thantophobia ; enoch

III

hayley's point of view /

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I walked up the the set of big doors, my bag in hand. I climbed up the steps, and took it all in, as I made a fist and went to lay a knock on the wooden doors. They were then pulled open, and behind the door revealed a tall women, slim at the waist, her hair black, almost seeing blue highlights in her hair, but they were subtle, very subtly. Her eyes, a beautiful blue. She smoked a pipe, the clouds of smoke arouse as she exhaled. He hand reached out to mine, allowed me to give her a proper handshake.

" Miss Peregine, a delight to meet you Hayley " she said.

I shook her hand, eyes going wide. " How do you know my name " I asked, confused.

" You're Harvey's great-granddaughter, am I correct? "

" Well, yes, I am " I said.

" You know he used to live here " she said, I answered, " Yes, I just, kinda found out about myself, in that I'm a peculiar, is it? "

She let me in, and as she did she led me to the back of the home, as we passed a room, eyes followed us, many children playing around, stopped as they heard my footsteps.

" Yes, you are correct, tea? " She offered.

" Um, yes please, thank you Miss " I said.

" Okay, one moment " she said, " Olive! May you come here please! "

A red head soon appeared. She smiled at me, I examined her. She was in a pink dress, lined with patterns, gloves on her hands, which confused me.

She took them off after she filled a pot with water, she then set it down and put her hands on the sides of the pot, and soon, the water started to boil. My eyes lit up with amazement.

" How did you do that " I inquired.

" Fire, that's my peculiarity " she said.

" Hi, I'm Olive " she said, putting her glove out to give me a handshake, but I was weary, seeing as she just boiled water with her hands, but I was nudged by Miss Peregrine, so I gave her a handshake, and to my surprise, my hand didn't burn at all.

She then returned to wherever she came from, somewhere upstairs is all I know. Miss Peregrine then led me outside to have a chat.

I guess the children also went outside, because they were playing outside when we exited the house.

" Welcome Hayley, I hope you make yourself comfortable with the other children here, and to do that, you'd have to meet them, am I correct? "

" Well, yeah, yeah sure " I said, sipping my tea.

" Well, walk this way " she said, as she led me to what appeared to be a garden.

A girl was seen, sitting with a boy, underneath a tree. They both looked young, my guess would be about ten, and range to about twelve, maybe thirteen at most.

They both ran up to us when they say us coming. " Hi! I'm Fiona " the girl with braids said. She was adorable, her smile showed her teeth, which made me smile. " And, I am Hugh, nice to meet you " the boy said, playfully pushing Fiona out of the way. She then did it back to him, and they started pushing each other back and forth in front of my very eyes. It made me laugh, but Miss Peregrine told them to stop before one them got hurt. They agreed, and decided to go back underneath the tree, and continue whatever it was they were doing.

I took another sip of my tea, as Miss Peregrine led me to the main yard, I'm assuming, which was lined with beautiful topiaries of an assortment of animals, the dinosaur one caught my eye first. A girl with a pink dress and curly hair ran up to us, " Her name is Claire " Miss Peregrine said. She smiled at me, and I smiled back, as she ran off to join two small, children, masks over their faces. I looked at them. They were dressed in all white, their masks made me shiver, an uncomfortable feeling setting over me. " Those are the twins " Miss Peregrine said, and she directed me to meet more children's, even though I kept staring at them, wondering what they were hiding under their mask, and if it had anything to do with their peculiarity.

I was then introduced to two more boys, and a girl, one boy seemed older then the others, his suit in perfect shape, reading a book to the other children, well one children, and an invisible being. I could only tell he was there with the floating clothes. The other girl, was beautiful, she was small, and had brown, tight curled hair. The one that seemed the oldest approached us. " Nice to meet you, I've seen you before I can tell you that right now, name's Horace " he said, shaking my free hand.

" I like the look of that material on you, looks very soft, is it? " He inquired.

" Um, yeah " I said, furrowing my brows, " very soft. "

He smiled, and walked back to whatever it was he was doing, but the kids had followed him.

" The invisible one, that's Millard, and Bronwyn, is the girl " Miss Peregrine explained.

They waved, and I smiled and waved back, whispering an awkward, " Hi. " Mentally slapping myself afterwards, for how incredibly awkward that actually was.

The last girl I met was named Emma, her shoes were the first thing that caught my eye. She was apparently, " lighter then air " and those shoes helped her stay on the ground. Miss Peregrine then told me to make my way inside, and get situated in my room.

I agreed to the idea, and Emma was the one who helped me. She led me inside, and I told her I went to grab my suitcase. As bent down to grab it, my hand wrapped around the handle and I got up and quickly turned around, but all of a sudden, I bumped into someone.

I saw some jars drop, and break, and some of the contents came out, and were all over the floor.

" How about you watch where you step " a thick, Scottish accent yelled. I looked up and locked eyes with a pair of deep, hazel eyes.

I examined the boy, and might I say, he was very attractive. His hair, dark and flat against this head. His lips, perfectly symmetrical. He was, wow.

" She didn't mean to do it Enoch, don't be a prick to her, it is the first day " Emma interjected.

" She bumped into me, how about you watch yourself around here " he said, as he picked up what looked like hearts, and walked upstairs.

" Don't mind him, he can be, well, a prick sometimes, just, come with me " Emma said, musing the glass shards on the floor, taking me upstairs.

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a/n : again! another shirt update, but eNOCH IS HERE! okay, so I updated this story, I think three times today, and I can tell you they aren't going to be that often, i just really wanted to get this story going! But updates will be regular, I just don't have a schedule, haha, so they will be random, but long like I said before.

+but again, this chapter will be edited quickly, so please mind the mistakes haha x