A series of unfortunate events: the continuation

Chapter 1: The Advantitious Arrival

"If you are were intending on reading a wondeful fairytale concerning a princess who gets married and lives happily ever after, you have most distrautly - a word which here means 'very unfortunately'- picked up the wrong book.

You may think that the 15th book of this Series of Unfortunate events will lead to joyful conclusions and a new beginning; that after reading those 14 lengthy files concerning the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, all your answers will be addressed and they will live happily ever after. However, in all my time of investigating the case of the Baudelaire orphans, I have to admit with utter bitterness and condolonces - a word which here means sympathy towards some fellow friend... or foe- that this is not so.

I dearly beg of you, young reader, put this book down immediately, for it will lead to nothing but sorrows and woes. It will cause tears of agony and pain to trickle down your face: it will cause your blood to freeze still in your veins.

But first of all let me introduce myself - I am Beatrice Baudelaire. All those days, I was watching Lemony Snicket, writing down every single important detail - any mysteries he has resolved. I was looking down from above and questioning myself how much longer I am going to be stranded here, held in hostage and captivity... Inevitably, however, Lemony has departed away from us, into a land far beyond humans' imagination and now it's time for me to take his place. Lets take off from where we left, shall we?"

"How far to go Klaus?" questioned Violet Baudelaire, while putting together an extraordinarly complex invention she had in mind for quite a while. She was the eldest of the four Baudelaires -being 16 and a few days old - was very smart and had an utter passion for inventing all sorts of different mechanisms.

"I really cannot tell, which is very strange. According to my calculations, we should have arrived at Briny Beach approximately 2.5 hours ago, but I can't see any sign of shore..." informed her Klaus, while studiying a map made up of many tiny and hard-to-figure-out routes. Klaus was one of the middle Baudelaires - sharing his position with Sunny Baudelaire. He was only 14 and could read the toughest of books, which made him one of the cleverest boys of his age.

Sunny Baudelaire, also the middle sibling, was of a young age of 3, and found her hearts desire in cooking while trying hard for survival in Caligari Carnival. You may say that at the age of three, children are completely unaware of the hard life that lies ahead of them, and most obviously, children of the age of 3 know absolutely nothing about the art of cooking. However, this does not apply to Sunny, a mature and helpful girl who, just like her siblings, was an extraordinary girl.

"Jinx!" exclaimed the youngest one, Beatrice Baudelaire, which probably meant something along the lines of, "Oh no, we are lost!" Beatrice was the Baudelaires' adopted sister, after her mother Kit Snicket, left this world straight after giving birth to a charming little baby girl. Beatrice was only a year old, which explained why she was not yet able to formulate hard sentences, which concluded to her speaking one word at a time, some of which could be hard to understand every so often.

Violet, Klaus, Sunny and Beatrice Baudelaire had spent 8 long days on the deck of a sailboat, once owned by their mother and father. The children were exasperated, fatigued and felt highly obnoxious from being on the sea for so long.

On a beautiful day with family and friends, it would have been stunning to ride across the clear ocean waters, admiring the surroundings and the breath-taking scenes that lay before your eyes. However to the Baudelaires it was a nightmare - the shimmering of the suns golden rays burned them to the core, causing sweat to trickle down their forehead. Their food supply was running low and with three children and a baby on board, rationing was the only solution.

Yes, a terrible sight would be inflicted upon you, just with an utter glance of the eye at the terrible future that was lying ahead of the Baudelaires - lurking somewhere in the oceans depth. So if you don't want to embark on a journey full of misfotune and misery, I solemnly advise you to put this book on the dustiest shelf, far from your reach, never to be touched again. However, if curiosity lures you in then...

"Violet!" suddenly exclaimed the middle Baudelaire, "I can see something in the distance..."

"You mean Briny Beach, right?" returned the eldest.

"No, I can't exactly make out what or who it is."

"Friend or foe?" curiously asked Sunny Baudelaire.

Nobody, even me, had the faintest idea, who or what it was and why they - like the Baudelaire orphans - were sailing in the middle of the vast ocean. Who are these people, questioned the Baudelaires time and time again, until the two collided and were faced with a very advantitious - a word which here means 'unexpected' - arrival...

"Violet, Klaus, Sunny!" exclaimed a heart-warmingly familiar voice. A voice so familiar and touching that the Baudelaires could not resist a joyful smile.

This is one of the very rare moments in this Series of Unfortunate events, that you will witness the orphans smile, for the sun can disappear behind the grey clouds and the rain soon starts to pour so suddenly it can make you cry...