Yuki: this is based on the musical mostly; I am trying to get my hands on the book so I can read it! It should be soon, until then bare with me. If this is confusing at first I'm sorry, no flames unless you have a really good reason to give me a flame. This takes place in a different time, but it will be explained later. Now revised, and I promise, I will continue!

Disclaimer: I do not own Phantom of the Opera; But I do own this plot and the original characters that are not in the book or in the musical, or the movie.

Prologue: Man and Mystery

I fell asleep with my head on the desk my long brown hair pulled back in a sloppy braid my hands covering lyrics that I had been up all night studying, trying to figure out the mystery behind him. Strange I was here in a small college town in the U.S but he was here haunting our theater; the theater was old yes, but the legends said he was haunting the Paris Opera house not a college theater. I stirred slightly my dreams going to when I first ran into him.

"Kyle stop joking around I'm not in the mood for your stupidity, you've already harassed me enough for loosing the lead roll to Nikki." I pushed passed him, wait something was different, I stopped suddenly and looked at his eyes, something was different there they weren't Kyle's normal honey brown eyes.

"And what role would that be?" He watched me closely; his voice was mysterious yet dark. Enchanting such that you could listen to it all day.

"The role of Christine," I stopped in mid- sentence, thinking to myself for a moment before speaking, "You're him aren't you? The phantom of the opera; why aren't you in France?" I took a small step back, "And aren't you supposed to be dead by now?"

"The role of Christine, a marvelous role," he sighed a sad sigh, "as for who I am, I am the Phantom of the Opera, my opera house in Paris was closed." Yet another sad sigh, "As for why I'm not dead, 'Man and Mystery…'"

"Are both in you," I frowned and sighed, "Meaning what?"

"You're smart, figure it out. Now what role is it that you got?" He looked me over; I stepped away hesitantly, why was the Phantom here in my college theater?

"Meg," I sighed, "The chorus girl," I had to suppress a laugh, this reminded me of the play in some twisted corner of my mind.

"You will be Christine, I will see to it, the angel of music shall take you under his wing." With a swirl of his cape he was gone, leaving me stunned.

"Amy! What are you doing? We have to get going if we want to make it to the movie on time!" A girl walked up to me; light brown hair went to her shoulders she had black tech clothes on.

"Coming, Sara" I was bewildered, "we can't be out that late," and I turned away from the spot that the Phantom had been.

"Who were you talking to?" Sara looked around me.

"The angel of music" I laughed slightly, and so did Sara, though only I knew the truth the Angel of Music still existed and was now in our theater.

My alarm screamed at me, seven o'clock in the morning was a wicked hour to start work, not to mention right after work was rehearsal. I looked at the lyrics under my hand, and shook my head, I had found nothing, he said I was smart enough to figure it out. Great what was that suppose to mean?

I started walking around after my shower singing to myself the song I spent so long studying the night before:

"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/ the phantom of the opera/ is there/ inside my mind…" I started to pull my hair back from my face as a voice answered me.

"Sing once/ again with me/ our strange/ duet/ My power/ over you/ grows stronger/ yet/ and though/ you turn from me/ to glance/ behind/ the phantom of the opera/ is there/ in side your mind…"

I turned to find who was in my dorm but saw no one, "those who/ have seen your face/ draw back/ in fear/ I am/ the mask you wear/"

"It's me they hear," the voice seemed to be in the room with me but where, "come to me, I am your angel of music!"

Yuki: that is where I stop for now, I will write more once I get a review.