ello everyone! MEG TO THE RESCUE!! you meg phans will love this chapter. i do have lots of Erik in it too, yeah!! please leave me a review! im not sure if anyone is reading anymore, so please review! I am still looking for ideas for an ending, so any idea would be wonderful! enjoy the new chapter and PLEASE REVIEW!! thnx!
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and oh! i do not own the song christine sings in this chapter. it is called Pale and its by my favorite band Within Temptation, the song fit and the band rox so look it up sumtime!
Chapter 9
A Sparkle of Hope
Meg trudged her way through the dark dank catacombs that lay beneath the opera house. She had been down here for hours, she was completely lost, and this place was almost pitch black. Her only source of light came from the small lantern that she carried and it was nearly out of oil. She needed to find Erik fast or… or… she could only imagine the horror of being in the black darkness.
How could one live down here? Meg was terrified of the dark, the only thing that kept her going was the look on Christine's face. Her friend was dying there was no time for fear, Meg would brave the dark for her, the dark… such a small thing compared to the hell Christine was in.
Meg continued through the dark splashing through the occasional puddle. A cold chill ran up her spine. Her lamp flickered. A long whispering moan filled the corridor.
"W-Who's there?" Meg asked the darkness.
Meg slowly raised her hand to her eyes as her mother had instructed. A pair of glowing yellow eyes emerged from the darkness. Meg screamed and dropped her lantern. Her only light went out and the eyes disappeared.
Meg whimpered, she was completely alone in the dark. No. Someone was there with her, someone she could not see, someone hiding in the dark shadows. This is what Meg feared most, but she kept her hand high.
"What is your business here?" A cold voice called from the darkness.
Meg was scared out of her mind, "I a-am l-looking for E-Erik." She whimpered.
"Who would want to see poor unfortunate Erik? Especially a young girl like yourself," the voice replied.
"I-I h-have a m-message f-for him." Meg was starting to freak, but she was facing her fear.
"Who is it from?!" the voice demanded.
"I-I-It's f-f-f-from…" Meg started to lose it, Closter phobia was setting in. The darkness was pressing in around her, choking her.
"Out with it girl!" the voice yelled and Meg felt cold icy fingers wrap around her neck.
"C-Christine," she gasped and the icy fingers retreated.
"Christine?" the voice said, the coldness gone.
"Yes." Meg was feeling a little better; her fear attack over.
A lantern was lit and it illuminated the dark corridor and Meg could see the outline of a hooded figure. The figure stepped closer and removed his hood and revealed a man, a man in a mask.
"Erik?" Meg asked.
This must have been Erik, Christine said he worn a mask that covered the right side of his face, but everything else was different. Christine had said he had black slicked back hair; this man's hair was lighter and hung around his head and in his eyes. He seemed thinner than she had described, but his eyes, his every changing eyes were the same. At first his eyes seemed blue, then green, then brown, then gold; always changing.
"What is the message from Christine?"
Meg handed him the envelope and his took it. He did not open it instead he said, "Follow me," and he turned and meg follow him into the darkness.
The Giry girl had been returned safely to her mother and now Erik sat alone, the unopened envelope in his hand. The only sound was the quiet lapping of the lake against the shore only ten yards away.
Erik was scared of what he might find inside the letter, but he had to open it. He needed to know if Christine loved him or was it just an excuse for running off with the de Changy boy? He couldn't take not knowing, so he ripped open the envelope.
Erik,
My heart is broken being away from you. I did not leave of my own will and I do not want you to think I do not love you, because I love more than the sun loves the morning. I went to end everything with Raoul, but he did not believe me and he forced me to come with him. Erik I am dying without you, I am just an empty shell without you by my side.
Raoul has lost his mind and is forcing me to marry him the day after tomorrow. I have begged and pleaded with him to let me go, but he is not the Raoul I once knew. Gone is the young innocent boy who jumped into the sea to save my scarf, gone is the friend I once confided in, all is replaced by madness. I will die if I marry him.
He is keeping me locked up in a hotel near the opera house. Meg knows where it is. Erik I love you and I need you. Listen carefully my dear, can you hear me singing to you? My song is fading and I wait for you counting the seconds until you come through my door. Remember to listen.
Yours and only yours forever,
Christine
She did love him. Erik felt cold tears falling down his face. How could he have ever doubted her? He closed his eyes and let his tears leak out from behind his eye lids.
"The world seems not the same…"
It was her… it was Christine. Erik could hear her singing to him.
"Though I know nothing has changed…"
It was as if she stood next to him whispering in his ear, but he dare not open his eyes for fear her voice and the song would disappear.
"It's all my state of mind
I can't leave it all behind
I have to stand up to be stronger
I have to try
To break free
From the thoughts in my mind
Use the time that I have
I can say goodbye
Have to make it right
Have to fight
'Cause I know in the end it's worthwhile
That the pain that I feel slowly fades away
It will be all right
I know
I should realize
Time is precious
It is worthwhile
Despite how I feel inside
Have to trust it'll be alright
Have to stand up to be stronger
I have to try
To break free
From the thoughts in my mind
Use the time that I have
I can say goodbye
Have to make it right
Have to fight
'Cause I know in the end it's worthwhile
That the pain that I feel slowly fades away
It will be all right
Oh, this night is too long
Have no strength to go on
No more pain I'm floating away
Through the mist I see the face
Of an angel, calls my name
I remember you're the reason I have to stay
I have to try
To break free
From the thoughts in my mind
Use the time that I have
I can say goodbye
Have to make it right
Have to fight
'Cause I know in the end it's worthwhile
That the pain that I feel slowly fades away
It will be all right…"
Christine was dying, he had to get to her and nothing was going to stand in his way.