3. Seal My Fate Tonight

Christine dismounted her horse when she came to the grand doors of the Opera Populaire. She tied up her horse and entered. She made her way down all the dark but newly renovated corridors. It seemed like she didn't know this place very well at all. She passed the back of the auditorium and looked over at the stage. She seemed to have a flashback about the night of Don Juan Triumphant.

She was standing on the bridge with him, in his arms, feeling the warmth of him against her. He ran her hand up to her neck and held it there. She could feel all the audience's eyes on her. She was shook out of her thoughts when she heard Erik sing again.

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me from my solitude. Say you want me with you here, beside you, anywhere you go let me go too, Christine, that's all I ask of………….."

She pulled his mask from his face, along with his wig. He looked heart broken.

"I'm sorry," she whispered. But Erik wasn't taking this. He cut the rope from the chandelier and let it fall. Then he kicked a lever and they plummeted down through the stage.

Christine continued to walk until she came to her dressing room, which now said on the door "Erik and Meg Giry, Lead Tenor and Prima Donna." Christine was stunned. She opened the door and saw no one was there and she headed for the mirror. She found the catch and slid it open so she could get through. She started down the passageway. She wanted her revenge.

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Erik was sitting in his quiet reading room again with a piece of parchment, writing down some new music. Meg came in with coffee.

"Here baby," she said. He took it from her and placed a chaste kiss on her lips.

"What are you writing my love?" she asked him. He looked up at her and smiled.

"I am writing a song about how I came to love music," he said to her. She smiled back. He lay forward on his stomach. She went out of the room and left Erik alone to do his work. Erik seemed to be happy with the piece of music he had just written. He walked out of the room. Meg had gone for a lie down. But little did Erik know that Christine was watching him from her hiding place in the secret passageway? She hadn't seen Meg yet. Christine had no idea they were engaged. Erik sat down at his organ and started to play.

"Music was my first love;

And it'll be my last;

Music of the future;

And music of the past;

To live without my music;

Would be impossible to do;

In this world of troubles;

My music pulls me through!"

Suddenly Erik was put off his music by a familiar voice coming from behind the portcullis.

"Open up monster and give me Christine back," came the Vicomte de Chagny's voice. Erik stood up and turned round. He took his sword from its sheath next to the organ. He turned round to face his opponent. He pulled the lever on the portcullis to let Raoul enter. They met each other in the middle of the water.

"Why are you looking for Christine here, Vicomte? I haven't seen her since that fateful night after you left with her," he told Raoul. But Raoul still didn't look convinced. He gave Erik a look of pure evil and lunged with his sword. Luckily Erik moved and began to fend him off.

"Erik, what's going on?" Erik heard Meg say but didn't look in her direction. Meg ran down from the bedroom and down to the shore. Suddenly Christine ran out of her hiding place and the two women tried to stop the fight. Erik was suddenly knocked back then as he came beck to defend; Raoul drove the tip of his blade through Erik's shoulder. Meg gasped as large tears began to fall down her face. Erik stumbled back at the sudden shock of being stabbed. He fell onto the shore.

Meg was over him in a minute. Christine came over to Meg with a look of pure hatred on her face.

"Meg, you are a stupid young girl. You have been living with the Phantom of the Opera all this time after what he did to me and Raoul?" she asked. Meg nodded.

"I am engaged to him Christine," she spat back at her ex best friend. She held up her hand to Christine and Christine saw it was exactly the same ring she had given back to Erik about a year ago.

"And Christine, I don'tcare about what he did to you. I am happy with him so will you leave us in peace?" she asked, tears pouring down her face. Raoul was wiping the blood of the point of his sword. He glanced at Erik

"Now, Phantom, that was the Point of No Return," he said and he took Christine's hand. They left the lair together and the portcullis closed behind them. Meg ripped a piece off her dress and pressed it against Erik's wound. He was not seriously injured. Erik had told Meg about having worse injuries than that.

"Meg Giry, and where did you learn to use language like that? Certainly not from me or your mother," he said with a grin on his face. She took off Erik's robe and went to get the bandages. Erik got up and went to his quiet room. Meg came in and saw him sitting on the floor cushions, with his hand still holding the piece of cloth to soak up the blood.

"Erik, are you alright?" Meg asked as she took the piece of cloth away from his wound to bandage it.

"Yes I am fine dear," he said to her. "Its weird having you take care of me. I usually like to take care of you." Meg smiled as she cleaned up the wound and wrapped a bandage around it.

"There, all better," she said. She leaned over and kissed where the wound was.

"I love you Erik," she said to him. "I don't know what I would do without you." But Erik put his finger to her lips.

"You never have to worry about that my love. I love you too and I am not going anywhere. We are going to get married and have lots of little Giry's," he said to her and she giggled at the thought.

"I am going through to bed now. You coming?" she said, turning to him and flashing some thigh. Erik's jaw dropped.

"Oh I wouldn't miss it," he said and they both went to the bedroom where they definitely did not go to sleep right away.

This was a good chapter I think. I made something dramatic happen early. I don't know why. The idea came to my head and I had to write it down. But please tell me what you think!

Twinkle22 - Thank you for the great reviews. It was nice of you. I do love my Erik/Meg pairings also! Thank you again, all my love x x x x x x x