“How do you save a miracle? Hug a sister.” He mumbles as his niece continued ranting. If this takes much longer Alma would see him.
Camilo closes his eyes and awaits his fate. Only…. There’s no attacking? He slowly open up his eyes and sees his brother and all of the animals looking really sad.
‘Nonono, this is worse!!’
“Hey.. what’s wrong?” He asked, sitting next to his brother.
“I heard Dolores say that when people get married they don’t have as much time for others… does… does this mean when you and Mira get married she’s gonna forget about me?” Antonio sobs. “Is she gonna be so focused on you and your guys kids to read me bedtime stories or sing lullabies or help me feed my friends?” Camilo flushes.
“Hey, okay, first of all, who said anything about kids anytime soon? Tonito, she and I are kids still too! And secondly, how could she ever forget you!” He exclaims. “You’re her favorite, and we all know it!”
Mirabel doesn’t remember the what’s, why’s, and how’s - she just knows that they started arguing.
“THERE’S A REASON WHY NO-ONE IN THE FAMILY CARES ABOUT YOU!” Señorita perfecta Isabella yells at her and the anger that had been with her quickly changes into a familiar feeling. One she refuses to name.
“N-no, that- that can’t be true…” she lets out, “Antonio and I…. And Camilo said he loves me…” She brings her arms around herself.
“Uh… Casita, was that… Isabella right now?” There’s no real response and sometimes he wishes he were Mirabel or Abuela because the house is evil and wants Camilo to die as well apparently.
Antonio giggles from his arms where he’d scooped up his brother in a hug. “You might wanna pull a Tio Bruno.”
“Yeah, I think Casita has plenty of space for two wall dwellers.”
Mirabel screams in shock as the vines pull her closer to Isabella and away from the door.
“That. Is. It. You are staying here and away… away from that lying, backstabbing jerk!”
“What?! No! Isabella, Casita is in danger! I can’t just stay here!”
“Mirabel, you can and will! That pest isn’t good enough for you!” The vines hold her in place.
“First of all, did you not just say that no-one cares about me? So why do you get an opinion!?” Mirabel yells back. “Why does it even matter to you!”
“BECAUSE I LOVED YOU FIRST!” The elder shouts, the vines dropping Mirabel when a cactus grows in between them.
Alma had gone to the village to control the damage. ‘Mirabel, I don’t know what we’ve done but… Hurting our… My familia is unforgivable.’ She thinks. Suddenly all sorts of different plants appear.
The two sisters hug before falling into a pile of flowers. “You’re a bad influence.” Isabella giggles.
“What is going on?” And the Isabella can see the look of dread in her sister’s eyes. She can see the fear in them as she watches Mirabel head up to their grandmother.
“Abuela, it’s okay! Everything’s… we’re gonna save the miracle! The magic…” Mirabel tries to explain. Abuela won’t listen but she still has to try. She has to. ‘Keep it on me. Keep it on me.’ She thinks.
“What are you talking about? Look at our home! Look at your sister!” Her sister who looked so happy and even prettier than before now that she’s who she really is.
“Yeah! We did all of this. And the candle burned brighter and the cracks… ”
“Mirabel.” Abuela’s voice was stern.
“That’s why I’m in the vision. I’m saving the miracle!”
“You have to stop Mirabel!” And she does. “The cracks started with you. Bruno left, because of you. Luisa’s losing her powers. Isabela’s out of control. Because of you. I don’t know why you weren’t given a gift but it is not an excuse for you to hurt this family!” Mirabel wants to cry as the heart wrenching pit of emotions return. As she finally realizes what she should have a decade ago.
“I.. I will never be good enough for you. Will I?” Mirabel says and looks over at her sisters. “No matter how hard I try. No matter how hard any of us tries. Luisa will never be strong enough. Isabela won’t be perfect enough. Bruno left our family because you only saw the worst in him.”
“Bruno didn’t care about this family!”
“He loves this family!” She shouts, anger coming through. Because how dare… how dare she ever say that about Tio Bruno who left to protect her. “I love this family! We all love this family! You're the one who doesn’t care! You’re the one breaking our home!”
“The miracle is dying, because of you!” And casita cracks.