Requested by JOHNHAMMOND1993

Summary: After a nice dinner in the manor. Adam and Melanie tell their friends a story of how they first met. The flashback is set after chapters 8 "Portrait of Medusa" and before chapter 13 "Cinderella's Birthday Ball" of Living in the Magical World.

First off, I would like to apologize for taking this so long to publish as I have a lot of stuff happening in my life which caused me to finish this request and others so slowly.

Before you go reading this chapter, I would like to say that the ocs that appear in this story belong to their original creators including my ocs. I don't own them, they belong to their original owners. I only own my ocs. Thank you.

Disclaimer: This story that I wrote is a different alternative universe of the Magical World meaning that my Magical World universe is not exactly the same universe as TheDragonSaver Magical World universe series.


It was night time at Frontierland in Disneyland Paris, sat high on the hill was a Victorian style manor. Live there was Melaine Raven-….. Oops, forgive me. Melanie JACKSON and her husband Adam Jackson, who both arrive back from their long months honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson decided to throw a nice and elegant welcome back dinner and invited their friends to attend this special dinner.

"Oh it was a lovely dinner Melaine," Gabriel thanked him, wiping his mouth using a tablecloth. "The food was delicious!"

"Thank you Gabriel," Melanie thanked him. "I'm glad you like it."

"So how was the honeymoon?" Silver asks them, desperate to know how it goes. "I know you both have wonderful and romantic times."

"Oh we did!" Adam took Melanie's hand. "We went sailing around the world, we went to England, India, Scotland, Japan, Canadia, Mexico, and so many places."

"Oh the food there is delicious!" Melanie added, "The architecture on the building is so beautiful and magnificent! We even stopped by Tokyo Disneyland in Tokyo Japan!"

Adam and Melanie began their story of their honeymoon while they ate their dinner. They make sure they don't leave out every single detail for their honeymoon. They have some great moments where Adam mentions how he and Melanie go sightseeing of famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace in England London, Statue of Liberty in New York, The Great Wall of China's in China, Taj Mahal in Agra India, Mayan Pyramid in Cancun Mexico, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.

"That's so incredible." Logan smiles. "Make me wanna take a trip around the world!"

"Oooh I alway want to go to England!" Silver squeal. "I love the royal history and they have amazing castles! I just hope I can encounter Her Majesty the Queen one day."

"Beyoncé!?"

"No Destiny, I'm talking about Queen Elizabeth the second..."

"Oh."

"You know, I alway wondering." Soren began to speak as everyone turned to look at him. "Exactly how did you guys first meet? Gabriel told us you brought her to Cinderella's Birthday Ball but we never actually knew the whole story before."

"Well then…." Adam began to tell their story of how he met the Ghost bride. "It all starts when……"


Flashback:

The sky is growing orange. Adam walked over by a fence to see the view of Thunder Mountain. He turns and looks over at the Manor from his shoulder, he has heard about the Phantom Manor and how different it was from the Haunted Mansion version.

He has never been this one before so he's curious to see what this Manor has him in store. Will it be different from their American counterparts? Or will it be the same tale?

However, he has heard not one but two rumors going around of the Phantom who is rumored to be the father of the ghost bride who hung the groom that he did not approve of on the day of the wedding which many believe it's him. Another rumor was that the Phantom was not her father but a handsome man who had a crush on the bride but was enraged when he discovered that she's engaged to another man.

Even though it's just a rumor, Adam couldn't help but to investigate the Manor and see for himself. He wants to cover those mysterious rumors and find out the truth, he wants to know if the Phantom was really her father or some guy that watched too much Phantom of the Opera movie. If he wants to cover the rumors, all the answers are inside the manor. And that's where he will go.

"It's time." Adam told himself. "There's no turning back now."

Adam walked up the hill. He stopped in front of the iron gate that is chained shut. Just as he was about to touch the lock, Adam was spooked by the gates that were suddenly slowly open by itself. There's no way that gate opens itself. It wasn't the wind or the air that did this. There's no strings attached to the handles to do it nor is there someone hidden in the tree or bushes holding a remote to move the gate.

