Chapter Nine:

Katie's POV

I wish me a Merry Christmas, I wish me a Merry Christmas, I wish me a Merry Christmas and to live to the new year. I can't believe it. I've been at Willow Valley for one month. One long, boring month. Some of the highlights are: Shane trying to teach me a way to channel out my "depressing feelings" by cutting, Kaitlin trying to kill Purple Deanna when she said the Kevin dude she obsesses over was a figment of her imagination and my death defying dream. Yeah, I still have them.

Something that really sucks is that no one ever contacts me here. Well, Freddy called like last week to say he was almost ready to tell the band about Krueger. But, how long can he hold it off? Alice and Jacob have been renting out an apartment since they got to Staten Island. They visited me once. Alice is so pretty and Jacob is pretty cute, except for the whole dazed look he gets when Alice and I talk about how we are going to defeat Krueger.

The thing I don't get is why they are holding it off for so long...I mean..Yeah, he hasn't been very active since he killed Gordon, but the dreams..They got more and more scarier and horrible every night. More blood, more threats, more scary shit. I can't handle it as well anymore...I feel like I'm losing my strength.

Freddy's POV

Damn. Katie must be having a holly, jolly Christmas. I would die if I had to spend my Christmas there...No, I said die. Bad move, Jones. Mental Note: Don't say anything stupid anymore, It only makes bad things occur. Oh my God! What if saying that makes Krueger come back? This is so fricking scary. Katie could be dead right now.

"No...Calm down, dude" I said, to myself "This is just you imagination running wild..Yeah, that's it. Wild imagination"

I sighed, this was all going terrible. I am as nervous as hell. My hands are shaking and I have cotton-mouth. Gross. This is all because Alice and I are finally telling the band about that jackass Krueger. I don't get why I didn't tell them earlier. It was kind of stupid. But, it stopped him for killing anymore else, didn't it? Yeah...Haven't found any slaughtered bodies lately, eh? Yuppers, I 'm sure I haven't..But, well..He still visits my dreams. One or twice a week. Trying to scare the shit out of me, It works too. Like, last night I woke up in a cold sweat and that gross cotton-mouth. I've been getting that a lot lately

No POV

Alice slowly drove her car into the driveway of Freddy's home. She had been told by the blonde that the only people who were going to be there were Jacob, her, the band and him. She believed Freddy. Over the last month she had grown to trust to trust the teen. She had also grown to care for him like her own son. She wanted to protect Freddy and Katie from Krueger. They didn't deserve this pain. This torture. She parked her car at the top of the spiraling driveway. Stepping out onto the blacktop ground, the black soles of her sneakers made a squeaking sound. She sighed at this and walked towards the door, ringing the doorbell.

Freddy ran down the staircase and stood by the door. He knew it was Alice, his mother figure. The person who was now there for him more than his own parents. Opening the door, he smiled. The two blondes shook hands, but realized it was ridiculous. So, they hugged. It felt good to feel like someone cared. Freddy needed to feel like this, his parents were never around and he hated them for that. Especially now, during all of this. Even if they didn't have a clue about it.

"Hey..Merry Christmas" Freddy said, letting go of Alice "Where's Jacob?"

"You too. He wanted to skateboard here" Alice said "I hate those things..A riding death-trap"

"Whatever" Freddy said, rolling his eyes "So..You think it's really time to tell them?"

"This is the best time, Freddy" Alice said "You know that..Don't you?"

"Um. I guess" Freddy said

"Okay then! When are you're friends coming?" Alice asked, sitting on the living room couch

"Later" Freddy said, sitting down next to her "How's Katie?"

"Good. You should really visit her though" Alice said, pausing "Everything is getting to her"

"Like how?" Freddy asked, concernely

"I don't know" Alice said "I can't really explain"

"Oh, okay" Freddy said, looking around the room hesitantly

"Where are you're parents? It's Christmas day...Shouldn't they be here with you?" Alice asked

"No...They're in Winnipeg. Some business trip" Freddy said

"On Christmas?" Alice asked, raising her eyebrow

"Yes, one Christmas" Freddy said, mimicking her "Do I really have to do this though? I don't think I'm ready"

"What? Freddy..You already planned it all" Alice said

"No..Something like this cannot be planned" Freddy said "It has to go the way it is suppose too"

"No..You have to do this" Alice said, putting her hand on Freddy's shoulder

"I just ca-" Freddy said, being cut off by the doorbell "Damn it...It's them probably"

"It's too late now" Alice said "We have to tell them before it's too late"

Freddy got up from the couch and walked over to the door. He opened it up to see the remaining members of the band. They all smiled at him and walked into the house, each teen sitting somewhere around the living room. Freddy sat back down next to Alice and smiled nervously at them.

