As me and my family walked through the colourful town of encanto, I noticed a familiar house at the corner of my eye and grinned.

"I'll race you there, Mateo!" I shouted out to my younger brother before running off to the home.

"Wait- that's not fair!! Your closer to their house than I am!" He whined before desperately trying to keep up without dropping his bags.

Once I ran up the front steps and walked to the front door, I looked behind me to see Mateo now walking up to me, looking tired already. "Your no fun." I say before knocking on the door.

Within 2 seconds, it surprisingly opened and revealed my oldest cousin, Andre, standing in the doorway as if he had been waiting there for ages.

Jeez that was quick

"HEY ANDRE!" I quickly gave him a big hug as he smiled. "I literally missed you so much. Where's Bianca at?" I asked, looking around the house, searching for my younger cousin.

He then looked back at me. "Oh her lazy ass is probably upstairs. BIANCA, DOMINIC, COME DOWN STAIRS, (Y/N'S) HERE!" He yelled before rolling his eyes.

Just then, I saw my tia running out of the kitchen, giving me the tightest hug I've ever received. So far.

"(Y/N)! I missed you so much cariña!" She exclaimed, hugging me even tighter that I almost couldn't breathe.

"I missed you too tia Nica- but I can't breathe-!"

"Oh! Sorry (Y/N)." She walked back as I awkwardly chuckled. She stared at all the bags I was carrying and slightly frowned. "Those seem heavy, would you like me to carry some of your bags upstairs querida?"

"Yes please!" I smiled, giving her some as she took them upstairs then came back to welcome the rest of my family, who had just walked into the door.

I had to bring four bags and one suitcase with my stuff, which I thought was very strange since I usually only brung my suitcase. But I just shrugged it off.

When Mateo walked inside, Andres aggressively pat his head, which filled him with rage as always. "Let's go upstairs? Bianca and Dominic are probably too lazy to come down here." Andres asked before I nodded my head and ran up the stairs.

I felt like scaring them, so I kicked their bedroom door open. "I AM HERE." I shouted before my youngest cousin, Dominic immediately jumped off his bed and ran over to me after I put down my bags.

"(Y/N)!!" He happily exclaimed as I knelt down so I could give him a hug. Soon Bianca jumped off of her bed and walked over to the two of us.

"Hi-" Before she could finish, I pulled her into a tight hug. But not like tia Nica did, I wouldn't wanna suffocate my favorite cousin.

"I missed you so much B! My town is so boring, especially since you aren't there with me!" I whined while I started shaking her.

"Uh- Me too! Maybe we should start unpacking all... That." She said, pointing towards my luggages.

Then I realized.

"SHOOT- I forgot to take Arepa out of his cage." I gasped as I ran towards the pet carrier to open it.

Yes, I named my cat Arepa, because he looks like a burnt one. Just proves my love for that stuff.

I got him about 5 months ago, for Christmas. So this was his first summer at encanto. I'm not sure why my parents only got us a cat just recently, they've never wanted anything to do with them before.

When I opened his cage, he looked absolutely terrified. I decided to let him stay there and get used to the room, then the entire house.

"He's so much cuter than I thought he would be!" Bianca squealed as she pat his head. But when Dominic tried to as well, he received a bite from the said cat and yelped in pain.

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"That took so long~" I yawned after we finished making my bed on the bunk bed I share with Bianca. The boys and Arepa were attacking each other on the other side of the room. This house is a legit battlefield, specifically this room. But since I had to deal with this every summer, I was used to it by now.

"Yea, why did you bring so much stuff anyways? You brought like... Your whole room" Bianca questioned and tilted her head in confusion.

"I dunno, my ma told me to." I shrugged. But then my eyes slowly widened as I noticed something.
How come I can't hear anything downstairs? Usually our parents would be talking very loudly. Or laughing. And my mom's laugh... sounds like a hyeena on crack.

Then I headed towards the door and grabbed the door knob, so I could go downstairs and find out what was going on.

"I'm gonna go downstairs to get a snack. Do you wanna come with?" I asked my cousin as I opened the door and waited for an answer.

"Hm, I'll stay here. I'm pretty sure dinner should be ready soon anyways."

"Mkay, I'll be back" I walked down the stairs and made my way into the kitchen. As I walked through the doorway, I looked towards the dining table, only to see my tia and tio whispering something to each other. What were they saying that was so secretive, they had to whisper it to each other? All of us were upstairs. And there's no way we would hear them from there.

"Tia Nica, where's my parents? Did they go to the market?" I guessed, but my Tia looked back at me with a worried look on her face. Great, know I was worried.

"Oh (Y/N), I'm so sorry..." She whispered before handing me a note that appeared to be from my parents.

Little did I know that this was the note that would change my entire life.

𝐀/𝐧: 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫! 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 <𝟑