I'm back again! Did you miss me? If not, I don't care! But in other words, I'm just happy I was able to get another chapter in. Now I can work on the next! Plus, I started watching another anime called Fushigi Yuugi. It's by one of my favorite anime/Manga artists! Watase-san rox my sox!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Phantom of the Opera, nor do I own any of the remade versions of the book, but all I can do is dream!

Rekindled Feelings

When Sophia came too, she awoke in the Phantom's lair. She stared at the vast, mist shrouded lake then and the stonewalls around her. She tried to move her arms but her hands were tied together. She tried wriggling her hands to loosen the restraints, but it was no use.

"So, you're awake I see." She looked at her captor.

"What do you plan to do with me?" She asked.

"You are the pawn in my plan." He told her. "I will deliver this letter to Christine explaining that if she does not come to me, you will never see the light of day." He turned away and towards the small boat waiting for him on the river front. When the boat was out of sight she started silently crying to herself.

Christine and Raoul were standing at the entrance to the opera house. So far, no one has discovered her disappearance.

"Christine, when will we get married?" Raoul asked her. "It has been a year now."

"I know." She said. "But with the Phantom back on the prowl, it worries me. Especially when he tried to come after Sophia."

"I'm sure she'll be fine Christine. After all, she's not as everyone would expect from a girl like her." Raoul took her hands in his. "I know nothing will happen to you this time." As they walked through the doors, they found Marco running right at them.

"Have you seen Sophia anywhere?" He asked.

"I'm sorry," Christine said, "we haven't."

"She's disappeared!" He said. A worried look appeared on Christine's face.

"I'm sure he didn't get her." Raoul said. They walked to the stage and approached a large group of ecstatic cast members. Madame Giry was holding a white envelope with a red skull seal. She was holding a single slip of paper.

"Christine." She said grimly. "I'm afraid Sophia has been taken." She handed her the note and Christine's turned to Raoul. He looked at the note and said nothing.

"I can't believe this." He said finally.

"She's been taken." A tear fell from her eye and hit the piece of paper.

"Why would he do this to her?" Raoul asked.

"We have to find a way to get her back." Meg said. "She might be there forever if we can't."

"He said she'd be released if I went to him." Christine said. "But I'm too afraid if he won't let her go."

Sophia took some effort to try and sit up since she couldn't use her hands. She heaved a heavy sigh and started to wonder how she could ever get herself into such a mess. She looked off to the side and noticed the organ.

"How long was that there?" She asked herself. After taking a little effort, she managed to get to her feet. She walked over to the organ and stared at the blank pages of staff paper scattered over the keys. "He must be a musician." She looked at one piece of music that caught her interest. "Music of the Night?" She turned around and grabbed the music and set it up. "This might be hard." She pressed the key that played the first note of the song. She hummed it to herself.

(Music of the Night)

Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness wakes and stirs imagination

Silently the senses abandon their defenses

Helpless to resist the notes I right

For I compose the music of the night

Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendor

Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender

Hearing is believing

Music is deceiving

Hard as lightning, soft as candle light

Dare you trust the music of the night?

Close your eyes for your eyes will only tell the truth

And the truth isn't what you want to see

In the dark it is easy to pretend

That the truth is what it aught to be

Softly, deftly, music shall caress you

Feel it, hear it, secretly possess you

Open up your mind

Let your fantasies unwind

In this darkness which you know you cannot fight

The darkness of the music of the night

Close your eyes start a journey to a strange new world

Leave all thoughts of the world you use to know

Close your eyes and let music set you free

Only then can you belong to me

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication

Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation

Let the dream begin

Let your darker side give

To the power of the music that I write

The power of the music of the night

You alone can make my song take flight

Help me make the music of the night…

Sophia was walking through a giant crowd of people. She didn't know where she was going to, but she wanted to look for someone. As she reached the palace doors, she found a single red rose.

Sophia snapped out of her reverie. She looked back down at the music before her.

"This song…" She looked over the notes and words. "Where have I heard it?"

"What are you doing?" She turned around to find Erik standing behind her.

"I was…" she ran off. She sat down in a corner and could feel her heart beat fast. Did he hear me sing? She asked herself. She felt so nervous to face him again. Se took in some deep breaths and shook away the feeling. Erik just stared at the song that she was singing.

"What was she doing?" He looked over to her and she looked away. She kept moving her hands around to get the ropes loose.

For the next three hors, they didn't try to interact with each other. Erik was at his organ working on his music. Sophia was still in her corner. When he turned his head to see her, she fell asleep. He turned back to his work, but couldn't concentrate on it. His mind was still tied on her. He banged his fist on the keys and she woke up.

"Why do I keep thinking of her!?" He screamed.

That was scary. She thought to herself. Is he thinking of Christine? She stared at the lake. Her eyes started to shine. She moved her hands and felt the rope get loose. She pulled them apart and they were free. She brought her knees closer to her chest then wrapped her arms around them.

Sophia knew there was something happening when her parents started fighting the night after the Ball. She saw the shadows of her mother and father.

"Stop trying to fill her head with this angel of music nonsense!" Her father yelled.

"You're just upset because she can find love!" Her mother said calmly. "She will find love one day. She doesn't need you." He slapped her across the face.

"Stay away from my daughter." He said. Sophia looked down at the rose in her hand and held it to her heart.

"Please, if there is an angel f music out there." She said to herself. "Help me through the darkness that fills my heart."

