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Harley woke the next morning to Clopin practically shaking her. "Wake up Harley I need to see the jewels so I may separate them." She got out of her bed in just her panties and shirt. Clopin jumped startled by so much skin exposure from his friend he turned around. He heard the bag jingle. "Clopin you don't have to hide, I use to walk around in my house like this." Clopin shook his head no like a little kid. She shrugged and pulled her sweater on and her red clothe overalls along with her black boots then dumped the jewels onto her bed. "Clopin you can look now." He was slightly confused by her appearance but ignored it and went to the jewels.
When they got the jewels separated Clopin showed her around the court of miracles and bought some food so she'll last a few days. After they were done Clopin went up to the stage and ordered for every one to gather around to hear the announcement. "Members of the Court quiet please. Now I would like to announce that I will be going on a trip to Italy with our friend Harley Quinn. She has paid the Court so there will be no other discussing it, in the mean time, I need a successor for when I leave. Some one to protect you all. Who do you vote?" He asked.
The Court erupted into conversation but then quieted down instantly when one yelled Jack Axel and a few other people yelled for a man named Pierre. Clopin silenced them and looked around. "Who votes Axel?" He asked the court and more than half raised their hands. "Who votes Pierre?" The rest raised their hands. Clopin cleared his throat and spoke again. "Jack Axel please come forth." The huge man from the night before came onto the stage and knelt by Clopin then spoke. "I will protect them with my life."
Clopin looked down at the huge man then offered his hand to help Jack Axel up. "You better, or else they will kill you." Jack took Clopin's hand and the crowd cheered. Jack, Clopin, and Harley left the stage together. The two men were talking as Harley was pulled aside by Esmeralda. "What in hell do you think your doing taking our king from us! We need him!" Esmeralda was at the point of yelling. Harley smiled at her. "I didn't know he was your king when I asked him. When he told me I told him that he could stay and send me with one of his men but he refused. So its not my fault that he wants to go, god chill out." Esmeralda was confused by the woman that stood in front of her. Harley as she called herself was in generally confusing from her clothes to her attitude. Harley walked away from Esmeralda and went to her tent.
It wasn't till later that Harley and Esmeralda talked again. "Hello?" Harley turned to the door of her tent to see Esmeralda peeking in. "Come on in Esmeralda I'm just double checking that I have every thing. Have a seat." Esmeralda remained standing as she looked at Harley's things. "Whats this?" Esmeralda asked Harley picking up a bomb. "Whoa careful Esmeralda! Thats not a toy, so what was it you wanted to talk about?" Harley asked taking the bomb and changing the subject.
"Right. Its about Clopin. Did he tell you why he didn't want you to be escorted by one of our other men?" Esmeralda asked watching Harley pack up her things. "Yeah, he said that he wouldn't trust any other man with me." Esmeralda looked up at the blonde woman with wide eyes. "He said that?" Harley nodded and put her bag across her chest. "You must be on one hell of a quest Harley, at least one to interest our King." Harley shrugged then answered. "I'm going to Italy to try to find an inventor named Leonardo da Vinci. I need to talk to him." Esmeralda's eye's couldn't get any wider. "Did you know that he could speak Italian?" She asked Harley who Esmeralda suspected was off her hinges. Harley shook her head no. "No I didn't, maybe thats why he wanted to go, or maybe he has some business there, I don't know, why do you ask? He's your King you should know." Esmeralda gave Harley a nasty look but continued to talk to her. "Tell me when you leave, my husband and I will escort you two out." Esmeralda then took her leave.
Harley went up into town with Clopin to his caravan so they could do an acrobatic number together and Harley was in her costume so she wouldn't look too suspicous. As they walked Harley asked him. "Why don't you let one of your other men go with me?" Clopin shook his head no and answered smiling. "None of them but myself speaks Italian, besides the ones that do can't speak it very well. Besides, I wouldn't trust them with your life, mine maybe, but not yours. Now what shall we do today Harley? Somersaults, front flips, cartwheels, handstands?" Harley pondered for a moment then smiled. "Why not all? Unless your not up to it."
"Ah a challenge from the Harlequin! I like it." Clopin said rubbing his hands together and smiling. Harley smiled right back at him and they took their positions by his caravan. They first started with handstands and somersaults but finished up with a cartwheel, and a front flip. By the time they were done with their show they walked back to the Court of Miracles so no guards would chase after Harley if she was seen in a tavern.
