Chapter 2: The corset

Esmeralda's POV

When everyone had gone home, I went with the girl to her house. I wouldn't see Frollo again until the day of our wedding. I shuddered when I heard that he wanted to marry as soon as possible, but was glad when the girl said I first have to learn how a normal woman lived. I wasn't quite sure if she made an insult ore a compliment now. So I decided to ignore the remark for once. When we entered her house, I suddenly heard bleating, coming from behind me. This made me suddenly realize that my pet goat was still with me.

"Is he yours?"

The girl asked with a small smile to the goat behind me. I nodded, not quite sure if I should speak to her. What if she was even worse than Frollo?

Was that even possible?

I thought as I looked at the girls face. She didn't look like she was strict. But appearance can deceive. I already knew that. I had learned that on a very young age. When I was seven, I nearly got home with a man who was known as a terrible man. He had more than eight women possessed, and all of them had run away, because he only thought about sex. Clopin had saved her in the nick of time, by saying that she was already with him.

From that day on, they had been more than just friends. We were merely in love. And I even thought about marrying him. But when I met Phoebus, I didn't know what to think anymore. Phoebus was a warm carrying man, with a good sense of humor. But he worked for Frollo, until he rescued that family out of that burning mill. From that moment on I really imaged him as my husband.

"I'm sorry, but the goat can't stay, you have to send him back to the court of miracles"

The girl said as she showed me a sad smile.

"But, if you wane explain yourself to your people, this can be an opportunity"

The girl now gave me a pencil and a note. I carefully took it and write something down in our own language, so nobody who could intercept the message, would know what it says. Only I knew what I wrote down.

Hey you guys.

I'm sorry I accepted Frollo's proposal, but I saw no other choice to save you all from the flames of this world. Don't fret over me I will be fine. Take care of your own safety and take care of another place to hide the court of miracles. This way you all will be saved. My fate will be in the hands of the man we all hate the most, but don't try to save me, that will only case you more problems.

Don't write me back; ore try to contact me otherwise

Love Esmeralda

Ps: would you please take care of Djali? I can't take care of him anymore.

Maybe until someday, from Esmeralda

"Alright Djali, take this to the court of miracles"

I said as I attached the note to the color of Djali. The little goat bleats once and then jumps away. I followed him with my eyes, until he disappeared around the corner. After he was gone, I turned to the girl behind me.

"Alright mistress, what now"

I asked with a small smile on my face

"Mistress, I gotta remember that one!"

I thought as the girl showed me a plate with some eggs with bacon. I looked at it, and suddenly I felt my stomach growl. I hadn't even noticed it was already past dinnertime.

"I think we should eat first, and then you can take a bath and put on some new clothes"

She said as she made a plate with eggs and bacon for herself as well. I looked down at my clothes now. I was still wearing the white dress that I needed to wear for the burning thing. I nodded and picked up a piece of egg with my hand.

"Byedeway, my name is femke"

The girl said as she picked up a knife and fork to eat her own eggs with bacon. She looked at me with a stern look. I knew she mean I wasn't allowed to eat with my hands. But I didn't know better than to eat with my hands. How did she want me to eat then?

"would you please use fork and knife?"

Femke asked as she handed me my fork and knife. I took them from her and looked at them with a stunned look. we always ate with our hands at the court of miracles. What was wrong with eating with your hands? Did she expect me to eat with my feet? I looked at my feet now. They were quit clean for someone who walked on her bare feet the whole day, but still I didn't think I would eat with them.

Femke seemed to notice that I had trouble with my fork and knife, because she got

up and tried to help me.

"if you hold it like this, then you will be able to eat with it"

Femke showed me how to hold my cutlery, before she got back to her own plate. Now I tried to eat with fork and knife. I looked at femke who already finished her lunch and waited for me to finish. I tried to eat as quickly as possible without choking on my food.

"It is not proper for a lady to gobble"

femke said as she grabbed my arm to stop me.

"bwut you arrady fwinhisht"

I said with my mouth full food. Femke now slapped her forehead and made a silence pray. I looked at her with a stunned look now. Why was she suddenly praying? what did I do wrong this time?

"whatts the mattel tlis tlime?"

I asked as I took the last bite of my lunch. Femke looked at me with a slight smile as she rubbed my hair.

"Nothing, It is only...you can't eat with your hands, ore gobble like that once you married Frolo, you need to learn how to behave yourself propperly"

She said as she places her stuff in the sink, and walked upstairs.

"Finish your dinner on your own tempo and then you can get upstairs to take a bath"

she said while walking upstairs. I started to eat with the fork and knife again, once I was done eating, I walked upstairs to look for the bathroom. I looked into the first two rooms and find out this were bethrooms. I guess one of them would be for me, once it was time to go to beth. The next room was a spare room for when she had guests. The door of the next room was wide open and Femke was standing in it, obvious making things ready for my bath. I gulped, not knowing if I really wanted her to give me a bath.

