Author's Note: Recommended music: Science and Religion by Zimmer (begin at around 5mins). Read slowly for effect.
The Summoning
"…but the night that surrounded them was rent asunder, they fled as at the approach of a storm and their eyes, filled with the dread of Erik, showed them, before they disappeared, high up above them, an immense night-bird that stared at them with its blazing eyes and seemed to cling to the strings of Apollo's lyre." –end of Chapter 12; The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
The gods, how they feed off my fury. How their power ravages the earth…
Zeus, with your mighty thunderbolt, strike terror into the mortals' hearts. Wield your weapon like the mighty sword of judgment and tear open the storming skies!
Ares, with your insatiable lust for war and violence, darken and suffocate the world with ash and smoke. Ignite my rage!
Apollo, imbue my music with such otherworldly power that it tears Christine's very soul asunder. Pierce her heart with restless agony and torment; fill her eyes with unquenchable sorrow and grief. She is the only mortal to have heard my Don Juan and lived, to have seen my true form and not perished.
I will not make the same mistake again.
Hades, how Persephone has hardened her heart against me! We are kindred spirits in death, you and I. If that vixen does not relent of her cruelty, thousands will soon come to you. Open up your gates to accept them as a gift from your humble servant.
And may my angel of music fall to ruin under your wrath!
Come, I summon thee.