two in a million - e. o'connor [ONE]

Ch. 2

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Hannah's POV
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AS WE ENTERED CAIRNHOLM, I could tell it was small town, but, it's sadness in the air still lingered from the war, there weren't any children and barley any teenagers, there was a small inn with a bar inside it, a small beach, a post office and a large pen with sheep in it. The ship pulled to a hauling stop, Then me and Miss.Peregrine got off the ship, and with my bag in hand and Miss.Peregrine leading the way, we headed towards the children's home

As we exited the eerie cave, We then got to a gate, I then pushed the gate doors open, I got a shiver down my spine, and once I looked up I saw a beautiful home, made out of brick and stone, with three stories to it, and I was walking towards the house, then I see a variety of children and teenagers standing at the front of the house, then Miss.Peregrine said to the children and teenagers, "Please introduce yourself children." I see a little girl with golden curls she has a big smile plastered on her face, she says in a very bubbly tone, "My name is Claire, and I have a back-mouth," I then hear her back-mouth growl, then I see a girl with short curly brown hair in a light blue dress, "Hi my name is Bronwyn, I have the strength of ten men," she says as she picks up a massive rock, I smile and nod at the little girl
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Time Skip to when she was about to meet Enoch
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I see a teenager around my age he had curly black hair, he was wearing a cream colored flannel and some brown trousers, he had a vacant expression he wore on his face, he stepped forward because he was in the way back, he said still with that vacant expression he was still wearing, "My name is Enoch, I can temporarily bring people or inanimate objects back to life with a heart of an animal," I nodded and then Emma asked with her boots clanging against the wooden floor as we got inside, "So, what's your name and your peculiarity" I was wondering if my electricity was my ability so I said, "Well, my name is Hannah, I'm from the year 2019, and I can manipulate and use electricity, for instance" I turned to Emma and asked, "May I" She then said, "Yes" I went over to Millard and I placed my finger on his invisible shoulder and I heard a buzzing sound and along with and "Ow!" from Millard, I then removed my finger from his invisible shoulder, I stepped away from Millard with a smile plastered on my face

Once it stopped raining I went outside with the other peculiars, Fiona, Emma, Claire, Olive and I sat under a large oak tree, we were talking about random subjects until Fiona asked, "So Hannah what's your hidden talent" and I said blushing, "erm, I can sing a bit" Then, Olive and Claire asked, "Can you sing for us please" I nodded and asked, "do any of you have a record player I can use" Claire nodded she ran inside and grabbed the record player, then she came back outside and set it down right in front of me, I grabbed my Avril Lavigne CD and I turned it to the side on where it said 'Birdie' and I placed it on the record player and it started playing, I then started to sing which got most of the peculiars' attention, "Like a bird locked up in a cage called love, He clipped her wings when she was born to fly, he said, 'A pretty bird, you can't sing but I'll buy you diamonds and ruby rings', like a bird locked up in a cage,"

"And how can I escape this place and go higher, higher, how can avoid the flames from your fire, fire, and oh, you can't hold me down, no, oh you can't pull me down, so birdie fly away"

"Tired of getting lost inside this maze all day your twisted words are getting to my head, I say, 'and no more glasses and seein stars and no more bruises and battle scars, like a bird locked up in a cage, like a bird locked up in a cage"

All of the peculiars clapped as I finished the song and I mumbled a "Thanks" then Emma asked, "Can you sing another song, please" and the the rest of the peculiars nodded, and I said "Okay," I grabbed another record and put it on the record player and it started playing, and then I started singing, "It started out as a feeling, which then grew into a hope, which then turned into a quiet thought, which then turned into a quiet word, and then that word grew louder and louder, till it was a battle cry, I'll come back when it's over, no need to say goodbye,"

"Just because everything's changing, doesn't mean it's never been this way before, all you can do is try to know who your friends are as you head off to the war, pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light, you'll come back when it's over no need to say goodbye"

"Now we're back to the beginning it's just a feeling that no one knows yet, but just because they can't feel it too, doesn't mean you don't have to forget, let your memories grow stronger and stronger, till they're before your eyes, you'll come back when they call you, no need to say goodbye,"

All of the peculiars clapped and I said quietly, "Thanks."

Miss.P called us into the house for dinner, we then all ran inside, we then got into the dining area, we all sat down, I was sat next to Fiona and I was diagonal from Enoch, then we started to eat our dinner
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Time Skip to Horace's Dream for movie night
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We all sat down on the couches or the floor, I was sat on a couch next to Enoch and Fiona, I saw as Horace's dream was projected

Horace's dream showed, a little girl with wavy dark brown hair and electric blue eyes, and that image hit me like a bus, that was me, she was hiding behind a wall, she heard a man yelling, 'The peculiar girl, where is she' she peeked out from the wall to see what was happening, she saw a man with white eyes and he was holding a gun to her fathers head, her father said, 'I don't know who your talking about' and the gun man with white eyes smiled menacingly and said laughing, 'Well your no use then," she heard a loud bang, the gun's trigger was pulled, He father was dead.

The dream was soon over, I was huddled on the couch my knees to my chest, bawling my eyes out, I had just witnessed my fathers death twice. Fiona asked, "Do you know who that was" I sighed and said sadly, "Yes I do, the little girl is me, the man with the white eyes is my uncle, and the other man was my father." The peculiars all nodded solemnly, then Miss.P sent all of us to bed, as soon as my head hit the soft pillow I was out like a light.

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