(Years Later)
"Please be careful." Miss. Peregrine said taking my hand in both of hers.
"I promise to look after them." I said leaning in and kissing her cheek. She smiled when I let go. Abe's grandson, Jacob, had come to the island. Either we were in danger or he was, but we had to get him to safety before the Hollows found him or us. I had Emma, Olive, Bronwyn, Millard, and The Twins with me. "Come on guys! We gotta get moving." I said leading them toward the tunnel. We got out and left the loop.
"Mary, what happens if we stay in the future too long?" Bronwyn asked taking my hand.
"Don't worry about that." I said as we walked toward the house. Only this time, it was what everyone else saw. A broken down house with broken windows and doors. Bronwyn gasped in horror.
"Is this-"
"This is what non-peculiars see when they come to our house." Emma said as we got closer. "Watch your step!" She said walking through the debris.
"What do we do now? Wait for him?"
"He should already be here." I said. We continued walking through and picking up things we recognized.
"Guys! Shh!" Millard said suddenly. "He's here! Hide!" We all hid around corners. I peeked around one and saw him. He was a striking resemblance of Abe, if he wasn't Abe himself. I frowned as he picked something up. It was the picture Miss. Peregrine had hanging up on the dinning room hall. It was a picture of all of us. Our only one we had. He placed it on the table as he walked by. I saw him walk up the stairs. I heard Emma call him Abe a few moments later and he was running down the stairs screaming. As he was running out of Fiona's greenhouse, he tripped and fell.
"Bronwyn, can you carry him?" I asked as we all ran over. She nodded and lifted him onto her shoulders. We continued to walk toward the cave a few yards away. When we got close, Bronwyn dropped him to the ground. It took him a few moments but eventually he got up.
"You're Emma!" He said pointing to Emma. "The twins!" Emma looked at me. "And you're Mary!" He looked toward Olive. "Olive, and Bronwyn, and he's Millard!" Then he looked confused. "But you're dead. He's invisible, but he's still dead."
"None of us are dead." Millard said.
"Oh my god." He said. "Am I dead?"
"No." Emma said.
"You called me Abe back there. Why?" I looked at Emma apologetically.
"You looked like him. Just for a moment, before you started screaming, running away and concussing yourself."
"Wait, what's happening?" He asked.
"We're waiting until the coast is clear before we enter the loop." I said while Olive walked over to the boy.
"You never know who might be watching." She said placing a hand on his back, guiding him toward us. He started to stammer asking us what we were talking about.
"Please Jake!" Emma said. "Miss. Peregrine is waiting."
"She saw you on the ferry and she sent us to get you." I said leading Bronwyn into the tunnel. Jake followed us hesitantly. We walked into the tunnel. It was a long walk but eventually we made it into the loop. I took a breath of relief, as Bronwyn tightened her grip on my hand. I looked up and saw Jake spinning as if he was hearing voices. He looked at all of us for a few moments and ran. I cursed under my breath.
"Bronwyn, take the twins and get home." I said. "Tell Miss. Peregrine everything that happened. Millard, Emma and Olive let's go! He's going to the Priest Hole. That's where he's staying." We started running after him. I stopped for a moment. "Millard," I said once I realized people weren't accustomed to seeing an invisible boy.
"Fine." He muttered.
"Emma, grab that horse carriage. It doesn't look like it's being used." I said once we entered town. I grabbed Millard's clothes from him and gave them to Emma. She climbed to the drivers seat and sat down. I sat down in the carriage behind. We waited for the cue from Olive, which was setting the pub on fire. They rushed over to the carriage as Emma got the horse going. She had the horse galloping through town and once we got out, she slowed him down.
"I can't believe you're real." Jake said. "You're all real." He was smiling now.
"We have been trying to tell you." Emma said. I could see her smirking even without looking at her.
"But I'm special too!" Jake said.
"What?" I asked.
"In the pub! Olive, you saw, right? Everything was flying and breaking. And that was me!" I held in a laugh. "I was doing it with my mind."
"No, that was me." Millard said.
"Millard?" Jake asked.
"Yeah." Millard answered.
"Are you naked?"
"Yeah." He said as Emma threw him his clothes. Jacob looked away disgusted as Millard started to change.
"A bomb dropped on you in 1943." Jake said.
"It IS 1943." Olive said.
"September the 3rd, 1943." Millard said.
"All day." Emma said.
"Everyday." I finished. "It's our loop." By now we were close to the house. Jake gasped as we got near to it. We got out of the carriage and began walking the rest of the way. Emma looked at me and smiled. Home. Finally. I smiled back. We began walking through the yard to the front door. When we got there, it opened slowly.
"Right on time!" Miss. Peregrine said with her pipe in her mouth and clock in her hand. She extended her hand out to Jake, taking her pipe out with her other. "Miss. Peregrine. Delighted to meet you." She looked at Emma and I. "I do hope I won't have the pub landlord and the police knocking on my door again. I've had to kill them twice this month. It's been terribly inconvenient."
"Millard broke a few things, that's all." Emma said looking at Millard.
"And Olive may have started a tiny fire." I said looking at Olive. Miss. Peregrine glared at us.
"But they were going to hurt Jake!" Emma said pushing Millard toward the house with her. Miss. Peregrine moved aside so we could all walk in. Olive and I followed closely behind. Emma and I walked outside from the back door and out to our tree. We slid down and began watching the kids play. After about a half hour, I stood up.
"The squirrel is coming." I said sighing. Emma stood up and grabbed her rope from the tree. I looked out toward the house. Miss. Peregrine was introducing Jake to all the children. "I feel like something bad is going to happen." I said to Emma.
"What do you mean?" She asked looking up into the tree. "Where is that darn squirrel?" She muttered to herself. Miss. Peregrine reached us both with Jake behind her.
