Kia woke up to absolute silence, which is odd around here, especially in the morning. Suddenly a small tap was heard on her door. "Kia! Are you awake?" the door opened to reveal her younger sister, Anglia. "Yes Anglia, I'm awake," Kia said as she steps out of her bed and walks to her closet. "Are you going to go to the market with us today?" Anglia asked as she looks at Kia's gypsy bracelets that had belonged to her mother. "Yes, if you want me to" Kia says as she combs her long raven black hair, before putting it in a low braded ponytail, with a lovely light blue scarf to hold down her hair, as she tied it up into her hair. "Oh, I'd be so happy if you came! Mama wants us to try on some ghastly dresses, and you're the only one that tells the truth about how I look in them" Anglia says as she gives Kia the puppy dog eyes.
Kia just laughs as she ruffles Anglia's hair and shakes her head yes. Anglia's big green eyes light up with joy, "Oh thank-you so much Kia! You're a true sis among sis's!" Anglia says as she gives Kia a big hug, before running out of the room, so Kia could change. 'She's so cute when she's hyper' Kia thinks with a sigh as she puts on one of her less proper gowns. It was a blue silk skirt, with a lighter blue sash tied around the waist. She also sported a plain sleeveless cotton shirt that was a stylish v-neck. She slipped on two gold bracelets on her right arm, and two gold ankle bracelets on her left ankle. 'Perfect!' Kia thinks, as she looks herself over in the mirror.
"Kia dear! Come on, its time to go!" The familiar voice of Sara called out. "I'm coming!" Kia yells back as she grabs her coin purse, and runs out her bedroom door. Kia runs down the stairs, and slides down the banister the rest of the way. "Oh Kia dear, please tell me your not going to go out like that?" Kia winced at the tone of Sara's voice. "You look like a gypsy?" Lucile pointed out bluntly. Kia just rolled her eyes, "well I am part gypsy, Lucile! It's only natural that I dress like one" Kia says as she grabs a peppermint out of the candy bowl, and pops it in her mouth.
Sara lets out a sigh as she shakes her head and gives Kia a sad smile. "Very well Kia, you can dress as you please" Sara says as she motions for the girls to follow her. Kia gives a satisfied smirk towards Lucile, who only sticks out her tongue and walks away in a huff. Anita laughs at her sisters as they stepped into the waiting carriage. Though they all lived in downtown Paris, they still contended that it was important to take a carriage everywhere. Kia hated riding the carriages. She thought it was a lot more fun walk. After a few minutes, they finally made it to the dressmaker's boutique.
"Sa-rah-Mama! Would it be ok if I did something else why'll you girls get your dresses?" Sara gave off a surprised look. Kia never called her mom, unless she REALLY wanted to do something. Sara smiled and shook her head yes. Kia jumped up with happiness and gave Sara a big hug, before grabbing her purse and starting a sprint down the cobblestone street. "But don't get into trouble!" Sara yelled out towards her. "I Wont!" Kia yells back as she speeds up her pace. As soon as she came to the end of the street, she slowed down and walked into the street square.
Kia watched as people all around her hurried and ran around. She let out a happy sigh. She just loved the hustle and bustle of Paris. Some days when she was bored, she would sneak out and go to visit Notre Dame to listen to the bells, or she would just walk around the market and daydream of a life of adventure. She turned the corner making sure to note the name of the street she was on, so she wouldn't get lost. She got bored and decided to browse the shops and booths. As she walked past a pretty necklace booth, she saw two boys messing with a little girl with dirty blonde hair. "Give me back my doll, Antonio!" The little girl cried. "First you've got to take it from me, Belle" Tony says as he throws it to the other boy. "Good catch Clause" Tony says as Clause throws it back to him. Tony and Clause pass it back and forth with laughter, only to watch in surprise as someone else caught it in mid-air.
"Its not nice to tease little girls" Kia says as she hands the doll to Belle, who smiles and clutches the doll close to her chest with a smile. Kia bends down to the boys level with a smile. "Why don't you boys find something else to do, ok? Something that doesn't make little Bell here cry," Kia says with a smile as she ruffles their hair before standing back up. The boys smile and laugh as they run off towards a colorful booth that just now caught her eye. As she got closer towards the shop, she realized it wasn't a shop at all. It was a gypsy puppeteer carriage
Kia had seen the carriage around here before, but had never paid much mind to it. Kia walked closer to the puppet stand, just close enough to hear, and watched as the gypsy, a tall man with dark black hair and a slight beard and a half purplish-pinkish mask. She watched as he entrance the children with a story of Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. The story of Quasimodo was a story she new by heart, for she had been in the streets the day it had happened. A few months after the horrible event, a new judge had been installed. It was the famous war soldier, Phoebus. Kia smiled as the children laughed and jumped in freight at the appropriate times. The time passed quickly, but eventually the story came to a close and the children scattered away.
Kia smiled at the children that ran by her before starting her walk back to the carriage. She was just about to start running, when she suddenly heard a women scream. Kia whipped around and saw a horse coming straight at the little girl, Belle. With monster sped, Kia ran toward the frozen girl, picked her up and rolled away, clutching the girl against her chest, just before the runaway horse and carriage trampled passed her.
Soon as the carriage was gone, a small wave of applause was heard from the nearby crowd, as Kia slowly stood up and checked Belle for any injuries. Belle was crying as she held onto her doll and rubbed her eyes. "Do you want to know what my name is, mon ceri?" Kia asked bell in a soft turn
"Yes please, mademoiselle," Bell says as she wipes away her tears. Kia laughed. "No, I'm no lady. My name is Kia, and I have something for you!" Kia says as she pulls out one of her extra red ribbons and ties it in belle's dirty blonde hair. A large smile suddenly appeared on Belles face as she touched the red ribbon, forgetting her sadness, "OH! Thank you madam Kia, I shall cherish it forever!"
Kia laughed. "Ill let you keep it if you promise to always watch were your going on these streets, ok little Bell?" Kia says as she pats Belles head. "May I ask you something, Kia?" Belle asked. "Are you an angel? Cause your very pretty"
Kia was a bit taken back, for she hadn't expected such a question. Kia smiled down at Belle and said, "No child, I'm no angel, I am just a friend, and you are my friend" Kia says as she tickles Belle. Belle giggles and smiles up at Kia before turning around and running toward the two boys, who were waiting for her by the steps of Notre Dame. Kia smiled as she watched them run into an alley next to Notre Dame.
After a while Kia realized that she was late. "Oh No! Sara is going to kill me for being late." So with that thought in mind, Kia ran all the way back to her carriage, and made it back just before Sara and her sisters came out with bags and boxes of dresses. As Kia rode back home, she couldn't help but think of her mother and her gypsy side.
'Maybe some day ill be free to learn more about my gypsy side' Kia thinks as they pull up to her house, and exit the carriage.
YES!! Another chapter! I Hope you all enjoyed this one, cause it was hard for me to think up! Plz!!!!!!! R&R 4 me OK!!
