"this is my fa-" Mirabel stopped singing when she saw her sister's room. the large bed in the center of the room was empty and all the flowers were wilting except a lone pair of roses, one white and one dark pink. it had been five days since Antonio's gift ceremony, since he had gotten the ability to talk to animals.
"guys! Isabella's missing!" Mirabel yelled, running out of Isabella's room.
"what!?" Alma said, coming out of her own room.
"I was just singing my normal song but when I came into Isabella's room her bed was empty and all of the flowers were wilting!" Mirabel explained.
"what did you do!?" Alma yelled, accusing Mirabel of whatever happened.
"nothing! I was in my room all night and only came into her room a minute ago!" Mirabel replied.
"I know you had something to do with Isabella's disappearance, so what did you do!?" Alma yelled, repeating her question.
"nothing!" Mirabel cried out.
Alma flinched as she felt a wave of wind flow past her.
"stop fighting, we need to focus on finding Isabella!" Julieta told them.
as everyone scrambled to get ready to go search for Isabella, Alma walked up to a nervous Mirabel.
"you stay here, we don't want you messing anything else up" she told her before walking away to aid in the search.
"yes abuela" Mirabel muttered under her breath, leaning on the railing.
Mirabel walked through the forest, having decided to help in the search anyways.
"Isabella?" Mirabel nervously said, her voice echoing through the trees.
she clutched onto the strap of her bag tighter as she walked.
"la, la, la la la" a young male voice called from the far distance. it was so far away Mirabel barely heard it.
she ran towards the mountains, the voice slowly getting closer.
"la, la, la la la" the voice was almost like if you mixed a soft male voice with a gentle female voice.
"hello?" Mirabel yelled into the mountain.
the singing stopped, silence reining over the area.
the ground suddenly began to shake violently.
the sound of birds loudly tweaking as they flew away could be heard.
a giant vine pierced through the mountain, smashing a humongous hole into the mountain.
it barely missed Mirabel, slicing half a lock of her hair off her head as she ducked.
when the vine pulled away into the other side of the mountain, Mirabel saw who created it. a boy only about a year younger than her. his eyes were only green, his scruffy short hair the same color. he wore a simple dark green robe with darkish green vine patterns, a hoodless see-through bright green cloak with light green flower patterns and dark green ballet shoes. he also had bright green fur all over his arms and legs, which were barely visible under his clothing.
the fur vanished up his arms and legs as he fell to the ground exhausted.
"are you okay?" Mirabel asked, rushing through the cracked hole.
he opened his eyes to reveal they were now completely normal, the only remains of the green being in his irises.
"sorry if I almost hit you, I can't use the ground to sense where people are like my friend Topaz" the boy gasped.
"how did you do that?" Mirabel questioned as she helped him up.
"I'm the life elemental, that means I can control plants" the boy told her as he got to his feet.
"if life elementals can control plants, does that mean my sisters one too?" Mirabel asked him.
"that's not possible, there can only be one life elemental at a time! can she talk to animals?" he told her, shocked at her words.
"no, but my younger cousin can" Mirabel replied, confused.
"neither of them are life elementals then, all life elemental have both abilities" the boy explained.
"what's your name?" Mirabel questioned, changing the topic.
"Amon" he replied with a smile.
"I'm Mirabel" she said, returning the smile.
"how does your family have powers?" Amon asked, fiddling with the trim of his robe.
"their called gifts, they get them from the candle" Mirabel explained.
Amon smashed his fist into his palm, causing flowers to burst out from the dirt around him.
"like Mirissa! the gift-giving spirit!" Amon exclaimed.
"excuse me?" Mirabel wondered aloud.
"I don't know much about Mirissa, only that shes the gift-giving spirit. but shes said to be the shortest spirit. she also has the ability to give mortals a single power" Amon explained to Mirabel.
"that does sound like the miracle" Mirabel replied.
"oh my Allah" Amon muttered, starring at Mirabels hair.
"what? is something wrong with my hair? a bit of it did get chopped off by that vine of yours" Mirabel said, beginning to get uncomfortable at his starring.
"your the air elemental!" Amon yelled, pointing at her hair.
"what!?" she cried.
"the air elemental has the ability to 'control the air to their hearts desire'! this is awesome!" Amon cheered.
"is that why I don't have a gift!?" Mirabel shrieked, her hair and eyes now a silver color.
"Mirissa is said to have no effect on the elementals, it would explain it" Amon told her with a smile, rolling a pile of leaves he had created him his hands into the shape of a tennis ball.
"what are the others going to think!? I can't go home looking like this! first Isabella disappears and now I'm an elemental!? oh, abuela's going to be so mad!" Mirabel rambled while Amon began tossing the leaf ball between his hands.
"you can only be born an elemental, not become one" Amon corrected.
"a little help here!?" Mirabel replied.
"calm down, all elementals have the power to disguise themselves as normal humans" Amon said, throwing the leaf ball behind him.
"just take a deep breath and focus on what your hair and eyes looked before they turned their current color" Amon continued.
Mirabel took a deep breath, closed her eyes and focused on what she was used to looking like.
in less than a few seconds, her hair was black and her eyes were hazel once more.
"you did it!" Amon said, gently punching her in the shoulder.
"ow! hey!" she said, the air around her moving in time with her body.
"just a warning, the air around you will still react to your emotions. just like how the plants around me still react to mine when I'm in 'human form'. make sure to pay attention to the area around you too. if you get too emotional you could turn back into your 'normal form' again" Amon explained.
"that just makes it sound like I have my tia Pepa's gift. I won't get so emotional my hair and eyes will change color again" Mirabel replied.
"it was nice meeting you, and thanks for the help! bye!" Mirabel excitedly said as she began walking through the hole in the mountain.
"wdạʿạ!" Amon replied as she disappeared back into the valley.