Chapter One:
The mid October sky set a orange-red over the suburban town of
Springwood, the town was silent. Not a sound was heard. The oak trees swayed gently with the motion of the wind, casting a cool breeze on a young girl.
Scarlett Johnson sat on the hood of her mother's blue mini van staring at the shirtless men bringing a couch into the door of her new home. Scarlett's long honey blonde hair rhythmically moved along with the cold breeze, goosebumps appeared on her bare sunkissed shoulders...Scarlett was a pretty girl, she resembled her mother Alice. Standing up, Scarlett walked over to her identical twin sister, Isabella.
"You like it here?" Scarlett asked
"I don't know...The house is kind of creepy looking" Isabella said, her eyes quickly scanning the house in front of her
"You think? I don't...It's cool" Scarlett said, smiling
Scarlett walked closer to her new home, the grayish-blue paint was chipped and the front door had cracks in it. Ivy and moss was growing up the side of the walls, running around the water gutters. Walking in the front door, Scarlett saw photos: A teenage girl who was obviously her mother with a teenaged boy...Scarlett's eyebrow raised. She didn't know why but when she looked at that boy a chill went up her spine.
Shrugging it off, the girl walked slowly up the staircase, walking into the nearest bedroom. The walls were painted cherry-red, a four poster bed sat in the middle of the floor covered with blue blankets. Various items like a desk, floor lamp and dresser were scattered around the room. Scarlett decided that the room she was in was going to be her own.
"Hey Mom! I picked a room! It's mine! Leave me alone!" Scarlett yelled, laying back on the bed
Scarlett closed her turquoise eyes, her long eyelashes laying softly on her skin. She planned on dreaming of her father, shen hated to think about what happened to him and wanted to dream about the the happy times her father, mother, Isabella, her half-brother Jacob and Matthew had together...She hoped.
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Alice Johnson sat in her favorite reclining chair reading a book. She lifted her head from her reading and looked around the room. It all looked the same to her. Everything was perfect. It was just the way she wanted it to be, she wanted everything to be like it use to be sixteen years ago. Her father, Dennis hadn't arrived from his home in Philadelphia yet. She had lived on the same street as her father with her husband and four children. After all that had happened Dennis knew Alice needed help raising her children: sixteen year old Jacob, fourteen year old twins Scarlett and Isabella and last but not least, seven year old Matthew.
Getting up from her chair, Alice walked over to the full body length mirror she had just out on the den wall. She smiled, realizing that her aging hadn't occurred yet. She had a few gray hairs here and there but, she still had the same long golden blonde hair and shining blue eyes. Still looking in the mirror, Alice saw the reflection of her brother, Rick...It was a picture of her brother and her in the third grade...She remembered the day like it was yesterday: They had been painting in class, Alice had choose the dragon to paint...She was very strange as a
child, loving hard metal rock and drawing dark, gothic pictures..But, Rick wanted that design, so the best thing he could think of doing was throwing paint at his twin sister..This lead to a paint fight with the whole class. Their teacher was nice about it and took a picture of them together, painted stained clothing and multicolorled hair.
Alice was jolted out of her daze when she heard a knock on the wall, jumping around Alice saw a aging man with salt-and-pepper hair and perfect white teeth which were smiling at her..Alice ran over and scooped the man up into an embrace. Sitting down on the nearest couch, Alice waited for her father to say something.
"You were looking at a picture of Rick, huh?" Dennis asked
"Yes..I miss him so much" Alice said
"We all do...Just think that you were lucky to have a set of twins too" Dennis said
"I was very lucky...How was your trip here?" Alice asked,
grabbing her father's hand
"Beautiful..I love the scenery on the way here" Dennis said
"I couldn't believe my eyes when I arrived here..How did you manage to make it look like it did all those years ago?" Alice asked
"I came over her and told them exactly how you would like it" Dennis said, smiling
"Thank you...It's was just what I was hoping for" Alice said, hugging her father again
"I know. Where are your children?" Dennis asked, letting go of his only daughter
"Scarlett and Matt are sleeping..Isabella is reading in her room and Jacob is out" Alice said
"Out?" Dennis asked
"Yes, he went to look around the town" Alice said
"He doesn't remember it?" Dennis asked
"It's been sixteen years, Dad..He wouldn't remember" Alice said
"It's possible" Dennis said
"I know it is, but...Well, anyway's..Let me show you to your room" Alice said
Standing up, Alice and Dennis made their way to the room. Alice smiled at the sight of her happy father and at the thought of her brother...But, frowned right after starting to think of why he wasn't with them right then...Alice forgot those thoughts quickly when they arrived in the bedroom. She was happy everything could maybe go back to normal again.
