The water was cold and foggy as I plunged into it. At first I didn't know what was happening, but then I remembered that Erik had accidentally made the boat tip over. I kicked my feet and swam up to the surface of the water.

Immediatley I yelled, "Erik! Erik where are you?"

I heard splashing behind me. I turned around and saw Erik swimming toward me, panting heavily.

"Christine!" He called. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Are you?"

"Yes, yes, I'm fine." He looked over to see the boat drifting far away from us. He growled under his breath and swam next to me.

"I'll get the boat later. For now, I need you to start swimming back."

"Alright," so I turned around and started to swim through the murky green water.

I wondered why Erik stayed behind me. He was swimming in the opposite direction, so I supposed he was going to fetch the boat.

It was a long swim back to the shore. Sometimes I would stop for air, and it wasn't a fun swim. The water was disgusting and freezing. Occasionally I came across dead flies or spiders floating in front of me.

When I made it to the shore, I panted and tried to relax as I waited for Erik. I kept looking up to see if he was swimming towards me, but I never saw him. Afraid that he may have drowned, I got up and went in the water, knee high, before I heard water splashing.

I looked up and saw Erik swimming towards me, dragging the boat along with him. I ran into the water and helped Erik bring the boat back. Once I tied the boat up, I noticed that Erik was lying on the ground, gasping for breath.

"Erik, are you alright?" I asked.

"Yes, yes, I'm fine," He replied. "It's just a long swim, that's all."

I patted his back soothingly before something random flashed back to me,

"Erik, what day is it?"

"November 23rd. Why do you ask?"

"Quick! Ask Nadir to order a turkey and bring it here tomorrow! Erik! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! I can't believe I almost forgot!"

"We don't need to celebrate Thanksgiving Christine." He said Thanksgiving with so much disgust and hatred I didn't know if I wanted to go through with this. But I had to. Erik probably never celebrated this holiday before, but really, he had much to be thankful for.

"Erik, please. I am begging you. We must have a feast! Nadir can come too, we can celebrate it together."

He only grunted.

Time for the puppy face. I crawled over to him sweetly, kind of like a cat, and gave him my adorable puppy face. Erik rolled his eyes and looked away from me.

Rule #1 of the Puppy Face: Never give up on it. They'll give in eventually.

Five minutes later, I was still holding the puppy face. Erik was looking around nervously, trying to look at anything but me, but he eventually gave in.

"Alright! Fine! I'll ask Nadir to bring a turkey. Happy?"

"Yipee!" I wrapped my arms around Erik and gave him a kiss on the cheek. I then ran back to my room and took off my wet clothes. I was freezing, but I didn't care now. How could I have forgotten about Thanksgiving?

You probably wonder why I am so excited. Well, Thanksgiving is a holiday where you are suppose to be thankful. And I knew that Erik had a lot to be thankful for, it's just that he didn't quite know it yet. I wanted him to celebrate this holiday so he could understand and be thankful for what he has.

I was going to approach him slowly, ask him calmly if we could celebrate Thanksgiving, but that all flew away from me when I almost forgot to ask what the day was. If I hadn't asked him sooner, we would of missed Thanksgiving!

x x x

The next day when Nadir arrived with a lot of food, Erik wasn't too pleased. He hoped that Nadir would fall into the lake and get all the food soaked so we couldn't celebrate this holiday. But even if the food was soaked, we would celebrate it anyway.

I helped Nadir carry the turkey to the kitchen table as Erik stood there dumbly watching.

"Erik, do you think you could help Nadir, please?"

Erik grunted and walked over to Nadir, helping him carry over the mashed potatos and rolls. I smiled as I looked in the cupboards for plates. Carefully, I set the table and listened to Nadir and Erik argue about Thanksgiving.

"It's a stupid holiday," Erik said grumpily. "There is no point of it, anyway."

"Oh yes, there is Erik." Nadir interrupted. "But you don't know how special it is. Is this your first time celebrating?"

"Yes." Erik responded in a mumble.

I smiled and came up behind Erik. I kissed him on the head and went back to getting the silverware on the table.

Nadir was staring at Erik, with his mouth wide open. "You - how? You two - I?" He finally managed to get his words out. "You two are, together now?"

Erik and I didn't respond. Ever since that first kiss with Erik, we have been sharing sweet kisses. Were we together? Of course I loved Erik, and he loved me, but I guess we both didn't know that we were together now. I smiled shyly at Nadir and shrugged my shoulders, grinning.

He smiled back and said merrily, "Ah, so you are together! I'm very happy for you both." I only smiled. I didn't know what to say.

