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Richie and Charlie were talking about some guy with a rollercoaster who had a chimp and old man's bones, when they paused their conversation and looked in Ben's room.

The walls were covered in pages and papers of maps and history reports of missing children and mystery cases, all from Derry.

"Woah woah" said Richie.

"Cool huh?" Ben said.

"No no nothing cool" he replied.

"Oh this is cool right here" he said pointing at something at his wall " Wait no. No it's not cool"

Charlie just rolled her eyes at him and read the reports as she chewed her gum. Everyone went around his room reading the papers and checking out the history reports he had.

"What's that?" asked Stan.

"Oh, that? That's the charter for Derry Township" Ben said.

"Nerd alert," Richie said, arranging his glasses. Charlie hit his arm.

"No, actually, it's really interesting. Derry started as a beaver trapping camp"

"Still is, am I right, guys?" Richie said holding his hand up for a high five but was left hanging and got a cold head shook from Stan.

"Ninety-one people signed the charter that made Derry. But later that winter, they all disappeared without a trace" Ben explained.

"The entire camp?" Eddie asked.

Charlie saw Mike leaning against the wall, not looking at the papers, she noticed he was getting a little nervous. He probably didn't like this sort of thing she thought. Charlie chewed her gum faster.

"There were rumors of Indians, but no sign of an attack. Everybody just thought it was a plague or something. But it's like one day everybody just woke up and left. The only clue was a trail of bloody clothes leading to the well house"

"Where was the w-well house?" Bill asked.

"I don't know. Somewhere in town, I guess. Why?" Ben asked.

"Nothing," Bill said, looking away.

Charlie chewed her gum faster than before and blew a huge bubble, sending a loud pop into the awkward silence of the room.