Caroline Forbes starts to have frequent nightmares; nightmares about a burned man wearing a striped shirt and a fedora hat. Caroline thinks that the nightmares aren't real and that she's safe. But what Caroline doesn't know is that the man is out to kill her, but he can only kill her in her dreams. Will Caroline survive the nightmares before it's too late? AU. OOC. All Human. Rated T for violence and a little gore. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET/ VAMPIRE DIARIES.

A/N: Hey, guys! So this story idea just recently came into my head. I hope you enjoy and please review and favorite! Also in this story everyone is human and Caroline is single, for now… Haha! Sorry for any mistakes.

Disclaimer: I don't own A Nightmare on Elm Street or Vampire Diaries.

Chapter 1-School Daze

Seventeen year old Caroline Forbes sat in History class. One of her favorite classes. But today, was one of those days where Caroline couldn't stand school. She had barely slept last night, only about two hours. So as you could understand, would make school hard if you were running on less than two hours of sleep.

There was only about ten minutes left of class and Mr. Saltzman wouldn't shut up about the Civil War. Sure Caroline cared about school and history, but right now all she cared about was sleep.

Caroline let her head rest on the side of the desk while she looked up at the clock. "Only nine minutes." She whispered to herself.

Her eyes began to shut, she couldn't stop this now, she was already halfway to dreamland.

Caroline opened her eyes to the same history class. Ok good, she was awake now.

Screechhhh.

Her head whipped to the back of the classroom, but she wasn't in the classroom anymore, she was in a boiler room.

She realized that she was still asleep.

"Not this dream again." She grunted.

This dream had been recurring a lot lately. It went where Caroline was in a boiler room and this burned guy tried to attack her but she always got away from him. The dream wasn't that scary and she never got hurt in the dream.

"Caroline…"

Caroline got up and looked around the boiler room. "Yeah, yeah. I'm here."

But suddenly she snapped out of her dream state, her eyes fluttered open. The bell for class had just rang. Bingo. It was the end of the day now, she could go home and listen to music and watch her television recordings.

It was such a stupid dream that she had been having lately. But why did she keep having it? Did normal people have the same dream over and over again? Caroline was actually far from normal...

Caroline's dad was dead and her mom was the Sherriff of the small town of Mystic Falls. Her friends had pretty much all ditched her after her dad died. He had died about a year ago today in a car accident. Her friends had claimed she was "too troubled" to be friends with them now. Some friends they were.

But before Caroline's life had turned to shit, she was actually pretty popular. She was captain of the cheerleading team; she had a football star for a boyfriend and great friends.

After Caroline's dad died, it turned out that Tyler, her boyfriend had been cheating on her with Elena, her best friend. So Caroline dumped him and left the cheerleading team resulting in the loss of some of her friends.

Caroline stopped hanging out with everybody and became pretty depressed. Her mom was always worried about her because she rarely left the house except for school.

Eventually, Liz put her on depression medication and she became a little happier. Her mom thought it was the pills but Caroline thought it was because she found some where to fit in. They called themselves the outsiders. Their names were Stefan (the ultimate bad/good boy) Vicki (The druggie) and little Jeremy(the troubled boy) who was Elena's brother.

Caroline didn't do drugs or even drink, she just liked to hang out with them because they were nice to her and didn't judge.

Caroline got up from her seat and turned to leave the classroom but Mr. Saltzman stopped her. "Caroline, can I talk to you for a moment?"

Dang it, she didn't have time for this. The bus was going to leave any minute. If she didn't leave in the next few minutes, she would have to walk and Caroline did not like to walk home.

"Yeah sure. What is it, ?" Caroline ran a hand through her wavy blonde hair.

"You fell asleep again, Caroline. That's the third time this week. Have you been getting enough sleep lately?" Alaric eyed the dark bags under her eyes.

Caroline stifled a yawn. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired, but no worries. I'm sorry for falling asleep again in class. It won't happen again."

Alaric flashed a smile. "You know I worry about you, Care." Alaric had been dating her mom for the past few months, it was weird at first but then she got used to it.

Caroline slowly nodded. "Sometimes I worry about myself too."

Alaric patted her shoulder. "So, I'll see you and mom later at home?"

"Ok, see you later."

She left the classroom and went to her locker to collect her stuff. When she got everything that she needed, she shut the locker and someone was on the other side. Elena.

Elena flashed her signature bitchy smirk. "Hello, Caroline. How are you doing this fine day?"

Caroline sighed. "What do you want Elena?"

Elena handed her a flyer. "Well since it's Friday and all, I'm hosting a party." She paused. "And you're invited. So be there at 9:00."

Caroline frowned at the flyer in her hand. Why was Elena inviting her to a party? They were mortal enemies. "Um, okay. Thanks." She slung her backpack over her shoulder and began to walk outside.

Bonnie Bennett, Elena's evil sidekick went over to Elena's side. "Is she coming?"

Elena smirked. "Oh yes, she's coming all right."

An hour later:

Caroline sat up in her room, she was doing trigonometry homework. Math was one of Caroline's worst subjects; she preferred art class and history.

Her cell phone vibrated; it was a text.

Caroline set down her paper and pencil before reaching for her cell. The text was from Klaus. Someone who Caroline rarely talked too. She didn't even know that he knew she existed.

Klaus: Hey, you going to Elena's party tonight? Klaus's text read.

Caroline began to type on her phone.

Caroline: Idk yet, Elena's a real bitch. I don't even know why she invited me.

Klaus texted back.

Klaus: You should come. I'll be there.

Caroline replied again.

Caroline: Hmm, I'll think about it.

So she was now going to this party, even though she didn't want too. But if Klaus was going, she was going. She wanted to get to know him better, maybe he was really nice?

Klaus was a mysterious boy who no one really knew. Yeah he was hot and stuff but he didn't show much of a personality. He had just moved to this school about a month ago.

It was 4:00 right now and the party started at 9:00. So, Caroline had about five hours to decide on what to wear. Greeeattt.