Two months have now passed and still no sign of my fiancé. Policemen have been back and forth to the house giving the same news time and time again. Will I ever see my fiancé again? Another person has been assaulted by my fiancé. Marie tells me that villager are praying for me. They think there is only a matter of time before I am next. I wish he will return home to me. Where is he?

I do not get any sleep any more. Thoughts of Raoul and visions of him dead somewhere or hurting someone haunt my dreams. How I long for the dreams I used to have living at the Paris Opera. My mystical Angel of Music guiding me with unforgettable voice. I wish these dreams would return to me.

"In sleep he sang to me..

in dreams he came.

That voice which calls to me..

and speaks my name."

Life can turn round in an instant

Christine's Point of View

I jump out of Erik's arms and turn around and see source of the gun shot. Standing there at behind the gate is Phillipe De Chagny; Raoul's older brother. He was standing looking though the bars of the steel gate. An arrogant yet angry look was on his face.

"What are you doing here!" I shout from across the lair. Although it did not take much thinking to think where I have ran off to, I was still confused to why Phillipe was here instead of Raoul.

"Christine you are to come back with me!" he shouts back. A confident tone came across in his voice.

"No I am with Erik! Please go away," I order.

Another gun shot. I jump and run back in to Erik's arms.

"If you do not come now, I shall take you by force," he shouts back at me.

"Leave here now!" Erik shouts

Erik's Point of View

"Who is this man?" I think to myself as I try to think of a way to get him out of here.

"Christine go to the bedroom, I'll handle this," I quietly order Christine.

As Christine runs to the bedroom I open the gate to my home to let this man in. He watches the gate ascend and waits until he it able to fit under it. As he wades though the water of my lake, I pick up my sword from my desk and point it at the man.

"Who are you and what is your business with Christine?" I ask the gentleman.

"I am Phillipe De Chagny. I am here by orders of my brother Raoul to return Christine to him. He knew she would be here with you and I volunteered to get her back for him as he did not want to see your hideous face again," the man replied.

"My face!" I thought to myself and ran over to my organ to return the mask to hide my disfigurement.

"You don't have to hide it from me." Phillipe said, "I have seen enough, your face does not scare me. I only see you as an animal which needs to be put down."

Rage was bubbling up inside me: He had said too much. I charge at him with my sword aimed directly at him but as he reminds me that he has a gun by aiming a shot at my organ I quickly stop.

"Give me Christine and you shall remain unharmed," the Fop says to me.

"You will have to put up a better fight than this monsieur," I tell him.

"Phillipe just leave!" Christine shouts from the other side of the lair, "leave us alone!"

Phillipe looks over to her and I see my chance I take a quick swipe at Phillip's left hand a knock the gun from his hand. By doing this I leave a huge gash along his hand. He shouts out in pain.

"You've done it now," Phillips threatens and at that moment a crowd of policemen come marching in to the lair. Quickly Christine runs over the the lever and pulls the gate shut. Only a few men are in.

I turn around and run back up to Christine. As I am doing this many gun shots can be heard coming at me. The all miss. I finally reach Christine and lead her to a trap door near my organ. I kick the lever and we both fall down below. The door is now locked from the inside so Phillipe and the policemen cannot get in.

There is a small candle burning a few feet away. I walk over to it and place the flame onto a torch.

Christine's Point of View

As the torch lights up a small room is unveiled. Cold stone walls leading off into many passages. I hear Phillipe shouting up above us.

"Did you see her wounds?" he has been hurting her I hear him say.

"Come this way," Erik tells me, "this leads us underneath the lake."

There is still something that I do not trust about Erik but I believed him when he told me that he would get me out of here. We run along a series of long dark passages. My foot begins to hurt. The pain from my cuts is becoming overwhelming. I tell Erik that I cannot run any more and he takes me in his arms and we walk along the remainder of the cold passages until we reach a large room at the end. Erik puts me down in order to open the exit.

The door opened to reveal the Opera House Chapel where I used to light candles for my father. He told me that we would be safe here for now because no one had been in this room for months. We sit down at the stain glass window. I hold on to him tightly.

"What if he destroys your home," I ask Erik worryingly.

"They can do their worst. I have managed to rebuild it from the last time people have invaded it," Erik sighed, "As long as they do not get you that is all that matters to me. You do want to stay here don't you?" He asks me.

"Of course I do," I tell him, "I wouldn't dream of returning back to Raoul, never again do I wish to see his face."

I can hear someone coming towards the room. We both get ready to run but we are relieved to find that it is only Madame Giry.

"I have been looking for you both everywhere," she tells us, "he has people searching the whole opera house for you. You had better leave before they find you."

I look at Erik worryingly.

"Come with me my dear. I shall make sure they do not find you," Madame Giry tells me before taking my hand and leading me out of the room.

"I shall return to my home. I will come and see you soon," Erik says before leaving though the door.

Christine's Point of View

"Here dear, sit down," Madame Giry told me. "tell me all about it.

I begin to tell Madame Giry everything. Everything with Raoul. Everything with Erik. The cuts all over my body. She already knew all about what happened on that last fateful night in Erik's lair. She was very kind and understanding with me. She can see where I am truly happy and hopes that Phillipe won't find me.

Tears begin to fall from my face at the thought if Phillipe finding me and taking me back to Raoul. I do not want to return to the De Chagny Manor ever again. Madame Giry fetches me a glass of water and tells me to take small sips; It should calm me down.

I have had a lot of excitement today. A rush of feelings over this past day have confused me. I do not know what to think. Madame Giry tells me to have a few hours rest and hopefully they would have given up their search and left. She had to leave but by the time I wake up she will have returned to me. She assures me that I am safe here. I trust her.

"Where are you going?" I ask her.

"It is not important my child," she replies "just make sure you get your rest and you will be fighting fit when you wake."

I lay down on Madame Giry's couch and fall asleep almost instantly.

Erik's Point of View

I am near the end of my long road back to my home. I dread to see what wreckage they have caused. I finally reach the end of my small trek and look up the trap door. It is still locked. They haven't been in here.

I climb up the wall and listen to see if there is any noise from above. I could hear nothing. Silence filled the space above me. I unlock the door and peek though a small gap. There was no one there. I climb out to see everything unharmed. Nothing out of place. Everything has remained untouched. Except my organ which has suffered a fate from the silver bullet which Phillipe fired earlier at it.

I visit my other rooms to see if anything has been stolen or broken but still everything was intact. I am very suspicious to what they have actually done here.

"Maybe they just left," a voice came from behind me

I look round to see Madame Giry smiling at me.

"I am glad Christine has returned to you," you must be very happy she says with a smile on her face.

"I am over the moon, it's just now that Raoul is back I am just unsure to what will happen next," I answer her.

"Yes Raoul is back." another person was here who I did not see.

I turn around and see the Raoul. He punches me right in the face. Madame Giry does not stand in the way of this. She just lets him keep beating me up. Cheap shot after cheap shot straight to my face. My mask falls off. Raoul laughs and give me the hardest punch on the right side of my face. I shout out in pain.

Raoul stands up and straightens up his jacket. I shall now return home with me now with Christine and we shall be like it was before you interfered for the second time.

"Do you not get it though your stupid head," Raoul shouts, "Christine loves me! No one could ever love you. You're pathetic!" After saying this Raoul turns around and leaves. Crossing across the lake in my gondola.

"Antoinette," I mumble, "please help me."

She turns her nose up at me and walks away from me.

"Why are you leaving," I cry out, "what have I done?"

She looks back at me, a furious look on her face.

"You killed my daughter!"