Here's chapter 7, hope you enjoy! I do not own Stranger Things

Halloween Day

No work was getting done at Hawkins High on October 31st, the school was abuzz with the excitement for the parties, the final trick or treating for freshmen, and of course the Hellfire club was excitedly planning their own evening. Petal smiled slightly as the boys completely ignored her existence in favor of debating their character's actions for the night. She played with her braid idly and zoned out, letting the sounds of the cafeteria falling away. She didn't hear the bell ring as lunch ended, she only jolted back to reality when Eddie tapped at her shoulder.

"Where'd you go?" He grins as she hurriedly cleans up her place at the table. "I was just thinking about my costume for tonight.

"Still not telling me what it is?" He smirks, grabbing her backpack for her and looking very odd to the rest of the school. The tall lithe metalhead, holding a small purple backpack with a small star charm hanging off of it. She takes it from him gratefully "Nope. You'll see it when Steve comes to pick up the boys tonight." She gives him another sweet smile and a kiss to the cheek before she darts from the cafeteria to meet up with Robin. She was waiting by their classroom door looking excited "So have you told him?" She asks with a sly grin.

"Nope, total surprise. Knowing Eddie he probably thinks I'll be dressed as an angel or something." Petal chuckles with an affectionate roll of her eyes

"I can't tell if that's sweet or sexist" Robin snarks good naturedly as they entered the class and found their seats. The teacher had obviously given up on attempting to teach for the day and had simply handed out a worksheet along with an article. The two finished it quickly and Robin smirked at her suddenly "So, do we want to see his reaction to your costume?"

"He'll keep his hands to himself when there's company" Petal hums with a satisfied smile. "Besides, I won't look as good at the end of the night. Being in a band house party will probably make me look a little wilted." She almost felt Robin roll her eyes "As if any of us will be that nuts. It's only going to be at a handful of people there besides us."

The end of the day had come with an agonizing slowness but finally the last bell rang and dismissed the excited masses. Petal bade her boyfriend and his club goodbye before joining Robin and Steve in the car. Not paying Eddie's still jealous looks any mind. "You'll be done by 11 right?" She calls from the window

"We'll see princess" He smirks

Hours later

The theatre was dark except for the few stage lights he'd lit, the tension was bursting as the party fought to slay Vecna. There was a collective groan to accompany Eddie's cackle of demonic glee at Lucas's rolled one on a saving throw. He was down to three hit points. "There's no shame in running boys" Eddie leaned back on his throne with that cocky smirk and his fingertips pressed together maniacally.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck, any more heals?" Lucas whispers to Dustin who shakes his head gravely. "No more potions either."

"I'm dead" he tosses his pencil on the board as Gareth stared hard at the small figurine representing Vecna. "You retreat, Keith and I still have enough points. And if Wheeler will just hit the fucking target-"

"Blame the dice not me Emerson" Mike mutters sullenly from his spot at the table.

"Knock knock!" Eddie grimaced at the voice as Harrington came in the doorway. He was wearing an Indiana Jones outfit and a grin "Are we wrapping up boys?"

There was a chorus of no's and he sighed. "Guess we'll just have to wait ladies." He comes in and takes a seat on the sidelines, pulling his hat off as he did. Robin had followed. She wore a white tunic with fake gold cuffs on her wrist as well as an owl on her shoulder. "What are you supposed to be?" Mike asks, still sullen.

"I'm Athena..." She smiles a little but her eyes dart to the door. "Petal will probably be in in a minute. She had to run to the bathroom" Eddie nods, turning back to the game "Back to it boys, decide your fate. Will you fight? Or run like dogs?"

Petal

She walked through the darkened halls of the school slowly, listening to the oh so loud tapping of her heels on the floor that echoed through the corridors. She suddenly smelled the harsh scent of tobacco in the air. She turned, thinking she'd see Eddie but there wasn't a soul behind her. She kept walking and could swear that there was another set of footsteps behind her as she walked, though, whenever she stopped so did the steps. "It must be the echo" she mutters to herself.

