Coraline; a second glance
I want to rewind time
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on Coraline
I wrote this along time ago like in October so I don't know if I'll write anymore
So this is me I've been here for 4 years and I've lost sight of my self completely. I don't even remember my name… I only know Wybie's and cats. Nobody has even tried to save me and not only that Wybie's grandma hates me now. I don't see why I'm actually happy I just feel as though someone out there misses me still they want me back. But the only person I could think of to want me back is cat but I'm not even sure he wants me back. I could be living a normal life but no I'm trapped here forever. And even if I do go back there will be a lot of questions I might cry if I see them again. That's why I think I'm better off here alone.
Some thing screeched on the window and next thing I knew I'm seeing the other Wybie there.
"Umm hello did you come here to save me?" I asked.
He shook his head.
"That's ok I don't think anyone want me back home." His eyes shoot open and he shook his head he walked toward me.
Soon in front of me I saw a guy who looked like Wybie he was walking toward the pink palace with the cat walking beside him.
"I don't know why you are showing me this," I said and he shushed me.
The older looking Wybie rang the doorbell to a flat where a couple showed up at the door. "Is she here yet?" It was Wybie's voice I missed him so much his voice made me more relaxed.
"I'm sorry she still not here," the women said.
"Ok I'll be back next week then see ya," Wybie said walking away.
Wybie walked to the well and flopped down on the tree stump. Cat jumped on his lap. "Oh cat," he said petting the cat, "where is she? I don't think I can live one more day without Coraline."
I was shocked was he talking about me? Is that my name?
Cat purred really loud.
Tears filled Wybie's eyes and they fell gently down his face. "We have to go save her! Where is she?" he jumped to his feet and kicked the rocks around him some of them falling into the well. "Let's go," Wybie said to cat, "it's getting late."
The other Wybie wiped the cloud out from in front of me. "Was he talking about me?" I asked.
He nodded his head and left out the mirror.
"Wait what am I suppose to do?" I yelled to him.
"He's trying to show you that Wybie likes you," Wybie's grandma said, "but if I were you I'd forget about him you're here now there's no turning back."
I faced toward the corner, "how can you say that? If he likes me why should I get mad at him?"
"Just remember that he's my grandson so he must act a little bit like me," she said. She was right it might be that he's just lying to himself if he really liked me he'd be here not there.
"Well even if that was true I don't care maybe you can't see it but I know he really misses me and sure he was annoying and I hated him but it doesn't matter I mean I don't even know what my parents names are but I know Wybie's so maybe you should just forget on making me hate him," I said.
"If you say so," Wybie's grandma said shrugging.
xXx
The bus ride seemed so long today Wybie knew nobody here probably because he just didn't want any friends anymore. He did talk to this one guy sometimes he got on the bus and sat next to Wybie.
"Hey Wybie you look like you had a ruff day," the guy said.
"Hi Kyle," Wybie sighed, "yes a very long day I just can't get her out of my head."
"Who Coraline?" He Kyle asked, "Come on man it's been four years maybe you should just get over her."
"But I can't… can't you see that I miss her I know I know it's been four years but still I just don't want to forget her ever," Wybie said.
"I know it's ok if I were you I'd miss her too and even though I have never met her I'm sure she was special right?" He said comforting.
Wybie sighed again, "yah she was that's why I need know where she is."
"She could be anywhere you know? She could even be…" he swallowed hard, "dead."
"No she couldn't be she's not…" he started frowning.
"Well I'm just trying to list the possibilities you have to get back to reality some day." Kyle said.
"Yah maybe if I knew for sure she was dead or if she was safe I wouldn't worry,"
Wybie said, "but for now I'm not going to give up." The bus came to a stop.
"Hey is someone moving?" Kyle asked pointing at the pink palace.
"What?" Wybie looked out the window, "no…no ….no!" He dashed out of the bus.
"What are ya'll doing?" Wybie asked to Mrs. And Mr. Jones.
"We're moving son," Mr. Jones.
"Why?" Wybie asked tears filling his eyes.
"Charlie would you stop making him sad," Mrs. Jones said to her husband.
"Fine whatever Mel," he said back to his wife. Mr. Jones went into the house.
