(A/N: So sorry for the long wait for an update. I was swamped with schoolwork last month and had absolutely no time to work on my fanfictions. Now I have room to breath and I can update now. Hope you enjoy this new chapter and I apologize if it's stupid, I just had no time earlier and was in a hurry to get this out.)
It was an hour before the town meeting where Violet, Klaus, and Sunny would tell their story to Halloweentown. They as well as Jack and Sally waited patiently in Jack's office in Town Hall for 8 p.m. to strike the clock.
"You three nervous?" Sally asked the Baudelaires.
"A little bit. I just can't believe we're gonna tell our story to a bunch of dead beings." Klaus said.
"Most of the citizens of Halloweentown are very nice, so no need to worry." Sally said.
"Um, what do you mean by 'most of the citizens'?" Violet asked nervously.
"Long story, Violet. Sally and I will tell you more after the meeting." Jack said.
An hour later
It was 8 p.m. and Town Hall was filled with citizens of Halloweentown. They were chattering amongst themselves about what they might hear from the Baudelaires tonight.
"What might we hear from these so called orphans tonight?" the harlequin demon asked the creature with spider hair.
"Hopefully something interesting." the creature replied back.
Soon everyone was silence by Jack walking out on stage to the podium. The mayor, who was standing in the balcony up in the back, turned on a spotlight and bats that had been covering it fluttered around the room. The king of Halloweentown took a deep breath and began his introductory speech.
"Citizens of Halloweentown, you have all seen or heard about the three mortal children who have graced this land with their presence. Well, tonight is the night we will hear their story." Jack announced to the room that was filled to capacity with the citizens of Halloweentown.
Everyone cheered at their leader, but Jack silenced them by holding up his bony hand as he had more to tell them. The citizens quietly settled down, knowing what would happen next in the king's speech.
"So if you would please welcome Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire to the stage." Jack said and motioned towards the wing where the children were standing.
The Baudelaires all took deep breaths and stepped out onto the stage right into the spotlight that the mayor was shining on them from the balcony. They were also greeted by a roaring round of applause from the citizens of Halloweentown that filled the audience. Jack stepped aside and off to the other side of the stage where Sally was standing, allowing the children to tell their story to the whole town.
"Um, hello. My name is Violet." Violet told everyone nervously from the podium.
"My name is Klaus, I'm the middle child." Klaus said.
"Ada." Sunny squealed which meant "I'm Sunny."
Everyone began mumbling amongst themselves yet again. These children looked like they had a rough life from the worn, tired looks on their faces and how their dark clothes looked ragged. Now the citizens were getting curious about the story. They already knew the children were orphans from what Violet had said the other day, but they obviously had no idea as to how they got to where they were now or how they became orphans.
"Tonight, we will tell you the story of how we became orphans and our long hard journey up to where we are right now." Klaus told the whole audience.
"It's a very sad story, I should warn you. The day we found out our parents had died was the worst day of our life." Violet said sadly.
She and Klaus patiently described that day on Briny Beach when they and Sunny were just relaxing on the beach and Mr. Poe came to deliver the terrible news: that their parents had perished in a fire that burned their whole house to the ground. They told everyone how sad and upset they felt when all 3 of them saw the ashes and ruins of the beautiful mansion they once lived in. Jack and Sally, meanwhile, stood off to the side with looks of sadness on their faces as they felt sympathy for the Baudelaires.
"So where did you three go then?" the devil called out.
"Noma!" Sunny shrieked, which most likely meant "We went to live with a mean, cruel, horrible man named Count Olaf."
"Sunny means that Mr. Poe took us to live with our first guardian, Count Olaf. Who is the most vile, cruel, nasty person we have ever met in our lives, I would like to add." Klaus said to the devil.
"How cruel is he? Sounds like he would be a perfect fit for Halloweentown." the corpse father asked.
"Oh, he is so cruel that he will resort to anything to try and get the fortune our parents left to us, which we cannot use until I'm 18. He tried to force me to marry him and threatened to kill Sunny here if I did not go through with the marriage." Violet responded.
"What a cad!" one of the members of the local band whispered to himself.
"Thankfully, I was able to get out of the marriage and Mr. Poe took us away from Count Olaf. But that's only the beginning of our long, hard journey and Count Olaf being right behind us the whole time trying to get our fortune." Violet said.
"How so?" asked the clown with the tear away face.
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny launched into the long story of their journey from guardian to guardian and being chased by Olaf and his cronies the whole time. They described being bounced between Uncle Monty, Aunt Josephine, the Lucky Smells Lumber Mill, Prufock Prepatory School, 667 Dark Avenue, and the Village of Fowl Devotees where they were wrongly accused of murder.
"That's horrible!" Sally whispered to Jack, who nodded in agreement with her.
"And this Count Olaf has been harassing you three the whole time?" asked the tall witch with light hair.
"Oh yes, and it got even worse when we had to go on the run." Klaus added.
He and Violet then told them how they ran from the law to Heimlich Hospital where Violet almost got a crude lobotomy, to Caligari Carnival where they had to disguise themselves as circus freaks to hide from Olaf, to the Mortmain Mountains where they had to rescues Sunny from the clutches of Olaf, and to the Stricken Stream where they found out some very important information about V.F.D. and Hotel Denoument.
"And we were on our way to Hotel Denoument when we found the gravestone that led us to this town." Violet said, concluding the story.
"That is our story, thank you for coming and listening." Klaus said to the citizens who promptly broke out in applause for them.
Jack and Sally came back onto stage from their places in the wings and thanked the citizens themselves for coming and listening to the Baudelaires' tale. As the citizens filed out of Town Hall, the children stood on the stage breathing a sigh of relief.
"Well, that wasn't so bad was it?" Sally asked them.
"No!" Sunny shrieked, which made them all laugh.
"So, what do we do now?" Violet asked Jack and Sally.
"Well, do you three need to be at Hotel Denoument right now?" Sally asked her.
"I don't think so, we were told to come to the hotel whenever we could and that the V.F.D. people would be waiting for us." Violet said.
"Come to our mansion for the night again, Sally and I will let you three stay there while we think of something that you can do around town." Jack said.
The Baudelaires followed Jack and Sally out of the town hall and back towards the mansion, wondering what kind of interesting journey they would take in Halloweentown now that everyone knew their story.