Disclaimer: Realized I forgot to put one of these on. Charles belongs to
Susan Kay. I believe everyone else belongs to Leroux, except of course
Jacqueline, Alyssa, Kiley, and Michelle they belong to me. well they might
feel differently but that's their problem.
A/N Sorry that took so long. evil parents banned me from the internet, but that did give me plenty of time to write so I can update faster now! YAY. I got confused with the paragraph breakings, hopefully it's fixed now and Scotchtapelvr- love ya babe but you will have to wait for the chapter with a certain character in it k?
Jacqueline and her friends waited in the first pew for their names to be called. Each paler than the next, and all scared to death. Their hands were stiffly linked as if the first person to let go would fall into a dark abyss. They could not have been more correct.
In the middle of the concert, Jacqueline was called to be the first of her friends to perform. The trembling little figure stood and walked shakily up in front of the altar. Looking out upon the faces of all the people she knew, her parents, her sister, the schoolmaster, and her friends, the girl opened her mouth and the lovely song spilled from her lips.
Upon first impression, many people would not have guessed this girl possessed no musical training. Jacqueline, in her light pink dress, raven hair pulled into a bun, and her delicate amber eyes, completely lost herself in music. She filled the church up to the rafters with music.
How can there be a cherry.FIRE!
It had started in the back, where the doors happened to be. They were all trapped, and when this became evident, pandemonium struck out. A beam smashed to the ground crushing those beneath it. Then when no one was looking a man in black smashed a window as a way of escape. Before anyone could see him, he ran back into the midst of the crowd getting women and their families out the opening.
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When the fire started Erik had lost complete view of his child. Then after he had broken the window he saw her. A beam had fallen and hit her on the head, causing her to lose consciousness. Quickly and quietly, he worked his way through the crowd and to her side.
Looking around he saw her friends being pulled to the window by their parents. But where were Jacqueline's foster parents? Realizing he had no time to ponder this, Erik lifted his child and brought her out to the starry night. Gently he placed her on the ground away from the smoldering church and he sang to her in a soft voice, willing her to wake.
In the middle of his song, her eyes fluttered open. He noticed her pale face started to regain some of her former color. "Ma? Pa? ", She murmured. "Hush little one"
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Jacqueline looked up at this strange man without any fear. His voice had calmed her greatly. But what had happened? She remembered getting up to sing and looking upon all the faces and being greatly frightened. These weren't reasons to be out lying on the ground with a strange man in a mask next to a . fire?
"Jacqueline!" She heard someone call her name frantically.
"Jacqueline, is that you?"
"Alyssa?"
"Oh Jackie! You're okay! How did you get out?"
"What happened? All I remember is getting up in front of everyone."
"Your don't remember? There was a fire a-and everyone started running around to get out, I saw you pass out but my parents told me to get outside so I did. Kiley, Michelle, and I were scared, we didn't know what had happened to you."
Jacqueline had been listening to her friend's story closely. Okay there was a fire. So the man must have saved her from the flames. The man! Where had he gone? Why had he left so suddenly before she could thank him?
"Alyssa where did that man go?"
"Jackie, you must have gotten hit on the head harder than I thought. No one was out here." Alyssa said matter of factly.
"Maybe I was just seeing things, but."
"No forget it let's just go find your parents"
The two girls set off towards the smoldering building. On the way, they met up with the other members of their group and all four of them continued the search for the McCarthys. Then when they had just turned around to see if Jacqueline's parents had gone to the other side of the building, a priest came up to them with a saddened air.
"Miss. McCarthy a word if you please?" He said quietly.
"Yes father?"
"During the fire not everyone was able to get out and well about ten people have perished this evening, and what I mean to say is your parents. Well your parents were among the ten."
The shock could not have been greater if she was told everything she had ever believed in was untrue. Her body shook violently and she shook her head unbelievingly. Why would a priest lie? Her parents were alive weren't they? Surely there must be a mistake.
"Father.?"
"I am sorry." The priest replied.
