Summery:: No matter where they are, trouble always seems to follow the Redsun siblings.
Lost in the deepest bowels of Hell after loosing a fight to the deadly Wolf Pack assassin Geoffrey Redsun, Fey Prescott, younger sister of the vicious half-succubus Riley Prescott, stumbles upon Freddy Krueger, who appears to be just as stuck as she is. At first intending to kill the little girl, Freddy finds himself oddly entranced by her vicious blood lust and lack of empathy for the pathetic mortals after she assists him on a hunt. (And learning about her older sister is an added bonus.) Thinking that she can use this new kinship to her advantage, Fey leads the Earth Realm dream demon into the mind of one of her most hated enemies, Neo Redsun, in the hopes that he'd be able to do away with her permanently. Unaware of the danger HE may be putting himself into and eager to regain his former power and glory, Freddy accepts Fey's offer.
Meanwhile, after over a year of being dormant and off the radar, the villainous half-succubus sorceress, Riley Prescott, had been spotted on the distant planet of Earth, in a place called Crystal Lake, home of the legendary and unforgiving undead masked killer, Jason Voorhees. Whatever it is Riley would want with him can't possibly lead to anything good, and it only gets worse once the crafty she-devil is reunited with her psychotic little sister and her new demonic friend.
Kautounie, Neo, and Geoffrey Redsun are back, with new talents, skills, and weapons. Same attitudes! But will it be enough to take on Riley Prescott, her deranged little sister, and her Dream Demon companion or the mighty Jason Voorhees? The Redsuns' mission:: Kill or capture Riley and bring her back home with them whilst also protecting Jason Voorhees from her beguiling grasp. Easier said then done, since the masked killer would gladly cleave any one of them in half if given the opportunity. The unkillable pitted against those that slay that which cannot be slain. A battle of wits, wills, and brawn to say the least. The Dragon and the Demon, forever at each others' throats. Will they be able to take out Riley and Freddy or will Jason get them first? Deals are struck, alliances are made, and chaos ensues!
Side note:: Not much more then a little hint at Jason in this chapter but to not despair, next chapter has some Jason Voorhees goodness for ya'll!
Dream Weavers
Chapter 1 :: Luck of the Draw
WARNING! Contains:: Strong Language, Violence, Graphic Description of Gore, A Demented Demon Child, and my Personal Favorite Burnt Skinned, Green and Red Sweater wearing, Knife Gauntlet Wielding, Serial Killer.
*Somewhere in the Deepest Circles of the Nine Hells*
Soft footsteps upon metal could be heard echoing throughout the sweltering, industrial boiler room. The small figure stopped for a moment, looking around and taking in her surroundings. She couldn't have been more then six or seven years old, yet here she was, trapped all alone in this bleak, dark red tinted hell hole, complete with hissing pipelines and creaking, outdated machinery in dire need of repair. The child stood on a precarious catwalk, taking a few minutes to look down over the edge at the ground below, smiling to herself.
"It's a long way down..." she whispered to no one in particular.
Perhaps the scariest thing about this girl was the fact that given the creepy and hot environment, she didn't even look to scared. (Perhaps a little concerned, but that was it.) Not to mention there was what looked suspiciously like dried blood staining the torn up dress and leather vest she was wearing, and even a little around her mouth and in her shoulder length, dark hair.
It had taken her long enough to get down here, to the deepest Rings. Perhaps here she'd finally find something to eat, or a way back to her family. It was difficult to tell the exact time down here, but she guessed that it may have been a few weeks. (And she could still feel the sting of the blade that cruel boy used to send her here in the first place!)
"Sissy must be worried about me," the girl sighed to herself, looking at the dull gold, goat head medallion that hung around her neck.
Letting out a grunt of mild frustration, the strange child continued on her way, even going as far as to "tight rope walk" on the railing of the catwalk, just for fun, knowing full well that one wrong step would send her plummeting to the hard, concrete ground below. Giggling at the thought, she carried on through the industrial maze, twisting a few nobs and pushing buttons on a couple of consoles without really knowing what she was doing. The girl paused for a moment, letting out a slight gasp and looking over her shoulder when she heard a noise from behind her. A movement in the shadows caught her eye and at once, she realized that she was not alone.
"How sweet... fresh meat..." purred a raspy, deep, devious voice from the darkness.
A smile turned up in the corner of her lips when she heard that voice. Her grin widened further when the painful noise of metal screeching on metal greeted her ears. Fresh meat was right indeed.
With a giggle, the girl turned around to see a humanoid figure slowly approaching her. She could make out the torn, striped sweater and dirty brown fedora, but it was the blades on his right hand that caught her attention. Four knives adorning his gloved hand, scraping against the steel pipes to create that awful noise and send sparks flying. Once he was close enough, the girl could make out his horribly burned skin and the wicked smirk on his face.
"Oh hi!" the young girl piped out, cheerfully before taking in a gasp of shock and amazement, "Hey, I know who you are... but... the Top Dwellers claimed you were nothing more than a myth. Y-you're Freddy Krueger, aren't you?" she asked, giggling again with her hands cutely covering her mouth, "I'm sure you've been awful lonely down here. Wanna play a game with me?"
The approaching figure paused to take in what he was seeing (and hearing); such a tender young morsel, HERE? Of all the places to find his preferred target, what were the odds? Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps the child was simply too young to know to be afraid of him. (Then again, she did know his name.) But, having been stuck down here for a while, this was his chance to have some real fun. He'd need to make it last.
"A game, you say? Hmhmhm, come to Freddy, my dear, and I'll show you a good time." Freddy growled in a mockingly sweet tone, kneeling down more to the child's level, whilst flexing his bladed hand, "How about I give you a little tickle with this?" he suggested, with a laugh.
Teasingly, the child just shook her head, "Oh come on, Mr. Krueger, that's too easy. You'll have to catch me first!"
She slowly starting to back away in anticipation of the chase.
At first delighted, now Freddy was a bit confused: this girl seemed to think that this was all a game. Could she not figure out what those claws were meant for or did she just not care? Come to think of it, there was something about her that was just... off. Still, the thought of a child's blood staining his blades was just too tempting to pass up. She wanted him to catch her? So be it.
"Oh, I'll catch you alright, and then I'm going to make sure to take my time with you," Freddy purred, grinning once again as he stood back up to his full height, "Tell me little girl, what's your name?"
"I'll tell you, Mr. Krueger, after you catch me!" the girl cackled, playfully.
