Disclaimer: I do not own the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the version I will be using is owned by Disney. I am only responsible for the reactions the characters all have to what they watch. This will be the first 'Watching the movie' fic I have done/seen for the Hunchback. I hope you enjoy it and please review so I know what I can change/add to make it better.

"The bells" –Talking (outside the movie)

'Of Notre Dame' –Thoughts (outside the movie)

"Topsy-Turvy" –Talking (inside Movie)

(Everybody's acting crazy) –Non-Character actions (scene change, camera zoom, etc.)

"The Feast of Fools" –Singing (inside Movie)

Chapter 2: The Guardians of the Deformed

(We fly down to an exterior with the frozen forms of Victor and Hugo, with a bird's nest in his mouth, on the balcony. As Quasimodo comes out, the bird awakens.)

The people gasped at his appearance. Besides the Archdeacon and Frollo, this was the first view they ever had of Quasimodo. They looked at he wore a green tunic over his misshapen torso, which was higher on his right than the left.

He had loose, brown pants and black shoes. His face had a large lump on his left eye, making it appear slightly closed. His nose was also slightly raised, appearing large and piggish.

Clopin looked upon his nephew and nodded, declaring, "He's not that bad looking, I don't see why he would be considered a monster."

They all looked a little longer and a few nodded. Phoebus shrugged, "I've seen uglier men in the war. Personally, just looks like he fought and came out a winner."

Up above them, Quasimodo was amazed. "They…they aren't bothered?" he asked himself quietly.

"Of course not Quasi," said an old female voice. Looking behind him, he saw the animated Gargoyles he called friends, Hugo, Victor, and Laverne.

Hugo laughed both loudly and quietly, somehow. "I told ya! Who wouldn't love a guy like you my main man!"

Victor was quiet as he thought, "correct me if I'm wrong, but…if they watch our lives any further, I believe they will discover that we three have a certain consciousness."

Hugo looked at him blankly, "can you say that again…in a language I know?" Laverne just hit him upside the head and pointed towards the screen.

Quasimodo: "Good morning!"

(The bird squeaks its approval.)

Quasimodo: "will today be the day? Are you ready to fly?"

(The bird squeaks its disapproval.)

Quasimodo: "you sure? Good day to try. Why, if I picked a day to fly, oh, this would be it!"

(Down below the balcony, people were setting up tents and booths.)

Quasimodo: "the festival of fools! It will be fun—the jugglers, and music, and dancing…"

(The bird, who had been resting in Quasi's hand, has begun to flap its wings. Quasi slowly removes his hands until the bird is hovering in place. He chuckles and shows his hands to the bird, who finally realizes that it is flying. It squeaks in approval, then a question as a flock of birds fly by.)

Everyone, but Frollo, smiled at the gentleness Quasi showed the baby bird. Clopin smiled the widest, stating, "He has his mother's kindness, a most excellent trait to have."

Quasimodo: "go on! Nobody wants to be cooped up here forever!"

(The bird flies off to join the flock. As soon as it's gone. Hugo, and later Victor, come to life. Hugo spits out the nest.)

Hugo: Oh, man! I thought he'd never leave! I'll be spittin' feathers for a week!"

The room went quiet as they all gaped in shock. Clopin's eyes were bugged out as he asked in a quiet voice, "did…did the gargoyle just…talk?"

Phoebus slowly shook his head, saying, "N—no, it can't be…"

Victor: "Well that's what you get for sleeping with your mouth open."

No one could deny it this time… the gargoyles were talking.

The Archdeacon thought for a second before talking, "Well, seeing as they are a part of Notre Dame, we know that they aren't evil or malicious." His words caused many to calm down, thought they were still panicking slightly inside.

Hugo: (Sarcastic chuckle) "Heh, heh, heh…go scare a nun!"

The Archdeacon mumbled, "So she wasn't sick. I'll be sure to get her an apology present once we return home."

Hugo: "Hey Quasi! What's goin' on out there? A fight? A flogging?"

Victor: "a festival!"

Hugo: "you mean the Feast of Fools!?"

Quasimodo: "uh huh!"

Hugo: "all right, all right! Pour the wine and cut the cheese!"

