Hey everyone!
This is my first story on here and thought I'd do a story about on of my favorite shows, Stranger Things.
This story is very much based on the show Riverdale. It won't be exactly the same, but there will be similar story lines.
I like to think of this as the Stranger Things characters in the same world as Riverdale. So these are who each ST character's story line will be based off of.
Lucas- Archie
Eleven/El-Betty
Max-Veronica
Mike-Jughead
Dustin-Kevin
Will-Jason
A lot of the other ST characters will be in this story, but their characters didn't match up with the story lines of the Riverdale character.
The main characters are 16 in this story. Aside from Jonathan, Steve, Barb, and Nancy who are 18. It is also set during modern day.
Please let me know what you think! :)
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Mike's POV
Our story is about a town, a small town, and the people who live in this town. From a distance, it presents itself like so many small towns, all across the world. Safe, decent, innocent, get closer though and you'll start to see the darkness underneath. The name of this town is Hawkins.
This story begins with the Byers brothers last summer. On the 4th of July, Jonathan and Will Byers went for a bike ride in the woods after dark. The next thing that we know happened, is that a hunter found Jonathan in the woods with Will's bike screaming for his brother.
Hawkins police searched all over the forest for Will Byers, but couldn't find him. Joyce and Jonathon became distraught over the news that the police shared that he was missing and probably dead.
As for the rest of us, we were still talking about Will Byers' disappearance on the last day of summer break when a new girl came into town...
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16-year old Max Mayfield and her mother Susan climbed out of the taxi as they arrived to their new home in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana. Max looked at the small house and frowned.
Susan noticed the frown and said, "Now be prepared, this house is small compared to what you're used to in Cali, but-
"Quality always," Max replied with a sigh.
Susan smiled and walked toward the house mumbling, "Besides, it's the only piece of property in my name and not your step-dad's..."
They walked into the house and looked around with Susan smiling. "I think this will do. I haven't been back to Hawkins in a long time! How about we order some burgers from Benny's?!"
Max gave her a confused look and asked," Um...what is 'Benny's?'"
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Eleven, "El" Hopper sat in her room applying minimal makeup to her face while her best friend, Dustin Henderson sat on her bed talking excitedly.
"Are you excited? Nervous?!" Dustin asked.
El turned around smiling, her curly brown hair whipping in the process. "Both! I haven't seen him since school got out."
"Which is why nerves are fine, but we decided, El! It's time! You like him, he likes you-"
"Well then why Dustin, has he never said or done anything?!" El interrupted.
Dustin rolled his eyes as he got up and walked towards her window. "Because... Lucas is great, but like most teenage boys he needs to be told what he wants so that's why you have to tell him!"
El sighed and fixed her hair, "I'm not sure, it depends on-"
"Oh god."
"What?!" El looked up nervously.
"Come here! Change of plans. Lucas got ripped! He's got arms now. I'm telling you, if I was you and into guys...you gotta go for it," Dustin motioned for her to look out the window where they both saw their friend and El's crush, Lucas Sinclair getting changed.
Eleven blushed and went back to fixing her hair before leaving to go to Benny's.
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Later that night at Benny's, Eleven met up with her long time best friend, and secret crush, Lucas Sinclair for their annual tradition of burgers the night before school started.
"So what was the best part?" Lucas asked El as they ate.
"Of my trip? Getting to stand at the top of the Willis Tower for sure! It's 110 stories high and as you know I have a huge fear of heights...It was just so exhilarating to be able to stand at the top and look over all of Chicago," El smiled happily as she finished.
"Wow. That's awesome, El. I'm glad you were able to have an awesome trip." Lucas smiled at her.
"How was your summer? How was working construction with your dad?"
"It was...boring as hell, but it definitely helped me to get in shape for football this year. I'm determined to get on varsity," Lucas explained while eating his onion rings.
"Well I'm glad you still want to do that!" El said with a bright smile on her face.
"I also started writing songs too in order to pass the time," Lucas confessed with a sheepish smile on his face, "I really love it, El! And I think I'm getting good at it."
"I didn't know you were into music?" El said, her smiling faltering slightly.
"I didn't either until this summer! And the songs made me think about..." he trailed off looking into the distance.
Hope rising in El's chest she whispered, "What Lucas?"
"About how maybe music is what I should be doing with my life now!"
El smiled at him and at his passion he had found. "That's great Lucas! You'll have to show me them sometime."
"Yeah definitely! Maybe later I can show you a few."
Eleven nodded enthusiastically and her smile brightened again, "Great!" She looked down for a second and then blushed a little, "Also, Lucas, I've been thinking a lot about us this past summer and how..."
