Yvette's POV
Opening Night of "Il Muto"
I hear the opening music starting for the Opera. I adjust my maid costume, it is so weird for me to be preforming and not watching from the flies. I watch the opera go by and soon enough, it is time for me to go on.
I take a deep breath and rush onstage. There is a silk curtain around the couch that Charlotte is sitting on. I go and take my place next to her, behind a silk fan that makes us look like we are kissing.
The three fops begin singing their song and we listen, waiting for our cue.
They say that this youth has set my Lady's heart aflame!
His Lordship, sure, would die of shock
His Lordship is a laughing-stock! Should he suspect her, God protect her!
Shame! Shame! Shame!This faithless lady's bound for HADES! Shame! Shame!! Shame!
The curtain around us is pulled up and I gasp loudly, pretending to have been caught kissing Charlotte. She starts to sing.
Serafimo, your disguise is perfect.
There are three knocks
Who can this be?
The male actor who plays the Countess' husband walks on stage.
Gentle wife, admit your loving husband.My love, I am called to England on affairs of State, And must leave you with your new maid.
I pretend to dust the dresser on stage and shake my butt as I do so. I feel my cheeks heat up, I'm not particularly fond of this part of the opera.
"Though I'd happily take the maid with me." The actor says and grabs my butt as he walks by me. I look up and pretend to be angry.
"The old fool's leaving!" Charlotte says and the audience laughs.
The man walks off stage and Charlotte and I are finally "alone".
Serafimo, away with this pretence!
Charlotte rips off my skirt to reveal my pants and button up shirt. I hear some of the audience gasp.
You cannot speak, but kiss me in my husband's absence!Poor fool, he makes me laugh! Haha, Haha...
Charlotte's voice rises high above everybody else
Time I tried to get a better better half! Poor fool, he doesn't know! Hoho, Hoho...If he knew the truth, he'd never, ever go!
Suddenly, a loud voice booms throughout the theater. I gasp, it's Erik.
"Did I not instruct that Box Five was to be kept empty?"
I hear members of the audience gasp.
"He's here! The Phantom of the Opera!" Little Meg Giry yells.
"It's him" I say in a normal speaking voice. Erik was watching me preform?
"Your part is silent, little toad!"Charlotte hisses and hits me with her fan. What has gotten to my sister? She quickly smiles at the audience.
"A toad, madame? Perhaps it is you who are the toad." I hear Erik say. What does he mean by that?
"Mistro, please begin again." Charlotte says and the music starts again.
Serafimo, away with this pretence!
Charlotte goes to rip my skirt away, but it had already been removed. Panic flashes through her eyes and she drags me over to the couch.
You cannot speak, but kiss me in my...
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It Was Always Her
FanfictionYvette and her younger sister Charlotte are abandoned by their parents at a young age. Charlotte's amazing singing voice earns them little money, until she is discovered by the patron of the Opera Populaire. The sisters both land jobs working at the...