With no other choice, Adam took a deep breath and walked through the gate. As he walked through, the gate behind him suddenly slammed shut right when he stepped inside the ground causing Adam to jump. He looked at the plague on a stone pillar that was on the side of the gate. Another pillar, identical to this one, was on the other.

"Phantom Manor." He read. Adam looks up at the wooden Victorian manor. But something or someone was looking at him through the second floor window of the Manor. Adam squinted his eyes to get a better vision, but that figure was gone, who was that in the window?

Then, soft music began to play. It sounded like it came from inside the house. "What is that?" Adam asked himself while walking on the wooden porch. "Is that…. A music box?" Adam is trying to look through the windows of the manor. He could see cobwebs on every corner, and dust inside.

"Are the doors locked?" Adam questions himself. He went up to the large double doors entrance and knocked them. He waited. There is nothing. He tried again. No response. All he could hear was the music box still playing from inside. He tried pushing or pulling the doors, but no luck. The manor is locked tight with no way to get inside.

"I better see if the windows are unlocked, maybe I can-" Adam was cut off when the large doors began to open. They make loud creaking sounds. He starred in silence. Once the doors were wide open, the music box stopped playing. Adam took a peek inside. It's too dark.

Adam spotted an old candle holder on the table lift up for unknown reasons. He gently took it and without any hesitation walked inside the manor. The doors slam shut behind him. He is now trapped inside the manor.

The Phantom Manor.

Adam tried to open the doors, "Dang it! It… It looks like the doors are stuck!" Adam said with a grunt. "And it looks like I am trapped." Adam took a look around the darkness hallway. Seems like there isn't anywhere to go. There's only candles, portraits hanging on the wall and a few plants that are dead.

Adam took a deep breath. "Alright…. Let's do it!" With each step he took, the feeling of being scared faded away. If he can do it back in Magic Kingdom, he can do it here.

In a different hall of the manor, Adam kept hearing strange and frightening sounds echo the halls around him. The doors seemed to be moving in and out, as if they were breathing. Screams and sounds can be heard from other doors, even something big or maybe huge can be heard from the last door, the sound of someone clawing on the door. Along the area was strange wallpaper, which showed the faces of demons over and over.

Adam could've sworn he saw the eyes on the wallpaper watching him as he walked by. There is a grandfather clock that chimes on thirteen with spinning hands that never stop.

"This is creepy." Adam commented. This Haunted Mansion version is scarier than the other one. But he heard something that spooked him. "What is that….?" Adam said in a whisper. He pressed his ear on the door. He can hear chanting from the inside. He opened the door and saw a room. There is a chair, a table with a glowing green crystal ball. "Hello?" Adam called.

"Goblins and ghoulies, creatures of fright… We summon you now, to dance through the night." A mysterious, female voice chanted in the room. "Warlocks and witches, answer this call, your presence is wanted at this ghostly ball..." Adam walked by the chair, but there was no one there.

"Uh, hello?" He called, looking around nervously. The chant continued. He walked around the table and couldn't believe his eyes.

"As the bells strike the twelve knolls of midnight. We shall waltz together, gruesome debutante." It came from the crystal ball.

Adam sees a woman's face inside it. Her skin is white as a ghost, and gray hair, but it looked green because of the glow from the ball. Her lips are red like blood.

"Join now the spirits in nuptial doom... A ravishing bride... A vanishing groom." She finished one last incantation.

"Uh, excuse me?" Adam said, waving his hand. The woman in the crystal ball opened her eyes to see Adam who stared at her in astonish. "Hi. Look, sorry to interrupt…. Whatever you're doing but who you are exactly?" Even though this Manor has Madame Leota, he wasn't sure if this Leota has a different name than her American counterpart.

"I am Madame Leota, dear. Voice of the spirits." The woman in the ball said. "And I know who you are. You have come to this house for answers to those rumors that mortals spoke."

"Uh, well yes that's exactly why I am here because I am on a mission…. Well I gave myself a mission to investigate the manor to see if I could cover those rumors and the manor wouldn't let me out for some reason." He said.

"Did you know if there is a way out?" Adam asked. "I think I searched quite enough."