At first, Freddy thought that this was going to be all too easy and over too soon. How wrong he was! In the blink of at eye, the young girl had appeared next to him at an incredible speed, brushing up against his side whilst announcing, "Tag, you're it!" before vanishing and then reappearing at the end of the corridor, heading back towards the maze-like series of catwalks.
"When I'm it, the game tends to be rather short." the Dream Demon growled to himself as he gave pursuit.
There was no way he was going to let a mere child show him up! Brandishing his claws, Freddy took a quick look around, finding the little girl waiting for him, crouching on the railing of the catwalk precariously, grinning ear to ear. He raised his gloved hand, moving the blades in a tickling motion as he crept closer.
With another cackle, the insane girl leaped from her perch as Freddy took a swing, narrowly missing her. She fell about ten or so feet before latching onto a large wall filled with different sized pipes. Anxiously, the girl looked over her shoulder, panting excitedly, to see if Freddy was still there, hoping to see the dumbfounded look on his face. Alas, he was no where to be seen. All that was there was the torn up railing. Shrugging, the child continued climbing down, not even bothered by the boiling steam coursing through the pipes of the broken pieces that snagged and tore at her clothes.
She grabbed a handhold, about fifteen feet from the ground. Without warning, the pipe suddenly burst, causing her to cry out in surprise. Then an invisible force ripped her from the wall and slammed her against the ground, hard. Freddy's raspy laughter could be heard echoing throughout the boiler room, and once again, the familiar sound of steel scraping steel greeted her ears.
"Cleaver little bitch, aren't you?" Freddy asked, suddenly materializing out of the shadows.
With a sharp gasp, the little girl got back to her feet. Strangely enough, she didn't even appear to be badly hurt. If anything else, she enjoyed it.
"So it's true then... you do like to play rough, doncha?" the girl questioned, "My sissy is the same way. Come on then, let's go! You'll never get me like that! Hehe!"
Freddy approached, clawed hand raised with a wicked grin on his face. However, before he struck, the girl and Freddy both seemed to notice something at the same time. Sniffing the air like a dog, the girl's face lit up with sick glee, and already, the beating of a terrified heart pounded in Freddy's ears. There was a third player to their little game... a human player! Then the frightened screams for help echoed throughout the room.
Curious and cautiously, Freddy lowered his hand when he saw the young girl's eyes change from blue to a demonic, deep red and yellow. She smiled playfully at him.
"Come on, Freddy, we can call a time out on our game! I smell a human!" she hissed, as a pair of boney ram horns sprouted out of her forehead and a long, spaded tail grew out of her backside, "You sense it too, doncha?"
Surprised by the child's sudden turn as she dropped her glamor, Freddy took a step back. However, despite the thick, stony scale-like skin that now covered her own hands and part of her face, the horns and tail, and even her own nasty looking demonic claws, she still acted as though they had just been playing with each other.
"This is my nightmare. That bitch is mine!" Freddy snarled, his harsh, blue eyes glancing down at the little demon.
"Not if I get it first!" the now transformed girl hissed as she dashed forward, climbing up one of the walls like a spider.
As the Dream Demon stalked his now terrified prey from the shadows, he found himself thinking differently about that strange demon girl. At first, he was just going to slowly torture her to death, as he enjoyed doing with children. But if she was a demon like himself, with a bloodlust equal to his own, perhaps he could use her in some way. She seemed to like him enough and was excited when she first saw him. Freddy chuckled to himself at the thought, then he saw her. Blonde girl, mid-teens, skimpy clothes, just what he wanted. Already the terror she exuded fueled the vile fiend, filling him with strength. He savored it like a fine wine, shifting around in order to get behind his hapless prey. It was always so much more fun when they didn't realize that they were asleep in the real world.
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you." Freddy's voice echoed, causing the frightened teenager to turn around.
Her body was drenched in cold sweat and she shivered all over, despite the heat, "Who's there?" she cried out, "Leave me alone! Go away!"
Freddy cracked a smile, "They're so much more fun when they play hard to get." he purred to himself.
The teenager found herself a dark corner, thinking it a good hiding place. Her heart was pounding so hard, it was a wonder it hadn't even given away her position. She slowly backed up, expecting to hit the wall, but instead bumped into something else. The poor girl froze, realizing that it wasn't a wall she had backed into, but a person. A shrill scream echoed throughout the corridor as Freddy's clawed hand gripped his prey's shoulder. His other hand wrapped around her waist, holding her in place, even as she squirmed and struggled to free herself.
"Tag, hahahaaa! You're it!" the demon hissed in her ear, taking this moment to lick her cheek and neck with a freakishly long tongue.
Squealing like a stuck pig, the teenage girl managed to free herself from Freddy's unnaturally strong grasp and bolted off blindly into the labyrinth of halls and corridors, though not without consequence. Her arm had been ripped open and was bleeding badly, leaving an easy trail of blood to follow. He chuckled to himself, deciding if he should just kill her now or let her have a little false hope that she'd make it out of here alive.
"Come to think of it, where'd that little horned bitch run off too?" Freddy wondered to himself, tapping one of his claws to his chin in thought.
That question was quickly answered when he rounded a corner, caught sight of his prey pleading with him for mercy, (he always loved it when they did that!), only to be so distracted by him that she didn't notice the little hellion that had been spying on her from the catwalk above. With an inhuman snarl, the demon girl dropped down on top of the unwitting teen, latching on with her own claws and repeatedly stabbing with her spaded tail and ramming her horns against the back of her head and shoulders, sending blood squirting everywhere. Delighting in the girl's suffering, the young demon bit down on her shoulder, tearing off a chunk of flesh and hungrily devouring it before she was finally thrown to the ground.
Bleeding profusely and hardly able to stand, the teenager took a few unsteady steps backwards as both Freddy Krueger and the demon child rounded on her, "Why a-are you doing this to me?"
"Why else?" Freddy shrugged, flexing his claws, "Because you're in my world and I can!"
"P-please... d-don't kill me..." the girl pleaded, as tears began to fill her eyes upon the realization that she was going to die.
With an insane cackle, the demon girl suddenly appeared next to her prey, taking the girl off her feet by using her spaded tail like a tripwire. Screaming in pain and with nowhere to run, the unlucky teen could only watch helplessly as both Freddy and the little demon took turns stabbing and ripping pieces of flesh off her body. Eventually, the screams stopped, were replaced by gurgles, and the girl wasn't even recognizable anymore. Upon her death, Freddy could already feel the essence of her soul merging into his body, restoring his power. He closed his eyes and dropped to his knees as sheer ecstasy filled him.
"Ahhhhhh... I needed that..."