Lucas listened to the first part of her sentence, but lost focus as soon as the door to the diner opened and a girl walked in.
El's words were drowned out as Lucas watched a girl he'd never seen before walk over to Benny. She was tall with long, wavy red hair. She was wearing shorts and a pretty blue shirt as she carried her skateboard with one arm.
Eleven frowned and suddenly noticed Lucas' attention had been lost. She turned around and saw a girl she didn't recognize walk in.
"I'm here to pick up an order for Mayfield," the mystery girl said to Benny.
Benny looked up and said, "Oh yeah 2 burgers, let me go get those for you."
The girl smiled her thanks and noticed El and Lucas in the booth.
"Hi," she said.
Lucas smiled, "Hey."
The girl took a notice to what Lucas was eating and asked, "How are the onion rings?"
Lucas looked at her, "So good. You gotta try them."
The girl yelled over to Benny, "Can you add some onion rings please?" Then turned back to Lucas and explained, "I just moved here today."
"Where from?"
"California."
Lucas looked surprised, "Oh, wow."
She looked between the 2 of them, "Do you guys to to Hawkins High?"
El finally spoke up at this, "Yeah we do, both of us, together." At the same time Lucas said, "Yeah we do, we're gonna be juniors."
"Me too! But I'm not looking forward to it," she said with a sigh.
"Why not?" Lucas asked.
"With all the drama that's surrounding this small town? I'm from LA, but this place strikes me as an "In Cold Blood" type of place."
This caused both Lucas and the girl to laugh.
"Max Mayfield," the girl said and held out her hand towards Lucas.
He shook it and responded, "Lucas Sinclair." El coughed and he finally looked over and remembered her, "Oh yeah! This is El Hopper."
El smiled at Max nicely.
Max looked at her and said, "Wait a sec...aren't you-?"
"Gonna give you a tour of Hawkins High tomorrow? Yes."
Lucas perked up immediately, "Do you wanna eat with us? We can give you some tips."
Max shook her head, "I can't. My mom's outside, but I'll see you guys tomorrow." She gave one last smile and left.
Lucas' grin stayed on his face as he watched her walk out. He looked back at El, "So um...what were you saying before?"
El smiled sadly and replied, "Oh...nothing, don't worry about it."
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The next morning El Hopper was getting ready for her school while her mother, Terry was talking to her.
"El, honey, remember this year is super important when applying to colleges. Grades, SAT scores, classes, maintaining a perfect character-"
"I know mom," El sighed.
"I just don't want you to end up like you sister. Kali was such a star before she let her powers take over her life."
"Mom, I'm not Kali okay? I know how to control my powers."
"You missed your curfew last night." Terry said seriously.
"By 5 minutes! I was hanging out with Lucas it wasn't a big deal."
"Honey, you know I love you so much...I just need you to think smart okay?"
El gave her a half-hearted smile.
Terry gave her a small bottle of pills, "I refilled your prescription for you. Don't forget to take these! They'll help with your impulse control over your powers."
She smiled and left her room as El rolled her eyes and shoved the bottle into her backpack before she finished getting ready for her first day.
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Lucas was at his locker looking over a song he had written a few days before when one of the football players, Troy came up to him.
"Dude. You got jacked, you're so making varsity with these arms. What'd you do? Go to the gym all day, everyday," Troy said.
Lucas laughed, "It's from all that construction I did over the summer."
Troy called over to his other friend, James and the 3 of them walked to class.
Lucas hid his notebook with his songs so Troy and James couldn't see them. He knew if they found them, he wouldn't have the status he has now and he wouldn't make varsity. He thought of how these 2 treated his old friend who was now a loner here at HHS...
After class, El started giving Max the tour of Hawkins High. Max looked around with a little bit of disgust on her face.
"Um...well HHS opened in 1963-"
"And never got remodeled apparently," Max interrupted.
El looked down awkwardly, while Max asked, "So what do you guys do around here for fun?"
Dustin came up behind them and answered, "Arcade, Benny's for burgers, football games on Friday nights, drive in movie theater even if something bad is playing, and other than that? Unless you're me who likes to read comic books and play D&D, let's just say it's a good thing Netflix and Hulu are a thing now."
El smiled at her best friend, "Max Mayfield, Dustin Henderson. Max is new here, and Dustin is-"
"A nerd! Let's be friends." Max replied happy to meet another friendly person.
"So I've heard a lot about your step dad and step brother...is it true?!" Dustin asked eagerly.
Max's smile faltered. "You mean that they're actually devils? Does everyone know about this?"
El and Dustin looked at each other but didn't respond.