Madame Leota raised a brow at him.

"Seems to me that you are the first one who ever came into this house dear. When mortals come in, there is no way out." She said, "But, there is only one way out. But it costs your lives."

"Tell me!" Adam begged. "What do I have to do to get out of this place? Do I…. beat the phantom up or suck him up with a vacuum cleaner? It works for the guy in the green plumber outfit. Expect it from the video game. Not sure it works here in real life…. Do you guys happen to have a vacuum cleaner laying around?"

"The Phantom keeps the bride here for many many years since the groom has passed, and he brought demons and spirits from below to this place to celebrate his success." Leota responds softly to Adam. "Outside this door, there is a ballroom. You will see the spirits." Leota said.

The door opened for the cyborg to exit the Salem room. "So, I have… to like… save the bride or something?" Adam asked. "But, can she see or hear me?!" He exclaimed.

"But it's the Phantom you are after." Madame Leota corrected him.

"Alright then. And, thank you Leota." Adam said with a grin. Before he could leave, Adam came to the crystal ball again.

"One more question. Does the Phantom happen to be Melanie's father? There's a one popular rumor going around about the Phantom being the father of the bride. Is that true?" He asked.

"The answer is yes and no. It is best if you find out who the Phantom is yourself. Perhap a fellow spirit can give you a clue or at least a hint." Leota replied. "But I must warn you young man," She gave him a warning. "The Phantom is unlike others that you have encountered before." Adam nodded and left the room. The woman closed her eyes and repeated the chant.

When Adam left the Salem room, he stood above the balcony to see ghosts on the dance floor of the ballroom just like the Haunted Mansion back in Magic Kingdom. However, this ballroom is slightly and almost the same as their American counterpart.

There is a table filled with plates, silverware, and a rotten three tiers stand wedding cake. There are cobwebs and dust all over the place. The ghosts were dancing around the floor while the other ghosts were by the table with wine glasses. And a raven crow is sitting by the organ where the ghost is playing.

"Woah!" Adam gasps. "This is new, almost identical to the regular Haunted Mansion. And it seems that they are having a great time! I wonder if I could join in the fun?"

Just as he is about to leave the ballroom, the railing suddenly breaks causing Adam to fall off the balcony.

He hit the ground and groaned, rubbing his head and looking to see all of the ghosts in the ballroom staring at him.

Adam let out an awkward smile. "Hehehe….. hi!" He waved at them. The ghosts were still staring at him as Adam got up and wiped the dust off on him. "Look, I'm sorry to crash in but I was wondering if I could… you know… join in the fun?"

Moments later, Adam joins the rest of the ballroom ghosts. He dances with the female dancers and also accidentally steps on their toes since he's not an excellent dancer, eats food with them, and tells funny jokes which cause many of them to laugh. He even taught the ghosts to do a thriller dance move.

Thriller!

They shape their hands like zombie claws and move them to the right while looking to the right.

Thriller night!

They take two steps to the right, then swing their zombie claws left then right while stepping in place.

You're fighting for your life

They look left as they raise their zombie claws to the left.

Inside a killer

They take two steps to the left, then swing their zombie claws right then left while stepping in place.

Thriller tonight, yeah!

Adam was having such a great time that he completely forgot why he came here.

"What with all the excitement going on in here?"

Adam hears an angelic voice behind him and turns his body around. Standing on top of the stairway was a beautiful bride with dark brunette hair.

She dresses in an old fashioned 1890s wedding gown made out of satin and tulles. The tops have a high neck collar with ruffle trim, a leg of mutton with long sleeves ruffle trim, a floor length skirt with satin ribbon around her waist, a wedding veil that reaches her waist, she's wearing a golden heart-shape lock necklace and holding a dry roses bouquet.

The bride looked completely different from the other Haunted Mansions he visited before, she wasn't a ghostly spirit like the other ghost bride. Adam has heard of the tale of the beautiful opera-like woman who spent years trapped inside the Manor by the Phantom, searching for her lost groom. Her tale was so tragic that he felt sorry for the poor dear bride.

While Adam knew a little about her he did however hear from guests at the park along with the cast members who told the cyborg about the singing bride.

