"Sometimes the bad guys are smart too." ~Will Byers At only eight years old, Pine Knight became the prime suspect for her parents' murder. Dying to protect their daughter, Lilac and Jerry Knight had kept lots of secrets. Years later when Pine is twelve years old and living in Hawkins Indiana the mysterious vanishing of Will Byers stirs things up, opening many doors Pine had always known to be locked in her past. Closer to intimate danger, Pine comes closer to learning the truth of the 1979 murder of which she had so closely witnessed. Maybe even making a few friends along the way. [Stranger Things Season 1 : Book 1 in 'Illusion' series | TwistedMinds 2018~2019 | edited in 2021~???? | Female OC | Cover by @iydiamartin | Plot&Story by: me(robinandladybugz)| help & ideas provided by @slushieson, @demodogsRpeople2, and some of my other friends that i've rambled to] Illusion ~Stranger Things~ Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/2xucdshdqaak4bdokek2r8uja/playlist/7pCEGLb2RF9FOr8eh2ZHBL?si=AlnJZIHlTfuODPS4JM2vVQ ~WARNING~ this story includes: implied dissociation, some past trauma, mild language, characters with anxiety, violence, and a plot designed by a middle schooler. [Winner of @Fanfics_Writer_ Stranger Things Contest] {COMPLETED} with [SEQUEL] ~under editing~