The Phantom's world is forever changed when the Opera House is destroyed by fire. Losing the only remaining thread of a life he retreats back to the comforting walls of the catacombs where he is safe from the prying eyes of the world, a place where darkness can engulf him and his broken heart. The one he loves has abandoned him. When the excitement of the fire passes the little ballerina, Meg, returns to the catacombs, into the Phantom's chamber. Meg saw through the madness and into the true heart of the Phantom when through his music he pleads with Christine to love him only it is Meg's heart that is captivated by Phantom and she is the one that falls in love. Meg uses the Phantom's own music to draw him from the darkened tomb of insanity and into a secluded life of Europe's most elite. Just when the phantom is learning to live and love into the light the evil of the past creeps back in, threatening to take everything away once more. The Phantom is faced with a man that will stop at nothing to steal the love the Phantom now holds dear.