Adventures in the Upside Down and Life in Hawkins, Indiana
Prologue
Hi there, my name is Margaret Langford, Maggie for short. I am a Junior at Hawkins High School and I have two parents that love me (or at least I think they do, but they aren't around enough for me to be sure), Joan and Henry.
My dad? Well, he's a bit of a weird one. He works at Hawkins Lab, or used to, anyway, and his main goal is to get into the Upside Down to see what it's like.
Hawkins Lab is actually where my parents met. My dad was working as a lab technician and my mom as a paid intern. They fell madly in love, and, well, that's how I came about.
Here's another surprising thing; I was almost one of Brenner's lab rats, even got a number tattooed on my wrist, but my mom rescued me before things went any further, which is why Brenner doesn't like my mother very much…at all. Thanks to her, I was able to live a normal (or close to normal) life. I am number 37, so I guess the numbering was random.
Anyway, my dad was the one who figured out I had powers and, after seeing what Brenner does to all his lab rats, decided to train me in the most opposite way possible, so that I wasn't brainwashed. He wanted his daughter to live her life outside of Hawkins Lab (although, I did go on many visits, growing up).
I mean, that's my cover story anyway. I'm actually from the present day, having traveled to the fictional 80s town of Hawkins, Indiana. I work with a man who is in many ways, like the Doctor from Doctor Who, but his name is the Professor, and one of his assignments for me, was to go into the Upside Down and get footage of it.
My mission; live in Hawkins, Indiana for a year and get footage of the Upside Down, and to also blend in as much as possible, with the Professor by my side, helping me wherever he can. I have to do most of it on my own, though. I'm the one who has to figure out how to get close with the Byers' so that I can have access to their backyard shed.
With all that being said, I will start with telling you stories about my life during that year I spent in 1984 Hawkins, Indiana. I just have to figure out the order in which I want to tell these stories. The story of the Egg Project I had to do is exciting but I have to tell the story of how I got started getting close to the Byers' because that's most important.
Oh, I also have a best friend named Delilah, Del for short. She's the only one who knows about my mission. The Professor has told her all about it and made her sign a Confidentiality Agreement. Nevertheless, she is about as fascinated to know about present day as I am to know about living in the 80s so this will be interesting!
I'm from a time where time travel is possible, there are teleportation devices worn on the wrist called FROGs (Far Reaching Outbound Generator), and lots more.
Before we start, let me just be clear that where I'm from, "Stranger Things" is a TV show on Netflix, but thanks to my mission, I get to live it, from where the second season started to well past its end. You'll get to find out what happened after the Snowball, and experience, though my point of view what Hawkins is like the rest of the year.
Also, let me just say that there are two different timelines here, one that was depicted on the show, and the one the following stories are based on, the timeline told from my viewpoint.
For the purposes of the mission, I live with the Professor in a two-story house that looks 80s on the outside, but very, let's say, modern on the inside. For that reason, I'm not allowed to have anyone over, except Delilah. The Professor set it up this way, so that I would have more reason to stay over at the Byers' as much as possible.
Okay I believe that's everything. Oh, one more thing. I do know how to drive and have my own car, but it's in the present, and not the past, so I have to rely on Delilah and her car for transportation. She named her car; Ferguson, by the way, Fergus for short.
Enough exposition, let's get on with the story!
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