Authors Note: This is not a continuation of any of the Series of Unfortunate Events books that have already been published. It is my own creation that uses the same characters from the books.

Ok now for my disclaimer which is quite simple: I don't own anything but the pen and notebook I wrote my first draft in and my computer. Oh and the two paragraphs, the first one starting with "Count Olaf is one of the world's six worst villains" and the second one ending with "neither a man nor a woman" belong to a website that QuickEdit won't let me put here. They are not mine. Ok, maybe that wasn't simple, but I bet you really don't care.

Now since this is my own story and the tenth book ended in the Valley of Four Drafts, I have to set the scene. Ok, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are now homeless and are walking the streets of Nerual, a small suburban town in northern New Jersey. Wow that was easy.

Now finally, the chapter.....dun dun dunnnnnnnn.

Chapter One: Finding a New Home

"Violet, Stous, Tunny!" called a deep voice that sounded as though its owner had been drunk.

"It's Violet, Klaus, and Sunny for your information." replied Klaus crudely as he and his sisters turned around.

Standing before the Baudelaires was none other than Mr. Poe.

"What yoooou want?" Violet asked rudely.

Mr. Poe was supposed to watch over the siblings after a fire burnt down their house killing both their parents, but he was always too busy with work to care. He is banker for Mulctuary Money Management and hasn't done anything to protect the Baudelaires even though they have been putting up with an evil man called Count Olaf for a few years. Mr. Poe meant well, but he doesn't take the children seriously.

A/N: this really isn't part of the story, but for people who don't know who he is, here is a short bio for Count Olaf. I did not make this up. The people at did.

"Count Olaf is one of the world's six worst villains. He is rude, he is treacherous and all he thinks about is getting his filthy hands on the enormous Baudelaire fortune. He only has one eyebrow, which would normally make him easy to spot, but he tends to disguise himself as he chases after the three children. As if this weren't bad enough, he has an assortment of comrades who assist him in his dastardly plans.

These miserable people include a hook-handed man, two women with white faces, a sinister bald man with a long nose and an enormous creature who looks like neither a man nor a woman."

Olaf has attempted to marry Violet, killed their Uncle Monty, made them run laps late at night, barley missed them as they escaped from a dreadful surgery, and the siblings had to try to keep a set off twins Duncan and Isadora, who had lost their triplet and parents to a fire, together. But later they found out that their triplet, Quigley had in fact survived the fire and had been searching for them since then. After Duncan and Isadora had been separated from Quigley and the Badelaires they had to communicate to each other by Isadora leaving them hints to catch Count Olaf in short poems, left in places they've been.

Ok, now back to the story.

Since when do you care enough to come find us? Why don't you just let us go of on our own? We've been doing well so far, thought Klaus, but instead he said. "Mr. Poe, how nice to see you. We really haven't talk in sooooo long."

"Yes," Mr. Poe replied, "but you know as well as I do that you don't get a chance at a promotion every day. I've been working very hard to be promoted to Coin Handler. Isn't that wonderful? I can't be everywhere at once."

"Blatfoucu" said Sunny proudly, which probably meant something like, "Well we should be more important to you than your stupid promotion!"

"And I see that our deer Sunny hasn't learned to speak properly yet." Mr. Poe noted quite rudely.

"No, but Klaus and I understand her just as if she were speaking perfect English. And that just goes to show that you haven't been around long enough to teach her. I'm sure our parents wouldn't be very happy if they new what we've been going though." Violet said with an edge to her voice.

"I know they wouldn't be happy but what can I do? What's done is done. But I think you'll be glad to hear that I've found you a home."

"You did? Where?" Violet asked suspiciously.

"Gigshal" said Sunny shyly.

Klaus decoded that for everyone.

"Sunny wants to know how she knows wether or not she can trust you or not, and I agree. How do we know we won't end up in some crappy house in the middle of nowhere being harassed by Count Olaf and his band of com rads?" Klaus asked sharply.

"Well you better trust me dammit! Besides, you really don't have a choice, do you? Not unless you want to walk around these streets for the rest of your life." Mr. Poe retorted, rubbing his hands together. He was getting angry now.

"Well," Violet said with a sigh, "What do have to lose?"

Only our parent's fortune, thought Klaus, never mind our lives. But he kept this thought to him self and instead he said, "Ok, whatav' you got?"

This language surprised Violet. Klaus never talked like that, preferring to use longer more complicating words with difficult meanings that he usually had to explain to Violet and Sunny.

"Well," said Mr. Poe, calming down a bit, "You can stay at a place called H.O.M.E."

"Waddaya mean?" Violet asked.

"H.O.M.E!" Mr. Poe explained, "It's really self-explanatory but if you want more of an explanation, I can't do it now, but really what have you got to lose with a place called "home"?

Sunny, Violet, and Klaus stared at each other before Violet said, "Well, I guess we should give it a try. I mean it can't be any worse than the academy, or that horrible carnival."

"Yeah, I guess your right." Klaus said.

"Ok, follow me them." Mr. Poe said as he lit his pipe and beckoning them with his hand.

They did so.

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So, what do you think? It's only my first chapter and I know its not that great, and it doesn't flow to well, but I'm going to try to make them better. Please review and tell me what you really think. Like, don't tell me you really like it if it is the worst chapter you ever read. If you r&r and leave a signed review I'll do the same to you. Thanks!

The Sagittarius Sage