Hey! I'm doing excellent! Sorry it took so long for me to update.
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Vote on my poll please! By the way you can give the phantom any type of voice you want cause I know Robert englund doesn't sing and it'd sound a bit weird if Gerard's voice was his...lol
I felt so sad. I needed comfort. My mothers comfort. I got up and rushed out of the room. "Serena where are you going?" Meg asked.
"I need some time alone." I replied in near tears. I got into a carriage and headed for the cemetery. When I arrived there I went to my mother's grave not hearing the gate lock behind me. I put flowers I bought before coming down onto her grave.
"Mother. I failed you last night. I know that you could hear me." I said and began crying. "I miss you so much." I whispered. I know my mother loved to hear my voice even if I was bad. So I sung for her.
"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
Wishing I could here your voice again
Knowing that I never would
Dreaming of you helped me to do
All that you dreamed I could
Passing bells and sculpted angels, cold and monumental
Seem for you the wrong companion, you were warm and gentle
Too many years
Fighting back tears
Why won't the past just die!
Wishing you were here again
Knowing we must say goodbye
Try to forgive
Teach me to liveGive me the strength to try!
No more memories
No more silent tears
No more gazing across the wasted years
Help me say goodbye
Help me say goodbye!"
I was in tears but then I heard a voice begin singing yet I saw no one around me through out the song.
"Wandering child so lost, so helpless
Yearning for my guidance"
I sang warily not knowing who it was.
"Angel or Stranger
Friend or phantom
Who is it there staring?"
"Have you forgotten your angel?" he replied singing so hypnotic.
"Angel oh, speak what endless longings
Echo in this whisper" I sang lovingly.
"Too long you've wandered in winter
Far from my fathering gaze"
"Wildly my mind beats against you"
"You resist"
"Yet your/the soul obeys Angel of music you/I denied me/you Turning from true beauty Angel of music do not shun me/my protector Come to your /me strange angel" We sang together.
"I am your angel of music..." he faded out.
A carriage rolled up into the graveyard. And a violinist began to play.
"Your mother has sent me. I am your angel. All of your lessons have led to this moment. We will make music that the world will love forever."
I began walking to the carriage obeying his silent command to get in.
"Take the last step to me...to your destiny...to immortality." he finished.
I got into the carriage at those last words and it rode off to a place unknown. We were walking in a very dark place where I could hardly see until he lit a match and held it in front of his partly sunken in yet very handsome face.
He put it in his other hand not taking his eyes off of me and he held out his hand. I took it and he helped me cross some rocks in the damp tunnel.
"Where are you taking me?" I asked him.
He looked around for a moment. "Home." he replied before leading me on. But I was hesitant. He turned back to me. "There is nothing to harm you here." he reassured me.
Then I let him lead me on with out resistance. He opened a door and let me into a room full of candles, desks, papers, instruments, and other things. I gasped at the beauty of the room. He smiled.
He took my coat for me then looked above us. "There they see the actors and singers but never see or know the soul of the opera." he moved away to put the coat down as I gazed in wonder around the room.
"In your dressing room. I could only teach you the words, the notes." he looked around then at me.
"But here. Here I can teach you the meaning." he whispered smiling. I walked over to the desk with the papers and read one. It was a piece of music that read. Don Wan Triumphant by Erik Destler.
He came behind me with two glasses. Noticing me thinking. "What's the matter?" he asked.
I turned to him and kept my hand on the name. "Is this your name? Erik Destler?" I asked softly.
He looked away sadly then looked back. "That man. Is long dead." he replied just as soft with sadness before taking a drink of whatever he had.
"But you wrote this." I said grabbing it and facing him with it but he had his back to me.
"It is incomplete." he said.
"Play it?" I asked.
"No. Not that." he said grabbing the music and putting it back. I looked down in disappointment.
"Perhaps some Mozart?"
"No." I said turning to him and gripping his arm softly. "Play your music..." I looked down. "And I'll sing mine." I said softly. When I said this he turned to me. I nodded.
