Welcome to the last chapter of the "twilight zone" beware confusion may happen.. Get comfy its pretty long and get you're Kleenexes ready...
Hey I just realized that when you dream...You visualize it! Thank you so much to all the reviewers..Your comments made me feel that I wrote something half worth reading...
A/N: Again..I don't own Moulin Rouge or any of the Characters... like me name says im the "pennyless" boho...but I am trying to save up for Christian!
Chapter VII: ...And stars may collideI slowly woke up when I heard the door creek open. I immediately shot up; thinking it was the Duke. It wasn't. It was a woman dressed all in black. She had fiery red hair, Satine.
My eyes tried to adjust to the candlelight. What was she doing up this early? I looked at her face, she looked so dishearten, but content at the same time. It was as if she was hiding something from me. I see her take her hand back from the doorknob and look straight at me. My eyes were seeking an explanation.
"I'm staying with the Duke..." It took me a while to process all her words.
Staying...with...Duke...
"What?!" Did she just say what I think she said? Did she?!
"When you were sleeping, the Duke came to me and offered me everything. Everything I ever wanted. He had one condition, I must never see you again..."
I couldn't believe it. There must have been some reasonable explanation for all this, but I couldn't find one. Why on earth would she choose the Duke? Maybe she was overreacting or maybe she was trying to get back at me for yelling at her last night. I prayed to god that she was...
"This cant be happening...this can't be real..."
Satine rolled her eyes at me, suggesting it was real. "Face it Christian..." Her voice was oddly calm. "This is how the story really ends..."
I was still in my stupor. "No." I barely made out. This couldn't be happening. I had to find some way to change her mind. All you need is love. Love can overcome anything, right Chris?
"What about everything we went through?" I stated. "What about us leaving? Come what may and we should be lovers?"
My mind was going crazy. I will love you...why does my heart cry?... forever and ever...we can be heroes...ridiculous obsession...mad with jealousy...staying with...Duke.
I got up and walked towards her. "This cant be happening..." I looked at her, my eyes hardly blinking.
"Please..." I held her soft elbow, forcing our eyes to meet. I needed to know.
"Please tell me...t-that the Hindu courtesan, s-she chooses the penniless s- s-itar player..." Sure it was a lame metaphor, but she knew what I meant.
"You said you wanted the truth right?" Satine asked me.
I didn't want to answer. She knew the answer. I knew the answer. But I could never keep anything from her.
"Y-yes" I sadly mumbled.
"Well the truth is I love the penniless sitar player, but I'm not sure anymore..." I stared at her, still too shocked to say anything. Wow she went on and just said it.
"So I choose the maharaja...you wouldn't understand..."
Understand?! How could I possibly understand? She says she loves me...but why is she still choosing him?
At that moment, I felt the cold hand of jealousy, grab me and strangle me mercilessly. I couldn't breathe, I felt so sick. The whole world was suddenly spinning. Satine's venomous words slowly sank onto my system. The damage was done. I hope she's happy...
"How can you say that?" I managed to say, I was fuming on the inside.
"I risk my life for you and for what? So you can say 'you're staying with the damn Duke of Monrath?!" I was bleeding internally.
She simply shook her head and began yelling at me. None of it was registering, I couldn't hear anything. Her poisonous words sent disturbing ringing sounds through my head. I felt cold shivers run through my spine.
So I simply stood there, staring, as my bones turned numb. I see her take one last look at my blank face. She let out a sigh and began to walk out. I had to stop her, but I couldn't move. The coldness was taking over, my body became frozen. I had to get through her, but how? Her words were still ringing in my head. My world was getting darker.
Staying...with... Duke... It was slowly driving me mad. I had to find a way, something...anything!
Then a light struck me as choked sobs escaped my mouth. I could only think of one thing. I tried to sing.
"Never knew...I could feel like this...like I've never seen the sky...before..." Coldness began to take over again. I had to keep singing. 'If anything could save her; us, I thought. 'It would be our song'.
