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The CMC's Adventures in Radiator Springs - Timelordderpy



When the CMC decide to go to the castle library to do a little cutie mark research Sweetie Belle accidentally cast a spell that spends them to the human world of Cars

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Day of the Dead Day1

Author's Note:

Fair warning this one is really long and also very late do to a lot of research. I tried my best to make it as accurate as possible, but still so let me know if I've made any mistakes. And I hope you enjoy both the English and Spanish dialogue, I used Google translate so everything might not be as exact.

Also an updated on Witness Protection:
I might just have to skip the whole conversations part since that's the part I'm really lacking on and it's just frustrated me to a point where I'm just going to skip it. Like I said before I'm not so good with conversations.

“Will you turn that disrespectful junk off!”

“Respect the classics man! It’s Hendrix!”

Sweetie Belle woke up to her usual morning alarm

“Mhm Yawn” She sat up in bed and was welcomed by a sloppy lick from her soft and cute pillow. Bulk had taken a habit to sleeping at the top of her bed and using his body as a pillow. Sweetie Belle had asked Doc about it and he said that Bulk is just being protective.

“Ehehe good morning Bulk.” she giggled scratching his head as she climbed out of bed and walked to her closet.

“Huh? That’s weird?” she tilted her head as she noticed that a few of her clothes were missing, she shrugged and decided that Ramone must be washing them. She showered, got dressed and went into Ramone's room to wake him but he wasn’t there, even weirder she noticed some suitcases on his bed. Curious she grabbed Rarity and headed over to Flo’s for breakfast and to see if her big brother was already there, but he wasn’t.

“Morn’in Sweetie Belle!” Applebloom greeted, as Sweetie sat in her usual spot after giving Bulk his breakfast.

“Good Morning girls, um..has anyone seen Ramone this morning?” she asked

“He left early to do some business in the city Dear.” Flo answered as she set down the girl’s breakfast

“Why didn’t he wake me up?”

“He didn’t want to wake you up so early just to sit in a car. He’s just running a couple errands, he’ll be back soon...plus he has a surprise for you when he gets back.”

That perked her back up, now she was excited for Ramone to get back.

...later…

Sweetie Belle was sitting with Bulk in the yard when Ramone pulled up

“Ramone!” She jumped into his arms “Where were you? What have you been doing? Flo said you had a surprise for m-”

“Sweetie Belle calm down.” Ramone laughed as he brought her inside and sat her on his bed

“And what are these suitcases for? Are you going on a trip?”

“Actually ‘we’re’ going on a trip.” and he reached into his pocket and pulled out two plane tickets

“Where are we going?”

“I’m taking you to meet mi familia in Mexico.”

“Familia? Mexico? And I thought you lived here?”

“I do and ‘Familia’ means family in spanish. Let me explain. You see I was actually born in Mexico but moved to the US with mi mama because I wanted to follow in her footsteps in becoming a designer. I have both a family here and in Mexico. You see I’ve told them so much about you that now they want to meet you in person. So I told them that I’d bring you on my next visit for Dia De Los Muertos.”

“D-o-dels-what?”

“Dia De Los Muertos. It means Day of the Dead. It is a special holiday where we celebrate and honor our loved ones.”

“Wow that sounds nice. So I get to meet your family!” Sweetie Belle was jumping on the bed.

Bark!

“Ehehe and you’re coming to Bulk.” Ramone patted his head.

“So when are we going?”

“Later in the afternoon, The flight will only be an hour and a half and mi papa will meet us at the airport. I already have your bags packed and clothes ready for the trip.”

“So what are they like?”

“Mi familia is quite big and a bit wild, but very caring…”

Hours later…

“Alright Sweetie Belle time to go.” Ramone said as he put the last of their bags in the trunk.

“That’s not fair, how come Sweetie Belle gets to go and not us?” Scootaloo pouted as she leaned against her scooter

“Ehehe I’ll bring you girls next year, I promise.” he set the last suitcase in and shut the trunk

“Send us lots of pictures Sweetie.” Applebloom said

“And say hi to your Abuela for me.” Flo added

“And bring back some of her tamales.” Lightning’s eyes twinkled, he loved Mrs Santiago’s tamales.

