Chapter 1

Alison Williams had just gotten home from another day at her new school, Springwood High. She was a senior there, and she was also new there. She had just moved to Springwood two weeks ago, it was a nice, quiet little town. She lived on Elm Street. Next door to her was 1428 Elm Street. It was a run-down house, it looked like no one had lived in it for years, and everyone who came on Elm Street tried their best to avoid it, she just didn't know why. And ever since she had moved to Springwood, she had strange dreams every night. She would be in a large, dark, damp, cold room with pipes across the ceiling and walls, and chains also hanging from the ceiling. She would her girls singing, to far away for her to make out the words. She would hear a man's laugh, a horrible laugh, a terrifying laugh, and it seemed almost inhuman. Then she would wake up. She decided to call her friend from Springwood High, Crystal Cottonwood, to see when they were going to go to the movie tonight, that they had planned to go to with their other friends a week before. She dialed her number and waited. It rung three times before Crystal picked up. "Hello?" Crystal said. "Hey Crystal." "Oh, hi Alice." What time is Jack suppose to pick us up for the movie tonight?" Alison asked her. "He should be there around 10:00. Alison glanced at the clock, it said 6:30 pm. "Alright thanks, see ya there. "OK, see ya." She hear Crystal hang up. "What should I do till' Jack gets here?" she asked herself. "I should take a nap, so I'll be rested up for the movie tonight." She flipped off her shoes, and set her alarm clock for 9:30 pm. She lay down on her bed and closed her eyes. Then, she slowly drifted into sleep.

Alison opened her eyes slowly. She recognized the room by the pipes and chains. She stood up off the cold cement ground slowly. In her past dreams, she just stood there listening to the sounds, and waiting to wake up. But this time she decided to walk a bit and see what else was in the room. As she walked she felt the air getting warmer. After walking for a while, she came to a giant furnace. There was a fire inside of it. "No wounder it was so warm in here, I thought I was going to die of a fucking heat stroke!" she said inside her head. She heard the girls singing again, this time they sounded very close. She looked over to the other side of the furnace and saw them. There were three of them, they were jumping rope. They were singing a strange rhyme, it was bone-chilling. It went something like this:

"One, Two, Freddy's coming for you, Three, Four, Better lock your door, Five, Six, Grab your crucifix, Seven, Eight, Gonna stay up late, Nine, Ten, Never sleep again."

"Excuse me, little girls." she said, as she started walking towards them. "Are you OK?" They paid no attention to her. She was less than two feet away from them when, suddenly, they disappeared. She heard an deafening sound, metal scraping against metal, behind her. She turned and saw a man, but he was more of a monster. His skin was terribly burned. Sh was wearing a dirty brown fedora hat, an with stains that looked like oil and blood, dark brown, blood-stained pants, and dark brown, dirty work boots. "So, you must be the new bitch in Springwood. You'll love it here!" he said. Alison tried to speak, but she was to surprised, she didn't know why but she was also to terrified. He lashed out with his gloved hand, she jumped back, just in time. But, when she jumped she hit her head on a low nearby pipe. She felt as if she was going to faint. Then she felt herself falling. Just before she fell, she hear the man's voice, just above a whisper say, "I am Freddy." Then, everything went black.