The Eriks were quite proud of themselves. Their plan had worked perfectly. Leroux!Erik had been intrigued when he heard a student mentioning an entity known as "Gerik." After looking into the matter, he and Webber!Erik decided that this must be the answer to their anti-luster prayers. During their research, they discovered that many of the students indicated that they would love to be with Gerik. Eventually, they managed to pull Gerik into their world through a plot hole. Now the students would chase after him instead of the other Eriks. Judging by the stampeding that could be heard throughout OPA, they were very successful.

"What a brilliant idea to look up this 'Gerik.'" Webber!Erik said to Leroux!Erik (which was the first compliment the half-masked Phantom ever paid to his Leroux counterpart) as they were freely walking through the halls of the Opera House.

"Well, I am a genius," was the reply.

Webber!Erik suddenly stopped. "I am a genius, too!"

"Ha!"

"Why you no-nosed…." But Webber!Erik was unable to finish his insult, for a young man with very long dirty blond hair came walking around the corner. When he saw the Eriks, he jerked to a stop with his long cloak settling around him.

"Who are you?" he asked with menace in his voice.

The two Eriks looked at each other and then back at the young man. "Who are we?" Leroux!Erik asked incredulously. "Who are you and what are you doing in my (Webber!Erik coughed) our Opera House?"

"Your Opera House? It is mine. I am the Phantom of the Opera," replied the young man.

The two Eriks looked the man over from his long, natural hair to his perfect face (complete with a fully formed nose). Then they looked at each other and started to laugh hysterically. They laughed so hard that they fell to the floor. Leroux!Erik even made a weird snorting noise (which was quite remarkable due to his lack of nose). When they finally regained their composure, they realized the strange man was gone.

Even though Eve had been one of the first to leap at (and chase) Gerik, she was quickly shoved to the back of the group as more and more students joined in the pursuit. Eventually, the stampede realized that Gerik was no longer in front of them. Even if he was confused, he was still a Phantom of the Opera and, thus, knew how to disappear. The group heaved a collective sigh of frustration and began to break off into groups in search of Gerik. Eve, Misty Breyer, and Lunas decided to search the backstage area. They had just reached the stage when they bumped into a dark-haired woman who looked very confused. She did not look like a student, nor was she a member of the staff. The woman jumped back from the three girls and started to gesture extravagantly. She began to talk but no noise came from her mouth. The girls just stared at her stupefied. The woman continued to move her mouth, and seemed to be getting frustrated as it became apparent that the girls did not understand her. Finally, she seemed to decide that it wasn't worth the effort and walked off the stage with her head thrown back, one armed stretched out and the other against her chest.

"Well, that was weird," Lunas commented

"Yeah," agreed the other two.

Webber!Christine was looking for Webber!Meg. She had been really bored ever since Leroux!Christine had been taken to the Headmaster. Webber!Erik had been working with Leroux!Erik constantly on whatever their project was, so he had not had time to give her singing lessons. And she couldn't find Raoul. She was walking down the hallway in the staff section towards Webber!Meg's room when a dark shape detached itself from the shadows. At first she thought it was Webber!Erik, but when she looked closer she noticed that it wasn't him and she had no idea who he was. But he apparently knew her.

"Christine?" He reached a hand toward her. Christine backed away before his hand could touch her face.

"Who are you?"

"It is I. Your Angel of Music."

"No, you're not." Christine said as she kept backing down the hallway. Christine was very confused (which wasn't that uncommon). This man looked like her Phantom, but she was sure it wasn't him. He kept coming towards her, and Christine decided the best thing to do was to run and try to find Webber!Raoul.

She turned and started to run down the hall when she crashed into another person. As soon as she recovered from the crash, she looked at who she had run into. It was a young woman with curly dark hair and dark brown eyes. It was like she was looking in a mirror. This became too much for Webber!Christine; she fainted. The look-alike that she bumped into also fainted. When Gerik finally reached Webber!Christine, he looked at the two woman on the floor and was very confused. Before he could figure out what to do, he heard the dreaded sound of fangirl squealing, and took off down the hall.

