A/N
Yes I am a dummy and no Luken is not a bird Guest. I went back and tried to change al of the times I mentioned it. In my defense I hadn't read the book yet and had only seen the movie. I have now read the first book and I'm working on the second. I did not find your comment offensive but I don't think you meant for it to be. I appreciate your tips and I would've commented the same thing if I was in your place honestly. Now that that is out of the way chapter two!
Olive led Eva to the dining room where everyone was already seated. Olive sat on the far end leaving the only empty seat for Eva next to Enoch. He glowered noticeably and seemed to be sitting very tense. Eva timidly sat down and smiled at Miss. Peregrine.
"Well now that everyone is here, let's eat." The headmistress proceeded to dig into her lamb while everyone else directed their attention to Eva.
"Do you miss your old loop?"
"Why did you come here?"
"Were you attacked by wights?"
"How old are you?"
"What's your peculiarity?"
Eva's eyes widened and she stuttered.
"Uh...I..."
"Now children, don't drown her in your questions yet. Evangeline why don't you just give us a brief history of your life." Miss. Peregrine smiled at her.
"Well I was born in 1999...um I had a younger brother, his name was Elliot, and he fell out of a tree. When my parents carried him inside and had the doctor take a look at him they found out his leg was broken. After the doctor left I was allowed to go see him so I went to my brother bed side and touched his leg, wishing for it to be healed, then it was. My parents got pretty freaked out but they kept me around. To be honest I was freaked out to. I didn't know what was wrong with me, but I learned to except it and my parents forbade me to tell anyone. When I turned sixteen I had gone out to the hospital, where i spent a lot of time helping patients who were giving up. That was the day my house caught on fire, my family trapped inside. I felt so mad at myself for if I had only been there I could've healed them, but when I caught word it was to late."
"That's so terrible!" Claire cried with tears in her eyes.
"Yes, it was. I was sent to my uncles house but he was not an ideal care giver. He thought I was there to do chores and work instead of being cared for. Two days after my seventeenth birthday Miss. Robin came to me. She told me all about my gift and about peculiardom. She then spoke to my uncle and spun some tale about training me to be a nurse. He believed it. I think he was just happy to get me out of his hair."
"But what happened at her loop that caused you to come here?" Millard spoke up.
Evangeline's eyes turned dark.
"I lived at her loop for 3 years. I never really became close to anyone, except for one little boy. His name was beau. He was 5 years old and had a special talent of being able to climb anything, he could walk on the ceiling! He reminded me so much of my brother...it started out as any other day would. I had taken three of the children to our lake to go fishing. It was Nadia, Carson, and Beau. We were having a grand old time when all the sudden we heard a terrible screaming sound. I grabbed Beaus and Nadia's hand while having Carson run behind me. We ran to the house but before we went in I stopped, to frightened at what I saw. I saw that a wight had brought in two hollows. Well I didn't see the hollows but...I um saw the children being...attacked. I went to lead the children out of the loop but I couldn't find Carson. I saw him running to the house. His twin sister Caroline was in there. I started to run after him but a hollow got him first. I picked up Beau and made sure I had a tight grip on Nadia's hand before I ran. I ran to the entrance of our loop and didn't stop until I was at least twenty minutes away. Poor Nadia collapsed from exhaustion and Beau was wailing in my arms. I found an old shed and we hid in there for a couple hours. That was where Miss. Luken found us. She had searched for survivors and...wasn't able to find any at the house. I don't know how she knew we had been attacked or how she knew where we were. I suppose ymbrynes have their ways. She took Beau and Nadia with her but her loop is meant for little children so she sent me here and you guys know the rest." Evangeline had a sad smile on her face.
"Oh how terrible! The children...I can't imagine!" Miss. Peregrine wiped a tear from her eye.
"So you just left your loop. You didn't even go back and see if you could help? You have healing powers for birds sake!" Enoch gave her a hard stare.
"I-i just wanted to protect Nadia and Beau." Evangeline whimpered.
"You could've stayed at fought but you ran like a coward." Enoch seemed to be waiting for her to bite back but she just whimpered.
"I-I tried..." suddenly Evangeline darted up from her chair, knocking it over in the process. She sprinted out of the the dining and proceeded out the front door, towards the beach.
"ENOCH O'CONNER THAT WAS INCREDIBLY UNCALLED FOR! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" Miss. Peregrine had risen from chair and was seething with anger.
Enoch stood up from his chair and met her glare.
"Just voicing my opinion." With that he marched out of the dining room and everyone heard him stomp down the stairs to his basement.
"I'll go out and check on Eva." Olive said, quickly darting out the door.
stared at her other charges.
"Straight to bed with you. There's no movie and no need to watch the changeover. Emma make sure they get in bed." Miss Peregrine stomped over to a table where she Lain her pipe and snatched it up, marching to the front door and heading towards the garden.
Emma started herding the children upstairs to their rooms while casting nervous glances around her. Evangeline's story had freaked her out.
Olive met Eva at the cliffs. She was curled up in a ball with tears streaming down her face. She kneeled down and rubbed her back.
"Hey now. No need to cry. Don't take what he said to heart. He can be a real big jerk sometimes."
"I know I should've helped! I feel so guilty...all the children...Carson...Miss. Robin. I was afraid! I was so afraid!" Eva started sobbing.
"I know Eva. It's alright. You saved two of the children. There's nothing you can do now."
The planes started flying over head causing Eva to jump.
Olive pulled her closer and Eva layer her head on her shoulder.
"It's alright Eva it's just the changeover. It's actually quite beautiful." They both sat and watched the sky wind backwards.
"Let's get you inside." Olive linked her arm through Eva's and together they walked back to the house. Unaware of Enoch's watchful eyes looking at them from the basement window.
A/N: yes this is a Enoch/OC story I just wanted to establish olive and Eva's friendship. I promise their will be more interaction between Enoch and Eva in the next chapter. Let me know if anything didn't make sense. Sometimes I write really confusing sentences or even just wrong facts. Hope you enjoyed this! Thanks for reading!
