"Ow. Jeez. What the?" Sadie rose her head and looked suspiciously around the room. The lack of movement from her forearm caused a partial numbing of it."E..Esmeralda? What are you doing up?"

"Well mademoiselle, A splendid morning to you as well." She cleared her throat. "Did I miss something?" Clopin giggled at her response. "I assumed that you were going to sleep until noon." "Noon? Wh..What time is it?"

"Almost eleven." Quasi walked down the hallway with a smile. "Eleven already?!" 'Shit.' "Ugh. I'm so sorry guys." The girl carefully stood up with only the help of her left hand, slipping out a soft groan. "Did..I didn't miss anything did I?"

"You haven't. But I think we should take it easy today." The gypsy king handed her a slice of bread from his bag. Sadie smiled and took it. "Who's we?" "Well the four of us really. We're all set on supplies thanks to your brilliant scavenging." She blushed, finding it awkward when she received compliments. "Huh. Okay then."

"How's your arm?" Quasi asked. "It hurts a little but it's not too bad. Can you help me take these off please?" He shrugged. "Okay. Sure."

Clopin shot his head at Esmeralda then back to her.

"Sadie?" The hunchback began to remove the bandages. "Clopin." She hummed then clenched her teeth as Quasi pulled the tape a little too fast. Frightened, he backed away.

"I..I'm sorry Sadie. I didn't mean to hurt you." "It's alright Quasi. I know you didn't mean it." She sighed and continued to take off the other half herself. "Does anyone have a plan for the day?"

"Um. I think we should stay put here. The last thing we need to worry about is you getting hurt again." Esmeralda fixed her corset. Sadie gave her an anxious look. "Fine. Whatever." She scoffed and picked up a sword. "Then I'm coming with you." Clopin rolled his eyes with his arms folded. "Alright alright. Esmeralda, You stay here with Quasimodo and I'll go with her."

The gypsy woman turned her head. "I said I'd go. You stay here." He held her shoulders. "Don't you think for one minute I'm letting you out of my sight again." "You can trust me Clopin. You know that." He sighed and let go of her.

Quasimodo looked at both of them and ate his slice of bread, not noticing that Sadie had rolled her eyes and quietly left out the door.

She sighed and walked down the street with her gun tightly secured in her front right pocket. 'No. We aren't set on supplies. Clopin and Esmeralda need something durable to cover their feet.' Sadie sighed and walked onto one of the platforms in the Cathedral courtyard. 'I'm not scared of him.' "Wish I really was this tall."

Frollo smirked and folded his arms, watching her from behind. In his right hand was a rope. 'I have you at last you witch.'

Sadie squinted her eyes and turned around. "I knew I'd find you here." "Oh did you now?" He walked up onto the platform and towards her. "Yes. I did. So?" She backed up and jumped to the ground. "It is no use running gypsy girl. I will find you." Sadie rubbed her arm and covered her cut with her hand. He scowled.

"What are you hiding?" Nervous, the girl respectfully spoke up as she focused on the rope in his hand. "N..Nothing sir." Frollo walked down the staircase and in her direction. The closer he came, the more she backed up. "Show me." Sadie tripped and fell onto the stone path, causing her cut to sting as the sand mixed with the blood. She softly screamed then scrambled to her feet. "It's nothing that concerns you."

Frollo blinked then grabbed her right wrist, causing her to freak.

"D..Don't touch me. Please let me go! I'm.." With almost no effort, he continued to hold it as she tried to flee. The judge looked over and blinked at her cut. The tan specks of sand were now red. "I don't understand." Sadie shook her head.

"Of course you wouldn't." Frollo pushed her up the stairs and towards a splintered wooden pole. She glared at him. "I'd thought you'd be a gentleman for once." The girl sarcastically replied then groaned as the rope secured her hands and feet behind her. Frollo grinned. "I'm rather generous this evening aren't I? By letting you repent for your sins."

She gulped as two splinters stabbed her lower back. "What are you talking about?"

Frollo came face to face with her and placed a hand on her cheek. Sadie snarled and tried to bite it. "You are to shed your sins, my stray sheep." The judge cleared his throat and took out a scroll he had written the following morning. "No one else is here! Let alone will they care!" Sadie shut her eyes as a hand pushed her head to the pole. "My words are more important than any of you. You will not disrespect me. I am His atonement and His savior." "Or what?" Sadie snapped.

