A Different Kind of Magic - The Philosopher's Stone

Author's note

Silver - This is a repair of the rewrite of A Different Kind of Magic book 1, I recently re-read it and so many mistakes, so I decided to rewrite the story, the previous one will remain up till I have caught up to where I got up to. I did look to see that there was a magic school for those in South America, but there is not a lot of information given about the school, I don't feel confident in writing about the culture of Colombia and south America. Also I do not know Spanish, I use google translate. Also I am including that Bruno is Mirabel's father, but due to the vision he had, he hid away to protect Mirabel, even though he swore that he had seen strange events around his daughter.

Loki - Please let us know in the comments/reviews if anything is translated differently and we will get it fixed (only on AO3 as it is easily to get things edited on there).

Silver - Below are pictures of who I can picture being the Encanto characters if they were Live Action. I tried to find the actors and actresses of South America, I think I did well and I know the actor for Bruno is not from South America, but he has the look I wanted for Bruno in this story.

Loki - Also keep in mind that Antonio is not yet born as of the prologue and then he is a baby for most of the story, but when Silver gets up to book 5 and beyond, if any of you know young actors that can be the actor claim, please let us know.

Silver - Also a massive thank you nadasnape (on the other version of this story) for the suggestions and the website (such a massive help).

Loki - Please keep in mind, that some of these are my picks for the characters and also I am trying to find age right for the characters.

Silver - I know that the creators of Encanto have revealed the birthdays of the characters, while I will keep some of them the same, there are only a few that remain how I had them.


THE CAST

Madrigal Family

The LIVE-Action cast (Alongside their cartoon counter part) (pictured version is on AO3)

Alma 'Abuela' Madrigal (Rita Moreno)

Alma is 71 in the first book (Her birthday is the 18th of January (which was my grandmother's birthday))

Pedro Madrigal (Sebastián Yatra)

It was revealed that Pedro was 26 when he was killed at the river.

Julieta Madrigal (Angie Cepeda)

Julieta is the eldest of the tiplets, she is 46 in the first book and the triplets Birthday is the 17th of October

Agustin Madrigal (Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Agustin is married to Julieta, he is 44 years old in the first book and his birthday is on June 19th.

Isabela Madrigal (Auli'i Cravalho)

Isabela is the eldest grandchild of Alma, she is 17/18 in the first book and her birthday is August 7th.

Luisa Madrigal (Tess Romero)

She is currently 15 in the first book and her birthday is on 26th of October

Pepa Madrigal (Catalina Sandino Moreno)

She is the middle triplet, she is married to Felix, she is 46 years and the triplets Birthday is the 17th of October.

Felix Madrigal (Laz Alonso)

He is 49 years old, he is married to Pepa and his birthday is on the 1st of May.

Dolores Madrigal (Madison Reyes) - (I recently rewatched Julie and the Phantoms, I could see Madison as a LIVE Action Dolores)

She is 18 years old, her birthday is on June 26th and she was close to Marlene.

Camilo Madrigal (Tyler Posey) - he is 11 in Maid in Manhattan

He is currently 11, he is born on 12th of April.

Bruno Madrigal (Ben Barnes) - picture his ruana on him

The youngest of the triplets, he is 46 years and the triplets Birthday is the 17th of October.

Marlene Madrigal nee McKinnon (Rachel Weisz)

She was 19 years old when she met Bruno at the river, she was killed by Voldemort when she was 21 and her birthday was 17th of April.

Mirabel Madrigal (Dafne Keen) - picture her with glasses

She is 11 years old and her birthday is on the 17th of July.


Now onto the story

Final author's note

Sliver - Hope you enjoy the beginning, as with all my stories there is a song and for this chapter it is Sisu Returns from Raya the Last Dragon (I love that piece of music).


Casita
Encanto, Colombia
18th of July, 1985
1:30am

A man with shoulder length curly black hair stood in a room surrounded by sand with an emerald glass plate that had an image on it in his hands with a look of shock on his face. This man was Bruno Madrigal and he was gifted with the power of a seer, he created the emerald glass plates that showed the outcome of a vision.

