It was morning in good morning at Amityville and outside the large opera house a crowd has gathered there shouting out the name of Sam Manson, with flowers in their hands. Star, who had left the opera early, was walking, going through the crowd. As she entered the building, she saw maids cleaning up already. In her hand there was a newspaper and a note.
Star:
Mystery of the night…
It says mystery of soprano's flight.
Mystified all the papers say, we are mystified we suspect foul play
Bad news on soprano's seat, first Pauline and now Sam,
Still at least the seats get sold.
Star walked up the stairs, putting the newspaper underneath her arm.
Star:
What a way to run a business!
Spare me these unending trails!
Half the cast disappears but your crowd still cheers...
To hell with opera and gamble you are sure to have a hit!
From the top of stairs Star saw her husband come out, with a note in hand.
Kwan:
Damnable!
They all walk out!
I say Damnable!
Star was shocked at her husband couldn't help but shout, "Kwan! Please don't shout." Star got to her husband, making him go quiet so that the staff or spies wouldn't hear. "It's publicity, the take is fast. Free publicity!"
Kwan:
But we have no cast!
Star:
Kwan…have you seen the que…
Star saw the note and added, "Ahh…it seems you have one too." Kwan gave her a look. He started to read the note to her.
Kwan:
Dear Kwan, what a charming collar
Sam was in word sublime
We were heart we were rest when Pauline left…
Star:
On that note!
The diva was a disaster must you cast when she ceases from her prime!
And just a brief remainder…
Kwan:
My salary has not been paid
Send it care on the ghost by return of post
P. T. O
No one like a deter so it is better if my orders are obeyed!
Kwan closed the letter angrily, with Star right with him.
Kwan and Star:
Who would have the gale to send this!
Some one with a purer brain,
Kwan:
These are both signed with G.
Kwan and Star:
Opera Ghost!
Star:
Nothing short of shocking
Kwan:
He is mocking our position!
Star:
In addition, he wants money.
They were angry at the opera ghost. This was not his opera it was theirs. He had no right for pay if they yet have not seen him. He was probable a staff worker pulling their leg.
Kwan:
What a funny apparition!
Their conversation was interrupted as Gregor came in, his hair crazy and combed in a rush. He wasn't even dressed correctly. He saw the couple upstairs.
"Where is she?!" Gregor shouted and the couple had confused looked to their faces. They went toward the stairs, where at the bottom Gregor stood as he slowly went up to them.
"Who? Pauline?" Star asked. Gregor shook his head.
"I mean Miss Manson," Gregor said back to them.
Gregor:
Where is she?
Kwan:
Why the hell should we know?!
"I want an answer," Gregor said. He took a note out from his pocket. "I take it that you sent this note."
"What is all this nonsense?" Star asked back, as she took the note from Gregor's hand.
"Of course not!" Kwan said afterwards.
"Stop being a fool," Star told Gregor. Why would she and her husband send a note to the patron of the opera?
"She is not with you then?" Gregor asked.
"Of course not!" Star retorted. "We are in the dark!"
"Don't argue. Isn't that the letter you wrote," Gregor said as he pointed at the paper in Star's hand.
"What is that we have wrote…I mean written?" Kwan asked. Star opened the letter.
"Do not fear for Miss Manson. The angel of music has her under his wing. Make no attempt to see her again," Star finished. The couple looked to Gregor who looked back at them.
"If you didn't write it, who did?' Gregor asked. At that moment the group of three were charmed with the angry visit of Pauline as she came with her maids surrounding her, a look of anger on her face. Dash was right behind her.
Pauline:
Where is he?!
"Who are you talking about?" Kwan asked.
"Your patron!" Pauline shouted. Gregor turned around to face her.
"What is it now?!" Gregor asked rudely.
"I have your letter," Pauline said back, waving a piece of paper in front of her. "A letter I rather resent!"
"Did you send it?" Star asked Gregor, who looked shocked of being asked that.
"Of course not!" Gregor answered.
"As if he would," Kwan said to his wife.
"You didn't send it?" Dash asked.
"Of course not!" Gregor said again. Pauline didn't believe his excuse.
"So you are telling that this is not the letter you sent?" Pauline asked. Gregor grabbed the letter from her hand.
"And what is it that I had meant to sent?" Gregor asked and he started to read the letter to the whole group. "Your days at the Opera Populaire has numbered. Sam Manson will be singing on your behalf. Be prepared for a great misfortune should you attempt to take her place."
