Stranger Things ~The Mirkwood Girl

Chapter 4: The Mirkwood girl

Lucas

"Is that-" I began before I was cut off by Dustin, "El?" Mike shook his head slowly "I don't think so." Dustin then he knelt down beside her, Mike was in complete and utter shock. Dustin gently shook the girl but she was out cold, he then examined her arm, there were deep cuts, they looked almost like claw marks. "Wait what's that?" I asked noticing a familiar mark on her arm, Mike suddenly snapped out of his frozen state pushing me aside to look at her arm. "Twelve."

She looks about our age but I wasn't too sure. Her short, messy, dark brown hair was tangled and her head had a bad bruise to it. "We should take her home." I spoke up breaking the silence. I could tell what they were thinking. When we found El,  I was so against taking her back to Mike's I argued and said we should leave her where we found her. If they had of listened to me then everything today would be different, Will wouldn't be here. I am so glad they didn't listen to me that day.
Dustin and Mike nodded, "She might know what happened to El." Dustin said smiling at Mike. "I guess so." He replied with an expressionless look on his face.

"Wait where's Will?" Dustin said looking around. "I'm here! I'm coming, hold on." He said kicking his bike stand up, "What did you find?" He asked looking confused. He walked around to where we were kneeling and looked down at the girl. His eyes widened and his face went as white as ghost, he stumbled backwards and fell to the ground with a thud. "Are you alright Will?" I exclaimed standing up and jogging over to help him up. "Yeah I'm fine." He tried to assure me but I wasn't buying it. "Is that the girl, the one with the powers?" He asked sheepishly, looking at Mike who shook his head and stood up. "Can we take her to your house Mike?" I said realising we had just left her lying in the dirt. "Yeah, we just can't let my mom find out." And with that I gently lifted her up.
"Dustin, can you wheel my bike?" I said making sure I could hold her the whole way back. "Yea sure." He said smiling at me.  "Uh guys, I have to go, I just remembered my mom, she told me to be home before lunch, I'll catch up with you later. Bye!" Will said out of nowhere, running to his bike and riding away. We all glanced at each other with confused looks, but shrugged it off, we had to get the girl back to Mike's house.

Will

That was the girl, the one in my dream, the one I attacked. Or the monster attacked. Were they claw marks on her arm? From me... no it wasn't me it was the monster and that was a dream! Nothing but a dream! But...what about the blood on me this morning?

"WHAT IS HAPPENING!" I yelled out loud, as jumped off my bike, pushing it over in the dirt. I felt hot tears sliding down my cheeks as I ran up my front porch, pushing my front door open, slamming it and running to my room. As I ran, out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jonathan stand up, looking at me with a worried expression. I hear him walking down the hall towards my room. "Will, buddy, what's wrong? Can I come in?" I hear him ask calmly, I try to respond and say I'm fine but the words just wouldn't come out. I'm not fine.
"Will I'm coming in." He pushed the door open, walked over and sat on the bed beside me. "You don't have to tell me, but just know, I'm here for you ok?" I sat there for a moment tears streaming down my face, "Jonathan" is all I could muster before burying my face into his chest and crying even harder then before.

I'm not fine.