"Nor would I!"

Madellaine, Phoebus and Esmerelda spun around in shock as guards filled the large courtyard, seizing everyone they could lay a hand on and aiming their guns at the rest. At the top of the stair stood Frollo and Sarousch, the latter of whom was looking like he'd rather be anywhere else but here.

"After twenty years of searching, the Court of Miracles is finally mine!" Frollo made his way down the stairs, standing in front of Madellaine, "Sarousch, I apologise for anything I might have said in the past. She did end up being useful."

Madellaine shook her head in denial, "No, no, no!"

"What are you talking about?" Esmerelda growled, pulling against the guards that held her back.

"I mean, that she led me right to your little hideout!"

"Liar!"

Frollo smirked, before turning his attention to Phoebus. "And look who else I've caught in my net, Captain Phoebus, back from the dead! Another one of those miracles… soon to be rectified."

He turned away from the trio and grinned, "There'll be a little…bonfire outside the cathedral tomorrow and you're all invited! Lock them up!"

"No!" yelled Madellaine as she tried to stop Frollo, only to yelp in pain as a back-hand sent her crashing to the ground.

"You didn't train this one very well." Frollo sneered at Sarousch, before gesturing to a couple of guards, "Take her back to the tower, and make sure she stays there."

…..

That evening, everyone crowded around the cathedral as the guards finished the final touches to the bonfire. The crowd muttered and gasped as Esmerelda was dragged to the stake and tied to it, as the wood was piled around her.

Frollo stood on the platform and read out a list of charges, "The prisoner Esmerelda has been found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. The punishment is death!"

At this the crowd went wild, crying out proclamations of Esmerelda's innocence and Frollo's madness, trying to push past the guards. The other gypsies were being kept in large cages within the courtyard, including a beaten-down Sarousch.

Apparently, he still counted as a traitorous gypsy, despite everything that he'd done for Frollo.

At all of the commotion that was going on outside of the cathedral, the Archdeacon had attempted to stop the madness, but found himself being forced back into the stone building by a couple of guards.

Frollo was carefully handed a burning torch as he turned to face Esmerelda, "Your time has come gypsy…you stand upon the edge of the abyss. But it is not too late...I can still save you from the flames of this world and the next…" He leaned closer to Esmerelda (who was leaning back as far as she could), "…choose me or the fire!"

Esmerelda growled and spat in the man's face, smirking triumphantly as it hit its mark.

Frollo wiped the spit from his face and turned to face the crowd again. "The gypsy girl has refused to repent! Her evil ways have caused harm to the minds of every individual in Hell's Kitchen!"

…

Meanwhile, high up in the bell tower, Quasimodo frantically paced in front of Madellaine, "You have to snap out of it!" he begged her, "Esmerelda needs your help!"

Madellaine shrugged, "This is all my fault…"

"I'm going to break that chain and- "

"- NO!" Madellaine kicked out at him, ignoring the hurt look on his face.

"Madellaine… you can't let Frollo do this!"

"He already has…"

Quasimodo's face dropped in shock, "So that's it? You're just going to give up?"

Silence.

"You know, that chain isn't what's holding you back!"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Quasimodo took a step back in shock, before sighing and shaking his head, "Alright Mady… I'll leave you alone." He backed back into the shadows and back u into the rafters.

And so she was alone.

Madellaine slumped there in silence until she heard the ending of Frollo's little speech.

"For justice! For Paris! And for her own salvation! It is now time to send this demon, back to where she came!"

As soon as she heard the wood crackle and saw the smoke rising into the air, Madellaine found herself screaming in fear.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

She pulled at the chains desperately, the sounds of Esmerelda coughing weakly spurring her on…. But to no avail.

Suddenly, she spotted Quasimodo rush past her, quickly snapping the chains before grabbing some rope and tying it to one end of the turret, using it to swing down from the bell tower and onto the platform below. Watching from the tower, she saw her friend knock the guards out, grabbing Esmerelda before swinging back to Notre Dame, ignoring the screams of Frollo on the platform below.

He quickly scaled up the walls of the cathedral until he reached the balcony and with all of his strength, he raised Esmerelda into the air and cried out to the crowd below, "SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!"

Down on the platform, Frollo gestured to new captain. "Captain! Storm the cathedral!"

Up in the bell tower, Madellaine watche as Quasi carefully placed Esmerelda on his bed, before he turned to her. "Don't worry. She'll be safe now."

Together they rushed out, with Quasimodo lifting a wooden beam off the ground and letting it fall down to the courtyard below, crushing Frollo's carriage.

Frollo growled when he heard some of his guards running away, "Come back here you cowards!" He turned to the remaining guards, "You men, pick up that beam! We've got a cathedral to storm!" The guards that were standing by the cages quickly hurried over, leaving one lone man on his own.

Phoebus quickly looped his arm around the guy's neck, "Alone at last!" He whacked the guy over the head, knocking him out and grabbing his keys. As the guards tried to knock down the door of the cathedral with the wooden beam, Phoebus climbed on top of his cage and called out to the crowd. "Everyone listen! Frollo has persecuted you, ruined your city and now they have declared war on Notre Dame herself! Will we allow it?!"

The crowd cried out their refusal and pushed past the police, grabbing whatever weapon they could find and running towards Notre Dame.

Madellaine threw bricks down at the oncoming guards as Quasimodo heated up a cauldron of hot, metaled metal. Just as the beam of wood knocked down the door, the heated metal was ready and Quasimodo tipped it over the edge, so that the molten liquid poured out of the open balcony and the turrets.

