Hello, fellow TTA fans! As I believe you know, Halloween is on the way and fanfic writers all over the world are making stories revolving around that holiday! I'm no exception, and in this latest of my TTA stories, I'm having it so that the heroes and villains alike of Acme Acres are joining forces due to sharing a common enemy who is threatening not only their lives, but also their world! You see, Elmyra Duff has been inexplicably killed while sleeping one night in the autumn, and while the other toons, especially the animal ones, would normally be elated about this, it's far too serious a matter for that. Especially with how it turns out that Freddy Krueger has somehow made his way into the TTA universe and, deciding he'd like a little variety in his nightmarish, murderous diet, is going after both the good and bad toons alike, whether they attend Acme Loo or Perfecto Prep! So the toons have to put their differences aside and team up to both find out how Freddy got here and how to stop him before he can kill anyone else. Can they do it? Read on and find out!
THINGS TO NOTE:
Like almost every TTA fanfic I write, this story takes place post series, right down to being after "Night Ghoulery". Ironically enough, part of what inspired me to write this was Plucky putting on a Freddy Krueger costume during that special's introduction. In any event, this story takes place about a year after the events of "Night Ghoulery" and in fall of a school year at Acme Loo. In October, in fact, quite fittingly enough.
Though I was partially spurred to do this by that hilarious segment "Duck In The Dark", I can assure you that Eddy Cougar makes no appearance here, and this story is much scarier than it is funny, as opposed to the other way around with the aforementioned "Duck In The Dark". It will still be quite awesome, though. Just giving a heads-up and accounting for the M rating of this tale.
Although Freddy Krueger is from the "A Nightmare On Elm Street" series and therefore is a character from another franchise put into this TTA fanfic, this is not a crossover simply for the fact that the way Freddy enters into the TTA universe will turn out to have some connection to it, though I'm not giving it away what that is and therefore spoiling the surprise.
I own none of the characters. They all belong to TTA, with the obvious exception of Freddy Krueger, who belongs to both Wes Craven and the "A Nightmare On Elm Street" series.
Obviously, the title of this story is a parody of the title of the "A Nightmare On Elm Street" series, which I made the title of this tale to fit the trend.
A Nightmare On Acme Acres
It was incredible, what had been learned today, on this Monday morning in October. Last night, in her sleep, the ever so dreaded, annoying and unbearable Elmyra Duff had unexpectedly and inexplicably died.
She was found in the morning by her parents, who were horrified, shocked and traumatized beyond belief at the death of their daughter, especially with how her corpse was a bloody, torn up and mangled mess, an' they couldn't understand why, since nothing had at all happened before Elmyra went to bed and she hadn't left her bed since falling asleep in it after she got into it.
The news spread faster than wildfire and quicksilver combined, and while all the other Acme Loo students would have been happy about it upon learning it the next day for very obvious reasons, the problem was that they could tell the manner in which Elmyra died was an indication of something far too serious, dire and severe for that being the cause of her death. So everyone at Acme Loo had gathered at the lunch table in the cafeteria when it was lunch break time, and they were discussing the matter among one another, knowing that they had to find out about this, given that it was entirely possible that any one of them could be next.
"Okay, first thing's first." Buster said as he looked to the table he and the others were at, the others being Babs, Plucky, Hamton, Shirley, Furrball, Calamity, Fifi, Lil' Sneezer, Sweetie, Montana Max, Little Beeper, Mary Melody, Fowlmouth, Bookworm, Byron, Concord, Dizzy and Gogo. "Although I am well aware that not all of us present here are usually on the same side…"
He then looked at Monty for emphasis, prompting Monty to glare and shake his fist, but say nothing due to how what Buster was saying was on too serious a matter. Buster simply went on: "…we're together in this because our lives could very well be in danger. Elmyra was killed last night, and while this would ordinarily be cause for celebration, we can't treat it as anything but a source of fear and need to watch out, because you don't just fall asleep and die with nasty damage all by yourself. Something happened to her. Something we don't know about. And this is something which could easily be quite beyond any of our comprehensions."
"So what do you propose we do, Buster?" Babs asked. Plucky then added: "We can't just live in fear all our lives and be paranoid 24-7!" "And we can't be awake for the rest of our lives, either!" Hamton added in. "Like, everyone needs sleep, after all, or some junk!" Shirley spoke. "I know neither of those things are an option," Buster told them, "but we've got to focus on what is an option!"
"So what options do we have?" Mary asked. "Oui, how's anybody supposed to een any way know how to combat zis if we don't even know what eet actually ees?" Fifi questioned. A second later, Monty commented: "Ya know, I hate to admit it, but the bitches have a point." He ignored the disapproving glares he received from both Mary and Fifi for calling them bitches. "None of us knows shit about what happened here, and we don't have any sources or clues at all, either."
"True enough, Monty," Buster said, "but if this is important enough so that we all unite, regardless of whether we're normally friends or foes, it's important enough so that we've got to find some way to do something about it."
