Hi,

I am sorry about updating late; it was a combination of circumstances. I appreciate your patience.

Phangirl4044

Thanks for the review, yes the monkey is a tribute to the 2004 movie. I thought it be nice if Erik had a nice mother for once. Maybe since he had 2 children and one was perfect it did not matter if Erik wasn't perfect.

Glacifly4POTO

It's a side-effect, but also he has had no mask since being rescued. So I guess it can be taken from many angles.

I really appreciate all the reviews. Please leave a review, even if it is very short.

Vonny25


Professor Villon

Little Erik was slowly falling in to a routine, and thinking less, and less about the gypsy camp, and the horrors it had held for him. Raoul was a big help, with his baby ways, and his easy acceptance of Erik. Both Phillippe, and Erik tried to include their baby brother in as many activities as possible despite the over ten-year age difference.

That morning after breakfast, the twins were going to spend the morning with their tutor. It would be the first session for Erik, as his father thought he was now strong enough to attend lessons regularly. Erik of course had spent the last 5 months reading, composing, playing the piano, and drawing. Phillippe had shared his lessons with him, and Erik was all caught up with his studies. Not to mention that while travelling with the gypsy's he had learned to speak, German, English, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, and some Italian, besides Romani.

There intellect was something that the twins did not share, Phillippe was smart, but not a genius like Erik, who had started talking in short sentences at seven months of age, and could read by the time he was 20 months old. But it did not matter to them that Phillippe was slower in his studies, just like it did not matter that Erik's face was deformed.

Erik was nervous as he did not know the teacher. The old tutor that had taught them when they were little had retired three years ago. Phillippe noticed how nervous Erik was at breakfast, he told him, "Don't worry Erik, before long you will be messier Villon's favorite, when he sees how smart you are." Erik smiled at his brother, and continued playing with his food. His father told him, "Erik, don't worry, I'll introduce you to messier Villon, now eat your breakfast. I don't want you to lose weight, and get sick, you are barely recovering, and you still need to put on more weight." Erik did his best to eat all of his breakfast, but he had butterflies in his stomach.

Messier Villon arrived at the Comte's house on his horse that he gave to the stable help. He knew the Comte wanted him to start teaching the twin brother of his pupil. He was not looking forward to it, but he needed his job. He had never seen Erik but had heard that he was deformed, and had been away from the family for many years. He did not know all the details, but was convinced that the child was slow. How could he possibly be expected to teach an imbecile?

The teacher was familiar with the house, and walked to the library, where he normally taught Phillippe. The Comte, and the twins were waiting for him. The teacher said, "Good morning Comte and Vicomte." He completely ignored Erik. The Comte said, "Good morning Professor Villon, I want to introduce you to my son Erik, who has miraculously returned to us after a long ordeal." The teacher looked at Erik, hiding his disdain the best that he could. Phillippe said, "I think you will like Erik Professor Villon, he is all caught up on his studies, and he is very smart." The teacher smiled at Phillippe thinking those were the words of a brother.

The Comte left the library, and went to his office to review some reports, and smoke a cigar, happy that Erik was starting to lead a more normal life. At the library Professor Villon, put some paper, and a few coloring pencils on the floor, then took Erik's hand, and told him very slowly, as if talking to someone without intelligence, "Sit here and color". Erik did not know what to do, and decided to sit, and show the teacher how well he could sketch; maybe then the professor would take him seriously.

For his part Phillippe was very upset, he tried to say something, but the professor interrupted him, gave him some arithmetic problems to solve, and told him, "You have a half hour to complete this problems Phillippe." The Vicomte took the notebook, and instead of sitting at the table with his teacher, he went, and sat on the floor with Erik. That made the teacher very upset.

The professor approached his pupils, and told Phillippe in a stern voice, "Phillippe, you are a Vicomte, do not sit on the floor like an animal, or an imbecile." Erik was now very angry; he was tired of people comparing him with animals. He stood up, and yelled at the teacher, "And exactly how have you determined that I am an imbecile or an animal, if you don't even know me and…" The professor slapped Erik, while saying, "Quiet, you are an imbecile…" Erik stood there frozen for a moment, and then it was like a dam broke inside of him.

