After their eyes adjusted more to the dark, they gathered their stuff and slung their bags over their shoulders and headed through the mirror. They heard two people singing, they recognized her voice, but didn't know who the other one was. It was a man, but whoever he was he had a nice voice. The first tunnel was so dark and gloomy; they kept running the other into a wall. Soon they came upon some steps, they followed them down holding the plushies in one hand and holding the other's pinky with the other.
They walked down the stairs slowly trying not to make a sound, and then they came upon a horse, that they just had to stop at and pet, while going "Awww. . ." Then they came up to a whole lot of water, which they knew they'd have to walk across.
"I don't want us to get our stuff wet, everything can get ruined, and these are our only clothes!" Aiko told Hoshi.
"Our clothes can dry, but let's hold the plushies in the bags, and just hold the bags up making sure not to get them wet." Hoshi stated. Aiko nodded.
They held their bags above their heads and walked slowly through the water, which was really cold, they guess since it was in the dark. They found a cave opening and seen the man singing to Christine, suddenly they seen her fall into his arms and him carry her away. They couldn't see where he put her, because the wall was blocking that side of their view.
"You. . .you don't think he killed her did he?" Hoshi said worriedly in a whisper.
"I hope not, should we go save her?" Aiko asked.
"Let's wait a minute or two, let him get preoccupied so he won't notice us." Hoshi stated.
They slowly walked through the water, trying not to make a sound, but it didn't work. Luckily the man was too into writing something to notice. They made it to some dry land and tip toed over to where they seen Christine, she was laying in a bed her eyes closed.
"Is she?" Aiko asked.
"I dunno, um. . .let's see if she wakes up." Hoshi said biting on her lower lip.
They decided the best way to wake her up was to let the plushies do it, they had them poke her with their paws. She woke up and seen a kitty and red panda face in hers. She let out a scream, the man looked over and seen the two. He walked over, they yelped and jumped to the floor and tried to crawl under the bed, but their messenger bags came down and hit them in the head, making them just lie and hold their heads.
He pulled them both up from the ground, and looked angry that they were there in his lair. Hoshi looked over to Aiko, and gestured to her hand that held a spell packet from SOLAR. Aiko grabbed it, and Hoshi pulled out the other spell packet from her pocket. He didn't notice this, and went to scream at them. Aiko took the packet and threw it at him hitting his chest while proclaiming, "With mystic thread I bind you fast!" He stopped not knowing what just happened, then walked forward, Hoshi threw her's screaming out "High sorcery!" He just stopped and stared at them, and slowly walked forward again.
"Oh hell." They said turning to run, but ran headfirst into a wall knocking them both back. They lay still on the ground, Christine and the man looked down at them. He picked up them both and laid them in the bed that she was just in. They both sat waiting for them to wake up.
"47!" Aiko said coming back to consciousness.
"Bingo!" was Hoshi's reply.
They both slowly opened their eyes and looked around, forgetting where they were. They sat up and rubbed their heads.
"My head. . ." Aiko whined. Hoshi looked over to see the strange man and Christine staring at them.
"Who are you?" Hoshi asked the man.
He stood up and walked forward extending his hand he replied, "My name's Erik, mostly known as the Opera Ghost."
Hoshi and Aiko stared at him blankly not knowing anything yet about the famous Opera Ghost. "You're not going to kill us are you?" Aiko asked him.
"No, Christine told me about you both. You aren't worth the time." He told them turning his back.
"Not good enough, huh? Why you. . ." Aiko was cut off by Hoshi giving her the death glare to shut up. Christine walked over to them and gently touched a bruise on their foreheads, making them wince and jump back. "It hurts, don't touch it!" Aiko whined. Erik then went over and told them it was best if they just lay back down. They listened and before they knew it they were back asleep.
Erik took Christine out of the room. She lay on his couch while he practiced his music. He seemed really interested in a certain piece he had been working on, but was stuck on a certain part for so long. For some reason inspiration had struck him, he finally finished the piece. Satisfied with his latest work he allowed his head to rest onto his folded arms, and he drifted to sleep.
AN: There's chapter 2, hope you liked it.