Hello all! Here is the first chapter of my first Stranger Things fanfic! This begins with Kali reuniting with El, but there is more to it than that. This fic will have Mileven in it as well as a few other ships. Enjoy and please review! :D

- TopazStars

Dottie glanced at Kali, her wide, Cheshire Cat grin fading ever so slightly. Kali knew that Dottie, as well as the rest of the team, had sensed a change in her. Axel's jokes sounded more and more desperate when he spoke to her and Funshine constantly asked if she needed anything. Mick had grown quieter, if that were possible, and instead gave Kali sympathetic looks. They knew. They knew that Janes departure had taken a toll on Kali. She hadn't been the same since she left. Kali, once again, felt that void creeping back into her chest. A void that, like before, revenge couldn't even fill. So instead of continuing her rampage, she assumed she had made her point and stopped hunting the doctors. She expected this act of mercy to heal her, and it did to some extent. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. She had lost her sister. Nothing could repair her after that. The only one who understood, who really knew her, was gone.

Kali rolled over in her sleeping bag and squeezed her eyes shut. Jane had left and taken a piece of her heart with her. Tears rolled down Kali's cheeks. Tears she would never let the team see. Eventually, unrestful sleep took her.

"Kali?" A voice woke her, "Kali!"

"What?" Kali grumbled, slightly opening her eyes.

"We need more supplies." Mick said, standing above Kali, and slightly nudging her shoulder with her foot. Kali clambered out of the bag and got up.

"Sure. We can pick something up on the way." She had finally had enough of this.

"On the way?" Axel asked, the rest of the crew joining them.

"We're going to Indiana." Kali declared. Their faces brightened, though no smile could match Kali's. She was nervous, sure. Jane might still be mad, for all she knew. This had to happen, though. Kali had to see her sister.

Eleven was watching the boys play D&D in their basement when she felt it. It had been a year since the defeat of the Mind Flayer, and her powers had only grown. She could sense those who were near without seeing them. She knew where they were, if she really focused, without having to use a blindfold.

Kali? She frowned. She would know her sisters presence anywhere. She was extremely close. She was in Hawkins.

"El?" Mike asked, always seeming to know when something was bothering her. She smiled. Her birth certificate may say "Jane" on it, but to the boys she was "El". They had picked it out for her, her first friends, and so she preferred it too.

"Fine." She nodded. Yes, it had been a year, and yes she was reading dictionaries cover to cover, but her English was still a little shaky.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah..." She tried to make up an excuse, "I'm going to go for a bike ride." She said slowly.

"Do you want us to come with you?" Lucas asked.

"Er- it's fine." El really didn't want her reunion with Kali and the crew to be spent answering their questions. She hadn't told anyone about Kali, and had decided never to mention what her sister almost made her do. She got up from the couch beside Mike and trudged up the stairs. Once out of the basement, it was the parents she had to deal with.

"Where are you going, sweetheart?" Joyce asked from the kitchen.

"Um... just a bike ride." She shrugged.

"To where?" Hopper asked.

"Just around the neighborhood." El lied as she walked away.

"Be safe, Kid! Don't go far!" Hopper called. El picked up her backpack from beside the front door. It held her books and such, but it also held her most prized possession. A walkie-talkie her friends had given her as a gift after she came out of hiding. As she opened the door, she felt Kali getting closer.

"Are we there yet?" Dottie pouted. They had been in the car for a while, and she was getting impatient as they drove around, searching for Kali's curly haired sister. Kali was also beginning to worry. What if she never found her?

The engine of their new vehicle began sputter, and Axel cursed loudly.

"What's wrong?" Kali asked.

"Something's wrong with the engine!" Their ride was beginning to slow, and he quickly pulled over. They hopped out and looked around. They were in a pretty nice looking neighborhood. Hawkins, she had to admit, was much better than their cold, big city.

"How did that happen? It was perfectly fine!" Fun said worriedly. Kali, by now, was feeling quite hopeless. She ran a hand through her black hair, stressed.

"We'll never find her." She murmured.

"Dont worry," Axe turned towards her, "Shirley will turn up eventually." And as if by magic, there was a quiet voice coming from behind them.

"Sister?" Janes voice was the last thing Kali expected to hear, but the best sound she had ever heard. She spun around, tears filling her eyes.

"Sister." She smiled happily as Jane dropped her bike and raced towards her. Kali wrapped her arms around the smaller girl and buried her face in Janes longer, slightly less curly hair.

They stayed like that for a while before Jane decided to greet the others. She shook Funshines hand, and to their surprise, hugged Axel, Dottie, and Mick. She smiled her brilliant smile at all of them.

"We've missed you Jane-"

"El." She cut Kali off.

"What?"

"My name. It's El."