I am so sorry for the ending...
The next day, Mr. Poe led all the children to the lobby where they court session would take place. The Baudelaires would be the ones on trial, and the rest would be there for support. The court session was a long one. The Baudelaires tried to get as much as they could out of Olaf and Esme, but neither budged much. When it was finally time for Justice Strauss to reach her verdict, something went wrong. She was abducted by Olaf. Meanwhile, Esme had poisoned the crowd, sending them into coughing fits and chaos.
The children took off their blindfolds.
"You three go after Olaf." Isadora told the Baudelaires. "You know him best. The rest of us will find a way to escape."
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny ran after Olaf. Isadora turned to everyone else.
"Can I go look for Carmelita?" Bree asked nervously. "It may be my last chance to ever see her."
With one nod from Isadora, Bree ran into the crowd. Everyone else climbed up the stairs to the roof. They used the Carmelita and a sheet to make, what they hoped, would be a boat that would safely get them to the ground. Once it was built, Bree and the Baudelaires burst through the door. Violet fixed the boat to make it safe. Francine turned to Bre.
"Find your sister?"
Bree shook her head. "I couldn't find her."
It was Francine's turn to hold her friend while she cried.
"We need to leave immediately." Violet told the others. "We lost Olaf, but he could be right behind us."
"Meaning he'll find us again?" Duncan asked. Violet nodded.
"We need to stall him." Jenny said aloud. Sunny realized what Jenny meant before she said it.
"No!" Sunny yelled. "It's too dangerous!"
"It has to be done." Jenny told the toddler, close to tears. "And I can be risked. Like a pawn in chess."
Sunny wrapped herself around Jenny. "I'm not letting you go!"
Jenny sighed. She took the Polaroid picture out of her dress pocket. She found a pen. She drew an "X" on her face. She handed the photo to Sunny.
"Bye, Sunny." Jenny jumped out of the boat and ran out the door to stall Olaf.
"No!" Sunny screamed. "We can't leave her!"
"We have to." Klaus told his sister softly. "She sacrificed herself so we could be free. We can't let that go to waste."
Violet and Klaus pushed the boat off the building, jumping in at the last second. As the boat flew off the building, Sunny lost her grip on the photo. The picture made its way to the front of Hotel Denoument. Where a man named Lemony Snickett picked it up, examining it closely.
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FanfictionJenny, Pheonix, Francine, Wyatt, and Bree were always outsiders at Prufrock Prepatory School. They were always the bullied ones. When the orphans arrived at Prufrock, they decide to take them under their wing. Little do they know, by doing this, the...
