[The Phantom of the Opera] Boundary Bridge

In the snowstorm, Enid walked forward.

She could no longer feel any pain, and her soul was full of warmth, as if she was about to return to heaven.In my ear is the neighing of wind and snow, accompanied by deep and melodious singing, sent by the wind from a distant place.

She showed a peaceful smile.

The wind and snow seemed to be getting worse, and even though she was light and healthy, Enid felt that it was difficult to walk.The fluttering white snow covered her footprints and blurred her vision ahead.But she was at peace in her heart, so she didn't panic or avoid it.

Enid's footsteps suddenly stopped.

She asked: "It's you? Why are you here?" Facing the black figure that appeared in front of her at some unknown time.

"It is I," replied the witch, "and now I am here."

……

"I'd rather you be a phantom!"

On the stage of the opera house, Eric was feeling restless due to the sudden strong palpitations, when he heard Christine on the opposite side yell out these words with tears on his face.

The brown-haired girl took off his mask in the plot just now, and now she is looking at him incredulously, her eyes are full of sparkle.It was originally a scene that Eric had carefully planned to confess the courtship, but looking into Christine's angry eyes, he was unable to speak for some reason.Eyes wide open: "I..."

"How stupid am I? I'm still being deceived by you?" Christine didn't give him a chance. The kind and pure girl scolded angrily, with intense grief, "I actually thought you and him were really two people! Worried that you were captured by the phantom and threatened by him, even your weird behavior of disappearing every intermission, I have made enough excuses for you! But what about you? Eric, phantom, angel! You just play like this Is it human?"

She stared at his intact and handsome face, and burst into tears: "I would rather see an ugly and incomplete face! I would rather the person standing opposite me be the Phantom of the Opera than the Eli I know Ke is false, to deceive me. But you? What end did you give me? Oh, and Enid, you to her—”

"Christine, I love you!" Eric called out vehemently, as if calling to himself.He opened his arms, trying to fill every pore of his body with this turbulent emotion: "I love you, everything I do is for loving you!" Now this is the only explanation he can hold on to.

"Love?" Christine laughed instead, "Love? Do you know what love is? If you knew, why would you say such things to me?" She bit her lips tightly, "We have been deceiving from the beginning to the end... ..."

"But I have no way out, Christine! The boundary bridge has been burned!" Eric shouted, and at the same time there was a strong shock in his heart and soul. Love is never fake! The relationship between us, I have accompanied you for so many years, sang for you and taught you music, is this fake?"

Christine burst into tears: "You still don't understand..."

"But which one of you gave me a chance to understand?" Eric's eyes also rolled tears. He no longer knew why he was crying, and his heart was about to burst from pain. "Has fate given me? How can I understand?" ? I have no chance at all!"

"Fate didn't give you something, but someone is willing to give it to you, but..." Christine's words were interrupted by Raul.

"Enough!" The heroic Viscount turned over and jumped onto the stage from Box No. [-], drew out his sword, and pointed at the phantom, "How long are you going to pester her, you hateful ghost? If you really love her, She should be set free!"

"Freedom?" Eric wanted to laugh.Both Enid and Christine seemed to want to leave him because of this word—no, he couldn't think of that person's name at this time, otherwise he would be unbearable.He turned his head and roared at Viscount Shani:

"I have no freedom! I want to love—"

The exclamation almost toppled the dome of the opera house, Eric didn't talk nonsense anymore, he slammed the opportunity by his side, stepped forward and hugged Christine into his arms, and a hole suddenly opened in the center of the stage.

Then, the Phantom of the Opera and the red actress of the theater disappeared without a trace under the eyes of everyone.

Viscount Shani was terrified and jumped down too.

……

"Let me go! Let me go!" Eric grabbed Christine's hand, but only fear and pain remained in her heart. She struggled constantly, but was still dragged deep underground by the man, "You ghost! You Let me go!"

Eric had no pity for her at the moment.It wasn't so much that he was irritated by frustration, but rather that he was fighting the sudden pain all over his body, sweating profusely, confused, and couldn't listen to what Christine had to say.

There was only one paranoid and terrible thought in his vague, bleeding heart: the kiss of true love.

As long as he gets the kiss of true love, it will be over, and he will be free to do whatever he wants.Eric wondered how the night had been so painful and long that he couldn't bear it.Hold on, as long as you get the kiss of true love, it's the end.

