Here's the fifth chapter. Hope you enjoy. I'm sorry my other chapters were kind of short. I made this one longer. Keep reviewing!
Chapter 5:
"Yes, the Dark Mark," Harry said impatiently and went back into the house to get his broomstick. "It's what the Death Eaters make when they're around."
"Death Eaters?" Klaus asked.
"Voldemort's followers," Hermione explained as they followed Harry inside. "Harry, you aren't honestly thinking of fighting them."
"It's my duty, isn't it?" Harry said. "If I'm supposed to stop Voldemort, I might as well start."
"But shouldn't we alert the Ministry?" Hermione asked. "Or maybe some Aurors?" The Baudelaires glanced at one another. They were very confused with all of the magical terms that these wizards and witches were discussing.
"It'll take too long," Harry responded. "Way too long. The Death Eaters are quick. They'd have murdered who like and been gone by then. We have to hurry over there ourselves."
"And how do you propose to explain that to my mum?" Ron asked.
"We won't have to," Harry replied with a slight smile. "We'll leave from the roof."
"From the roof?" Violet repeated as though he were insane. Harry looked back at them before entering Ron's room, in which his belongings were.
"Brace your selves, Baudelaires," he said. And without further ado, he burst into the room and handed everyone a broom except for the Baudelaires. The Baudelaires had heard of witches on brooms, flying in the sky. But they had never believed it was true and stared wide eyed at the brooms. "Sunny can ride with Ron, Klaus can ride with Hermione, and Violet can ride with me."
At first the Baudelaires were unable to move. Then they slowly approached the broom they were assigned too and got on. "Are we really going to be flying on these?" Violet asked as Harry opened the window and removed the screen.
"Yes," Harry replied. "Are you ready?"
"No," Violet said. "I'm scared."
"There's nothing to be afraid of," Harry assured her. Then he kicked off and went soaring out the window with the others flying behind him. The Baudelaires held on tightly and closed their eyes, except Sunny.
"No, Sunny!" Ron cried. "No biting the broom!"
"Sorry," Sunny apologized. Violet and Klaus slowly opened their eyes. They were soaring high above the ground at great speed.
"Even though this is frightening beyond all reason," Klaus said, "it really is quite thrilling."
"Fly!" said Sunny, which meant something like, "I've always wanted to fly!"
"So… where are we going again?" Violet asked. Harry pointed in front of them.
"Towards the Dark Mark," he stated. "We're going to stop those Death Eaters."
"Us?" Sunny asked which meant, "What can we do? We're not magic." Violet quickly translated.
"Just do whatever you can, alright?" Harry said. "We're going to need all the help we can get." They finally reached the Dark Mark and landed. It was over a Muggle school. The six children rushed inside. Two hooded Death Eaters were right at the doors. "Impedimenta!"
"Stupefy!" Hermione screamed. The two spells hit the two Death Eaters and the children ran past them.
"Crucio!" they heard a man shout down the hall. The building was filled with loud cries and screams. Harry rushed in the direction of the screams and everyone followed. They found a classroom filled with students that four Death Eaters had entered. One of the Death Eaters was pointing its wand at a young girl who was screaming and writhing in pain on the floor. The Death Eater was laughing.
"Impedimenta!" Harry yelled. The Death Eater was thrown back against a wall and the other three quickly came to deal with Harry. The girl on the floor was suddenly released of the spell and laid panting and crying on the floor.
"Cru-" a Death Eater tried but was cut off by Hermione.
"Expelliarmus!" she shouted. The Death Eater's wand flew out of his hand. While the wizards and witches battled, the Baudelaires quickly rushed to the girl on the floor.
"Okieo?" Sunny asked.
"Are you alright?" Klaus translated. The girl shook her head as tears ran down her cheeks. The other students, who were all still seated at their desks, looked terrified. Violet looked back and saw that Harry, Ron, and Hermione had defeated all of the Death Eaters.
"What do we do know?" Violet asked.
"In any moment from now, the Ministry of Magic will come," Harry explained. "They'll erase all of the Muggles' memory in here just enough to keep us secret."
"By Muggles, I take it you mean people that aren't magic," Violet asked. Harry nodded. "Harry… we're Muggles." Harry cursed under his breath. He hadn't thought about that.
Hermione steeped forward and waved her wand twice. Two more wands magically appeared and she gave on to Violet and one to Klaus. "They're fake wands," she informed them. "They'll fool the Ministry into thinking you're magic too. Sunny's too young, but if you say she's your sister, they'll think she's magical as well." Violet and Klaus nodded and sighed in relief that they wouldn't have to have their memory erased.
Suddenly Sunny shrieked behind them. They turned to see a Death Eater on the floor that had woken up and had her wand pointed at them all. But before she could cast a spell, Sunny quickly leaned down and bit the lady's hand. The lady cried out in pain and dropped her wand. Harry quickly aimed his at her and she lied still. "Ha!" Sunny said triumphantly. Her siblings beamed at her.
"Good work, Sunny!" Hermione said.
"Thanks," Sunny said modestly.
"You fight pretty well for a baby," Ron said with a grin. Sunny smiled and bit him gently on the leg. "Hey! What was that for?"
"That means she likes you," Klaus explained. Ron looked down at Sunny.
"I'm a little too old for you, you know," he said. Everyone laughed. "Look! Here comes the Ministry!" Everyone turned towards the door to see that it was true. Scrimgeour (the new Minister of Magic) and three wizards behind him stared at the six children.
"What is going on in here?" he demanded.
"Death Eaters," Harry said and nodded down at the Death Eaters on the floor. "They were torturing a girl in this classroom." Everyone looked at the girl who was still lying on the floor, too afraid to move.
"Ah," Scrimgeour said. "Well then we'll take her to St. Mungo's Hospital. And we'll erase all of the Muggles' memories of this account."
"Right," Harry said quickly. He gestured for his friends to follow him and they quickly left the school. Harry wanted to get out of their as quick as he could, because he knew if they stayed any longer, the Baudelaires' memory of that account would be erased. They rushed onto the brooms and took off, heading back to Ron's house.
"I wonder who that girl was," Hermione said. "Death Eaters don't usually just attack Muggles for no reason at all."
"Oh," Ron said suddenly. "I saw her name on her paper that was on her desk. She wasn't anyone I knew. Her name is Amelia Spats." The Baudelaires almost fell off of their brooms.
"Spats?" Violet asked. "Spats!"
"Yeah," Ron replied. "Why?" Violet turned to Klaus and Sunny who looked just as shocked as she was. The Baudelaires shook their heads in amazement and couldn't help think, What would someone want with a member of the Spats family?