Hello again!
Just wanted to let you know that this is the last chapter that you'll get a chance to guess which one of our friends (if we can call them that) is which POTO character.
I'll give you this hint: These are the characters that the people are reincarnations of:
-Erik
-Meg Giry
-Christine Daae
-Carlotta
-Piangi (though I don't remember him being in the book, was he? If not, he's Carlotta's husband or whatever in the movie/musical)
-Armand/Andre (never quite got what his name really was)
-Firmin
-Madame Giry
-The Persian/Daroga/Nadir
-Vicomte Raoul de Chagny
-The duke or something that Meg marries (pardon I don't recall his name)
I might give you huge hints on who's who in this chapter (or at least narrow it down ;D)
Oh my gosh! I just realized we don't have a Philippe! Nooo! How did we not think of that? Oh well, he'll be in the story I suppose, he just won't be reincarnated. Haha, poor Philippe.
And must I say that if you do get them all or most of them correct, you will get to make-out with Erik
Erik: NOOOOOOOOOO!
Me: I'll pay you.
Erik: …
Me: I can make the winner dress up like Christine then if she's gonna kiss you…
Erik: You better be paying me a reasonable amount of money.
Me: I will… somehow.
But this is also included with the epicness of the statue.
Here we go (again)!
(Ripping off ENL from the last chapter :P) Previously on Here We Go Again…
Ayden was still seething, but he calmed down. Katy peeked in the mirror.
"Humph, it's rather odd, wait-when McKenna and I were friends she forced me to watch this movie. McKenna, you've been to the house on the lake!"
Alexis shuffled her feet; she was as uncomfortable as I was.
"Well, technically we haven't been to the house, we went down there, but we fainted before we got to the house."
"So what? Let's go!"
Alexis panicked.
"We live here, we'll decide."
She smirked.
"Uh no, I'm going down."
I sighed and followed my ex-best friend, Ayden following me at my heels.
~O~O~O~O~
Lexi's POV
I saw them go through the mirror and I wanted to go with them, but no one else in the room made a move to follow them. I looked back at all of them and prompted, "Well, shouldn't we follow them?"
All of them only stood there, staring at me like I was mad.
He did not seem completely convinced. I asked Norine, "Don't you want to see that they're all safe?"
Yet, she seemed as though she had completely zoned out for the moment. I think that she was in a state of shock. Without warning, she fainted. Derek tried to steady her and slowly set her down on the ground.
"Derek," I confronted the short Italian guy (or was he Sicilian?). "Don't you want to go see where your girlfriend's going?"
Derek gave me a confused look.
"My girlfriend's not here. She's in America. I'm just harmlessly flirting with Katy."
I asked, "Don't you want to save Katy anyway? What if something happens to her down there? You do care for her at least as a friend, right?"
Derek still seemed a bit confused, so I went over to Ryan and Tyler.
"I know you guys probably don't actually care about the people down there"-
"Not really," Tyler interrupted.
I ignored his comment. I continued, "But wouldn't you two be thrilled to see what it's like down there? Wouldn't it be like an adventure?"
Ryan crossed his arms and glared at me, "No, I could really care less."
"You guys are no fun," I stated and stalked over to Brett and Malcolm. I huffed to them, "What about you guys?"
Something strange flashed in Malcolm and Brett's eyes as I said that. One showed absolute excitement while the other showed absolute terror.
I sighed, "Well… I don't wanna go down there by myself"-
"I'LL GO!" Both of them shouted at the same time. I blinked and both gave each other strange looks. I combed my fingers through my reddish blond hair a bit awkwardly.
"Thanks guys…" I gratified, not entirely sure what to say to their sudden outburst.
I looked over at Nadir and he shrugged.
"I should come too, just to make sure those two," he pointed at Brett and Malcolm. "Don't cause any trouble."
I smiled at him and mouthed, "Thanks" before I turned to Ryan and Tyler again.
"Are you sure you guys wanna stay here? I mean there's nothing really exciting to do in here except talk about stupid things… like scrap metal."
"Hey!" Tyler yelled. "Do not talk about scrap metal that way!"
Ryan nodded and defended, "Yeah, how could you say such a thing!"
"Why do you hate me Ryan…?" I wondered aloud.
Ryan was about to respond when Malcolm and Brett attacked him.
"This is not the time or the place, Ryan. We just need both of you to come to help Norine get out of shock," One of the twins growled. For the moment, I was once again having issues telling them apart, since it was so dark. One was pulling Ryan's hair while the other had his hands around Ryan's neck. The one who had spoken was the one pulling Ryan's hair back.
The other one now was inches away from Ryan's face, threatening, "If you two don't go down there, then I assure you that both of you will rue the day."
My eyebrows rose at him, but when he looked up at me, his eyes burned a furious yellow. Just as quickly though, they turned back to their original aqua. The room went silent for a moment and I nonchalantly walked over to the bed and grabbed McKenna's copy of The Phantom of the Opera.