His heart ached so badly that he bit his lips but remained silent, but Christine was struggling and crying so much that she turned around and yelled at her: "Shut up! Come with me!" Then he was very affectionate , "Kristen, I love you! I love you!" It was like crying blood.

Christine was utterly taken aback by his horrific and divided performance, and the brown-haired girl sobbed softly, not daring to say another word.

Eric's goal was finally achieved, and he successfully brought Christine back to his underground palace.

It is covered with pink and white roses, and countless candles rise from the water, shining like stars, and reflected by mirrors, like a palace.Christine was forced by Eric to change into her wedding dress, and he randomly stuffed a bunch of bouquets, and forced her to stand in the rose center.Then, she saw the man take a deep breath and kneel down in front of her on one knee:

"Will you love me?"

Strangely, Christine's beating heart suddenly regained its tranquility at this moment.

She lowered her head and looked at Eric who was trembling at her feet. There was only infinite sympathy and a touch of disappointment in her calm heart for a while.Mixed with the friendship with Eric born in those days before, it formed something calm and bitter.

Christine said, "No, I don't want to love you."

Eric looked up at her.That handsome and perfect face seemed to split open, becoming ugly and ferocious, but that was only for a moment.On his face, the anger of rejection intersected with the childlike innocence.

"Why? I don't believe it." Eric said softly, "You must love me, you don't know how much pain I have gone through for you, what I have given up for you. Over the years, I have been like you My father and brother love you and take care of you, and you are also attached to me and believe in me. Isn’t this love? Could all these loves be denied because of an ugly face, not to mention that I have become handsome now. "

He took a few steps on his knees, reached out and hugged Christine's legs tightly, but his face was pressed against her knees, his eyes were full of pain and longing, as if he was asking for his former self: "Why? Why can't you still love me?"

Christine trembled.

"I want to apologize to you," she said, with a trembling sigh on her lips, "I'm sorry, Master. At that time, I was too weak and timid, easily scared off by your face, and later because of your Love retreated three feet from you and didn't have a chance to explain. I shouldn't be shaken by your face, and now I won't be shaken anymore, but that——is not love."

"The person I love is the Viscount Shani, and now I am sure that he is my happiness... Teacher, we did have happy times and a close past, and the friendship formed at that time should not be Change. But do you think that face is the root of our differences? No, I'm not. I'm a coward, but if I really loved you, I'd take courage for it. To love, And how can there be no difference to the perfect 'idol' in my mind? What's more, are those cruel murders just my misunderstanding? We were not together in the first place."

She looked at him: "This face is handsome, but to me, you are the same person. I was very angry before, and I was confused by a false identity. But when I think about it carefully, this is not proof The little I knew of you before, I was so self-righteous. I should have recognized you, I should have known you, but I—oh, what did I do? You smacked me across the face Slap, I know you again from my relationship with Eric... Eric, this is your real name, right?"

"You may be the Phantom, you may be Eric, but to me, you are my sincere friend and the mentor I still cherish after I shattered my idol. But these are not love. My feelings for you come from my childhood The consolation and persuasion of the times day and night, the meticulous companionship from Girls’ Generation, the attraction of ghostly music after the emergence of talent... Eric, I admit that I have deep feelings for you! I am even willing to use my Everything to prove it! But... I don't love you!"

"I don't have the love you want here, and I don't know what you have gone through to abandon her... Abandon Enid and come to me to ask for love. Eric! I thought, those times The way you look into her eyes, your tacit understanding, you already understand. But..." She couldn't continue, as if feeling ashamed, "Oh, how did we become the mess we are today!"

Eric looked at her without speaking.

His heart was very strange, as if it had experienced [-] ruptures and reorganizations in a short period of time, it was painful and hard.He was in a trance, watching the lips of the brown-haired girl in front of him opening and closing, almost doubting his former self for a moment: Did I really love her deeply?Does this love really exist?

"It did exist, between the two of you, but it wasn't love." Viscount Shani had arrived here at some point, with a sword in his hand, he smiled gently at Christine, who was showing surprise, with a rare tone Peace——Eric realized that he had spoken out his inner murmur: "Eric, that's not love."

He called him as if calling a friend.

