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The HoND: Malina's tale Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: The Search

Esmeralda, Malina, and Djali reached the Court of Miracles, and sighed in relief that they were safe. Clopin was relieved, that they were all right, but disappointed in them of what they did earlier on almost getting arrested. But nevertheless he was proud of them for standing up not only for Quasimodo, but for their people too.

"Be proud of your selves dears," he said as they walked through the streets. "I give you credit for standing up for that Bell ringer and to that no good demon Frollo."

"Thanks, Clopin," Esmeralda said. "I just hope doesn't figure out that we have escaped."

"Let's hope," Malina agreed.

They ate their dinner of roasted vegetables, bread, cooked fish, and chicken. Later on, Esmeralda and Malina decided to turn in early for the night. They got into the caravan and Esmeralda slept on the lower bunk with Djali, and Malina sleeps on the top bunk.

"Bon nuit Malina."

"Bon nuit Esmeralda."

As the Gypsy woman fell asleep, Malina gave a quick prayer.

"Dear God, I know this day was life changing since we met Quasimodo, I took my parent's promise to look beneath the exterior and learn how beautiful their souls are. Quasi does indeed have a beautiful soul and a kind, sweet voice. I can't believe the people would humiliate him at the Feast of Fools, I do not think I will never forgive them, for what they did was wrong. But I cannot stay angry at them forever. I hope that Frollo will never catch us. Thank you."

The young girl got under the covers and slowly fell asleep.


The next morning, the girl woke up and looked around her. She looked beneath her bunk and saw that Esmeralda and Djali were not in the bed. She threw off her blankets and climbed down. She exited the caravan and went to look for Esmeralda.

She saw her friend talking with Clopin and the other Gypsies. Esmeralda left the group and went towards her.

"Esmeralda?" Malina asked. "What's going on here?"

"We have to go back to the surface," she said.

"Why?"

"Clopin told me, that he heard form the other Gypsies that Frollo discovered that we have escaped Notre Dame. Now he's sending his soldiers all over Paris to find us, not only that, he's starting to arrest the Gypsies that were hiding and he's also arresting the innocent people that are helping them."

"Oh no!" Malina felt her heart sank deeper into her stomach. "What are we going to do?"

"There's only one choice, we have to find Quasimodo and see what Frollo is up to?"

"Esmeralda, this is dangerous!" the girl cried. "Frollo is going to catch us and maybe to something awful to us!"

"I know Malina," Esmeralda said as she placed her hands on the young girl's shoulders. "When Clopin and I first took you in ten years ago, I promised you that we'd protect you as long as we live. We have to make sure they are okay."

Malina thought for a moment and sighed.

"All right, we'll have to stay undercover."

The girls grabbed their cloaks and got into the poses of elderly people. Djali hopped onto of his mistress's back and smoked his pipe. They headed out of the catacombs and out of the cemetery with their sticks. The walked towards the countryside of France and stayed in their disguises so the soldiers and the villagers did not recognize him.

Esmeralda and Malina came to where Frollo was, the miller and his family were housed at a windmill and decided to give them a confrontation. The villagers stood away from the windmill and saw the commotion going on over there they were scared and felt sorry for the family. Esmeralda, Malina, and Djali were watching from the crowd in their disguises. The girls and the goat peeped from their hoods.

"Oh that poor miller!"

"He's never hurt anyone!"

"Frollo's gone mad," one villager said.

"What's going on here?" Malina whispered to a man. He turned to the girl and didn't see her face.

"Frollo's gone insane, he's been searching for the Gypsies; Esmeralda and Malina. He is a lunatic and now he's over obsessed with the older Gypsy, and probably wants the younger Gypsy's head, since they escaped the cathedral. Right now, he's questioning the Miller and his family about them, and the other Gypsies have been caught in the villagers' homes. The family is innocent, they'd never hurt anyone!"

"I know!" the girl cried. "I don't understand why he was made the ruler in the first place?"

"I guess that is what we get for standing up to him," Esmeralda said and shushed her, they watched as Frollo and Phoebus left the miller's cottage and shutting the door, with the poor miller and his family inside. The evil man locked the door with one of the guard's spears.

"Burn it!" Frollo commanded. After hearing him say that awful order, it caused Malina's blood to freeze like very cold ice in the winter. Esmeralda gasped next to her.

"What?!" Phoebus exclaimed. Frollo mounted his black horse and took a torch from a soldier.

"Until it smolders, these people are traitors and must be made examples of," he said as he handed the torch to the man.

"We all do respect, sir, but I was not trained to murder the innocent!"

"But you were trained to follow orders!" Frollo snapped.

The girl feared that Phoebus was going to burn the house, as he stepped back to a full barrel of water. But to her surprise, the soldier doused the flaming torch into the water barrel.

"Insolent coward!" Frollo growled. He grabbed another torch from the Oafish Soldier and set the roof on fire. Then the whole house was on fire! Phoebus avoided the falling rubble and heard the family screaming from inside.

