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Alma;now, everyone, I have big news for those who still don't know something has changed as Dolores now won't be the only one on the red side of the family

*The children looked at Dolores confused, Dolores thankful to be 21 she grabbed her wine and started drinking it*

Dolores"well here we go."

Now

Isabela:What? Is Dolores getting married?

*Isabela said legitimately confused. The children started to murmur as Mirabel was glancing at Dolores wine glass with a bit of jealousy*

Alma: Yes, yes, she is

*Both Dolores and Mirabel flinched slightly, hearing it again. This time from the matriarch of the family made it all seem all the more real. The children were looking at Dolores, surprised no one more, then surprisingly Isabela*

Isabela:wait wait wait. Since when were you in a relationship with someone?

Dolores: I've never been in any relationship. Our sweet abuela thought it best to force a marriage on me and my future wife

*Dolores said her tone filled with poison no one in the family thought could be throwned at alma. Dolores glanced at Mirabel, giving her at least a few more moments to get ready with the way she said it. As for Alma? Like she said, she took the hate without flinching*

Alma;yes, it's what is best for our family and maybe even the encanto that you will be seen in a better light

*Dolores wanted to give a response, but she decided it's not even worth it anymore*

Dolores "not like I can change their minds now"

*Dolores thought as she tried to pour herself another glass, but she felt her mother's hand on top of hers to stop it. She glanced at pepa, who gave her a pleading look not to do it. With a frustrated sigh, she placed her hand back to her thigh*

Camilo:So, who's the unlucky girl?

Felix:Camilo, that's not nice

Camilo: i wasn't trying to be

Alma:Camilo Enough, I will not have you start a fight. Not tonight

*Alma said sharply, making Camilo shut up, with a breath alma continued*

Alma: I've decided that Dolores shall be married by the end of the year to give Dolores and her fiancee time to get used to being next to each other

Luisa:ok, but who's gonna marry Dolores?

*The parents flinched and got a guilty look on there faces, Dolores sighed, and Mirabel grew a nervous smile her leg started jumping up and down under the table from how nervous she was.

Alma:Dolores shall be married to....Mirabel

*Now you could really hear a pin drop. The children eyes started widening slowly as the information started making way to their brains. It got a ray of different emotions from shock, surprise, and trembling*

Antonio"Mami is getting married? But if she gets married she'll forget about me..."

*Antonio said her head down, looking at the food, not liking the information. Everyone looked at Camilo, who made a sound. He was laughing*

Antonio:pfff ahahaha oh God, that's a good one!

Alma:And what pray tell it's so funny young man?

*Alma said with her arm crossed, Camilo just kept chuckling at the very thought*

Camilo;come on, abuela, you can't get past one on someone like me. Mirabel and Dolores marriage? That's obviously just a joke, a bad one at that

*Camilo said, looking around for support. Then he saw the guilty look of the adults, Mirabel and Dolores stopped eating all together, and alma kept her stern look*

Alma:I wasn't making any sort of joke

*Camilo looked as if someone gut punched him, and he wasn't the only one*

Luisa:w...wait wait, wait, wait a damn minute! Mirabel is 15, and she can't get married!

*Luisa said, pushing her chair closer to Mirabel for some sort of protection*

Alma:she has the consent of her parents and mine the matriarch

Luisa:mom, won't you say something?!

Julieta:it's what's best for everybody. Luisa, please don't make a scene

*Luisa looked horrified looking at her parents. The people who were supposed to know best and protect them would do something like this. She looked down at mirabel, who was eating*

Luisa:Mirabel....

Mirabel:Just drop it, Luisa

*Mirabel finally spoke with a sigh as she looked up at her big sister with a small smile*

Mirabel:Yes, I'm disappointed or more like heartbroken. I suppose the more correct term that our parents agreed to do this, but there's nothing that can be done now except accept it

*Mirabel said with a shrug. Luisa looked at Dolores, who was ignoring her mother and poured herself wine glass number 2 to ignore Camilo and his questions. Just as Dolores had the glass on her lips, the glass cracked from the pressure Dolores gave it*

Dolores:Care to repeat that, Isabela?