Taking a seat at the table by Clopin, Harley filled her plate with veggies and meat. After she ate she invited Clopin to her tent so they could discuss their plans. He pulled out a map and laid it on the ground were the two of them knelt on the floor hunched over it. "Alright Harley who are we looking for?" He asked looking at the map. "We're looking for a Leonardo di Vinci, he's an inventor that lives in Florence, Italy." Clopin looked up at her with wide eyes. "You plan on talking to him, he's guarded by assassins and not just any Harley. The brotherhood of assassins! How in hell do you plan on getting by them?" Harley smiled her crazy smile. "I have a few tricks up my sleeves Clopin."
He sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Alright Harley, if we're going to make it there then we should avoid the mountains and skim the border of Switzerland then make our way into Italy by following the beach south east." Clopin said marking a path with his quill and ink. "Sounds good, but how long will it take and how much should we take with us?" Harley asked looking into his serene face. "We will need hunting gear and weapons to fight off thieves, none the less for hunting as well. The trip will take in all about a month and nine days by horse and caravan. Its too risky and irresponsible to travel by horse alone." She nodded with a determined look on her face. "How much money will we need Clopin? Surely we will need some gold or jewels and if we get stopped by thieves-" Clopin stopped her with his hand on her mouth he smiled.
"Harley we will sew our money into our clothes so don't worry about that, besides we're going to be together we'll help each other out. Since we have finished that." Clopin said rolling up the map and standing up with Harley to follow. "How about we test your fighting skills, I need to know how much fighting I'll be doing." Harley frowned and grabbed her bag. "We'll see who's going to be doing all the fighting Clopin!" With a playful huff she followed him out of the tent and into a clear spot of the Court. Clopin whistled and out came a man that looked as if though he were the size of batman.
Harley stood with her arms behind her back and waited. The man rushed at her with his fist aimed at her face. Harley grabbed the mallet from her bag and hit him square in the jaw with it knocking the man out. Clopin walked up to her and took her bag and mallet raising an eyebrow. "No weapons Harley. Next!" Another man about the same sized came out of the crowd. He ran up to her and tried to kick her feet from under her but Harley did a somersault, and in the process tried to kick the man in the face but failed. Landing on the ground Harley ran towards him and tried punching the man in the face but only landed a few blows to the guys chest. The man couldn't land a blow to her do to her reflex's. In the end Harley won with a solid round house kick to the mans temple.
Clopin clapped and stepped forward. He put her bag across his shoulder then got into a fighting position. "If you can get your bag from me then you wont have to fight any more. If you don't then you'll train with me till midnight tonight." Harley nodded her head and ran towards him throwing jabs but he was too fast for her and ducked kicking her feet from underneath her. She fell to the ground but got back up putting every thing she had into it. "Come Harley you must do better than that." Clopin said backing away and moving side to side with every punch she threw at him. Harley stopped and walked up to him with her hand out. "I give up." She said smiling. Clopin slowly reached for her hand when she tackled him with out hesitation and snagged her bag from his shoulder.
"Ha! You gotta do better than that Clopin!" Harley stood and helped Clopin up as well. "You cheated." He said dusting himself off. "Yeah but you didn't lay down any rules so I won!" She said as they walked slowly towards what she suspected to be his tent. They ducked into the tent and sat on his bed. Harley laid down on her stomach with her legs waving through the air as Clopin sat beside her. "Your a good fighter Harley, where did you learn to fight?" She stopped her legs and looked up at him. "I um use to spare with this guy named Bats, also Mister Jay taught me a few things, oh and Ivy too!"
He gave her a strange look and tilted his head to the side. "Bats? Ivy? Who would name a person these things?" Harley laughed. "No thats not their real names. I don't know Batmans name but Ivy's real name is Pamela. She's all about plants and taught me which ones to eat and which not. Good thing too. I got lost once in the woods and I was about to eat some mushrooms but Ivy slapped me then said 'what are you stupid! Those ones will get you high!' I ended up eating them any way's. I was too hungry." Clopins eye's widened at her story. "What if they were poisonous?" Harley just smiled. "It wouldn't matter." He was confused by her answer and left it as it was. They said goodnight to each other and went to bed.
