Here is chapter 3! Finally and Yay! I finally have a reader! Thank you Julia for reviewing my story! Hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 3

I have no clue why I did not struggle when he picked me up. There was something in his eyes that made me long to go with him; plus he said that his house was pretty. So I did not try to stop him, I easily gave in. Not knowing what was going to happen, or what he was going to do with me, did not seem to frighten me either. After what felt like ages, we finally came to this boat. He set me down in it, then got in himself and began to row with a long stick. For just being pushed by a stick, the boat moved pretty fast. In no time, we were at a large cavern, filled with candles and other lovely things. My eyes widened when I saw that the candlesticks were made out of gold, oh who am I kidding, the whole place was practically made out of gold!

The boat hit the edge of the cavern, and the man stepped out then turned to pick me up as well. But he was too late, I was already up and running over to one of the gold stands. I could hear him turn behind me, but I didn't notice too much. I had already felt the outline of the gold layer over and over again. The gold felt like it was of very high quality! But what did I know. Suddenly, I turned around to face the man.

"What's your name?" I asked

"Erik."

"Oh," I replied. After a short pause I said, "Why do you live down here? And why do you have such wonderful gold?"

"You ask a lot of questions." Was his only reply at first, but then he continued on.

"I am a musical genius and need a lot of privacy for my work." I nodded, and he continued. "Lots of people pay me with gold to hear my music."

I could not tell if he was telling the truth or not, but I did not want to question him further.

Continuing to look at all his unique treasures, I came across a beautiful ring. It had a blue gem in the middle surrounded by diamonds. As I began to turn around to ask Erik about the ring, a gloved hand snatched it from me. He then flung me around to face him and told me to never touch anything on this desk. I was too frightened to say anything, so I just nodded in agreement. Then he softly stroked the ring and put it back into its container, and then into its rightful drawer. After having his back to me, he turned back around.

"I do suppose that you are still hungry?" he asked. I just nodded.

He walked briskly over to a table for two and pulled out a basket of bread, cheese, and grapes. I hesitantly walked over to the table and sat down. Erik handed me a plate with some of the food, and I began to eat it. At first I ate slowly, but then I remembered how hungry I was, and began shoving my face. When I had finished, with my cheeks stuffed with food, I looked across from me to find that he was staring at me with his mouth dropped.

"What?" I asked with my mouth full of food.

"Nothing," he said while looking away. "I have just never seen anyone with such an appetite as you."

I did not know what exactly to say to this comment, so I just swallowed my food and stood up. Automatically when I stood up, Erik stood up as well. I gave him a strange look, for I did not know why he was doing such a thing. My father never did so. Oh! My father! … and mother! I nearly screamed when I thought of them. And then the whole situation hit me. I was lost! I was here with a strange man, and my parents were nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, I started crying. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I turned around.

"What's the matter?" Erik asked.

"I…miss…my…mommy…and…daddy!" I was nearly choking on every word that came out of my mouth.

"Alright, alright." I began to cry louder. "Shh, please don't cry." I did appreciate him trying to coax me, but when he spoke, he just reminded me of my father.

"Okay, uhh, what are you parents names? If you tell me, then I can try to help you find them."

I turned my head and looked into his eyes. 'Maybe he isn't a bad man after all,' I thought to myself. I gave a final sniff, and said, "My mom's name is Christine, and my fathers' name is Raoul." After I mentioned these names, the stature of the man began to change drastically. He became stiff and his eyes became hard and dark. After this change in Erik, I was for the first time, actually really frightened of him. He stood up and began to speak in the coldest voice,

"Come, I know exactly where to find your parents."

The story is not almost over, even though it may seem like it at the end of this chapter and the next, but believe me, it isn't. I will try to update as soon as I can. Again, please review!