When all the food was finally on the table, and the table was set, we were all ready to eat. But before Erik could lunge at the large turkey, I stopped him.

"Wait, Erik. There is always a tradition before you eat at Thanksgiving. We must go around the table and say what we're thankful for. Nadir, how about you start?"

"Of course," He said. "I am thankful for being here today, with my two great friends." He gestured towards me and Erik. Erik only snorted, which Nadir ignored. "I am also thankful for my house, my friends, and this great meal in front of me."

"That was sweet, Nadir," I smiled. "Okay, I'll go now. I am thankful for this day, Thanksgiving, which God has given to us. I am also thankful for my friends, my family," I said 'family' with such loss, but I dared not show it, "for this grand feast, and for Erik."

Erik looked at me, shocked, but when I smiled at him, his shocked face faded. He smiled at me and reached for my hand, holding onto it and squeezing it.

"Erik, it's your turn."

"Right, right..." He shrugged. After a few moments of hesitation, he said finally, "I am thankful for you, Christine. Other then that I have nothing to be thankful for."

Both Nadir and I were silent until I said, "What about Ayesha?"

"Oh yes, Ayesha. Yes, I am thankful for her."

"And your ability to play music so well?" Nadir suggested.

"Yes, that too." Erik mumbled.

"And what about your voice Erik?" I asked. "You have an amazing voice. Aren't you thankful for that?"

"I suppose."

"And your architecture!" Nadir exclaimed. "Erik, you are a brilliant architect. Aren't you thankful for that?"

"Of cour - "

"And - "

"Enough!" Erik exclaimed. Nadir and I couldn't help but grin. Now Erik knew that he had a lot to be thankful for.

Erik, Nadir and I ate Thanksgiving dinner peacefully. Nadir told us about the new home he was moving into on Banes St., and how he wanted Erik to help with the design. Erik was delighted at the offer. But I was the one who mostly didn't speak at the table. Not because Erik and Nadir were talking constantly, but honestly, I missed my family. I hadn't really thought about them a lot until now.

I thought about my brother, Seth. What was he up to right now? And my father, Piangi. Was he doing well? And my best friend, Meg. Did she worry about me? And what about everybody else at school. What would they think?

I was too deep into my thoughts that I didn't hear Erik calling my name.

"What? What!" I exclaimed, out of my daydreaming. "Who did it?"

Erik and Nadir were looking at me as if I was mad. I smiled shyly.

"Nadir and I were planning on going to the park. Would you come?"

"Of course," I smiled. "I'll get my coat."

"Yes, it's quite cold out there. At least three inches of snow - " Nadir said, a bit to himself, but when I heard him say three inches of snow I went wild.

"Three inches?" I exclaimed. "That's amazing! Come on, let's go!"

And I dragged Erik and Nadir to the boat so we could get to the park quicker. I had my blue coat on that Erik had gotten for me, and I was too excited to be in the snow. Usually I can act like such a child, especially when it comes to snow.

Erik rowed down the lake, but when I kept telling him to go faster, he, on purpose, went slower. I got a little frusterated. He kept telling me to calm down, that it was just snow. But apparently he didn't know how much fun snow was. I would have to show him...

We went down the dark corridors, and for once I wasn't scared, even if there were torches lighting the way. I was excited for the snow. We went through a secret door that Erik had made, that was on the side of the Opera House. We snuck out without anyone seeing us, and made our way to the park.

"Erik?" I asked, as we were walking to the park.

"Yes, my dear?"

"Aren't you worried that someone will see you?"

"Not at all." He replied. "Those people don't know what the Opera Ghost looks like, do they?"

"I suppose not."

Erik chuckled and grasped my hand, kissing it softly. His lips were warm, and when I thought that I was freezing, Erik had just warmed me up.

When we made it to the Paris State Park, I would of thought it to be crowded. I have no idea why. But luckily, it was deserted. I jumped up and down like a little school girl and ran into the park. Excuse me, I skipped into the park.

I looked behind me while I was skipping and saw that both Nadir's and Erik's eyebrows were raised at me. I giggled and kept on skipping further into the park, where I saw a mountain of snow that kids must have made.

The first thing I did when I got to the huge pile of snow was make two snowballs. I wanted to get Nadir and Erik big time. I looked behind my back to see the two walking up to me, but they were rather a distance away. I made two perfect snowballs and spun around, hiding them behind my back.

When Nadir and Erik reached me, Erik's eyebrow was still raised. "What are you hiding?" He asked.

"Nothing..."

"You're hiding something." Nadir observed. "What is it?"

I didn't wait a second longer. I threw the snowballs at Nadir and Erik, which hit them both right in the stomach.

