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Bruno has vision

Its been a year since Bruno has been welcomed back into the family. Everyone treats him nicely now, including the people in town, who he explained his reasoning for his "prophecies". Now that your all caught up, let the story begin... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruno woke up to the sound of knocking on his door. He was used to it now though, knowing it was Mirabel, waking him up every morning to go for breakfast, their family meeting, and then going to help the people in town. He groaned as he got up and quickly threw on his shawl. Shoes shoes..where are my shoes?! Bruno thought. He had to get ready quickly! Suddenly the floor brought Bruno his sandals. Bruno jumped back then realised it was only Casita. Even though he was getting used to being so close to his family again, he was not where near close to getting used to Casita helping him out. "T-thank you, Casita." He slid on his sandals and headed out the door. Everyone was happily waiting for Abuela to appear from her room. But after a few minutes of waiting, Bruno knew she was suppose to be out by now. Bruno watched as Juileta knocked on her door. No answer? Juileta opened the door and walked in. Juileta came out only a few minutes later, "Its okay everyone. Abuela just needs a few extra minutes getting ready. She said just head downstairs for breakfast. She'll be down soon." Everyone shrugged it off (including Bruno) and started heading downstairs. Bruno stood at the end of the line and stayed silent as usual. Camilo and Isabela were holding up the line arguing and Bruno tapped Camilo on the shoulder. "Hey kid you-" Camilo screamed and he shapeshifted into Isabel, Mirabel, and then Bruno. Isabel rolled her eyes, "Sorry Tió Bruno. Its just we didnt see you there. You can go ahead of me. Say sorry Camilo! And change back! Bruno does NOT look like that!" Camilo changed back and looked sheepish, "Sorry Tió..I forgot you were here!" Isa elbowed him harshly, "DONT SAY THAT!!" "What?! Its the truth!" And they both went straight back to arguing. Bruno sighed and put back his plate. He wasnt that hungry anyway. He sat down next to Félix, who smiled at him warmly. Suddenly they heard thunder. Bruno looked up and saw Pepa, who clearly wanted to sit next to Félix. "Ah! Sorry Pepa! I'll move seats." Bruno got up and Pepa sat down, her cloud disappearing. He looked for an empty chair but there wasnt one. Bruno sighed. He had to get another chair from inside again. Its been a year and I still dont have a chair. How ironic... Bruno walked back inside to see Abuela struggling to get down the stairs without gripping the stairs tightly. Bruno ran to her side and helped her get down the steps, "Mamá are you okay? You look tired!" Abuela seemed to try to straighten up and act like she wasnt struggling, "Im fine, Bruno. I just didnt sleep much is all. I'll be fine once I get some food in me. You can go sit down." "I would if I could! Haha I have to get a chair from the inside." "Oh dear..its been a year and you still dont have a chair of your own. What a shame. Casita! Can you set up a chair outside for Bruno?" Bruno watched as a chair simply glided across the floor out to the yard. Bruno led Abuela outside and sat by Mirabel, who nudged him playfully when she noticed he seemed to get anxious. Mirabel whispered, "Hey you okay Bruno?" and when Bruno didnt give a response she knew he was feeling out of place again, something that happened alot the first few days he was welcomed back. She opened her mouth to say something else but Abuela started having her morning speech. "Today we have a lot on our hands. The celebration of the mircale is coming up soon and the towns people are deciding how we should celebrate this year. We need to help out as much as possible and show some respect to the townspeople this year. Afterall they are celebrating us. So lets go help some *cough cough* p-people." The family cheered 'La famila Madrigal!' before heading off into town. Bruno stood up and Mirabel caught up to him. "I know that look, Tió! Dont doubt yourself!

