Book The Twelfth: The Zymotic Zone
SORRY FOR THE LONG UPDATE! I've been very busy and my stupid Internet finished, and I had to pay for a new one, and it took such a long time, but everything's normal and here is the new chapter where Quigley returns! And the answers are either in ur review or b4 the chappie starts. Oh and thanx for the reviews. Here are the replies: Btw, if u want me to reply to u, u have to review the current chapter up. So SOUEFAN1123 and gothic frog, I'll reply to u in this chap but u have to review the current chap next time, OK?
visualpurple: How do u keep on figuring it out? It's like you use a computer or something… Anyways, the anagram is 'Our lives keep on getting odder by the second'. And L is Larry. However, I still tricked u with the dedication:) U were very close, it wasn't Shakespeare OR Charles Baudelaire, but it was the best poet and writer of horror I know: Edgar Allen Poe. I love his work, and I can see Lemony Snicket stole some of his ideas. Oh, and Jessica CAN be me or a friend or someone I just made up. You can guess. If ur really desperate to know, tell me in one of ur reviews and I'll e-mail the answer to u. I hope you enjoy this long-awaited chapter and figure out the anagram if you can… ;)
thefanwithashortattentionspan: OK, sorry if the anagrams are TOO hard, but the answer is 'Our lives keep on getting odder by the second'. Yes, very long, I know, but someone keeps on figuring them out points to visualpurple. Nah, just kidding, I hope everyone can figure out this chap's anagram. Oh and the Quigley-Baudelaire reunion is in this chap!
Violet Aiken: Good try at the anagrams, but the correct answer is: 'Our lives keep on getting odder by the second'. I didn't know one anagram could mean so many things. And I didn't know you would review one chapter two times just to try and guess the anagram, but I guess sometimes we're all desperate. Lol. Anyways, just try to figure out this difficult anagram in this chap.
SOUEFAN1123: Thank you soooooooooooo much!
gothic frog: Sorry if the word description was TOO long. I just tried to sound like Lemony Snicket. And you got the anagram!
The answers are here:
L is Larry from the Anxious Clown in Book The Fourth. He has messy brown hair and a red mark on his nose from wearing a red clown nose all the time!
The anagram is 'Our lives keep on getting odder by the second'.
And last but certainly not least, the dedication is from Edgar Allen Poe's two-lined poem called 'Deep in Earth'.
On with Chapter 4!
Chapter 4
"Quigley!" Violet shrieked. Normally Sunny does the shrieking but this was the reunion of two great friends. But what the Baudelaires didn't know was that there would be another reunion pretty soon…
Violet ran to Quigley and hugged him, then kissed him on the cheek. It was no surprise Violet and Quigley had feelings for each other.
Sunny crawled to Quigley and said, "Hello!" Sunny didn't really get to know Quigley. She gently bit him on the hand.
"Hello everyone," Quigley said calmly. It was if everyone was waiting for Jessica and Klaus to join them in greeting Quigley. However, Jessica and Klaus stayed put. (A/N: Isn't it strange that Jessica and Klaus have the initials of J.K like two people, J.K Rowling and-)
"I'm sorry," Klaus whispered. "I guess I should pay more attention to the 'don't judge a book by its cover' saying. You're not eccentric."
"I don't blame you, as Count Olaf looks filthy and dreadful and that's what he is," Jessica replied.
"And the 'don't judge a book by its cover' speech doesn't apply to him," Klaus muttered.
Jessica nodded and said, "Let's go greet Quigley." She took his wrist and they headed to Quigley.
"Hello Quigley!" Klaus said cheerfully as he shook Quigley's hand.
"Yes, hi Quigley," Jessica said in a far-away voice.
"Hello, you guys," Quigley said.
"Quigley, we've missed you so much," Violet said. "Tell us everything that happened."
"It started off when-" Quigley started.
"Why don't we sit on the couches instead of standing up here?" Jessica inquired.
The Baudelaires nodded and they headed to the couches. Violet sat on one side of Quigley and Jessica sat on the other side.
Quigley talked about his journey. "It started off when I was in the stream. It took me to Briny Beach, but faster than how it would take you Baudelaires. Kit then found me and said she was looking for you guys. She took me to the hotel and then went back to search for you."
"And Quigley then met me, and we did a ton of research," Jessica said. Quigley put an arm around her and said, "Jessica is really clever. We found a lot of theories to our questions."
"No, Quigley here is the wisest, because he made pretty good predictions," Jessica said. Quigley then said, "I'll never be as smart as you." He started to tickle her, and she giggled. Jessica was the type of person who would NEVER giggle, so this was rare. Jessica tickled back. Violet scowled at this scene.
Klaus saw that Violet was feeling jealous and asked, "But how did Kit know that we were going to arrive at Briny Beach?"
Jessica and Quigley calmed down. "I don't know," Quigley replied.
"Kit knew you were at Briny Beach because she knew you were looking for Hotel Denouement and Briny Beach is the only body of water within close distance of the hotel," Jessica said.
"What?" Sunny said, confused.
Jessica sighed and explained, "Kit knew you were in Stricken Stream and knew you would end up at Briny Beach."
"But how?" Violet wondered.
"Maybe it's because her brother is your chronicler and knows almost everything about you," Jessica said sarcastically.
"Waterbody?" Sunny asked, which meant "What about the lake right behind here? Surely it qualifies as a body of water!"
"This lake is called the Pacification Pond, even though it's a lake. It's artificial," Jessica responded.
"But pacification means 'taking over', so what does this lake have to do with taking over?" Klaus asked.
"It takes over peoples' minds because most of the people who look at this lake think it's real," Jessica replied.
