THE FURRY'S REVENGE
Chapter 13: The Nightmare Won't End
Krystal and Renamon stood in a mysterious room with flashing carnival lights.
"Where are we?" said Krystal.
"Are we dead?" said Renamon.
"You're not dead, you've been taken against your will," came a deep voice. A man walked up to them.
"Are you Colby from Survivor?" said Renamon.
"No," said the man. "I am… YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!"
The man changed form. He now had a burnt face, a hat, a red and green sweater, and a clawed glove.
"Freddy Krueger!" said Krystal.
"But you said he could only attack in Springwood!" said Renamon.
"When Pinhead was trapped in the Pillar of Souls," said Freddy, "he fell asleep. I entered his dream, and when I told him the one I was stalking was the same one who had the Lament Configuration, he allowed me to go with him and cross the barrier preventing me from invading the dreams of those outside Springwood!"
"In other words…" said Krystal.
"I can attack anyone, anywhere!" said Freddy. "And I'm going after you first! Once I kill you I'll cut off your floofy tails as trophies!"
Krystal and Renamon ran. Freddy chased after them.
And then they woke. They looked around and found themselves in a village.
An old woman stood over them. "It looks like you're finally coming around," she said. "You looked as if you were having a nightmare. You took quite a fall off the cliff."
An old man walked out of a small wooden house. "Are they finally awake?" he said.
"What happened?" said Krystal. "The last thing I remember is fighting Jason and Chucky and falling off the cliff on the train."
"All three of you were knocked out," said the old man. "But none of you had any serious injuries. You had some bite marks on your tail," he said to Renamon, "but not nearly as serious as the ones the Deadites inflicted on the villagers."
"Deadites?" said Renamon.
"Yes," said the old man. "These skeletons have been invading everywhere. They are currently marching in the search of some blue fox.
"What?" said Krystal.
"No, it's not you they're looking for," said the old man. "It's a male fox named Lucario. Once their leader called them, they left the village alone. The victims are beginning to heal."
"What happened to him?" said the old woman.
"Who?" said Krystal.
"The guy in the leather jacket with the chains," said the old woman. "His arm looks as though someone cut it pretty bad. He'll live, but it'll take a while to heal."
Krystal and Renamon looked to see Vinny still sleeping.
"Oh no!" said Renamon. "We have to wake him up quickly!"
"Why?" said the old man.
"There's a dream demon who kills people in their nightmares!"
They rushed over to Vinny and shook him.
"Wake up!" said Krystal.
But it was barely ten seconds before it happened. Vinny started on fire, stood up and began thrashing about in agony. Krystal, Renamon, the old man, and the old woman watched in horror as slash marks appeared on Vinny's face and he collapsed to the ground dead.
"Freddy got him," said Krystal sadly.
"Freddy?" said the old man. "Freddy Krueger?"
"You know him?" said Renamon.
"I lost my son to him," said the old man. "He tried to help the people of Springwood fight Freddy, and was killed as a result. We moved to the hidden village, while studying dream demon lore hoping there was a way to kill him."
"Revenge is only part of it," said the old woman. "Freddy does not just kill his victim. He takes the victim's soul to increase his power."
"WHAT?" said Krystal and Renamon, shocked.
"It's true," said the old man. "The only way to release the souls of his victims is to kill him."
"For twenty years we've been searching for a way to defeat Freddy," said the old woman. "And I think we've found it. If someone grabs Freddy at the moment they wake up, he can be pulled out of the dream world. In the real world, he is mortal. He can bleed."
"And die," said the old man. "There are fairy tales about Freddy able to return from hell even from a mortal death in the real world, but those are only fairy tales."
(AN: This is one difference from the main Freddy timeline, since Freddy was able to return after Freddy's Dead. I want to avert his possible return when… I mean if he dies in this story.)
"So, let's stop him," said Renamon. "We must fall asleep and then pull Freddy out of the dream world, while someone wakes us up once we've got hold of him."
"You just woke up," said the old man. "And you're both quite awake now. We'll need some sort of tranquilizer or sleeping pills to put you to sleep."
"I'll go in and get him," said Krystal.
"We must enter this cave," said the old man. "It is a mystical place. Freddy's influence might be weakened here. And Dora can get the tranquilizer."
"Thank you, Mr… ?" said Krystal, who didn't know the man's name.
"Smith," said the man. "Mr. Smith."
Can Krystal pull Freddy out of the dream world and destroy him once and for all?