Here's chapter two and warning Raoul and Christine are in this part and Raoul is a Bitch. Not Christine, she just stands there like an idoit! R&R
Chapter Title: The Ball and Christine Daae!
Rating:T-M (Some cussing from me!)
Parings: ErikXOC, RaoulXChristine(EWWWWWWW!),OCXOC
Disclaimer: I don't anything that deals with the Phantom!
Claimer: I own characters that you don't know!
Jade sat in front of her mirror and was finishing up her makeup. Her hair was in a twist and had few curls that frame her face. Standing up and smoothing out her red dress, Jade pulled out her mask in the process. Her dress was red, strapless, with gold details on it and the color brought the green out in her eyes. The bottom was scrunching up and golden flowers on it. Her mask was gold, with golden pearls on it and it made a tiara on the top. Golden lace ribbons help hold it to her face. Jade slowly looked at herself in the mirror and smiled at herself. A soft knock came from the door.
"It's open, Erik." She said to the door. Step in Erik, with his black mask on his face. He was wearing the Don Juan outfit and it really suited him. Erik gasps when he saw Jade. She is stunning, more than Christine.
"Are you ready to go, Jade?" He asked her with a small smile on his face and held his arm out for her.
"Yes, I'm ready. Let's go, Monsieur Erik." She said to him and took his arm. Walking with their arms in link, they made their way to the ball. The Crowd was filled with happiness and joy. You could feel the fun and joy in the air, even though it smelled like alcohol. The music started and everyone began to sing. Everyone wore a smile on their face as they sang.
CHORUS
Masquerade!
Paper faces on parade . . .
Masquerade!
Hide your face,
so the world will
never find you!
Masquerade!
Every face a different shade . . .
Masquerade!
Look around -
there's another
mask behind you!
Flash of mauve . . .
Splash of puce . . .
Fool and king . . .
Ghoul and goose . . .
Green and black . . .
Queen and priest . . .
Trace of rouge . . .
Face of beast . . .
Faces . . .
Take your turn, take a ride
on the merry-go-round . . .
in an inhuman race . . .
Eye of gold . . .
Thigh of blue . . .
True is false . . .
Who is who . . .?
Curl of lip . . .
Swirl of gown . . .
Ace of hearts . . .
Face of clown . . .
Faces . . .
Drink it in, drink it up,
till you've drowned
in the light . . .
in the sound . . .
ERIK/JADE
But who can name the face . . .?
ALL
Masquerade!
Grinning yellows,
spinning reds . . .
Masquerade!
Take your fill -
let the spectacle
astound you!
Masquerade!
Burning glances,
turning heads . . .
Masquerade!
Stop and stare
at the sea of smiles
around you!
Masquerade!
Seething shadows
breathing lies . . .
Masquerade!
You can fool
any friend who
ever knew you!
Masquerade!
Leering satyrs,
peering eyes . . .
Masquerade!
Run and hide -
but a face will
still pursue you!
DAMON
What a night
ROSE
What a crowd!
ERIK
Makes you glad!
JADE
Makes you proud!
All the crème
de la crème!
CHRISTINE
Watching us watching them!
DAMON/ROSE
And all our fears
are in the past!
JAKE
Six months...
RAOUL
Of relief!
DAMON
Of delight!
ERIK/JADE
Of Elysian peace!
DAMON/ROSE
And we can breathe at last!
DAMON
Here's a health!
ERIK
Here's a toast:
to a prosperous year!
JADE
To the new chandelier!
RAOUL/CHIRSTINE
And may its
splendors never fade!
JADE
Six months!
JAKE
What a joy!
ROSE
What a change!
ERIK/JADE
What a blessed release!
ERIK
And what a masquerade!
Jade and Erik walk in and greets Jade's family.
"Monsieur Erik, What a pleasure to meet you. Jade has written about you in her letters all the time." Jake Dust, Jade's older brother, said to Erik.
"OH, Really? I'm really flatter about that, Monsieur Jake." Erik said to him.
"OH, brother, stop! You are embarrassing me. Why don't you take Rose dancing?" Jade said as her cheeks heated up.
"Too late, someone already asked her to dance with him." Jake said as he pointed at their thirteen year old sister, Rose Dust. She was dancing with a boy, same age as her, with dirty blonde hair and Jade could make out he had blue-grayish eyes. Erik and Jade start to dance with Rose and the young man. Jade felt like a fairy tale princess as she danced with Erik. Erik felt at peace with Jade in his arms. Oh, how he wish it could last forever. Erik turned around to see Christine and Raoul de Chagny standing there in front of the door way as he dances with Jade.
"Erik, Is that Christine?" Jade asked.
"Yes, Miss Jade. Yes, it's Christine Daae." He said to her in mono tone voice. Jade knew he was upset and she wasn't going to leave him hanging. No, she was going to help him. Raoul spotted the Phantom (Damn it! They had been though all that crap and they can't learn his NAME! HIS NAME IS ERIK DON'T YOU HEAR ME, RAOUL AND CHIRSTINE! HIS NAME IS ERIK!) And he was dancing with a beautiful girl.
"Not another one" he said softly to himself. They all made a toast to the new opera house and to the new mangers. Erik kept his eyes on Christine and Raoul as they danced and talk to the people around them.
"Erik?" Jade's voice rang in his ears. Turning around to look at her and placed a small smile on his face.
