Prologue: Fairy tales
The crippled gentleman wobbled on his way towards the headstone.
"Oh Christine..." he whispered His attention was caught by the red rose on the side of the monument. The rose was adorned with its usual black satin ribbon but this time the ribbon wore the first engagement ring that he'd bought his late wife. The phantom was still alive.
From the top of frankly oversized crypt which held the body of Charles Daae two children lay watching the sad scene below them.
"Come on" The boy pulled himself into a crouch and tapped his twin sister on the shoulder. "You know we can't be seen."
"Coming." The girl smoothed her black curls and followed her blonde brother as he jumped gracefully off the crypt. Together they disappeared into the shadows of the gathering twilight.
"And where have you two been?" Erik glowered at his two children as they tried to sneak back into the castle beyond the Goblin City.
"Sorry father" Jareth bowed his blonde head, his mismatched eyes glued to the floor. "We were visiting Grandmother but we got a little side tracked"
"You could have left a note."
"We're sorry papa" Ryder told him truthfully, her golden eyes large and sincere. "Is mama very worried about us?"
"I was" Meg nee Giry strode in from the throne room, her regal black gown fanning out behind her. "But then, you are the Phantom's children"
"Phantom?" Ryder asked, interest piqued. "What Phantom?"
"I can't believe we never told you two." Meg looked up at her husband of nearly thirteen years. "Well, You've always been a better story teller than me, mon amour..."
Erik shot his Queen an over exaggerated weary look, she retaliated with the puppy dog eyes which had worked on him since the day they met many years earlier.
"Very well Pixie" he returned his attention to the twins. "Prepare yourselves for bed and we'll begin in ten minutes in the library"
Ten minutes later the Goblin Prince and Princess were in their night things and sat one on either side of their parents as they sat by the fire.
"Are you sitting comfortably?" their father asked, assuming his story telling façade
The twins nodded eager to hear about their parents' lives before their birth.
"Good" the Goblin King smirked and pulled his wife into his embrace. "Then we can begin…"
Just a short prologue to kick things off- There's one more chapter to go before our story really starts.
Please let me know what you think thus far
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MV