Once Ariel opened her eyes again she heard, "I will kill all who stand in my way." She wiped the dust from her eyes, luckily it didn't scratched her glasses and saw the mirror was smashed and there was a key on the floor. She looked in her book and saw that it recorded the flashback she saw.
"Like I said, he had it coming, but I didn't want to see the body." she said. She picked up the key and went to the locked elevator. Once the chains were gone and she opened the gate, her book made 2 notes appear once she was inside. One was from old playbills, and the other a note to Daroga. "Daroga, remember the cast order! First, the villain shrouded in darkness, quickly contrasted by the courageousness of the hero. With their rivalry established, we introduce the heroine's confidant: A delicate matron and her wildly passionate sister. Finally, we introduce the heroine in all her purity! What the heck is that suppose to mean?"
The book asked, 'I thought you like riddles?'
"Only the ones from the Hobbit cause I know what the answer is already." she said. She went to the elevator box and saw another puzzle. "This one takes me a while." She put her fingers on the first wire and traced it down to the first switch. "4," Then again she did the same, "1," Then she used that technique for the rest of it. " 3." She saw it was working and said, "Yatta."
She pulled the lever and the elevator went up to the actor's ally. The first thing that caught her attention was the telescope in a box full of sand. "Luckily it fits in my bag." She looked in the bag and said, "Well would you look at that. It's like Jimmy Neutron." Then she saw the poster about Hamlet. The book took note. "From above us all, the largest star shines the brightest. Going to need luck to find it." Then she went to the small sandbox and played the sparkled area. After that she got a powder puff used for make up. Once she walked to the costume ally, she saw 2 big doors and a mannequin next to it. 'That must be the room. Can't go in there yet.' she thought. She saw a note on top of clothes and the book made note of it. "Ladies, the following costumes are needed for the new play, 'Don Juan Triumphant': The delicate matron adorned in something reservedly pink, the courageous hero clad in blue, the foil's darkness cloaked in black, the pure heroine in white and the passionate seductress in a vibrant red. A bit different from 2004, she wore yellow." she muttered. Then she saw come clothing hanging from a sowing machine and when she moved it she found a snake dagger.
Then she went to the women's changing room and saw the phantom again. "Your stage debut is at hand. Prove you have courage and bring me a black rose!" he said.
Ariel was about to question how can he fit in that mirror but then she thought back on how he almost made this opera house in one of the adaptation and didn't say anything. She got the last knight chess piece and said, "You know after this, we should play some chess. I'm pretty good as an amateur."
"Do you always talk in smart remarks Christine? You've never done that before." he said.
Ariel didn't know if she should tell him that she is not Christine, but then again, she didn't want to die by hanging. So she played along for now. "I picked this up whenever I'm afraid. Being a cowing damsel in distress is no longer a good look for me."
"Damsel or not, you will soon be mine. Isn't there another way for you not to be afraid while acting like a lady?" he asked.
Ariel said, "Sometimes when I sing a song in a different language it calms me down."
"Then sing for me." he said begging. A fool doesn't see the difference between her and Christine let along her daughter Evelina.
She replied, "You must forgive me Phantom. I don't sing opera like I used to. I pushed myself too far that I was mute for 2 weeks. I'm afraid your opera bird is gone. But I still do sing, just not they high. Keep that in mind on human limitations." She picked up the 2nd snake dagger and left.
She made her way to the industrial ally where if she went left she would go to the roof of where Raoul asked Christine to marry him, and where it broke the phantom's heart, or if she goes left, she would go the sewers where a alter is waiting for her. She looked at her books. "Well left or right first?"
The book replied, 'Left first.'
Ariel said, "Thanks." She got the hook that was hanging in front of her and dagger number 3 and made her way up the steps to the roof
When she arrived the phantom said, "It was here that you broke my heart."
Ariel looked at the view of the city. 'It's breath taking yet sad.' she thought. 'No one should have their heart broken like he did. It's almost as worst as finding out your love cheated on you, in your own bed.' She went to the horse statue where a bird's nest was there and sparkles. She solved it and for dagger number 4. "You know these are not really that heavy as I thought they would be." Then just as she was about to put the telescope in place she saw a note on the floor. She picked it up and read what she could. It was a note from Raoul. She quoted, "You're chains are still mine, you belong to me." She turned to her book. "If she chose him instead in the end, would she be happy?"
The book answered, 'Depending on what ending you want. I can't tell you what would've happened. That's why I brought you here. You 2 have more things in common then you think that doesn't involve abuse.'
