Hey everyone! So this is my first FanFic every and im scared but excited to see how it will turn out! Please leave comments and feedback to help me with my writing and the story in general. Thanks!
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When asked the question she would answer it simply. "Yes I was his friend." When asked further she would go into more detail. "He needed a friend that would understand him, and be there for him. I was there for him. I was his friend, and im not ashamed to say that I did acquire feelings for him. I guess you can say he saved me, and….. I saved him." Every word she spoke was one hundred percent true. She was his friend, and he was hers. And he saved her as much as she saved him.
Her name was Maygen Daily, or May as the entire ensemble and ballet corps knew her as. Orphaned at the age of 8, May grew up in the dormitories of the Opera Populaire under watchful eye of the ballet mistress Madame Giry. May was the youngest member of the opera at the small age of 15. May was rather tall for her age and did not look as if she should be part of the ballet corps. She was a very long and lean girl with beautiful womanly features. She had long arms and long legs, and also rather large feet that were not meant for a ballerina. May had long blonde hair that was naturally curly but some days decided to pull straight. She had big green ravishing eyes that were speckled with blue and gold, and she had plum red lips that shined. Maygen was a very talented dancer and stood out amongst all of the other girls. She was also a rather talented singer. She had a high soprano voice that sounded lovely. She never had the chance to sing with the chorus but would practice by herself while she adventured backstage finding new things and hidden passages within the Opera house that might eventually get her into some trouble.
Growing up May befriended two young ladies that were both a year older than her. Meg Giry was the daughter of Madame Giry and was a very avid dancer and talker at that. Meg was a lot shorter then Maygen and had blonder hair. The other girl was Christine Daae, a soft spoken girl who was beautiful and very sweet. Christine had long curly brown hair that almost resembled May's. She was a beautiful singer and dancer and had many friends. Once in a while Maygen would find herself becoming rather jealous of Christine, but through it all the three girls managed to stay friends throughout the years.
Today's rehearsal was long, longer than usual. The opera populaire was rehearsing for their opening night of the new production Hannibal. The entire cast was exhausted beyond their wits, especially the ballet corps. Madame Giry had worked them hard all day making them practice pirouette after pirouette. As the big and boisterous soprano La Carlotta wailed away in a horrific high pitched yelp, May struck the ending pose of her solo dance in act two. Sweat poured down her white brow as she smiled in delight of herself and the fact that there was only one scene to go yet. Quickly the young girl exited stage left into the wings leaving the wailing soprano to finish her song. May hurried backstage to get changed for the next scene when she spotted Meg and Christine whispering to each other quickly and looking rather scared. Suddenly Meg looked up and called to May.
"May come here"!
Maygen quickly and quietly scampered over to her two panicked friends. "What's wrong, you girls look petrified?"
Christine looked from Meg back to Maygen then leaned in close and spoke quietly. "Didn't you hear?"
May was pleasantly confused at her question. "Hear what?"
Meg spoke up softly. "Rosaline said that she spotted the opera ghost."
The Opera Ghost! May was so intrigued by all of the stories she has heard about the ghost and has been trying to find him for years. She wasn't very frightened of the ghost himself like the other ballerina's, she was only frightened of what he was capable of doing.
"Really, where!" May spoke louder then she should have so Christine and Meg had to quiet her abruptly.
"Stay quiet May we don't want many people knowing. She said she saw him lurking around outside of our dorms. How creepy is that? "
May looked at Christine who stayed quiet and to herself the entire time which was rather different for her.
Meg spoke up quietly again. " She said that he is quite tall and menacing with eyes resembling a cat, you know all gold and ominous. Then she said the weirdest thing. Apparently he wears a mask that covers the entire right half of his face. Isn't that the most peculiar thing?-"
"Meg Giry. What on earth are you going on about?" May knew the voice that rang out and turned to see Madam Giry staring at the three girls.
"Uh, nothing Mama just a story I heard." It is quite funny to see how Meg can go from gossiping on and on to being polite as a butterfly.
"You girls should be getting ready for the top of the show. Monsieur Reyer demands the production to be run again." All three girls gave a quiet yes mam and began to scamper away. Madam Giry quickly placed a hand on May's shoulder before she got too far. "Miss. Daily, that was an excellent performance you gave. Keep up the good work and there will be more roles like that for you in the near future."
Although Maygen grew up around her, Madam Giry always intimidated May just the tiniest bit, but she always had the upmost respect for her.
" T-thank you mam." Madam Giry nodded and May began on her way to her dressing room.
Once everyone was back in there opening costumes and props and set pieces were where they needed to be, they began the production again. Everything was going pretty well and the ballet was fantastic but then they reached the song Think of Me and Carlotta murdered it for the billionth time. As the three ballerina's stood in the background they giggled and enjoyed Carlotta's "amusing" performance. Suddenly an earth shattering scream came from one of the ballet rats as one of the backdrops tied to a fly bar swung down from the rafters and knocked Carlotta to the ground. Everyone broke into a panic. The three girls ran to the aid of Madam Giry as Carlotta and the ensemble screamed in horror.
"He's here, the phantom of the opera." Meg spoke quickly peering from corner to corner of the auditorium.
Finally after minuets of crazy screaming and carrying on Carlotta was back on her feet screaming at the poor terrified new managers.
"I'm leaving and not returning" is all May heard before the diva stormed out and a glimpse of white caught her eye from the cat walks up above the stage. The girl looked closer and eventually was able to make out what she was seeing. A stark white mask was placed in front of beading golden eyes that made contact with hers for a split second. She gasped and stumbled backwards.
"May, what's wrong?" Christine worriedly asked.
She saw him. After all of this time she had finally spotted the ominous Opera Ghost. There was no way she could tell Christine, but she had to follow him. She had to find where he hid.
"N-nothing" May spoke quickly. "I have to go. I'll be right back. Before Christine had a chance to respond Maygen was sprinting off backstage into the halls of the Opera House.
Gazing up as she ran May tried to look for any sign of the Phantom. For a while she ran and ran with no sign at all of the ghost. She stopped at a dead end in the hall way panting and out of breath, sinking down to the floor against the wall. For a while she sat and pondered giving up on her search and just returning to rehearsal. As she stood to go back she saw it. A tall lanky shadow walking through a secret door she discovered years ago but never ventured down into it. May let out a loud gasp, and the large shadow turned quickly to inspect the area. The opera ghost was so tall and did indeed wear a mask. He looked rather scary but very intriguing. Suddenly he turned away and walked through the door. The door slammed shut as May stood staring at it with her mouth a gape in shock. Her thoughts were going crazy should she enter it or should she not? Finally after minuets of thinking and pondering she decided. "Tonight. I'll come back tonight. Alone, so no one will no." Her decision was made and on wary feet, she ran back to rehearsal.
Finally she was back at rehearsal but she was confused. There was a "U" shaped crowd of chorus and ballet members around the stage, circling who looked to be like Christine. She pushed her way through the crowd and found Meg.
"Meg, what's going on?" Meg looked at her and put her finger to her lips to quiet May.
"They want Christine to take over the part of Elisa." At thoughs words May suddenly began to feel jealous of Christine again.
So that's chapter one! Sorry it went kind of fast but I have a lot planned for this story and im really excited to get into it!
By the way I picture Erik as Ramin Karimloo, and Christine as Sierra Boggess. May is kinda like anyone you can imagine!
Again reviews would be highly appreciated!