OPA was quiet. Too quiet.

Deirdre found herself released from Webber!Carlotta's loving care and was currently recovering in the hospital wing. Rumor was that she is still mumbling about African deserts and whalebone corsets.

Pre-Madonna hadn't left the staff section in days. Ever since the Erik lovers (with Jenny- Raoul lover and Andy- Meg lover) found her in the staff wing, she (they assumed it was a she) had been stealing students in the night. After they returned the next morning, most, if not all, of their hair was missing. Pre-Madonna had an obsession with hair.

The minis were lethargic, and even the Eriks were quiet. Random maniacal laughter hadn't broken out in three days! The days after the end of the Maniacal Laugh War had been full of the Eriks attempting to gain points in the Ultimate Opera Ghost Competition. The unusual passiveness of the Eriks worried Mlle. Alaina and Mlle. Mirielle. When the Eriks had left JJC Beowulf and Puff (their favorite Punjab targets) alone, Mlle, Alaina and Mlle. Mirielle attempted to send them the hospital wing. But the Eriks claimed they were working on something that needed their undivided attention. This announcement left two very nervous Raouls and a large collection pool on what the project was. (The most popular was a Fop Catcher, which lead to increased agitation with the Raouls.)

The silence was soon shattered. After several of the staff members started to read more fan fiction, a new coalition was formed. A coalition that consisted of only staff members.

The Coalition of Minor Characters Who are Sick of Being Left Out of Versions or Having Their Characters Butchered.

Or C.o.M.C.W.a.S.o.B.L.O.o.V.o.H.T.C.B for short.

Or Minor Characters United as they were known by the students. Face it; it took a long time to say the title, or the abbreviation.

Their leader was the infamous Spanish-Diva-attempting-to-be-Italian, Webber!Carlotta. Most of the minor characters of the Phantom universe had not intended to be staffers at OPA, but Webber!Carlotta, insisted...well showed up uninvited. So Webber!Carlotta joined up with Leroux!Carlotta and started their coalition.

When the coalition first announced its existence, many of the students and staff, laughed at the idea. How were the Carlottas butchered? Then the coalition received respect when more people started to join. It started small with Daddy Daaé (who dropped by to visit his daughter before becoming confused on which Christine was his and left.) Then some of the bigger guns joined up: The Persian, Joseph Buquet (only Webber!Buquet, considering Leroux!Buquet died a chapter into the book), Mama Valerius, Philippe, and Cecile Jammes (who believed that, because she was mentioned in passing in the book, was an EXTREMELY important character.) The Megs had even been known to hang around the edge of the group. More joined until it seemed that the only ones NOT in the coalition were the Eriks, Christines, and Raouls (the Mme. Girys even joined!)

The Raouls thought that the Christines and Eriks should join them in, the short lived, Terrific Trio Times Two, or TTTT. The group failed miserably due to the Eriks wish for solitude, except, perhaps, the Christines, and the fact that they refused to belong to anything that had the word 'terrific' in it. The Christines didn't understand the title and stared blankly at the Raouls while they attempted to explain it.

So, the Eriks may be resting (even though Aislin pointed out they don't need to sleep) but the Opera House was far from peaceful.

"Support C.o.M.C.W.a.S.o.B.L.O.o.V.o.H.T.C.B!" Mama Valerius cried at two passing students. Unfortunately, it took her so long to say C.o.M.C.W.a.S.o.B.L.O.o.V.o.H.T.C.B that Michael (OPA's first and only male student) and Avoca Highlander passed by unscathed. Mama Valerius looked very upset; her tidy pink nightcap was halfway off her head. She was sitting in her wheelchair in the main hallway, trying to garner support for her society. C.o.M.C.W.a.S.o.B.L.O.o.V.o.H.T.C.B members had been taking shifts sitting in the main hallway (the hallway no one could avoid, hence it being called main) and poor Mama Valerius' shift had just begun. Apparently, she disliked being left out of the stories, especially the Leroux based ones. Did people honestly think Christine would not take poor Mama Valerius with her? It is in the book! It is canon! This was the battle cry of many a member of the Minor Characters United Society.

"Excuse me," came a voice from behind Eve. She had been walking to her class, "19th Opera: Songs NOT from the ALW musical", when a stout man accosted her. He was a stranger and didn't have the haggled look of a student. In fact, he wore a nice suit, not full evening dress the patrons have to wear. "Miss, do you know who I am?"

"No?" Eve replied, hoping he wasn't anyone important.

"You are the thirteenth person today!" cried the distressed looking man. "I am Carolus Fonta! The main Tenor in the Opera Garnier! How do you think Operas were sung without men! Do you think Little Giry put on pants and became Faust?"

"What about Piangi?" asked Eve while thinking: What in the world was a Faust?

That, apparently, was the wrong thing to say. Carolus's face turned red and just started shouting about how he was the original Tenor, and how ALW didn't know anything

The tenor went on in this thread for quite some time to a stunned Eve.

AN: Apologies for the short chapter. Please continue to read and review. Remember, you can still sign up for OPA via email. Not through reviews.