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Violet and Klaus had been rowing for awhile. They were in the middle of the ocean, far away from anything.

Olaf: finally. At last I have the Baudelaire fortune. I think the first thing I'll buy is a new car! Orphans, head to the nearest car dealership.

Klaus: we aren't near anything.

Olaf sat down.

Olaf: well that's dumb.

Isa: what were you going to tell us before?

Olaf: I was going to tell you all about how one time Kit and I were on a double date with your uncle and Beatrice, and you know your mother is allergic to peppermint just like you three brats, and Kit really wanted some but your mother couldn't have any so I stole some and then Kit and I ate them in the back of a taxi.

Isa: wow.

Violet: you.. stole peppermints?

Olaf: yes, did you hear the story? Kit wanted some.

Isa: do you have anymore stories about her?

Olaf: one time her and I were at Briney Beach late at night and we told eachother the things we liked about eachother.

Isa: what did you say?

Olaf: I told her I loved her smile. You should have seen her smile when I told jokes. She has the prettiest smile I've ever seen. I would kill to see her smile one last time.

He sighed and looked out onto the horizon.

Olaf: looks like the tide has turned and a storm is brewing.

The Baudelaires copied his gaze and saw he was telling the truth. A storm was approaching.

×××

Violet woke up. She was laying down. She felt hot sand on her hands. She wondered if it was just all a dream and she was at briney beach.

Olaf: wake up, children.

Nevermind.

She sat up. They were indeed on an island and klaus and sunny were sitting up a few feet away from her.

Olaf was dumping sand out of his shoes.

Olaf: I have discovered an island! I think I'll name it Olaf-Land.

Violet noticed a small girl standing far away from them in a white robe was picking things up off the sand. There were many things on the beach. A few people were doing the same as the little girl. She met violet's eyes and walked over.

"Are you guys okay?"

Violet: we washed up on this island on our boat.

The Carmelita was broken very much behind them on the rocks.

"My name is Friday, and you are?"

Violet: My name is Violet Baudelaire, and this is my brother Klaus, and my sister Sunny.

Friday: and who is that man?

Olaf was walking around only a few feet away, he was looking at stuff on the beach ground.

Klaus: .. he isn't our friend.

Violet just remembered Isabelle. She felt worried now.

Violet: his name is Count Olaf and he is a villain, we also have a friend we have lost, she has to be here somewhere, her name is Isabelle Snicket.

Friday: what does she look like?

Klaus: she was wearing a red sweater and black pants, with some black shoes, her hair is long and blonde colored.

Friday: I saw her a few minutes before I had seen you, she walked over to our island, where we live.

Olaf walked over.

Olaf: do you have a king?

Friday: no way! We have a facilitator but he is not our king.

Violet: could we go meet him?

Friday led the four of them to thier white tents, and she led them to one of them.

Friday: Ishmael, I found castaways.

They saw a man talking to a girl with her back towards them. She was wearing a white robe like Friday and also Ishmael, who had a big white beard and long white hair.

He smiled when he saw them.

Ish: I was just talking to your friend.

The girl turned around. It was isabelle.

Olaf: noo why did you make her change into your silly robes.

Ish: its custom. she told us her mother is a woman named Kit Snicket, I've never heard of her. But I have heard of you Count Olaf, and this kind girl tells me you are after her friends fortune?

Olaf: isabelle!

She looked down at the sand.

Ish: no need to be upset.

Ish: Alonzo? Bring me that bird cage you found.

A dark haired man walked into the tent with a big golden bird cage.

He shoved olaf inside.

Olaf: who stuffs someone into a bird cage?!

Sunny: karma.

Ish: we have no place here for bad apples.

Olaf: bad apples?? Wait.. Baudelaires! Isabelle! Help me! Ishmael-

A few islanders carried the bird cage with the villain inside out of the tent.

Ish: now, how did you four children get shipwrecked with a man like that?

Violet: it's a long story.

Isa: what are they going to do to him?

Ish: you see, once a year the tide rises enough that a boat can get through and that day happens to be tomorrow, we call it Decision Day and anyone on the island may leave if they choose, they are putting that bird cage on the sea wall, sowhen the tide rises tomorrow, Count Olaf will drown.

The man laughed.

Klaus: isn't that cruel.

Klaus glanced at Isabelle. She looked worried. She clearly didn't want that man or anyone on that island to know who her father was.

