Chapter 11: Sanctuary!
Frollo's soldiers poured in from everywhere blocking off every possible exit. There was no escape. "After 20 years of searching, the court of miracles is mine at last." "Dear Quasimodo. I always knew you would someday be of use to me." He said patting the boy on he head as he walked past. No. Quasimodo said in disbelief.
"What are you talking about?" Miriam growled as she struggled to break free from the guard holding her. "Why, he led me right to you, my dear." "You're a liar." You tricked him! He ignored her his eyes locking on to Phoebus.
"And look what else I've caught in my net." "Captain Phoebus, back from the dead." Another "miracle," no doubt. "I shall remedy that." He said glaring at him as he struggled to break free. Frollo turned to address the rest of the room.
"There'll be a little bonfire in the square tomorrow, and you're all invited to attend." Lock them up. "No, please, Master!" Quasimodo begged falling to his knees. Frollo turned giving him a cold stare. No, no. Quasimodo cried. Take him back to the bell tower and make sure he stays there, he ordered two of his guards.
Soon a pyre was built and tied to that pyre was Miriam wearing nothing but a white dress. The prisoner, Miriam has been found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. The sentence...Death! He shouted. The crowd cried out in outrage. "Let her go!" "Release her!" "She's just a girl" "She is innocent!" The guards held the crowd back, they even stopped the archdeacon from leaving the church.
"The time has come, Witch." "You stand upon the brink of the abyss." What happened to gypsy. He smirked and leaned closer to her. "Why call you what you not. He pulled something from his robe, and she recognized it. It was a necklace that she always wore, it had belonged to her mother. There where Hebrew letters inscribed on the front.
"I know what you are." She stared at him in shock. "It is not too late." "I can save you from the flames of this world and the next." "Choose me or the fire." Miriam spat in his face. He looked taken aback as he wiped his face of he turned to see her glaring at him. "She'd made her choice!" "The Prisoner Miriam has refused to recant." "This evil witch has put the soul of every citizen in Paris in awful jeopardy."
Meanwhile above the city chained to the pillars of Notre dame sat Quasimodo. Snap out of it! a voice shouted in his head. "Your sister is going to die you have to save her." Quasimodo shook the thought out of his head. I cant, I've already tried to break free its no use, I've failed.
Then he heard his masters voice shouting above the noise of the crowd below. "For justice, for Paris, and for her own salvation, it is my sacred duty to send this unholy demon back where she belongs! Just then something in him snapped. Seeing his sister in danger made him furious.
NOOOOO! He shouted at the top of his lungs. With as much strength as he could muster, he broke the chains as well as the columns they where tied to. He grabbed a rope and swung down to the city below.
He landed on the stage surprising everyone even his master. He freed his sister from her bonds and climbed to the top of the cathedral. "Quasimodo!" Frollo yelled. Esmeralda, Phoebus, and Arron watched as Quasimodo caried her up to the balcony in front of the rose window. He held her above his head and shouted at the top of his lungs.
SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!
Frollo glared up at his stepson, then turned to a soldier. Captain. Sir? "Seize the cathedral." Meanwhile Quasimodo laid Miriam down on a bed in another part of the tower. "Don't worry. You'll be safe here." He said to his sister. Charge! When Quasimodo realized they where going to attack the church he fought back. He threw a wooden beam down to the ground below.
The beam hit Frollo's Carriage, crushing it. He pointed at the few soldiers guarding the cages. "You, men, pick up that beam, break down the door." All of the guards rushed away, leaving one soldier to stand guard.
"Alone at last." Phoebus said knocking the guard unconscious. He grabbed the guards spear and jumped on top of the now empty cage. "Citizens of Paris! Frollo has persecuted our people, ransacked our city! Now he has declared war on Notre Dame herself!" "Will we allow it?" NO! The crowd shouted the broke free from the wall of soldiers and freed the roma as they fought back against the soldiers.
Quasimodo was relieved that Phoebus was at least on his side. He threw stones and other things down to stop the soldiers, but nothing worked. That's when he remembered that church had molten lead, which was either used to fix the bells or used back in the old days to stop intruders.
He heated up the led then with a tug of the rope the led spilled across the floor flowing to the vents and spilling out of the mouths of the gargoyles. The soldiers fled as the fire rained down on them from above