The next morning Harley and Clopin met up to make a list of things that they would need when traveling. So far they had blankets, pots, pans, four cloaks, sewing kits, knives, bows, arrows, extra clothes, and some food for the first few days. Course that was Clopins list, Harley's was a little more crazy such as her double checking of bombs, her mallet, clothes, make up, hair brush, her 'uniform', and her jester wand.
"Alright Harley we need to get you some normal clothes." Clopin said while packing his things. "What do you mean normal clothes? My clothes are normal." She said looking down at her black slacks, boots, and dark red long sleeved shirt that stuck to her skin like Esmeralda's red dancing dress. Clopin raised his eyebrow at her and pointed. "They may be normal in the American colonies, but they are not normal here. Do they even let you women wear pants?" Harley decided to mess with him. "Yeah only us crazy ones."
Clopins' eye twitched as he smiled at her joke. "I'm sure your not off your rocker at least not too much." Harley let out a giggle. "Thats a nice thing to say! I didn't know you were so found of me." She smiled at the disturbed look on Clopins face. "None the less Harley you need clothes." Harley shrugged. "Yeah ok so what your going to take me shopping?" She asked laying on her bed. Clopin smirked at her. "Yes I am." Harley jumped off her bed and jumped up and down with her arms in the air. "Yay! Mister J never takes me shopping!"
They walked out of the catacombs and into the graveyard. "So what are we going to get? Oh I hope they have a pretty dress! Oh I love shopping!" Harley kept gabbing about her shopping experiences with Ivy and the time they had some rich guy buy them all sorts of gifts. "How did you manage that?" Clopin asked as they stepped into a dress shop. He suspected that Harley or this Ivy woman seduced the poor man. "Oh Ivy has her ways." Clopin sighed in relief at least Harley wasn't the harlot.
Harley grabbed a black and red dress, plus a blue dress with a black corset, and a white blouse. When she presented them to tailor, the tailor sighed and had her follow him to the back so he could fit her. Clopin had to wait politely in the front. Harley went behind a curtain and started to undress when she heard a small crash of a tea cup and a whisper. "Repairo." Coming from behind the curtain in the red dress she smiled at the man. "My grandmother use to whisper things like that. I broke one of her favorite figurines when I was little but she said it was alright and she said that same word you did and it got fixed. She told me a secret that night and not to tell any one else then showed me her-" Harley cut her self off and did a movement with her hand as if she was holding a stick. The man blinked at her then smiled.
"So your a squib and so is one of your parents." She shrugged and smiled back at him. "Go figure. You don't mind if I do a little," The man took out his wand and waved it. Harley smiled brightly at him and shook her head yes. "Alright now stand still, we don't want any accidents." The man said smiling as Harley stood straight and still. He waved his wand and her dress tightened to her size.
After sizing both of the dresses Clopin led Harley back to the Court of Miracles. "What did you and the tailor talk about?" He asked as they walked into her tent. "Oh we just talked about the dresses and how they looked like my grandmothers." Harley said lightly putting the dresses on her bed. "I can't believe how fast he sized your clothes, you must be a full figured woman." She snorted at his comment as if you couldn't see her figure with her harlequin costume on. "Full figured. No just the right size thats all." Clopin sat on her bed.
"Your a curious woman Harleen." With the use of her real name the fog went away. She blinked for a few moments then looked at him. "How so?" She asked looking around as if seeing all of this for the first time. "Well for one you show to the Feast of Fools looking for some one that doesn't know where you are and you talk about him all the time. Your a female performer that dresses in odd attire in general and you steal with out consideration of your death. Some would think that your mental." Clopin finished putting his hat on top of her dresses.
The fog came back to her and she plopped onto the bed laying on her dresses with an arm over her eye's. "I guess I am weird, oh well, I went from Dr. Quinzel with my dream life to a looney tune villain." Clopin looked at her and tilted his head. "Doctor? Women are aloud to be doctors where your from? What kind of back ward place do you live in?" Harley chuckled sitting up and looking at him. "Forget it Clopin." They bid each other goodnight and went to bed early. Tomorrow they would be packing up Clopins caravan and the day after they would be leaving.