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MIRABEL, VALENTINA, AND ana were made aware of felicia's presence when the crowd had started obnoxiously praising about the beautiful new girl in town.

"wasn't she just talking to your cousin dolores?", valentina remembered.

"I thought so too...", mirabel muttered, as the three girls managed to squeeze through the horde of townspeople, arriving at the brim of the circle.

at the center was not only the original felicia twirling in her lavender pollera, but the fifteen year-old madrigal shape-shifted into her.

both felicias danced the same, or should I say, camilo was just a spectacular imitator? either way, their white blouses puffed with pride, especially the frills; the frills fluttered with great felicity.

the true felicia could be seen laughing and comfortably holding her partner's hands, who did a damn well job of getting her to crack a smile.

"don't they just look wonderful? oh, camilo's such a talented boy!", one of the villagers awed.

"indeed. shall we join them, mi amor?", her husband asked, extending his hand out, as they were not the only couple to merge towards the center.

     mirabel had then joined in with valentina and ana, all holding hands and skipping in a circle.

     "camilo, I think I'm going to go take a break. thank you for your patience with me", felicia smiled, about to slip out of the boy's grasp, before camilo had turned back into himself and called out for her.

     "w-wait! do you want me to get us some drinks?? I'm getting pretty tired as well", camilo offered.

     "sure", felicia answered, pointing to a bench that was shaded under a palm tree, "I'll wait for you there?"

     "gotchu! be right back!", camilo grinned, hurrying and transforming into luisa so that it was effortless for him to maneuver through the adults.

     felicia patiently awaited by taking a seat first, fiddling with her fingers and smiling to herself, as she thought about what to write to camaleón.

     'I wonder if I should mention camilo...'

     "here!", a voice suddenly intruded through her thoughts.

     "a glass of lulada para una princesa", camilo dramatically bowed, watching felicia accept it with a soft chuckle, as he took a seat beside the girl.

"gracias, camilo", felicia thanked, as she didn't particularly pay attention to the nickname that was bestowed upon her.

the sixteen year-old had just assumed that he called every girl that, considering his outgoing and slightly flirty personality.

taking a sip of the refreshing drink, felicia could feel the light, citrusy flavor lingering on her tongue.

"no problem", camilo replied, sneakily taking a peek at felicia when he drank his lulada.

seeing her smile that was brighter than the sun that shone above his mother's head, camilo was certain that he had wanted to see it again. so hence, he had decided to make conversation.

"say, how're you and your family liking encanto?", camilo inquired, swirling his drink in a sloppy manner, as he nearly spilled it onto his pants.

felicia made a mental note of where the napkins were just in case the boy before her were to cause an accident.

"it's great here", felicia answered.

"mi mamá enjoys making morning coffee for the townspeople, and penelope and phoebe seem to praise you greatly", the oldest diaz lightly laughed, earning a lopsided smile from camilo — who was used to compliments, but not from her.

"is that so?", camilo squeaked out.

"of course! the twins come home telling me all about the great camilo. oh, how he could shape shift into this, shape shift into that. and antonio as well. they absolutely adore antonio", felicia informed.

"then...then you should bring them over some time! toñito loves playing with them as well", camilo crookedly grinned.

"are you sure that's okay? I wouldn't want to disturb any of y—"

"PLEASE COME OVER!!", antonio yelled, as dolores had also appeared out of nowhere, apparently having to have heard everything that was said.

"it'd be so fun! we could hangout in my room, where there's lots of animals, and it's a literal jungle in there!", the five year-old madrigal exclaimed.

felicia knew that the madrigals were magical, but a jungle as a room? that sounded a little over exaggerated.

"umm..."

sensing the teenage girl's hesitance, dolores gently nudged her youngest brother, who had nodded, immediately understanding the assignment.

     "felicia, pleaseeeeee!", antonio begged, holding the girl's hand with his puny ones, as he widened his eyes and pouted his lips.

     even felicia could not escape the absolute adorableness that radiated off the youngest madrigal. composing herself, the diaz ended up agreeing to the play date and ruffling antonio's curls.

