Chapter 7: Escape

"He's right u know the Archdeacon it would be unwise of me to arouse Frollo's anger further he's been nothing but kind to me if it wasn't for him I'd be out of the streets of maybe even dead at least I would be in heaven with my Papa and Mother" Esmeralda placed her hand on Belle's shoulder sitting volgende to her on the floor in the stain glass windows reflection " u must miss them terribly you're lucky at least u have memories of your parents I don't even remember my mother and father but what I've learned is that we can't live in the past we need to look toward the future and I know for a fact that yours will be very bright so don't think about wanting to end your life now your parents wouldn't want that they would want u to live your life after what u did for that boy today u such a kind and caring hart-, hart Belle and u should share it with the world just like u have with me".
Belle smiled at her Esmeralda was right she couldn't give up now when she had so much left to give "Thank u Esmeralda your the first real friend that I've ever had", "And your mine" she hugged her it was so nice to finally have a friend in her life she had never had one before all the other gypsies just felt like companions nothing of no one she could really relate to except for being a gypsy and being incredibly poor Djali bahed the girls couldn't help but laugh it was like he was saying "Hey what about me?" "Yes and u to Djali" he came up to Belle and she gave him as hug to and a little kiss between his horns he blushed and turned redder than the ripest tomaat they couldn't help but laugh again.

Suddenly they heard a man shouting "YOU klok, bell RINGER WHAT ARE u DOING DOWN HERE! Haven't u caused enough trouble already" Quasimodo knocked over a candle stand making a loud thump on the tile floor as he was trying to get away Belle and Esmeralda quickly got up startled door the noise they hadn't realized they had been followed "Quasimodo wait!" Belle cried as she Esmeralda and Djali followed him up the tower steps chasing him across the upper level of Notre Dame his three gargoyle vrienden stood watching "Look he's got another friend with him and there's Belle coming up behind Quasi" zei Laverne the oldest of the three of them and the only women "Yeah maybe today wasn't a total loss after all" zei Hugo "A vision of loveliness" zei Victor "The one's the dresses ain't bad either".They all all jumped down from the roof top, boven "Good toon my boy" zei Victor the seconde oldest "Got the girls chasing u already" zei Hugo the youngest and fattest of them all "Yes I mean no I", "All u need to do Quasi is just give the girls some slack then real them in then give real them in them give them some slack" Laverne hit him on the head "Knock it off, Hugo they're girls, not a mackerels u moron" they quickly turned to stone when they saw Belle and Esmeralda walk in "There u are Quasimodo oh I thought we lost you" zei Belle "Yes well I'm well I'm glad u found your way back and tell your friend thank for coming but I have things need to do I oh", "NO WAIT QUASIMODO!!" Hugo came to life and made smooching lips at Djali he shook his head like he was just seeing things then followed Esmeralda and Belle as they climbed up the staircase and ladder up to his place "I want to apologize"said Esmeralda as she climbed "If I had known who u were I wouldn't have pulled u up onto the stage".

She stood volgende to Belle memorized door what she saw "What is this place?", "This is where I live", "Did u make all these things yourself this is beautiful" zei Esmeralda touching the hanging staining glass Belle did to she had never seen this side of Quasimodo's home pagina before even when she had come up earlier to dry off "It truly is" "Thank you", "Oh if I could do this u wouldn't find me dancing in the streets for coins", "But your a wonderful dancer", "We it keeps brood on the tafel, tabel anyway what's this", "Oh no no please I'm not finished I still have to paint them" he zei as she lifted up the white sheet "Its the black smith and the baker" Djali ate one of the farmers schapen "Your a surprising person Quasimodo" she zei putting the carving of the blacksmith back on the tafel, tabel "Not to mention lucky all this room to yourself", "Well its not just me there's Belle who will be staying with me tonight", "That's sweet of her"turning toward her with a smile "The gargoyles and of course the bells would u both like to see them", "I would love to Quasimodo", "Yes we would love to wouldn't we Djali". Esmeralda looked over as he swallowed the farmer into his mouth "Good I'll introduce you" she climbed up the small ladder that lead to the very top, boven of the tower where the bells hung from inside the roof she lend Belle a hand up the ladder "They're so beautiful" Belle zei in aww they looked over to Quasimodo who was door the first klok, bell "This is Sophie then Jacqueline, Anne Marie, and Little Marie" he zei as he hopped from klok, bell to klok, bell "And whose this Quasimodo" Belle asked "Big Marie" as he hopped down onto the floor Esmeralda and Belle went inside her and zei hello "She likes u girls would u like to see more?", "How about it Djali?" She bent down and looked back toward him as he walked through Big Marie he belched and her hollow inside made it even louder that it scared him a little bit.
"We'd love to", Good I saved the best for last" they a climbed one last long ladder now on the highest part of Notre Dame they looked out onto the most gorgeous view of Paris over looking the canal houses on either side and the sky full of beautiful golds, pinks, reds, and purples it was truly a sight to see both Esmeralda and Belle were in complete aww "I bet the king himself doesn't have a few like this", "I could stay up here forever", "You could u know Esmeralda u have sanctuary", "But not freedom gypsies don't do well inside stone walls, "But you're not like other gypsies their evil", "QUASIMODO! Who told u that?" Belle asked shocked "My master Frollo he raised me", "How could such a cruel man have raised you" she asked as they all sat down on top, boven of the roof "Oh oh no Belle he saved my life he took me in when no one else would I am a monster u know", "He told u that" zei Esmeralda "Look at me u two".

