Walking into the kitchen, the Beldam started cooking breakfast, omelet and bacon.

Shaggy, Scooby and Courage all have a bad feeling about this, they all swallowed hard, feeling lumps in their throats. But they had to brave for Coraline's sake.

Remember Charlie and the wasps. Courage reminded himself.

The kids and puppies went to the table, and sit down on the chairs.

The Beldam continued her song-like humming as she cooked, the smell of bacon sizzling on the stove smelled delicious. It had Shaggy realize how hungry he was, but after that tea she gave him...no thanks.

Scooby was not planning to eat either, after when Shaggy told him what the Beldam did to him, and Courage knew things were really bad when Shaggy and Scooby both refuse to even EAT.

Shaggy then felt freaked out as he stared at the boxes that had four sets buttons for the all of them.

Scooby and Courage both shrank back in terror at the button eyes, they could see why it made Shaggy feel so sick.

It seemed like something out of a terrible nightmare, only everything that had happened is so REAL.

Courage shook those disturbing images out of his head and instead focus at the task at hand, "Remember what the Cat has said," he whispered into Coraline's ear.

"Why don't we play a GAME?" Coraline posed the question.

The Beldam stopped her ominous humming, ceasing her mixing.

"Like, we knew you like them," Shaggy added.

"Everybody likes... games," the Beldam turned back to the stove, pouring her egg mix into the sizzling pan, "What kind of game would it be?"

"Ran exploring game," Scooby felt a twinge of intimidation as he watched the creature's steps, "Ran finding things game."

As she finished the first omelet, the Beldam smirked and started to tap her fingers against the counter, "And what is it you'd be finding, Darlings?"

"Coraline's real parents." Courage answered immediately, his voice steady and strong.

"Too easy," the Beldam said.

"And the eyes of the ghost children," Coraline added.

"Huh," the Belo raised a brow as she turned around and walked towards them, putting the omelets on their plates along with three strips of bacon, "What if you don't find them?"

"If I lose, I'll stay here with you forever and let you love me," Coraline replied.

Shaggy, Scooby and Courage all gave Coraline shocker and distressed expressions as the Beldam raised a brow in surprise but kept her smug smirk.

Coraline sighed, "And I'll let you sewing buttons into my eyes. But you leave my friends alone."

"Coraline what-" Shaggy cut in, but was interrupted by the Beldam.

"And if you somehow win this game?" the Beldam played with her nails as she finished plating breakfast.

Coraline looked at her as if it was obvious, "Then you let us go. You let everyone go. My real father and mother, the dead children, everyone you've trapped here."

"Hmm," the Beldam walked around the table before holding her bony hand out, "Deal."

Coraline stared at it unimpressed before glaring up at her with distrust, "Not till you give us a clue."

The Beldam sighed and frowned as if bored and dissatisfied as she pointed upwards, "Oh, right."

"In each of three wonders I've made just for you," the Beldam stood behind Coraline as she used her hand to covers her eyes, "A ghost's eye is lost in plain sight."

"And like, for Coraline's parents?" Shaggy asked.

The Beldam only chuckled mischievously, tapping her right button in rhythm to the leaking faucet.

Coraline grumbled, "Fine. Don't tell us."

Coraline crossed her arms, sighed, and said, "It's a deal, she turned to extend her arm to shake, but the Beldam is gone.

"What did she mean by wonders?" Coraline asked her friends.

"RI don't know," Scooby responded with a confused eyebrow.

"I've never been too good at riddles man," Shaggy shrugged before standing up.

"Whatever she meant, the eyes can't be too far. This world isn't too big to search in," Courage reminded.

His mind wrapped around the word 'wonders'. It had to relate to something, she had mentioned three. He turned and pulled the curtain on the kitchen to window to see the garden.

Something inside him clicked, besides the house, they all had been to three other places in this world. At last the gears inside turned the clock that was his brain, "Hmmm...guys...I found the first clue."


Well that's all for now. this is vakarns signing out.