"Having a party, Melaine!" One answer.

"A party?" Melanie said in confusion. "What's for?"

"This fellow right here!" The other pointed to the cyborg. "He taught us about this…. Thriller dance move he taught us!"

"Introduce yourself to the beautiful mistress of the household." One of the ghosts pushes Adam from behind and almost causes him to stumble.

"What's your name?" She asked him, before walking down the stairs.

"Adam…." Adam shyly introduces himself to the ghost bride. "Adam Jackson, Miss Melanie."

Melanie let out a soft giggle. "You don't have to

address me, just call me Melanie."

"Alright…. Melanie." He chuckled, rubbing his neck.

They continue the party, the pianist plays some music as the dancer waltzes with their partner. Adam and Melanie stood off to the side next to the fireplace and had a nice friendly chat.

"So what brings you here in my home?" Melaine asked him with a smile on her.

"Oh well," Adam rubs his chin. "I actually came here to investigate and cover those rumors."

"Rumor?" She said but her smile faded away when Adam said rumors to her.

"Yeah," Adam responded. "You see, many have talked about the rumor that the Phantom could possibly be some guy who has a crush on you or he could be either your dad!" Adam began more about how he believed the Phantom being the father of the bride. It makes sense to him though. It could be him. Henry Ravenswood doesn't want his daughter to marry, and neither does the Phantom guy. So, the Phantom must be Henry!

"But one theory isn't enough proof or evidence." Adam said to the bride. "That's why I came here so I can gather some more information about the Phantom and cover his identity."

"Melanie?" Adam looks concerned. "Are you alright?"

"Well," "You see, I have heard those rumors theory from cast members and even our park guests before. I alway wonder whether the Phantom could possibly be my father. It hurts me to hear that the man who raised me could commit such a horrible act! I love my father with all my heart, while I do dislike him for rejecting my suitor but to believe that he went too far by hanging my groom-to-be on the day of my wedding, devastated me."

"I am not sure what to believe."

Adam was about to comfort her back but he quickly pulled his arm away. He's not sure how exactly, he never comforted anyone and isn't the type of person… or cyborg to make them feel better.

"Melanie…." Adam said softly to her. "I'm sorry to make you feel this way. I-I didn't-"

"It's alright." Melanie assures him. "I know you didn't mean it."

Melanie began walking up the stair of the ballroom before walking through the archway.

Melanine:

If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain

If you cut me with a knife it's still the same

Melanie enters long hallways lined with portraits which flicker and change to grotesque images with each rumble of thunder emanating from down the hall.

Melanie:

And I know her heart is beating

And I know that I am dead

She passed a large portrait at the end of herself in her wedding dress standing behind the empty chair.

Melanie:

Yet the pain here that I feel

Try and tell me it's not real

Melanie began climbing up the grand staircase. She stands looking out into the wild thunderstorm beyond the windows, her veil billowing behind her in an unfelt wind.

Melanie:

It seems that I still have a tear to shed

Melanie turns to her left and continues walking up the grand staircase, entering the long dark hallway. She picks up the lift candelabra to be a light in the darkness.

Melanie:

If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain

In the ice or in the sun it's all the same

She let go of the candelabra as the object suddenly flowed on its own. As she exited the hallway, she entered the corridor. On the left side of the corridor is a Conservatory containing a piano. At first glance, it seems to be playing by itself, but one can notice a ghost pianist's shadow falling on the carpet.

Melanie:

Yet I feel my heart is aching

Though it doesn't beat it's breaking

She stops and gently pet a large, red-eyed raven on the head that sits on a music stand next to the piano and squawks before the ghost bride continues her way.

Melanie:

And the pain here that I feel

Try and tell me it's not real

Melanie walks through her bedroom door and enters her bedroom. She walked past the fireplace with another portrait of herself above it.

Melanie:

I know that I am dead

She slowly walked toward her vanity mirror that was kinda shaped like a skull and sat down on her seat and dropped her wedding bouquet to the ground.

Melanie:

Yet it seems that I still have some tears to shed

She folded her arms on her vanity mirror table set, put her head down and let out a sob.