*Dolores said, making everyone go quiet and looking at Isabela and Dolores. Girls who used to be as close as twins now couldn't be more different*

Isabela:Hm? You must be hearing things I haven't said a word

Dolores:oh your right, silly me it must've been my imagination that you said, "giftless will do anything attention. What a freak!"

*Dolores said with a sharp smile, small gasp could be heard at the table as Dolores and Isabella gave the other a smiling glare, daring the other to say anything*

Alma:Isabela, did you say that?

*Alma said softly. Isabela looked at her grandmother and tried to defend herself*

Mirabel: Another thing I've told you all for years but only now you notice?

*Everyone looked at Mirabel, who got up, losing her appetite. The fake smile was gone now. There was just a neutral expression on her face as she looked at the adults*

Mirabel:I wouldn't bother in a punishment since it's far too late for that my sister is who she is

Isabela:And what do you mean by that?

*Isabela sneered, taking her parents but especially Alma off guard seeing their perfect flower crack even if it was for a moment*

Mirabel:oh I don't know might be the fact that you started the giftless nickname, or that I was adopted and that's why I didn't get a gift, might be the fact that you and your friends make my life hell just because I skip a couple of grades and I'm a senior like the rest of you? I could go on, but honestly, I lost my appetite. I'm gonna take a guess that my stuff is in your room?

*Mirabel asked Dolores, who looked just as surprised as the rest of them that Mirabel skipped a few grades. Mirabel raised her eyebrow, making Dolores shake her head*

Dolores:Uh, yeah, we even got a new bed to share. I'll... I'll be there after eating

Mirabel;ok, excuse me, but I'm going to bed early today

*Mirabel left the room and into her new room. Once they all heard the door click, some took a breath they don't know they were holding, but Isabela had to open her mouth*

Isabela: Honestly, she can be such a....

Alma:Isabela enough!

*Alma said, screaming at the flower for the first time since anyone can remember. Isabela looked like a fish out of water, her mouth opening up and down, not believing that her abuela screamed at her*

Alma:I'll ask you once, and only once is what Mirabel said true?

Isabela:No, of course not! Abuela, come on, you know how Mirabel will do anything for attention

Alma: I see....

*Everyone sighed, thinking the status quo was returned, so they started to finish their meal faster than usual*

Alma: Agustín, Julieta, tomorrow you're coming with me to the school

*Isabela felt as if her heart leaped into her throat. Agustín and Julieta both looked at Alma equally surprised*

Agustín:why? What are we gonna do?

Alma:we are gonna talk with the teachers of the school and see who's telling the truth

*Isabela's eyes went wider and wider as she tried to spit something out of anything, but no words would come out. Dolores was just as surprised, but then a smirk appeared on her face as she kept eating the food tasting just a little more tasty tonight*

Isabela:abuela, you don't believe me? You've always trusted me!

Alma:One, I will not have you raise your voice on me, am I understood?

*Isabela flinched and looked down, nodding her head*

Alma:And two, I trusted you because you were the oldest, but trust doesn't mean blindly following. The only reason I've never checked up on your claims and just believed you is because I'm too old to check on all of them, but this time? I'll make an exception, now eat and pray you weren't lying

*Isabela started to tremble with sadnesses fury? She couldn't tell you. All she did was eat controlling her anger or trying to as her fork started to get bent. Alma noticed it but decides to not say anything*

Alma"hay Pedro I know it's selfish but please let Isabela be telling the truth because if she's not that puts everything she's ever said to me In to question, please please please let her be right..."

*After that tense and awkward dinner was done, Dolores got up*

Felix: Honey, i hope you like your new bed. If not, we can swap if for a better one any type you want

*Felix said in a nervous tone, but Dolores just turned around and walked away, ignoring them, felix sighed in a depressed manner as he felt his wife's hand on his shoulder for support. Dolores walked up to her room. She stopped and looked at the door*

Dolores"the one place that was completely mine, my sanctuary now I have to share it. Fantastic..."

