You follow the young man as he leads you towards the stage. You are filled
with horror as you see that the once empty Opera House is now filled to
capacity. All those in attendance are dressed strangely. Then it hits you-
these are nineteenth-century evening apparel. Your twentieth-century casual
clothes and Tatiana's odd garments draw stares from the crowd, which all
have that unusual sickly color of skin. Bewildered, you sit where the young
man directs, between Tatiana and Michael. You glance at the fairy. Her
skin is as white as snow, and her light even whiter; it hurts your eyes
to look at her. You now realize that her skin color changes with her moods
and right now she's terrified. Glancing at Michael, you see that he's extremely
pale. So are you for that matter.
Turning your attention to
the stage you gaze is immediately drawn to a young girl of no more than
eighteen dressed in masculine attire.
A much older woman, much larger
woman, is playing Margerite.
The soprano sang her only
lines in Act 2 and is rewarded by thunderous applause. You do not clap
and are given dirty looks from those sitting next to you.
The act ends and when the
next one begins you are ill at ease. Unable to get pass the feeling that
something terrible is about to happen. The next act opens and goes on presumably
as planned.
The beautiful young girl sings,
"And assure her that my love is strong and pure. Tell my hopes and fears..."
The bouquet she is holding
begins to tremble as she looks up at something you cannot see. Her voice
falters, loosing it's beauty and clarity as though she were afraid of something.
The play proceeds and you hear Tatiana in a mournful voice whisper, "Why
are you doing this to yourself, Erik?"
At the same time Michael whispers
in an awe-filled voice, "Christine..."
Suddenly it hits you. The
girl on stage is Christine Daae. But how? How is that possible? You rack
your brain trying to think back on events that happened during Faust in
Gaston Leroux's book. Only two come to mind: Christine's abduction and
Carlotta's great croak.
Which is it?
If you think that Christine
is in danger of being kidnapped, take a chance at changing history and
go to #9.
If you think Carlotta is about
to croak, get out there now by running to #10.