Angels Fall First

Chapter 4

"A New Life"

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"Happy birthday to you……Happy birthday to you….Happy birthday….Dear Emma……..Happy Birthday to you!"…..

People cheered as little Emma blew out her candles, making her birthday wish. Emma turned five today. All her friends were there to celebrate her birthday. The party was held in the front lawn of the Little Miracles Orphanage, her home… in Poland. The orphanage was well secluded and surrounded by lots of land with horse stables…and more! The nearest town was an hour away…. It was a nice place to be, and the children there well loved there.

As people gathered to get a piece of birthday cake. A young lady quickly snatched a piece. She had chocolate brown hair that curled down to her waist, and deep brown eyes. She walked to the birthday girl and handed her the cake. She gave a warm smile…..

"Thank you! Belle" …..the girl said while looking up to her.

"Your welcome…Emma…….oh!.. I almost forgot!"…. Belle replied as she secretly pulled out a gift from behind her back, and placed it on Emma's lap..

Emma's eyes went wide… she ripped open the gift as fast as she could. She found a little gold guardian angel pin inside… Her mouth dropped when she saw it. She jumped from her seat and hugged Belle so tightly…thanking her….. She then spotted two people who came up from behind them. She jumped up again and ran to them…..

"Nadir!…..Rebecca!…..Look at what Belle gave me!" she squealed with excitement.

"We see Emma!…. That was very nice of her!" Nadir said as he glanced to Belle.

"Come play hide and seek with me and the others." she said practically pulling her in the process.. She didn't protest.

Nadir and Rebecca stood there in awe. It was cute to see Emma and the other children from the orphanage play with Belle…

"She has definitely come a long way from the first day we saw her….." Rebecca stated, as she glanced at Belle.

"Yes…she's beaten all the odds…..from the recovery she made!." Nadir replied.

She did beat all the odds…… This was the same girl that was viciously attacked in Quills Town. The same girl who lost all her memories…

Nadir and Rebecca had taken Christine in….. She was given the name Belle since no one knew her real identity. They all thought she was very beautiful. Therefore the name was perfect for her…..

Two years….. have gone by since Andrew and Rebecca brought her there to live with them in the orphanage. They both helped her recover. After many months of healing she learned to walk again, which was from the bruising and swelling in her back. It almost left her paralyzed. In time the whip marks on her body fully healed, leaving little scars in some places. One place that was visible was the one she had on her throat. That scar was mostly on the back of her neck. She sometimes wore scarf's when she went to town…. to avoid questions…
In time they all grew close to each other……Belle and Andrew the most! There love for each other was nothing intimate……They had a deep brother/ sister bond!….
Nadir eventually came back after a month of searching……He discovered that Eric was nowhere to be found. He knew he was alive…because when he searched his old lair…he saw that all the vaults he had were empty! He knew it was Eric because he had set traps that only he and Nadir knew to get out of…and of course they only knew the locking mechanism. Nadir knew because he helped Eric built it…..

Nadir felt a sense of comfort knowing he had survived……but he wondered where he was? Did he flee Paris?….and if he had ..why?…. he thought. He knew Eric was not one to back down from anyone. It must have been personal he thought…..Maybe it was because he never got to be with the woman he loved…maybe it was to hard to bear! Whatever the answer was…. he knew Eric didn't want to be found. He left no evidence or clues for Nadir to contact him by….

Nadir sadly collected anything of value that Eric may come back for one day. Some of the items were the Persian Monkey Music box, and some of Eric's music pieces that weren't destroyed my the mob…..

Before Nadir left for home…he also found out, that the Giry's were gone as well. He found that strange. The Giry's loved Paris. To pick up and leave was not like them. Maybe Eric had gone with them…. he thought?…. Again they were all assumptions that

he would never find the answers to….There was no trail leading anywhere…..

Nadir had no choice but to go home………….

"18…19….20!……ready or not!….Here I Come!"… Belle's voice rang in the air. The sound of children were heard throughout the walls of the orphanage, running to find their last minute hiding places, before Belle looked for them..

Belle slowly searched the three-story house to find them. As she did, she gained the help of another…. Rebecca's younger sister ..Sarah. She was Belle's age. She was very tall and beautiful. She looked similar to her sister, but had long black hair and green eyes. She was more fearless and full of adventure…

She helped Belle snatch the children one by one. It was down to two children, Charles and Nora were left.…..Belle and Sarah had split up to find them…

Nadir and Rebecca were both amused with this hunt. They to helped search for the last two..

Belle went to the first floor…."Nora! ……. she said as she went down the hall. She repeated her name again and listened for any noise. As she reached the end, she noticed the door to the basement was left ajar. She smiled and opened the door and slowly crept down the stairs to the basement. The basement was known as Nadir's Den. He usually didn't mind the children using the room to hid in, but often warned them not to go through his belongings…

When she got there…she saw Nora, standing memorized by an object she was looking at. Belle was going to scare her…..when she heard a strange and yet familiar sound!…… She froze!…. Nora turned around and saw Belle standing there with a strange expression on her face. Belle saw the music box with a monkey on it playing a melody……….

At this time Nadir and the others made there way to the basement and found them. Nadir stood silent as he heard….that melody. But what caught him off guard more was Belle's reaction to it……she seemed to recognize it!…. But how? …………no one knew of that artifact!… He thought…… He watched her closely. By now Andrew had joined them. He too was VERY confused of what he saw…..

"Masquerade!….. Paper faces on parade . . .Masquerade!…Hide your face, so the world will never… find you!" Belle sang quietly without even knowing it.

Oh My god! …. she even knows the words?….Nadir's mind raced with thoughts. …..How?….how?.. He thought some more. He stood stunned….

Andrew's mouth dropped. He too knew well enough that only a few people knew that artifact ….and the words to the song……His brothers song!……..

Belle came back to reality when she found eyes starring at her…..Their looks were full of confusion, especially from Nadir's face. She didn't know why she was acting this way….

She felt frightened, and embarrassed. A moment later she fled ….she heard Nadir and Rebecca call out after her…..

She ran outside to the stables…up to the hayloft. She sank to the floor. She knew from the beginning that she had no memories of her past……But this was the first time in two years she reacted to something…..was this song from my past? …. And why did that music box have such an affect on me?….she thought….

"Why else would I recognize it?" she whispered to herself.

When she looked at that music box, she felt a strong connection to it somehow ….. It felt so familiar…..but how? She thought again….

Her head began to spin…she felt alone for the first time in a long time. She wanted answers but didn't have any……

"Who…am I?"…. She questioned……….

I know it was a little shorter this time…
Don't worry….Eric will be in the story soon…But you'll have to wait and see how!
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