Ch.3

The little bell rang, signaling that someone was opening a door. A man walked in. He was wearing normal clothes and he had Long light brown hair and hazel eyes. He walked up to the counter and rang the little bell. A short, not so skinny man, came up to the counter. "May I help you sir?" He asked.

"Yes. May I have todays paper." The man nodded and walked over to the counter where they had the newspapers. He picked one up and placed it on the counter. "that'll be two Francs please." The other man placed it on the table and unfolded the paper. He looked at the headline.

"Mysterious stranger saves Child from Burning building."

He read a little of the article to himself,

"We have nor found out about this stranger, but he is a hero. We have found out his name is Erik but that's about it. He ran off before we could find out anything more. We managed to get one picture of this Erik and it is showed in the in the center."

He looked closer at the picture and gasped and dropped the paper. "it can't be." He whispered.

The man at the counter watched him with curiosity and confusion. "monsieur, is everything alright?"

The little bell rang again, and the two men raised their heads to see who walked in. and would you guess who it was. Monsieur Firmin and Monsieur Andre.

"Vicomte!" Firmin exclaimed. "you escaped the perilous fire."

Raoul nodded. "So have you two, it is a pleasure to see you."

"indeed." Andre agreed.

"I figured you would know this." Firmin started. "Did Miss Daae escape?"

Raoul smiled and nodded. "that she did. We have found a little Inn down the road. I am just here to pick up the paper." (A/n: LOL! The paper is on the floor and he said im here to "pick up" the paper!) He bent down and picked up the paper off the floor.

"so have we." Firmin stated, he went over to the desk and placed two francs on the counter. "one paper please."

The little man went over to the stack of papers, he picked one up and gazed at the front wondering why Raoul was so shocked about. He didn't see anything so shocking and placed it down on the counter. "here you are." Firmin grabbed the paper and thanked the man. He unfolded it and skimmed over the front page. "Ah look, some man saved a girl from a burning building." He said to Andre. Andre came over and peered onto the paper. "Well would you look at that, some people are just so generous."

Raoul snorted. 'generous. Him? I don't think so. But then again he did let us go, if he was the cold hearted phantom every one knew him to be he would have killed me and kept Christine. Maybe we changed him.' He shook his head, and shamed him self for being so silly. 'the man is mad and always will be.' But the truth was they did change him, the old phantom wouldn't go after a girl in a burning building.

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Erik was now in the woods again, He slept in that field again. He felt refreshed and strangely enough happy. Christine had just left him last night and he was already feeling happy. That was strange. Was it because of the good deed he did last night. Speaking of that he had hoped that his picture was not in the paper. He went into town, keeping himself on the down low. He soon heard someone say, "Agh stupid people. Putting their lives on the line for someone elses sake." He looked over to where he heard the voice. A man was placing a paper in the trash can. When the man disappeared he came out and took the paper out of the trash can. The picture was there, he was on the front page and it was not bad. He felt himself smile a little. He read the article and was astonished that they were talking about him. He took the paper and continued to walk. He stopped when a thought popped into his head. 'Christine…she would see this. Christine and the vicomte.' He didn't know what to do, he finally thought of to write a letter to the head of the newspapers telling them that he found the phantom dead. It took all of his courage to walk into a stationary store. He gathered up some paper, some envelopes, a pen, and ink. He went over to the counter and placed it down. He didn't say anything just looked at the man behind the counter. The man gave him an odd look but soon turned away when erik glared at him. "So. You would like to buy theses items?" Erik nodded thinking, 'wow this guy is dumb.' He looked at the items and muttered some things to himself. Finaly he said "the total comes to 20 francs." Erik sighed and reached into his pocket took out the coins and placed it on the counter. "thank you." The man stated. Erik took the items and went to go find a place to write it.

He found a bench and sat down on it. He took out the paper, pen and ink. He dipped the pen in the ink and started to write,

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to inform you of something I have found, it could be good news or bad news. Depends on your opinion. I have found a man dead, in the middle of the woods. He didn't look sick nor murdered. So nothing to bring the police up about. The man appeared to be the phantom of the Opera. I have disposed of his body so no need for that either. You might want to inform the public of this matter for they might be weary about whether this man is dead. Thank you for your time.

He paused about to write his famous signature, "I remain gentleman your obedient servant. O.G." and thought other wise.

Sincerely,

A concerned citizen.

He folded up the letter and placed it in the envelope. He gathered up the ink and pen and went to find the newspaper inc. He found the big building and slipped the letter under the door, He ran as soon as he did into the woods. Hoping they would put that information in the paper.

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A/n: that's where I am leaving you for now. Firmin and Andre escaped! YaY!

Next chapter: Raoul takes the paper home to Christine.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Phantom of the Opera. But the two little men in the shops are! Yippy! My two little men:-D

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