Peculiar Pasts, Presents, and Prospectives

Never Let Her Go

This Chapter was created in honor for Fiona. If you didn't know, she was my favorite character in the series although a minor one. I always thought that Fugh was so much better than Jemma.  Rest In Peace Fiona, Rest In Peace. Also, my first fanfic. Ever.

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     It had been almost 3 hours since Hugh had found out the news. Fiona was gone. And she was never coming back. As soon as Addison had told him the news, he had run upstairs into one of the spare bedrooms in Bentham's house. He'd tried denial several times, saying that she must be lost, and that the trees had cushioned her fall, but everyone knew it wasn't true. They didn't want to give him false hope, least of all Enoch.

     Sitting there in despair, he called out one of his new bees. Strangely enough, he had found a peculiar one as they headed back from the Library of Souls. Peculiar animals were something new that the kids had just found out about. This one, named James, could sting as many times as he wanted, without losing his stinger. That was quite peculiar for a honey bee.

     Maybe, Hugh thought, if I feel real pain, the internal hurt could go away. It felt as though if his heart, that contained every bit of joy and love in it, had been ripped out and thrown into an endless black sea. Hugh could never be able to retrieve it. It was utterly lost and without Fiona, his heart and soul, everything was gone.

     He forced James to sting him , until his arms were bleeding down to the soft sheets he was sitting on. It didn't hurt. His stomach just kept flipping until he went numb and fell to the floor. This shouldn't have been how it ended. Fiona was supposed to be rescued with Claire, and after they had beat all the wights and Jake had made the hollows no longer a problem, he and Fee would get back to being in love and happy and normal in the loop. But now, it wouldn't. And I didn't even get to say goodbye.

     All of a sudden, there was a knock at the door. Hugh just groaned. It was Olive, standing there with a pitied look on her face. As soon as she saw Hugh lying on the floor, a pool of blood around him, she ran out the door, and to the bathroom. She dampened a cloth and went back to Hugh, her lead boots clomping on the floor. " Hugh, here, let me help you. " She lifted him onto the bed, struggling to pick up someone twice her size. "Olive I'm fi-" he started, but thought better of it. Olive could be very persistent. Silently, he let Olive wipe the blood off of his arms. They sat in silence for a bit, just like that, Olive trying to slow his bleeding. Hugh, snapping out of his trance, looked at Olive's favorite dress she was wearing. It was soaked in red. "Olive! Good God! Your dress!" He started to panic. " It's fine, Hugh. It'll wash off." Hugh quieted down again, still sitting quietly next to her, trying not to wince at the sting.

     "Hugh?" Olive asked, breaking the silence. "Yes?" Hugh looked down. " Can I tell you a story? I think it might make you feel better. " Hugh blinked back tears. " Fee was the only one that could ever make me feel better. "  Olive pursed her lips. " May I give it a try? " Sighing, Hugh reluctantly said yes. Clearing her throat, Olive begun. " Before I entered the loop, I had a life, a good one too, and a best friend. Her name was Elephanta. Like my name! And before I met Miss Peregrine, I lost her. Just like you. When I had finally made it to Cairnholm, and entered the loop, only Enoch and Horace were there. Neither of them payed any attention to me. Miss P was always off, looking for more peculiars to join the loop. She told me to try to forget about it, and to let her go, but the more I forgot, the more lost I became. I was alone in the world, so I just had to disobey Miss P that one time. I took a minute or two out of every day, and then I found myself. When Bronwyn lost Victor, she started to join me, and now, we are healed. Never let her go Hugh. Never."

     Hugh just sat there, staring at her. By now, he had stopped bleeding. " Well, I'd better get back downst-" She was interrupted by a question from Hugh. " Olive, can you stay with me here?" Olive looked around the room. " Me? Um... are you sure you don't want me to get Emma or Bronwyn or Millard? They might be of better help than I." Hugh, eyes unwavering, replied. "No thank you. I just want you to stay here." Reluctantly, she obliged. They sat quietly for a minute like that. Hugh stared at Olive, a newfound gleam in his eyes. " What is it? Why are you looking at me like that?" Hugh replied, looking away. " Oh nothing. It's just that sometimes I forget how old and wise you are. It always seems like you're just a seven year old kid when in reality you are 90 years old." She smiled sweetly at him. " Hugh. Don't be afraid to cry. It's not a crime just because I'm here." Hugh's voice wavered. "Cry? No, I don't need to c-cry. I haven't been c-cr-crying." As soon as he finished speaking, Hugh burst into tears. They slid down his cheeks; his body shaking from head to toe. Olive stayed for moral support. The two of them were there for a long time, Hugh sobbing like a 2-year-old. After a while, Olive slid her small hand into his. Taking a breath between tears, he looked at her and smiled. She smiled back. Maybe, Hugh thought, Olive could be his new Fiona.

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Alrighty! There we are. My first ever fanfiction is finished and published! FYI these stories are all meant to be PG rated. There will be sadness, occasional violence, and rude humor but nothing anyone 10+ can't handle. I am also the A in LGBTQIAD so I'm sorry if a ton of this is not what love is like at all. I like to write about it but I do not understand it so excuse my terrible romantic paragraphs. I'll have several different works for different books/series' so I'll try to update each one equally. Most likely I will have two updates per week on my page. The next one that I'm working on is Enoch's backstory! Goodbye for now.

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