Hey there peoples, well I decided the summary for the title is kind of bad, so I decided to write a better one. OK, so, this girl, Robin, she finds this magic ring at a vendor and is told she can travel through time and space with this. But what she doesn't know is that if she travels to another universe, she'll have to find a portal home if she wants to return. She teleports to the world of the Phantom of the Opera. The time is about three years since the musical took place. For her it's not too bad but the thing is, when she starts staying with him, her emotions start going sort of off the rocker. Will she want to go home? Will she want to stay? It's just a matter of her mind. There's the better summary. This will become something like a musical in time. (Songs are, of course, from P of the O, An American Tail, and any others I can think of)


Dreams Come True

Robin's head continued to spin, even though her eyes were closed she could feel the Earth moving beneath her. She felt a gentle breeze against her face. Her hands were holding onto something. She opened her eyes and found that she was surrounded by a tall grass. She sat up and found a few patches of flowers all around her.

"An open field?" She said to herself. "But, I live in Seattle." She got up and dusted off her pants. "I'm definitely not in Washington anymore." She looked at the sky but the sun was blocked by a large wall of gray clouds. She looked out at the trees that surrounded the field. "This feels like Alice in Wonderland without the crazy people." The grass seemed to come up to her waist, which made it hard to walk through. She spotted a large house a little ways away. "Maybe someone there can help." She tried making her way through the field but the grass was trying to push her away. She heard a little girl giggling. She turned around and no one was there. She shrugged and continued through the grass. One of the maids tending to the garden saw her coming. She looked up at the window on the far end of the house and saw the curtains were closed.

"Who is that?" She wondered. As Robin found her way out, She wiped off her pants again. "Excuse me, but who are you?"

"Me?" She asked.

"Yes." The maid answered.

"Oh, I'm Robin." She said. "Um, if you don't mind me asking, where exactly am I?"

"Pardon?"

"Like, the town or country or, planet?" Robin asked.

"Well, we happen to be right outside of Paris." Robin burst into laughter.

"You're pullin' my leg!" She said. "This can't be Paris. I was in Seattle just a second ago."

"I'm sorry, but this is where you are." She stopped laughing. She just realized that the ring was missing.

"Where'd it go?" She found it on her finger. "What the?" She tried to pull it off but it was stuck.

"Are you alright?" The maid asked.

"I'm fine." She said and finally gave up on the ring removal. "Oh, I haven't asked your name."

"You can call me Julie." She said.

"Cool." Robin looked up at the house. "So, who lives here?" Julie looked to the side.

"No one knows." She said. "We never see the master."

"Never?" She was in shock.

"He's usually locked away in his study."

"Harsh." Julie pointed to the far window.

"That would be the study." She said.

"Hold on." Robin said. "But, someone has to have seen him. Surely one of you has at least had a glimpse of him."

"Well," She said, "Sarah has been able to get close to him."

"Really?" Her eyes were filled with excitement.

"But she never tells us what he's like." The excitement dissipated.

"Why?"

"She's told not to tell." She sighed. robin looked back at the window and saw the curtains shut.

"Hey, I think he saw us." Julie started to panic.

"You should leave." She said. "You shouldn't be here."

"But, where am I gonna go?" She asked. Another maid came running out to see them.

"Julie!" She shouted.

"Sarah?" Julie faced the young girl.

"I'm afraid that the new maid we asked for declined."

"Now what?" They both started freaking out. Robin snapped her fingers.

"Why don't I do it?" She asked.

"What?" Julie said in astonishment.

"Sure, I can do it." She said. "I use to a lot of house work back at home." Sarah pulled Julie aside.

"Would it be wise to allow her to work here?" She asked.

"She doesn't have anywhere else to go." Julie said. "Maybe nothing will happen to her."

"But, what if something does happen?" Sarah asked. "The master might cause her to leave, like all the others."

"She seems eager to get started." She said. "We can't just turn her away." Sarah had no choice but to agree.

"Alright. But she'll be your responsibility." She walked back to the house. Julie turned back to Robin.

"You're welcome to stay."

"Thank you!" She hugged her really tight. "You won't regret this." She heard her gasping for air and let go.

