Button Eyes, Clock Hearts

Legends are home

The time in Wonderland had passed. No new incidents had been reported, no new dreams. Just nothing, yet, nobody put their guard down. Still anxious and suspicious. Today was the perfect day, without Alice, where Coraline could ask Boris to give her a weapon. When he arrived, she grinned, knowing a day of fun was awaiting her.

"Boris! I was waiting for you!" She said Cat was with Gray so Coraline had been locked in the room.

"I let the bagworm know I was coming to take ya!" He said, sitting on the floor with the blue-haired girl.

"Yea...anyways, I need your help with something"

"What?" Boris seemed very excited, his tail moving side to side. His face seemed to be beaming with happiness causing Coraline to laugh.

"I wanted to know, could you train me in self-defense and give me a gun?"

Boris seemed shocked, Coraline was nervous. Perhaps it was a bad idea to ask for that.

"You have no idea how much I've wanted to do that with an outsider! I thought you would resist that kind of thing!"

Coraline sighed in relief with the response. "Well, there is a crazy witch after me, and I want to be able to put out a fight without throwing Cat."

Boris agreed, taking her out of there and helping her choose a gun. She chose a two-handed one, not really caring for the model. It was made with iridescent metal, looking black, but in the light, it was purple and blue. Pretty fascinating. After training a bit, Coraline started to get the gist of it. She had no idea how many time-changes passed before she felt confident in her reflexes and her shooting. Boris actually was proud of her, bringing her back every time change for her to rest and tell her roommates about her adventures. Alice, at first didn't approve, but she understood the reason.

Now, Coraline was alone with Boris, entering the room with a smile on her face. "Hey, Boris...thanks for everything. Sorry for troubling you so much"

"No problem Cory, I like doing it."

"I really would like to thank you! Like seriously! You did so much!"

"Well, I'll take a kiss, how about that?"

"What?!" Coraline was red, staring in disbelief. "But..."

Suddenly, footsteps were heard interrupting the moment. Boris stood on his guard and Coraline took out her gun. The door opened revealing a small girl with long, wavy pastel-pink hair and cat ears with yellow eyes. She was wearing a cute, almost entirely pink outfit. And on her neck a scarf with the same pattern as Boris' boa only in lighter colors.

She smiled sweetly as she peeked around the door jamb, "Big Brother Boris, I found you! Never leave again."

The cat only blinked at her, confused,"...Who the hell are you?"

The girl kept her cheery smile and pointed to herself, "I'm Onyx Airay silly! The Bandersnatch! How did you forget brother?"

Coraline frowned at the girl, "Nix? Why haven't I heard of you before?"

Boris stared at the little girl, "Because...the Bandersnatch doesn't even exist. It's just a story to scare kids!" He flinched as he heard a sob at the door.

Coraline rushed to the pink, crying ten-year-old girl, "Brother is so mean! The Bandersnatch always existed!"

Suddenly Boris's eyes widened, falling on his knees, both girls rushed to his aid as he held his head in pain. He was speechless, Boris knelt down and hugged her tightly, letting a sob go on her small shoulder. In return, Nix snuggled him. People had walked in to see what the racket was about, but they could stare at the two in shock and puzzlement off to the side.