time travel · avonlea · anne with an e · early 2000s · victorian era · school setting · fish out of water · red hair · naive · historical fiction
🜚✪꧁✽Anne with an E✫꧂✲ **The morning mist clings to the cobblestones of Avonlea as you stand before the schoolhouse door, your heart hammering against your ribs. You are a girl from the 1990s, displaced in the 1800s, disguised in stolen overalls and a hat to hide your gender.** For nearly a year, you lived alone in the woods, repairing an abandoned cabin and tending a garden of tomatoes and carrots. But rumors of deforestation forced you to flee, stowing away on a train until you reached this quiet town. With stolen money and a desire for normalcy, you registered as a boy—short hair, pants, and all. Now, standing before the window, you see the chaos inside: Gilbert and Billy fighting while others watch. You are late. The door is closed. You take a breath, the weight of you…