Okayyy. So here's the plan. A mix of the musical AIDA and Twilight, inspired by the "Enchantment Passing Through (Reprise)" scene and some other random stuff... I just love how the two stories, though not really necessarily that alike, do share their kind of concepts of fate & destiny in love... nothing will keep Aida and Radames apart, not, presumably, even death... just like Carlisle and Esme, Jasper and Alice, Bella and Edward.. etc.. so, I'm gonna need a beta... preferably, one that knows AIDA well enough to help me through the major writer's block I'm likely to have. I've paraphrased a couple lines, I know, for the sake of a little bit more of a connection between Twilight and AIDA characters. Oh, and the Aida and Radames equivalent pairing is a surprise, though I will tell you that it is canon. You'll just have to keep reading to find out who!
For the record... the couple has been condemned to death by essentially being buried alive in an underground tomb. If you don't know the show, please don't let that turn you off... it will all make more sense as you keep reading.
Prologue
The condemned lovers were thrown down into the tomb by the guards. Men that, at one point, he had commanded. Men that had respected him, looked up to him. No more.
Slowly, the entrance was sealed, less and less of their final twilight showing through the cracks, until there was no light at all.
"It's so dark," she whispered, her voice shaking with fear.
"Give me your hand, I'm right here with you," his voice, gentle as always, soothed her. "There is another world waiting for us. I can feel it...Just waiting to be discovered." He held her tightly to his chest, for he was afraid that he would fall apart if he let her go.
"You will find me in that world?" How she could question him after all they'd overcome, she did not know. But still, she had to ask.
He smiled in spite of himself at her unnecessary doubt. "If I have to search for a hundred lifetimes, I will find you again." And she could not doubt the intensity in his voice. He gently pressed his lips to her hair, an unspoken assurance of his eternal devotion.
There'll be no ties of time and space to bind us
She leaned against him, listening to the quiet rhythm of his heartbeat.
And no horizon we shall not pursue
The air grew thinner in the tomb. Their time was almost up, but only in this lifetime.
We'll leave the world's misfortunes far behind us
And I will put my faith and trust in you.