Encanto 2 The New Beginning

Chapter 2 Discovering the knight inside

Sun is rising and birds start to sing so happily. Madrigals casa is starting to wake up. Windows open and fresh air rushes inside the casa. First door opens and it's Julieta. She has woken up before her husband and walks down to the kitchen. While preparing breakfast Bruno shows up in the kitchen "You are up early my hermana. What are you doing?" while smiling to his sister so sweetly. "I was thinking of making your favorite food hermano". "Adorrajados?" Brunos voice gets excited. "Just for you" Julieta smiles to him while cutting bananas . Brunos eyes begin to get red by the tiers of happiness as Julieta gives a kiss on his forehead. "Can you start cutting the cheese and guava for me while I fry the bananas" Julieta ask for her brother. He nods and starts cutting the cheese pieces beside his sister. Soon the mouth watering aroma can be smell all over the house. Love of food can be smelled a miles away as more family members start to show up.

Bruno P.O.V

Pepa, Felix and Agustin are soon inside the kitchen too. Pepa is putting plates on the table, Felix is squeezing some fresh orange juice and Agustin is making the coffee. My madre Alma is helping Julieta to fry the last bananas. I can almost taste the warm cheese. Kids are taking longer to get up. Isabela is blossoming all the flowers inside and out of the casa even the ones on her dress. Luisa is lifting every single furniture on them right places after yesterday's party. I can still taste the red wine madre served to me. After 10 years I can say that I don't really care about it. But I do like the way people around me start talking more without boundaries while they sip the wine. I like juices way more. 

   Antonio is singing with the birds while waiting the breakfast to be ready. "Hermano can you place this on the table? But be careful the plate is very hot" Julieta hand me the plate over poring with adorrajos. While I'm carry the hot plate full of those lovely fried bananas and gooey cheese that is gushing out of the shells, I see Mirabel dancing and running over second floor balcony. I decide to call her "Mirabel"! Her head peeks out happily saying "Morning tio Bruno!". "Can you go and wake Camilo up? This are now on there best!" I shout while holding the plate up full of fried goodness. "ADORRAJADOS?! I am on my way!" Mirabel shout back at me and is already dancing towards Camilos room. I go sit at the table to get ready to eat!

Camilo P.O.V

I hardly slept at all. I was just thinking why my miracle made me lost my own image. Why I could not watch myself at that mirror over my bed and be fine with it. Like... I was already somehow lost when I was 5 and didn't have this miracle jet in me. Now it's nearly impossible me to have my own personality. I slowly get up and put my clothes on and old ones away. I decide to stay on my bed bit longer and just watch myself on that mirror while I shapeshift to another people that I have seen before. Shifting does not feel like anything to me but it's is kind of fun to do. After all the mess that happened and miracle went away and came back to us, I feel more powerful than ever before. While I was in my own thoughts I hear a knocking at my door. I get up and open the door even tho I could imagine who it was. "Hey sleepy head! There is fresh adorrajados on offer" Mirabel was all smile while telling me what food was being served even tho I could smell that fry food all over my room too. "Well what are we waiting for?" I told her. I shut my door behind me and we rush to downstairs. Casa made us slide down the stairs and while we raised to table we couldn't help but start laughing. 

   After some wonderful breakfast we went out our separate ways to village and help people there. I like helping others especially tired parents. I like the way I can make kids laugh and put some small kids to feel safe. While I walked to village I saw Luisa carrying six donkeys back to pasture. At the same time while I was walking the road one women ask me if I could watch her infant for like 10 minutes so she could go and buy some food at the market for her family. I gladly accept and she gave me this small infant wrap in yellow blanket. I sit down to be with this little wrap while the mother leaves. The baby fell a'sleep in my arms almost immediately while I hummed some lullabies and make sure the infant was all good. I like to hum some lullabies my madre Pepa sang for me when I was a little boy. When I was a little boy I used to often see nightmares and my parents always comforted me. My padre would take me in their bed to sleep rest of the night and my madre would sing lullabies and stroke my hair. I always felt safe with my parents and some day I want my siblings kids and my own kids to feel the same way.

Mirabel P.O.V

I was singing and dancing with some kids that like to know what "my powers are" and I need to tell them I don't have any but I got some sick dance moves. After good time of dancing and singing I need to get some rest and I head to the river. I like to sit on the railing of the river bridge. I look inside my bag and there is a one good looking apple in it that I sneaked in my bag at breakfast . I take it in my hand and almost bite into it. But then I see Camilo sitting next to the house and caring some little baby in his hands. I put the apple in my back again and start to walk to him. I hear that he is humming and the baby is sleeping so I don't speak when I get there. I just wave my hand when Camilo looked up to me and we saw each other. I stand next to them and he is just humming and rocking the baby so gently. Couple minutes went by and this lady comes to us. "Aren't you two madrigal kids?" she asked more rude tone. "Yes we are, hey I am Maribel and this is Camilo" I whispered because the baby. "You are needed at the market or so I was told" she told us. "I can take care of the baby in the mean time" She was about to take the baby from Camilos lap when he stepped back and told her "No I'm good and will take care of her till the mother comes back". But the lady was demanding. I was getting worried and I saw that Camilo was having non of it. He turned in biggest men he could and told her again "No... I take care of the baby". The lady got scared and run walked away with nothing. Camilo changed back to himself and continued humming. 

   In a moment babies mother was back. She was so happy that her baby was so well taken care of. She thanked Camilo many times and two of them went inside to warm some food for the baby. I suggested to him that we go sit for a moment. He agreed so we went back at the railing where I was sitting before. Camilo was a little gloomy so I opened my mouth "is everything okay?". "I just hate when people assume that I am not good enough or are trying to use me because I'm kind" he told me and you could hear the frustration in his voice. "You where really brave out there you know?" I playfully push him with my hand when I told him that. "I need to be" he let out small laugh and continued with "I am a man! Or really I'm a knight in changing armor" and he did that silly knight pose. I started to giggle and he start to laugh his ass off. I put my hand inside my bag and show him the apple I had. "You got a apple with you?" he asked between his tears. I'm handing the apple to him "you can have it your knight". He smirks and takes the apple in his hands. Then he pushes his hands together and when he opens them up the apple is split in half in the middle. He hand me the other half and half bow to me "my lady... your apple". I can feel the blush appearing on my face. I bury my face in my hands while I take it. "I hope he didn't notice me blushing for that" I thought myself. But I can not stop myself thinking that he is my best friend here and that is the reason why I love to spend time with him. I love my whole family but we have that special bond that only true friends have. "You know that you're my best friend?" I let out of my mouth. He let out a little smirk and smiles at me "I know... You're mine too". I feel so relieved after saying it out loud. We just sit there eating the split apple and watching people walking and minding their own business. Even tho I have this thing in my mind that is bugging me:

Why does this feel so much better with him?