XII

"Marcus...?" Damien asked, not daring to even blink. I stared at the green picture, feeling my stomach drop.

"Alek?" Marcus asked, his face between furious and scared. His eyes were filling with tears as tía Pepa walked by. Instantly, she saw it and the rain mixed along with Marcus's tears. (Im cringing at that sentence but screw it)

He knitted his eyebrows, gave Alek one last dirty look, and stormed back to casita as a lightning bolt struck one of the hills.

Rain turned into snow, and after 3 minutes, hailing. I sighed, my brothers and I haven't said a word yet. "What does this prophecy even mean?" Dominik asked Dad, Alek ran towards casita.

"I-I don't know?!" He replied, a nervous wreck. I could feel he felt guilty. "We'll find out what's going on. Right now, let's just go home." Damien told dad, before we walked back to casita, dodging the golf sized hail on our way.

We all got in as Alma was finishing our gift ceremony decorations. She was putting up a banner that said 'Dominik' on it, as she turned around with a concerned and puzzled face.

"What are you all doing?!" She yelled at us, knitting her eyebrows together. Dominik ran up and explained everything to her as Damien and I looked for Marcus.

We ran around the house, stopping at Camilo's room. Camilo and Marcus are best friends now, so he's probably here. I gently opened the yellow, glowing door. It revealed a sobbing Marcus sitting in Camilo's bed, the mirrors reflected his tears.

"Hey, uh, are you okay?" Damien asked, walking towards Marcus. "Everyone! It's time for the ceremony!" Abuela called to us. I looked at Marcus and he smiled and nodded.

We all four walked out of the room together, and casita dragged us into another area of the house. "Woah!" Damien laughed as he slid against the tiles.

Once we arrived, Mom and Dad were standing there. Bruno smiled and looked at all of us. "You've got this. No matter what happens, no matter the gift, it'll be okay."

I smiled at his words, fixed my clothes, and walked out of there to the pathway. My brothers and I looked at each other with determined faces. We have each other the signal and began walking. All eyes were on us and my heart felt as if it were going to pop out of my chest.

We slowly walked up the stairs, to all of our doors. Abuela began her speech. "Tonight-" she began, before getting cut off my Dominik. "Oh my god I don't have time for your speech just get on with it already." He demanded. Abuela blinked at him. "Okay then... um."

She walked by us, handing us the candle to touch. "Now open your doors." She said, still a little annoyed about Dominik's comment.

I reached out my hand and touched the handle, my eyes as wide as an owl's. My hand began glowing with the gold, as I felt my hair beginning to flow up into the air and it split dyed green and red. Gasps arose from the crowd. I looked at my brothers, Marcus had a tape player, Dominik had 3 rings on each finger, and Damien had a crown. "Everybody! We have a new gift!" Abuela yelled to the crowd.

I smiled at my brothers. This is my new home.

THE END :)

Explanation for the gifts:

Marcus - Whoever he's around, his tape creates a new playlist that shows what mood they're in.

Dominik - Each ring gives him a different language.

Damien - When he wears the crown, he can transfer and form of energy waves into a different one. Ex. If you were screaming, he can make your sound waves into light waves. If he takes off the crown, he can't see any of the waves anymore or transfer the waves.

Y/N - Small little helpers come out of your hair, if they come out of the red side then they're small fire creatures. If they come out of the green side then they're made of wood with chubby arms and legs. When you hold either of them in your hand they can help give you their powers.

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Hey I might make a sequel to this book, but I'm not sure. Depends on what you guys want.

I hope you all enjoyed this, I may make another Encanto book!

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