“Don’t I always.” Ramone got in his car and the two waved goodbye as he drove off.

...On the plane...

“Do you think Bulk is doing ok back there?” Sweetie Belle asked wiggling in her seat as she was worried about her pet

“Sweetie Belle I’ve already told you Bulk is just fine and he’s not going to be in there for much longer, just an hour left and we’ll be landing.” Ramone patted her head reassuring the young girl.

“Ok.” as she went to lay down on his lap and nap the rest of the way.

...in the airport…

“Bulk!” Sweetie ran up to the kennel as the man opened it letting the excited pup finally roam free and he ran straight to his girl.

“I’ll tell you this kid your dog was a lot more well behaved then most pets I’ve seen on a plane, he was fast asleep when I picked him up.” the employee complemented

“Aw good boy Bulk.” Sweetie Belle reached inside her little white and lime green bag and pulled out a dog treat and Bulk’s leash, clipping it on as she gave him the treat.

“Alright Sweetie let’s go, mi papa is waiting for us.” Ramone put a hand on her shoulder as she held both her suitcase and Bulk’s leash.

They walked to the pick up area and Ramone scanned the group of people until he spotted an older man with looks similar to Ramone added a beard and mustache and he was holding up a sign with ‘Santiago’ on it.

“Papa!” Ramone called and waved as they made their way over to the man.

“¡Mi hijo! ¡Te he extrañado!” (My son! I’ve missed you!)

“Yo tambien te extrane papa!” (I’ve missed you too dad!) Ramone hugged his father, the father then noticed Sweetie Belle

“Oh! Es esta la joven de la que nos hablaste?” (Oh! Is this the young lady you told us about?)

“Porque si papa, esta es la pequena Sweetie Belle.” (Why yes dad, this is little Sweetie Belle.) Ramone pulled her over to his side.

“Ella es un hijo adorable, y ¿cómo se llama el perro?” (She is adorable son, and what is the dog's name?)

“Su nombre es Bulk.” (His name is Bulk.) his father than bent down to meet her at eye level

“Hola Sweetie Belle y Bulk, es un placer conocerte.” (Hello Sweetie Belle and Bulk it is very nice to meet you.)

Realizing that she’s finally being talked to but also not understanding looked at him confused

“Um...h-hi?” she shyly waved to him as Ramone chuckled

“Papa ella no entiende español.” (Dad she doesn’t understand Spanish.)

“Oh my! I am so sorry! You must have been so confused nina. I apologize.”

“It’s ok.”

“My name is Eduardo Santiago, Ramone’s papa, it is a pleasure to meet you nina.”

“Um...my name is Sweetie Belle actually.”

“Oh I know, nina means ‘child’.”

“Oh! Ok.”

“Shouldn’t we get going Papa?” Ramone reminded his father

“Oh right your Tio is waiting out front in the car.” Eduardo stood up

“And allow me to take these.” he said as he took Sweetie Belle’s suitcase and led the two to the car where they met a man identical to Eduardo except he only had a mustache but no beard and his hair was much curler.

“Tio Pedro!” (Uncle Pedro!) Ramone went to hug him

“Mi sobrinito como has estado.” (My little nephew how have you been)

Not again! Sweetie Belle mentaly screamed

“You’ll have to speak english brother, the young one does not understand spanish.” Eduardo told his brother

“Oh my apologies, shall we get going?” Pedro said as he helped his brother get the suitcases in the trunk.

...At the house...

“Hola Everyone! Guess who’s here!” Pedro shouted as the group stepped into the house

“RAMONE!!!” practically everyone screamed and came crowding the three which scared both Sweetie Belle and Bulk, he was whimpering and tried to crawl under Sweetie while she tried her best to hide behind Ramone.

“Muy Bien, todos retrocedan un poco, están asustando a los pobres queridos!” (Alright everyone step back a little you’re scaring the poor dears!) Came the voice of an elderly woman as she clapped her hands and the group of family members pulled away.

