Mirabels Best Friend (Camilo x OC)

Night Clues

M- "The house is in danger!" Karla turned her head to look at Mirabel. She gave Camilo a small sorry and sped walked over to Mirabel. She was currently panting from the running and trying to get words out at the same time.

M-"The house is in danger! The tiles were falling and there was cracks everywhere! And the candle almost went out." Everyone silently murmured. Karla narrowed her eyes in thought.

So it wasn't just stress.

Alma regained her composure.

Alma-"Show me."  Everyone followed Mirabel out to see the supposed cracks but they weren't there. Mirabel even adjust her glasses to make sure she was seeing it right.

M-"What? No, thats...The cracks were there. They were everywhere. The house was in trouble, the candle was..." Everyone looked at her in disbelief. Karla pushed her way through to be able to see.

M-"Abuela, I promise..." She tried pleading but Alma put a hand up to stop her. Mirabel and Karla locked eyes and Karla nodded to her saying that she believed her. Karla quickly walked down the stairs to Mirabel.

Alma-"That's enough." She turns to the crowd with a smile.

M-"Karl-"

K-"Shh!" Karla gestured with her eyes to the crowd of people. Mirabel seemed to get the hint and stayed quiet.

Alma-"There is nothing wrong with La Casa Madrigal. The magic is strong. And so are the drinks." Scattered laughter was heard through the house.

Alma-"Please! Music! A bailar! A bailar!"  Alma gestured for someone to start some music and Agustin got the hint and up came Luisa with a piano in hand. He played a cheerful tone and everyone started going back into the room. Before she left Luisa gave Karla a look saying not to tell.

Once everyone left Karla went straight to business, unaware of the shapeshifter who lingered in the shadows.

K-"Mirabel I believe you and I have something to share with you but I need you to promise me this stays between you and me. This could potentially cause a village wide panic."

She held Mirabel by the shoulders looking into her eyes and Mirabel only nodded. Karla looked down and noticed a cut on Mirabel's hand.

K-"Let's get that treated first." On cue Julieta came out looking for Mirabel. They were all brought into the kitchen.

-Timey Skipy-

M-"If it was all in my head, how did I cut my hand? I would never ruin Antonio's night. Is that really what you think?"

Mirabel tried reasoning with her mom while Karla helped with dishes. Julieta was at the stove making her daughter an arepa to heal her wound.

J-"What I think is that today was very hard for you." She turned from the stove to face Mirabel. Karla finished the dishes and wiped her hands leaning on the counter next to Mirabel.

M-"That's....UGH. I was looking out for the family. And I might not be super strong like Luisa, or effortlessly perfect like señorita perfecta Isabela who's never even had a bad hair day, but...Whatever." Julieta looked at her daughter with sympathy and went to console her. Karla stared at the floor zoning out.

(Karlas Thoughts POV)

Although I believe Mirabel, I never actually saw the cracks. Where did they start forming? In which direction did the cracks go? Mirabel did look towards the candle...but I doubt it started there because the candle would've been the first to be affected and could've blown out from the impact. Then there was also earlier with Luisa, did Casita crack then?