Hello! Soooo sorry for the long wait! Life has just been crazy as of late, what with starting High school and all. Anyways, same story – basically plot less, just a random phic. Here's long awaited chapter 7!! -P.Rose

Raoul: (is running down the sidewalk as fast as he can out of sheer terror of being strangled by Elizabeth, who is trying to work the Punjab lasso. Looks behind him, sees that she is tangled in the lasso, and skids to a stop, grinning)

Elizabeth: (is currently trying to untangle herself)

Erik: (leaps over her and continues his relentless pursuit of Le Foppe)

Raoul: (eyes widen) AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! (Runs at top speed again, hearing Philippe from far away shouting at Erik to 'Stop chasing his brother' and for Raoul to 'Stop running into innocent pedestrians!' Crashes into a man who just seems to have appeared there out of thin air) (On the ground; woozy) (Looks up) Whuh....Hullo! Sorry if I ran into you... (looks sheepish)

(The man turns around, turning out to be no other than Herbert von Krolock (from "Dance of the Vampires"!)

(A/N: Yes, I just had to add him into the madness! (glomp) Behold my mighty Authoress powers!! (cackles)

Herbert: (looks down at Raoul, helps him up) Oh, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Are you alright is the question. (grins) You look like you've just seen a ghost!

Raoul: We-ell... (Looks over his shoulder to see Erik, who has retrieved his lasso and is now charging full-speed at him) (lets loose a girlish scream) AAAAAAHHHHH! DonthurtmewhatdidIeverdotoyouleavemealoneheeeeeellllppp!!!! (takes off at a run down the street again, with Erik and Elizabeth in hot pursuit)

(A little farther back on the sidewalk)

Christine: (is peering into a window of a shop that sells sweets)

Meg: (grins, peeking in as well, looking at everything greedily)

Christine: (giggles, remembering that 'chocolate incident' back at the Paris Opera)

(A/N: Yes, I just had to throw that in there! Thanx Raikune!)

Nadir: (is running after Erik, trying to calm him down and failing miserably)

Philippe: (sighs, puts a hand to his forehead, where he feels a headache coming on) (Hears footsteps, looks up and sees Herbert walking towards him closes his eyes, briefly wondering if he is the product of his subconscious after noting his frilly attire. Opens his eyes, and sees Herbert leaning against a wall of the candy shop) (Thinking: No, he's definitely real...)

Herbert: Hello. That young man who is currently running for his life...is he related to you?

Philippe: (rubbing the bridge of his nose) Yes...unfortunately. He's constantly enraging the Opera Ghost by doing one thing or another.

Herbert: (nods) I see. (blinks, then remembers himself, grinning) How rude of me! I haven't even introduced myself! (bows elegantly) I'm Herbert von Krolock. You are...?

Philippe: Comte Philippe de Chagny from Paris. (smiles)

Herbert: (grins) Pleased to meet you. (looks around) So, how did you come to be here?

Philippe: I'm still wondering that myself...

Herbert: (hearw Raoul's girlish screams again) Well, it seems like he could do with some rescuing. Shall we? (bows again, allowing him walk first)

Philippe: Yes, it's always I who has to pull him out of the mess he makes. (The two walk off to go help Le Foppe)

Christine: (Comes out of the candy store, mouth smeared with chocolate, giggling, clutching a bag of sweets) I love this city!!!

Meg: (giggles in agreement. They both trot after Philippe and Herbert, giggling)

(Back up with Raoul and Erik)

Raoul: (Is on the ground, hog-tied, with the Punjab lasso around his neck)

Erik: (is enjoying fop-strangulation, golden eyes glimmering, mad with excitement)

Elizabeth: (has taken to playing in the snow)

Nadir: (is stuck holding her bag of 'Phantom' stuff, watching the people who stare at them as they pass)

Philippe: (runs up behind Nadir, sees Raoul and Erik. Glares, walks over to Raoul, shoving Erik out of the way. After a few minutes, he has his brother free) Are you alright?

Raoul: (nods, looking shaken)

Herbert: (watches this, standing beside Nadir)

Nadir: (notices him, blinks and inches away from the flamboyantly-dressed young man)

Christine and Meg: (Run up behind him, lugging their bags of candy)

Meg: (pouts at having missed some fop-strangulation)

Christine: (after having a blonde moment, in which she stands there and blinks cluelessly, smiles, relieved that Raoul is okay)

Elizabeth: (walks over, looking confused. Sees Herbert, grins and squeals excitedly) EEE! HERBERT!!! C'mere, my little frilly vampire!!!

Herbert: (dodges her as she tries to glomp him, and runs back the way he came, screaming girlishly)

Elizabeth: (Chases after him, giggling madly)

Philippe: (sighs) I fix one problem, and another one happens soon afterwards.... (Stands and runs after Elizabeth with the intent to save Herbert from her insane clutches)

Raoul: (Sees Christine's bag o' chocolate) OOHH!! CHOCOLATE!!! (squeals and snatches the bag, sitting in a pile of snow, where he proceeds to down the entire bag in three minutes flat) (Looks sick) Uughhh ....Shouldn't have done that... hiccup

Nadir: (looks amused)

Erik: (eyetwitch realizes he still has his lasso) (Grins evilly, eyes gleaming)

Raoul: (Recognizes that look and stands, trying to run, but the chocolate slows him down)

Erik: (Runs after him in pursuit once again)

Nadir: (Rolls his eyes and goes after them in an attempt to keep Erik in check)

Christine: (tags along behind him)

Meg: (blinks, notices that she is the only one left, and skips off back to the chocolate shop)

Heh. And that was chapter seven! Hope you enjoyed it! Sorry if it's not as long as usual. I've been suffering form a major case of writer's block... (twitch) Hope to have the next chapter up some time! As always, review!! -P.Rose