"Is it gorgeous?" She whirls around to see no one again. "Who said that?!" She calls out, her voice trembling.

"Calm down...I'm not here to bite." Her breathing hitched as the low sultry voice spoke again. She turned again, at the end of the hall there was someone, he was silhouetted in darkness. "Who are you?"

"You'll find out." He lit a cigarette that was clenched between his teeth, the soft glow of the flame briefly illuminating him. He was wearing a leather jacket over nothing...like he was the invisible man. "I'll see you later sweet thing" She tried to step towards him but he took off down the next hallway, by the time she got there he was gone. All that remained was the smoke he'd exhaled. She felt herself beginning to panic once again. No one had ever heard him. No one had ever seen him..."I'm going nuts. I have to be."

She turned into the restroom, trying to quell her shaking hands. She leaned on the sink, staring into the mirror. Her red hair laid in curls around her face, her lips were blood red, and her fake fangs were only just visible; biting into her bottom lip. She had on a dark smoky eye shadow and it matched her dress. Around her throat was a black lace choker with a hanging silver bat in the front. She wore a long sleeved lacy dress, her pale skin looking bright white next to the black of the lace. The whole skirt reached the floor except for a section in the very front that reached her knees. On her small feet were sparkling strappy black heels. She took a long deep breath and shook off her nerves from her haunting friend...she didn't know his name but it felt like she'd known him forever. He was familiar.

She fixed her lipstick and striaghtened the bat pin in her hair before she returned to the dark hallway beyond. No cigarette smoke met her nose so she walked, as though nothing had happened she walked through to the theatre, Eddie didn't see her at first so she sneakily walked along the carpeted floor so her shoes wouldn't call his attention. She sat in the audience seats with Steve and Robin who were both holding in laughter as they waited for Eddie to turn away from the battle that had since intensified. Dustin was now making death saving throws, Mike was hurriedly searching his papers to see if he had something that could help him. Gareth was cursing them all under his breath as he rolled to hit Vecna. His roll was thankfully successful and the being fell before them, causing triumphant cheers from the group, Eddie smirking from his throne.

"Done now?" Steve called impatiently

"Keep your pants on Indi-" Eddie had turned as he spoke and caught sight of Petal's vampiric visage. "Fuck" He said quietly, the boys not noticing as they patted themselves on the back.

Petal smiled innocently at him "What do you think?" He jumped off of the stage, approaching her slowly as though he thought she'd vanish. "And I thought you were gorgeous as an angel..."

She stood up and spun, the boys now finally looking at their DM's speechlessness. She grinned, showing off the fake fangs she'd glued to her canines "Do I look metal enough for you baby?" She giggled as he siezed her suddenly, picking her up and spinning her around, the long portion of her skirt floating through the air as he did. "So fucking metal" He grins, bringing their lips together.

"Get a room!" Mike groans

Eddie pulls away, still holding her bridal style "Sorry about that boys, can't resist my dark princess" He sets her down easily and wipes at his now red smudged lips. "Don't move" He hops back on stage and starts to haphazardly clean up the materials, throwing them without much care into his bag. Petal giggled, pulling at her curls "EDDIE that's my character sheet dude! Gareth snatches his things from the hasty DM who gives him a short irritated apology before continuing to grab his own things. Once he's done he throws the black bag over his shoulder and jumps off the stage once again. "We'll level up another time gentleman! I've got a vampire to seduce" He grins that very self satisfied grin with a wink to Petal as he holds his arm out to her. "EDDIE" She giggles as she hears Dustin and Lucas miming puking sounds. "We didn't need to know that man" Jeff grumbles

"Aren't you going to drive the guys home?" She asks as he tries to drag her from the room.

"The boys have Steve" He laughs

"What about Keith, Gareth, and Jeff?"

