Epilogue
Nobody knows that sirens have always existed through the end of time together with humans.
They were good at hiding their true form, and nobody ever suspected that the most intelligent humans were sirens or tritons.
They coexisted with humans so long that sometimes, some of them forget about who they really are.
But time passed and passed and now in this new world there is a triton who was hiding himself from his friends and especially to his crush Mike Wheeler
His name is Will Byers
Will POV
It was a normal day of school. So, I thought, but again Troy with his stupid face had decided to make my life being miserable.
More of what already is…
Look, I love my friends and they were never become my friends in the first place if I didn't choose to be a human.
Okay, like this sounds strange but once upon a time I was a triton with my brother Jonathan, who I missed everyday of my life since I left my city to Hawkins.
It's not that I decided to being here, bullied almost everyday to an insignificant human being, but it all started when I saved…
Him
It was a day of summer. I was with my sister El, swimming and see the new species come in life in our world. All the new animals in the water are beautiful and for some reasons, I wanted to see more.
So, I swam up and up until I could see that little strange yellow ball looking at me
But my sister stopped me before I could see what it was.
"Will! Are you insane?! You can't go so up, or humans could see you" she said worried sick.
"Sorry El. I didn't…I was so existed to see our new friends so"
"You didn't think. That's fine. Look, I'm exited as you but if our mom finds out that humans saw a siren. It would be the end of our world"
"Triton" I said ironically
"It's the same thing" she replied
"No, it's not. And even if that happens, maybe humans would think that it was a mirage or something. As they did when they had that strange wigs and hooks on their hands"
"Fine. You want to go. Then go" she said tired of the conversation
"Are you coming with me?" I asked because I know she wanted to go as much as I was.
"You really know me don't you?" she said happy again, followed me to the unknow
At first it wasn't so bad, there was a water even up to our heads but with strange white circles and that yellow ball again who seemed to burn our faces to one point
It was all fine until we saw humans…
"Will, we have to go" said El and probably I should had listened to her. And I was going to be until I heard a melody coming to that ship. Somebody was singing and my curiosity took my cleverness.
"Will! Will" my sister was saying but my mind was just wondering who that voice belongs to
Maybe it wasn't the smarter thing I ever done in my life. It was stupid. Really stupid. But I know it was worth it the moment I look at the human who was sing that melody.
It was a boy with dark curvy hair and freckles in his face. He was playing with a guitar. I thought he was singing something but there just pieces of a song he couldn't name it yet
Mike POV
"To you. You were. You are" I was trying to sing. But as my carrier as singer was turning to flop. Even my muse was leaving me.
"Hey, don't worry too much Mike. When inspiration comes you will know" said his sister Nance, trying to calm him down
"I'm trying Nance. I tried to make inspiration come to me with everything. Even with this family trip. I thought maybe see the ocean and going away for my quotidian routine. Maybe it could open something, having a sparkle even. But nothing. I'm stuck with the same words to a song who I haven't even the name yet"
"Look, maybe it's not the place you have to change. As a report sometimes I don't find inspiration to my stories because I was in Lenora or in Hawkins. But because I have a theme"
"A theme?" I asked perplexed.
"Yes, a theme. Something I want to share with the world. Something that I love to write about" she said
It makes sense. Something I want to talk about. Well, it would be easy if just…
"Nance, you know that this is supposed to be a love song?" I spoke. She looked at me like I said something strange.
"A, A love song? But, how you… I mean, not to be hurtful or something but, what do you know about love?"
Wow, cheers to not to be hurtful
"Apparently, nothing" I said tired. And it was true. I never loved someone so much as people always describe it
It's not that I'm broken or something but when you become successful, it's more difficult to find true love. Or at least a partner.
Even at high school is not easy. I'm still 17 but every time women just want to stay with me because they want a photo or saying to her friends that their dating the famous singer Mike Wheeler. It's exhausting.
The only time I could be myself is with my childhood friends: Lucas, Dustin and Lucas's girlfriend Max. They had been handsome and never cared about my carrier. I love them so much.
But even thought I wrote songs about friendship. Even with my friendship with Max, who I hated first but then we discovered we were more similar than expected. My agent said it was time to write a real love song.
Well, fuck…
Look as I said it's not that I'm uncapable of love. Really, I had a crush for a girl, I think, at middle school. But I never really tried to flirt with her or doing something about it.
And as I said, at high school is worse. So, that's why I'm stuck and why my sister is making me feel worse right now…
I went out to that conversation. I wanted to see the ocean at least until they will leave LA to Hawkins. The ocean is always so blue and clean. You can actually see everything from here.
It's beautiful but also scaring. You would never know what it's hiding in there…
Now, my father was calling me to get inside because the clouds were becoming grey. I thought I heard a voice coming from the ocean. When I looked at it, there was no one. It must be my imagination…
Will POV
"See. He almost saw you" whispered El
"He didn't saw me" I replied
"Yes, because I hid you" she said
"He didn't saw me still. Besides you heard his voice? He must have the most beautiful voice in their world"
I don't know why I said that but my sister sense something about my last sentence.
"Oh my. You have a crush for the human" she said happy and excited.
"No. No I don't" I denial but my cheeks become red all sudden. It must be that yellow ball
Anyway, it was all going good until. That up water started to make actually water, getting down. Yellow lights were coming to their grey strange circle and for making it even worse. The ship of that boy was having trouble to being straight.
El was yelling at me again, because I don't know why but I had to save him. I had to save that boy.
And so, I did…
Mike POV
I didn't know how that storm came from the nowhere. I have mixed memories about that day. I remembered that my mom was yelling my name as my sister did.
My dad was trying to keep the ship straight but it was inevitable. The ship crashed and with that, we all were in the ocean.
I tried to reach Nancy hand but it was hopeless. I remember clearly that I was drowning and drowning as the ocean wanted me to be with it…
The only thought that I remembered it was 'Oh, how would have been funny to write a song about my death'
It shouldn't be funny but for me it was at that moment when I felt for a second that my life was leaving my body and nobody would ever save me. Even my family. I love my friends but sometimes I think they would be better off without me…
Without me being the legendary Mike Wheeler…
Without me being this ridiculous son of a bitch, shitting friend of a Mike Wheeler…
Because I let them down so many times that I lost counts for my obliviousness…
For my carrier…
A carrier that made me die apparently…
Or so I thought, until life came back to me with a phantom of a kiss in my lips that made me open my eyes and see…
Well, not actually see but there was definitely someone who saved me. Even though it's all blurred, I could see a person with a bowl cut saying to me something like "Oh my. You're alive!" and then hug me…
It was like my life was starting again…
Someone was happy that I was alive…
Someone cared enough about me to actually save me…
Someone had held me to their arms because they thought they lost me…
And I don't why my memories are all black to what happen after but, I know for sure that my heart was start to beating again not because I was alive…
But because a strange feeling was coming inside my heart just by being saved from this person…