technology in her room before she took them to be checked over where they properly assessed the children’s IQ and other attributes. To keep from dismantling stuff out of curiosity, Luisa opted to put the twins into higher and more education which did kept them busy and her more personal time, allowing her to look into more romantic partners.

Their eventual father came into their lives when they were three, when Luisa graduated and gain her educational merits and met Andre Cabara. The two fell in love and married just after her 21st Birthday after a year of dating. Andre was told that he was to love her twins as if they were his own, so he did. It took a few weeks for the two to warm up to him but they soon got on very well. Pablo especially looked up to him as a fatherly role model he was missing and Lydia really had wanted a Papa so it was an often a competition of who gets who for story time and cuddles at night.

Lydia is a bright soul who enjoys reading and writing mostly but often enjoys a good project, like designing things to create but hates long traveling or her parents leaving them for too long. she tried to find short cuts and easy routes for convenience, making her a little lazy in that regard, her dislike for travel led her to get the gift of opening up portals/teleporting after at her 5th Birthday which she enjoyed immensely. Often teleporting from her room to her parents when she wants their attention.

Pablo is a more introverted child out of the both of them, preferring his alone time where he can or staying tucked into his parent’s side when he’s in public. He grew up on creating and destroying, often the instigator on dismantling things to see how things worked and enjoyed working with his hands. He grew up in the perfect environment to feed his thirst for knowledge though often he get in trouble for being a smart ass or rudeness. He wanted to make things and enjoyed showing off. Often he got his sister into helping him when he could.

When he was 5, he got the gift to manipulate metals. It first, was hard to cope as he could barly touch a door knob without it melting (aside from his magical door) but, like always, he was a fast learner and he realised his gift would allow him to create so much more, and with some relief for his mother who often had to take away more dangerous tools he...borrowed when trying to invent a few things.

By the time the two were seven, they were still in school by Luisa’s suggestion to try new courses and areas to keep them busy, and in her mind away from weapons and the combat side of the Watcher AU, but, the two were put into Mandatory Self-defence courses, as they were both Divergent born Madrigals, thus, at a higher kidnap-risk and a necessary precaution which did some into use once. Lydia got her and her brother straight to their mother immediately.

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