1982. (Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar children.)

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It's 1993, late night, I'm waiting on the side of the street. For something, someone.
"Please, would you please spare some change?" I asked holding a cup up to a crowd, I looked down and set the cup down on the ground sighing depressingly.

I looked at the sky and closed my eyes, I stood up scooping the change out of my cup and leaving the cup on the ground, I walked to the pier.

I walked along the beach with the change in my pocket jingling as I walked every step, I looked off at the moon that was in a crescent shape. I felt a tear wielding up in my left eye, I quickly blinked it away, I looked straight up and stared up at the stars and walked forward without watching where I was going.

---Present.

"Come on Anastasia." It was Hugh, I was playing football, also known as soccer in some places with him and Millard. I couldn't stop thinking about how horrid my life was before this, I had just arrived about three or four months ago, It took awhile to understand all that was going on in this world but I eventually got ahold of it.

"Alright Hugh, Where's Millard?" I asked him, He looked to the right and I sighed.

"Are you naked Mill?" I asked him, I heard a small cough,

"Yes..." He spoke out, I pointed at the house and I could hear steps walking toward the house, I giggled.

"Why does he insist on being naked all the time?" I asked Hugh, He just shrugged before walking over to the football and picking it up.

"I'm going to go check on Emma real quick." I said before walking over to the tree Emma was putting the baby squirrel in, Enoch was helping her by holding onto the rope, I smiled.

"Hey." I said, Enoch was still unfamiliar toward me and didn't say anything back, I smiled bitterly.

"What do you want?" He asked focused on Emma, I looked to the side and sighed.

"N-Never mind, I'll leave you alone." Was all I said walking away back to Hugh and Millard who was indeed now fully clothed.

"Don't worry, He's always like that." Millard spoke, I nodded depressingly, It seemed besides him everyone else accepted me here besides that one..

"I know, It's just... I don't understand why he doesn't even talk to me without being mean.." I spoke to no one general.

"He'll become nice eventually, now let's play." He said again, I smiled and nodded. The ref was of course Horace.

"Alright, Now you all know the rules." He spoke I giggled as I kicked the ball around with the other two.

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"Millard, go put some clothing on. We do not dine in the nude." Miss Peregrine spoke up at the dinner table, It was another time today Mill didn't put his clothing on. I shook my head as steps walked to the door and opened it.

I looked around and noticed everyone was talking to one and another. I sighed and looked at my lap and then back at my plate. There was about half the food on my plate as the others. I cannot eat as much as them because then I get sick after not eating for so long.

I took the fork in to my hand and pressed down on the large carrot and took a bite of it from the fork, I looked up at the others once again taking all of this in.

"So what did you do in your free time Anastasia." Miss Peregrine asked, I looked at her and shrugged.

"I mostly hanged around my room and read my book." I said, everyone was silent looking at me. I awkwardly smiled, Miss Peregrine only smiled, I looked back at my plate, today I think it was Emma's turn to clean up the table,