Youbelong in this family just as much as anyone else!" Bruno looked up at her confused, "What?! No thats not what I was-" "I saw how Camilo and Isabel stopped you from getting breakfast." "I wasnt hungry I-" "And how you had to get a chair from inside because Tiá Pepa made you move." Bruno sighed. He reached into his shawl and threw some salt past his head and kept walking into town, pretending not to hear Mirabel bugging him. Eventually she gets called to do something else and Bruno is able to go on with his day. He tried not to think about it but as the day went by, he caught glimpses of Abuela struggling to help out around town. Finally it was time for the Madrigals to go back home. As the madrigals started walking back home, Bruno joined into a conversation with Agustín and Félix and for a moment his worries started to fade. Bruno even laughed with them a few times. Until dinner rolled around. Abuela was the first to sit and nothing was wrong. That was until she started coughing again. Isa and the rest of the family were now a little concered about her. But again, Abuela shrugged it off and said she had a dry throat and needed some water. She drank some water, ate only 1/4 of her food, then said goodnight to the familá. Bruno was about to get up too but Juileta seemed sad, thinking something was wrong with the food, and Bruno didnt want to hurt her feelings. So he ate quickly and practially flew out of the room. He ran so fast his shawl came off and he had to run back to grab it. He ran up to his room, and slammed the door. He wished he had a lock on his door. He walked through the sandy mist and climbed up the stairs. He got to his cave and sighed. He set up everything and just as he set the last pile of leaves on fire he heard a voice out of breath from the door, "This is becoming a an annual thing huh, Tió Bruno? What happened to everything being just fine?" Bruno dropped the stick that was on fire, causing the fire to be put out by the sand. "Mirabel! What are you doing here?!" Mirabel smiled as she sat next to him in the sand, "I could ask you the same thing." She softly nudged his arm, "You know you can tell me anything. Us family weirdo's gotta stay together, right?" Bruno chuckled, "Your not a family weirdo anymore, remember? You not only got a door, but you have the whole house. The family weirdo club only has one member now." "Okay..but you didnt answer my question!" " Mirabel, this doesnt concern you. Only me and Hernando should be up here." "Who is Her- Nope not falling for that one again." They laughed as Bruno helped Mirabel up, getting her to leave was harder then expected and he didnt know how much longer he could fake a laugh and keep changing the subject. "But really, you should go." "Im serious tió bruno. Tell me whats going on I just wanna help you-" "Mirabel...-" "I know your still getting used to being apart of the family again but-" "Mirabel-!" "But you wil always be apart of the family even if you missed 10 years of being with your family-" "MIRABEL!!" Bruno realized he had yelled suprisingly loud. "S-sorry! But you need to leave...now. Please. I have to...ya know." Bruno wasnt suprised when Mirabel stumbled back a bit but why did she...why did she look afraid? She ran out the room and down the stairs. Bruno went to chase after her but then he realized he had to choose between his mother of his niece. He looked back at his vision cave and at Mirabel. Im sorry Mirabel. I'll make it up to you. He walked back to his cave. He took a deep breath before throwing some salt behind him. He focused and soon, sand began to swirl around him.

He looked up and saw...a grave...with Abuela's real name on it. That image dissapeared and the image of him being in the center of a crowd of people. They all seemed to be..yelling at him, very angry. Then there was a imagie of him sadly going back to live in the walls, which changed to him leaving town. Soon the sand fell back to the ground and bruno was presented with 2 glass visions. One was of Abuela's grave, but when he tilted it

