A Curious Arrangement
by Kathryne C. Based on: The Phantom Of The Opera
A/N: My first phantom of the opera fic! I just saw the movie three times in three days. What a great movie! And the music! Terrific! Loved it a lot, and the phantom, very good-looking! lol. Ok, to this story. This is told from the perspective of Ariana, a 16 year ol ballet dancer at the newly reconstructed Opera Populaire. Christine and Raul are married and once attending an opera together, an old time "friend" returns from his heartbroken silence. I own No POTO stuff.
12 years ago, I told my mama I wanted be a ballerina. My mother, a poor Italian window washer just smiled and told me I could do what I want, if I really wanted to. So ten years later, we moved to Paris. My mother married Francis De Cheza, a promenade Frenchman. He is a kind man, and as soon as I mentioned my fervent desire to be a dancer, he paid my way for The De France' School For The Arts. I started out slow, but I have gotten a lot better. My teacher, Madame Guarauna is a kind but firm woman. She took a especial liking to me. Her only words for explanation where because I was the runt. Though it was not comforting in the least, It was very true. I was very plain, brown hair, brown eyes and I was very tall, 5'11, and very skinny, but I was very strong from my job at the steel factory back in Italy. About a year ago, I began to follow the story of the Opera Ghost at the Opera Populaire. I read every newspaper I could get. He lived in the opera house, knowing all about it. He wanted to take a choirs girl, Christine, down to his lair and hang her. The story was so mixed amongst the tabloids that it was hard to follow after the chandelier disaster. The Opera House is being remodeled as I speak. The Ghost, apparently, died in the fire. Madame Guarauna managed to get me a role as a choirs girl in the opening night, which is three nights away. La Callota, the famous soprano, had been replaced by Meg Jerie, the daughter of the head dance instructor. My story starts the day of dress rehearsal for " La Chanje", my first performance in Opera Populaire.
A/N: this is just an intro, read on!