Running, running, falling. My lungs and legs burn from running to escape her. My mind is terrorized with panic, the fear of her. Oh god, she's gaining on me, I don't want to die.

"Coraline! There you are dearie!" The Beldam called in her harpy tone. She trapped me under her spider form, venomous fangs dripping on my face as her metal fingers cut into my arms. "YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD ESCAPE ME AGAIN LITTLE GIRL?! Oh, no, no, no! THIS time I'm going to PLUCK YOUR EYES FROM THEIR SOCKETS AND THEN I'M GOING TO EAT YOU, PIECE BY PIECE! HA HA HA HA!" Her hands were inching closer and closer to my face as I screamed and tried to kick her off…

"AHHH!" I shrieked and shot up in bed, shaking with fear. Slowly, with quivering breaths, I stood up and padded down the hall to my parents' room. I pushed open the door only to find the bed neatly made and void of my parents. "O-oh, that's r-right. Their at the m-m-mulch convention this week. And I'm all a-alone. By myself. Again." I started to whimper as the tears slid down my face. "I c-can't do this anymore! I can't be alone!" I sobbed and thought of who I could go to. Miss Spink had died two years ago, just a few days after my fifteenth birthday and Miss Forcible had moved out, saying she didn't want to be so close to where her best friend left her. Mr. Bobinsky was staying with his new girlfriend, Anya, who knows when he'll be back. That left me with Wybie.

Pursing my lips, I walked back to my room, picked up my phone, and dialed his number.

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I was sleeping peacefully in my bed until I was startled awake by my phone blaring Jailhouse Rock by the one true King. I groped around my nightstand until I found the clamoring object and glanced at the caller-id. "Cora? What is she doing up so late?" I pressed accept and waited for her to talk.

"W-wybie? Are you t-there?" Her trembling voice asked. Immediately I knew something was up, she never calls with an unsure voice this late, normally, she has some terrific idea for what we should to do after school.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm here Jonesy, what's wrong?" I told her quietly, I don't know why though, because Grandma wasn't home, she was at her "Granny Gathering" as I called it.

"I-I-I, I just r-really need someone to be with r-right now. I c-can't be alone in this h-house anymore. Do y-you t-think you could come over n-now? I'm r-really scared of her. P-please?" She cried out to me. Oh god, how could I say no to Coraline pleading? That's the thing, I just couldn't.

"Alright Cora, don't panic, I'll be right over, don't cry okay?" I said gently.

"Okay." She sniffled and hung up. I quickly jumped out of bed, slipped on some shoes and pulled a sweatshirt on over my wifebeater. I grabbed the keys to my motorcycle and headed out to Coraline's house. When I got there, I noticed that all the lights were off except for her bedroom light and her hallway light. I unlocked the front door with the key that she'd given me a few years ago and went straight upstairs.

"Jonesy? You up there?" I heard some shuffling as she appeared in the entryway of her room.

"Yeah, I-I'm here." She whispered, wiping a falling tear from her eye. I immediately rushed to her side and crushed her into a big hug.

"Oh, Cora, it's okay. You're okay. I'm here, I'm not going to let anything happen to you, alright? I'm here for you okay?" I cooed to her and ran my hands through her cobalt locks as she gripped my shirt tightly and sobbed into my chest. We stayed like that for a good twenty minutes, until I silently closed her door and ushered her to her bed. Luckly, a few years ago, Coraline's dad found a queen-sized bed on sale at the mattress store that was going out of business so we don't have to squish into her old twin bed. Once we were settled in, I pulled the comforter over us and Coraline snuggled up to me once again. She started to cry again and shake with fear.

"Cora, what's wrong? Do you want to talk about it? It's not like you just to break down like this." She sniffled and mumbled her horrifying nightmare to me.

"I-I was so scared. S-s-she was gonna eat me and t-take my eyes! A-and, a-and then when I w-woke up I was a-all alone! I d-don't w-ant to be a-alone anym-more… P-please, don't… Please don't l-leave me Wybie, I-I can't d-do it anymore. I t-try to be tough, b-but I can't handle it anymore. I'm so afraid." She confessed quietly, and I pulled her closely to me, smoothing out her hair.

"You don't have to a big, tough girl anymore, Cora. I'll be your big, tough boy, how's that-"

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He's my best friend, and when he said that, I feathered my lips over his, in a light kiss.

"Thank you Wybie, thank you so much." I whispered, and fell asleep, the comfort of him was just enough to finally let my mind rest.

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Oh, god. Now how am I supposed to sleep? After the moment that I've been waiting since I was twelve just happened. Oh, dear, it looks like I'm going to have a lot to talk about tomorrow.

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Hey guys! I'm sorry that it's been a million years, but I'm back... Sorry, everytime I tried to write something, my page would refresh and bam! All my hard work is gone! So, that kept ticking me off, but I finally got it to work! Sorry again! Please forgive me?

All my Love,

Violet