     "I'll ask mamá and the twins", she promised.

     "THANK YOU FELICIA!! I can't wait to show you my pet jaguar, parce!!", the five year-old proclaimed.

     "we'll be looking forward to it then", felicia replied, as dolores sneakily popped up from behind her awestruck brother.

     "you're welcome", she whispered.

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     'dear camaleón,

     contrary to my negative beliefs about parties and socializing, I actually had a lot of fun. though at first, I was feeling sick to my stomach, along the way, a new friend of mine had come along and introduced me to the salsa.

I was skeptical at first...scared and apprehensive of embarrassing myself by face planting the ground. however, my dance partner was extremely patient and kept a wide smile across his face the entire time.

     he was quite charming, I must say. and he had a way of calming and bringing the laughter out of people.

     the music was enticing and the food was delicious. over all, the ending experience was one to remember. thank you.

     now, truth or dare?

     signed by mariposa ✿◕ ‿ ◕'.

     camilo's lips curled up into a slight smile, as his thumb traced over the little doodle at the end.

     'I'm glad that she had fun...too bad I didn't see her though', camilo suddenly frowned.

     'and I wonder who that boy is...couldn't have been more charming than me', the boy proudly huffed.

     "CAMILO!! YOUR PRINCESA IS HEREEE~", isabela yelled from downstairs, to which camilo had immediately slammed the journal shut and kicked open his bedroom door.

     "SHE'S NOT MY PRINCESA, ISABELA!", camilo rebutted, hastily skipping down the stairs, as he bumped past his oldest cousin.

     isabela and dolores, who were leaning against the railings, had only casted each other a knowing glance.

     antonio was already at the door, standing on his tippy toes, as he couldn't wait to see the twins and felicia.

     casita swung open the front doors, allowing the diaz sisters to be met with a slightly nervous camilo and a jittery antonio.

     "ANTONIO, WE'RE HERE!!", penelope shouted with joy, immediately pulling the boy in for a tight embrace, as felicia ushered her other sister to go in as well.

     "welcome again, felicia!", isabela greeted from the staircase.

     "thank you for having us", the sixteen year-old politely replied, sending a wave towards dolores, who had reciprocated the action.

     "let me show you guys my room!! parce, my pet jaguar, is waiting for us", antonio exclaimed, as the two twenty-one year-olds had headed off to probably gossip.

     "okay! let's go!!", penelope easily agreed, meanwhile phoebe seemed hesitant on meeting such a vicious mammal.

     her grip on her older sister's hand tightened, displaying her discomfort.

     camilo had then kneeled down, gently patting phoebe's head.

     "parce's not scary at all, but if you're really worried, how about you sit on top of my shoulders? then he won't be able to get to you", the middle madrigal offered.

     phoebe had then turned her head to look up at her older sister, as if asking for permission.

     felicia bent down as well, easing her sister's worries by rubbing her back.

     "do you want to?", the sixteen year-old softly questioned, earning a nod from phoebe.

     "if you don't mind, camilo..."

     "of course not, princesa! come, hop on, phoebe", camilo urged, placing his hands behind his back and flipping his palms upwards, so that they could be used for the little girl to step on.

     felicia assisted her sister onto camilo's shoulders, with her walking right beside them, as they headed up the stairs.

     phoebe clenched onto camilo's curly umber locks, meanwhile felicia seemed to find herself also internally freaking out a bit.

     'a jaguar? antonio must've been joking, right? how does a jaguar and a whole jungle fit into a single room? this house doesn't seem too—'

     "FELICIA, LOOK!!", penelope squealed, as she was currently riding a real life jaguar with antonio, giggling like there was no tomorrow.

     felicia's face paled at the sight before her. how an entire forest was on the other side of the door was beyond her. though what petrified her was the fact that there were many other animals present in the room.

     camilo softly chuckled, as he tilted his body to the left a little, towards felicia.

     "need a hand to hold, princesa?", he teased.

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