Max took that as her answer and groaned as she walked away. El gave Dustin an angry look when she turned.
They caught up to Max further down the hall. When they turned the corner, Max stopped and grabbed El's arm.
"There he is! The hot guy you were with last night!"
El looked down the hall and frowned when she saw Lucas at his locker.
Max looked at El, "Is he your boyfriend?"
Dustin snickered as El answered, "No, we're just friends."
Max smiled, "Then could you drop a few hints about me?"
Dustin quickly answered, "Actually, even though they're not together right now, El and Lucas are definitely going to happen eventually."
Max looked at El, "You should ask him to the back to school dance."
Dustin rolled his eyes, "She should, but she won't and I hear it might get cancelled because of Will Byers."
Max gave a confused look, "Who's Will Byers?"
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All of HHS gathered into the gym for an assembly to remember Will Byers.
His girlfriend at the time, Jennifer Hayes, dressed in all black, went up to the podium and delivered a speech.
"Thank you all for coming to this assembly. My boyfriend, Will was a wonderful person. He was shy, so you may not have known him very well, but he always loved Hawkins High."
In the audience, Mike Wheeler, sitting by himself, rolled his eyes at Jennifer's words. He knew Will at one point and Will hated HHS.
"Will wouldn't want us to mourn him, so we're not cancelling the back to school dance because I know he would want us to still have it. I still remember when he and I danced at the Snow Ball back in 8th grade." Jennifer's tears fell and she walked away from the podium.
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At lunch, Max looked around the cafeteria trying to figure out where to sit. She looked around and saw the popular girls and the jocks looking at her, a dark haired guy with a laptop sitting alone in the corner, and finally spotted Lucas, El, and Dustin. They were all gathered around a laptop listening to something when she walked over.
"Hey guys, can I sit?" Max asked with a smile.
El smiled at her and nodded.
"What are you guys listening to?" Max asked curious.
El smiled at Lucas and responded, "One of Lucas' songs!"
Max turned to Lucas, "You wrote that?!"
Lucas smiled sheepishly, "Yeah...I know it's not that good, it's still the first draft."
El touched his arm, "No! It's great Lucas!"
Max looked stunned, "It's incredible if you ask me, the small part I heard! Have you been doing it for a while?"
"No actually, I just started this summer, but I'm really enjoying it so far."
Lucas saw Jennifer Hayes' long blonde hair sauntering over to the table and quickly excused himself to go to football tryouts.
Max looked at him impressed, "Football too? Wow you really do everything don't you?"
El watched as Lucas walked away.
"In case you're wondering, El has not asked Lucas to the back to school dance yet!"
El looked up and blushed, "No! I already told you I'm not asking him." She saw Jennifer walking over and muttered quickly, "Stop talking about Lucas!"
"Maxine Mayfield! I'm Jennifer Hayes. Can I join you guys? El would you move over?" Jennifer asked in her fake sweet voice as she sat down next to El.
"So what is everyone talking about? Lucas finally hitting puberty and turning into that piece of man candy?" Jennifer flipped her long blonde hair as El subtly shook her head to Max.
"Extra curricular activities! I need to join some," Max said with a smile.
Jennifer smiled broadly, "Cheerleading! Oh my gosh you have to. I'm the captain of the cheerleading squad."
"Does cheerleading still exist?" Dustin asked.
Jennifer turned and frowned towards him, "Does being a nerd still exist?"
Dustin gave her a glare before looking towards El who rolled her eyes.
Max spoke up, "I was on the basketball team and the cheerleading squad back in Cali, count me in." She looked over at El who was quiet. "El you're trying out too!"
Jennifer looked at El with a fake smile, "Yes definitely! All are welcome to try out, but I know El has a lot on her plate and cheerleading is a big commitment...but everyone's encouraged!"
Jennifer stood up and gave them a wave before walking away.
Max looked back at Dustin and El, "Go ahead and give cheerleading shit-"
"I'd love to join cheerleading!" El said sadly, "But I tried out the last 2 years and Jennifer always said I was too fat."
"Oh my god no not at all. With your looks and brains, you should be ruling this school not Jennifer. I can teach you how to be a cheerleader, I've been doing it a while."
El smiled and thought about it and finally said, "Screw it, let's do it! Show me what to do!"
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Thanks for reading!
Please let me know what you think and if you want me to update.
Just an FYI, I know this first chapter El likes Lucas, but just like how Betty initially liked Archie, it'll take time for her to like the right person (aka Mike).
Also I know Mike wasn't really in this chapter, but he'll be in it really soon. Just like Jughead, he'll be narrating a lot of the story and will be an important character.