"She wasn't a very good player," the young demon girl mentioned, casually, all the while ripping her unlucky victim's ribcage open so she could tear out her heart, "Barely lasted five minutes and hardly even put up a fight." she scoffed, before taking a bite.
"Hmhm, I prefer it when it lasts a little bit longer, hear them plea for their lives, maybe even get a chance to fuck them hard. But I've got to admit... you're a wicked little devil, you." Freddy purred, with a playful smirk as he reached out to the feasting little demon with his clawed had.
She glanced up when the cold, bloody steel of Freddy's claws made contact with her shoulder, licking the blood from her lips as she did. Then her face spread into a wicked little smirk of her own.
"Tag... you're it." Freddy snickered, with a raspy laugh, "The hunt's over and it's back to the game, little one." he added, tapping her on the nose with a single claw.
Clever one, this Freddy Krueger, and sneaky too. That's what she liked about him. She swallowed another bite before offering out her hand to the fellow demon, "Fine... you got me, Mr. Krueger. I'm Fey... Fey Prescott."
Giggling gleefully, she shook Freddy's gloved hand, uncaring of any potential injuries she might have gotten from the sharp blades. Upon making a new friend, an idea had struck Fey's mind; perhaps if her sister and brother were no where to be found, he could help her out with a little project. Yes, "they" would ever see it coming!
"Say Freddy, would you like to play again? But this time, I know where we can find some better playmates that would be a lot more fun," Fey suggested, subconsciously rubbing where her old injury was, "I just thought since I can't find my sissy at all and we're friends." she added, offering a handful of mangled corpse to the dream demon.
"No thanks, kid, I've had my fill," Freddy stated, watching with sick interest as Fey devoured as much of the kill as she could.
He thought about what she said. Maybe she knew a way out of his current eternal purgatory. No new, fresh souls had shown up until after Fey did, and she knew where to get more. While normally a lone wolf, Freddy could see the advantage of teaming up with her. Violently murdering mortals was nothing more than a game to Fey. He admired that in one so young. (Plus she apparently had a sister.)
"So, want to?" Fey asked, hopefully while she licked the blood off her hands, finished with her feeding, "I've finally been able to feed and my full strength has returned to me."
"I'd be delighted to play with you anytime, Fey." Freddy purred, offering his hand for the small demon girl to grab, "By any chance, do you have an older of younger sister?" he questioned, nonchalantly.
"Older, and very pretty. I think she'd like you," Fey answered, lightly tracing her clawed finger around her goat head amulet before taking Freddy's hand, "Come on, this way." she whispered, playfully as she tore a rift through the dimensional barrier, leading to a completely different world.
Freddy hesitated for a moment. This energy, this place, it was completely alien to him. It wasn't Earth, and it certainly wasn't the Hell he knew. However, knowing that he needed to take more living souls to give him strength, the dream demon followed Fey through the rift. Although different, Freddy knew a Dream World he saw it. He could feel it's power coursing throughout his body. Eventually, the rippling gray and red landscape had begun to take form, with trees springing up all over and reeking marshes and mud covering the ground, forming a rank, nasty bog. In the distance, barely visible over the twisted tree tops, was an old, stone building.
"This is it! One of them is here, anyway." Fey whispered, with a playful giggle as she slinked forward, "Which is good, I don't think even we'd be strong enough to take on all three at once. Not yet."
"Well you know what they say about threes." Freddy chuckled to himself with a grin, keeping up the very quick pace that Fey had started, "Just who is our little playmate?"
Fey paused for a moment, sniffing the air like an animal. Her eyes glowed brightly in the darkness while she made an odd gesture with her hand.
"We're inside the dreams of Neo Redsun," Fey informed, taking in a slight gulp as a hint of nervousness formed on her face, "She must have been the easiest to find, as she's already been suffering from nightmares lately. But! Be careful, Freddy! Neo is a zwetoock. She may be young, but she's a skilled sorceress and will try to cheat! Watch out for that." she warned.
At the warning, Freddy just scoffed, rolling his eyes, "Sorceress? Heh, I don't believe in fairy tails!"
Fey just giggled again. Her new friend must not have been used to a world where magic existed both in and out of dreams. If anything else, this could make the game all the more exciting. Eventually, the bog shifted away, instead giving way to a completely barren wasteland. They stood on the shore of a lake with pitch black water. In the center, there was an island, encrusted in sharp, jagged rocks. Built both on top of and partially into the island was a half-destroyed fortress. It was horribly decrepit, however it looked and felt like it was made out of the very essence of your worst dreams.
"Ahhhhhh... Now this is what I call a dream vacation spot." Freddy mentioned, taking in the surrounding fear and torment.
"This is Felldersai Taa, or it was. Sadly, this is just a mere memory. Neo's mean big brother destroyed the real place!" Fey explained, with an angry hiss, "This was where we sent those meanies that wanted to lock people like us away down below for all eternity. They gave prisoners this special medicine, right, that made them have nightmares, even while they were awake. Neo was once held behind those walls and has had it before. That must be why you were able to sense her so easily."
Already, Freddy could sense a heartbeat from within the stone fortress. And fear... so much fear. The essence, it was so powerful to the point of being intoxicating. The Dream Demon didn't get a rush like this from his usual crop of victims, (save for that one particular machete-wielding, undead mama's boy, perhaps.)
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you." Freddy grinned, appearing within the overgrown, rubble filled courtyard of Felldersai in the blink of an eye, "Three, four, better lock your door."
Fey was close behind him, perched on a large chunk of stone. Her tail flicked about as she sniffed the air.
"We better split up. She'd have an easier time sensing both of us if we're together." Fey pointed out.
"You know, kid, when I first laid eyes on you, I was originally intending to kill ya." Freddy snickered, giving the girl a wicked grin.
Fey just gasped in surprise, "What? Me too! Oh Freddy, you're so funny!" she cackled, before dashing off, disappearing behind the rubble and mangled overgrowth.
"Adorable." the older fiend scoffed, shaking his head, "If only more kids these days were like her." he muttered, venturing deeper into the decrepit fortress.
NoES~Ft13th~NoES~Ft13th~NoES~Ft13th~NoES~Ft13th~
With Fey nowhere to be found, Freddy decided to start at the bottom and work his way up. He materialized in a long, winding dungeon that reeked of death and decay. Dried blood and old, rotting flesh stained the walls and bones littered the floor. There were also the unmistakable marks of a fire that had taken place, and it looked recent. Experimentally, the dream demon tapped his claws on the bars to a cell, chuckling to himself.
"Where are you, little darlin', come to Freddy." He purred, once again feeling the rhythmic pounding of a dreaming soul's racing heart.
