Okay so here is another story about the Phantom of the Opera. I don't own Phantom of the Opera nor any of the characters. I only own the idea and some minor characters. Raoul fans shield your eyes cause this is Erik/Christine story. In this story Erik and Christine too are nobles, Raoul will be like always the Vicomte and his brother Philippe is the Count. So without further explanations, enjoy the story.

The Vicomte, Baroness and the Duke

Chapter 1

-1862-

"Papa, look!" shouted a girl not older than ten. She had a curly dark brown hair, chocolate brown eyes and pale skin. Her father smiled to his daughter's enthusiasm.

"Yes I see it Christine."

"Papa, how old is Philippe?"

"Today he turned 26-years old."

"Is he that old?" Christine asked amazed.

"He isn't that old but it's a shame that two of the most honorable men are bachelors." Her father said more to himself then her. Soon the carriage stopped and they both looked at the summer house of de Chagny. The building was absolutely astonishing. It was too large to be a summer house. So maybe it wasn't a summer house. When the door was opened they both stepped out and were greeted by Raoul de Chagny.

"Welcome Monsieur Daae and Miss Daae." Raoul said.

"Thank you Vicomte." Gustave said and bowed while Christine curtseyed.

"Let's drop the formalities little brother." said a cheerful voice behind Raoul.

"Happy birthday Philippe!" Christine said and hugged the man.

"Why thank you Miss Daae. I am honored that you came." Philippe said with overly polite voice and Christine giggled. Gustave smiled while Raoul rolled his eyes at his older brother's behavior. After a while of chatting they went inside.

"So what do you think of this place Gustave?" Philippe asked.

"This place is absolutely breathtaking. Who ever created this is a genius." Gustave said.

"Well to surprise you even more. This so called summer house was given to me as a birthday present. And soon I will move in here. So this is my home not a summer house like Raoul wanted." Philippe explained.

"This whole building is your present?" Christine asked in awe.

"Yes, from a very good friend of mine."

"Who, if I may ask?"

"You would be surprised but I promised not to tell."

"I understand." Gustave said. As the two men continued their conversation Christine decided to go explore the place. All though too bad that it took so long that she dumped into Carlotta. The red head turned around her dark eyes filled with anger but when she noticed Christine she decided to ignore the girl. 'How I hate her!' Christine thought. And obviously Carlotta didn't like her either. Soon she got enough from exploring so she went back to her father. When she saw her father talking to someone she immediately looked at the man whom she was talking to. And it was none other than Duke Erik Garnier.

"Papa." Christine said and hugged her father.

"Oh Christine, Erik may I introduce my daughter Christine Daae and Christine this is Duke Erik Garnier."

"I am honored Monsieur Garnier." Christine said and curtseyed.

"The pleasure is all mine." the man said with dark voice and excused himself. Christine just stared at the man as he walked further away from them. Christine had heard many rumors about the Duke and now she knew that they all were true because he was handsome and somehow strong and powerful.

"Christine." Gustave called for his daughter.

"Yes papa?" the young girl asked.

"What is so special about the Duke?"

"No-nothing, I'm going to look for Raoul." the girl said and went to look for the young Vicomte.

Erik on the other hand had a bad feeling. Oh god, how he wished that he was wrong about this feeling. And for some reason the Vicomte was part of it. He looked around the room and suddenly something caught his eyes. He walked to the window and saw someone lurking in the bushes. The stranger came from the east wing of the building and so Erik decided to go and investigate.

Just when he got to the hall the smell of fire invaded his nose. He needed to tell someone so that there wouldn't be any panic. And who was the best person than Philippe. He went quickly back to the ball room and found Philippe almost immediately.

"Philippe I need to talk to you now in private." Erik said and the Comte excused himself.

"What?" Philippe asked when they were alone.

"The east wing is on fire so I need you to get everyone out of here safely and without panic." Erik told and Philippe nodded. When the Comte went to tell the guests Gustave came to Erik.

"Erik have you seen my daughter?"

"No, why?"

"She went to look for Raoul and I can't find her anywhere."

"Go with the others and I'll go look for her."

"Thank you Erik." Gustave said and went to the others. Erik decided to start from the west wing but couldn't find her. 'She can't be?' Erik thought in a shock and started to run towards the east wing. Gladly the building was now empty except for him, Christine and maybe Raoul. But just when he got to the door which led to the east wing there was an explosion behind him. He quickly glanced behind him and there was a dark figure but then it disappeared. His right side of the face hurt but he needed to find Christine.

Gustave and the others looked in horror at the building which was now consumed by flames. "No, Christine!" Gustave shouted when they heard the explosion. "Erik will save her Gustave." Philippe said and shook the man's shoulders. 'He has to.' he thought. An hour passed and the flames were getting smaller but no one was coming out at least not from the front.

"Gustave come with me." Philippe said and started to walk towards the backyard. It took a little longer to get there because of the flames but soon they saw two figures laying in the ground few feet away from them. "CHRISTINE!" Gustave shouted and ran to his daughter. Gladly the girl was unharmed and breathing but the same could not say about Erik. He had many cuts and burns, but none of them looked so bad.

"Erik?" Philippe said before turning the man around. When he had turned Erik around he and Gustave gasped. They both expected that Erik would get injured but neither of them believed that it would be this bad. The left side of Erik's face was a little dirty but otherwise fine but the right side of his face wasn't. It was also surprising that his hair wasn't burned.

"Get Christine out of here and I will come with Erik." Philippe said. How thankful the Comte was that he had read about medical service. He took a closer look at Erik's face and noticed that the right side of his face was badly burned and there were cuts and pieces of glass and something else in his skin. Erik could never live a normal life again.

"Erik can you hear me? We are going to get some help." Philippe said when he noticed that the man was waking up.

"Wh-where is… Miss Daae?" Erik asked suddenly fully awake.

"She's safe." Philippe said.

"My face must look very good when you look it like that." Erik said his voice full of sarcasm.

"Let's get you to the doctor."

"She screamed…"

"What?"

"She wanted me to let her go and then she started to kick and hit so I…"

"I understand Erik but you still saved her." Philippe said and gave Erik a handkerchief to hide face. When they got to the front yard the medics were already there and surprisingly Raoul too was there. As Erik was helped to the carriage Philippe and Gustave glanced at each other knowingly. 'So this is how it begins, the battle between two men whom seek the love of future Baroness Daae.' Thought a figure in the distance looking at scene.

Okay so here was the first chapter. I hope that you who read this will review because it makes me happy. And sorry if it was short. XD