Out There


I own none of the characters, they are owned by Disney, Victor Hugo and Disney Channel. I do however own the original characters.

Rated T for Language, Sexuality and Violence.

Note: Chapter titles are based off of songs from Disney (Channel) Movies/Musicals:

Chapter 1 were lyrics from Out There from Hunchback, Chapter 2 was obvi: Set It Off from Descendants and this one is from a song called The Finale Ultimo from The Stage Adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

A/N: My top 10 favourite Disney movies (in order) are: Hunchback, Beauty And The Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, Mulan, Pocahontas, Frozen, The Jungle Book and Hercules, although I have recently fallen in love with Tangled as well, having only seen it once before. What are yours? Name between 1 and 10 of your favourite Animated Disney Classics.

NOTE: This Chapter has a Trigger warning for sexual abuse.


Chapter 3: Foul And Fair


After Mal stormed out, most of the others; Chad, Doug, Evie, Jay, Carlos, Lonnie, Audrey, Jane and a few others; followed her to the Common Room. When Ben

"What the hell, Ben? You do NOT know Frank like I do. That guy is a serious psychopath..." Mal said.

"Says the daughter of the LEADER OF ALL VILLAINS who tried to manipulate you into stealing the most powerful magical object in the universe and destroying everything we here in Auradon hold most dear." Chad remarked.

"Shut up Chad." Lonnie said, slapping him upside back of his head.

"Mal, we should give him a chance." Ben said.

"Ben, as much as it pains me to say this, but I agree with Mal. Frollo isn't exactly the kindest of villains." Audrey said.

"Not to mention he is the only villain to have escaped from the island other than Maleficent, but he managed to do that without magic." Esther piped up. As soon as she did that she regretted it. Matt would kill her if she told them what happened all those years ago.

"I heard about that. Mother said she always though Frollo was a little too evil."

"And coming from Cruella that says a lot."

"Not to mention he tried to burn your mother at the stake and locked Quasimodo in a bell tower for 20 years." Audrey mentioned motioning towards Esther.

"Look, I gave the four of you a chance, maybe Frank Frollo really does want to change?"

"The kid killed some of Lucifer's kittens and Shere Khan's cubs for fun, Ben. Trust me when I say, he isn't all there in the head." Mal warned. She thought she heard Chad mention something along the lines of "They probably deserved it."

"Everyone deserves a second chance."

"He's planning something." a voice from behind said. Coming out of the shadows was Matthew. "He's planning something. Frollo always has a plan. His last plan with my father didn't come to fruition until twenty years after he murdered my grandmother on the steps of the Cathedral. If this Frank is as bad as Frollo then we should all be worried." As soon as the voice came out of the shadows it disappeared as though he wasn't there at all. Esther had told Ben that the son of Quasimodo did that a lot.

"Does he always do that?" Carlos asked.

Esther nodded, knowing where her best friend went. Matt was really the shyest person she knew, but he was an amazing kid who deserved more respect than he got. As she left, some intrigued figures followed behind her. Esther failed to notice that someone was following her.


Gone in a flash Matt climbed out of the Common Room and into his attic bedroom near the bells. He didn't share his bedroom with anyone, because they all woke up to the Bells that he rung. Also the noise seemed to drive all of them away.

"Hey kiddo, what's wrong?" a statue said to him. Other than Esther, his only real friends were made of stone. It was a statue of Arthur, the first king of a united Camelot, the predecessor of the United States of Auradon.

"I'm fine King Arthur." he said, even though he wasn't.

"I know that look." the marble king spoke.

"Matt?" Esthers voice called out.

"I'm up here." He called back.

He heard her foot steps on the rickety wooden stairs. As soon as Esther arrived, Kin Arthur's statue turned back into marble.

"What was that all about in the common room, Matt?"

"I stayed behind the columns, so Frank wouldn't see me. Es, you should have seen the look on his face. And then that Hades girl came out of the shadows with the same concerned look on her face..."

"What was Macaria doing there." a voice behind Esther rang out, nightingale like in tone, but also a slight rash and shrill voice, like the tone of a spoiled princess. It was Audrey, a girl Matt had never had any encounters with, but Esther despised because she thought she set back feminism by 300 years.

Ben, Mal and Audrey, an odd triple pairing if ever there was one; Evie and Mal were usually joined at the hip and Audrey usually stayed well clear of the Villain kids, were standing in the middle of the bell tower. Matthew Quasimodo felt like his sanctuary was being invaded. He ran to the highest part of the bell tower, but he noticed Ben was following him. Not now he thought. Audrey and Esther were arguing. He only saw Mal's green eyes glaring up at him, piercing through the shadows as though daring him to reveal his secrets. And Matt had many secrets.

"There you are." Matt backed away as Ben approached him. As Ben got closer to Matt, he saw what looked like scars on the boy's neck. He wondered what they were. "Why'd you just disappear like that, Matt?"

Matt had no idea what he had gone to the common room. He must've felt brave at that moment, but any sort of bravery he felt then was gone, disappeared like the ringing of bells over the clash of a thunderstorm. Matt just shook his head, Ben saw that as him trying to say he didn't know.

"Matt, I'm not going to hurt you. I promise..." Ben said as he held out his hand, with a look of kindness that was highlighted in his beautiful eyes. Matt had never seen such beautiful eyes in his life. Ben looked like an angel framed by the light of a full moon.

Matt had never been promised something like that. Matt grabbed his hand and walked out of the darkness and the shadows he was so used to. Ben's eyes were drawn to table of figurines made of wood on a table.

"Did you make these?" He said picking up one that vaguely looked like a dancing gypsy woman. It was badly charred like it was set on fire.

