Chapter 5-The Music of the Night/Stranger then you Dreamt it
The ghostly phantom took off his black cloak and flung it on the floor He gestured proudly around his lair. His lair that was dedicated to music. Candles of various sizes and colors cast the cavern in an eerie light. A dusty organ rested against the center wall. And mirrors were hidden by elegant drapes.
The angel smiled at her, and opened his mouth, filling the cavern with a sweet sound.
"Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation.
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination.
Silently the senses abandon their defences
Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour.
Grasp it, sense it tremulous and tender.
Turn your face away from the garish light of day,
Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light -
and listen to the music of the night," sang the angel.
Kairi watched, entranced. Letting the music wash over her. Forgetting about Aerith, about Yuffie, about Sora...
"Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams!
Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before!
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar!
And you'll live as you've never lived before
Softly, deftly, music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind,
in this darkness that you know you cannot fight
the darkness of the music of the night."
Suddenly the angel took Kairi's hand and began to lead her around the room. Kairi was still entranced. She just smiled as she walked with him. He showed her his replica of the opera house. A doll that looked like Kairi stood center stage, wearing the dress she had earlier that evening during her performance.
"Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world!
Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before!
Let your soul take you where you long to be!
Only then can you belong to me
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication!"
The angel, still holding Kairi's hand pulled her towards him. And began to caress her body with his hands. Kairi closed her eyes, as the angel's touches sent shivers of pleasure down her spine.
"Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation!"
The angel then brought Kairi's hand to his face and allowed her to touch him.
"Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night"
Kairi suddenly fainted, and the angel caught her in his arms. He gently picked her up and carried her to a bed.
"You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night"
The angel caressed Kairi's face after he laid her on the bed. Then a thin black curtain fell against the bed and the angel left Kairi to sleep in peace.
When Kairi woke she did not know where she was. Then suddenly she remembered. She was with her angel. She smiled.
"I remember there was mist
swirling mist upon a vast, glassy lake."
Kairi pushed back the curtain and got up from the bed.
"There were candles all around,
and on the lake there was a boat,
and in the boat there was a man"
Kairi found the angel sitting at his organ, writing music. He looked up from his work when he saw her, then went back to his composing. Kairi smiled as she approached him.
"Who was that shape in the shadows?
Whose is the face in the mask?"
Kairi reached the angel and put her hands on his face. He fell into her touch. Her hands gripped the white mask that covered half of his face. And with one swift motion it was off. As fast as lightning the angel was up, one hand covering his face. He knocked Kairi to the ground and started at her fiercely.
"Damn you!
You little prying Pandora!
You little demon
Is this what you wanted to see?"
He threw one of the drapes off of one of the mirrors and stared into it. He then returned his attention to Kairi, who stared up at him fearfully. To scared to move.
"Curse you!
You little lying Delilah!
You little viper
Now you cannot ever be free!"
Now his tone changed from anger to sorrow.
"Damn you ...
Curse you ..."
He began to walk away from Kairi and his tone changed again. He seemed to be amused.
"Stranger than you dreamt it
Can you even dare to look
or bear to think of me:
this loathsome gargoyle, who burns in bell,
but secretly yearns for heaven,
secretly ...
secretly ..."
He looked at Kairi again.
"Kairi...
Fear can turn to love - you'll learn to see, to find the man behind the monster:
this repulsive carcass, who seems a beast, but secretly dreams of beauty,
secretly ...
secretly ...
Oh, Kairi ..."
Kairi just looked at him as tears rolled down her cheeks. She picked up his mask and with a shaking arm handed it to him. He took it and turned away from Kairi. When he faced her again the mask was on. And in a very business like manner he said:
"Come we must return those two fools who run my theatre will be missing you."
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