"Love is more harsh and tolerant than any emotion in the world. Maybe you have had a deep affection, but your nature in the dark world is doomed that Christine will not fall in love with you. She is not so strong, powerful, but too much. Kindness, tenderness. It's not a simple question of 'I bring back the light for you' or 'You endure the darkness for me', incompatible love is bound to wane, let alone when you're still her harmless mentor, She never loved you. And the presence of the composer Eric did not shake Christine's affection."

Raul turned his head and smiled at Christine.

"She does love you very much and cares about you, but this is not the reason why you force her to fall in love with you. What's more, when you bonded with another lady, the new relationship has already worn out the old one. destroyed."

Eric stood there in a daze, as if his soul had been sucked out, only his lips were speaking mechanically:

"But...only Christine...True Love's Kiss."

"The kiss of true love?" Christine was puzzled, but she was as clever as she quickly had a guess, "Me? So, when you were Eric, you really couldn't sing because you mortgaged your singing voice in exchange for your appearance? That would indeed explain the miracle of restoration...how could you make such a sacrifice for me? But, Eric, there are too many misunderstandings between us."

"I don't want you to do this for me. If you really love me and understand me, you would never do such a thing. I shouldn't provoke you... Eric, you are my mentor, my father and brother , I love you more than I love all the people you have hurt! But even so-this is a problem between us, I am not collecting debts from you for them, I just can't love you, it has nothing to do with anything else, Is not it?"

She speculated in a low voice: "Is it necessary for a kiss of true love to break the spell and help you recover?" Eric should have used some kind of secret method to temporarily restore his singing on the stage.

In fact, her guess is not far from the truth.

Eric nodded silently.His head was lowered, and no one could see what was going on in his mind.

"Oh..." Pity for him rose in Christine's heart. Although there were still many unsolved mysteries, it was clear that the most important part was already in front of them.But even so, she had to say sorry to Eric.

"I can give it to you, Eric." She looked at him with a compassionate and holy expression, so like the beautiful Virgin Mary at that moment, like the person he hid deep in his heart, "I can kiss you, but I believe that won't work, there is no love between us."

Eric turned his head, and Raul was looking at his girlfriend with encouraging eyes.He was indeed a man of rare integrity and tolerance.

"If you don't believe me, we can try it, I believe Raul won't mind..." Christine said, she slowly raised her skirt and walked towards Eric, her expression changed from timid to firm, so beautiful and moving .

Her warm breath was so close to him, and the moment Christine's lips were about to touch his, Eric rejected her:

"No, no," he said.

But Christine didn't stop her movements—the brown-haired girl grabbed the arm of the former mentor, stood on tiptoe, and slightly turned her head to kiss his originally mutilated half of the cheek.This is a kiss between friends and relatives, warm and safe.Eric's eyes became sour for some reason, as if he lost it and regained it, but also seemed to be lost.

He pushed her away, gazed silently into those beautiful brown eyes, and then finally lowered his head, as a mentor and father and brother, and gave her a blessing kiss—a forehead kiss.

"Happy you are," he said to her, feeling something burst and crumble inside him. "Christine, I wish you happiness. Good-bye. I will always love you as you love me. "

Christine nodded with tears in her eyes, as if she had a premonition of something.

She saw the figure of the man leap onto the boat, his arms slid vigorously, and then disappeared quickly.Tears flowed down her cheeks one by one.Christine couldn't help covering her lips, and cried softly.

After she cried, she realized that there was another figure in front of her. The blond young man knelt on one knee, and in the sea of ​​rose candles prepared by Eric, took Christine's hand and kissed it devoutly. A beautiful ring box.

"Although the timing doesn't seem right," he said with a smile, "but Christine, can you marry me? Thanks to Eric for everything, it's ours now."

Christine opened her eyes wide in surprise, said "yes" incoherently and nodded, and let the viscount put the ring on her.

The lovers hugged and kissed among the flickering candles in the underground palace, and their laughter spilled over the light and shadow of the lake...

……

It was early morning when Eric returned to the villa.The night is still dark, the morning star is shining in the sky, the snow has stopped at some time, and the ground is white and quiet.

He stood at the door in bewilderment for a moment, sighed, pushed the door open and went in.Sure enough, she was nowhere to be seen.The sudden palpitations he received on stage were real, and she had indeed left Paris overnight.

