IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOTE- PLEASE READ!
Thank you very much for all your reviews. I would like to address the "Mary Sue" issue. As I read through the story I do realize that I have made Dawn a bit too close to Erik. Some of it is merely coincidence... it is meant to be something of suspicion. Other things, well, I can understand. Right now I am changing some of the future chapters so Dawn isn't so... ERIK. I hope I haven't disappointed any of my readers and you will continue to read and enjoy this fiction. If not, I'm terribly sorry. Thank you. -CS
Dedication: To MAD who is leaving me over the summer. I LOVE YOU!
Disclaimer: NOT MINE (Except Dawn)
-SOMEONE LIKE YOU-
...they don't say what they mean
Nadir looked up when Erik entered the room. He suddenly felt very guilty. With all this Christine business, Erik had him constantly at his toes. And unfortunately, it led Nadir to false assumptions. Assuming is very dangerous, it could get you killed. He hadn't meant to be cruel to his friend but… it was a very tense time. Why couldn't Erik just be normal? Nadir smiled. He was sure Erik wondered that question himself. If Erik were normal… well… things would be very, very different.
"I'm sorry, Erik. I shouldn't have snapped at you," Nadir apologized.
Erik shook his head. "Quite all right, Nadir. I'm sure you have a lot to be suspicious of."
Nadir sat in one of Erik's chairs. He watched Erik as he too sat. Sometimes it amazed Nadir how much power Erik held. He was dark and sinister, truly a villain to behold. And yet, with one glance Erik could disarm you or break you, hurt you or hold you. He was just a scared child beneath it all, starving for love and affection.
"Speaking of Mlle. Daae, how is she?" Erik asked.
Nadir sighed. "Actually, that is what I came to speak to you about."
Erik slid forward in his chair and locked eyes with Nadir. His own filled with concern. "Is something wrong? Did she get hurt?" he suddenly glared. "If that boy hurt her I swear-!"
"Erik," Nadir interrupted. "It is nothing of the sort. Mlle. Daae is fine."
Erik nodded and relaxed. His heart had just leaped to his throat at the thought of his Christine in pain. Just the idea of her crying… Erik grit his teeth. No, nothing was wrong and he was not going to drive himself mad at the thought of it.
Nadir paused and closed his eyes. He really hoped Erik wasn't going to kill him for this. He was the messenger- not the cause. But Erik had to find out and he would rather it came from him than from the lips of a chorus member.
"Erik, I must ask you to remain calm for this because… it may shock you."
Erik didn't like the way Nadir was shifting in the chair. It was making him nervous.
"I cannot promise you anything."
Nadir nodded and sighed for the umpteenth time as he handed Erik the paper.
The headline reads as follows:
THE VICOMTE RAOUL DE CHAGNY IS ENGAGED TO THE OPERA'S NEW STAR, MLLE. CHRISTINE DAAE
Erik saw red. No, it couldn't possibly be! He had to admit that he had seen it coming but never thought that Christine could have possibly… betray him like this. His soul was wounded and he felt like killing. How could she? How could she?!?! He couldn't believe it… not for a minute. Christine was marrying that pup. And she was going to let him touch her… love her…
He screamed and threw a priceless vase across the room, finding little solace in it's broken shards. He felt rage built in him just from watching the smashing vase. He had to break more…
He lifted tables and threw them. Expensive, priceless merchandise ruined with the tinged, dark rage of the Phantom.
"Get out," he growled to Nadir, eyes flashing.
Nadir felt fear creep up his spine. Even in Erik's glance he could see the pure murder. Nadir opened his mouth to say something.
"GET OUT!" Erik yelled.
Nadir nodded and fled. It was not the time. Right now, Erik would kill anyone, anything that got in his way. He pitied the poor soul that did.
Erik looked at the destruction and seethed. Rational thought entered his mind as he remembered Dawn. Sparing her from seeing the rest of his rage, Erik entered his room and slammed the door with a BAM.
The noise echoed around the tunnels and reached Nadir's ears. Nadir groaned and shook his head. He hated to be the barer of bad news, but the job always seemed to be his. He looked at the ground and cursed Mlle. Daae for hurting Erik this way. Hadn't he suffered enough?
Nadir froze. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could see a female standing just a few meters away. He couldn't make out who it was at this distance, but he was sure it must have been Mlle. Daae for who else could it have been? Turning to reprimand the girl, he was left with his mouth ajar. There was no one there, not a soul.
Nadir shook his head, his imagination was playing with him. It really had been a horrible, no good, very bad day.
