AN: Hello, my lovelies! I finally settled on an idea I liked for my first story. I hope you all like it.

For this one, I decided to create an alternate universe and make Raoul the villain. I never liked him, anyway. You're not going to find any of that "Anywhere you go let me go too…" sentiment from him in this story. Sorry x)

Reviews are very appreciated and wanted. :)

Enjoy.

"Hold on for just a little longer, my love. I will come for you... I promise you that."

"I promise..."

Christine awoke with a gasp, bolting upright in her four-poster bed. The sheets were damp from her sweating, and her heart was pounding in her chest. It was that same dream again…

She had been having the same dream every night for two weeks now; it never failed. It was always the same thing, the last time she saw her precious angel before he seemingly vanished from her life. It was after ballet practice, back when he used to visit her every day. He had been the one light in her otherwise dark reality, her savior, her angel. With a caress of her cheek, he had vowed to save her from her life's evil grasp. He had lightly kissed her on the forehead before disappearing within the shadows of the opera house.

But where was he now? It has been almost two weeks, and Christine had not heard even a whisper from him. Every day that went by, she waited for him to come to her again, but he never did. Every time she became more discouraged.

No, she silently told herself. He promised he would come back for me.

But what if he had been lying, another voice in her head countered. What if he thought this was all too much of a hassle? Christine tried shaking her head from this thought. She didn't want to believe this, but there was some logic behind it. He went from seeing her every day to not seeing her at all. Why would he do something like that? Just the thought of it struck a painful chord in her heart, causing her eyes to swell with tears.

With a small sob, she held her head in her hands and gave way to the pain she had been holding within her soul these past weeks.

I know it's short, but it's just a little taste of what's to come. :)

Reviews, Ps&Qs :)