A Series of Unfortunate Events - The Creepy Curse
A/N: I do not own Silent Hill or Lemony Snicket...If I did, I would not be writing fanfiction based on them...I would be suntanning in Fiji.
Chapter Three
"...and that's when I said 'no thanks,' and started running"
James had just completed another monotonous story, the word "monotonous" here means, "boring enough to make a yeti sleep like a baby." The orphans sighed inwardly was they walked through the foggy streets of Silent Hill. Violet was thinking about a contraption she could invent that would help someone see through the fog. Klaus was thinking about any books he had read about fog. Sunny was thinking about chewing on James' leg.
"Zupa?" Sunny asked, which meant something like, "So where is it we are going, anyway"
James turned around. "Did she say something"
"She just wants to know where we are headed," Violet interpreted.
"Oh, well, the letter said that she would be waiting in our special place. We went to Rosewater Park alot, so I thought I would check there"
When they turned the corner onto yet another foggy street, the children were surprised to see a smear of blood along the road. When James stepped in the blood, he looked nervously at the children.
"I don't think this is something children should look at," he said, stepping away from the blood. "I'll just use this stick to scrape it away"
"I think I could invent something to get rid of the blood," Violet said helpfully. "You would just need some water and salt and something hard to scrub with"
"I read once that blood coagulates after the body dies," Klaus said helpfully. "Whoever this blood belongs to, they are already dead"
"Linky oppo!" Sunny exclaimed helpfully, which probably meant something like, "We could just ignore it and keep walking"
"Sunny has a good point," Klaus said. "We could just ignore it and keep walking"
"What a smart baby!" James said in awe. "I'll hang onto this stick just in case."
Finally they made it to Rosewater Park. It was at one time a very beautiful park, but the fog and bad weather made it look dreary and dismal. The dreariness and dismalness made the Baudelaire children feel unhappy, although there was really nothing to feel unhappy about. Maybe they knew that Count Olaf was lurking just around the corner. Maybe they knew that the unfortunate events that were surrounding their lives were about to continue.
It was when they reached the boardwalk facing the lake that their suspicions were confirmed: Leaning against the railing, gazing out onto the still water, was a woman. She looked like a woman from a distance, at least. She had short blond hair and wore a tight pink cardigan, a pink leopard print skirt and knee-high black boots. She turned around, and when she saw the Baudelaire orphans and their guardian, she let out a giggle.
An all too familiar giggle.
They had heard it before, at Dr. Orwell's office, the time they were forced to stay at the miserable mill. It had come from a woman named Shirley and it was coming from this woman now.
The only problem was, Shirley was not a woman.
Shirley was Count Olaf in disguise.
James rushed over to the woman, eager to introduce himself.
"Hi! My name is James." "I'm Maria," replied the woman in a high pitched voice.
"You remind me of my dead wife, Mary"
"Do I?" The woman giggled.
The Baudelaire children knew better. Maria was Count Olaf in disguise. It was painfully obvious: They could see the huge feet shoved into the black boots. They could see the too familiar, shiney eyeballs peeking out from behind blond hair. They could see a nefarious, a word here that means "Baudelaire-hating," look in those eyes.
"Oh, and who are these lovely children"
"Nabo!" Sunny shrieked, which meant something like, "You know who we are you evil man"
"What are you doing in Silent Hill, Maria?" James asked politely.
Klaus couldn't hold it in anymore. Sunny was right. "That's not Maria! That's Count Olaf, the evil man after the Baudelaire fortune"
James gave Maria an embarassed smile and pulled the children aside so that Maria could not hear. "Listen, children, Mr. Poe warned me about Count Olaf. He told me all about him. This is just a poor woman lost in Silent Hill. We should be nice and help her out"
"But it's Count Olaf," Violet argued. "He's dressed up as a woman before named Shirley"
"But this is Maria"
"But..." Klaus began.
"But nothing," James said, a little more harshly. He turned from the children and returned to Maria.
"I'm so glad you found me," Maria said, dramatically playing with her hair. "I'm so lost. It would be awful nice of you to help me out. I'm trying to find the Lakeview Hotel. Do you know where it is"
"Sure!" James said, excited to help. "You can come with us. We'll take you there. Mary said she'd be in our special place, so maybe it's at the hotel"
"Perfect," Maria replied, casting an evil eye at the Baudelaire orphans.
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