Chapter 10:
The next day, they hurriedly went to the Leaky Cauldron. Violet and Klaus out in the open, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione under the Invisibility Cloak. Klaus was the first one to see Count Olaf. It had been a while, and he gasped. Violet looked to where her brother was looking and felt suddenly sick with anxiousness.
She looked back at where she thought the other three were. "It's okay," Harry whispered a few inches away from where she looked. "We're right behind you." Violet nodded and proceeded with her brother. Count Olaf grinned wickedly as they approached closer.
"Hello orphans," he said in his wheezy voice. "I'm glad to see you came alone." Count Olaf made a dramatic look around the orphans and scanned the area. "You are alone, right?"
"Yes," Klaus replied.
Count Olaf opened his mouth to say something, but before he could, Violet demanded, "Where's Sunny?"
"Don't worry, as I promised, Sunny is here," Count Olaf told them. Then he quickly added, "For now." Count Olaf pulled Sunny out of a back pack on the ground and held her in front of Violet and Klaus. Before they could grab her, Count Olaf pulled her away and said, "You will be reunited once you are back at the hotel we're staying at."
"That wasn't part of the deal!" Klaus cried. "You said if we came here alone, you'd give us Sunny back!"
"I thought we might have to do this the hard way," Count Olaf sighed wearily. "Hooky! Triangle Eyes! Get over here!" The hook-handed man and Fiona quickly rounded a corner and approached the Baudelaires.
"No," Klaus said quietly. The hook-handed man grabbed Violet and Fiona grabbed Klaus. Violet struggled in the hook-handed man's grip but was careful to not cut herself on his hooks. Klaus however, just stared at Fiona, and she stared back. There was no emotion in their faces. Finally Klaus said, "So you really have joined. And you're not going to help us again, are you?"
Fiona shook her head. "I'm sorry, Klaus," Fiona said quietly.
"Boss, I could use a little assistance," the hook-handed man said through gritted teeth. He was struggling to keep Violet in his grip. She was kicking and pushing and wriggling any way she could to escape. She wasn't going to let Olaf capture them again. Not again.
Harry, who had been watching with Ron and Hermione, came out of the Invisibility Cloak as Ron and Hermione followed him. The three raised their wands. "Let them go!" Harry ordered. Count Olaf, who had rushed over to stop Violet, looked at the three and scowled.
"I told you to come alone!" Count Olaf roared in Klaus's ear. "Where were they hiding anyway? They just appeared!"
"That's for us to know, and for you to find out," Harry said, his wand still aimed at Olaf. "I said let them go." Olaf stared at the wand and for the first time in the Baudelaires life, he seemed afraid.
"Do what he says," Olaf muttered. The hook-handed man let go of Violet and Fiona immediately let go of Klaus.
"And Sunny too," Harry said. Count Olaf glared at Harry, but let Sunny out of the bag. She crawled over to Violet and Klaus, who greeted their sister with hugs and smiles of relief that she was alright.
"Now go away and never return!" shouted Ron. "I've always wanted to say that."
"I wouldn't be so happy, red-haired buffoon," Olaf said with an evil grin. "Voldemort will be there to dispose of you very soon." Having said that, Olaf ran off with the hook-handed man. Fiona stayed until Count Olaf demanded that she follow, and then she sped off too.
"Glad that's over," Ron said. The six of them went back to Ron's house. When they arrived, Mrs. Weasley was babbling something to Mr. Weasley, who was trying to calm her down.
"But the Death Eaters!" Mrs. Weasley cried. "And our kids… and… they're too young to die… and what about Harry…"
"It's alright, Molly," Mr. Weasley said. "We have at least a hundred enchantments on this house. We'll be alright.
"What are you two talking about?" Ron cut in.
"The Death Eaters!" Mrs. Weasley cried.
"They've been spotted around here," Mr. Weasley said with a sigh.
"It's alright, mum," Ron said smoothly. "We can take em'."
"Ron!" Mr. Weasley scolded. "You are not going out to fight Death Eaters!"
"Why not?" Ron said. "I've done it before."
"Listen to me," Mr. Weasley said firmly. "You have to stay put. Do not attempt to fight the Death Eaters unless they are here at this house. Do you understand?"
"Yes sir," the six kids said in unison.
"Good," Mr. Weasley said. "Now go upstairs and tell Ginny the same thing I told you, okay? We don't need Ginny running off to fight them either."
"Yes dad," Ron said and walk upstairs as everyone followed.