Disclaimer: I do not own any of the original Phantom of the Opera Characters except the new characters.

Prologue

Author's POV

On a clear evening at twilight high above the ground, on the roof top of the Paris opera house everything is still and silent as a stone. A dark figure who face is unseen beneath a black fedora, stands there just as still and as silent as everything else. The only movement is his black cloak blowing in the wind. His bright eyes watch over the beautiful view of the city with its lights starting to flicker on. The eyes turn to the golden orb of the sun that is just setting in the distance. The moment the light goes he disappears slowly into the dark shadows. Minutes later he walks down a stone cavern and enters a beautifully candle lit chamber and sits down upon a mahogany throne removing his black fedora. In the dimly lit shadows the figure whispers quietly.

(Dark Figure)
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong

Then he begins to sing in the most incredible voice.

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame

She slept an autumn by my side
She filled my days with endless wonder
She took my childhood in her stride
But she was gone when winter came

And still I dream she'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather!

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now, from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed

When the song ends he lowers his head and silently weeps. He rises from the throne and goes over to a desk where age old drawings and paintings lay upon it and pinned on the stone wall. He picks one up. The drawing and all the others are of a girl, a beautiful young girl with ringlet curls, brown eyes and an angel's face. As he looks at the girl's face he starts to sing again.

(Dark Figure)
In my mind
I hear melodies pure and unearthly
But I find
I can't give them a voice without you

My Christine, my Christine
Lost and gone, lost and gone

The day starts
The day ends
Time crawls by

Night steals in pacing the floor
The moments creep
Yet I can't bear to sleep
'Til I hear you sing

And weeks pass
And months pass
Seasons fly

Still you don't walk through the door
And in a haze
I count the silent days
'Til I hear you sing once more

And sometimes at night time
I dream that you are there

But wake holding nothing
But the empty air

And years come
And years go
Time runs dry

Still I ache down to the core
My broken soul
Can't be alive and whole
'Til I hear you sing once more

And music, your music
It teases at my ear
I turn and it fades away
And you're not here

Let hopes pass
Let dreams pass
Let them die

Without you, what are they for?
I'll always feel
No more than halfway real
'Til I hear you sing once more!

When this song ends he is still holding the picture, one of his tears has dropped onto the page.
"One hundred and forty years. Yet it still feels like yesterday since you confessed your love to me and showed me all the happiness the world can offer. Ninety-three years since you left this world and yet I'm still here because you told me to stay. But why... why?"

The Songs in this Chapter were

I Dreamed a Dream - Les Misérables

Til I Hear You Sing - Love Never Dies

Authors Notes

Hope you like the beginning to this story, there are many chapters to come. So to all you Phantom Lovers out there I hope you enjoy this love story that includes a lot of famous musical songs.