"Where are we?" Klaus asked as he and his sisters stood in awe at the weird graveyard they were in.
The tombstones that they saw were decorated with skulls, ghosts, and demons. They were also set into the ground at many awkward angles; some even looked like they would tip over. As the Baudelaires took in the sights they saw, they turned around and realized that the statue they had emerged from was no angel statue, but instead the statue of a weird, skinny demon with its teeth filled mouth wide open and its claws posed and ready to strike.
"Wherever we are, I have a feeling it's not somewhere on Earth." Violet said to her brother.
"Let's just stick close together while looking around and we'll be fine." Klaus said.
The children slowly but carefully began wandering around the graveyard, taking in all the sights that they saw. Everything had such a dark, Gothic feel to it. The full moon that shone in the sky gave everything an eerie backlight. What really attracted the attention of the children was the huge spiral hill that sat right in the middle of the graveyard.
The Baudelaires decided it would be nice to walk up to the top of the hill and see what kind of view they could get from the top. It was truly a breathtaking view from where they were standing.
"Wow, this is amazing." Violet exclaimed as she looked around.
"Riyo!" Sunny squealed, which meant something along the lines of "It's beautiful, in a weird sort of way."
The view did have a kind of weird beauty to it, maybe because the Baudelaires could see all around them from where they were standing. They could see to the other end of the graveyard and past the big iron gate that marked the entrance/exit. Beyond the gate was what appeared to be a small town made up of old, black, Gothic houses.
"Think we should go to that town?" Klaus asked.
"I don't know, Klaus. What if the people there aren't friendly, or worse what if they aren't even people?" Violet asked.
Staring at Violet, Klaus asked "What makes you think that whoever lives there is not human?"
"I dunno, I just have this gut feeling that's all." Violet said, sounding a little apprehensive.
"We'll just be very careful, that's all." Klaus told her.
"Will that even help us?" Violet asked her brother.
"With everything that has happened to us since the fire, being careful is pretty much all we can do to stay safe." Klaus replied.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Violet said and followed Klaus as they walked down the spiral hill and back into the graveyard.
Sunny, meanwhile, was squirming around in Violet's arms wanting to be let down after having been carried for most of the day. Violet quickly set her baby sister down and Sunny began crawling around the graveyard while her older siblings kept a very close eye on her, not wanting to almost lose her like the incident back in the forest.
Desperate for something to chew on, Sunny made a beeline for a small patch of what appeared to be old weeds. She easily pulled one up from the loose dirt with her little fist and was about to put it in her mouth when Klaus suddenly grabbed it and yanked it away from her. Startled, Sunny quickly pulled another weed from the dirt and Klaus yanked that one away from her as well.
"Sunny, you don't know what type of plants these are. What if they're poisonous plants?" Klaus asked her.
"And they are poisonous plants." Violet said, pointing to the sign in front of the patch of weeds that read "Deadly Night Shade."
"See, Sunny? Those plants could've made you sick or worse." Klaus said to his little sister.
"Sowy." Sunny quietly squealed.
"It's ok, just stay close to me and Violet while we look around." Klaus said.
The Baudelaires walked around the graveyard some more before making their way towards the iron gates at the other end. Wanting to check out the town they saw, they slowly and carefully pushed open the gates and made their way out of the graveyard.They were going to start walking towards the strange, quirky town when they noticed something else that caught their eyes.
It was a twisted looking treehouse about halfway between the town and the graveyard.As the children carefully made their way closer, they saw that an old bridge covered a large gap in the ground between where they were standing and the short piece of land that the treehouse stood on. A cage elevator completed the décor.
"Hmm, I wonder who or what lives there." Klaus asked.
His question was soon answered by the sounds of three voices coming from the direction of the graveyard. The Baudelaires quickly dove behind a huge tree so that they would not be seen by whoever was coming. Since Sunny was the smallest of the three, she was the one who kept watch from behind the tree to see who was coming.
The voices turned out to belong to three small children, two boys and a girl. All three were wearing Halloween costumes. The girl was dressed as a witch and the boys were dressed as a devil and a skeleton. Sunny kept her tiny head halfway behind the tree as she watched them make their way to the treehouse while Violet and Klaus just listened in to their conversation.
"Hehe, that was a great prank we pulled on the Mayor." the witch girl said.
"Always fun to harass him by putting glue on his hat." the devil boy said.
"Too bad that bag of bugs Oogie Boogie is gone, he always gave us the most devilish assignments to carry out." the skeleton boy said as the three crossed the bridge and made their way into the cage elevator.
"Oh well, we still are pretty good at thinking up our own pranks." the devil boy said.
"Of course we are, we're the Boogie Boys!" the witch girl claimed and slammed the door of the cage elevator shut.
The three children laughed devilishly as the elevator rose to the top of their treehouse. The Baudelaires, meanwhile, quietly came out from behind the tree not believing what they had just heard.
"Wow, they are such brats." Klaus said.
"I wouldn't be surprised if they were related to Count Olaf in some way." Violet said.
"Neither would I." Klaus replied.
With a shrug, the Baudelaires continued on their way towards the quirky town. They had no idea what was in store for them in this town, but they had a feeling whatever they were about to experience would be completely out of the ordinary.