The creature wandered around on the street of Paris. It was already late at night, and he still hadn't found shelters yet. He glanced around, and sighed, "I will never be able to find somewhere to rest."
Suddenly, he heard a loud noise, the creature yelped and turned to the origin of it. Out of curious, he slowly approached the source of it.
In front of him, is a huge opera house on fire, the creature gasped and hid himself into the nearest darkness.
Just then, he spotted two people coming out from the side of the opera house. One is a woman with long, brown hair, and two big emerald green eyes. The other is a handsome young man with short, blonde hair and a pair of light green eyes. The woman was sobbing and pleading the man with something. The creature crept closer to the couple.
"Raoul, we got to go back!" The woman said, "H-He is still down there!"
"Christine! That man is a monster for god's sake!" The man, clearly went by the name Raoul snapped, "It is better if the devil dies there."
The woman, Christine, gasped, her hand raised to her mouth, "Raoul, how could you-"
She was interrupted as Raoul gripped her shoulders, "Stop it, Christine, don't you think we've gone through enough, I have gone through enough?" He huffed and grasped her hand and dragged her toward a carriage.
The creature was confused, devil, monster? Who are they talking about? He was sure that they didn't see him.
He remain in the spot for a little longer, then a figure appear at where Raoul and Christine had stayed, it turned toward the opera house that was consumed by the flame, and he heard it let out a sigh before turning away and left.
The creature thought for a moment before following the figure. The two entered a forest. Everything was dark, but the creature could still recognize the dark shadow in front of him. However, all of a sudden, it disappeared. The creature stopped and looked around, but he was nowhere to be seen. Then, he felt a breath behind him, he turned around immediately and was face to face with a pair of green and blue eyes.
The creature gasped and backed away right away, "W-What do you want to do?"
The figure huffed, "It should be me who ask you the question!" He growled, "Are you with those authority trying to get the phantom of the opera?"
The creature whimpered, "N-No...I-I am just looking for somewhere to rest..."
"Then you are following the wrong person!" Erik snapped, "Go away and find someone else!" He then sighed as a tear rolled down from his cheek, the creature raised his head and looked at the strange person. It was too dark for him to clearly see the man's appearance, "You wouldn't want to follow me...not after you see my face, I am only a monster who don't deserve to be loved." He winced after finishing the sentence, "Why am I sharing with you anyway?" Erik grumbled, "Go, before I kill you."
But the creature gasped, "Did you mean what you just said, as a monster not being loved?"
Erik huffed, "Of course, I am condemned by all people." He murmured to himself, "Met with hatred everywhere...Why do you ask anyway?"
"B-Because we're on the same boat." The creature smiled and moved to the moonlight, "I am also unloved by human beings!"
Erik's eyes widen as he observed the creature in front of him, the stitches on his body, and the two watery yellow eyes. He swallowed hard, but his voice soften slightly, "Come with me then, I know exactly where we can stay."
The creature nodded, happy to finally find a companion.