"Um..Hi" Freddy said

"Hey" Alice said, waving her hand

"Why are we here? It's Christmas" Marta said

"Yeah. I had to sneak out of my house" Tomika said

"You did?" Freddy asked

"You said it was urgent" Tomika said

"I did say that, didn't I?" Freddy asked

"Yeah, dude. Are you okay?" Zack asked "You look a little..Nervous"

"I a-" Freddy said, stopping "Alice. Tell them"

"Tell us what?" Marco asked, a confused expression on his face

"Well..It's kind of hard to explain..And to believe. But, here I go" Alice said, taking a deep breath "It all started..."

Alice told the story. Krueger's story. Various gasps and screams were heard during the tale. Freddy held his head in his hands the whole time. Too afraid to look up at his friends. He didn't want to see their reactions. When Alice had finished the story, there was an awkward silence. Freddy lifted his head to look around the room and to see mouths open wide and eyes gleaming with tears.

"No..This can't be true" Summer said "It's all a sick, twisted lie! How could you say this too us? When you know that half of our best friends just died?"

"I am not lying" Alice said "Ask Freddy, call Katie..God only knows that she needs to talk to someone..I would never lie about this"

"But, It can't be..Why would someone do this to us?" Leonard asked, his lips quivering

"He is twisted, Leonard. The most sadistic, evil thing you could ever come face-to-face with" Alice said

"So..That wasn't a dream" Marta said, her hands shaking "When we were all together...When Gordon died. It was all..Real"

"Yes..I'm sorry to say, but it was" Alice said

"He is terrible" Freddy said "The dreams get worse and worse every night. But, I don't die..It's like he's waiting to kill us. Waiting for something..Someone"

"I know what he's waiting for" Alice said, standing up

"What?" Zack asked, his face paling

"Katie" Alice said "She's the key...She has the strength to defeat Krueger. She had the power to defeat him once and for all"

"God..This sounds like something out of a horror movie" Marta said, starting to cry

"Calm down, Blondie" Leonard said, hugging her "I'll always be here for you"

"What was that for?" Freddy asked

"I was comforting her..You got a problem with that?: Leonard asked, looking up at Freddy

"No" Freddy said

"So..When do we have to do this thing? Help Katie and all?" Eleni asked

"Very soon" Alice said "Sooner than you think"

Katie's POV

Yay! Party! Party! Party! Oh my God! We get cookies and eggnog! My life has suddenly gotten better! Right...This is just my mind warping. I like turning sucky things happening in my life, happy. Turn that frown upside down! You know that saying? That's how I see it with my mind. Instead it's: Turn my thoughts from bad to good, sad to happy. I know. Stupid, stupid. I know I'm stupid for just saying that, but it makes me happy. If that is possible.

"Kathryn? Telephone" Dr. Johnson said, standing by the door of my room

Oh great. The bitch is back.Just smile and nod. Smile and nod, Katie. I walked out of my bedroom to see more white. White is like the only color used at this place. When I asked why that's the only color there was, Dr. Johnson was all like: "White is a security color." Right. More like: "White is the only acceptable color, every other color is BAD!!!." Here's my color chart:

Red? Blood..Something a lot of people her are afraid of. Myself included.

Blue? The color of the ocean..People can drown there.

Pink? I don't have a explanation for this one

Black? Dr. Johnson doesn't like black. She say's it's an evil color. Right, like I don't get that one.

White? Padded walls...Nice, safe padded walls

Oh, yeah. I forgot I have a phone-call...Oh my God! A phone call?! It could be Freddy! Run, Katie, Run!!! I'm really starting to sound psychotic, aren't I? I arrived at the phone room, they actually named a room "The Phone Room." Geez. I tripped. Right over one of the chairs. My arm, ouch. Blood. I cut my arm. It was a accident, who care? Accident's are accidents. Accident can happen. I got up and ripped the phone off of the table.

"Hello?" I asked, looking around the room..No one is here, good.

"Hey" A voice said, who was that? That voice sounds so familiar

"Um..Hi" I said, confused

"It's Eleni" Eleni said

"Oh! Eleni..Oh my God. It is so nice talking to you" I said

"You too" Eleni said

"What's up?" I asked..The sky? The ceiling? That's what's up for me.

"I know..Alice and Freddy told us about him" Eleni said

"About who?" I said, chewing on my ponytail

"Krueger" Eleni said

Krueger? They know? How could Freddy tell them without telling me first? Bastard..No, I didn't mean that. Bad move, Kates. Calm down and listen to Eleni. God know, I need to talk to someone I actually like. Except the group here.

"So..What do you think?" Katie asked

"I'm scared, Kates" Eleni said "Really scared"

"I've been scared before too..You get use to it" I said "I have to,,um..Go"

I hung up the phone. Now why did I do that? Damn it, Katie! Bad, bad Katie! very bad movie, Kitty Kat. I really need to sort out my priorities. But, not now. Now I need to figure out a plan. A plan to kill him. The same thing I have been doing since I entered this hellhole.