What if he just woke up? (alt ending to season 4)

What if... he just woke up?

(Stranger things 5 does not happen since it's still not out lmao, so basically Max is still in the hospital and they'll never know what happens to her)

Will Byers pov:

We were all sitting around Max's bed, listening to Lucas read her a book, his face still battered and bruised from the fight with Jason (who died during the « earthquake »(lol)) Suddenly, I felt the painfully familiar goosebumps in the back of my neck. I felt my head get dizzy, my eyes felt like they were about to pop, they started to water. The goosebumps travelled from my neck to my arms, all my hairs standing up. I started to shiver, I clung on to Mikes arm (who was standing next to me) as if my life depended on it. My vision started to blur and I felt as if my insides were compressing themselves, as if they were all trying to fit into a paper straw. I wanted to cry out help but nobody seemed to notice , and I collapsed on the floor.

I closed my eyes, which were tearing up, and blinked. I looked up, and I was no longer in the hospital room, but in the forest. 

I tried to get up, but my legs were all shaky, and I fell back to the floor. I looked around, and saw my old red bike on the ground.

« The hell-? »

I shacked my head, pinched myself and closed my eyes, but when I opened them, I was still in the forest, and the bike was still next to me. For a moment I stayed confused, and then started to panic, fearing I was back in the upside down, but I saw no vines, the sky was not red, but dark and patched with stars.

I got up, even if my head was still dizzy, and grabbed my bike. 

That's when I noticed my hands.

They were plump

I immediately started to freak out. 

« Those aren't my hands! »

Shit shit shit...

There was a little puddle of water next to me and I rushed to look at it; it was me; I mean, it was younger me.

I started to calm down, taking deep breaths along the way. 

« I'll just go home to mom, I probably still live in Hawkins since I'm probably dreaming, I'll go to bed, and realise that I just fell asleep in the hospital room, in Mikes arms... »

I shook that thought away. Waking up in Mikes arms.. oh god I hope not.

I took my bike, and started peddling home, just mostly assuming the way, since it had been a year I had taken this route. It was still dark, and I was still confused if this was a dream or a hallucination.

When I got back to the house, I knocked twice, and opened the door.

« Mom I'm home »

No one answered. Riiiiight she's not home yet.

So I went to my room, and fell asleep almost immediately, feeling the warmth of my old bedroom.

When I woke up, I was still in my old bedroom, and I was confused. I got out of bed, and walked to the kitchen, where mom and Jonathan where having breakfast.

" hey sweetie" 

"Hey mom, do you know what day it is?"

"November 7th, why?"

The day after I went missing in the upside down...

I took a deep breath

"What year?

Jonathan laughed 

"Do you have amnesia?"

"What year is it? Tell me!"

"Woah ok.. it's 1983?" He said

...

" am I dreaming?"

"Of course you're not darling" said Mom, "now get to school before, since you're already dressed"

"Hrumm" I said "mkay..."

I left my slice of toast on my plate, since i went outside, grabbed my bike and zoomed my way to school

I'll have to ask Mike if he saw El...

When I got in front of the school, Mike, Dustin and Lucas were there. I'd forgotten how cute they where when they were when they were little 🥺

I took another deep breathe and risked it

"Hey guys, have you seen Eleven?"

"Who?" Said Mike confused

"Eleven, you know, the girl with the shaved head and superpowers?"

"Is that another DND character?" Asked Dustin.

"No-" I started " you guys haven't met her?"

"What have you?"

"No..."

"I'm confused guys" said Lucas

"Forget about it"

I felt as if I was going to have a mental breakdown. If I was dreaming, I would've known, and I'm definitely not Lucid dreaming, neither am I hallucinating, since they generally only last a few minutes, and I'm pretty sure this once lasted more than a few minutes. Maybe it was Vecna playing turns with me, but... he's to weak, we destroyed him barely just the other day, he couldn't have regained all his forces in such a short period of time, maybe... I'm back in time? But if I was back in time, I should be in the upside down, shouldn't I? Last I remember is being in the middle of falling down my bike, the hallucinations couldn't be that accurate... the only option left was whatever happened after I fell off my bike was a dream. But that couldn't make any sense. I tried feeling the goosebumps, litterally forcing them, but... nothing happened, I'd never felt more... normal...

my eyes watered  and felt as if my whole world had fallen to pieces, as if everything I had lived in the past 4 years was a lie 

So...

It was all just a dream?

To be continued.