chapter 31

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-november 1st 1984-

-355 days without eleven-

-reader's pov-

the final bell of the school day had just called out and most of the students were now flooding out of the building. whereas, max, lucas, dustin and I were in mr clarke's classroom, about to show him dustin's discovery.

"this is the reason I was late to class," dustin grinned proudly before placing his replica trap onto the desk.

"pretty neat." nodded mr clarke, "these doors function?"

"well, yeah, obviously. but it's not about the trap," dustin responded, "it's what's inside. now, this very well change your perception of the world."

"consider my interest piqued." smiled mr clarke.

"alright, first let's just clarify that.. this is my discovery, not yours." dustin continued.

"dustin! jesus! just show him!" lucas impatiently exclaimed.

"alright, I'm just tryna clarify-" dustin started up again.

"-dustin!" max and I scolded.

"okay fine." he finally gave in but just as he was about to open it, the door burst open and mike and will came barrelling through.

"stop!" mike cried out, "I'm really sorry mr clarke, it was just a stupid prank." he then grabbed the fake trap and sprinted off out of the room whilst dustin spewed out groans and complaints and mike's sudden actions.

"we need to go right now!" mike yelled before we all quickly followed him without a word.

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max banged and thumped her fists at the door from the other side, mike refused to let her in.

"can I come it yet?" she whined.

"no!" mike sternly called back.

"I don't understand.." lucas began.

"what don't you understand?" mike replied.

"will saw something that looked like dart last year?" lucas recalled.

"kind of but there was no tail." will responded shyly.

"-but then he heard it yesterday, the exact same sound." mike added.

"why didn't you tell us before?" inquired dustin.

"I wasn't sure." will mumbled.

"a coincidence." dustin spoke.

"-or not." mike interrupted, "what if when will was stuck in the upside down, he somehow acquired true sight."

"true sight?" lucas repeated, confused.

"it gives you the power to see into the ethereal plane." dustin explained.

"elaborate." lucas sighed.

"maybe these episodes that will keeps having aren't really flashbacks at all." mike began, "maybe they're real. maybe will can somehow see into the upside down."

"so that would mean.." lucas trailed off.

"dart is from the upside down."mike finished for him.

"we have to take him to hopper." lucas commented.

"I agree," mike replied whilst I nodded in agreement.

"no way! if we take him to hopper, dart's as good as dead!" dustin exclaimed.

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