Prologue
Adriane, Éléonore and Olivie Delacroix huddled together behind the brick wall as the cold and continuous storm of heavy rain fell on them.
Drenched from head to toe, Adriane pulled off her jacket and used it to cover Éléonore and the sleeping form of Olivie. The cold air stung against Adriane's bare arms but she refused to let her sisters freeze.
A particularly strong gust of wind sent a pice of paper flying into Adriane's face. Snatching it up, she noticed that it was an envelope. After checking that no one was around, Adriane opened it, her fingers shaking in the cold.
Inside of the envelope, there sat a bunch of francs. Adriane resealed the envelope and put it into the pocket of her small, dress that was made mostly of rags.
"Éléonore! Élé!" Adriane whispered, trying not to wake Olivie.
Éléonore's blue orbs met Adriane's green ones.
"Riane?"
"Dépêchez-vous, Élé! We need to find shelter."
Éléonore nodded and stood up carefully, so as not to wake Olivie.
"Où aller?" Éléonore questioned.
Adriane shrugged.
"Somewhere where we can be taken in. But, come on, help me wake notre sœur."
Éléonore helped get Olivie into Adriane's arms before setting off towards town.
As she walked, Adriane thought of how she was going to keep Eléonore and Olivie alive. They already barely had enough food and lived on the bare necessities. The clothes were all stolen as were Olivie's shoes. Éléonore refused to take wear any stolen shoes and Adriane's had become to small. Adriane sold anything she came across that was worth selling but it never was enough.
Adriane was so wrapped in her thoughts that she didn't realise that Éléonore had stopped.
"Oh mon dieu! Nathalie, Lucie, you scared me!" Éléonore said quietly as two identical girls with blonde hair covered in dirt steeped out from behind a wall.
"Looking for shelter?" Lucie asked. "I'll show you somewhere. Suivez-moi!"
Lucie led Adriane and Éléonore to a large, deserted building with Nathalie clinging to her hand.
"No one comes here but there's a little bit of food in the cupboards. I bring Nathalie here sometimes. Don't eat all of the food. I haven't the money to get more."
"I can you get some food if you want." A shadow in the corner called.
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Translations:
Dépêchez-vous - Hurry up
Où aller? - Where to?
Oh mon dieu! - Oh my!
Suivez-moi! - Follow me!
Characters introduced in this chapter:
Adriane Delacroix
Éléonore Delacroix
Olivie Delacroix
Nathalie Desrosier
Lucie Desrosier
Hola guys! ;) Carleen here!
You like this so far? It's just the prologue. Mia's working on the next chapter now. I don't know when she'll be finished, though.
As you can probably tell by the title, it's about the French Revolution and is a Les Miserables Fan Fiction. It will get to near the revolution soon, but we need a bit of backfill about their lives before the barricade and before the story that everyone has heard about.
Who wants a hint about the next chapter? If you've seen the movie or musical, or read the book, you'll know the character who says the last line. And their friend that is there with them!
- Carleen!
