a/n: I regret to tell you that this is almost the end. After this chapter there is only one left. Please do not be upset, and I shall say no more so I don't ruin it.
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Samyo: this chapter should clear things up.
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and now... to the begining of the end.
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Phantom POV(a/n: italics dream)
I move into Raoul's arms as he purrs my name. I nuzzle his neck and he nips at my ear lobe. The two of us are compleltely content here.
But then he jumps up and throws me to the floor.
"You sick worthless thing!" he screams in my direction.
"Raoul? What have I done?" he looks upon me like a bug.
"What have you done? Look at you! You are sick and pathetic!" he turns heal and leaves me on the bed that we had just been so content in moments ago.
He leaves me there to cry, falling asleep when the tears finally can fall no longer.
I jolt awake, sweaty and cold. I look to my side to see that I am alone, like in my dream. Was it really a dream?
"Raoul?" I call out into the darkness, but I'm only answered with silence.
"Raoul!" I call out louder, but the only sound is my own voice echoing back at me off the walls.
I realize that he isn't coming so I jump up and throw some clothes on, hoping that he is alright. I could never forgive myself if he were hurt.
I run out into the main room and find that it is empty.
I run everywhere I could think he would be, but everywhere I go he's not there. I look all around for a note that he might have left, but then realize that there isn't one anywhere.
Could that dream that I thought I was having be true? Could that nightmare possibly be real?
No, never! My Raoul, he loves me. But then again he did love Christine, we both did, and look at us now. Is it possible my love has left me?
I won't let it happen again!
I storm out of the door, leaving all thought and reason behind in hopes of finding the truth. I storm through the passageways and up into the main building of the Opera House. Madame Giry will know how to help.
I move up into a tunnel that leads to her room.
I don't think about her sleeping I just thrust open the mirror that will let me enter her room.
She awakens with start and I hear little Meg scream at the sight of me.
Madame Giry instantly jumps to her side, hushing her, and then turns to me, "What is it Erik?" Her voice is harsh, but concerned.
"Raoul is missing," I answer, my voice betraying me and filled with sadness.
"He might have just gone for a walk, Erik," she now moves to my side.
"But he didn't leave a note. And before that I thought I had a dream, a nightmare, where he threw me to the ground and left me," I turn away, and she embraces me.
"It was only a dream Erik," she holds me as a mother would hold a son and I hold her back as a son who is afraid would his mother.
"It felt so real," I whisper.
"I know, I know, but it wasn't," she hushes me.
"Please, help me," I plead.
"How?" she whispers to me.
"I don't know," I give up.
She holds me for a while and Meg comes over. Madame Giry then takes Meg in her arms as well and holds her and I close.
"My children, everything is alright," she holds us and all I can do is think of Raoul and how he held me like this when I would get scared. Scared of us, scared of myself. The thoughts bring tears to my eyes.
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Raoul POVI look out onto the horizon and I think of Erik. I had so desperatly needed some fresh air and I decided to come to the roof. Just as I left I had seen Erik stirring so I left him a note, and I know that he'll find me.
I watch as the night time sky is slowly taken by the beginning of day. The black sky turns into a pale grey, and then some color starts to hint over the horizon. This is a magnificent sight and I truly wish I were not alone.
Erik has made it a habit of waking earlier now, so I know he'll find the note and come to me soon.
I sit here, waiting.
When morning finally takes the sky and the sun has risen half way up the horizon I realize that he is not coming, and I panic.
He should have come, it's not like him not to come for me.
I run down to the trapdoor and burst through it, sprinting back down into the lair. I get there in a matter of seconds to find that it is empty.
I look everywhere and then back to the table that I had left the note on, right by the bed. I look to see that the note is no longer there. I look around the table to see that it drifted under the legs, onto the dusty ground beneath.
I pull it out to find that it's just as I left it, no one has touched it since I left. The door closing must have caused it to drop. I curse to myself and then stop, before I can start to run after him.
If he's looking for me he will come back, it's just a matter of time. I'll just have to wait.
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