A/N- Never fear, it's only half over! Whee... Oh, since my computer virus won't allow me to edit documents after I load them to the site, I'm trying a different way right now and hope it works...
Devonny Strauss- They really should... -muses- But you can get up now, I've updated! Heh...
Robyn-Enjolras- Don't worry, Enj got his nap during intermission... Wait, do you mean me? Yeah, I didn't get a nap, so look out for that.
Tziporah- Hehe... yay it's the second act now! Even though intermission was dreadfully short.
Kang Xiu- Fish, dead lawyers... same thing. Well, maybe not...
ArgentineRose- Tada!
Flare Conlon- Why thankee. Saying a name three times with a 'y' at the end of the first is an old inside joke with my friends at school... namely Bretty-Brett-Brett and Marky-Mark-Mark... -needs sleep-
Eponinesigh- I'm not trying to be rude to you, because any LM fan is okay with me... even stereotypical fangirls, but it irritates me when someone who claims to be a fan says Cosette is evil. I mean, have you read the book? Seen the play? If anyone's evil, it's Eponine, because she's the one who told Marius to go to the barricades in hopes he would get himself killed... Still, I don't really mind Eponine, though I adore canon and it kinda annoys me to hear it called evil.
nebulia- Hmph?
Mlle Verity- Nope, not at all...
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Once upon a time... later.
All is not well in Paris. There is a sad young lady called Eponine, to begin with, who only wants to help her protective husband. He doesn't trust her to leave his sight, considering she spent so long running away from him, so she spends most of her time sitting around at his flat. So that's Eponine.
Then we have a young fellow called Enjolras, who dreams of a better life for all. He is currently standing on a table in the middle of a café, sermonizing at a group of students who are ready to join his quest to overthrow the government.
The last people I must introduce are now familiar to you. We have a baker called Jacques, for lack of a better name, and his wife Claire. Jacques and Claire have a child, who spends most of his time lying around and crying. They are not fully satisfied, for their little bakery is not big enough for their entire family.
Despite these little problems, they are all very happy. Eponine never thought she'd be worthy to wed the infamous sexy murderer Montparnasse, Enjolras is living happily with his beloved vest, and Jacques and Claire never dreamed that they could have such a beautiful-
An explosion rocks the bakery, and it collapses around the little family. Valjean enters the scene.
Jacques is almost hysterical. "Have you done this to our house?" he cries.
"Always thinking of yourself? My daughter's beautiful garden was destroyed!"
"Who could have done this?" Claire asks.
Valjean rolls his eyes. "Well, let me think... Who would fire a cannon into a house or shoot down trees and flowers in a desire to get revenge?"
Scratching his chin, Jacques says, "Do you think it was a bear?"
"A dragon?" suggests Claire.
"Manticore?"
"Griffin?"
"Giant?"
"Try THE NATIONAL GUARD!" Valjean shouts at last.
Jacques and Claire are quiet.
Valjean's supposition proved to be true...
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Eponine hears the gunfire from her flat. Montparnasse is not home, for he is off on another of his overnight ventures. She gets to her feet and decides to see what the trouble is.
She goes into the streets.
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The baker and his wife decide that their child is not safe near the rubble that is all that remains of their house, and they go off in search of somewhere safer. They encounter Enjolras and his Barricade Boys, and Jacques explains that the government is out for revenge. Enjolras and the Barricade Boys join the little family, if only to be sure that they are safe.
They go into the streets.
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Gavroche scowls at the smoke on the horizon. "We should go see if Mamselle Miss and La Magnon are quite alright," he says softly, taking his boys by the hand. "Come on."
They go into the streets.
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A scream is heard from the Rue Plumet.
