The Hunchback Of The Opera (The Phantom Of The Opera) (Disney Style!). Chapter 2: Angel Of Music & The Mirror (Remake).
Key:
Italics = thoughts, dreams, and Quasimodo speaking when he is not seen, but heard.
After Ariel was done with her performance, she went to the chapel to light a candle for her parents.
"Mother. Father. If only you were here,"
Then, Quasimodo's voice called out to Ariel.
"Well done, Ariel, my Angel Of Music."
Ariel stood up, and looked around the room to see where Quasimodo was, but he wasn't there. She could hear his voice, but she couldn't see him.
"Master? Is that you?" she asked.
"Yes. You haven't forgotten me, have you?" Quasimodo questioned.
"No. How could I? You've known me ever since I was a child. I could never forget you. Master, when will I see you again?" Ariel wondered.
"When you're done praying for your parents, I want you to meet me in your dressing room. I will be inside your mirror if you need me. Farewell, Ariel," Quasimodo spoke as his voice began to fade, leaving Ariel alone and she sat down on the floor.
"Ariel?" another voice called Ariel's name.
Ariel turned around, and there was Cinderella walking towards her.
"Cinderella," Ariel replied as Cinderella sat down next to her.
"Ariel, where have you been? I've been looking all over for you. You were outstanding tonight. In fact, there's one thing I wanted to ask you. Who is this new tutor that's teaching you to sing like that?" Cinderella inquired.
"Father used to tell me stories of an Angel Of Music. I always dreamt that he'd appear. Before my father died, he said that the Angel Of Music would protect me. After my father died when I was only five, the Angel Of Music has been with me ever since. Even now, I can hear this unseen musical genius calling my name," Ariel explained.
"Ariel, what if the Angel Of Music is the spirit of your father? I almost don't think he exists," Cinderella uttered.
"He does exist, Cinderella. You just can't see him. Only I can," Ariel said.
"So in other words, he's an imaginary friend?" Cinderella quizzed.
"In a way, yes," Ariel responded.
"Ariel, stories like this can't come true. While I want to believe you and your stories about this Angel Of Music that you speak of, I can't," Cinderella told Ariel.
"Although you say you don't believe me, he is real. I can feel him when I'm singing onstage. It kind of scares me, Cinderella," Ariel trembled.
"Don't be scared, Ariel," Cinderella reassured Ariel.
"Cinderella," came the voice of Lady Tremaine who appeared in the chapel and saw Cinderella and Ariel together.
The two girls stood up and looked up at her.
"Yes, Mother?" Cinderella answered Lady Tremaine's call.
"If I recall correctly, you're supposed to be practicing your dance moves with the ballerinas, are you not?" Lady Tremaine asked in a stern tone of voice.
"Yes, Mother," Cinderella said as she left Ariel alone in the chapel with Lady Tremaine and went back to go and dance with the ballerinas while Lady Tremaine brought Ariel to her dressing room.
After Lady Tremaine brought Ariel to her dressing room, Ariel asked:
"Well? How did I do, Lady Tremaine?
Lady Tremaine smiled at Ariel and said:
"You did very well, Ariel."
Ariel looked at a red rose with a black ribbon on it.
"What's that?" Ariel wondered.
"Why, it's from your Angel Of Music, of course," Lady Tremaine replied as she gave Ariel the red rose. "He is very pleased with you."
While Lady Tremaine left Ariel alone in her dressing room, Ariel stared at the red rose, and realized it was from Quasimodo.
As Eric was about to go to Ariel's dressing room to see her, Phoebus and Frollo appeared behind him. Eric was holding a bouquet of flowers to give to Ariel.
"Ah, Prince Eric. I think Princess Ariel did a great job on her performance, don't you think?" Phoebus acknowledged.
"Yes," Eric answered with a smile.
"Would you mind if we introduced you to her, Prince Eric?" Frollo asked.
"Gentlemen, if you wouldn't mind. This is one visit I should prefer to make unaccompanied," Eric stated as he went inside of Ariel's dressing room.
"It seems they met before," Frollo realized.
"Yes," Phoebus agreed.
Meanwhile, with Eric and Ariel...
Ariel was sitting down in front of her mirror when she heard the door open.
"The Mer in me, it's easy to see," Eric spoke as Ariel turned around to face him. "Long, golden tresses, a heart set free in the Sea. Enamored with shells, hues of aqua and Sea spells."
Ariel started to follow along with Eric's poem, which was a poem about mermaids that they knew in their childhood.
"I long for a land I hope has not been lost in the Sea, a realm where dimly lit palaces twinkle in the fathoms below, where all things Mer are safe and secure and Merfolk dwell alive and well."
Ariel and Eric recited the rest of the poem together.
"An Oceanic Heaven where the Majestic MerKing and MerQueen shed their Love and Grace upon the Magical Oceans of the deep unseen."
"Oh, Eric," Ariel voiced as she gave Eric a big hug. "It's so good to see you. I thought you wouldn't recognize me." Ariel stopped hugging Eric.
"Recognize you? How could I forget the girl who sang like a mermaid that would lure a sailor to her? Your voice is like the sound of an angel," Eric complimented Ariel.
"Before my father died, his last words to me were, "Ariel. When I'm in Heaven with your mother, I will bring you the Angel Of Music." Well, now that both my parents are gone, I have been visited by the Angel Of Music, Eric," Ariel said.
"Of course you have. Now come on. Let's go to dinner," Eric responded as he was about to leave Ariel's room until she told him:
"No, Eric."
Eric turned around to look at Ariel.
"The Angel Of Music is very strict."
"Don't worry, Ariel. We won't be out too late. I mean, come on. Am I not allowed to spend time with my childhood sweetheart? Get dressed. I'll be back in two minutes with my carriage, Little Mermaid. Wait for me," Eric said. Before he left, he heard Ariel get out of her chair, and cry out:
"Eric! Wait!"
It was too late because Eric closed the door before Ariel could explain herself.
Ariel sat down back in her chair.
"Eric. Things have changed. They're not the same as they were before," Ariel spoke aloud.
"Ariel," the voice of Quasimodo called her name as she got startled.
"Master? Is that you?" Ariel asked.
"Yes. I told you I would meet you in your dressing room. Look at yourself in the mirror. I am there inside, waiting for you to come to me," Quasimodo said as he appeared behind her mirror, and there he was standing in front of her.
Suddenly, someone was trying to open the door to Ariel's dressing room, but it was locked. It was Eric who was trying to open the door.
"Ariel! Let me in! Ariel!" Eric cried, but Ariel was too distracted by Quasimodo's voice calling out to her. It seemed like Quasimodo put Ariel under a spell.
"Come to me, Ariel, my Angel Of Music," Quasimodo beckoned Ariel as she mysteriously went through her mirror and followed him into his lair.
(Note: The poem that Ariel and Eric are reciting is a poem about mermaids, which is something I found online. I know that Christine and Raoul recited "Little Lotte," but in this story, instead of Eric calling Ariel "Little Lotte," he calls her "Little Mermaid," even though she's technically not a mermaid in this fanfic. In real life, Ariel is known as "The Little Mermaid." However, the part where Eric is talking about how Ariel "sang like a mermaid that would lure a sailor to her," is actually a myth about mermaids who would lure sailors to the sea with their singing and eventually would drown them. I'm not sure if that's true, but correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed Chapter 2, and look forward to Chapter 3. ^_^)