I would like to apologize for any grammatical errors. Everybody makes them, but I am a perfectionist. Please comment and I will be open to ideas. There are some places where I still need to come up with details. This also will be my last chapter until mid-August because I will be at summer camp. Goodbye and Thanks!

Chapter Four

The three girls fell onto their beds, after bidding Charlie goodbye. They were exhausted from the running that they had done.

After a few minutes had passed, the children had unfroze from their positions that they where in when they had listened to the Phantom. His voice was hypnotic. They even witnessed poor Christine faint. That was what shocked them out of the trance and they bolted. They didn't stop running until they were above ground.

Lucy felt weak. She had run faster than the rest. On any other occasion that would have been a huge accomplishment but her head was spinning so fast she couldn't think strait. So that was the voice I was hearing in my dreams. Oh, and his eyes…His EYES. Those are the eyes I see in the paneling. Was he spying or… or…or… before she could finish her thought she dozed off.

Lucy woke up with her head throbbing. She felt aches and pains throughout her body. Danielle and Annabelle were already scurrying around getting ready for the day.

"Here wear this," Annabelle held out a pale blue lace dress.

"You made this?" Lucy asked not sure where it came from.

"No, Christine is the one who gave this to you. It was a bit large so I had to tailor it to fit you. Here is the box it came in." Annabelle handed Lucy a hexagonal shaped red box with a velvet black ribbon hanging off the side. The box was made to look like a rose. Lucy sat up and Annabelle helped her put on her dress and get ready for the day.

Annabelle and Danielle walked into the bedroom and saw Lucy sleeping. They quietly put on their nightgowns and went to bed themselves. After a few minutes Lucy sprung out of bed to the sound of her friends' gentle snoring. She was still wearing her clothing from the day but she did not care. She hurried over to the mirror, flipped the latch, and slid the mirror aside.

Her journey was much faster than the night before because she had memorized the path. She had heard the music while she was lying in bed and knew she could not resist following it. So, she faked being asleep so her friends would go to bed. She had told herself last night that she would venture down into the tunnels if she had heard the music of the Phantom.

When she reached the lake she forced herself to wade through, even though she was terrified of water. When I am determined to get something, I get it. Her mind was in sync with the music. As it reached a crescendo, so did her thoughts. They were flying everywhere. Maybe I should turn around. No, I can't, I have come to far. But yet, what I am doing is very dangerous. No, I have passed the point of no turn-a rounds. Lucy slowly approached the gate fighting the urge to flee.

The Phantom was sitting at his organ fiddling with some sheet music. He seemed to be writing lyrics.

"Past the point of no return

No backward glances

No regretting our mistakes… no that is not right at all." The Phantom's voice was simply melodic, angry melodic, but melodic just the same. Lucy, in the semi-trance she was in, called out to him.

"Who is that shape in the shadows? Who is the face in the mask..?"

He spun around his face full of rage.

"Damn you!"

"Ahh," Lucy started to walk back as he went to the lever to lift the gate. He pulled it and slowly walked towards her.

"You little prying Pandora! You little demon, is this what you wanted to see?" Lucy stumbled backwards and tripped over a rock. She hit the water with a thud and struggled to get away. Her cane had flown out of her hand and The Phantom picked it up. "Curse you! You little lying Delilah! You little viper, now you cannot ever be free!"

"*Cough, cough*" Things started to go dark for Lucy as the water started getting into her lungs.

"Damn you...Curse you..."

"…help…" Lucy cried out in a last attempt to be freed from the waters clutches as everything went black.