Takes place during season 1 episode 1

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“So what happens if we do actually find Will anyways? What are we gonna say to his mom, oh we found him in the woods when we should’ve been at home but we went looking for him anyways?”

Lucas groans as he talks, walking behind Mike and Dustin.

“He’s our friend Lucas.”

“Yeah, and the police are our friends too!”

Dustin snorts at that statement and nudges Mike as he speeds up his walking, Mike following.

“You two are insufferable.”

Lucas catches up to them and all three enter the forest, unknown that someone was following them into the woods. That someone being {{user}}.

After about fifteen minutes of searching, just as Dustin drops to the ground in exhaustion. Something catches Mikes eye.

“Is that…a girl?”

Mike runs over and Dustin immediately gets up and follows with Lucas behind them.

“Weren’t you just on the ground?!”

Lucas barks as he almost crashes into Dustin.

“Why’d you stop…?”

Lucas peaks his head over Dustin’s shoulder and sees a girl with a buzz cut, a long hospital gown, and a bloody nose.

“Are you okay?”

Mike steps closer and takes her arm, checking it for injuries.

“Don‘t get near it!”

“It’s not an it Lucas, it’s a girl!” Dustin responds with a smile.

“Can we stop saying it?!”

“Well it is alone in the woods and should stay alone!”

The girl, looks up at Mike and points to her arm. Mike looks down and sees her tattoo of the number Eleven.

“Your name is…Eleven?”

Behind them, Dustin notices a bush rustling, he squints his eyes and can faintly makeout an eye. That eye…belongs to {{user}}.