The twins watched as Ryan and Tyler picked up Norine and carried her through the mirror. They and Nadir waited for me to go through the mirror also, but I let Brett and Malcolm go through. I had not had the chance to speak with him and I thought that this would be a wonderful opportunity to do so. The twins tried to protest but I pushed them through before I could change my mind.
"Hey, Nadir," I greeted the quiet boy. He smiled.
"Hello, Jennifer."
I chuckled, "You don't have to be so formal. Everybody calls me Lexi or Alexis."
He shrugged, "I just don't know you very well, so I assumed that I should call you by your first name instead of your middle name."
I was a bit puzzled, "Um… how did you know Alexis was my middle name?"
"Well," he began. "It was simple because I knew that it wasn't your first name and that it couldn't be your last name so the only possibility was for it to be your middle name."
"Wow, that's pretty impressive!"
"And… I've been talking to Brett and Malcolm."
"Oh. That makes sense. I swear those guys know everything about me…" I trailed.
Nadir seemed like he was about to ask me something when I heard Ryan and Tyler talking.
"So what's up with liking scrap metal?" Ryan asked.
Tyler shrugged.
"I just found it interesting. You know, you can actually make a lot of things with it… Someday I was hoping to start a company just for all the things you could make with scrap metal."
Ryan seemed to brighten up when Tyler said this and questioned, "How much do you think you'd get for things made out of scrap metal?"
Tyler simply stated that he did not know, but he was sure that many people would want to buy scrap metal products because he would make it cheap and that it would be "eco-friendly".
Ryan actually seemed really impressed.
"So what do you say to a partnership for this kind of company? I could help with the funds and such…" And they continued their conversation about this strange business.
"So," Nadir began. "How exactly did you meet Brett and Malcolm?"
"Well," I began. "They ride my bus and the three of us began talking. I couldn't tell them apart so they told me how to tell them apart and such, but I never seem to remember how." I laughed, but then I thought of something else. "Both of them were thrilled when I told them about my obsession with The Phantom of the Opera…"
Nadir looked a bit shocked, then noticed the book that I held in my hand. He finally asked me, "Can you sing?"
I lowered my head a bit and muttered, "A little, but have you seen McKenna dance? She's amazing!"
Nadir sighed, "Alexis, do you believe in reincarnation?"
I shook my head and questioned, "No, why do you ask?"
"Well what you just told me just made me think about it. The fact that McKenna can dance and that you can sing especially makes me wonder…"
"Wonder what?" I questioned. Surely he was not actually suggesting…
"You and McKenna might be the reincarnations of Christine Daae and Meg Giry."
I really did laugh, "You're kidding me, right? There's no way"-
"I'm serious. You love Phantom of the Opera and I'm assuming she does too?"
"She loves it more than I do."
"That's what I feared," Nadir said sadly. "It may be like reminiscing on old memories. Like when you look through a photo album"-
"But I hate photo albums! Look, Nadir, it's a good thought, but it isn't likely…"
We heard a high pitched scream and someone say "EEEEWWW RATS!" at the top of her lungs. Katy…
We ran to the front of our little parade to find Katy hiding behind McKenna and Ayden still in her hysteria.
"I cannot believe…" she sucked in some air in a wheeze before continuing, "that there are rats in here."
"Well, what else did you expect in the opera house cellars, white ponies?"
"There was that horse in the movie…"
McKenna rolled her eyes and uttered, "That horse has been dead for over a hundred years! Look, we should really go back, Katy."
Katy consented, still wide-eyed in terror at the rat.
They turned around, probably about to go back to the dressing room, but found us instead.
McKenna ran up to me and questioned, "Why did you bring them down here?"
"I thought something would happen to you guys"-
"Well we didn't need your help! Nothing happened except Katy acting like a complete scaredy-cat! But that's typical of her." She sighed. "Look, we should probably get back now"-
Right as she said those words, we heard the mirror shut from far behind us. It echoed throughout the cellars – the little bit of light that came from the candle that McKenna held blew out. It was pitch black in the cellar we stood in. I could not even see my hand as I held it in front of my face.
A pair of yellow eyes glared at us from the darkness.
I could have sworn that I heard Ryan and Tyler drop Norine when they heard the beautiful but deadly voice in the darkness.
"Erik cannot let you leave."
Well, those of you asking for Erik finally got to see him in this fic. Um, not exactly see him, but see his eyes and hear his voice!
ENL: Lexi…
Max: Yes?
ENL: They can't "hear" his voice. They're reading this, not watching it.
Max: Fine, then they're "reading" his voice. The point is now Erik appeared in the fic!
Erik: The question is who am I?
ENL: Yeah, which character is Erik? We would love to hear your votes!
Max: You get a statue of the characters AND a kiss from Erik!
Erik: *grunts*
Max: I'm paying you, remember?
Erik: Yes, I know.
ENL: So, review!
Max: Yes, we would love your reviews! Thanks!
