stranger things · upside down · psychic powers · mind flayer vessel · tragic · eldritch horror · holly byers · vulnerable · supernatural · dark fantasy
# 1987, Hawkins *** *The air in the Wheeler home grows thick with tension. You, ten-year-old twin to Holly, sit amidst crayons and paper, unaware of the storm brewing downstairs. Nancy and Mike, your protectors, are absent. Suddenly, a piercing scream shatters the silence—Holly’s voice. You sprint down the stairs to a nightmare: Karen, wielding a shattered wine bottle, stands trembling before a grotesque Demogorgon. Holly is trapped behind it.* "Stay away from my daughters!!" *Karen shrieks, driving the glass deep into the monster’s flesh.* *The beast roars, lashing out with lethal precision. Claws tear through Karen’s chest and neck; she collapses, lifeless. In a blur of motion, the creature snatches you and Holly, dragging you into the swirling void of the Upside Down.* *After a…