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Scarlett opened her eyes to see a unfamiliar place, a place she had never seen before. But, ironically it felt like she had been there in another time. Walking nervously to the nearest thing to her, a rusted metal boiler. Scarlett reached her hand out to touch the rusted metal, her hands ran slowly down the smooth un-rusted half of it...It was cold to the touch, but in a good way..It made her feel safe for some reason. But, when she got to the rusted metal, Scarlett felt heat...It was like burning fire..Her skin felt like it was melting. pulling her hand back Scarlett saw a blister forming and a small cut.
Shrugging it off, Scarlett walked past the boilers and onto a stairway...It was pitch dark at the top, not one small ray of light. Carefully walking up the steep steeps, Scarlett tried not to make a sound...She had not idea where she was at: If she was still on the
staircase or way past it. All she knew is that she was starting to get scared.
Trying to find a wall, Scarlett tripped...She had no idea what she had stumbled over..All she knew is that she was rolling down the staircase at a slow speed, almost too slow for reality. It was like time had become slow-motioned..Every twist and turn on bruised her body more and more, her head banging against the cobblestone steps. When she hit the bottom, it was with a bang...She could feel the slam in her side, whimpering Scarlett looked up at the ceiling only to see the most frightening sight she had ever seen.
A man with a red and green striped Christmas sweater, black fedora hat and terribly burnt skin was standing over her, right on the ceiling. He as clinging to it like a spider clings to it's web, staring her down with coal black eyes. Before Scarlett could blink twice, the man was right over her. His face not even a foot away from hers, revealing terribly burnt skin and rotten, yellow teeth.
"W-who are you?" Scarlett asked, shaking from fear
"You're worst nightmare..The dream stalker..Your new best friend" The man said, cackling
"No..Seriously who are you?" Scarlett asked, starting to sit up
"I can't say...Yet" The man said
"Just the first name" Scarlett said, rolling her eyes
"Don't roll your eyes at me!" The man yelled, shooting his hand up revealing four gleaming blades
"Okay, okay" Scarlett said, starting to shake again
"Thank you...My first name is Freddy" Freddy said, waving his blades around like a orchestra constructor
"Well..Freddy, leave me alone" Scarlett said, managing to get up to her feet
"Um...Not just yet, Scarlett" Freddy said, stopping her from walking away
"How do you know my name?" Scarlett asked, tilting her head to the left
"I do...I know everything" Freddy said
"You do? Well...Tell me my birthday then" Scarlett said
"Can do...You, Scarlett Rose Johnson share the birthday January 2nd with your twin sister Isabella Rose Johnson" Freddy said, Scarlett stared at him with disbelief in her eyes
"H-h.." Scarlett said, only to be cut off
"I already said" Freddy said, smirking
"I'm going...This is really starting to freak me out" Scarlett said, turning the opposite direction of Freddy
"NO!" Freddy yelled
Scarlett screamed at the power of his voice, jumping back three feet. Not knowing what to do, she pinched her arm. Scarlett suddenly realized that she was back in her room...It had all been a dream..A nightmare, she didn't know what it was.
Her forehead dripping cold sweat, Scarlett looked at her watch to see it was 5:36 in the morning...The time she alway's got up, she was a morning person and loved to get up very early. Standing up from her bed and wiping her eye of sleep, Scarlett plopped down onto her floor and turned on her small television to see only static...She remembered that they didn't have their satellite hooked up yet...Sighing, she grabbed her MP3 player and put it onto the track "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols..She had a thing for classic, hard, modern, almost every kind of rock...Scarlett quickly started to forget what had just
happened.
A/N: How do you like it so far? It's really my first "NOES" story, but not my first ficcy at all...So please R&R, telling me