Eric's expression became depressed and sad, and then he didn't know what to think of, and gradually became firm.He wrapped his cloak tightly, packed some food and water, and walked out of the villa again in the dark.

The steed neighed, and not far away, an old woman in a black robe stood in the light of the sun.

"Witch?" Eric was stunned for the first time and then calmed down. "What are you doing here? I have nothing to exchange with you." He accepted the fact that he didn't like it, and then went to look for the really important things.Even if he actually prefers to return to his original self, if Enid is waiting in the distance, it doesn't matter so much.

She will cling to his soul and save his love.Although he doesn't know whether he can find her and get her forgiveness, as long as he thinks that she is on the road far away, everything is enough.

A smile appeared on the witch's mouth: "But I was entrusted by someone to give you something."

"What?" Eric was very surprised.

……

"So, I don't have to die?" Enid was very surprised.

She remembered the warmth that almost flowed through her soul just now, and she lost her voice for a moment: "Could it be that... I thought it was an illusion before dying." She lowered her eyelashes, "So it is."

"Of course you don't have to die." The witch gave her a strange look, as if wondering how she could say such a thing. "I've never seen many people like you, including Ariel." She said : "Why don't you seem happy?"

"No." Enid replied. She recalled that the pain gradually disappeared and her body became lighter. She was shocked to find that she was indeed in good health at this moment, as if she had returned to the time when she was not punished.At that time, she thought that she was dying, so the pain gradually disappeared. It turned out that... "I just don't quite understand why." She said to the witch.

"I don't quite understand?" The witch snorted, "Didn't you already understand?"

She smiled softly, and her expression became calm: "Your 'shackle of oath' has been untied."

Although she had already guessed it, Enid was still incredulous when she actually heard it from the witch.What surprised her even more was the witch's attitude, as if she looked at her with nostalgia.

The witch said: "For so many years...you are the second one I have seen. The first? Of course it was Ariel. I still remember how gentle and pure she was when I lived in the sea. Later, she used her Love overcame the backlash of the curse, and instead possessed an immortal soul. Her singing voice also existed with me for many years, until I met you."

"Just when you decided to leave here, and endured all kinds of pain and walked out of the courtyard in the wind and snow, your 'shackle of oath' was shattered. From then on, it will no longer be your hindrance, and you can do what you want Whatever you do, go wherever you want." She said softly, "Just like Ariel."

"She conquered the curse with love, and you conquered it with your radiant and immortal soul. Enid, you have truly free."

Enid made a slip of the tongue for a moment, but she didn't expect a turning point. She thought she was going to die but came to such an ending.But after thinking about it, it seemed reasonable. When she left the villa, she had indeed let go of all the ties in the world and decided to go far away.

That doesn't mean her love for Eric is gone.She still loved him, but that love was no longer a pain or a hindrance to her.

The witch spoke to her casually and calmly, as if she was treating a friend:

"So, where are you going next?" she asked, "I still find it a bit unbelievable that I witnessed the second person who broke the shackles—you know, it's hard, people often struggle with their own desires In the midst of it, even a person who is as determined as you to move forward will have obstacles and entanglements in his heart."

She teased: "For example, your Mr. Phantom, he has done much worse than you. In fact, I often suspect that he has a violent illness. Unfortunately, there is nothing here that can cure him."

Enid also laughed: "Oh, come on. He still has hope, but he just needs some help." She pondered for a moment, "As for me? Of course I'm going far away, you know, my goal It will never change. That's what I thought before, and I won't change my mind after I'm saved."

The witch smiled approvingly.

"It's just." She saw the blonde girl in front of her looking apologetically, and she suddenly had a bad feeling, "Can you please deliver something to Eric for me?" The girl said softly: "This is the last thing I want to do for you What he did."

"He has hope, he just needs someone to help him." Enid said with certainty.

The witch rolled her eyes and reluctantly agreed.

……

"So, this is how I met Enid." The witch finished.

She gave Eric another critical look, but she couldn't figure out why pure and kind girls like Ariel and Enid were so blinded by strange creatures.That prince just has an IQ problem and can't figure out the savior, Eric is so ugly!And cranky!

But the witch was a good witch after all, and she decided to do her duty.

