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Grave Danger

The Doctor and Raoul followed Madam Giry, trying to persuade her to tell them everything that she knew.

"How did you get to us?"

"You know the Phantom, don't you?"

"Tell us all you know!"

"We have to know!"

Madam Giry was annoyed with all these confrontations. She made her way to her dormitory in the ballet area.

"Please messieurs, don't ask! I know as much as everyone else," she told them but they were certainly not convinced.

"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" they both cried in unison. Madam Giry was taken aback by their sudden outburst. She turned away from them and started into her dressing room. She was about to close the door when the Doctor jammed his foot between the wall and the door.

"Tell us Madam," he said.

"I can't," Madam Giry yelled. The Doctor was now very frustrated. He pushed open the door and he and Raoul entered.

"Then … I will have to find out for myself," he said and rolled up his sleeves. "This won't hurt a bit." He put his hands upon her face, like he had with Christine, and they both closed their eyes. Raoul watched, confused at what the Doctor was doing. The Doctor began to look at Madam Giry's memories.

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A young Madam Giry, a ballet dancer at the time, on an outing from the Paris Opera House with the Corps de Ballet. To a freak circus.

Some of the girls clung to each other as they walked past the so-called freaks. There were acrobats, gymnasts, people in cages, animals and the ringleaders. Suddenly a large group of people headed to the tent marked "The Devil's Child." A crowd had gathered around the cage in the middle of the tent. Young Giry and the dancers all crowded around the cage too, to see what all the fuss was about. When they got to the front, there, on the cage floor, was a little boy, no older than nine. He was well built for his age but he had an old sack over his head with two holes for the eyes. He looked up at Young Giry as she gripped the bars of the cage, sadness in her eyes.

The ringleader of the circus came into the cage. He kicked the boy over. Suddenly the ringleader picked up a piece of wood and began to beat the boy with it. He left scratches, cuts and blisters on the boy's body because of the force he was hitting him at. He then pulled the bag off the boy's head, revealing his face to the world. They were all laughing, all except Young Giry. The boy pulled the sack back on his head and all the customers threw in the money for seeing what they wanted to see.

Young Giry was the last to leave the tent. She turned to see the ringleader gathering up the money he had earned. It sickened Young Giry to see man make money from other people's deformities. She was suddenly taken aback as the ringleader dropped all the money and he started gagging. The boy had wrapped rope around his neck and was strangling him. He pulled the rope tighter and the man fell dead to the floor. The boy gathered up his toy monkey which he had been playing with earlier. He took the ringleader's keys and he unlocked the cell door. Young Giry ran back in and grabbed the boy by the hand.

"MURDER!" a policeman suddenly shouter. Young Giry panicked and dragged him towards the Opera House. She opened a grid in the wall and he went inside. He ended up in a small chapel. Suddenly Young Giry joined him and she grabbed his hand. She led him down to the bowels of the Opera House …

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The Doctor let go of Madam Giry and looked down on her. On his face was the look of slight disgust.

"You brought him here? You watched him kill someone and you hid him here of all places," he yelled at her. Raoul put a hand on the Doctor's shoulder to calm him.

"Madam … how could you?" Raoul asked, disgusted with the ballet mistress.

"I'm so sorry messieurs …" she said. "He has known nothing of life since then … except this Opera House. It was his playground and now his artistic domain. He's a genius. He's an architect and designer, composer and a magician. A genius messieurs."

"But clearly Madam Giry … genius has turned to madness," Raoul said. Madam Giry let a few tears fall down her face.

"Come on Raoul … we better get back to our fiancées," the Doctor said to Raoul. He nodded, picked up his mask and they left Madam Giry, weeping in her dressing room.

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Rose was sitting in Christine's old ballet dormitory. She was sitting on the bed next to Christine, who was lying down. She was stroking her hair to comfort her after her ordeal with Erik. Christine reached up and took Rose's hand in hers.

"Rose … you are the best friend anyone could ever have," she said, smiling at her friend. Rose returned the smile. Suddenly the door opened. The Doctor and Raoul walked in. Rose got up and threw herself at the Doctor, running her hands over his body to make sure he was still in one piece. The he kissed her. Raoul sat where Rose had been previously sitting and he leaned down to kiss Christine.

"Rest … Little Lotte," he said, taking her hand. The Doctor knew when it was their time to leave.

"We should be getting back to the TARDIS for the night. See you tomorrow," the Doctor said. Raoul nodded. The Doctor and Rose left the room. He kissed Rose and snaked his arm around her waist. He kissed the tip of her nose.