"Oof!" Erik yelped, as the cold ball of snow hit him.

I ran past them, trying to hide somewhere so they wouldn't find me. Nadir was already making a snowball, as Erik was making a monster snowball.

"You can run, but you can't hide!" Erik yelled as I ran behind a rather large oak tree. Just in case, I made three big snowballs ready to dodge at them if they came to close.

"Oh Christine..." I heard Erik yell. "Come on out, we promise we won't throw a snowball at you!"

Sure...I thought. I looked behind me, careful not to show too much of my face, and saw Erik and Nadir, with three huge snowballs in their arms, ready to fire at me. I ducked again behind the tree. I was toast.

When Erik and Nadir came closer to the oak tree, I knew that they knew I was there. It was now or never. I ran away from behind the oak tree, onto some other place, but Erik and Nadir were gaining speed on me. I squealed and ran faster, trying to find another place to hide.

After almost tripping, I dropped all of my snowballs and now I had none. I stopped for a moment to see if I could pick them up, but Erik was so close to me I had to keep running. I did, but after a few moments, I had to give up. I spun around and faced Erik. I stuck my hands up and cried,

"Fine! I surrender! Do your worst." And I squinted, looking away, so that Erik could throw the snowballs at me without it getting in my face.

"Alright. But I won't throw a snowball at you on one condition."

"What's that?"

"Give me a kiss."

I giggled and went up to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed his cheek sloppily. Then, I grabbed two of his snowballs and broke out into a run.

"Hey!" Erik called out. I giggled as I ran around in large circles, seeing if Erik would be able to catch me. I saw Nadir making more snowballs, actually, he was making a pile of snowballs that Erik and he could use.

Erik threw his only large snowball at me and missed me by an inch. I threw a large snowball at him when his back was turned to me, and I must have hit him hard, for he fell down. I threw the other snowball at Nadir while he was packing a snowball together, and he yelped when it hit him.

"Just to let you both now," I giggled. "I am the Snowball Queen. I won the tournament three years in a row."

"Sure you did..." Erik commented, getting up from the ground. I squealed as he growled playfully and ran towards me. I ran towards the large snow pile and jumped into it. Erik jumped into it next to me and grabbed me, pulling me out.

"You are going down, little missy," He told me, throwing me over his shoulder and carrying me towards Nadir. I pounded on his back and squealed for him to put me down, but he only pinched my leg softly.

When we reached Nadir's large snow pile, Erik set me down next to it, and held me down for I was kicking and squealing.

"Give me a snowball," He commanded to Nadir. Nadir grabbed a snowball from the pile and handed it to Erik.

"Well, well, well, since we've captured her, we might as well attack her with snowballs." Erik grinned as he dropped the snowball on my stomach, sending the little specks of snow flying into a million tiny pieces on top of me.

"It's cold!" I protested.

"Yes, it is, isn't it?" Erik asked amused. He grabbed another snowball from the pile and was ready to stuff it down my dress before I yelled, "Wait! I have an idea!"

"What?" Nadir asked casually.

"Let's make a snowman!"

"A snowman?" Erik asked. "What the hell is that?"

"It's a man you make out of snow, of course!" Since Erik's grip loosened on me, I got up from the ground and started making a large ball, rolling it around in the snow.

"Are you planning on throwing that at me?" Erik asked, a hit of worry in his voice.

"Of course not, silly. This is the bottom part of the man."

"The bottom part? How in the world can it possibly be that big? That's impossible, men's are only suppose to be - "

"Okay, eww! Too much information! And besides, it's not that, you sicko. This is just the bottom part of the snowman, the part that holds him up. There are three main parts to a snowman."

"Oh, well," Erik said, completely embarrased, as Nadir was rolling around in the snow laughing. "That's a relief."

I rolled my eyes at him and finished rolling up the ball. "Now," I said to Erik and Nadir. "You need to make a smaller ball, a little bit small then this." I pointed towards the bottom part of the snowman. "And then I will make the head. Okay?"

"Alrighty, then." Nadir grinned and started to roll up a ball of snow. Erik helped him and I worked on the head.

But as I was working on the head, I saw something in the distance. It was near the graveyard, some yards away. I squinted my eyes to get a better look at it.

I believe it was a person that I saw. But the person was completely white. Their hair, skin, even their clothes. I stepped forward, to try and see what I was looking at. But that step led to another, and another, and another. Pretty soon I was standing in front of it.

It was a person. It was a girl, actually. She was sitting down, her head bent, writing in her journal.

"Hello?" I asked her. She didn't move. "Hello?" I asked again.

