𝑫𝒐𝒍𝒍 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆 ➳ 𝑨. 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔

II

We continued to run as fast as we could to a small clearing with a perfect veiw of the pink palace. She came to a stop she let go of my hand
"Damn, could have warned me!" I whined
"sorry about that, i panicked" she apologised while scratching the back of her neck
A loud meow came from behind us. We both jumped at the sudden noise. well coraline screamed i just jumped a bit.
"Oh its you" coraline groaned
"we're looking for an old well, know it?" She asked the black cat infront of us who was sittinv on a tree stump "not talking huh?" She hummed.
"Thats a fucking cat"
She looked at me and then sighed.

"Oh magic douser rod, show me, the well!-" She said confidently.
A loud fog horn sounded behind us and a moterbike came speeding down the hill towards us
"Oh hell nah"
Coraline screamed in fear and swung her dousing rod at the person. But they grabbed it making her fall into the mud, i siffled a laugh immediately and ran over to help her.
The person lifted up their mask to reveal a boy that looked about our age
He had dark curly brown hair and wore skeleton gloves, a black jacket and blue jeans. And had really bad posture. Like deadass bent over.

He looked at us and started talking.
"So let me guess your from Texas reuta" the boy said to coraline "someplace dried out and Barron right?" He said as he examined her stick.
I helped coraline up to her feet and she glared at him
"i heard about water wiching but it doesn't make any sense, i mean its just an ordinary branch" he told her
"Its a dousing rod!" She sneered at him while punching him in the arm
"Ow!" He winced
"And we dont like being stalked! Not by psycho nerds, or their cat!" She yelled
"He was stalking us? The first time a man has ever wanted to look at me" i said dramatically
The boy glanced at me and continued talking.

"He's not really my cat, he's kinda feral, you know wild"
Me and coraline looked at him blankly "of course i do feed him every night and sometimes he'll come to my window and bring me little dead things" He said while petting the feline
Coraline sighed again
"look, im from pointiac" he looked at her confused i think "Michigan"
"Oh r-right, and where are you from?" He asked politely
"Africa" i said.

"And If im a water witch! Wheres the secret well?" Coraline jeered at him
"I-If you stomp too hard you'll fall in it!" He warned. She jumped back and let out an "oh"

I wiped away sone mud from inside the circle of mushrooms, i was careful not to step inside the ring.
I dont mess with that fairy magic shit.
I knocked on the wood twice then got on my knees and looked into it
"cool!" I said exitedly looking through the old wood
"Its supposed to be so deep, if you fell in the bottom and looked up you'd see a sky full of stars in the middle of the day!" He claimed while lifting the lid of the well with a fallen branch. We all peeked in. I had to admit that was pretty deep.
"supprised she let you move in, my grandma she owns the pink palace and wont rent to people with kids" he said while looking at the pink building
"What do you mean? We both moved in today and we're kids" i asked him. His face droped a bit
"Im not exactly moving-"
"oh" she said

"I- im not supposed to talk about it, oh im wybie! Wybie Lovat" wybie said holding out a hand for me to shake. I returned the kind gesture. "Short for wyborn, not my idea of course"
"Alva" i introduced.
"Coraline" she said, wybie shook her hand aswell and she wiped off some mud off of her hand.
"Caroline?" Wybie asked
"Coraline! Coraline jones!" She corrected him
"Alva is the only one who got it right.." she mumbled.
"Not really scientific but i heard a ordanary name such as caroline can lead someone to have ordinary expectations about a person" he stated whilst turning his attention back to petting the cat.
She growled, clenching her fists to puch him.
I rested my hand on her shoulder. She looked at me dissatisfied and i whispered
"Hit em hard bitch"
She smiled gleefully and went to smack him in the jaw. I regretted saying that and stopped her
just in time.

"That makes her special then" i stated. Fiddling with my eyepatch
"I guess you could put it that way" he tilted his head.
"no that sounded cringe let me try that again, UM"
"Wyborn!" a distant voice called ringing what sounded like a cow bell. Wybie flinched as an evil grin spread across Coraline's face.
"I think i just heard someone calling you wyborn" coraline teased her eyes narrowing
"W-what? i didnt hear anything" he said scratching the back of his neck
"Oh i definitely heard someone why-were-you-born!" Coraline mocked his name
"Well great to meet a Michigan water witch, and you alva" he smiled
"Oh! i would be more careful because that dousing rod of yours," she raised an eyebrow
"its poison oak" and with that he hoped on his bike and drove off, quite fast actually for a peice of scrap metal.
"Told you" i grinned. Nudging her

coraline droped the stick and i stood there, he seemed alright
Coraline just looked annoyed. No. Not annoyed she looked pissed.
"Ughhh!" She yelled. Took my arm and began dragging me back to the house.

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