(A/N: Here in this chapter I introduce another character, Gomen. He and Myra are the only characters I own in this story and no one else. Also, the spell Myra finds will be revealed in a later chapter.)
Later that evening, the Baudelaires had returned to Dr. Finklestein's house with Jack and Sally to inform him of Myra's unfortunate return. The doctor was just as shocked as the citizens had been that afternoon when they first found out. In fact he was absolutely furious about it when Jack, Sally, and the Baudelaires told him about it at dinner.
"What! That manipulating, vicious, vile monster is back!" he screamed out at the dinner table, causing Violet to almost knock over her glass of water from being so startled.
"Whoa, calm down doctor. We are just as upset as you are but…" Jack started to say but was interrupted by Dr. Finklestein yelling yet again.
"By God I though we got rid of that witch years ago! What in the name of all this dead is she doing back!" he screamed again.
Sunny was so frightened by the doctor's screaming she buried her face into Violet's shoulder and started wailing at the top of her lungs. Everyone, including the doctor, turned around to look at her while Violet held her even more tightly to get her to calm down. Dr. Finklestein, realizing how badly scared little Sunny was by his screaming, laughed with embarrassment.
"Sorry, dear. I'm just so upset about Myra's return, that's all." he said to Sunny.
"Tanko." Sunny squealed quietly, which meant "Thank you Dr. Finklestein, I understand."
"Well, now that we're calm, we have to decide on what we're going to do about Myra." Jack said.
"Why just us? Don't the rest of the citizens have a say in this?" Dr. Finklestein asked.
"My good man, of course they do." Jack said.
"We called an emergency town hall meeting at 10 a.m. sharp tomorrow morning. We will proceed from there." Sally said.
"Oh all right. I just hope we can get rid of that evil woman for good this time." Dr. Finklesteing mumbled.
"Jack and I do too." Sally said.
Everyone suddenly realized the Baudelaires hadn't said anything during this whole conversation, aside from Sunny's crying, so they looked over at the children to realize all three of them were just sitting there with worried looks on their faces, which to the Baudelaires was quite normal in their woeful, unhappy lives.
"Hey, you three okay?" Jack asked them.
"No. We're hiding from one evil person and now we get to deal with another evil person." Klaus said glumly.
"Klaus, it'll be fine. Trust us when we say that we will find a way to get rid of Myra once and for all." Jack said.
"I wish we could say the same thing about Count Olaf. We've been desperate to get rid of him from our lives for the longest time." Klaus said.
"Why don't you three go up to your room and try to think of a way you can help us? With your talents, I'm sure you'll think of some way we can get rid of Myra." Jack said.
The children stood up from their chairs and walked upstairs to their room in Dr. Finklestein's house. What everyone was unaware of at that moment was that someone else was plotting something at that very moment.
In Myra's secret hideaway
Myra grinned evilly as she sat inside the old stone cave on the outskirts of the graveyard. She was a beautiful witch with long black hair that hung down her back and rose red lips. Her skin was very pale, as pale as white porcelain, and she wore her favorite attire: a long sleeved black dress, a black cape, and black leather boots. But underneath her beauty was one of the most evil witches anyone in Halloweentown had ever met.
"Haha, I sure fooled those freaks in town with that note of mine! Now that I've got 'em all worked up, I can begin to plot how I will overthrow that bonehead Jack Skellington." she said to herself.
She remembered all too well what had happened the first time she had attempted to overthrow Jack. She had attempted to crush every single bone in his body by conjuring up her black magic to pierce him with an evil beam of light, thinking it was the perfect way for her to rule Halloweentown. Unfortunately, that plan backfired when the citizens of Halloweentown had found a way to counteract that beam of light with a potion conjured up by the two witch sisters and ran her out of the town. But now she was back, ready to try again to claim the throne as Pumpkin Queen.
"Well, how shall I do it now?" Myra asked her little goblin henchman, Gomen, who had been sitting in a corner listening to her babbling on and on about how thrilled she was for freaking out everyone in town.
"Don't do the light beam again, that didn't work." he said in a squeaky voice, which caused Myra to almost whack him upside the head.
"Of course I won't do that, you twit! I'm asking you for a different way!" she screamed.
"Yes of course you are, my lady. Umm…how about you demand something from him?" Gomen said.
"Like what, Gomen?" Myra demanded.
"Well, tell him that if he doesn't give up the throne you will destroy all of Halloweentown." Gomen squeaked.
"That's the oldest trick in the book! Why didn't I think of that the first time?" Myra exclaimed.
Gomen just shrugged his shoulder as Myra pulled her thickest spell book from a shelf and began furiously flipping the pages, looking for a spell she could use to threaten Halloweentown with.
"Ah, here it is!" she exclaimed, pointing her finger at a spell that caught her eyes.
"What is it, my Myra?" Gomen asked as he peered over her shoulder.
"This spell, Gomen! It's perfect!" Myra exclaimed.
Gomen giggled evilly as he saw the spell Myra had found, it was indeed the perfect spell to destroy Halloweentown with.