4: Quigley's Return
Violet ran down to her post with the hatchet (propeller) in her hands. She saw the shadow of a strong, tough guy. She leaped out in front of him with the hatchet in her hands and up high and, remembering how she and her siblings had been greeted, she said, "Who goes there?"
"What is this, some sort of meeting pla-?"
The boy had walked into the sun. They both gasped.
"Violet?"
"Quigley?"
They both stood there for about a minute, when Violet broke the silence.
"I better get you to the king. I can't really remember how to find Terabithia, something like, open your mind but shut your eyes, or something…"
"Wait, king? Tarabithea? What are you talking about?"
"Just come with me," Violet said.
When Jess saw a person being led by Violet to him, he guessed that by pure luck one of Violet's friends got stranded here as well and crossed the bridge like Violet had.
When Violet got close enough with the person, Jess was still cautious, even though they were holding hands like friends.
"And just who is this?" Jess asked Violet.
"It's one of my friends, your highness," Violet replied. "And I've kinda forgotten how to find Terabithia."
"Understandable," Jess said. "After all, if I hadn't of been one of the ones who created this world to start with, than I would've probably forgotten myself. Now, I will talk to him, and help him find this place. Good day."
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Went the alarm Violet had made.
"That would be Duncan and Isadora. How I got here was that I found my balloon and my siblings, but a balloon popped and the wild balloon pushed us over here where the bridge was. Duncan and Isadora were'nt as lucky as I was. I was at the right place to jump out onto the bridge. They weren't. I told them to stay put as I went for somebody. Apparently they managed to find a way to climb the bank."
"I'll get them." Violet said.
When she got down there, sure enough she saw Duncan and Isadora creeping through the trees looking a bit frightened. Violet decided that although it wasn't nice, she would have a little fun. She lowered her voice to a deep but loud whisper.
"Get out. GETTT OUTTT!"
They siblings looked around in panic. Violet started giggling. The siblings looked in her direction and she started laughing.
"Gotcha!"
"Violet?" the siblings said. "How'd ya get here?"
"To tell you the truth, I don't really know. One minute we we're sleeping in the middle of an ocean during a storm, the next we wake up here." Violet said.
"You mean your siblings are here, too?" Isadora asked.
"Yeah," replied Violet. "plus our adopted daughter." Both of them had a puzzled face. "Don't ask, you'll get a headache," said Violet, regarding their faces. "All you need to know is that Kit Snicket washed up on the same island as we did years ago and had her baby which we named Beatrice. She died soon after. Now, follow me. A man named Jess will tell you all you need to know. Your brother is with him."
When Jess was through with the Quagmires, and when a full poetry section had been added to the library (Isadora's addition when she imagined the place), Klaus started talking about the voice in privite with Jess. Violet saw them go through a door, and leaned in next to the keyhole to listen.
"It' nothing, okay? I'm still trying to figure it out." Said an irritated Jess.
"I still want to know the full story about Leslie, even if I do get a headache."
"Just drop it, alright?"
Violet barely had a second's warning to get back into position when Jess burst out the door looking extremely flustered, a word which here means "annoyed and a little fragile." Klaus peeked out the door and said, "Can't we just-"
"NO!" and with that, Jess rampaged out the other door.