Dolores was taking deep breaths as she was making her way back to Casita; it was getting dinner time and she finally decided to tell Alma and the family the idea that she had for finding where Mirabel had gone. It wouldn't be easy as it would involve her having to admit a secret that she had been keeping for far longer than she should have.
Keeping secrets was always a hard part of her Gift but this was a big one.
She sat down with her brothers at the table with them both being depressed but it was nothing compared to their Tia Julieta as she put down the plates for everyone gathered there. Dolores took one last deep breath and looked to the wall and thought to herself "You can do this Dolores... Sorry Tio Bruno but this is for Mirabel..." Dolores thought in her head. "Abuela... You know Tio Bruno?" Dolores asked speaking up with wide eyes on her.
"Dolores dear; please... Thinking about Mirabel being missing is hard enough on us all and it would do us well not to bring up the other family member not with us..." Pepa lightly chided her daughter trying not to cause a storm at the reminder of her missing brother.
"I just want to say... Hypothetically... What if he wasn't as far away as you all thought... If he never left..." Dolores asked with eyes staying on her listening intently.
"Like if he has been hiding in the Encanto?" Luisa asked wondering where Dolores was heading with this but Dolores looked sheepish.
"Try much closer... Like in the walls..." Dolores forced herself to speak and there were wide eyes and a gasp coming from the walls much to their shock. "Okay: Tio Bruno has been living in the walls all this time! I hear him every day!" Dolores admitted out loud; on one hand it felt good to finally let it off her chance but on the other: the looks she was getting and the cloud over her mother's head and she just gave a weak smile.
"You have known all this time Dolores?" asked Alma shocked as Dolores gulped as she hoped that Alma wouldn't be angry with her.
"Sorry Abuela but I figured that he had his reasons and I didn't think that it was my place to bring it up... But I realised that if he made a vision then we can see what happened to Mirabel and so I felt like I had to bring it up now..." Dolores sighed as Alma paused.
"Another vision being asked of him about Mirabel..." Alma muttered with confused looks form the family but she took a deep breath. "Dolores; you think that you can direct us to where we can find him?" Alma asked and Dolores nodded; the elder head of the Madrigal family hoped that this could to all the answers that they need.
"...You had us all worried Jasmine; what if something happened!" chided the Sultan of Agrabah in the fancy palace of Agrabah which was beyond anything that Mirabel, Ahmed & Shirrin had ever seen. The three just watched as Jasmine shook her head with her arms folded taking her father's scolding and Mirabel was surprised to see that Jasmine's father was this short aged man.
"I am sorry for worrying you father but I didn't want to be kept caged in like this. Besides Mirabel found me and gave me shelter with her friends; never knew who I truly was if you want to accuse them of me being kept prisoner." Jasmine put back and Mirabel had her eyes widened at the not backing down attitude that Jasmine had in talking with her father.
Mirabel, Shirrin & Ahmed heard the sounds of paws on the ground and their eyes widened when they saw an actual tiger coming towards. "IS THAT A TIGER! BACK OFF, I AM WARNING YOU! MY SISTER CAN MOVE BUILDINGS NO SWEAT!" Mirabel shouted in fear getting everyone's attention as she put the two young children behind her and tried to get them away.
"Don't worry... Rajah is friendly." Jasmine smiled walking towards the tiger and Mirabel's eyes widened as Rajah happily purred as if he was a normal cat. "Come on and give him a clap." Jasmine encouraged them and Mirabel's mouth was wide open at this.
"You want us... To put our hands onto... The tiger?" Mirabel asked in disbelief but Jasmine looked more encouragingly as she chuckled behind her free hand. The two children went closer to pat his back and Mirabel slowly walked over to him and patted him on the head but Rajah smiled at her while Mirabel just expected him to attack.
"He is an excellent judge of character." Jasmine told Mirabel as the Sultan smiled walking up to Mirabel who instantly did her best to bow.
"You must be the musician from outside the Kingdom that I heard about... Mirabel, isn't it?" the Sultan asked and Mirabel nodded as Sultan took her hands to shake. "I give you all the thanks in the world for helping out my daughter; let me have a feast arranged for you and your friends as the guests of honour!" the Sultan asked and Mirabel did feel hungry.
"If you insist; you're highness..." Mirabel said as the Sultan had the guards show them to a guest room while a tall figure in a black and dark red cloak with a goatee and a diamond encrusted golden snake's staff looked at Mirabel in intrigue.
Sorry for the long wait; have you seen that new trailer for the next Disney animated feature Wish? Definitely a must see for me with the incredible animation and the song so far from what we hear in the trailer: it sounds like it's destined to be the next big banger in Disney animated songs.
