A/N: Wow, I'm actually more inclined to write this story lately than It's A Small World. By now you should probably know that it takes FOREVER for me to work on chapters. And with all the crap outside here (i.e. SAT Prep, Drama Club, Kickboxing, planning for Prom) it'll be a while before I even complete some of these. Ah well, hope you enjoy

Quasimodo stared in disbelief at the retreating trio. How could it be that Esmeralda was alive? Sure, he had witnessed her escape ten years ago. But he had never expected for her to survive this long on her own. The red ribbon that trailed for the hat started fluttering again. Quasi wasn't exactly sure why, but he believed that his master, Judge Claude Frollo, had created an unbreakable bond with this hat.

Suddenly, the hat lifted out of Quasi's hand and actualy floated. This can't be happening! Quasi thought There's no such thing as magic! Cautiously, he followed the hat deeper into the catacombs. Skeletons lined the wall and it reeked of rotting flesh and sewage. He could barely see the outline of Frollo's hat as he walked further along. Without warning, the hat dropped into a puddle. Picking it up, he looked up and jumped back in shock. Standing before him was the person he hadn't seen in nearly a decade. It was Judge Claude Frollo.

"M-master? You're alive?" Quasi asked.

"Quasimodo, is that you?" Frollo asked, his pupils shrunken down due to the lack of light. His gaunt frame was hidden underneath sopping robes. His nose was now crooked, but all traces of blood were gone. His bony hands took the hat lovingly from Quasimodo and rubbed it against his sunken cheek.

"Did I ever tell you that I sold my soul for this hat?" Frollo exclaimed.

"No Master. I did not know that," Quasi confessed humbly.

"Well, I did. And since I sold my soul for it, that means I'm apart of it. Therefore, I die if there is no way to repare it."

"I see," Quasi said, "but I have something to tell you sir! The hat came to life because I saw her! Esmeralda's alive!"

Frollo's caring look immediatley hardened, "What did you say, boy?"

"I said that Esmeralda's alive. I was in the Court of Miracles, minding my own buisness, when she came and started to talk to these men. Sir, that hat was moving! Surely this must mean that she survived?"

"That Gypsy brat!" Frollo snarled, wringing his hat to get out the sewer water. "I vowed to annihalate them all! She is the reason that I've been stuck here! After I slipped beneath the ice, the river's currents dragged me to a wall where I was sucked into a tunnel. And sure enough, the tunnel led right back to these catacombs!"

Quasimodo remained silent, watching his Master grow more vengeful and evil by the second.

"But now that I have this again," Frollo proclaimed, placing the hat on his head, "the last of the Romanai's shall DIE!"

At this, the breeze picked up speed, rattling the bones on the wall. It created an eerie musical beat. And sure enough, Frollo started to sing:

In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning
And the nightmare I had was as bad as can be --
It scared me out of my wits --
A corpse falling to bits!
Then I opened my eyes
And the nightmare was me!!

I was once the most respectable man in all France!
Then when the Gypsies dwelled here they made a mistake!
My curse made each of them pay
But one little girl got away!
Little Esme, beware,
That Frollo's awake!

Suddenly, skeletons and other creatures down below started to sing as well. Creepy-crawly bugs, rats, and even the skeletons began to sing in harmony with the crazed judge.

In the dark of the night evil will find her
In the dark of the night just before dawn!
Aah...

[FROLLO]
Revenge will be sweet

[FROLLO AND CREATURES]
When the curse is complete!

[ALL]
In the dark of the night

[FROLLO]
She'll be gone!
I can feel that my powers are slowly returning!
Tie my sash and a dash of cologne for that smell!
As the pieces fall into place
I'll see her crawl into place!
Au revoir Esmeralda, your grace, farewell!

[CREATURES]
In the dark of the night terror will strike her!

[FROLLO]
Terror's the least I can do!

[CREATURES]
In the dark of the night evil will brew.
Ooh!

[FROLLO]
Soon she will feel that her nightmares are real.

[ALL]
In the dark of the night

[FROLLO]
She'll be through!

[CREATURES]
In the dark of the night
Evil will find her
Find her!
Ooh!
In the dark of the night terror comes true.
Doom her!

[FROLLO]
My dear, here's a sign --

[FROLLO AND CREATURES]
It's the end of the line!

[ALL]
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...

Suddenly, the sounds of stone crumbling rang in Quasimodo's ears. Gasping in shock, he saw thousands of tiny stone creatures flying in the air. Their ruby encrusted eyes glowed with hate as the flew far away. Are these GARGOYLES? he thought in horror. Sure enough, he was right. Because his Master was just about to conclude the song.

[FROLLO]
Come my 'goyles,
Rise for your master,
Let your evil shine!
Find her now,
Yes, fly ever faster

[ALL]
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...
In the dark of the night...

[FROLLO]
She'll be mine!

With a final chord, the music ended and Frollo smoothed back what was left of his graying hair.

"So what do we do now, Master?" Quasi asked. Reaching into his robe, Frollo pulled out a chipped glass ball. It looked like something Gypsies used to tell fortunes in, portending to the future. Raising his hand above the orb, he began to mutter incantations that Quasi couldn't understand. A green gass swirled inside the orb. And within seconds, Quasi could see the shadows of small figures. There were two men; both had facial hair. However, one was quite stout and the other was lanky. In between them carrying a goat was a woman, her green eyes sparkling with excitement.

"We watch and we wait," Frollo stated.

A/N: I know, another nasty cliffhanger. But there is a few Frollo/In the Dark of the Night videos on Youtube. And they're quite good. Please R&R!