“Abuela!” Ramone hugged his grandma and she pinched his cheek

“Oh my sweet little nieto, have you been eating you look skinny come I will cook you both a nice meal.” She said as she pulled them both towards the kitchen.

“Abuela! At least say hello first this is Sweetie Belle’s first time meeting you.”

“Oh of course where are my manners. Sweetie Belle is it? My name is Maria.” she took Sweetie’s hands in her own “But you can call me Abuela.”

“It’s very nice to meet you...Abuela.” she spoke shyly

“Aww what a sweet dear you are.” and she pinched her cheek just as she did to Ramone which resulted in a giggle from Sweetie, Bulk finally decided that these people were ok and came out from his hiding spot.

“Aww why aren’t you beautiful, and what is your name?”

“His name is Bulk, Abuela.” she was hoping she said that right.

“Bulk what a very strong name.” Bulk thank her by giving her a lick to the cheek.

“Abuela why not introduce him to Nacho, Diablo, and Delgado.”

“Great idea nieto!” Abuela clapped her hands, stood up and whistled.

Immediately three dogs came running in a Chihuahua, a Chamuco and a Xoloitzcuintli. She picked up the chihuahua, the xoloitzcuintli ran up to Ramone and the Chamuco went to sniff Bulk.

“Sweetie Belle, Bulk, meet Nacho...” she motioned to the one she was holding “Delgado...” pointing to the one by Ramone. “...and Diablo is already introducing himself.” referring to the one by Bulk who was clearly asking to be let off his leash to play, she looked to Ramone for an ok, he gave it and she unclipped his leash to where the four dogs ran off to play, Nacho jumping right out of Abuela’s arms.

“Well they seem to be getting along well.” Abuela said as they watched the four dogs run off.

“PRIMO!!!” (Cousin)

Oh no! Ramone went pale as he recognized the voice and immediately pushed Sweetie towards his Abuela. Before Sweetie Belle could ask what’s wrong Ramone was tackled to the ground by a very large and muscular man with looks similar to Pedro. He was laughing as he had Ramone in some kind arm hold.

“Gah! Rafael! Get off me! Gah! Why do you always have to do this every time I visit!” Ramone shouted as he struggled to get out of the man's grip.

“Haha! Tradition Primo! And what do you expect from a luchador! Agh!” Rafael suddenly got up from Ramone as Abuela grabbed him by his ear pulling him away from his cousin.

“Gah! ¡Abuela! ¡Eso duele!” (That hurts!)

“Now Rafael, what did I say about wrestling in the house.”

“To not to. Lo siento Abuela.” (Sorry)

“Good now apologized to your cousin.”

Rafael apologized as he helped his cousin off the floor.

“So is this her Primo?”

“Yes Rafael meet Sweetie Belle.” Ramone had pulled her back to his side, she had gone behind Eduardo when Abuela went to separate the two.

“Nice to meet you kid. Sorry if I scared you a little.” Rafael apologized as he patted her head

“It’s ok but why did you do that?” Sweetie Belle asked

“You see I’m a luchador, a wrestler, that's kinda what we do. But I can be a little competitive at times.” Rafael chuckled

“¡Hola abuela!” came a new voice

“Carlos!” Ramone and Rafael exclaimed

Another man stepped in but he was wearing a weird costume, it was a green mask and cape, with a red, green, white, and yellow outfit, there was also a number 5 on his cape. She peeked behind him and also noticed what humans called a ‘plane’ painted with the same color scheme. He pulled off the mask to reveal curly brown hair, brown eyes and a very very small beard.

He went to hug Ramone and practically lifted him off the ground.

“Carlos meet Sweetie Belle, Sweetie Belle this is Carlos.” Ramone introduced

“It’s nice to meet you Carlos...you look familiar, have I’ve seen you somewhere before?” Sweetie Belle asked

“You’ve seen those air races Scootaloo watches?” Ramone asked, she nodded “He’s a racer.”

“Oh! Now I remember! You’re the one who named himself after that creature um...what was it called again?”

