Plot: What if Satine had never had consumption? An alternate ending beginning from the night they tried to runaway. Will their love last?

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters or some of their lines, All things that are familiar to the Moulin Rouge movie belong to Baz or whoever, so don't sue me please, I DON"T HAVE MUCH MONEY! But if I DID I'd buy a big house where we ALL could live! (((



Flight of the Sparkling Diamond



Satine didn't know what to say other than the truth, "He loves me Harold! He loves me! All my life you made me believe I was only worth what someone would pay for me! Christian loves me and that means everything, we're going to go away. Away from you! Away from the Duke! Away from the Moulin Rouge!"

She stormed out the door, how sad it was that this was the last time she would ever see Harold, she never imagined it would end like this, but this was how it was. As far as Satine was concerned Harold only loved the money she made for him rather than loving her.

"Satine" Harold called after her, what would he tell the Duke? He would never be able to pay the debt; he'd lose his beloved Moulin Rouge forever. "Satine!" he called again chasing after her. He'd never catch up, he had to think of a way to stop her, " Satine, what about your career? By leaving now you're all but throwing it away."

She slowed to a walk, Harold was right; she had been so close to realizing her dream, but if it meant spending another minute or even a second with the Duke, then it wasn't worth it.

"I don't care about that anymore!" she said unconvincingly

"Oh Satine don't lie to me, what have you spent the past few years "not caring" about then hmm?

"I told you I don't care anymore! You're just trying to save yourself, Harold, and you know it"

"Satine by leaving, you're not only jeopardizing your own fate, think about the all the other people relying on you Satine, what will they do? Is Christian really worth all this?

There was no answer.

"Satine?"

There were small sobs and her head was bowed down to the ground, Harold approached now. "Satine?"

"Oh Satine" he said giving her a big bear hug "We're creatures of the underworld we can't afford to love"

She released herself from his grip, in the moonlight he could see her face was stained with tears.

"You mean you can't afford for me to love!"

She turned and ran.

That was the last Harold Zidler ever saw of her.

His Sparkling Diamond.