Hello everyone! I am finally back with another chapter! I know it's been a long time since I've updated but I've finally found a weekend where I can sit down and write another chapter! Today I am using 5 different ideas people gave me. I am going to put them all in this chapter and I am ready! The ideas are from tiger(guest), Daniel(guest), and three recent (sort of) guests. Let's get to it!
Claire's POV
Where am I?! I thought while looking around. Is this… the house? It looks so old. What happened? I walked into the house looking around. It was… broken. The house looked so different. I heard humming from the other room. I walked into the parlor to find an old women rocking in a rocking chair. "Miss Peregrine?" I said. The women opened up her eyes. "Was that Claire? I haven't seen the children in forever" she said. She looked around the room, clearly looking at me. "Nope, another hoax, I guess they really have passed away, like Jacob said." She whispered to herself with tears running down her pale cheeks. I ran over to her. "No miss Peregrine! I am here!" I said starting to cry myself. I reached for her shoulder but my hand simply went through it. What! Is this… real?... or a dream? I tried to call out to her but I couldn't.
Then I woke up
I was panting and sweating as my eyes opened wide and I shot up. I looked around to find Miss Peregrine at the side of my bed. "Are you alright Claire? It sounded like you were having a nightmare" she said in her sweet voice. "Oh Miss Peregrine! It was terrible! You were old and I couldn't touch you and-" I broke out into sobs, "I'll never leave you like that!" I said, still sobbing. "Oh dear, it sounds like a Horace worthy nightmare! Come here, you're alright." Miss Peregrine said accepting me into her arms and rocking me back and forth. "Shhh… it's okay Claire, that won't happen, you're safe here." She whispered into my ear. She leaned back a little cupping my cheeks in her hands. "You're alright. I'm so sorry you had to start off your birthday like this!" Miss Peregrine said. That's right it's my birthday! I thought. "What do you want to have for breakfast Claire?" Miss Peregrine asked. "Umm…. hmmmm…. uh… pancakes!" I said. Miss P nodded. She stood up and smiled as she extended her hand. I took it and we walked downstairs together.
I sat down in a chair in the corner of the kitchen. Watching miss P mixing all of the ingredients together and pouring the batter into the pan to make pancakes. She had to make a lot too. 2 or 3 pancakes per person times 13 including Miss P, that was a lot of math that I hadn't learned yet.
After a while the pancakes were done! Miss P put them out in the table and rang our meal bell. I sat down and heard a ton of feet hitting the floor boards. Everyone was coming downstairs. All of the others rushed in and sat down at the table. They all looked hungry, they must've smelt the pancakes from upstairs. "Good morning children, I've made pancakes for breakfast considering that it is Claire's birthday. Happy birthday Claire." She said with a warm smile. With that we all are our pancakes.
After our breakfast, Miss P asked me for a list of things I wanted to do today. "I want to try to help bake the cake if that's okay. And I want to show you all something this afternoon!" I said. "Is that all?" Miss P asked. I nodded. "Okay, let's bake the cake." She said. We walked into the kitchen. Miss Peregrine got all of the stuff out that we needed to make the cake. I placed Miss Bear on the counter. "Now Claire, I have this recipe to make cakes so we are going to follow it. You wanted chocolate, correct?" Miss P asked. I nodded. "With pink frosting and lots of sprinkles!" I said. Miss Peregrine laughed a little. "Okay, let's start." First Miss Peregrine would put the ingredient in the measuring cups and I would pour them into the bowl. After all of the sugar and flour and milk, all of that stuff was in, we mixed it. It was supposed to take awhile so we took turns mixing it. After it was completely mixed up, Miss P poured it into the cake mold. She put it in the oven and set a timer. "Alright, when the cake is done we can frost it." Miss P said. "Okay!" I said, "can I go read with Emma until the cake is done?" I asked. Miss P nodded. I ran out of the kitchen and up the stairs. I went to Emma's room, she wasn't there. I went outside and checked the courtyard. Emma was reading under one of the trees. I ran over to her and she looked up from her book. She smiled and said "happy birthday Claire, did you need something!" I nodded. "I was wondering if we could read until the cake is done." I said. "Sure." Emma said sweetly. She got up and took my hand as we walked inside into the parlor. I sat down as Emma grabbed our book, Cinderella(throwback to the last chapter). We read four chapters. After a while Miss P walked in. "The cake is ready to frost Claire" she said with a smile. Emma closed the book and put it back. I went with Miss Peregrine to the kitchen. The big cake was sitting in the counter with a tub of pink frosting beside it. There were also lots of sprinkle cans next to it. We walked over to it. Miss P gave me a butter knife and she also took one. We dipped them into the frosting and pulled the out and spread them onto the cake.