slightly,it went to Abuela dancing with bruno in town. The second one, was bruno leaving encanto and (when tilted) him slinking behind the painting. It was if there were two outcomes. He left the one with him leaving encanto in the sand and ran down the stairs with the other. He had to warn Abuela. When he opened his door, he saw his family spread out around the house. He saw Abuela downstairs and ignoring the rest of his family, he caught up to her, "Mamá!" Abuela smiled as she saw him, "Ah, Brunito! Everything is ready for the celebration in a few weeks! Im so glad that after 10 years, you finally get to join us in this wonderful event! Ah, Im sorry! I cut you off mí híjo! What were you about to say?" Bruno paused. "Mamá... we need to talk.. about.." Bruno held the glass vision, making sure she couldnt see what the vision was. Abuela gasped and hugged him, "I thought you said you werent going to use your powers again! Thats wonderful! What is the vision?" "I..can we go somewhere a bit more private?" Before being able to answer, Bruno brought Abuela to his room and shut the door, "For the past few months, ive been worried about you. Your health seems to be decreasing and I couldnt help myself...I looked into the future and I saw this." Bruno set down the vision and tilted it slowly, "Your future is clear, yet undecided. You'll either...pass..or you'll thrive in life longer." Abuela's face dropped. She touched the vision, as if to make sure it was real. And when she realized it was real, she stumbled a bit. "Mamá? MAMÁ!" Was the last thing Abuela heard before everything faded to black. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Abuela woke up with an cold towel on her forehead. There was Camilo, right by her side. He took the towel off of her head, dipped it into a bucket, squeezed it, and as he went to put it back on her head, he noticed her eyes opening, "Abuela! Oh thank goodness, everyone has been worried sick!" "Camilo, what happened?" "Mamá told me not to overwhelm you with the story until after you feel better." Abuela sat up slowly, Camilo having his hands out, ready to help her lay back down or catch her if she fell backwards. She looked out the window. Bruno was covering his ears as he walked out the front door, his family trying to talk to him at the same time. "Camilo, tell me what happened. Now." "Fine...just dont tell Mamá! So everyone was looking for you because the towns people had to go over a few more things about the festival. Félix was waking past Tió Bruno's room when his door burst open. When Félix asked him what was wrong, Bruno looked scared. He was trying to drag you somewhere. Félix shouted and everyone came up and helped you. Mamá- I mean Pepa was crying and causing a rain storm. After Lusia carried you back to your room, Pepa and Isabela started questioning Bruno and Bruno claimed that he hadnt done anything. But thats when we saw the vision on his bed. He tried to get us out of his room, but we all saw the vision. A vision of your...grave..Everyone was yelling at him at the same time about what it meant and he just kept his head down. After that, all the kids were kicked out of the room, including me. Thats all I know, Abuela." Abuela stayed silent. Camilo sighed and kissed her forehead, "Its okay, Abuela. Just take a few minutes to process. I'll have Tiá make you some tea. Rest up and be careful. If you move around to much your fever will get worse." The door closed. Abuela stood up and looked out the window. She watched as Camilo ran to Juileta and spoke to her. She nodded before heading off to the kitchen. Abuela/Alma remembered everything. Bruno was just trying to warn her. Now he was being treated like a villian..again. She'd have to explain to the family what happened but she knew her family wouldnt let her leave her room until she was better. That vision of her dead..the vision that was clear but undecided. My dear Pedro, has the time finally come to join you, mi amor? Or will I last longer? Either way, I must become at piece with this destiny. Or my death will be

morepainful then it has to be. For me and my family. Abuela was lost in thought about her future when there was a knock at the door. Juileta walks in with a cup of tea and an arepa, "Here Mamá, this should fix you right up." "Thank you, Juileta. Where is Bruno?" "I- were not suppose to talk about..him." "What do you mean "him"? Where is my Brunito?!" "Dont say his name Mamá! You dont want Pepa to hear you." "What did Pepa do?" "No one can speak his name anymore. We shouldnt even be talking about him, you know what he did to you!" "Yes, he was trying to warn me about my future! I couldnt handle it so i passed out. He was only trying to help. He would never hurt ANY of us." Juileta sighed, "I know, Mamá..I know..But Pepa wont let us say his name without thundering." "Well where is "he"?" "He left a few minutes ago with his head and hood down-" SLAM! Juileta and Abuela look out the window where the candle once sat and there was Bruno. He carried a large backpack and his head was still down. He held a vision in his hand as he climbed up the stairs and went to his room. I guess we found him.. Abuela sighed, "Tell Pepa to come here. I need to speak to her. Bruno was just trying to help me. He deserves to be spoken of." Juileta nodded and left without another word. Abuela drang half of her tea and ate her arepa. Pepa never came to her room that day and she had no corauge to go out and speak to her family or to Bruno. She promised herself she would in the morning. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Abuela woke up to a warm breeze. She stood up and yawned. She looked out her window and saw something on the window seal. She picked it up. A letter, a rose, and one of Bruno's visions. The letter read, 'Mamá, I cannot deal with the burden of always being the family outcast anymore. Ive tried and tried to become someone the family could appreciate but its no use. I hope you contiune to live a long life. I will miss you. But at least I got one thing right...(look at vision). -Sighed, Bruno'Abuela gasped and quickly picked up the vision. And it was an imaige of Bruno leaving Encanto. Abuela ran out of her room, coughing still. Her family were already awake and looking for him. They had all gotten a letter that morning, each specific to them. Bruno's room was empty when they got there, expect for his bed and paintings on the wall. The entire town searched for him but the Madrigal family heard horrible things about Bruno.One person said, "Its better off he's gone! I heard that he cursed Alma(abuela) and she came up with a fever and collasped!"A man said,"The Madrigals should have never trusted him. Hes a tratior of Encanto. He always was and always will be!"A mother scolded her children for saying Bruno's name,"Children! What did I say about saying his name! We dont say his name! Do you want to be cursed?"And even a group of 5-10 people said, "Camilo was right! He said Alma's name and then she passed out! I say if we find him, we kill and make him pay for what he's done to the Madrigals!"Alma gathered everyone for a town meeting. It was time to put an end to all these rumors. "People of Encanto! I have heard the things you said about Bruno! We ( the Madrigals) all have. Bruno never hurt me! He was trying to help and again, when something went wrong, the blame was set on him. I fainted because of my own fault. I became ill because I am growing old and that is what happens to elderly people! So stop this non-sense of threating to kill my son and just help us find him!"People whispered and mumbled. Suddenly someone shouted, "THERE HE IS!" and everyone turned their head. Bruno was watching from around the corner of Casita and quickly ran towards the crack in the moutains. Casita tried to stop him by moving chairs and tables to block his way but he just jumped over them. Everyone chased after him but no one was as fast and Mirabel, Camilo, Antonio, Lusia, and Isabella.Mirabel looked at Lusia, "Can you find a big rock and try to block his path?! If he gets past the moutains, we'll never find him!"Lusia nodded, "On

