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"If I was born from the Devil... is there someone born from an Angel who will love me for me?" - A young Erik, the Phantom, once asked his guardian, Madame Giry.
At ten years old, Erik was rescued from a cruel traveling circus by Madame Antoinette Giry and brought to the Paris Opera House.
Before his rescue, the performers had convinced him that his disfigured face was proof he was the Devil's son. Since then, Erik has believed he could never be loved.
That belief shatters when, at fifteen, he meets a kind, ten-year-old girl named Lucille Bernard - a child with a heart as radiant as light itself. The gentle smile she gives him makes him feel human for the first time. In her presence, the "Devil's child" begins to believe that perhaps he has met an Angel born to love him.
But when Lucille leaves the Opera House, Erik's fragile hope fades - for she takes his heart with her, leaving behind only the echo of love in the darkness.