Author: Sparkling-Diva
Rating: PG-13 (possibly more later)
Genre: Romance/Drama
Pairing: Christine/Erik
Feedback: Yes, please! Also being nice would make me happy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gaston Leroux's Phantom or anything I might refer to based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical adaptation of it.
Summary: Christine makes an important decision that could forever change the lives of many…
Author's Note: Wow. Thank you all who reviewed my first chapter. It meant so much to me. Just wanted to also let you know that last time I forgot to mention that it was the prologue. This should actually be Chapter 1 and not the other. I hope that you all enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 1How it happened she could not tell.
Magic perhaps?
Maybe she would never know.
Maybe she did.
Somehow her heart must've been telling her something.
"Christine? Are you alright?" Raoul asked his soon-to-be-wife.
She stayed silent as they rode the carriage to his home.
"I'm sorry that the opera house has been destroyed."
"I don't really care about that now Raoul."
"Then what is it?"
"You wouldn't understand."
"Is-is that the ring I gave to you?" he asked staring at what she was looking at in her hand.
"He gave it back," she whispered.
"Christine…" he began.
"Not right now Raoul," she said very sternly.
"Very well," he replied.
Christine clenched her fist and held onto the ring as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Before Raoul could say or do anything, she warned him with a, "Don't."
Quietly, Christine cried as she looked out the window and saw the opera house in flames.
In her mind, she sang a song that reflected her feelings about what she felt in regards to Raoul and Erik that was too dear to her heart…