“El Chupacabra, nina.” Carlos replied

She was getting a little annoyed at being called ‘nina’ over and over.

“It’s Sweetie Belle, please.” she replied

“Mi apologizes Sweetie Belle.” He held his hands up in mock defense

After that more family started showing up and Ramone was not joking when he said that his family was huge.

I swear the Santiagos might even be as large as the Apple family. Sweetie Belle thought as family members after family members stepped through the door.

There were many different cousins with many different jobs, artist, firefighter, lawyer, vet, groomer, cook, traveler, pilot, zoologist, caterer, actor, and much more, one of them is even a horseback racer. But that one made Sweetie Belle a little uncomfortable. Makes since, since well she’s a horse and would not be too happy if someone hopped on her back and tried to ride her, but she put that aside having to remember again that this is not their world and their are a lot of things that are very very different in this world compared to Equestria.

And it turns out that Ramone actually told them! It was supposed to be a secret about Equestria, but Ramone said that his family is very trustworthy and knows how to keep a secret. As a way to reassure her Carlos revealed that no one other than his family, girlfriend and four best friends in the WATG (Wings Around the Globe) knows that El Chupacabra is Carlos Santiago, and no one has ever told anyone the truth no matter who asks or what they offer. And the same goes for Rafael, he’s a masked luchador and only the family knows who he is under the mask and will never tell anyone.

“I’ll admit this is a little awkward, I mean ever since we’ve got here I’ve had to keep my Equestrian origin a secret. So…”

“So it’s a little weird being able to finally talk about it with someone outside the town.”

Sweetie Belle was talking with the horseback rider, a beautiful young lady named Abigail with curly brown hair that reached all the way down her back.

“Yeah exactly.” she replied

“I’ll admit this was hard for all of us to believe and we all thought Ramone was going crazy when he first told us. But then he showed us a video of you practicing your magic then showed us one of Scootaloo flying.”

Well now I know why he had that camera that one day.

“Sweetie Belle!” a group of kids came up to her all excited

“Oh hi.”

“Sweetie Belle wanna help us decorate?!” One of the young girls(Veronica) asked

“Yay! That sounds like fun!” She hopped off the couch and excused herself from the conversation before running off with the other kids.

“So how exactly do you decorate for Dia de los muertos?”

“Don’t worry Sweetie we’ll teach you everything about Dia de los muertos.” one of the boys(Henry) said, taking Sweetie Belle by the hand.

“And in return you teach us a few Equestrian holidays.” another girl(Mari) added

“Deal.” Sweetie responded with a giggle

“And then there's Hearts and Hooves day, but here you call it Valentine’s Day. They’re basically the same holiday, just different names.”

Sweetie Belle sat with her new familia making paper Marigolds, a real bright orange marigold sitting beautifully in her hair.

“Wow! Your home sounds just beautiful!” Rosa explained finishing up her 7th marigold

“It is...I really miss it…I miss them...my home and my family.” Sweetie Belle sniffled and sighed, clenching Rarity. Juan and Marco who were sitting next to her wrapped her in a hug.

“Familia significa que nadie se queda atrás o se olvida.” Juan resited

“What does that mean?” She asked

“‘Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.’ It’s one of the many lessons Abuela has taught us like, La familia ayudarse el uno al otro, meaning 'Family always help one another’.” Marco replied

“Familia: donde la vida comienza y el amor nunca termina, Family: where life begins and love never ends.” Rosa joined in on the hug.

“Mi familia son con quien he reido y llorado, My family are those I laugh and cry with.” Veronica added.

“Uno no elige a su familia. Son uno regalo de Dios para ti, como tu eres para ellos. You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” Henry jumped in.

“Mi familia es mi ancla, mi consuelo, mi suporte, mi ayuda, mi inspiración. My family is my anchor, my consolation, my support, my help, my inspiration.” Mari spoke softly.

“T-thank you.” Sweetie Belle sniffled as a choked sob escaped her lips.

“Ella es una niña muy dulce, nieto.” (She is a very sweet girl, grandson.)

“Sí abuela.” (Yes grandma.)

“Y especial.” (And special.)

