I do not own the Phantom of the Opera. I only own Tiffani and Lexi.
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"Time to finally enjoy the show," Lexi thought with a smirk as Tiffani climbed onto the stage even though she was wearing a dress, which Lexi had had to fight with her to even get her into the dress. She just stood back and looked at her friend, who was slowly making her way towards Carlotta.
"I've had about as much of your complaining as I can stand. You are a grown woman so act like it and quit whining like a young child that did not get its way. The orchestra is not messing up at all. The messing up problem is coming from you and your atrocious voice. Do you call those vocal chords or torture chords? My ears would be screaming in pain right now if they could. You have no talent. You drive everyone in this building absolutely mad. You are not some beautiful shining star you seem to believe you are and I am sick and tired of hearing and seeing you. Do all of us a favor and shut your trap," Tiffani said calmly but angrily. However, by the end of her speech she was practically growling at Carlotta.
"And get rid of that ridiculous hairdo, oh and your boobs aren't supposed to roll out of your dress like that so show some class and tuck them in a bit," Tiffani said before smiling sweetly and jumping off the stage to put her clarinet back together.
Everyone in the room was shocked except for Lexi. Carlotta was sputtering to try to say something as Tiffani resumed her seat calmly in the orchestra area. Lexi could not hold it anymore and she started laughing until tears came to her eyes.
"How dare you say that to me, the wonderful and beautiful Carlotta," Carlotta finally screamed and Tiffani happily asked for a muffler from one of the brass players.
"I said for you to shut your trap," Tiffani yelled as she jumped on the stage and tackled Carlotta to try to put the muffler in her mouth.
"What do we do?" the main male singer asked confusedly as everyone watched Tiffani stuff the muffler into Carlotta's mouth.
"Here's some rope," Lexi called and threw Tiffani some rope.
"Perfect," Tiffani said happily before thanking Lexi and then she went back to tying up Carlotta. "Lexi can sing Carlotta's parts, so don't worry about having a new star for the show. She's right there, your new star," Tiffani said smiling cheerfully to the owners before pointing at Lexi, who was a bit surprised and a little nervous.
"Thanks a bunch, Tiffani," Lexi thought as the owners quickly approached her and begged her to sing the main female part. Tiffani was taking this moment to drag a tied up and muffled Carlotta from the stage.
"Dang woman, what do you eat? Too many bonbons," Tiffani growled as she dragged Carlotta off the stage and towards the back door that she had found in the opera house last night. She shoved Carlotta out of the opera house and gave the struggling woman a wicked smile before she closed the door. "Job well done," she said with a laugh as she dusted off her hands.
"Don't move," a voice growled from the darkness and Tiffani just shrugged before moving forward still. "I told you not to move," the voice growled again before Tiffani dodged another noose that was thrown at her neck.
"Oh yes, and throwing a noose at my neck will make me want to stay still," she said before spinning around and seeing nothing behind her. "Growly voice in the dark, absolutely terrifying," she said before rolling her eyes and made to turn around. However, she did not fully turn and she grabbed the noose that was flying towards her neck again. She pulled on the rope, but whoever was holding the rope did not budge. She yelped when the rope was pulled back and she went with it since she did not let go in time.
She ran into a warm chest and looked up to see a white mask covering part of a man's face. "Your friend will not be the lead," the man, now revealed as the phantom growled.
"Christine Daae will not be the lead, anyways she is too young and naïve to truly know what is expected of her and of what you expect," Tiffani said back strongly before smirking at the Phantom's glare.
"How do you know about her and what I think of her?" he growled as he went to grab her by the neck, but Tiffani moved away from his reach just in time.
"Angels of music should not trick young naïve women," Tiffani said before she flashed him a smile and she moved farther away when he went to approach her. "She will not be able to handle the pressure of the stage and your attention. Anyways her heart belongs to another so if I were you, I would let the young lamb go before the wolf gets too hungry and then starves to death when the lamb is taken away," she said softly before she rushed back out to the stage to see Lexi waiting with a glare and a tapping foot.
"Well I hope you're happy, I get to sing in front of hundreds of people now and be the lead female singer for this production," Lexi said before she hit Tiffani with her script.
"I thought you'd be happy to be the lead role. Anyways, I just saw the phantom and he's going to try to get you out of the picture so Christine can sing so watch out. I'll watch your back as much as I can but be careful. I tried to get him to see sense that Christine will never be able to be with him and that she will eventually be stolen away, but who knows how much he will listen to what I have to say," Tiffani said seriously in a whisper to her friend.
"Thanks for creating more trouble for me, but I'll watch my back. You need to watch yours too. He tried to hang you last night," Lexi said and poked Tiffani on the arm.
"Oh, he tried to kill me twice just now so no worries," Tiffani said with a smile before she laughed and jumped away from Lexi, who was swinging her script at Tiffani again.
"You just don't know how to stay out of trouble," Lexi said with a sigh and her friend just shook her head before she skipped away to practice some more with the orchestra.
"I'm so happy that Carlotta is gone. Your voice is beautiful and we will make this production the best it has ever been," the lead male singer said excitedly as he grabbed Lexi's hands and kissed her cheeks.
"Thanks, well let's get practicing," Lexi said with a small smile on her face. She was happy for the compliments but freaked out by the man invading her bubble.
The practice flew by but Lexi and Tiffani made sure they kept alert in case the Phantom tried something. A letter was the only action from the Phantom as practiced came to a close and the letter fluttered down to land in front of Lexi. She picked it up while Tiffani jumped onto the stage holding her clarinet case.
"Let's open it in the room," Lexi whispered before hiding the letter in Tiffani's case. Madame Giry gave them a small worried look before they disappeared. She had been about to talk to them since she was the letter, but the two women disappeared before she could.
"Wonder what he wants to say to you," Tiffani said as they now sat in their room and she handed Lexi the letter.
"We'll find out now," Lexi said with a shrug before breaking the red skull wax seal. "That's not ominous at all," she said and Tiffani laughed a little bit.
"It says: Welcome to my opera house, your stay should not be long. Christine Daae is to be the lead and you shall not stand in her way. I would watch your step in the dark and when ropes are swinging by, because you do not know this opera house like I do and you might find an unwelcome end. Your friend the musician is in need of watching herself as well. I do not take well to challenges in my opera house and the challenges never last long. Signed the Phantom of the Opera," Lexi read the letter before placing it down on the bed.
The room was full of silence before the two friends started laughing. "Oh he just declared war," Lexi said between laughter and Tiffani smirked at her.
"He may strike fear into the hearts of everyone else here but he has another thing coming to him if he thinks we are just going to roll over and disappear. You my wonderful friend are the lead and you deserve it. No young lovesick naïve girl is going to take that away from you and I will do everything in my power to make sure she does not. In addition, I cannot wait to mess with the Phantom again, such an interesting fellow. He makes me laugh when he growls," Tiffani said happily before hugging Lexi.
"Just don't get killed," Lexi said before she hit Tiffani with a pillow. "That's for almost getting killed twice earlier today," she yelled before a big pillow fight ensued.