Shall We Dance

Part Ten

Soon, Coraline and Wybie made it to the other side; the one place Coraline vowed never to come to again. But nonetheless, Coraline knew she had to find Josh. Coraline gazed around and Wybie gazed around. Though this was fairly new to Wybie, it gave Coraline very chilling memories. 'But now's not the time to be thinking of that,' Coraline thought to herself. 'I have to find Josh.'

But just when she and Wybie were about begin their search, the sudden sound of evil laughter filled the air. Soon, they saw something moving within the shadows of the room. Coraline braced herself for the worst. Just then, there was a pair of piercing red eyes that appeared within the shadows; as if part of the darkness itself. Before long, more of them began to appear.

Then out of the darkness came thousands upon millions of vicious, black rats; which were different from what Coraline could remember from the last time she was there. The rats began to surround her and Wybie as they continued to emerge from the darkness. The rats leapt onto her; biting and scratching her. Coraline tried to fight back but was soon forced to the ground.

As the rats began to cover her, Wybie began to fight back; grabbing the rats and throwing them off his best friend. Before long, the rats began to attack him as well, and the two of them were stuck in a seemingly endless battle.

Coraline soon gathered her strength once more and began to tear the rats off her and Wybie; with his help of course. After what seemed to be an eternity, all of the rats had been reduced to nothing cloth and sawdust. Soon, Coraline heard something in the distance. It was a well built young teenage boy with short, bushy black hair and bright, baby blue eyes; which complimented his lightly tan skin. He was dressed in what seemed to be a Prom suit.

"Coraline! You came for me!" He smiled.

"Josh!" Coraline cried.

Soon, she threw her arms around him.

"I'm glad the Beldam didn't hurt you."

Josh put his arms around her as well. Before long, Josh spoke.

"You know," He began. "Mother didn't like it when you ran away like that."

At those words, Coraline's eyes grew wide with shock before she felt a sharp pain rip through her. Soon, she fell to the floor.

"Sweet dreams, princess." Josh smiled evilly, as he became a bit more lean and pale; his bright, baby blue eyes now replaced by horrible, charcoal black buttons.

His suit began to fade to a dirty gray, with many rips and tatters.

"Coraline!" A voice cried out in horror.

Josh looked up to see Wybie running toward them; but was knocked to the ground. Wybie looked up to see the 'Other' Mother and Josh staring back at him.

"How nice to see you all again." The Beldam smiled in a sickly way.

Wybie got up quickly and ran to Coraline on the ground.

"What... What're you going to do?" Wybie asked, taking Coraline's unconscious body in his arms.

The Beldam grinned evilly at him.

"My sweet son here has brought my very disgraceful daughter back to me." She said, her black painted pulled back in a sneer. "But of course, I wouldn't really need her; now that I have the perfect son."

"Why you..." Wybie growled.

"Now, now, Wybie," The Beldam smiled, turning away for the moment. "It won't be long now."

Soon, she turned back to the dark skinned boy.

"We will have the world behind the door as our own."

Wybie growled a bit under his breath.

"Oh, and don't worry about Coraline," She grinned at him, evilly. "Because you will soon be joining her!"

With that, Josh rammed Wybie in the back of the head with something hard. Still holding Coraline in his arms, Wybie fell to the floor. The Beldam's evil laughter echoed through his mind as Wybie soon slipped into darkness.

Cliff Hanger! D: Sorry if it was kinda rushed ^^; I hope you're liking it so far :D There's still more to come later :D:D PLEASE R&R! :D:D THANKS! :D:D:D:D