Frollo growled and began to read from it. "Insolent child." He muttered and cleared his throat.

"The gypsy Sandra has been found guilty of the crime of witchcraft, atheism, robbery, and the destruction of one's property. The sentence..is death." "I saved your life!" She shouted. "You are referring directly to your own. I refuse to allow your kind to aid myself."

Frollo set the scroll aside and lit a torch. There wasn't a single barrel of hay around her. Sadie shut her eyes and whimpered as the flame came closer towards her. "The time has come gypsy. You stand upon the brick of the abyss. Yet even now it is not too late." She yelped as two of the sparks hit her chest. "I can save you from the flames of this world.." Her eyes opened to his sinister smile. "...and the next. Choose me or the fire."

He gently blew on the flames, causing a beam of sweat to appear on her forehead from the heat. She looked around her, trying to avoid contact with him. Nothing. Not even a single zombie.

"Your response gypsy?" The girl twiddled her fingers behind her back trying to untie her hands. "P..Please. I don't want to die." Frollo slowly nodded and put out the flame in a barrel of water. "A wise choice. I knew someday you'd become of use to me. Now follow." He went to untie her hands and feet before assisting her down the staircase. Sadie shivered as his hand was placed on her lower back. The girl then fell to her knees from the warmth overtaking her body and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"What do you..want from me?" He slyly smiled and held out a hand to her. "Oh I can think of a great many ideals for yourself to display your best qualities." Sadie glared up at him and spit on his hand. The judge groaned in disgust as she made yet another run for it. 'Mindless animal.'

Frollo impatiently growled and hurried after her, only to watch her fall to the ground a minute later. "And my conscience was clear. The devil has chosen you. That is why you are out of breath." "I..am not..one with the devil." She panted then attempted to stand but stumbled back onto the pavement. "I'm afraid your statement is false my dear." Sadie was forced up and quickly fanned herself with her right hand. "Just because my beliefs differ from yours means I belong to Satan? You really are delusional aren't you?"

Sadie slowly stepped back as he lunged forward. "Precisely." He took her by the wrist again and turned her arm to look over her wound. "What now?" The girl squinted her eyes. "Come." She rolled her eyes as Frollo pulled her down to the Palace of Justice. "First you're shaming me now you're pitying me?"

"Nevertheless, I bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security." He guided her up the Palace steps and brought her inside. "What verse is that?" Frollo led her into a light grey room and sat her in a white brass chair. "Jeremiah. Chapter thirty-three verse six. If it, by any means, is your concern." The judge replied bluntly. "You knew that off the top of your head?" He lay her right arm on the same colored table and wet a cloth. "Of course. Each and every calling has guidelines." Sadie quickly looked away and clenched her teeth. Her wound sharply stung as it was tended to.

The following two minutes were silent as she watched him apply a fresh bandage over her now sanitized cut. 'Now leave.' He thought. "Thank you." Frollo stood up and helped her as well. "There is no need for you to display your gratitude towards me. It is my duty." The judge replied calmly and left down the pure white hallway. Sadie sighed. 'It looks so surreal in here.' "But I do appreciate it. You spared my life." The girl carefully walked after him. "Indeed I have." He stopped with his back facing her. "Now leave. Before I change my mind." Frollo took a book off of a high shelf.

'No way I could reach that.' "Wait." Sadie went after him. He glared at her. "If you interrogate me.." "Come with us." Her eyes met his, feeling her heart stop. The judge put the book away without looking away from her. "You see that a man is justified by works.." Sadie wanted to scowl once he felt her left cheek but didn't. "..and not by faith alone." Frollo let go and stepped back, conflicted by her actions. The girl flinched. "Remove yourself from my premise." "You can't survive out here alone. You'll die." "I will proudly die with Virtue." He folded his arms. "Question me again gypsy?" She gulped as her skin started to heat up again. Sadie quietly backed up and left out the door. The judge scratched his forehead in aggravation then groaned. He was by himself once again. For all he knew, left in darkness.

Sadie shook her head as she carried on her mission from earlier.

"Sadie!" Esmeralda shouted and ran over to her. "Hey." The girl replied in a relaxed tone. "Where have you been? You've been gone for almost two hours! Clopin was worried sick about you. Did he hurt you again?" "Well I wanted to help Clopin and yourself by looking for more durable footwear and.." Esmeralda pressed her lips. "You're worrying too much Sadie. We can look after ourselves." "It's in my blood Esmé. Assisting others. I can't stop it." She ran down the road to a house without a door. The gypsy woman sighed and went after her.

