11. Don Juan Triumphant

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It's the opening night of Don Juan Trimphant, and me and Anna are putting on our dresses. The dresses aren't as beautiful as Christine's, but they are still ravishing. They are dark red and strapless. It has black flounces on the skirt and me and Anna's dresses are identical.

We are making each others hair, and we are having an half up half down hairstyle, wich looks beaming on us. We just stand there and adore our reflections when there is a knock on the door. Christine and Meg peeks in and their jaws drops to the floor at the sight of us.

"You two look gorgeous!" Meg squels and she and Christine closes the door behind them.

Christine is wearing her Don Juan dress, and so do Meg. Christine's dark unruly curls is hanging free, and she has a red rose behind her ear. Meg has a wierd updo, that isn't so flattering if I can say it for myself.

Christine haven't been able to talk to Erik since the day she found out about Raoul. It has been two days and she is successfully avoiding him. I think that Erik still will sing in Piagni's place tonight, but I don't know if he will kill him or not.

I hope not.

"Anna, do you want to tell them?" I say and glance at Anna. She just told me, so there is no way Christine and Meg can know.

"Tell them what?" Anna says, confused.

"About your parents.." I continue and she nods.

"Oh that..." Christine and Meg now looks worried. "I invited my parents here.."

"What?!" Christine say and her mouth is bigger than an apple. "Why?"

"Calm down, Chris. I want them to see me preform so that they'll understand that it is fun to work here at the opera!" Anna contine and Christine's face softens. But Meg's eyes grow wide.

"Umm Anna.." She starts and everyone turns towards her. "This wasn't the best choice of Opera to let them watch.."

"What do you mean?" Christine says but I understand.

"Yeah... I mean, this Opera is basically about seduction.. Do you want your parents to watch this?" I say and Anna's eyes is slowly getting filled with fear.

"Oh no! What do I do?!" She whispers and buries her face in her hands.

"What do you mean by 'What do I do'? I hope you mean 'What do we do'!" Meg say and me and Christine nods.

"Thank you girls. You are always here for me! I love you!" Anna sobs and we hug her.

We figure out a plan that says that we are going to fake a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Moncharmin. The letter will say that the preformance is canceled, because of lack of cast. Christine is the best writer so she writes the letter, and then me and Anna hurry out of the Opera and gives the letter to the mail man.

When me and Anna reach the mail man he looks at us with lust in his eyes.

Eww, what a perv..

"It is extremely importnant that this letter is deliverd to Mr. and Mrs. Moncharmin as fast as possible!" I say and the mail man grins at me.

"And what do I get back?" He says and reaches for my waist but Anna slaps his arm and he gives her a dark glance.

"You get this.." Anna says and gives him money. "But if you tuch her again, I will kick you between your legs!"

"Opera kids... Always so dramatic.." He says when he hurries away from us.

I smile and thanks Anna and we run back inside.


"Here the sire may serve the dam, here the master takes his meat! here the sacrifical lamb utters one dispairing bleat."

The audience is not pleased with the music and they stare disliking at us. I ignore them and continue with the song. Lucas, who plays Passarino, is coming towards me, and I know exactly what he'll do.

He passes me a glass and I pretend to drink as he strokes my tight.

This is so disgusting!

The song is over and Lucas kisses my hand one more time before everyone except Lucas and Piagni walks off the stage with the table.

"Passarino, faithful friend.." Piagni starts to sing and me, Anna and Meg is watching from the wings.

"Something is going to happen, right?" Anna whisper to me and Meg.

I nod and Meg mouthes 'what?'.

"Erik is going to take Piagni's place in 'past the point of no return'. In the movie he kills Piagni, but I don't know what he will do... and I don't know how Christine will react." I say.

"But, that is now!" Meg says and I nod. We search for Christine in the crowd, and we spot her right as she is about to go onstage.

"We can only hope." Anna says as she walks out on the stage.

"No thoughts within her head, but thoughts of joy. No dreams within her heart, but dreams of love!" Christine sings and sits down on the stage and plays with one of the roses in her basket.

"Master?" Lucas sings.

"Passarino.."

Yep, that's Erik.

"Go away for the trap, it's set, and wait for it's free.."

Erik approaches the stage and he is looking flawless with his black mask.

"You have come here, in pursuit of your deepest urge. In pursuit of that wish, which till now has been silent... silent..."

Christine closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.

The song goes on and I glance up at Raoul in box 5. His fists are clenched hard and he stares angrily at Erik.

Both Christine and Raoul must understand..

I grab Meg and Anna's hands and squeeze them.

Erik and Christine walks up the stairs to the bridge and Christine looks like she really enjoys singing with him. Erik turns Christine in his embrace and caress her neck and waist. Christine closes her eyes and rests her head on his shoulder. The song ends and Erik sings:

"Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me save me from my solitude. Say you need me with you here, beside you."

Christine smiles and caresses his cheek.

Don't pull of the mask! Don't pull of the mask!

"Anywhere you go let me go too! Christine, that's all I ask of.."

*PANG*

Screams fill the opera as Erik falls to one knee. I turn to box 5, where Raoul is standing, a gun in hand, grinning at the stage.

"Oh shit!" I say and turn back to the stage where Christine is screaming, one hand over her mouth as she sits down beside him. He tries to stand, and Christine helps him, tears streaming down her cheeks.

I turn my head to Raoul again, and to my horror, he is reloading the gun!

"Anna! Meg! We must warn them!" I scream to them over the noise, pointing at Raoul. Their eyes grow wide.

"On three!" Anna screams. "One, two three!"

"CHRISTINE, ERIK, WATCH OUT!" We scream the loudest we can and Christine turns to us. We point at Raoul and she notices him and whisper something in Erik's ear. Erik grabs Christine by the waist and kicks a lever. Just as Raoul fires the gun again, Christine and Erik, embracing each other, falls through a trapdoor and down through a hole on the stage.

"Come, we must hurry!" I scream to Anna and Meg and we run towards Madame Giry's dressing room.

I hope we get there before Raoul does...

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