La Divine- Elementary Steps
1865
The two eleven-year-olds never meant to crash into each other. Christine Daae was running late for her ballet lesson, after a "prank" played on her by Cecile Jammes left her to scour the room for her spare dance shoes. Why Cecile Jammes thought the term "clodhopper" meant putting mud in every dancer's shoes was a mystery never to be solved, as Meg and the other students swore to kill her on sight.
Sherlock Holmes was scouring the opera house for his mother, Violet Holmes. She had left him with Mr. Leferve, the manager of the Opera Populare, while looking for a cousin, Mlle. Lorraine Vernet. Normally, many women of society would shun a scandalous relation, but his mother was rather unconventional. That selfsame manager left him alone after twenty minutes with a disturbed look. He had found one of his mother's ever falling-out hair-pins, and had been following a steady trail of them since.
So when the two collided, it was a complete surprise. Except Fate is not big on random accidents…
"I'm sorry, monsieur. I wasn't looking and I need to hurry to lessons." The brunette said softly. He nodded.
"It's fine…" He began, unsure of who he was addressing, a rarity even at eleven. The girl smiled slightly.
"Christine Daae. Now I really must get to lessons, Madame Giry will be mad at me." She said. She walked for thirty seconds, spun round, and asked shyly, "What's your name?"
"Sherlock Holmes, Miss Daae." He said. She nodded and twirled around again, that sad smile on her face. It was the last time either of them would meet, but it stayed in both of their minds.
1870
Once more in Paris at his mother's whim, Sherlock Holmes studied the paper in his hand. Apparently, a Mlle. Christine Daae, understudy to La Carlotta Guidicelli, was missing, and had been for a week. Why did that name seem so familiar?
It was only months later, at the performance of Don Juan Triumphant, that he remembered the shy ballet student he met five years ago.
Shortly after that, he started an index of famous people, places, and events, one that would help him in later life.
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