When he left the lower dungeons and began to search the ground floor and main hall, following his target's heartbeat, he could hear someone yelling from one of the rooms, her voice eerily echoing throughout the fortress. A grin crossed his face as he glanced to the stairs leading to the upper levels, a corridor down a long, narrow hall with several doors, and then to the three doors right in front of him, one of which was open.
"Oh... better watch out for what's behind door number three... Hmhmhmmmm..." Freddy snickered quietly to himself as he snuck forward, phasing into the very walls and shadows to stalk his prey.
This room was littered with broken, rotting remains of furniture and debris, with an old, dilapidated tapestry hanging against the far wall, depicting the symbol of a large, nightmarish wraith. Dying torchlight provided the only light. Standing before the hanging tapestry was a young girl, though to his surprise, she was hardly human! (It seemed as though his little friend might have glossed over a few details about this Neo person. Or maybe that's what she meant by zwetork? No, zwetoock! That was the word.) This "girl" was covered in brown fur, had a tail, and paws, looking more like an upright wolf. Her bright pink mane and colorful tribal jewelry and feathers really stood out against the bleakness of Felldersai. She wore a soft pink hoodie jacket and a black, pleated mini skirt, with a set of crimson leather bracers on her arms and legs. On her back was a quiver of arrows and in her hand, a rather ornate bow with dragon's heads carved into the ends, holding the bowstring in their mouths.
"You have no more power over me," Neo growled, her focus on the wraith-like entity on the tapestry, "Every night it's the same. I close my eyes, set you ablaze, and kill your minions! Felldersai Taa is DEAD! Nothing more then a bad memory. Haunt me no longer!" she snarled, flicking her free hand.
Upon her mental command, a small, pink spark flew from her hand that quickly ignited into a fierce blaze, engulfing the rather horrendous drapery. Neo twisted around with a snarl, drawing and firing an arrow in a split second, destroying a wolf-like specter before it could even take full form. It was as if this had been occurring so often, she was predicting every move.
"Too slow, Miachang." Neo grunted, drawing and firing another arrow without even looking, "You too, Zorra. Go back to Hell." she added, backing up as the tapestry collapsed to the ground in a burning heap, "I don't understand, Felldersai Taa is nothing more then a pile of rubble. Why is it that I revisit this place every time I go to sleep? It's just a dream... Neo, get a grip on yourself. What the hell was I even doing, anyway?"
The sound of steel screeching across stone quickly got Neo's attention, causing her to turn around, triangular ears perked forward. Normally, this was the part where she'd just stare into the fire and the resulting oblivion born of the ashes would suck her into a dark void and she'd wake with a start, only to go back again to the beginning. But this time was different. A deep, raspy, chuckle echoed throughout the room and a chill filled the air. There was someone else with her.
"Five, Six, grab your Crucifix." Freddy cackled, slowly stepping out of the shadows and revealing himself, "Ahahahaaaa! Covered in fur or not, little girls are my favorite! Besides, that'll just make you even more fun to skin!"
Confused at first, Neo tilted her head, knocking another arrow in her bow. This was a change from the usual, that much could be certain. The first thing that hit her was the scent of burned flesh and fresh blood. Then her eyes landed on the razor glove, which Freddy flexed in anticipation.
"I've had this nightmare over a hundred times, and every time it ends the same way. But this is the first time I've ever seen you." Neo mentioned, connecting her incredibly bright amber eyes right into Freddy's own electric blue ones.
As she did, a fierce, thick red aura momentarily surrounded Freddy. Neo balked, nearly feeling sick to her stomach when the full weight of his evil coursed throughout her mind. Her heart began to hammer wildly within her chest. Dream Demons after all, were nothing to be taken lightly. And a dream demon with a name was that much worse!
"Tell me something, demon. How did you get inside my head? If you have any idea who and what I am, then you would be wise to leave at once and I may consider NOT hunting you throughout the Nine Hells," Neo warned, pulling back her arrow, "You wont get a more generous offer from a Dragon of the Redsun then that! Speak quickly, fiend. Heartseeker here has a particular thirst for demon blood."
Freddy balked and snorted out a laugh, "Well this is certainly different! Usually I'm the one that makes the threats and does the hunting! But it's kind of fun, I enjoy different, hmhmhmmm," he said, emphasizing his point by raising a clawed finger, "You're not like those limp-dicked, weak-willed bitches I slaughtered on Elm Street... I'm going to have a lot of fun with you!"
"You haven't answered my question, dipshit," Neo growled, shifting her position for a better shot, "How did you get inside my head?!" she demanded, flattening her ears against her skull.
"Oh... you weren't that hard to find, little princess. All I had to do was just follow the pounding of your frightened heart and your racing mind," the dream demon explained, grinning ear to ear, "Even from here... your fear feels soooooo good. One way or another, it always ends the same, so what'll it be, bitch?" he questioned, with a slight demonic growl and raising his clawed hand to strike, "Should I make it quick or slow and agonizing?"
Now it was Neo's turn to crack a smile, "Cute..." she snorted simply, eying the razor-fingered glove, "I'll use that to pick my teeth once I'm finished with you... Mr. Krueger."
With that, Neo released her arrow, piercing Freddy in his right shoulder. The dream demon let out a slight grunt, having not expecting it to hurt as much as it did, but the injury did little to slow him down. Neo ducked as Freddy swung his claws, barely avoiding a direct hit but loosing a few chunks of her mane in the process. He was fast, despite his appearance.
"What the hell?!" Neo exclaimed, knocking another arrow and firing, hitting just below her first shot.
Freddy just chuckled, pulling one of the arrows out with a grunt. Silver tips? Really? Did this kid honestly think THAT would be enough to defeat him? In a mocking sort of way, he used the sharp, bladed arrow head to "clean" his already rotten beyond repair teeth. He then snapped the shaft using just his thumb, before tearing out the other one and tossing it to the ground.
"Cute..." Freddy hissed, as his wounds closed and healed, "I hate cute!"
Neo quickened her pace, jumping over the rubble on the floor with incredible agility. Great, this thing had regenerative properties. She always hated dealing with that! This time, she didn't have her brother or sister to back her up either. With a shout, Freddy made a motion with his left hand, sending Neo unexpectedly sliding right off her feet and into the stone wall with a powerful, telekinetic force. She groaned in pain, struggling to get to her feet, only to find the fiend right next to her. This time, his razor-fingered glove raked across her shoulder and upper arm, drawing blood. Neo let out a sharp yelp, then retaliated by using her bow to strike the dream demon across the face and slashing with her own set of claws. Freddy stumbled backwards, not having expecting Neo to be as strong as she was.
