Encanto stories, AUs, and oneshots

A Change

(Luisa POV) 14-15y

I woke up in pain, everything was hurting and it felt like someone had used one of those torture devices that stretched your limbs on me in my sleep, I got out of bed with a groan and skipped my workout because it hurt so bad, I stumbled down to the kitchen and was greeted by my mama
"Hows my pequena Leona this morning"
I responded with a pained grunt
"Whats wrong mija?" She asked with concern
"My muscles feel like they're being stretched and squeezed at the same time, everything hurts" I complained
She grabbed a pancake and made me eat it
"Urggh, it's not working, it all still hurts"
Just then tio Felix walked past me to the table, as he went by he did a double take and looked at me in surprise
"Ay!  Are you wearing stilts right now or something?!"
I looked down at him in confusion then realized what was wrong, yesterday I had to look up to see he eyes
My mama chuckled "I see whats happening, mija you're growing, and most likely because of your gift, you're growing very quickly and that's not something my food can fix"
I just let out another grunt of pain and sat down at the table, I ate my whole plate but still felt hungry, so I got seconds, then thirds, then fourths, before I finally felt full.
Everyone at the table looked at me in surprise, then tia Pepa finally spoke up
"Sobrina, you ate more than Camilo this morning, that's almost impossible", Camilo let out an offended gasp while tia Pepa continued "are you feeling alright?"
"Yeah, just hungry I guess" I replied, tio Felix shot up and said "well that isn't all, stand up sobrina"
I complied and he walked over to stand next to me, people gasped, mostly Isa, who had insisted I would never be taller than her.
I grinned at her, then winced as a spasm of pain went through my arm
"Yep, she's having her growth spurt, her very drastic and painful growth spurt" my mama announced "Do you think you can do chores today?"
I opened my mouth to answer only to be interrupted by a new voice
"Of course she can, a little pain is no excuse to be lazy" said abuela
My mama gave her a hard stare and turned back to me
"Of course I can mama, it doesn't hurt that bad" I said with a weak smile, I was lying of course, it hurt to even raise my arms up but abuela was right, that was no excuse to be lazy.
Before I left my mama grabbed my hand and pulled me to the wall and marked the top of head with a pencil
"There we go, we'll measure it every week"
I chuckled and headed out the door.

I headed into town, stumbling a little on the way from more pain, I usually try to keep a good posture while in town but today I couldn't be bothered, I slumped through the streets with dragging feet, I tried to round up the donkeys but holding my arms over my head for more than ten seconds resulted in them failing completely,
Jose, the donkey farmer, saw me struggling and suggested I go home rest, that he would take care of the donkeys.

I sadly walked home and up to my room and laid down on my bed, then I heard a knock at my door
"Come in!" I yelled, Mirabel and Isabela walked in, not fighting for the first time in years.
I sat up because this had to be important, then I saw what was in Miras hands, it was a kitten
"We found this little guy hangin around the stables, and because of your growth spurt and pains we thought you might want him" she explained
I held out my hands and he crawled into them and laid down, nestling into a little ball
My eyes widened with wonder and I started tearing up, I sniffled and looked at my sisters
"I love him"
"Well, what's his name then" asked Isa
I studied him a moment before deciding
"His name is Hercules"

After my sisters left I stared at little Hercules, who was now sleeping on my chest, despite the pain I was in I felt nothing but joy, I reached out and softly scratched his back while he purred, I was still too scared to use my whole hand, remembering what happened to that possum all those years ago, I wasn't gonna let that happen to him, I had better control over my power now.

~le time skip~

The next couple months of my life were by far the most painful, some days I didn't even leave my room at all, and much to abuela displeasure I couldn't do any work, I wasn't happy about it either but everything hurt so bad, also my body changed, a lot
All of my baby chub disappeared, leaving my muscles much more defined, i grew from 5,5 to 6 feet tall, and I just generally got larger, my shoulders broader, my arms thicker, my torso wider, and all of my muscles got bigger too,
Some stranger ones were a much more defined jawline and a deeper voice and larger hands, I recently compared with papa and my hands had grown larger than his.