"NO!" Her head was swirling and her body became numb. She looked around and saw the faces of her friends and the priest looking at her apprehensively before everything went black.
A/N Sorry that took so long. evil parents banned me from the internet, but that did give me plenty of time to write so I can update faster now! YAY. I got confused with the paragraph breakings, hopefully it's fixed now and Scotchtapelvr- love ya babe but you will have to wait for the chapter with a certain character in it k?
Jacqueline and her friends waited in the first pew for their names to be called. Each paler than the next, and all scared to death. Their hands were stiffly linked as if the first person to let go would fall into a dark abyss. They could not have been more correct.
In the middle of the concert, Jacqueline was called to be the first of her friends to perform. The trembling little figure stood and walked shakily up in front of the altar. Looking out upon the faces of all the people she knew, her parents, her sister, the schoolmaster, and her friends, the girl opened her mouth and the lovely song spilled from her lips.
Upon first impression, many people would not have guessed this girl possessed no musical training. Jacqueline, in her light pink dress, raven hair pulled into a bun, and her delicate amber eyes, completely lost herself in music. She filled the church up to the rafters with music.
How can there be a cherry.FIRE!
It had started in the back, where the doors happened to be. They were all trapped, and when this became evident, pandemonium struck out. A beam smashed to the ground crushing those beneath it. Then when no one was looking a man in black smashed a window as a way of escape. Before anyone could see him, he ran back into the midst of the crowd getting women and their families out the opening.
************
When the fire started Erik had lost complete view of his child. Then after he had broken the window he saw her. A beam had fallen and hit her on the head, causing her to lose consciousness. Quickly and quietly, he worked his way through the crowd and to her side.
Looking around he saw her friends being pulled to the window by their parents. But where were Jacqueline's foster parents? Realizing he had no time to ponder this, Erik lifted his child and brought her out to the starry night. Gently he placed her on the ground away from the smoldering church and he sang to her in a soft voice, willing her to wake.
In the middle of his song, her eyes fluttered open. He noticed her pale face started to regain some of her former color. "Ma? Pa? ", She murmured. "Hush little one"
***************
Jacqueline looked up at this strange man without any fear. His voice had calmed her greatly. But what had happened? She remembered getting up to sing and looking upon all the faces and being greatly frightened. These weren't reasons to be out lying on the ground with a strange man in a mask next to a . fire?
"Jacqueline!" She heard someone call her name frantically.
"Jacqueline, is that you?"
"Alyssa?"
"Oh Jackie! You're okay! How did you get out?"
"What happened? All I remember is getting up in front of everyone."
"Your don't remember? There was a fire a-and everyone started running around to get out, I saw you pass out but my parents told me to get outside so I did. Kiley, Michelle, and I were scared, we didn't know what had happened to you."
Jacqueline had been listening to her friend's story closely. Okay there was a fire. So the man must have saved her from the flames. The man! Where had he gone? Why had he left so suddenly before she could thank him?
"Alyssa where did that man go?"
"Jackie, you must have gotten hit on the head harder than I thought. No one was out here." Alyssa said matter of factly.
"Maybe I was just seeing things, but."
"No forget it let's just go find your parents"
The two girls set off towards the smoldering building. On the way, they met up with the other members of their group and all four of them continued the search for the McCarthys. Then when they had just turned around to see if Jacqueline's parents had gone to the other side of the building, a priest came up to them with a saddened air.
"Miss. McCarthy a word if you please?" He said quietly.
"Yes father?"
"During the fire not everyone was able to get out and well about ten people have perished this evening, and what I mean to say is your parents. Well your parents were among the ten."
The shock could not have been greater if she was told everything she had ever believed in was untrue. Her body shook violently and she shook her head unbelievingly. Why would a priest lie? Her parents were alive weren't they? Surely there must be a mistake.
"Father.?"
"I am sorry." The priest replied.
"NO!" Her head was swirling and her body became numb. She looked around and saw the faces of her friends and the priest looking at her apprehensively before everything went black.