“Si.” (Yes.)

Abuela and Ramone whispered softly as they watched the children cheer up Sweetie Belle

“Siento algo muy poderoso dentro de ese niño.” (I feel something very powerful inside that child.)

“Eh, ¿qué quieres decir con esa abuela?” (Huh, what do you mean by that grandma?)

“Llámalo una corazonada.” (Call it a hunch) she giggled and Ramone laughed

“Oh abuela, tu y tu adivinación.” (Oh grandma you and your fortune telling.)

He kissed her cheek before walking off, but he only got two steps away when his papa approached them

“Hijo, tu madre acaba de llegar.” (Son, your mother just arrived.)

“Gracias Papa.” (Thanks Dad) And walked over to the group of kids and bent down in front of Sweetie Belle.

“Sweetie Belle, Mama’s here are you ready to meet her?” he asked her, but before she could answer the kids jumped up screaming.

“AUNTIE SILVIA!!!” and ran to the main family room.

Ramone just chuckled and took Sweetie Belle’s hand, called for Bulk a couple times before he came running with his new group of friends and led them all to the main family room.

Silvia Santiago is a very beautiful woman with curvy hourglass figure and long brown hair styled in a shiny beach wave. She was dressed in a white off shoulder top with trumpet sleeves, black boot cut jeans with a red contour hip hugger belt. She wore a lovely pair of red ankle strap heels, gold hoop earrings and a floppy wool hat, she held her polarized sunglasses in the same hand that carried a large beige tote bag.

“Mama!”

Ramone called out through the crowd of family and everyone immediately opened a pathway for the three, Nacho, Diablo, Delgado staying behind.

“Mi Hijo!” Silvia pocketed her sunglasses and wrapped her son in a big hug.

“Oh my little baby boy how have you been carino!” Her voice was soft and elegant.

“It’s been very...eventful Mama.”

“Oh I can only imagine, so is this the little one?” Silvia bent down in front of her

“Hola Sweetie Belle, Bulk it’s very nice to meet you two.”

“It’s nice to meet you too.” Sweetie Belle shyly spoke as Bulk went to sniff Silvia’s hand.

“Aww! Well aren’t you two just precious.” Silvia cooed as she patted Bulk’s head and Sweetie Belle blushed slightly.

After some time Silvia got settled in and after talking with Sweetie Belle for a bit the young one was once again pulled away from her conversation by the other excited kids who wanted to spend time with her. Now half of the kids are finishing up decorations while the other half are helping Abuela and some other adults make sugar skulls cookies. Hers wasn’t looking so good mostly because of the complicated design.

“Don’t worry Sweetie you’ll get the hang of it soon enough.” Abuela encouraged her as Sweetie Belle was making a complete mess with her cookies.

“Sweetie Belle look!” one of the kids came running into the kitchen, Sweetie Belle yelped when she held up a colorful skull in front of her.

Abuela giggled and patted her shoulder “It’s ok Sweetie Belle it’s just a decoration, it’s fake.”

“Why a skull?” Sweetie asked while wiping off her hands before stepping off the step stool and taking the little skull.

“It’s called a sugar skull. They are a tradition in decoration for Day of the Dead.” Abuela explained.

“How?”

“They are a symbol of remembrance. It is common to write the name of a deceased loved one on the paper part of the forehead, then placed on top of the Ofrenda.”

“Ofrenda?”

“An alter, mi hija.” She giggled and washed her hands before the two stepped out of the kitchen.

“Follow me.”

And she led her to a large outside dinning room, sitting in a much smaller room where a lot of flower petals led to a very colorful and very beautiful alter. It was decorated with marigolds, candles, sugar skulls and many others items that to Sweetie Belle seems kind of random. But what really caught her attention was all of the pictures of family relatives.

“Wow! This is beautiful!” Sweetie exclaimed eyes sparkling

“Gracias Sweetie.”

“Ramone told me that this is a day where the dead can come back to visit…” She thought for a moment

“But I thought magic doesn’t exist in this world and aren’t zombies supposed to be dangerous?”