it!" and ran off the path and found some boulders. She shouted, "Tió Bruno watch out!" before throwing them in front of him.He stopped for the boulder and mumbled, "Geez kid, almost made me as flat as an arepa!"Before running around the boulders, slowly him down but not to the point where they could catch up. Lusia, Isabella, and Camilo used up all their stamina.It was just Mirabel and Antonio left and Mirabel was nervous, "Antonio! Speed ahead of him with your jaguar and tell him to block the exit and act scary, okay?!"Antonio nodded, whispered to the Jaguar and they sped in front of him. Just as Bruno was about to reach the crack in the moutain (which could fit only a very skinny person) Antonio rode in on his jaguar and stopped him. The jaguar growled and bared its teeth at Bruno, who stumbled back in fear. Mirabel caught up and looked at Bruno. He had a huge backpack on his back and his hood was up.Mirabel sighed, "Come on, lets get you home."Bruno dropped his backpack and started walking with Mirabel. Antonio joined their side and as soon as he did, Bruno ran back towards the moutain and squeezed into the crack.He was so close but Mirabel had grabbed the hoodie of his shawl, "Tió Bruno stop! No one hates you anymore Tió! You can come home! Dont go! Please Tió Bruno! Im begging you!""Let me go, Mira. You heard everyone. No one can even say my name anymore. Some random guys want to kill me, I "cursed" Abuela and I yelled at you. Im a bad omen, Mirabel. I always have been. This is the best option for you and the village-""But what about you?! You wont last a day out there, Tió Bruno! You know how Abuelo died! No one wants to see that happen to you!"Bruno stayed silent before slithering out of his shawl and running through the moutain, "Im sorry Mirabel. I just need some time to clear my head. Maybe I'll come back. But..only when im ready."Bruno disappeared and Mirabel dropped down to her knees. Isa, Lusisa and Camilo ran to Mirabel.Camilo panted,"Where is Tió Bruno?!" and Mirabel responded with teary eyes and lifted up Bruno's shawl.Camilo shapeshifted into Bruno and shimmied through the crack in the moutain and went to go look for Bruno. The rest of the family picked Mirabel up and went home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Around dinner time, Camilo came home and shook his head. Bruno was no where to be found. Camilo dragged his backpack and the family went through it. Just some regular stuff, clothes, food, and even some rats. But at the bottom of the bag was a framed photo. The glass on it was shattered and Bruno's eyes were scribbled out. It was the last family picture taken before Bruno disappeared for 10 years. On the back was written, "My family <3" All the girls exepect Alma, Luisa, and Isa were crying. The rest were holding back tears. Félix couldnt even get Pepa to calm down. Everyone put candles in front of Bruno's door and some villagers even mourned his death after a month or two. Bruno was gone. And from the looks of it, he wasnt coming back.