"This... this has not happened before" he muttered to himself tilting the plate slightly left then to the right, where the image changed slightly and he sat down heavily on the sand keeping his eyes on the image.

The image filled Bruno's heart with fear as he sat in the sand, knowing what his family, especially his mother, would do if she saw the emerald plate and he let the emerald glass plate fall into the sand as tears formed in his eyes and he shook his head.

"I... I am going to have to leave in order to protect my daughter... I... oh Marlene... I am so sorry for not being strong enough to protect our daughter... I wish I knew where you were" Bruno cried as he dropped his knees and placed his hands on the sand as tears fell.

Having spent at least an hour trying to calm himself, Bruno wiped away the tears before standing and began to pace. It occurred to Bruno, he knew his mother and everyone else would assume the worst if they saw the emerald vision plate, not even considering tilting it or asking Bruno to explain the vision (they never did anyway), and he paused in his pace.

"I truly can not let mother or anyone find this vision..." Bruno's eyes widen as the fear returned "I.. I am truly going have to leave Casita and even Encanto... I have to leave to protect Mirabel" Bruno muttered to himself before he looked to where the emerald vision plate fell and there looking at him was the vision of Casita in ruins with Mirabel in front of the building.

Bruno looked away from it and took a deep breath before looking back at it. When Bruno picked it up and threw it as hard as he could into the wall, it shattered, causing him to let out a breath as he examined the pieces now lying on the sand. He got back on his knees and then grabbed lumps of sand in order to hide the pieces deep within the sand, hoping that no one dug around to find the pieces.

Bruno sat in the sand taking a deep breath before getting back up to his feet and walked over to the door that led to his bedroom, knowing he would have to hurry to pack his things before his family woke up for the day. Taking a look at his chested drawers, he saw photos that showed him and a woman smiling at each other, their eyes filled with love.

"Marlene, I wish I knew where you were and if you were alright... Mirabel needs you, I need you" Bruno whispered as tears formed in his eyes before he shook his head and got back to packing as he walked over to the chested drawers.

He paused in his packing to look over to the photos one last time before packing them away into a box. Then he went and packed a bag filled with his clothes and a few keepsakes that he wanted to keep with him.

Eventually, he had to leave, so he walked quietly down to the Nursery and opened it quietly. He smiled sadly when he saw his only child curled up in front of a small butterfly plush pillow that Marlene gave her before leaving to wherever she had disappeared, and he walked quietly over to her.

"Good bye mi mariposita, I love you always and forever" Bruno whispered keeping his voice quiet from his niece who had sensitive hearing and also not to wake his daughter.

Once he left the nursery, he went back up to his room and grabbed the bag filled with clothes and small keepsakes. As Bruno closed his room door and he walked quietly to the kitchen and left a note for everyone.

Dear everyone,
I am sorry for leaving like this, but I can no longer stay here... it breaks my heart to do this but I have to leave... please care for my daughter, get her to believe that Julieta and Agustin are her parents... give no mention of me... ban even a mention of me... make me the boogeyman... spread the word to the village... it is better this way... all I ask is please treat Mirabel right, do not cast her out cause she did not get a gift.
Bruno

Bruno folded the letter and placed it on Julieta's plate knowing she and Agustin are the first to wake and get breakfast started. Bruno finally started to walk towards the front door with his heart breaking with every step. However, he paused as the soft sound of Casita moving her tiles to get his attention and he turned to look where Casita wanted him to look and he watched in amazement as Casita revealed a hidden space behind a painting.

"You don't want me to leave, do you?" Bruno whispered to the house and two tiles shook and Bruno looked over to the Nursery, where his daughter slept and he looked back to the painting before he nodded.

Bruno walked up the stairs quietly with Casita's help and slipped in to the hole behind the painting which was closed behind him. Bruno walked down the dusty hallway and found a small hideaway, where he made his new small room and waited for the reaction of his family to his small letter.

