The cafeteria buzzed with commotion as dozens of students began to pour into the already over crowded room. Virginia tapped her pen on the table watching all the people and wondering how she could pass the time. Lunch was always the worst period of the day.

"Hey, Virginia! Over here!" It was Natalie. She motioned for her to come to the table but Virginia hesitated. The girls that surrounded Natalie didn't look the type to give her a warm welcome. There were two blondes and a brunette, none extremely special alone, but each one had 'that look.' Everyone knows the look when they see it; its what distinguishes the in crowd from the rest. Virginia rolled her eyes as she thought about how ridiculous the high school hierarchy was.

It wasn't like there were many other options so she decided to give it a try. Virginia was aware she had a nasty attitude, but also knew how to control it and could be quite personable when necessary. Natalie introduced her friends one by one; the blond on the left was Lisa, the slightly darker blond with the fake bake tan was Teryn, and the brunette was Caitlin.

"So, what school did you come from? Lisa asked, playing with the diamond stud in her ear.

"Lakeview."

"Oh, haven't heard of it."

Teryn interrupted before she could say anything else. "Oh my God, I love your hair color! I've never seen that shade before, what do you use?"

"Nothing, its natural."

"No way, its like... blood red."

The small talk continued for the next few minutes, all centering around Virginia. Though their valley girl accents were grading on her nerves, she didn't mind the attention. Out of all the possible scenarios for a new school, she hadn't expected this. She was accepted, she was liked, she was one of them.

"I'm gonna go get a pretzel. Be right back." Lisa stood up, but as she did her purse got hooked on the chair and spilled all over the floor. Virginia leaned over to help her pick up her stuff when she noticed a bottle of pills that read, "Hypnocil," across the label.

"Hypnocil? What's that?" She knew she was being nosey, but her curiosity was perked.

"You're new..." Lisa whispered but trailed off before finishing the sentence.

"Really?" She asked with a hint of sarcasm to her voice. Realizing her attitude was beginning to shine through, she smiled and laughed to make a joke out of it. No one knew her here and she wasn't about to ruin that opportunity just yet.

Lisa sighed and sat back down. "I guess you should know now so that you can be prepared" The other three girls stared intently as she began to tell the story... "Years ago there was this guy, Freddy Krueger, he killed something like 30 kids right here in Springwood. He finally got arrested but the police made a mistake with the search warrant and his trial was dismissed on a technicality. Obviously, the parents were upset, so they found Krueger in his boiler room and burned him alive."

"Okay... Wait a minute, what does that have to do with the pills?" Virginia raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"The story doesn't end there, believe me, I wish it did. Freddy may have been dead but somehow he has the power to find you in your nightmares... and if you die in the dream, you die in real life. That's why we take Hypnocil, it's a dream suppressant."

"Whaaat?! You expect me to believe that bull shit? Is this some sort of new girl hazing? Jesus, if you take them for fun just say so. As long as you share I'm cool." Virginia's laughter drowned out Lisa as she tried to defend herself.

Lisa raised her voice becoming a bit angered at Virginia's reaction. "I told you! You're new here so you wouldn't understand! We've all had confrontations with Freddy in the past. We made it but there are a lot of kids that weren't so lucky. Don't believe me? Fine..." Lisa turned around lifting her shirt to revile four deep scars running down her back. "Is that proof enough?"

Virginia, for once, was at a loss for words. She still didn't believe the fairy tale, but something had obviously happened to these girls.

Natalie put her hand on Lisa's shoulder in sympathy. "Calm down hun, you know it's gonna sound crazy to someone that's not from Springwood." She turned back to Virginia and pulled out her bottle of pills, "Now that you know, you should probably take them too. I can talk to my dad about getting you some."

The bell sounded before Virginia had time to react to the offer. She quickly moved to fourth period without talking to anyone else.

That night, as Virginia got ready for bed, Lisa's story popped back into her mind. She nearly laughed out loud remembering how serious they all looked when they'd told it. It was almost like they actually believed the whole thing to be true. The day had been long and tiring, Virginia laid back and, in a matter of minutes, fell asleep.

Authors notes: Sorry this story took so long to get going... You can expect Freddy next chapter!