Chapter 4

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We are all at the shack talking and Isadora shares one of her couplets,
"I would rather eat a bowl of vampire bats, then spend an hour with Carmalta Spats.'

"Nice! But one thing instead of Spats her name should be Brats because she is one anyway." I say and we all laugh.

"Hold on!" I say and grab a small piece of paper and scribble something on it.

"What's that?" Duncan asks

"A note."

"To...?" He continues

"Carmelita. Done!" I say and read the note

"Carmelita Spats is more like a brat, which means she has a chance of getting hit by a baseball bat."

"What are you going to do with that?" Isadora asks as she cringes at my couplet

"Put it on her desk." I say smirking

"You'll get caught!" Violet says

"Oh I won't. Just you see!" I say and stuff the note in my pocket

"Should we get to know each other?" Klaus asks

"Sure." Duncan and Isadora say in unison

We talk for a bit about what has happened to us all and where we have been, Sunny soon starts to fall asleep on my lap. While we're talking I can tell they aren't tell the truth.

"What are you guys hiding?" I ask raising an eyebrow

"Nothing!" Violet says quickly...to quickly

"Summer there's something we didn't tell you." Klaus sighs, Violet gives him a glare saying, "What are you doing?!"

"What is it?" I asked worried

"Ever since our house has burned down we were placed in the care of Count Olaf and he's been after our fortune and he's tried to marry me he's committed many murders it's just we didn't want to tell you to worry you but now that we think about it we should have told you because now we're putting you in danger we don't know if you have a fortune or sapphires but we thought we'd let you know it's ok if you don't want to be friends" Violet says

"Can you describe him?" I ask

"He has crazy hair and one eyebrow, also he has a tattoo of an eye on his ankle." Klaus said, my eyes widen at the description it's alike to the Clowder Creeper

"Hold on let me get this straight an evil villain named Count Olaf with one eyebrow and a tattoo of an eye on his ankle has been chasing you, murdering people, and tried to marry you all because you have a fortune?" I ask making sure I understand and they nod.

"The Clowder creeper." I whisper

"The what?" Klaus asked

"The Clowder creeper. The description of Count Olaf fits him perfectly. He always follows me, well did follow me till he stopped one day." I explained

"What day?" Violet asked

"Uh...I think it was the day the Daily Ponctilo said you were in the care of Count Olaf." I recall

"So your Clowder creeper is the treacherous Count Olaf." Klaus puts the pieces together.

"Well that sounds like an adventure I'm up for" I say as I see everybody surprised face.

"So, you still want to be friends even though your life could be in danger because if Count Olaf find out that we have the Quagmire Sapphires and we're with the Baudelaire's and their fortune you could be in a lot of danger Summer." Isadora says

"Especially if he was following you." Violet adds

"The Baudelaire fortune the Quagmire Sapphires the Clowder catastrophe and Clowder Rubies. Sounds good to me!" I say and they all stare at me dumbfounded. By this point Sunny is sitting up in my lap listening intently.

"Wait the Clowder catastrophe and Clowder Rubies." Klaus asked still confused

"What is the Clowder catastrophe?" Duncan asked

"Well, it's a big mistake that happened in my family many years ago. My family was really interested in science, and they love to experiment with things mix things together but one day in the lab something went wrong, and the mixture exploded spreading fires for miles, it burned down houses. This was long before you guys were even born so don't blame me for your houses being burnt down." I say quickly adding the last part putting my hands up in defense

"We would never blame you or your family for our houses being burnt on even if that did cause it because we know it was an accident." Violet says

"Arsonist" Sunny babbles

"Hey! My family were not arsonist!" I say to Sunny

"Wait you can understand her?" Violet said

"Yeah, I guess so. My sister Winter used to talk like that when she was younger, she learned slower then I did. I guess it hasn't left me." I say glancing down at Sunny as she does a toothy grin, I smile back at her.

"We better get back to our broom closet it's almost lights out." Isadora says after awhile of not talking

"Yeah, we better get going, goodnight Baudelaire's." I say and I give Sunny to Violet and stand up. I flatten out my skirt and make sure I have everything then walk to the door, well not really walk but more like step.

"This took a turn of events." I say breaking the silence between myself and the Quagmires

"It sure did." Duncan says scratching the back of his head

When we reach the broom closet we go in and all go to our 'beds' to lie down. While I'm laying down I'm thinking. I do that a lot when I get in bed. I'm thinking about Count Olaf and how he might be the Clowder Creeper. I don't want to find out but I also do. If it is the same person that means my worries end. Or do they? The Baudelaire's said I could be in danger with Count Olaf following them. Agh! I don't know what to do, but I do know I need to get to class early to put the note on Carmelita's desk. I can't wait to see her face when she reads it! The best part is she won't know who write it! Maybe I should put a random name? Nah, I don't want to get anyone in trouble.
With all that thinking aside I drift off to sleep.

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