CHAPTER ONE
Flash Back
As the key fell down the well, the hand of the Beldam slowly wiggled itself back together. Needle by needle, it pulled thread out of the blanket it was tied to. 'I must not displease mistress, she will hurt me…' Slowly the hand was one, and just before the blanket hit the bottom, it jumped out onto the stony wall holding a buttoned key. 'Coraline,' it thought, 'Mistress is hungry, and her strength is out strength…'
Present Day
Coraline ran outside, she couldn't wait to tell Wybie. Ever since the key was thrown down the well, she had been hearing moans come from the little door in that awkward room. She was scared, and it had been happening for a month. Now the sounds had died, and Coraline was sure the other mother was dead. The only thing she wasn't sure about was why it took so long.
Just as usual, Wybie, the village stalker was waiting outside her house.
"How are you Why-Were-You-Born?"
"Good as usual, Jonsey!" he replied.
"I told you to quit calling me that!"
"Well sor-ry, you just can't take it!"
"That was one time, and you decided to be rou…"
Just then Coraline's mother appeared on the front porch.
"A little what Coraline Jones!" she has said.
"Nothing mother, just out nicknames." She replied.
Mel Jones shrugged, and walked back into the apartment. "That was a close one…" she told Wybie. He just shrugged it off; Coraline's mom wouldn't have the guts to tell his grandma. They continued walking, and they walked towards the old well.