His sister Julieta was the first to awaken followed by her husband Agustin then Pepa and Felix walk in. Julieta had walked passed her seat to start getting breakfast ready for everyone and missed seeing the letter, but Felix noticed it.

Bruno panicked seeing Dolores and Isabela enter the kitchen.

"Dolores, please say nothing about me being here... I promise to explain everything to you later on when everyone is out doing their chores" Bruno whispered and he saw the smallest of nods from his second eldest niece.

"Julieta, you missed this" Felix stated as he walked over to Julieta's place at the table and picked up the letter.

"Where is Bruno? And why are Mirabel and Camilo not up yet?" his mother asked entering with Luisa.

"I am letting Mirabel sleep in, just a little bit... last night was hard on her... and Camilo is just about to exit his room" Dolores replied and his mother looked to Dolores in shock., however before his mother could say anything there was a gasp from Julieta, who had tears forming reading the letter.

"Julieta, what's wrong?" his mother asked with worry and walked over to her oldest child.

"Bruno... he... he has... he has run away" Julieta cried dropping the letter to the table as everyone gasped in shock, Agustin moved quick to grab his wife before she fell too hard on the tiled floor and just held her as tears fell from her eyes, while Felix held Pepa close to him rubbing her back uncaring of the rain falling on him.

His mother went and grabbed the letter from the table and read it out loud, which caused his sobrinas and sobrino to gasp out in shock.

"Then... then we shall do... do as he asks..." his mother turned to look at Dolores "Dolores... can... can you hear him at all around the Encanto?" his mother asked calmly with her voice breaking and Dolores shook her head.

"I am sorry Abuela, but I can not hear him" Dolores replied and Alma sighed heavily leaning on her chair slightly before she straighten her back.

"Then we shall do as he asks... it... I know it hurts, but Bruno... he has asked this of us... to make him the boogeyman" Alma said with her heart hurting and everyone nodded with tears in their eyes.

Everyone watched as Alma left the kitchen with the letter in hand and went upstairs.

"Felix, Agustin... could you head down to the village and inform them that we are having a day of just family... also spread the word of Bruno leaving and his wishes for the rumours about him to spread" Julieta stated and the two men agreed leaving for the village.

"Julieta, I will take the Children outside... you take all the time you need to get breakfast sorted" Pepa stated surprising Bruno and he watched as his sisters hugged.

As the hours ticked by, Bruno saw Dolores coming back from whatever Pepa had her doing and Bruno went to the portrait where he entered.

"Dolores... thank you for not telling anyone that I was still here" Bruno said as Dolores climbed through the portrait and hugging Bruno.

"You are welcome, Tio Bruno... but now please answer me... Why do you hide, Tio Bruno? Why leave that note?" Dolores asked with a soft voice and Bruno bit his lip before sighing.

"Dolores... is there anyone else around that could hear us or come into Casita?" Bruno asked his sobrina and he saw Dolores close her eyes which he knew was her way of finding exactly where the family was.

Bruno's thought briefly turned to his missing wife and how she was the closet out of everyone to Dolores. She had taught Dolores many tricks on how to control her gift, to not see it as a curse and he knew that Dolores greatly missed her aunt. There was also a small part of him that wondered what else there was to Marlene's past that she never told him and he knew there was missing bits of history.

"No... all of them are down in the village, Agustin has Mirabel and Camilo with him" Dolores replied and Bruno sighed with relief.

"That is good to hear, how did you get away from Abuela?" Bruno asked curious and Dolores crossed her arms with a raise of her eyebrow.

"You promised answers, so I told Abuela that I needed a small break in my room and she agreed?" Dolores answered calmly with a look that reminded Bruno so much of Marlene that he smiled at Dolores.

