Chapter 2
The children were ready; they had dressed their most beautiful outfits for the event. It's been a while since Miss Peregrine do this. To be exact 6 years.
-Alma! Exclaimed a voice
-Miss Blue! Said Miss Peregrine
-It's been a long time that we see each other!
-Yeah, time flies. How many children you have?
-21
-I don't remember that you've so many kids!
-News kids arrived a few months ago, others comes from others loops. We put a little more time coming because we played safe, be sure that there no enemies before come.
-Welcome to the Manor kids! Do like it's your home! And don't be scared, you're safe here! Said Miss Peregrine
The kids start to drifted everywhere in the house, mixing with the others. The youngest go next floor with Fiona, Claire and Browyn.
-Mary is invisible. You don't have an invisible kid too? Ask Miss Blue.
-Yes Millard, he'll be happy to have somebody like him. Let's go to the living room.
Both ombrunes went to the living room where are Jake, Emma, Olive, Horace and Enoch. The headmistress do the presentation be take place in one of the sofa. Each one took up his conservation wanting the others ombrunes.
-Miss Blue what do we do with all the cake? A voice asks.
Miss Peregrine froze which didn't escape to the children in the room.
-I think that we can put it in the kitchen, didn't we Miss Peregrine? Ask the ombrune
-Of course. I'll show you the kitchen.
Jake turn to Emma disbelief.
-She looks like Miss Peregrine. He whispered
-Because she's her family.
-What her link with Miss Peregrine?
-She's the girl of the Bird. Confessed Emma
Even the others by her side were surprise. Only Emma known considering Miss Peregrine like her real mom, she's tight.
-I'll see that the kids will not go to the lake. Said Emma before leaving with Olive.
They passed in front of the kitchen where they saw Miss Peregrine and her girls hugging each other.
-Why Miss Peregrine daughter can't live in our loops? Ask Olive
-I don't know much but for what I know, the Ombrunes council didn't want to despite of the protestations of Miss Peregrine and her daughter.
-It's unfair! Whisper Jake who joins the girls.
Somebody knock on the door and news kids arrived with two others ombrunes.
-Miss Peregrine! So glad to see you again!
-Miss Ring, welcome. Kid you can join the others to play or talk! Announce Miss Peregrine.
The younger go to the garden. Miss Peregrine takes the others ombrunes back in the living room.
-What can you do? Ask a little girl looking to Emma
-Air it's my particularity.
And to confirm what she said, Emma took off her shoes and she snagged of Jake arm waiting for him to finish putting the cord around her. Emma flies in the air, like a balloon. The kids clapped, Olive put down her gloves and a little fireball appear between her hands. The fireball disappears of her hand before return over her head before explode in thousands of little light. Katsa join both girls and Jake, Olive make another fireball before that Katsa make it disappear and reappear over the head of everyone and explode. Hugh opens his mouth and a stream of bees escape from his stomach. The bees fly around everyone. Horace diffuses some music, and the kids start to dance two by two or a little group. Jake stands up and offers his hand to Miss Peregrine.
-The first dance for our headmistress.
The ombrune smile before accept his hand. A little brunette approaches Olive:
-You can make some fireballs?
-It's dangerous you know sweetie.
-Pauline can levitate and make thing levitate. Intervened Katsa
Olive makes fireballs that Pauline makes levitate around the makeshift dancefloor. Jake try to be a good dancer, the kids applaud Miss Peregrine and him. Hugh take Fiona 'hand and they join the dancefloor. The oldest invited the others ombrunes to dance, and a few minutes after everybody were at the dancefloor dancing.
-Time to eat! Said Miss Peregrine happily
The kids take place on the table and even if they're mixed all the ombrunes counted theirs one kids to be sure that everyone was here.
-Emma where is Browyn? Miss Peregrine ask
-You want me to go search her?
-Katsa missed to. Intervened Miss Blue
All the ombrunes stand up worried, maybe an Estre was in the loop and he kill the two girls. At the same time the door open with little Browyn carrying Katsa on her shoulder like she was a teddy bear.
-You can put me down now?
-No! You eat beside me! Browyn said with a huge smile.
-Why you don't outshine Kat'? Ask a girl
-Because Charlotte, if I outshine myself while she hold me, we both be outshine!
-Browyn! It's not really polite to do this to our guests. Intervened Miss Peregrine.
The young girl deliver Miss Peregrine daughter, Katsa dusted her dress.
-It was not bad Miss Peregrine; we played in the back of the garden when everybody left to come here. Maybe I challenge a little Browyn without knowing her capacity.
-Katsa comes to our table. Said Miss Rowen, one of the Ombrunes council.
Katsa looks at Miss Peregrine, her mother, and at Browyn. She wants to eat at the same table of a mom and keep her promise to Browyn.
-Sorry Browyn. But I promise to come play with you after okay?
-She can go to this table if she wants to. After all we must keep her promises especially when we are an ombrune or a future ombrune. Intervened Miss Avocette.
Katsa takes place between Miss Peregrine and little Browyn. The headmistress make a little speech to welcome everybody in her loop and in her house.
-You're start you ombrune formation? Miss Peregrine ask her daughter
-Not yet. I would like to learn with another ombrune that Miss Blue actually.
-Where is your loop? Jake ask
-Scotland, 1943.
The kids of a same loop start to sing before everyone join them.