"Now, let's get you settled in." She took her hand and led her inside. As they entered, Robin's head was spinning. She looked around and noticed how big the inside was. "Robin, this way." Julie took her hand and brought her to the east wing. "The west wing is where the master resides and no one but Sarah ever enters it. The east is mostly unused and is where our quarters are."

"So, do we share one room or do we have separate rooms?" Robin asked.

"We share one large room." Julie answered. "But we each have our own bed."

"You know, for the time I've been here, I didn't ask." She said. "Are there butlers here too?"

"There were for some time." Julie started to shake. "But they wandered into the west wing and never returned." Robin felt her hair stand on end.

"Spooky." She said. "So, what happened to them?"

"We never question nor think of the matter." Robin said no more. They reached one room on the far end of the hall and Julie opened the door. "This is where we all stay." The room was filled with about twenty beds and has clothes everywhere. "Our names are sewn in the backs and we wash them regularly."

"Kind of messy though." Robin said.

"Yes well, there's too much work to be done to worry about ourselves." The door swung open and a group of girls blocked the dorrway.

"Julie, may we speak with you?" Asked one of the blond girls.

"Of course." She made her way to the door. "Please wait a moment Robin." She nodded her head. They shut the door.

"Have you lost your mind?" One of them said. "We can't invite this stranger to work here."

"She needs somewhere to stay." Julie said. "When we find any relatives of hers in Paris then she'll have to stay here."

"But what if she tries to see the master?" Sarah asked.

"I'm sure she'll be fine." Julie opened the door and the entire room was tidy. Clothes were neatly folded and beds were made. They all stared at Robin.

"What?" They all turned to each other.

"We've decided to let you stay." Sarah said.

"That's awesome." Robin said. "So, where would I sleep?"

"Right over there." They pointed to a bed by a large window. She walked over to the window and opened it up. There was a small balcony outside.

"Wow." She looked out at the front garden and could barely believe her eyes.

"You'll start tomorrow." The group of girls left the room and Julie and Robin were alone again.

"Well, we better get you ready." She said. Robin closed the doors.

"I guess." Julie started going through some of her clothes.

"We can't go into town today so you'll have to borrow one of my dresses for now." Robin was ready to protest.

"No way! I'm not a dress person." She said.

"You'll have to get use to it." She pulled out a gray and brown dress from the pile. "This one should do." She gave it to Robin. "Try it on." She just sighed. Robin removed her shirt and slipped the dress over her head.

"The pants stay." She said.

"Very well." Julie said. "On Sundays we're allowed to go into town. We eat breakfast at six before the master wakes up and eat supper at eight. The master receives his meals at seven and six."

"Okay." Robin could barely keep up since she was really preoccupied with getting a button out of her hair. "So, do you have, like, parties and stuff here?"

"Oh, no." She admitted. "The master doesn't allow it."

"Well, that won't do." She said as she managed to free the snagged button. "We'll need to turn this place around."

"Please, it would be wise to just do as ordered." Julie said.

"Don't worry. I don't scare easily." Her overconfidence started to impress Julie.

That night, Robin was having a hard time getting to sleep. She kept wondering who the master was here. She kept turning in her bed trying to find a comfy place but couldn't shake the thought away. She had to know. She got out of bed and lit a candle. She went to the door and opened it slowly. The hallway was dark and sort of creepy.

I have to be careful. She thought. She started walking. She went down countless hallways and up a couple stairs. She was soon, hopelessly lost. She soon reached a door on top of a flight of stairs. She opened it up and found herself on the roof. The moon was shining high above and the stars were filling the sky with a wondrous light.

"I guess I wandered a little too far." She walked out from the door and sat down. "But, I must admit, it feels nice out here." She lied down on her back and looked up at the stars. "I wonder where this ring actually took me." She soon started to doze off. When she woke up, it was already morning. She could hear strange noises from downstairs. "Oh boy." She ran inside. Everyone was scrambling around.

"There she is!" Someone said.

"Where have you been?" Sarah asked. "We couldn't find you anywhere!"

"Sorry, I fell asleep on the roof." She said.

"You were up there all night?" She asked.

"Um, yes?"

"Well, no matter." She said. "Get ready."

"Right." She started towards her room. When she got there, she found a note resting on her pillow. She walked to her bed and lifted the envelope. She turned it over and saw the bloody skull seal. Her heart started pounding. "No F'n way." She opened it up and pulled out the slip of paper.

