Yup, like I said. 2 chapters in one day. Just so you know, this will almost completely alienate any readers who aren't musical fans ;;;; sorry, but I really wanted to do this. And I'll probably do it again... hopefully the lyrics are enough.

Extended disclaimer: I don't own Phantom of the Opera, Annie Get Your Gun or Sweeney Todd (though I adore Sweeney, awesome, hysterical, bloody show)

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Megan wandered the halls of the castle on her third day there, bored while Pegasus was busy.

'I want to be with him...'

She began to hum, letting her frustrated feelings escape as a song. There was no specific tune.

She went up one of the many marble stairways, and found herself in front of a familiar tapestry. She'd made a point to remember this hallway when she'd been exploring.

'There's a piano in one of these rooms,' she remembered. 'I can go play it.'

Before she could begin to wonder which room she wanted, though, she heard strains of music drifting through the hall. Walking softly, she went to investigate

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Pegasus was sick of the day's long meetings, and he'd been able to get out early. Well, get out would imply that he was allowed to leave. He had left the room supposedly for a few minutes, and escaped to the other side of the castle. He sighed in relief when he knew he was safe.

He walked slowly through his home and came to the same hallway a few minutes before Megan. Walking into one of the rooms and closing the door so as not to announce his position to the executives who would be searching for him, he sat at the piano and leafed through the volumes of sheet music sitting next to him.

His eyes fell on a book of selections from Phantom of the Opera. More than one song in this book was special to him.

He opened the book and began to play.

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Megan stood outside the door listening. She placed the melancholy melody with ease; Phantom was one of her favorite shows, as well. The song in particular, however, was not a favorite.

'Why's he playing something so sad?' The song was "Wishing you were Somehow Here Again," and she didn't like it. There was a beauty to the soft, slow melody, but the lyrics were about mourning and death.

Even though Megan didn't like the song, she knew it well enough to jump in from the hallway on the second verse.

"Passing bells and sculpted angels

cold and monumental

seem for you the wrong companions

you were warm and gentle..." She sang very softly, but before long the piano swelled and she was carried away by the music. She opened the door the tiniest crack, so small that she couldn't even see who was playing. But it was wide enough for her voice to float into the room, even over the piano

"Too many years fighting back tears,

why can't the past just die?

Wishing you were somehow here again

Knowing we must say goodbye

Try to forgive, teach me to live

Give me the strength to try!

No more memories, no more silent tears,

No more- oh, hello," she stopped a bit after the music did—Pegasus had heard her singing and got up to open the door. "Don't stop now, it's almost over!"

Pegasus stared at her incredulously for just a moment. Then he started laughing.

"What? What is it?" Megan asked. "You're not laughing at me, are you?" she started to pout.

"No, no, it's not that," Pegasus coughed and calmed himself down. "You simply broke the mood so perfectly. Come in, if you want," he held the door and motioned for her to walk inside before him.

"Gladly!" Megan smiled and went over to the pile of music. She started looking through it while Pegasus finished playing the piece. "That was wonderful," she said as he finished, clapping.

"Well so were you," he answered with a coy smile. Megan flushed and turned her face back to the music. "It's been a long time since I've heard that sung to my accompaniment."

"Why do you have so much stuff here for a soprano?" she asked, mostly to change the subject but also because she was curious.

Pegasus didn't answer right away. Almost all of the music in the room had been Cecilia's, when she was alive. They would sit for hours, him playing, her singing. When he had the castle built, he put her piano and music in this room. He often came back to play her favorite songs when he felt lonely.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Megan said quickly, after a pause. "If it's too...I mean, if you don't want to...I shouldn't have asked..."

"My...my wife used to sing these songs," he said quietly. "She...passed away." Even after all this time, it still hurt to think about her death.

"Oh! Oh gosh, I'm sorry! I didn't know."

"It's okay, I...I usually don't tell people."

Is that what that room was about? Megan suddenly remembered the museum-like room full of someone's memories.

There was another awkward pause, then he sighed. "I'm the one who should be sorry, I'm not a very good host, now am I?" he forced a smile.
"No! I mean, yes....i mean no, you are...yes, you...aren't....what?"

That and the confused look on Megan's face shook Pegasus out of his musings. He laughed again.

"Well go ahead, we have all the time in the world, pick a song."

Megan turned back to the music. "It's all so sad." She shuffled through the music again, and this time found "Annie Get Your Gun."

"Oooh, this is fun!" She showed him the book, and he opened to one of the songs.

"Anything you can do, I can do better

I can do anything better than you!"

Pegasus jumped in, his singing voice shaky from years of disuse, but still good enough to play against Megan's.

"No you can't"

"Yes I can"

"No you can't"

"Yes I can"

"No you can't"

"Yes I can, yes I can!

Anything you can be, I can be greater

Sooner or later I'm greater than you"

And so on. The song went back and forth for quite a while, and when it ended, Megan smiled broadly.

"I didn't know you sang!"

"I don't really," Pegasus said shrugging. "You just needed a second voice."

"Well sing again!" Megan insisted, shoving more music onto the piano.

They sang together for a long time. Pegasus, having almost memorized the music already, found his mind wandering. In his mind, he was years younger and playing for another girl. She kept having to flip her long, blonde hair behind her; it kept getting into her mouth and stopping her voice. That voice was thin and high, and sweet. Her voice was like cotton candy.

With the next piece of music shoved under his nose, Pegasus brought his attention back to the girl in front of him. Her voice was lower than Cecilia's, but her long, black hair got in the way just the same. Megan's voice was thick, but almost just as high. It was much more rich, but just as sweet. Megan's voice was more like key lime pie.

Then, finally, Pegasus' attention was brought forcefully back to earth. The song was from Sweeney Todd, and it was just ending.

Megan sang enveloped in a happy aura, the kind of delight that could take you over and make you abandon all reason.

"Sir I did love you even as I saw you

even as it did not matter that I

did not know your name..."

"It's me you'll marry on Monday,

That's what you'll do"

"And gladly sir,

I knew I'd be with you one day

Even not knowing who you were

I feared you'd gone away

That you'd been called away,

That you'd been killed, had the plague, were in Debtor's jail

Trampled by a horse, gone to sea again, arrested by the—

Kiss me!"

"Of course"

"Quickly!"

"You're sure?"

"Kiss me!"

"I shall"

"Kiss me, oh sir..."

And Megan, lost in her own emotions, did exactly what the song said. She leaned over and kissed Pegasus.

The music stopped abruptly, as did Megan's happy glow. There was yet another long, awkward pause.

"Oh...oh geez....I-I couldn't help...I'm sorry!" Megan stood quickly and ran out of the room. Pegasus looked after her for a moment, then sighed and put the music away.

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Megan didn't stop running until she reached her room. She slammed the door behind her and fell to the floor. She buried her face in her knees.

"....God, I'm such an IDIOT!"