Author's Note: Hello everyone, I'm back! I know, I owe you guys a HUGE explanation. I'm just going to direct you to a oneshot that I just posted last night called You're Stronger Than This. It explains everything in the author's note. I will say that I intend on writing this sequel and finishing it out. You guys deserve it after all. I got so much love from you guys for I Will Still Love You and this sequel is my way of saying how appreciative I am. So here's the first chapter of the sequel, I already have the second started and may be able to post it either later tonight or sometime tomorrow. Just a little note that the sequel follows along with the first movie.

Disclaimer: I don't own NOES, all rights go to Wes Craven (RIP).


Tina's POV

I was running down an endless hallway. The floor was wet from the numerous drips of water that leaked from the ceiling above. I momentarily stopped running when a male voice uttered my name, but started running again when I couldn't find the owner of the voice. I wasn't that much further when the voice said my name louder and I stopped. I turned around facing the direction I had been running from. No one was there. A loud clang made me whip around and scream. Nobody. The voice that had been calling my name began to laugh. I spotted a doorway and ran in, finding myself in a boiler room. I maneuvered through machinery, trying to avoid getting burnt. I felt like I was being watched and I swore I saw somebody peeking from around a corner at me as I paused on a catwalk. I moved on and jumped at every sound from clanging to metal screeching on metal.

This place is a fucking maze!

I gasped when I heard the screeching come from behind me. I turned around, only to flee when a curtain hanging behind me was torn apart by four blades. I came across a dead end and hid myself between two machines. I could hear my stalker approaching, his breathing getting louder as he got closer. I closed my eyes and screamed when I felt his presence in front of me. When nothing happened I opened my eyes to find nobody there. I walked forward, expecting my stalker to jump out in front of me, but instead I felt him grab me from behind. I let out another ear piercing scream before the blades came down upon me.

Next thing I knew, I was sitting up in my bed. A thin sheen of sweat covering my body. There was a knock at my door before it opened to reveal my mom.

"You okay Tina?" She asked.

"It was just a dream Ma." I answered.

"Some dream judging from that." She was looking at my nightgown.

I looked down to find four slash marks in my nightgown just above my abdomen. I examined them before looking back up at my mom.

How am I going to explain this?

Luckily Ma's boyfriend came in before I could say anything.

"Are you coming back to bed or what?" He grumbled.

"Oh Forsyth." Ma pushed him away before turning back to me. "Tina honey, you got to cut your fingernails or stop that kind of dreaming. One or the other."

Ma left the room, closing the door behind her. I turned to grab the crucifix hanging above my bed and laid back down, clutching it to my chest. I never fell back asleep that night.


In the morning I hitched a ride to school with Nancy and Glen. Nancy could tell something was wrong and told me to spill it. So I told them all about the dream I had last night. As Glen parked the car I continued telling them about it.

"It was so scary. When I woke up it seemed like he was still in the room with me." I shivered as I got out of the car.

"Sounds like a real boogeyman. One, two, Freddy's coming for you." Nancy teased.

"And that's what it reminded me of, that old jump rope song. It was the worst nightmare I ever had. You wouldn't believe it!"

"As a matter of fact, I had a bad dream last night myself." Nancy admitted.

"I had a hard on this morning when I woke up Tina. Had your name written all over it." Rod came up from behind and draped his arm around me.

"There's four letters in my name Rod. How can there be room on your joint for four letters?" I retaliated, getting a laugh out of Nancy and Glen.

"Hey! Up yours with a twirling lawn mower." Rod walked away fuming.

I stuck my tongue out him as he walked away and turned back to Nancy. "Rod says the sweetest things."

"Oh he's nuts about you." She said.

"Yeah nuts. Anyway, I couldn't go back to sleep last night. So what did you dream?"

"Forget it Tina, the point is everyone has a bad dream once in a while. It's no biggie."

"Yeah and next time you're having one just tell yourself that's all it is right when you're having it, ya know? Once you do that you wake right up. At least it works for me." Glen advised before giving Nancy a kiss and running off to class.

"Hey! Did you have a nightmare too?" I shouted as he ran off, not receiving a definite answer. "Maybe we're going to have an earthquake. They say things get weird just before."

Nancy smiled as we walked together towards the school.


School kept me distracted for most of the day, but the same could not be said when I got home from school.

"You're leaving for two days?" I was outraged.

"Tina we'll be back home before you know it." Ma tried to reassure me. "You'll have the house all to yourself."

That would be all fine and dandy if I didn't have a crazed stalker trying to kill me in my dreams!

I let out the breath I was holding and looked towards Ma. "I'm sorry for shouting, it just took me by surprise is all."

"I'm afraid we have to go, our flight leaves in an hour. I'll call you when we get to the hotel."

Yeah right!

As I heard Ma's car drive off, panic began to settle back in.

What am I going to do?

Then it hit me. I rushed over to the phone and dialed Nancy's number.

"Hello?" Nancy answered.

