Hide No Longer

Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 (Listen To The Wind)

(Elise)

I ran back into the theatre doors, completely dazed and in shock about what just happened.

"It was just nerves! that's it! Nothing to it, you're just all crazy from the nerves!" I repeated out loud to myself, but I was interrupted from my little pep talk to myself by Renee and the conductor announcing the violinists who made it. They listed off many violinists but I didn't hear my name, I was starting to get worried.

"And last but certainly not least, Elise Daae!" The conductor announced.

At that moment my heart leaped, and I jumped up and down "Yes! Yes! Yes!" I shouted.

(Phillip)

As I sat in my reserved box in the theatre, I saw her! My heart began to race and I had no idea why, she is beautiful! She began to unpack her violin, even though I was far away I could tell she was shaking from nerves. She paced a little back and forth, while nervously playing with her hair.

"Okay up first is Elise Daae!" the conductor called, no one responded.

'Who's that?' I wondered.

"Ms. Daae?" they called the name again and the girl made my heart race responded.

"Oh yes! That's me sorry!" she walked up on the stage carrying her violin.

She was shaking fiercely, she set her music on the stand, took a deep breath, set her bow on the strings and I was amazed at what I heard!

It was beautiful! She's beautiful! I sat there in shock, mesmerized by her, it was like she had me hypnotized. I shook my head, but it didn't help. She played so beautifully, I was astounded by her talent. She finished the piece and her bow flew off the strings and she held it in the air, I stood and applauded, and the rest of the crowd did the same. Elise curtsied and quickly walked off stage and packed up, she ran out of the theatre towards the bathroom. I wrote a note for Renee, and made it into a paper airplane and threw it, she saw it and went after it. She read it over and held a thumbs up in my direction and nodded her head.

I took a passageway to the hallway where she went, I slightly creaked open the secret door to see her, she was bent over with her hands on her knees.

She started to walk but I sang "Brava! Brava!"

She stopped and looked everywhere, with shock and paranoia on her face. I had to hold back a laugh, because she was so adorable trying to find me, she quickly gave up and ran back into the theatre. I headed back that way as well, I heard her name finally called that she made it into the symphony. She jumped for joy and shouted yes repeatedly, I just laughed and returned back to my home in the attic.

(Renee)

I saw the paper airplane and immediately knew who it was from, since this was a regular thing for Phillip.

"Renee you have to make sure she gets in! She has such talent! She plays beautifully! MAKE SURE SHE GETS IN!!! You know who it is, Phillip." I read the letter, 'Yeah I bet it's her violin playing he thinks is beautiful.' I thought to myself.

(Elise)

I walked back to my room, I was about to open my room door when I heard my name called.

"Elise! Congratulations! I knew you could do it!" Renee shouted throwing her arms around my neck almost strangling me while hugging me.

"Well at least one of us thought so!" I laughed.

We walked and talked for a while, soon the day had passed and it was late in the afternoon as the sun was setting. I was in my room sitting in my bed reading, I heard the strange music I heard yesterday when I arrived. It seemed to come from above the opera house, I had to find out where it was coming from eventually.

Thinking about the strange music brought to my mind the secret garden from yesterday, I hopped off my bed and ran through the opera house. I found Renee's office, and rapidly knocked on the door.

"Come in!" I heard from inside, I opened the door and saw Renee sitting at her desk doing paperwork and sorting through other audition sign ups.

"Hey, when I came here yesterday I saw this secret garden thing. Can you tell me how to get to it?" I asked hoping she'd say yes.

"Uhm." She paused for a moment.

"Sure! Just go out through the hall here and there's a door on your left, go through that door and through the hallway behind that door and then there's a door at the end of it and you should find it." She explained and I was about to head out the door.

"By the way, have you heard any voices or strange music?" I asked.

She looked up at me, "No I haven't, it's probably just your imagination dear. Nothing to worry about." she comforted.

"Yeah you're probably right! Well I'm off!" I exited her office and soon ventured to find that garden, I didn't really believe Renee, it was just too strange. I found myself at the door Renee told me about and I walked through the hallway, and it led to where she said. I opened the door to the most beautiful garden I've ever seen in my entire life, there were old fashioned lamps that lit up the garden. I ran to the gorgeous fountain in the middle of the garden and sat down on the side of the fountain.

I began to think of my parents, and I was reminded of a song my mother used to sing. I started to sing.

"Time is a river that flows endlessly and a life is a whisper, a kiss in a dream.

Shadows dance behind the firelight, and all the spirits of the night remind us: we are not alone.

Tomorrow: a sun soon riding and yesterday is there beside us and it's never far away.

If you listen to the wind you can hear me again. Even when I'm gone you can still hear the song high up in the trees as it moves through the leaves, listen to the wind there's no end to my..

Love is forever a circle unbroken, the seasons keep changing; it always remains.

Spring will melt the snows of winter and the summer gives us light so long till autumn makes them fade,

Remember the sound of laughter, we ran together through the meadows still we thought our hearts would break

If you listen to the wind you can hear me again, even when I'm gone you can still hear the song, high in the trees as it moves through the leaves, listen to the wind and I'll send you my love.

Listen to the wind where the sky meets the land, I'm not really gone I've been here all along, high up in the trees as it moves through the leaves, listen to the wind there's no end to my..

Time is a river that flows endlessly and a life is a whisper, a kiss in a dream."

I wiped the tears that were flowing from my eyes, and I laid down on the side of the fountain and couldn't stop the stream of tears and continued sob.

I haven't sang since the car accident, and it was more painful than I thought it would be. I curled into a ball listening to the fountain, my crying was interrupted by music.

"Where is that coming from?" I thought aloud, it was so comforting, so peaceful. I could almost fall asleep to it, so beautiful. My mind went blank, and I fell into darkness as my eyelids became so heavy. I drifted and drifted, until I was almost gone. I felt like I was floating, floating, aimlessly floating away.

End of chapter 4 YAY!!!! I'm so loving writing this story, please let me know if you've read it please!!!! yours truly, MW.