𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞||𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀

001

(El's perspective)
October 25, 1985.
It was an average day, nothing special. Little did we all know it would change our lives forever. We walked through the glassy airport, headed back home to Hawkins, Indiana from our trip to New York. There was no point to this trip, at least i dont think there was. Everyone was walking quite quickly ahead, rushing to catch the flight. But I stayed back though, taking in all my surroundings and observing. I felt like i was just naturally a loner to be honest. It was less stressful that way. I didn't really feel like i fit into my family either. I was "special". I had powers, which seems like a big responsibility. It's not easy to control them either. As i continued on alone, they soon called me over to hurry up, or we would supposedly be late. I hurried over to them, realizing how far i had actually wandered from them.

We soon sat down and waited for my flight. Just 15 minutes and we'd be boarding and on our way home. I began to get nervous. I was afraid we'd never make it back.
"Hey, it's going to be fine." I heard Joyce say to me, noticing my reaction.
Joyce was kinda like a mother figure to me now. It is only this way because she married Hopper, who is my legal dad, several years ago. I also now have a younger sister, Maggie, who is about 3 years old at this point. At least i think so. I dont keep track of ages. Will and Jonathan are now my brothers as well. Will is my age, i think hes pretty cool too. I keep quiet around him though.
A lot has changed in the past 3 years.

"We're coming back here right?" I asked, turning to Joyce. "I don't see why not. Only if i have enough money by next year though." She sighed. I nodded. I knew there was more too it than just that.
Soon will began to show me some of the new tapes he got for his Walkman. I smiled at this, at least we were somewhat interacting. I looked up, having heard someone coming. It was steve, robin, Nancy, and Dustin, who had just arrived. They were headed back to Hawkins as well. Soon enough, our flight was called. We all got up and walked through the long tunnel and into the plane. I suddenly got a very bad feeling about this. Like something bad was about to happen to us. I refused to say a word about it though. If i did i would probably ruin it all. I soon took my seat inside, will sat next to me.
"Hey. Will?" I asked as he began to put on his headphones. "What?" He scoffed.
"I think it might be just me but do you have a bad  feeling about this?"
"It's just you."
"I guess so."
I knew something was off though. I wanted to get off this plane as soon as possible, but suddenly the plane began to shake rapidly, speeding down the runway. The plane soon lifted its head. We were taking off.
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If I'm being honest, the first hour of the flight was completely normal for the most part. I was still uncomfortable though, and will continuously argued with me about how uptight i was, which wasn't helping at all. So I eventually moved and sat next to Joyce, who sat next to Hopper. They sure did talk a lot, but i paid no attention to their conversation. I tried listening to some tapes to take my mind off things, but nothing helped. I looked over at Joyce again with a sigh. Then i heard an extremely loud ringing in my ears. I ripped off my headphones, as it continued even without them . I looked up and it wasn't just me hearing it. I tried to scream, but couldn't hear myself. I then tried to stand up, but it seemed as if a magnetic force was pulling me down. It was agonizing. But then, it stopped. Like nothing had ever happened. I looked over as suddenly Joyce's entire body jerked, like a bolt of electricity had shocked her. I was disturbed by this, shocked almost. I didn't know what to do.
"I swear I'm not doing that i-i dont know what's happening." She said frantically. Robin, who was sitting behind us , stood up and leaned over to us.
"Did you guys hear that ringing too?"
"Yeah"
"This is so weird—"
She stopped mid-sentence and sat back down. "Where is Dustin?" She asked. I glanced back. He was gone.
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It was soon dark outside. Most everyone was asleep except for me. I couldn't. I had to find out what was going on. I got up and walked around. I just had to stay awake. I was kinda tired, i hate to admit it. I wanted to be off this plane and back home. I knew we'd be there soon. I opened up the bathroom door again , back out to the seats. I then noticed a bright light, almost blinding coming from..........my window? I got in my seat and looked at it closely. It was like an explosion of the sun or something. Wait , wasn't it just dark out? Then the plane suddenly began to shake rapidly. Everyone awoke as i fell further into my seat.  It was like i had seen something I wasn't supposed to. Thunder then crashed as thick rain fell. There was an announcement of turbulence. This was all my fault. I heard screaming as the plane went dark and the exit lights turned on. I held on tightly, feeling us sinking in the sky. Luggage fell from the overhead compartment. I screamed, bracing myself. But then, it stopped. Like nothing ever happened. A fog filled the sky, uncovering Hawkins. But as we neared the runway, something felt different. The planes, the cars, the airport seemed bigger. What happened while we left for only a week?

Where'd all the time go?

Note:
Hi this part at the bottom is not part of the story. Uh just so you know, yes, I get this chapter is horrible. This is the original state of the first chapter ever part of this project. Chapters 1 and 2 are still in their original state because I know they're bad but idk how to fix it. I started this project in August 7th and I've been working on it everyday for 4 months now so I've improved a lot. The chapters get better as I continue to write too. Chapters 3 and onward are all edited by me recently. So it's not the original storyline. Parts of it I kept but I changed a lot of words the characters use so they're more descriptive :)
Also this chapter is rlly cringe and embarrassing so pls ignore
Chapter 3 is elite tho I'd just start there....but then you wouldn't get the backstory of everything soooo idk