"Yeah, but you can't find a way to do something about anything if you haven't found out what it is and how to deal with it! And none of us have one shred of so much as a hint!" read one of Calamity's signs as he held it up. "I think we've definitely hit a dead end here despite this just being the beginning of our meeting." a sign Little Beeper held up read.
"It sure WILL be a dead end if we do nothing about it! Literally!" Furrball said. He normally didn't talk, but this sort of thing had him on edge enough so he would speak just as much as the others would, and he was in this state for good reason. As much as he hated Elmyra for the pain she always inflicted on him and/or keeping Sweetie, who ironically was now on the same side as he was and vice versa, as a pet, he knew that the way she died was definitely cause to feel afraid and on guard, even if all the others did.
Still, Furrball knew it better than most, the way he'd been treated by the forces of fate and such. "Much as I usually don't say anything in Furrball's favor, the cat speaks the truth." let out Sweetie. "We can't just give up, you know." Fowlmouth put across. "That's certain to sign all of our death warrants!" Sneezer stated. "Yeah, and me no wanna die, and me no think any of the rest of you do, either!" Dizzy let out.
"All quite factual," Buster told them, "but outside of finding reasons why we shouldn't give in despite what a tight spot we've gotten into, I don't think this has gotten us anywhere so far." "No, it hasn't." Gogo nodded. "If only there was something we could follow, or at least a sign of some sort, that would lead us in the right direction!" Concord commented. Suddenly, as if on cue, the cafeteria doors opened and who should the students of Acme Loo see standing right in front of them and before them, albeit from a few feet away, but Roderick Rat, Rhubella Rat, Danforth Drake and Margot Mallard?
"What the hell? Roderick?" Buster asked. "Rhubella?" a question from Babs came out as. "Danforth?" Plucky let out. "Margot?" Shirley exclaimed.
"It's us, all right." Roddy told them. "Yeah, I know. Surprising, isn't it? Even we're surprised that we came to this place." Ruby said. "But we did, and here's why." Danforth spoke. "See, like the lot of you Acme Losers, we learned of what happened to Elmyra last night, and while it did give us all quite a fright at Perfecto Prep, much like it no doubt gave you at Acme Loo, it must have got us the least spooked."
"Why do you say that?" Hamton asked. "Because every member of Perfecto Prep but us dropped out of our school and fled the country. Each one went to a different foreign nation, due to how they were so freaked out by what happened and how any of them could be next that they would take no chances. They wanted to just set up a new life in a distant land. They've doubtless reached their new home nations by now, wherever the hell they all are." Ruby told him.
"In the meantime, the four of us knew that something this critical had to be found out about and studied hard." Roddy told them. "So we analyzed things and figured out the facts, as well as sneaking all around to inspect Elmyra's death whenever possible. We even visited her house at one point." "It was at her house that we discovered what was probably the only clue we'd ever find." Danforth's words came out as.
He produced a piece of torn cloth which was red and green striped. The ones at the table took a good look at it, and Margot then said: "So, anyway, we put the pieces from all we'd studied and what we'd found together, and concluded that, the way things happened and all we found out and located, it could only have been that, somehow, the legendary, powerful fiend of a dream demon slasher who is Freddy Krueger has made it into our universe and it now seeing to it he makes us his newest and latest of targets."
Everyone Acme Loo student's jaw dropped, since this made perfect sense, and Ruby then continued: "Though we were unable to find out how he got into this universe or why he would choose it as where he invaded and us as his targets, we did know we had to act quickly. And we would need all the help we could get. So would the lot of you, for that matter."
"After all, if we are in need of help, then you guys certainly are!" Roddy added. "And we knew that what scare you got from all of this had to be at least on par with our own, since you didn't flee like those other members of our school did." "That said, we made our way here to let you know of both what was going on and something we never thought we'd ever say in our lives or our afterlives. Ever." Margot spoke.
"You mean…" asked Shirley, and then Ruby said: "Yes. Acme Losers, we wish to unite with you against a common foe and vice versa." There was a brief, awkward and all around deep silence for a few moments, then Buster said: "All right, here's the thing. This is the best offer we're likely to get, and I am glad we now know what happened and why."
Then Babs let out: "But how do we know you're not setting us up? You Perfectos are well known for being cheaters, especially you, Roderick, since you organize, lead and instruct it all." "And furthermore from that," Plucky added in, "you like us no more than we like you."
"True, we're far from honorable, me in particular," Roddy said to them, "and true, we don't like you any more than you like us, but the fact of the matter is that if it's a choice of us having to work with Acme Losers and vice versa for the time it takes us to get to the bottom of this and being butchered in our sleep, I think you know which option we'll take, seeing as how we like being alive a lot more than we hate you."
"So do you really think we're going to lie and set you up this time?" Ruby asked. "Even with our track record, do you think we're so dumb we would hand you to Freddy and try to work for him, seeing as how he'll probably just slash us all dead anyway?" "Okay, I'll admit you've got a sound basis there." Mary said. "That, and we will admit that we do like living much more than we dislike you." Plucky spoke.
