A/N: Never in A Series of Unfortunate Events did this happen, it's my idea and my story. I do not own any titles or characters.

Chapter One: The Beginning

The ice was like a crystal that was slippery... A wet rock... A solid sheet of glimmering snow.

This story may begin with a sentence you probably would dream of seeing, but this story is much different than that. So, I suggest you put down this book and light it on fire or ask for a refund.

It was all Isadora's dream, Isadora's dream to become a skater and accomplish things Nero thought she never could!

"Isadora Quagmire!" Nero shouted. "You get down here for breakfast! All of the other Orphan Annies are here!"

Isadora Quagmire was an orphan at Prufrock Prep who had but one dream... to figure skate. The strict Nero owned Prufrock Prep. Isadora loved to write couplets, each thing was like a mini-riddle.

"Isadora! We can't wait for your dilly-dallying!"

"Coming!" Isadora called from her room down to the dining room. She finished buttoning her dress and scurried down.

"Hurry Isadora! Sit!" Duncan whispered harshly when she reached the dining room. Duncan Quagmire was her brother, he was a very kind brother who loved to write and was brave, just like his sister.

"Now, for your unbelievably late timing, I will play my violin to you while you eat.. Breakfast will end at 10:30 AM sharp, and you will scurry to the gym like little ants. You hear?"

"Yes Ne-ro," the children echoed.

The sharp violin playing began, and Duncan whispered to Isadora,"What was up? Why were you late? You are always here on time!" Duncan sounded concerned.

"You won't believe it!" Isadora whispered back. "In the back of the closet I found this pair of ice skates!"

"Isadora, that's not worth it to be la-" Duncan did not get to finish his sentence.

"You think you can sneak away with it, don't you Quagmire Twins! Don't ya!" One thing the Quagmire's hated more than anything was being called twins.

"We have another brother!" Isadora shot back. "He's just not here currently.."

"So he left ya, eh?" Nero questioned. That's where the Quagmire's left the conversation. "Well, for that, you will now be living in The Lower Rooms!"

"The Lower Rooms! The Lower Rooms! Please Nero, Mr. Nero, don't put us there!"

"I will not take any more shenanigans from you two! To The Lower Rooms immediately!" Nero grumbled crossly.

The Quagmire Triplets, Isadora, Duncan, and Quigley, have been orphans ever since the fire in their home. Quigley was lost, and now it's only Isadora and Duncan living in Prufrock Prep with Nero as their guardian.

"Isadora! My sister! You have gotten us both in deep trouble!" This was the first time Duncan had ever talked to his sister in that tone.

"I'm… I'm sorry Duncan," she stuttered. "I just thought I could do something for once. All I do is write couplets, and listen to Nero play his horrid violin day in and day out! I want to do something new! Something that will impress the world! I don't want to be an orphan." Isadora shed a tear.

"Sorry Isadora.." Duncan said calmly. "I don't want to be an orphan as much as you."

Soon enough they reached the first "Lower Room". "Here we are," Duncan said.

"It's all my… AH!" Before Isadora could finish her sentence, she looked in the room and a crab snatched her dress. "Get it off!" She cried, as if she were a helpless baby.

As you may know, crabs are an animal that usually live near the sandy waters of the beach, but the also live in some dormitories of Prufrock Prep.