Ariel scoffed a bit. "Well he's going to feel like hell broke loose since you didn't give me time to get my medicine."
Then she saw something slipped out through the pages. 'I know about your problem and I'm sorry you had to go through it until menopause. At least you'll be done in 30 years.'
Ariel took on of them and swallowed it once it was in her mouth. "Thank you." She saw the pop-out where the pill was fixed itself. "I guess when it's empty it'll be filled again?"
The book replied, 'Better then asking to refill it every time the docs forget.'
Ariel said, "Thank you." She put the telescope in place and started to search around for the star constellation. Luckily she moved out of the way after she found it and it's light hits the lenses and it hits the snow. She used the powder puff to get some of it. Then as fast as she can she made her way back to the actor's ally and rubbed it on the mirror. She saw a line from Hamlet and her book made a note of it.
After going through the industrial ally, she went to the furnace room and she heard, "Conduct a symphony of fire to find your way."
Ariel saw the music stand and put the headpiece there. "All I need now is the music." Then she was digging into one of the coal carts and found a skull. "I'm going to assume it's just a prop." As she went to the locked door, she moved the fuel tank out of the way. "I'm not as clumsy as the other girls. She looked at the lock and saw it was the same one from the manager's doorway. "Here we go again."
Soon enough she unlocked it and found herself in the sewers. She covered her nose. "Man this reeks." She got the hook in place, found a heavy bag and tied it on the hook and once the water went away, she found a mirror and picked it up. After she walked straight, she found a worship cellar. "I'm not going to ask if you're a worshiper. I'm going to assume this is from someone else." she said. She solved the sparks and got another dagger. Then she found a torch on the floor and made her way back to the furnace, put some gasoline on it and lit it up in a near by fire.
Then once she passed the alter, she found the dark church. She lit up the 6 lanterns and saw 5 winged grim reapers. "Guess they represent fallen angels." she said. Then her book made not on a note that was on a wall. "Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the truest type of love. Book 3, Chapter 14, Verse 52. So you are Catholic."
"I'm no worshiper of any kind. I was lucky enough to be baptized when I was born." said the phantom. "And he was the one who named me."
Ariel said, "You know you name means Ruler Of All right? He had some reason to name you that." The phantom said nothing as Ariel went to the hooded figures. She put the daggers in their hand and one by one she pushed down the dagger to make it look like it was piercing the wrists using the same numbers from the passage.
Then a door opened and she exited of what she expected was the church and arrived at the graveyard. She rubbed her arm from the cold. "I should've looked for a jacket." She found a shovel, took it and played a small HOP. Once she was done, she got the flute. "Now all I need to comedy and tragedy." She saw a tomb up in the hill and asked, "Is that suppose to be your grave?"
He answered, "If it was, then they are quick to assume without a body that I am dead."
Ariel said, "I'm scared to walk up to it. The last time I was at a tomb...I had a hard time getting out. I'm not a fan of the dark anymore like I used to. Now when I sleep, I have to have a little light on with me."
He replied, "Do not be afraid. For I'm here if you need me."
Ariel took a deep breath and nodded. She was indeed afraid of them but not for that reason. Back on where she is from, most of her family's remains were in tomb boxes in a big tomb house and when she wondered off when she was a kid, she was scared cause she couldn't find her mom and dad. Since then she doesn't wondered off anymore. Now why she was afraid of the dark was for a whole other reason. But let's just say since she was 5, she had to have a nightlight. She walked up the steps and saw a door with 4 slots and a rose in the angel's hands on top of the door. "Let's see if I can get it down without breaking anything." She put the book and her bag down, raised the shovel and gently knocked the rose out of the angel's hands.
"The Angel of Music is waiting for you." said the Phantom.
"I'll be there in a moment." she replied, "She made her way back but had to stop at the worship cellar to play the sparkles and get embalming fluid. "Well now I can get that hook." Then she made her way up to the roof again to get a skull mask from the bird's nest. Finally Ariel was back in the women's changing room and held out the black rose.
And for the 3rd time, the phantom smashed the mirror and took the rose. "Do you remember how you sang for me? I was always watching." Then instead of throwing the powder at her face he gently blew into it. Ariel closed her eyes and when she opened them she saw a picture of Christine singing and Raoul watching her from box 5. Once she blinked the notes away, and the picture was colored, the phantom said, "Her voice rang through the hall. Raoul, obviously enraptured, started on in plain view. I reflected from the shadows on how well I had taught her and how she had given herself over to me, her Angel of Music." Then a bright light came again and Ariel closed her eyes.