"Thundarous!" Neo shouted, conjuring a bolt of emerald green lightning around her free hand and sending it right into her attacker's chest.
Now Freddy let out a pained gasp as he was sent flying backwards, landing on a pile of rubble that was dangerously close to the fire that was already burning. Painfully, Freddy Krueger got back up, nervously glancing over his shoulder to the flames, then back to Neo, eyes wide in surprise. That wasn't just something she had acquired from the Dream Realm, that was just as real and genuine as his own claws! Well, Fey had warned him that Neo was a powerful sorceress. Apparently those talents followed her into this realm.
Taking a deep breath, the wolf-girl conjured a soft, blue light around her injury, and the wound closed and healed, "See? I can do that trick too. Honestly, Mr. Krueger, we'll be at this all night."
"Well, I've got nowhere else to be, bitch! How about you?" Freddy growled.
"I'll give you half an hour and let you know how I feel from there!" Neo answered, with a shrug.
Freddy just let out a bit of a chuckle, this young one had a wit about her. Maybe once he claimed her soul, he'd add that to his own as well, "You'll make an exotic addition to my collection, you little furball!"
"That's funny. I was just thinking about how nice you'll look stuffed and mounted next to my pit fiends and hell hounds!" Neo mentioned, waving her hand in a somatic gesture.
When her fist clenched shut, the fire that raged against the far wall sprang up at her command, encircling Freddy with tremendous fury. While the dream demon was distracted, not to mention howling in agony as the flames licked his already burnt flesh, Neo bolted out of the room, slamming the door shut behind her with a burst of her own telekinetic energy.
"Shit! How the fuck did one of THOSE things get here?" Neo panted, "Even the other demons try to keep them locked up because of the havoc they cause!"
Neo ran up a flight of stairs, leading to one of the walkways along the top of Felldersai's walls, stopping once she was outside only to catch her breath. To her left were the Sharp Peaks and Wight Lake, and the the right, the ruined courtyard. She knew her fire trap wouldn't hold a demon of such power forever, but it was enough to give her a decent head start.
"Think Neo, think!You can't afford to wake up yet, not while that thing is loose!" she hissed to herself.
Taking cover behind a pile of stone and wood that was once one of the fortress towers, Neo grabbed her remaining arrows from her quiver, then took a small vial out of her pocket. She pulled off the cork with her teeth and spat it out, then poured the clear liquid all over her arrow tips before putting them back.
"Pure, blessed silver alone isn't enough to cause permanent harm then is it?" Neo muttered to herself, "Thanks for the tip... bitch." she added, tacking on that last word in a "mock Krueger" sort of voice.
"You're perfectly welcome, Neo." purred a voice that was starting to get painfully familiar.
Neo didn't even have time to scream as sharp, steel claws slashed through her mane and back. Freddy growled to himself as he pulled back his claws, that long, thick mane of Neo's was making a back attack very difficult. With an animalistic snarl, the bizarre, bipedal wolf turned around to see Freddy Krueger waving at her with a sadistic smile, as though he just materialized there. It was difficult to tell if he had taken much damage from the fire, since he was so horribly scarred and burned already, but she quickly found herself not caring about that little detail as the stone floor of the outside wall began to roil and move all on their own, creating a dizzying and difficult environment to fight in. Neo struggled to keep her balance, up until the jagged spikes began to form, starting from where Freddy stood, then followed her wherever she went.
"Better watch that first step!" he shouted, snickering when he heard Neo scream.
Neo took in a deep breath and jumped up on the ledge, glanced over her shoulder, then leaped off, down towards the courtyard below. Freddy Krueger just leaned on the ledge casually, glancing over where she had jumped, then smirked to himself.
"Slippery little furball, I ought to put a leash on her."
Much to Neo's surprise, when she landed, the scenery had completely changed. Instead of landing on the dirt and dead grass of the courtyard, she was now underground. Neo let out a soft whine when she recognized the room she was currently in. Chains suspended from the ceiling and all over the walls, various torture devices, big and small, a small fighting pit, and rotting bones, blood, and flesh everywhere! She seized up for a moment, remembering the sheer terror that this place had once brought her.
"Oh hell no!" Neo shouted, turning around to leave.
She stopped, letting out a surprised yelp when she nearly rammed into the striped-sweater wearing fiend that had appeared right in front of her.
"Oh hell yes..." Freddy purred, opening up his clawed hand.
Before Neo could draw an arrow, Freddy flicked his hand, knocking her backwards with a powerful telekinetic blast. She didn't even have time to react as the chains on the ceiling sprang to life, clamping themselves around her wrists and forcing her to drop her bow. Freddy snickered to himself gleefully once the zwetoock was forced into an upright position that left her completely prone and helpless.
"Well, well, well, what have we here? A stuck little piggy in wolf's clothing, hmm?" he asked, as he approached his prey.
"Mhmph... You've got some nerve, Freddy... comparing me to a piggy when you're the one who smells like bacon right now!" Neo quipped.
"Oh... that's a good one, I'll give ya that," Freddy chuckled, before backhanding Neo with his ungloved hand.
Neo let out a sharp yelp, reeling back from the strike. She winced painfully when a single blade slid across her arm, drawing blood. The young sorceress could only watch as Freddy latched on to the wound and licked off her blood. He paused, trying to spit out the fur that got in his mouth and mentally reminded himself not to do that with one of these things again.
"What's wrong? I thought you demons screwed the pooch all the time." Neo snorted, spitting right in Freddy's face.
Freddy just leveled a menacing glare to the zwetoock, wiping off the spit as he did, "That can be arranged, you smart-mouthed bitch!"
Carefully, he ran the bladed edges of his knives down Neo's cheek and neck, then to the zipper of her jacket. Neo was mentally screaming at herself for being so foolish. That's what she gets for trying to make snappy banter with a demon. (As much as she hated to admit it, her brother Geoffrey was much better at making that sort of thing up on the fly.)
With a swift motion, Freddy sliced through the strap holding Neo's quiver on her back, sending her arrows clattering to the floor. The zwetoock let out a low growl, even attempting to bite the fiend's hand when he tried to grope her.
"Get your filthy claws off of me!" Neo snarled, flattening her ears against her skull as her tail slowly twitched from side to side.
Freddy just chuckled at Neo's defiance. That strength, that determination, already he could feel it coursing through him just from spilling some of her blood. He needed to milk this one for all she was worth.
"Why doncha just make me?" he snorted, placing his fore-claw under her chin and getting right in the young fiend slayer's face, "After I've had my fun with you, I'll visit your sister next."
