Hi, I am (y/n). I am a 12-year-old boy and I live in Hawkins, Indiana. Now you probably know this story already, but here is my role in this story.

It all started when I was going to middle school. I met four boys: Mike Wheeler, Lucas Sinclair, Dustin Henderson and Will Byers.

They were the nicest boys I ever met. I quickly became friends with Will.
Dustin and Lucas were also very nice and became my friends.

Only Mike didn't want me in their group. So I just ignored him until he accepted me. And he did after I saved him from a bully called Troy Walsh. He owed me.

We became the best friends ever. The five of us would play D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) almost every weekend. But everything changed that one night.

November 6th 1983. Mike finally finished his campaign storyboard for our next D&D campaign.

Me and Will gathered at Mirkwood (it wasn't called that, but we called it Mirkwood) because we lived the closest to each other.

Then on our way to Mike's we stopped at Dustin's. Dustin joined us on our trip to Mike's.

When we arrived at Mike's both Mike and Lucas were already waiting in the basement.

The three of us sat down in our seats. It was like 10 A.M. when our game started.

And the game took a couple of seconds. Those became minutes. And minutes became hours.

It was around 7 P.M. when finally something interesting happened. Not that is was a boring game, sorry Mike if you're reading this.

'Something is lurking in the shadows,' Mike said mysteriously.

'Don't tell me it's the Demogorgon!' Lucas said scared.

'Please not the Demogorgon,'

'Slowly but very loud it steps out of the shadows,' Mike said with a dark grin in his voice.

'IT'S THE DEMOGORGON!'

He placed an object down which was shaped like a monster with three heads.

'Oh no we're in deep shit!' Dustin said.

'Please save our souls!' I said praising for mercy.

But it was Will's turn.

'Fireball him!' Lucas yelled.

'Cast a protection spell!' Dustin yelled.

Honestly, now that I think about it. It was pretty sad seeing Will being in such a difficult situation.

He chose to fireball the Demogorgon. But he rolled a 9 which was too low to kill the Demogorgon. The Demogorgon killed Will. And then it was my turn.

But out of nowhere Mike's mother came down the stairs. I looked at the clock and saw that it was already 9 P.M. Mike's mom said that we had to tidy the place up and needed to go home.

I was pretty sad but also happy, cause I couldn't have carried the pressure that they put on Will.

When I arrived home I went straight to bed. Tomorrow was Monday, another ordinary day of school.

But this night something terrible happened.

When we arrived at school Will wasn't there. I was worried. He would never be late or miss a class.

'Maybe his mother did something stupid again,' Dustin said.

'Or his brother,' Lucas said and he and Dustin laughed.

But me and Mike were worried. Even though we weren't the closest two in the party, we both cared about eachother and the rest of the group.

Then suddenly I noticed that Dustin and Lucas still hadn't stopped laughing. Mike got irritated. He turned around and showed them his furious face. They both immediately stopped laughing.

'What if he is lost, what if he is kidnapped or even dead, and you two are laughing about it!' Mike lost it.

He left the classroom before he was going to hit someone. I followed him and looked at Dustin and Lucas.

'C'mon guys,' I said. Then I left and went after Mike. He was going to the AV-club.

We had a radio which could contact someone in the UK, even China. If Will had one too we could have found him in a second.

And there was Mike. Sad and alone in the room. He sat on the couch with his face buried in his hands.

'Hey, listen, Will is probably just with his mom, maybe they're going to a doctor or something,' I said to him. But he was too angry to take it.

'No, why would he, nothing was wrong with him yesterday, he is never late, there is something wrong!' Mike said.

Then Dustin and Lucas came in. Behind them was our science teacher. He seemed worried. I sat down on the couch and braced myself for the bad news.

'Okay, this may be a little bit hard to accept,' he began.

Lucas and Dustin looked at each other. Mike's face became white.

'Last night, Will didn't come home, no one knows where he is, and we are afraid that... he... is dead,' he said.

Lucas and Dustin looked shocked at each other. Mike stared at the ground. I put my hands on my face. This couldn't be happening.

Even though I didn't know him too long it was still pretty sad. I stood up and ran away. Mike looked at me. He followed me.

Outside he finally stopped me. I turned around.

'NO, LEAVE ME ALONE!' I yelled at him.

Mike said nothing. He put his arms around me. I accepted it. Even though it looks like I am in love with him, that is not the case, I didn't love anyone, well, not yet.

Our science teacher came outside followed by Dustin and Lucas.

'The principal said you could go home and rest, you guys can totally miss a couple of classes,' he said.

I felt relieved. With Mike, Dustin and Lucas I biked home. When I arrived home, I ran up the stairs, entered my room, jumped in my bed.

I must have been in there for over seven hours when I heard someone at the door.

My mom wasn't home, like always. I opened the door. It was raining outside. I saw Mike, Dustin and Lucas.

'Get your bike,' Mike said.

'Why?' I asked.

'Will is alive,' he answered.

I jumped. Maybe from happiness, I don't know why. I ran to the garage and grabbed my bike. I jumped on and biked off following Mike with Dustin and Lucas behind me.

'But how do you know he is alive?' I asked.

'We don't, but his mother, Joyce says that he is alive cause she heard him over the phone but no one believes her, and I realized that Will doesn't have an enemy except for Troy but he lives on the other side of town,' Mike explained.

'So he can't be dead cause there is no one who would kill him, and Will is to smart to get lost and never be seen again!' I finished.

'And we decided to follow the way from school to his house!' Dustin and Lucas said together.

We arrived at Mirkwood. Mike turned left. I looked at Mirkwood and saw a bike. I immediately stopped and jumped off my bike.

Dustin yelled at Mike to stop and come back. Mike, Dustin and Lucas followed me.

'It is Will's!' I said.

Then I followed the path through the woods. Mike, Dustin and Lucas looked shocked at the bike and forgot about me.

I then was alone in the woods. I forgot to take my flashlight. But then I heard something. There was someone here in the woods. I hoped it was Will.

Except for the fact that it wasn't. Mike, Dustin and Lucas found me with their flashlights. They seemed shocked. I wanted to ask why but I turned around and saw her.

The one who would change everything. It was a girl with her hair shaved but she wasn't bald. It was buzzed.

She had a yellow t-shirt and grey pants. She seemed cold, well of course she seemed cold, it was raining.

'Are you cold?' I asked.

She didn't answer. But then she nodded.

'Yes,' she said.

It was like she couldn't speak English very well cause it came off a bit childish but I didn't bother too much. I led her to our bikes.

Mike was the only one who could fit two people on his bike so the mysterious girl had to sit on his bike. We decided to go to Mike's house cause that was the closest.

Then I felt it. A warm feeling flowing through my body even though it was pretty cold outside. The feeling wasn't just something. It was the feeling that we were going to find Will!