Before I went there the peregrine falcon visited again and I had a letter to give her informing her of Mercy and I's decision. An hour later I got a later back with some pictures and names of her other wards. I'll need to watch out for the invisible one and the dead riser one didn't look too friendly. I had been practising ever since I knew about them and I was sure that I could control them and I could even teleport over small distances. However, the boy who later introduced himself as Corrow decided that it would be a good idea to take over whenever he wanted. Obviously, I couldn't do anything and sure it was annoying but I did get cool powers so it was a small price to pay as long as he didn't do anything too reckless.

I packed my stuff and before I left I wrote a note to my parents. And with that over and done with, I would leave through my window. The same thing that started all of this. I saw my mother enter my room as I left and heard her tell my dad to get me. I then felt him grab me and throw me to the floor. He had a whip in his hand was about to whip me when I put my hand up defensively. I then saw the shadows come up and slash him in the head and pierce him through the chest. I wasn't sure if I killed him and I would have plenty of time to think about that later, but right then I needed to run, and run fast. I quickly teleported away and began running. I also had brought some money so I could pay for the bus and a ferry to Cairnholm.

A 3 hours later

I knocked a few times and someone opened the door.

"Ah, Mr. Simlet you're 12 seconds early." the tall lady that opened the door said. "I am Miss Peregrine," she said holding her hand out for me to shake.

"I'm Jalic Simlet," I said politely shaking her hand.

"Come in. You must be tired from your journey?"

"Very much so,"

"I understand that Miss Spencer will be joining us tomorrow?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Welcome to your new home!" she said as she gestured for me to come in. "Enoch, come and take Jalic to his new room!"

"Why do I have to do it?"

"Because I said so."

"Ffffinnnneee," he said unenthusiastically. He then began to lead me upstairs.

"Hello, I'm Jalic,"

"I know."

"And who are you?"

"Enoch."

"Well, hello and goodbye, Enoch," I said as I entered my new room and closed the door behind me. 'Seems like a nice guy,' I sarcastically thought to myself. I began to unpack my stuff when I heard a knock on my door. I opened the door and a little girl was stood there. "Supper is ready," she said then ran downstairs.

I went downstairs and was about to sit on an empty chair that was beside a blonde girl that looked about 16, but then I saw the shadows surround the chair and a translucent silhouette of a boy settled on the chair. "Is someone sitting here?" I said gesturing to the chair.

"Millard, how many times do I have to tell you, polite persons do not have supper in the nude. Go put some clothes on."

I sat in a different chair beside a boy wearing a bee keeper's net. "How did you know he was there?"

"I don't know, I just saw a silhouette so I thought to ask."

"So what's your peculiarity?" a little blonde girl asked me.

"You don't have to answer yet if you don't want to." Miss Peregrine informed me.

"Oh no, it's ok. You see, my peculiarity is solving rubrik cubes!" I said pulling out one. I then used the shadows around me to peel off the stickers on it and stick them back on so it looks like I solved it. All the children looked bored until I used the shadows and all except 1 looked impressed. Of course, that one was Enoch, although I did see a slight smile form. "So, you can control shadows, then?" he said, immediately losing the smile and replacing it with a smirk.

"Yes, it is."

The rest of supper was spent with conversations about trivial topics and a common contributor was the Millard boy. He seemed very knowledgable and the other children tell me it's because he spends most of his time in the library.

After supper we had a movie night. At first it was the Horace boy trying on clothes but then it changed to when I attacked my father then to when I first came to the house and finally to Mercy crying with me comforting her. Everyone started staring at me. I yawned loudly and exclaimed "Oh, look at the time, I better get to bed."

"Won't you stay till the reset?" said the blonde little girl that I now recognised as Claire.

"The what?"

"When Miss Peregrine resets the loop!"

"Um, ok."

"Everyone get your gas masks!" Miss Peregrine instructs.

I did as I was told, unsure of why we would need them. We all went outside and I finally noticed the bomber planes that flew overhead. Were they actually gonna bomb us? One of them dropped a bomb on the house but right before it hit, Miss Peregrine reset a watch she was carrying and the bomb, the planes and everything else seemed to go in reverse until the early hours of the previous days. The children looked expectantly at me as if they thought I might react to nearly being bombed. The truth is I wanted to be scared but Corrow reminded me of all the people who died from bombings that I saw in my visions in the first stage.

After the reset I went to bed. I reflected on what had happened today and finally felt relaxed because I was safe but not completely relaxed because Mercy still wasn't here. 'She's coming tomorrow' I reminded myself as I fell into sleep.