"You have really copied Marlene's 'I'm Waiting' face there, she would be so proud that you got that down..." Dolores twitched the corner of her lip and Bruno chuckled "alright, alright, answers... well the first thing is that I will not tell you the vision I had..." Dolores looked shocked "I will tell you that I only left to protect Mirabel... so please for me get Mirabel to believe Julieta and Agustin are her... her parents" Bruno looking away and Dolores hugged Bruno again which had him rubbing her back "I will be okay, I just... at least I can watch over her even if it behind a wall" Bruno whispered closing his eyes hugging Dolores and he felt tiny bits of water on his neck.

"Tio... I... I am sorry... but please tell me what you saw... so you do not have to shoulder the burden by yourself" Dolores whispered before letting Bruno go and looked into his eyes.

"Hey, none of that... I was given that vision for a reason and till it is clear to me, then I will remain hidden" Bruno told her softly and Dolores sighed before she nodded.

"I will visit you whenever I want and can" Dolores stated firmly and Bruno chuckled.

"Mi querida sobrina... of course, you can visit me and I will only say that there are two futures with Mirabel, I could not let Abuela see them... she would have only seen the bad outcome" Bruno explained sadly and Dolores looked towards the village.

"I will keep your secret... is there anything else?" Dolores replied and Bruno felt tears form in his eyes.

"Just protect her... keep her safe... keep her happy" Bruno whispered as tears fell and Dolores felt tears form in her eyes as well.

"Te lo prometo tio Bruno " Dolores told him and he gave her a hug before he sent her off and he leaned against the wall wishing for his wife by his side.

That following week, everyone made sure never to mention Bruno or that Mirabel was his child, while Bruno watched his daughter become confused and unsure of herself.

"I will always watch over you, Mirabel... mi mariposita" Bruno whispered a tear fell and he looked away and went back to his chair with only the company of rats.


6 years later

Casita
Encanto, Colombia
20th of July, 1991
7:15am

There was a strange sight of an owl flying over the mountain that surrounded Encanto as the sun rose for another beautiful day and headed straight for the Madrigal home, where the residents were setting up for breakfast. There were 10 people and a baby seated around a long table.

"Hm..." Dolores squeaked hearing the soft hooting coming closer and she frowned tilting her head "strange... there is an owl flying this way and it does not sound like a local species of owl" Dolores muttered just loud enough for her mother to hear as she looked towards the sky with a frown trying to find the owl.

"That is strange... " Pepa replied with a thoughtful look, before she looked to her eldest and only daughter, however before she tell her mother about what Dolores heard, there was a soft crack in the air that echoed in the air which had caused Dolores to squeak in fright and stand in alarm which had Alma standing up as well.

"What was that?" Alma asked her second eldest granddaughter and before Dolores could reply, everyone saw that a tall, rather severe-looking woman with black hair in a tight bun and wearing an emerald dress walked out from the right hand side of Casita's front yard.

"Oh dear, I didn't realise you would be eating outside... are you all family?" the woman asked looking to each member and Alma looked at her with a slight glare.

"Who are you first? Barraging onto my property" Alma demanded as Pepa handed Antonio over to Felix and the woman stood up straighter looking into Alma's eyes.

"My name is Minerva McGonagall, please answer my question of are you all family?" Minerva stated calmly and the Madrigals looked uncertain.

"We are family..." Mirabel tilted her head "why do you ask?" Mirabel answered followed by a question which had Alma glare towards her youngest granddaughter, who ignored the glare keeping her eyes on this Minerva McGonagall, who looked towards her with a kind smile.

"Are you Mirabel Madrigal?" Minerva asked softly and Mirabel nodded looking confused.

"I am" Mirabel answered and no one saw that Dolores glanced quickly to Casita, she knew that her tio would be confused seeing a strange woman near his daughter and Dolores hoped that the family and this Minerva moved into Casita so her tio could hear whatever this Minerva wanted with Mirabel.

"Who are you parents?" Minerva asked which drew Dolores eyes back to her as her Tia Julieta stepped forward with Tio Agustin just behind her.

"I am, my name is Julieta and this is my husband Agustin..." Julieta stated and Minerva nodded.