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Its already been 3 months. Everyone has given up on the fact that Bruno is alive but wont say it. Everyone felt awful for treating him the way they did, and even the kids starting blaming themselves. No one spoke at dinner anymore, because as a way to cope, Julieta started leaving out a plate of food for Bruno, that she would leave out all night and throw out in the morning, just incase he came back. So again, Julieta left a nice big plate out for Bruno and once everyone finished, they all went to bed. The next morning, Julieta went to go throw out the food when she stopped. Where was all the food?! Camilo and Mirabel walked into the kitchen after Julieta, still rubbing their eyes. Julieta looked mad, "Camilo, I told you that I left late-night snacks for you on the top shelf! You are not to eat Bruno's food!"Camilo looked confused, "What? I didnt eat his food. I had a full nights rest. I didnt wake up once!" Julieta turned to Mirabel who shrugged. One by one she questioned the family about it and they all said they didnt eat his food. Julieta was confused, "Then where did it go?" She heard a gasp and everyone turned around to see Doleres in the back, "I hear him! I hear tió Bruno! Hes close by! Hes whispering to himself, "Dang it Doleres! Why couldnt you have stayed quiet? No stop repeating everything I say! Ah forget it." Hes on the move!" The family followed Doleres up the stairs and to Bruno's room. They arrived at the door. Mirabel whispered, "Lusia, when we open this door, I need you to get Isa in there and then block the door. Isa do you think your vines can restrain him?"Isa smirked, "I see what your doing! Im all for it!"They all counted, 3...2...1! Lusia busts the door open and Bruno stumbles back. He tries running past Luisa but Isa is there. Bruno turns around to run up to his tower when hes surrounded by vines, which restrain him and force him to his knees and turns him to face the family. He looks at them as they fill his room one by one and then looks down at the ground. He seems...different. But he was alive. No one questioned him or yelled at him. Instead, they all got down to his level, and hugged him softly.

Bruno struggled in the vines, “Let me go! Please! I-I dont wanna hurt you more than I already have!”

Everyone backed up from the hug and got a good look at him. His beard was a bit longer and much scruffer. His hair was tangled and had leaves and branches in it. His clothes were tattered and ripped and he looked like he was practically starving. Isabella looked at Mirabel. Bruno leaving seemed to hurt her the most out of all the kids.

She put her hand on Mirabel’s shoulder, “What should we do with him. Its up to you.”

Mirabel looked at Isabela then back at Bruno. Bruno wouldnt last another day out there. The few cuts on his face looked infected. Mirabel didnt break eye contact with Bruno as she spoke, “Mama, make the biggest plate of food you can. Tia Pepa, run a warm bath. Lusia, get his backpack and fill it with food, water, clean clothes, and anything else he would need to surive in the wild. Tio Felix, Papa, Get him lots and lots of water. Everyone else besides Isabella needs to leave.” No one questioned her as every one filed out of the room. Mirabel knelt down to tio Bruno’s level. He looked down, his hair falling into his face. Mirabel tried not to let her voice break, “Tio, look at me. Look at me.” Bruno looked up slightly. Mirabel mustered a small smile, “ Lets make a deal. If you let us take care of you just for the next 24 hours, we will let you go and you wont have to worry about us trying to look for you again. I promise.”

Isabela looked confused, “What? Were gonna let him leave? Just like that? But hes family!”

Mirabel stood up, “We cant force him to stay. He’ll just leave again. We cant keep him like a pet. Just trust me. So, do we have a deal?” Bruno grunted as he attempted to stand up. Isabela tightened her vines to keep him on his knees, but Mirabel shook her head, and Isabela sighed and loosened her grip on the vines. Bruno stood up slowly. He stopped struggling and flicked his head to move his hair out of his face. He looked her in the eyes, “D-deal..”

“Let him go, Isa.”

“Are you sure?”

“Bruno wouldnt lie. Atleast not to me.”

Isabela sighed as she slowly made the vines retreat. Bruno straightened up, cracking his neck and knuckles, “...So, what now?”

Mirabel held her hand out, “Now you come with me.” Bruno took it and was led out. He seemd to be on edge as he was led downstairs. He entered the bathroom as Pepa walked out. Mirabel handed him a towel and a pair of clean clothes, “You know what to do.” Mirabel closed the door and sat outside the door. Bruno actually seemed to relax in the warm bath, as he hadnt had a proper bath in a long time, or even felt warm water. When Bruno came back out fully dressed, Mirabel led him to the dinning roon.

