*the couple of days were up for Mirabel, the doctors gave her the ok to leave the hospital, Mirabel walked out of the hospital the idea of just running away was enticing she could see the forest her and Gabriela could make a run for it and never look back, but that idea was squashed when she saw Hosea waiting for her sitting on a chair having a smoke*

*Hosea looked up at Mirabel, he took a puff of his smoke before letting it fall on the floor and stomping on it he got up and walked up to her making Mirabel frown her mood instantly sour seeing a total stranger that now yes she did owe her life to him but at the same time she was still a little girl it's just plain cruel in her eyes making her work off a debt she didn't even ask for*

Hosea:good to see you're in working order

Mirabel:you call this working order?

*Mirabel raised what was left of her left arm and Hosea waved his hand dismissively*

Hosea:just thank your blessings that even decided to save you, now come along it's a long walk to the ranch and since you're mutt is here i didn't bring my horse

*Mirabel sighed but nodded with her and Gabriela walking behind him, Mirabel couldn't help but look at the man's gun that was quietly resting on its holster, Mirabel kept looking at it intently as it held the secrets of the universe without noticing her arm started to stretch out, but in a blur Hosea grabbed his gun and shot a bird out of the sky, Mirabel shook her head and looked at the old man*

Hosea:a bird for you're mutt

*Hosea said but that was a lie and both knew it, it was a warning a warning to not try to go for them again, Mirabel muttered a thank you as she grabbed the now dead bird giving it to Gabriela who ate it in one bite they kept walking the only sound now was the bone crunch of the bird inside Gabriela's mouth, it was a long walk to the outskirts of the new town and that made Mirabel think*

Mirabel: hey....what's this town's name?

Hosea:Medellin, Colombia why where are you from?

Mirabel: it's....a town named encanto

Hosea: can't say I've heard of such a place

Mirabel: it's...a very rural town at the other side of the forest

Hosea:i see maybe I'll look for it one of this days

*Mirabel scoffed crossing her arm a bitter feeling being bored inside her*

Mirabel:good luck I've searched for the encanto for years and never been even close to finding it

Mirabel "the stupid magic that protects the damn place keeping it a secret from the world, keeping it a secret from me"

*They didn't talk much more after that as Mirabel just spend her time looking around the new village it's been years since she been in civilization, as for Hosea he kept his eyes forward he didn't have time for small talk with that girl behind her no doubt the old ladies of the town would talk his ear off with worry and concern that she's gonna be living with the old recluse of Medellín, after hours they made it to Hosea's ranch it was a huge farm even without Dolores super hearing Mirabel could hear the animals in the farm*

Mirabel:big place can't believe someone as old as you can keep all this up and running

*Hosea just gave a grumbled a response as they kept walking*

Hosea:that mutt of yours better not eat any of my animals

Mirabel:she won't she prefers rabbits and fish and i at least managed to train her not to eat unless i say so

*They walked inside Hosea's house and Mirabel looked around her eyes couldn't help but be entrapped by a small picture hanging on a shelf*

Mirabel:who's that?

Hosea:that would be my late wife Bessie  Matthews

Mirabel: I'm....sorry for you're lost

Hosea:don't matter none she died a long time ago now come on we're wasting daylight I'm putting you to work

Scene change

Mirabel:soft heart my butt

*Mirabel muttered bitterly to herself as she was cleaning up animal poop with a shovel, which would be so bad if Mirabel had to hold the bit shovel one handed, she was semi malnourished, and semi blind in one eye so whenever Mirabel picked the poop with the shovel 1 of 3 things would happened, 1. She would be able to do it, 2. Whenever she holding the poop filled shovel her hand would give out and it would fall and spread everywhere or 3. She would bump into something making the shovel fall, it took her all day to do it but she finished, when went out and instantly her mood became sour as Hosea was sitting on a chair in the patio drinking some ice tea while Mirabel was completely covered in filth and animal poop*

Hosea: finally finished? It took you what i can do 5 times as fast

Mirabel:then by all means get off that lazy old ass of yours and do it yourself

*Hosea just chuckled ignoring the insult*

Hosea"she reminds me a bit of Arthur in his younger days always had a comeback and bite behind his words"

Hosea:Alright alright since it was your first day I'll go easy on you go inside and get washed up you're room is the second one on the right

*Mirabel looked at Hosea confused*

Hosea:problem?

Mirabel:you are....giving me a room?

Hosea:no point saving your life, if you die from the cold at night beside this way i can keep an eye on you and once it's lights out I'm closing you're door with a lock to make sure you don't try anything

*Mirabel was conflicted on the one had she should be mad that she's basically this man's property until further notice on the other, bath, food, warm bed how long has it been since she had any of that? She hasn't taken a bath in years from a paranoid fear that she'll contaminate her only source of drinking water, Hosea would have to feed her and Gabriela that would mean they wouldn't go hungry since she couldn't hunt worth a damn not her fault her body didn't have the time for trial and error and what little she was able to capture she would have to share it,and finally she hasn't slept in a real bed since she was 5, with a reluctant step she walked inside to take a long shower*

Scene change

*It was late at night true to his word after Mirabel and Gabriela were fed he locked them in a room until morning, Mirabel Looked at herself in the mirror, no longer did she have the distorted view of the moving river now she had a mirror now she could look at the extent of the damage her body has gathered over the years, she grabbed hold of what remained of her left arm over the Ruana Hosea was kind enough to give her and kept looking at the mirror as her mood got worse and worse*

Mirabel:they did this....alma, Bruno, Agustín, felix, Pepa all of them did this to me....

*Mirabel started to chuckle that soon turned to a sick and twisted soft laugh as he mental stability got worse*

Mirabel:enjoy whatever pitiful lives you have in encanto because I'll be back, I'll find my way back there one day I'll find the encanto again, and when i do I'll bring it crumbling to the ground

*Lightning appeared behind her in the mirror and for a moment her eyes shined almost as if it held it own magic inside them*

*Mirabel rage disappeared when she heard Gabriela whining cause of the loud noise Mirabel looked at her and smiled softly, Mirabel walked to the bed and sat down patting the place next to her inviting Gabriela to jump on the bed with her both got comfortable and soon closed there eyes with Mirabel hugging Gabriela her fur giving her warmth as she slept*

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