Erik sighed as he walked down the path twards his home. He had a few bags of clothing and he had stopped by the new music store to see what they had and bought more music sheets since they were of better quality. He smiled slightly to himself as he came closer to his lair, then he heard the crying. 'Christine...' He thought, the first person comming to mind that he new of.
Erik dropped his bags and ran towards his lair reaching it in at least two minutes flat. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the girl sobbing over on the ground infront of a mirror. It was not his Christine. He felt a range of emotions. First there was Sadness. Then confusion. Finally, there was Anger. "Who are you?" He shouted and the girl sat up, her head down and her hair covering her face.
Erik saw her sholders shudder with silent sobs. He walked over and his anger flared once agian. "I asked you a question girl!" He yelled and she was silent. She no longer sobbed just sat there. Erik's Anger was thin.
"Crystal." She said taking him off guard by her abrupt answer.
"What did you say?" He asked, interest in stead of anger in his voice.
"My name. It's Crystal." she said and kept her face hidden under her hair looking down at her knees.
He growled realizing she would not look at him. "Why are you hiding your face. If you are telling the truth you will not be so resistant to look me in the eyes when you say this." He said and noticed her tense. "So your lying." He said and she shook her head placing her hands over her face.
She began to quietly sob. "No, it's not that!" She yelled and layed forward resting her cheek on the cold stone floor and cried quietly as her hair fell over her face showing slightly her silhouetted face through her hair.
He kneeled down and slid his hand under her chin lifting her face so her eyes met his. His eyes widened as he looked at her face. It was as scarred as his except instead of just half her face it was all over her's. She pulled abck in fear and covered ehr face letting herself sob into her hands. "If this is your home I shall leave. I'm sorry I disturbed you." She said getting up and ran off down the pathway Madame Giry had taken her through to get to the lair.
Erik looked shocked as the girl ran away from him. Someone was sharing his pain and suffering, and he had just yelled at her and treated her horribly. He was furious at himself. He ran forward and began to follow the sounds of her sobs and footsteps. "WAIT! I'M SORRY!" He yelled shocking himself so much he stopped.
She ran off and her sobs diminished. He sighed and sat down in the middle of the path leaning back agianst the stone wall. Maybe one of the only people who could understand his pain had just ran out of his lair before he even gave her a chance to tell why she was there or anything.
Crystal kept running and soon heard him scream sorry but she had to keep running. He thought she was a monster. She was sure of it. She looked back momentarly hearing his footsteps stop and accidently tripped down a stair case and screamed until she fell uncontious at the bottom.