Julieta spoke softly, “I got him from here, Mirabel. He wont run from me. Go head to bed.”

Mirabel nodded and left. Julieta cooed at him, “Sit, mi hermano...you’ll feel better after you eat..” Bruno hesitated. Memories of him eating behind the wall swallowed him and he shook his head. Julieta grabbed his shoulders softly, massaging them as she led him to a chair. She heard him exhale softly, as if relaxing. She could tell his shoulders had been stiff. She sat him down and kissed his head softly. Julieta slid his plate closer to him and gave him a small smile as she nodded. Bruno ignored the fork on the table and started eating with his hands. Julieta took out a brush and started to comb his hair, being as gentle as possible while tackling the knots in his hair. By the time he finished eating, his hair was combed out and knot free.

Bruno mumbled, “Thank you..” Bruno felt bad, as he tried to say her name, he couldnt remember her name. Her own sister..he couldnt remember her name. He tried to remember, knowing it was on the tip of his tongue. Felix and Agustuin walked in with a big jug of water. Julieta thanked them and poured him a glass, “Drink as much as you want, okay?”

Bruno nodded, “Thank you..uhh M-mary?” Bruno watched as it seemed like her heart broke. That was clearly the wrong answer. She sniffled, holding back tears and Bruno felt bad, “N-no! I-Im sorry! Por favor, perdaoname, please forgive me! My memory hasnt been the same since I left-”

Julieta shook her head, “No no its okay! Dont worry about it. Please keep drinking some water.”

Bruno knew that it would make.. Mariana..??? happy to see him drink clean water and honestly he was extremely thankful to be able to drink water. He drank at least 10 cups of water before stopping. He nodded to her and she brought him back up to his room, where Alma stood. She whispered to Alma, who nodded. Julieta left Alma opened his door, “You forgot your sisters name.”

Bruno did the arm thing as he mumbled. “Im going to be honest, I dont remember a lot of your names..”

Alma brought him into his room, “Tell the the names you do remember then.”

Bruno sat down on his bed, “Um..I remember..y-you..and uh..uh..I remember m-myself..and ummm..OH mirabel! I remember Mirabel! She got me out of the walls! But..thats all. Im sorry..”

Alma softly pushed on his chest, which made Bruno tense up. Alma smiled, “Relax…Im family. I wont hurt you. Just lay down. I promise nothing bad can happen to you here.” Bruno laid down, trying to relax. Alma rubbed his back as she told him to close his eyes. He obeyed, and felt himself falling asleep. When he finally was asleep, the family came in to see. Alma pushed them out and spoke softly yet sadly, “He doesn't remember any of you. Only me, himself, and Mirabel. Other then that, your practically strangers. You must be gentle with him, but also try and help him remember you.”

“WHAT?!” Pepa exclaimed, thunder rumbling. Everyone shushed her and Alma cracked open Bruno’s door. He stirred in his sleep and groaned before going quiet again. His door closed.

Camilo rubbed the back of his neck, “So what should we do? Tell him our name every two seconds?”

Mirabel chimed in, “Actually, we should do the exact opposite. Lets not tell him our names at all. It will encourage him to remember us more.”

Julieta chimed in, “Yes that should work. Earlier when he was trying to thank me, he kept calling me different names but I could tell he was trying really hard to remember my name.”

Camilo shook his head, “Yeah but you had a good bond with him so of course he wants to remember you. Not all of had a good bond with him.”

Mirabel pointed to him, “Exactly! Thats the whole reason he left. He didnt have a good bond with us and when he has a bad vision, he thinks he’ll be outcasted, so he did it himself before any of us could. We all were awful to him.” Mirabel looked at Camilo, “Whether it was calling him names” and then looked at Pepa, “Or blaming him for something,” she looked back at everyone, “we all messed up with him. But we can make up for that! Lets try to help him out. Okay?”

Everyone nodded and headed off to bed. But, no one slept that night except Bruno.

The next day Bruno came out of him room. He stretched his arms out looking around. The house was quiet, making Bruno think he was having another dream of returning home to his family. He put his hands on the railing. This was the most realistic dream hes had in a while. He took a deep breath in and a deep breath out, praying and wishing he never woke up from this dream. Suddenly he was tapped on the shoulder. He looked over and saw Mirabel who smiled, “Morning Tio. Sleep well?”

