Imelda crossed her arms with pride. She was head planning a birthday party for Victoria.
Imelda had instructed her younger twin brothers to bake a cake, told Hector, Rosita, and Julio to put up balloons and streamers, asked Coco to sew a wool sweater as a gift, and Imelda herself sent out tons of invitations.
Imelda went over to help Coco put the finishing touches on the sweater when Oscar and Felipe came into the room with a flambé cake.
Hector said as he and Rosita came into the house,"That sure smells good."
Imelda looked all around the room with a smile. "Looks like everything is set up."
At that moment, someone knocked on the front door. Hector opened it only to be trampled by a ton of partygoers. He asked his wife in disbelief,"Imelda how many people did you invite?"
Imelda brushed some of her hair away, feeling rather embarrassed. "I guess I got carried away."
At that moment, Victoria appeared and went over to help Hector put himself together.
Hector noticed Victoria's worried face. "What's wrong Victoria? It's your birthday. You should be happy."
"I am happy. It's just that... I don't do well at parties."
Hector put on a sly smile. "Don't worry. Just stick with me and you'll be fine."
Victoria rolled her eyes and followed Hector into the house.
Victoria crossed her arms. All everyone was doing was talking amongst each other.
This party could use a little something. Victoria thought, feeling rather bored.
Suddenly something caught her eye. Imelda's magic elixir. Somehow Victoria was tempted to drink the elixir. Once she did, she turned into a giant piñata that resembled a cup of tea complete with a dish and a spoon.
Everyone witnessed this and started to scream and run for their lives. One of the frightened partygoers went up to Imelda, put his hands on her shoulders, and said in an almost commanding voice,"You've got to stop that monster!"
Imelda was appalled at Victoria being called a monster so Imelda angrily brushed the skeleton away.
Meanwhile, Victoria spat out boiling hot tea at frightened skeletons as she made her way towards the Land of the Living.
Rosita said in fear,"Poor Victoria... What are we going to do?"
Imelda said boldly,"We are going to save Victoria! Vamonos!"
Imelda grabbed a broom and headed out the door. Hector, Coco, Rosita, Julio, Oscar, and Felipe nodded at each other then quickly followed Imelda.
Imelda suddenly stopped at her tracks. "Wait...? How did Victoria get a hold of the elixir?"
Felipe chuckled nervously and said,"I might have used some magic for the cake then put the elixir on the living room counter..."
Imelda could feel her temper rising but managed to take a deep breath to calm herself down.
Suddenly Rosita said happily,"Well no wonder! The cake was so delicious!"
Imelda gasped in horror.
As soon as Imelda turned around to face her family, Rosita grew more than a mile high!
Felipe found himself fainting.
As Oscar went over to check on his twin brother, Coco hollered,"Rosita! Are you feeling alright?"
Rosita looked down at her "tiny" family. She squealed,"Never felt better!"
Imelda was dazed at not only Victoria turning into a giant, rampaging piñata but Rosita turning into a giant.
The matriarch of the Rivera family snapped back to reality at the sound of Hector's voice. "OK first thing's first. We need to find Victoria before she gets to the Land of the Living."
Coco said softly,"But Victoria could be anywhere... How do we narrow it down?"
Suddenly Dante, Pepita, and Rosebud came into view. Imelda smirked. "With our Alebrijes."
