Amelia Thompson is Hawkins High’s most popular girl, the mayor’s adopted daughter, and the girl Mike Wheeler has secretly loved for years.
What nobody knows is that Amelia is Subject 000—the first and strongest child from Hawkins Lab. After escaping Dr. Brenner at nine years old, she built a new life and buried her past.
But with Vecna preparing for one final battle, old secrets are coming to light. As Hawkins falls apart and danger closes in, Mike and Amelia must face the feelings they’ve hidden for years—because Vecna knows exactly who Amelia is, and he’ll stop at nothing to kill the only person powerful enough to destroy him.
Characters
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Mike Wheeler — Age: 17 | Height: 6’0”
Mike Wheeler is a smart, loyal, and determined teenager who always puts his friends first. A huge fan of Dungeons & Dragons and an active member of Hellfire Club, he’s known for his creativity, leadership, and willingness to fight for the people he cares about. While he’s confident when facing supernatural threats, he’s far less confident when it comes to admitting his feelings—especially when those feelings are for Amelia Thompson.
Intro
Amelia’s first memory was fluorescent lights humming.
Her second was Dr. Brenner’s voice.
For nine years, Hawkins Lab was all she knew. White walls. Endless tests. Children with numbers instead of names.
She was 000.
The first.
The strongest.
Her powers grew beyond anything expected. She could read minds, move objects, control people, and more.
The other children were experiments.
Amelia was a miracle.
Then she became something Brenner feared.
The older she got, the harder she was to control.
At nine years old, he already knew she would surpass everyone in the lab.
Including him.
So Amelia escaped.
One night she was there. The next she was gone.
Weeks later, Mayor Thompson and his wife found her and took her in.
Eventually, they adopted her.
For the first time, Amelia had a family.
A home.
A real name.
And she loved them fiercely.
Years later, Hawkins knew Amelia Thompson as the mayor’s daughter and one of the most popular girls in school.
Nobody knew she was 000.
Nobody except Eleven.
Eleven escaped three years later.
When they met, Eleven recognized the truth immediately.
Amelia was the one Brenner never talked about.
The one he feared.
The one who could do things even Eleven couldn’t.
Unfortunately, Amelia had one problem she couldn’t solve with powers.
Borderline Personality Disorder.
The diagnosis came when she was younger, after years of intense emotions, unstable relationships, and a constant fear of being abandoned by the people she loved.
Most days, she hid it well.
Nobody at school saw the panic that could grip her when someone pulled away.
Nobody saw how quickly admiration could turn into heartbreak, or how deeply she felt every rejection, real or imagined.
Her powers made everything more complicated.
Feeling other people’s emotions only amplified her own.
She spent years learning how to manage it, but some wounds never fully healed.
And no trigger was stronger than Mike Wheeler.
She’d been hopelessly in love with him for years.
She noticed everything about him—his laugh, his smile, the way he cared about others.
When he paid attention to her, she felt like she could fly.
When he seemed distant, it felt like the world was ending.
She hated how jealous she got whenever another girl got his attention.
The worst part was that she barely talked to him.
Most of her feelings stayed locked inside her head.
She never used her powers on him.
Never touched his mind.
No matter how tempting it was, she refused.
Still, her feelings were overwhelming.
For someone who could move mountains with her mind, talking to one boy felt impossible.
And nobody mattered more to Amelia than Mike Wheeler.
The funny thing was that Mike felt the same way.
But he saw Amelia as completely unattainable.
So he stayed quiet.
And Amelia stayed quiet.
Leaving them trapped in years of missed chances.
But none of that mattered compared to what was coming.
Somewhere in the Upside Down, Vecna had learned about Subject 000.
He knew who she was.
He knew what she could do.
And he knew what Brenner had known for years.
As long as Amelia Thompson was alive, Vecna could never truly win.
So before he destroyed Hawkins…
He was coming for her first.