Adam opens her bedroom door slowly and pokes his head in. He steps inside the room and place his hands on Melanie's shoulder.

"I waited…"

Adam was a bit jumpy when Melanie began talking.

"And waited…. And waited." She said before looking up at her mirror. "He did not arrive. Where is he? Why has he not come for me? Our future is in front of us, wide open but instead I sit here. I sit alone in this Manor, and wait, and wait. It wasn't until I learned that the Phantom had lured my groom up to the manor and hung him. I tend to stay away from him, but yet I have a feeling, a strange unknown feeling that I happen to know that mysterious phantom before. Who is he? Why did he kill my sweet groom?"

All of a sudden, the two of them heard a cackling sound coming from outside of her room. Both Adam and Melanie walked over and looked out one of her bedroom windows, to the back of the house. There stood the Phantom, he was laughing, and appeared to have just dug a grave.

"You have to get out of here! He's going to kill you!" Melanie cried out.

"If he wants to kill me." Adam began powering up his robotic arm. "He will have to fight me first!"

Using his strength, Adam punched the wall, created a big holeand jumped down. He jumps down from a height and slams into the ground in a crouch with feet spread apart, on one knee, with a fist pounding the earth. He raised his head up and finally got a look at the Phantom.

The Phantom dress in the old western Victorian style suit. He stops digging and turns to look at Adam.

"You!" He growled.

"So you're the one that spirits are talking about." It was the first words that the Phantom spoke to him.

"And you're the one who hung Melanie's groom on the day of their wedding." He fist his arm, not noticing Melanie came floating down behind him and stood there.

"Indeed I am." The Phantom admitted.

"But why?" Adam asked him. "Why did you hang him?"

"What an excellent question," The Phantom responded back to him. "I did this to protect her." He pointed to the ghost bride.

"M…. Me?" Melanie looks confused. "What did you mean by protect me?"

The Phantom acts shocked, his hand is on his chest and gives them his answer. "Why my dear sweet Melanie…. How could you forget? I'm your father. Henry Ravenswood."

This shocked Adam, including Melanie.

"What?" Adam asked.

"That man would take you away from here, away if you hadn't married him!" The Phantom sneered. "I rose up from my grave and simply took my revenge."

"I-I-I can't believe it..." Melanie grew emotional. "This whole time, it was you! You kill my groom 'cuz you don't want him to take me away from here!"

"It's the only way!" The Phantom defended himself. "Then you wouldn't have to marry him and stay in the manor!"

"You make me sick!" Adam rolls up his sleeves and gets into a fight position. "You are a horrible father that ruins your daughter's wedding that's supposed to be her special day of her life only for you to walk up and kill her groom! You should be awarded with the "Worst Father of the Year" trophy!"

Adam charged at him, ready to throw him a punch. But only for the Phantom to step out of the way, Adam ends up punching the tree.

"Hey! Where'd he go?" Adam yelled, looking around the area. Ready for the Phantom's next move. "Come out and face me!" He shouted. "I'm not afraid of you!"

He hears a sound of a bush ruffle, he turns his body behind him. He saw a black silhouette zooming between the trees. Another sound came over there, he turned around again. He doesn't know when the Phantom strikes next, he keeps looking around the tree and bushes. Ready whatever hit him.

"Quit placing hide and seek with me! Old man!"

"Adam! Behind you!"

All of a sudden, the Phantom appeared behind him, Adam turned around but the Phantom grabbed Adam by the neck and lifted up off his feets and seemed to walk back to the grave where he was digging.

"Adam!" Melanie screamed. Adam was struggling to loosen the Phantom's grip, but it was no use, no use at all. No matter how much he tried, no matter how much strength he had, he couldn't be free.

"I do hope this grave suits you, you'll feel quite comfortable there. Believe me." The Phantom grinned evilly before dropping Adam into the grave.

Without a second thought, the ghost bride hitched up her skirt and ran over to the grave before jumping in it, going after Adam. The dark grave seems to be endless like the rabbit hole from Alice in Wonderland. As she fell into the pit of darkness, she could hear the Phantom's laughter fade… and faded… and faded away.

