Well that wasn't what they expected.
The following ocs are from @needs-to-stop-looking-at-valves
A new generation, a new gift
Celeste Estrella Madrigal is the first of the fourth generation of Madrigal children to be preparing for her gift ceremony. She was the eldest just like her tia Isabela is from her mami and other tias and tios. And she was buzzing with excitement, Mirabel had made her a new dress for her ceremony, one that mimicked her mami's usual dress; an off the shoulder top with a flowing skirt that neatly cinched at the waist.
Everyone speculated what the girl's gift would be. Some thought she would have the gift of flying or speed. Others assumed it would be something to do with her drawing. Mirabel though, she knew what Celeste’s gift would be, since she was the new matriarch. Alma had passed her title down to Mirabel when Dolores announced her pregnancy. Due to her old age and lessened ability coupled with the fact that Mirabel had recently turned 26 she had surely earned the title. In all honesty Celeste wasn't the only nervous one for this. Everyone was on edge since it was the gift ceremony of Pepa’s first grandchild, and it was Mirabel’s first time performing the gift ceremony.
Dolores put her 4 month old twins to bed in her and mariano’s room before going to the nursery to help Celeste. Though it seemed Celeste didn't need help, her Abuela had already helped her getting dressed and now the blue eyed little girl was happily drawing pictures of stars and the moon.
"Mami!" Celeste yelped when she noticed her mother entering the nursery.
"Mi bebé niña, look at you! All grown up already! You look so pretty in your dress," Dolores said, twirling her little girl around watching as the skirt spun with the pink stars that Mirabel had embroidered on. She picked her daughter up and sat her onto her bed, where Pepa sat ready to help get the girl’s hair straightened out for her ceremony.
"Mami, why did we get a miracle?" The curious child asked as her grandmother combed through auburn curls.
"Well querida, when your abuela was born about 59 years ago, your bisabuela was forced to leave her home because some really mean men on horses were attacking the village she lived in. Abuela took mami, tia julieta, and tio bruno with abuelo to find a new home with many other people following them. when they crossed the river, the one just outside the mountains the bandits caught up to them. There your bisabuelo Pedro was lost due to his sacrifice to protect abuelo mami tia and tio, when that happened abuela’s wedding candle shone brightly, becoming magical. The Casita built itself around them, when your abuela and her siblings were of age just like you today, they received their gifts. Years later when they were old enough to marry your tia married your tio Gus and your abuela married your abuelo Felix. And soon enough after the marriages we were born. Your tia Isabela first, then me a month after, your tia Luisa two years after us and then tia Mirabel and tio Milo were born when I was 6 then your Tio Antonio. who was born when i was 16,” dolores explained, Pepa laughed nervously as her five year old granddaughter looked at her with a look of shock, “... apart from that, when antonio was 5, the miracle began to break and the house began to crack, mirabel and abuela had a huge argument after mirabel found bruno’s vision and ruined isabela’s proposal dinner, before they could finish their argument the house crumbled. mirabel tried to save the candle and the house nearly fell ontop of her, but with the last remaints of magic casita protected her from the rubble and when the dust settled everyone rushed in and was grieving the loss of the house. mirabel ran off to the river for a few days since the mountains had cracked, the entire family spent all day and night looking for her. abuela was the one who finally found her and when she returned to the destroyed casita we rebuilt the house and the miracle returned, and that is how the miracle came to be,” dolores explained.
Meanwhile mirabel was panicking in her room.
"Mami, what if I screw it up? What if Celeste doesn't get a gift because of me, she deserves a gift and I want her to have the most wonderfu-" Mirabel rambles before her mother stuffed an arepa into her mouth to shut her up.
"Mi bebita, you're going to do absolutely wonderfully, just remember to stay calm. Celeste is going to get the best gift ever, and you are going to help her get that gift,” her mother reassured.
With a sigh mirabel nodded and casita signaled it was time. Everyone went out to help settle everyone for the ceremony to start.
