Book The Twelfth: The Zymotic Zone
Welcome back to Book The Twelfth: The Zymotic Zone. This is chappie 3, a whole new chapter! BTW, I realized that I had forgotten to put a dedication to Beatrice, so I'll put it in this chapter. If anyone can spot who I took the dedication from, I'll give them a virtual cookie, muffin, donut, biscuit, piece of cake, and dedicate the next chappie to them. So, try to figure out who I stole the dedication from. Here are my replies:
thefanwithashortattentionspan: The anagram is "What does that mean?" Oh andthe summary means that this Jessica person will just be friends with Quigley, but Violet is soooooooooooo obsessed with Q that she suspects J is flirting with Q but they're NOT.
I WOULD NEVER MAKE SOMEONE STEAL VIOLET'S QUIGLEY! BTW, Quigley is in this chapter! And so is J…
visualpurple: YOU FIGURED IT OUT AGAIN! YAY! See if you can figure out this chapter's anagram…
Violet Aiken: THANX! You're right for both anagrams! I HATE AND ALWAYS WILL HATE FIONA!
See if you guys can figure out this chapter's anagram…
Chapter 3Dedication Who wrote this dedication? TELL ME!
For Beatrice-
Deep in earth my love is lying
And I must weep alone.
The Baudelaires looked at the building in front of them. "How could this be?" Klaus whispered. His sisters shrugged. "Dontno," Sunny said. She meant something along the lines of, "I don't know." "Maybe we're at the wrong place," Violet said worriedly.
What the Baudelaires were talking about was the look of the hotel. They expected it to be covered in V.F.D insignias, and have members swarming it. Instead, Hotel Denouement looked like a plain hotel, except for one thing: it was HUGE. The hotel was taller than the building on 667 Dark Avenue, and it was wider. The Baudelaires looked as if they were shrunk a hundred times their size.
And that was not all. There was an enormous lake or some sort of body of water behind the hotel. You could see the lake end at the horizon. The sight of a lake is normal, but not behind a V.F.D hotel. And, the lake had little white squares in it as if there were ice cubes in it. However, there was a sign that read 'Hotel Denouement', and the Baudelaires were in the right place.
Kit ignored the youngsters and walked to the front doors, which were at least fifteen feet tall and eighteen feet wide. As the Baudelaires walked down the path, they noticed neatly cut hedges that were very normal. They also noticed some orange tulips, which were on one hand weird because the Baudelaires have never seen orange tulips, and on another hand normal, as a V.F.D hotel should have weird things surrounding it.
Kit knocked thirteen times, and immediately someone came to open it. It was a short man, who had messy brown hair and a red mark on his nose.
"Hello, L," Kit said. "The Baudelaires are here."
This person, who will for now be identified as L, looked very excited.
"The Baudelaires are here?" L squealed.
Kit nodded. " Come in, come in!" he said in a low voice.
Kit and Larry led the Baudelaires inside. The Baudelaires gasped again. The hotel was beautiful inside. There were water fountains everywhere, that were giant and in the shape of different animals, such as crows, lions, eagles, and snakes. The floor was quite shiny, and all the people inside wore formal clothes. There was a counter, obviously for reservations, with an old woman behind it. Everything looked exquisite, which is a word that here means "perfect".
"Wow," the Baudelaires said in unison. They thought that their lives would get better here, but I'm sorry to say, they were wrong.
"Yes, the hotel is a lovely place," Kit said. "Now, let's go tell R over there that we have a reservation here."
"And I'll go to Floor 13 and tell them you're coming," L said. With that, he rushed to a lustrous elevator and headed upstairs.
The Baudelaires walked over to the counter, with Kit following behind. They took a closer look at R, and saw she had red hair, and wore glasses. "Hello!" she said cheerfully.
She took one look at the youngsters and gasped.
"Are these th-th-the Baudelaires?" she managed to say.
"Yes," Kit said. "Now, the Baudelaires and I will be going to our rooms." R nodded.
"Come Baudelaires, we have to go to Floor 13," Kit said softly.
As the Baudelaires went in the elevator and were heading up to Floor 13, Klaus asked, "Kit, how come you call people by their initials?"
"And how come all these people know us?" Violet wondered.
"Lake!" Sunny shrieked, which meant something a long the lines of, "Why is there a lake behind the hotel and why does it have white things in it?"
"Baudelaires, you'll be meeting someone who will answer all your questions, as she knows a lot about the hotel. I am just too busy. In fact, you will meet her now. Come along," was Kit's response. They headed out the elevator door, and went to a room marked 'Room 10'.
