Coral - Coraline's daughter

The Other Sacrifice and the Other End

The ground shuddered and opened, that huge hand had come out of the earth, they all stood there wondering just how much they were screwed, the moments of joy they had just experienced disappeared as if it had never existed. Coraline was standing next to Wybie who held Toby in a protective way. The Amanda's were a little behind with Balt and many children were already in the clearing, they were too scared to understand how serious the situation was. Lucius stood beside his son Rudy, who in turn held Coral's hand tightly. He did not mean to let go of that girl anymore.

Coral's heart beat too fast, it was different, she could barely breathe right. The steaming, raw hand carried with it an odor of the poor, of something as old as time and as scary as death.

"Elzarella ..." Coral whispered, she was sure that she was there. It had happened what everyone feared. Elzarella had woken up.

Her hand shook and then, so fast that no one could run, she reached out and grabbed three children that were nearby and pulled them into the hole. Everyone shouted, but they could not run. I had nowhere to run. The doors that had been there before were now blocked by dark, stinking smoke.

Coral deduced the obvious, if that hand was so large that it could catch three children quietly, the owner of that hand was even greater, because the arm had not appeared completely, only to the elbow. Coral imagined the time that great creature would come from there and what she would have done with those three children.

Screams came from inside the hole, and then the silence.

- We have to get out of here NOW! Coraline screamed, fear was in her eyes, she was looking at her husband and her children and she could not feel a bit of hope.

- The doors are locked. - Lucio went to one of the entrances that were blocked by the black smoke and was repelled before even touching. "There's no way out."

"Where do you think you're going?" Everyone looked at the hole, the voice had come from there, it was a voice that looked like a gentle old but at the same time scary.

Then a small hand emerged from inside the hole, leaning on the surrounding earth, and gradually the person began to come out completely.

The first thing Coral noticed in that woman who was now standing before them all is that she was now a normal-sized person, and the second thing she noticed when the woman lifted her head to face everyone, is that her mouth, neck And body was completely dirty with living blood, as if she had just taken large buckets of blood and let it trickle down the sides of her mouth. That woman was rather peculiar, not so tall and not so old, was a kind of grandmother in good shape, but the marks of old age was evident throughout the body that was completely naked. The hair was so large that it dragged on the floor and was white as cotton. When she faced them all, Coral realized how odd that woman was when she looked into his eyes. One eye was totally green, just like Rudy's and the other eye did not exist, where the eye should have been, there was a bud of blooming rose.

"Well, well ... What a beautiful reception. She said, her voice a gentle masquerade that she could see from a distance.

"Elzarella, please ..." Lucio walked toward him, the expression on the face of the man who once was a cat, was pleading, but he did not finish the sentence, that woman made him close his mouth.

"You'd better be quiet." She made a move with her hand and the man was thrown away.

- Dad! Rudy let go of Coral's hand and ran to protect his father.

Elzarella at the sound of Rudy's voice completely changed the look on his face, suddenly he looked happy and radiant.

- My grandchild!!! She walked quickly to the boy. Rudy closed his eyes, his face was the shadow of fear, it was as if he were reliving the past, a past unknown to many here, so he preferred to close his eyes and hope that it was all a dream. But she did not touch him, just took the crystal he held from her hand. - This is mine. Then she looked back at Rudy, who remained with her eyes closed, then looked at herself. She was still naked and full of blood.