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(POV Raoul.)

"This is as far as I go." Madam Giry told me urgently, unable to hide the great amount of fear that she was displaying over her aging features. I nodded understandingly but, I felt like something wasn't right.

"Wh-" I started to ask turning around, still keeping my hand at the level of my eyes like she had so urgently told me to but, when I did, the nimble ballet teacher was no were to be found. I felt myself go numb and my stomach churn sickly with fear.

This isn't going to be easy.

I sighed, trying to release my increasing fears. I started to walk a little faster, forcing my legs to move even though they didn't want to and they felt like pudding, wobbly and without balance.

I could go for a sip of wine right about now.

Knowing that I was being a coward, acting like a small child who needed there security and a hug from their parents when they had a nightmare.

I knew for one that I am a capable 20 year old adult who could save his soon to be wife from the clutches of a deranged masked man.

I really need a big sip of wine right now.

Looking at my surroundings, which were worn, spiral stone stairs that were damp from the slightly loud, sloshing waters below that carried were the sewers of the Opera Populair. Looking back up, I noticed some odd looking torn banners. They were still, acting stony and silent like the walls they were hanging on. I shivered. This all looked too eerily for my taste but, I ignored my tastes and proceeded to take off my leather jacket so that it would weigh me down. I knew from what Christine had told me, or rather, what I had tried to get out of her, that Erik's island home was surrounded by misty green water that appeared to be probably deeper than it looked so, I knew that any unnecessarily articles of clothing would just weigh me down. I was now just wearing my suit shirt and under shirt. I shivered, feeling a little colder. After moving my hair out of my face and whipping my fore head with a deep breath, trying to get rid of any nervous sweat that was now dripping down my face, I started to run rather blindly down the stairs.

That's when I suddenly fell. I fell down so suddenly that I gave a surprised yelp. I had landed somewhere except, I didn't know where. It was dark and very, very wet. I felt the cold waters push against me and curl around me, as if to try and swallow me. I gave another shutter and felt myself start to shake with fear.

I knew this wasn't going to be a good thing that I was down here. I felt hectic! I felt myself freeze with absolute terror as I thought about where I was at till, I thought of what could be happening to Christine.

Christine!I thought urgently, my eyes widening. I called out her name urgently but then, I stopped, knowing it would do me nothing. I felt my shaking being replaced by a flame, a flame of anger. I couldn't believe that that-that thing, which was a little too nice of a name for such a monster, was able to easily steal Christine, right in front of me but mostly, I was mad at myself.

Nothing had gone right. It's my fault that I had asked her to go on stage, and for what? To keep the show going, to capture a "ghost" that I knew would easily slip out of any hold that I thought I had on him. Who was I fooling? I knew nothing of this game that Erik had made, a game that was growing more dangerous by the minute.

I finally decided to stop uselessly thinking of my anger and try to find a way out of this water filled room when I heard it.

Clank. Clank-cla-clank-cla-clank.

I heard the whirling of a large link chain above me and say something slowly coming down on me.

It was a large sewer grate with very narrow square openings.

I was trapped.

Author's Note: I might add more tonight but a Clift hanger is good for you all for now! Hehehehehh! XD The twist is about to co-me! I feel so evil!