PLEASER; stranger things {ON HOLD}

17. {d'artagnan}

"yeah but aren't there non aquatic pollywogs?" lucas doubted.

"terrestrial pollywogs? yup, two to be exact." dustin opened one of his books, "indirana semipalmata. and the adenomera andreae." he pointed to the other book, "ones from india, ones from south america. so how did one end up in my trash?"

"maybe some scientists brought it up here and it escaped?" tilly suggested.

"maybe." dustin muttered.

"did you guys see that?" mike had been staring at the creature, "looks like something is moving inside of it."

"that looks disgusting." tilly gagged.

they all stared at it so mike moved the lamp above it to get a clearer look. dart hissed the same way he did on tilly's hand and jumped off the table. luckily dustin had caught him as he jumped off.

"it's okay, it's okay." dustin reassured, "i got you little guy. i know you don't like that, it's okay."

they all looked at dustin as if he was crazy, max and slater shared a look.

"and there's another thing, reptiles, their cold-blooded: ectothermic right?" dustin said, "they love heat, the sun. dart hates it, it hurts him."

"which is why he jumped out of mj's hands." slater blurted.

"huh?" max quizzed.

"she has...." slater began.

"a high body temperature." will saved him.

"right."

"so if he's not a pollywog, or a reptile...." lucas started.

"i've discovered a new species." dustin beamed.

"i don't like this." will whispered to tilly.

"nor do i." she muttered.

the bell rang and the seven quickly grabbed their things and made their way out the room.

"we gotta show him to mr clarke." lucas ordered as him, slater mike and dustin made their way down the hallway.

"no, what if he steals my discovery?" dustin suggested.

"he's not gonna steal your discovery." mike rolled his eyes.

"why would he steal it?" slater asked.

"you know, i'm thinking about calling it dustonious pollywogus." dustin gushed before turning to max who had joined their line, "what do you think?"

"i think you're an idiot."

"you know when i become rich and famous for this one day, don't come crawling back saying 'oh my gosh dustin i'm sorry for being mean to you in eighth grade'." dustin warned her.

"yeah right." tilly scoffed.

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"will? tilly? you coming?" mike asked his best friends once he found them at will's locker, "let's go show mr clarke."

will took a couple of steps closer to mike.

"what? what?" mike questioned in a slight panic.

"it's about d'artagnan." will explained anxiously, "he's from the upside-down. i thought it looked familiar but i didn't know where."

"wait what?!" tilly gave him a look.

"i coughed something like him up into the sink on christmas eve." will continued.