I just love the movies Coco and Corpse Bride. I don't own the movies or the canon characters, only my ocs.
In a beautiful mansion in Santa Cecilia, there was a young man setting on his bed while playing his beloved guitar. His name was Héctor Rivera, and he was the son of the town's fish merchant. The Rivera family were very wealthy as they build a fish market in Santa Cecilia. However, the Rivera family were new money, and because of this, the town's elites did not invited them to their gathers. Héctor and his father Adrián Rivera didn't care about since things. Adrián only wanted his son to have the things that he ever had when he was his age. His mother, however, did.
Sofía Rivera wanted to be part of the high society. Since her husband was successful to start his own business, she felt that it was her right to be treated as a woman of high ranking. Sofía had always told her husband that they should try be more like a family of Bluebloods. However, Adrián would always told that they should be happy where they are right now. As they had warm clothes, delicious food, a beautiful house, and money. They were not in the slums , and their only son Héctor would not have face such hardships that they did.
However, an opportunity soon came by, one that she couldn't never missed. The Flores family was an extremely wealthy family who had good connects and were old money. In fact, they were one of the families that founded Santa Cecilia. The Flores family also had an extremely beautiful daughter named Imelda who was the most beautiful girl in Santa Cecilia with a strong willed young woman with a reputation of scaring any men that tried to count her.
The Flores family had somehow became bankrupted, losing all of their fortunate without a penny to their name. The only way for them from living on the streets was to marry off their daughter. Unfortunately for them, no men in the old money community wanted to marry Imelda despite being the most beautiful girl in town. They all said that didn't want a troublesome girl as their wife.
So when Sofía Rivera prospered a marriage between her Héctor Rivera and their daughter Imelda Flores, they reluctantly agreed to their match. As they were very desperate to their status in society.
When Héctor was told by his mother that he was going to marry Imelda Flores, he thought that she was joking. But his mother was dead serious on the match. Héctor try to tell his father that he wasn't so about the marriage. But the older man said that it was time for Héctor to settle down and start a family now.
This was why Héctor was playing his guitar, playing it gave him relief from the stress of his future marriage to Imelda Flores, who he never actually spoken to.
Just then, a knock on his door gotten his attraction as it pulled him back to reality. Héctor stopped playing and got up from his bed. He went to his door, open it, and saw one the older maids standing in front of him.
"Señor Héctor, your mother had told me to come to you and remind you to get ready for your wedding rehearsal at the Flores Manor today." She said.
"Sí. Gracias. I almost forgotten that the rehearsal was today. Thank you for reminding me." Héctor said with a kind smile on his face.
The maid politely excused herself from his room, probably was going to help his mother with her dress. Héctor sighed as he pulled his hair back. He was already nervous about the actually wedding, the rehearsal was just as nerve wrecking as the real one. Hopefully, Imelda was just as nervous as he is right now.
The Flores Manor
At the Flores Manor, an extremely beautiful young woman was getting ready for something important today. Imelda Flores was getting ready for her wedding rehearsal at her home today. However, she was far from pleased. She was getting married to someone that she never even spoken to. Héctor Rivera was to become her husband tomorrow.
Her parents had arranged the marriage a few days age. Imelda knew that her parents were trying keep their family name from falling from grace, even if they reluctantly arranged her marriage to the son of a new money family.
Although, Imelda had secretly wondered what Héctor was like. Was he a kind person who will treat her with respect? Or was he like any other man that tried to count her only for her beauty. From what she heard from her maids, Héctor often played at Mariachi Plaza with his guitar. According to them and many others, Héctor played beautifully. His music made everybody dance to it. However, her mother said that it was typical of someone like him from new money that still acted a like a commoner. This was why she never interacted with her future husband before, her parents did not want her to be near him. Despite being born into the world of wealth and luxury, Héctor still had commoner's blood in his veins.
But today was the day that she'll finally talked to Héctor for the first time in their entire lives.
Although, Imelda, despite being a strong woman, was a little afraid of marriage. From what she sees from watching her parents, they don't show much affection for each other. All of her life, her mother and father arms length, she had never even seen them kissed before. So it was a little scary for her to behave that way around her husband.
Her beloved childhood maid Lirio was helping her getting ready for the rehearsal. Imelda look at herself on her mirror, and sighed heavily. A painful tightness on her waist pulled from her thoughts and back to reality. Imelda gasps as Lirio pulled on her corset tightly. Honestly, these things were going out of fashion, but her mother said that they help with getting your waist smaller.
Imelda sighed again and look at her maid. "Ay, Lirio. I'm so worried about this marriage. What if Héctor and I don't like each other." She said as Lirio continued to tighten the corset. Just as the older woman was about to something, another voice beat her to it.
"Ay, Mija, is that what you're worried about?"
Imelda turn around to see her parents at her doorway. They were very strict with her, ever since she was a child. Martín and Isabella Flores had always told their daughter to keep with appearance and to not interact with someone below her status. However, since they went bankrupt and with no other men willing to marry her because of her strong will, they had no choice but to allowed a marriage between her and Héctor Rivera.
"Will of course I am, Mamá. I'm marring someone that I've never spoke to before." Imelda said.
"Imelda, tell me, do you think that your mother and I like each other?" Martín ask his only daughter.
Imelda look at her father, and then her mother. "Surely you two do? At least, a little. She said.
Martín sigh.
"Mija, your mother and I tolerant each other. That what marriage means in the aristocrat world." Her father said.
Isabella went up to her daughter and place her hands on her shoulders. "Imelda, remember what your marriage will mean to us. Your marriage to the Rivera boy will keep us from living on the streets. Do this for your family, Mija." Isabella said as she went back to her husband's side. The two left their daughter with Lirio.
Lirio went up to Imelda's ear and whisper. "Pray that your new husband will be a gentleman, Imelda." She said with a gentle smile on her face wrinkled face. Imelda smile back. Lirio had always been more like a mother than her real one.
At Mariachi Plaza
A handsome man was playing at the center of the Plaza. Women were gazing at him with dreamily eyes. He just arrive at Santa Cecilia today. His name was Ernesto de la Cruz.
"Ay, have you heard that the wedding rehearsal is going to be at the Flores Manor today." A man as he walked past Ernesto with a friend.
"Sí. The Flores are extremely rich. The fact that they marring off their daughter to that new money Rivera boy, they must now be loco." His friend.
Ernesto overheard them.
An extremely wealthy family?
A smile appeared on his face. A wicked smile.
"Excuse me, mi amigos. Tell me about this wedding rehearsal that you speak of." Ernesto said as he walk up to the two men.
The two men told him about the Flores family and that they were the richest family in town. They also told him that their daughter Imelda Flores was the most beautiful woman in of all of Santa Cecilia.
Ernesto believe that he found his new familia. Although, he would have to get rid of a certain someone, but that won't be a problem.
So what did you guys think? Tell me in your reviews. If you want to the meaning of the title of the story? You should googled it. But don't spoiled it for others when the ending is here.
P.S. This takes place in 1917