Encanto: Extra Gifts
[this fanfic starts right at the new family picture at the end of the movie]
'La Familia Madrigal!'
As Casita's moving tiles squeezed the family together, the camera flashed.
Sure, the end result of the new family picture wouldn't be perfect, but then again, the Madrigals weren't exactly a perfect family. After all, perfection was overrated.
The Madrigals all managed to pick themselves up, checked themselves for any injuries [Agustin in general], and soon, marvelled at their newly rebuilt house.
'Glad Casita's back.' Mirabel thought.
After all, it wasn't every day you were the only ordinary person in your magical family that had to save your family miracle.
Later, each of the Madrigals checked out the new and improved doors to their rooms.
The gold glows on the doors showed the new and improved images of each family member:
Isabela's image was changed - for her dress had splatters on it, in addition to more exotic plants growing around her, rather than flowers.
Luisa's image on her door had her relaxing on a hammock, similar to the one from the end of the film, and had her holding a barbell in one hand, remembering her super strength.
Bruno's door had rats added around the image, and the image's face now had a welcoming smile on it.
Pepa, Julieta, Camilo, Dolores, and Antonio's doors remained slightly unchanged.
And Alma saw that her door was similar to before, minus the candle, since Casita was now the new magic vessel for the miracle. And Alma's image had a calm gentle smile.
Alma felt a small tear forming in her eye. She glanced to Pedro's portrait, which had been put next to the door, so every time she entered and exited her room, she'd see Pedro. "Oh, Pedro," she said, "Our Miracle is better than ever. Thank you for sending me Mirabel."
It was then her calmness was rudely interrupted.
"Abuela!" Mirabel's voice sounded out, getting her attention.
Alma headed over to Mirabel as fast as her legs would let her.
"Mirabel!" Alma cried, "What's the ma-"
Alma stopped short. She was staring at Pepa, who was staring at something, a worried expression on her face. She saw a snow cloud forming over Pepa's head. Pepa was breathing rapidly. "Pepa?" she asked, "Why are you-"
Pepa said nothing. Still breathing rapidly, she raised a quivering finger, and pointed.
When Alma turned her head to where Pepa was pointing, her jaw fell agape when she saw what Pepa was pointing at - A new door, exactly right next to Pepa's door. This door had a pale yellow frame, which matched Felix's shirt, and the golden image had Felix's image and name on it. On the image, Felix had his hands raised, and a joyful expression on his face, and beams of light were standing from under, and around him, with firework bursts and stars forming around the border.
'No.' Alma thought to herself, gobsmacked. 'This can't be right. Felix is married into the family, so he can't have a gift of his own!'
Before long, all the Madrigals had gathered round to see the sight. Isabela had to lift herself up with her vines to get a look.
They all became shocked, and entranced by the new door; Felix being the most shocked and entranced of all the Madrigals put together. Before anyone could stop him, he walked up to the door, and touched the doorknob, which had the letter 'F' on it - for the first letter of his name.
He almost felt a sharp bolt of energy strike him inside. It felt like a cold chill. And soon, it faded.
"Tio Felix!" Mirabel called, running to her uncle, "Are you ok?"
"Estoy bien; I'm fine, Mirabel," he said. "It was just a cold chill, that's all." he added whilst shrugging.
"Felix!" Pepa exclaimed in a panic, "Are you Ok?!"
"Mi vida, listen," Felix stated, "I'm fine! Nothing to worry about."
But, Mirabel just so happened to notice Felix's hands were glowing, as did Pepa.
Then, Felix noticed it too.
"Whoa." Felix said. "My hands... they're... glowing!"
SUDDENLY!
A beam of light suddenly shot from Felix's left hand, and barely missing Pepa and the other Madrigals.
The Madrigals all gasped and yelped at what had just happened. Then, they stared at Felix.
"What. Was. That?" said Mirabel,
"Felix!" Pepa scolded, "You could've hit me!" Her snow cloud was turning grey.
"B-but I wasn't doing anything!" Felix protested.
Then, another beam of light shot from his right hand, again barely missing Pepa, and the Madrigals, and striking the wall.
Some of the villagers had now seen this, and they were amazed.
Pepa was now very annoyed; a thunder cloud forming above her head. "Felix, can you please stop 'not doing anything' before you hurt someone?!" she snapped at her husband.
