Erik ran for his life. He didn't know where he was going, but he decided that it was best that way. He ran through the catacombs, rushing to save himself from certain death, knowing that stopping would cost him his life. Finally he emerged into a dark alley, and checking to make sure nobody had seen him, he crawled behind some empty crates and hid. Hopefully, he wouldn't be found.

Now that he had time on his hands, Erik decided to actually come up with a plan. He could give himself up to the mob, or he could come up with a confusing plan to save his life. The choice was difficult, as Erik was already deeply depressed and had no desire to live without his dear Christine. However, he didn't want to die just yet, and so he made his decision.

He was going to live.

Designing his plan carefully, he ran through it multiple times to make sure there were no flaws. Of course, there were none.

Pulling his hood up, Erik walked out into the street, thankful it was cold out. His disguise wouldn't have worked otherwise, as most of the other people walking around also had their hoods up. Walking as fast as he could without running, he made a beeline for the graveyard. The place held the most important part of his plan - a dead body. So without a thought of regret, Erik grabbed a shovel that was laying near him and dug up the oldest body in the graveyard.

It had been three weeks since he put his plan into action. The old body was left in Erik's coffin with the finally completed opera, "Don Juan Triumphant". Now that Erik was sure that that was the time to do it, he wrote and sent his letter to the Daroga, telling him to put the notice in the paper.

Erik's business at the opera house was finished now. All he had to do now was leave. And it was harder than he thought; it was like leaving your baby with a complete stranger. In a way, that was what he was doing - the Opera House was his baby, and now he was abandoning it. However, he continued walking away from it without any thought of returning.

Thus ends the legend of the Opera Ghost.

AN: I plan on updating every so often, aka at least once a week. Sound good? It better. Also, updates come at around noon, okay? Okay. And yeah, this isn't the end. It's the beginning. Confusing, right? Ha!

Oh yeah, next chapter coming soon!