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El Hopper stared at the window, watching the forest as the world was quiet. Morning was beginning its' day as it rose from the trees in the east. She sat on the windowsill, her curly, brown hair covering some of her face as she stared in the window. The sunlight lightly danced on her legs, warming her cold body. She sat in her father's cabin, her home ever since she had moved to Derry. She had lived in Indiana in a small, suburban town called Hawkins.
This was how her day began every morning, sitting on the windowsill as she stared into the forest, the TV playing in the distance with her breakfast sitting on the table. Eggo waffles laying on a blue plate along with a glass of water.
But today, she felt something wrong.
She did not know how, but she just did. She had a gut feeling that there was another kid gone. She had felt this many times in Derry. She knew that the monster was killing these children, whoever it was. The one thing she did know though was that it wasn't human.
El stood up and went to the TV, her eyes looking at the screen. It was a show that she did not know of, but she did not really know that much about TV in general. She only used it when she needed to. She had been born without using electronics for most of her life and never used it until she was adopted by Sheriff Hopper.
She felt herself knowing that now she needed to find the child. Now would be a good time. Her father was off at work and he wouldn't see her doing what she did while he was gone.
She ran down the hall towards her room, bursting the door open in a loud bang. She ran towards her nightstand, opening the drawer to reveal her things. She had many things in the drawer; sleeping pills, cigarettes that she had stolen from her father, batteries, radios, a super-com, and lastly, a dark bandana. She grabbed the bandana, holding it tightly in her hand before leaving her empty, wooden room.
She went into the living room, seeing voices on the TV talk about friendship and love. It was a children's show, of course. Shows like this had helped her with english, math, and history. She had never gotten proper schooling before she was adopted.
She stared at it, confused on what was going on in the show as the kids were at a carnaval. She had never gone to one before but she didn't want to. It seemed creepy and childish to go there.
She changed the channel as she got bored, not noticing the red balloon that floated towards the viewer in the distance. After a few minutes of searching, she found a perfect spot that was filled with static.
El let out a deep breath, putting the bandana over her eyes and tying it into a tight knot. Darkness covered her entire vision, only hearing the static from the TV. Then she closed her eyes and letting out a deep breath, before she opened them again.
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The shallow water touched her feet as she opened her eyes to find herself in a dark world. Darkness surrounded her as she began to walk, her curly hair bouncing as she needed to find someone, anyone. She tried to find who she was looking for, her mind searching through the entire town.
