Coraline and Wybie

Part 3

As Wybie kneeled next to the button, he reached for it and sunk his hand into the dirt surrounding it. He tried to pick the button up but it was connected to something. 

I moved closer to him and I whispered "what is it?" 

He looked up at me and said "I'm not sure but there's only one way to find out" 

Wybie started digging around the button and soon he was holding a weird shape that was covered in mud. We walked over to the tap next to the entrance to the garden and we started washing the mud off. 

I took one look at the now clean object and almost screamed. 

In Wybie's hands was the mini doll of me that the other mother had made five years ago. After five years it was still here. It had gone missing but now it was back. 

"Wybie throw it away!" I said.

"Why?" he asked.

"The beldam uses it to spy on us!" I yelled and Wybie threw the doll into the mud.

Wybie turned to me and I felt tears pricking at the corners of my eyes. I never cried but for some reason this whole thing was too much. All the memories were flooding my mind. The trauma was unbearable. 

Wybie engulfed me in a tight hug as he noticed the tears in my eyes. 

"Wybie, I think she's back..." I said in a whsiper. 

"It's okay Coraline, you've got me this time. I won't let her hurt you" he whispered to me. 

I pulled away from the hug and stared at the little doll.  

"We need to destroy the doll so she can't spy on us" I said. Wybie nodded and I walked over to it and picked it up.

"Good luck spying on us if you can't see" I whispered to the doll.