Hello everyone! So this is my first long Phantom fic so please be nice. This will be a vampire fic and it will be based on the 2004 movie. And I will make some changes to the story so that it will not go precisely like the movie. So I hope that you enjoy the story. And reviews are always welcome. XD

Solitude

Prologue

-Paris 1850-

When Gustave came to work in the Opera House he had many times heard a rumor about the Phantom. But never thought that it was true, until the day he met him. The violinist was taking fresh air in the roof when suddenly someone was standing beside him. But how could it be? He should have heard something when the man came to stand beside him. Gustave took a closer look at the man and noticed that he was slightly pale and his skin looked too smooth to be normal humans. And he also saw the white mask which was for hiding the man's right side of the face. But why?

"Are you the Phantom?" Gustave asked before he even noticed that he had opened his mouth.

"Do I seem like a Phantom to you?" the mysterious man asked.

Gustave looked at the man, who was now chuckling. Well he didn't look like a ghost but he certainly wasn't a human. So what was this man? Turning his gaze away from the mysterious man Gustave looked at the scenery. The sky was covered in clouds and because of the coldness he knew that winter was coming soon. He turned back to the man next to him and found that he was gone.

"How strange…" Gustave said out loud but started to walk towards the door and back to the warmth of the Opera House.

-1854-

Now four years later Gustave found himself talking to the same mysterious man he had seen in the roof. But now the man wasn't so mysterious anymore, because after that night they met there almost every night. Slowly but surely they became friends. And now they were talking in the roof again.

"I must say that you are getting older Gustave."

"I'm not that old Erik." Gustave said and laughed.

The mysterious man now known as Erik looked at his friend with a smile on his lips. Gustave noticed the smile and looked at Erik. They have known each other for four years and still he didn't know what Erik was or what he was hiding under the white mask.

"Erik, when are you going to trust me enough, and tell me your secrets?" Gustave asked and now it was Erik's turn to stare him.

'Well maybe it's time to tell him.' Erik thought, but decided not. It wasn't that he didn't trust Gustave. He did. But he swore to himself years ago that he wouldn't show his face or tell anyone what he was. So it was better to change subject.

"I heard that Anna is about to give birth." Erik said and looked at the horizon. Gustave sighed. So he wasn't going to tell him. Well maybe he could live with that for awhile longer.

"Yes, she is." Gustave said smiling.

"Do you have any wishes for the gender?" Erik asked.

"No, but Anna wishes that it would be a girl."

Suddenly Erik realized his situation. When Gustave becomes a father he will not have the time to visit him anymore. Then for the first time in too many years Erik remembered what exactly he was. Because he too wished for a family but he wouldn't never get one. All alone in his solitude, but this was his curse as a Devil's child. Or now he would be the Devil himself. Erik was so lost in thoughts that he didn't notice Gustave's intense stare.

"When are you ready to let me know your secrets Erik? You are like a son to me after all or would a little brother be better?" Gustave said and Erik was speechless. He wasn't going to give up on that one.

"I would be honored to be your little brother. And someday I will tell you my secrets but now you should go to your wife's side." Erik said and gently pushed Gustave towards the door.

"All right." Gustave said smiling like a madman of the mention of his wife.

When the future father was gone from view Erik shed one lonely tear. How he wished for happiness but for a murderer it would never be granted, because he could never walk in daylight. Before Erik went inside he took one last glance at the horizon, rays of sun glowing behind the trees.

"How pathetic…" Erik said and opened the door to darkness.

Few days later Gustave finally became father. His wife had given a birth to a healthy baby girl, beautiful girl with brown eyes and chocolate brown hair. They were happy and Gustave tried to get Erik meet his wife and daughter but he politely refused. But one day Gustave took his wife and daughter to the roof. So when Erik got there he was shocked.

"Anna this is Erik and Erik this is Anna." Gustave said introducing them to one another.

"And this must be Christine." Erik said and smiled gently to the girl. Christine looked at the strange man and started to giggle. Anna and Gustave looked at them and smiled. Erik wanted to touch the girl but he didn't want to scare her. She looked too fragile.

"Erik, would you like to hold her?" Anna asked.

"I'm sorry but I would only hurt or scare her, if you'll excuse me." Erik said and left.

Anna and Gustave looked at each other puzzled by his behavior. Though it was soon disturbed be Christine's sobs. Christine wanted to see the man again.

"She already misses him." Anna said and couldn't help but giggle.

"It seems so."

-1857-

Erik was waiting for Gustave in the roof. Tonight he would tell him his secrets. And thanks to the catacombs Erik could easily protect the happy family. They deserved the happiness which was given to them and he would protect it. But he also knew that they would leave soon to England and meet the Comte and his sons Philippe and Raoul. And then he could no longer protect them. Soon Erik could hear footsteps and he turned around.

"Erik, I need to tell you something." Gustave said when he came to the roof.

"I know already. You are going to England." Erik said simply.

"But how did you-"

"I have my ways Gustave. And as a parting gift I will tell you my secrets but you must promise me that you will not tell this to anyone especially about my existence." Erik said his voice serious.

"Of course I promise. I will take the secret with me to the grave."

Erik thought about his decision for a minute but still decided to tell. First he took the white mask away from his right side of the face. Gustave didn't even flinch at the sight. Somehow he expected something like that to be under the mask.

"Gustave, I am not a human as you may have guessed and that is because I'm a vampire." Erik said but this time his voice was full of sadness and guilt.

"I'm happy that you could tell me your secrets Erik and now I have a request for you."

"Anything."

"I want you to be Christine's guardian when I die."

"I would be honored Gustave Daae." Erik said and with that the violinist left.

'Thank you for everything my friend.' Erik said and disappeared. He went to his dark lair and looked at the photo on his organ. It was a family photo from Gustave, Anna and Christine. He smiled and just stared at the photo. He would miss them greatly. After all they were like a family to him. And because of them he would live.

As the story proceeds I will tell you the changes. ^^