Coraline and Wybie

Part 1

Five years. That's how long it had been since Wybie and I had defeated the Beldam.

The time that had passed between then and now had been filled with some of my most fond memories. Wybie and I had really grown up now and we were no longer the little kids we had been. He was sixteen now and I was fifteen.

Since where we live is such a small town, there's only one school which Wybie and I both attend. It's a cozy little school, though it's filled with some strange people.

The night that Wybie and I had thrown the Beldams hand and the key into the well, had scarred us. After the whole ordeal, we had become really close. We never told anyone what happened because no one would believe us. Why would they?

Wybie was really the only friends I had because the kids at school were kind of boring and strange. Wybie wasn't boring but he certainly was strange - in the best way possible.

The whole Beldam ordeal had scarred us so badly that anytime our friends asked to come and visit us, we declined. I just didn't want to risk anyones lives.

Of course since Wybie was the only guy I really ever spoke to, feelings for him developed over time. I had spent majority of the last five years with Wybie so I'd found it incredibly hard to put my feelings aside. When we weren't at school, we would spend as much time together as we could, and when we were at school, we would be by one another's side almost constantly.

At first, I tried to ignore my feelings for Wybie. He was my bestfriend, I couldnt have feelings for him? It would ruin our friendship! Though, I soon realised that it was impossible to ignore my feelings for him.

Having him around so much made it nearly impossible to imagine life without him. Whenever we were separate for more than a week, we would go practically insane from boredom. Wybie was the only one who really understand me at all, it just felt like we clicked so perfectly.

I still lived in the same apartment with my parents and Wybie still lived with his grandma.

I liked his grandma, she was the only person Wybie and I had told about the entire Beldam situation. She had known I wasn't lying when I had told her about the Beldam and what had happened to her sister.

My parents and I became really close after I escaped the Beldam. I'd decided to get over my issues that I had with them and began to put in actual effort. I loved them.

My mom had taken over the roll as cook of the house and she actually made really yummy food. Dad on the other hand, did not make good food. He'd gotten a promotion a few years ago so he had been able to afford a better laptop. Now he didn't have to use the shitty little box computer.

My parents were always helping me with the garden. It was still a big passion of mine. There was so many different varieties of plants in the garden. There were flowers and trees growing and the smell was amazing. It was beautiful.

We had come to love the place. The house was old yet beautiful in its own way. The garde also gave it a more lively feel.

Wybie and I were always off on adventures around the place. Sometimes we were exploring the woods and sometimes we made the trek into town.

When we went into the woods, we tried to avoid the well after the whole experience all those years ago. Whenever we did happen to go past it, I would move to the side a bit.

I had a deep fear that she would crawl out of the well and grab me. The Beldam plagued my nightmares. Sometimes the nightmares were so vivid that I would think I was really back there.

I had boarded up the little door with Wybie's help. The key may be gone but we didn't want to take any chances. I wasn't letting the Beldam come back any time soon.