Femke's POV

I sighted and took the dishes into the sink. I would wash them up later on. First I had to take care of a child. I looked at Esmeralda still busy with her lunch. she looked hopeless, without any awareness of what awaited her when she married Frollo. He was a cruel man, without feelings like love ore compassion. He raised poor little Quasimodo like he was a monster. And he wasn't, he was just a boy with a handicap, was that so bad?

I thought as I got upstairs to make her bath ready. Maybe if I got some more time, I could prepare her for her life properly. Because a month is too little time to learn a ,gypsy girl who hadn't had a normal life before, to be a normal was just IMPOSSIBLE!

"femke, do I really need to get a bath?"

Esmeralda asked as she came into the bathroom as well. she looked at the tools in the room. There was a large tub in the middle of the room. on a shelf behind were a lot of bottles on display. next to the tub was a folding screen, for when you needed to undress. I carefully took her hand and brought her to the folding screen. I knew she had to this. So without saying another word I led her behind the dresser and started to undress her. She didn't struggle, but I could clearly see she didn't aproved it either.

"can I please wash up myself? I really don't like it when people are staring at me when I wash myself"

I said a bit grumpy.

" Do you know how things work around here then?"

She asked with a playfull smile. I looked around, looking for anything that seemed semilliar to the bathroom we had at the gypsy camp. But It all looked very diffrent from our bathroom. I carefully shook my head and now let her place me in the tub. After that, she picked one of the flacons out of the shelf and started to wash me up. I didn't tried to resist because I knew she meant well. I only started to resist if she scrubbed me to harsh.

"AU! your scrubbing me to harch bitch!"

I snapped at her. Femke now rolled her eyes and kept scrubbing me.

"watch your tone young lady, Frollo will not allow such street language"

femke reprimanded me, while she keps washing me up. I tried to help her the best I could so she would stop scrubbing me so harsh

"This is why Frollo asked me to take care of you while he makes everything ready for the wedding, he knew you would need some guidence to become a propper lady"

Femke told me as she handed me a towl so I could dry myself off, while she cleaned the mess I made with resisting her.

"Then he certainly knows who he asked?"

I asked with a smile as I wiped myself dry and walked behind the dresser to get myself dressed again. But when I wanted to reach for my own clothes, I saw they were gone! and Instead of my regualar clothes there were some clothes that were certainly not mine.

"Femke, were did you put my clothes?"

I asked while I kept looking for them. She must have put them somewere else so they wouldn't get wet.

"I will wash them up first, I put a new dress for you on the dresser, as well as some clean underpants"

I took the underpants and put them on first. They were not match diffrent of my normal underpants, but then there was the dress. I put the corset away, I didn't wanted to wear that hidious thing! It only made you gasp for air. It was purple with nice bows on the lower side of the dress.

"Well, at least it isn't pink ore something like that"

I thought as I started to get the dress on me. But before I could do so Femke came back and saw my corset was still lying on the dresser.

Femke's POV

When I finished cleaning up the mess from bath time I saw Esmeralda was already halfway dressed. But she didn't saw the corset, ore she didn't wanted to wear it. I knew she had no choice, Frollo wouldn't allow her to get outside without wearing it.

"Okay Esmeralda, Come here please, i will put the corset on"

I said while putting it on her wrist. I sure hope she wasn't going to struggle, because that would only make things worse. luckely for me whe already wore her new special underpants, if she was going to resist ore even try to get away from me the new underpants would put her to sleep immidiatly. She indeed started to struggle, but she didn't tried to get away from me. I carefully lied a hand on her shoulder so she would calm down, before I would raise the lines. That way they would not be scared if I tied on her corset.

"I Hate this! can't I just wear the dress only?"

Esmeralda complained. I shook my head as I tried to raise the lines. I hears Esmeralda hiss in pain as I did so, as a sign she wasn't used to a corset. But I knew she had to wear it, because Frollo wouldn't tolerate it elsewise.

"I'm very sorry, but I can't wear this all the time, this hurts..."

she stammed as i tied it up and helped her with the dress.

"I will put it off after a while for a few weeks so you can get used to it slowly, but after a while i'm afraid you will have to accept it, because Frollo will be very strict about it"

I said as I filled some buckets with the filtfy water and thrown them outside. After that I picked up a vase and walked to the door to get some new water from the well.

Esmeralda's POV

"Do I need to go with you?"

I asked a little unsure. At one hand I didn't wanted to go outside dressed like this, but at the other hand I was longing for a walk, because I wasn't used to stay between four walls for very long. We somethimes had to stay inside the court of miracles for a while because that was safer, but then we always walked threw the camp and played together there. It was not in a gypsies nature to stay between four wals for to long. instead of giving a answer, she opened the door for me and waited until I had picked up my vase.

"I guess that means: Yes I have to go outside in the stupit dress"

I thought as I picked up my vase and followed her outside threw the front door...

That was the thirt chapter! I hope you liked it! I was already halfway finished with this one so that's why I could update so quick. The next Chapter is also already halfway threw so I will update very soon.

Thanks Leslie The Sorceress and Aguna for the first two Revieuws! I really appriciate it when people revieuw nicely to me!

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