I'm back! I'm so excited to post this chapter since this is where my plot twist appears! I thought it up and it whacked me like wrecking ball... That's not a good reference... Any way! Here's the chappie!

*I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or PTO... I only own Daphne*

Daphne had changed into her costume and was waiting backstage for the show to start. She had no idea about the argument in the manager's office but by Timaeus' face, she could tell he was less than pleased with it.

"Sorry about this, Daphne." Yugi said sadly walking in with Malik and Ryou.

"Don't apologize. It's not your fault." Daphne smiled at the boys.

Daphne looked down and grimaced at her costume. She had to wear a pair of tight pants underneath a large skirt. She felt ridiculous.

"The Pharaoh may help you out with the costume problem." Malik said with a wink, "He may destroy Teá's costume and they may have to put you in the leading role anyway."

Daphne laughed and gave the boys a smile.

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Timaeus sat down in the Pharaoh's box. A silly ghost didn't scare him. His thoughts went to Daphne, she had changed since she vanished. She kept many secrets from him, he didn't like it. 'No matter.' He thought, 'She'll be mine anyway soon.'

The orchestra started to play with Valon directing. The curtains opened to a background of a lavish home. Teá wore a large pink dress, making her appear at least four times wider than she supposedly was, she also wore a near foot tall wig, making her look even more ridiculous. Daphne walked around the stage lightly touching the background with a pink feather duster. Three people walked out of the wings and their faces were elaborately decorated to show that they were nobles of a sort. The lady and two men began to converse.

"They say that this youth has set my ladies' heart aflame!" The woman sang.

"His Lordship's sure would die of shock!" A man sang.

"His Lordship is a laughing stock!" The other man sang.

"Should he suspect her, Ra protect her; Shame, Shame , Shame!" All three of them sang walking across the stage. "This faithless lady's bound for Hades! Shame, Shame Shame!" The three sat down and Teá looked to Daphne, who had sat herself next to the woman.

"Serafimo, your disguise is perfect!" Teá said to Daphne's character, who smiled broadly. Three knocks were heard back stage and everyone on the stage froze. "Why, who can this be?" Both of them leaned toward the sound and waited and Sozoji walked out in a costume that made him look 30 years older.

"Gentle wife, admit your loving husband." Sozoji sang.

Both of them pantomimed being frightened and Daphne went back to dusting the room.

Pegasus looked to Dartz, whom had both sat with Timaeus, and asked:

"Every seat sold?"

Dartz laughed, "Hardly! A disaster beyond imagination.."

"My love, I am called to England on affairs of state and must leave you with your new maid." Sozoji sang to her then gestured to Daphne who was cleaning the underside of a table and shaking her rear provocatively. He laughed and leaned over to the audience and said to them, "Though I'd happily take the maid with me." Daphne made a silent gasp and walked to the other side of the stage.

"The old fool is leaving!" Teá said to the audience using her fan to cover her mouth, causing the audience to laugh.

Sozoji looked back to the audience and gave a look of suspicion.

"I suspect my young bride is untrue to me. I shall not leave but shall hide over there," he gestured with his cane to an area behind the curtains, "to observe herrrrrrr. Adios!" He called to her.

"Adios!" She called getting up from her chair.

"Adios!" They both sang as they made a mock farewell and Sozoji walked off the stage.

As soon as he was gone, Teá ran over to Daphne and grabbed her wrist.

"Serafimo! Away with this pretense!" She ripped off the skirt while Daphne took off the hat, "You cannot speak, but kiss me in my husband's absence!"

They both ran over to the couch and behind Teá's fan, they pretended to kiss and the audience laughed. "Poor fool, he makes me laugh! Haha haha. Time to try to get a better half!" She thrust out her hand and Daphne 'lovingly' held it.

"Poor fool, he doesn't know! Hoho hoho! If he knew the truth he'd never, ever go!" Everyone sang while Sozoji pretended to throw a tantrum behind the curtains.

"Did I not instruct that the Pharaoh's box be kept empty!" A booming voice said.

All looked up and could see a tall cloaked man standing in the small dome above the stage. The performers gasped.

Malik gasped the loudest and said:

"He's here! The Pharaoh of the Opera!"