Bruno nodded, “Y-yes..thank you Mirabel.”

Mirabel smiled at the fact that he didnt struggle with remembering her, “Come on, everyone is waiting for you outside. Its breakfast time!”

Mirabel held out her hand, which Bruno took after hesitating for a moment. Maybe this wasnt a dream..he was having trouble telling what was reality and what was fantasy. Mirabel walked him outside where the family greeted him with a smile.

Mirabel led him to the food table, “Fill up your plate Tio-” Mirabel stopped as she saw another Bruno. Bruno was confused.

Mirabel sighed, “Stop trying to get seconds. I’ll tell tia!”

Camilo turned back into himself and rolled his eyes, “Okay okay! I get it!”

Bruno chuckled, “Thats pretty cool, uh..” it was clear Bruno was trying to remember his name too, “I-I know it starts with a C..give me a second..hhhh..C-Cameron?”

Mirabel laughed at Camilo’s face when Bruno said “Cameron” and Bruno felt bad again, “Im really sorry..”

Camilo smiled, “Its fine, Tio. You’ll remember me soon enough.” and Camilo walked away.

Bruno looked at Mirabel, “Was I at least close? Mirabel nodded as she placed an arepa on his plate and slices of mango, “Dont worry about it. Just eat.”

Bruno smiled, “You know your alot like your mom, Mira.”

Mirabel patted his shoulder and went to sit down. Bruno arrived shortly after, with only 3 arepas and the slices of mango given to him by Mira. He saw an empty seat next to… the woman with ginger hair and a yellow dress so he decided to sit there. When he sat down next to ….she seemed shocked but smiled, “Hola Bruno.”

Bruno nodded, “Hello.” and went back to eating.

Mirabel and Camilo cringed and felt bad for Pepa. Bruno didnt even try to remember her name.

Pepa suddenly had a cloud over her head and Bruno rubbed her arm, “Hey hey its okay! D-dont be upset, P-penny? N-no thats not it..uh..Pepa?”

The cloud immediately disappeared and was replaced by a double rainbow. Pepa immediately scooped into a tight hug to which Bruno couldnt quite breath.

Abuela separated them, “What did we talk about last night?”

Pepa looked sheepish, “But he remembers me! And he didnt struggle too much either!”

Abuela clapped her hands together, “Wonderful! But please give him space. You dont wanna scare him.”

Pepa nodded and Bruno was proud of himself that he didnt forget at least one person. But across the table, Julieta was trying to hold back tears. He remembered Pepa which was great! But what about her? Julieta watched as Bruno and Pepa talked, Bruno saying a joke quietly and Pepa laughing, burno seeming amused that she thought his jokes were funny. The rest of the day went just like that until it was night.

Bruno and Camilo were hanging out when Antonio came up to him.

Antonio smiled, “Ive been taking good care of them since you left. They said they missed you!”

Bruno raised an eyebrow, “Who missed me?”

Antonio opened his hand and a bunch of rats were sitting there. They squeaked with excitement as Bruno seemed memserized by them. One rat jumped onto his arm and looked up at him, squeaking loudly. Bruno cooed, “Hi little one, whats your name?”

Camilo and Antonio looked at each other. Bruno didnt remember his rats?! He should have at least remembered that one, it was his favorite! Bruno laughed, “Im just kidding. Its good to see you, Vivan. How are your babies doing?” The rat squeaked as it climbed up into his pocket. Bruno grabbed the rest of the rats, which most of the scurried into his hair. Camilo spoke up, “Hey! You know what Im thinking? Im thinking we should finish your 2nd season of Rat telenovelas!”

Bruno thought outloud to himself, “ A rat telenovela..? This kid is crazy..” before speaking up, “Uh whats a rat telenovela?”

Camilo explained it and the storyline in detail, not missing anything. He acted it out by shapeshifting and Bruno fell in love with Rat Telenovelas all over again.

Camilo spoke loudly, “And then Jose said-”

Bruno cut him off, “Im sorry son but you are adopted!”

Camilo stopped, “You remember?”

Bruno scuffled, “Well I wrote the storyline, I should remember it. I just needed a bit of a reminder. Thats all. Keep going! We should figure out what Juan says after that.”