(Hugo makes farting noises in his armpit.)

A few people chuckle at the short gargoyles' antics. Clopin laughed, "Oh, I am beginning to like these statues. They seem like the perfect comedy duo."

Up above them, said Gargoyles responded in their own ways. Hugo pumped his fist in the air, while Victor did a small bow in amusement.

Victor: "it is a treat to watch the colorful pageantry of the simple peasentfolk."

Hugo: "Boy, nothin' like balcony seats for watching the ol' F.O.F."

Quasimodo" (dejected) "Yeah, watching."

(Quasi turns and leaves, obviously sad.)

Clopin frowns, "that's right, being raised by Frollo he must not be able to leave the tower too often." Everyone except Frollo frowned at this.

Hugo: "hey, look—a mime."

(Hugo hocks up a phlegm in his throat, and is about to spit, when Victor covers his mouth. Hugo is forced to swallow his prize. They proceed inside to Quasimodo. Laverne catches up to them.)

Clopin snaps his fingers, "we always wondered who did that every year." Everyone laughed at the short gargoyles antics.

Hugo: "hey, hey, what gives?"

Victor: "aren't you going to watch the festival with us?"

(Quasi just shook his head and walked away.)

Hugo: "I don't get it."

Victor: "perhaps he's sick!"

Laverne: "impossible. If 20 years of listening to you two hasn't made him sick by now, nothing will."

Once the third gargoyles was introduced, several reactions occurred. Clopin laughed, "ANOTHER ONE! Oh magnifique!"

Esmerelda smirked, "seems she keeps them all in line, I like her already."

Frollo just frowned as he thought, 'so the monster consorts with devils, I'll have to smash them once we return.'

Victor: "but watching the festival of fools has always been the highlight of the year for Quasimodo."

Laverne: "what good is watching the party if you never get to go hear it? (Birds have begun to roost on Laverne. She waves them away.) Get away from me, go on, you bunch of buzzards! He's not made of stone, like us."

(Laverne goes to Quasi, who is at his table with a model of the city and small toys painted like townspeople)

Everyone was amazed at the craftsmanship shown in the city and the dolls. Clopin gave a small applause, "my nephew has an amazing talent. I will have to ask him to make one of me some time."

Up above, Quasimodo smiled slightly. He had decided to come down after this scene was over, finally meet his uncle face-to-face.

Laverne: "Quasi, What's wrong? You wanna tell ol' Laverne all about it?"

Quasimodo: "I…I just don't feel like watching the festival, that's all."

Laverne: "well, did you ever think about going there instead?"

Frollo frowned, not liking where this was going. 'Those abominations had better not be trying to get him to leave the tower.'

Victor: "Sure!"

Quasimodo: "I'd never fit in down there. I'm not…normal."

Laverne: "oh, Quasi, Quasi, Quasi."

(She pauses as the birds returned to perch on her again.)

Laverne: (to the birds:) "Do you mind? I would like to have a moment with the boy, if it's alright with you!"

Esmerelda chuckled lightly, "being a statue has some draw back apparently."

Clopin let out a bark of laughter as he replied, "oh? Which part? The birds pooping on you when you stand still, or them constantly trying to stand on you?" everyone chuckled at this. (Except Frollo, but he never laughs so it's irrelevant)

Hugo: (to Quasi:) "Hey, quit beating around the bell tower. Whadda we gotta do? Paint you a fresco?"

Victor: "as your friends and guardians, we insist you attend the festival."

Quasimodo: "Me?!"

(Enter Hugo, with a figurine of a Pope from Quasi's tabletop scene.)

Hugo: "no, the Pope, of course you!"

Clopin chuckles and speaks to himself, "I like that one, I'll have to try and talk to him."

(Hugo shoves the Pope figurine into Quasi's mouth.)

Victor: "it would be a veritable pope-pourri of educational experience."

(Hugo pulls the figurine out of Quasi's mouth.)

Hugo: "Wine, Women, and song!"

Victor: "you can learn to identify various regional cheeses!"

Hugo: "bobbing for snails!"

Victor: "and the indigenous folk music."

Hugo: "playing, dunk the monk!"

(Hugo, after saying 'Dunk the Monk,' slammed a bucket of water onto Victor's head.)

