the lost madrigal

part 7

"Tia jeez!" Mirabel said hiding the vision peices behind her. "Sorry I, I just oh shoo shoo shoo!" She pushed the cloud out closing the door."sorry. I was coming to get the rest of tonito's things when I heard the name we do not speak" the cloud thundered. "Great. Now om thundering, and a thunder will lead to a drizzle and a drizzle will lead to a sprinkle!" She took a breath "clear skies...clear skies", he sat down putting the toys away. "Umm tia if bru", she thundered. "If he had a vision about someone...whay would it mean?" Maria asked her. "We don't talk about bruno" she said twisting a sock draining the water from it.  "Hypothetically speaking what would it mean if he saw you jn kne kf his visions?" "IT WAS CHAOS!" "FELIX!" pepa scrambled up "he was like-" "we don't talk about bruno!"

"Wha-" "miraboo got your party pants on cause I-" he froze seeing the vision, hus eyes froze on Maria. She also froze. Her ruana was gone. "Maria?" "P papa por favor No digas, No digas nada (dad, please dont say, don't say anythinga)" he shook his head."we say nothing. Abuela wants this night to be perfect so everything has to be perfect! Your sister is not here! The candle isn't dying and the magic isn't fading!" Hs whispered "no kns has to know, no one has to know" Maria opened the door revealing dolores. "I know" she squeaked and scurried away. "She's gonna tell everyone" "yep" "DINNER!" "Shi-" casita hit Maria with the shelf. "Ouch"

They sat at the table. Maria was hiding her wings and horns wich took alot of energy and made her feel weak. She glared at dolores. Daring her to tell someone. The girl seemed to shrink under the two glaring. "Mirabel The water?" Alma asked, mirabel passed it down. Maria felt her back twitch. She drew a sharp bresth getting everyone's attention "stubbed my toe. Los siento" they nodded as dinner continued. "Guacamole?" Someone put it right infront of her face. She pushed it away and silently gasped to see dolores whispering to camilo, the boy gasped and shifted to multiple people. "Dolores" Maria seethed quietly. Camilo then whispered to his father who spat the water drenching Mariano's shirt makimg the man give of a high pitch gasp. He covered his mouth with a cough. Maria grabbed mirabels hand as she was next to her as her body ached. "Water?" She pushed the pitcher away and froze seeing pepa staring, her mouth open as a cloud formed "pepa, the cloud?" Alma said and pepa stroked her braid repeating her mantra. Alma smiled awkwardly. Mirabel looked to her mother who gave her a shocked and concerned look. She took a quick drink looking down when the cracks appeared. Maria looked to mirabel as she ducked under."mirabel!" She hit her head before sitting up. "Are you ok?" Mariano asked. "Yep" she smiled. Maria glared at her before shaking her arm involuntarily. She held it as she felt a shooting pain. She couldn't hide it for much longer."Senorita Alma may I be excused for a moment?" Alma nodded and she left trying to seem normal. She went to the bathroom and locked it, collapsing to the cold floor. She felt the wings and horns grow from her back and head with blood trickling down. She held her screams of agony back and heaved herself up using the sink as a leverage. "Help" she coughed out. She heard the knob rattle and she froze. "You've been jn there for a few minutes you ok?" Julietas voice came. "I'm fine" she called out taking her shirt off and putting her wings away again. It hurt. She put the new shirt on and hid her horns then threw the old clothed away and left the room sitting back at the table. The tension was not better and mirabel was laying kn the floor over a crack. "Isabela, will you marry me?" "NO!" mirabel lunged as luisa fell over sobbing loudly. Thunder cracked as the toucan swooped by mariano's mother. She shrieked "WHAT IS HAPPENING?!" She asked "mirabel and Maria found brunos vision and we're all doomed!" Dolores yelled. Now chaos was surely arriving. A storm struck and animals were everywhere. Mariano was hit by a vine with a flower in the end in the nose.  Dolores was covering her ears. "HAPPY...." the villagers dropped the banner as the family rushed out. Maria closed the doors and suddenly a firm hand wrapped around her wrist, it hurt. She looked to see alma. She looked enraged. "Upstairs. Now" she seethed through her teeth pushing her, she hit the tiles. Mirabel was seen running through a portrait. Before she could question it she heard alma so she scurried upstairs, the house pushed her into alma's room. The door slammed "WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Alma yelled suddenly. The girl spun round. "I DIDNT DO ANYTHING!"  She yelled back only to be slapped across the face. "Dont raise your voice at me" Maria seemed to shrink. "Los siento, señora" she whispered ducking her head as tears welled in her eyes, "get out" she snapped. Maria walked out quickly. She suddenly heard a snap of thunder and a scream. She looked to see pepa with a cloud over her head and camilo. He had been struck by lightning. She entered and he left. "Pepa, pepa" she looked to Maria. The girl took her hands and smiled softly. The cloud dissapeared slightly before an audible bang from the other wall. She didn't react when the lightning hit her back. "Are you ok?!" She asked quickly. "I'm fine." She smiled again. She wasn't and it was agony but she had to calm her down. "Look, I wanna show you something" pepa nodded and she made it snow from her cloud. Pepa watched her morph the snow into a butterfly and it flew! She calmed down slightly as she watched it. Felix entered and smiled. "Thanks chica ill handle it" she nodded and left the room. She saw a painting open? She climbed jn the wall, closing the painting behind her. She walked down the path and jumped tbe mini hole. She could see the bottom but fall would be awful. "Tonio?" He entered the room with you. "You can use my room" mirabel and bruno looked to him "tio bruno?" "Who are you?" He asked. "Tio, this is maria" she took her hood down revealing her horns. He smiled and nodded. "Y you two go distract everyone" he stuttered "cmon polito" she led him downstairs and put her hood up. How would she distract the madrigals?