Esmeralda had a puzzled look on her face for a moment "Give me your hand", "What?", "Just let me see it" she could tell door the look on his face that he was scared "Here I'll do Belle first may I see your hand?", "Of course" she let Esmeralda lead her hand her palm facing up "Let's see a long life line, this means your intellegent, your very kind hearted, oh and this one means that your going to being in a long happy relationship someday when u find the right guy", "Wow u can tell all that just door reading a palm that's amazing", "Thank you", "You see Quasimodo its not so bad I promise". At first he hesitated but decided after watching Belle to give it a try it wasn't going to hurt anything "Hmm also a long life line, oh and this one means your shy hmm hm hm hm that's funny", "What?!", "I don't see any", "Any what?", "Monster lines not a single one" he looked at his hand "Now u look at me do u think I'm evil?", "No! No no no u are kind and good and and", "And a gypsy and maybe Frollo's wrong about all of us". Eavesdropping from down below we're the gargoyles stacked on top, boven of each other Laverne was on top, boven listening with one of her horns "What did she say?" asked Hugo "Frollo's noise is long and he wears a truss", "Ha! Told ya pay up", "Oh dear" zei Victor as he handed him a coin "Chump".
Quasimodo looked over at Belle and Esmeralda and smiled "You helped me now I will help you", "But there's no way out there's guards at every door", "We won't use a door", "You mean climb down Quasimodo" zei Belle shocked "Sure she carries him I carry her", "Ok we'll do it" Esmeralda went over to Belle and gave her a hug she was so worried about them "Don't worry we'll be fine", "Be careful my friend", "I will", "You take good care of her Djali" he bahed at Belle "Come on Djali" he leapt into her arms and she placed her handkerchief over his eyes to blind fold him so he wouldn't get scared."Are u ready" Quasimodo picked her up "Yes", "Don't be afraid", "I'm to afraid" as he kept over the rail both she and Belle became scared as she watched from above "Now I'm afraid", "Don't worry" Djali blind fold untied from his face falling to the ground he became scared Esmeralda holding tightly to him "Have u ever done this before", "No". She became scared as they kept across the tower onto the volgende one and climbed down but she trusted him then leaping onto the roof "Wow your quite the acrobat", "Thank you" suddenly the panel he was standing on came loose and they slid down the roof the wind blowing in their hair like like u were riding on a board Quasimodo quickly grabbed a statue facing the edge if Notre Dame before they fell to their death the roof panel flew into a window the guards left to go investigate quickly he dropped down onto another roof and grabbed another statue swinging them safely onto a ledge he hid behind a large female statue and Esmeralda posed in front of it as a guard walked door with a torch in his hand once he was gone Quasimodo came out of hiding and sat down volgende to Esmeralda on the edge "I hope I didn't scare you", "Not for an instant" the same couldn't be zei for Djali he had been scared out of his wits and was glad it was over as he laid on top, boven of a headless statue with the head in the persons hand "I'll never forget u Esmeralda" she placed her hand on his face and moved it toward hers "Come with me!", "What?", "To the Court of Miracles leave this place", "Oh no I'm never going out there again u saw what happened today no this is we're I belong" moving his hand over the structure of Notre Dame "Alright then I'll to see you", "Here? But what about the soldiers and Frollo?", "I'll come after sunset", "But at at sunset I ring the evening Mass,then after that I clean the cloisters, then I ring the Vespers" Esmeralda kissed him "Whatever works for you", "If u and Belle need sanctuary this will help u find it" taking the halsketting, ketting for around her neck placing it around his "How?", "Just remember when u wear this woven band u hold the city in your hand" Djali bahed meer soldiers were coming "Hurry u must go" Quasimodo watched as Esmeralda and Djali climbed down from and rope and run off between two homes once they were gone from his sight he climbed back up Notre Dame.

