A/N: Hello again people of fanfiction! How are you doing? I apologizing for not updating sooner, but I really had a lot of homework. Anyway here goes chapter 4! I hope you enjoy it! I really want to thank everyone who reviewed! You are amazing! Oh and some asked me if this is a reading-the-books story. Sorry to disappoint you, but no, it is not. Okay so... enjoy!

Disclaimer: I, Burning Tulip, do NOT own the 39 Clues.

Last Chapter's Ending:

"Will you answer our questions now?"

"Yes. Now we will."

Chapter four: Explanations

"What do you want to know?"

"Who are you?"

"We are..."

"How did you take down so many guards so easily?"

"Um, would you..."

"How do you know Uncle Fiske?"

"We will explain just..."

"Where were we?"

"Wait a second..."

"Where are we going?"

"If you let us talk, we will..."

"How..."

"ENOUGH!"

Everybody silenced after that. Then, the girl who was with them at the backseats of the van spoke.

"We want to answer all of your questions, we really do, but please one by one!"

"But bear in mind that there are things we are not supposed to tell you yet." finished her sister.

"What things?" Amy looked at her suspiciously.

"Just... things. Details mostly."

"Oh."

"Now that we've got that covered, why don't you ask us again? One question at a time!"

"I'll start!" ,said Dan, "Who are you?"

"Well, as we have already informed you, I am Seraphine, you may call me Ser if you want to, though, and that", she pointed at the driver," is my sister, Shaunee. We are twins, but you will be able to tell us apart. I wear my hair curly, while Shaunee prefers hers to be straight. "

"My turn!" said Hamilton quickly. "Where were we?"

"Now that is a question that needs a lot of explaining and that will be answered later." Shaunee said.

"Okay..."

"How did you fight off so many armed men so quickly, without even looking tired afterward?"

The girls shared a meaningful look before Seraphine answered.

"You could say it party a lifetime of training and partly who we are, but the later will be explained further by your uncle and our parents later."

"Now that you mentioned our uncle, how do you know him?" That was Amy.

"We met Fiske about a five years ago, when we joined the Madrigals."

"So you are Madrigals?"

"Yes, we currently are Madrigals."

"Currently?"

"Yes. That's what I said, didn't I?"

"What were you before you became Madrigals?"

Another meaningful glance between the girls.

"You'll figure that out eventually, Ian."

"How do you know my name?"

"We were given your names and a description of you. We needed it to know it was actually you."

"Where are you taking us?"Sinead asked.

"We're taking you to our house, where you will spend at least a month."

"What? Why?" everyone asked together.

"We are not to tell you that. You will be informed soon however. We're almost there."

No one spoke after that. They just sat quietly, thinking. They all had so many questions, but were not sure if they were ready for the answers. Just when the silence had began being uncomfortable, Shaunee pulled over. They had reached their destination, wherever that was.

They got off the vehicle. They were in a clearing in the middle of a forest. Once they took in their surroundings, Shaunee spoke.

"Alright now please follow us. We will walk a little, not much, about two minutes."

And so they did. They walked without talking, mostly because everything around them was so peaceful, they were afraid that, if they made a sound, they would ruin it. The landscape around them was beautiful. Tall trees that seemed eternal, a dear passing by, a little spring, everything was so perfect, that they thought they were someplace far, far away from everything that could harm them. The beauty of the nature had a soothing effect on them, it calmed them down. They must have been walking for a couple of minutes when a tall, black, iron fenced appeared. It had vines on it and even though it should have seemed totally out of place, it looked as if it belonged there, like an entrance to a fairytale- like castle. Seraphine stopped walking when they reached it and pulled a key out of her pocket. Then she placed the key into something that looked like a lock and turned it. Then the fence moved, revealing a gate. The gate had a panel on it, where Seraphine put her palm. Then a little green light turned on on the panel and the gate opened.

They walked in and were suddenly in a small town. There were five buildings and in the middle there was a giant square-slash-park. On the buildings' roofs the different Cahill branch symbols were painted. One building for each branch. On the square was a big C with the branches' symbols all around it.

"Where are we?" asked Dan, who was looking around with disbelief and enthusiasm shining in his eyes.

"You are in GCC also known as Great Cahill City, Dan" answered a voice behind them. Turning around they saw none other that Fiske Cahill standing there with a small smile playing on the corner of his lips.

"Uncle Fiske!" screamed both Amy and Dan and rushed to hug the old man. He returned it for a moment and then pulled away, worry obvious in his eyes.

"Are you ok? Did they hurt you?"