Inside Room 10 was a girl who was sitting on a bed, reading a book. There were a lot of beds, all in a row. She was listening to music, as she had an MP3 player beside her. The Baudelaires could see she had blonde hair but it was tied up, and she was wearing black bell-bottom pants. However, The Baudelaires could not see what kind of top this girl was wearing, as she had a black cape on. In the center of this cape was a pale white stone that tied it together. This cape covered her face and upper body, and the Baudelaires wondered how in the world this girl could read with her face covered up.
"This is J, and she'll tell you everything," Kit said. Then she left.
The trio of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny didn't know what to do, but Violet would always talk to adults so surely she could talk to this girl. But, this girl scared them, as weird as it sounds.
"Um, hello, my name is Violet-" Violet started, but the girl interrupted her.
"Your name is Violet Baudelaire and these are your siblings Klaus and Sunny. And you're probably wondering who I am, and if you can get your questions answered," the girl said, not taking her eyes off her book.
"Um, yes," said Violet.
"Unfortunately, I cannot answer all your questions as Kit said, but I'll try," the girl said. With that, she closed her book, and left it on her bed.
"By the way, my name is Jessica, and I'm twelve years old. I'm very happy to see you guys are all right," Jessica said. She sat on some couches in the middle of the room. The Baudelaires followed suit.
"How do you know us?" Klaus asked.
"I read all about you," Jessica responded.
"But so many people read about us! Are we famous, or something?" Klaus cried.
"Yes, actually you are," Jessica replied calmly. Then she sighed. "I guess Kit didn't tell you." She walked to a cupboard, and pulled out eleven books.
"Tell us what!" Klaus cried.
"Tell you that her brother is your chronicler," Jessica simply said.
"What?" Sunny said.
"Her brother writes all about you three. See?" Jessica showed the Baudelaires 'A Series of Unfortunate Events: Books 1-11'. "He's been writing from when you first learned about the fire until now."
"But how? Jacques is dead!" Klaus said.
"But Kit has two brothers," Jessica explained. "Lemony and Jacques."
"Ruovleispeeknogittengddorebyethocedsn," Sunny said, (A/N: ANAGRAM TIME! This one is very, very hard. I made sure NO one could get it, especially you, visualpurple and Violet Aiken, SO BEWARE! LOL! Just figure it out. Go word by word…) this meant something along the lines of, "Why are our lives so odd?"
"I don't know Sunny," Jessica said. The Baudelaires gasped.
"How did you know what Sunny said?" Klaus asked.
"You can study her language," Jessica responded.
"How?" Klaus inquired.
"At the V.F.D headquarters, you can learn almost anything," came Jessica's simple response.
The Baudelaires were confused. So, Violet decided to change the subject.
"Do you know where Quigley Quagmire is?" she demanded.
"Yes, he's been eager to see you guys again. I'll go get him," Jessica said. She put the books away.
When Jessica left the room, Klaus said, "I think she's eccentric."
"Why?" Violet wanted to know.
"Because she didn't welcome us, and she's telling us that some Lemony person writes about us and she's the only other person that can understand Sunny's way of talking," Klaus said.
"That's no reason to call her eccentric," Violet hissed. "Besides, she seems so friendly and nice."
"Nice is an obscure word, which means it doesn't really have a meaning," Klaus retorted. "And, she's dresses so weird. She wears a cape, Violet! She wears a cape!"
"That doesn't mean she's eccentric!" Violet snapped back.
" 'Eccentric' means 'weird' and that's what she is!" Klaus yelled.
"Look!" Sunny said, and she pointed to the door. In the doorway was the girl Klaus and Violet were talking about: Jessica. She looked teary-eyed. She came in and said, "After being gone a few minutes, I see two Baudelaires arguing over if I'm eccentric or not. How would you feel in a time like this?"
Violet and Klaus looked at each other and had to admit they wouldn't feel good. "We wouldn't feel good," Violet admitted.
"Thank you, Violet," Jessica said, "But I'm talking to someone else." She looked at Klaus. Then, she headed over to him. She took off her cape and threw it in a corner. The Baudelaires could see she was wearing a long-sleeve black top and that her blonde her was tied up. She untied her hair and let it fall to her face, which had green eyes. She took his hands and their faces almost touched. "Am I eccentric now?" she demanded. "Am I?"
Just then Quigley walked in.
YES! More suspense! YAY! Sorry, too carried away. This chappie is the longest on yet, that's why I'm so happy. Be sure to figure out the anagram! Figure out the dedication or else NO PASTRIES AND DEDICATION FOR NEXT CHAPPIE! Also. Tell me who this L person is. (Hint: He's in one of the early books) Well, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOOD FRIENDS, GOODBYE! LOL! Well bye, for now…
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