Erik took a lamp, and threw it at the teacher, the teacher took his belt off, and tried to hit Erik with it, but instead hit Phillippe, who had jumped in front of Erik to protect him. Seeing the teacher hit his brother made things even worse. Erik was throwing books, pencils, and anything within his reach at the professor, who was trying to hit him. Erik then took a letter opener, and jumped on the professor taking him by surprise. The angry boy started stabbing the professor with the letter opener, adrenaline was giving Erik increase strength. Fortunately, the letter opener could not inflict much damage.

Phillippe ran to get his father, who ran to the library. Charles found the teacher on top of his son, pounding on the child. Erik was biting, kicking, and hitting the professor with all that he had. The professor had pulled the mask off his face. The Comte De Chagny took the professor by his shoulders, and pulled him off his small son, while yelling "What is the meaning of this professor?" The professor said indignantly, "This is what happens when you expect a good teacher to teach a salvage. I refuse to teach that monster, he does not even look human; he should be locked in the basement."

While this was going on, Erik had scooted himself in to a corner, and was rocking back, and forth, holding his legs to his chest with his arms, while repeating over, and over, "I am not an animal, I am not an animal." The Comte told the professor, "Your services are no longer needed, I will send my driver with what I owe you tonight, now leave you are no longer welcomed in this house." The teacher said, "Very well, I will send you my doctors bill for what that beast has done to me." He then walked out.

Phillippe picked Erik's mask from the floor, and started approaching his brother, but when he was close, Erik looked at him with unfocused eyes, and yelled in a frightened voice while protecting his head with his arms, "I am sorry master, please don't hit me, please!" The Comte approached Erik slowly, but Erik stood, up and ran to hide under the desk, where he rolled up in to a ball, and started sobbing, and pleading, "Please master, I'll be good, please don't hit me."

No one noticed when little Raoul entered the office, and went to see why his big brother with the pretty voice was crying, being so little Erik's confused mind did not find him threatening, and let him get close. Little Raoul patted Erik's head, and told him, "Elik sad? You, boo-boo? Erik recognized his baby brother, and hugged him to his chest while crying, slowly the older boy started calming down, and the baby got restless. The Comte had kneeled by the desk trying figure out how to pull Erik out, without making things worse, and also to make sure little Raoul did not get hurt.

As the baby started squirming in Erik's arms, the older boy let him go, and looked at his father with a face stained with tears, and a puddle under him. The Comte noticed the ammonia smell, and became even angrier with the teacher that had scared his boy so much, to the point of having him wet himself. He spoke softly while offering a hand to Erik, "Son don't be scared, come to Papa's arms Erik, I will not let anyone hurt you, the professor is gone son, you are home, remember?" Slowly Erik took the hand of his father, and the Comte pulled him in to his arms, where he rocked him, and let him cry until he went to sleep.

The Comte, walked in to Erik's room. Charles personally undressed his boy, and cleaned him up with a basin of warm water, and a towel that Phillippe had got for him, then he dressed him in a night shirt, and drawers, before tucking him in bed. The poor child was starting to develop some bruises on his chest, and is legs. His right eye was swollen, and developing a dark bruise. The Comte was very angry. He took the hand of Phillippe, and they both excited in to Phillippe's room that was connected to Erik's room by a door.

The Comte looked at Phillippe, and saw an angry red mark on his son's cheek and neck. The father kneeled by Phillippe, and asked, "What happened to you face and neck son?" Phillippe fought back tears, and said with a trembling voice, "Professor was trying to hit Erik with his belt, and I jumped in to protect Erik, my brother has been hit to many times already, but I could not protect him, Erik still got hurt." Then the boy broke down crying. His father hugged him and told him, "Every thinks is okay Raoul, don't cry, you did well my child protecting your brother. I am proud of you. Erik will be okay, you'll see."

The boy asked his father, "Why Papa? Why are people so mean to Erik? What has he done to them? Professor Villon, did not even give him a chance, right away he decided that Erik was a, what did he call him? I think imbecile, what does that mean father? It was horrible father, he made Erik sit on the floor, and compared him to an animal, it is not right father." The Comte listened to his young son patiently, the boy needed to calm down, before he could question him regarding what happened, even if he already had a good idea.


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