Felix didn't answer, he was testing out the strange phenomenon. He let out the light beam from his left hand, only this time, it came out in a smaller beam, and in a pale white light.
he put his right hand into the beam, and it seemed to create little pale white beams, that danced across the walls. As the Madrigals all stared, awestruck, Pepa's thunder cloud faded.
An immense silence almost seemed to follow. almost a half second later, Mirabel broke the silence. "Tio Felix..." she said, shakily, "You.. you've got a gift!"
"I... do?!" Felix said, awestruck.
Mirabel nodded.
Suddenly, Felix's awestruckness turned to joy & excitement. "I... HAVE... A GIFT!" he exclaimed loudly, throwing both his hands up into the air. Almost immediately, fireworks were created high above the Casita, almost as high as the cracked mountains.
Every Madrigal cheered, and awed in amazement at the fireworks, then pulled Felix into a massive bear hug.
All of them, that is, except Bruno, who stood with Alma as they watched.
"I don't believe it." Bruno muttered. "Felix has gained the gift of controlling light. I guess when the miracle returned, it must've improved the magic somewhat, and made it so Felix, who married into the familia, got a gift of his own."
"Si, Brunito." Alma said.
Meanwhile, with the other Madrigals, Mirabel was suddenly realizing something herself. Isabela was the first to notice, and soon, all thew other Madrigals that were celebrating looked at her.
"What's up, sis?" Isabela asked.
"Well, Isa, I've been thinking," Mirabel said, "if the magic gave Tio Felix a gift and a door, does that mean...?"
It was then her thoughts were rudely interrupted.
"Look!" Antonio cried, pointing to Julieta's door.
The Madrigals looked where Antonio was pointing, and there, exactly right next to Julieta's door, was a door with a cobalt blue frame, the same colour as Agustin's vest and pants. As Mirabel went up to it, followed closely by her parents and abuela, she saw the golden image had Agustin's image and name on it. On the image, Agustin had his hands on hips, and a confident expression on his face, and in front of him and behind him, there were 2 silhouettes of his body; the one behind him seemed to be twice his size, and the one in front of him seemed to be half his size. There were arrows all around the border, some pointing up, some pointing down.
Mirabel turned to her father, who was staring, awestruck. "I think this is your door, Papa." Mirabel said to him.
Almost as if he was entranced, Agustin walked up to the door, and touched the doorknob, which had the letter 'A' on it - the first letter of his name.
And, like Felix, He almost felt a sharp bolt of energy strike him inside. It felt like a cold chill. And soon, it faded.
"Papa!" Mirabel called, looking at her dad, who was flexing his fingers. "How do you feel?"
"Si, I'm fine." Agustin said. As he came down the stairs, he saw Felix showing off his gift, by creating light in different colours from his fingers. "Wow. I mean, I thought the miracle never granted gifts to people who married into our familia, but now, for whatever reason it is, it's now actually changing the rules! This discovery is muy grande!" he exclaimed.
Suddenly!
Agustin began to glow, in some sort of pale green light.
All the Madrigals and the villagers stared, gobsmacked.
"Papa! You're glowing!" Isabela said, awestruck.
"Am I glowing?" said a surprised Agustin. He looked at himself, and saw it was true. "I am!" he exclaimed.
Soon, the glow faded.
And then, to the other Madrigals' amazement [and shock], Agustin's left hand grew bigger, almost to double it's size.
"Ay!" Agustin exclaimed, gobsmacked at what he saw. Then, almost immediately, his right hand grew to match his left hand.
"WOW!" Agustin said, looking at his enlarged hands. "Have I been stung again?"
"It's no sting, Papa-" said Mirabel, but then, her jaw fell agape. "Papa!" she exclaimed. "You're growing!"
"He is growing!" Camilo exclaimed.
"Oh my!" Luisa said, her eye twitching.
Indeed. Agustin's body seemed to be slowly scaling up in proportion. The Madrigals, and the villagers watched.
Pepa started breathing heavily again, and her snow cloud returned.
"Uh, Papa," said Mirabel, "I think you'd better get out of Casita!"
The growing Agustin didn't need to be told twice; he bolted for the door, and headed out, bumping his head on the door frame as he did. The other Madrigals, and the villagers, all followed behind him.
