This is my new fic. I am not abandoning What does the Phantom say, this has just been stuck in my head for awhile and I have to write it down or I will go crazy. So now on with the story. This will not be EOC

Note: I do not own Phantom of the Opera.

I had just gotten out the of volleyball practice. I walked out the door and saw a big mop of red hair bouncing towards me.

"Hey Kat. Ready to try out our new invention?" my friend Maria asked.

OK so before you get too confused. I'm Kat. I am slightly taller than Christine, with brown straight hair. I love volleyball, but not as much as I love Phantom of the Opera. The girl beside me is Maria, my bff. She too is a fan of Phantom of the Opera, but all she's seen is the movie. And maybe heard a little Michael Crawford. For weeks we have been constructing a time traveling watch so we can go back and meet Erik. Now for those of you right now who are laughing, what Phan doesn't want to meet Erik?

"Sure. Are you ready to go? I have everything we might need in my bag. Did you bring what you needed?"

Maria nodded and we walked around to the side of the building. She turned it on and set it to the time and location we needed to go. Then she pressed the button. In a swirl of light we were taken back to Phantom of the Opera. We landed up by the chandelier.

Maria looked around and got a weird look on her face. "This isn't the Opera Populaire!"

I just shook my head and laughed," Nope. I believe this is the Opera Garnier, the actual opera house in Paris." I looked around for a way to get down. Then I saw him. A man with olive toned skin walking about twenty feet in front of us. I motioned to Lilly to follow me and keep quiet. She gave me a weird look but nodded. We followed him quietly down to the stage, where he disappeared behind a backdrop. When it was clear I went to where he disappeared. I felt around on the wall, trying to find a switch. Finally I found the switch and I pressed it.

A door opened and revealed a secret passage."Got the flashlights, Maria?"

"Yep. Here's one for you and I have the other one. Come on." She pulled me into the tunnel and I had to restrain her from running any further.

"Maria slow down! This isn't the 2004 movie. He has more traps than just that water thing. I know a few of them, but we need to be careful. Keep your hand at the level of your eyes at all times. This isn't Gerard Butler were dealing with, it's the actual Erik."

Maria, slightly scared now, got behind me and kept her hand at the level of her eyes. We walked for awhile till we found the door to the second cellar, then the third cellar. We were searching for the door to the fourth cellar when Maria called me over.

"I think I found something Kat! Come here it's like a passage in the wall." I walked over to her and saw where she was standing. I looked and saw a set piece that was familiar. "Do you think it leads to his lair?"

I shuddered, "Yes, but trust me, we don't want to go that way. Now come on, this is where Joseph Bouquet died."

We walked around for awhile till we found the door to the fourth cellar and then the door to the fifth cellar. I decided to take the route that the Persian and Raoul took. It came to a dead end.

"Well, now what Kat? You're the expert."

"I'm just not sure where we go from here. We can't get across the lake, so unless there's a passage from here, which there probably is, we're stuck with no way to get to Erik's lair." I turned around to see if there was another way out, when a figure appeared in front of us.

"And why would you want to get to Erik's lair?" the voice inquired. It was definitely not the Persian. Most people would have been terrified, and I was just a tiny bit, but this was Erik! I was so excited I thought I would faint.

"You're the Phantom! I have been dreaming of this moment ever since I was little! I can't believe it's really you! I mean I never thought I'd be here! I can't believed you're actually..."

Then I fainted.

Hope you enjoyed that. This will not be Erik OC so don't worry all you EC supporters, I'm one of you. Please review! I just love getting reviews. They make my day.