A Graveyard

(Scene 5)

We are in a mausoleum with hanging moss. In the center, a pyramid of skulls is in front of a cross.

Hermione sang, "You were once my one companion…you were all that mattered…You were once a friend and father- then my world was shattered…Wishing you were somehow here again…wishing you were somehow near…Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed, somehow you would be here…Wishing I could hear your voice again…knowing that I never would…Dreaming of you won't help me to do all that you dreamed I could…Passing bells and sculpted angels, cold and monumental, seem for you the wrong companions- you were warm and gentle…Too many years fighting back tears…Why can't the past just die…? Wishing you were somehow here again…knowing we must say goodbye…Try to forgive…teach me to live…give me the strength to try…No more memories no more silent tears…no more gazing across the wasted years…Help me say goodbye…help me say good bye…!"

The Phantom emerges from behind the cross.

Draco sang in a very soft, enticing manner. "Wandering child…so lost…so helpless…yearning for my guidance…"

Bewildered, Hermione looked up and murmured breathlessly, "Angel…or father…friend or Phantom…? Who is it there staring?"

Draco sang becoming more and more hypnotic. "Have you forgotten your angel…?"

Hermione sang, "Angel…oh, speak…What endless longings echo in this whisper…!"

Raoul appears in the shadows and watches for a moment transfixed.

Draco sang, drawing Hermione towards him. "Too long you've wandered in winter…"

Harry sang to himself in a murmur. "Once again she is his…"

Draco sang, "Far from my far-reaching gaze…"

Harry sang, "Once again she returns…"

Hermione sang increasingly mesmerized. "Wildly my mind beats against you…"

Draco sang, "You resist…"

Draco and Hermione sang, "Yet the/your soul obeys…"

Harry sang, "…to the arms of her angel…angel or demon…still he calls her…luring her back, from the grave…angel or dark seducer…? Who are you, strange angel…?"

(AN: Christine and the Phantom sing the following strains at the same time but the lyrics are different.)

Draco sang, "Angel of Music! You denied me, turning from true beauty…Angel of Music! Do not sun me…Come to your strange Angel…"

Hermione sang, "Angel of Music! I denied you, turning from true beauty…Angel of Music! My protector…Come to me, strange angel…"

Christine moves towards the figure of the Phantom.

Draco whispered, beckoning her. "I am your Angel of Music…Come to me: Angel of Music…"

Suddenly Harry called out. "Angel of darkness! Cease this torment!"

Inexorably, the Phantom continues to beckon Christine to him.

Draco whispered again, "I am your Angel of Music…Come to me: Angel of Music…"

Harry shouted in desperation. "Christine! Christine listen to me! Whatever you may believe, this man…this thing…is not your father!" He turned to the Phantom. "Let her go! For God's sake, let her go! Christine!"

Hermione came out of her trance and turned her head to Harry. Fear flooded her eyes. "Raoul!"

She turns to Raoul who embraces her protectively. The Phantom freezes for a moment then suddenly seizes a pike upon which is impaled a skull. At a movement from him a flash of fire streaks from the gaping mouth of the skull and lands at Raoul's feet.

Draco shouted, "Bravo, monsieur! Such spirited words!" He shot another fireball.

Harry said, "More deception? More violence?"

Hermione pleaded, "Raoul, no…"

Raoul has begun to walk slowly and resolutely towards the Phantom. The fireballs continue to fly and land right in front of him.

Draco prompted, "That's right, that's right, monsieur. Keep walking this way! He shot two more fireballs.

Harry shouted, "You can't win her love by making her your prisoner!"

Hermione said, "Raoul, don't…"

Harry turned to Hermione and said, "Stay back!"

Draco lured, "I'm here, I'm here, monsieur: the angel of death! Come on, come on, monsieur. Don't stop, don't stop!"

Three more fireballs. Raoul is almost at the Phantom's feet. A confrontation is imminent when Christine suddenly rushes across to Raoul.

Hermione pleaded, "Raoul! Come back!" She pulled him back.

Draco shouted, "Don't go!" As Harry and Hermione exited, Draco declaimed in fury, "So be it! Now let it be war upon you both!

At a gesture from the Phantom, there is a flash of lightning and the stage erupts into flame.