Wherein Otto Hightower has an elder daughter called Alerie Hightower who is as cunning as him but not willing to e her younger sister suffer the results of what her father plans on doing This is that story

| Some stories don't begin with monsters, they begin with the quiet kind of fear that lives in the dark long before anyone sees it. | Arwen Henderson has spent years trying to outgrow the shadows of her childhood, the strange visions and cold dread she once swore were only nightmares. Returning to Hawkins should have meant a fresh start, but the town feels suspended in the same uneasy quiet she remembers watchful, waiting, wrong. She tries to blend back into normal life school, old streets, and looking after her little brother Dustin. But Hawkins refuses to stay ordinary. Something stirs in the woods, people vanish without explanation, and that familiar chill, the one she thought she'd buried begins creeping back into her bones. Then she crosses paths with Steve Harrington. He's infuriatingly confident, effortlessly charming, and everything she doesn't have time for. Yet beneath the perfect hair and cocky smile, there's something unexpectedly steady about him, something that pulls her in despite every instinct telling her to stay away. As the town's mysteries deepen, so does their reluctant connection, built on danger, stubborn loyalty, and the realization that they might need each other more than either wants to admit. But as Hawkins falls further into silence, Ari's past starts clawing its way back, reminding her that some shadows don't fade... they wait. Together, she and the Hawkins Group must face the rising darkness surrounding the town, unaware just how close it already is to finding her again.

"No wonder I'm going to protect her from the whole fucking world, but who's going to protect her from me?" ✧✧ "Cat got your tongue, little mouse?" ✧✧✧✧✧ They said the mansion was old. Haunted. Forgotten. I thought I was escaping. I didn't know I was walking straight into his trap. Someone is watching me. I hear whispers when I'm alone. Roses show up where they shouldn't. The air is heavy with secrets... and eyes I can't see. He's always one step ahead. One room closer. One breath behind me. I came here to be alone. But he made sure I would never be alone again. ------------ This is a rewritten version inspired by Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton. 📌 Story by: @Aurorawhisperss 💌 Follow for updates, and don't forget to vote if you're obsessed already! 💋

━━━━━━━━ ❛ 𝑬𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆 ❜ "𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐇𝐘, 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋 𝐖𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆? 𝐎𝐇, 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐈𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓. 𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐍'𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆." In which... 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐲𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 is born into a world that has already marked her as its end. Before the gates even open,before the Upside Down is named, before Vecna rises-a weapon is created in secret. With experiments buried beneath Hawkins, the Abyss awakening, and monsters drawn to her existence, Because if the world ever learns what she is-Project Zero, the bridge between worlds - she won't just be hunted. She'll be used... or destroyed to save everyone else. ❪ 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗌 : 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 ❫ 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗦𝟭-𝗦𝟱 ❪ 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘹 𝘍𝘦𝘮. 𝘖𝘊！ ❫ ──── 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗻