I waited in my room until I heard them go back downstairs. I went to the bathroom to clean up my arm. It had almost stopped bleeding, but it still hurt.
How did my cut become real? It was just a dream, wasn't it?
It didn't feel like a dream. It doesn't even seem like I went to sleep. I'm more tired than ever.
I had a feeling of déjà vu while cleaning my arm. It was as if I had done it before. Or I had imagined myself doing it. I shook it off and went downstairs.
My mother and the doctor were gone.
I went into the kitchen and got my medicine out of the cabinet.
Hypnocil Plus. Plus what, I don't know.
I washed it down with some coffee, and went over to my laptop in the next room.
I had to find out what had happened in Springwood.
What had happened to...me.
I searched the internet for about an hour, and didn't find anything. It was as if everything had been covered up. Why else would something high profile be so hard to find?
A few minutes later a site came up full of school newspaper articles.
"SPRINGWOOD SLASHER: KILLER OF 20-30 CHILDREN" was the title of an article from September 1968.
I skimmed through the gruesome details...
ESTIMATED TO ABOUT 20-30 CHILDREN DEAD...
KILLER NOT YET FOUND...
I soon found another one dated two years and one month later.
"SUSPECT LET GO TO TECHNICALITY"
FREDDY KRUEGER...
INSUFFICIENT DOCUMENTATION...
Some more articles popped up on my screen.
"DEATH DUE TO SEVERE BURNS"
I got the chills remembering his scalded skin.
"COPYCAT SLASHER ON THE LOOSE"
"LOCAL CLAIMS HE'S BACK"
"DREAM DEMON HAUNTING LOCAL TEENS"
Then, it was as if everything had disappeared. No more stories. Springwood was normal. A nice place to live with friendly neighbors. However, I found their mistake.
"RE-OPENING OF PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL"
It seems as though Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital had some 'staff problems that got fixed right away'.
That didn't make any sense. The dates on the article would amount to ten years.
Ten years for 'staff problems'?
I guess all crazy houses don't have any concept for time.