Once we had covered the whole cake in frosting it was time for the sprinkles. "Which colors do you want Claire?" Miss Peregrine asked. My eyes widened "all of the colors!" I said. Miss P laughed as she grabbed some of the colors out. I grabbed the rest of them. We sprinkled all of the colors all over the cake. When we were done with the cake, it looked like a rainbow! Enoch walked into the kitchen. "Claire, I have a birthday present for you." Enoch said. I started walking over to him. "Hold on Claire" Miss Peregrine said. "You've got some frosting on your cheek." She wiped it off with a wet cloth. "Okay, now you can go." I nodded and grabbed Miss Bear from where I left her on the counter.
Enoch led me into his room. "Can I borrow your bear?" He asked. "Will you hurt her?" I asked. He shook his head to say no. I hesitated a little then gave Miss Bear to him. He took out a little heart and put it into Miss Bear. After a few seconds Miss Bear actually stood up, she did a little dance, then laid down again. I clapped and Enoch smiled a bit. "Enoch, I've been meaning to ask you, did you enjoy our tea party last week?" I asked. He laughed a little "It wasn't terrible." He said. I smiled and grabbed Miss Bear after Enoch took out the heart. What Enoch said about the party didn't sound like much but coming from Enoch, it meant a lot to me. I heard the meal bell ring for lunch while I was walking down the stairs. I went into the dining room and sat down. Everyone quickly joined in. After a little bit I spoke up "Is it okay if I take you all somewhere after lunch?" I asked. Everyone nodded and we all finished eating.
After lunch we all met at the front door. "Okay Claire, lead the way" Millard said. I started walking. We went down into the forest, down a path. We came across the meadow where (Make sure you read chapter 4) I found Clara, the unicorn. I wanted everyone to meet her. Clara told me it was okay. I looked around and spotted Clara eating some grass. I called her over. She trotted over to me. I looked at everyone else, everyone except Bronwyn(Who had already met her)was in a minor shock. "Everyone, this is Clara, Clara this is Hugh, Fiona, Millard, The Twins, Emma, Olive, Horace, Enoch, and Bronwyn who you already know. And that's Miss Peregrine." I said pointing to each as I said their names. "Hello everyone" Clara said using her telepathic communication.
After everyone met Clara we went back. Oh, and Clara wished me a happy birthday. We all played in the yard until dinner. Fiona, Bronwyn, and I had a tea party with our stuffies. I brought Miss Bear, Bronwyn brought Miss Rabbit, and Fiona brought her only stuffy, Mister Bunny.
When it was time for dinner, we had just finished cleaning up the tea party. We had our usual dinner and the cake. It was the best cake I had ever eaten. After dinner we went to get ready for movie time while Miss P answered the phone. We all came down the stairs in our pajamas and met in the room. Horace showed his dreams, which were me waking up from the nightmare and them meeting the unicorn. "Alright children, reset time." Miss Peregrine said. We all went outside for the reset. I held hands with Bronwyn and Horace while watching. I left Miss Bear inside so she wouldn't get wet. Then the reset started. The rain stopped, and everything rewound till early yesterday morning. Then we all went inside. Miss Peregrine tucked me into bed and kissed my forehead. "How was your birthday?" She asked smiling at me. I smiled back. "It was the best birthday ever."
Yay! Happy ending to this chapter! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Till next time, goodbye!