Just to let you all know, I found a copy of the script to this episode on Google, so that's why I'm writing down each sentence how it is in the show (except for the cuss words). I'd like to give credit to the Duffer Brothers and the rest of the Stranger Things team for writing the script. I will be making a couple of small changes to fit the Tangled characters. I don't want to get any copyright claims, so that's why I'm telling you guys about it first. Please enjoy the story! ❤️

It was late at night in the town of Hawkins, Indiana and most of its citizens were already asleep. That is, except for a certain group of kids inside the Wheeler household.

"Do you hear that? Listen..." Y/n Wheeler narrated. "Something is coming... something hungry for blood."

Rapunzel Sinclair, Ruddiger Henderson, and Catalina Byers sat and waited anxiously as their dungeon master continued the storyline.

"A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you in darkness. It is almost here," Y/n continued.

"What is it?" Catalina asked.

"What if it's the Demogorgon? We're in deep crap if it's the Demogorgon," Ruddiger considered.

"It's not the Demogorgon-" Rapunzel countered. Y/n gave them a look. They quieted down.

"An army of Troglodytes charge into the chamber!" Y/n exclaimed. She slammed some game pieces onto the table. "Their tails drum the floor! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Troglodytes?!" Ruddiger bleated.

"Told ya," Rapunzel smirked.

Ruddiger scoffed and Y/n gave them another look.

"Wait, do you hear that? Boom! Boom! BOOM!! That sound... It didn't come from the Troglodytes, no. It came from something else..."

The others were filled with anticipation.

"THE DEMOGORGON!!" Y/n shouted as she slammed a Demogorgon piece onto the board.

They all stared at her.

"We're in deep crap," Ruddiger whimpered.

"Well, your action?" Y/n inquired.

"I-I don't know," Catalina gulped.

"Fireball him," Rapunzel suggested.

"I'd have to roll thirteen or higher-"

"Too risky. Cast a protection spell," Ruddiger interrupted.

"Don't be a wimp! Fireball him!" Rapunzel insisted.

"Protection spell-"

"The Demogorgon is tired of your silly human bickering," Y/n sighed. "It stomps towards you. BOOM!!"

"FIREBALL HIM, CATALINA!!" Rapunzel shouted.

"Another step. Boom!"

"Cast protection!"

"It roars in anger-"

Both Rapunzel and Ruddiger yelled their opinions to Catalina, who was starting to fall under all the pressure.

"And-"

"Fireball!" Catalina interrupted Y/n and rolled the dice. It rolled somewhere hidden.

"What is it?" Rapunzel asked.

"I don't know," Catalina replied.

"Is it a thirteen?" Ruddiger questioned.

"I don't know!" Catalina replied, annoyed. They all frantically searched for the dice until Karen Wheeler, Y/n's mom stoped them.

"Mom, we're in the middle of a campaign-"

"You mean the end," Karen refuted. "Fifteen after."

Her and Y/n climbed up the stairs.

"Just twenty more minutes-"

"It's a school night, Y/n, and I just put Holly to bed. You can finish next weekend," Karen noted.

"That'll ruin the flow-"

"Y/n."

"I'm serious, Mom! It took two weeks to plan. How was I supposed to know it'd take ten hours?"

"You've been playing for ten hours?"

Annoyed, Y/n turned to her dad, Ted Wheeler.

"Dad, don't you think-"

"I think you should listen to your mother," Ted muttered. He hit the TV. "Dang piece of junk!"

Down in the basement, Rapunzel, Catalina, and Ruddiger were packing up their things.

"Does a seven count?" Catalina asked Rapunzel.

"It was a seven?"

Catalina nodded.

"Did Y/n see it?"

Catalina shook her head.

"Then it doesn't count."

Just before they ran up the stairs, Ruddiger asked, holding a slice of pizza,"Hey, guys! Anyone want this?"

Rapunzel and Catalina replied with, "No."

They left. An idea suddenly popped into Ruddiger's head. He ran up the stairs and to Adira Wheeler's room. Adira was on the phone with her best friend, Barb.

"I know, I know, but-- I don't think so-- yeah, he's cute, but-- Barb!-- Barb!!-- Listen to me," Adira said over the phone. Ruddiger waved at Adira and showed her the pizza.