"But why would there be a lake behind Hotel Denouement?" Violet questioned.
"So no fire could ever start and burn the hotel," Jessica simply said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go get someone." And with that, she left.
"Olaf?" Sunny said.
"There's no translation to that, because I understand," Quigley said. "Do you think the lake would trick Olaf?"
"I don't know," Quigley.
"Quigley, could you tell us a bit more about Jessica?" Klaus asked. He hoped Violet would calm down about the scene earlier and would like to know Jessica a bit more.
"Well, when she was 10, her parents died in a fire that destroyed her home," Quigley said.
The Baudelaires gasped.
Sunny said, "Senoylnoehterewewthguohtewdna." (A/N: Figure out this anagram NOW! Hint: it's back-) It probably meant, "Aren't we the only people who experienced a terrible fire?"
Violet translated. Quigley said, "I thought that too, but Jessica's story gets worst. Her house was still standing, but the next day, while she was in the kitchen, it set on fire. She was lucky to make it through alive and have her kind aunt take care of her. Her aunt was probably in VFD. After a few months of living with her aunt, Jessica went to the movie theatre and heard that her aunt's house burned down with her aunt. Kit then found her and took care of her ever since. It's a truly sad story."
The Baudelaires agreed and Klaus said, " Who is Jessica getting?"
"She probably went to get her childhood friend, Joel. He was the one who really took care of her through her life," Quigley responded.
Violet's face lit up. "You mean Joel is datin- I mean is friends with Jessica?" she asked.
"Yes. He's really a nice guy," Quigley said.
Klaus looked at his sister. Obviously, she wanted to say 'dating'. Violet looked as if she that by accident.
Just then, Jessica and Joel walked in. The Baudelaires took one look at Joel and saw he was a punk. Normally this means a troublemaker who is in a gang, but this meaning of 'punk' was different. Joel had short dark hair and dark eyes. He wore a black hooded shirt and some denim jeans. All of this matched the black running shoes that had 'PUNK' inscribed in glittery letters. The Baudelaires wondered what kind of person could be nice and wear such clothes.
"Baudelaires, this is Joel, my lifelong friend," Jessica said.
"Hello," Violet said.
"Hello," Klaus said
"Hello!" Sunny shrieked.
"Hello Baudelaires. I've read so much about you and it's a pleasure meeting you," Joel said in a deep voice.
"Anyways, Joel helped Quigley and I with our research and we would like to answer your questions," Jessica said taking a seat. Joel did the same. "So please, ask anything you want to know," Jessica said.
"What is VFD?" Violet asked.
"I think Quigley's guess was right. I am positive VFD stands for Volunteer Fire Department," Jessica said. Joel nodded.
"OK, but what does it do?" Klaus asked.
"VFD's job is to rid the world of fire and villains," Quigley said.
"You know, when we were getting here, Kit said something about there being more than two sides of the schism," Klaus said thoughtfully.
"She probably was talking about how there is three sides to the schism," Joel said.
"What?" Sunny said.
"Well, we've come to the decision that the third side of VFD consists of members who pretend there's no such thing as fire, the schism, or Count Olaf," Joel said.
"That explains why your past guardians didn't recognize Count Olaf. They probably did, but they pretended that Count Olaf was a myth," Jessica said.
"You mean our past guardians were in VFD?" Violet asked.
"From my calculations, your parents, Count Olaf, Uncle Monty, Ike Anwhistle, Phil, Esme Squalor, Hector, Olivia, and Captain Whiddershins, all your past guardians but not Ike, were in the third side of VFD," Quigley said.
"But you forgot some," Klaus pointed out.
"I don't think Aunt Josephine was in VFD, but it's possible. Sir is another possibility, and so are Charles and Mr. Remora and Mrs. Bass and Babs and Hal. I know Jerome is NOT in VFD and I know that Prufrock Prep.'s librarian is in VFD," Jessica said.
"Soumeanvfdaroundus?" Sunny said which meant, "So you mean VFD members were around us the whole time?"
Klaus translated and Joel said, "Yes."
"Freaky," Sunny said.
"Do you think one of our parents are alive?" Violet asked.
"I do believe that your mother may be alive," Jessica said.
The Baudelaires were excited.
"But why our mother?" Klaus asked.
"I don't know. It's just from our research it seems more likely that your mom is alive," Joel said.
"Why are there secret passageways under so many homes?" Violet asked.
"They're all VFD homes, and the passageways can be used to guide members to safety, or burn their homes down," Quigley said.
"Olaf probably burned our mansions using the passageway," Quigley said.
"Um, Baudelaires, just out of curiosity, what is your mother's name?" Jessica blurted out
They Baudelaires looked surprised. "Our mother's name is-" Violet started, but got cut off.
"Baudelaires, J, J, and Quigley, come to the main hall for a meeting NOW!" Kit yelled.
"I guess we have to go," Jessica said.
"C'mon!" Sunny said, and the group walked to the main hall.
It's over, just when you were about to hear the name of the Baudelaire's mom. :( Lol. Anyways, this is my longest chapter yet! You know why I made this chapter so long? Cuz I'm happy! At skool, we read a story and we're playing court. The teacher is the judge and some ppl are the jury. U can be the lawyer for the good guy or the bad guy. I'm the lawyer for the bad guy! HAHAHA! And what's the story? The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs written by A.Wolf! Lol. Better figure out this anagram, but I'm sorry to say just then when I was typing out the hint my ink died. Then I continued typing and it worked. I guess I should type it again. Before I do, this is a random question: Is Beatrice a Baudelaire? Well here is the hint: the anagram is back-