"How did you get untied?" She looked up. He took the ropes and started retying her hands.

"I was thinking of something." She said. He stopped for a moment as he heard her talk. "It was when I was a child. When I was ten, there was a Masque Ball in my honor. I remember a rose left at the steps of the palace gates. I never figured out who it was from, but I knew someone was watching me." He dropped the ropes and walked towards the boat.

"I'll be back." He said. "Don't go anywhere." She was alone again. She walked towards the water and placed her fingers on the surface. She started running them side-to-side, watching the ripples as they made their way to the gate.

"How come water has to seem so peaceful?" She said. She closed her eyes. A tear fell from her eye. But when she expected it to hit the water, she heard something plop into the water instead. She looked and saw a ring. In the center was a red rose surrounded by peridot leaves, an opal heart, and seven diamonds. The ring was too big for her, but she thought that this was what she would give to...

"I don't know if I should." She said. "It might be dangerous." She slipped it away and walked from the waterfront. She sat back in her corner and started to think. Her heart started pounding as she thought of him. Was she in love with him? She took out her ocarina and started playing her folk song. But it suddenly changed to Music of the Night. She threw her insrtumant into the lake. "What's wrong with me!?" She screamed.

"Is something wrong?" She looked at the Phantom, who was holding her ocarina. "Why did you throw this in the water?"

"Something's wrong with me." She said. "I can't tell what, but there is. My heart keeps spinning me in so many different directions! Why am I like this?"

"Are you in love?" Her eyes widened. She never realized this before. "You must be."

"But it can't be possible." She said. She looked at her hands and started trembling. Erik walked over to her and placed his hands over hers.

"You're trembling." Her face turned red. "You shouldn't be afraid of love. Here on Earth, love is our own magic."

Love is like magic? She thought. She swallowed hard.

"I think..." she began. "I might be in love."

"Then you should tell that person your feelings." He turned away. "But you might also want to keep your feelings to yourself. I told Christine I loved her, but she didn't return my love."

"So love also causes heartaches?" She said. "Then, maybe it's best if I don't." Her wings started fluttering slightly. "But why did you use me as your pawn? Couldn't you have used someone closer to Christine?"

"I don't know why I chose to use you." He said. "For some reason, I just had to have you. I can't understand it myself." She looked at the water and noticed something.

"How long has that lily been there?" Erik looked in the water and saw the strange flower.

"How could a flower have bloomed?" Sophia walked into the lake and picked the lily.

"It's beautiful." She said. A small smile began to form on her face and her eyes started to shine. As he watched her as she stepped out of the lake, he suddenly saw Christine in her place. "Is something wrong?" He shook his head.

"For a moment, I saw you as Christine." He said. He turned away from her. "I need to be alone." He walked towards the small sleeping chamber and sat on the edge of the swan-shaped bed. Sophia stared down at the ring that he made from her tear.

Is this really for him? She stared at the rose in the center. But, I can't give it to him. He's in love with another. I'll have to lock my heart away. She took the lily and started to pray.

"May my love for this individual never fade
Let him be happy with what he decides
Never let my feelings interfere with his
For this, I pray to thee"

The lily's petals began to disappear into the water. She plucked a feather from her left wing and placed it into the water.

"It is done." She said. She walked out of the water and sat at the front. He can never know. She closed her eyes and fell asleep right there. After some time, Erik finally came out of the chamber and found her asleep.

"Has she been there this whole time?" He said, sounding a bit surprised. "I was expecting her to try and find an escape." He looked at her sleeping face and smiled. He lifted her up and brought her to the bed. "You're not like normal people at all."

"If..." She started saying. "frown... is shown... I know... you're... no... dreamer..."

"What did she say?!" He whispered. He placed her on the bed then went to the wall. He took out a piece of rock and there was a small space with a bright-green box. He opened it up and found a small comb with a lilac design on it and apple and cherry blossoms flowing off of it.

"Keep this with you. It will protect you and will help me meet you again."

He looked back at Sophia and started to cry.

"Why?" He said. "Why do you have to remind me?"

Christine was sitting alone in her room. She was pondering whether or not to go to the Phantom. Raoul walked in.

"You can't hide in here forever you know." He said. "I'm sure she'll be fine." He sat down next to his beloved and wrapped his arms around her.

"But, what if she can never see the surface again?" She said. "What if she can never go home? I don't want her to suffer on my account." She started sobbing into his shirt.

"You don't need to worry Christine." He said. "She might find a way to escape."

"I know Erik better than that." She said. "He'll have her in his sight until I take her place." She continued to cry.

"At least that Marco hasn't tried to go after her." He said. "If he did, who know's what would happen?" But Marco was planning on going down. He kept searching for a way to get down below, but there was no entrance he could find.

"Damn. He took my fiance." He said to himself. "That girl is my ticket to more power. I'm a prince of the Western kingdom. But to their knowledge, I'm a Noble of the kingdom of Spring. The fools." He took out an engagemet ring. "I will stop this war when I want to, when I finally get this ring on her finger."

The next morning, Sophia woke up once more in his lair. This time she wasn't tied up. She looked to the side and saw Erik asleep on the floor.

Was he there all night? She looked at his hands and noticed the comb. Is that...!

Did you ever think that it was going to be just a stupid sappy love story? come on! I may be a sucker for romance but I like to mix things up too. though it may be weird, I do try. Any who, be read for the next chapter! I didn't use the song again, but I'll be sur eto put it in the story before it reaches the end. Byebye!