A/n: I hope y'all are having an amazing week so far! If not I'm so sorry and I hope it gets better for you! Let's get started with this chapter now! Also bear in mind that I might not be accurate with some Spanish phrases, for example in the last chapter Abuela said to Abuelo "Te amo… mi amor… te extrañare… mucho" Which I'm pretty sure translates to "I love you… my love… I'll miss you… so much…" Please correct me if I'm wrong! If I'm wrong I'll fix it as soon as I can. Ok now we can get started!
Abuela has a look of panic on her face, she starts coughing and she falls to her knees. Mariana is panicking since she has no idea what to do. "Tia Julietta?!" She calls out panic laced all through her voice.
Julietta comes rushing in. "What's…. wrong….?!" She asks while breathing heavily. Abuela's eyes glaze over and she collapses to the ground (Bet y'all weren't expecting someone to die right away were y'all?). "Mama…!" Julietta runs up to her mother and niece frantically. Mariana starts to cry and Julieta hugs her. Bruno, Pepa, and Felix come running in to see Abuela on the ground, getting paler and paler by the second and Julieta and Mariana hugging and crying. Mariana notices her tia, tio, and papa come in and she runs over to Bruno, throwing herself into him. "P-papa… I think I might've killed Abuela…" Mariana cries into her father's ruana (Is that what it's called? Idk just correct me and I'll change it if it's wrong ). Everyone's eyes widen at the young girl's statement. "Mija, why do you think you killed Abuela…?" Bruno asks as he rubs Mariana's cheek. "As s-soon as I c-come b-back… a-and let her s-say g-goodbye to Abuelo… she im-immediately d-dies…" Everyone's faces soften up. "Querida, that was just a coincidence… That had absolutely nothing to do with you…" Bruno continues to wipe the stray tears of his daughter's cheeks and he smiles at her albeit sadly but it did help her feel a bit better.
When the rest of the family found out about Abuela's death they were all really sad, the only one who was seemingly unaffected was Luisa. Although she knows not to carry too much and to hide her pain, sometimes she forgets and will go back to the way she used to be. "Luisa… are you ok…? It's your turn to say goodbye to Abuela… you might wanna be quick, Mariana's energy drains if she uses her power for too long… I think she might almost be at her breaking point, you may have to wait until tomorrow to see her." Luisa sighs at her talkative sister, Mirabel. Instead of letting out her emotions though, she just smiles and pretends to be ok. "Tell Mari she can rest, I'll just say goodbye to Abuela tomorrow." Mirabel smiles at her sister sadly and nods her head. "Ok I'll tell her…" She walks into Mariana's room only to see her passed out on the floor (Geez I need to chill). Mirabel smiles and chuckles softly.'I guess she reached her limit…' She picks up Mariana and puts her on her bed and waits for her to wake up so Julieta can make some arepas for her so she can fully regain her energy.
After a few days Mariana still hasn't woken up yet and Bruno and Camilo are starting to get worried. All of them are worried of course but Bruno and Camilo are especially (Chameleon boi and Mari are EXTREMELY close like they can read each other like books, they know literally everything about each other, and they just have this absolutely adorable relationship, sometimes they flirt with each other but it's only playfully, purely platonic). Camilo walks into Mariana's room to see if she had woken up yet only to be faced with the disappointment of her still being asleep. He goes over to her bed and he brushes some hair out of her face. "C'mon wake up already, Hermosa!" (Hermosa=Beautiful)Camilo whispers with a slight frustration being evident in his voice, face, and body language. He's mostly worried about her though, I mean the poor kid hasn't gotten to see his best friend in a year and when she finally comes back she ends up passing out for 3 days?! I mean c'mon!
Ever since Abuela died 3 days ago, Encanto has had a very dreary and gloomy aura. The people have been waiting for a hurricane from Pepa and it finally starts. Luckily no one was too terribly injured, no deaths, just small injuries. While Camilo has been spending every second he can with Mariana, Bruno has been sulking in his room only visiting her occasionally. He definitely wants to see her more but he just doesn't want to see her that way, y'know not being able to talk to her and all.
While Camilo is with Mariana he tells her about what's been going on and stuff. He also knows that she thinks Abuela's death was her fault so he ends up spending most of his visits telling her that Abuela's death wasn't her fault. While he's talking to her he doesn't notice her start to slowly open her eyes. "Camilo…?" Mariana says in a soft slightly raspy voice. Camilo looks over at her but he has to do a double take to make sure he isn't dreaming. "W-what happened…?" She asks while rubbing her eyes. When he finally processes that she's awake his eyes well up with tears and he hugs her so tightly, almost as if he were to let go she'd disappear and leave him again. Her eyes go wide and she starts crying too, she melts into the hug while gripping onto her primo's ruana. "C-Camilo…?" Mariana tries to get the boy's attention and he hums in response. "Do you mind explaining to me what happened…?" The young girl asks cautiously, not wanting to cause her primo to cry again.
~Time skip to after he explains cause I'm lazy lol~
When he gets done explaining the storm outside suddenly gets worse. "How did I not notice the storm…?" Mariana asks with her voice wavering slightly and her grip on Camilo's ruana getting even tighter. Camilo immediately remembers Mariana's fear of thunderstorms and wonders how she lasted so long when living with his mother. "It's ok Mari… do you want me to stay here or do I need to go calm down Mama…?" He asks while rubbing small circles into her back with one hand and rubbing her cheek with the other. Another loud crash of thunder and Mariana immediately starts to shake and she buries her face into his chest and he has his answer, Go calm down Pepa and bring Mariana with him. He gently but effortlessly lifts her up to take her out of her room. "C'mon Mari… let's go calm down mama and show her you're ok.."
Camilo and Mariana go out to see a frantic Pepa pacing and Felix trying to calm her down but obviously failing. Bruno is curled in a corner being sad with his rats, there are cacti and other various plants that Isabela made all over the place, Luisa is crying with Bruno and Isabela in the corner, and Mirabel is trying to help them feel better. Then you've got Augustine being his accident prone self, being covered with bee stings and other various injuries and Julietta making arepas for everyone.
A/n: I'm gonna just end the chapter right here. I hope y'all liked it! This one was kind of an angsty one!Like I said, if I make any errors with the Spanish just correct me and I'll fix it as soon as I can! I hope y'all have an amazing rest of your week!
