Hi everyone, SkatingDJ here with another new story! This idea came to me while watching the 2009 animated movie Coraline last night. I watched it when I was eight when it came out that year and it scared the Dickens out of me, all of my friends and I had nightmares for a week. But now that I'm older, I can now appreciate it without covering my eyes every scene. And it's a really good movie! You guys should totally see it! I think it's just really underrated because it was a rare PG Horror film. But you should know I'm not familiar with horror at all really, but I will do my best, I just kept thinking how this would be such a great idea for ROTG. So yes, it's kinda a Coraline AU but not precisely "AU", you'll understand.

Before we get started, just a baseline touch-up: T for horror properties, Coraline AU (sort of), No OC's (Just Coraline characters), No Pairings, the Song for this story is called "Come Little Children" by Erutan, I own nothing!

So, please enjoy the Prologue!:)

Jack Frost was the perfect target.

A mere child he was, an immortal child. She would never get bored with him. He would be Her pet forever. He was also quite like Her; he loved to have Fun and play Games. Oh, how She loved to play Games. She would love him forever, She would never have to take another child again! And he was the perfect victim, the perfect prey. After all, 300 years of solitude did things to a human; horrors that others could only scarcely imagine. Jack would be so gullible to accept Her. She could easily relate to him and give him what he truly desired, something that She too yearned for; Love.

She loved children, she really did. She simply had a very funny way of showing it, but of course it was only in Her possible favor. It wasn't really what you would call an act of selfishness, it's just what She had to do to survive. She has been in this world like this for so long now, She has almost lost count. Centuries beyond centuries, possibly She has existed for a couple millennium. Anyways, She was never the same after that fateful night all those years ago, when She was a beautiful, loving, proud woman. Now She was doomed to this gruesome fate. But She put up with it, She had to. She could live like this, after all, She wasn't the same person anymore. She wasn't even a person, She was a Ghost, a Spirit, a Demon, a Monster.

Her name, was *Beldam.

That's what the Nightmares and Fearlings told her anyways. She remembered remembering about her past life, but whenever she uncovered a memory, it slipped away like sand, no matter how hard she tried to claw at it. She used to have another name, She used to have a family, she used to be a human. Or was she always like this? She didn't remember. She couldn't claim that she wanted these things, She simply didn't want to be alone and unloved. However, Her love wasn't a true passion, it was more like she wanted something to love and that something had to love her back... or else.

That day when She was born all those centuries ago, She was mortified at Herself. Born with needles for hands and fingers. Her body was nothing but skin and bone, Her rib cage dented out to great proportions, She seemed to consist of no stomach region, and had odd pointed bony hips. And instead of legs, the Beldam had spider legs. Eight needle spider legs hid under a ghostly black ragged dress she wore. She stood at a monstrous ten feet tall and has a voice that made your skin crawl, in both good and bad. Her face was skinny, bony, and long, with her cheekbones jutting out and cracks covering Her paper white face. As white and black as shattered bone. Her teeth were fangs and her mouth was too wide to be normal. Her hair was pitch black and was sharply cut around Her neck.

But what freaked the Beldam out the most was Her black button eyes. Round, black, smooth, buttons. Sewn to Her eyes in replacement for real ones. It didn't hurt, She could see. God knows what would happen if She dared to unravel them from her face. Why she had buttons for eyes was a total and complete mystery to Her. But they were the most important things to her... why?

Well, each spirit has a reason in life. Although Beldam's was the sake of Her own survival. And sadly, She didn't know why She existed or what her purpose was, Her purpose wasn't anything for the faint of heart. Her powers were something along the lines of Death. For centuries, Beldam lured children into Her world and gave them what they desired; Love. However, Beldam would become bored with the children as they grew older and took Her Love for granted, it wasn't enough for them anymore. With that, Beldam would keep them hostage behind Her Mirror and eat their souls as days and nights passed.

She was furious that the children didn't love Her anymore. What a lot of disrespectful brats! She did everything for them! It took a lot of complex magic to even change her appearance to appease to the children and create other characters and the scenery. She would take the form of the child's closest member; their Mother. She named Herself the Other Mother. The children once found out her true name once it was too late. Once the children had enlightened to the Other World, Beldam persuaded them to stay with her... by sewing buttons on their eyes... and they were all Her's.

To be honest, She didn't really want to do it. But She had to. She had to kidnap and abuse those children in order to survive. She was not going to lie; it was cruel. But if She thought about it, She was doing them a favor. After all, that's why She lured them here in the first place. She spied on the children through her button-eyed dolls (she created for the occasion) and saw they were unhappy with their lives. Once they came to Her World, she would give them the Love they deserved. She truly did love them, but they eventually stopped loving Her and She could not put up with that.

But Jack Frost?

Let alone the fact that She had never tried to kidnap an Immortal before, something that She honestly should have done all along if She wanted to prevent killing children. And She simply couldn't stress out enough at how wonderful Jack would be; he had been flat-out alone for 300 years. Beldam had never abducted someone that lonely and for that long before. Jack would be so desperate for Love and he would never grow old or unamused with Her.

Beldam had watched Jack for quite some time now, and She had to strike now. It was now or never. After all, it was going to be a little more difficult with Jack now being a Guardian. A little magic was definitely going to be necessary in order for Jack to fall for Her. But Jack still had those 300 years of solitude looming over him like a rain cloud, it would haunt him forever. Beldam could use that to Her advantage. It was cruel, but it was her job.

It was going to be the best of both world's for Jack... literally. It was time for Act I to commence.

*Ugly, old woman- a witch

I know guys, it was very short, but chapter 1 will be up sooner than later. But PLEASE maker sure to give your support/review, if you do, more chapters will come your way!:) Please give me your thoughts! See ya! Peace!

-SkatingDJ