"Hey, Adira, there's a slice left if you want. Pepperoni and sausage-"

Adira sighed and said to Barb," Hold on."

She walked over to the door and shut it in Ruddiger's face, leaving him disappointed.

While the rest of the party was busy getting on their bikes, Ruddiger was halfway finished eating his pizza slice.

"Something's wrong with your sister," Ruddiger told Y/n.

"What are you talking about?" Y/n asked.

"She's got a stick up her butt."

"It's 'cause she's seeing that barf bag, Andrew Harrington."

"Yeah, she's turning into a real jerk."

"She's always been a real jerk."

"Nu-uh! She used to be cool. Like that time she dressed up as an elf for our Eldertree campaign."

"That was four years ago!"

"Just sayin'."

Ruddiger and Rapunzel started to bike down the road, while Catalina was still getting on her bike.

"It was a seven," Catalina stated.

Y/n glanced at Catalina. "What?"

"The roll. It was a seven. The Demogorgon...it got me. See you tomorrow!" Catalina smiled at Y/n before biking away to catch up with Ruddiger and Rapunzel. Y/n smiled to herself before the garage light started to flicker...

As the other three are biking together, Rapunzel saw her house and sped up a little.

"See ya, ladies!" She rode into her parking lot and stoped there, letting the other two ride without her.

"Race to my place? Winner gets a comic," Ruddiger suggested to Catalina.

"Any comic?"

"Yeah!"

Catalina smirked and picked up the pace on her bike.

"Hey!" Ruddiger shouted.

Catalina raced past Ruddiger's house with Ruddiger panting behind her. She laughs and says, "I'll take your X-Men one-three-four!"

"Man..."

Catalina was now riding by herself, due to living out in the woods by the Hawkins Lab. She noticed that her bike's headlight started to flicker, so she leaned forward a bit to look at it. The flickering stopped. When Catalina looked back ahead, a tall, dark figure stood in the middle of the road.

Catalina screamed and swerved her bike as hard as she could until it crashed alongside the road. Luckily, her arms had been held out in order to prevent any major injuries. However, that didn't stop Catalina from getting scratched. Winching from the pain, Catalina scrambled onto her feet and ran the rest of the way home, panting and trembling.

When the frightened preteen reached her house, she slammed the front door behind her and ignored her dog when it came to greet her.

"Mom?! Lance?! Mom?!"

No answer.

Realizing that she was all alone, she peeked out the front window and saw the figure from before just outside her house (Ooh! That gave me chills!). Looking at the figure closer, Catalina couldn't see any recognizable features on it. It just looked tall, lean, dark, and mysterious. After the wind blew a piece of laundry across the figure, it suddenly disappeared. Catalina started to panic. She grabed the house phone and tried to call someone- anyone - but the phone wasn't working. Instead, Catalina heard a weird noise coming from the receiving end of the phone. Suddenly, the dog growled at the front door and Catalina dropped the phone, her face paled as she dashed through the back door and into the shed.

Her eyes darted around, searching for a weapon of some sort. At last, her eyes fell on the old family riffle. After grabbing it, she struggled to fill the gun with bullets, her hands sweating and shaking. Her eyes are filled to the brim with tears and she mumbled, "P-please..."

She heard a high pitched screech and she whimpered nervously. The spare lights in the shed began to glow brighter and brighter as the screeching continued. With a scream, Catalina disappears and the shed is once again empty.

Time Skip

The next morning had come and Y/n was eating breakfast with her family. It was already loud as it was with Holly crying and Ted watching the news, but then the phone rang. Karen answered the call with Holly in her arms.

"Hello? Arianna, hi!"

Meanwhile, Y/n was busy adding maple syrup to her scrambled eggs. Adira grimaced and muttered, "That's disgusting, Y/n."

"It's good, I swear!" Y/n promised. She squirted some syrup into Adira's eggs. Maybe she'd like to try some?

"What the crap, Y/n!" Adira shrieked.

"Hey, language!" Ted warned.

Karen rolled her eyes and yelled, "QUIET! I'm sorry, one of those mornings... Catalina? No, just Y/n... No. She left here a little after eight. She's not home?"

Y/n listened to her mom talk to Arianna. Was there something wrong with Catalina? What happened to her?

Time Skip

When the party parked their bikes in the bike rack, they noticed that Catalina wasn't there with them.

"I don't see her. Weird..." Y/n mumbled.

