THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

Esmeralda:     Then let's waste no time!  We must leave immediately!

(Gypsies begin running everywhere, beginning to pack up.  Esmeralda
moves close to Phoebus.)

Esmeralda:     You took a terrible risk coming here.  It may not exactly
               show, but we're grateful.

(As she moves closer, Phoebus sees Quasi's depressed look.)

Phoebus:       Don't thank me.  Thank Quasimodo.  Without his help, I
               would never have found my way here.

(Quasi's face brightens up, but only for a moment.)

Frollo:        Nor would I!

(Frollo and his men appear in the doorway.  Soldiers surround the people
and take the gypsies into custody.)

Frollo:        After twenty years of searching, the Court of Miracles is
               mine at last.  (To Quasi)  Dear Quasimodo, I always knew
               you would someday be of use to me. 

Esmeralda:     What are you talking about?

Frollo:        Why, he led me right to you, my dear.

Esmeralda:     You're a liar!

Frollo:        And look what else I've caught in my net--Captain
               Phoebus, back from the dead.  Another miracle, no doubt.
               I shall remedy that.  (To all) There will be a little
               bonfire in the square tomorrow, and you're all invited to
               attend.  (To guards)  Lock them up.

Quasimodo:     No, please, master. 

Frollo:        Take him back to the bell tower, and make sure he stays
               there.

(Dissolve to morning, where a huge crowd has gathered to watch the
burning of Esmeralda, who is on a pyre.  Frollo stands next to her. 
Gypsies watch from cages.  As the archdeacon comes out to see what is
happening, guards block him off.)

Frollo:        The prisoner Esmeralda has been found guilty of the crime
               of witchcraft.  The sentence: death! 

(Cheers go up from the crowd.)

Frollo:        (Leans close to Esmeralda)  The time has come, gypsy. 
               You stand upon the brink of the abyss.  Yet even now, it
               is not too late.  I can save you from the flames of this
               world, and the next. Choose me, or the fire.

(She spits in his face.)

Frollo:        The gypsy Esmeralda has refused to recant.  This evil
               witch has put the soul of every citizen of Paris in
               mortal danger...

(His voice trails off as we fly up to the chained Quasimodo.)

Hugo:          Come on, Quasi!  Snap out of it!

Victor:        Your friends are down there!

Quasimodo:     It's all my fault.

Laverne:       You gotta break these chains!

Quasimodo:     I can't.  I tried.  What difference would it make?

Victor:        But you can't let Frollo win!

Quasimodo:     He already has. 

Hugo:          So, you're giving up?  That's it?

Laverne:       These chains aren't what's holding you back, Quasimodo.

Quasimodo:     Leave me alone. 

(The 'goyles finally give up, and move away.)

Hugo:          Okay.  Okay, Quasi, we'll leave you alone. 

Victor:        After all, we're only made of stone.

(Victor and Hugo turn to stone.)

Laverne:       We just thought maybe you were made of something
               stronger...

(Laverne turns to stone.  Quasi sees Esmeralda below, about to be burned
at the stake.  He begins to pull at the chains.)

Frollo:        ...for justice, for Paris, and for her own salvation!  It
               is my shameful duty to send this poor girl back where she
               belongs!

(He touches the torch to the pyre, starting the fire.)

Quasimodo:     No!!!!!!

(He begins to pull harder and harder.  The bells begin to quietly ring
as he shakes the very building, ripping out pillars of stone.  Finally
he is freed.  He races off and grabs a rope.  Leaping off the edge of
the cathedral, he lassos a gargoyle and rappels down the side of the
building.  Finally, he's close enough.  He jumps off, flies out over the
crowd and lands on the platform.  He quickly breaks Esmeralda's ropes. 
A trio of guards come at him, but Quasi grabs a torch and swings it at
them, scaring them off.  He grabs the rope and climbs back to the top of
the building.)

Frollo:        Quasimodo!

(He reaches the top of the building and stands in front of the giant
stained glass window.  He holds Esmeralda's body high above his head.)

Quasimodo:     Sanctuary!!  Sanctuary!!  Sanctuary!!

(The crowd cheers.  Frollo is not pleased.)

Frollo:        Captain!

Guard 1:       Sir?

Frollo:        Seize the cathedral!

(Back to the top, Quasi has brought the still unconscious Esmeralda into
the bedroom.  He lies her down on the bed.)

Quasimodo:     Don't worry.  You'll be safe here.

(Quasi leaps down, then grabs a beam of wood and throws it at the
advancing soldiers on the ground.  They scurry like ants.)

Frollo:        Come back, you cowards!  (To guards at Phoebus' cage) 
               You men!  Pick up that beam!  Break down the door!

(The men oblige Frollo, leaving only Guard 2.  Phoebus grabs him around
the neck from inside the cage.)

Phoebus:       Alone at last!

(He bonks the guard on the head, and as Guard 2 falls to the ground, he
grabs the keys to the lock.  The guards, meanwhile, have begun battering
the door.  Phoebus unlocks himself, then leaps on top of the cage.)

Phoebus:       Citizens of Paris!  Frollo has persecuted our people,
               ransacked our city!  Now he has declared war on Notre
               Dame herself!  Will we allow it?!?

Crowd:         No!!!

(As the crowd begins to break loose the gypsies, the guards continue
their assault.  Soon, the crowd swarms around the door.)