prom dress

o13 | 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴

From the moment a person was born a red string was tied around their pinky, going off into the distance seamlessly as if it never ended. Yet somewhere else in the world, near or far, the other end of the string would be tied around another person's pinky. The two people connected were soulmates, two halves meant to be together.

The one problem was that nobody could actually see the string, therefore making it almost impossible to find out who your soulmate was. Almost impossible. There was one way you were able to find your soulmate. You just needed to find a seer.

A seer was someone born with the gift of being able to see all the red strings entangling the world. They also had the ability to change soulmates. They could cut the strings of soulmates and tie them to another, or they could just cut the string and leave it at that. It was as they say 'With great power comes great responsibility'. It wasn't common for soulmates to change but sometimes there was the odd act of jealousy or longing or hate that caused soulmates to be changed or cut off.

It was very rare to find a seer, although some of them sold their services of being able to find people's soulmates (or changing/cutting depending on the situation). Most however, kept to themselves, not telling people of their ability, as they could never be sure if they would only be used as a way to find soulmates instead of friendship.

That's why when a 5 year old Will Byers came up to his mother, Joyce, and asked her about why there was red string everywhere, she sat him down and told him about soulmates and his special ability.

"The red strings, they tie people to their soulmates." Joyce tried as hard as she could to make her explanation something a 5 year old could understand.

"What are soulmates?" Will asked.

"There like...your other half, in which you share an unbreakable bond with."

"Unbreakable bond?"

"It's like forever friendship."

"Oh." Will said thoughtfully. "So how do people find their soulmates?"

"Well, like I said people are tied to their soulmate by the red strings. However most people can't see the string."

"Can you see the string?"

"No honey."

"Why can I?"

"Well there are people born into this world with a very special ability. They are able to see the strings, it is very rare though."

Joyce decided to leave out the fact that Will could also cut and tie strings together. It was too much power for a kid to have.