"I'm telling you: her mom is right. She just went to class early again," Rapunzel shrugged.

"Yeah, she's always paranoid that Gursky's gonna give her a pop quiz," Ruddiger reassured. Y/n nodded, feeling a little better, but still worried. They all heard footsteps approaching them and they turned around to see their bullies, Troy and James.

"Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and get your tickets for the freak show!" Troy announced. The party didn't move; they knew just how to deal with him. "Who do you think would make more money at a freak show: Chipmunk Face, Blondie, or Gap-Tooth?"

"Oof, tough call, tough call. I'd go with Gap-Tooth," James snickered.

"My teeth are going to get fixed! I told you a million times, it's called braces-"

"I told you a million times-" James mocked Ruddiger's lisp. Both him and Troy shoved the party out of the way of their path, cackling like evil wizards.

"Numbskulls," Rapunzel muttered under her breath.

Y/n placed her hand on Ruddiger's shoulder. "I don't think your gap is weird. It's actually pretty normal for most people."

"Thanks, Y/n. I just wish that I didn't need braces to fix it."

Meanwhile, at Hawkins Lab...

Dr. Gothel decided to lead her scientists out of the lab for a while. A monster had been released and her most prized experiment had escaped.

"We've evacuated the east wing, sealed it off, following quarantine protocol," a scientist reported.

Dr. Gothel, an agent, and the scientist took the elevator down to their most used room. This room had a huge opening to another dimension. However, this room was also mostly destroyed, due to the attack that had occurred recently.

"This is where it came from?" The agent asked. Dr. Gothel nodded. "And the boy?"

"He couldn't have gone far," Dr. Gothel decided.

Time Skip

Outside "Benny's Burgers and Ice Cream", a young boy stood, dirty and scratched up. His head was buzzed and he appeared to be similar to a wild animal that one might find in the woods. He also wore a hospital gown that was ripped and smudged with dirt. Intrigued by the restaurant, the boy sneaks inside the kitchen entrance. He froze when he heard a conversation going on in the other part of the building, but decided to go through with it. He spotted a tray of French Fries and closely examined it before carefully taking a small bite out of it. His eyes widened with delight and he rummaged through the fries until he heard the owner of the restaurant shout, "Hey!"

The boy froze again, snatched the fries, and darted back outside. The owner chased the boy and caught him. The boy whimpered and struggled to break free but failed.

"Think you can steal from me, boy?"

The boy's eyes seemed to plead with the man. Tears came close to steaming down his face. The man's expression softened and he took the boy inside.

At school...

The bell had rung and almost all the students rushed out the door as Mr. Frederic called over the sound of the bell, "Remember: finish chapter twelve and answer twelve point three on the difference between an experiment and other forms of science investigations!"

However, no one had heard Mr. Frederic. The party rushed over to his desk.

"Did it come?" Y/n chirped.

Mr. Frederic frowned. "Sorry, guys, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but...it came!"

Squealing with excitement, they all run to the AV Clubroom.

"The Heathkit Ham Shack. Ain't she a beaut?" Mr. Frederic introduced. The three kids gush over the new ham radio that had just been brought in for the AV Club. It was truly a beaut!

"I bet you can talk to New York on this thing," Ruddiger bet.

"Think bigger!" Mr. Frederic grinned.

"California?" Rapunzel guessed.

"Bigger!"

"Australia?" Y/n challenged.

Mr. Frederic nodded and Y/n beamed.

"Oh, man! When Catalina sees this, she's totally going to lose her-"

"Rapunzel."

"Sorry."

They all say down beside the radio and began to mess around with it.

" 'Ello, this is Y/n Wheeler, President of Hawkins Middle AV Club."

" 'Ello, this is Ruddiger Henderson, Secretary and Treasurer of Hawkins Middle AV Club. Do you eat kangaroos for breakfast?-"

They all hear a knocking noise and turn to see the principal standing in the doorway.

"Sorry to interrupt, but may I borrow Y/n, Rapunzel, and Ruddiger?" The principal requested.

Time Skip

"So, you were racing?" Officer Quirin questioned.

"It was me and her, actually-" Ruddiger began.

"My house is the first up-" Rapunzel added.

"She takes Mirkwood home-" Y/n continued.

