↠ Flag ↳ Part 2 ig lmao. This won't make sense unless you read Part 1 : https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/629179820/ ------- +| They were already beautiful dark brown depths. "I think she likes that name," Andriana said happily, passing her over to him. Bruno took the baby into his arms. "Elana it is." The next few years were a very joyful, yet chaotic time. Elana had been a fairly quiet and timid baby, but as she grew into a toddler, she showed her true colors as a hyper and silly kid. Almost always laughing. Bruno loved that about her. Andriana and her had brought the best out of him. There was a lingering fear that the people looking for Andriana would eventually find this town and find her, but that topic was usually pushed aside. Andriana spent time teaching him and Elana how to ride horses. Bruno was convinced she had a harder time with him than with the three year old while trying to teach that. At least her horse, Cheyenne, was well-mannered enough to deal with them. After a few days of lessons he was starting to get the hang of horseback riding. Elana was enjoying it. He enjoyed watching his daughter in the outdoors, whether it was in the forest or mingling with the townspeople. Elana loved to be around people, being of help, though it seemed she enjoyed being around her family most of all. She played with her cousin Luisa, and when her little cousins Camilo and Mirabel were born she tried to help out with them. A few months before she was to turn five she started bringing up the topic of Gifts more, wondering what hers would be. Elana had tried to persuade him to look into the future to see what it would be, but when he said it would ruin the surprise of finding out what it was when her ceremony happened seemed to quiet her prodding. Soon came the day she turned five, which was also the day she was going to receive her Gift. Andriana had put her in a white dress and let her pick out a little accessory to wear. She had chosen an adjustable thick black lace choker with a red gem in the middle. It didn't necessarily match with her outfit, but it made her happy, so Bruno and Andriana allowed her to wear it. Bruno had talked with Elana about what she was to do during the ceremony, and she happily took in the information. The sun had set, and Bruno stood with Andriana up by what would be Elana's new door. He stood by the stairs, looking over at his mother, who was holding the candle. It was time. Bruno watched as Elana walked up the stairs in front of Casita, looking around curiously. A hush fell over the crowd as she walked forward through the little hallway the two seperate sides of the crowd made for her. He watched as she walked up the stairs, in an elegant, but still childish way. Once she reached the top, she stood in front of her Abuela. Abuela repeated the oath she had used for every single Gift up to this one and asked if Elana would uphold it. He swallowed as his daughter nodded and was allowed to touch the candle. Elana pulled away after a moment, turning towards her door. She walked up to it and turned to give her parents a smile before touching the doorknob. The door exploded in an orange glow, receving a carving much different than Isabela's. Elana stepped back, suddenly looking over to her left. "Who are you?" she asked, seemingly to the air. She paused, listening. "Abuelo?" she questioned. His mother let out a little gasp before turning to the crowd. "We have a new Gift!" Bruno and Andriana had later asked Elana what she thought her Gift was. She had told them that the ghost of her Abuelo had told her that her gift was to be able to see and talk to ghosts. She then boasted that she didn't even think Bruno's visions would have predicted a Gift as cool as that. They had all laughed. In the next years, Elana figured out how to use her Gift easily, and always seemed to be trailed by at least one ghost at all times. It was a bit before Elana's eighth birthday when Andriana told him that they were going to have another baby. This had overjoyed him, as he had been wondering about having a second child for some time now. A few days later on Elana's birthday, she had asked him to take her out to the forest. They had come to the river, hand in hand. He had asked her what she thought about having a little sibling. "Will it be like my cousins?" she had asked. He had smiled a bit. "Yeah, though you'll be closer." And with that, they had taken their shoes off and played in the water. When it came time for the second baby to be born, he was forced to spend some of the time answering Elana's questions, then trying to put her to bed. When he finally made it to Andriana's side, she was halfway done and /very/ glad to have him there. This labor was a lot shorter than when Elana was born, he had observed. Probably because of the size of the baby. He was small. Severely so. Pepa had guessed that he was premature, but not fatally so. + | Cont in N & C |
