A Story of Optimistic Events(If Uncle Monty was still Alive)

Chapter the Third

There are many unpleasant thing in life and waiting is one of them. The Baudelaires, like many ordinary people, have dreaded waiting a good many times in their lives. This time was one of them. However it was very much worse because they were waiting in a small room filled with dangerous and greedy villains wanting the Baudelaire fortune. 

As Violet waited and waited she wondered, "Will Count Olaf ever be brought to justice?" As Klaus waited and waited he wondered, "What we happen to me and my sisters?" And as Sunny waited and waited she wondered, "magr" which probably meant something along the lines of, "Will our misfortune finally come to an end?" 

Hours passed slower than pain drying on a canvas. Finally, a very familiar woman named Justice Strauss, who wearing a purple judge outfit walked up to the front of the room as hundreds of people watched her. Most of them, had absolutely nothing to do with the attempted murder, but had decided to attend anyway to be entertained. 

With every step she took, the Baudelaire children got nervouser and nervouser. Their heats were beating as fast as a butterfly's wings might flap when flying. Justice Strauss stood at a wooden stand were she cleared her throat and told two people from the audience to hand out dark blindfolds which lied in an orange basket. Violet grabbed three and gave two to her trembling siblings. They all tied it around their eyes and moved it until it came on correctly. Klaus felt for Violet, then gave her a reassuring hug and told her it was going to be okay and Olaf would be in prison in no time.

"Klaus, is that your name? I know it may be hard to see while your eyes are covered, but I'm afraid I'm not Violet." A girl spoke out, with wavy dark short hair and shining eyes. Klaus fought the temptation to remove his blindfold to look at this mysterious girl, but decided not to in case somebody saw. He blushed with embarrassment as he held on tighter to his glasses. 

"My apologies. I didn't realize this. You see, Violet is my sister and we were just about to participate in a trial in which we could either bring a villain after us to justice or else, I don't even want to think about it. Wait, how do you know my name?"

"Yes I know all about the trial and Count Olaf. My siblings and I were the ones that saved your seats. That's not important, Baudelaire." The girl lowered her voice, "I really do hope you and your siblings win this thing.  I've heard such awful things about this Olaf guy. Try as hard as you can, Then you can defeat this evil man." Then, she turned her head and faced the front. Klaus removed his blindfold for a few seconds to look at the young boy standing next to her on the left side. They had similar traits, dark shining eyes seeming to be struck with misery and dark swirly hair. Klaus looked all over the room for another one of this mysterious girl's siblings, seeing nothing. He was almost certain that he heard her say she had "siblings" which was plural, meaning more than one. 

"I must be imagining things. Maybe she did say sibling." Klaus thought. He drew his attention to the front of the room where Justice Strauss fidgeted with a small black mic until it stood next to her lips. Then she cleared her throat. Under his mask, he closed his eyes and silently comforted his sisters, Uncle Monty and everybody effected by Olaf. Little did he know that Violet and Sunny felt slightly better after he sent them good wishes inside his head. 

"Okay everybody, let the trial begin." Justice Strauss said. Then, there was a loud bang caused by the judge's hammer being hit against something. "Suspect one, Violet Baudelaire. Present your case."

"Thank you, Justice Strauss," Violet's voice rang out,"First of all, we all know or have at least heard of the villainous actions he has committed. At one point, we lived with him and every day, he would make us do chores for him that adults should be doing. Then, he struck my brother across the face. He still has the scar, if we didn't have this silly rule of wearing blindfolds to a trial you would be able to see it. That's not all, Olaf threatened to murder my sister unless I marry him." Violet put emphasis on murder and marry him. Then, she blinked, then blinked again, trying to cry which was what Klaus told her to do because who wouldn't feel awful for a pretty little innocent girl put through lots of misery in her life.  Nothing happened. Then, she thought about her parents' death. Tears streamed down her face without her faking it. Justice Strauss' face instantly softened and even the cruelest people in the court room felt the slightest bit of empathy for her at hearing her tears.