I hope you have enjoyed my fan fiction so far. I thank all who read this and do hope you enjoy this fan fiction. Again, feel free to critique this and you can let me know your likes and dislikes about this story and possible ideas to put in later chapters. I hope you enjoy my third chapter of Christine Falling in Love With Erik. The beginning of this Chapter takes place on the evening of the production of Hannibal, where Christine sings the main role because Carlotta quit after the curtain fell on her. From this point on, most of my fan fiction will stray some from what happens in the movie.
Christine was extremely nervous as tonight would be the first night of her performing in front of a large crowd. The opera house was packed full of people coming to see the production. She could hear the buzz of conversation and the excitement of the people's voices. She assumed they were excited about the production, after all, it was new and they came to see the first production of it. Christine sighed, what if the people did not like her? Would she get booed or would she have a standing ovation? She did not know what would happen, so she took deep reassuring breaths to calm herself down.
Madam Giry came in Christine's dressing room and helped assist Christine into her costume for the night. "I'm sure you will do fine, my Dear," Madam Giry said. "The audience will adore you. You have been well taught, and when you sing you sound like an angel. Don't worry and concentrate on singing like you have been doing in rehearsals and you will do absolutely marvelous! I have not told you this before, but you make a better singer than a dancer; you concentrate more when you're singing."
"Thank you, Madam Giry," Christine replied. "I appreciate you helping me dress and encouraging me." She smiled a little; Christine had never imagined the day when Madam Giry would tell her that she had an amazing voice.
"You are very welcome my Dear," replied Madame Giry. "Now get ready to go out and perform."
Christine got ready and went backstage, waiting for the moment when the manager's would welcome the audience into the opera house, and introduce the production before the performers began the opera. She was a little bit nervous, but most of her nervousness eased away, replaced with anticipation of performing.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," said one of the two managers, "Welcome to our opera house. Tonight we will be introducing our new production. We hope you enjoy the production. We will begin in a few short moments." The two managers bowed and slowly walked off stage and went to go to a box seat of the theatre.
Christine took her place which was center stage and waited for the curtain to rise. She could barely believe she was seconds from doing what she had only dreamed of doing before! Christine hoped that the presence of the Angel of Music was there to guide her and calm her. He had promised her that he would be at the performance that night, and Christine believed with all of her heart that he would not break her promise.
The curtain rose, the music began, the dancers danced, and the actors started acting out what they have been doing in rehearsals. Christine sang the music flawlessly it seemed, and the audience was amazed at the beauty of Christine's voice. Christine always thought singing in front of an audience would feel great, but at this moment, it felt even more amazing than she thought it would. The feeling was almost breathtaking and seeing the awed look on the audience's faces added to the amazing feeling.
After the performance, Christine received a standing ovation from the audience. She bowed one last time for the audience as dozens of roses were thrown onstage at her feet. Christine had no idea how much the audience had loved her performance until that moment, but she was happy. All the other performers swarmed around her and congratulated her for her amazing performance.
Afterwards, Christine made her way back to her room and changed into her normal, everyday clothes. She felt like she was on a cloud since the performance and wondered if the Angel of Music had showed up for her performance. If he had shown up, did he enjoy her performance as much as the audience had? Christine happily sighed and lay down on her bed looking at the ceiling. Her night couldn't get any better, or so she thought.
I hope you have enjoyed my third chapter. Christine may finally meet Erik in the next chapter (I'm come up with idea's as I'm writing), but she will meet him soon. Feel free to give me possible ideas as to what I should put in following chapters, and I might use the ideas. Thank you for reading chapter 3 (Christine's Performance).