Abuela couldn’t help but laugh at this.

“Oh sweet mi hija. I’m afraid you have it all wrong.”

Sweetie Belle blushed slightly embarrassed

“You see on this day we think about our loved ones and that keeps their memories alive, we honor our loved ones by putting out all the things they love and we use incense, candles and marigolds to help guide their spirits back.”

“Is that why there are marigold petals everywhere?”

“Why yes, we create a path of marigolds from our home to the land of the dead to help guide spirits back home.”

“Land of the Dead?”

“A cemetery sweetie.”

“Oh?...” Sweetie thought for a moment then started swaying in her spot, still holding the skull.

“Um...Abuela is Day of the Dead for families who are still alive too?”

Abuela smiled as she knew what the girl meant and kissed her forehead.

“Oh of course Sweetie.”

Sweetie Belle smiled and handed Abuela the skull

“Excuse me I’ll be right back.” and she ran off with a smile

She came back a few minutes later with as expected Rarity and placed her gently on the Ofrenda then took the skull back and placed it next to the doll.

“What do you think?” She asked facing Abuela

“Perfecto mi hija.”

“Aduela?” Ramone peeked into the kitchen

“Si nieto.” She was at the stove stirring something in a pot

“¿Recuerdas no poner carne en el derecho?” (You remember not to put any meat in the food right?)

“Calmate nieto por supuesto que lo recuerdo.” (Calm down grandson of course I remember.)

“Disculpas Abuela, este es el primer, Dia de Muertos de Sweetie Belle, solo quiero que sea especial.” (Apologies Grandma, this is Sweetie Belle’s first Day of the Dead, I just want it to be special.)

“No se preocupe, nieto, además todos ya están enamorados de la pequeña Sweetie Belle. Es una niña dulce y se divierte mucho aprendiendo sobre las vacaciones y sobre su nueva familia.” (It will grandson don’t worry, besides everyone is already in love with little Sweetie Belle. She is a sweet child and having so much fun learning about the holiday as well as her new family.)

“Gracias abuela.” (Thank you Grandma.)

“¿Te dije, esa linda muñequita que le hiciste?” (Did I tell you, that cute little doll you made her.)

“Si?”

“Ella lo puso en la ofrenda.” (She put it on the ofrenda.)

“Entonces parece que no tengo nada de qué preocuparme.” (Then it looks as though I have nothing to worry about.)

Ramone kissed her cheek before catching a whiff of her cooking

“Mhm, entonces, ¿qué hiciste abuela? Huele increíble.” (Mhm, so what did you make abuela? It smells amazing.)

“Tamales de calabaza, Chiles poblanos rellenos de frijoles y maíz, Tacos ejote con tofuevos con tortillas de maíz caseras, Pozole Rojo vegano con champiñones y frijoles rojos, Pan de Muerto y Champurrado, solo por nombrar algunos.” (Pumpkin tamales, Bean and corn stuffed poblano peppers, Green bean tacos with tofu evos with homemade tortillas, Vegan red pozole with mushrooms and red beans, Dead bread and champurrado, just to name a few.)

She smiled sweetly pointing to the over

“Y por supuesto tu favorita.” (And of course your favorite.)

“¡Tres Leches! ¡Gracias Abuela!” He wrapped her in a hug before giving her another kiss on the cheek then walking off.

...

“Then there are Alebrijes…”

Sweetie Belle was back to decorating with the other kids as Silvia explains more Day of the Dead traditions as well as other facts she needs to know.

“They are large mystical colorful looking creature the size of dinosaurs-”

“Wait! What are de-na-saws?” Sweetie asked and Silvia chuckled

“Dai-nuh-sorz. Dinosaurs are animals that used to live on earth millions of years ago. They lived long long before humans began to dominate the planet.”

“What do they look like?”

Silvia pulled out her phone to show pictures

“Think of overgrown lizards, some have leathery wings, others have multiple horns on their heads, long necks, tiny arms and or spines on their backs.” She then showed Sweetie a picture of a T-Rex.