"Is there somewhere private that we can go and chat, so we are not overheard by others of this village" Minerva asked glancing around the garden and towards the village before looking back to Julieta, however before Julieta could say anything Alma took a step forward.

"What you have to say will be heard by the whole family, there are no secrets in my family..." Minerva looked to her "why are you here stranger?" Alma demanded once again and Minerva raise an eyebrow at the demanding Alma.

"As I stated, I wish for us to go somewhere private and I can explain everything to you, so could we go into the home so we can talk without others of the village hearing" Minerva asked kindly yet with a firm voice and Alma nodded still with distrusting eyes.

Soon everyone filed into the house as Mirabel was shielded by Isabela and Luisa. However, as soon as Dolores entered Casita, she heard her tio moving closer to the lounge area and she glanced quickly to the wall once Bruno stopped walking.

"Dolores, who is that?" Bruno asked quietly watching from a near by gap and Dolores glanced slightly to show she was listening to him with a small tilt of her head to tell him to listen.

"So why are you here? Strangers do not come to Encanto nor are they welcome" Alma stated crossing her arms and the family sat down in the different chairs.

"I am here to deliver this for Mirabel Madrigal..." Minerva handed a strange looking letter to Mirabel who frowned "you are a witch, Miss Madrigal" Minerva stated as Mirabel looked shocked at the blunt news as was everyone else.

Dolores heard her uncle drop heavily into to his knees and she could hear him mutter.

"How could I have forgotten what Marlene told me, I know she promised to explain when she returned, but she never did... oh I knew Mirabel had a gift of something yet not from the candle... her gift is the same as Marlene... just not a gift that mama would have expected... " Bruno sighed heavily "Dolores, don't alert anyone, I... I am going to come out... I need to help support my daughter in this reveal" Bruno whispered softly and Dolores swallowed as she heard walking through the narrow hallways behind the walls.

"The gift ceremony..." Alma started and Dolores swallowed hearing her tio get closer and she knew family would shout in shock as Bruno chose to appear, she wanted to go back to her room and protect her ears.

"Did not work cause she already had a power within, which got got from her mother..." everyone shot to their feet in surprise at hearing the new voice and turned to see Bruno standing there in the doorway looking slightly awkward "I always had a feeling deep within that Mirabel would not get a gift from the candle due to well what her mother told me" Bruno decided not to say Marlene's name for it still hurt him deeply that she left him and he saw that his mother, siblings and brothers in law looked incredulous at seeing him again, while his sobrinas and sobrino were just gaping at him, apart from Dolores who looked at him with a small proud smile and then he glanced to see his daughter's reaction and he saw there were tears falling from her eyes as she stood in shock.

"Brunito?" Abuela whispered in shock as her eyes widen as tears started to form as she watched her son step forward looking at McGonagall.

"Madam, I am Mirabel's father and I am here to support my daughter" Bruno stated calmly that shook Mirabel from her shock for she ran forward to the shock of everyone and jumped at Bruno, who caught her.

"Papa... you're here" Mirabel cried into Bruno's shoulder as he hugged her close kissing the top of her head.

"I am so sorry, Mira... I am so sorry I left" Bruno whispered as he kissed his daughter's head again and held her in his arms.

"Where did you come from? How did you know to come here now?" Minerva asked with her eyes narrowing and Bruno looked at her then slightly to the family.

"I have been hiding in the walls..." the family looked to Dolores "do not blame Dolores about keeping it a secret..." Bruno looked back to Minerva "I have been in the walls for six years... the family history is a bit long, just know that my family and I are special... a different special to being a witch or wizard..." Bruno remembered Marlene telling him the difference between the genders "everyone apart from my mother and Antonio..." Bruno nodding his his to the little baby "have different gifts and now I know Mirabel has magic that she got from her mother" Bruno said with a soft smile looking to Mirabel who was still hugging him.

"Gifts?" Minerva asked with an eyebrow raise and Alma sighed with a small glare to Bruno.