"Nancy it's Tina. My mom and her boyfriend are going to be in Vegas for a couple of days and I wondered if you could sleep over. The thought of sleeping here alone terrifies me."

"Sure! And if it makes you feel any better, I'll bring Glen too."

"That would be great! See you in bit."


"I'm so glad you guys could come over tonight! When mom said she was taking off for two days I almost died!"

"No problem Tina, Nancy and Glen to the rescue!"

"I can't believe his mother is letting him spend the night here." I laughed.

"Right well, she's not exactly." Nancy grimaced while Glen was dialing a number on the phone.

"You see I have this cousin who lives near the airport it's okay for me to stay over right? And I got this sound effects tape from Rod—Hello Mom? Yeah, out here at Barry's." Glen switched on the tape. "Yeah, noisy as usual. Glad we don't live here huh? Yeah, Aunt Eunice says hello." Glen waved at both Nancy and me. "Right, I'll call you in the morning. Yeah sure—"

The tape went from the sound of airplanes taking off to a bunch of cars racing.

"Just some kids drag racing outside I think mom." One of the cars on the tape all of sudden crashed. "Listen mom I gotta go. I think there's been an accident out front."

Glen motioned to Nancy to turn the tape off, but she only made it worse by pressing random buttons. The tape switched to the sound of gunfire.

"Alright, I'll call the police. I'll call the police!" Glen managed to shut it off. "Um, just some neighbors having a fight I guess. I'm fine. I'll call you in the morning." Glen hung up the phone.

I burst out laughing along with Nancy.

"It worked like a charm." Nancy teased.

"Smooth." I added.

"Jesus." Glen got up to refill the empty bowl with chips.

"See? I told you you'd be feeling better." Nancy told me.

"All day long I've been seeing that guy's weird face and hearing those fingernails."

"Fingernails?" I nodded. "That's amazing you saying that. That made me remember the dream I had last night."

"What did you dream?" I scooted closer to her.

"I dreamed about a guy in a dirty red and green sweater." Nancy described the creep.

"What about the fingernails?" I asked.

"He scraped his fingernails along things. Actually, they were more like finger-knives or something. Something he had made himself, but they made a horrible sound." Nancy lifted her hand up and dragged it down, imitating the screeching sound from my dream.

"Nancy! You dreamed about the same creep I did."

"That's impossible." Glen sat the bowl of chips in between us.

Not a second passed by when I heard a familiar screech, making Glen turn to look out the back door.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing." Glen replied.

"There's something out there isn't there?"

"I didn't hear anything." Nancy said.

"Well, I heard something." Another screech penetrated the silence.

We all stood up, Nancy and me clinging to Glen as we went towards the back door.

The screeching continued after we opened the door and stepped out onto the patio. Glen went ahead of us to check it out.

"I'm going to punch out your ugly lights whoever you are." Glen threatened.

Glen walked on through the backyard. "Kitty, kitty…chow, chow, chow?"

Glen turned around and shrugged, but was then tackled from behind, making both of us scream.

"It's Rod Lane bringing Lantz down just three yards from the goal line." Rod got up, helping Glen up to his feet. "What a brilliant tackle, and the fans go wild."

"Rod, what the hell are you doing here?" I walked up to him, crossing my arms in frustration.

"Came to make up. No big deal. Your mom home?" He asked.

"Of course." I lied, as I spotted something in Rod's hand. "Oh what's that?"

"Intense huh?" Rod held up the cultivator and imitated the screeching sound, throwing it over his shoulder when he was through. "What's going on here? An orgy or something?"

"Maybe a funeral dick head." Glen smarted off, causing Rod to get out his pocket knife.

Nancy grabbed Rod's arm and took his knife from him. "It's just a sleepover date Rod. Tina and me. Glen was just leaving." Nancy gave the knife back once she put triggered the button that put the blade away.

"Did you see his face?" Rod asked me, pissing off Glen even more. "Your mom ain't home is she?"

I didn't answer.

"Me and Tina got stuff to discuss." Rod lead me towards the house.

"Rod." Nancy called out as we walked away.

Rod turned to Nancy and Glen. "We get her mother's bed. You guys get the rest."

Rod pushed me in the direction of my mom's bedroom, but I snuck away to ask Nancy and Glen to stick around.

"Hey! You guys are going to hang around right? I mean don't leave me alone with this lunatic. Please Nancy?" I was cut off when Rod covered my mouth with his hand and carried me away.


We laid there together after our brief period of lovemaking, panting to catch our breath.

"I knew there was something about you I liked."

"You feel better now right?" Rod smirked.

"Jungle man fixed Jane." I joked.

"No more fights?"

"No more fights." I confirmed.

"Good, no more nightmares for either one of us then."

"When did you have a nightmare?" I asked.

"Guys can have nightmares too you know. You ain't got a corner on the market or something." Rod turned his back to me, pulling the blankets around him.

It didn't take long to fall asleep shortly after Rod did. And soon after that I was already dreaming.


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