“This guy the Tyrannosaurus Rex, T-Rex for short is the most popular of all the dinosaurs so much that he earned the name of the ‘King of Dinosaurs’. But their story will take too long to explain, so I’ll just finish by saying that we are very lucky these guys are extinct now.”

“Can you explain it to me later? They look really cool, especially the T-Rex.”

“Of course Sweetie! Now getting back on topic. The Alebrijes are the size of dinosaurs; they are a mixture of features from many different animals. To give a few examples, a mouse with very large ears, a jaguar with horns, wings, lion claws, and feathers, and a winged dog.” She showed more pictures on her phone.

“Wow! They look beautiful.”


“You know some people even make plushies and figurines of alebrijes.”

“Aww! I wish I had one.”

“I was hoping you’d say that.” Silvia giggled as she reached into her bag

Sweetie squealed when she pulled out a handmade alebrijes winged dog plushie

“Thank you so much!” she took the doll hugging it close.

“Alebrijes are considered creatures of our dreams and of the realm of the dead. They are also spirit animals that guide the spirits of ancestors on their journey.”

Maybe Earth does have magic afterall.

“Who is that?” Sweetie Belle asked pointing to a picture of a tall female skeleton wearing a fancy hat with feathers.

“That is La Caterina, she is one of the strongest figures of Day of the Dead.”

“What’s her story?”

“It is believed the Aztecs worshipped her as the Goddess of the Dead, protector of departed loved ones and helping them move on to the next stage. She is a strong symbol for Day of the Dead, we paint our faces in colorful paint and dress in elegant dresses to express the symbolic skeleton. La Caterina is a strong depiction of how we see death and the afterlife. La Caterina is about living your true self and not pretending to be someone you’re not. No matter what you look like or where you come from you will end up a skeleton in the end just like everyone else.”

“Wow.” Sweetie’s eyes sparkled

After that the kids wanted to show Sweetie Belle their two favorite Day of the Dead movies.

The first one was ‘The Book of Life’.

“I know about the wager, Xibalba cheated!”

“He did what?!”

“Yeah! With a two headed snake!”

“Ya might wanna cover your ears right now.”

“XXXXXXIIIIIIIBALLLLBAAAAAAAA!!!”

“That guy looks and acts just like Discord!” Sweetie laughed as they were on the scene where La Muerte was shouting at Xibalba for cheating yet again.

“YOU MISBEGOTTEN SON OF A LEPROUS DONKEY! YOU CHEATED! AGAIN!”

The next one was Coco which the dogs had decided to join for.

“Now we just have to find De la cruz!”
“Yes.”
“Ahh!”
“Don’t I know you?”
Shoe slap!
“Ahh!”
“THAT IS MURDERING THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!”
“W-who the?!”
“She’s talking about me!...I’m the love of your life.”
“I don’t know I’m still angry at you!”
“Hector! How did you-Ah!”
Second shoe slap
“AND THAT IS FOR TRYING TO MURDER MY GRANDSON!”
“Grandson?”
“She's talking about me!”

“Are shoes like a traditional Mexican weapon or something?! Why do they keep hitting everyone with them?!” Sweetie laughed at the scene where the family chased after De la cruz to get the photo back.

“Why do I get the feeling that they use the tomato splash as a representation of blood from the life he stole?”

They spent the rest of the day finishing up the rest of the preparations and just having fun until night came.

Though Sweetie Belle was confused when Ramone came to put her to bed and Ramone had to explain again that Day of the Dead is a three day festival. And that the first is for praying and honoring recently deceased as well as planning for the two big events. And that tomorrow is to celebrate the deceased young and the third day celebrates the elder deceased.

“Ok, yawn goodnight.”

“Goodnight Sweetie Belle, Bulk.” He kissed her forehead before tucking her in

“That is so adorable.” Silvia cooed as Ramone left the room taking one last glance at the sense before leaving them to sleep.

Said cute scene was of course Bulk pushing the pillow away and using his body as one for Sweetie Belle, Diablo at the foot of her bed with Delgado on one side of her bed his back to her’s, as Sweetie cuddled Nacho in her arms. All five sleeping soundly together.