"Yes, Jade?" He answers her.
"Are you sure that you are okay?" She asked with worry in her voice. She was worried about Him! This lovely, smart, funny, and beautiful lady was worried about him? Erik felt warmth fill his heart and he smiled at her.
"Yes Jade, I' am perfectly and absolutely fine. Now, may I have this dance?" He asked her and held his hand out for her. She smiled back at him and took his hand.
"I take that as a yes." He said as he led them to the dance floor. Clasping one her hands in his and placing his other on her waist, He spin them around the dance floor. About half way through the dance, Erik bumped into someone.
"Oh, Excuse me." Erik said as turned around, but his jaw drop open when he saw who he bumped into.
"Hello again, Phantom."(Once again it's Erik!) Raoul said to him as warped his arm around Christine's waist.
"Hello, Angle."(Am fucking sick of saying this... IT'S ERIK!) Christine said in a soft and sweet voice as Raoul held on to her tightly.
"Hello again, Raoul…. Christine." Erik said as he clasped Jade's hand into his.
"I see that you are going after another one, Phantom (ERIK!). Why can't you just leave the poor girl alone and figure out that no one will ever love you?" Raoul said to him with venom in his voice. Jade's angry rage though her and she snap.
"Listen hear and listen well, you two don't know Erik and never will because you can't accept him for who he is inside! And you know what else I can take care of myself!" She yelled at them. (You Go, Girl!)
"Jade, calm down." Erik said.
"Don't tell me to calm down, Erik!" Jade yelled at him.
"Jade! Jade Alice Dust! You calm down right now, young lady!" Jake yelled at her. She looked at him then back to Raoul and Christine. Crossing her arm over her chest and turning on her heels. Jade stomped away from them.
"Jade!" Erik yelled and ran after her. Christine looked after him as he ran passed them. He has completely forgotten about them. Jade stood in front statue of an angle and was prying.
"Please, Papa. Please, give me the power to protect Erik. You always said that everyone disserves love and to be loved back. Oh, Papa! How I wish I could tell him how feel about him. Please, Papa send me an angle of love to help me." She to the angle as tears fell down her cheeks, staining them with her eyeliner. Her mask, long forgotten, was next to her and her hair tremble down her back. (A/N: Jacob Dust was a big believer in love and always told his children to never get married until you were sure that you loved that person with all your soul. Also, he told his oldest daughter that he would send her an Angel of Love to her when he died and went to heaven. Though, it's not going to be like: Jade is thinks the Erik is the angel like Christine did.)
"Jade?" Erik's voice said softly to her. Wiping around to look at him, more tears started slowly tumbling down her cheeks again.
"Oh, Erik! Please forgive me! I just can't stand people like that." He tries to say something but she stops him. "My Papa, use to tell me that everyone disserves to be love and give love to someone. That's why I snap at them. It's just that….. Someone can love you, Erik. And you can love that person back." She said as she wiped the tears away with the back of her hand.
"Oh, Jade. My Sweet, sweet Jade (I don't know where that line came from but it sounds good!). Why do you care for me so much?" He asked as he walked up to her and pulled her into a hug, wiping the tears from her face, Erik kissed her temples. "Thank you Jade for telling me those words. They really do help." He said into her hair, taking the smell of mint and rose into his breath. It sends shivers down his back. Jade bury her head into his chest and clutched to his shirt. She slowly takes in his warmth to warm her cold, but alive body. Erik rubs small circles on the small of her back and strokes her hair ever so softly. By this time she stops crying and was just standing in his arms.
"Are you alright now, Jade?" he asked her.
"Yes, thank you Erik. Thanks for being there for me." She said to him as they looked deep into each other eyes.
"No, thank you, Jade." He said to her as he touches her cheek. She looked at him confused at the statement. "You the first person to care, worry, and show feelings to me without caring about how I am and who I am." He said. She smiled at him, then the smiled fade.
"What's wrong, Jade?" he asked her. She looked into his blue-grayish orbs and took a deep breath. He stared at her, waiting.
"Erik?" she asked
"Yes, what is it?" He said
"Will you take your mask off for me?" She asked him as she stepped out of his arms.
Erik froze up and didn't move, only stared at her.
"Will you, Erik?" she asked again. Erik didn't know what to do or what to say. He didn't want her to run from him, instead he ran away from her.
"Erik! Come back please." Jade yelled to him, but he didn't stop. He could hear her running after him, so he kept going, pushing through the people, and losing her inside the backstage. Jade tripped over her dress and causing her to hike in up to her midthigh and tying it, so it wouldn't fall as she ran after Erik. She may know the ways of the dungeons, but she didn't know all the ways in them. Erik made it back to his lair and collapsed on his throne. Putting his head into his hands, in the first time in two years, he wept but not for Christine, for Jade. The girl has taking his heart. Jade drop to her knees and wept. She had hurt the man who she loved and the only one who she could count on. How stupid she was for asking him that and how stupid he was for running away from her. The clock stroked twelve and everyone throw their masks off and danced the night away, everyone except the two people, whose feelings grew stronger for each other by every passing second. Ok, maybe this is going to harder to put them together than I thought.
End of chapter two!
I must say that Raoul looks like the bitchy type of guy! And Christine is that stupid cheerleader blonde that everyone hates! No offense to anyone! that's how I see them!