Malina's heart pounded in her chest at the sight, the poor family would get killed!

Without wasting a moment, the man jumped through the window and into the burning building where the family was trapped.

Esmeralda, Malina, and Djali gasped and watched in fear to see Phoebus jumping into the building. Cries were heard and the soldier kicked the door down and carried the miller's children in his arms. The miller and his wife followed Phoebus out of the burning house, just as it got burnt to the ground.

Phoebus handed the boy to the miller and hugged him, and gave the baby to the miller's wife.

Malina and Esmeralda sighed in relief to see the family safe thanks to Phoebus.

"Thank you Phoebus," Esmeralda said. "You saved them."

"You did the right thing," Malina said. "Indeed."

Suddenly, the Brutish raised his sword and hit Phoebus on the head with the pommel, causing him to fall forward with his helmet falling off. He was then held down. The Oafish soldier lifted him up by the fronds as Frollo came over on his horse.

Malina gasped at what Frollo was going to do to the man.

"The sentence for insubordination is death," the man said evilly. "Such a pity. You threw away a promising career."

Phoebus looked up at Frollo.

"Consider it my highest honor, sir."

In the crowd, Malina bit her nails as she was to watch an execution on the soldier she thought was their enemy.

"On no you don't," the Gypsy woman sais as she bent down and picked up a nearby rock and laid it in her handkerchief. The Brutish soldier placed his sword above his head, getting ready to decapitate Phoebus for disobeying Frollo.

Esmeralda immediately swung her aim and the rock flew towards Frollo. It ended up hitting his horse's rear end, and the horse whinnied in shock and reared up with his master falling off from his back.

The soldiers stopped at what they were doing, Phoebus found his chance and punched them in the faces, he grabbed onto Frollo's black horse as it was running away, the villagers cheered for him.

"Get him!" Frollo shouted. "And don't hit my horse!"

The soldiers began to shoot their arrows at Phoebus as he rode away on the black horse on the bridge. Just as if he could dodge the arrows, one arrow hit him in the shoulder blade. Esmeralda and Malina gasped in fear of seeing the man being shot, and he fell off of the horse and tumble over the bridge, landing into the river below.

"Hurry," Esmeralda said.

Frollo and the soldiers got to where he fell off and began shooting arrows at Phoebus as if he were underwater. Esmeralda and Malina ran down the hill near the bridge and stayed out of their sight.

"Don't waste your arrows!" Frollo demanded. "Let the traitor rot in his watery grave!"

The girls kept hiding as they heard the man's orders.

"Find the girl! If you have to burn the city to the ground, so be it!"

After the coast was clear, Esmeralda headed towards the river, and she turned to Malina.

"Wait here, I'm going to get Phoebus. He'll drown in his armor and he maybe too injured to swim."

"Right."

Esmeralda jumped into the water and took a deep breath and dove underneath the water. Malina watched carefully as she waited for Esmeralda to resurface. The girl feared that her friend was dragged away by the current, then without a moment too soon, the Gypsy woman resurfaced as she held onto an unconscious Phoebus. His armor was gone and he wore a white shirt, brown pants, and brown boots.

Malina sighed in relief, and she jumped into the water and prevented herself from getting dragged by the current. She helped Esmeralda get Phoebus to the shore and had to get him to safety.

"We have to get him somewhere safe," Esmeralda said. "Or else he'll die."

"He's still alive?" Malina asked.

"Yes, the arrow almost pierced his heart. We have go back to Notre Dame, and Quasi can help us."

"Okay, we'll have to avoid detection."

Esmeralda put Phoebus over her shoulder and they, Malina, and Djali took a different, but long and safe route back to the city of Paris. They encountered another Gypsy friend of their's named Nicu, he was very tall with a red tunic, purple trousers, and brown boots. He helped them carry Phoebus back to Notre Dame.

As soon as they got to the city, the girls were horrified at the sight! The sky was orange and black from the fire and smoke. Many people were screaming in fear from the buildings. I looked as though they were in Hell.

"What have we done?" Malina cried.

"Oh no," Emseralda muttered in fear. "We'll have to make sure that we avoid Frollo at all costs, and hopefully we can stop him."

As they walked through the alleyways, they heard Phoebus groaning.

"Don't worry Phoebus," the girl said. "You're going to be okay."

They soon arrived at Notre Dame and entered at the side door. And headed up to the North bell tower.


I have the energy back to write this story again! Frollo soon discovers that Esmeralda and Malina have escaped and started a man hunt on them. Phoebus betrays Frollo and he gets injured and the City of Paris is burning to the ground! Will they stop Frollo? Will Quasimodo get accepted into society? To be continued...
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Of course Clopin, they can be proud of themselves x3333

Oh Gods, fortunately, the girls could have saved Phoebus !!!