The guards ran away in fear, as Frollo leaned closer to the door in order to avoid being boiled alive.

Once the flood stopped, Frollo made his way to the hole in the door and climbed through it.

"Frollo!" The Archbishop yelled as he came down the stairs, "Have you gone mad?! I will not tolerate this attack on the House of God!"

Frollo snarled and side-stepped the man before pushing him down the couple of stairs. "Get out of my way old man… The hunchback and I have some unfinished business…" He made his way up to the tower and locked the door behind him, "…and this time, you're not going to interfere!"

….

Madellaine burst through the door in joy, "We've done it Esmerelda! We've beaten them back! Come and see!"

Silence.

She made her way over the bed, "Esmerelda, wake up! Esmerelda you're safe now!"

Still nothing.

"Esmerelda? Oh no…" She desperately spooned up some water and held it to Esmerelda's lips… still nothing. Madellaine shook her head in denial as she lifted Esmerelda's head off of the pillow and gently took her hand in her own, "No, no, no!"

She faintly heard the door shut behind her before tears began to stream down her face as she cradled Esmerelda in her arms. She sat there crying for what seemed like hours…until she heard the door creak open once again and felt a hand being placed on her shoulder.

A hand that definitely wasn't Quasimodo's.

"You killed her." She hissed, laying Esmerelda back down.

"It's my job Madellaine…horrible as it is. I hope you can forgive me…" Madellaine continued to sob, holding tightly onto Esmerelda's hand. "There, there…." Cooed Frollo soothingly, "…I know it hurts Madellaine, but soon your suffering will soon be over."

It was at this moment, that Madellaine glanced up, seeing the shadow of a knife raising above her, prompting her to spin around in fear. However, before the knife could make contact, a large hand grabbed Frollo's arm, wrenching the knife out of his hand and throwing the old man against the wall.

"Quasimodo! Quasimodo! Listen to me!" ordered Frollo

"No! You listen!" Maddellaine interrupted, "Ever since we were children, you and Sarousch told us that the world was a dark, cruel place, but you the only thing cruel about it is people like you two!"

As Madellaine screamed this, Quasimodo snapped the feeble blade in half, throwing it to the ground.

"Mady?"

Madellaine and Quasimodo spun around in shock, with Madellaine darting forwards in glee. "Esmerelda!"

And then she heard Frollo snarl "She lives".

Within seconds of hearing this, Quasimodo had scooped Esmerelda into his arms, with Madellaine clinging onto his back, running out of the room and hanging off one of the turrets in order to hide.

There was silence for a few moments, before Frollo's head appeared above them, a wicked smirk on his face. "Leaving so soon?"

"Hold on!" Quasimodo yelled, as they started to leap from turret to turret in order to escape the sword's blade. They leapt from turret to turret until Quasimodo managed to get far enough away, giving him enough time to hoist Esmerelda back onto the balcony.

Madellaine however, didn't have enough time before the sword came down again. Her and Quasimodo pulled themselves up onto a turret.

"I should have known you'd risk your life to safe her…" snarled Frollo, "…just as your own Mother died trying to save you boy!"

Quasimodo was thrown by this admission, "What?!"

"And now I'm going to do what I should have done twenty years ago!" Frollo used his robes to try and blind the pair, trying to cover their faces. Quasimodo lost his balance and fell, thankfully managing to catch himself on a lower part of the cathedral.

Madellaine however, wasn't as lucky, the robe blinding her and sending her falling as well and Frollo yanked at her. Esmerelda dived forwards and managed to catch Madellaine before she could fall to her death.

"Mady! Mady! You've got to hold on!"

Frollo laughed at their struggle, raising the sword high in the air. "And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pits of hell!"

However, before he was able to bring the sword down, the part of the balcony he was standing on cracked, causing Frollo to lose his balance and grab onto the nearest turret. The last thing Madellaine heard was Frollo screaming as he fell down to his death…

"Madellaine…" groaned Esmerelda, "…No, Madellaine…Ma-NOOO!"

Madellaine's hand slipped through Esmerelda's grip and she closed her eyes in preparation for the end…only it didn't come. After about a five second fall, Madellaine felt herself being caught by a familiar pair of arms and being dragged back into the cathedral.

"I've got you Mady." Quasimodo whispered, as Madellaine gasped in relief and pulled the man into a hug.

"Quasi!" yelled Esmerelda as she arrived at the bottom of the stairs, "Madellaine!"

Madellaine grinned as Esmerelda ran into her arms, "I thought I'd lost you…" whispered Esmerelda.

"Are you alright?"

Esmerelda nodded slowly, only to realise just how close they were together. However, before they could pull away, a large hand gently grabbed their hands, pulling them back together.

Spurred on by Quasimodo's accepting smile, Mady took a deep breath and leant in for a kiss, unable to stop herself from smiling when it was returned.

…..

"Come on Quasi…" whispered Esmerelda reassuringly, "… just take our hands."

They were both standing in the doorway of the cathedral, the applause sounding like thunder outside.

"It'll be okay Quasi."

As the two women gently pulled Quasimodo out into the fresh air, the crowd gasped in shock. The silence was over-whelming, until a small girl slowly walked up the steps, placing a gentle hand on Quasimodo's face, before wrapping her arms around his neck in a hug.

"Three cheers for Quasimodo and Madellaine!" cried out a familiar voice and the crowd burst into cheers, not seeming to notice Esmerelda and Mady's conjoined hands.

They were finally free.