"Wait, where did Enoch and Olive go?" She asked.
"Heaven knows." Emma said looking back up into the tree.
"Enoch has been off sulking ever since we went out to get Jake." I explained. "Don't know what his problem is. Olive is probably with him." I looked behind Miss. Peregrine and saw Fiona running over to us.
"Miss. Peregrine! There's a policeman at the door! He says it's about the pub!" She said. Miss. Peregrine looked at her, then back at us and glared. I tried to say something but nothing would come out.
"We'll discuss this later." She said to us.
"If it makes you feel better, I had no part of the pub." I said. She looked me and glared.
"It wasn't their fault!" Jake said as Miss. Peregrine started to walk away. She turned around and looked at Jacob. "Honestly, they were just trying to help." Miss. Peregrine looked to Emma and then Jacob and smiled. I rolled my eyes as I followed her to the house.
"I'm sure Jacob can help you today, Emma." I called out. Miss. Peregrine chucked as she wrapped an arm around me.
"He does look like him." I said about Jake. Then it hit me. Where is Abe? And why isn't he here with Jacob? "Miss. Peregrine?" I stopped after a few moments.
"Yes, he's dead." She said looking at me. "He grew up and aged." A large lump grew inside my throat.
"You were right." I said quietly. "The only way we're safe is if we stay here." She looked at me and smiled.
"I promise to do everything in my power to keep all of you safe." She said.
The next few days were a blur. Jake visited a lot. I spent most of the time in the house away from Jacob and Emma. Emma had found a bird when taking Jacob back the first night and rushed it home. It had been an ymbryne. The bird was injured and I helped Miss. Peregrine bring her back to health so she could transform back into a human. When she did, we had Bronwyn take her into a spare room until she woke up. She woke up one day and started talking to us about why she was here. She told us they had raided her loop and she was on her way to tell Miss. Peregrine, but she got injured on the way. Miss. Peregrine rushed into the greenhouse where Miss. Avocet was, with Jacob and Emma following close behind.
"Oh Miss. Peregrine!" Miss. Avocet said when she saw the younger ymbryne. "They found my new loop! The children! I tried to save them!" She looked down. "But there were so many Hollows. I don't know how I escaped."
"You're safe now." Miss. Peregrine said giving the older woman a hug.
"None of us are safe." Miss. Avocet said letting go. "They set up the machine in my loop."
"They put it in the cellars of the Blackpool Tower!" Olive said.
"They're still there!" I said. Miss. Peregrine looked confused.
"Their machine?"
"The experiment." Miss. Avocet said. "They intend to do it again!"
"This time he's using more ymbrynes. He still wants to be immortal." Enoch said as Miss. Peregrine got up. She smiled as if to cover up her fear.
"Do Hollows only attack peculiars?" Jake asked.
"Of course not. They're monsters, Jake." Miss. Peregrine said looking away. I could tell she was distraught. I walked over to Emma and Olive, who looked at me for comfort. I couldn't give them any. "They'll slaughter anything in their path."
"Some sheep were killed on the island." Jake said. Miss. Peregrine turned around to look at him. "You don't think they're here already, do you?"
"Only if you led them here." I said quietly so only Emma and Olive could hear me. Emma took my hand as a reassurance. We were going to die and it was all Jacob's fault.
"Have you seen anyone with white eyes?" Miss. Avocet asked. Jacob shook his head.
"I'm sorry children, we can't remain here." Miss. Peregrine said looking down at the ground.
"What?" Enoch exclaimed.
"Miss. Peregrine!" I exclaimed.
"We'll leave on the first ferry tomorrow morning. Pack anything of importance! Then it's sandwiches and early to bed." She walked by me giving me a sad expression before taking the twins's hands and walking out.
"Are we leaving for good?" Hugh asked following behind her.
"When are we coming back?" Bronwyn asked.
"Never." Enoch said taking her hand.
"If Miss. Peregrine isn't here tonight to reset the loop then the house gets bombed." I said walking over to Claire.
"But...our house!" She cried. I picked her up.
"Don't cry!" Miss. Avocet said.
"Miss. Peregrine will find us another house somewhere else." I waited until it was just Jacob and I in the room. "You shouldn't have come." I said frowning. "You should've just stayed in Florida." I walked away with Claire crying in my arms. I tried hushing her before Olive grabbed her from me. I smiled a thank you to her and rushed to my room I grabbed a few important items and threw them into a bag. Then I ran into Miss. Peregrine's room and shut her door. She was sitting on her bed smoking her pipe. She looked up at me and smiled softly.
"I need you to take care of them for me." She said taking out her pipe as I walked toward her bed. I sat down beside her.
"You aren't going anywhere." I said. She pulled me into her as I set my head on her shoulder. She didn't say anything. "Miss. Peregrine?" I lifted my head up.
"They're already here, Mary." She said looking at me.
"I'll go instead!" I said. She smiled at me. "Please don't leave me."
"Mary," she said bringing her hand up to my face. "My sweet, Mary." She sighed. "You can't. I'm what they need."
"Because you're an ymbryne." I felt the tears begin to freely fall now. "What can I do?"
"Don't let them fall apart." She said. "Please." I choked back a sob as I looked to the ceiling. "Mary, I believe in you."
"I don't believe in me. It's always been you, Miss. Peregrine, that's shown me who I really am. How..."
"Mary, I know who you are. I've seen you in your worst and best. I need you to believe me when I tell you this; you can do it." I nodded as she gave me a hug. She let go and leaned in to kiss my forehead. "I love you, my sweet Mary." She said. "Come now. Let's go help pack."
So apparently my brain was ready to write this. All credit goes to the movie except my character.