A/N: This is my first stab at writing freeverse. It's in Coraline's POV. It will make sense if you've watched the movie, but certain phrases will only make sense if you've read the book. This idea just popped into my head and I have to get it out of my system. So, I don't own Coraline, and here you go...
Darkness Within the Mirror
The darkness within the mirror is curious
Encroaching on my /mind/
like the...
S
P
I
D
E
R
Scuttling across my hand
The only one here with me in the
Oh-so-perfect
Darkness that lurks here
Like the sick /parody/ of my whole
W
O
R
L
D
And I am alone here in this enchanted
Fantasy
How did I ever wind up here?
What did I /ever/ do to anyone to deserve being trapped in this…
Parallel…
…universe?
Maybe it's my always present
Curiosity
A thousand questions flying through my /mind/
Each as short lived as a dewdrop
But no…
Some stick with me
Spinning circuits in my head
Threatening to /take away/ the only thing I have left
My own
S
A
N
I
T
Y
The parasite that lurks in this so-called "world"
Brought me here to play her twisted games
At first, but now…
I think that she just wants to see how /long/ it takes me to
Shatter
Like the mirror
And now, the ghosts come
Haunting my mind
Threatening to turn me into nothing more then a /shell/
Not the physical ones who lurk here in the dark
But the ones inside the deepest part of my mind
My hopes…
Dreams…
Fears…
Laughing at me in their /high-pitched cackles/
Like the spider
Not the one in this cell
But the one lurking in the hall
Waiting…
To hear me scream
But I won't
Because I'm /Coraline/ (not Caroline) and this
Twisted
Nightmarish
Fiend
Will not /break me/
Not now
Not ever
That is my dying vow
Because…
Although she /claims/ to give me my every
Wish
and
Whim
(forever and always)
I know that she wants to take my /eyes…./
My life…
My soul…
Mayhap
But /never/
N
E
V
E
R
Can she truly
Take away
My /spirit/
Ever
A/N: Yeah, bit darker then most of my stories, but… Review anyway? And can you go to my profile and answer the poll you will find there? Thanks!
-Winged Quill