Alana didn't understand why she had stayed to have dinner with the Guzmans. Probably because Dolores had seemed so dejected by the whole prospect of seeing the person of her dreams be engaged with someone else, but as Alana was in an uncomfortable seat between Isaiah -the man she wanted to avoid be with in this situation- and Mirabel that had a stare contest with Dolores.

    Dinner was going relatively fine, even with the strange atmosphere that seemed to cloud the left side of the table.

    Alana did her best to avoid looking at Isaiah's side, not only not wanting to see him but to not see Mariana or the señora Guzman. She expected to sit between Dolores and Camilo, she would be supportive of Dolores and had Camilo to talk and joke s¿to fireget a little about the impending question that would be asked at the end of the dinner. But that clearly didn't happen.

    "Alana" Camilo's voice grabbed her attention away from watching Mirabel and Dolores' weird eye contest. "Do you know what's going on?" He pointed at the pair.

Most of the adults were too busy paying attention to Abuela Alma to take notice of the cousins' antics.

    "No idea~"

    "Hey, do you have anything to do tomorrow?" His question took aback Alana and grabbed the attention of a certain raven haired guy sitting next to her.

    "Not really, why?"

    "I need your help with something" He eyed his cousin as a smug smile appeared on his lips. The raven hair boy only grimance and clenches his fits under the table.

    "Sure, I can help" A small pause "What do you need help with?"

    "I'll tell you when the time comes?"

    "Are you going to provide food?" Alana jest. Camilo laughs at her remark.

    "I'll take food to you" Their conversation ended when Abuela Alma called for everyone to regard her toast.

    "The Guzmans and the Madrigals together will be so good for the Encanto" Abuela had risen from her chair, speaking to the Señora Guzman that was seated at her left.

    "Yes, then let's hope tonight is not a horrible disaster" Señora Guzman jokes. If only she knew what was about to come.

    Abuela chuckles. "To a perfect night. Salud!"

    "Salud!"

    And with that an eventful dinner begins.

    "Avocado?" Alana passes a bowl in front of Mirabel, blocking her view of Dolores. Unaware of the situation that is about to go down. Mirabel pushes her hand down and watches as Dolores whispers to Camilo.

    Alana takes notice of her actions and witnesses as Camilo changes into Miabel and then Bruno. Her jaw dropped as the realization came to her, she turns to Mirabel questioning and the Madrigal girl nods, confirming her suspicions. She covers her face, mortified.

    Everyone on the table notices the change in Camilo, his father is the one to talk. "Camilo, fix your face" he murmurs though everyone in the table could hear him.

    Camilo stares at Mirabel before his eyes drift to Alana who looks mortified, realizing that she must have been aware too. Mirabel is starting to panic, but tries to stare him into keeping quiet of the secret, but a pitcher of water passes in front of her.

    "Water?" Isaiah askes, eyeing Alana with worry. He tries to grab her hand but she pulls away, shocked as Camilo tells his father and he chokes on some water, which flies onto Señora Guzman's plate.

    Abuela Alma watches this, quietly panicking but maintaining her posture.

    "Mirabel, the cream, please"

    Mirabel smiles at her grandmother and turns to her father asking him for the cream. He passes the cream with shaking hands as Abuela eyes them weird out.

    Thunder draws Mirabel attention to her aunt, tio Felix whispers to her ear, and now a small swirling hurricane forms over the dining room table.

    "Pepa?" Abuela calls her, clearly embarrassed, "The cloud."

    Tia Pepa tries to calm down murmuring to herself about clear skies and combing with her fingers a strand of her hair. Julieta leans over her sister, concerned. Pepa whispers into Julieta's ear, she flushes then looks at Mirabel, worried.

    Mirabel tries to avoid her mother's gaze, to avoid eye-contact. But as she looks down she finds tiny cracks beginning to form on the floor below her, Alana and Isaiah.

    "Mirabel?" Mariana's voice freaks her out. She sits up fast, hitting her head on the burdens of the table, then pops up "Everything okay?"

    "Everything's great," Agustin came to her rescue "she's just... excited! For Isaiah to propose, which he should do as fast as he can"

    "Yes!"

    "Uh, I was actually gonna..." Isaiah was left out of words, confused by his sister and father's eagerness for his proposal.

    "You were actually gonna! Great!" Mirabel swivels Isaiah's chair toward Mariana. Everyone is either weirded out or lost in the news about the magic.

    Alana was a mess, as she tried to maintain a relaxed face for both the secret being about to explode in front of her or for the engagement to take place.

    "Well, well... since everyone here has a talent, my Mariana wanted to begin with a song. Luisa, could you bring over the piano?" Señora Guzman asked politely to Luisa, who looked to be fighting back tears. As she leaves, Mirabel sees the cracks spreading.

    "Uh, it's actually family tradition to sing after" She shoves Isaiah down on one knee, motioning him to begin.

     Isaiah glares at Mirabel before taking the box with the ring from the pocket on his pants. He gives a sad look at the ring, wanting desperately to give it to the other girl sitting next to him. Taking a last glance at Alana, who avoids to look at him, her eyes clouding with tears. Between the vision of Mirabel and Isaiah's proposal, she couldn't handle her emotions any more.

    "Al..." he coughs, catching his mistake "Mariana, the most... " He seemed unsure. "perfect flower in this entire Encanto"

    Luisa tries to shove the piano, making scraping noises. Mirabel sees the rats taking the shards out of his father's pocket, they are almost done assembling the vision. She panics and lunges at them.

    "Will you... marry me?"

    "Nooo!"

    Luisa starts crying in defeat, Antonio's toucan gets frightened by tia Pepa's storm cloud and goes flying over to Señora Guzman's head who ducks just in time.

    "What is happening?"

    Dolores cry out. "Mirabel found Bruno's vision, she's in it, she's gonna destroy the magic and now we are all doomed!"

    The vision slides stopping right in front of Abuela Alma, everyone looks to the vision, then at Mirabel and suddenly cracks a ripple seemingly from Mirabel around the whole room, everyone's powers get out of control. The ground cracks under Alana's seat.

    "Aah!" Alana jumped off her seat, almost falling if it wasn't for Isaiah that caught her and pushed her close to him, hugging her by her waist as the cracks spread and one appeared close to Isaiah that shot a bunch of vines directly into Mariana's face.

    Pepa's storm cloud opens up, unleashing a torrent of water onto the whole table. As animals race out, they blow open the window where they see the whole town out front, ready to celebrate.

    "Felicidades... whoa..."

    The Guzmans leave with Abuela Alma in tow, Mirabel and Alana follow them into the courtyard as well.

    "Señora, por favor!"

    "Abuela, please" Mirabel tries to speak "there's gotta be an explanation"

    Isaiah stomps past Mirabel, drench in water. "I hate you!"

    Luisa races past Mirabel. "I'm a loser!"

    "Luisa!"

    Pepa ran out, her weather going crazy. "What did you do?"

    "I'm not doing anything! It's Bruno's vision! It's..."

    Alana jerks Mirabel's shoulder, she looks at her and follows her finger pointing to something ahead of them.

    Rats carry away a shard of the vision, all of them take a shard from the dining room and race up to the balcony. Alana and Mirabel race behind them.

    "The magic is strong! Everything is fine! We are the Madrigals" Abuela shuts the front door with force "MIRABEL!"

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