Freddy's coming to Paris

At one night in Paris, the bluenette Marinette was tossing and turning in her bed, moaning in discomfort.

"Nnnngh! No!" She whimpered.

(Marinette's nightmare)

She was inside some boiler room, the same one that the Horrificator kept her classmates captured, only this time a orange tint was added. A creepy nursery rhyme was heard as well

" 1, 2, Freddy's coming for you. 3, 4, better lock your door. 5, 6, grab your crucifix. 7, 8, gonna stay up late. 9, 10, never sleep again. "

"What the? I'm inside the boiler room at school. But it feels different" Marinette looks around and walks through it. No signs of Horrificator were visible, much to her relief. That is until a creepy laughter was heard.

"Who's there?!" Marinette looks around scared.

"Hehehehehehe!" A shadow of a man wearing a fedora became visible, following by a scratching noise from the pipes.

"Oh god!" She heard him getting closer. As the man shows up, this became the most terrifying sight Marinette has seen besides Cat Blanc, it was a heavily burnt man with a red and green striped sweater, brown fedora and his most scary feature, a glove with four sharp knifes.

"This is God!" The man grinned and held up his clawed glove. Marinette ran off as the man chased her while laughing like a maniac. Suddenly as Marinette was gonna get up the stairs, he suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Marinette, Watch this!" The man creepily smiled and cuts his ring and pinky finger off his hand without feeling any pain, green ooze came out instead of blood. Marinette screamed and runs back.

"Tikki spots on!" She tried to transform but nothing happened.

"You're in my world now bitch!" The man taunted her.

"Who are you?!" Marinette gasped.

"I'm the Springwood Slasher, but for now visiting Paris, I'm the Paris slasher!" The man replied and strikes his claws down at her as she tries to protect herself.

(End of Nightmare)

Marinette jerks up awake, looking around as Tikki flew up to her.

"What's wrong Marinette?" She asked in worry.

"Just an bad dream and...OH GOD!" She noticed the cuts on her arm. She ran to her bathroom and patched herself up.

"This is impossible! How did I even get these cuts?!" Marinette hyperventilated.

"I don't know. This is new." Tikki said in concern.

X

The next day at school, Marinette was barely awake after her experience at night, barely keeping her eyes open. For that reason she kept her bandage hidden under her sleeve.

"Girl, You had a bad night?" Alya, her best friend noticed her tired state.

"I didn't have a good sleep that's all." Marinette half-lied.

"Oh I see. Well on the bright side no sights of akumas these last few weeks." Alya replied.

"Mmmm yeah. (yawn)." Marinette yawned. Soon enough her crush Adrien came in with his own best pal Nino.

"Morning Marinette." Adrien greeted Marinette.

"Good afternoon Adrien...I mean Good Morning Adrien." Marinette yawned again. Raising a brow in confusion, Adrien also noticed her tired state along with Nino.

"Dudette, what's wrong?"

"I didn't sleep well tonight." Marinette said.

"Nightmares?" Nino guessed.

"Yeah, you could say that." Marinette replied tiredly. Adrien looks on in concern at Marinette.

X

At lunch time, Marinette was still feeling tired and barely ate her lunch.

"Marinette you really should get some sleep once you're home." Alya said.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you what I dreamed of." Marinette said.

"Why not?" Alya asked. Looking around, Marinette made sure no one saw as she revealed the wounds she got from her nightmare. Seeing the cuts, Alya gasps in shock.

"Oh my goodness! How did you get those?!" She quietly said to not make a scene.

"I got them when I woke up. It happened in my nightmare too. Some creepy burnt guy with a clawed hand attacked me and he didn't seem to come from France." Marientte said, hiding her wound again.

Putting the pieces together, it clicked Alya.

"This sounds exactly like the horror villain Freddy Krueger." Alya said.

"Yeah, but why here in Paris?" Marinette wondered.

"That's what I wonder too. I thought he's just a movie character." Alya said.

"Me too. I hope Monarch has something to do with it." Marinette said.

X

At noon at the Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie, Marinette's parents were concerned about their daughter's lack of sleep even during dinner.

"Marinette are you alright?" Sabine asked.

"I'm alright Mama. I just need some rest." Marinette said as she goes upstairs.

Outside on the rooftops, Cat Noir decided to pay his princess a visit.

"Something's really up to Marinette. I need to figure out why." Cat Noir leaps over to the rooftop and lands on the balcony. He gently knocks on the hatch.

"Hello, is my princess home?" He waited for her. The trapdoor soon opened and Marinette saw the feline hero standing there.

"Cat Noir?"

"That's right Princess. I hope I'm not bothering you." Cat Noir said.

"You're not, come on in" Marinette allowed him inside.

"So, what's up for you lately?" Cat Noir asked her.

"I've had some problems sleeping." Marinette said.

"Really Marinette?" Cat Noir asked.

"Yeah. And you wouldn't believe what kind of nightmare I had." Marinette sat on the chaise longue with him.

"What kind of nightmare?" Cat Noir asked her again. Nervous, Marinette rolls her sleeve up and revealed the healed cuts.

"They appeared on my wrist when I woke up." Marinette said shakenly. Both surprised and shocked, Cat Noir took a closer look on her wrist.

"Are you saying you didn't make them?"

"No. I don't do such a thing when depressed. Believe me please." Marinette said.

"I believe you princess." Cat Noir pulls her to a hug to comfort her.

"Thank you Cat Noir" Marinette rubs his back. Upon doing so, he purred softly.

"Was I dreaming or you just purred?" Marinette heard him purr.

"Ummm yeah." replied Cat Noir embarressed.

"Please, stay here." pleaded Marinette to the cat hero. After a moment of thinking, Cat Noir then answered.

"Very well then. I'll be your knight tonight." Cat Noir touched her right pigtail gently.

"Thank you Cat Noir." Marinette buries her face to his chest. In Cat Noir's mind, he was relieved that his father was going away for a while, unaware he's actually busy as Monarch.

To be continued...