A/N: Just so nobody gets confused, this whole chapter is Christine talking. It's not her POV, just Christine narrating her story.

"It all began last week. Raoul and I were eating lunch at a little restaurant when suddenly a man came up to us. He told something to Raoul in a low voice, I could not understand any words but the word 'opera'. I asked Raoul about it after the man left, but he brushed the questions off saying it was business, nothing I should concern myself with. I thought nothing of it until I saw the same man poking around the house during a rehearsal one afternoon. I had not gotten a good look at his face when he had spoken to Raoul, only that he seemed to be a common man. That opinion was further enforced when I saw him a second time.

He was somewhat dirty, and his hair was hidden under a cap. One of his front teeth was missing, as I found when he tipped his cap at me and smiled. I was somewhat repulsed by him, but also incredibly curious as to what he was doing. M. Reyer chose that moment to yell at me for not paying attention, and when I had the opportunity to look again the man was not to be found. Although I was curious, I put him out of my mind. I did not see him again until two days ago, under completely different circumstances.

I was walking to my dressing room after rehearsal one afternoon. I had not done so for a while, so you could say it was not routine. As you know, my room is at the end of a poorly lit corridor. As I entered the corridor, I saw someone at my door. I recognized the man, and was upset. I rushed up to him, and asked what he was doing. He replied, sounding somewhat surprised, that he was checking the locks on certain doors to see if they all corresponded with a certain key. I did not believe him for a second, so I sent him on his way and went inside. I figured he had been trying to break into my room. The shock of this was enough to send me into a deep confusion. Let us just say I did not get any rest that afternoon. I decided I would discuss this problem with Raoul since I was meeting with him that night for dinner.

We were sitting at the restaurant when I told Raoul I had seen the man that had talked to him at lunch. He almost seemed to choke, and when he finally recovered enough, he told me not to worry about it at all, because it was nothing I needed to be involved in. I told him I felt I did need to be involved in it if he was going to be associated with people trying to break into my dressing room at strange hours of the day. He looked slightly surprised again, but assured me he'd talk to the person and clear things up. He assured me it wouldn't happen again. By this time I was somewhat wary of what Raoul said relating to this man. Therefore, I was not surprised when I saw them talking this morning. I heard the words 'mirror' and 'phantom'. I immediately rushed to my room and used the mirror to come down here and worn you before they could come down here and do you harm."