Chapter Eleven: A Failure in Her Mother's Eye.

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Mirabel, Isabela and Celestia got up from the flower pile to an Angry Abuela. Mirabel tried explaining that she was helping and saved the magic, but Abuela shut her down every single time. "This has to Stop Mirabel!" She shouts at them. Isabela held onto Celestia, as Celestia looked like she was about to cry. "But Abuela, Isa wasn't happy wi-" Mirabel gets cut off. "Of course she wasn't happy. The cracks, started with you! Bruno left, because of you! Isabela isn't happy because of you!" Celestia sniffed. "Abuela, stop." She spoke up. "I don't know why you weren't given a gift, but it is not an excuse for you to hurt this family!!" Abuela told Mirabel, then Celestia felt her emotions snap. She had enough of this nonsense as she cried. "PLEASE JUST LISTEN AND TALK TO ME!!"

The pendant jewel that had the engraved words cracked in half and some of it's powers slammed every single door and opening window in the Casita shut. Everyone was startled at this, including Abuela. She looked at the young child, wondering what she had to say. Celestia stood up for her sister. "My big sister. She will never.. be good enough for you.. will she? No matter how hard she tries, and.. no matter how hard, ANY of us try." Mirabel looked at her little sister and she looked to Luisa and Isabela. "Luisa will never be strong enough. Isabela will never be perfect enough." Celestia nodded. Abuela was stunned a little bit. "Look at me! Sometimes I feel like I'm the black sheep of the family, like your own son!" "H-how did you-?" Abuela started but got a bit choked up.

"Bruno only left cause you saw the worst in him." Mirabel told her sternly. "But Bruno didn't care about this family!" Abuela protested but Celestia stomped her foot. "NO!! I don't care what you say about Tió Bruno anymore! He cares for this family! He LOVES this Family! WE LOVE THIS FAMILY! You're the one that doesn't seem to care!" The casita began to crack again and some of the town. "You're the one hurting our family!" Mirabel spoke, getting to Tears. "DONT YOU EVER-" "THE MIRACLE IS DYING BECAUSE OF YOU!! Would you treat me the same if I never got my gift since I'm not part of the family blood wise?!" Celestia sniffed as tears kept running down her face.

"Celestia, you shouldn't be anywhere near this fight! You're too important!" Abuela told her off. Celestia on the other hand, took her braids out, shaking her head. "No I am not!!" "Yes you are! Please stop!" Julieta called to her pleading for her to stop but she just refused. "NO!" Then Abuela spoke the one thing she would never come back from. "Why won't you just let me do this for you Stella?!" Celestia looked up at the one person that swore to protect her and be nice to her with a saddened and shocked look. She then held her head, feeling herself being controlled.

(In the black void.)

Celestia looked around and then her mother appeared out of thin air. "That hag has failed our promise to protect you." Stella growled. "Let me out and I'll give it to her straight.." Celestia looked at the cracked pendant and back to her fuming mother. "I'm not going to regret this.. am I? I don't want Mirabel to be an outcast." She asked her and Stella shakes her head, beginning to sing for her. She was just as mad as her. "I realize you've always been an outcast. It's not everyone in that home who likes to think. Didn't have a child that's like you. Maybe one, or maybe two. But the others disappear before i blink." Different versions of the Madrigals appeared and they all looked like they were taunting Celestia.

"Now I understand you have your reservations.. it's hard to have a mind as bright as yours." Stella caresses her cheek and Celestia looked at the cracked pendant. "But if their home gets lost today, well I think I made it plain, they will regret the day they made you torn." The angered versions of the Madrigals surrounded the small child, walking around her to intimidate her. "Unleash the Magic, unleash the magic. If there's no home, then you're to blame. Abuela used it, and she abused it. So then why can't we do the same?"

Celestia watched it crack some more and Stella picked her up, holding onto her. "Call it power, call it magic. If she wins, it will be tragic. More important is the power they will lose." She held the pendant away from her mother. "A chance like this won't come again. And to her rage, please don't cave in. "Now I'm sure that it is time for you to choose!" Stella disappeared. Celestia still felt unsure.. but her mom was right. Abuela did fail on her promise.

"Unleash the magic! Unleash the magic. She isn't your friend at all. Our only interest, in this business.. is seeing the magic city fall." Celestia looked up and had an angry expression on her face. Her mother hugged her from behind. "What I'm suggesting is very simple. And since it's win-win on all scores. You only want to learn about the magic that I have stored. And as for me and for your father, we only want what we deserve. To see her cry when she knew what she did. The Sanchez legacy will endure!"

Celestia comes back to reality slowly, hearing all their voices together. "Unleash the magic. Unleash the magic! Don't let her win, it'll be a crime. So you can win it, if you begin it. It's up to you to not fail this time!" She looked up with her angry face as she takes off her pendant, hearing the echo in her mind. "Unleash the magic, free the magic now. Unleash the magic, free the magic now!" "Imagine all i will learn by setting it free." Julieta noticed the cracks in the pendant from far away. "Why is that cracking and sparking?" She mumbled to Augustin. "And now winning their love depends on me.."

Celestia sets it on the floor. "And what doors might open if I try to use it!" One of her eyes turned blue and Mirabel sees she was being controlled. "Celestia! Don't listen to it!" She called to her baby sister. "But this magic is what I really want to see!" Celestia raised her foot as the echoes grew louder. Antonio ran in to stop Celestia. "Celestia stop!" "Now!" The voices spoke and Celestia stomped on the pendant. It shattered and it set Stella's spirit free as it went into Celestia.

Abuela backed up as Stella began to speak to her with a mix of her own voice and Celestia's voice. "¿Te atreves a decir cosas así sobre mi propia hija? ¿Mi orgullo y alegría? No sé qué te dio el derecho, pero le has fallado a mi hija como protectora, ¡incumpliendo la promesa de esa carta! Si hubiera sabido que esto pasaría, ¡no la habría dejado aquí!!" Then suddenly, a huge crack in the floor began the crumbling process.

(Translation: Do you dare to say things like that about my own daughter? My pride and joy? I don't know what gave you the right, but you have failed my daughter as a protector, breaking the promise of that letter! If I had known that this would happen, I wouldn't have left it here!)

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