Juniper McKennan opened her eyes to nothing at all. It was completely black, with nothing to see, except herself. A scared look was on her face as she turned her head in attempt to find a spark of light.
"Hello?" she called out to the nothingness, "Eddie? Where are you, Eddie?"
Only there was no Eddie in this reality, she was alone. Once she realized that, her sight became blurry because of the tears forming in her eyes, she was afraid with no clue of her whereabouts.
She turned around one last time, her thick, curly hair bouncing on her shoulders, far away appeared a big brown door with stained glass with roses. She decided to go towards it, any attempt would be better than staying there, staring intothe void.
The door knob turned, the door opened and revealed a perfectly normal house. One unfamiliar to Juniper, but it looked normal enough to step through the door. The minute she stepped through the door, it closed with a bang and locked itself.
She was now stood in the hallway of the strange house, an eerie vibe hanging onto it, she heard the ticking of the grandfather clock a few metres away from her. She peeked her head around the corner to the living room.
June walked the room, but there was no one there, "Hello? Anyone here?" she tried calling out again with a tremble in her voice, "Eddie?"
It was moments like these that the brunette wished for her friend to be with her most, she desired his body heat, his presence more than ever now.
"You finally let me in." a voice spoke from behind her. She shook up, turning her entire body to the figure in the shadows, "Took me long enough to get access."
The figure stepped out of the shadow, revealing a tall, blond man. In a way he seemed familiar to Juniper, but she couldn't figure out from where. He was wearing an all white outfit, his green eyes were piercing through her own brown ones.
"Who are you?" she wanted to know, looking around to find something to defend herself with, "Where am I?"
"You're in Hawkins, dear." the man informed, confusing the teenager in front of him even more, "My name is Henry Creel, but you might know me as number one." he lifted his right sleeve to reveal a small tattoo on his wrist saying '001'.
