A broken heart. A secret that made her flee.

And a secret that hangs in the attic, which reveals a young bride's sorrow.

This is an alternate universe tale, in which Meg was the one tutored by the Phantom, and she won both the hearts of the Phantom and the Vicomte. Think of all the events as they happened in canon, but with Meg in place of Christine. The prologue sets up what happened to Christine.

There is some slight influence of Les Miserables, as well as a bit of crossover, and there is a bit of crossover with Disney's Cinderella 2015 and Little Mermaid.


May 17, 1871.

''You sell your body to a man so your child can live.'' Christine Daae thinks to herself. She had such a promising career in the Paris Opera House. A ballet dancer in the corps, possibly soon to be prima ballerina.

Then the Baron De Villiers had noticed her. At first she had been so happy with his attentions, thinking that she might be noticed. Like her dear friend Meg by the Vicomte de Chagny. He and Meg shall be very happy together, she is sure.

And then one night, after a performance, the Baron had deflowered her, and he'd left her.

Christine had left right after Il Muto, and she'd come here, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and birthed Gustave five months ago, in December. She hopes Meg will be happy, as she knows she herself will never be.