The Train

Hi,

This chapter is a bit different, tell me what you think. I also want to let you know that from now on I will be updating every 2 weeks, as I want to work on updating some other stories.

Vonny25

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Thanks for your reviews. Certainly chapter 8 was not my best chapter, and I agree it would be rare for someone to rebel against a Comte. But the Comte will get even don't worry.

vonny25

Erik's POV

As I am laying here in a comfortable bed with my brothers, I cannot help but think about the past. I remember the years I spend traveling in my cage, quite different from my accommodations now. Thinking about my cage gives me shivers, it brings back all type of terrible memories. and feelings. The fear, the hunger, the constant pain. Feeling rejected by all, as if I was less than human.

The worst part of my imprisonment with the gypsies were the feelings of betrayal and abandonment. I don't know why I believe what that woman said, maybe because I was too young to understand that my father really loved me. It is strange, I wonder why my father loves me, when so many other people see me as a monster to fear and subdue.

I guess is not just my father that loves me, I know Philippe and Sylvia love me too. Little Raoul loves me for now, but he is too young to understand that my deformity sets me apart, and condemns me to be feared, and misunderstood.

I am still a child, but I fear what will happen to me when I grow up, will I be able to find a job, or will I always depend on the charity of Philippe? I hope not, after all he is the one that is going to be The Comte de Chagny, and heir to father's fortune. I want to be able to make a future for myself. If I had been born a few minutes before Philippe I would have been the heir, and of course I would have shared everything with Philippe and Raoul. But for some reason it does not feel right for Philippe to share with me.

I should go to sleep, is not like I can solve anything tonight, and I am tired. I am glad that father found me, I was starting to lose my will to live. I'll try not to worry about the future and do my best to enjoy what little I have left of my childhood.

Phillippe's POV

I think it must be the early hours of the morning because Erik and Raoul are sound asleep. I am so happy that Erik is with us again. I missed him so much while he was gone, it was like a part of me was missing, it must be because we are twins. I mean I love Raoul too, but is not the same, not that I would ever tell him.

I often wonder what happened to Erik during all those years that we were apart, sometimes he seems so sad and distant. I know it must have been horrible for what he has shared with me, and all the scars he has all over his body. I don't understand how anyone could put a child in a cage and treat them worse than an animal.

I wish I could protect Erik from the world, it hurts to fail him. I still remember the condition he was in when papa first found him, sometimes I have nightmares about it. I was so scared he was going to die, especially after I saw those worms eating his flesh, I thought that only happened to death people. Hopefully when I grow up I will be able to protect him.

I wonder why papa decided for us to got to our Villa by the ocean, not that I am complaining, actually I thinks it is a brilliant idea. I know we will have a lot of fun there, and maybe Erik will get better, he has been acting so different since Professor Villon hurt him.

I am getting hungry; I wonder if papa will take us to eat to the dining room or order the food to be brought to us. Maybe I should go back to sleep for a little while longer, at least until the sun rises.

Charles Comte De Chagny POV

I am happy the children don't suspect the real reason we left our Château. I can't believe that the Professor had the nerve to cause problems after his reproachable conduct. I was too lenient with him, but no more, I will write my solicitor and have him prosecuted to the fullest for harming my child. I am sure my cousin Police Captain Mollier will be happy to help me, in exchange I will let him and his children use my home at Paris for the winter, of that way his oldest daughter will have a chance of finding a better husband.

I hope that the new environment helps Erik, I hate seeing him so sad and traumatized. I know he has been through more than what any child should live through or for that matter an adult. But he was recovering so well physically and emotionally until that blasted professor acted so ignorantly and cowardly.

I worry about Erik's future, sometimes I wish he would have been born the oldest, the title of Comte would open so man doors to him, but I know Phillippe will take would care of his brother. It warms my heart to see how my children love each other.

It is so hard to sleep in a train, but I am sure it is much easier that sleeping in a cage, like my poor Erik had to do for years. Sometimes I feel like having my wife spend a few months in a cage, so she can understand what she did to my son. I of course would never fall that low. As it is she is staying in a small secluded cottage in the mountains, where all her needs are provided by the couple that I send to supervise her. I am sure she does not realize how lucky she is, and how generous I am. But if I like it or not she is the mother of my lovely baby Raoul and some day he will ask about his mother. I want to be able to answer his questions with a clear conscience.

I better get up, hopefully I can go and order some breakfast to be delivered to us, and drink some coffee at the dining room before the children wake up. I'll get Sylvia up so she can take care of my boys.

Sylvia's POV

I am so ashamed that the Comte had to wake me up, he is such a considerate employer. I love taking care of my three little angels, they are such good children. I am so glad that The Comte found Erik. I prayed for so many years for that miracle to happen. He was so sick when the Comte brought him home, but she is much better now.

I don't understand why a little face deformity make people act so inhumanly towards Erik, it does not make him less human. I know some people tell me that I cannot see him as he is because of my love for him, but I think they are the ones that are blind to the beauty of my baby. I've been taking care of him since he was born, the same as Philippe, of course I love them, how could I not.

I love it when Erik sings and plays the piano, he is so smart and has such beautiful voice. He has even told me that he is going to make me a song. I told him he did not have to, but he told me it would be ready for my birthday, such a sweat boy he is.