"Angel." Daphne said looking toward him.

Teá pulled her quickly by her arm and hissed into her ear.

"Your part is silent, little toad!" She threw her back and nearly into the couch.

Yami's anger surged. How dare that woman harm his angel of music.

"A toad, madam?" He called down to her, "Perhaps, it is you who are the toad."

Teá's face became a grimace and she looked straight to Valon.

"Maestro! Keep playing!" She said to him.

The lady tried to argue with her but Teá shot her an evil glare. All resistance was futile and Teá's throat spray was brought out. Nobody noticed the smirk on Yami's face, 'Perfect.'

"Serafimo, away with this pretense!" Teá sang.

Daphne was lost. Haven't they already done this part? "You cannot speak, but kiss me in my Errrrr." At the end of the line, Teá made a loud croak, as if she were a toad. Yami chuckled and leaned against the dome. "Poor fool, he makes me laugh. Haha haha Errrr!" She croaked again and she held her throat. The audience laughed and laughed to her dismay. Yami continued to laugh as the managers tried to clear up his prank and he left to settle things back in his lair.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we apologize, the performance will continue in 10 minutes time... When the role of the countess will be sung by Ms Daphne Milore!" Dartz managed out through his anger.

Daphne ran off the stage and into the dressing rooms when she heard her new part, just barely dodging Pegasus, who was running to the stage.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" He called out, obviously out of breath. "As a form of entertainment, we shall be giving you the ballet from act... Um... Three, of tonight's opera. Maestro! Bring the ballet forward!" Pegasus ran off the stage and the ballerinas came out.

After a few minutes in, Timaeus excused himself from the box. He walked to the backstage area that he had acquainted himself with earlier. Searching around he finally found his target. Mako was walking from scenery dock to scenery dock, checking to make sure everything was in order.

Timaeus knew the look on Daphne's face when the ghost's voice had appeared. It was the look that came over her when her father would speak of the Angel of Music. He hated the look; Daphne always treated the Angel as if it were more important than he was, but right now was going to be the end of that.

He took a noose that held an nearby scenery post and wrapped it around Mako's neck. The man struggled but Timaeus held on tightly. Wrapping the other side of the rope around a post, he pushed Mako's body over the edge, effectively hanging him. The dancers screamed and ran backstage when they saw his body.

At that moment, Daphne had returned and saw what had happened.

"Angel... Yami, no!" She gasped and ran.

She ran into Timaeus, who had quickly gotten out of the scenery docks, and ran off with him.\

"Please remain in your seats! Do not panic! It was an accident! Simply an accident!" Dartz called from the stage.

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Daphne dragged Timaeus through the opera house until they reached the roof. She let go of him and quickly closed the door behind her.

"Why have you brought us here?" Timaeus asked sharply, pretending to play dumb to his crime.

"Don't take me back there!" Daphne pleaded to her friend, her scared tears threatened to spill.

"We must return!" He continued.

"He'll kill me! His eyes will find me there!" Daphne couldn't think through her fear. The Pharaoh killed his victims by hanging them from places where they were bound to be seen, she may be next.

"Daphne, don't say that." He said, trying to make his plan work.

"Those eyes that burn!"

"Don't even think it!" Timaeus said trying to touch her shoulder but she continued to pull away.

"And if he has to kill a thousand men..." Daphne started.

"Forget this waking nightmare-"

"The Pharaoh of the Opera will kill-" she started again.

"This phantom is a fable, believe me-" Timaeus argued with the panicking girl.

"-and kill again!" She finally gasped through.

"There is no Pharaoh of the Opera!" He tried shouting.

"My Ra, who is this man?" Daphne asked.

"My Ra, who is this man?" He echoed her.

"Who hunts to kill?" She finished.

"This mask of death."

"I can't escape from him!"

"Whose is this voice you hear?"

"I never will!"

"With every breath!"

"And in this labyrinth, where night is blind, the Pharaoh of the Opera is here/ there inside my/ your mind!" They both sang together.

"There is no Pharaoh of the Opera!" Timaeus shouted to her, tightly gripping her shoulders.

Daphne pulled away. He was treating her as if she were a child!

