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"Where is Miss P?"

"Will she be alright?"

"Is she going to die?"

"When will she return to her human form?"

"What happened to her?"

For a moment Enoch was overwhelmed by the questions of his younger siblings. Then he crouched down to be eye to eye with them. The twins where holding each other's hands to comfort each other. Claire and Bronwyn where doing the same. Their eyes where beyond scared. The older ones looked worried as well. Hugh was wearing his net that he normally only wore during dinner because when he was worried he was not able to control the bees in his stomach as he normally could and they were suddenly flying everywhere. Horace had his arms wrapped around a book that Enoch noticed to be a book on birds. Of course it was impossible to see Millard's facial expression but judging from the way the brown suit was pacing up and down the room Millard was beyond worried as well.

This had never happened before. Of course this was not the first time the loop was struck with unexpected and horrible happenings but up to this point there had always been Miss P to comfort and guide them. It had never been her who had needed help. All the children had learned to see her as almost invincible and seeing their headmistress stuck in her bird form hurt and broken had shattered their picture of Miss Peregrine.

They of course all knew the story of Miss P's sister ymbryne who had been hit by a speeding truck. They of course knew that ymbrynes were only humans as well but their perception was understandably a different one.

"Please, don't worry, everything is going to be fine. We don't know what happened. Right now we have to tend to her injuries and very soon she's going to be fine again, alright?" Enoch said trying to sound as convincing as possible.

"But Enoch, what happens to our loop?" Little Claire asked. She was pressing her stuffed elephant against her chest. Miss P had given the toy to Claire when she had been a toddler. In fact every child had been given a different stuffed animal no matter how old they were when they joined the peculiar family.

Enoch looked at Claire questionably. "What's supposed to happen to our loop?"

"If Miss P is not back to her human form in four hours she cannot reset the loop and the whole house will burn to the ground." Millard answered before Claire could. Hearing the horrible truth made the youngest children start crying and the twins howling in fear.

"Ssh, don't cry. We will find a solution." Enoch answered. His face looked significantly paler. He had not thought as far as this. The loop. What were they going to do about the loop?

He could feel the eyes of every child staring at him expecting a solution. Horace cleared his throat.

"May I suggest a solution?"

Enoch looked at his brother expectantly. "We need the help of another ymbryne, so much is obvious. Why don't we call Miss Avocet? She's the nearest ymbryne around."

Enoch considered the idea for a moment but as he did not have another idea they would probably have to go with Horace's plan. "Alright. Look into Miss P's telephone directory and call her. Tell her we do not have much time."

Horace nodded and quickly left the room towards Miss P's study. Enoch turned towards the younger children again. Normally he was not the most empathetic person around but he had a soft spot for his younger siblings. They were looking for comfort with him and he felt the pressure of fulfilling this role resting heavily on his shoulders. How did Miss P manage all this every day?

"See, we found a solution. If we work together we will find a solution for everything, alright?"

The young ones nodded. Their tears had dried leaving tears stains on their cheeks but their eyes showed how scared they still were. Enoch hesitated a moment before opening his arms wide inviting his siblings to a hug. Gratefully his younger siblings snuggled against him letting them be comforted by their big brother.

After a couple of minutes Enoch withdrew. He squeezed Claire and Bronwyn's hand.

"Okay, now I need to help Miss P so that she's going to be better soon."

Unbeknownst to them new trouble was on the way-much more trouble.