Disclaimer: Nightmare on Elm Street and all related characters and concepts are © New Line Cinema.

Authors Notes: This is the summary of the first chapter of my own little biographical fic about Freddy Krueger's life I'm writing for almost 10 years now (yeah, just unbelievable but true!). The reason I only give you some short summaries is that I'm a german and my story is therefore in german, too. But for all the English readers I want to give you a short impression of what I wrote.

Second Note: I know there is already a kind of Freddy's biography on Fanfiction.net. But my version is different in many ways, so you can decide which one you prefer.

Rated R for violence, sex and more.

CHAPTER 1 – The circle starts (February 1942)

=========================================

1. Amanda Krueger, aka Sister Mary Helena, gives birth to a boy in the Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital, where she was kept because she tried to suicide herself several months ago. Amanda is very hysterical and rejects the baby. When a nurse tries to give her the newborn boy, she gets unconscious.

2. The doctor who assisted in the birth, Dr. Martin, talks to Dr. H. J. Taylor, the chief physician of Westin Hills. He complains about the miserable conditions in the hospitals. Dr. Taylor is mostly unimpressed and explains, that Amanda concealed her labour pains and that a psychiatric hospital could not afford all the newest technical stuff. Besides, he says, that mother and child are alright. Dr. Martin reminds him that the hospital could hardly make use of a second scandal and that the first one is not over, but has just begun to live.

3. Amanda undergoes in a dream once again the horror of being captured with the hundred maniacs and being raped countless times. She awakens screaming.

4. The abbess, Sister Mary Elisabeth, visits Amanda/Mary Helena. Mary Helena is desperate, she thinks that she has broken her vow, but the abbess says that it was not her fault. When a nurse brings the baby for breastfeeding, Mary Helena refuses at first to take it, but the abbess lays it nevertheless in her arms. It is the first time Mary Helena sees her son, and some new, unknown feelings come up, feelings of love. She asks the abbess what she should do now. Mary Elisabeth tells her that she could return to the convent, but only without her child. That leaves Mary Helena just more desperate. Although she never wanted this child she feels a deep pain by the thought of releasing him for adoption. The abbess leaves and reminds Mary Helena to think about everything before making a decision.

5. The next day, Dr. Martin brings the baby to Mary Helena and tells her that it is physical healthy (and beside this a wonderful, cute boy). Of course that is not Mary Helena's apprehension. Dr. Martin asks if she has finally chosen a name for the baby, but she hasn't. She can't even think about choosing a name for a child that she conceived under such dreadful circumstances. So she asks the doctor for his own name, which is Fred, and states that the baby will be called Fred – Fred Krueger!

6. Two nurses take care of little Fred, who is put in a small clothes chamber. One nurse is friendly and plays with Freddy, the other is rather hostile and tells the first that this baby is the bastard son of a hundred maniacs and therefore could never be normal. She would never care for him if it was not her duty. Her negative words alienate the first nurse and make her stop playing with Freddy. 

7. Miss Fisher, a young woman of the youth welfare, visits Mary Helena. She hassles her to sign the adoption papers, as the chances for adoption of newborn babies were good. But Mary Helena refuses to sign the papers, even when Miss Fisher accuses her of being selfish and irresponsible. Mary Helena though wants to think about the adoption release first and sends her away.

8. Mary Helena makes a little walk outside the building and meets Dr. Taylor. She asks him if her son will be mentally sane, but the doctor gives her only cagey answers. Then he also hassles her with the adoption and even tries to persuade her with some hush money, if she promises to keep silent about the things that happened in Westin Hills and if she agrees to the adoption release. Mary Helena is appalled that the doctors wants to buy her silence and returns sadly to her son.

9. Some days later. Mary Helena wants to see Fred in his chamber and witnesses unintentionally a chat between two nurses about her son, where the women don't speak very polite about Fred. Furiously she enters the room, and advises the two ashamed nurses with some bible words, before she leaves with Fred in her arms again.

10. Miss Fisher visits Mary Helena again and repeats her arguments for the adoption release. Finally Mary Helena gives in and signs the papers. Miss Fisher is satisfied and wants to take Freddy with her at once, and so Mary Helena has just a few minutes to say goodbye to her son. Freddy screams loud when he is taken away from his mother. Mary Helena waves him goodbye when Miss Fishers leaves, but she has many doubts if she did the right thing.

So, that's it. So it begins. Wanna know more? Well, just read the next chapter summary… and feel free to review!