Coraline

Journey to the Depths

By Frozen Legacy (Frozen Legacy17)

Chapter 1: Prologue

The Jones family, the Lovats, and everyone are having a wonderful time on a beautiful and sunny day with not one cloud in the sky. They had a family picnic where they heard birds chirping along the way. Coraline the 11-year-old girl is soon to be 13 years old, was still the same as she was before. With her blue short bob hair growing to a medium length and she was wearing her summer outfit and she could sense the warm air coming from the Southernly winds. Her best friend Wybie Lovat and Mrs. Lovat were by the old rusted gate. Mrs. Lovat was greeted to Coraline and she said, "Hello." Coraline, "I'm Coraline Jones…I've got so much to tell you!" Once they were chatting about Coraline's adventures and how she escaped from the Beldam and how she knew she succeeded by freeing the ghost children. Even Coraline explained how she saw Mrs. Lovat's sister and this made Mrs. Lovat surprised as she didn't know by this. Wybie told his grandma about that Coraline say her sister in the mirror only to be a formed of a ghostly figure. Mrs. Lovat was surprised again, even though she didn't believe in ghosts and was telling her grandson and Coraline to be safe if the Beldam ever captured them again. Coraline's parent's Mrs. Jones and Mr. Jones known as Mel and Charlie, were chatting with each other happily as they were drinking their lemonade that their daughter handed out to them. Coraline went over to her parents and was happy to see them. She hugged both with them and they chuckled seeing their daughter grown up almost to a point as a young teenager. Coraline, "I can't believe mom and dad that this garden is amazing! It felt like a wonderful home where I live." Coraline's dad rubs her hair and she giggles at how she loves the touched of her father. Even though she thinks to herself and sadly shook her head, because of how she missed her Other Father. The Other Father in the other world was helping her with the first ghost eye and he eventually drowned in the pond. Coraline thought to herself…. can she really go back to the Other World? With a sigh she can't because the Other Mother/Beldam could trick and try to fool her. Coraline was paused for a moment and though to her mind, but her parents were starting to look at her worriedly. Coraline shakes her head and said in a tense voice, "I-I-I'm fine…it's just the wind that's all." The parents were relieved as they took her hand and walked up on the bridge. Mr. Bobinsky made a speech that the mice congratulate her for being brave and being adventurous that she was a savior to all. Coraline smiled and she look toward her friends and family and thought to herself, "What could go possibly wrong?"

Meanwhile back at the Other World….

The Other World was crypted and falling apart as the workshop place where the Beldam's lair was all dusty with old books on the shelves and that there was cobwebs on the ceilings for a hundred years. Even the Beldam was getting tired and that she needed to stop eating the souls of other children…but some other bad thing might happen. She feared that there was a prophecy somewhere hidden in the shadows of the depths and that power will destroy her own creation of the other world and Coraline's real world too. She must warn her about what could happened in the future because she doesn't want another child to die even it meant to protecting them. The Beldam was fearful with her button eyes as she can read what's happening to the future of her precious loving daughter Coraline. She saw that Coraline was fighting the shadowy beasts with something, but couldn't tell. The vision was blurry and she couldn't read to find the process out. She wanted the child to be safe and that was on her wishes, you see she'll never hurt or kill an innocent child again. The Beldam saw the cat near by the door and said to them, "Vermin you must protect and guide Coraline at all times, when the time comes, I will be her guide and protect her as long as possible…I just don't want her to get killed." The Beldam then started to create her own world again, this time she'll change her ways and once Coraline sleeps…she'll trained her how to be protective by herself. The Beldam tearfully smiled as she threw the new Coraline doll into the void on a starry night, hoping someday that she will always be there for her. Because, Coraline is her precious daughter in the whole world.