"You can't leave miss please don't," Wybie said.
"I'm sorry Wybie but we can't live here anymore with Coraline gone we just want to leave this house behind," Mrs. Jones.
"But what about you're other daughter?" Wybie asked.
"Who Keeley?" Mrs. Jones asked, "that's exactly why we're leaving we want her to have a new life and doesn't have to feel bad because her sister gone."
"But she's only three she doesn't even have to know," Wybie said.
"Well she'll eventually find out and probably by you," Mrs. Jones said.
"But I'll be out of here in about two years so she'd only be five and she would never know," Wybie said, "and who will tell me now if she ever shows back up."
"Look we've made up our mind I'm sorry," Mrs. Jones said.
"Ok honey you ready to go?" Mr. Jones said.
"Yes go get Keeley," Mrs. Jones said. Mr. Jones walked in the house.
"How will I be able to call you if Coraline shows back up?" Wybie asked.
"If she ever shows back up you take care of her," Mrs. Jones said.
"But what about you wouldn't you want her back?" Wybie asked.
"Look we're starting a new life plus it's been four years now can't you just forget about her?" Mrs. Jones asked.
"So what you just don't care anymore," Wybie asked.
Mrs. Jones sighed, "there's always a time when we have to move on or we'll be stuck doing nothing our whole life."
Wybie was shocked at her answer, "How can you say that she's your daughter you can't just leave her here with me if she ever shows up! What if she shows up tomorrow or next week then what you'll just leave her here?"
"She's not going to show up anytime soon just go back to reality dreams have no meaning," Mrs. Jones said.
"What? Dreams make our reality happen… what if no one dreamed we wouldn't even be here," Wybie complained.
"Come on Mel," Mr. Jones said with a young girl with curly orange hair in his hand, "Keeley has to sleep through the whole ride or at least most of it."
"Ok I was just about to leave," Mrs. Jones said, "goodbye Wybie."
"Wait no you can't leave…" Wybie said softly tears falling down his cheeks. He walked to the little girl, "goodbye Keeley pleas…please remember me." He turned toward the couple and wiped some of tears from his eyes, "good…bye."
They left jumping in the truck. Wybie saw a few tears in their eyes and Keeley waved. He waved back and he saw her say 'goodbye' through the glass. Tears gushed out of his eyes and he thought to his self 'what's so good about goodbye?'
XxX
"Grandma life sucks," Wybie said setting the table.
"Well what do you expect that is life after all," his grandma said from the kitchen.
"Ya I have no parents, no friends, and now they're gone," Wybie said looking out the window.
"Kyle's your friend right?" Grandma said.
"Yah but he's not Coraline," he said.
"I don't know why you miss her so much when you first met her you said she was annoying," she said.
"Yah but that was before she," he swallowed hard, "left."
"Maybe her parents are right it's been four whole years maybe it's time for you to move on," she said.
"You're the one who let her live there you're the one who didn't want kids living there maybe it had to do something about your twin sister," he said.
"You do not bring her up at the dinner table young man," she said.
"Sorry but I'm just saying maybe you shouldn't have ever sold the house to her parents," he said.
She rubbed her hand over her face, "if I tell you what happened to my sister will you stop bothering me?"
"Yes ma'am I promise," he said.
"Well there was a door… it was fairly small only a child could fit through there," she said pausing, "my sister she had a doll she had found she dragged it all around the house." "She talked about another world she said she had another mother and father she said it was wonderful… then one day she vanished just like that," she snapped her figures.
"Is that all?" he asked.
"That's all I can remember," she replied.
"That doesn't really help much… do you think it was true?" Wybie asked.
"Possibly but maybe not," Grandma said.
"Well I best be getting to bed," he said and he walked up the stairs cat followed him after getting up from the cat bed.
"Make sure you take care of him ok?" she said to the cat and he nodded then left up the stairs.
Wybie ran back down the stairs, "I forgot to ask grandma who's going to move in there?"
"Well I got in offer but I don't think you'll like it," she said.
"Who is it?" he asked impatiently.
"Oh just another kid," she said.
"How old?" he asked.
