"Coraline, you better be awake," Coraline's mother called from downstairs. Then Coraline shot out of bed with her blue hair puffed out all around her face. She jumped out of bed, got dressed, brushed her hair and went downstairs, putting on her shoes at the same time. She sat at the table and said "Morning Mom, Dad." She started scooping cereal into her mouth.
The door bell rang and Coraline's mom went and answered it. "Coraline, Wybie is here!" she called from the door. Coraline rushed to the door with food in her mouth and flung her backpack onto her shoulder.
Coraline didn't even stop; she just grabbed his arm saying, "Let's get out of here."
Coraline's mother said "Bye Coraline, have a great day in school," in a mocking tone.
"Bye Mom," Coraline just shouted. Wybie had his bike so Wybie got on it and then Coraline stood on the pegs. "Full speed ahead, Wybie," Coraline says. The air feels heavy and humid but ice cold at the same time sending a shiver down her spine. "Does it feel cold to you, Wybie?" Coraline whispered just barely because her throat tightens up.
"What are you talkin' about, Jonesy? It's humid as heck," Wybie replies.
With her eyebrows scrunched she just shrugged and said "Never mind." She kept thinking about it though and she sure had a bad feeling about today. They got to school and the yard was crowded with gray and white. She and Wybie pushed through the thick waves of people and then in the corner of her eyes she saw a glimmer of blue. She fully turned her head to see what it was just to see nothing but a bunch of kids' heads.
A few steps in front of her, Wybie stopped. "What's holding you up, Jonesy?" She caught up to Wybie and they went into the boring gray school.
The school day felt long and boring but Coraline could not relax. She felt eyes watching her every minute of the day. She was sneaking peeks to her right and left from the sides of her eyes every two minutes. In one of her later classes she started breathing really hard and she jumped when Wybie touched her shoulder.
"What's wrong, Jonesy? You've been acting weird," Wybie said with concern.
Coraline just shook her head. "It's nothing, its nothing."
She continued the rest of school the same. Then the end of school came and Coraline grabbed Wybie. "Hurry, let's get out of here," Coraline said rushing to the bike rack. They got on Wybie's bike and road home.
The heavy, stressed feeling still hung over Coraline when they got to the Pink Palace. "Get some sleep, Coraline, you don't look too good," Wybie said as Coraline got off the bike.
Coraline just nodded and watched as he rode away. There was a sudden gust of wind that made all the trees shiver creepily and pull and tug her hair in one direction. There was an unnatural rustle in the near bushes and Coraline whipped around to face the sound and there stood a figure with a hood shadowing their face.
"W-who are you?" Coraline asked in barely a whisper.
But the person seemed to have heard because one side of their lips, which were stitched up on either side so far they disappeared in the shadow of the hood, twitched up to show gleaming teeth, that shown an eerie white. "I' m…" the figure said in a much too familiar voice, grabbed the hood and slowly lifted it revealing gleaming black button eyes and blue hair just like Coraline's, "I am Coraline Jones."