Ish: it depends how you look at it. Now, let's get you three into robes, and dispose of any of your belongings. We have a motto here, Forget your troubles.

He let the four children go to thier own tent.

Isabelle: I don't want Olaf to drown.

Violet: I don't either.. even though he has given us enough troubles.

Klaus: maybe we should forget our troubles, and parents.

Isabelle looked down.

Isa: we should at least keep our belongings.

Violet: I agree.. I don't want to leave my ribbon.

Sunny: whisk!

Isabelle: sunny means that Friday gave her a whisk.

Sure enough, sunny had a whisk.

Klaus: that was so nice of her. I'm happy for you sunny. I think I am going to keep my commonplace book.

Isa: I have this necklace my mother gave me.

Isabelle took a necklace out of her pocket. It was a locket.

Isa: it has a picture of kit inside. And Ishmael gave me a ring.

She took a red ring out of her pocket of her robe.

It had a letter R on it.

Isa: he said Kit once had it, and Lemony.

Klaus: lemony?

Isa: my uncle. He proposed to your mother, Beatrice, with it. And then she gave it back to him when they broke up, and then lemony gave it to my mother, who gave it to your father, who proposed to Beatrice aswell, who had it in your house too, and it washed up here.

Violet: but Ishmael had said he hadn't heard of Kit.

Isa: and Olaf had tried to tell us something before they swept him away.

Klaus: maybe we aren't the only one with secrets.

Isa: let's keep our belongings, and also try to be on our best behavior, maybe we can sneak off sometime and talk to Olaf.

Klaus: I agree, we have eachother, we will be fine.

He smiled.

Violet: let's go sunny, put your whisk in your pocket and let's go to dinner.

The four children held hands as they walked to a big tent and went inside. There were lots of people, sitting on the ground eating something out of a bowl.

Ish: children! I'm glad you came.

A woman handed them all bowls.

That Alonzo guy told them it was cod.

Sunny: cod?

Klaus: it's a type of fish.

The children sat down together on the ground. Thier pockets had secrets in them that they didn't want to share. They felt guilty to hide things they were told to leave behind, but like thier troubles, they couldn't leave them behind.

Ish: I had forgotten to give you four coconut cordial.

Violet: what is that?

Ish: it's what we drink here, there isn't any fresh water on the island.

Alonzo handed them each a cup with a liquid in it.

Violet tried it first and spit it out.

Violet: I'm not sure I like it..

Isa: do you have any lemons?

Ish: no, but he do have an apple tree, though the apples are very bitter and Count Olaf is near there, I don't suppose you would want to see him, isabelle?

Isa: I suppose I wouldn't..

She was lying. She would give anything to go see him. Even though he has given her troubles.

Ish: forget your troubles, remember that children. Try to leave your old lives behind and be happy.

Violet: maybe you're right..

It had gotten late, the four children were back at thier tent, waiting for everyone to be asleep so they could go see the man that had given them thier troubles.

As they climbed up to the golden bird cage, they saw he was watching the sunset.

Isa: we brought you cod.

Olaf: thank you.

They gave him the fish and he ate it as they sat down on the ground nex to him, watching the sunset aswell.

Klaus: what were you going to tell us.

Olaf: if you let me out, I might tell you.

Violet: if you tell us, we might let you out.

Olaf: guess I'll stay in here then.

Isa: if you stay in here you'll die.

Olaf: of course I'm going to die! That's the way of the world. Everyone runs around with thier schemes trying to outwit one another. If you let me out I can outwit Ishmael and then- you can be my hench folk!

Violet: we aren't your hench folk. You're wasting our time.

She stood up.

Olaf: wait, don't leave.

Klaus: tell us what you were going to tell us.

Olaf leaned closer.

Olaf: Ishmael isn't who he seems, I know him, I didn't recognize him at first but he recognized me. That's why he locked me in here.

Isa: who is he?

Olaf: let me out first.

Violet: no! You just want our fortune.

Isa: if we don't he will drown!

Violet: I'm not listening to you!

Violet walked away.

Sunny followed her.

Isa: you can go too, but I want to stay here for just a bit longer.

Klaus: I'll stay. Make sure you're safe.

Olaf: see, I knew you liked her.

Klaus: maybe I do..

Isabelle sat closer to Klaus and held his hand as them three watched the sunset.

×××Isabelle woke up violet.

She opened her eyes and sighed as she looked up at Kit's daughter.

Isa: would you like to go on a walk with me?

Violet: I suppose.

