Disclaimer: I do not own Edward Scissorhands or Phantom of the Opera, so no suing!
AN: I had to do this, because to me Edward and Erik are so much alike it's kinda scary lol.
He was a kind man, he always wore a leather body suit and black boots, and his hair was wild and untamed. His skin was very pale, but you could only see his face that was covered in scars. He lived in an old mansion atop of a hill, the only life of the place was outside the hedges were cut into animals, people, and just random objects. The biggest one was in the center of it all and it was a hand, inside he had just finished working on an ice sculpture. The shavings of the ice were flowing out of the window covering the small cluster of houses below his hill. He stopped and walked over to the window to stare down at the place he once lived for a few months, a few years ago.
He remembered the first time he went down there. He lived up in the mansion for years alone, after the man he looked at as a father died. He remembered the woman that came up to sell him some make up. He remembered hearing her come up the stairs and watching her reading the newspaper clippings hanging up on the wall. He was knelt down in the darkest corner of the room, but his nervousness of this stranger in his house made him twitchy. She walked over to him and he stood up slowly walking over with his hands by his side.
She looked at him kindly till she looked down and saw where his hands should be; she looked frightened and went to leave. "Don't go." Is all he could manage to say, she asked him what had happened. He could just lift up his arms to show where his hands were supposed to be were scissors, "I'm not finished." She walked over to him and looked at his face that was covered in scars. She figured he must cut himself a lot with his hands. She took him home, and it was the happiest time of his life.
He stayed with her and her family, and had fallen in love with her daughter Kim. Of course they were never meant to be, she had a boyfriend named Jim, who was an extreme jerk. It hurt him to see her with him, he wanted to hold her, but knew that could never be possible. Everytime he touched someone with those hands of his they always ended up getting hurt. To keep his mind off the sadness he'd trim the bushes into extravagant creations, he then went on to cutting hair. Everyone in the town loved him, except of course for Jim.
Things slowly went by and soon everything that was going for him turned around. Rumors went around that he had tried to hurt someone, and no one would even give him the chance to talk. He even broke into Jim's house, because Jim lied to him. He knew it was his house though, because he only did it because Kim asked him too. Finally one night Jim and his friend almost hit Kim's younger brother Kevin. Edward ran into the street and knocked him out of the road, unfortunately landing on top of him and not meaning to, but scratching his face up.
He ran; back up to his mansion to hide away forever. Kim had followed him up there, she asked him to hold her and all he could say was "I can't". So she put her arms around him, suddenly out of no where Jim snuck up behind him and started to hit him in the head with a piece of wood. Kim tried to stop him, but he just hit her. Edward stood up enraged, and cut at him making him back into a window, with one final slice at him, Jim fell out of the two story window killing him instantly.
The neighbors were all coming to make sure he'd never bother them again. He remembered the last words he had heard Kim say to him. He knew she'd have to go, and that he'd never see her again. He told her "Goodbye" She told him that she loved him and kissed him gently. She then ran out of the house, but first she grabbed an extra pare of scissorhands that the old inventor had hanging up; she took them outside, and pretended they were his. Everyone walked away, eventually forgetting about Edward Scissorhands.
The flashback made him wipe a tear from his eye, he wished he could see Kim again, but knew if he did he would most likely be killed. His presence at the old mansion was only known everytime it snowed. He was looking out at the houses and noticed a group of kids coming up to the bottom of the hill, making their way forward. He looked at them afraid of what would happen if they found him. He hid again, he heard them come into the door and walk around. He silently hoped that they wouldn't find him, but they did. The boys treated him just as Jim had, but he couldn't hurt them, he couldn't take to hurt anyone else.
They boys ran out, saying they were gonna make sure everyone knew he was still there and to make sure he was taking care of. He watched them leave and quietly had tears going down his face. That night when he expected to see a gun shoved in his face. He was awakened by someone calling his name and shaking him. He woke up startled and looked into the face of an older Kim.
"Kim. . ." was all he could say.
"Edward, listen to me you're not safe here. Some boys told everyone you were here and they are going to come for you tomorrow."
He just stared at her, the feeling of wanting to touch her was growing greater inside of him.
"My husband is going to fly you out of here in his plane." Kim told him.
He looked at her then his eyes filled with sadness when he realized that she was now married. Kim stood up and looked out the window then turned back to him.
"We have to get going." She said walking down the steps, he followed closely.
They made it outside to where a car was waiting for them, they told Ed to get in the back and get down. They made it to a small local airport where her husband worked. Ed was unsure about all this, but knew there was nothing more to do. Before he got on he looked back at Kim, the flashback of their last goodbye playing in his head. She walked up to him, and it happened all over again. He got into the plane and had tears in his eyes, this would definitely be the last time he'd see her again.
The plane ride was extremely quiet; he didn't know what to say to the husband of the girl he loved. He closed his eyes and dreamt of how their lives could have been if he had hands. Then he started to think about where he was being taken. He knew though that no matter where he went he'd always be known as a freak. He highly doubted that anything for him would change. Suddenly he felt the plane land and jerk to a stop. Kim's husband came over to him and they unboarded the plane. Kim's husband looked down at Edward's hands and went back into the plane to grab a big cloak; he draped it over Edwards shoulders and tied it closed. Telling him to make sure to keep it to where his hands wouldn't be seen.
He told Edward they were in France and since it was night he probably wouldn't be noticed. He then said goodbye and that he was sorry for the horrible life he had led. He did tell Edward that when they had their first son Kim insisted on calling him Edward. Edward smiled inside happy that she would always remember him, because of her son. Finally, Edward turned away and walked into the night in search of his new home.
AN: There's chapter 1. Hopefully it'll get better as the story progresses.