It was now October 1st, the month of Halloween. And everyone was feverishly working to get ready in time for the big evening. Scare routes were being created, pumpkins were being carved, and potions were being mixed. The citizens wanted to make sure that this Halloween would be truly memorable, as it was the one the Baudelaire children were helping with. And the children really were enjoying themselves as they helped with the holiday.
"Well, I finally helped the witches figure out a good scaring potion combination." Violet said as she walked over to Klaus, untying the ribbon from her hair in the process.
"Sure took a long time." Klaus said as he sat on a bench in Town Hall, not looking up from an atlas he was reading.
"Yeah, well they wanted the perfect combination." Violet said, taking a seat next to Klaus.
"Oh I believe it." Klaus said.
"So, how are those scaring routes coming?" Violet asked her brother.
"Pretty good, actually. In fact, I talked Jack into letting me send someone on a scaring route to Count Olaf's house." Klaus said.
"Wow, the perfect revenge! Who do you think we should send over there?" Violet asked happily.
"I'm thinking maybe the harlequin demon and the werewolf. Both are pretty scary citizens so I bet you when Olaf sees them, he'll wet his pants in sheer terror." Klaus said.
Violet laughed and high fived Klaus, they were finally going to get some revenge on Olaf for putting them through so much misery. They decided to go find Sunny and tell her about their plan. So they made their way out of Town Hall and towards the middle of the town square where they saw Sunny sitting on the edge of the fountain nibbling on an orange garland.
"Hey Sunny, Klaus and I have something to tell you." Violet said as she and Klaus sat next to their little sister on the edge of the fountain.
"What?" Sunny asked curiously.
"Jack is letting us send someone to go scare Count Olaf on Halloween." Violet said, grinning from ear to ear.
Sunny clapped her hands together and squealed with delight. She was as thrilled as her siblings were that they were finally getting back at Count Olaf for all that he did to them. They decided to go find the harlequin demon and the werewolf to tell them what they had in mind, but a loud shriek stopped everyone dead in their tracks.
"She's back! She's back!" the small witch squealed as she ran into the middle of Town Square completely hysterical.
"Who's back?" the werewolf snarled from where he had been carving a pumpkin.
"She is." the small witch said with a serious tone in her voice and help up a piece of paper with a message written in dripping blood on it.
Everyon ran over to the witch to see what the message said. As soon as everyone saw it, they got chills all over their bodies:
I warned you I would be back. But you didn't head it and now you will pay. And Jack Skellington will rot in the ground as I rule over Halloweentown now.
Everyone's jaw dropped open as they read the note. They knew who wrote it and were completely shocked that this evil person had returned to Halloweentown.
"Oh no, I can't believe she's back." the corpse mother mumbled.
"What, who is back? Who are you talking about?" Klaus demanded.
Everyone turned around and stared at the Baudelaire children, very frightened of what they had just read and who they would have to deal with.
"Myra, the evil witch from the underworld. That's who." the corpse mother said firmly to Klaus.
The children gasped, even though they knew absolutely nothing about Myra or why she had been to Halloweentown in the first place. But they could tell by the shocking letter and the way the citizens reacted to it that Myra was indeed a very evil person.
"Pardon me for asking, but who is Myra exactly?" Violet asked.
The corpse mother sighed, making it obvious to the children that she really didn't want to talk about this witch but she would for the sake of their own knowledge.
"Myra is one of the most evil witches anyone has ever heard of. She comes from deep in the underworld, in fact she is so evil even the devil himself is afraid of her." she said to the children.
"But what does she have to do with Halloweentown?" Violet asked.
"Many, many years ago, way before even your parents were born, Myra attempted to overthrow Jack from the throne of Halloweentown. It was a vicious battle between her and us as we attempted to banish her from Halloweentown. We did succeed in doing so, but not before Myra warned us that she would be back. Apparently we didn't take her threat seriously, because she's returned." the corpse mother said.
"Taramo!" Sunny squealed which meant something along the lines of "That's horrible. She sounds even scarier that Count Olaf!"
"So, what are we going to do about her?" Violet asked.
"Since banishing her did not work, we're gonna have to get rid of her permanently." the corpse mother said.
Everyone in the town square, especially the Baudelaires, looked terrified. It was quite obvious that they would have to work extra hard and really band together this time to make sure this evil witch Myra would never set foot in Halloweentown again.