"They can walk!" Eddie almost whines

"Eddie come on, it's only a little out of the way!" Petal gives him a harsh look before leaning up to his ear and whispering "Drive them home or you don't get to see if vampires wear panties." Eddie straightens up and gives her a frustrated look. He turns to his bandmates "Move it boys, your ride is leaving!" The three grumble about horny DMs but follow all the same, their stuff haphazardly stored in their hands. They all exchange goodbyes with the other five and begin to head out, Petal's dainty heels clicking the whole way.

"How the hell do you walk in those? Those look painful" Gareth grimaces as they get outside.

"Honestly they're not that bad. I've only been wearing them since...6?" She pauses to think

"It's 11. That's 5 hours of standing on tiptoes" He's now glaring at her shoes "Ow."

"Really they're fine, another few hours though I'd probably be bleeding" She confesses, not wanting to be totally untruthful about the heels. "Besides, they go with the costume. Where's your holiday spirit?" She gives them all a twirl as they get to the van. As the boys open up the back and pile in Eddie pulls her aside, "Are your feet really hurting you?"

"I mean my toes are pinched, but they're heels. They're not always comfy Eds" She pulls open the passenger door and gets in as he gives her feet another look, seemingly making sure they weren't bleeding. Finally Eddie gets in and starts the car, driving to Keith's first "So how'd the game go?" Petal asks while picking through Eddie's Metallica tapes.

"We finally killed Vecna!" Jeff grinned in that proud little way he had. "Halfway through the campaign?" She looks at Eddie suspiciously but his smirk confirms her suspicions

"Yeah but we still have the actual quest part left, and he still has followers left." Gareth says shooting his DM looks as well. He'd played too many times with Eddie to not suspect him of being an evil DM.

They pull up to the first house and Eddie taps his rings against the steering wheel impatiently as Keith gets out and waves them off before heading in.

"So do you guys have any new songs?" Petal asks curiously

"I still think Eddie here's trying to figure out heavy metal love songs" Eddie shoots Gareth a glare through the rear view mirror. "Watch it. Or you're walking Emerson."

Gareth pulls his usual playful grin before holding his hands up in mock surrender "Love makes him hostile" he whispers making Petal giggle a little.

"Emerson!"

Petal puts a hand on his arm, he notices that her slightly long nails have been painted black to match her costume "Oh Eddie I think he's being kind of sweet. Be nice"

As they pull up to Jeff's house Gareth gets out of the van too "I can walk from here anyway man, and thank you to the lady" He says with a mock bow "For making sure her loyal subjects didn't get killed by her jealous DM" He smirks at Eddie one final time before slamming the back doors of the van. "This fucking guy" Eddie mutters as he starts to drive off. "What time do you need to be home?"

"My aunt thinks I'm staying the night at Robin's" She starts to play with her hair a little "You ok with a sleepover?"

He smirks "If we sleep that is..."

"Eddie!" She's blushing hard now "What about your Uncle?"

"Working the night shift. Won't be back till noon tomorrow" He throws an arm around her shoulders and gives her another once over, his brown eyes seeming to darken. "I've got my dark goddess all to myself for the night."

"You really like this huh?" She gestures to her gothic outfit with a small smile

"It's definitely hot as hell, but I'd be lying if I said you weren't perfect in those sweet little girly things" He gives her an affectionate roll of the eyes and pulls through the gates of the trailer park. As he pulls up to his own trailer she makes a move to get out "wait!" He gets out and hurriedly unlocks and opens the door to the trailer before returning to the passenger side of the van. He opens the door for her and lifts her out bridal style "I can walk Eddie" She laughs, wrapping her arms around his neck

"You said your feet hurt" he shrugs, stepping up to the trailer and awkwardly walking her inside.

"I could have just taken them off Eddie" She stops when she sees his wolfish grin "Oh no sweetheart, those, that choker, and the fangs...those are staying on.