Leroux!Raoul was walking toward the classroom he shared with Webber!Raoul. He and Webber!Raoul decided that they needed to figure out some sort of plan, in case the Eriks' secret project turned out to be a Fop Catcher. As he turned the corner, he noticed Leroux!Erik walking towards him. Leroux!Raoul tensed up (as he normally did when he encountered Leroux!Erik) but tried to act innocent and hopefully give the Erik no reason to Punjab him. When Leroux!Erik noticed him, he seemed surprised.

"What are you doing here, boy?"

Raoul tensed up even more "Um, nothing. I was just going to plan a few lessons with Webber!Raoul."

"Webber!Raoul? You mean there are more than one of you?"

"Uh, yes."

Leroux!Erik walked up to Raoul and put his hand on Raoul's forehead. "Are you feeling alright?" Leroux!Raoul nodded. "If you are schizophrenic, you should have informed me. If I had known, I would never have given Christine to you." He sighed and then continued to walk down the hall. Leroux!Raoul stared at the Erik in confusion. He was about to turn to his classroom when he noticed a small Siamese cat following Leroux!Erik. Leroux!Raoul shook his head as he continued down the hall. Since when did Leroux!Erik have a cat?

When he reached the classroom, he walked in saying "I just had to strangest encounter with Leroux!Erik." He stopped short at the sight of eight other men in the classroom besides Webber!Raoul.

"I think I win on the strange encounter scale," said Webber!Raoul.

"Who are they?"

"Well, I can tell you their names, but I don't think it clears much up. I am still confused." Webber!Raoul gestured to a man with chin length blond hair. "This is Philippe de Chagny, who is not your older brother." He then pointed to one with short brown hair. "This is Richard Dutton. He is from London." He, then, gestured at the two other men, who were happily chatting. "The one on the right is Anatole Garron, a baritone, and that is Raoul D'Aubert, a detective." Webber!Raoul paused and took a deep breath. "Now here is where it gets really interesting. The last four are all named Raoul de Chagny. Well, I know three are. I am assuming that is the last one's name as well. He doesn't seem to have the ability to speak."

Leroux!Raoul looked over the Raoul de Chagnys (two of which had a resemblance to himself and Webber!Raoul; one had really ugly long black hair). "Uhhh, maybe we should go find Mlle. Alaina and Mlle. Mirielle."

"I agree."

Eve, Misty Breyer, and Lunas eventually gave up the Gerik search and headed to the dining hall for some food. Several other students were already gathered there and seemed to be having an interesting discussion.

"I swear! He was wearing this ugly gold metallic mask! I don't know which Erik it was, but that mask has lowered my opinion of him," Dragonlet was saying.

"Yeah, something weird is defiantly going on. I saw the Persian chasing after some creepy-looking guy in a strange hat. He was yelling something about that guy stealing his job," Alicia added.

Before anyone could utter another word, they heard Mlle. Alaina scream, "LEROUX!ERIK! WEBBER!ERIK! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" All the students watched the course coordinator stalk into the room with Mlle. Mirielle running to catch up. Mlle. Alaina stopped in the middle of the room and looked up.

"I know you two are hiding around here somewhere! Come out and face up to what you have done! And when you get out here I am going to personally…." Mlle. Alaina stopped suddenly and the color drained from her face. Everyone turned and looked where Mlle. Alaina was staring. In the doorway stood an elegantly dressed man with a glutinous, pit-marked face. (Eve was suddenly reminded of Imhotep!Mummy in The Mummy.)

"Hey, that looks like Freddy Krueger," said Alexandra.

Mlle. Alaina fainted.

Mlle. Mirielle looked at the still form of the course coordinator and just said "Great."

AN: All hell has broken loose. So sit back, relax and enjoy the insanity of the wonderful world of Phantom. Please review and enrollment is always welcomed, except in reviews!