Thanx for all the reviews! I'll keep updating as long as you all keep reviewing. Here is exciting chapter three.

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Violet and Klaus gasped. Violet almost fainted, partially from shock and partially from the pain in her ankle, but stopped herself just in time. "You're a part of VFD?"

"Oh, we're just neophytes." Shannon said nonchalantly, a word which here means without thinking much of it. "Like I said, we help snowmen, hence the name Snowscouts. They're other members of VFD that are hunted for things they didn't do. Things Count Olaf and his associates did. There, your ankle's done, Violet." The snowscout handed her an Aspirin. "Liz brought down some stuff for you to change into from that hospital gown. I still can't believe Olaf almost did that to you though." Shannon handed Violet the pile of clothes. "Bathroom's down the hall to the right. Can you manage walking with those crutches?" the eldest Baudelaire nodded, took the crutches and clothes, and then hobbled down the hall. Shannon directed her attention toward the middle Baudelaire. "Klaus, you can go to the upstairs bathroom to change. Liz got some stuff from Charlie that you can change into. Oh, and she'll introduce you to everyone else while you're up there. You might have to repeat your story though." Klaus smiled.

"Thanks so much, Shannon." He said, and walked across the room to the stairs. Klaus immediately began climbing up the stairs.

As soon as he had climbed onto the fifth green step, Klaus looked up. He couldn't believe who was standing next to Liz at the top.

"Ben?" He asked, amazed.

"Klaus!" a boy Shannon's age exclaimed. "Liz said you were here. Where's Violet?"

"Ben?" Violet asked, appearing at the foot of the stairs, a phrase which here means not at the toes of the staircase but at the bottom of it, staring up at him in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"I was about to ask your brother the same question. Need any help?"

"Yes, please." She said. He and Klaus hurried down the wide steps to lend a hand. "Ben, I haven't seen you in ages! Oh, and those blueprints of that elevator helped us out a lot-"

"I know all about it. I'd better make some intros or Shannon'll be upset. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the all famous Baudelaires!" announced Violet's friend.

"Nancy, Lydia, Marie, Charlie, Mark, and you know Liz. Everyone, these are the Baudelaire kids that that one snowman was talking about." Immediately the mood lightened. All seven Snowscouts rushed down to help Violet and Klaus up the stairs and into another living room upstairs where they were pelted with questions. After answering all of them, ranging from, "What are you doing here?" to "What would you like for dinner?" (From Nancy, the oldest), the Baudelaires began asking questions of their own.

"You're a part of VFD?" verified Violet, and then after she was answered with eight nods asked, "How do you know so much about us? How did you know our last name?"

"We know about you thanks to a former snowman, who goes by L. He's bound to tell the world about you for some reason-he said it was something for some Beatrice, but he collapsed into tears at the name and wouldn't tell us any more. Mr. L has kept sending books back here though, and we've been reading them. I'll show you." 14-year-old Mark bolted up the stairs and returned a second later with seven books. "Look at these. By the way, another member of VFD, H, says that the Quagmires are perfectly fine, and now part of the organization. They'll be transferred here soon, in about a week." Violet and Klaus sighed in relief. That was another thing off their backs, which does not mean that they had a giant poster proclaiming they were worried about the Quagmires, but that they had been anxious about their friends and knowing they were safe was a comfort to them.

"But what about Sunny? How are we going to get her back from Olaf? He's going to the last surviving headquarters of VFD in these mountains-hold on a second." Violet stopped, replaying what she just said in her head. "He'd have to be coming here then, because this is the VFD place in the Mortiman Mountains!" She tried to stand up, but remembered her ankle thanks to a jolt of pain and sat back down.

"The information he had was wrong then." Reassured Charlie. "There are two in these mountains. One is here, and we have all the survivors safe at hand. Olaf is heading towards the wrong one, simply a field office that sends messages out by passenger pigeon. Hey," he said. "What if we send out a scout party? I bet Olaf doesn't know that the Snowscouts are part of VFD- we were formed after the schism. We can go find them, retrieve Sunny, and then you three can stay here with the snowmen!"

"That's a good idea!" smiled Klaus. "That reminds me, can we meet that snowman who was talking about us now?"

"Maybe in the morning. It's already late." Violet and Klaus looked up at a huge clock on the wall and realized that it was, indeed, already ten thirty.

"Alright." Agreed the Baudelaires. "Where are we going to sleep?"

"Lets see. Klaus can share with Charlie or Ben, and Violet can stay in my room." Said Shannon. "Do you want to look through these books before you go to sleep?" she asked them both.

"Sure." Said Violet, and Ben handed them over to her. "Oops. Klaus, can you get these?" "Sure." Said her brother, as he took them from his sister. He glanced at the cover of the first volume. There stood three children underneath the title, The Bad Beginning. That sums up how this all started, he thought to himself. And how horrible everything has been since. Please stop now. If you have read this far, this is one of your last warnings. Please turn off this computer immediately and run far, far away. Thank you. Shannon showed the two to their rooms, and both fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the fluffy white pillows.

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Ooooooooooohhhhhhh. Now it gets interesting. Has anyone noticed any little tiny things in these chapters that might relate to little tiny things in some of the books? Tell me if you have. I know what they are (no duh, I put them in there), and want to see how many people notice them. Chapter 4 will be up if I get a lot of reviews soon. (

I'm going to reply to everyone who has reviewed so far here now, just to warn you.

Devilbabe1215: My first reviewer! Thanx! Well, maybe I am Lemony or another VFDer. But if I were, would I tell you or anyone else? (mysterious background music begins to play)

SetoKabia419: Thanx for the review! I try hard to really sound like Lemony Snicket. I'm glad you think that it's a good story so far. Hope I fulfill your expectations in the chapters to come.

Firecracker: You reviewed twice! I can't believe it! lol. Anyway, sry but I don't have The Slippery Slope hidden away, or I'd be photocopying and selling it. Sigh. Thanx also for telling me I cant accept anonymous reviews. I changed that now.

Ladysprite: I plan to continue this for a while. more chapters every week or so. Thanks for saying I sound just like Mr. Snicket! I try hard to imitate him. I hope this chapter is in his style too.