Chapter 8:

Everyone woke up early the next day. Harry knew he had a great deal of experience with Occlumency, but he wasn't sure he could perform it on the Baudelaires. What if he messed up? What if the Baudelaires saw his memories instead? No, he couldn't let that happen. Before too long, Mrs. Weasley called the kids to come downstairs.

The six children whet down their slowly. Ginny arrived down there too, but Mrs. Weasley quickly ushered her back upstairs. "This is no business for you, young lady," she said. Kit faced the Baudelaires.

"Alright, Baudelaire, this is what's going to happen," she said. "Harry's going to perform Occlumency on you. All that means is that he's going to look through your memories to see if he can find any wizards or witches that have tried to attack you." The Baudelaires were uncomfortable with someone looking at their memories, even a friend. But they nodded as Kit nodded to Harry.

Harry sighed and stepped in front of them, wand raised. "I have to warn you, Harry," Violet said. "Our memories are not pleasant. Olaf hypnotized Klaus into killing someone."

"He tried to cut off Violet's head in an operation," Klaus said.

"Uncombol," Sunny said which meant, "He made me sleep in a casserole dish!" Harry sighed and nodded.

"Here goes everything," he muttered. "Legilimens!"

The Baudelaires were first meeting Count Olaf, anxiousness was spreading through them…Violet was signing the marriage certificate with her left hand, trembling, hoping with all her might that her plan would work… They were at Uncle Monty's, feeling safe at last… Olaf was back, a large, black snake was helping Sunny create a distraction…

"That's it!" Harry cried and lifted the spell. He looked at the Baudelaires. They didn't look too happy about what just happened.

"What's it?" Kit asked.

"That snake," Harry replied.

"The Incredibly Deadly Viper?" Klaus asked. "That was a friendly creature. What's wrong with it?"

"I know I've seen it somewhere…" Harry said. "I read about it. Wait a minute. I read about it in one of the books Hagrid assigned us to!"

"The Incredibly Deadly Viper is perfectly harmless," Kit said. "I doubt it was sent to kill them. Try again." Harry nodded and raised his wand again.

"Legilimens!"

They were at Aunt Josephine's, trying desperately to get out of the house that was falling off a cliff… Klaus was walking into Dr. Orwell's office at Lucky Smells Lumber Mil. Dr. Orwell was just about to hypnotize Klaus, when Harry noticed that Dr. Orwell was holding a wand behind her back…

"Aha!" Harry cried, lifted the spell, and stared at Klaus. "That lady. She didn't hypnotize you," Harry said.

"Dr. Orwell?" Klaus asked.

"Yes," Harry said. "Well she did hypnotize you, but in a different way. She cast a spell on you. I saw her wand."

"Wow," Klaus said. "I never noticed it before." Klaus seemed out of breath. Harry could tell this was getting to them.

"I think we've done enough today, Kit," Harry said. Kit shook her head but looked sympathetic.

"I'm sorry, but these answers are urgent," she said. "Okay, so Dr. Orwell's a witch. Let's see if we can find anything else."

Harry sighed and for the third time raised his wand. "Legilimens!"

They were at Prufrock Prep. now, running endless laps around the luminous circle they painted, exhaustion running through their veins… Esme was talking about "in" things… They were falling into a extremely dark elevator shaft, screaming for their lives… They were at an auction, a man was telling them to leave until Jerome came over… The man aimed his wand at them and missed, hitting someone else instead…

Harry lifted the spell again. This time the Baudelaires were huddled together on the floor, tears running down their cheeks. Hermione and Ron went down to comfort them. Harry couldn't believe what he had seen. The stuff that these kids went through… it was horrible. "What did you see this time?" Kit asked.

"A man," Harry said. "He was a wizard as well. He tried to cast a spell on them, but missed. Then there was too much of a crowd for them to do anymore. Kit nodded and looked down at the Baudelaires.

"We don't need to see anymore," Kit stated. "It's obvious Voldemort sent wizards and witches to attempt to eliminate the Baudelaires themselves, but failed. I think we should all keep a close watch from now on. Harry nodded and so did the Baudelaires.

Okay, so it was kind of short, but what do you think? Later chapters will be based on reviews. By the way, when Harry said, "She cast a spell on you," did anyone else think of the movie Hocus Pocus? lol