Hey everyone! Here's a chapter where Mateo talks to Carla. Enjoy!
Work in progress.
It had been weeks after the funeral, Elena knew he needed to talk to Mateo about Carla he was not going like it but she had to reason with him.
Elena knocked on Mateo's wizard quarters door.
"Oh. Hey Elena, did you need something?" said Mateo.
"Mateo I need to talk to you." Elena sighed
"What is it?" said Mateo
"You need to sit down for this." Elena advised.
Elena breathed deeply and told Mateo what was going on
"I've been talking to Carla lately and recently we've talked about you and your grandfather" said Elena.
"My Grandfather?" asked Mateo.
"Si, she said she was sorry for what happened to your abuelo." said Elena.
"She did?" Mateo asked.
And about the Rita incident." Elena added.
Mateo was surprised to her hear its, why would she even mention her grandfather? He couldn't believe it, he can't believe someone like Carla would say something like that.
"If she said that,then she has some nerve! That's my grandfather she's talking about, and I don't take that very lightly." Mateo was angry and hurt.
"Mateo, ever since her mom betrayed her, she's been remorseful." Elena reasoned.
"Well, what if it's just another trick to mess with me like she did when she was Rita?" Mateo stated.
"I'm sure she won't do it again, she's learned from that." Elena assured.
"Elena, she made a fool out of me, I let her steal the potion to free one of my grandfathers greatest enemies, Fiero." said Mateo
Elena understood how he felt. "I know what she did was deceitful, but people can change."
"I'm just not sure if Carla is one of those people Elena." said Mateo.
"Just talk to her, hear her out." Elena calmly offered. "She may not be as bad as you think."
Mateo knew Elena well enough to know she is always certain on what she talks about. He might put Elena's words into consideration. "I'll think about it." he said.
"Trust me, she really is sorry." Elena said as she left Mateo's room.
Mateo was afraid, he didn't want to be the gullible wizard who gets tricked as he was before, as a royal wizard he had to be on his toes and be prepared for anything even if it means talking to Carla and listening what she has to say then that's a chance he'll have to take.
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Mateo walked down to the dungeon to meet Carla face to face.
"Carla." said Mateo.
"Mateo?" Carla was surprised to see him
"Wow, You finally got my name right." Mateo was surprised.
"I've been practicing." Carla chuckled nervously.
"Elena told me about what you said" said Mateo.
"About what?" asked Carla.
"That you're sorry about my grandfather." said Mateo.
"Oh yeah, I did." said Carla
"Did you really mean it?" asked Mateo.
That was a hard question for Carla to answer.
"Look, I'm not known be a sentimental person. but I'm really am sorry, I know what it's like to lose a family member." Carla said sadly
"Point taken" said Mateo. He remembered that Carla lost her father to Ash by turning him into stone.
"Elena has told me all about Alacazzar how he was good wise and always willing to protect the royal family and the kingdom of avalor with his life, I would've liked to have met him. Of course that wouldn't make a difference since I'm a malvago." Carla felt unworthy to even mention his name.
As Mateo listened to Carla she sounded honest and sincere, which is something he didn't expect from her due to her previous nature, he thought about what would Alacazzar say to Carla if she were hurting.
"I'm sure he would understand, Mateo smiled. "I also know if he were here he would say that you have so much potential in you to be a wizard."
"But I practice dark magic." said Carla
"One of the best things about abuelo is that he looks inside the the heart of a wizard." said Mateo.
"Good to know." Carla smiled.
Mateo smiled a little as he knew that his advice helped Carla. He felt a little bad for not hearing her out, he should've known that she was hurting since after what happened with her mom.
"Listen, I'm sorry for what happened to your father." said Mateo. "I have the potion to reverse the spell but..."
"I know, I have to earn it." Carla said sadly.
Mateo felt some symapthy for Carla. "What your mom did to Victor was pure evil."
"I always knew she was evil, I just never thought she truly evil enough to pull something like this, and I was too dumb and immature to not see it." Carla hated herself for admitting it.
Mateo opened his heart out to Carla as he offered her more wisdom that he can think of.
"We've been through a lot lately. "We've faced darkness in our kingdom, Elena is still healing through the process of betrayal from her cousin Esteban, and we've lost loved ones in our lives. It just hurts so much all of us, but I think pain is what makes us stronger, it's like a motivation that builds us up. When we look back at our past remember what hurts us, we can learn from these painful moments to transform us into something better."
"I don't know, if I can can be better." Carla doubted herself.
"I think you can, you just have to believe the magic within you." Mateo encouraged.
Carla actually felt better talking to Mateo.
"I never thought you'd actually would talk to me, especially after the whole Rita thing." Carla said nervously.
"Well, I don't if I could get over that." Mateo stated. "But, I forgive you."
Carla was surprised. "You forgive me?"
"Of course, I believe everyone deserves a second chance." said Mateo.
"Thank you." Carla smiled. "If anything, I did think you were kinda cute when I was Rita."
Mateo's face turn red at an instant. he never been called "cute" by any girl, hoping Elena would call him that. "Well then, you'd be the first." he as he shrugged of his shyness.
"It was good talking to you Carla." As he was about to leave Carla called out to him to say one more thing.
"Mateo!"
Mateo turned around.
"For the record, I think you are a great wizard." said Carla.
"Thanks." Mateo smiled.
Mateo felt a little better when he talked to Carla. As he left the dungeon, he realized that she was no longer the villainous person she once was, If Elena sees some good in her, then maybe he can see some good in her too.
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