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5 reviews= Next chappy
Thank you very much
-CS
Thank you very much for all your reviews. I would like to address the "Mary Sue" issue. As I read through the story I do realize that I have made Dawn a bit too close to Erik. Some of it is merely coincidence... it is meant to be something of suspicion. Other things, well, I can understand. Right now I am changing some of the future chapters so Dawn isn't so... ERIK. I hope I haven't disappointed any of my readers and you will continue to read and enjoy this fiction. If not, I'm terribly sorry. Thank you. -CS
Dedication: To MAD who is leaving me over the summer. I LOVE YOU!
Disclaimer: NOT MINE (Except Dawn)
-SOMEONE LIKE YOU-
...they don't say what they mean
Nadir looked up when Erik entered the room. He suddenly felt very guilty. With all this Christine business, Erik had him constantly at his toes. And unfortunately, it led Nadir to false assumptions. Assuming is very dangerous, it could get you killed. He hadn't meant to be cruel to his friend but… it was a very tense time. Why couldn't Erik just be normal? Nadir smiled. He was sure Erik wondered that question himself. If Erik were normal… well… things would be very, very different.
"I'm sorry, Erik. I shouldn't have snapped at you," Nadir apologized.
Erik shook his head. "Quite all right, Nadir. I'm sure you have a lot to be suspicious of."
Nadir sat in one of Erik's chairs. He watched Erik as he too sat. Sometimes it amazed Nadir how much power Erik held. He was dark and sinister, truly a villain to behold. And yet, with one glance Erik could disarm you or break you, hurt you or hold you. He was just a scared child beneath it all, starving for love and affection.
"Speaking of Mlle. Daae, how is she?" Erik asked.
Nadir sighed. "Actually, that is what I came to speak to you about."
Erik slid forward in his chair and locked eyes with Nadir. His own filled with concern. "Is something wrong? Did she get hurt?" he suddenly glared. "If that boy hurt her I swear-!"
"Erik," Nadir interrupted. "It is nothing of the sort. Mlle. Daae is fine."
Erik nodded and relaxed. His heart had just leaped to his throat at the thought of his Christine in pain. Just the idea of her crying… Erik grit his teeth. No, nothing was wrong and he was not going to drive himself mad at the thought of it.
Nadir paused and closed his eyes. He really hoped Erik wasn't going to kill him for this. He was the messenger- not the cause. But Erik had to find out and he would rather it came from him than from the lips of a chorus member.
"Erik, I must ask you to remain calm for this because… it may shock you."
Erik didn't like the way Nadir was shifting in the chair. It was making him nervous.
"I cannot promise you anything."
Nadir nodded and sighed for the umpteenth time as he handed Erik the paper.
The headline reads as follows:
THE VICOMTE RAOUL DE CHAGNY IS ENGAGED TO THE OPERA'S NEW STAR, MLLE. CHRISTINE DAAE
Erik saw red. No, it couldn't possibly be! He had to admit that he had seen it coming but never thought that Christine could have possibly… betray him like this. His soul was wounded and he felt like killing. How could she? How could she?!?! He couldn't believe it… not for a minute. Christine was marrying that pup. And she was going to let him touch her… love her…
He screamed and threw a priceless vase across the room, finding little solace in it's broken shards. He felt rage built in him just from watching the smashing vase. He had to break more…
He lifted tables and threw them. Expensive, priceless merchandise ruined with the tinged, dark rage of the Phantom.
"Get out," he growled to Nadir, eyes flashing.
Nadir felt fear creep up his spine. Even in Erik's glance he could see the pure murder. Nadir opened his mouth to say something.
"GET OUT!" Erik yelled.
Nadir nodded and fled. It was not the time. Right now, Erik would kill anyone, anything that got in his way. He pitied the poor soul that did.
Erik looked at the destruction and seethed. Rational thought entered his mind as he remembered Dawn. Sparing her from seeing the rest of his rage, Erik entered his room and slammed the door with a BAM.
The noise echoed around the tunnels and reached Nadir's ears. Nadir groaned and shook his head. He hated to be the barer of bad news, but the job always seemed to be his. He looked at the ground and cursed Mlle. Daae for hurting Erik this way. Hadn't he suffered enough?
Nadir froze. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could see a female standing just a few meters away. He couldn't make out who it was at this distance, but he was sure it must have been Mlle. Daae for who else could it have been? Turning to reprimand the girl, he was left with his mouth ajar. There was no one there, not a soul.
Nadir shook his head, his imagination was playing with him. It really had been a horrible, no good, very bad day.
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5 reviews= Next chappy
Thank you very much
-CS