"Timaeus, I've been there! To his world of unending night. To a world where the daylight dissolves into darkness... Darkness..." Daphne gasped to him. "Timaeus, I've seen him! Can I ever forget that sight? Can I ever escape from that face so distorted, deformed, it was hardly a face in that darkness... Darkness."

Her fear lessened as she remembered the night of her descent. Yami had been so confident and it somehow made her feel safe.

"But his voice filled my spirit with a strange, sweet sound. In that night, there was music in my mind. And through music, my soul began to soar! And I heard as I never heard before..."

"What you heard was a dream, and nothing more." Timaeus responded.

Daphne turned to him and Timaeus nearly growled at the look in her eyes. She pitied that thing.

"Yet in his eyes, all the sadness of the world. Those pleading eyes, that both threaten... and adore."

Timaeus calmed himself; he still needed to enact his plan.

"Daphne... Daphne." He called to her.

"Daphne.." A whisper of a voice called.

Daphne immediately froze and tears swam down her cheeks.

"What was that?" She asked through tears.

She looked around the roof and saw nothing there. She was going insane! She fell to her knees and she cried for a moment. Timaeus tried to calm her but was having no luck.

"There is no Pharaoh of the Opera." He said sternly trying to reason with her the only way he knew how, to tell it right to her face. "And there is no Angel of Music."

Daphne didn't respond so Timaeus left. He didn't like tears.

Daphne still sat on the ground, slowly but surely calming down. 'Maybe Timaeus is right,' she thought, 'maybe the whole thing was just a figment of my imagination.'

"Daphne." She heard a voice call her name.

She looked up and saw Yami. He wore a concerned face and took a step toward her. "What is wrong, Angel? I had heard something had happened during the performance."

Daphne's anger surged and she stood up quickly.

"You kill someone and then you ask me if something is wrong?" She shouted at him.

Yami looked confused.

"I didn't kill anyone, my angel. All I did was change Teá's voice spray as revenge, nothing more. Please understand." He pleaded taking another step toward her.

"But..." She said taking a step back.

"I don't kill, Daphne." Yami said taking a step and reaching his hand to her cheek.

Daphne took another step back and Yami's face and hand fell. He didn't know who had killed Mako, it was someone who knew the opera house well, but who could it be?

Daphne's heart fell as Yami's face did. She was torn between what she saw and what Timaeus told her. "I understand..." Yami said at last causing Daphne to look up at him. "You fear me, just as everyone else does. I understand. I will bother you no more." He turned to leave and more tears fell down Daphne's cheeks. She couldn't let him go.

She ran over to Yami and quickly took his hands in hers. He gave her a sad look but didn't try to move.

"I don't fear you. I saw what had happened and I had just assumed since all the stories say..." She trailed off as she cried again.

Yami wrapped his arms around the girl protectively. He saw that her childhood friend had left her to cry out her frustrations alone, it angered him to no end but he hid it to make Daphne, who still cared for her friend, happy. "I'm sorry... I just couldn't bear the thought of you killing a person." She said with a little hiccup from her tears.

Yami pulled out a handkerchief and dabbed at the girl's eyes lightly.

"You're forgiven." Yami said, "I'll always be here for you."

He leaned down and kissed the hollow of Daphne's throat. He leaned up again and held Daphne lightly.

"No more talk of hatred." Yami sang, Daphne immediately looked up at him. "Forget these wide-eyed fears. I'm here, nothing will harm you. My words will warm and calm you."

Daphne leaned back into his embrace and Yami kept singing.

"Let me be your freedom. Let twilight dry your tears. I'm here, with you, beside you, to guard you and to guide you."

That last line was directed to Timaeus, even though he didn't point it out directly.

"Say you'll love me every waking moment," Daphne sang softly holding onto Yami tightly so that she could hear his heartbeat. "Turn my head with talk of summertime. Say you need me with you, now and always. Promise me that all you say is true... That's all I ask of you."

Yami pulled her away for a moment so that he could see her diamond blue eyes.

"Let me be your shelter, let me be your might. You're safe, no one will find you, your fears are far behind you..." Yami said with a smile, promising her.

Daphne looked away and saw the stars glitter off the water in the nearby oasis.

"All I want is freedom, a world with no more fights..." She looked back over to him and smiled, "and you, always beside me to hold me and to hide me.."

"Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime..." Yami sang taking her hands comfortingly, "let me lead you from your solitude. Say you want me with you here, beside you." He pulled Daphne into a tight hug and affectionately rubbed his nose against her jaw, tickling her. "Anywhere you go, let me go too. Daphne, that's all I ask of you.."

"Say you'll share with me with one love, one lifetime," Daphne sang back to him playing with the hair in her face, "say the word and I will follow you.."

Yami lifted his head and they both sang:

"Share each day with me each night, each morning.."

"Say you love me.." Daphne sang, a small blush coming to her cheeks.

"You know I do.." Yami didn't hesitate saying.

"Love me: that's all I ask of you." They both sang.

Daphne slid out of Yami's grip, and ran away giggling. She didn't get far as Yami grabbed her again and spun her in a circle. He put her down and kissed her cheek, Daphne felt goosebumps run along her cheek as she felt the cold mask.

"Anywhere you go let me go too... Love me, that's all I ask of you." They both sang and they pulled each other into a tight embrace.

They remained that way for a minute till Daphne realized that she still had to perform. She felt much better now knowing that her angel was indeed real and didn't kill Mako.

"I must go." She said pulling away, "They'll wonder where I am."

Daphne ran to the door but looked back at the last instant. "Wait for me, Yami?"

Yami smiled and without any hesitation he responded, "Daphne, I love you."

Daphne beamed, "Be at the mirror and have the boat ready."

"And soon you'll be beside me."

"You'll guard me and you'll guide me." Daphne said quickly running out the door and Yami jumped into his tunnels to watch the rest of the show.

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Timaeus went to see Daphne before she went on. She looked beautiful in the attire of the Countess.

"Are you feeling better, Daphne?" He asked.

She looked over to him and he noticed a happy glint in her eyes.

"Yes, Timaeus." She said properly, "I feel much better."

He narrowed his eyes a hair. She never spoke properly to him.

"Did you think about what I said earlier?"

"Yes." She looked away and put the last touch of makeup on her face. "I respect that you don't believe, but I still trust in my Angel of Music."

She left quickly and Timaeus stood there in shock. His plan utterly failed. He needed a back up idea.

Timaeus walked through the opera house looking for a new idea. Not thinking of anything, he entered the auditorium and an idea struck him like lightning. The chandelier loomed over the audience just waiting for something to happen.

He quickly found the posts that held the chandelier in place and took out his sword. He cut rope after rope until it only hung by a single one. He didn't care that people could be hurt, or even killed. He wanted to make Daphne his! With that he cut the rope and the chandelier creaked as it swung.

The audience gasped and everyone ran for the exits. The performers on stage screamed and ran backstage. Daphne was on stage and then noticed Yami running along the edges of the auditorium trying to get the chandelier to fall away from people.

He wrapped ropes around the crystal chandelier and directed the large object to fall near the stage. He gasped as Daphne was still on stage watching.

"Daphne!" Yugi shouted as he pulled the girl backstage.

As soon as she was backstage, the large chandelier crashed against the stage causing crystals to fly everywhere.

Ryou and Malik joined Yugi and Daphne as they looked at the shatters of the chandelier. The three boys whispered about whether or not the chandelier crashing was the Pharaoh, since he helped not getting anyone hurt. Out of the corner of Daphne's eye, she noticed Isis talking to someone hiding in the shadows. She slipped away from the whispering boys and approached Isis.

"You must be careful, my Pharaoh." She was saying, "People will suspect you, it will not be safe."

"Thank you, Isis." Yami said softly from the shadows.

Daphne took a step closer and Isis noticed the girl's presence.

"You will need to take Daphne with you." Isis added, "She may be in some shock."

There was no response but she felt a light grip on her hand pulling her into a small tunnel. Daphne wanted to know how Isis knew Yami but that would have to wait for another time.

They arrived at Yami's shadowy home and Daphne was quickly asleep as soon as she changed out of the uncomfortable costume. Yami smiled at the girl and soon followed her example and fell asleep.

I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! Please Review! I love to hear what you guys think!

Wait... could anyone tell me how to take down a cover for a story? I tried to put a cover on this one and it is not showing up! Please help!