Daughter to a widowed French Aristocrat, and without her mother's support for her love of music, Marielle is stranded on her own island without anywhere to go. And when the final straw breaks her father's back, she is threatened to be sent to an institute meant to form the perfect French ladies. Marielle has a different idea though, and it doesn't have to do with learning how to hold your tea. And while she pursues her dreams of being a violinist and a composer at the Opera Populair, she catches a certain someone's eyes from the shadows. What follows nobody knows. //Another Phantom of the Opera fanfic starring an OC of mine! This is a romance, and it is the Erik/OC pairing. I will be taking this one a bit slower at first, but then I'll jump right into it. :) enjoy!