Encanto : mirabel leaves

sorry this chapter is kinda short

The attackers had already left  the village, they had ridden their horses into the dense forest that covered part of the mountain range surrounding the village. Hugo sighed, he didn't expect them to attack today. How had they been able to attack at such a tender time? It was almost as if they knew that the Madrigals would come here.

He had to tell the people that the leader of the attackers was his father, but how would they take it?  Would they accept him?

He clenched his fists and thought to himself 'What am I supposed to do? What can I do?' He stood still in front of the house. Hugo could guess that Mirabel and Cleo would hate his guts, they both had been his childhood friends.

He took a deep breath. He was going to have to face everyone eventually anyway so he might as well do it now.  He lifted up the door handle with shaking hands, opening it with much effort.

He crossed the living room to find everyone gathered in the dining room, even Cleo was present, he had several bandages around his head, torso and shoulders. Cleo smiled at him "Looking like a mummy, I just hope that I don't spill any of my food on my bandages." Cleo said with humour in his voice. Mirabel narrowed her eyes at Cleo and said "I swear to god Cleo, if you spill even a drop of the soup, I will personally make sure that you choke on it."

Cleo gulped, nervously glancing from Mirabel's expression to Hugo who sat beside her with a blank expression on his face.

Cleo began eating his soup, a drop of soup was about to fall on his bandages, Mirabel managed to catch it, glaring at him furiously.

Cleo swallowed and laughed sheepishly "You caught it, also what's the matter even if the soup falls on the bandages?"

Mirabel continued glaring at him and said "We have to keep the wound sterile, we don't know if my mom..." the little smile she had faded away.

Her family members shared a look with her. She looked away and after a few moments she handed Cleo's soup to his mother and began eating hers silently.

Hugo cleared his throat to catch everyone's attention. Everyone looked up at him, they all seemed upset and disappointed. He knew that some would definitely blame him for this mess and maybe even hate him but he had to tell them about his father. He looked around the table and noticed that no one had reacted yet, they remained quiet.  He glanced at Mirabel, who was still eating her soup, her eyes fixed on the bowl in front of her while she kept her silence.

He started speaking again “There is something I need to tell you” .  Everyone went quiet immediately.

Hugo took a deep breath and looked around at everyone's anxious faces,  "My father—"

Someone entered the room, it was an old woman wearing a magenta dress and a black shawl, Hugo recognised her to be Mirabel's abuela. Mirabel immediately got up from her seat and left the dining room with an angry huff. Isla and Adella put on a very forced smile as they invited her to join, Cleo looked pleadingly at him, he helped him up and left the room with him.

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"What is SHE doing here?" yelled Mirabel  angrily as she stormed into the library where Isabela was talking to Abuela.

Isabela raised her brows, surprised by Mirabel's sudden burst of anger she stood up from where she was sitting.   "It's alright Mirabel I think you should calm down and listen to what she has to say first", said Isabela calmly.

Mirabel rolled her eyes " listen to what she has to say like she did the same for me" Mirabel continued "she's a stranger and she knows nothing about me!"she continued glaring at Isabela

"Mira, you have to understand-" Isabela started

"Oh, believe me I understand perfectly! Don't talk to me about understanding. Do you think that I have completely forgiven you? No I haven't!  Why does she have to be here!" Mirabel exclaimed, her voice loud as she grabbed a random book and threw it against the wall.

Isabela stared at her, shocked by her sudden outburst, "Mirabel please calm down, you mustn't be angry, you know that she has only been trying to help-"

"How can she help! This lady doesn't know anything about me, how I suffered because of her!", said Mirabel raised her voice slightly before lowering it  "This whole situation is so unfair".

Isabela bit her lip in frustration, she knew that there wasn't anything else she could do except apologise

"I'm sorry Mirabel"

"You should be"

"Can you please forgive us and try to let us explain ourselves to you" said Isabela, Mirabel glared at her.
Isabela sighed and tried to approach her sister but Mirabel held her ground. She stormed out of the room looking furious.