"So, since this is in fact the case," Furrball said, "and since you've got both the proof of what this is and what's our best bet right now, we'll join up with you." "But, like, don't try anything dodgy, or some junk, because if we even suspect you of it, we'll, like, hand your asses to you." Shirley warned.
"And we can do eet, too." Fifi said, pointing to her tail in order to indicate an example of how this was so. The Perfectos all nodded an' the Acme Loo students walked over to them, an' they put on out their hands/wings/paws to signify they were now a team even though this normally would never happen. After they did so, Calamity held up a sign that said: "All right, we've got work to do."
"True," Concord said, "but it's still the school day." Calamity held up a sign that said: "No problem!" and he quickly put together a device which was meant for cloning. He had done it in the form of a special wide angle beam, and he got it going after it was done.
Every one of the ones in the cafeteria were cloned, then the real ones of them quickly ran out while their clones all took their places and made it so it wouldn't be believed they'd left the school without letting any of the teachers know or getting any permission. As they were on their way out of the doors, Babs said: "Ingenious plan of yours, Calamity!" "Oui, very clevair, indeed!" Fifi added. Calamity held up a sign that said: "Thanks!"
"Where should we go to try and find a way to work against Freddy Krueger, though?" Furrball asked. "Good question, cat!" Danforth said. "And I've got an answer for you." Roddy added in. "Seeing as we were the ones who found this evidence, plus there's an awful lot more room in our place now than there was before, not to mention we have a lot of the stuff we'll need to work with there, I'd say going to our school, Perfecto Prep, would be our best bed!"
The Acme Loo students shuddered, except for Monty, but especially Buster, Babs, Plucky and Shirley. But they also accepted that this was their best bet and desperate times called for the desperate measures, so Buster spoke for all of them when he said: "All right, gotcha."
"You had to ask, didn't you, fleabag?" Sweetie snapped at Furrball, earning her a smack from his right paw which sent her spiraling a little and dizzied her, then Furrball grabbed her an instant before going: "The fact we're on an urgent crusade her doesn't mean you get to insult me. When I stop squeezing, you are to stop being snarky to me or anyone else, because none of us are going to deal with it. Especially with all that's currently at stake. Got it?"
He was squeezing her hard, and, knowing she had no way out but to oblige, Sweetie managed to squeeze out: "All right…yes…I get it…sorry…" Furrball nodded and let go of her. She then shook herself to try and get back to normal and thought: "Sheesh…me and my big beak…that was sure humiliating as hell…"
"Nice one, Furrball!" Fowlmouth commended. "Thanks!" Furrball replied. Knowing she couldn't say it out loud, Sweetie merely thought: "Oh, sure, take his side. You're a bird, too, you know, and last time I checked, he IS, in fact, a CAT…" She rolled her eyes.
Soon enough, all of the group who'd been running(and in some cases, flying)this whole time had gotten to the Perfect Prep school building, and they entered into it. "Here we are!" Margot said. "It's good to be back here!" Danforth added. "Says you." Plucky snarkily remarked. "Plucky, I'd normally be of the same turn of mind as you with that, but this isn't the time." Babs pointed out. "Ah, right." Plucky acknowledged.
After they'd gotten into the place and gone into the room where the Perfectos had gotten the evidence and found out what they did, Roddy said: "All right, this is where we've got all our things we used to figure this out, so this is where we'll be finding out how this happened and how we deal with it."
"Anyone got a problem with that?" Ruby asked. "No." Mary spoke for all of the other Acme Loo students plus herself. "With how much is on the line here, we're fine with any way we must use to find a way to solve this new and serious problem." "Glad to hear it." put across Ruby. "Especially since it's going to take our combined efforts to find out what we need to as well as to find what way we'll need to shut Freddy down." Roddy put forth.
"I can see that quite clearly." a sign Calamity held up said. "Much like ze rest of us can." Fifi added. "It's sort of a novelty." Hamton commented. "Us working together instead of against each other, I mean." "Yeah," Margot said, "but don't think too hard on it, bacon boy. This isn't permanent."
Monty an instant later said: "Likewise, as soon as this is over, it's back to me being the foe of you goody-two shoe students of the school we attend. Especially you, Buster. Be clear on that." Buster did a nod and so did the other ones Monty was talking to.
"Sheesh, Monty, you really should have been one of us." Ruby commented. "No time for that now, though. We've all got a part in this to play." "All right, then, it looks like it's time for us to, like, get to work, or some junk." Shirley stated.
TO BE CONTINUED…
So, how did you like it? What will be discovered in terms of how Freddy entered this universe from his own and why he chose them as his new targets? Will all of the ones working against the bastard make it out of this alive? Will their clones be able to make the others at Acme Loo think they're still there long enough so they don't get looked for and/or in trouble before any of this is over? Find out in the chapters that follow, starting with the next one, but continuing with the ones which will follow that! Hey, this story is far from over, so there are plenty of possibilities! Please rate and review, everybody!