It Couldn't Get Any Stranger

Castle Byers: All friends are welcome

You walk through the woods.

It's October so it's quite chilly at night.

Not much so compared to the upside down.

The upside down was 1 million times worse.

In the night, in the upside down, you would shiver so much you couldn't even shut your eyes.

It was like freezing winter there all the time.

Here, it felt toasty.

The woods were exactly the same as they were in the upside down, just less rotten and didn't have vines in everywhere.

You stop in your tracks.

You see a broken sign post.

"Castle By-" is all that it said.

You look down and pick it up.

You examine the edges, it didn't look like it had simply blown off. It looked like someone had beaten it with a stick.

You looked worried as you trampled towards where Castle Byers would've originally stood.

It wasn't there.

Instead just a pile of sticks and a damp duvet.

You almost feel like crying. Your home was gone.

Gone forever.

You start to cry and sit beside it, wrapping yourself in the cold wet duvet.

You aren't sure what you are going to do next.

You didn't have anywhere to go.

Suddenly, you saw some torches flashing.

And some voices.

"Max this is not funny! It's scary!"

It seemed like two boys were near.

"Come on Lucas, it's literally just the back of Will's house!"

"Yeah but Will doesn't live here so technically we shouldn't be here"

Actually, you think one of them was a girl.

Wait? Did they know Will??

You think about shouting them over to ask about Will, maybe they could help you.

Will did tell you he had a group of friends who were nice, Lucas was the sensible one, Dustin was the hungry one and Mike was the kind one.

You are about to get up and talk to them when a flashlight falls on your face.

You hold up your hands so the light doesn't blind your eyes.

"Who are you?" Lucas asked.

"Ermm.." you didn't have a name, you never really thought of it. You just said the first name that came to mind "My name is y/n"

"Oh well cool, I'm Max, and that's Lucas , what are you doing here?"

You opened your mouth to reply but Lucas cuts you off.

"Wait! You aren't the owner of this house are you? If you are we are so sorry"

You shake your head and Lucas sighs in relief.

"What are you doing here y/n?" Max asks again.

You couldn't find the words to answer.

Would they believe you if you told the truth?

Your heart pounded in your chest.

Would they even understand?

"Well.." you begin.......