A/N: Okay, this is my first Phan-Phic. I'm a little nervous about it. I have no idea where the story is going to go from here because it is still being written and I always insist on doing it the old fashioned way with pen and paper first. Okay then, on with the introduction.

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except the original characters. However, it would be nice to own Erik for my own personal, if not somewhat sick and twisted, uses. Oh, and another note, my phantom is based on the 2004 Gerard Butler movie, because I just can't see the phantom any other way. Mmmmmmmm………. Gerard. :drool:

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After the chandelier. After the fire. After the mob. After Christine…. There was nothing. His opera house had burned beyond recognition, and thus, his whole life's work crumbled around him. The mob had found his lair and destroyed everything. His furniture, his clothing, but more importantly, his compositions and his organ.

He watched silently from a hidden perch near the top of the cave as they piled every scrap of paper they could find, whether it was music, his poetry, his sketches, nothing was left. A giant pile was stacked on the beautiful swam shaped bed and then set ablaze.

It didn't really bother him to see the fire. He knew all of his work was etched in his mind and could easily be rewritten. But a look of complete and utter horror crossed his face as one member of the mob picked up the life-like mannequin of Christine and tossed it into the flames. He looked on to see the face of the doll. The face of Christine, begin to blacken and melt. He shed silent tears as the mob danced around the fire, taunting him, thinking him to be dead. Though they had not seen his body, they assumed the only way Raoul and Christine could escape would be if the Phantom was dead, never once believing he would willingly let them go. In a way, he thought, they were right….

The Phantom was dead.

He knew things would never be the same again.

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I know that was really short, but it was just the intro anyway. So, let me know what you think. The next chapter should be up soon. I hope.