Out There (Quasimodo x Reader)

I Will Never Disobey You Again

You landed on a platform where streamers were hung. Quasimodo looked up to see his friends waving to him, and smiled. Looking at you, tucked into his arm with yours around him, he grabbed a rope and started sliding down it. When he reached a pole you sighed in relief, until another rope he switched to undid itself and swung both of you into the air. You clutched onto Quasimodo in fear, which he would have enjoyed if he wasn't in fear himself. With a small shout from you both, you landed in a small opening in the crowd as everyone was singing. Clopin, whom you recognized as the one to lead this festival, slid out from underneath someone's robe and started singing. He reached for Quasimodo and swung him around, then grabbed your arm and danced with you. Quasimodo got overwhelmed and started running away.

"Quasi!" You shouted as you ran after him.

You caught up to him when he managed to fall through a tent. You ran to his side in time to see a very beautiful woman say, "Great mask."

It wasn't long before the crowd swept you both away to a colorful stage. With a gasp, you tapped Quasi and pointed out that Frollo was there on the other side. Esmeralda appeared and started dancing with a tambourine, her hips sashaying and her arms thrown about. She was a very good dancer. You may have even laughed when she danced to Frollo, leaving her scarf with him and pulling his hat over his face.

"Now's the time we crown the King of Fools!" Clopin yelled. "You all remember last year's king?"

Oh, you did all right. You and Quasi couldn't believe he won when all he did was burp and pass out on stage.

"Make a face that frightening, for the face that's ugliest will be the king of fools!"

Esmeralda pulled Quasimodo on stage as you tried to warn him.

"Quasi! Frollo will see you!" But your voice was drowned out by the crowd shouting 'Topsy-turvy!'

Esmeralda then went to pull off each contestant's mask, but they all were pushed off stage when the crowd booed. Esmeralda pulled on Quasimodo's ear but stopped when she realized-

"That's no mask!" The crowd shouted. "It's his face!"

"He's hideous!"

"It's the bell ringer from Notre Dame!" Someone recognized.

Quasimodo hid his face in his hands in shame. You tried calming him as tears threatened to fall from your eyes.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't panic." Clopin hushed the crowd. "We asked for the ugliest face in Paris, and here it is! Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame!"

Clopin put a crown on his head as the crowd cheered and carried him off in a throne. You laughed in relief and followed after him. Poor Quasi started crying from joy as everyone celebrated him. Everyone chanted his name until a guard threw a tomato at him. More guards started throwing tomatoes and various foods at him. When he tried to leave, he slipped and the crowd started laughing at him. You were shouting at them in anger, and then some crowd members bound him to the center of the platform with ropes.

Quasimodo called out, "Master! Master please, help me!" but he did no such thing.

With angry tears running down your face, you hopped up onto the platform and started tugging and trying to undo the ropes. A hush fell over the crowd as you leaned over Quasi, slowly undoing the ropes. Esmeralda approached you slowly and handed you a knife.

"Here," she said as you turned to her with sadness and frustration on your face. "Use this."

"You! Gypsy girl!" Frollo shouted as she started wiping his face off and you cut at the binds. "Get down at once, both of you!"

"Yes, your honor. Just as soon as I free this poor creature." Esmeralda replied.

"I forbid it!"

But as soon as he said it you looked him in the eyes and cut the last remaining rope.

"How dare you defy me?"

"You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people." Esmeralda retorted. "You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help."

"Silence!"

"Justice!" You shouted, slowly helping Quasi stand up.

"Mark my words, you witches. You will pay for this insolence."

"Then it appears we've crowned the wrong fool."

"I see no other fool than you," you followed after Esmeralda.

"Captain Phoebus, arrest them."

With a snap of his fingers, guards surrounded either side of you. Esmeralda started counting.

"What are you doing?" You asked.

"Seeing how many guards there are. Say, have you ever ran away from trouble?"

"No?"

"Well, today will be a first." Grabbing your arm, she started fake sobbing.

"What're we poor girls to do?" She cried into a handkerchief and both of you disappeared in a cloud of red.

"Witchcraft!" Frollo gasped.

A wild chase ensued. Esmeralda, you, and her goat ran from the guards with the help of the townsfolk. You even started laughing when some of them were flung into the sky. You almost tripped over yourself when Frollo's tent was knocked down by his own men. Luckily, two stilt walkers yanked all three of you up, where Esmeralda grabbed some fabric and spun you around until you disappeared laughing.

"Find them, Captain. I want them alive."

"Yes, sir. Seal off the main area. Find the girls and do not harm them."

Quasimodo stared at Frollo with tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry, Master. I will never disobey you again."

He walked into Notre Dame and cried.