"Hmph... good luck with that! It's difficult to give nightmares to someone who doesn't feel fear!" Neo spat.
They both paused for a moment, hearing what sounded like footsteps approaching. Great, there were two of these things?!
"Hehehehahahaaaaa! You got her, Freddy! You actually got her!" Fey chimed in, as she skittered through the door, clinging to the ceiling like a spider, before dropping down by Freddy's side, tail flicking and grinning wide, "Nice to see you again, Neo! And this time, you don't have your bro-bro or sissy to save you!"
Suddenly, things began to make a lot more sense to Neo. Of course, at least one of the Prescotts was behind this.
"Fey... fancy seeing you here... you little shit. Can't get Weston do your dirty work anymore, can you? And I doubt Riley wants to put up with your constant whining! So now you're recruiting Earth Demons to come after us? Wow, you Prescotts must REALLY be desperate." she scoffed.
"N-no!" Fey stammered, indignantly, "Freddy agreed to play with me and I thought you'd like to meet him too! You and your brother and sister are always so mean to me and my brother and sister, so Freddy is here to protect me and make sure you play fair!" she added, stomping her foot.
Yes, of course. In Fey's mind, preventing her and her family from butchering millions to add to the Nine Hells' collective was "a mean thing to do".
"Oh, well this is certainly fair, ain't it?!" Neo mentioned, sarcastically as she rolled her eyes, while mentally thinking to herself that now would be a really good time to wake up.
She experimentally pulled on her chains, only to find that they were quite secure. Heart and mind racing, Neo closed her eyes, trying to force herself to relax. This was her mind and her dream, she could turn things around, but only if she remained calm and didn't give in to her fear. Of course, that was much easier when there wasn't a psychotic child demon giggling and chiding away or a violent dream demon serial killer that was groping her and running a razer-fingered gauntlet down her legs, arms, torso, and even using it to lift up her skirt. Neo closed her eyes and took in a deep breath.
"Don't worry, I'll invite your brother and sister to play next... after I've had my fun with you..." Freddy whispered in Neo's ear.
"Cut off her tail first, Freddy! Tehe!" Fey called, rubbing her blood-coated hands together in excitement.
Suddenly, it was as though a trigger had just been pulled. That feeling of being touched and violated ignited a spark deep within Neo's mind. Once was enough! She had made a promise to herself that it would NEVER happen again.
"None of this is real!" Neo growled, opening her eyes again, "It's just a dream... I've broken these chains in the real world, I shouldn't have any trouble breaking them here. This is MY dream, you son of a bitch!" she snapped, "Get out of it!"
Neo grabbed onto the chains that held her in place and used them to hold herself steady while she lifted her legs up and kicked Freddy with all her might, sending him tumbling backwards. Her claws tore up his sweater and the skin beneath it and the force of the attack knocked the filthy old fedora right off his head.
"Hey! You can't do that!" Fey screamed, giving Neo a dirty look as she ran to Freddy's aid.
While Freddy got back to his feet, with a humiliated and angry look on his face, Neo let out a furious scream as the chains that held her burst into flames and melted off of her, leaving molten slag to burn on the ground yet her untouched. A rush of relief washed over Neo as her wounds closed and healed. She took a stance and held out her hand, summoning her bow and restoring her quiver.
"It may be your dream, but I make the rules!" Freddy snarled, angrily.
"I've never been one to play by the rules, especially when said rules are written by demons." Neo scoffed, knocking an arrow.
"You tried that twice already, and it didn't work!" Freddy snorted, raising his claws and preparing to rush forward, Fey at his side, hissing angrily, "I am... eternal."
"You may be..." Neo shrugged, cracking a clever smile.
In a fast movement, she fired, but not at Krueger. Having not expecting Neo to change her target as rapidly as she did, Fey had little time to prepare as the arrow flew her way instead. The little hellion let out a shrill, pained scream and stumbled back, tail lashing every which way in agony as the wound sizzled and burned.
"But I know she ain't! Now, let's put that theory to the test." Neo challenged.
Freddy charged forward, taking another arrow to the chest, eyes wide with shock and pain. This arrow hurt a lot more then the last one! He recognized the painful burn, not from fire, but the kind of burn that only holy water could bring.
"Clever, but not clever enough! They've tried that already too!"
"Then why do I detect fear in your voice?" Neo questioned, "Even if it didn't kill you, I know you CAN feel pain, and that's a start!"
Arrow sticking out and all, Freddy thrust his clawed hand forward, catching a glancing blow to Neo's side. The sorceress let out a pained cry, then countered with a small concentrated ball of fire that she hurled at the dream demon, knocking him backwards. Before Neo had a chance to recover, Fey was already back in the fight, teleporting around the torture room in a dizzying display, trying to disorient Neo. The wicked little demon baited Neo into wasting two of her arrows before reappearing right next to her with an insane cackle and slicing the zwetoock's thigh open with a few well aimed claw and tail strikes.
"Ahhh!" Neo cried out, before conjuring another bolt of emerald colored lightning and striking the smaller demon at point blank range.
While Fey was down for a moment, Freddy was right back on top of Neo, striking with tremendous fury and leaving little opening for Neo to try and recover from her injuries. If it were just one or the other, the young fiend slayer was certain she could have held her own in a one on one fight. However, with both demons double teaming her, Neo was quickly seeing the odds slip out of her favor. She let out a pained moan as she was shoved backwards into the corner of a table and barely avoided having her neck flayed open by Freddy's claws.
"Freddy, you skin her, I'll hold her for ya!" Fey cried out, leaping forward.
"Ever play... skin the cat?" Freddy questioned, flexing his gloved hand.
With a ferocious snarl, Neo smacked Freddy upside the head with her bow and kicked him once again, this time in the cheep seats. Dream Demon or not, a shot to the nads was a shot to the nads, and while doubled over from the shock, Neo unloaded two more arrows into him and one more into Fey before the smaller demon tackled her to the ground, using her tail to flick Heartseeker away. Neo and Fey were locked in a short scrap of claws and teeth, before the zwetoock eventually threw Fey off with a telekinetic blast, sending her toppling head over heels into a wooden post that at one time had been used to restrain prisoners. Yelping in pain, Fey fell to the floor in a heap.
Neo groaned painfully as she tried to stand up. She was covered in gashes and stab wounds and was bleeding quite badly. Her vision was starting to get blurry and she looked exhausted. Before she could heal herself or even catch her breath, a strong hand wrapped around her throat and hoisted Neo up into the air.
"I'll teach you how to play right now!" Freddy hissed angrily, not even phased as Neo's claws ran down the length of his arm.
