3 in a half year old, Mirabel was sleeping on her warm bed in the nursery, when she heard knocking on the door. Who would come this late at night, she thought as she grabbed her glasses and went downstairs, but walked down, quietly, so she doesn't wake anybody.

She finally made it to the door and opened it and saw Elena, she was curious why the girl would come this late at night.

"H-Hola...", Elena greeted shyly and waved, Mirabel smiled at the gesture "Hola, I'm Mirabel Madrigel (babytalk), are you new, what brings you to Casita?".

"I'm E-Elena C-Cortez, is this the Encanto?", the little short haired girl asked.

"Si, it is, can we help you, are your parents around?", Mirabel asked kindly.

Elena, then started to cry, thinking about her mami and the village, and heartbrokenly remembered the terrifying screams, that was the last breath of her mami and the village.

"My mami and my home, Holinda, Tolema (Babytalk translation: Tolima) is gone....mean men...", the whining girl announced as Mirabel rushed over to pat the weeping girl's back, while her heart dropped. "Hey, hey, it's okay?", she asked gently.

Then she noticed Elena's knee was bruised very badly, Mirabel felt completely bad for the girl, she could imagine how deeply hurt, she would feel if something bad happened to hurt her family.

"Hey, if you want you can come inside, my family would gladly help you?, she smiled and gestured her hands for Elena to follow her.

"O-okay.", Elena stuttered, but smiled a little, and took Mirabel's hand, and she led her inside Casita.

As Elena was walking with Mirabel, she looked around the house as she relished in the scenery and looked at the golden doors of Mirabel's family.

Why are all those doors glowing, she thought in amazement as Mirabel led her upstairs to her mami's room.

Elena looked at the magical door in awe as it had many intriguing details, and the name, Julieta engraved at the top.

Mirabel knocked on the door and then looked back at Elena "Don't worry, my mama will help, and she's very sweet.", she reassured.

After waiting a few minutes, Juileta, Mirabel's mother came from the door, and looked at Mirabel "Corazón, what are you doing, this late at  night, and who's your friend?", she asked softly.

Mirabel introduced Elena and told her mami, and Elena explained the situation was in. Julieta's eyes softened as she looked at the poor innocent little girl and the bruise on her knee"Oh you poor thing, come with me, I'll make you some nice warm arepas." Julieta said as she guided Elena to the kitchen as Mirabel followed.

Julieta started cooking her arepas and Mirabel was comforting Elena at the table, making her smile a bit.

Once, Julieta was finished cooking, and finally served Elena, an arepa, and even gave Mirabel one as a late night snack.

Elena put the fresh arepa in her mouth, and her eyes widen with delight at how delicious it was, and chewed it all up, Mirabel and Julieta looked at her in surprise.

Elena realized what she was doing and stopped eating, "I'm s-sarry (Babytalk translation: sorry).", she said as she looked down at her feet.

Julieta giggled "It's okay, querido, you must've been so hungry after running all the way, here.", she assured as Elena smiled at her, a little, but then turned her eyes back to her feet and looked at her knee, and noticed her bruise was gone.

"My knee is healed!!", she jumped with her eyes widen, Julieta smiled and giggled at the girl's amazement.

"Si, cariño, it is!", Julieta confirmed as she walked over, "But how?", the little girl asked astonished.

"I healed you with my delicious arepas, it's my specialty and gift.", she told the curious girl, who was still confused "What's a jift (babytalk)?", Mirabel giggled at her question.

"Each member of this family has very magical gifts to protect this town and of course, each other.", Mirabel explained.

Elena's eyes widen with so much joy and even more curiosity as she looked at Mirabel "What's your jift, then, Mirabel?", Elena asked.

"Oh, I don't have one, yet, but I'm gonna get mine, when I turn 5." Mirabel replied as Elena awed.

Julieta smiled as her daughter was getting along well with Elena, it's pretty nice for her to have a new friend, but she just couldn't get her mind off of poor Elena's situation and the fact that she lost her family, and at that very thought, she knew just what to do.

"Hey Elena!" Julieta called as the girl turned her direction towards the kind woman. "How about you stay with us for tonight, and you can meet the rest of the family in the morning, and see what to do." she said, ruffling the child's hair.

"Are you sure, senora?", Elena asked in a quite, unsure tone, while twiddling with her fingers, nervously.

"Of course, dear, you can't go on your own, and you can stay in the nursery with Mirabel.", Julieta reassured Elena, while holding her hands.

"But what about Abuela, Mama, what will she think?" Mirabel asked unsure. Don't get her wrong, she trusts that Abuela would let Elena stay, she wanted her to stay, but Abuela was a bit strict, when it came to strangers.

Julieta sighed "Don't worry, I'll talk to her tonight, you two just sleep well, okay!", she said as she kissed the two adorable 3 year olds on the heads, and bid them off to bed.

Elena and Mirabel walked to the nursery hand in hand and went back upstairs. As they finally made it to the room, Mirabel showed Elena around and gave her one of nightgowns.

"You can sleep with me in my bed, if you want?" Mirabel offered, while Elena was looking around the nursery, not before nodding back to Mirabel.

She saw someone sleeping in one of the beds, it was a boy, Elena immediately blushed, he was kinda cute in his sleep with his curly brown locks and light brown skin.

"Who is that?" Elena asked Mirabel, a bit hypnotized by his looks.

"Oh that's my cousin, Camilo, he's a bit of a troublemaker, but he's pretty sweet, when you get to know him.", she explained.

Elena took one last look at him, before turning back to Mirabel and she plopped on the bed, but not before Mirabel got on.

"Mirabel, are you sure, your abuela and famaly (babytalk) will like me?", Elena asked Mirabel,  nervous and a bit unsure, while lying on her side facing her.

"Don't worry, Elena, they're gonna love you, my family is the best, and plus mi casa es tu casa.", she assured.

Elena smiled, she felt pretty happy with Mirabel, and already the girl felt like a sister.

"Hey Mira, can we be best fwends (Babytalk for friend), if that's okay, and is it okay, if I call you 'Mira'?", she asked.

"Sure, as long as it's okay, if I call you, 'Ellie'?", Mirabel said as she smiled, happy that Elena wanted to be friends.

The girls giggled and held hands as they both drifted off to sleep, and though, Elena didn't know her future, she knew that with Mirabel by her side, everything will be fine.

Young Elena's Design

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(I made her into such a cutie pie😍)
Also, I'm gonna make another part, and then I promise I'll write the movie story.