Camilo nodded and transformed into Juan and they acted it out, finishing the 2nd season of his show. Dinner went on a few minutes after that, and Bruno was happy to remember his sister, “Hey Pepa! Can you pass the cheese?” Pepa nodded and handed it off to antonio who smiled as he gave it to him.

Bruno ruffled his hair like he used to do, “Thank you, um…A-anthony?”

Antonio giggled, “No silly my name is-” “NO NO DONT!” Everyone turned their heads and shouted to Antonio to stop. Antonio looked confused and so did Bruno, “Why cant he tell me his name?”

Abuela cleared her throat, “Well, due to your memory being a bit woozy, we decided-”

Mirabel cut her off, “NOTHING! We- we decided nothing haha! We have just been teaching Antonio not to tell his name to people! Dont mind us..”

Bruno looked confused and shrugged. He had the memories of his family being weird but not this weird. After everyone ate, Bruno spent the night with the family in casita. Camilo was acting up and Bruno chuckled as he rolled his eyes, “Camilo, get over here! Dont make me get your mom!” Camilo looked shocked and so did Pepa. He was remembering everyone so quickly! He remembered 5 people in less than 24 hours.

Bruno walked up to Mirabel, “So um…when are my 24 hours up?”

Mirabel smiled sadly. He clearly was ready to get out of here, “Tommorow. We’ll have your bags packed and ready for you by then.”

Bruno rubbed the back of his neck. Honestly he didnt want to leave his family. But he was sure that no one wanted him here and regretted keeping him here for as long as hes been here for. Bruno nodded and walked away. If he were to leave, he was going to make sure he remembered everyone. He ran up to Isabella and smiled, “Hello! Want to spend some time with your uncle for a few minutes?” Isabella nodded and they went to her room. After a few minutes of flower crowns and Isabella apoligizing for being so rough with him earlier on, he remembered her name.

“You dont have to apoligize Isabela. You were making sure I didnt leave. Which I’ll have to do anyways..”

“You said my name! And you dont have to leave!”

“But theres a reason i left in the first place. I know that much. I hurt all of you! I have to leave..”

Isabela held his hand, “But no one wants you to leave. If we wanted you to leave we would have let you walk out of here a long time ago. Stay tio Bruno. For me?”

Bruno stood up and dusted the colored pollen off of his shawl. He smiled to her as he walked out, taking her words into consideration. He bumped into..the lady with a blue dress and soft eyes.

“Oh sorry um..m-maam. Ah man I feel so bad not knowing your name. I can tell your someone important to me. Please, tell me your name.” Bruno said, doing the arm thing.

Julieta smiled and shook her head, “Well, maybe I wasnt so important to you. But thats okay! Come, come!”

Julieta led him the kitchen. She was trying to help him learn how to make his favorite food, arepas. After about 10 minutes bruno was holding a tray of burnt arepas, pepa was holding her stomach laughing, and Julieta was shaking her head as she covered her eyes with one hand. Alma took a photo, and when Bruno looked at it he remembered everything. His childhood with Julieta and Pepa, being able to hold his niece dolores for the first time and becoming an uncle. Then isabella then lusia then camilo and mirabel. Everything and everyone.

Julieta handed him a warm arepa, “Here, have a fresh one. I’ll throw the others away.” Julieta went to went to clean of her hands when Bruno grabbed her hand.

She looked confused until he smiled warmly, “Thank you, Julieta.”

She smiled, “Your welcome, Bruno.” She kissed the top of his head and walked off, she was calm about it, but inside she was super happy.

Eventually, Bruno remembered everyone and everything. But by the time he remembered, his 24 hours were up, The deal was done. He'd have to go. he didn't want to leave his family but he promised. As Bruno graves his backpack his family was at the front door waiting for him.

"You said you wouldn't try and stop me.."

Mirabel had a sad smile as she hugged him, "No no! We're not gonna stop you. We just wanted to say *sniff* goodbye."

Bruno hugged back and mumbled, " I don't want to leave..."

Miravel seemed taken aback by that, "Then why are you leaving? The deal said if you wanted to leave you could. Not that you had too-"

Mirabel was cut off by the fact that Bruno was hugging her too tight. Everyone hugged the two and Bruno stayed.

End.

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