"You're too small to be out here by yourself." The girl walked through the empty room and picked up a pair of black boots. "Those are nice." Esmeralda spoke up casually then tried them on to avoid any more of a hassle. "Not the most glamourous but they seem fit enough to last through water, mud, glass, anything really. Are they too tight?" Sadie went through a couple of drawers.

"They feel a bit big. Perhaps it's just me. I'm just used to my feet being free." Sadie slammed the drawers after finding nothing but old book covers and dirty plates and silverware. The gypsy woman jumped. "I apologize for that. They feel loose but they won't fall off?" "Yeah." "Excellent."

The girls wandered upstairs and found an abandoned closet. Sadie smirked and looked around for a simple pair of pants. Esmeralda grabbed a pair of black pants that were conveniently in her size and a camouflaged tank top, then immediately dropped it.

"What's wrong? Is there blood on it?" She shook her head. "Trust me. If we run into him again I'll cover you. If you like it, That's all that matters." Esmeralda smiled. "I think you and I are going to get along pretty swell." She hummed and shut a room door. "I'm not even going to start with your hair." Sadie joked. "What about it?" She playfully whined. "Well I was just going to say that mine is so much more flawless."

"Say that again?" She walked out with a smile. "I..I mean it brings out your eyes. You look great though." They smiled and left the house. "Oh. Let me get my other clothes. For memories." Sadie waited for her outside and narrowed her eyes. She readied her aim and shot a zombie in the head. Both girls brought up another conversation as they slowly walked back to base.

"Rather bad luck this morning?" Sadie shivered. 'Don't bring it up.' "Huh?" "I meant your objective for the day?" 'Oh.' "Yeah. Bad luck. Sorry to worry you guys like that." Esmeralda shrugged. "Ah it's alright. The last thing we need is to chain up our best warrior." The girl shook her head with a smile. "I'm not a warrior. Not even close."

"I'm afraid that's a bit of an understatement."

Sadie growled and turned her head. "Don't you have anything better to do?" She stepped in front of Esmeralda. "Aside from purging the world of filthy vermin like yourself? Unfortunately not." Frollo then rose an eyebrow and motioned her out of the way.

"Well isn't this rather intriguing. To find one who has learned the error of her ways." The judge hummed as he approached her. Esmeralda squinted her eyes. "What are you talking about?" "Why you rid yourself of that disgusting attire my dear." He slid a finger down her bare shoulder, causing her to shiver. Sadie scowled at him and wanted to interfere but Esmeralda briefly shook her head. "I greatly appreciate.." He stood behind her and held her arms behind her back. She groaned. "..your sacrifice."

Sadie clenched her teeth and rose her gun. "Let her go Frollo."

The judge rose his head and Esmeralda gulped. He pushed her away and walked over to Sadie with nothing but narrowed eyes. "I should have known it was foolish to not send you back to hell where you belong." "Are you referring to myself or yourself?" He grabbed her gun out of her hand and set it on her chest. His eyes then fully opened as her chest quickly rose up and down. Her skin fell pale as she now looked like a vulnerable child.

Esmeralda picked up her sword and pointed the blade under Frollo's neck. "Leave her alone Claude." He smirked and reluctantly dropped the weapon on the ground. "Very well. Out of my sight. Both of you." Sadie ran into a building and sat into a shadowed corner. Esmeralda ran after her as the judge smiled and returned inside his home.

"Sadie?" She whispered. "Sadie? Where are you?" "Over here." The girl stood up and whispered. Esmeralda hugged her and rubbed her back. "We'll leave tomorrow. I can't stand him either. Come on." They sighed and walked back down the road and opened the door.

"There you two are!" Clopin hugged Esmeralda while Quasimodo hugged Sadie. "Just in time too. Clopin and I were thinking and we have decided that we are leaving Paris tomorrow morning." Sadie blinked. "T..Tomorrow?"

"What a coincidence! We just ran into Frollo again." The gypsy woman rolled her eyes. "Well that's certainly nothing to brag about. Then it's settled. Good night guys." The girl unsurely sat on one of the beds. "Do you want me to sleep on the floor?" Clopin smiled and shook his head. "It's alright Sadie." She sighed and rested her head on the pillow. "Night guys." "Good night." Quasi shut his eyes.