The days went by; like a week or so, and it was time for Don Juan Triumphant. I was putting on my best suit and mask. I looked over at Kelsey; she wore a Red, Yellow, and Orange flame dress that had no sleeves on it. The dress went down to her ankles; her shoes were just Red dress shoes. She put on her mask; that reminded me to put mine on also. Kelsey walked over to me and smiled.
"This is it then! My dream coming true!" she said running to me and wrapping her arms around my waist.
"I know it is ma Cherie. I am very proud of you. You look beautiful and I know you will blow the crowd's minds tonight."
"Thanks father. Will you watch?"
"I will be in box five. You won't see me, but I will be there."
"I have to go father. The performance starts in a few minutes. I have to meet Gustave backstage."
"Alright. But don't get into trouble."
"Promise."
My young angel ran up the steps. Her leg mostly healed from the whipping. I sighed as I looked around at my abode and thinking of how my child grew so fast. She wasn't a baby anymore. Then, thought that after the show, I would tell Kelsey that Gustave is the son of Raoul De Changey; the killer. I went up the steps and walked to bx five. I looked down at the huge crowd of people pouring through the doors and into the Opera Populaire. It took about ten or fifteen minutes for the crowd to be seated and for the production to begin. The lights dimmed and I heard all of the results of the music and songs that I have come up with half the course of my lifetime. I then looked down to see a girl; it was Kelsey. I looked to the other end of the stage to see a man wrapped in a black cloak; I knew it was Gustave.

You have come here
In pursuit of your deepest urge
In pursuit of that wish which till now
Has been silent
Silent.

I have brought you
That our passions may fuse and merge
In your mind you've already succumbed to me, dropped all defenses
Completely succumbed to me
Now you are here with me
No second thoughts
You've decided
Decided.

Past the point of no return
No backward glances
Our games of make-believe are at an end.

Past all thought of if or when
No use resisting
Abandon thought and let the dream descend

What raging FIRE shall flood the soul
What rich desire unlocks it's door
What sweet seduction lies before us?

Past the point of no return
The final threshold
What warm unspoken secrets
Will we learn
Beyond the point of no return?
Then I heard Kelsey sing and I was amazed by her voice coming from a quiet, and shy girl I once knew four years ago.
You have brought me
To that moment when words run dry
To that moment when speech disappears
Into silence
Silence.

I have come here,
Hardly knowing the reason why
In my mind I've already imagined
Our bodies entwining
Defenseless and silent,
Now I am here with you
No second thoughts
I've decided
Decided.

Past the point of no return
No going back now
Our passion-play has now at last begun.

Past all thought of right or wrong
One final question
How long should we two wait before we're one?

When will the blood begin to race
The sleeping bud burst into bloom
When will the flames at last CONSUME us?
They both sang together:
Past the point of no return
The final threshold
The bridge is crossed
So stand and watch it burn
We've passed the point of no return.
Gustave said the same words that I had when I proposed to Christine:

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime
Lead me, save me from my solitude
Say you'll want me with you here beside you
Anywhere you go let me go too, Kelsey, that's all I ask of-"

"NOOOOO!"

Kelsey screamed. Everyone was panicking. Kelsey's deformed face was shown. Oh my god. These were the same events that have occurred with Christine and I. Someone sent a gunshot somewhere. Kelsey grabbed her mask, grabbed Gustave, and Kelsey pulled the lever which sent the new chandelier crashing down towards the stage. She then pulled the other lever to send the two down the trapdoor. I couldn't believe what I just saw. I ran out of box five and ran back down toward the lair.
"Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair. Down we plunge to the prison of my mind. Down that path, into darkness deep as hell! Why you ask, was I bound and chained in this cold, dismal place? Not for any mortal sin, but the wickedness of my abhorrent face!" I heard Kelsey scream. Then I heard... the mob!
"Track down this murderer she must be found! Track down this murderer who hunts the ground!"
"Hounded out by everyone
Met with hatred everywhere
No kind words from anyone
No compassion anywhere
Gustave, Gustave why? WHY!"

I heard a familiar voice. It was Raoul's. "Gustave! Gustave!"
I heard a female voice; Meg? "My boy! Gustave!"
Gustave was Meg's son? Wait a minute... Raoul and Meg? Oh my god. They are both killers! Meg shot my angel, and Raoul killed me!
"Meg, keep your hand at the level of your eyes!"
"Why-"
"Just do it! That's what your mother told me to do when Christine was captured."
I then saw Raoul and Meg. I stood before them; their faces filled with horror.
"You killed me, you killed Christine... but I need your help! Kelsey is trying to kill your son! Please! For all of our sakes! Please!"
Raoul and Meg nodded and we all ran down to the lair. Kelsey had Gustave in a tuxedo with a rose in the pocket.
"Have you gorged yourself at last in your lust for blood? Am I now to be prey for your lust for flesh?"Gustave asked nervously.

