"All right Mike, what are we doing here?" Richie asked.
"The ritual," he said as he began to stand up. "To perform it requires a sacrifice."
"Sacrifice? I nominate Eddie," Richie gestured.
"Wait, what?" he frowned.
"Because you're little. You'll fit on a barbecue," Richie explained.
"I'm 5'9", it's like average height in most of the world. Plus, Andie's literally shorter than me," he pointed out.
"Hey!" Andie glared, to which Eddie only shrugged.
"It's not that kind of a sacrifice, guys," Bill spoke.
"The past is buried," Mike began to explain. "But you're gonna have to dig it up. Piece by piece. And these pieces, these artifacts, that's why we're here. They are what you'll sacrifice."
Not long after, they began climbing up the steps back outside. "Okay, Mike. So, where do we find our tokens?" Eddie asked, once they were all outside.
"Yeah, I gotta be honest, man. With all due respect, this is fucking stupid, alright? Why do we need tokens? We already remember everything," Richie argued. "Saving Bev, defeating It, I mean, we're caught up!"
"It's not everything," Mike informed. "We fought. But what happened after that? Before the house on Neibolt. Think."
"We-We c-c-can't remember, can we?"
"See, there's more to our story. What happened that summer. And those blank spaces, like pages torn out of a book. That's what you need to find," he paused. "We need to split up-"
"What?" Stanley quivered.
"You each need to find your artifact. Alone, that's important. When you do, meet me at the library tonight," Mike continued, ignoring Stan.
"I'm sorry, but again, what?" Stanley spoke.
"Yeah, I gotta say, statistically, you look at survival scenarios, we're gonna do much better as a group," Eddie winced.
"Yeah, splitting up would be dumb, man," Richie agreed. "Okay, we gotta go together, alright? We were together that summer, right?"
"No, we weren't," Andie shook her head. "Not that whole summer."
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"Take it back!" Bill threatened, punching Richie in the face, causing the boy to fall.
"Bill!" Andie and Beverly yelled.
"You're just a bunch of losers!" Richie stood up with intentions to tackle Bill but was held back by Mike and Stanley. "Fuck off!"
"Stop!" Beverly cried, taking a step forward.
"We were all together when we hurt It. That's why we're still alive!"
"I'm sorry, hurt It?" Andie spoke. "We didn't fucking do shit, Bev! You stabbed It but It still moved like nothing had fucking happened. We can't hurt It."
"But we managed to stay alive, together!" Bev insisted.
"Yeah? Well, I plan to keep it that way," Richie huffed, walking away but making sure to bump into Bill's shoulder.
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"We fought," Andie mumbled under her breath. "That's why we have to split up."
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Remember. | A Sequel to Wonder. | A Stanley Uris FanFiction. | IT 2019.
Fanfiction27 years later... As you grow, you forget. But, how could you not remember the very people who stood by your side as your life took an unusual turn? Good thing then that someone reached out to Andrea Tyler, though it was not for what she had expecte...
