A/N: Thank you TARDIS Queen and Queen Lucy of Awesomeness for reviewing. I got this idea last night, just as I was falling asleep, and since then I've been itching to write it down. So here it goes, in this chapter you meet someone from Austin's past. Character Bio:

Name: Dahlia Adelaide Parker (Pronounced: DAY-LEE-UH)
Nickname: Daylie
Age: 9
Hair Color: Dark Honey
Eye Color: Blue Hazel
Info.: Daylie is sweet and caring, she'd been friends with Austin ever since they met. She's Austin opposite and is very quiet, but can be herself around him and their friend Gunner. But how will Austin feel when he sees the Other Mother has made an Other Daylie?

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN CORALINE IN ANYWAY I JUST OWN MY CHARACTERS

R&R please

Chapter 8

Austin settled himself into bed, for awhile he stared up at the ceiling, he really missed the orphanage. He'd always wanted to get adopted into a nice family and stay there. But it never happened that way. As he opened his mind, he thought about someone, someone he hadn't thought about in what seemed like forever. He thought about Daylie Parker.

She'd been my childhood friend, every time I'd been sent back, she'd be waiting on the front 'd give me her warm smile, and walk with me inside so I wasn't alone, Austin thought, But ever since the accident, she's never waited on those steps for me again.

He drifted off into sleep, but it was more of a restless sleep, he was trying to erase his mind of what had happened, of the guilt, of the undying feeling toward her. But to no avail. He could even hear her voice, singing the song the Other Mother was humming. He woke with a start, he could hear it, deafeningly loud in his mind.

Without realizing it he was kneeling in front of the door behind the wallpaper, absently he opened it. Revealing the blue and purple tunnel, he crawled through it, and entered the parlor. The singing had stopped, he was almost glad about that.

"Welcome back honey," the Other Mother said as he entered the kitchen with the same bitter-sweet tone, she ruffled his hair and gave him a smile, an entire breakfast for two was layed out in front of her, "Sit, I bet you're starving."

"Yes, ma'am," he said sitting down next to her. He scooped up strawberries onto his waffles and placed some whip cream on top as well. He took a bite and caught the Other Mother staring at him. He swallowed, "What is it?" he asked.

"You're just as cute as a button," she said sweetly. Austin let the irony sink in before he continued.

He noticed the flower vase in the center of the table, with flowery vines spilling out delicately and the elegant honey colored flowers standing in the vase

"Honeysuckle," Austin claimed.

"That's right, I just thought you'd like them," the Other Mother said.

"Yeah, I do," Austin lied. He really did like them, they just reminded him of...

He swallowed his last of his food but before he could say a word there was a knock on the front door. "Why don't you go get that Austin," the Other Mother urged.

"Uh, alright," Austin said and walked to the front door. He was relieved to get away, even for a few moments. But he found it odd, she'd asked him to get the door, she'd been doing everything else for him, what difference did this make?

"Hello?" he said as he opened the door, but he stopped cold when he saw who was standing before him.

It was almost her, from her shy, sweet smile to her straight honey hair, but instead of her sea glass blue eyes there were two orphan blue buttons.

"Hello Austin," she said.

"D-Daylie?"

A/N: Sorry this one's kinda short. And you just say the word and I can make Austin X Daylie fluff(: But only slight because they're like nine. R&R please, updates coming soon.