*Dolores opened the door and didn't hear a peep, she walked deeper inside the large concert hall size room, she closed her eyes and could hear Mirabel's soft steps so she walked up to her placing her hand on mirabel's shoulder. Mirabel gave a quick scream but slapped her mouth shut even quicker, as she turned around and gave Dolores an awkward smile*

Mirabel:s... sorry about that, I got lost. How the hell is this your room? Why would your room be...well this ?



*Mirabel waved with her arms at the massive room. It was somehow bigger than Casita. Dolores shrugged*

Dolores: it's helps with my gift, I can hear even more when I'm in here, like the rats running inside the walls, or your sister muttering complaints that you're much too young to hear about the adults in this family

*A small smirk appeared on Dolores' lips hearing Mirabel huff*

Dolores:Anyway, come on the bed's over here

*Dolores grabbed Mirabel's hand and guided her to the bed*

Mirabel:So, you never get a break, huh?

*Dolores walked to the mirror and started taking the hair pins and make-up off her*

Dolores:nope, I've been hearing everything in encanto since I was 4, really fun hearing people having sex when your 7 and having abuela not give a damn about that since somehow me hearing that is for the greater good of this town. Are you gonna change or?

Mirabel:Yeah, did you happen to ask where they put all my clothes?

Dolores:....oh....shit

Mirabel:Yup, and since I'm....more plump than you, I'm not even gonna ask to borrow some clothes

*Mirabel took her shoes off and got inside the bed*

Mirabel:Why didn't you ever ask me to make you a pair of earmuffs? They could help if only a little

Dolores:....because

Mirabel:You thought I couldn't do it or something? I have made coats out of bear fur. Do you really think something as simple as earmuffs is hard for me?

Dolores:it doesn't matter anyway. Go to sleep

*Dolores said, not knowing if she should feel stupid,ashamed, or just embarrassed for not asking Marinette to make her a pair. Mirabel rolled, her eyes turned around, and went to sleep. Dolores sighed once done she changed into her nightgown and went to sleep on the bed, both on the very edge of their respected sighed, not wanting to be close to the other*

Next day early morning

*Dolores woke up rubbing her eyes as she heard her door click close, she turned her head and saw that Mirabel was no longer there, she rubbed her eyes and stumbling she walked out of her room*

Dolores:Mirabel?

*Dolores said In her usual soft voice, but Mirabel was too far to hear it, Dolores was walking up to her and then she stopped looking at mirabel confused as she was knocking on everyone's door one by one. Mirabel turned around and was surprised to see Dolores there*

Mirabel:Uh, dol? Are you sure it's a good idea to be in your nightgown outside of your well in our room?

Dolores:That can wait. What are you doing?

Mirabel:What do you mean, what am I doing? I'm waking everybody up. What ekse could I possibly be doing?

Dolores:ok, but why? Casita is the one that does that

Mirabel:.......what ?

*Mirabel said, looking at Dolores as if she's crazy, Dolores crossed her arms*

Dolores:That Casita is the one that wakes us up, so why....

Mirabel:How?

Dolores:e...excuse me?

Mirabel:I want you to tell me how Casita can wake you all up. Tell me how Casita can knock on a door. Please tell me how

*Mirabel said extremely annoyed, and for good reason*

Mirabel "I've been doing this since I was 6, and they thought it was Casita?!"

*Mirabel thought genuinely pissed off. Dolores saw Casita move, she didn't understand Casita like alma and Mirabel but even she could tell Casita was practically saying 'show me too', Dolores started to feel nervous as she tried to come up with something*

Mirabel:Oh my God, seriously, you and everyone else really thought so little of me that you never realized that I was the one waking all of you up?

