To the Cemetery/Wandering Child/We Have all been Blind


(1919)

*Sonic's car drove down the road through the woods. He looked out the window and saw a stag running beside them. He looked ahead, seeing the cemetery. Once again, he started to reminise*

(1871)

*The morning fog had rolled in. At the Opera House dormitories, Vanilla was fixing her hair while the other girls were still asleep. All exept Sally, she was wearing her white nightgown, lying in bed just looking out the window. Then she got up and wrapped a shawl around her shoulders. As she left her room, she saw Sonic, sleeping in a chair right next to the door. She smiled at him and seeked right past. She went to the stables, walked up to a grey albatross, and gave in a pouch of gold coins*

Sally: Monsieur

Storm: Where to?

Sally: The cemetery

*She went back inside and changed into a black dress and black hooded cape. She then saw five red roses with black ribbons tied to them in a vase. Back at the stables, Storm had just finished hitching up the pasha, when suddenly, he was knocked out from behind. Inside, Sonic woke up with a start. When he saw the bedroom door open, he looked inside and saw Sally was gone. Outside, Sally was getting in the carriage. She was holding the red roses. Sitting in the driver's seat was a black hooded figure*

Sally: To my Father's grave, please

*Inside, Sonic looked through a small window and saw Sally leaving in the carriage. He ran to the stables and saw Storm waking up from being knocked out*

Sonic: Where have they gone?

Storm: The cemetery

*Sonic mounted a white pasha standing nearby and went after the carriage. As Abigail's carriage went down the road, she kept thinking about the Phantom*

*Sally singing*

In sleep he sang to me . . .

In dreams he came . . .

That voice which calls to me . . .

And speaks my name . . .

*The carriage arrived at the cemetery. Sally got out and walked past the graves*

Sally: Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her Father promised her that he would send her the Angel of Music. Her Father promised her.

You were once my one companion

You were all that mattered

You were once a friend and Father

Then my world was shattered

Wishing you were somehow near

Sometimes it seemed

If I just dreamed

Somehow you would be here

Wishing I could hear your voice again

Knowing that I never would

Dreaming of you

Won't help me to do

All that I dreamed I could

Passing bells and sculpted angels

Cold and monumental

Seem for you the wrong companions

You were warm and gentle

*She turned a corner and saw her father's tomb, the name "Acorn" was engraved above the door*

To many years fighting back tears

Why can't the past just die

Wishing you were somehow here

Knowing we must say goodbye

Try to forgive, teach me to live

Give me the strength to try

No more menories

No more silent tears

No more gazing across the wasted years

*She sat on the stone stairs of the tomb*

Help me say goodbye . . .

Help me say goodbye . . .

*She begins to cry*

Sally: Papa . . .

*Shadow singing*

*off-screen*

Wandering child

So lost

So helpless

Yearning for my guidance

*Sally looked up with tears in her eyes*

*Sally singing*

Angel or Fathed

Friend or Phantom

Who is it there, staring

*Shadow singing*

*off-screen*

Have you forgotten your angel

*Sally singing*

Angel, oh, speak

What endless longings

Echo in this whisper

*Shadow singing*

*off-screen*

Too long you've wandering in winter

Far from my fathering gaze . . .

*Sally singing*

Wildly my mind beats against you . . .

*Shadow singing*

*off-screen*

You resist . . .

*Sally/Shadow singing*

*off-screen*

Yet my/your soul obeys . . .

Angel of Music

I/You denied me/you . . .

Turning from true beauty

Angel of Music

My protector/Do not shun me

Come to me/your strange Angel . . .

*Sally seemed to be in a trance again as she walked up the tomb stairs towards a red light*

*Shadow singing*

*off-screen*

I am your Angel of Music . . .

Come to me Angel of Music . . .

*Suddenly, Sonic rode in on the white pasha*

Sonic: NO SALLY! WAIT! WAIT!

Sally: Sonic?

Sonic: Whatever you believe, this man, this thing, is not your Father!

Sally: What?

*Suddenly, the Phantom jumped down from the roof of the tomb with a sword in hand. Sonic unsheathed the sword he had brought with him and lunged at the Phantom. They clashed swords across the cemetery. Sally watched in fear from a distance. The fight went on until the Phantom sliced at Sonic's arm, which made a bleeding cut. He then stood up, knocked the Phantom to the ground, kicked his sword away, and with a yell raised his own sword to deliver the final blow*

Sally: NO SONIC! No. Not like this . . .

*Sonic sheathed his sword, gave the Phantom one final glare (which he returned), and went to Sally. Sonic helped her on the pasha and they rode away. The Phantom watched them leave in anger*

Shadow: Now let it be war upon you both

*With a swish of his cape, the Phantom left*


*Back at the Opera house, Sonic had gathered everyone (except Sally) to discuss how to catch the Phantom, once and for all*

*Sonic singing*

We have all been blind

And yet the answer

Is staring us in the face

This could be the chance

To ensare our clever friend

Vector: We're listening!

Mighty: Go on!

We shall play his game

Perform his work

But remember, we hold the ace

For if Miss Acorn sings

He is certain to attend

*Vector singing*

We are certain the doors are barred

*Mighty singing*

We are certain the police are there

*Sonic singing*

We are certain they're armed

*All three singing*

The curtain falls

His reign will end

*Later that night, as the guests arrived at the Opera house, the Paris Police also arrived, each officer carrying a gun. Inside, the Phantom was backstage preparing a backup plan. Meanwhile, Sonic went to the lower floor chapel, where he found Sally crying on the floor*

Sally: Sonic, I'm frightened. Don't make me do this. *she stood up and went to him* Sonic, it scares me. *Sonic hugged her* Don't put me through this ordeal by fire. He'll take me. I know. We'll be parted forever. He won't let me go. *she let go of him and sat by a window* What I once used to dream . . . I now dread. If he finds me, it will never end.

*Sally singing*

And he'll always be there

Singing songs in my head . . .

He'll always be there

Singing songs in my head . . .

*Sonic singing*

You said yourself

He was nothing but a man

Yet while he lives

He will haunt us till we're dead

*Sally singing*

Twisted every way

What answer can I give

Am I to risk my life

To win the chance to live

Can I betray the man

Who inspired my voice

Do I become his prey

Do I have any choice

He kills without a thought

He murders all that's good

I know I can't refuse

And yet I wish I could

Oh, God, if I agree

What horrors wait for me

In the Phantom's Opera

*Sonic singing*

Sally

Sally

Don't think that I don't care

But every hope and every prayer

Rests on you now

*They looked at each other and hugged*


*In his lair, the Phantom was getting ready*

*Shadow singing*

Seal my fate tonight

I hate to cut the fun short

But the jokes wearing thin

Let the audience in

Let my Opera begin

*He then set his model of the theater a blaze. He smirked evily as it turned to ashes*