"Seventeen," she said.
"Hmm maybe he or she won't vanish too," he said.
"Oh it is a girl," she said.
Wybie sighed, "great… good night."
"Night," Grandma said.
xXx
I found her she's here she's alive! Joy ran through my blood. They all thought I was wasting my time but they were wrong! I don't know what this place is though or how I got here.
"Wybie you came back for me," a familiar voice said I turned around and in shock I saw the beautiful Coraline standing in front of me her hair very long almost to her hip.
"Coraline I can't believe I found you!" Wybie said with excitement.
"I can't believe you actually wanted me back," she said. In this light her eyes seemed like they weren't even there anymore. It seemed like a graveyard around here. A shadow that looked almost like a reflection of me walked toward me.
"Thank you for coming back to her," he looked exactly like me but his eyes seemed to not be there either. This light was annoying everyone's eyes seem to be gone.
"Who are you?" I asked curiously.
"My name is Wybie," he said.
"But wait that's my name," I said confused.
"I'm the other Wybie," he said.
"Then she must be the other Coraline," I said disappointedly.
"No she's the same one," he said.
"And are ya'll eyes missing I can't really tell in this light," Wybie said.
"Well you could say our eyes are missing but really these are buttons," he said turning on a light.
XxX
"Ahhhhh," Wybie screamed waking up, "Oh my gosh it was only just a job." Wybie's grandma ran up the stairs.
"Are you ok honey?" she asked opening the door.
"Yah I just had a little nightmare," he said.
"Coraline?" she asked sincerely.
"Ya but I'm fine now," he said.
"Well the new neighbors are showing up in an hour why don't you go meet them?" she asked.
"They're coming this early?" he looked up at the radio it was 4:18, "dang they must really want to go to that new house."
"Ya go get ready," Wybie's grandma said.
"Ok but hold on where exactly did Mr. and Mrs. Jones move?" Wybie asked.
"Well they said not to tell you but since you are old enough to know and you'll probably not see then in forever… they moved to North Carolina," she said.
"What but that sounds a lot like her name how could they move there?" he asked madly.
"Because they want to remember her," she said.
"Doesn't seem like it," Wybie said going to the bathroom.
"It doesn't make since why they would ever move there but I guess it's better than forgetting about her completely," he said to his self washing his face.
xXx
"Hello my name is Wybie," he said to the new neighbors.
"Hello young man," the older guy said shaking his hand.
"Well my grandma said to go over here and introduce myself," Wybie said, "but don't worry you didn't wake me from my sleep."
"Well that's nice sweet heart," the lady said, "my name's Michelle."
"Nice to meet you what's your name," Wybie asked to the older man.
"It's Joseph," he said.
"Nice to meet you guys," Wybie said, "do you need help moving the boxes?"
"Aww that's so sweet of you to ask," she said, "thank you."
"You're welcome miss," he said picking up a few of the boxes, "do you want me to call ya'll by your last name or…"
"Well our last name is Johnson," Michelle said.
"Ok miss Johnson where do you want this to go?" he asked.
"Oh just set it in Lauren's room," Mrs. Johnson said.
"Who's that," Wybie asked not trying to sound mean.
"Oh ya you didn't meet her yet she's just a lazy bum in her room," she said, "it's up the stairs second door to the right."
Wybie's heart jumped it was Coraline's room, "ok." He walked up the stairs seeing the girl in Coraline's room.
"Hey you are you one of our neighbors?" the girl asked. Wybie tried to ignore her but she asked, "hello?"
"What do you want?" Wybie asked meanly.
"I just wanted to know who you are dang," she said.
"Well you don't need to know who I am all I know is that this isn't your room," he said.
"What do you mean yes it is," she said back.
"No it's not so why don't you pack up and leave this house," he said.
"What's your freakin problem I've barely have said one word to you," she said.
"Well I don't care this is Coraline's room," he said.
"Who's Caroline?" she asked.
"It's Coraline!" he said slamming the door behind him. He ran down the stairs out the door.
"Where are you going," Mrs. Johnson asked.
"My grandma said to only stay for a while," he said, "I gotta go bye!" He ran away leaving no trace behind.