Epilogue

Alice pulled the blankets up around her sleeping son's neck and kissed his cheek. She was home now, away from Springwood, and away from Freddy. He was dead now, his soul burned as it should have been years before. Dr. Gordon had been such a help the last few months, keeping her informed of the improving conditions of all Gina Keller's other patience. So far, it was like nothing ever happened.

She only wished she had been able to rescue Melissa, or at least her memory. The connection with her mother and the Krueger murders made people speculate weather or not it had actually been Gina Keller the killer of the children way back when. Had Gina been the real murder? And Freddy an innocent tortured soul she exploited? Then had Melissa been her mother's daughter, having killed those kids, her mother, and finally herself? That is what the papers had a field day on since she had taken them to Melissa's charred remains. Only a few teeth and bone were left to identify her, but it was enough. The blood in her house, her finger prints on the scissors, the kids at 1429 Elm. It was so far from the truth it almost made Alice laugh.

Still Alice was haunted by her feelings of loss. She often dreamt of seeing Melissa, on a bright sunny day sitting on the edge of Krueger's grave. Dressed in white as the children had been, throwing rose petals down on to the ashes of Freddy. Alice sees herself walking to her, apologizing for her unable to protect her, and then sees her turn around, her face half alive, the other burned like his, and she wakes up screaming. Alice cringed at the memory of this dream and walked in to her bedroom. She crawled in to the covers and rests her head against her pillow. The flashes of Melissa's burned face echo back at her. She takes no chances.

Carefully she took a bottle of pills by her bed, a 'special' prescription Neil had given her, said it could have saved them all. She took the pills and lay back down, her eyes closed.

The dream begins. She is next to the grave, a bright sunny day; Melissa sits at its edge. "Melissa?" Alice asks to the sitting girl. "I'm sorry." And the dream ends.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

Previously this story was to have alternant endings. This idea was scrapped years ago after the final chapter was written, and i saw Freddy Vs Jason (yuck). I still have my other ideas and may post them some other time, but not now. If you liked this story please say so. I may write more. Thanks.