"Let's go," he said. She smiled and they went back to the TARDIS.

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It was very early the next again morning. Christine couldn't sleep at all. The thought of him was too much to bear. She climbed out of bed, pulling the blanket around her shoulders. She picked up a small sack of money and she opened the bedroom door. She saw Raoul sitting in a chair outside the bedroom, asleep. She smiled lightly. She brushed a few strands of hair from his face before making her way to the Opera House stables.

"Monsieur?" she said to the nearest stableman, handing him the money.

"Where too mademoiselle?" he asked.

"The cemetery …" she said. "Give me ten minutes to change." She left him and gathered up a black dress and went to change. She headed to the carriage and thought of something.

"I'll be right back," she said to the stableman, putting her things in the carriage. She pulled up her black headscarf and she ran round the Opera House to the TARDIS.

Rose was asleep in the Doctor's arms when she was suddenly awoken by and abrupt knock on the TARDIS door. She wrapped the sheet around herself as she was indecent. She headed for the door and opened it. She smiled when she saw Christine standing there.

"I'm sorry to wake you at this hour but I need some company. I am on my way to visit my father's grave and I wondered if you would accompany me," she said. Rose patted her friends arm.

"Of course I will come. I'll just go and get dressed," she said. She picked out a corset and a black dress similar to Christine's. She wrapped her cloak around her shoulders. She went to the bedroom and she looked down on the Doctor. She tucked the sheets around his bare chest and she kissed him lightly on the lips. She brushed a stray bit of hair that was hanging over his eyes. Then she left to go with Christine. She closed the door of the TARDIS behind her and they headed back to the stables to where the carriage driver was waiting patiently for them to get in.

"To my father's grave please," Christine said once they had settled themselves in their seats. The driver obeyed and the carriage set off for the graveyard.

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Raoul awoke outside Christine's dormitory. He saw the door ajar. He panicked and ran into the room. Christine's bed was empty. He picked up his sword and tied it to his belt as he ran downstairs. He looked out of the window to see Christine and, to his happiness that Christine had some company, Rose in a carriage together. He ran down the rest of the stairs. But instead of running to the stables, he ran out of the Opera House and he ran to the TARDIS. He started banging on the wooden doors. No one answered so he tried the handle and to his surprise, the doors were open. He went inside and started searching the rooms. Suddenly he found a door which had a picture of the Doctor and Rose on it. He pushed open the door and saw the Doctor asleep in what must have been his and Rose's room. He walked over to the Doctor and shook him awake. He opened his eyes and was quite surprised to see Raoul standing over him.

"Raoul … what's wrong?" he asked. Then he saw he was alone in bed. He got a bit upset and worried. "Where's Rose?" He jumped out of bed and pulled on his trousers, converses and shirt … forgetting about his jacket.

"She's with Christine. They have gone somewhere but I don't know where. I have a feeling that the Phantom is there somewhere," he said. They both left the TARDIS and they ran to the stables.

"WHERE HAVE THEY GONE?" Raoul and the Doctor both shouted at the same time. The stableman was bruised and rubbing his head.

"Ow … the cemetery," he said and he headed inside. Raoul grabbed the Doctor's arm and pulled him towards a couple of horses that hadn't been put in the stables yet. The Doctor grabbed a sword that was lying there and he put it on his belt before jumping onto the horse next to the one Raoul was on.

"Come on … if we hurry we can catch them. I know a shortcut through the woods," Raoul told the Doctor and they set off in the direction of the cemetery.

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Christine and Rose climbed out of the carriage at the magnificent gates of the cemetery. Christine opened them and they walked in. She linked her arm with Rose's as they walked.

"My father promised me that when he dies he would send me the Angel of Music. He promised me," Christine hold Rose. Rose felt upset for her friend.

"You were once my one companion,

You were all that mattered,

You were once a friend and father,

Then my world was shattered."

Wishing you were somehow here again,

Wishing you were somehow near,

Sometimes it seemed, if I just dreamed,

Somehow you would be here!"

Rose patted her friend's hand. She was talking about her father, Rose guessed as Christine had told her and the Doctor about her father dying when she was eight years old.

Passing bells and sculpted angels,

Cold and monumental,

Seem for you, the wrong companion,

You were warm and gentle!"

Christine had begun to cry a little as she thought about her father after all these years on her own. She clutched the small bouquet of roses she had picked up out of the stable tighter. She was glad Rose was with her as she loved having the company.

"To many years, fighting back tears,

Why can't the past just die?

