Quigley's P.O.V.

Every now and then, the trolley would make a stop, we stopped at 667 Dark Avenue, The village of Fowl Devotees, and the burnt remains of Heimlich Hospital and Caligari Carnival, but no luck. I was worried that I would never find my siblings and explain how we escaped the fire. The trolley came to a stop near the Mortmain Mountains, and Y/n and I got off and walked down the cold and icy path that led to the mountains.

"Do you think we'll find Isadora and Duncan here?" Y/n asked. "I hope so, I'm anxious to find them," I answered. As we continued down the path, soon I heard the sound of snow crunching from behind us, and I was worried that it was Count Olaf or someone else who had come to hurt us. "Hey, you!" a voice called out.

Y/n and I turned around and saw a girl in a pink winter coat with a pink and white sash that spelled the words, False Spring Queen. "What are you two doing out here all by yourself?" a taller figure asked. "We're mountain climbers, and we got separated from the others," I lied. "Well, you could join us if you like, I'm the scout leader Brucie," the taller figure said.

I looked over at Y/n, she looked at little hesitant, but in the end, we both agreed that we had to go with them, otherwise we would be stuck in these mountains for who knows how long. "What are your names?" The girl in the pink coat asked. "I'm Samuel, and this is my friend Alyssa," I answered. The girl in the pink coat started laughing for absolutely no reason. Y/n and I looked at each other and wondered if the girl was insane or something.

"Samuel and Alyssa, those are cakesniffer's names!" She laughed. "Now Carmelita, calling someone a cakesniffer is impolite," Brucie sighed looking back at the girl. "I don't care, I can call anyone a cakesniffer because I am False Spring Queen!" She smiled. Y/n and I reluctantly got in line with the snow scouts, when we heard the sounds of small buzzing.

"What is that?" Y/n asked. "Those are snow gnats, their stings hurt really bad! Put these on these will help!" Brucie said shoving two snow masks into our hands. Y/n and I quickly put them on and all the snow scouts started running. Without a second thought, I grabbed Y/n's hand and we ran with them until we reached a dark and empty cave.

"The only way to keep the snow gnats from coming back, is to build a fire," Brucie said. Everyone in the snow scout troop stared at us, and I knew that they wanted us to build the fire. Just because we're tagging along with the group, it doesn't mean that we should be the one to build the fire. But, I bit back the comment, and Y/n and I carefully walked outside keeping an out for the snow gnats and firewood.

"Quigley, do you think we'll find Isadora and Duncan in the mountains?" Y/n asked as she picked up a big piece of firewood. "There's a secret V.F.D. headquarters here in the Mortmain Mountains, if we're lucky that's where they'll be," I answered. After Y/n and I found some firewood, we made our way back to the cave and created a spark to start the fire.

"So, what do we do now?" I asked. "Well, since we can't go outside, how about we tell stories by the fire while roasting some marshmallows?" Brucie suggested. Everyone in the snow scout troop nodded in agreement, and we started roasting marshmallows. I was silently praying that we would be able to find Duncan and Isadora at the V.F.D. headquarters, otherwise, I didn't know what I would do.