Synthia, Isabelle and Andrea sat around the kitchen in the Harrington's place. The three girls decided to skip school after Synthia expressed her concerns about the upside down.
"So what? We're just going to investigate this shit?" Andrea said
"We did that last time and it worked out well." Synthia said
"Where would we even start? Hawkins is too big to not have at least an area of search." Andrea said
"My dad, Hopper, mentioned something about dead crops. Apparently one of the farmers down by Sycamore claims Merrill did it. He said he's going to check it out this afternoon."
"Sycamore road? Isn't that down by the trailer park on Cornelia Street?" Synthia asked
"Yeah, why?"
"Because I've been picking up serious upside down energy there so it has to be by there."
"I'll go see if we can tag along."
"Why? I mean even if he did refuse you know we're just going to do it anyway." Synthia said
"She's got a point." Andrea said
"Whatever, just let me warn him first."
Hopper eventually let the girls tag along on the investigation. Especially since they believed it was upside down related. When they got to the farm the girls stepped out of the car with shocked faces.
"Who are they?" The man asked
"Relax, Earl. These girls are experts in this kinda stuff. I brought them to help."
While walking through the dead crops. Earl said "Now, you tryin' to tell me, with a straight face, cold did this?"
"Definitely not. This is not natural, well atleast in this dimension." Synthia said, mumbling the last part.
"How far does it go?" Isabelle said
They walked to a line of trees and Synthia felt the upside down pull her more and more with each step she took. She saw the goo on the trees and knew something was most definitely wrong. Before she could just play it off as her going crazy but she saw that type of goo way too many times in the upside down. Not to mention all her senses were going off telling her to run as if she was still there but she held her ground. Pushing the demons back down.
Hopper must've noticed Synthia's change because he said
"Are you ok, kid?"
"This is the upside down I know it. I can feel it pulling me closer."
"I know. We'll fix this."
" Should I alert the others?"
"We gotta find it first."
"Well it has to be close to cause this. Besides, you have your own upside down magnet with you." Synthia said, jokingly
"Don't call it that."
"What would you call my upside down connection that pulls me towards it then."
"You got any marking flags?" Hopper said to Earl, ignoring Synthia's comment.
The 4 of them walked through the woods marking anything dead. Once nightfall hit Andrea used her light abilities to the group's advantage, creating spheres of light that follow them everywhere. Synthia got out her powers, ready to blast any monster to hell. Isabelle knowing her powers wouldn't be useful until needed, stayed by her dad's side with her pistol drawn. The same one hopper taught her how to shoot when she was 10.
They walked some more till they heard a shot. The group turned to see one of Earl's grand kids.
"you're dead." the boy said
"Yeah, you got me, kid. Happy Halloween." Hopper said before checking his watch"Oh, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit. Isabelle and I have to get home." he said while running to his car.
"You want us to stay out here looking?" Andrea asked
"No. Try and warn the others." he said before speeding off
"Ok. I'll go find my brother, Nancy and Johnathan. And... no one knows you right. Shit. Just wait till tomorrow ok. I'll get the message along."
The duo took off in separate directions. Synthia knew exactly where Steve was. He was there every Halloween.
Synthia opened the door to the party, trying to find her idiot brother. Already completely out of her element, her senses were more on fire than they were at the farm. She bumped into the new boy at the school, who was Andrea's brother.
"You must be Harrington's younger sister."
"Yes, now if you excuse me I need to find my brother." She said, trying to walk past him but he grabbed her wrist.
"I'd advise against that." She said
"Why's that?" He said
She took his arm and twisted it behind his back, pushing him to the ground.
"That's why." She said
She then saw her brother in the corner and approached him, ignoring the stares.
"Hey Syn. Didn't expect to see you here." He said
"Steve, we need to talk. In private, preferably."
"Is this about me breaking one of your Queen records, because that was an accident I swear."
"You did what? Nevermind, not important. This is about our little monster issue last year that I would prefer not to talk in public about."
"Syn, I told you. Everything's fine. Relax. The gates closed. Remember."
"Yeah. Here's the thing, a new gate opened up."
"Listen. I would love to talk about your crazy Imagination but us, in the real world, are trying to have a blast."
Just then Synthia dragged her brother to an empty hallway
"Look I don't know if this is your way of coping. By pretending it didn't happen. That the upside down or monsters or my abilities don't exist but trust me that's only going to work for so long till you have to fight it again, steve. And then you realize it was all real. The other dimension, the demogorgon, the powers, everything was real. But until then you'll convince yourself that you're crazy, that everyone who experienced it was too. Maybe you did a bad batch of weed and all went on the same trip during the high. But when those monsters come after you a second time. You realize hell is mere child's play compared to that place. The devil will then become a saint compared to whatever soulless creature created that place. And I hope that you'll stop the bullshit party boy act you've been playing since the first fight because if you don't you'll end up dead. Steve. Take it from someone who lived there most of their childhood. This fight isn't over. Not yet." Synthia told him
"I'm not playing any games."
"Keep telling yourself that. Call me when you're sober and ready to accept that fact." She said before leaving.
As Synthia walked past the Henderson House, she felt a bit of upside down energy pulling her towards the house.
"Godammit Dustin, what are you up to now?"
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FanficSynthia Harrington has always been different from the other Harringtons. Her origins were a mystery to most. All most people knew was Steve found her 2 years ago while driving his parents car, which he stole, covered in blood with no name and no fam...