Melanie took off her wedding veil and used it as a parachute, she floated down safely without any harm and landed on her feet.

"Adam?" Melanie called into the darkness, before placing her veil back on. "Adam! Where are you?!"

"Hey," He replied back.

"Are you alright?" She asked.

"I've been better," Adam replied. They found each other and grabbed hands to make sure they stayed together. Adam noticed that his hand was gone.

"Where did my arm go?"

Melanie saw something shine right next to her when she pulled it out from the pile of dirt, she saw that it was his separate arm. "Um..."

"Sorry," Adam said, attaching his robotic arms back in place. "Never happened before."

Adam and Melanie began finding the excitement and how they could get out of here. They walked slowly, feeling so uneven and scared. They rounded a corner, and suddenly saw some eerie bright light.

The glow seemed to be coming from something that Adam and Melanie knew by now was not a good sign: caskets, lots and lots of caskets.

They were all shut, light and music escaping them.

"This isn't good." Adam said. The coffins suddenly jarred, and more light escaped from them.

An old, bony hand appeared from one of the coffins and pushed the lid opened. It sat up slowly and stared right at Adam and Melanie.

They stared at it for a few seconds and screamed.

"Hey! Be quiet!" It said in a raspy woman voice, "You're gonna wreck my beauty sleep!"

They stopped screaming.

"Hey fellas, get up! We have companies!" The skeleton woman announced to the other coffins. One by one, each casket was opened up. Most skeletons had tattered clothes on, some missing their arms, and a few hair still sticking on their heads.

Some skeletons had xylophones made from skulls with bones as sticks, a few had bongos, and others had drums. They started to play a musical number, and Adam started taping his foot to the beat.

"And now, introducing the stars of our show!" The skeleton announced, pointing a bony finger at a far wall. It was suddenly illuminated, and Adam and Melanie could see five busts, sitting on marble columns. They broke into a rousing chorus of a strange song.

When the busts finished their songs, they bowed with their heads, and Adam and Melanie applauded.

"That was wonderful!" Melanie said.

"Oh, thank you. We rarely have any audience from above but as you can see, the earthquake knocked us down here, so we don't often get one," Said one of the busts.

"Would you like to hear another number?" Another bust asked, "We know a wide variety of songs… including some celebrity songs!"

"Um… no thanks," Adam said politely, "We were actually wondering if you guys knew how to get out of here."

"Are you sure?" The busts asked, sadly.

"Of course… We do apologize to you all. If we have time we'll be sure to come back for another performance!" Melanie promised, patting the busts' heads. A skeleton band member pointed the way out, and Adam and Melanie headed out of the catacombs. They wave goodbye to every skeleton they walk by as they also wave back to them.

They soon came back to the ground level, and they realized that they were now in Frontier Land. But things had changed. The Phantom Canyon, a twisted, supernatural version of Thunder Mesa. Great rifts in the earth surrounding the buggies suggest the fateful 1860 earthquake, Thunder Mesa's turning point from a prosperous community to a ghost town filled with ghosts of all sorts.

"Wow." Adam quipped.

"It's different than the one back up there," Melanie said.

"I'm sure the Phantom's out here somewhere…we gotta find him." Adam said, and Melanie nodded in agreement. They started to explore the ghost town, searching for the Phantom.

They passed cowboys on ghostly horses flying through the sky, a hearse crashed on a train track, and came to an old wooden ticket booth. An eerie-looking figure stands before a ramshackle train station, offering train tickets to the Underworld.

Adam and Melanie then pass a ruined town hall where a mayor (whose dialogue sounds awfully similar to Adam) stands, welcoming the two. As he tips his hat, his head comes with it.

"We have nine hundred and ninety-nine happy haunts here…" He said, smiling at Adam, "But there's room for a thousand."

"Um… no thanks. I'll just… keep looking then." Adam said.

"Well, if you should decide to join us, final arrangements may be made at-" The mayor started to say, but Adam and Melanie waved goodbye to the mayor. The mayor, instead of taking his hat off like a mortal wound, took his whole head off and bowed farewell to the two as they continued through Boot Hill.