"Cmon star, it's time. you'll do wonderfully yoyr papi and I will be waiting by your door, Elena too." Dolores told her sweet girl. Before walking away Celeste asked,
"Can you have tia isabela put some pretty hibiscus flowers above my door por favor?"
"Of course mi bebita, we'll be waiting for you," dolores said rushing off to have isabela fulfil her daughter's request. Since the Casita's fall the entire family has vowed to make gift ceremonies happy, by letting the birthday kid choose decorations and food, and who gets to be by their door when they walk up.
"Welcome to la casa madrigal everyone, we will be welcoming another generation into the light.
Fifty nine years ago our family was granted a miracle, twenty one years ago I did not receive a traditional gift, at the moment we did not know what it meant. 11 years ago our casita fell, that is when we discovered my gift, I am the next matriarch for the family, and I will be welcoming the first of a new generation of madrigal children into the light. Starting with the sweetest little star, Celeste." Mirabel finished the flower curtains opening up on the other side of the courtyard as Celeste looked on into the room filled with people and her family. her small body quickly filled with fear but a glance at her door that had been decorated with hibiscus and she gathered her courage and began the walk toward the stairs up to her new room.
When she reached her door Mirabel knelt down and held the child's hands in her own.
"Do you promise to be a proud Madrigal and to serve your community, gift or not?" Mirabel asked
Celeste nodded and Mirabel released her hands, Celeste took a step toward her door and reached for her doorknob. The light shone brightly and when it dissipated Celeste wasn't there.
"Celeste?" Mirabel called
"Behind you tia" the child called
Mirabel spun around looking for the child
"I can disappear! And walk in the shadows," Celeste giggled
"Well you heard her, we have a new gift! Go on sobrina, let's see your room," Mirabel said as everyone flooded into her room. There were many acrobatic ropes and climbing structures, her bed was nowhere to be seen until she used the silk rope to swing over and was caught in her bed before jumping off and swinging into a corner of her room that had a trampoline that helped her get on and off her aerial contraptions she ran to her Mami and papi.
"Mi estrella bebé! Do you like your room?"
"Are you kidding? I love it Mami, I can practice my powers and tricks. Hi Evelyn!" Celeste said
"Evelyn? Who is that bebita," Dolores asked kneeling down. This concerned her a little bit. When she was pregnant with both of her girls, she had picked out the name Evelyn for one of them. But then the vanishing twin happened and she ended up with just her estrella. Could she really see her twin, or was she just pulling the name out of thin air and this was all a coincidence.
"My twin! I can see her when I'm invisible,"
"Can you really?" Mariano asked
"Yeah, she said that she's the twin that didn't make it, and that my gift makes me able to see her because we're both invisible and only invisible people can see each other,"
"Well can you tell her that I love her mi bebita," dolores asked
Celeste reappeared and said
"She said she loves you too and is happy that I got an awesome gift that I can use to talk to her with," Celeste said
With that the celebrations began, Celeste quickly got onto her hoop to explore her whole room. and everyone started to sway and dance with the music.
After about five hours nobody could find Celeste, she probably knocked out somewhere exhausted from all the fun she had on her birthday. Dolores wasn’t worried because she could hear her daughter’s light snores in the casita from where she had no clue.
The house was growing, new doors on a new floor was added when Celeste was born. All of the original grandchildren were either married or courting someone. Isabela happily married Liv, Dolores with Mariano, Luisa with Donnie, Camilo was engaged to Dulce, their wedding set a month after Celeste’s gift ceremony, and Mirabel happily married Beckett (and his amazing butt) when he popped the question the day after she turned 20. and sweet bebe Antonio was dating a sweet girl named Alejandria.
As for the new generation, it was growing quickly. Obviously Celeste was the firstborn of the fourth generation, then Luisa gave birth to Elena three months after. A year later Isabela and her wife had a son named Bek (courtesy of the new magic). A month after Bek Mirabel gave birth to sweet little Avalyn, and she's pregnant with twins her bump just beginning to show. Dolores had just given birth to twins Marie and Migel four months ago, and Isabela’s wife was 5 months pregnant with their second child. Needless to say, the family is only getting bigger.