"No, my dad did. I was never much of an artist." Matt said meekly. The figurine that he was holding was the same one Frollo burned after revealing he knew Quasimodo helped Esmeralda escape the Cathedral.

"This isn't...no way. These could go in the museum..."

"What's the point? The museum doesn't offer exhibits to my father or Esther's parents. And they can't very well tear apart Notre Dame."

"I could make it happen?"

"Thanks for the offer, but your parents made it very clear...my father's story isn't to be respected or remembered. Frollo and Quasimodo and their great battle on the top of the Cathedral is not a story parents want to tell their kids when they tuck them in at night. My father is still The Bell Ringer, and if he isn't remembered as that, he's remembered as The Hunchback."

"But I'm king now, Matt. And I promise you..."

"No offence, Your Majesty but you seem to be making a lot of promises to me. Why the sudden interest?" Matt said point blank. Ben was shocked by this revelation.

"Ben, we should go..." Mal said as she was climbing the ladder to the loft.

"I...guess I'll see you in class tomorrow?" Ben said. As the young king left, Matt felt something like a warm light hit him. As if God was enveloping him with all of Heaven's light. He preceded to ring the bells signalling the end of the day and the beginning of Evening activities. His heart high with what felt like Butterflies.


The next morning, Evie was studying in an abandoned classroom not noticing that a figure had locked them both in the room. Frank, the son of Frollo emerged from the shadows.

"Frank, when did you get here?"

"I was always in here, praying for your soul's safe journey into hell."

"Freak." She said, walking towards the door, not realizing it was locked. "Frank why is the door locked?"

"Still giving your love away for free, Evie?"

"No...I..."

"Does your little boyfriend know that your legs were open for business back on the Island?"

"I've changed..." She said, she started feeling nervous. She reached for her magic mirror to try and send a warning to Mal.

"People don't change. You're still the filthy little whore you always were."

"I've changed, I pro.."

"You reek of lust. God shall judge you for your sins..." Frank said as he lunged at her and proceeded to force her to kiss him.

"Frank...what are you doing?" She proceeded to fight him off but he overpowered her and started touching her. She managed to kick him before anything else happened. She then saw a female pull him off of her. It was Raven and Matt. Matt proceeded to punch him in the face.


"You barely live up to your reputation...I wonder what your little dwarf would say to this." He sneered as he left. Evie felt a darkness hang over her, not one of malice, but one of despair.

"Get the FUCK out of here." Raven screamed at the son of Frollo. She turned to her frenemy on the ground. Somehow they had gotten in.

"Raven..."

"Don't say a word. Look, Evie I might not like you that much: actually I think you are quite annoyingly princess-like. But no one should be violated like that. The fact that Frank thought he could get away with proves what Macaria told me was true. He isn't here to change: he's up to something."

"What about the three of you? Uriel, Macaria and yourself?"

"We actually came here because we wanted something better for ourselves. Look I'm not going to stop being a vain bitch, but I actually want to see the world."

"Thank you." Evie said, hugging Raven who shoved her off.

"Don't push it, Evie. The seven of us shout get together and find a way to defeat Frank."

"No way Mal is meeting with Macaria, she despises Mac."

"Yeah, well I wasn't the biggest fan of hers either. And Neither were you, doesn't mean we still shouldn't meet. Anyways, I'll see the two of you later." Raven said leaving Matt and Evie alone in the room.


"Matt, why are you so quiet?"

"I should go..."

"Wait...th-thank you. For punching Frank."

"Believe me; it was my pleasure."

"That wasn't like you though?"

"What do you mean?"

"I always heard that you would never hurt a fly..."

"Well, considering Esther would literally skin me alive if I didn't do a thing...also Frank had no right."

"You don't know my story..."

"Your past doesn't make you who you are, Evie. You say you've changed: If people can't understand that, then they don't deserve anything you have to offer the world."

"You're a really good listener, Matt. Has anyone ever told you that?"

"Well, no...no one talks to me here. My dad's just The Bell Ringer. I have no title, everybody forgets about me."

Evie felt a surge of pity for the son of Quasimodo, he had never known kindness except from those who knew him. In many ways, he was more like a Villain Born than one of the good guys. He had never known what love felt like, he was outcast because of who his father was, even though in many ways Quasimodo was as much of a hero as Belle, Mulan or Hercules.

"I won't forget you, or what you did for me." She said smiling, as she did; she noticed what looked like burn marks on his skin. Matt caught her staring.

"I've had them since I was ten."

"What happened?" Evie asked. Just then people started filtering in.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." He simply said as he took his place at the back, in the left corner, forgotten about.


Matt was surprised when Evie proceeded to sit beside him. Doug, Ben, Mal and Jay sat where Evie was; Esther sat in her usual place, with a curious look on her face. He felt like he had friends at last...


Note: I am sorry if that scene with Frank and Evie was too uncomfortable, but Frank is the monster, he didn't come to change like the others did, he came for one purpose, to destroy all that is good, and to get revenge on The Descendants. Also I didn't want Evie to be saved by just a man, so I included Raven for more Character development on her part. That was also my first time writing an attempted Rape scene, so I am so sorry if it was awful.

Sorry for not having much Carlos or Jane. Next Chapter is a Macaria focused Chapter, and I made her the same age as Carlos and Jane (14) so thats why they aren't in the same classes as the others.

I highly recommend that you watch Hunchback of Notre Dame if you haven't seen it or if you have seen it, to watch it again. It really is a breathtakingly beautiful movie. True it is very Dark, and Frollo the Villain is twisted AF but it's really amazing. It may be one of Disney's darkest movies, but Quasimodo brings such a beautiful light to the movie.

I would love any comments so long as they are not rude in nature. I do however accept Constructive Criticism.