Clopin laughs loudly, "oh! When this is over I plan to discuss ideas for the festival

Laverne: "Quasi, take it from an old spectator. Life's not a spectator sport. If watchin's all you're gonna do, you're gonna watch your life go by without you."

Hugo: "yeah, you're human, with the flesh, and the hair, and the navel lint. We're just part of the architecture, right Victor?"

(Victor hops on screen, bucket still on his head. Pulling it off as he speaks, he then slams it onto Hugo's head)

Victor: "Yet, if you chip us, will we not flake? If you moisten us, do we not grow mold?"

The gypsies all laughed at the antics of the gargoyles and cheered their approval in joining the festival. Phoebus nodded along, also agreeing that he should try and go.

Laverne: "Quasi, just grab a fresh tunic and a clean pair of hose and-"

Quasimodo: "Thanks for the encouragement, but you're all forgetting one thing."

Gargoyles: "What?"

Quasimodo: "My master, Frollo."

Gargoyles: (Dejectedly) "oh, yeah, right"

Victor: "well, when he says you're forbidden from ever leaving the bell tower, does he mean "ever ever"?"

Clopin growls and glares at Frollo, who shows no emotion. "Have you EVER let him out of that tower?"

Frollo's monotone reply almost sent Clopin into a rampage, "Why would a monster need to leave its cage?"

Quasimodo: "Never ever! And he hates the Feast of Fools! He'd be furious if I asked to go."

Hugo: (slyly) "Who says you gotta ask?"

Clopin smirked, thinking, 'yes, listen to the gargoyle nephew. Be free!'

Frollo, on the other hand, frowned and thought, 'the abomination had BETTER stay inside'

Quasimodo: (frightened) "Oh, no."

Laverne: (imploringly) "it's just one afternoon…"

Quasimodo: (Scared) "I couldn't-"

Hugo: (Continuing as if not interrupted) "…and ya sneak back in."

Laverne: "he'll never know you were gone."

Quasimodo: "I mean, if I got caught-"

Victor: (speaking in a kind tone) "better to ask forgiveness then to ask permission."

Quasimodo: (still scared, but slowly coming around) "He might see me."

Hugo: "you could wear a disguise. Just this once. What Frollo doesn't know can't hurt you!"

Victor: (cheerfully) "Ignorance is bliss."

Hugo: (aside to the audience; sarcastically) "Look who's talking…"

This caused another round of chuckles to enter the room, including four echoed laughs from above them. Thinking nothing of it, everyone below just ignored it.

Laverne: "Nobody wants to stay cooped up here forever."

Quasi looked to Laverne with a small smile. "Using my own words against me?" he whispered

Laverne just smirked and continued watching.

(Quasi thinks for a moment, then a smile creeps across his face.)

Quasimodo: (happy) "you're right! I'll go! (The gargoyles cheer.) I'll get cleaned up. (Another cheer.) I'll stroll down those stairs. (Another cheer; enthusiastic, aren't they?) I'll march through those door and-"

Clopin cheered, "YES! Go my boy! You deserve some happiness!"

(Quasi and the 'goyles have been advancing on the door leading downstairs. As Quasi nears it, Frollo appears in the doorway suddenly, cutting Quasi short and returning the 'goyles to stone.)

Frollo: "Good morning, Quasimodo."

Quasimodo: "Ah-um, good…morning, master."

Clopin started cursing Frollo, making a few of those present blush and a few more to start writing down the words they were learning.

Frollo: "Dear boy, whomever are you talking to?"

Quasimodo: "My…friends."

Frollo: "I see. (He taps Hugo on the head.) And what are your friends made of, Quasimodo?"

Quasimodo: "Stone."

Frollo: "and can stone, talk?"

Quasimodo: (sadly) "No, it can't."

Esmerelda smirked, "actually, it seems some stone does talk"

The gypsies laughed at the disturbed look on Frollo's face"

Frollo: "that's right. You're a smart lad. Now…lunch."

(Upon hearing the word, Quasi goes off and retrieves a table setting—a silver chalice and plate for Frollo and a broken wooden cup and plate for himself)

Frollo: "shall we review your alphabet today?"

