Hey guys! So this story is going to be my fun little spare time story. You see me and my best friend Alicia LOVE the Phantom of the Opera. It's not just the movie, but the music. We are both violinists at our school's advanced orchestra and have a deep appreciation for music. When I met her freshman year, we talked about POTO and instantly became great friends. Since that time, up till now, our junior yr, we are still best friends and probably can't shut up about POTO. So, I figured why not dedicate this story to a great friendship, and the amazing Erik! Okay phangirls, who's with me on this one? That's right, EVERYONE! Cheers to best friends and the Phantom of the Opera
Disclaimer: I do not own the phantom of the opera or the musical.
"Whoa" A girl with straight dark brown hair looked down at her seat to the beautiful stage and orchestra pit.
"WHOA!" yelled a boy with spiked black hair in her ear.
"Owww! Conner shut up!"
"What?"
"It's disrespectful to yell in a theatre, specially the Auditorium Theatre!" she said through clenched teeth.
"Oh hey Alicia!"
The boy Conner turned to face a girl who came up next to him. She had very curly brown hair and big brown eyes. Half Italian and half Puerto Rican, her hair was naturally bouncy and fell to her shoulders. She was the same height as the other girl.
"Hey Conner, hey Mariam"
The girl Mariam turned to smile at her.
"Yay! You're here! I thought I was going to be stuck with him all night" said Mariam.
Mariam was a short skinny girl, like Alicia, and shared her big eyes. Mariam's were a green blueish combination. Both girls were pale and had slight freckles. Both were of European and Mediterranean descent. Both were best friends who shared a passion, music.
They were at the Auditorium Theatre, a famous place in Chicago where the joffery ballet put on performances. Being part of their school's orchestra, the best in the city, they were on a field trip to see a performance.
"When does the show start?" asked Alicia
"20 minutes or so" Connor sat down and sighed
"Hey Alicia, bathroom?" Mariam turned from looking down at the orchestra pit.
"Sure, we still have time left."
The two girls headed back up the isle their school was filing in.
"Girls, where are you going?" their teacher's attention suddenly shifted from the students coming in.
"Bathroom" they both replied and chuckled after saying it together.
They stepped out into a bustling hallways of adults dressed in exquisite clothing, trying to find their sections.
"This way I think" Mariam turned to her left and Alicia followed close behind.
They made their way past dozen's of people. They found the bathroom only to see the long line of women standing by it.
"Oh no! We have to wait forever!" Alicia pouted and proceeded to head back.
"Wait a minute, c'mon there should be another one around here somewhere."
They got to the end of the hallway to find a lonely stair case going up.
"It's probably up those stairs"
"You sure?" asked Alicia
"Only one way to find out." Mariam started heading up and waited for Alicia to follow.
When they reached the landing they found a door, a brass handle, just like all the other bathroom doors.
"See! This must be a bathroom" said Mariam as she cheerfully stepped up to the door.
"Wouldn't it say women's?" Alicia asked as she peered at it.
Mariam was silent
"So it would….let's just figure out"
She opened the door and the girls stepped in to find another long hallway, light dimmed, paintings on each wall.
"Okay yeah definitely not a bathroom" Alicia looked at the painting closest to her.
Both of them stared at the painting, faces fixed in a confused yet awe expression.
"Isn't it pretty?" asked Alicia
"Sure is….hey look!" Mariam exclaimed.
She was pointing to a ring in the portrait of a lady.
"It's like that ring Raoul gave Christine in the Phantom of the Opera"
After a closer look Alicia's facial expression changed.
"That is the ring!"
Sure enough, it was the very same one as in the movie, down to the very last detail.
"Do you think this person was real?" asked Alicia
"Must have been" Mariam rocked back and forth on her ballet flats as she continued looking at the ring.
Alicia started humming "Angel of Music." It echoed off the alls in the darkness.
"That's really scary" Mariam looked around and then up as she heard a slight fluttering noise.
Both of them stared at the object that now was at their feet. An envelope, sealed with red ink and a skull. They both looked at each other, paler than they were before, and then back down at the letter.
"So….creepy Phantom of the Opera letter….cool" Mariam slowly bent over to pick it up.
"Someone must be messing with us" whispered Alicia as she kept circling and looking up, trying to find anyone that could be hiding on the upper balcony.
"To the young ladies by the painting…"Mariam's eyes widened in horror as she read the front of the envelope out loud.
"Read the rest" Alicia said.
Mariam quickly opened the letter and started reading it to Alicia:
"Good evening to you ladies. It's a wonder how quickly you have found the portal, or has it found you? On the other side of the mirror lies another world which you wish to seek. Best friends can change the bad. Get through this and you will be glad."
"No one signed it" Mariam turned the letter to see if she could find any clue as to who had wrote the letter.
"What the freak" said Alicia as she silently read the letter.
"Okay Conner…very funny" Mariam looked around.
"Hey what do you think this "mirror" thing is about?" she finally asked after making sure Conner wasn't going to sneak up behind them
"I don't know, but it definitely reminds me of the Phantom of the Opera"
Both of the girls had a slight dreamy look on their face when the glorious words "Phantom of the Opera" were said.
"Look at your face in the mirror…I am there inside" Mariam quietly sang.
A slight breeze was felt and the girls suddenly gasped as a bright light came from the painting. The ring was glowing, blazing with bright blue color and sparkled, casting bits of white and blue specks to appear on the walls and marble floor.
"Mariam…uhh...I think you just sang the magic words" Alicia was in shock as she kept staring at the glowing ring.
"Look!" Mariam pointed at the painting with her hand slightly shaking.
The painting that was now in front of them had begun a sudden transformation. Colors faded, shapers distorted, everything mixed into one, something like mixture. Then the process stopped. The painting that had once hung on the wall was now a mirror, golden rimmed, and open, revealing a passage way that shined brightly.
Alicia slowly approached the mirror, and then took a peak inside. She turned back to Mariam and smiled.
"What's there?" asked Mariam.
Alicia beckoned Mariam to come. Mariam stepped in the mirror with Alicia. The bright light suddenly dimmed and both of them smiled as they took in the sight around them.
Okay so yeah that's the first chapter... woo hoo. I want reviews please. Pretty please? With a cherry on top? C'mon people you know you want to find out what happens next!