hearth ˚↠ camilo madrigal

Chapter 1: A New Gift

• (y/n) - your name

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It was supposed to be a special day.

Your best friend's special day.

The day where she gets her gift to help her family and the town.

Yet you ended up going home with something you never expected you'd get;

A gift of your own,

or should you say... a curse?

Let's start from the very beginning.

You were a mere four year old child when you became friends with one of the Madrigals. The Madrigals were the most important people of the village since they possessed powers of their own; in this case, they called them gifts.

You never knew how the story went on how and when the Madrigals managed to get gifts since your parents never really told you about it before when you were little, but even then, you always idolized them when they walked to the town everyday and watched them use their magic.

You especially liked Isabela's gift - the way she can just grow beautiful flowers with a wave of her hand always made you smile. Even seeing Luisa lift up heavy buildings with ease made you wonder how strong she really is.

Every morning, you'd go outside of your home and sit nearby just to see them all do wonderful things with their gifts. You even thought that maybe you could even have one of your own!

It would be nice to help everyone in the town with your gift. You could fly through the skies and deliver things in case anyone was too busy to do so, or maybe you could even read people's minds!

The possibilities were endless when it came to fantasizing about what gift you were getting when you were five years old. While you weren't a Madrigal, you still wished that you could have one. Your parents just knew that you'd cry if you realized that you can't have one if you weren't a part of their family.

Still, out of all the Madrigals who came to the village everyday, there was this one child who looked like he was more than happy to mess around with other people with pranks that he might've hidden under his sleeve. You couldn't seem to take his eyes off of him whenever he's in your line of sight.

He doesn't look like he's using his gift, so you assumed that he was also the same age as you are, along with the other girl who was constantly smiling and always in awe whenever she sees what Isabela and Luisa are doing. Both of them were most likely not of age yet to get their gifts.

There was this one time where you ended up crying because your favorite stuffed rabbit's head got ripped off. Sniffling and sobbing from the side of your house, you hugged your stuffed rabbit close to your chest until you heard a set of soft footsteps walking towards your way.

Lifting your small head up, you were a bit surprised to see the boy Madrigal. He had a light golden-brown complexion and brown curly hair. You immediately recognized him as well due to the yellow poncho he wore.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He said with a gentle smile as he takes a seat next to you. Wiping your tears, you try to hide your toy away from him and shifted your eyes away, not wanting to have company at the moment.

"It's... nothing." You said in a small voice. The boy frowned but leaned forward to see what you were hiding, much to your surprise and discomfort. While you proceeded to hide the toy further away from him, he already saw and knew what you were crying about.

"Oh, your toy is broken..." He said, to which you didn't reply. You just kept your gaze away from him as you continued to sniffle and prevent any more tears from falling out of your eyes.