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A/N: Again I would really like to get on with the story so I will just thank all that reviewed. Now onto the next chapter titled…

Erik vs. Web Cam

Erik sulked as he entered the opera house, kicking off another random fangirl. He sighed and wandered about, mourning the loss of the beloved Sims game, which Nadir had so heartlessly destroyed. As he walked about the opera house he heard in one of the rooms the familiar sound of someone typing.

He stopped dead in his tracks, letting the sound taunt him and echo in his mind. He felt his eye start to twitch once again and then he stormed into the room to find Meg Giry happily chatting online with someone. But her computer seemed different; it had a peculiar object perched on top of the monitor. When she heard him enter she turned around in her chair and chirped, "Hey, Mr. Phanotm! Whatz up, lolz?"

Erik gave the girl an odd look. "May I ask what that is?" He asked her, pointing to the thing on her computer.

"A w3b cam." She replied and turned around to talk to her friend. 'C that dude in teh bg? thta's the Fantom.' Meg typed.

'Cool lolz.' Her friend simply replied.

"What does it do?" He questioned, moving closer to the computer, not bothering to decipher the strange words on the screen.

"Iit'l sh0w ur face 0n th3 scr33n." Meg explained. "Ot csn als0 tak pics." Meg scrunched up her nose. "-asterisk-it can" She corrected herself.

"I see…" Erik replied, thinking he got the gist of what she had just said.

Meg read the words that now appeared on her screen. 'Wtf! no way!' She typed.

Erik just blinked feeling quite confused and thinking it would probably be best for him to leave but Meg quickly grabbed his hand. "Ballet rats don't touch Erik!" He growled.

"W0a… chll ot dood." Meg said with wide eyes. "I jus thout itd bee c0ol too taek pics fo u."

"No." Erik refused immediately, trying to walk off again but the young ballerina had quite the grip for such a petite lady.

"Pwese…" Meg begged.

"If you make at least some effort to try and communicate normally then fine. But only one picture." Erik finally agreed, not having the previous knowledge of a site called Nexopia.

"Alright." Meg sighed, now straining herself to speak understandably as she released the Phantom's hand. She rose from her seat so Erik could take her place after she quickly told her friend she had to go and quit the conversation.

The girl quickly set up the web cam. Meg then went by Erik putting her arm around his shoulders and bending slightly so she would be in the picture as well. "Say cheese." She said cheerily but Erik remained annoyed and unhappily looking, not that you could tell much since he was of course still wearing his mask while Meg smiled prettily. Meg clicked the mouse and their faces stayed on screen.

Erik got up from the chair and Meg sat down, going immediately to Nexopia. Erik watched curiously with a frown. Meg quickly loaded the picture on and titled it 'Me and my bf.' "May I ask what a 'bf' is, mademoiselle?" Erik questioned.

"Er…" Meg started, thinking of how she could not die. "Boyfriend." Continued meekly.

"What!" Erik yelled outraged. Many new words had come into being between now and since the book about him had been written and this one he knew. "Why would you write such a ludicrous lie?"

"Well… erm…" Meg said and then turned to him. "What are you doing in my room anyway?" She demanded, jumping up from her seat and starting to push him out of the room. "Get out you pervert!" She shouted at him before slamming the door in his bewildered face.

"I haven't the slightest idea of what just happened but it'd be wonderful if I did not run into that Giry girl again." He said to himself and as soon as he finished speaking another Giry started yelling. Curious, Erik decided to go and see what Meg's mother was yelling about.