when Mia Byers moved to Derry, Maine, with her twin El and their friends Will, Jonathon and Joyce, she expected the rest of the year to be fun. she didn't expect to be involved in the evil truth of the town with seven other kids.
I woke up the next morning and my neck hurt so bad even when I breathe. I thought of having a lazy day. I wanted to get to know the rest of the losers. One at a time. I'll invite one over. I get up and brush my short, thick, black hair. I brush my teeth and wash my face. I put a bit of foundation over the hand print shaped bruise. I went to my drawer and grabbed an outfit. I put it on and put my shoes on.
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I walk to the phone in the kitchen and call Eddie. It rings twice before someone picks up. "Hello? This is Eddie kasbrak." "Hey Eddie. Whats richies house number? I wanna get to know the losers better one at a time starting with richie since we get along best." I explain. He gives me richies number and hangs up.
I dial richies number and wait. It rings once. Twice. 3 times. 4. It goes to voicemail. I try again. Once. Twice. Someone picks up. "Hello?" An annoyed richie answers. "Hey trashmouth. Watcha up to?" I say. "Well I was sleeping, but you woke me up!!" He snaps back. "Oh well. Wanna come over? Im gonna get to know the losers one at a time, starting with you since we get along best." I explain to him. "Ugh. Be there in 20 minutes." He says. I hang up and go to dining room. "Im having a friend come over. One of the new friends i made yesterday." I tell them. "Is this friend a boy by anu6 chance?" Joyce asks slyly. I laugh. "All the friends I made yesterday are boys. So yeah." I tell her. "Keep the door open 3 inches!!" El says and I laugh. "We will probably ride around town." I tell her. Will joins in. "So you got a boyfriend?" He asks. I shake my head. "I told you Will. I dont do relationships. 3 reasons. 1- fictional characters set the standards too high. (SO TRUE!!!!!!) 2- nobody likes me. 3-i just don't want one. Seems stupid and boring." I say just as someone knocks.
I walk to the door and open it to see Richie. "Ello love. Would ya like a cup a tea?" Richie says in a horrible british accent. I laugh. "Hey idiot." I say. El runs up and pushes me to the ground. "MIKE!!!! When did you get glasses?" She asks. "El, that's not Mike. Its Richie. One of my new friends." I tell her. I get up. Her smile turns to a frown and she walks away. "Who is Mike?" Richie asks. "Her boyfriend that lives in Hawkins. He looks like you without glasses." I say and he nods. "Where ya wanna go? Or we can hang out here?" I say. He walks in. I take him to my rokm and leave the door ajar. "This is my room." I say. I sit on the bed and he sits in my rolling chair. "So trashmouth, tell me about yourself." I say. We spend the rest of the day talking, and the whole time we didn't know will and El were listening the whole time.
Around 3:45 p.m. we ran out of things to talk about. I get up and pull him outside. "Come on trashmouth. We're going to ride around the town." I say and get on my bike. "I can't. I have to get home." He replies and rides away.
I was about to start riding when the clown appeared in front of me. I try to ride around it, but it hits my bike and I fly off and onto the concrete driveway. I feel my vision getting blurry and my leg hurts really bad. The clown walks towards me slowly. I concentrate as hard as ican and an invisible force throws him into a sewer drain. Thats all I see before my vision goes black and I can't feel a single thing in my body.
I wake up to a soft and steady beeping. I look around. I'm in a hospital room and will, Joyce, and El are sitting around the bed. I have a bandage around my head and a cast on my leg. My vision is still slightly blurry because I don't have my glasses on. "Ugh....what happened?...." I ask. My voice is weak. "We don't know. We found you in the driveway with your leg bent at a weird angle and your head bleeding. Your glasses were shattered beside you and your bike broken and laying about 10 feet away. You were unconscious so we called an ambulance. You've been here for 2 days. You have a concussion." Joyce explained. "....it was the clown....the demon clown...." I say. "What clown? There's no demon clowns, Mia. Ok?" Joyce says. I look at her confused. "There was a clown!! I saw it!!" I say a little louder. "There's no demon clowns, Mia. You might have imagined it." Will and el say. "I want to go home." I tell them and they nod.
Joyce finishes signing the release papers. She starts walking out to the car. We all follow her, me on the crutches I'll be stuck with for the next 4 months. They said my leg had been broken in the places. I got in the backseat and closed tje door. Will put his hand on my shoulder. "Are you ok Mia? Youve acted strange since we moved." He says concerned. I turn to him. "I have a concussion and a broken leg. Im seeing a demon clown, and I had to move away from my friends, but I'm just peachy Will. I'm fine." I say through gritted teeth and shrug his hand away. I turn back to the window.
I feel bad for what I said to Will. I turn back and hug him. "Im sorry Will the wise. I'm just having a hard time adjusting to Derry." I lie. I get out at the house and go straight to my room and lock the door. I sit down at my desk and start to sketch the clown I've been seeing.
I finish about 2 hours later and close the sketchbook. I put it in my bag and get up. I grab my crutches and go to the front door. I walk outside before anyone can stop me and walk to Eddie's. Im gonna figure out who this clown is why I'm seeing him.
