Writer's Note- alright alright, so the unmasking wasn't unique so sue me, well wait never mind because Andrew Lloyd Webber could if he read this and if you don't please don't, all you could would get is a virus filled computer, a cell phone, a digital camera and a pink boom box, all which I think you can buy with your money and not rob a 16 year old girl of all her valuables. And yes there will be spelling, grammar, and punition errors. I can't help it I have a learning disability which screws me over when it comes to writing so please just bear with me, I will try to do my best so enjoy!


Ch 6- Curiosity almost killed the boy

Gabrielle slouched down on the crème colored sofa. She loved it here. It always smelt of coffee grounds and cinnamon buns.

"Here you go, a tall coffee with just milk." Aiden said handing her a small styrofoam cup.

"Thanks" she said smiling.

He sat next to her. It was silent until he spoke.

"So it was strange with the lights today huh?"

"Ummm not really I mean the school is pretty old, I'm sure it was just faulty lights.

He looked hurt." Oh well I was just thinking about what you said earlier, about the phantom under the school, maybe that isn't just a legend." He raised his eyebrows.

'Oh my gosh does he know?' Gabrielle thought to herself.

"Oh please Aiden don't be stupid, how could someone live under the school" sputtered out nervously.

He gave her a look of wonder. He pretend to look at her clock

"Oh wow look at the time I better go, thanks for the chat see you tomorrow at rehearsal." Gabrielle jumped up, almost ran into someone and ran out the door.

He knew something was going on and he was going to find out even if it kills him.

Gabrielle arrived at rehearsal a little late the next day. When she got there Paul, one of Aiden's friends; was talking to Mr. Axel on the edge of the stage.

"Great Aiden has his friends snooping around." Gabrielle walked by them and heard this little bit from their conversation

"Look Mr. Axel I heard about this rumors of a phantom backstage and I was wondering if I could."

Mr. Axel cut him off. "Listen Mr. Jade, there is no phantom, I assure you those are just rumors, now get to warming up."

Paul was about to say something but before he could say another word it was interrupted by a loud thud. Gabrielle was so interested in their conversation she didn't see the stage stairs and instead of gracefully going down them, she fell.

"Gabrielle are you alright?" Aiden, Paul, and Mr. Axel rushed over to her side.

Gabrielle chuckled " Yes I am alright just bruised my knee"

"Gabrielle that look pretty bad here let me take you to my office and get a bandage for that" Mr. Axel said helping her up. Before she could protest he pushed her into his office.

"Listen I got another letter from Erik, and I am a little concerned, I think next time light flickering is going to be the least of our problems."

"Not to mention Aiden has gotten curious about Erik and I am sure he is going to stop at nothing to see if this phantom is real."

"That is why Paul was asking me about Erik Let me Take care of Aiden and his minions, I'll make sure they won't snoop too far."

"Ok, let me talk to Erik and tell him to stop this madness, I'm sure we can sort this out"

Mr. Axel gave her a stern look. Before he could answer her there was a loud scream from the auditorium. They both ran from the office to the auditorium to see everyone in and gathered around the costume closet. Mr. Axel pushed everyone aside to see Paul lying on the ground with a small pool of blood coming from his head.

"Someone call 911" Mr. Axel called out. Someone ran out with a cell phone in hand. Gabrielle made it through the door enough to see what happened. She knew this was no accident. She walked to the other the stage wing. When no one was looking she moved the sofa over the trap door. It was quiet hard to find a way to open the door when she did she slipped through. She grabbed some cloth in front of her and grabbed it and put it over the trap door to cover it up best she could. She closed the door and climbed down the ladder. When she got to the small body of water she saw the boat on the other side.

'Oh hell I'll just swim across it's not like there is anything to kill me in this water."

At first it was shallow but it got deeper and deeper until and had to swim. Once on the other side she jumped out and heard music. She ran towards the sound and stopped once she was in front of the masked man.

"Gabrielle, why are you here, practice isn't over yet?"

"You know why I am here, you almost killed Paul!" she shouted

"Gabrielle I did not mean to harm Paul, I just meant to scare him, if I wanted to kill him I could have done it a better way."

"Erik, please no more letters, no more accidents, the part isn't that important to me."

"NO" he roared" You deserve a much better part and I refuse to let you just sit there a take a small part."

"Fine, if you don't stop all of the madness, I will quite the show."

He gasped. He sat there with his mouth wide. He lowered his head.

"Alright, I won't try to get you the part of Christine, but please let me still teach you"

She smiled" Of course, I have to train my voice so I can get better parts in other shows"

He lifted his head and smiled but it quickly went to a frown. "Gabrielle did you swim here?"

She looked down. She was soaked, but thankfully she wasn't wearing any white clothing (hahahahahahahaha I could so easily make this a love scene but I will save that for later) He got up from the piano and went over to the dresser and pulled out a towel and handed to her.

"Thanks" She took the towel and started to dry her hair.

"If you want I could give you a change of clothes"

She thought for a moment. She didn't feel comfortable changing in front of him.

'What if he looks at me while I am changing?' She shook her head " No that is ok I better go I am sure they think I have disappeared and never to return. He stepped closer to her. She looked deeply into his eyes. It was like looking into his soul. She could so much sorrow. For a moment they turned gray to green and she thought of Aiden. She shook her head and realized they still stood very close. She kissed him on the cheek and whispered in his ear

"Thank you." With that she turned around and walked away to the boat.


That night Gabrielle dreamt that she was on stage in a wedding dress and Erik was there in a tux looking so handsome. Mr. Axel was there as well marring them. She was at the part where she said her vowels

"Erik I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." She took off his mask to find that she had wed Aiden not Erik. Gabrielle sat straight up in bed. The alarm went off. Gabrielle looked at it with annoyance; she hit it so it would turn off.

"Gabrielle are you up?" Gabby's mom called from the bottom of the stairs.

"Yes mother" Gabrielle called back. She wondered what the dreamt meant. She couldn't love Erik. She hardly knew him and the thought of the last part with Aiden. Could she like him more as a friend? She laid back down and put the pillow over her head.

"Oh great another day of madness!" She muttered into the pillow.


Oh crap what should i do next, I know somethings are going ot happen, but how do i get to those moments? oh well I can figure it out in World History, hope you enjoy. Please review even if it is a bad review, i will be a big girl and take it as a mature adult, or alteast i'll try, lol