"We were racing on a bet, and-"

"Woah, woah, woah! One at a time," Quirin sighed. He pointed at Y/n. "You. You said he takes...what?"

"Mirkwood."

"Mirkwood?" Quirin turned to Officer Callahan. "You ever hear of a Mirkwood?"

"Sounds made up," Callahan shrugged.

"It's from Lord of the Rings," Rapunzel clarified.

"The Hobbit," Ruddiger interrupted.

"It doesn't matter-"

"He asked-"

"Hey, what'd I just say? One at a time," Quirin shouted. He pointed at Y/n again. "You."

"Mirkwood. It's a real road. It's just the name that's made up," Y/n explained.

"What's its real name?"

"I don't know. It's where Cornwallis and Kerley meet."

Quirin wrote down the information. "Yeah, I think I know it."

"We can show you-"

"I said I know it."

"We could help look-"

Quirin looks up from his notepad and glared at the party. "No. After school, you go straight home. All of you. That means no biking around looking for your friend, no investigating, no nonsense. This isn't some Lord of the Rings book-"

"The Hobbit," Ruddiger corrected.

Quirin sighed. "Do I make myself clear?" When none of the preteens answered, he repeated in a harsher tone," I make myself clear?"

They all nodded.

At Benny's...

When all of the man's customers had left the restaurant, he quickly fried a burger patty for the mysterious boy.

Where did he come from? The man wondered. Judging by the boy's appearance, he appeared to be abused.

When he had finished preparing the food, then man handed it to the boy, who looked up at him with surprise. His hospital gown had been replaced with a huge t-shirt that reached the boy's knees. The boy began to devour the burger.

"Your parents forgot to feed you?" The man asked.

The boy kept eating.

"That why you ran away?"

Silence.

"They...hurt you?"

Still no response.

"And...you went to the hospital, that it? But you got scared, ran off, found your way here?"

The boy continued to eat and didn't respond to any of the man's questions. Annoyed, the man took the tray of food away. The boy pouted and reached for the tray.

"I'll give it back, you can have as much as you like, maybe even some ice cream; but first, you gotta answer a few of my questions. We got a deal?"

The boy didn't respond.

"We'll start easy. My name's Benny. Benny Hammond," the man said. He held out his hand and wrapped it around the boy's. "Nice to meet ya. And you are...?"

The boy doesn't say anything. Benny sighs, then noticed a small tattoo on the boy's wrist. It read: 09.

"Nine?"

The boy yanks his hand away and looks at the ground.

"What does that mean?"

"No." The boy had finally spoken.

"Well I'll be danged (Sorry; I couldn't think of anything lol). He can speak!" A moment passed. "No? No what?"

The boy refused to say anything more.

"Alright, guess no more food then," Benny warned. He picked up the tray.

"Nine."

Benny turned around. "Nine. Yeah. What does it mean?"

The boy point to himself. "Nine."

Time Skip

While Benny was talking with someone on the phone, Nine was finishing off his food when he heard an annoying noise coming from the fan as it blew air around the restaurant. Nine narrowed his eyes and stared at the fan. Suddenly, it stopped.

Nine smiles and eats the rest of his fries.

At Y/n's house...

"We should be out there right now. We should be helping look for her," Y/n complained.

She was eating dinner with the rest of her family.

"We've been over this," Karen objected. "The chief said-"

"I don't care what the chief said!"

"Y/n-"

"He's not even real police, Mom! We have to do something. Catalina could be in danger!"

"More reason to stay put."

"Mom-"

"End of discussion."

Everyone continued to eat in silence, until Adira spoke up.

"So...me and Barb...we're going to study for the chemistry test at her house tonight. That's cool, right?" Adira asked.

"No. Not cool."

"What? Why not?"

"What do you think? Am I speaking Chinese in this house? Until we know Catalina is ok, no one leaves."

"So we're under house arrest?"

"Don't be dramatic, Adira."

"This is such bullcrap!"

"Language!" Ted reminded.

"Barb lives two minutes away! Just because Y/n's friend got lost on her way home-"

"This is Catalina's fault?!" Y/n fumed.

"Adira, take that back-" Karen demanded.

"No!"

"You're just pissed because you want to hang out with Andrew-" Y/n scoffed.

"Andrew?" Ted asked.

"Who's Andrew?" Karen questioned.

"Her new boyfriend."

