A/N: I do not own PTO or Les Mis, this is mainly based on a dream I had, paired with the song "Learn to be Lonely", from the PTO soundtrack. This IS an Erik + Eponine, and it is not based on the books, it is based on the musicals. ;-D

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Darkness. Nothing but blackness encompassing me. Marius's arms are no longer around me, I'm alone again. No one will remember me, a teenage girl, dressed as a boy, who died in the arms of the man she loved. People like that are never remembered. In a few days, Marius will be wed, and I will be forgotten.

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Darkness. It is my home, my friend, my only companion. But, as I run through this darkness, the sewers, leading to the street outside the Opera Populaire, I wish only for light. I am lost, I am alone, she has left me, and my life has no meaning. She is gone.

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A light, a warm, loving light coming to me. Sounds around me, the dripping of water, footsteps, someone crying, no need to worry, I am alive. I feel as if I could fly, I AM ALIVE!!!

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I have not been watching where I am going; I suddenly realize that I have no idea where I am. I peer around me, wiping tears off my disgusting, deformed face. My mask is in my pocket, I know that, but I don't want to put it on, no one will see me. Better safe than sorry. A small voice in my head says, what if someone saw you? What would you do then? Ignoring the voice, I return my attention to my dank surroundings; bodies, corpses all around me, the water that runs about my feet is splattered with blood. My stomach turns over, I feel my last meal ascending my throat, and I swallow hard to keep it down. Why am I reacting like this? I have seen so many dead bodies in my life, most of them were caused by me, why now, must I finally understand what my evil nature has caused?

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How long have I been unconscious? Where am I? Questions race through my head, wherever I am, why am I here? My eyes open and I look around, I am sitting on stones in the sewer, and I am surrounded with sleeping me and women. Enjrolas is there, Grantaire and Gavroche too. Why are they sleeping? Where is the barricade? I sit there, puzzling, wondering, where is Marius? That's when my thoughts are interrupted by a gasp; I stand quickly and turn to find myself face to face with a man.

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My thoughts suddenly freeze, my hand instinctively flies to the right side of my face, covering my deformity. The girl is skinny, with deep, brooding eyes and long dark hair. She stares at me for a brief, fleeting moment, then turns to the bodies about her, the blood rushes to her face, she says to me slowly, "Why are they all sleeping", and falls, limp in my arms.