Ok..so I haven't updated in a while......between school, sports, ccd, girl scouts, music lessons, and homework, I haven't been able to do anything....not that you would care because if your reading this it's because you want to read the chapter, not listen to me complain....ok...this chapter is cheesy because I really don't know how to get to the plot of the story yet and I have a bad case of writers block....please bare with me until I can get back to writing decently again....

Chapter Five: Unexpected Visitors

"Shhh!" Violet said holding a finger to her lips.

They heard footsteps and then...

"Who are you?" a somewhat familiar voice asked from somewhere just beyond the reach of the fire's light.

"Sh..sh..show yourselves." Klaus demanded shakily.

Two children stepped into the light. One was short with long dark hair. The other tall with short dark hair. These two children were none other than Isadora and Duncan Quagmire.

"No.....your....not.." Violet said disbelievingly.

"You can't be!" Klaus said taking his glasses of, and whipping clean with his shirt to make sure he was see clearly.

"Oh yes we are, but you certainly can't be who I think you are." Duncan said watching them closely.

"Well if you think we are Violet and Klaus Baudelaire then your right." Violet said.

"I do think that"

A connection was made at that second. That these really were the same people the others wanted to see more then anyone else.

" I can't believe it!" Klaus said through a tight embrace with Duncan.

"Neither can I!" said Isadora as she hugged Violet.

They stood back and looked their old friends up and down.

"Did you get the poems?" Isadora asked. He eyes were bright and she directed the question towards Klaus.

"Yes, well Sunny found the first one, and Violet got the second one. We really didn't understand them though. Well Violet got the second one, sorta." Klaus said.

Violet giggled remembering how she had awoken her brother on that morning yelling about mutant elves not really knowing what she was yelling about.

"What?" Ducan said with a quizical look on his face, watching Violet giggle to herself.

She relayed her thoughts to Ducan and he and Isadora laughed too. Klaus put his hands in his pockets and looked at the ground, pretended to not be there. He didn't want to remember that morning. He had gotten really annoyed at Violet for yelling at him while he was sleeping.

"Hey, its ok. Don't worry about it." Violet said, as if reading Klaus' mind was something she did everyday.

"How....how...how did you......-" Klaus asked in amazement.

"I'm not your sister for nothing." Violet joked.

"Ok, now please tell me about all these elves." Klaus said.

"Ok, well, we were walking around town and this guy asked us where our parents were. Well I wasn't about to tell a complete stranger the truth so I made up a little story. I just told him that we going to spend the next few days in town without them for my birthday. He accepted it without question and asked us if we had anywhere to stay. I said no. I wasn't thinking." Ducan stopped to take a breath and then continued.

"He offered us a place to stay. The floor above yours. We arrived about a week before you did. When he was leaving he told us to make sure no one knew we were here. We said 'ok.'" Ducan began, swaying from side to side. He wasn't sure how Klaus and Violet were going to take this.

"Well, downstairs there is this little room where you can sit and read or write or whatever. My sister and I were down there the other night and we heard voices coming from a room next door. The people voices were muffled but we could understand most of what they were saying."

" The main thing we picked up was that this place were we are staying is called "home" and for a reason, and that reason is not that when you stay here it is like home. It stands for something. H.O.M.E- House of Mutant Elves, and it is owned by-" Ducan shuddered and looked from his sister to the Baulderlairs. "Count Olaf"

A shocked expression rested upon the faces of Klaus and Violet. Ducan looked down as if to say "I hate to be the barer of bad news but that's the way it is."

Isadora took over, seeing how uncomfortable Ducan was becoming. "While we had our ears pressed up against the wall, that man came in. From the scared looks on our faces, he took that we over heard every word of the conversation through the wall. His dark eyes stared right through us with a look not of anger, but as if to say, why? He threatened us never to tell a soul what we over heard. We agreed. We didn't understand why, but there was no one for us to tell. That is until you got here. "

"The man who offered us the room in the first place kept coming back to check on us. He seemed worried but he payed close attention to everywhere we went and who we talked to, making sure we were the only ones who knew. There aren't many people in town so it wasn't hard."

Isadora continued." When we heard you moving in below us, we didn't believe it at first. Of all the places to stay, you would be right below us. The only problem was, we didn't know how to contact you without that man knowing. So we had to be really careful. We left couplets because we knew you would recognize them as being from us wether you let yourself believed it or not."

"We also heard that all these mutant elves were once people. They were transformed by Count Olaf himself to help him in making our lives miserable" He said referring to himself, Isadora, Klaus, and Violet. "And guess what" he continued sarcastically, " There's a VFD involved to, except I can't come up with anything. We don't have enough information."

There was silence for a few minutes.

So, Olaf is back to get us again, Violet thought to herself. She knew it would happen, but she didn't want to believe it until she had to.

"I know this is kinda of topic, but what the heck are you doing in this cave thing?" Klaus asked.

"I was about to ask you the same thing." Isadora answered.

"Well, I'll go first, you have been doing enough talking. Well, Sunny was exploring and found a hole behind the mirror and-"

"SUNNY! We left her all by herself! We have to go back and get her!" Violet said, beginning to run in the direction in which they came.

"Your right, but calm down" Klaus said laughing softly, "I'm sure she's fine, and plus, it's this way silly."

"Right....I knew that." Violet said stopping short and turning around. She began to run in the direction Klaus had indicated. "Come on guys!" she called over her shoulder.

They all followed.

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When they finally reached the mirror the pushed it aside and Violet called out "Sunny, where are you?"

There was no answer. She called again. And again and again. No one answered. Klaus, Violet, Isadora, and Ducan began to search the room. They wanted to find Sunny and they were glad to be with their long lost friends, but they really wanted to get back to there room. What would happen if that man would go looking for them and they weren't there? They were usually home by now. Would he come looking for them? Would they ever find Sunny? Did the man already find Sunny and was using him as bait to prove that Ducan and Isadora had told Violet and Klaus about the elves? Was he against Violet and Klaus? Did he know Violet and Klaus were even here?

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ok there it is....another chapter......hope u enjoyed it.....I kinda got back into the swing of writing half way through so I hope it payed off......