As soon as they were all outside, they watched with stunned and shocked expressions on their faces, as Agustin, bathed in the evening light, grew, and grew, and grew, and grew, and grew, and grew, until he was as big as the mountains surrounding the Encanto. And his clothes; shoes, socks, glasses and all, grew with him.
And, almost as quickly as it started, it slowed down, and stopped.
"Holy cow." Felix said, awestruck. Immediately, Pepa fainted.
"WOW!" Agustin said in a voice that rivalled thunder, making the other Madrigals, and the other villagers, wince and cover their ears. "I can see the whole village from here!"
"I think i nearly went deaf!" Luisa exclaimed.
"Papa, I think your gift is to change your size!" Mirabel shouted up to him. "You've become a giant!"
Agustin looked down at himself, and his jaw hung. It was true - he had grown to giant size. "Ay ay ay," said the giant Agustin, awestruck at what had happened to him. "You know," he added, pulling at his shirt, "I was worried for a second I would end up naked, but my clothes grew too! This is EXELENTE!" he exclaimed, jumping a little.
And as he jumped, his giant shoe almost stepped on the Madrigals, and the villagers, who yelped. and then wobbled to stay upright; Luisa grabbing hold of Alma so she wouldn't break her hip.
"Agustin, you nearly stepped on us!" Alma shouted.
"Lo siento, Abuela!" Agustin called, squatting down to see the other family members. "It's real hard to see where I'm gonna step. I never even saw you all down there; you're all so pequeño!"
Suddenly, Agustin began to glow again; this time the light was a pale pink colour. "Uh?" he said, puzzled. "I'm glowing again!"
The Madrigals watched as Agustin's shadow that covered them seemed to quickly go down, and down, and then, it disappeared.
"OK, Papa, I think you've had your fun now." Mirabel said.
But there was no answer.
"Papa?" Mirabel said, her heart starting to pound. "Papa?!"
"Agustin? Mi amor?!" Juileta called, starting to sound panicked. "Where are you?"
"Tio Agustin!" Antonio called out loudly. "Where are you, tio?"
"Agustin?" Alma called. "Dónde estás?!"
"We have to find Papa!" Luisa cried. "It's getting late!"
By this time, Dolores was already using her super hearing to listen out for Agustin. Suddenly, she heard something. "Espara! I can hear something!" she called. Mirabel and the other Madrigals all stopped panicking, and listened.
"Hey! HEY! Estoy aqui! I'm down here!" squeaked a tiny voice. It was very very close.
"That's Tio Agustin!" Dolores said. "He's close by, but he sounds very squeaky for some reason." she added.
Mirabel was the first to take action. She knelt down to her knees, and looked, and almost immediately, she stared, jaw hanging. What she had saw was a tiny [and thankfully, fully clothed] version of her dad, jumping up and down, on a rock.
Agustin looked no bigger than a bug.
"Mirabel!" squeaked the tiny Agustin.
"Papa?!" she said. "Is that you?"
"Si, Miraboo, It IS me!" Agustin yelled.
'Ay ay ay.' Mirabel thought. 'Papa's gift can make him tiny as well as a giant. I'd better pick him up before anyone steps on him.'
Mirabel picked her miniscule dad up, cupping him gently in her hands.
"No te precoupes, Papa." said Mirabel. "I'll take you back to Casita."
As she turned round, Alma caught up to her. "Mirabel!" she cried, "where's your father?"
"Well, Abuela," said Mirabel slowly and thoughtfully, "there's good news and bad news."
"What's the good news?" Isabela asked.
"I found Papa." Mirabel said.
"Oh, that's a relief." Pepa said, gasping for breath.
"Where is he, Mirabel?" Alma asked, anxiously.
"Actually, Abuela, that's the bad news." Mirabel said. She showed the bug-sized Agustin on her hand.
"Hola." the tiny Agustin said sheepishly.
Julieta's eyes widened, upon seeing her miniscule husband. Alma's jaw hung.
"Whoa." Dolores said. "Tio Agustin is tiny!"
"And I thought Bruno was tiny enough." Camilo joked, earning him a sharp nudge from Felix, and a scowl from Bruno.
"I think his gift is being able to change his size." Mirabel stated.
'No prizes for guessing.' Alma thought to herself.
"Papa, could you grow yourself back to normal?" Mirabel said.
"I can try." Agustin said.
Mirabel put her father down gently on the ground.
