Ello, people! I'M BACK FROM THE DEAD!

So basically, this is your cliché POTO story with a twist, a less naive and less Mary Sue-ish Chrissy, and some mild Raoul-bashing—not too much though. Yaaaayyyy! Dookie! (I wanted to say that)

Warning: This is a purely E/C phan-fic. Raoul fans beware!

Summary: Shit happens when a sexy-deformed Gerard Butler brings down a chandelier, and our favorite love-triangle is the living proof…

Disclaimer: I don't own POTO, just Erik ;) Back off phangirls and Christine, he's MINE! *grabs Punjab lasso threateningly*

Prologue

Fire—walls of flame everywhere—his face even more distorted with anguish—a veil of smoke blinding the way—trapped—free —help. HELP!

Christine woke up with a gasp. Her mind whirled as she sat up on the bed, wiping away the beads of sweat from her forehead. Where was she? How did she get there? One minute she was leaving HIS lair, resting her head on Raoul's shoulder, the next—she was waking up in a bed that was not hers. The silvery moonlight shone down from the large French doors leading to the balcony, and the four posts of the bed seemed to loom over her in the darkness like the monsters in her father's tales, poised and waiting to swallow her up.

In a flash, everything came back to her—running away from the burning theatre, losing Raoul through the flames, tripping and the agonizing pain from her head to her side, and losing consciousness…

Raoul! Had he escaped? Did he come back for her? Millions of questions ran through her mind, but no answers. In her dazed state, Christine felt her eyelids slowly drooped, and decided to ask for her fiancée first thing in the morning as she fell back to a frightening, tormented sleep…

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Note: This will NOT be a Chrissy-comes-back-Raoul-goes-insane-and-Erik-gets-some phanfic. You'll just have to be patient because the good part comes in the next chapter. The good news is I WILL update on Friday (bear with me, this is my first REAL multi-chapter fanfic I'm planning on finishing).

Roses and Flames are WELCOME!

-The Mad One Under the Hat