An unfamiliar hand helped him up it was Phebous he has to to check on Belle to see if she was doing alright "Hi there I'm looking for Mistress Belle have u seen her" Quasimodo jumped onto the balcony angrily growling at him like a rapid as he wild dog Pheobus backed away down the tower steps that lead back to the cathedral "Whoa, whoa, whoa easy" he quickly grabbed a torch hanging from the stone uithangbord "Wait! All I want is to...", "GO!" Belle could hear Quasimodo screaming from the klok, bell tower she ran quickly to see if he was alright "I mean her no harm" Quasimodo growled waving the torch wildly in front of him "Rrrrrr... Go!" Phebous quickly drew his sword and trapped the torch against the wall. Belle was shocked when she made it to the tower Quasimodo was lifting Pheobus off the ground door his kraag trying to get him to leave "Quasimodo don't! Its alright he's a friend" he looked into her soft pleading brown eyes letting him go "You have five minuten then I want u to go", "Thank u Quasi" placing her hand on his arm he smiled at her then went back up the steps Belle turned toward Pheobus "I'm so sorry he's very protective", "Good quality to have in friend" he zei as he put away his sword "What brings u here Captain?", "Please Belle call me Pheobus", "Pheobus" it tickled her tongue she zei it so sweetly "Well now that we have names straight I just came to see if u were doing alright in case u were having seconde thoughts about staying with the Hunchback and maybe if if if u wanted to we could go on a moon lite ride before we head back to the Palace of Justice", she thought his studdering was cute it reminded her of Quasi she could tell he was beating himself up for it clearly he'd never acted this way before it made her feel flattered "I would love to do u think Achilles will mind", "No not at all he fancies you", "Well I'm flattered really I'll meet u outside I just need to tell Quasimodo", "Of course".
She watched as Pheobus went down the steps when he was gone she went back upstairs and found Quasimodo looking out into the night across the way "Quasi", "Belle is everything alright? Did he hurt you?", "No not at all actually he invited me to go for a ride and then we would head back to the Palace of Justice will u be alright if I go", "Of course", "Your sure I promised u that I would stay I just don't want u to feel like I've disappointed you", "Not at all go have fun", "Thank you" giving him a kiss on the cheek "Will u be back tomorrow?", "I promise goodnight Quasi", "Goodnight Belle". He watched her go down the steps then headed back to the klok, bell tower "Hey hey! There he is!" shouted Hugo he and the other gargoyles rushed over to cheer and applause him "Gizmo u ejected that tin plated baviaan with great panache!" zei Victor "The nerve of him snooping around trying to steal your girl", "My girl?", "Belle brown hair went off with the solider remember?" asked Laverne "Boy I do! Way to go lover boy!", "Lover boy? Oh no,no,no,no", "Oh don't be so modest", " Look, I appreciate what you're all trying to do, but let's not fool ourselves. "Ugliest face in all of Paris", remember? I don't think I'm her type". As he looked out he began to sing then headed back to his wooden village tafel, tabel thinking about what it would be like to be in love "So many times out here I've watched a happy pair of lovers walking in the night.They had a kind of glow around them it almost looked like heaven's light I knew I'd never know that warm and loving glow though I might wish with all my might no face as hideous as my face was ever meant for heaven's light".
Laverne handed him to pieces of wood he carved one figurine of Esmeralda and one of Belle as he continued to sing "But suddenly two angels have smiled at me
and kissed my cheek without a trace of fright I dare to dream that they might even care for me and as I ring these bells tonight my cold dark tower seems so bright I swear it must be heavens light" ringing the bells for the evening mass.