Chapter Seven: The Flea and The Acrobat

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I wake up in Mike's basement lying on the floor beside El.
"What was Will saying?" Mike asks. "Like home...like home... but dark?"
"And empty ." Lucas adds.
"Empty and cold... wait did he say cold?"
"I was there." I say.
"What?" Mike says turning around to face me.
"I uhm teleported there on accident. I saw this weird figure of a man that had no face and-"
"The Demogorgon." Dustin says.
"Exactly it looks exactly like the Demogorgon. I mean I thought I was just imagining it because of Will and everything. But then, you know how I accidentally use my powers when my emotions take over me. Well I had my eyes closed from fear and then I teleported there. You guys saw what Will was seeing right?" I ask.
"Yea we did." Lucas says.
"Yea so what he was seeing is exactly what I saw."
"When did you see this?" Mike asks.
"The day after w first found El." I say.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Lucas asks.
"I just didn't want you guys to think I was crazy and I didn't even know if it was real myself."
"Upside down." Eleven says.
"Upside down." Mike repeats realizing. "When El showed us where Will was she flipped the board upside down, remember?"
"Dark. Empty." I realize. Everything that I had been dwelling on finally making sense.
"Do you understand what their talking about?"
"No."
"Guys just think about it, when El took us to where Will was she took us to his house."
"Yeah and he wasn't there." Lucas argues again.
"But what if he was there?" Mike asks. "What if we just couldn't see him. What if he was on the other side."
"The Vale of Shadows." I say, my previous theory coming to light.
"Exactly, what if this is Hawkins." Mike shows the top part of the d&d board. "And this is...where Will is." He shows the bottom part of the board. "The upside down." Mike repeated El's words.
Dustin flips through and old d&d book we had made ourselves for a campaign. "The Vale of Shadows is a dimension that is a dark reflection or echo of our world." Dustin and I exchange worries glances. "It is a place of decay and death. A plane out of phase. A place of monsters." I remember the Demogorgon looking creature I saw when coming home the other night. "It is right next to you and you don't even see it." He finishes.
"An alternate dimension." Mike says.
"That explains why I saw what looked like our home, and like Will was saying. It's like home but not. 'A dark reflection or echo of our world.' " An idea lights up in my mind but I store it for later. Maybe I could teleport to Will and teleport us out. But what if I failed like I did with El. I save the idea and listen to the rest of the conversation.
"But....how-how..do we get there?" Lucas asks.
"You cast shadow walk." Dustin says.
"In real life dummy." Lucas says.
"Yea Dingus." I say. Dustin rolls his eyes at me.
"Do you know how to get there? To the upside down?" Mike asks El. Eleven shakes her head slowly no.
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I zip up my black dress and look in the mirror.
Here's the outfit your wearing, this was the only one i could find:

 Here's the outfit your wearing, this was the only one i could find:

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I sigh.
"Hey y/n you ready to go?" Steve asks as he knocks on my door.
"Yea.." I say.
"Okay. I'm not going to stay because I'm pretty sure I'm the last person Jonathan would want to see at his brothers funeral right now. But... mom and dad will be here tomorrow and they can help. You'll get through this. Your tough y/n." He says as he gets into the car. I smile half heartedly. Out of the bag I'm carrying I pull out Will's sketchbook. I know he isn't dead but what if he got killed by- why am I having these thoughts. I shake my head letting the tears that were coming down my face fly off. I trace the drawings Will made and remember the good times.
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"It's times like these where our faith is challenged. How if he is truly benevolent could God take away someone so young and innocent? It would be easy to turn away from god. But we must remember that nothing, not even trade guy could separate us from his love. We are here today to find comfort in the truth of scripture." He continues speaking as I look to what Dustin is looking at across from us.
"Just wait till we tell Will that Jennifer Hayes was crying at his funeral." He says.
"She's probably faking." I whisper. I go into her mind and convince her to smile. "See much better!" I whisper as I wipe my nose.
"Shhh.." Mrs. Wheeler shushes us.
I look up and nod. I walk up to Wills casket. I wipe the tears flowing from my eyes and drop his favorite flower inside. I walk up to Wills mom. I hug her as tight as I can. I want so badly to tell her her son isn't dead but instead I hug her. Lonnie her what I think- ex husband goes to greet me but I kick him in the shin and walk off. I couldn't tell if that was bad or not. I mean he did just lose his son, but every time I had seen or heard about him he sounded like the worst person to be alive and that's comparing him to Dr. Brenner/Papa. I walk over to my friends.

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