Coraline 2: The Fate of the Beldam

The Game: Day 4

Wybie and Coraline were still in the woods when the clock read 12:00 A.M, so it was officially the 4th day. "We're rapidly running out of time! How far are these woods?" Wybie asks. "This is nothing like the other world when I played this game with Florence as a kid." Finally, they reached the other pink palace when the clock read 4:00 A.M. "We need some rest." Coraline and Wybie sat down on the ground, brainstorming to themselves on where to look next. One piece of the wand was in the attic, another in the basement, one in the greenhouse, and the other in the apartment, but that one disappeared.

"Maybe the other one is in the forest." Coraline says, staring into the woods behind the other pink palace. Just before walking off to check, she pulled out the white wand. "Show me where to go now." Coraline says, and waves the wand. A shiny white line appeared and drew her to the woods, just like she thought. "Come on Wybie!" Wybie got up and followed her and the white line, but it stopped at the edge of the woods. "Well, it can't give us all the answers, I guess." Both Coraline and Wybie began to search the trees, both high and low.

Coraline decided to start climbing some of the nearby trees, thinking it was possible that the 4th piece of the wand was possibly in one of the branches. When she was half way up the tree, she could see other tree tops and their branches, which gave her an advantage, but at the same time, it was still pretty dark to see everything. With the distance and the fact that the wand is black, it was hard to tell the difference between the normal branches and the hidden wand piece. "Coraline, do you see anything?" Wybie called. "No, it's a little dark to see far out, and I don't see anything close by." "Well, come on down, it's not safe to stay up there." Coraline started making her way down when they both noticed the clock in the sky. 11:30 A.M. "Already? I hate this stupid spirit."

Wybie and Coraline decided to split up again. Coraline went down a hill with a path while Wybie went in the opposite direction. Just as Wybie and Coraline were pretty far apart, Coraline saw a swirl of clouds again, but this time, it was of a fairy's life. At first, the fairy was kind, and giving. He gave and gave to humans, but then the humans weren't so kind, and kept taking advantage of the fairy's good nature. It transitioned to the fairy getting angry with the humans, and refusing to give. The fairy spoke, but it wasn't the cat's voice. "Humans are terrible!" He yelled.

The fairy tried cursing the human kind until it was stopped by fairies in white clothing with white wands. The fairy turned into a devilish looking being with red eyes. All the white fairies pointed their wands at the evil fairy, banishing it to the white world which was the other world before its land was created. "You have not seen the end of me! I will terrorize any humans that come into this world!" The evil fairy yelled, before the portal closed. However, Coraline noted that the voice wasn't the same that the voice of the fairy here had. "It's probably taking on the voice of trusted friends." She said to herself.

Just as the cloud window disappeared, Coraline saw the missing piece of the wand she tried to catch from the pink palace. She chased after it as it floated away, leading her deeper into the forest. The wand piece floated through a window of an old shed that Coraline had never seen before. She heard the voices of Phoenix, Cypress and Archer calling to her. "Mommy! Are you there? Help us!" "Cypress! I'm coming!" Coraline pulled on the door handles as hard as she could, but she couldn't open the doors. She started banging on it, but it still didn't open. As a last resort, she kicked the door and it finally busted open.

The kids weren't in sight, but it was a rather large shed on the inside. "Phoenix? Cypress? Archer!" She calls out. Coraline noticed the wand piece floating at the top of a ladder. Coraline went to climb the ladder when the door suddenly slammed behind her, startling her. She gasped, turning to look behind her. A bunch of lights turned on, revealing the evil fairy spirit dangling the wand piece above the ladder. "I see you fell for my trick Coraline Lovat. Now, you will stay here forever, and watch your children die." The spirit lifted Coraline in the air, and disappeared with her, cackling loudly as it did.

Wybie wasn't having luck on his side of the woods he was searching, so he decided to head down the path Coraline was searching. He followed her foot prints, calling her name as he did so. Not long after, he came across the shed. "Wybie!" He heard Coraline calling him, followed by Phoenix's voice. "Dad! Help us! We're in here!" Wybie went running in, banging on the door just like Coraline did. He used his whole body to break the doors down completely. "Daddy! Daddy!" Wybie couldn't bear to hear Cypress calling for him in terror. It was one of his worst nightmares because that was his little girl, and his only one at that.

"Cypress! Phoenix, Archer! Daddy's here, where are you! Coraline!" Wybie called their names, searching the massive shed. It was scary how much bigger this shed was on the inside than it was on the outside. Wybie found a set of creepy stairs, and decided to go down them, believing that his family was down there. When he got to the bottom of the stairs, there was a trap door. He opened it, revealing a ladder. Wybie pulled out a flashlight, and went down the ladder to a very old and creepy basement. The flashlight stopped working, so Wybie couldn't see anything.

He walked right into a spider web, so he exclaimed in disgust. Suddenly, a light turned on behind him. "Welcome to the party, Why-Born Lovat. You're just in time for the real fun to begin." Wybie turned around, and to his horror, Coraline was tied to a stake surrounded by dry grass and hay. "Let her go!" He says. "Or what? You'll end me? You don't have all the wand pieces yet." The fairy says, clearly gloating. "I heard my children! Where are they!?" Wybie yells in anger. "Careful Why-born Lovat, you'll make me angry, and if I get angry, I can snatch your wife's soul before you can take another step."

"What do I have to do for you to let her go?" He asks, desperately. "Easy. Come get the wand piece." The 4th piece of the wand was floating in what looked like an outstretched hand of the fairy spirit. Wybie looked around for resources, but his options were limited. He saw a bunch of random rubble in the corner next to the spirit, and ran towards it. He jumped and climbed the massive pile, and jumped for the wand piece, but missed. He fell onto the ground, much to Coraline's horror. "Wybie, are you okay?" She called out to him. Before he could answer, the fairy added fire to the dry grass. "No!" Wybie immediately got up, and found a rock. He threw it at the wand piece, but the fairy yanked it away.

Suddenly, Wybie noticed Coraline's bag, and went for it, spotting the white wand. Wybie aimed the wand at the spirit. "Give me the wand piece." He says, waving it. The evil fairy roared and flew backwards, dropping the wand piece. Wybie caught it, and put it in Coraline's bag. The ropes holding Coraline were automatically released. The couple fled the scary basement as fast as they could. Once they got outside, the thunder was right above them. The clock in the sky read 12:00, midnight. It was the last day of the game, so it's all or nothing.