Scroll --> + When he held his son for the first time, one of the things he noticed right away was his eyes. Just like his mother when he had first met her, he had observed with a smile. One was blue, and the other a noticably darker shade of blue. Abuela had put in her thoughts about that. She had said he might have two different colored eyes. Bruno thought that was fascinating. After a bit of discussion, they decided to name the little boy Tori. The next day they showed him to Elana, who had called him cute, but had also observed him as a bit boring because he was too young to play. Life was happy for the next two months. Tori got bigger until he eventually was as big as a normal baby his age, maybe just a little bit smaller still. Elana had turned nine, and had started to learn to play with her brother more gently. That peace was soon interrupted, though. One night as he was ushering Elana up to bed, Andriana ran up to him, her eyes fearful. "What is it?" he had asked. "The police from my hometown. They've come here. They're looking for me," she had explained in a rush, Tori clutched protectively against her chest. "What are we going to do?" he asked as Elana looked up at them curiously. "I'm afriad it's not 'we', Bruno," Andriana had choked out. "I have to leave." He had, of course, protested. She had denied everything he had said, especially his suggestion about them coming with her. "I have to leave /now/," she had said. He looked at her wide-eyed as she gave him Tori and wrapped Elana in a fierce hug. "It'll be alright, Mija. I'll come back, I promise." Bruno pitied his daughter, knowing she didn't understand. Tori reached out for his mother, starting to fuss. Andriana turned to her son with more tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry if I won't be here for your Gift ceremony. I'm sure it'll be wonderful," she whispers, k[]ssing the top of the baby's head. "Andriana.." Bruno says, a pleading note in his voice. "I'll be back. I promise," she says, k[]ssing him. "Take care of the kids." And with that she was gone. Bruno felt tears in his own eyes, which only multiplied as Elana looked up at him. "Where did Mom go?" He shook his head. "She'll be back." As he was putting Elana to bed he realized something else. He was the only one who knew the reason why Andriana had ended up here. Of why she had to leave. If he had to explain that to everyone else he risked no one trusting her when she came back. He couldn't have that. The next day he pulled Julieta aside. He knew he could trust her. He told her everything, also telling her to keep it a secret. She agreed to that. She also had agreed to accept Tori as her own son. To raise him as an equal alongside her daughters. Bruno went into hiding, waiting for a safe chance to come out. Waiting for his love to fulfil her promise. He had stayed in the walls for an unbearable amount of time, and no one knew he was there. He had even watched Tori's Gift ceremony from there. He had watched his son be granted his own door, and some.. physical abilities. He had been given large blueish-gray wings that were so big, they drug on the floor. The other feature was quite odd, Bruno had thought. Tori's ears had been turned into little wings as well. It had also turned out that he could converse with birds, not only being able to understand them, but also being able to speak to them. In their own chirps and caws. Not actually being there for the ceremony made Bruno feel terribly guilty, remembering Andriana's words to Tori five years earlier. Bruno longed for the abilty to be able to tell her that the ceremony was more wonderful than she ever would've thought. He had continued waiting in the walls. Waiting. And, finally, one day, that was all about to come true about ten years after Andriana had left, when he heard someone come into his hideout in the walls. There were two sets of footsteps that he could hear. Someone pushed open the door. It was Elana, accompanied with Tori. "Dad?" she whispered, shocked. Bruno jumped up, eyeing the both of them. "Elana?" he murmured, hardly able to recognize his grown daughter. "And you brought your brother.." ♠ | End. Long story short they end up making up, Andriana comes back, and they become the best wholesome family again >:) | ------- ↠ Credits : ↳ Story : Me (@-Boo_Berrixs-) and @Mxd_Lxd ↳ Characters : Andriana and Tori : Me | Elana : @Mxd_Lxd | Bruno : From Encanto | ↳ Song(s) : Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's and the Childhood Meme Sound ( I SWEAR I'LL ADD MY MOTIVATION SONG LATER-) ↠ Thanks for Reading! ↬ Boo