"That fate which condemns me to wallow in blood, has also denied me; the joys of the flesh. This face... the infection which poisons our love... This face, which earned a mother's fear and loathing. A mask, my first, an unfeeling scrap of clothing... Pity comes too late, turn around and face your fate! An eternity of THIS before your eyes."

"This haunted face holds no horror for me now. It's in your soul, that the true distortion lies."Gustave said.I did not know that she had a scrap of clothing for a mask, and Christine was NOT afraid of her own daughter! I knew it was not true. I think she had misunderstood why Christine could not take care of her.
We ran into the lair. "Wait, I think my dear, we have some guests! Ah this is an indeed an unparalleled delight! I would rather hoped that you would come!" Gustave struggled; trying to get out of Kelsey's grasp. "No! And now my wish come true! You have truly made my night!"
"Free him!" Meg screamed, "do what you like only free him! Have you no pity?"
"Your mother makes a passionate plea!"
"Please mother! It's useless!"
"I love him! Does that mean nothing?I love him! Show some compassion!"
"The world shown no compassion to me!"
"Gustave, Gustave, let s see him!" Raoul barked.
"Be my guest sir."
Raoul and Meg ran to Gustave.
"Mr. and Mrs. I bid you welcome! Did you think that I would harm him? Why should I make him pay for the sins which are yours!"
Kelsey wrapped a hang lasso around Meg and Raoul's necks.
"No!" Gustave and I screamed.
"Order your fine horses now! Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes! Nothing can save you now! Except perhaps.. Gustave! Start a new life with me! Buy their freedom with your love. Refuse me and you'll send your family to their death! This is the choice! This is the point of no return!"

"The tears I might have shed for your dark fate," Gustave said, "grow cold, and turn to tears of hate!"
"Gustave forgive us, please forgive us!We did it all for you, and all for nothing!" Raoul pleaded.
"Farewell, my idols and false friends." Gustave said. "We had such hopes and now those hopes are shattered!"
"Too late for turning back!Too late for useless pity!" Kelsey exclaimed.
"Say you love her, and our lives are over"
"Past all hopes and cries for help! No point in fighting!"Kelsey yelled.
Kelsey and Raoul: For either way you choose you cannot/he has to win.
Kelsey yelled, "So do you end your days with me? Or do you send them to their graves?"
"Why make him lie to save us?" Meg asked.
Kelsey: Past the point of no return
Gustave: Angel of Music
Raoul: For pity's sake Gustave just say no!
Kelsey: The final threshold, their lives are the prize which you must earn!
Raoul: Don't throw away your life for our sakes! We fought so hard to free you!
Kelsey: Past the point of no... return

"Angel of Music! You deceived me. I gave my mind blindly!"Gustave urged.
"Kelsey! My daughter! Please! Don't kill anyone! You are the sweetest girl I have ever met! You would NEVER kill anyone!"
Kelsey's eyes swelled up in tears. "I-I'm sorry! I am so sorry! Here!" She cut Meg and Raoul free.
"I just wanted Gustave to love me for who I am... You can go now."
"Pitiful creature of darkness... what kind of life have you known? God give me courage to show you... you are not alone!" Gustave said. He turned her around and kissed her; a passionate kiss. He hugged her. Kelsey's arms slowly wrapped around him. Tears filled my eyes. We all heard the mob. "Come on!" I urged. We all ran for upstairs, but the mob caught all of us. We were goners. All the people in the mob had weapons; guns, stakes, and spears. "Please!" Kelsey urged. "I can change!" The mob gasped. "How can you change?!"
"I will graciously help get a brand new chandelier, and restore everything I have done wrong. Just
please... don't shoot me."

A week later:
Kelsey's POV
Gustave and I are to be wed at the Opera Populaire! After I helped restore the damages I have made, the people of the opera accepted my father, and our deformity.A few days later, mother reappeared and father and her live with me now. Raoul and Meg were forgiven, and they changed their ways. Now, what happened to my performing dream? Well... I am a starring role in a new play I wrote: The Phantom's Daughter: The story of a Young Angel of Music.

The End.