"Want to vanish...inside your kiss...everyday I love...you...more...and more." I saw Satine take a step out the garret and stop. Maybe it was working, who knows. My eyes were too blurred to see, do to all the tears coming out.
"Listen to my heart...can you hear it...sing?" My heart was pouring itself out for Satine. It would bleed for her. It would do anything for this angel. Damn.
"Telling me to give you...everything..." I sang my deepest feelings. I needed her. I loved her more than life itself.
"Seasons may change...winter to...spring...but I love you... until the...end...of...time."
I think that was it. I felt my feet give way as I fell to the ground. I couldn't see or hear anything else after that. I couldn't find anything left in me to continue. Maybe Satine will sing me the rest. It was our song. To show me that she did love me back. And that she would never leave me, that this was one big misunderstandment.
I guess I fooled myself because I felt the door shut and the footsteps down the stairs. A million dreams, a thousand hopes, one love, shattered into pieces.
I manage to put my hands to my aching head as I began to cry out loud, helplessly. The woman I loved, my bohemian beliefs, my ridiculous obsession with love, as well as my whole life, seemed to fade away into the darkness...
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Christian woke up for real this time. [Phew...sorry folks] panicked, he rose up, his eyes searching for one thing, Satine. She was still next to him, in bed, sleeping like the angel she was. The rays from the moon's light danced on her porcelain face. Christian smiled adoringly, he could have sworn she was glowing. He sang to her,
I bet we're gonna keep going like this
Even if one lie leads to another
Christian felt awful. He silently cursed at himself, remembering what terrible things he had said to Satine. It was all a lie. He knew he could never hate her.
We'll never be able to go back
On this path again
On the other side of the borderline
We've crossed that time.
It was all some stupid argument that started with his anger. Christian smiled a bit when he felt Satine's arm beside his. He cradled her arm and tucked himself closer to her. Satine let out a small smile.
What kind of dreams did you paint...as you fell?
The future that becomes visible tomorrow
Isn't really that great
Not without Satine it wasn't. Unaware of Christian's presence, Satine pulled her arm away from his. Christian's smile soon faded. This was all his fault. How could everything go so wrong?
But just maybe that's why we're living
To cling onto it anyway
Christian was determined to set things straight. He was a fool to have let his anger get the best of him. He was a fool to let the Duke get the best of them.
I bet you and I are looking for
The same thing in different places
His dream made him realize how much he really needed Satine. What would he do without her? He needed her, like a poet needed his muse.
Searching and feeling
For that one single truth
But how could Satine ever forgive him? He was so caught up in his search for the truth, that he acted like a jerk.[in the nicest possible way]
I want to know it so badly
That I am here holding nothing
He looked at his hands. He had done what he swore he'd never do. What he hated others for doing. He hurt Satine. Sure there wasn't any physical damage, but the wound was internal.
Drifting between dream and reality
We're too close to the edge
He had become the Duke. He hurt her as the Duke once did. And for that, he would never forgive himself.
I bet we're gonna keep going like this
Even if one lie leads to another
We'll never be able to return
To the path we've stepped out of again
He would never leave her. But would she ever leave him? He was "the penniless poet." And the Sparkling Diamond did deserve more. He wasn't sure of himself either. At that moment, Christian promised to right his wrongs.
No matter where we are now
Or what we are looking for
Even when our hearts are
Apart like this...
He pulled closer to Satine, as he sang the last line.
We will still love one another.
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Aside from chapter III, I think this one tops it. Hard. Phew I got through it. Was it worth it? I was actually going to use Aerosmith's "miss this" but I think that's been done too. Lol. Okay they silently made up...ya happy? I'm seriously out of ideas...HELP!!!A/N: [These] were my thoughts
Song(s) used:
Come what may- David Baerwald (this guys a freakin' genius)
Edge-See-saw (this was actually translated from a foreign language that I've yet to master