I am planning on basing this in 2012, because in 2009 the movie was released. The Wikipedia didn't verify what time era the movie ran under so I just used the release date, hope you all don't mind!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Coraline, only Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman own it, Book and Movie version of course.

Chapter One

Coraline watched as the bus breezed along the highway, cars surrounding either sides except for the front. The sky was dark and gloomy, clouds filling it, it looked like they would get a lot of water today, which didn't surprise Coraline one bit since it always rained when her, Mom and Dad lived here.

Her iPod was tightly clenched into her hand as she listened to music, trying to calm her nerves and panic. She so desperately wanted to be able to see her parent's again and never have nightmare's of Beldam again, but the last one seemed unavoidable, the first one unimaginable.

Coraline was jolted out of her stupor as she realized it was her stop, she took a deep breath and grabbed her backpack, fixing her hoodie so that it went over her head, mostly concealing her loosely tied up hair and eyes with dark circles hanging under them. She handed the bus driver the correct amount of money and walked off the bus, watching it drive away into the distance. Her shoes sloshed against the wet mud as she trudged forward into the direction of the Pink Palace. The house itself hadn't scared her, rather it was what lay inside it.

When she arrived, she was greeted to a very chipped looking Pink Palace and the sign being crooked, like someone had hit it on purpose. Coraline picked up the corner of the sign and hooked it back in place, smiling slightly. She looked around before walking up the porch steps, seeing if anyone were watching or around. When she deemed it safe, she tried to open the front door, unfortunately it was locked.

Coraline walked over to one of the windows and pulled at the bottom of the window, after a few rough pulls, it opened up. She blew at the dust and cobwebs in the window seal and climbed in, letting her muddy shoes slap against the floor, the sound echoed through the house. She digged in her pocket and pulled out her Camera, promising herself that she would get every picture in detail, she also had a retractable baton, if she ever needed to defend herself, which was highly likely considering Beldam.

As Coraline walked through the house, her heart sank and panic filled into the pit of her belly as she looked into the living room and at the locked little door to the Other World. She swallowed harshly and inched forward, before she could even stand in front of it, she had to get the key, which she hid under the carpet. Once in her possession, she bent down and unlocked the door, to her relief and horror the gateway was open, although it looked much cleaner, oddly enough.

She grunted, trying to fit herself into the small crawl space and she managed to squeeze through, momentarily unbalanced by the bouncy feeling of the crawlspace. Coraline moved forward until she came to the other side of the door, with the key, she opened it up but what she saw startled her.

The room was lit with light coming from the windows, the furniture looked worn, as if it had been used many times over. The wallpaper on the walls were slowly peeling off, showing that no one had even tried to tend to it. The fireplace shone in black, having being used so many times. But from what Coraline saw, there was wood, rotten wood, in it.

'I wonder what happened here…' She thought to herself, not daring to talk out loud. Coraline quietly stepped out of the crawlspace and with soft footsteps, she walked into the hallway, the door to the living room wide open. Coraline took quick pictures of the room and the kitchen that was crawling with beetles, the dining room where the Gravy train sat and the milk shake chandelier hung were rotten, but she also took a picture of that.

"I was wondering when you would come back.." Came a voice from upstairs, Coraline quickly pocketed her camera and zipped up her pocket so it would stay there. Her heart clenched and she had to bite her tongue to keep herself from screaming as Beldam made her way downstairs, a expressionless look upon her buttoned face. "I know you didn't come back to get buttons sewed into your eyes."

"I want my parent's back." She demanded, looking at Beldam straight in the face without flinching. Beldam's face turned perplexed and she sighed, rubbing her long fingers across her crackled face.

"On one deal, you must find the eyes of the three children and then your parent's." Beldam proposed. "If you lose, then you will be mine forever."

Coraline's eyes narrowed and she stood in silence for what seemed like forever, "Fine, you have a deal."

"Good." Beldam nodded and walked back upstairs. Coraline took this opportunity to take a picture of her Other Father's study, as she did so, she tripped over something which yelped in the process.

"You should really watch where you're stepping. "Came a deep voice and Coraline all but squealed, kneeling down and hugging the Black Cat. "Those old bags wanted me to give you this a long time ago, if you hadn't left you might've found your parent's sooner."

Coraline looked down at Cat in regret, picking up the weird triangle shaped object that smelled like old candy. "I tried… Oh I tried, but I couldn't find a thing! I swear it. And it didn't help that they took me away." She said softly, tears spilling down her face. Cat looked at her, a bit uncomfortable. "I'm sorry, we have some eyes to look for don't we?"

"That we do."

Coraline stood up, "Then how is this supposed to be helpful?" She said, holding the small object up in the air and looked through it, to which she gasped when she saw a glowing light upon the cat and then in the living room. Walking into the living room, she picked up her mother's favorite Snow globe, peering at it softly. She fell into tears again when she realized that it was her parent's, who were almost frozen solid.

"I had the liberty to collect two of the eye's while you were away for 4 years, Beldam will get mighty angry but I hid them in this room for you, that way you found it and not me." Cat said as Coraline took a picture of the Snow Globe and her parent's trapped inside it, pocketing it gently. Coraline peered around the room and found that the two eyes were under the carpet, she pulled it up and grabbed them pocketing them as well. But as she did so, another eye glowed at the far end of the carpet. She heaved the rest of the carpet up, letting it rest on the couch. A latch leading to down below was seen.

"...That must be where she hides everything.." Cat said softly, "I will watch out, you get the eye and proof of what she is doing down there and I will warn you when she is coming down. Under no circumstances should you give her anything, you must leave with the items."

Coraline nodded and opened the latch, it had small Torches nailed onto the wall, leading her down. She walked silently, her breathing the only thing she could hear. She had to cover her mouth and nose when she came upon the site of rotting corpses and sewing machines. She pulled her Camera out and took pictures of it all, taking the last children's eye from inside of a sand stuffed doll. Turning around, she hurried out of the dungeon and back upstairs. Before the Beldam could even know she found her hiding place, she placed the carpet back under the hatch.

"When I say now, I want you to say, 'I found them, I found them' and run for the crawlspace, alright?" Cat said as he stood near the crawlspace, about to leave with her. Coraline nodded and waited, building courage into herself and body. Awaiting for the horror to strike.

Next chapter should either be short or long, dunno. Probably short. Hope you liked this, I am going to make this story turn into a weird and logical twist at the end.

~Blueberry_Bluetooth