I'm sorry I really haven't updated most of my other stories in awhile…so many things to do and so little time! I promise I'll work on them the first chance I get.

One of my friends has asked me to come up with a new story, so here it is. This is a Phantom of the OperaxHarry Potter Crossover and some of the characters might be a little OOC, so please correct me.

Enjoy the Story and please Read and Review!

Of Music and Magic-chapter one

Erik stared at the wax mannequin in the wedding dress. Its beautiful brown eyes glanced back with a dull shine caused by the many candles spread throughout the room, the wig of chocolate curls perfectly framing the carved porcelain face. He exhaled a sigh and placed a leather-clad glove on the white mask that covered the right side of his face, his green eyes specked with gold gazing lovingly upon the replica.

"Oh, my lovely Christine…how could you ever love a monster such as me?" He ran his hand down the doll's angelic face, stopping to trace her rosy lips. He chuckled softly as he turned to exit his lair, which laid five cellars down beneath the Opera Populaire. He sighed again as he glanced back at his perfectly carved replica of his young prodigy.

"I can only hope that my music will win your love, mon ange….or maybe it would take magic…", and with that, he climbed into his gondola and began rowing away from the shore of his home on the underground lake.

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Harry sat at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall of Hogwarts, his best friends, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly. Ron was currently devouring strips of bacon and scrambled eggs while Hermione sat reading from her newest book, Animagi-What They Are and How To Become One. The usual flocks of owls rushed in, delivering their appointed burdens in front of the waiting students.

Harry immediately unrolled the newspaper that had fallen into Ron's eggs and began searching the front page.

"Ou find anytin ye' 'Arry?" Ron managed through a mouthful of his breakfast. Hermione glared at Ron in disgust, then returned to her book.

The boy with the lightning bolt scar on his forehead shook his head, disappointed at the lack of news concerning Voldemort. A small article caught his eye. There was a picture of a magnificent building, the inside of which appeared to have several chandeliers shining through the windows.

The picture was headlined 'Ministry Sponsored Trip Offered To Hogwarts Students'. Apparently the trip was to visit and explore the Parisian Opera Populaire, the building famous for being the setting for the mysterious affair of the Phantom of the Opera.

"This seems interesting." Harry stated as he showed the article to his friends.

"The Phantom of the Opera? Oh, I've heard of that." Hermione exclaimed, ignoring Ron's eye roll.

"Apparently there was a maniac living under the opera house and he fell in love with a young soprano. He kidnapped her, but for some reason let her go.

"Afterwards, the soprano fell in love with her childhood friend, a Vicomte, and the opera's patron. The Phantom became so envious of the Vicomte that he kidnapped the soprano during his own opera and, of course, the patron followed.

"No one really knows what happen after that. But the Phantom wasn't there when the mob barged into his lair. The Vicomte and soprano are said to have married soon after." she concluded.

"So…I's a 'ove iangle?" Ron muttered through a mouthful of bacon. "Basically, yes." "Should we ask Dumbledore if we can go?" Harry grinned at the thought of getting to explore the vast underground caverns of the infamous opera house and Ron, Hermione and him all made their decision.

So right after they finished their meal, they headed to sign up for the once in a lifetime trip to the Opera Populaire.

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Well? I know the first chapter's short…but it's just to get the story going. I'll update soon, but reviews always help me to type faster. Hint, hint!

Erika Daae