Some familiar faces that part of them hoped to never see again. Please remember that in the books the White-Faced Women weren't described as elderly; despite the tv show's depiction of them. (The actresses are awesome in their roles, but the ages were never specified in the source material.) Begin!

Universe*

~Duncan's POV

Violet and I were sitting at a picnic table chatting about our day as we kept an eye on Nikki. We had brought the kids to the park today to play with some other kids. Klaus and Isadora were sitting with us and talking about their own topics. Quigley and Fiona were both at work, and Sam had been brought with his mother down to the science lab for the day. Nikki and Lizzie were playing on the swing set nearby. After a while, I noticed the girls ran over to us.

Lizzie tugged on Isadora's arm, "Mama, can we get some ice cream? Please?"

She pointed a little away from the swing set to a snack stall where other kids were being given ice cream cones. We agreed and got up to join them at the stall. As we waited in line, I noticed something. Something that I had hoped I wouldn't see again. I nudged Violet, Klaus and Isadora.

I leaned in to whisper to them, "Look who's running the stall."

The three of them looked and had the same shocked expressions at the sight. It was the two White-Faced Women. The women we had been told ages ago left Olaf's troupe after reaching Mount Fraught with him while he was hunting us down. They looked older now, and their faces didn't have that stage make-up anymore, but we'd recognize them anywhere. I glanced down at Nikki and Lizzie and suddenly felt worried for their safety. I could tell the others agreed with me by their own expressions. Either way we didn't want to cause a scene so we continued waiting in line as normal until it was our turn. As expected, the two women recognized us. Of course they wouldn't forget our faces either.

The kids were confused by how the two were staring at us in shock. They probably thought we had died or something. It made sense that they didn't know what happened after they left the troupe.

After several moments, one of them finally spoke, "Ahem, it's you kids again."

I nodded, "Yeah, and you are working here now, I see," I subconsciously pulled Violet closer to me just to be safe, and we nudged Nikki and Lizzie behind us.

One woman who had spoken smiled faintly as she stared at the four of us, "Klaus, Isadora, Duncan, and Violet; it's good to see that you're alive." I'm surprised they remembered our names.

"We thought that he might have," The other one started but Klaus interrupted her.

"He didn't," Klaus said, "And we would appreciate it if you didn't bring this up in front of our girls."

The two blinked in surprise and looked down to see Nikki and Lizzie standing behind us. They observed us closer and obviously noticed the wedding rings we had on each of our hands. We saw them smile again.

"Ah, so that's why you were so insistent on finding them, huh," One woman said.

"Er, what happened to your sister," The other woman asked, "Sunny?"

"She's enrolled in a private school," Violet answered.

The woman nodded, "Oh, yes I suppose she would be 15 now."

This whole situation felt strange. The two women looked actually pretty happy. I guess leaving Olaf had changed their lives for the better. We had seen that change happen when Fernald betrayed him.

"So, what would the girls like," The woman gestured to the menu. We had momentarily forgotten why we were here.

Isadora leaned down, "Go on girls pick something out."

The girls smiled and made their choices. The two women nodded and prepared ice cream cones for them. They handed the treats to our girls.

"For you, free of charge," They said together.

"Thank you," I said.

Violet leaned down to the kids, "Girls, why don't you go eat your snacks elsewhere? The grown-ups want to talk for a while."

The two girls nodded and left to enjoy their treats in a spot where we could still watch them.

"Emily and Elena, by the way," The one named Emily gestured between the two twins, "We never properly introduced ourselves back then."

"So, you're married now," Elena commented, smiling, "It's nice to see you together again."

Violet smiled, "Yeah we are."

"Your girls are very cute," Emily said, "What are their names?"

"Our daughter is named Nikki Quagmire," I replied, with my arm still around Violet's waist.

"Ours is named Elizabeth Baudelaire," Klaus said; his arm also wrapped around Isadora.

"I see she got her father's eyesight," Elena said chuckling, "No offense."

Klaus shrugged, "None taken."

There was a long pause before Emily asked, "So what happened to him?"

"Dead," Violet replied, she made sure no one else around could hear her as she continued, "He was executed at the Hotel Denouement meeting."

The two older women looked shocked and a little relieved at the news. Olaf hadn't been good to his own supporters either. He didn't even care that two of his other henchmen died.

Elena cleared her throat before saying, "I see. It's good to know that you're not troubled by him anymore." Emily nodded in agreement.

There was another pause before one of them spoke again.

"Mr. Quagmire, Mrs. Baudelaire, about what happened at Prufrock... We're sorry. We shouldn't have listened to him all that time. And we're sorry for knocking you out when we put you in the car," Emily said, her eyes filled with honesty.

Isadora and I glanced at each other, remembering that awful day like it was yesterday. We had all told our kids about our troubled history, but I don't think Nikki and Lizzie realized that these two women were from our tale. Perhaps it's best that they don't know, otherwise they might cause a scene.

We nodded at them and I replied, "Thank you for the apology."

"If you don't mind me asking," Isadora said, "What made you leave his service in the first place?"

Elena hesitated before replying, "We lost our home in a fire once too, Mrs. Baudelaire. And in that fire we lost our younger sister, Ellie. We know how it feels to lose a sibling. We just got fed up with him talking about what he was going to do to you once he got his hands on you again."

I smiled, "Well, then you should be happy to hear that our brother Quigley was the survivor of the fire. He lives with us, and is married with a son too. He's at work right now. We found him in the Mortmain Mountains after leaving Heimlich Hospital."

The two smiled, "That's wonderful to hear."

"We should get back to the girls now," Klaus said, "They're probably wondering what's going on."

The rest of us nodded and turned to leave and the last thing that the two women said was, "Congratulations; Mrs. Quagmire, Mrs. Baudelaire, we're very happy you kids ended up together. We always knew you would. And thank you for being so understanding to us."

The four of us continued our day as normal without another word on the matter. These two had seen the error of their ways and turned their lives around in the end. Isadora and I couldn't exactly forgive them outright; neither could Violet and Klaus, but it was in the past and we had all moved on years ago. They looked genuinely happy for us, and we were all happy that they had gained a better place in life. They left Olaf of their own free will, and while they hadn't done it to redeem themselves like Fernald had, it was still a good thing that they did. If they hadn't, they likely would have been executed at the Hotel Denouement meeting too. They unknowingly saved their own skins. Or perhaps they would have just been arrested, like Esmé.

We had hoped to never see them again, but they were certainly happy to see us. Maybe they weren't that bad after all. They are still human. And sometimes people can change. Even if it seems like they won't.

~The End!

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