Violet followed her outside and isabelle and her started walking around the island, looking at all of the objects that had washed up overnight.

Isa: I'm sorry about last night. I didn't let him out, by the way.

Violet: wait no, that means he drowned last night..

Isa: oh no.. I forgot about that.

Violet: we need to go check.

They climbed the rocks, the oven's surface was definitely higher.They saw the golden cage. It was open. It was empty.

Isa: that means he escaped. That cant be good.

Violet: I wonder what he is doing.

Isa: we will just have to see.

The girls walked back to the tent and the other Baudelaires were already awake, klaus was reading his commonplace book.

The girls smiled at them.

Isa: we went on a walk, and found tha the bird cage was open. Which means Olaf is hopefully alive but he escaped somehow.

Klaus: I hope he doesn't do anything.

Klaus put his book back in his pocket.

As they walked out of the tent they noticed people were outside, crowded around.

"There's a new castaway!"

Ishmael had a familiar looking spyglass he was looking out to the horizon.

Ish: It looks like a raft made from books, it's a woman, she has the same eye tattoo as the villain, and she is very pregnant.

Violet: Kit!

"Yeees?"

The four children turned around to see Count Olaf in an orange dress with seaweed on his head, he also had a big round belly.

Olaf: it's me, Kit Snicket. And that is my daughter.

He pointed to isabelle.

Ish: you are not Kit Snicket and that is not your daughter!

Olaf: you're only right about one of those things.

Ish: you don't mean-

Ishmael looked at isabelle.

Ish: is he your father?

Isa: yes..

She turned around and ran as fast as she could to the raft made out of books.

The Baudelaires followed her.

Isa: kit!

They all climbed onto the raft and kneeled next to the woman.

She was unconscious.

Violet: her ankle is injured.

Violet tore off some fabric from her robe and tied it around Kit's ankle and it hid the eye tattoo.

Isa: what do we do?

Violet: I'm not sure.

Kit's eyes opened.

Kit: isabelle, Baudelaires.

Isa: we are on a coastal shelf, your ankle is injured.

Kit: wait, I saw a helmet full of a deadly fungus wash up, have you seen it?

Klaus lost her stomach.

Klaus: I think I know where it is.

Klaus: violet, stay with kit.

Kit: no, Baudelaires, stay together.

Isabelle stayed with her mother as the Baudelaires ran back to Olaf and Ishmael.

Olaf: if you give me that canoe, those four children, and Kit Snicket, than I won't harm you.

Ish: you cant harm us, I'll stop you from taking anyone.

Olaf: and how will you stop me?

Ishmael picked up the harpoon gun that had been found, the harpoon gun that was given to Carmelita Spats a The Hotel Denumont.

Ish: with this.

Ishmael pointed the harpoon gun right at Olaf's stomach.

Klaus: wait! Don't shoot!

It was too late, the man had already been shot.

The harpoon gun had broken the glass of the diving helmet and had gone through it, impaling Olaf.

Olaf looked from his bleeding stomach, to Ishmael.

Olaf: you harpooned me..

Ishmael: well you started it!

Olaf: you literally started it!

Violet: it doesn't matter who started it, those spores are the Medosoid Mycelium, a deadly fungus!

Ish: Medosoid Myc-

Olaf laughed.

Olaf: that's right! I have poisoned you with the world's deadliest fungus! I have everything I have ev-

He coughed. He started to kneed down onto the sand.

Violet: we need a cure! Wasabi, wormwood, or another culinary substance.

The Baudelaires started to cough too and so did the islanders.

Ish: I know a horseradish factory off lousy lane, we'll sail back to land and we'll all be saved.

They islanders and Ishmael started into the boat.

Klaus: you'll never make it.

They didn't listen.

They started to sail off.

Klaus: they'll never make it.

Violet: they won't listen.

Olaf coughed again.

Olaf: apple tree.

Violet: what?

Olaf: secrets in the apple tree.

The Baudelaires didn't know what he was talking about but they coughed as they ran to the apple tree.

Klaus: what do we do?

Sunny: hole.

Sunny saw there was a hole in the tree.

The Baudelaires went inside, inside of the apple tree was a space underneath the roots. It was like a house, with inventions, books, a kitchen.

Klaus: what is this place?

He walked over the books.

There was a book with a very interesting title. He opened it to the first page.

Bertrand and I have decided we might leave the island to raise our first child. We feel we cant shelter her forever. If it is a girl we will name her Violet. If it is a boy we will name him Lemony.