"YOU'RE SUCH A JERK, Y/N!!" Adira exploded.

"Language!" Ted shouted.

Adira stormed off to her bedroom.

"Adira, come back. Adira!" Karen called.

Adira didn't listen.

"See, Y/n. This is what happens," Ted addressed.

"What happens when what? I'm the only one acting normal here. I'm the only one who cares about Catalina," Y/n huffed.

"That's not fair, Y/n. We care."

Y/n scoffed and stomped downstairs to the basement. Ted continued to eat his dinner.

"I hope you're enjoying your chicken, Ted," Karen accused. She took Holly out of the room.

"What? What did I do?"

Down in the basement, Y/n stared at the ceiling as she laid down on the couch. After some thought, she grabbed her walkie talkie.

"Raps? It's Y/n. You copy? Raps?"

Rapunzel answered.

"Hey, it's Rapunzel!"

"I know it's you, and say 'over' when you're done talking or I won't know you're done. Over," Y/n replied.

"I'm done. Over."

"I'm worried about Cat. Over."

"Yeah. This is crazy. Over."

"I was thinking... Cat could've cast Protection last night, but she didn't. She cast Fireball. Over."

"What's your point? Over."

"My point is... She could've played it safe, but she didn't. She put herself in danger to help the party. Over."

"Meet me in ten. Over and out."

Time Skip

Y/n had managed to sneak out of the house with a backpack with a few flashlights in it. She grabbed her bike and was about to ride away, when she saw Andrew climbing up the roof, kinda clumsy. Andrew made eye contact with Y/n and waved awkwardly. Y/n rolled her eyes and rode down the road.

At Benny's...

Nine was sitting at a table, eating a bowl of strawberry ice cream happily.

"You like that ice cream, huh?" Benny asked." Nine looked at him and smiled brightly.

"Hey, a smile looks good on ya!"

Nine tilted his head, confused.

"A smile." Benny demonstrated by giving a big smile. Nine smiled back with full understanding. Then, someone knocked on the door and Nine tensed up.

"Just stay put. Whoever it is, I'll turn them out, alright?" Benny ordered. He walked up to the door and opened it. Nine peeked and saw a friendly looking woman smiled at Benny.

"You must be Mr. Hammond?" The woman inquired.

Nine could sense that there was something suspicious about the woman.

Benny took the woman inside. "Apologies for trying to turn you away. It's funny, your voice, it sounded different on the phone-"

"Mr. Hammond?"

"Yeah?"

As soon as Benny turns around, the woman fires a bullet from a pistol at his head. Benny falls to the ground, dead. Nine's eyes are filled with horror. Abandoning the ice cream, he runs straight for the exit and into the forest before anyone can find him.

At Mirkwood...

The remaining party members were riding their bikes down Mirkwood, searching for Catalina. They all stopped when they found an area with police tape wrapped around the trees.

Suddenly, lightning stroke and raindrops fell from the sky.

"Aw, man! You guys feel that?" Ruddiger whined. "Maybe we should go back."

Y/n hands him a walkie talkie. "No splitting up or anything stupid like that, but stay on channel six. Just in case."

Y/n and Rapunzel got a head start, leaving Ruddiger behind.

"Hey, guys! Wait up! Wait up!"

Time Skip

"Catalina! CAT!" Y/n called.

"Byers?" Rapunzel yelled.

"I've got your X-Men one thirty four!" Ruddiger added.

All they heard was silence and it was starting to get old.

"Guys, I really think we should turn back," Ruddiger began.

"Seriously, Ruddiger, if you want to be a baby, just go home already," Rapunzel shooed.

"I'm just being realistic, Raps."

"No, you're being a sissy!"

"You ever think Cat went missing because she ran into someone bad? And, now, we're going to the place she was last seen, and we don't even have weapons or anything."

"Ruddiger, shut up..." Y/n shushed.

"I'm just saying! Does that seem smart to you?"

"Shut up! Do you hear that?"

There were rustling noises nearby. The party tensed up and looked around nervously before seeing a young boy with a buzzed head standing right in front of them. He and Y/n locked eyes and thunder rang out.

Word Count: 3784

Oh, gosh! This took forever! I hope y'all don't mind that I used basically the same and dialogue as the actual episode. I was trying to keep it as close to the show as possible. Anyway, I hope your all enjoyed it! ☺️