For some reason, this girl didn't look human. I didn't see her face yet, because her head was bent, but I saw the rest of her. Her hair, I could tell, was blonde, and she looked to be about my age. The reason she didn't look human was because I could see right through her, yet still see who she was.

And just then, went she lifted her head to look up into the sky, I noticed who it was.

Meg!

"Meg! Meg! Can you hear me? It's Christine!" I was so excited that I didn't realize that she was crying. She was looking up into the sky, clutching her journal to her chest. And that's when I realized that I wasn't seeing Meg, but I was seeing her ghost, or her spirit.

She looked back down at her journal and wiped away the tears that were sliding down her cheeks. She grabbed her pen that was in her lap and said while writing,

"Dear Journal, we still haven't found Christine. It's been five months and we still haven't found her. Police have been searching everywhere, all over town! Some say that they should just give up, that they will never find her, but I know better. They are still searching, and everyday I believe we are getting closer and closer to finding her. I will never give up.

"Her father and brother are really devastated. First they lost Mrs. Daae, and now they lost Christine. Every day after school I go around town and search for her, but I never found a clue as to where she might have gone to.

"I am making bracelets, stickers, and buttons to help support Christine. Sometimes I go to daycares and preschools and give them to children. They tell me they'll help me look for Christine, and that puts a smile on my face.

"I think I put up at least sixty posters around town. Some police say that Christine might have been kidnapped, and others say she might have run away. Nobody knows for sure what happened to her. I don't have a clue as to what she did either. The news that Christine Daae was missing was first on the news here, but now I have word that the news is posted all over the world. It is a mystery that I soon hope to solve.

"But I think I am getting somewhere. The day after Christine went missing, Seth said that he was going to burn the Ouija Board because he thought it brought him bad luck. But I asked if I could have it, and he gave it to me. I put it in my room and stared at it for hours. I was thinking, when all the strange things happened when Christine and I were using the board, maybe that had something to do with Christine's disappearance? I remembered when Christine was telling me that she kept seeing a figure, but I never believed her. Until now, that is.

"When all of the things around the room started moving, and Christine told me someone out of the board murdered Raoul and her mother, I didn't believe her. But maybe I should have. Because you see, I think the Ouija Board has something to do with it. I've been trying to solve it for five months now, but I still haven't gotten anywhere. But don't worry, I'm going to solve this thing if it's the last thing I do."

Tears were streaming down my eyes as Meg shut her journal and stood up from the ground. She spun around and walked away, and suddenly, she disappeared into the distance.

I couldn't believe it. I was on the news all over the world, and police have been searching for me for five months! I was just happy that my brother and father were okay. I wiped a tear away from my eye and stayed there for a moment.

Meg cared for me so much. I missed her more then you could imagine. And she was a smart cookie, taking the Ouija Board. What if, Seth had burned it? Would I ever be able to return home? I gulped at the thought. And if Meg was trying to figure it out, surely she would soon.

I turned around slowly and walked back to Nadir and Erik, who already had the second half of the snowman on. But when Erik saw my tear stained face, he ran up to me and pulled me in his arms.

"What's wrong, dear child?" He asked me. As Erik stroked my hair and whispered soothing words into my ear, I knew that I couldn't hold my tears in. I let them flow, and knew, that soon, I would have to return home.

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First off, I want to thank Starlightlita for giving me the idea of having Thanksgiving in the chapter. Thank you so much for the suggestion, I can always use new ideas! And I had no idea that they didn't celebrate Thanksgiving in Paris, so don't ask questions of why Erik knew it. I have no idea, lol. This is my story and I'll do what I want with it! Boohaha!

Erik: Okay, you're freaking me out...(backs away slowly)

Christine: (ignoring Erik) So, that last sentence had me confused. Is the story almost over?

Me: You may think it is, but no, I have a lot more chapters to go before it's over.

Christine: (relieved) Whew, that's good!

Erik: (throws a snowball at Christine)

Christine: Oof! What was that for?

Erik: For giving me crazy pills!

Christine: Hey, those sure did knock you out!

Erik: What do you mean?

Christine: Right when I forced them into your mouth you went out like a log. And you look so cute when you sleep! Yes you do! Yes you do! (pinches Erik's cheek)

Erik: Yeah baby! (jumps on Christine and starts to kiss her)

Christine: Erik! Get off me, you're going to break my nail!

(phone rings)

Erik: I'll get it! (Erik grabs phone and starts talking to my friend) Oh my gosh, no way! Like, totally! Oh m -

Me: (grabs phone from Erik) Okay, Christine has to re-do her nails, Erik needs more pills, and I need to start writing the next chapter! Read and review, and if you bring a candy bar for Erik he will give you a big kiss! Ta ta for now!