The Phantom of the Opera Returns
Chapter 1
A fan fiction by: Joycelyn Driscoll
Disclaimer- I do not own The Phantom of the Opera though I wish I did!
A man in a black cloak, half his face covered in a mask, stared attentively at the photo of the young girl. "Oh Christine you have returned to me!" He said in an eerie tone. "This time you shall be mine!" He said as his fingers caressed the photo.
Paris Opera House 2016
"Tryouts for The Phantom of the Opera are today! So be here no later than 2 P.M. if you wish to have a part!" The young manager Raoul yelled at the young actors and actresses.
"Yes Raoul!" All the girl's squealed, but one. A young girl sat looking at her tablet writing away only hearing what she wished to hear.
"Raoul are you going to play in the Phantom?" One of the girl piped in.
"I don't think so, I mean who would I play?" He asked in question.
"Raoul!" Another girl said excitedly. "You look like they describe and share the same name! Raoul Vicomte de Chagny, it's like you were his ancestor, but he was never real." The girl said in an unusual tone.
"I'll think about it." He said smiling softly at the girls.
"Thank you!" They all screamed as they walked out smiling and chattering all the way, but still the same girl sat there writing in her tablet.
Raoul smiled as he walked over and looked over her shoulder reading the words she wrote with great interest. "This is amazing did you write this all on your own?"
The girl quickly looked up and the book flew in the air as she jumped. 'I…I…I'm sorry! I should have been listening!" She said hanging her head low.
"No…it's quite all right." He said laughing slightly. "I've never seen you here before, I'm…" He decided to lie. "I'm Richard and you are?" He said smiling charmingly.
"Joycelyn nice to meet you Richard. Are you an actor?" She asked in question.
"Yes I am. In fact I am going out for Raoul in the production of The Phantom of the Opera, how about you are you an actress?" He asked wanting to know more about this girl.
"Yep! I am also trying out for a part in The Phantom of the Opera, but I am going out for Christine." She said smiling brightly.
"Ah, the female lead role, daring for your first try here." He said amazed at her courage.
"Yeah I guess but I have always wished to play Christine since I was 13 and lived in America." She said explaining herself to him a bad habit she had always had.
"Wow you lived in America no wonder you accent sounds different than ours." He said answer to a question he had asked himself.
"Yeah…I hope I get the part…I'm probably not good enough…I never have been." She said looking down sadly, lacking in self esteem.
Raoul kneeled by her and looked at her gently. "Don't say that… I can see your voice is as beautiful as you… and that your heart and passion is for the music. Don't…ever doubt yourself like that again." He lifted her chin up so that she had to look at him in the face.
She stared at him in his eyes for what seemed hours though she knew it had only been seconds. "Richard…I…I…won't…I promise." She said a small smile coming to her face.
"Good I…" He started to say but Joycelyn suddenly cut him off.
"Richard look out!" She said as she pushed him to the ground landing on top of him. At that moment a sandbag came flying over them.
"Why did Christine save that man!" The man in the mask said angrily looking at them.
At that moment Joycelyn looked up to see a man in a black cloak and a mask, and as quickly as he was there he was gone.
"R…R…Richard…di…did you see that!!?" Her face showing nothing but horror.
"What is it!!? What did you see!!?" He asked as he saw her shaking in fear.
"A man…in a black cloak wearing a mask! He looked like "The Phantom of the Opera"! Richard he's real The Phantom is real!" She said standing up and backing away against a wall.
"Joycelyn this is crazy there is no "Phantom of the Opera"." He said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"No Richard, I swear I saw him I swear it!" She said trying to convince him that she really saw this so called Phantom.
"Joycelyn maybe you need to rest." Raoul said looking at her softly.
Tears started to fall down her cheeks. "Why…why can't you just believe me!? What reason have you to distrust me!? I'm scared Richard… I'm really scared! I know I saw him, I know I saw The Phantom of the Opera!" She said running off down the hall.
"She's right." Raoul started to say to himself out loud. "I shouldn't distrust her, she has been nothing but honest to me, and yet I've lied to her about everything. My identity, my job, everything. Everything I said to her was a lie. Even if I thought she would just be nice to me because I'm the manager to get the part she desired, I shouldn't have lied to her. I'm Raoul Vicomte de Chagny not some Richard! I should be the one that isn't trusted not her. Joycelyn!!!" He said as he started to run after her.
"Ignorant boy! This time Christine will love me and not this ignorant fool!!!" The Phantom yelled as he stepped away from the corner from which he was hiding.
End of Chapter 1
AN-Hiya Phantom fans my names Joycelyn Driscoll, I am usually an Anime fan fiction writer, but being a huge Phantom fan myself I decided to try something new so I started writing this. Now some of you may be wondering why 2016. Well Joycelyn is based after me and I won't be 25 till 2016, and I had to be at least that old lol. Well I hope you enjoy and can't wait to get your reviews!
Signed,
Joycelyn Driscoll!