The most dangerous part of their journey was just ahead…

A shootout follows between a ghost bank robber fleeing on a mule and a cowardly sheriff, with Big Thunder Mountain in the background. They see a pharmacy where a green-faced pharmacist drinks a deadly-looking medicine, followed by a saloon whose front wall has caved in. Inside it, there is a dancing showgirl, a bartender, and a man playing a honky-tonk piano. Four invisible gambler figures play poker nearby.

Adam and Melanie continued through Boot Hill. They heard gunshots up ahead, and when they rounded a turn they saw a bank robbery in progress. The whole side of a bank had been blown away, and a few ghosts dressed as robbers were shooting at anyone who tried to stop them.

"Maybe if we just sneak around quietly, they won't notice us," Adam whispered to Melanie. But as soon as they tried to be quiet, they were noticed.

"Hey you!" One of the robbers yelled at them, "You better get out of here or you're going to be sleeping with the fishes!"

"Oh, don't mind us…we're just passing through!" Adam said hastily, holding his hands up, Melanie followed along.

"You sir look like you aren't 'round here" Another robber said, eyeing Adam and Melanie, "Are you tryin' to take our money!"

"Look, we're just trying to get through this place, so if you could-"

Adam was interrupted by one of the ghosts firing a bullet passed right through between the two and hitting the empty glass bottle.

Adam and Melanie ran away from the robbers. They heard evil laughter off in the distance, and they knew it could only be one person: The Phantom.

Adam and Melanie quickly ran to the source of the laughter, and found that the Phantom had changed: his once skeletal face was now a horribly disfigured corpse, rotting and peeling away. Blood leaked from his soulless eyes as he continued to dig another grave.

"Nice to see you again you fool," he said, in the most horrible sounding voice they had ever heard, "My daughter isn't going anywhere… you will not remove her from my home! It is where she belongs!"

"As if!" Melanie yelled to the Phantom, her father.

"I'm doing what's best for you Melanie!" The Phantom shouted at her. "Why wouldn't you see it!?"

"I'm a grown woman!" Melanie shouted back. "I'm not a child anymore! I won't let you lock me inside the manor for all eternity. It's time for me to leave this nightmare you gave me! You don't tell me what to do father," Melanie said as she folded her arms.

"Yes queen slay," Adam said cheerful, and Melanie and Phantom looked at him with raised eyebrows. He blushed slightly. "I saw people use it to boost their confidence."

Melanie and Phantom turn to look back at each other.

"I'm your father!" He said. "And you're going to do exactly what I said young lady!"

"Never!" Melanie exclaimed. "I will not!"

"You dare disobey your father!?" The Phantom started to get frustrated. "I raised you when you were a baby! I taught you how to walk! How to talk! And everything I taught you! And this is how you repay me!?"

"Well excuse me!" Melanie shouted. "You're the one that shush away four suitors that wish to court me and murder my fiancé by hanging him!"

Why the father and daughter are in a heated argument, Adam notices a pile of old dynamite behind the phantom. He looked back at the two, then at the dynamite, the father and daughter, the dynamite, the father and daughter, the dynamite.

Adam slowly tip-toes away from the father and daughter, he's trying not to step on some branches laying out to trip on to catch attention from them. He saw a string that led up to the pile of dynamites behind the phantom.

"You will stay in that Manor and you'll like it, young lady!" The Phantom growls at his daughter.

"Be thankful that mother isn't here or else she will shoot your foot with a pistol!" Melanie barks. "Or run you over with a horse carriage!"

"I gave you a light!"

"Oh I will show you a light!"

"Allow me!"

Adam held up his index finger to reveal a lighter in his finger and light up the string which started a fuse.

"No! You fool!" The Phantom quickly tries to prevent the fire reaching the dynamites.

Adam scoops Melanie up, tossing her over his shoulder like a bag of potatoes and quickly runs inside the tunnel with a silhouette of the Manor in the distance. They could hear the sound of the explosion coming closer and closer to them.

The dynamite explosion sent Adam and Melanie flying off and landed on the concrete floor of the Boot Hill, a cemetery filled with humorous gravestones. Thankfully none of them were seriously hurt.