Wishing you were somehow here again,

Knowing we must say goodbye.

Try to forgive, teach me to live,

Give me the strength to try,

No more memories, no more silent tears,

No more gazing across the wasted years,

Help me say goodbye …"

Christine sat on the stone steps of her father's magnificent grave. Rose sat with her as she was weeping. The two women gave each other a friendly embrace.

"Help me say goodbye …"

Christine lay the flowers down on the steps then suddenly broke down into tears. She fell into Rose's embrace.

"I am so sorry you have to see me like this!" Christine said, trying to force a smile.

"Don't think anything of it, Christine," she said, smiling at her friend. They hugged once more. Suddenly, Christine's head lifted at the sound of a familiar voice.

"Wandering Child,

So lost, so helpless,

Yearning for my guidance!"

Rose heard the voice and acknowledged Christine's sudden movement. Christine moved out of Rose's hug and stood up, facing the mausoleum of her father.

"Leave me … please!" she whispered to the voice. She walked up the stairs to where the voice was coming from. Suddenly the iron gates of her father's tomb opened and a bright orange light came from inside it, glowing mysteriously. Rose watched in awe as Christine couldn't take her eyes from it.

"Christine …" Rose said, worried that her friend was going to be taken over by the Phantom. "Doctor … where are you when I need you?" She was talking more to herself than anyone else.

"I am your Angel of Music …

Come to me, Angel of Music!"

As the Phantom said these words, Rose heard the sound of horse's hooves galloping closer and closer to them. She turned and saw the Doctor and Raoul ride up on horses.

"Rose!" the Doctor called when he saw her. Then Raoul saw Christine.

"No, Christine, wait!" he called. He leapt off his horse and ran to Christine drawing out his sword.

"Raoul?" she whispered questioningly as if not believing he had just turned up.

"Whatever you may believe, this man, this thing is not your father," he said. Christine suddenly gasped as Erik jumped down from on top of the tomb and started clashing swords with Raoul. Christine backed up and Rose grabbed her hand and pulled her back from the commotion. The Doctor jumped of his horse and he drew his sword, ready to jump in if Raoul needed help. Raoul lunged at Erik, narrowly missing him. They fought on gravestones and Erik disappeared behind one. Raoul looked around for the Phantom. He suddenly jumped back when he emerged and continued to try and kill his enemy. He twirled his cloak and caught Raoul's arm with his sword. Raoul fell into the snow, arm bleeding. The Doctor suddenly ran up to Erik and swung at him with his sword.

"Do you think this is wise Doctor?" he asked, an evil grin playing on his features. He clashed swords and they tried to push each other away. The Doctor didn't answer. Suddenly, Raoul came up behind Erik and tripped him. He fell to the ground and the Doctor kicked his sword away. Raoul was ready to run Erik through.

"STOP!" Christine shouted. Her and Rose were clinging to each other as the fight had been going on. "Not like this!" Raoul and the Doctor looked down at Erik. He looked up at them. They both replaced their swords. Rose ran to the Doctor and threw herself on him. He helped her onto his horse as Raoul did the same. They got on after them. They made their way back to the Opera House. Erik stood up and watched them leave.

"Now … let it be war upon you all!" he shouted after them. He wrapped his cloak around himself and disappeared.

xxxxxx

The four friends all stopped their horses outside the TARDIS.

"You may stay in here tonight if you wish," the Doctor said. "Just incase of the Phantom." Raoul nodded.

"Thank you Doctor," he said. The Doctor opened the door and let Christine and Raoul enter. The Doctor looked at his watch.

"It's still early. You should get some sleep," the Doctor said to Raoul and Christine. They nodded and Rose showed them to a spare room. The Doctor went to his and Rose's bedroom and he sat on the bed, his face in his hands. Suddenly Rose came in. He stood up and he hugged her tightly.

"Don't do that again … I thought I had lost you. Raoul came to get me and you weren't here. I was worried sick," the Doctor said to her.

"I'm sorry Doctor … I won't do it again," she said, tears in her eyes. He cupped her face in his hands and lowered his lips to hers. She kissed him back.

"Come on," he said when he pulled away. "I think we should get some sleep." Rose nodded in agreement and she began to get undressed. Soon enough they were settled in each other's arms again in bed.

"Doctor … I am sorry. I really didn't mean to upset you," she said. He kissed her temple.

"I know … but I was worried," he replied. She buried her face in his neck.

"Goodnight Doctor," she said and fell asleep. He kissed her cheek and also fell asleep.


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