When he was little, his mother would tell him stories of a home for children with strange abilities that stood and lived in the World War ll.

'Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children' she called it.

He always wanted to go there to meet them.

But his mother said the trip was long and she'd take him one day.

His mother always warned him of a man named Mr. Barron and his group of followers called hallows. Hallows ate the eyes of Peculiar Children.

One night, during his teen years, his mother had called him, yelling him not to come home after his shift at the radio statio, obviously he didn't listen to her and came home to a mess.

He found his mother in the backyard with her eyes missing for their sockets...

Confused and saddened, he called the police.

The police declared it as a wild dog attack, saying how they always went for the weak spots...

Weeks after his mom's death, his father signed him up for therapy and took him to Cairnholm, an island off the coast of Wales.

This was perfect. He could go back and meet Miss Peregrine like his mother asked.

So soon, once he got away from his dad, he entered the loop.

He hadn't known he was in the loop til he was scared half to death by all the younger kids.

When Alastor awoke he awoke on the couch of the setting of the freshly built home of the Peculiar Children. It was September 3, 1940 again.