Guide and Gaurdian

Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before

Chapter One

Christine's POV

It took everything I had to wake up this morning. Every morning as a matter of fact. It seemed to me that I lived a life where I was always looking over my shoulder. It didn't suprise me either when something went wrong. It seemed like my whole life was something that went wrong. I remembered when I lived my life without a care in the world. Until one day...

Thirteen years ago...

A car was driving on the highway. That highway went through a forest. It just so happened that on that day was the worst blizzard Colorado had had in years. A family of three was on their way to visit a famous ski resort. Needless to say not everyone that had been on the way there, were on the way back. "Daddy, are we almost there?" "Yes honey we should be there in 20 minutes." Little Christine hadn't been feeling very good. "Daddy, I don't feel so good."

It is a mother's instinct to be there for their child through everything. So Christine mother handed her a blanket. "Lay down sweetie everything will be okay, just close your eyes." Little Christine did just that. And nothing would prepare her for what she saw when she opened them back up.

Gustave Daae had been driving and looked down at his phone for one second and nothing would prepare him for what happened next. "Gustave! Watch out!" They had been crossing through an intersection on the highway and a semi had been driving on the right side. The minute the semi saw them it began to brake. Semi's take a long time to stop especially when it's an emergency and when its snowing. Luckily it stoped on time but not enough time to save everyone.

Gustave Daae woke up on a hospital bed. "Where am I?" "Hi, Mr. Daae... how are you feeling?" Gustave was confused and the only thing he remembered was him answering a text, looking up and see a bright light. "What happened? Where's my daughter? Where's my wife?!" "Um, Mr. Daae, you guys were in a bad accident with a semi. And your daughter is fine, but your wife..." "What!? What happened to my wife?!" "I'm sorry Mr. Daae I don't know how else to tell you this, but your wife... your wife didn't make it. I'm sorry."

Now this all happened when I was just five years old. I had no idea that I was going to have to go through that. My dad was never the same after that. He turned to drinking and I knew he was an alcoholic. He was drunk before noon everyday. He blamed me for my mom's death. Eventually I started to believe it. If I hadn't been sick that day, mom wouldn't have died and we would still be a perfectly happy family.

Dad would always bring women home. Everyday it was a different woman. Everytime they saw me they'd leave and never look back. They wanted my dad, a boyfriend... maybe even a husband. But they didn't want a daughter. Well mostly a daughter that wasn't theirs to put up with. I eventually started not caring what my dad did during his free time. All I wanted to do was avoid him... but sometimes he made it impossible.

My dad eventually started blaming for everything that went wrong in his life. I eventually started thinking that if I hadn't been born, my dad would've lived a happy life. He hated me... that wasn't hard to tell. You don't abuse someone that you love. I knew that for a fact.

I was always trying to stay on his good side. I had straight A's in school. I never ditched class. I did all of my chores, plus the stupid things he made me do for no reason. I even cooked for us as well. And I stayed in my room as much as I could so that I wouldn't become a nuisance.

I'm finally going to be eighteen this year. But he's made it clear to me that he will not let me move out and that it was my duty as his daughter to take care of him until death. I just want to get out of here. But I have to be realistic. Without at least my high school diploma, I won't be able to get a decent paying job. I'm basically stuck her until then...

Today is my first day of senior year. My friend Meg and I were stoked! I was trying to find a decent outfit to wear for today... did I also mention that my dad thought I didn't deserve any new clothes except for hand-me-downs and whatever Meg got tired of wearing. I found one of Meg's old long sleeve sweaters and paried it with black skinny jeans, old combat boots and a scarf that I found at the thrift shop.

Meg lived with her mom. Her mom, Anne, was very sweet. She used to be a ballet dancer. Everytime I went over she made me feel as comfortable as possible. Meg was very lucky to have a loving home. Meg's dad passed away when Anne was pregnant with her, which caused Anne to go into pre-mature labor. I guess thats why Meg is so tiny.

Meg has been coming to pick me up before school ever since she got her license. She drove a gold 2000 Chevy Impala. I made breakfast for both my dad and I. After I was finished eating I heard Meg honk. I ran out the door and got in the car. "Hey girl! You excited about senior year?" "Yes, who wouldn't!? I'm so excited I can't wait for graduation."

Meg and I arrived at school in 10 minutes. We stood at our lockers as we looked through our schedules. I felt a hand on my lower back. It was Raoul. "Hey guys! How are you guys doing on our first day of senior year?" "Awesome! Why would we be anything other than that!?" I was thinking about my life and what I could do to make it better.

"Christine? Yoo-hoo, earth to Christine." I was brought back from my deep thoughts by Meg. "Are you okay," asked Raoul. "Um, yes I was just thinking." "Alright, well lets get going we have our first class together."

Our first day went just as expected. I came home with my backpack full of homework. I looked around the house and my dad was nowhere to be found. I saw that there was a message on the answering machine. I pressed play.

Christine, it's dad. I just wanted to let you know that I'll be staying at work longer and won't be home until around midnight. There's money on the table order take-out. I expect the house to be clean and you to have done your chores and your homework done as well. Bye.

I got everything done and then decided to make my plan. After a while I finally came to the conclusion that the only way for me to make my life better was to run away. I decided to make a plan for when I had the chance to do it. My first step was to get a bag ready and to put all of my necessities. I had to make sure to hide it well for when my dad did inspections.

Now that I had everything sorted out all I had to do was wait. Wait for the moment in which I would become free again. Lucky for me that time came sooner than I expected. It took me by surprise but I knew I had to do it. I had to do whatever in order to become free again.

Author's Note: I don't own phantom of the opera or it's character's. I hope everyone likes this and please review! Thank you! BTW, I am an amatuer writer so this probably won't be that great. Bare with me people! :D