Chapter Fifteen

Reversing the Spell

"Alright are you two ready? Maggie asked seriously. She shot an icy glare in the direction of her dad, but remembered Lola Cep was in that body not her father.

"Hey!" Lola replied in defense. It wasn't her fault she was a monster- well technically it was, but that was besides the point and yes, she wasn't planning on handing over the body back to Krueger.

"Alright I was thinking maybe...Have you ever seen Double, Double Toil and Trouble?"She asked Lola.

"That movie with Mary Kate and Ashley?" Lola asked unimpressed.

"Well yes...I was thinking maybe you guys need to say something nice about each other- or something you think would break the spell." She couldn't imagine ever complimenting her bastard of a father, and now this poor young child had to.

Freddy and Lola exchanged bewildered looks.

"Um alright." Lola began. "You are very nice." She said flatly.

"Something true!" Maggie muttered.

"I heard that." Freddy scowled at his daughter.

"You've got a neat hat."

"Not materialistic!" Maggie sighed in exasperation- they were getting nowhere.

"Right, right. Okay you're pretty funny." Lola said in as much kindness as she could muster.

"Nothing happened." Freddy snapped.

"You've got to say something too!" Lola argued.

"Fine. You've got a nice body." Both girls stared at him. "You spent all your money on me for the plane ticket which was..." He gulped the lump in his throat. "You were very uh," He sputtered. "I thought it was..."

"Say it Dad, it won't kill you!" Maggie rolled her eyes.

"It was decent." He shuddered. Him saying that word about someone else? That was a joke. Nothing happened once again. Lola glanced at her arm.

"I'm still in his body." She sighed.

The threesome were in Maggie's spacious basement. No living person spent time down there, so they were free to do and say what they wanted with Hallie out of earshot.

How much was it to ask to get back his body? Was he going to have to PRAY next? No way.

"I'm a freak." She lied. "A freak with a dumb hat and gross skin!" Freddy shot her a cold stare. If looks could kill he wouldn't need those four blades.

"Oh come on!" Maggie threw up her arms. "I give up!"

"NO!" Freddy shouted. He scrambled over to the woman. "PLEASE!"

"Well you two can come up with ideas too you know."

"I'm trying." Lola grumbled. Her hand rubbed against the rough textured skin.

"The reversing process is obviously s supernatural." Freddy scorned.

"Freddy you are supernatural." Lola pointed out. "You only come in dreams."

"I'M NOT DONE!" He turned to her with venom in his eyes. "So maybe you can reach into me and pull my soul out of your-"

"You and souls." Maggie rolled her eyes. "That's stupid. This is reality not the dream world- you can't do that here or she'll kill you and she'll be stuck in your gruesome body." Evidently, Maggie thought of everything.

"Let's become one!" Lola shouted. "That might reverse the spell!"

"Kiss?" Freddy asked grinning.

"No." Lola frowned.

"Sex?"

"DAD!"

"It was just a suggestion." Freddy grumbled. He hated taking orders! He was always in charge not someone else and especially not his daughter.

"Well your suggestions suck." Lola muttered.

"You suck." Freddy retorted. Lola stuck her tongue out at him. Immature little-

"STOP! You act younger then your age." Maggie pointed to Lola. "And you act younger then me." She told her father.

"Let's try this!" Lola closed her eyes and slowly swayed back and forth, humming. "Oh spirits! Send our souls back into their original body-oh spirits-"

"Who do you think I am? Some Catholic? It won't work for me." Freddy pointed out and she stopped in mid sway.

"Well then lets try this- GIVE ME BACK MY BODY!" Lola shrieked deeply. Well if Freddy's vocal chords could shriek.

"Maybe you guys should just stay in each other's bodies." Maggie snapped her fingers. "Then there will be several sufficient benefits. There will be no more unpreventable child murders-"

"That sounds like a-" Lola started to say.

"I think NOT!" Freddy grabbed her by her shirt collar. Bad idea Maggie. Very bad idea.

Lola scratched at the itchy fabric of the red and green sweater, Freddy bit his lip and Maggie tapped her foot in thought.

"Well..." Lola said thoughtfully.

"Well." Freddy mimicked her.

"Screw you Krueger." She snapped. They were both in irritable moods.

"Sure!" He laughed cruelly. Maggie shouted. Lola, well she decided to come clean before they really did switch back.

"The truth is... I don't think I want to give you back your body." She began uneasily. He was going to kill her for this one!

"WHAT?" Maggie and Freddy asked in shocked unison.

"I like it... I mean its a little lonely- but peaceful- and I'm too ashamed to face Kurt... And my friends and..."

"No way!" He slammed his fist against the wall, nearing breaking the fragile bones. "I can't believe this-I thought you wanted your body back?" He wailed.

"I did." She nervously bit her nails. "But its so much easier being you. You have no problems to stress over, no deadlines to meet, no worries about being stabbed in the back."

"True." Freddy smiled cockily. But the ego trip faded quickly and his anger took over. "Yes I do! I have no companionship. No daughter to help me." He looked pointedly at Maggie who shook her head in a warning tone. "And I'm running out of half decent victims!" He threw up his hands in exasperation.

"You have powers and I don't. My entire friendship group are a bunch of two faced gossiping-"

"That I'd agree on." Freddy added rudely. "But I want my body back. I hate it all...Your world, your body." He narrowed his eyes. "And especially that-time-a-month." He adjusted the choice of topic and quickly rushed forward to Lola and stood in front of her. Gritting his teeth he grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her back and forth. The fedora slipped onto the floor.

"Give me back my body!" He shouted. Maggie shushed him in reply. He snatched the fedora and plunked it down on his head. "This is mine- not yours!" He was freaking out and could get very, very violent results.

"Don't touch me!" Lola hissed rubbed her sore shoulders. "You're never. Ever. Getting this body back- you don't deserve it bastard." Lola rose the bladed glove adorning her hand and slashed outwards towards him in anger, although it would be her body she damaged, she planned to never live in it again.

Freddy whipped out his fingertips in survival instinct and the blades locked with his fingers. There was an abrupt jolt, like a bolt of electricity. It ran through the two bewildered people. They shot backwards and crash landed onto the ground. A flash of green light burst in the room and blinded them for a minute or two.

Freddy groaned and rubbed at his head. He felt terribly dizzy- but there he felt a... fedora instead! He glanced down at his hands and then at his red n' green striped sweater in wonder.

"I'M BACK!" He shouted gleefully. "It worked!" He clapped his hands against his palm avoiding the sharp blades.

Lola sighed heavily.

Well I suppose it won't be that terrible-it was nice while it lasted. She thought to herself. It felt so, so strange to be back in a female body- no blades, no funny hat, no red and green striped sweater- as itchy as it had been. She missed it tenderly.

Maggie turned to Freddy. "Now you. Get the hell out of my life."

"Gladly." Freddy lied. What was her problem?

"Well time to get out of here." He shouted happily. "Dream world here I come- my boiler room misses me!" He screeched with laughter.

"That's it?" Lola asked. "No goodbye?" She was almost sad. Would she never see this madman Krueger again? "Krueger do you have any idea how long I've had a thing for you?" She mumbled quietly, her head down.

"Bon voyage babe!" And Freddy disappeared into thin air, not hearing Lola's last words.