-Beatrice B.

Klaus: our parents lived here..

Violet: maybe that's what olaf meant by secrets..

Klaus: look,

I have given the Medosoid Mycelium immunity to my dear friend Kit to keep it in the Sugarbowl to keep it in Heimlich Hospital, one of the many safe places that Esmé or anyone on the wrong side of VFD will be able to find it. If the fungus reaches these shores, we have a cure for it above.

Klaus: my throat is cl- closing up..

Violet: there isn't anything in these cabinets, what did she mean by 'above'?

Klaus: I'm not sure..

Sunny: apples!

Klaus: sunny you're a genius.

Violet went outside and grabbed an apple.

She saw isabelle running towards her.

Isa: violet! I accidentally went to go see olaf, and then went back to kit, we are all poisoned..

She coughed.

Violet took a bite of the apple, the Baudelaires all did and isabelle did too, they ran to kit.

Kit: Baudelaires.. I'm not going to make it.

Violet: you have to, take a bite of the apple.

Kit: I can't, it'll harm the baby..

Klaus: at least get to shore.

Kit: I can't move.. I'm not as strong as you.

They heard olaf cough from the island.

Violet: he is our only hope.

They ran all the way back to olaf. Isabelle stayed with kit again.

Olaf was sitting against a tree, his Kit disguise was laying a few feet away from him, the diving helmet included. His stomach was drenched in his blood.

They kneeled next to him.

Olaf: at last you bow before the king of Olaf-Land.

Violet: we don't have time for your nonsense, take a bite.

Olaf: I don't want your bitter fruit! I've lost to much to go on. My parents, my true love..

Klaus: you have to! Kit's baby is arriving, she could die!

Olaf: Kit.. might die? Give me that.

He took the apple out of Klaus's hand and took a bite as he got to his feet.

Violet: that looks bad.

He looked at his bloody stomach.

Olaf: I've been worse.

He made his way to the raft made of books and isabelle jumped down from it and stood by the Baudelaires.

Olaf towerd over Kit and picked her up in his arms and crossed the lake inside the island.

When he got to island he layed her down onto the sand. He stared at kit for one long moment, and he gently kissed her on her lips.

Sunny: yuck.

Kit's eyes fluttered open and he eyes widened as she saw him.

Kit: you...

Olaf: I told you I'd do that one last time.

Kit: you are a wicked man... Do you really think one kind act will make me forgive you?

Olaf: I never apologized.

Kit was about to say something, but instead she coughed.

Olaf: shh, it's all over now.

He stumbled to the ground and sat next to her laying on the sand.

Kit reached out and touched his ankle, right on his eye tattoo.

Kit: the night has a thousand eyes, and the day but one. Yet the light of the bright world dies with the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, and the heart but one, yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done.

Olaf layed next to her.

Olaf: you're not the only one who can recite the words of our associates.

He sighed.

Olaf: Man hands on misery to man.

Kit: it deepens like a coastal shelf.

They both chuckled.

Olaf: get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself.

He then laughed, and closed his eyes for the last time.

Kit groaned in pain.

Kit: my baby is coming.

×××As she held her baby in her arms, she coughed once more.

Kit: the kiss didn't work, the apple didn't heal me..

Isa: you can't die... you're all I have left.

Kit: no, you have the Baudelaires. You are all family. And now, you have my child to add.

Klaus: what will you name her?

Kit: let's name her Beatrice.

Isa: such a great name..

Kit coughed once more and handed Beatrice to klaus who held her close to his chest.

Beatrice started crying.

Klaus: I know..

Kit: he was right.. it's all over now.

And her eyes closed for the last time aswell.

×××

The Baudelaires and isabelle had buried Olaf and Kit where they had shared thier last kiss.

It had been a year, which meant decision day was tomorrow.

Violet: tomorrow is decision day, we can leave.

Isa: your parents knew they couldn't shelter you forever.

Klaus: we should pack things we may need.

×××

Violet had fixed the Carmelita and were almost ready to leave.

Violet: maybe we can take off the taped on paper Carmelita put on, maybe the original name is underneath.

She took off the paper to reveal.

Beatrice

They all smiled and climbed into the boat.

They had books from the tree, a few apples, isabelle had her necklace and ring that she planned to give to Beatrice, to keep handing it down through thier family.

Klaus looked down at the book his mother had started, as they sailed out the island, the book titledA Series of Unfortunate Events