There was silence for awhile. Then Star and Kwan went to Pauline, grabbing her at each side, walking her up the stairs. The rest followed.
Kwan and Star:
Far to many notes for my taste,
Most of them are about Miss Sam.
All we heard since we came is Miss Manson
Jazz, Valeria, and Tucker came in afterwards, to watch the group go upstairs. Valeria poked Jazz on the back.
"Miss Manson has returned," Jazz said to them as she played with a note in her hand from her brother.
"Hopeful no where as far as we are concerned," Star said back.
"Where is she now?" Kwan asked, glaring at Star for her comment.
Jazz:
I thought it was best that she is alone.
Valeria and Tucker:
She needed rest.
Gregor:
May I see her?
Valeria and Jazz didn't answer so Tucker did, getting a glare from Gregor, "No sir, she will see no one."
"Will she sing?" Pauline asked quickly.
"Here I have a note," Jazz said as she waved it in front of the group. They immediately went toward her.
"Let me see!" they all shouted as Kwan grabbed it quickly.
"Please," Star added afterwards for their rudeness.
"I have now sent you several notes of the most amiable nature detailing about how my theater is to be run," Kwan read. "You have not followed my instructions I shall give you one last chance. Sam Manson has returned on to you and I am anxious for her career should progress in the new production. You will cast Pauline as the pageboy and put Miss Manson in the role of countess. The role which calls for charm and the role of the pageboy silent. I will watch the performance on box 5 which should be kept for me. I remain gentleman your servant, OG."
"Sam!" Pauline shouted angrily.
(Okay I am going to skip the part where the groveling and singing is. Also! Pauline gets the part.)
Kwan and Star:
Prima donna first lady of the stage!
Your devotees are on their knees to implore you!
Can you boy out when they're shouting your name?
Think of how they all adore you!
Think of you muse…And of the queues round the theatre!
Can you deny us the triumph in store?
Sing, prima donna, once more!
Pauline:
Prima donna, your song shall live again!
Kwan and Star:
Think of your public.
Pauline was in her quarters, thinking. The couple where on either side of her as she sat down.
Pauline:
You took a snub, but there's a public who needs!
Jazz watched as Pauline was finally taking in the grovel and she couldn't but shake her head sadly.
Jazz:
She has heard the voice of the angel of music
Kwan and Star:
Those who hear your voice liken you to an angel!
Pauline was smiling wide at them as she started to get ready.
Pauline:
Think of their undying support!
Kwan:
We get our opera.
Kwan mumbled to himself as he looked at Pauline. She didn't hear him.
Pauline:
Follow where the limelight leads you!
Star:
She gets her limelight!
"Leading ladies are a trail," Star and Kwan said to themselves. Pauline was done dressing up and ready to go on the stage. At this point she was full of herself.
Pauline:
Prima Donna, your song shall never die!
You'll sing again, and to unending ovation! (Ovation's means being praised and groveled at for those that don't know.)
Gregor looked angry at the fools for a couple.
"Orders! Warnings! Lunatic demands!" Gregor said to himself angrily as he thought about the Opera. That Phantom won't take Sam away from him. Any, the couples, shouldn't they think before they do something.
"Tear…oaths…lunatic demands are regular occurrences," Star and Kwan said to Gregor, seeing his frustration. Pauline was being Pauline, still feeling all high and almighty.
Pauline:
Think how you will shine in the final encore!I
"Surely' there'll be further scenes worse than this!" Star said back Gregor.
"Think before these demands are made!" Gregor said back to the couple, anger in his tone. Tucker watched the scene. He hated to admit it but Gregor and Danny where almost the same. He felt bad for Miss Manson and he knew that she would have to choose soon. Tucker knew Danny had a heart but he was still unsure about Gregor. Something about this guy freaked him out.
Kwan and Star:
Who'd
believe a diva happy to relieve a chorus girl,
who's gone and
slept with the patron?
Raoul and the soubrette,
entwined in
love's duet!
Although he may demur,
he must have been with
her!
You'd never get away with all this in a play,
but if it's
loudly sung and in a foreign tongue
it's just the sort of story
audiences adore,
in fact a perfect opera!
All:
Prima
donna the world is at your feet!
A nation waits, and how it hates
to be cheated!
Light up the stage with that age old rapport!
Sing,
prima donna, once more!
Okay…the laptop I am using right now sucks so it will be up to 10 or 15 business day til I can really get the chapter going. Read and Review. I am doing my best in writing chapter.