A/N I do NOT own PJO or The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Prologue.
"Morning in Paris, the city awakes to the bells of Notre Dame! The fisherman fishes the baker man bakes to the bells of Notre Dame! To the big bells as loud as the thunder, to the little bells soft as a psalm, and some say the tone of the city's the toll of the bells… the bells of Notre Dame."
"Their beautiful, no, so many colors of sound, so many seasons, but you know they don't ring all by themselves."
"They don't?"
"No, you silly boy, up there, high, high in the bell tower lives the mysterious bell ringer, who is this creature?"
"Who?"
"What is he?"
"What?"
"How did he come to be there?"
"How?"
"HUSH!"
"Ow."
"And Chiron will tell you, it is a tale about a man and a monster. Dark was the night when our tale was begun on the docks near Notre Dame."
"Shut it up will?"
"We'll be spotted!"
"Hush little one"
"Four frightened gods slid silently under the docks near Notre Dame."
"Four gilders for safe passage to the palace."
"But a trap had been laid for the gods, and they gazed up in fear and alarm. And a figure whose clutches was honored as much as the bells…"
"Lord Kronos."
"The bells of Notre Dame"
"Bring these godly vermin to Mount Orythes."
"YOU THERE, WHAT ARE YOU HIDING!"
"Stolen goods no doubt, take them from her."
"She ran."
"SANCTUARY PLEASE GIVE US SANCTUARY!"
"A baby… HER SON!"
"STOP, cried the high priest."
"See for the innocent blood you have spilt on the steps of Notre Dame."
"She ran I pursued."
"How can add this child's blood to, on the steps of Notre Dame."
"My conscious is clear."
"You can lie to yourself and your minions, you can claim that you haven't a qualm, but you never can run from nor hide what you done from the eyes, the very eyes of Notre Dame!"
"And for the first in his life of power and control, Kronos felt a twinge of fear for his immortal soul."
"What must I do?"
"Take care of the child and raise it as your own."
"I'm to be settled with forbidden, very well, but let him live with you and your church."
"Live here, where."
"Just so he's kept locked away were no one else can see… the bell tower perhaps, and who knows. The fates work in mysterious ways, even this little boy may be of use to me."
"Kronos gave him the name of a hero, Theseus. So here is a riddle to guess if you can sing the bells of Notre Dame, who is the monster and who is the man. Sing the bells bells bells bells bells bells bells bells bells of Notre Dame!"
