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Chapter 21
It was the night of Erik's opera, and all I could think about was how much trouble the small ring on my finger had gotten me into. I mean, I'm engaged, I professed my love for Erik, and Erik kissed me! Ah! I shook my head.

"Are you ready babe?" William asked as he wrapped his arms around my stomach from behind me.

"Yes." We were going to be going on to the stage. I was wearing a black corset with a wavy skirt. The front of my hair had a poof to it, and the back was in a high bun with roses in my hair.

"Here the sire may serve the dam,
Here the master takes his meat!
Here the sacrificial lamb
Utters one despairing bleat!" The chorus sang. I sighed and hung my head just thinking of Erik.

"Poor young maiden! For the thrill
On your tongue of stolen sweets
You will have to pay the bill -
Tangled in the winding sheets!" Carlotta sang her part. I looked out to see her jumping around and singing. She sounded worse than usual. Probably because she was nervous, everyone was nervous, for this is the Phantom of the Opera's opera.

"Serve the meal and serve the maid!" Everyone but Carlotta sang.

"Serve the meal and serve the maid!" Carlotta echoed them.

Then, everyone sang. "Serve the master so that, when
Tables, plans and maids are laid,
Don Juan triumphs once again!" Carlotta and her crew stepped aside and slowly made their way off stage. Then, Meg and the two women who have been flirting with Monsieurs Andre and Firmin stepped out. Meg from behind some curtains. And the women from under the staircase. Piangi following Meg.

Ubaldo, or Don Juan tossed Meg what looked like a sack of coins. Meg and the two ladies began to dance. Carlotta came back on stage and began to dance as well. "Passarino, faithful friend,
Once again recite the plan." Don Juan sang.

A man who stood next to him and looked kind of like him then sang, "Your young guest believes I'm you -
I, the master, you, the man
When you met you wore my cloak,
She cannot see your face.
She believes she dines with me,
In her master's borrowed place!"

Then, Ubaldo began to sing again. "Furtively, we'll scoff and quaff,
Stealing what, in truth, is mine.
When it's late and modesty
Starts to mellow, with the wine…"

The look alike then sang again. "You come home! I use your voice -
Slam the door like crack of doom!"

"I shall say: "come - hide with me!
Where, oh, where? Of course - my room!" Piangi sang.

"Poor thing hasn't got a chance!" The other fat man said in a sing song voice.

"Here's my hat, my cloak and sword.
Conquest is assured,
If I do not forget myself and laugh…" Don Juan finished his part, and his midget of a friend began to laugh.

Ubaldo walked off stage behind the curtains and I looked straight ahead at Christine. "No thoughts
Within her head
But thoughts of joy!
No dreams
Within her heart
But dreams of love!" Christine sang the last note and held it like an angel. She sat down and began to fiddle with some roses in her basket. I then looked up at Raoul who looked very worried for Christine. Man did I hate that man, but he did treat Christine like a lady.

"Master?" The look alike asked. I looked over at the curtains and out stepped Don Juan. My eyes grew wide when I saw Erik instead of Ubaldo! I could tell it was Erik because I would recognize those bright blue eyes anywhere. Also, he is tall and built where as Piangi is short and fat.

"Passarino." Erik calmly spoke, a good portion of his face hidden behind the cape that he held up. "Go away!
For the trap is set
And waits for its prey…" Erik's mesmerizing voice filled the entire Opera House. The look alike and the midget hurried off stage.

"Come on Jemma." William urged me onto the stage and we began to do our dance moves. When ever I could, I would cast a glance at Erik and Christine.

"You have come here
In pursuit of your deepest urge,
In pursuit of that wish,
Which till now has been silent,
Silent…" Erik walked around the fake bonfire and Christine craned her head to look at him. By the look in her eyes, she knew that it was Erik. Erik held a finger to his lips and then continued singing. I think he was signaling for Christine to be hushed.

After Erik had finished singing, Christine had begun to sing. "You have brought me
To that moment when words run dry
To that moment when speech disappears
Into silence
Silence…" Looking up, the managers were freaking out and Raoul had just nodded to a guard. Raoul signaled for the managers to calm down, so Andre sat back down.

After a while of singing, they began to walk of the winding stairs, each of them on a different side. "When will the blood begin to race
The sleeping bud burst into bloom
When will the flames at last consume us?" Wait, that was the line that I had written for Erik!

"We've passed the point of no return." Erik and Christine both sang. I couldn't see much from where I was, but I tried. I leaned my head back as William kissed all up my arm.

The Opera Populaire was hushed, and still I couldn't make out the silent words that Erik sang to Christine. "Anywhere you go let me go to, Christine, that's all I ask of-"

Screams echoed all throughout the Opera House, and faces were mortified. I knew that Christine had done the one thing that she shouldn't have. She took off Erik's mask. Guards rushed to the stage, and audience members tried to shield their eyes from Erik's deformity. Erik, I couldn't even begin to imagine what he must be feeling right now. The love of his life has just betrayed him!

I broke free from William and ran to a spot on the stage where I could have a good view of what was going on. Erik's face at first held a look of all the sadness in the world. Then, his expression changed to one of pain, then anger. He pulled out his sword, and with a grunt, sliced a red rope in half. He held Christine close to him, and I couldn't help but to feel…jealous. I shook my head and returned back to the scene.

The grand chandelier began to fall from the ceiling, causing everyone to freak out. People ran in all directions as to get to safety. For Erik and Christine, they fell from the bridge and went through the fake little fire just as a real one engulfed the Opera house, my home.

Actors ran off stage, but as for me? I stood there, staring at the mess. "Jemma! Let's go!" William shouted, tugging at my arm.

"No, I cant." I stared at down at where Erik and Christine had just jumped.

"You have to! I don't want you to die!" I turned to William and smiled.

"William, please just go to safety. I will do my best to return to you." With that, I jumped down the opening in the ground.

"Jemma!" I heard my fiancé shout. I didn't know where I was going, but I knew that wherever this drop led to, I would end up with the ACTUAL love of my life and my best friend. I needed to save Christine before Erik did anything stupid with Christine.

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