Two days later, Odette was sitting in the Chagny dinning room eating her breakfast, under the disapproving glare, when Raoul entered looking perturbed.
"What's wrong?" She asked. He looked up from the letter he was carrying, mystified. Shrugging he threw the letter to her, it was written on mourning paper, in strangely labored handwriting, and red ink. "Do not fear for Miss Daaé, the angel of music has her under his wing," she read aloud, "make no attempt to see her again." The note was simply signed "The Managers." "Can I see the envelope this came in?" she asked. Again, Raoul tossed the paper across the table at her. Odette's blood ran cold when she turned the envelope over and saw the seal, it was an intricate skull set in blood red wax. "Um…you had better ask the managers about this." Odette stammered, sure that the letter was from Erik. However, Odette was unwilling to alarm the Vicomte, she was surprised that he hadn't suspected with the 'angel of music' line, but if he didn't realize that was Erik…
The Vicomte nodded angrily. "Get dressed," he demanded, "we are going to the Opera!"
Raoul stormed in to the Opera, dragging Odette behind him, demanding that the managers explain the note. Odette was not at all surprised to hear that the Managers had also received notes, theirs signed O.G., asking for the Phantom's salary and demanding that Christine take the place of the current Diva, Carlotta.
Moments later Carlotta herself waltzed into the Opera trailing an entourage. She too had received a note hers reading, "Your days at the Opera Populaire are numbered, Christine Daaé will be singing on your behalf. Be prepared for a great misfortune should you attempt to take her place." La Carlotta blamed Raoul for sending the note, and began to throw a world class temper tantrum. Luckily, Madame Giry entered followed by the blonde that had spoken to Odette in the dormitories. She informed everyone that Christine had returned and was now resting. She then produced a note of her own explaining that the other notes had been sent by the Phantom of the Opera, and detailing his plans for Il Muto, threating a disaster beyond the imagination should his demands be ignored. Again, Carlotta began to scream about this being a plot to help Christine, which in fact it was. Although it was planned by Erik and not Raoul as everyone suspected. While Carlotta screamed Odette squeezed Raoul's hand and slipped away to Christine's dressing room. "Erik! Erik, where are you? Let me through!" Odette plead, banging on the mirror. Once again the mirror shown with a brilliant light and opened, this time however, Erik was not there. Odette started down the corridor calling Erik as she went. She descended a flight of stairs to find the giant white horse she had seen in the Opera court a few days before. "Ceasér?" she asked, "What are you doing down her?" She noticed a note pinned to his saddle "Odette," it read, "I was expecting you to come about my notes. I saw you riding this horse, he can lead you to the lake, I'm sure you can find your way from there." Odette laughed and leapt to Ceasér's back, "Alright boy, lead me to him." Ceasér took off, flying down the passages, and in no time Odette found herself at the edge of the lake she had seen before. Now there was a corral, in which she left Ceasér. The gondola was still tied to the bank, and Odette jumped in and started pushing herself across the lake, wondering exactly how one was supposed to control a gondola. Once she had gotten almost halfway across the lake she heard the most amazing singing, sounding like it was coming from the bottom of the lake. Curious, Odette leaned over the side of the gondola trying to find the singer, when a memory of an ancient myth about sirens crossed her mind and she leapt back into the boat, and started to push the gondola as fast as she could. Finally, she reached the opposite bank and leapt from the boat, pulling it up on the bank after her. Erik came out of the house, to greet her and she turned on him, noticing that he was dripping wet, her eyes flashed with anger. "You tried to kill me! Erik how could you, you knew I would be coming down here, you left me the horse! You stole the horse!" She added, seeing this as the worst of his recent crimes. "And still you try some sort of Siren trick to drown me! Erik, what is your problem?" Odette actually bellowed in anger. Erik looked at her and couldn't resist a smile, her normal pallor was replaced by a flush of anger, her beautiful red hair had been blown asunder by her wild ride down the passages, and her eyes were an angry gray. "Don't smirk at me! Erik, I want an explanation!"
"I wouldn't have pulled you in." He still smiled at her, she raised an eyebrow in response.
"So, how do you do it, singing underwater?" Erik's eyes lit up, he had always liked to explain his inventions.
"You remember I'm a ventriloquist?" Odette nodded. "I sing from the bank, and if I have to swim out I use a reed to breath under water" he said showing it to her, "I learned the trick from the Tonkin pirates."
"Who have you used that trick on before?"
"Only one, the Daroga, I realized it was him before I drowned him."
"So, what do you have in mind, Erik?"
"What do I have in mind?" He asked confused by the change in the conversation.
"Tonight Erik, what do you have in mind if Christine doesn't sing in Il Muto?"
"Carlotta will regret it, she will be ruined."
"How so? How many will get hurt?"
"No one." Odette closed her eyes relieved. "I brought Christine down here last night" Odette's eyes flew open in surprise, she had not believed that part of his notes. "She saw me, my face. Odette, you were wrong, she loves me for me!"
"So do I!" Odette's eyes flashed again. "Erik I love you so much, I want you to be happy."
"I am happy, I have Christine." Odette sighed.
"No, Erik I want you to be happy, with me. I love you! Erik can't you see that?"
"Be in box five tonight. You will see what happens to Carlotta from there. I'll see you then." And with that Erik disappeared into his house. Sighing Odette started back across the lake.