Disclaimer: I don't own Phantom of the Opera...Oh, Lord, I wish I did.

Okay, this is my first Phantom fic, so I'm going to get serious. I just finished reading Gaston Leroux's Phantom for the third time today, and I've got my Phantom CD playing, so I'm in the mood.

This is also the first installment of a series, Adventures of the Magic Remote! Bad title yes, but my muse is on vacation. Some of these stories will be serious and some will be funny. Most will involve romance in some form. Read on to find out more!

I'm sorry if this is a bad Phantom fic, please don't flame me! It's my first venture out of the anime category.

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Raven lay in her room on a dark rainy night. She wiped hot tears from her cheeks as she closed her novel after reading the three final words: Erik is dead.

She was always worked up after rereading Phantom. She hated the world for treating poor Erik so cruelly, only because he looked different. It was hard to think that had he been born with a normal face, he could have been one of the most powerful men in the world.

She looked into her full-length mirror, and imagined the Phantom's face in it. She felt like she could love him, despite his appearance. She wanted to love him...to let him know that there were people who understood him.

She took a small, red ring box from her vanity, and opened it. Inside was a gold ring, and a small slip of paper with three encouraging words on it. She slipped the ring on her finger. Normally she only wore it for luck when singing, but it made her think of Erik, and she wanted to be connected to him now, in any way possible. She glanced at the paper, rubbed her Angel of Music ring, as she called it, and smiled.

Ravensaid a prayer for Erik's soul, and went to bed.

She dreamed of Erik that night, looking as handsome as any man. When she awoke, she felt as if she had been visited by the Angel of Music, and shivered happily. She couldn't wait to try out her voice to see if it had improved at all. (A/N: That all really happened today, and I was able to hit some high notes I never had before. I really did sing better than ever.)

Before she could put her Phantom CD in the stereo,Raven spotted a small remote next to her bed. She had never seen it before. It only had two buttons, a large blue one that was labeled "Enter" and a green one labeled "Exit." She wondered what it was for.

Flipping the little machine over, she read the fine print: "You have been selected to keep in your possession a magical remote which will allow you to pass into any world you wish – that of any movie, book, cartoon, etc. Use with caution."

Raven wondered if it was a hoax. But there was no one in the house who would do such a thing, and no one had come in since last night. She figured it couldn't hurt to try. What should she try to enter?

As if she really had to ask. She pointed the remote at her copy of The Phantom of the Opera and, taking a deep breath, she pushed the blue button.

There was a great rushing around her, as if the ocean had suddenly swept her away. Something pulled and sucked at her clothes, and her throat itched. A blinding white light surrounded her, and she tried to cry out, but was silenced by the whirling. All of a sudden, the whirlwind dropped her with a thump.

"Ow..." She picked herself up, brushing off her...dress? Hadn't she left in her nightgown? Anyway, now she was in a heavy black dress that swept the floor. "Where am I?" she wondered aloud. Her words came out in French. With a gasp, Raven realized that the remote must have altered her clothing to match the time period, and her voice to match the country. Then she really was...

She looked above her. She was standing before a huge, beautiful building, at least ten stories high, andRaven knew her Phantom enough to know that there were five more floors below ground. Her face split into a grin as she gazed at the Paris Opera House.

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Okay, that was my first chapter. Sorry it was mostly me, but I had to explain the remote concept. Don't worry, we get more into the Phantom storyline in the next chapter. Read and review!