"Enid said, if you plan to go to find her, then let me give you the gift she left behind." The witch said, with a meaningful smile on her lips, "As for the gift she gave you... "

Eric was so nervous that his palms were sweating.

"It's a choice." The witch announced the answer, a little bored, but also a little excited to watch a good show, "A very, very precious opportunity to choose, she gave you."

"You can choose between 'restore face' and 'recover singing voice' again without paying any price." The witch seemed in a good mood, because she got back what she was reluctant to part with, and she could hug Ying The blue liquid bottle fell asleep, "Come on, tell me, what is your choice? Don't be greedy and try to have the best of both worlds."

"But—" Eric was stunned, the things he had been expecting all along were placed in front of his eyes, and he felt unreal instead.Suddenly remembered something, his face suddenly turned pale: "What did Enid do for this?"

He nervously grabbed the witch's wide black sleeve: "What did Enid pay for this? Since I don't need to pay the price, she must have borne it for me, right? Don't you want an absolutely fair exchange?"

The witch laughed "Jie Jie", and waited until Eric couldn't bear it anymore, then she said slowly:

"Don't worry, that's nothing to her now."

"What the hell is that?" Eric asked worriedly.

"Yes—singing." The witch announced the answer.

"Singing?" Eric was stunned.

"Yes." The witch seemed finally satisfied, and she began to answer the question patiently, "It's the singing voice. Enid gave me back the singing voice she got from the mermaid princess, and gave you a chance to choose again. That is Said that she will not be able to sing that beautiful singing voice of the sea in the future - of course, because I really like her, I kept the physique that the mermaid singing improved for her. If you are lucky enough to see her in the future She, perhaps, could hear her own singing, and that would be very touching, too."

"But...but..." Eric was dumbfounded.

"Why?" The witch became angry, "If she can't sing, isn't she Enid?" She emphasized her tone, "Tell me, if she can't sing, she isn't the Enid you know ?”

What's more, due to the improvement of her physique, she has now got rid of the disease of her girlhood and can sing freely.All that was lost was the voice of the Little Mermaid, and if Eric still felt dissatisfied with it, the witch would really want to hit someone.

"No... just a little accident." Eric didn't dare to get angry, his expression gradually became serious, "If that's the case, then—then me."

He took a deep breath: "I choose singing."

The witch clapped her hands and laughed.

Suddenly, he felt coolness on his neck.Eric stretched out his hand and touched the black ribbon in surprise, which he couldn't find after several days and nights.His hands were trembling with great joy and relief, Eric untied the black ribbon decisively, without any hesitation.

"Good job," said the witch.

She stretched out her old wrinkled hand like bark, and the black ribbon suddenly turned into dots of light and flew towards her, before disappearing quickly.

"Then, the rest is your own business." The witch said meaningfully.Her figure began to fade.

"One last friendly reminder—" There seemed to be a happy smile on her old face, "Enid's curse of 'no turning back' has been lifted, that is to say, she can go anywhere in the world in theory!"

"So it's not easy for you to find her." The witch gloated, "Come on, Phantom of the Opera, I still prefer this name. Goodbye, I don't want to see you again in this life."

Eric was slightly depressed because of what the witch mentioned, and the difficulty of finding Enid suddenly increased by more than ten times.But when he heard the back, he couldn't help smiling again, and replied: "Me too."

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at the disappearing witch and got on his horse.

The morning sun has appeared in the eastern sky, and the morning light is brilliant.Eric rode his horse and galloped, his figure was vigorous and young.He sang loudly, resounding and suppressing Xingyun.The ugly half of his face was exposed to the sunlight, but there was a big smile around his mouth.

Once, singing was a bridge to freedom for Enid, but now she no longer needs it.

In the past, appearance was the bridge to recognize the true heart for Eric, but now he knows where to look for it.

Eric whipped his horse and galloped out of Paris, with the sun shining behind him.

find her!No matter how long, no matter how far!He will find her!They will be together, wandering, in love.They will be together forever and ever, looking for music and places far away!

He will find her, and it will be his love and faith for the rest of his life.No matter how long, no matter how far.Love is hidden in their hearts, it is hidden under their feet, and it is waiting on the road far away.

The ugly man laughed loudly, whipped his horse, and galloped all the way into the distance...

The author has something to say: I also like *OE, which represents infinite hope.Written better than expected.

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