Chapter Two:
Isabella shot up from her deep sleep, her body covered in cold sweat. For the last week she had been having horrible dreams of a terribly burnt man who always wore the same black fedora hat and striped Christmas sweater.
"I really have to quit watching all those Slasher flicks" Isabella said, shaking her head
Laying back down she closed her eyes...She quickly floated off into sleep again. The next thing she knew Isabella was sitting on a chair....A bright light was flashing in her face, her eyes were watering by how bright it was. Isabella had no idea where she was, but she had an idea who was there with her...Hidden in the shadows. And before she could think anymore he jumped out in front of her, the man or...thing..Well, she still didn't know what it was.
"Hello there my dear Isabella" Freddy said, tickling her chin with his blades
"H-hi" Isabella stuttered, her eyes filled with fear
"I guess you wonder why I am still torturing you, huh?" Freddy asked, Isabella nodded "I knew you would say yes...Well, I can tell you one thing...It is so much fun scaring little children like you...I could go for any other of your siblings, but I choose to do this to you...You weaker than everyone else"
"No, I'm not...I'm more powerful than you" Isabella said
"You think? Can you do this?" Freddy asked
Isabella was confused, nothing was happening...But, then she realized something had happened...She looked down to see her feet tied together, she hadn't felt it at all...Next her hands became bound. Then a thick rope was tied tightly around her stomach.
"I have some questions for you...If you answer them wrong..You die" Freddy said, nicking one of his blades on Isabella's arm making a cut appear
"Okay" Isabella said, quietly
"Do you believe in...pain?" Freddy asked, trying to slash Isabella's arm only for her to jolt away
"Leave me alone" Isabella whimpered
"No" Freddy said, smirking
"YES!" Isabella yelled
"That was you passage to hell, my dear Belle...Prepare to die" Freddy said, Isabella screamed
Isabella screamed loudly in her dream and in the real world...Scarlett heard this and ran into the room, Jacob and Matthew following.
"Isabella? What's wrong?" Scarlett asked
"Stop! Don't kill me!" Isabella said, shaking violently
"Wake her up" Jacob said
"You do it...I'm afraid she's have a seizure or something if I touch her" Scarlett said
"She's your twin" Jacob said
"She's your sister" Jacob said
"I'll do it" Matthew said, happily
The small seven year old walked over and slapped his older sister's face. Isabella's eyes shot open, bloodshot and very wide...She scanned the image in front of her and sighed, she was in the real world again. Sitting up she wiped sweat off her forehead and smiled.
"It was just a dream" Isabella said
"I hope so...You really freaked me out for a second, Izzy" Scarlett said
"Well..Never mind, Scar...I'm okay" Isabella said, tucking a strand of loose hair behind her ear
"I'm going to back to sleep" Jacob said, leaving the room
"Nighty night" Matthew said, following his older brother
"Bye" Scarlett said, starting to walk away
"No..Scar..Will you sleep in here tonight? I'm kind of freaked from the dream I just had" Isabella said
"Okay" Scarlett said, walking over and laying next to her twin sister
"Goodnight" Isabella said
"You too" Scarlett said, closing her eyes
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Alice sat on her bed staring at the wall in front of her...She was thinking about Rick, Kristen, Debbie, Sheila, Greta, Mark and...Dan...She missed him so much. Even after almost seventeen years she still felt like it was yesterday...It was still like she
had lost him just the day before. It was getting hard to remember how he had smelt, what he use to say to her when she was crying over Rick and everything he did for her.
It was even more painful to think of why he was gone...It was her fault. She had told her best friend after he died that she was the reason he was dead...Yvonne just said that it wasn't. Any good friend would tell you that, just to make you feel better. But, what could anyone really say to her? Alice knew the truth...Freddy killing Dan was her total and complete fault.
No...She couldn't think about him...It was long over with...Freddy was ancient history, she had killed him...She couldn't think about it...But, her thoughts drifted off to her last battle with the night stalker when Jacob, her oldest son walked past her bedroom door....She remembered all the pieces of the puzzle that started to break as soon as she graduated from high school..
Flashback
"And as adults, we must now prepare for our new life outside this wonderful environment known as Springwood High... So let's blow this pop stand!" Dan exclaimed, smiling brightly
End Flashback
Alice smiled at this...Dan was full of so much energy, light....He was perfect and beautiful in every way...He had saved her from grief and despair...He had been the one who helped her though...Tear slowly formed in the corners of Alice's eye as she remembered what happened next...
Flashback
Alice's eyes slowly opened to a bright light...Shooting up from a cold, metal "bed", she frantically shot her head from side to side to see her father, Yvonne and various nurse and doctors staring at her, sympathy in their eyes.
"Where am I? Where am I?" Alice asked, frantically
"Calm down, Alice...You're at the hospital" Yvonne said
"W-why? What's wrong with me?" Alice asked, tears running down her cheeks
"Honey...Nothing is wrong with you" Yvonne said
"Then why am I here?" Alice asked
"You..." Yvonne said, being cut off
"What is wrong with me?" Alice demanded
"Nothing...You're just a little pregnant" Yvonne said
End Flashback
Alice wiped the crystal like tears from her reddened skin and tried to smiled, only failing...She had lost so much...And she just lost her husband. How could anything get worse? Alice laid her head gently onto her pillow and grieved...Something she had never had the time to do before.