Chapter Two of the Miserable Mansion:

"I am now off

I am very sorry to leave you there at the end of the chapter. For you see, I had to go to sleep for school the next day, so I had no time. But today, I have lots of time. So.where were we? Oh yes.

Violet gulped, looking at the blood red eye staring at them from behind the door. "Y-yes we are." She replied, shivering a little with both fear and cold. "Are you M-Mr. Valentine?"

The door now completely opened to reveal a very tall, gothic looking man. He had long jet black hair that he kept away from his face with a red bandana on his forehead. He was wearing a pure black shirt and pants that were held up by two silver belts. He also was wearing a red cape that was held together by straps. The top part of the cape covered the bottom half of his face, so you couldn't tell if he was smiling or frowning at all. Violet could see that at his side, he had a silver pistol with him. She gulped and tried not to imagine what that was used for. She looked down to see that the man was wearing silver, metal, pointed boots with dried blood at the ends. She looked very worried at these, wondering what would happen if this person was to kick them with those boots? Sunny looked over to the man to see on his left arm, there was a pure metal claw! It was colored golden and looked cybernetic. She wondered how hard it was. She also wondered if she could bite it.

The man looked down at them with his eyes. Yes, they were red. As red as a demon's eyes. As red as the demon in Vincent's eyes. "Yes...I am Vincent Valentine..." the man replied, his voice sort of muffled by his red cloak. He stepped aside and bowed slightly. "Please.come in."

The Baudelaires stepped in, soon followed by Vincent. As Vincent closed the door, the mansion seemed very dark and creepy. The Baudelaires shuddered, looking around. There were two stairs that led to the same place. There seemed to be many, many rooms. There were 3 doors, first of all, downstairs where they were standing. One on each side and then one in the middle, under the stairs. Vincent slowly went up the stairs, his steps echoing through the mansion loudly. The Baudelaires followed him up the stairs. He stopped at the top of the stairs finally and pointed to the room on the left with his cybernetic arm.

"You will be sleeping in there..I am very sorry that the mansion is very messy..But I've been very busy, you see.and.and." He looked outside at a window, his eyes going wide. He then sighed and looked at the children. "Expect guests today." He then turned around as there was a knock at the door. He slowly walked downstairs and to the door. He slowly opened it and stepped aside. "Come in, Cloud."

~~ Kuri: Yes...we know that every Final Fantasy VII fan should know who else will be here...besides Cloud.it starts with an A!.Remember people! Review! No flames! Good reviews makes the fanfics go around! And anyway.this fanfic is totally Flame and spam-proof..soo..if you spam.You get your *BEEP* kicked by Cid and his *BEEP*in' spear! Hey! Why am I getting beeped anyway?

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