My soul Began to Soar

Chapter 6

Chapter 5 summary: Raoul got drunk and hurt Christine so the next morning she went through the woods and Erik found her and took her back to the Opera Populaire, they are just arriving there.

We finally reach the Opera Populaire. Erik jumps off the horse then pulls me off carefully.
"I need to return Ayesha, do you think you can find your way back on your own?" He asks me.
"I think I can manage," I say hesitantly.
"Okay, Christine, be careful! I don't want you getting hurt."
"Erik, I will be fine! Don't worry so much!" I laugh. I kiss him on the cheek and crawl through the small gate in the back of the building. I then make my way to the chapel. I could go out and into the dressing room then through the mirror, but that would take so much longer. I decide I can find my way through the tunnels. I have lived here for years! I will be fine. I start on my way through and it gets darker and darker the farther I get. I eventually decide I have no idea where I am. It's okay, I'll wait for Erik, he will be able to find me in no time! I lean my back against the wall and feel a lever of some sort scrape my back. Uh oh, this can't be good. I suddenly feel the floor beneath me drop as I start falling straight down about 15 feet until I hit the water, feet first. It's freezing! It feels like tiny needles stabbing me all over! Oh Erik, where are you? I call out his name for about 5 minutes, but feel something grab my waist! I get so scared and pass out from shock and hypothermia. I would say everything went dark, but it already was.
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I wake up in a familiar bed, with a familiar scent of roses on it, and a familiar voice singing sweet melodies that fill my spirit strangely. I'm still pretty cold, so I wrap the thick red blanket around my shoulders and walk towards Erik. I come up behind him and place my hands on his shoulders, he immediately turns around, gets up, and holds me tight in his warm arms.
"Oh Christine, I love you so much! I will never let you out of my sight again! I am so sorry, this is all my fault! I just-"
I cut him off by pecking him on the lips. He sighs.
"Christine, are you okay?"
"No, I'm in shock, see, I've got a blanket," I say sarcastically. (A/N: did anyone get that reference? lol)
"Haha" he says dryly.
"Really though, i'm fine."
"I'm glad, but darling your'e shivering still." he says as he sits back on his organ bench. He pulls me onto his lap and holds me in his arms.
"Play me a song, please? I want the music of the night to close in around me..." I tell him as i cuddle into his chest. He puts one arm on either side of me and his fingers on they keys as he begins an unfamiliar tune.

No one would listen
No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears.

Shamed into solitude
Shunned by the multitude
I learned to listen
In my dark, my heart heard music.

I longed to teach the world
Rise up and reach the world
No one would listen
I alone could hear the music

Then at last, a voice in the gloom
Seemed to cry "I hear you;
I hear your fears,
Your torment and your tears. "

She saw my loneliness
Shared in my emptiness
No one would listen
No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears

No one would listen
No one but her
Heard as the outcast hears...

When he finishes I just look straight into his eyes.
"That was beautiful Erik, I love you so much." He smiles and gazes at me lovingly.
"Thank you my dear, but you are the one who inspires my music, so I should be thanking you."
For the rest of the night we stay like that as he plays me wonderful melodies of love, passion, solitude, every emotion he has felt while he has been down here all those...wait, how many years has he been here? I honestly have no idea how old he is. It's so hard to tell because of that dang mask! I wish he could see that he doesn't need to wear it around me. Anyways, I need to ask him about his age...in fact, theres a lot I don't know about him. We need to fix that, right now, and I know exactly how...