Dislcaimer: I do not own any of the phantom of the opera. But i do own all of my own charcters, such as myself, and amy friends.

Well, welcome everybody to my new story! Please review and tell me what you think, and if I should continue or not. Enjoy! (I hope ) : )(The next chapter will be longer and better.)

Chapter 1

Glancing at the clock, I noticed that it was only 1:15 pm. Still having 1-hour left of school, I plopped my head lazily down on the desk. My eyes turned towards my backpack, and I saw the ipod sticking out of the lower pocket. Quickly shooting a look towards the biology teacher, my hand went for the ipod. While I was putting the little plugs into my ears, I felt a hand fall onto my shoulder.

"Put that away, Nicole," my teacher told me strictly.

"Sorry," I said with an uplift of my shoulders.

"Now," continued the teacher, "back to evolution…"

"God how I hate evolution," I whispered to my friend, Kristi.

"I know, me too!" she replied almost too loud. But luckily, the teacher didn't hear her.

"We still have 45 minutes," I complained.

Kristi, not wanting to be too loud again, only nodded her head. Giving a sigh, I again rested my head on the table and my mind started to have pointless thoughts.

'What am I doing after school? Who's giving me a ride home? I wonder if my pen pal emailed me. I'm hungry.' Shaking my head, I drifted off into a light sleep. I must've dozed for longer than I thought, for the next thing I heard was the bell ring.

"Don't forget your project that's due tomorrow!" the teacher yelled as the class was leaving the room.

"Thank goodness the day is over," I told Kristi.

"Yeah," she replied. "I never really learn anything, so there really is no point in coming. Ya know what I mean?"

"I completely know what you mean!" I said with a laugh.

We exited the school and went outside into the warm air. Saying our goodbyes, Kristi and I then went our separate ways. Looking around the parking lot, I spotted my moms' gray Nissan. Hurriedly I walked over to it and got into the passenger side.

"How was your day?" My mom asked.

"Just fine," I replied dully.

She put the car in gear and drove off towards home, but not before we stopped at the nearby Osco to get a few things. We walked silently inside and separated to get our own things that we needed. Passing the front counter, I spotted the new Phantom of the Opera DVD. I had been waiting months for this to come out, but my mom told me not to get anything else besides the items that I needed.

Picking up the video longingly, a strange man came up to me and asked, "So you like phantom of the opera?"

"Oh yes," I said nervously. The man was totally freaking me out.

"How would you like to meet all of them folks in that video of yours?" asked the hobo-like man.

"What, you mean the actors? Oh I would love…"

"No, no, no, my dear, the characters in that video," he said maniacally.

I laughed. "Well, I suppose that that visit would be an interesting thing, but it's impossible."

"Oh, you really think so?" he said mockingly.

Then, he did something that I never would have expected. Doing some weird hand movements and some chants in a language that I did not know, the man advanced on me. Beginning to feel lightheaded and a little dizzy, I felt myself fall down to the floor, but I never touched the ground. To out of it to even realize this, I took to heed to that strange occurrence.

I could feel my mind starting to leave me, and soon, I had completely blacked out. I was not sure of how long I was out for, but I suddenly felt a hand shaking me, and somebody saying, "Hello? Hello? Are you all right? Can you hear me?"

Giving a groan, a slowly propped myself up onto my elbows. Looking all around, I did not recognize anything or anyone staring at me with huge eyes.

"Where am I?" I questioned while rubbing my head. "And who are all you people?