"46 years ago, my husband gave his life to protect mine and our children... his sacrifice blessed this valley and gave us a home... when my children Julieta, Pepa and Bruno were 5, they were given a power..." Alma explained her story which Minerva looked amazed at and then Alma looked to her two daughters and their children "Julieta, Pepa, could you introduce yourselves and your family?" Alma requested and the two nodded still in shock about Bruno returning.

"I introduced myself and my husband outside, these are our daughters Isabela and Luisa... my gift that I can heal with food, pretty much anything but mental health, genetic ailments and of course death... while Agustin and Felix do not have a gift" Julieta said as her two daughters nodded their heads at Minerva and Minerva looked impressed at the gift.

"Nothing can cure death for it is a part of life" Minerva said and everyone nodded in agreement.

"I... I can... Bruno?" Pepa whispered still in shock at seeing her little brother and Bruno put Mirabel down, knowing that his sisters wanted to hug him and once Mirabel was on the ground with Dolores coming over to her and whispering softly to her.

Julieta and Pepa ran to him hugging him close, which he welcome missing their hugs and Minerva was shocked to see a small cloud form above the triplets and rain started on them.

"I am Pepa's husband, Felix and she can control the weather through her emotions, while these are our children Dolores, Camilo and this is Antonio" Felix explained smiling at the triplet reunion, then smiling at his children and Minerva looked impressed before a worried look came over her face.

"That would be a hard gift to have" Minerva stated as the triplets released their hug and Pepa looked at her.

"It can be" Pepa replied still in shock and Bruno rubbed her shoulders before looking to Minerva and giving a sigh.

"And I can see the future and created emerald plates that show the outcome just not how it gets to that point" Bruno stated calmly as Mirabel hugged her father and Minerva raised an eyebrow at Bruno's gift.

"How may I ask, do you see the future?" Minerva asked with a bit of a scoff which got Dolores to give her a slight glare and Bruno tilted his head.

"I use a mix of sand and fire that helps form the emerald plates, maybe later I can show you if you wish, but I should inform you that I have not used my gift in 6 years... due to seeing something that involved my daughter..." Bruno looked Mirabel "I decided I needed to protect her due to how many in the village see me as bad luck Bruno, I knew I had to go away and hide for Mirabel's safety" Bruno explained softly and Minerva saw the family but one looked surprise which caused Pepa to gasp in shock and glance towards Dolores.

"Dolores... you knew he was here" Pepa whispered seeing her daughter's face and Bruno looked at his sister.

"Pepa, please don't be angry at her.. be angry at me for asking her to keep it to herself" Bruno stated as Mirabel looked at her father with shock and then to Dolores with tears forming in her eyes.

Then before anyone could stop her, Mirabel ran up the stairs and Bruno looked to his family.

"Go Bruno... you best tell her everything" Julieta stated and Bruno nodded as she followed his daughter up the stairs.

"She hates me for keeping her father's secret" Dolores whispered and Isabela ran over to hug her prima.

"Give her time, Dolores" Felix told his daughter, who looked up the stairs with a sad look and Julieta looked around the room.

"Would anyone like a cup of tea, while we wait for Bruno and Mirabel to return?" Julieta asked and everyone nodded.

"Just a black tea, please" Minerva told Julieta who nodded and left the room.


Silver - I hope you all like the repaired chapter, the first version had 1,978 words, then the rewrite had 3,834 and now this version which is over the rewrite has 5,053 words.

Loki - The current four chapters are getting repaired slightly, but once those are up, please be patiant about new chapters and do not bug us about it nor post comments on other stories about this story cause you only want this story updated. Please support Silver's other works, that is all I am asking.

Spanish to English (Please let me know if I got any Spanish wrong)

Mi mariposita - My little butterfly

Mi querida sobrina - My dear niece

Sobrina - Niece

Sobrino - Nephew

Tio - Uncle

Tia - Aunt

Te lo prometo tio Bruno - I promise you Uncle Bruno

Prima - female cousin

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