Chapter 2
At first I thought I was tripping. But it all made sense! Ohmygod what if I get to meet the Phantom, the man of my dreams? My moment in bliss was interrupted by a terrible screeching noise. I immediately clapped my hands over my ears. "Oh geez Siobhan, I think my ears are literally bleeding! What is that noise?!" I asked Siobhan. She looked at me with a grin. "You know what, or should I say, who, it is. Listen! Do you here what she is singing?" I strained my ears to listen. Then I heard it. The singer was singing "Think of me"! "Ohmygod Siobhan! It's La Carlotta! She sounds even worse in personal than in the musical and the movie!" I yelped. The screeching stopped. I took my hands off my ears in relief. Siobhan took my hand and pulled me over to a crowd that was bustling around the new owners, Fermin and Andre. The owners were analyzing the dancers for tonight's show. Siobhan tugged at my arm. "Come on! In this world, Ethan is very good friends with the owners. He wants us to meet them. And remember! Talk like you live in 1890! We don't want to give ourselves away!" She exclaimed. We walked over to meet Fermin and Andre. Ethan smiled as he saw us approach. "My friends! Monsieurs, I'd like you to meet my beautiful partner, Siobhan Morris" He said as he pulled Siobhan close. The owners shook Siobhan's hands. Fermin eyed me with interest. "And who is that stunning beauty?" Fermin asked. Wait a minute! Wasn't he supposed to say that about Christine Daae? Something was very odd here… but I didn't get time to think about it any longer because Siobhan was beckoning me forward. "Ah!" Ethan started. "Luela Alexander. She has potential, this one!" Another quote that was supposed to be directed to Christine! And that Fermin kept eyeing me awkwardly! I swear I wanted to punch that pervert so hard, that his gray mustache will go shooting right up his nose! Suddenly, a flock of girls shot right past us. "Ah!" Andre exclaimed. "The Vicomte de Chagney is here!" Oh fabulous! The man who took Christine away from the Phantom was here! Wait… where was Christine?! I hadn't seen her all the time I was here! Raoul walked up to us. Dancers were whispering behind us about how handsome the Vicomte was. Uhh barf in my mouth much? That boy is SUCH a pansy! La Carlotta walked up to him and gave him her hand. He kissed it and walked off. "He loved me! Loved me!" Carlotta bragged. I kept looking for Christine. She was nowhere to be seen! And come to think of it, Meg Giry was also missing… Again! My thoughts were interrupted. Ethan's eyes widened. Suddenly, he grabbed Siobhan and me and pushed us to the wing. "Everyone look out!" He yelled. Suddenly, a backdrop collapsed and fell smack on top of Carlotta. Well naturally, she threw a fit and stormed out of the building. "Now who could have done that?" Ethan said. But Siobhan and I knew. The Phantom had dropped the backdrop on Carlotta so that Christine could take her role. AND CHRISTINE WASN'T HERE! This was a problem! That's when I noticed Fermin was very annoyed! "We will have to cancel tonight's show because we have lost our star!" He shouted.
"Luela could do it!" Siobhan blurted out. Wait… WHAT?!