Authors Notes: Yes these are very short chapters. Why? BEcasue it helps me keep the plot in line and I use the words too well to draw it out with out getting repetitive. This is my first fanfiction so please bear with me. Thanks D
Prolog- Echoes of love: Screams of hate
The mobs thunderous roar boomed from behind as glass from shattering mirrors chimed as it met the stone floor. The cavern walls rung with the sudden activity as Eric stepped through a portal that had been secreted behind one of the now shattered mirrors. Seconds later the clap and tremor of a falling slab of rock drowned out all sound as it fell to disguise the Phantoms escape route.
The enraged screams of the mob were muffled and soon all together shut out by the thick wall of stone and Erik was left alone the song of Christine and Roule's love humming its echoed tune through his despairing mind. As he stumbled through the narrow and void-dark passage the only audible sounds were those of his footsteps and of muffled sobs of pain, sorrow and shame.
Christine had all at once blessed and cursed him. Her kiss, her sweet kiss had shown him the light and warmth of day, the tenderness of companionship, and the beauty of the day. This day in its brilliant light had revealed the monstrosities of his actions, and it shamed him. How could he ever ask Christine to stay with him after what had been revealed? It would only prove him to the monster he so feared he truly was.
The pain and shame washed over him again as he reached the huge cavern that waited for him at the end of the passage. His despair deepened as he observed the splendorously lit in preparation for what had been hoped to be the beginning of a new life. He couldn't bear the sight of it, this natural cavern which had been transformed, turned into a beautiful, though slightly incomplete, monument to all he desired; now it would only be a mausoleum to shattered hopes and broken dreams.