The New Raven

the tenth

POV | Kylie

I was riding my bike through Mirkwood and the headlight kept flickering. I couldn't see properly. I looked at my wrist watch that read 2210.

I rode along and with the headlight flickering and finally going off. I can't see a thing in front of me now. Out of the blue, I see a sillouhete in midst of all the darkness. It was small. The shape of a dog. Oh, it must be lost.

I ride towards the direction of the dog and it opens it's mouth. Shit. It's not a dog. It's the Demogorgon. Holy crap.

I ride even faster and now the "dog" came charging towards me. I used my invisibility and became invisible. I could see it inches away from my face, but it could not sense my presence. It finally walked away. That was close.

I was petrified. I had been invisible for about ten minutes. I was drained. I came back visible and wiped away the blood from my nose and, it came charging at me. I tried to go invisible again, but it didn't work. I was drained.

I ran in the opposite direction and saw another "dog" came towards me. I kept running until I tripped. A figure stood before me. I looked up to find a tall man in a suit. I couldn't see his face.

"Ten. Finally found you." He said before covering my mouth with a napkin and me falling unconcious.

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POV | Will

Its Monday! Yes! I am so happy because I get to meet Kylie today. It's only been a day and I miss her so much. I still haven't told the guys about us, I probably should.

I style my hair hoping that will stay that way. For the first time, I try to make an effort to look good. Good for Kylie. I go over to the breakfast table and sit down for breakfast.

"Well you look nice today. Why the change?" Mom looks at me and says smiling. I just shrug and dodge the question.

"Good Morning Mom." Jonathan says while walking into the kitchen. He looks at me and starts laughing his ass off. I give him a confused expression.

"Will, trying to impress Kylie?" He says in between laughs. "Kylie? Who is Kylie?" Mom asks.

I give Jonathan a 'Way to go Jonathan!' look. He starts wiping the tears streaming down his face and finally stops laughing.

"Kylie is this girl at school. We are just friends." I say to Mom. Jonathan just scoffs. He stands behind Mom mouthing 'GIRLFRIEND' I give him another glare.

I finish up my cereal and leave for school. Jonathan gives me a ride to school and before leaving, he messes up my hair.

"Jonathan!" I scream. "Good Luck Kiddo." He says driving off.

Great, now I look messy. I see the boys just staring at me. Okay...

"Will, you look different." Lucas says. "Yeah, tried out something new for school." I say trying to be cool.

"School? Or Kylie?" Dustin says with a teasing expression. "Shut up!" I say back.
"Speaking of Kylie, where is she?" Max asks. We just shrug at eachother.

The bell for class rings and all of us make our way inside.

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POV | Max

School was done about 30 minutes ago. Right now, I'm hanging out with Lucas at the quarry.

We usually did this after school, hanging out at the quarry, talking, laughing, kissing. He was so great and funny. I really liked him. I don't love him yet. But, we are taking things slow.

My legs are dangling on the edge of the quarry with my head on Lucas's shoulder and his arm around me.

I wonder what happened to Kylie today. We made plans that after she tutored Eleven, we'd go to the arcade and play video games. She's probably at Eleven's now. Maybe I could go check there. I still don't understand why Eleven hates me so much. She always tries to avoid me. She treats me how Mike treated me when we first met. But things Mike are pretty cool now.

"What's going on in that mind?" Lucas asks while tapping my forehead. I just sigh in response. "Lucas, I'll go now. I want to check on Kylie." I tell him while getting away from his embrace and dusting the back of my jeans.

"Oh. Okay. Should I come?" He asks sincerely. "That's alright. She's probably with Eleven, I'll check there first and then maybe go to her house." I say already making my way over to the skateboard.

"Max! Wait." He says while running over to me.

"What happened?" I ask him. He holds my face with his hands and gently kisses me. I smile into the kiss and he finally lets me go. "Stay safe." He says. I chuckle and walk towards Eleven's house.

I reach her house and slowly knock on the door. She quickly comes over and opens it saying, "Kylie! Finally." But her smile disappears and is replaced with a frown.

"Max what are you doing here?" She asks. I try to keep the rudeness in her voice aside and say, "I'm guessing Kylie isn't with you. She didn't come to school either. I was just checking up on her."

"Oh. Maybe she's sick. You can check for her at her house." Eleven says with a worried voice. "I guess. Thanks for your time." I say making my way down the steps that lead to her front door. "Tell me if anything is weird." She says in the end, closing the door.

I get out of the woods and go over to Kylie's house which is a 20 minute ride from here. I knock on her front door and no one answers. I look down at the knob and the wood near the knob had been tapered. I turned the knob and got inside. What I saw inside was shocking.

None of her furniture was there. Nothing.  It was like no one ever lived here. I walk around the house and go into her room. None of her posters are there. Her wallpaper has been changed. Suddenly, I heard the creak of wood. Someone is here with me.

I hid inside her closet to find the man walk into her room. He touched the walls as if he had a deeper connection with them. He finally walked out. I made my way out of the closet when suddenly the wood underneath my foot creaked.

The man came into the room and stared at me. He was tall and wore a blue suit. He had blond slicked back hair and tired eyes. He stared at me that made me feel really uncomfortable.

"Who are you?" He asked.

"I'm Max. I am friends with someone who lived here. Do you know where they went?" I asked. He took a step closer to me and held me by wrist.

"Max, here is an offer for you. Keep your mouth shut about what ever you saw in here today or I know other ways of doing that." He said. I didn't know what to do and honestly I was scared of him.

"Yes sir." I said that and made my way outside the house. I rode my skateboard and went over to Eleven's house.

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