Agustin took a deep breath, and, Within seconds, Agustin grew right back to his normal size. Julieta hugged Agustin tightly. "Oh, mi amor," she said, "don't ever scare me like that again!"
"We were pretty worried." Luisa admitted. "I have to say, we were worried."
"Yeah." Camilo said, "It was almost as bad as the time the village donkeys got into Casita."
"I remember that, too." Felix said. "I haven't forgotten when it happened - we spent all morning herding them out, and all afternoon cleaning out donkey dung, and your mama, she screamed so loudly, hailstones fell down into-"
"Alright, I get it!" Pepa snapped at her husband.
"I was just stating." Felix said, raising his arms in an 'I Surrender' gesture.
"I guess that means Tio Agustin's got a gift, too!" Antonio said, "Just like Papa!"
"Certainly has." Mirabel said to her youngest cousin.
As Alma said the family's thanks to the villagers for helping them to rebuild the house, The Madrigals walked back into Casita, talking about how eventful the evening had been, it was about then Alma suddenly noticed something. "Espara!" she called. The Madrigals all stopped.
"What's up, Abuela?" Mirabel asked.
Alma motioned to the door above the front door. The door that had once led to the nursery that had been Mirabel's room.
Almost immediately, the Madrigals looked at Mirabel.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Mirabel asked.
She soon found out; for Alma led her to the door.
Mirabel saw her image - it had her image carved in it, in a pose almost similar to Alma's door. Around her, were butterflies swarming around, and in her hands, was a heart-shaped ball of light.
Then she saw her doorknob, with the Letter M on it. It was similar to the doorknob she'd placed on the house when it was rebuilt.
Alma motioned her to touch the doorknob.
Mirabel slowly reached for the doorknob, but stopped. She was hesitant.
She thought back to her gift ceremony, when her door vanished before she received her gift.
Was this fate, giving her a second chance to relive her gift?
Only one thing was for certain - the only way to find out was to find out.
She shut her eyes, and took a deep breath, and touched the doorknob. The door glowed brightly. And then...
She opened the door.
The door led to a room which looked almost similar to the nursery/Mirabel's room from before - albeit with a colour scheme that matched her dress - white on the ceiling, teal versions of the nursery walls, and dark brown floor. and there were decorations on the walls that also matched her embroidery on her clothing.
Mirabel looked up, and gasped.
"Wow." she said, her eyes widening.
Suddenly, her hands glowed, and a swirl of butterflies swirled around her, like magic, all in the colours of the Madrigals' outfits. it lasted for a while, and then stopped.
Other than that, Mirabel looked puzzled. She still looked the same giftless Madrigal she was.
"Wait." she said, puzzled. "Where's my gift?"
Alma stepped up. "Mirabel." said Alma. "I think I found out why you didn't get a gift at your ceremony."
"Why?" Mirabel asked.
Alma smiled gently. "You care for and respect our family. You helped them through their problems, and helped to save the miracle. Your gift is you."
"It is?" Mirabel said, still a little confused.
"You will be a true matriarch of the Familia Madrigal one day." Alma said.
Mirabel's jaw dropped. "Me?!" she said, puzzled, "But, Abuela, I'm not old enough for this! I'm not sure I can do your job! I-"
Alma cut her off. "Mirabel, I can't keep running the Familia Madrigal forever." she said. "Soon, I will find a sucesora, someone to take over my mantle, my duties, my responsibilities, and my love and caring for the family, and the Encanto, when I go."
Mirabel knew this would be true - one day, her Abuela would pass away, but no matter what, she'd always support her family, until the day she retired as the matriarch of la Familia Madrigal.
"And," Alma finished, "I know just who my sucesora will be."
Mirabel looked out at the town and village of the Encanto, as it glowed in the darkening twilight, and realized that soon, in the future, the task of being the matriarch of the family, and possibly the village, would fall on her shoulders.
When that would be; even her Tio Bruno wouldn't say, but she knew that now her family could use their gifts to be themselves, and help others, they would be fine.
"Si, Abuela." Mirabel said proudly. "I wouldn't have mi familia any other way."
Both she & Alma hugged, and the other Madrigals watched from the door.
They knew things were gonna be much different in the Encanto now, but no matter what, they'd get through it as a family. Things were gonna be just fine.
After all, the Madrigals now all had gifts, and they were a complete family - what could happen?