"Mademoiselle, I welcome you to my home and will
be looking forward to your hard work. If there are any
questions, please ask any of the girls. You will not see
me due to my busy schedule. But there might be a
chance you'd see me in the future."

Her heart felt like it was playing a loud drum set in her body.

"Could it really be him?" She wondered. But she didn't have time to think. She pulled her dress over her head and ran out the door.

By the end of the day, she was exhausted. She was sitting with Julie in the rose garden in back of the house.

"Man, I never had to work this much before." She whined. "Even at school."

"Don't worry Robin." She said. "You'll soon be use to it." One of the girls came running out.

"Julie, Sarah has gotten hurt!" The two girls got up from their spot and followed her inside. They found Sarah on the ground at the bottom of the main staircase.

"What happened?" Robin asked.

"She fell down the stairs." One of the girls said. Julie knelt down next to her. Sarah was grasping her ankle.

"Probably a sprained ankle." She said. "It might take five to seven days for recovery."

"Now what will we do?" The blond one asked. "It's almost six."

"We'll have to choose someone to go up." Julie said.

"I'll go." Robin said.

"No, we can't risk you getting into trouble." Julie said.

"I can handle it." She slapped her fist on her chest. "I can assure you that nothing will go wrong." They decided it was useless to protest and allowed her to go. As she brought the tray down the hall, she could feel a strong tension all around her. The hairs on her neck stood on end and her body started shaking. But that didn't stop her. She remembered that the study was on the far end of the house. When she reached the far end, she managed to find the study. The door was closed. She knocked three times.

"Sarah?" She heard an eerie voice say from inside.

"Um, I'm sorry but Sarah couldn't come tonight." She said. "This is the new girl."

"Why are you here?" He asked.

"Well, Sarah fell down the stairs and got hurt. She might not be on her feet for a few days." There was an awkward silence. "So, I came in her stead." There was only silence on the other side of the door. She leaned her forehead on the door. "If you want someone else, I can leave."

"Come in." Her head stop up.

"Um, yes." She held the tray on one hand and started opening the door. The room was mostly dark, except for the lamp on the far end of the room. She saw a figure sitting at a small desk.

"Leave it over there." He pointed to a small table next to the desk. Robin was starting to feel more nervous. As she walked over to the table, she almost saw his face, but he turned away. She placed the tray down. "What is your name?" She looked at him but didn't move her head.

"Robin." She said.

"You may leave." Robin said nothing. As she turned to leave, she caught a glimpse of his face in the window. She walked to the door but stopped as she reached for the handle.

"I wish that you might be able to open up more." She said. As she opened the door, she stopped in the middle of the way. "Thank you, Erik." As the door closed, he turned around. But she was already gone.

"How did she...?"

She ran down the hall with a giant smile on her face. As she reached the main staircase, she started dancing down the stairs. Her soul was in a joyful state.

"It's really him!" She said. "I can't believe it. The ring worked!" She looked at the ring to see if the shine returned. It was still dull. "Why'd it stop working?" She wondered.

"Because it won't work in this world." A voice said.

"Who's there?" She asked. The strange girl appeared before her.

"You wished to be here." She said. "This is where you wanted to be. Only with all your heart can you use it."

"What are you saying?" She asked. "I don't understand."

"You won't be able to return home with the ring." She said. "You need to find the protal to get back."

"What portal?" The girl started giggling.

"When you travel outside your universe, you can only return home through a portal." Robin felt her veins turn cold. She was stuck in this world. "Don't worry. The portal has to be nearby." The girl started to disappear.

"Wait!" She was gone. "Damn her." She had no time to think of her now. The others were worrying by now. When she got back, everybody was still gone. Robin was too tired to go anywhere else for the moment. She went to her bed and just fell face first. "Maybe a little sleep wouldn't hurt." She closed her eyes and fell into her dreamland.


OK, usually I wouldn't have these little things at the beginning of my chapters but you guys needed a better summary. That will be the only time I do that for you. So, I was watching Jeff Dunham and he is funny as hell! I was watching the Spark of Insanity thing since it was my favorite one. But still, funny guy. Really funny. So, for songs in the story, there might even be some in Japanese only because I need some filler in here, you know? It's just a thought. Well, I'm out. Later