She couldn't even speak while Freddy held her firmly by the neck. All Neo was focused on was trying to get in a precious breath of air before she was suffocated to death. Roughly, the fiend slammed Neo down onto a table, forcing her to stay on her back as he jumped up on top of her, still keeping his hand wrapped around her throat. The powerful dream demon could feel Neo's life force slipping out of her grasp and being added to his own. Fey, finally getting up, giggled with sheer glee, eyes practically sparkling when Freddy raised his claws to strike the finishing blow.
"Yes, yes! I've always wanted to see a dragon fall to a demon!" Fey purred, rubbing her hands together.
"What's the matter, princess? You got nothing to say now?!" Freddy shouted.
Neo's eyes rolled to the back of her head, choking desperately, just praying for another gasp before this thing killed her. With as much of her remaining strength as she could muster, she conjured a spark of blue flame that quickly ignited over her body, catching Freddy in the blaze as well. The searing flames licked against the dream demon's hand and threatened to ignite him as well, forcing him off of Neo. However, instead of burning into a smoldering corpse, Neo herself remained unharmed by the fires that surrounded her, but the rest of the room began to catch at an impossible rate and soon, fiends and fiend slayer alike were engulfed by a raging, blue inferno. Taking this opportunity, Neo took in a deep breath, barely avoiding a violent coughing fit, before her eyes landed on Freddy.
"No Freddy Krueger, I do have something to say," Neo spat, "Dier Vol'drocken Shi Schi UnDeva!" she finished, speaking in a completely different language.
"Freddy! We have to leave, we have to leave NOW!" Fey screamed, panic filling her voice as she grabbed the dream demon's sleeve and tried to pull him away.
The dream demon growled, pulling his arm out of Fey's grip, his eyes still fixed on Neo with a mixture of anger, shock, and surprise. He flinched, when a wall of flames flared up in between himself and Neo and spread all the way to the doorway, blocking it. Neo took a step forward, the stone beneath her paw-like feet melting from the searing heat. It wasn't long before both Fey and Freddy could no longer avoid catching the blaze themselves, which sent both demons into complete agony.
"Got nothing to say now?!" Neo asked, moving her hands in a somatic gesture, "By the Grace and Sacred Fires of The Great Dragon, I hereby Banish you Abominations!" she shouted, thrusting her hands forward, "GET OUT!"
At her command, both Freddy and Fey found themselves flying backwards as Neo expelled both of them from her mind. They sailed through the entirety of the blue inferno, which seemed to be a lot bigger than what it actually was, before landing in a familiar, dark red, smokey place and slammed against the industrial setting, hard.
Fey whimpered painfully, experimentally flicking her tail around to make sure it was still functioning. A piece of her left horn had broken off during the fight and her injuries were slow to regenerate. Much to Freddy's surprise, his injuries he had sustained were taking longer then usual to heal as well. Slowly, the dream demon managed to sit up, trying to figure out what exactly just happened.
"No... no, no, no, NO! T-that wasn't supposed to happen." Fey hissed, slamming her fist against the concrete floor, "Neo was all alone, how could she have been so strong?"
Freddy remained quiet, his eyes narrowing at Fey. It had been a long time since he had been defeated and humiliated like that. He took some delight in the nervous whimper he heard come from Fey's mouth. Demon, wolf, human, whatever the species, a young girl was a young girl. And in the end, they all bled the same.
"I'd just looooooove to hear an explanation," Freddy growled, flexing his still bloody claws, "And I know just the perfect place!"
NoES~Ft13th~NoES~Ft13th~NoES~Ft13th~NoES~Ft13th~
With a sharp gasp, Neo suddenly woke with a start. She was breathing heavily and could feel that her skin was freezing cold with sweat under her fur. Nervously, she glanced around, finding herself in a familiar albeit equally dark and dingy place. While Dr. Knarks' "Crash pad" may have just been slightly larger than a broom closet with a small bed, a bedside table, and a cheep cloak rack, it was more preferable then to the cells in the (seemingly) abandoned asylum.
"Holy crap on a cracker!" Neo gulped as she sat up on the bed, glancing down at her arms and legs.
At first, Neo had just thought it to be a very vivid dream, however, as she soon discovered, there were several cuts on her body and her clothes were torn and dirty and she felt physically and mentally drained, like she had just been in a battle and had to use a lot of powerful spells. Her quiver and Heartseeker were on the floor by her bed, and not hanging on the rack where she had previously put them before turning in. As an added bonus, there were torn fragments of a red and green sweater caught in between her toes on the sharp claws and one piece in her hand. The familiar, musty burnt smell was all over it.
"T-that thing... it was real... that was a genuine fucking Dream Demon!" she gasped, running her hand through her messy pink mane, "I thought those things were extinct around here!"
Hastily, she grabbed a small, leather bound journal and a pen off the bedside table and snapped her fingers twice, summoning a few orbs of white light to illuminate the small room. Dr. Knarks and her sister, Kautounie, were just down the hall, working in the lab, but Neo felt the need to document this encounter while it was still fresh in her mind.
She had become so engrossed and focused writing down the details and even sketching out what she could remember, Neo didn't even notice that Kautounie was calling out her name from down the hall.
"Neo!" Kautounie cried out as she burst into the room, causing her younger sister to jump.
For the second time that night, Neo had to catch her breath from a sudden fright. Though to be fair, her older sister was a much more welcome sight then that razor-fingered lunatic! Still, that didn't stop the crackle of lightning that had momentarily formed around her hands, that dissipated just as quickly once Neo saw who exactly it was.
The older zwetoock, who looked like a bigger, stronger version of Neo, felt a blush fall over her face. Her intent was not to scare the crap out of her sister, (just anyone or anything that was stupid enough to break into this place and attack her!)
"Oh in the name of Sundar, Kautounie!" Neo cried out, jumping off the bed and nearly tackling Kautounie in a tight hug, "You're a welcome sight! Just don't scare me like that again! Seriously, I almost put a lightning bolt up your nose." she sighed, her voice slightly muffled from her face being buried in Kautounie's shoulder.
"What happened? You look like you've seen a ghost." Kautounie inquired, concern heavy in her voice as she and her sister sat back down, "I could feel it, I could feel you, as if you were under... attack..."
Kautounie's ears flattened and she let out a low growl when she inspected Neo and found her to be torn up and far dirtier then before. Working in the lab with Dr. Knarks and his exotic zoo of mystical beasts wasn't always a clean job, but Neo looked as though she had a rough night in the arenas of the Knight Club on a half-price cocktails weekend!