"Nobody is hurt, Fiske. We were just on time."said Seraphine. Fiske looked at her and Shaunee.

"I had no doubt you would. Thank you. You did a great job."

"A great job, indeed." A man appeared next to Fiske. "I'm very proud of you. As I have always been."

"Dad!" said both twins and hugged the man.

"Um, we don't want to spoil the reunion" said Ian "but would telling us what on earth is going on?"

"But of course. Please, follow us."

"Do we have to come too, dad?"

"Yeah, we already know what you'll tell them."

"Yes, you have to come too. Your presence is absolutely essential."

"Okay, daddy." the two said, without complaining. They knew that their father always meant what he said.

They entered the Madrigal building and were guided by Fiske and the man, who was the twins' father, into a conference room.

"Please, be seated." said the man.

"We will explain a few things to you now. Please wait until we are finished to ask any questions." continued Fiske. "Girls, would you mind begin?"

"Not at all, Fiske."

"First of all we now are in the GCC as you have already been informed."started Seraphine.

"We are sure you have never heard of it before though.", Shaunee continued. "That is because GCC had forever been a secret."

"In the beginning, GCC was called GMC, which means Great Madrigal City. It was used as the main Madrigal Headquarters for over three centuries."

"When the true identity of the Madrigals was revealed four years ago, though, it was renamed to GCC"

"That didn't change the secrecy though. GCC's existence was revealed to very few from each branch."

"Only the most trustworthy were informed. You were going to be informed when you became branch leaders."

"Unfortunately, that wasn't possible after your kidnapping."

"The ones who kidnapped you are something like the Vespers."

"They are not actual Vespers, though. They were defeated by you two years ago."

"We call them Vesperlings. They are not really dangerous, but they are annoying."

"Very annoying."

"This incident worried us at first, we thought that maybe they were closer to the Vespers than we suspected. It turns out that there is no reason to be worried after all."

"They are not a threat. However, we realized that we had let them come far too close to the Vespers than we should. Still, we can handle it. They won't kidnap anyone ever again, we can promise you that."

"Now back to GCC. Since you are now aware of it, you will spend some time here, as we have already told you. Here you will stay and you will learn how to work with each other and members of the other branches."

"You will learn more about the Madrigals and find out that everyone has a past and everyone has a future. This means that you will not be judged based on who you have been and what you have done, but on who you want to be and what you want to do."

"You will also learn not to judge people due to their past. We all make mistakes."

"Any questions?"

"Is this going to be like school, only Cahill- like?"

"No, no, nothing like that. You won't go to school at all actually."

"Really?"

"Yes, Dan, really. It is summer after all."

"You mean we won't have to go to school, because it's summer?"

"Yep!"

"Oh..." Dan looked a tad disappointed at that. He hoped that he wouldn't have to go to school ever again.

"How long are we going to stay here?" Natalie asked.

"Well..." The twins looked at Fiske and their dad questioningly.

"Hmm I don't know, what do you think Joshua?"asked Fiske.

"Oh, I don't know a decade maybe two?"

"WHAT?" Yelled the younger ones.

"Just kidding! You will spend the summer here. Then you can choose whether you wish to stay, or return to your old lives."

The Cahills looked relieved. Then Joshua, the twins father, turned to his daughters. "Why don't you show the others where their rooms are girls? You will give them a tour around tomorrow. If you don't mind, of course."

"Yeah, sure. We don't have a problem. Goodnight dad, Fiske."

"Goodnight girls. Goodnight Cahills. Have a good night's sleep because a long day awaits you tomorrow."

"Goodnight."

The twins led them out of the room and showed them their rooms.

"Okay so. To the right are the girls' rooms and to the left are the boys'."

"You pick your rooms. Once you do that, place your palm on a wall."

"The House will identify you and prepare you room with the basics."

"You can add whatever you want by asking for it."

"The House will give you anything you might want."

"Our rooms are at just around the corner."

"They have our names on them, so you will know which belongs to whom."

"Oh and something else. Lock your doors at night."

"Why?"

"Because we have three brothers. They are triplets and though only three years old, they are quite mischievous. So you should lock your doors at night. It's for your own safety."

"Goodnight Cahills. We will wake you tomorrow for our tour around the city."

"Goodnight."

And so they each picked a room (without any fighting, surprisingly) and did what the girls told them. Then they all drifted to sleep, with a feeling that this summer would be an unforgettable experience. They had no idea just how right they were.

A/N: So what do you say? This was a long chapter now, wasn't it? It certainly took a lot of time to write! You know what to do now! That's right! Review! Any kind of criticism is accepted but please be polite.

Love,

Burning Tulip