The Phantom of the Chaos Opera

Moonlight sighed, she was going to have to tell Ink Illustration that she couldn't go with him. She was feeling a little tired and besides something was making her feel like something was going to happen. She slowly changed into a very simple but elegant dress. Then she noticed some of the candles began to go out. All around the Opera House the lights dimmed, and the candles were put out. Everything began to get very dark. When Moonlight was finished she went to leave but the door was locked. Then she heard a voice. "Incolent boy, this slave of fashion basking in YOUR glory! Ignorant fool, this brave young suitor sharing in MY truimph!" Moonlight had heard that voice before. "Angel, I hear you speak......I listen. Stay by my side; guide me......Angel my soul was weak forgive me, enter at last Master." The voice spoke again. "Flattering child you shall know me, see why in shadow I hide. Look at your face in the mirror, I am there inside." Moonlight looked towards the mirror and saw the same creature as the one in her dreams. He wore a mask over his entire face, but this time he wasn't wearing the cloak. Moonlight could see a deer antler and a goat antler on his head. Slowly she walked towards him, she could feel all her anxiety being washed away. She fell under his spell, as she got closer she could hear him speak again. "I am your Angel of Chaos. Come to the Angel of Chaos....." Just then Ink Illustration returned. He tried to open the door but it was locked. "Who's voice is that? Who is that in there?" But Moonlight didn't hear him. The masked figure once again called to her. "I am your Angel of Chaos. Come to the Angel of Chaos......." When she got close enough to him, he held out his eagle claw. Moonlight gently gave him her hoof and he took grasped it firmly. Slowly he led her down the small passage."In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came. That voice which calls to me, and speaks my name. And do I dream again, for now I find.......The Phantom of the Chaos Opera is there, inside my mind." The Phantom grabbed a small torch from the side of the wall, and continued to guide her to the catacombs of the Opera House. "Sing once again, with me our strange duet! My power over you, grows stronger yet." The Phantom watched as Moonlight turned away from him for a moment. He gentle touched her head putting her under his spell again. "And though you turn from me to glance behind, the Phantom of the Chaos Opera is there inside your mind." Soon they reached a part of the catacombs that was full of watery paths. The Phantom took her towards a small boat and put her inside. He grabbed a large staff and began to go deeper into the catacombs. Those who have seen your face draw back in fear, I am the mask you wear..... The Phantom continued. "It's me they hear." Then they slowly began to sing together. "My spirit and my voice, in one combined! The Phantom of the Chaos Opera is there inside my mind...." Slowly they approached a large metal gate which began to open as they grew closer. "He's there, the Phantom of the Chaos Opera." Moonlight said. "Sing my Angel of Music." The Phantom commanded. Moonlight obeyed immediately. Her voice filled the room, it bounced across the stone walls. "Sing my Angel....." The Phantom said once again. Moonlights voice got louder. They passed through the gate and went into a large room filled with candles. Slowly tall candlesticks rose out of the water. "Sing....." Moonlight Chaos was amazed at what was happening, her eyes grew wide. Her voice got even louder. "Sing for me!" The Phantom ordered. More and more candles appeared from the water. "SING FOR ME!" The Phantom yelled. Then they finally reached the edge. The Phantom stepped off the boat. Moonlight looked up at the tall creature that had brought her here. The Phantom was right in front her, she was in his lair of darkness.

The Phantom looked at the pony in front of him. Was she truly here? Was she really right there, just a few inches away from him? He had her, and he wasn't letting her go. Slowly he walked towards her. He held out his claw and watched as she took it. He pulled her towards him. He had been watching her, and he knew what she was capable of. "Why did you bring me here?" Moonlight asked. The Phantom was a little surprised. She wasn't afraid of him, but he knew if she saw his face she would never be able to look at him again. "You have come here for one reason alone, to serve me. To sing for me, for my music." Moonlight looked into his eyes. He had very large red and yellow eyes that seemed to glow. "Nighttime falls and wins my adoration, chaos stirs from my imagination. Silently the senses abandon their defenses." Moonlight watched as the Phantom walked around her. Whispering into her ear, putting her into a trance. "Slowly, gently night unfurls it's splendor; grasp it sense it." The Phantoms words found their way into Moonlight's mind. He gently wrapped his claw around her neck. Running his fingers through her hair, he watched as she slowly began to relax. He grabbed her hoof and gently lifted it towards his face. "Touch me, trust me........." For some reason this mare showed no resistance towards him. The Phantom continued to soothe her and mesmerize her. Moonlight had never felt so relaxed. She was putting her complete trust in him, and he was being so gentle with her. Then the Phantom led her towards a smaller area of the room. There was a small curtain in the way, the Phantom gently pushed it aside. Behind the curtain Moonlight saw what almost looked like a statue of herself but a wedding dress was on it. The Phantom was in love with her. The sight was so overwhelming and so incredible that Moonlight collapsed in the Phantoms arms. He picked her up and carried her to what looked like a oddly shaped bed. He put her down and caressed her face. "You alone can make my song take flight.......help me to make the chaos of the night......." He pulled on a small rope hanging next to him, causing a thin curtain to fall.

Cotton Feathers was worried, she hadn't seen Moonlight at all lately. She opened the door her mother had brought Moonlight to. "Moony!" She called quietly, but there was no answer. She looked around the room, the candles had gone out and nopony was here. It was very strange, Cotton Feathers walked into the room and saw that the mirror was open. She gently pushed it to reveal an old passage, she walked through and walked deeper into the dark. She heard a noise a stopped, Cotton looked down to find mice running across the stone floor. She shrieked but then sighed. It was only mice. Cotton Feathers was about to go further when she felt a hoof on her shoulder. Cotton turned around to see her mother standing behind her. Silk Wings sighed, grabbed her daughter and pulled her out of the passage. Cotton Feathers began to wonder what was down there, where was Moonlight? And what was her mother hiding?