Dani sat down on the couch, with her legs curled up and a cup of strong coffee in her hands, as Diana took a sip of her wine and thought of the right words to say. How could she explain to her daughter that the child murderer from her past had come to seek revenge through her daughter's dreams?

"The man in your dreams – what does he look like sweetie?" Diana asked, just to clarify the situation.

"He's burned, and he wears a red and green sweater, with a brown hat and a glove with knives on it."

How Diana wished she would never have to hear that description again. "The man's name is Freddy Krueger. I knew him when I was young-"

"I know." Dani interjected. "He mentioned. The age 15 was significant for some reason… What happened when you were 15 mom?"

"I'll tell you more about Freddy first, so you understand fully what happened." She took a deep breath as memories came rushing back from all those years ago. "I was 10 years old when I first met Freddy Krueger. He was lovely, and quite handsome as well. He had a wife, Loretta, and a daughter, Katherine, whom Sarah was very good friends with. And I had another sister, Sophia."

"Yeah, the one who died?"

She paused. "Yes. I've been telling you for so long now that she died in a car crash. That isn't true, honey." She looked at her daughter with tears welling in her eyes. "Freddy murdered her."

Dani looked shocked but said nothing, so her mother continued.

"We regularly went round to his house to spend time with him and his family. He was hilarious and sociable. He gave the nickname 'doll' because Loretta had once commented that I looked like a china doll, and I loved it." Finally, Dani knew the origin of her nickname. It was the nickname that Freddy gave her mother.

"It seemed perfect, and we were so happy. That is until Sophia started behaving very strangely.

"She'd come home from school in a sort of trance, and she wouldn't talk for hours. Eventually she'd let the odd piece of information slip. She told us that Freddy had taken her to his power plant and had hurt her. She told Sarah and me, but we kept it from our parents. He was so nice, we thought that it couldn't be true. We thought she was just making it up, I mean she was only 5.

"But a few days later, she disappeared, and her remains were found in the woods. The police had said she had possibly been mutilated and then the murderer had burned the body to hide the evidence. And then Sarah and I couldn't help thinking if 'Mr Krueger' had had anything to do with it. After a long stage of grief, we resumed our visits to the Kruegers, and tried to move on. But Sarah and I were now more wary around Freddy. And every now and again, we would catch his eye, and he would give us a smirk and a look, as if to say, 'It was me. I've won.'"

"Oh, mom…" Daniella welled up as well, and a few tears escaped as she rubbed Diana's arm in comfort. "I'm so sorry."

"It's fine, sweetie. It's taken me a long time but I've gotten over it. I'll carry on with the story.

"When I was 15, Freddy set his sights on me. He had come out of nowhere and he'd sedated me. I woke up in the power plant where he proceeded to kill me, but he'd heard a noise. I took the opportunity and ran as fast as I could out of there. I managed to run home before he could get me. And it was actually your father who had made the noise. He'd seen what was happening and he'd caused a distraction. The next time I saw him at school, I asked him out, and we'd never separated.

"A couple of days later, the police caught Freddy. They took him to court, and it seemed obvious to everyone that he would be sentenced. But it turned out that someone had forgotten to sign the search warrant, and he was released. Obviously, no one was happy with that.

"I heard my parents talking with the other parents outside the courthouse. They were planning to kill him with lit Molotov cocktails to burn him alive. But they had no idea where he might be. The police didn't know where the murders had taken place. He wouldn't be at his house as that was now on the market since Loretta's murder and Katherine's adoption." A small gasp emitted from Dani, and Diana carried on. "And they were clueless as to where he was. Then, I stepped out from the shade and quietly stated 'I know where he might be.' I led them to the power plant. I led them to his murder. I'm the reason he's dead. And he wanted revenge.

"Two weeks later, after a memorial service for the victims, he came to me in a dream and warned me. He said he wanted me to go through what my parents went through – it didn't take me long to realise he wanted my child dead…

"And that's why he's in your dreams, sweetheart. He wants to hurt me by killing you, and I am so so sorry..." With that, she burst into tears, and she hugged her daughter.

Daniella cried as well, and shushed her mother soothingly, and comforted her. "It's ok, it's not your fault, shh shh shh…"

After they had calmed down, Dani spoke. "So. What do I do now?"

"I don't really have a plan… we could research. Maybe someone has faced him before. We need all the help we can get. Dani, I know one thing for sure. You can't be alone in this."

She nodded, considering whom she could tell, and whom she'd be putting in danger.

Suddenly, the words she'd spoken to Jason Wilkes and his friend entered her mind.

'I hope YOU die.'

So, she'd found victims number one and two. They might not be any help, but they'd at least be a distraction. Like her father…

"Mom, is there something else you wanted to tell me? Something about dad?" They both knew where this was going.

Diana didn't speak. She saw the question in her daughter's eyes. She nodded, not needing to say the obvious. Mugs in an alleyway didn't in fact kill Darren. Freddy murdered him.

It all made sense when Dani thought about it.

Then she thought of another person to bring into the dream. She knew she'd be putting their life at risk. She knew she was also risking their friendship. But she needed someone she could trust.

She picked up the phone and dialled the number.

"Katie? It's Dani. Listen, can you come over? I need to ask you a favour…"

A/N: Sorry about the long wait for the update, I've been busy with the holidays and of course starting college :D And also (apart from in story form of course) I apologise for the lack of Freddiness in this chapter. I shall bring more. I promise x