I am back! So, the rest of the story takes place in Hollow City and Library of Souls. I just wanted to make that completely clear. Joshua does not come in till like the middle, maybe late beginning. Hope you enjoy!
Bella and her friends had just rescued Miss Peregrine from wights, and now they were trying to find a way to get her back to her human form. Well, at least, that's what they will be doing, once they find land. The peculiars were in boats, and they'd been traveling for hours, trying to get to land.
"How much ocean is left between us and the mainland?" Horace shouted to Emma, who was holding the map.
"Four miles?" Emma answered, somewhat doubtfully.
Bella saw Millard whisper something in Emma's ear and Emma turned the map around a bit. "I mean, five," she said.
Bella groaned and Hugh, who was in her boat, volunteered to row for a bit. Bella nodded gratefully and switched with him. Fiona and Claire were also in her boat, and little Claire was getting restless. "How long is five miles?" she asked.
"It'll be at least three more hours, probably more," Bella answered, feeling just as impatient.
Bella looked behind her. Bronwyn was rowing a boat all by herself because Olive, who was in the boat with her, would push herself into the air every time she pulled the oars.
"Look!" Enoch shouted, standing up in the boat next to Emma, Jacob, and Millard's. "It's disappearing!" He didn't say but Bella knew what he was talking about.
"Say goodbye to our island," Emma said, standing up and taking off her hat. "We may never see it again.
"Goodbye, home," Bella said. "The only place that would accept me."
"Farewell, island," said Hugh. "You were so good to us."
Horace set his oar down and waved. "Goodbye, house. I shall miss all your rooms and gardens, but most of all I shall miss my bed."
"So long, loop," Olive sniffled. "Thank you for keeping us safe all these years."
"Good years," said Bronwyn. "The best I've known."
As Bella watched the island disappear into the distance, she thought about the time it became her home.
"Pleasure to meet you, Miss Scurlock," the woman said. "I am Miss Peregrine, and you can stay here for more than a while. Welcome to you new home."
"You mean I can stay here," Bella said, dumbfounded. "Like, forever?"
"Yes. You will be sharing a room with Miss Bloom. Miss Frauenfeld, would you care to introduce her?"
And now it was gone. Forever. Her home for seventy-five years. Bella felt a huge wave of sadness pour over her.
Lost in her emotions, Bella barely noticed when the fog grew thicker.
"I don't like this," she heard Bronwyn say from behind her. "If we wait too long it'll be night, and we'll have worse things to reckon with than bad weather."
Then, as if on cue, the weather got really, really bad. A strong wind blew up and waves rippled the surface of the formerly calm water. Then it started raining. Hard.
"Turn the waves!" Bronwyn shouted. "If they broadside us we'll flip for sure!"
"Bella, go!" Hugh yelled. "Teleport out of here!"
"No! I'm not leaving you!" Bella refused.
"Bella, Hugh's right," Emma called back. "You can get out of here. We can't. Go!"
"No, I won't - " Bella's words were silenced by a wave coming right towards them.
Hugh held on to his seat with his arms and Fiona clung to him. Bella grabbed Claire and held on to the side of the boat. Her bag tumbled overboard, as did Hugh's, but she was too terrified to care.
Bella heard Jacob screaming their names in the distance and yelled back. She heard Enoch yell from his boat, too. Hugh let out a sigh of relief when they saw both Enoch's and Jacob's boats sailing towards them.
"Are you alright?" Jacob shouted.
"Over there!" Enoch and Horace called back. "Look over there!"
Bella looked and saw the hull of an overturned boat.
"That's Bronwyn and Olive's boat!" Emma said.
"We have to get closer!" Hugh shouted. He grabbed the oars and paddled closer.
"Bronwyn!" Bella yelled. "Olive! Are you there?"
The others joined in, screaming their names at the top of their lungs.
"Where are they?" Horace moaned. "Oh, if we've lost them..."
"Underneath!" Emma pointed at the hull. "Maybe they're trapped underneath it!"
Jacob banged his oar against the hull. "If you're there, swim out!" he shouted. "We'll rescue you!"
For a terrifying moment there was no response, but then, someone knocked from the underside of the overturned boat. A fist broke through the hull and they jumped in surprise.
"It's Bronwyn!" Bella cried. "They're alive!"
A few more strikes and Bronwyn was out, grabbing the oar when Jacob extended it to her. He, Emma, and Millard pulled her in. She was panicked, hysterical, and shouting for Olive. With a jolt Bella realized that the little girl was still missing.
"Olive - got to get Olive," Bronwyn sputtered once inside the boat. She was shivering and coughing up water. She stood up and pointed into the storm. "There!" she cried. "See it?"
Bella looked but couldn't see anything, and apparently, neither had Jacob. "I don't see anything!" he said.
"She's there!" Bronwyn insisted. "The rope!"
Bella looked closer and saw what she was pointing at. In the distance there was a thick brown rope. Olive must've been attached to the other end.
They paddled to the rope and Bronwyn pulled Olive down and tied her to the anchor line so she didn't float away.
Olive threw her arms around Bronwyn's neck and crowed, "You saved me, you saved me!"
"We ain't out of danger yet," said Bronwyn. "We still got to reach shore before nightfall, and our troubles have only just begun."
Okay, that's the end of chapter one! I hope you enjoyed it, please review and tell me what you thought. If I messed up on something, please let me know, I can't change it if I don't know it's wrong. Thank you for reading! Bye!