(Readers: I've had a couple of fanfics on this account before, but they were deleted. I plan on keeping this one.
Note: Blah blah blah, I don't on POTO, but it is a true story! And sorry this chapter is so short!)
In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came…
That voice which calls to me, and speaks my name…
And do I dream again? For now I find…
"Annabella?"
The Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mind!
"Annabella!"
I looked up and saw the face belonging to the voice. Sighing, I paused my iPod, cutting off Michael Crawford mid-sentence.
"Yes, Elizabeth?"
"I need to run Angel of Music again," she said smugly. "Of course," I replied, pulling my headphones out of my ears and standing up. Elizabeth ran up next to the piano and cued the pianist with a very cheesy smile. He began to play.
It's not that I didn't mind running Phantom songs, in fact, I loved it. Phantom of the Opera had been my favorite musical since the age of five and, when I found out that the high school had enough funding to perform it, I immediately signed up to audition.
Of course, there was Elizabeth. She was a senior, always trying to be in the spotlight, not really caring for music, only for attention. Because of her age, I should have known that she would have been offered the part of Christine. I was merely a sophomore, and would have been lucky enough to have even made it in the show. I knew I was fortunate to get the role of Meg, but something inside me felt angry at Elizabeth…perhaps because she lacked the passion for the role, merely singing the notes emotionless. Regardless, she thought she was a prodigy, finding any excuse to run through a song that had a Christine solo in it.
"Don't be frightened…" I finished my solo, feeling a bit hypocritical. My voice was dull, emotionless, exactly what I had silently criticized Elizabeth. But rehearsal was over, and I was feeling overwhelmingly fatigued.
I headed to the dressing room to pick up my bag. Putting all of my rehearsal necessities in it, I noticed something poking out of my drawer. I pulled it out. It was a note…
"Do not worry, Elizabeth's stage time is nearly over. Your time will come soon."