"Who or what attacked you?!" Kautounie growled, her eyes scanning the room, suspicious that something may still be lurking around.
"It's not on our physical plain of existence... b-but... I was attacked, by a Dream Demon, not more then ten minutes ago." Neo explained, taking in a deep breath, showing her sister what she had written down so far, "He called himself Freddy Krueger, so it's a named demon-" she continued.
There wasn't a whole lot, but Neo had drawn a quick sketch of the dream demon's face and clawed hand, along with a few notes on the approximate size, abilities, fighting prowess, and potential strength class of the fiend. The younger sorceress also showed the torn sweater cloth she had removed. That smell! Reeked of demon! Utterly revolting.
"How is this possible?" the elder zwetoock questioned, "Our ancestors made sure these damn things were extinct on Horva... and I'm pretty sure that even Lord Nightmare would have a hard time regenerating himself after the rending we gave him!"
"Sis, Fey was with him," Neo interjected, in a matter of fact voice, "She was with Krueger, well aware of what was going on. Maybe Fey was bitter about loosing that knife fight to Geoffrey and found a Dream Demon from another dimension or something and since Geoffrey's scouting out our next mission, she set him after me instead." she suggested, "Besides, a full-blooded dream demon coming here, to Horva, are you honestly surprised that the Prescotts are somehow involved?"
The older zwetoock just shook her head. A powerful demon in the company of one of the Prescotts? Hardly a shocker. Though the bigger surprise was why he was following Fey and not Riley. Kautounie frowned in thought for a minute, "What makes you think this Freddy Krueger isn't a native demon?"
"Well, for starters, my magic genuinely surprised him... hell, just what I am surprised him! He obviously wasn't expecting something like... me." Neo answered, crossing her arms with a huff, "I don't think he really had any idea what he was up against and I was able to cast both of them out, but if Freddy Krueger returns, I wont be able to catch him off guard like that again." she added, with a heavy sigh.
"Class...9?" Kautounie read, out loud, pointing to the mark on the page.
"Probably closer to a Class 10, really. I think he's just been starved for a good long while, that's why he wasn't as strong," the younger zwetoock shrugged, "He could hit like a 9th Ring Warlord and regenerated faster than Kirisakin! Had Krueger been at his full strength, I'd probably be dead."
Kautounie growled at that prospect, hugging her beloved younger sister close to her, "If that thing has the balls to return, he'll have to deal with me!" she declared, "I'll stay here for the rest of the night. We join Geoffrey tomorrow and I've had quite enough of dissecting Displacer Beast and Catoblepas bodies with the mad doc. Gods I swear, Nasher is gonna be the next thing I dissect if he keeps running his mouth." she muttered to herself, causing Neo to sputter out a laugh.
The sisters sat in silence for a while, just nuzzling and lightly licking each others' muzzles and foreheads.
"Do you think... that I should tell Dr. Knarks about Krueger?" Neo asked, looking up to Kautounie.
"No..." Kautounie answered coldly, "One thing I do know about Dream Demons is that they depend on word of mouth from survivors to spread the seed of fear. Besides... do you really want to be pestered into trying to catch and imprison the damn thing for Knarksy out there to study?" she asked, gesturing with her thumb over her shoulder and shaking her head.
Neo nodded in agreement, setting her journal and the pieces of the sweater down on the bedside table. Her sister made a good point. The two of them laid down on the bed together, cuddling and enjoying each others' company. Neo smiled, pulling a fancy dragon and sun amulet out from under her hoodie that was on a chain around her neck. The ruby in the center of the sun was dull, though there was a slight shimmer to it every now and again. She closed her eyes, feeling the outline of Kautounie's matching amulet pressing against her back. Despite being galaxies and dimensions away, their brother, Geoffrey, should have been able to feel exactly what they were right now.
::To be Continued::
Author's Note:: Okay, new project I had to test out, (just don't hold your breath too much!) Recently, I've become quite smitten with the Nightmare on Elm Street Series and the Friday the 13th Series. (With a particular soft spot for Freddy vs Jason.) So, it suddenly dawned on me while watching these movies... Horror/Slasher films have SO many tropes that you can make fun of. Also, my particular favorite trio of dimensional/world hopping heroes, The Redsuns, are trained to fight supernatural fiends! That's what they live for! Then I thought, "What if someone like Freddy Krueger entered the mind of someone who hunts demons for a living?" Oops! Originally, Intended this to be a one-shot, but that didn't work out to well as more ideas spread through my head like a wild fire. (To see more completed chapters, you can find them on my DeviantArt, however there is a strict mature filter on them.)
So, I know it's a little bit of a mess to start with, but it's my first time trying out the horror genre. In particular, I felt Fey Prescott would be a great lead into the story, given her sickeningly sadistic nature and the fact that she thinks murder is nothing more than a fun game to play. Upset with what the Redsuns have done to her family and Weston's mysterious disappearance, Fey stumbles upon a stuck Freddy Krueger and convinces him to enter the mind of one her eternal enemies, Neo, in the hopes of getting even. Unfortunately for her, Fey's plan backfires and Neo was able to cast them both out. Meanwhile, Neo and Kautounie are prepping to meet up with their brother Geoffrey elsewhere for a mission. But a Dream Demon that can access Neo's mind may prove to complicate things, in more ways then even she can possibly predict! Just what could it involve? (There is a little hint nestled in the story somewhere as to what it involves and what Geoffrey's up to. Or you could always wait for the second chapter.)
There's also a few Easter Eggs from my past works, such and Lord Nightmare on the tapestry, Miachang and Zorra's ghosts, mentions of Kirisakin, and so fourth. (Now, you don't have to read IYNMs to enjoy this story in the least, but I thought it might be a nice little treat for those who have. This is set about 2-3 years after the events of IYNMs.)
Anyways, unkillable fiends against trained fiend slayers! How will this play out? Who the fuck knows? My ideas can't make up their minds! I'm going much more "Hardcore", I'm not censoring or sugarcoating anything so if you can't handle that, turn back now!
In particular, I loved the battle between Freddy and Neo. He's very skilled at tearing apart helpless children and teens while they sleep, but he's never met someone who actively hunts his kind as a profession.
(No Jason in this chapter, save for a little teaser, but next chapter has a spectacular Jason sequence.)
DISCLAIMER:: Freddy Krueger and the Nightmare on Elm Street series belongs to Wes Craven and New Line Cinema, I do NOT claim to own them! I do NOT own Jason Voorhees or Friday the 13th! This is strictly for fan purposes.
Neo, Kautounie, and Geoffrey Redsun and the World of Horva DO belong to me.