Evangeline looked about the opera house, "Ah! There you are, Richard!" the managers looked at the red head disguised as a boy. "Y- yes, I'm sorry for being so late!" she bowed, Eva took a job here just after her parents' house burnt to the ground. Her father had been stuck under a bookcase and died, while her mother had lived on to be bitter. Eva was only nineteen, and found a terrific job as a stage hand, while her mother sought to be a harlot. "I came for the job and room, I will try my best to be of service to you," the managers just smiled as they begun show Eva around. "Now, Richard, this is our dance instructor, Madame Giry, and her daughter Meg," Eva bowed and they shuffled her on, "this is our stars, Carlotta and her husband Piangi and Christine with her husband Raoul DeChaungy". Eva bowed as she met the rest of the people and started on her job, she checked the ropes to the drops, and organized the storage. While she checked the costumes, she saw him, the black clad figure in the darkness. "Hello sir?" the shadowed man's head snapped in her direction, "Richard! We need you to check the rafters," Mr. Firmin said, Eva turned her head slowly, as if the man was an actual shadow and it would disappear.

"Yes, right away!" Eva turned back and found...nothing. As she thought, she turned away and left, unnoticed to the eyes watching her. The day went on and nothing was said of the phantom from the new recruit. Night time came and Eva was finally alone, she sat on the edge of the stage, letting her hair spill like fire down her back as she took off her hat. "Finally, all to myself," the girl smiled and stood up, the music played in her head as she danced around the stage. The phanntom watched her dancing, "Masquerade, paper faces on parade! Masquerade, hide your face so the world will never find you..." Eva sang sadly. Erik heard the melody, it seemed to sound like a sad song, with her voice it seemed to fit. Suddenly, she stopped her hazel-gold eyes searching the place, she quickly pinned her hair up and put on her hat. "Ah, Richard," Joseph came in, looking at her oddly, "go to your quarters, jobs are done for today," Eva nodded and brushed past Bouquet. As she left, she heard the warning about the phantom, "becareful not to be by yourself because the phantom might snatch you away". What crap. Erik followed the girl to her room and through a secret passage that lead to a vent where he could see her. Throwing off her boots, and ripping off her men's shirt to reveal a wrap to hide her womanly features. Eva touched her scars on her back, and where the fire was merciless. The phantom, had hid and saw them as well, but looked away when she turned.

The next day was as tiring as the first, Eva wasn't changed about it, but what needed to change was the coffee! God, it tasted awful! As they headed to their first job of the morning, Eva saw the dancers, how she wished to dance again. She was only disguised as a boy to get away from her mother, seeing as how she had...friends who did horrible things for little pay. Rachel wasn't her real mother, not now, only when her father was alive, but the death of someone can break a person to the point where they aren't the same. "This phantom will ruin us! Fire Christine and Carlotta?! He must be losing his marbles!" the Vicount yelled as the two managers followed like lost children. "Don't worry 'bout them Richard! Come on, lets finish the instrument clean up!" Eva nodded her head lightly, as they finished, 'Richard' went on to the next job. At the end of the day, she went to the chapel and found a crying Christine. "Are you alright, miss?" Christine looked up, "oh, Richard! I know we barely know each other but I've seen something horrid!" She hugged Eva. "What have you seen, ma'am?" Christine looked up, " a face of a man that was so deformed, it was hardly a face". Eva pushed the woman away from her, "only his face? you cannot be serious!" she made a disgusted face, "if it was his face that is the problem, then he should be in tears, not everyone is normal. I know your married, but just because he's born differently doesn't change who he is inside! It also doesn't change that he's a human being!" Eva yelled at the woman. She scurried off to find her husband, Eva took off her hat and took out her hair pin.

That's when she heard it, the sound of an organ, so hauntingly sweet...

Hey! how's everyone doing? I wanted to try this one, as well as doing a continuation of the other story, I will be writing more!

And with that, Enjoy!