One event changed everything in Christine Daae's life. Erik Destlar fell in love with her and decided to take her to live with him. Will she ever love him back? Modern day, E/C... COMPLETED ___________________________________________________________ I do NOT claim the original work of Gaston Leroux "The Phantom of the Opera." I also do NOT condone things discussed, written, or otherwise made known through my work such as stalking, kidnapping, marrying kidnappers/stalkers, or the like. My only wish is to make Leroux's book accessible to modern readers with a few plot twists here and there. I can only hope I have done his acclaimed work justice with my retelling.

Christine Daae is a college student dealing with many distractions... On top of majoring in vocal performance, she is having to deal with friends, her family, temptations, a persistent boy named Raoul, her angel, an Internet companion, and a masked man. Can she handle the pressure? Erik Destler is the reclusive 'ghost' of Ballad Conservatory... When he sees Christine for the first time during a vocal audition, he feels he must be a part of her life. Eventually, he takes on three different titles. He is her angel, Erik. He is also her online friend, Phantom. And he is Derik, a friend she meets with at the park. But, no one ever said taking on three different identities would be easy... Can Christine uncover the mystery? Can she handle the feelings that come with her discoveries? Modern day, E/C

The great fire, it cost Erik everything he ever knew. His house, his only love... everything. He roamed the streets for almost four years, staying hidden in the shadows he made himself familiar with only to find his way back to the abandon and burnt opera house. He stayed there and the first few months were nothing but peace, silence and his inner demons ripping him apart. He had no power for life anymore, no muse to write songs and compose miracles. He simply spent his days looking at the cave walls, not able to think, to see, to feel. All that changed when his ear perked the sound of a child's laughter, informing him of people entering his house but he had no power to kick them out. He saw no reason too. The Phantom was dead after all. He assumed they were the new owners, a word he heard a few times during the past 2 weeks. He mentally scoffed, wondering what they would do with the destroyed opera. Open it again? Fix it? He could care less. All he wanted was his solitude. #1 in phantomoftheopera (10/3/21)

This is my first story writing on my phone so you'll have to excuse my spelling errors. This is a Phantom of the Opera x oc. There was young girl who was studying to ballet who went to a traveling fair. Her group was guided to a tent that had "The Devil's Child" in a cage. The worker took the bag off the poor boy's face to show the his face was deformed. The boy being around the young girl's age. The worker began to beat the boy as everyone laughed and had fun. Everyone but the young girl. Once the show was over, everyone started to leave, including the young girl. But she stopped to look back at the boy only to see him strangling the worker from behind with a rope. She hurried over and help the boy out of the cage as an angry mob started, calling the boy "murderer". The young girl hurried out with the mob following. She went over to the Opera House and opened a secret entrance for the boy to enter before running to the doors and went in. She made her way below the Opera House and found the boy where she left him and grabbed his hand, dragging him further and hiding him from the cruel world. This young girl was me. Roxanne Daae. Older sister to Christine Daae. And this is the story of how I fell in love with the Phantom of the Opera.

*OLD STORY* As a writer, Emma knows better than anyone that characters exist to suffer. Her motto has always been "Help the plot, hurt the characters." That changes when, after being knocked unconscious in a dreadful car accident, she wakes up in a world that's not her own; a world where all her dreams come true. Unfortunately, not all dreams are good ones. And the opera ghost? Well, that wasn't exactly one of her best dreams. Now that the characters are as real to her as she is, is she still willing to advance the plot at their expense? Does she even have the power to make that decision? The song says she'll live as she's never lived before; surely that's true, but is it a good thing? That's up to her. Tied for 1st place in the Erik x OC section of @BrendaDaaeDestler's Phantom's Rose Awards

The choices have been made. Erik let Christine and Raoul go. A falling chandelier caused a fire. The Opera Garnier went up in flames. Christine and Raoul try to get out of the opera as quickly as possible. Due to one impulsive decision, the engaged couple were separated by fire. With that, Christine was stuck in the burning opera house. Erik, suspecting that his beloved was left at the opera, does not hesitate and returns to find and save her. Because of one decision, their fates became entangled again. Will Erik fight to win Christine's heart? Can Christine forgive her Angel of Music years of lies and manipulation? And, will her love for Raoul survive?

Before the opera house, there was a sad manor, a cruel mother, and a friendly little girl. Fate and circumstance tore her away from him, and now, they will bring her back. Has time changed him too much, or will she remind him of who he was before the Phantom? ~I do not own, nor do I claim to own or be affiliated with The Phantom of the Opera. I own my original characters, and that is all.~ * ranked #1 in #phantomoftheopera 6/14/2021 * * ranked #1 in #daae 6/14/2021 * *ranked #1 in #christine 7/5/2021* *ranked #1 in #erik 7/22/2021* *ranked #1 in #poto 8/19/2021*

"I will marry you." Erik Desslar's ominous words spoken to 16 year-old Christine Daae were frightening enough without it actually happening. Will being his captive angel turn into something more or will her life fall? -Modern Day

Erik Destler has lived alone for a long time, without family or friends...until now. After over two years of watching from a distance, he finally decides to 'save' his only love- Christine Daae. However, in order to save her he feels he must kidnap her. 17-year-old Christine Daae has basically been alone since her mother died. Her father rarely comes home at night and she doesn't associate with the friends she once had. Lonely and depressed, she treads through life hopelessly. Her loneliness is about to come to an end, though... The problem is, it's against her will. To be kidnapped and to have her freedom stolen isn't what Christine wants. But, can she really hate this masked man who has shown her nothing but kindness? And what will she do when she discovers Erik's true feelings for her? Can she forgive him? Can she love him, as he loves her?

{TRIGGER WARNINGS WILL BE AT THE TOP OF CHAPTERS WHERE IT APPLIES} Erik X OC Moving to Paris can erase the past, right? That is what Flint Hatcherfield is hoping to happen. If buying an opera house and moving away from your home of London is a good way to get over a horrible breakup then Flint is doing the right thing! It's just an abandoned opera house, how bad can it be? But when your plans to rot there as a forgotten ghost is interrupted by some bubbly Londoner, you aren't the most sociable. Erik's angel Christine Daae is gone forever, and now he plans to slowly die alone. He has to get Flint away somehow, and he knows what he has to do. {With betrayal, plot twists, drama, new beginnings, and hope that can either be cherished or shattered?..} Will this Opera House get new life, and will these broken men get one along with it? Because if I can fix an Opera House, then I can fix you.