Adam and Melanie were coughing due to the smoke of the dynamite. They both got up and could see the shed was destroyed, the roof part of the shed started to collapse to the ground along with the rest of the shed.

"Well…. Looks like none of us are hurt. But hey! At least I finally got out of the Manor huh Melanie……" Adam said, only meet with complete silence.

"…….Um ……Melanie?" Adam turns to see Melanie standing a few feet away from him.

Melanie could see the full moon high above, stars twinkling bright in the clear night sky. The ghost bride was truly amazing with the beautiful stars and moon in the sky.

Then Adam came up from behind, staring up at the sky in awe with her.

"When you spend all of your time trapped inside the manor, it's so easy to forget just… just how beautiful the moon and stars are." She said, smiling and reaching her hand up to the sky as she could touch it.

And then she began skipping, spinning and dancing around the cemetery with her arms spread wide. It looked like a dance, but only Adam could hear the sound of the music box playing inside the manor. She giggles a bit then spots a butterfly flying in the air. This made her sigh happily and dance freely around the cemetery before she does so around Adam.

She grabbed Adam by the shoulders, allowing himself to be pulled around in a few loops while Melanie hummed with her eyes turned up to the stars, before slowing them down and stopping their movement

"Hey… Um…" Adam began to blush. "So… Cinderella is having a ball to celebrate her 70th Birthday and I was wondering if you would like to… you know… wanna come."

Melanie giggled. "I would love to," Melanie gladly accepts his invitation. Being a gentleman, Adam has his arm out and Melanie loops her arm around his. "Lead a way then." The ghost bride said, they began walking away and headed off to Cinderella's 70th birthday ball.

After all, dancing at the masquerade ball would be so romantic isn't it?

Flashback End.


"……And how we first met." Adam looks at Melanie with love in his eyes.

"I can't believe you got out of the Manor!" Rachel exclaimed. "I thought ghosts aren't allowed to leave the haunted primary except for parades or shows."

Melanie giggled at her. "There's no rule that stops ghosts from ever leaving the Manor or the Mansion." She said to the sword girl. "We ghosts are allowed to roam around the park as long as we aren't causing trouble."

"But, what happened to the Phantom anyway?" Jarisi asks Melanie. "Did he leave the Manor and went out to get you?"

"I… do not know." Melanie responded back, not feeling sure about that. "When I came back, the other informed me that he left the Manor to search for me. We don't know where he is or if he's still out there."

"I'm surprised her father didn't crash the wedding." Poe said, eating his meal.

As the time flew by, it's getting late and their guests decided it's time for them to head back home. Adam and Melanie bid their goodbye to their guests as they walk out the manor through the front door, the couple thanking them for coming for dinner while their guests thank them for the lovely food and bid them goodnight.

In the bedroom of the Manor, Adam threw himself on the bed while the maid helped Melanie change into her nightgown and robe before stepping out of the bedroom.

"Man, I am so full!" said Adam, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment.

Melanie took off her robe and hung it on the cloak hanger right to the bed. "Well, that's no surprise. You ate five plates of food and three desserts." She said, getting in bed with him.

"Well, can you blame me Melanie? The food is so good! It makes me want to eat more." Adam yawned as he kissed Melanie on her left cheek, turned off his light and got cozy in the bed.

Melanie laughed, "Oh of course you do." She kissed him back as she too turned off the light and laid down for bed. A few minutes of silence passed as the two laid, waiting for sleep to come to them.

Adam was the first one to sleep while Melanie was waiting to be next. But her mind is still pounding, she couldn't stop thinking about the Phantom, her father.

Who knows where her father is, he could still be wandering around the park or possibly secretly spying on them without them knowing. Soon, Melanie's eyes were then closed, finally getting some sleep.

Outside the ground of the Manor, a figure dressed in a black Victorian style tuxedo suit complete with a long black cape with a red underside and a top hat.

The figure glares at the window before running off into the night with the cape flowing in the wind.


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Song(s) use in the chapter:

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Tears to shreds - Tim Burton's Corpse Bride