Quasimodo: "yes, master. I would like that very much."

Clopin, finally calmed a little, thought to himself, 'well, at least he is teaching the boy"

Frollo: "Very well. A?"

Quasimodo: "Abomination."

Clopin had a deadpan look on his face, 'never mind.'

Frollo: "B?"

Quasimodo: "Blasphemy."

Frollo: "C?"

Quasimodo: "C-c-c-contrition."

Frollo: "D?"

Quasimodo: "Damnation."

Frollo: "E?"

Quasimodo: "Eternal Damnation!"

Everyone stared at a calm Frollo, all of them thinking the same thing. 'It's like he's teaching the poor boy to become another him.'

Frollo: "Good. F?"

Quasimodo: "Festival."

(Frollo spits out his drink at the incorrect response.)

Frollo: "Excuse me?"

Quasimodo: "F-forgiveness!"

Frollo: "You. Said. Festival!"

Quasimodo: "No!"

Frollo: "You were thinking about going to the festival."

Quasimodo: (pleading) "It's just…you go every year."

Frollo: "I am a public official, I must go! But I don't enjoy a moment of it. Thieves and hustlers and the dregs of humankind, all mixed together in a shallow, drunken stupor."

Quasimodo: (sadly) "I didn't mean to upset you, master."

Frollo: (sighing) "Quasimodo, can't you understand? (He placed his hands on the boy's shoulders) when your heartless mother abandoned you as a child,

Clopin had to be restrained once more as he tried to strangle Frollo. However, there was barely anyone trying to stop him this time. Most of them were just resisting doing the same thing.

Frollo: "anyone else would have drowned you. And this is my thanks for taking you in and raising you as my son?"

Quasimodo: (looking down sadly) "I'm sorry, sir."

Frollo: (faking sadness) "oh, my dear Quasimodo, you don't know what it's like out there. I do…I do…"

Frollo: (singing/ continues) "the world is cruel, the world is wicked. It's I alone who you can trust in this whole city, I am your only friend."

"The world is only cruel to those who are cruel to others," spoke a glaring Phoebus, "you are just making it seem crueler then it actually is."

Frollo: "I, who keep you, teach you, feed you, and dress you. I who looks upon you without fear, how can I protect you boy unless you stay in here. Away in here?"

Frollo: "you are deformed."

Quasimodo: "I am deformed."

Clopin seethed at this, "it is no wonder he is afraid of the world! You're making him think he is a monster!"

Frollo: "and you are ugly."

Quasimodo: "and I am ugly."

Frollo: "and these are crimes for which the world shows little pity. You do not comprehend."

Quasimodo: "you are my one defender."

Frollo: "out there, they'll revile you as a monster."

Quasimodo: "I am a monster."

Frollo: "out there, they will hate with scorn and jeer."

Quasimodo: "only a monster."

Frollo: "why invite their calumny and consternation? Stay in here, be faithful to me."

Quasimodo: "I'm faithful"

Frollo: "Grateful to me."

Quasimodo: "I'm grateful."

Frollo: "do as I say. Obey and stay in here."

Quasimodo: "I'll stay in here."

(Frollo goes to leave.)

Quasimodo: "you are good to me, master. I'm sorry."

Frollo: "you are forgiven. But, remember Quasimodo: this is your sanctuary."

Quasimodo: "Sanctuary."

(Exit Frollo)

The movie paused as DC518 (short name for Dovahcreed518) reappeared in front of the screen. He nodded to the surprised people before speaking out, "now that you have all seen the beginning of the movie, I would like to introduce several other guests."

He looked to the rafters and spoke, "Quasi, Hugo, Laverne, Victor, if you all would please come down now."

Everyone was shocked when the hunchback swung down to the ground, followed by the 'goyles. He smiled at everyone, except for the shocked Frollo who he just glared at. He smiled widely at his uncle, "hello uncle."

Clopin smiled, tears in his eyes as he approached and hugged his nephew, "hello my dear nephew, I'm so happy to finally meet you."

DC518 smiled at the scene, before looking to the readers and whispering, "Let's give them a few moments. Come back next time to see what happens." He winked and snapped his fingers, causing everything to flash black.

END Chapter 2