Meeting Christian and the Bohemians

When Viola and Kate awoke, they found themselves in a room that looked very old-fashioned. There were two beds, a table with a few chairs, cupboards for clothes and food, and a coal burning stove.

"Where are we?" Viola asked.

"I don't know. Wait, what are we wearing?"

The two girls looked down at their clothes. They were wearing short sleeved Victorian style dresses that were lightweight and comfortable despite the summer heat. Suddenly, a white light appeared in the room. It grew until it was in the shape of a woman.

"Who are you?" Viola asked, trying not to show fear.

"I am the ghost of Nicolette D'Amore, the mother of Satine."

"Mother?" Kate asked.

"Yes, I have brought you girls here to 1899 Montmartre to save the love of my daughter and Christian."

"All right, what's happened so far?" Viola asked.

"Nothing. Christian has only just arrived and he will occupy the room next to you," Nicolette answered.

"Madame D' Amore, why did you choose us?" Kate asked.

"I don't want my daughter to die and I certainly don't want her with that scumbag they call the Duke. Somehow, I know that the two of you will be able to save both her and Christian. Both of you will be costume sewers. I managed to get you employed at the Moulin Rouge where you will be close to Satine and Christian. You start work tomorrow," Nicolette answered. She started to fade before the girls could say anything more. She disappeared and the girls heard a door being opened right next door. They looked at each other.

"Kate, what are we going to do?" Viola asked.

"We have to pretend that we are from this century and we have to do what Nicolette told us to do without anyone here knowing. Let's go meet Christian."

The friends left their room and knocked on Christian's door. He answered it.

"Good afternoon ladies," he said.

"Good afternoon, sir. Have you only just arrived?" Viola asked.

"Yes, what are your names and how long have you been here?"

"We are Katherine Webb and Viola West. We have been here for a while. We will sew costumes for the Moulin Rouge," Kate answered.

"I am Christian and I have come here to be a penniless writer."

He invited the girls in and he told them what he wanted to write about. Right at that moment, an unconscious Argentinean fell through his roof. Christian jumped away from his typewriter. The man was followed by a dwarf dressed as a nun.

"How do you do? My name is Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec Monfra," the dwarf said.

"What?" Christian asked.

"I'm terribly sorry about all this. We were just rehearsing a play upstairs," Toulouse said.

"What?" Christian asked again. Viola and Kate found it very strange to be in this part of the movie, but they didn't say anything. The other Bohemians came in and Christian was brought upstairs.

"May we watch?" Viola asked.

"The more, the mewwier," Toulouse answered. Viola and Kate went upstairs and offered help to find the write lyrics. Then Christian sang out.

"The hills are alive with the sound of music."

Audrey left soon afterwards and Christian started to make his exit done the ladder after Toulouse suggested that he should meet Satine. However, he was pulled up afterwards and given absinthe. Kate asked to try some and Toulouse gave glasses to both her and Viola. It was a very hypnotic, bitter drink and they all saw the green fairy. Somehow, the girls found themselves in evening gowns and off to the Moulin Rouge with Christian and the Bohemians.