He got the music and hesitated. "There is nothing you could ever ask. That I could refuse." he said softly before climbing the stairs. He stopped in the middle and turned to me. "Serena. You are my inspiration to finish it." he said then continued up the steps. I followed after him.
He sat at the organ and put the music in front of him. Then began playing. As soon as I did I felt the music course through me and touch my soul. Throughout the song I felt...I don't know how to describe it but what ever I felt was amazing.
When he finished I realized I was crying. "It's such a sad song." I commented. He turned to me with sad eyes that I could never forget.
"Will you sing for me now?" he asked softly. I nodded and decided sing he played his new song for me I should do the same. I kept the music with me in case I needed to work on it. I pulled it out of a side pocket in my dress and handed it to him. He opened it and looked it over before moving from the organ to the piano.
He set up the music and set his fingers in place then looked at me. I nodded showing I was ready. So he began to play.
When I began singing my voice rang out through the room.
"Take the wave now and know that you're free,
Turn your back on the land face the sea,
Face the wind now so wild and so strong,
When you think of me,
Wave to me and send me a song.
Don't look back when you reach the new shore,
Don't forget what you're leaving me for,
Don't forget when you're missing me so,
Love must never hold,
Never hold tight but let go.
Oh the nights will be long,
When I'm not in your arms,
But I'll be in your song, That you sing to me, across the sea.
Somehow, someday, you will be far away,
So far from me and maybe one day,
I will follow you,
And all you do,
'Til then, send me a song.
I put my hand on his shoulder on the last verse of this part.
When the sun sets the water on fire,
When the wind swells the sails of your hire,
Let the call of the bird on the wind,
Calm your sadness and loneliness,
And then start to sing to me,
I will sing to you,
If you promise to send me a song.
I walk by the shore and I hear,
Hear your song come so faint,
And so clear,
And I catch it, a breath on the wind,
And I smile and I sing you a song,
I will send you a song...
I will sing you a song,
I will sing to you...
If you promise to send me a song."
We sighed after the song ended. He turned and I saw that he was crying. "When you sing that." he hesitated. "Who do you sing it for?" he asked.
I looked down and hesitated before answering. "You." I whispered barely audible. His mouth went agape and he looked down. Then back up closing his mouth. He still had those sad eyes. I smiled softly.
He stood up and stroked my face lightly. My lips parted slightly. Our faces were inches apart and ever so slowly getting closer. Our lips touched. I closed my eyes and leaned into it as his soft lips melted onto mine as if two puzzle pieces came together perfectly. His arms slid around my waist and mine around his neck deepening the kiss. His tongue grazed my bottom lip asking permission but this caused me to pull away.
He pulled away very quickly. "I'm sorry. So sorry. I didn't mean to." he rambled on. I walked up and put my finger on his lips silencing him. "It's alright. This is just moving too fast for me. The kiss was wonderful." I said whispering the last part making him smile but back away again and turn away than turn to me.
"Serena. You. You are the angel. You are my voice." he whispered the last part getting closer and putting his hands together.
He panted excited I believe. Then he looked around the fortress. "Together. Together we'll have London at our feet." he insisted.
Then he got serious and got a weird glint in his eye as he looked at me. "Serena. Come to me. And I will give you everything." he said. I walked up to him slowly. His eyes were so hypnotic I did not notice him take a ring off his hand.
"You love the music. I am the music." he grabbed my left hand bringing it up making me look down. He put the ring on my marriage finger surprising me but I did not pull away as he said, "Our souls are one. Now you are married to the music. You cannot serve two masters. Do not see another." he whispered dangerously. I gazed into his eyes nodding.
"I promise." I whispered to him causing him to smile again. He brought my hand up and kissed the ring.
"Tonight you will be my bride. For now get ready for the ball tonight." he whispered to me. Then we assented back to above ground and he took me home giving another kiss before disappearing.
I went out and bought a dress and mask that I know everyone will love. I'm going to be the Angel of music.
R&R please. I hoped you liked this chapter I made it really long for you.