*I don't own Kingdom Hearts, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or any of their characters, though Heavyn is mine.
"Quasimodo! Wait up!" called Heavyn as she and the others followed Quasimodo up the stairs. As they finally reached the top, they could see that he was looking about for a place to dash off too.
"Phew… we finally caught up with you, Quasimodo," said Heavyn in a reassuring tone. As Quasimodo looked towards her, she remarked, "You know, you're pretty fast, dude."
"This is the Quasimodo that we've heard so much about?" asked Sora, looking curiously at him.
Heavyn nodded as she answered, "Yup, the one and only. Quasi, I want to introduce you to my friends. You know, the ones I told you about earlier."
"Quasi?" murmured Riku under his breath, only to receive an elbow in the ribs from Sora as Quasimodo finally spoke.
"Th-these are your friends?" stammered Quasimodo, his curiosity piqued.
Heavyn nodded. "Yup. Meet Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Esmeralda," she said, pointing towards the appropriate person.
"Nice to finally meet you, Quasimodo!" said Sora cheerily. The others all smiled their agreement with Sora's statement.
"Wait… you guys aren't afraid of me?" asked Quasimodo.
"Should we be?" commented Riku.
"Well… I AM a monster," said Quasimodo, looking towards the floor.
"Who told you that?" asked an indignant Kairi, placing her hands on her hips.
"My master, Frollo."
"Well, he's wrong! From what I can see, you are clearly NOT a monster," stated Kairi, walking over and kneeling down in front of him.
"Told ya that they wouldn't think of you as a monster," remarked Heavyn, grinning.
"No, the true monsters are those Unversed and Heartless that you were telling me about," said Esmeralda.
As her friends crowded around Quasimodo, Heavyn looked over and noticed a rather large treasure chest hiding in a corner. She frowned slightly, for she knew that it hadn't been there before.
"Hey, Quasi! Why don't you show the others around? I'm sure they would love to see what you showed me earlier," she said, looking back towards the group.
"Aren't you going to come with us?" asked Sora, glancing towards her.
Heavyn shook her head as she answered, "I'll catch up with you guys in a minute. There's something I have to check out, first."
Riku gave her a suspicious look. Noticing this, she continued, "I promise, it won't take long!"
After a brief pause, Riku nodded, "Alright then." He turned towards Quasimodo as he continued, "Quasimodo, why don't you give us a tour?"
Heavyn smiled as Quasimodo nodded and led the group up the steps to where he lived. She looked back towards the treasure chest.
"Hmm… I wonder what's inside it?" she thought as she walked over to it. She shrugged as she summoned the X-blade and said aloud, "Well, only one way to find out!"
As she struck the top of the chest with the X-blade, it popped open. She looked inside, but only saw a stack of papers sitting in the bottom.
"Waste of a chest…" she muttered as she picked up the papers. As she started to read them, however, her eyes widened in shock.
"No way…" she breathed. Clutching the papers, she quickly ran up the steps. She HAD to show the others.
"Whoa…" breathed Sora as he and the others climbed up the stairs after Quasimodo. The others just gaped as they gazed around Quasimodo's home.
"Did you… make all of these things yourself?" asked Esmeralda with wonder in her voice as she stepped towards his miniature model of Paris.
"Most of them," replied Quasimodo, rubbing the back of his neck shyly.
"So pretty!" exclaimed Kairi as she looked at the stained glass mobile hanging above the mini city.
"You're very talented, Quasimodo," remarked Riku, picking up a figurine that bore a striking resemblance to the girl he had talked to earlier that day.
"I'll say. After all, if I could do this, you wouldn't find me in the streets dancing for munny," added Esmeralda.
"But you're a wonderful dancer!" exclaimed a shocked Quasimodo.
"Yeah, why would you say something like that?" asked Sora.
Esmeralda looked towards the two of them as she said, "Well, it keeps bread on the table, that's for sure." Looking back towards the model, she noticed part of it was covered by a cloth. She reached out for it as she asked, "What's this?"
Quasimodo panicked, "Oh! No, please, I-I-I'm not finished!" As she took the cloth off, he rushed over as he continued, "I still have to paint them!"
Esmeralda and the others looked to see that it was two figurines that did indeed need to be painted. However, that didn't stop Esmeralda from recognizing who they were.
"It's the blacksmith! And the baker!" she laughed as she picked them up. She looked towards Quasimodo, who now stood next to her. "You're a surprising person, Quasimodo."
Suddenly, the five of them could hear someone rushing up the steps. They looked to see Heavyn coming up with a strange look on her face and some papers clutched in her hands.
"Heavyn, what's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost!" remarked Riku as he walked towards her.
Heavyn took a deep breath, then looked towards the two residents of the world. "Quasimodo, Esmeralda, I don't mean to exclude you, but I need to talk with Sora and the others. Would you mind terribly if you left us alone for a couple of minutes?" she asked.
Seeing the look on Heavyn's face, Esmeralda replied, "Sure, I don't mind. Quasimodo, why don't you show me more?"
"Um… sure, I guess," he said, feeling a little awkward. However, he brightened as he thought of an idea. "Hey, would you like to see the bells?"
"I'd love to," said Esmeralda as she and Quasimodo walked away.
Heavyn waited until the two of them were out of earshot, then turned to her friends. "Guys, you have to read this," she said as she held out the papers.
Riku grabbed them out of Heavyn's hands and started to read. Behind him, Sora and Kairi looked over his shoulders. After a couple of minutes had passed, the three of them looked at Heavyn with shock in their eyes.
"Who do you think wrote it?" asked Riku.
Heavyn sighed as she said, "Well, I have a pretty good idea…"
"Who?" pressed Kairi.
Heavyn gave a little smirk as she said, "Well, he's not really a bad guy. Got it memorized?"
Sora started as the catchphrase resounded in his memory. "Wait, you don't mean…"
Heavyn nodded. "I think Axel wrote it."