Quasimodo was busy making another one of his models, he was making one of his master Frollo. He made sure to paint it ever so carefully. Then he heard footsteps coming from up the stairs. He put his model and the paint down and heads to the top of the stairs to greet his master.
Frollo comes to the top of the stairs, and Quasimodo who was now trembling a bit looked up at him.
"Good morning Quasimodo" Frollo said in a dark tone of voice. In his hands he held a basket with a cloth over it.
"G good m morning m master" he stuttered nervously.
Frollo walked over to the small table and sat himself down.
"Now Lunch." Frollo ordered and Quasimodo got out two plates and two cups and he set them on the table.
"Sit" Frollo ordered as if he was speaking to a dog. Quasimodo obeyed and sat on the chair facing his master.
"Shall we review the letter A on your alphabet today?" he asked.
"Uh yes sir." Quasimodo answered.
Frollo then took out a bottle of wine and began to pour some in his own cup. "Ok what does the A stand for?" he asked.
"Uh Abomination" He replied as his master poured some wine into his cup .
"Very good and tell me what is the meaning of that word?" he asked as he took a sip of his wine.
"Uh it means something that causes horror or disgust."
Frollo's nodded and took out two bread rolls out of his basket and placed them on the plates. "eat." he said.
Quasimodo then began to eat the bread.
"So Quasimodo it's very important you remember the word I taught you." Frollo said. Quasimodo looked up at his master, his face now had twisted into a smirk. "After all it describes you perfectly."
Quasimodo who was about to take another bite of his bread roll, looked at his master with a look of sadness. Tears began to fill up in his eyes.
"You're a monster boy." Frollo continues. "Monsters cause horror don't they?" he asked raising an eyebrow. "They disgust people don't they?"
"Yes master." he nodded as he took another bite of his bread although he wasn't hungry anymore. He knew he would be punished if he left any of it. He had been taught to be grateful for his food.
The bread didn't taste as good as it did before, as if Frollo's words had poisoned it or something.
"After all one as hideous as you could only be the work of the devil himself." Frollo sneered. The rest of the meal neither of them spoke. Quasimodo tried his best to avoid eye contact with his master.
Quasimodo finished his bread roll "Thank you master." he said in a meek voice.
Frollo got up from the table and took the basket with him. "Good day dear boy." he grinned
Quasimodo was sure he could hear him chuckling as he headed down the stairs leaving him alone in the bell tower.
Quasimodo sighed and finally the tears he had been holding in all lunch could finally come out. he wiped them with his t shirt.
"Am i really an Abonmation? am i really a monster?" he asked himself. "Well if my master says so i must be, he's never lied to me before. Oh i wish i could be normal, then i could go and make friends and have fun. I don't understand what i did so wrong to have to look this way"