*Mirabel said in an annoyed tone, crossing her arms, Dolores had the decency to look embarrassed. Mirabel sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose*

Mirabel:You know what? It's too early for this, I'm gonna use the shower

*Mirabel said in an angry slash defeated tone as she walked past Dolores to their rooms and went to look for her clothes wherever in Narnia Pepa and Julieta left them*

Scene change

*After everyone woke up and had breakfast, we saw Alma giving out the work of the day

Alma:Luisa the donkeys escaped again you know what to do, Camilo the Santos need a babysitter for a few hours, pepa the farms on the west side, Isabela you'll be making new flowers at the gravesite, Felix you'll be alone today, Agustín and and Julieta you'll be coming with me to the school we need to have a word with the teachers there

*Isabela flinched, and her eye twitched, feeling more stress than normal. That didn't get pass alma, it only made her dread feel more real, but she if ignored it and remained firm.

Alma:Antonio, I still need time to think how your gift can help the community so you'll just play with your friends, Dolores stay with Mirabel you won't have to work just get to know each other better

*Dolores nodded and glanced at Mirabel, who had a tight-lipped smile after their little conversationtheirMirabel was petty and giving her the silent treatment*

Alma:All right, team madrigal on 3. 1...2...3

Madrigal:team madrigal!!

*Everyone left to do their own things, Dolores was about to ask Mirabel what she wanted to do, but Mirabel walked to Antonio with a genuine smile*

Mirabel:Come on Toñito I'll take you to your friends

Antonio:Yay! they missed you yesterday

*Mirabel gave a soft chuckle as she walked next to parce as Antonio was on top of him, Dolores awkwardly followed behind, feeling like the fourth wheel*

Dolores:mirabel, come on, I said I'm sorry

Antonio:Mirabel, did you hear something

Mirabel:Not a word

*Mirabel said in a fake calm tone, Antonio looked back at Dolores and stuck her tongue out at her, feeling real smug about it. Dolores sighed and kept walking from behind*

Dolores: "This is gonna be a long day,"

*As they kept walking deeper and deeper, Dolores could hear the villagers talking about her and not in the best light*

???:hay there goes Alma's rat

???:That snitch is gonna tell my wife the truth, I just know it

???:god, she's so ugly. Does she actually think red looks good on her

Antonio:Mirabel?

*Dolores shook her head and looked up she was shocked seeing Mirabel walking up to the woman who said that last statement*

Mirabel:Excuse me, Carmen, right? We take the same science class together

Carmen;huh? Oh uh yeah can I help you with something?

Mirabel:As a matter of fact, you can. You have 7 seconds to apologize to Dolores, or I'll ban you from my help again

*Dolores, Carmen, and Carmen's friends all looked surprised. Carmen scoffed and crossed her arms*

Carmen:Oh yeah? And how helpful can you be giftless?

Mirabel:Oh, I don't know, maybe the fact that I did that jacket your friend Molly is wearing, or those shoes Zack has on oh! How about this lovely dress you decided to wear? All me. Now I'll be nice, now you have 5 seconds to say I'm sorry or I'll never make another clothes for you and your friends, or more importantly your parents, and seeing how much they love me how do you think they'll react when they find out why there banned?

*Mirabel smirked, seeing the fear behind Carmen eyes as she gave a muffled scream and walked up to Dolores with Mirabel following*

Carmen: I'm sorry

Dolores:oh uh it's fine, I...

Mirabel:Do it right, or you get nothing 3 seconds

Carmen:Fine! I'm sorry, I said red doesn't look good on you . Does it look fan fricking tastic, alright!? Happy now?!

*Carmen said, glaring at Mirabel, who didn't back down*

Mirabel:Very, now go on walk away, and if I hear you talking shit again, I'll be back understood?

*Carmen scoffed and walked away, Dolores looked at Mirabel more than shocked that she actually defended her. Mirabel turned around and started walking with Antonio*

Mirabel:I'm still mad at you, but that doesn't mean I'll let anyone insult you

*Mirabel said as a small smile appeared on Dolores face following the mother-son Duo with a little more emotion behind her step*

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