2 a.m. The young woman wasn't at all surprised by how late it was. She often

found herself working long hours. She had no one to go home to so there was no reason

not to spend her nights hard at work. Not that there was much to do at a library this late

at night, but she still felt a bit of comfort in this environment.

Suddenly, she heard a faint creak from behind her. This didn't startle her,

however. She merely brushed her strawberry blonde hair back and called out.

"What can I do for you, Bubbles?"

Bubbles, who had been trying to be as quiet as possible as not to scare her friend,

closed the door behind her.

"How did you know it was me?" she asked.

"Coming in the back door this late at night? Who else would it be?"

Bubbles giggled slightly before sitting down.

"Alice, you used to live in Springwood, didn't you?"

Alice shifted in her seat. "A long time ago. I went to high school there and raised

my son there. Why do you ask?"

This time it was Bubbles' turn to shift around. "Do you know anything about a

man with a red and green striped sweater and knives for fingers?"

She had Alice's complete attention at this and began telling of the recent events

around Townsville. Then, it was her turn to share the terrible truths about Freddy Kruger.

"What can I do to stop him?" Bubbles asked, desperately.

"Well, I can tell you now, your powers won't do any good here. In the dream

world, he's in control. The only thing you can do is try to outsmart him."

Bubbles had known this would be tough, but now she was more worried then

ever. Blossom was good at outsmarting things, but she wasn't. This was going to take

everything she had.
Figuring there was no point in delaying the inevitable, she didn't fight sleep that

night. She decided it was time to face the horror now consuming Townsville head on. It

wasn't long until she fell asleep and began to dream.

She took a moment to look around, trying to figure out where she was. But this

place didn't look familiar at all. Of course not, she thought to herself. He's not stupid

enough to put me somewhere I know about.

"Bubbles?"

She turned to see Blossom standing not far away and knew what was happening.

"Blossom. He's after you. We've got to get ready to fight."

Blossom looked at her confused. She was about to reply, when a sinister laugh

started echoing through the dark area they stood in.

"Fight? And what kind of fighting would you intend to do?"

"What was that?" asked Blossom, a little worried now.

Her question was answered when Freddy appeared behind her. She froze in fear,

realizing just how real this was.

Bubbles rushed forward. "You can't beat us both. I won't let you kill anyone

else."

"There's only one problem, my sweet little Bubbles," He mocked. "You're

really still in bed. Blossom, on the other hand, seems to have a sleep walking problem."

With that, he snapped his fingers and Bubbles woke with a start in her room. Just

as Freddy had said, Blossom was not there.

"Buttercup, wake up! Blossom's in trouble!"
Meanwhile, Blossom stood face to face with Freddy Kruger.

"Do you still think this is all just something Bubbles dreamt up?"

Blossom's response was to fire her ice breath. After a few moments, he was a

frozen statue. She laughed, triumphantly. Her laugh subsided quickly when he appeared

behind her for a second time. She spun around and iced him again. But again, he

showed up behind her.

After a few minutes, Blossom found herself surrounded by ten Freddy statues

she'd made. Suddenly, the ice shattered and all ten Freddy's came to life.

"You send a chill down my spine, Red." One of them said. "Now see what I

send down yours."

With that, they all attacked. She fought as best she could, but the numbers where

too great, and before long, there was nothing she could do to stop them.