Chapter 10: Special Help

Katherine waited outside on the school's bench waiting for her friends. Her eyes were glazed over as she stared off in space. She was tired. She didn't have a nightmare last night, but it felt like she had. Maybe it was just nerves. Her head turned swiftly to the side as Natalie, Lucas, Carmen, Stephanie, and the twins Bethany and Margaret. Jasmine, however, was missing. Maybe she is just sick. Katherine thought wearily.

As her friends approached closer, Katherine saw that they looked equally exhausted

"Where's Jasmine?" Katherine yawned.

"She wasn't on the bus this morning. I think that her mother is going to drop her off. You have 1st hour with her though, don't you?" Carmen asked.

Katherine nodded. "Yup, Bethany and I."

Bethany nodded. "Did any of you guys wake up suddenly last night?" She asked apprehensively.

Everyone nodded monotonously.

"What do you think it meant?" Natalie asked wearily.

"Do you think it was…Freddy?" Lucas asked.

Margaret spoke up quickly. "Wow, Lucas. Why do you bring up that guy so quickly?" She asked suspiciously.

He shrugged. "I dunno. I just think it's odd that we all suddenly wake in the middle of the night…right?" He looked at Katherine for support.

"I don't know," Katherine faltered. "We better get to class."

The rest of them agreed. Bethany and Katherine went one way, and the rest split up and went to their classes.

Bethany and Katherine were silent the whole way. When they entered the math class, there was still no sign of Jasmine. The two girls stared at each other with a sliver of fear in their eyes.

"Maybe she is just running late…" Bethany suggested.

Katherine shrugged and they went to sit on their chairs still staring at Jasmine's empty chair.

They turned their attention to the door as the bell rang. The thought that Jasmine was not coming started to sing into their minds. Matters turned worse when the principal's voice came over the loud speaker. It wasn't his usual happy, cheery, cheesy voice. Instead, it was dark, gloomy and very unhappy.

"Good morning students. I am afraid to inform you of this, but late last night one of our number left us. Her name was Jasmine Tarence. I would like to have a moment of silence for our departed."

He paused. Bethany and Katherine slowly looked at each other. They ran to one another and began to cry.

"Thank you," The principal said a minute later. "I am truly sorry for her friends and family." He clicked off.

Jasmine and Bethany were still hugging and crying. The whole class turned to stare at Katherine. She stared back, helplessly. They knew. They knew she's been living in that horrid house for months. They probably blamed her, but then again, nobody was glaring. They were just…staring.

Even the teacher did not give her daily lecture. She let the class have a free day. Katherine and Bethany went and sat alone in a corner, while they tried to ignore everyone whispering about Freddy Krueger.

All eyes turned to the doorway as a girl with a pale face walked in. She went over to Jasmine's desk and gently placed a red carnation in the middle. The act made Bethany and Katherine cry harder.

Suddenly, the loud speaker came on again. "Because of the situation today, we are letting everyone go home early. Get out of here."

The whole class was silent for a moment. Then they all slowly packed their material and left quietly. Katherine and Bethany waited for their friends outside. Sure enough, Natalie, Carmen, Stephanie, Bethany's twin, Margaret and Lucas came running. All six girls began hugging and sobbing loudly while Lucas sat on the bench. His eyes were red and swollen as though he had his share of crying too.

"I know it was Freddy now." Margaret said.

"We have to kill him. If we don't, then he will just kill us all." Natalie said.

"He's gonna do it anyway." Lucas sighed.

Katherine sat beside him. "Not if we can help it," Katherine said kindly. He smiled at her. "We are going to find Loretta and end that bastard for good."

"How are we going to do that?" Natalie asked.

"Hopefully a little friend of mine will help.

"Mom, I brought some of my friends with me today." Katherine announced when she arrived home.

Her mom appeared in the doorway. She looked upset. "Hi, everyone. I'm really sorry about your friend."

Everyone nodded sadly.

"Would you like something to eat?"

"No, thank you." Everyone said. Katherine's mother nodded and returned to the kitchen. The friends began to walk upstairs.

"Oh, Katherine," Her mom began again. Katherine turned around. "You left your radio on this morning. Can you tell me why it was playing children's music?"

Katherine's friends stared at her oddly. Katherine just shrugged. "I don't know, Mom."

She nodded and continued into the kitchen. The rest finished climbing the stairs.

"Children's music?" Natalie asked.

"It wasn't me."

They walked into Katherine's room. Snowy and Reaper were asleep on her bed. They automatically woke up when the group entered. Her friends nervously sat on her bed, and began to pet the cats.

"What are we doing here? This is scary." Carmen said, shivering.

Katherine looked around the room. "You'll find out in a bit."

"Who's your little friend?" Bethany asked.

"You'll find out in a minute!" Katherine said impatiently. Startled, the cats jumped off the bed and ran into the closet. The group quietly waited. Katherine looked around the room in frustration. The others had no idea what or who they were supposed to be waiting for. To top it all off, the were all scared to even be in Freddy's house.

Finally, Natalie decided to say something. "Katherine, what are we supposed to be waiting for?"

Katherine, whose back was to her friends, shrugged. "I don't know anymore." She began to pace around the room.

"Can we go now?" Margaret asked.

"No…Katherine!" Katherine called. The others looked confused.

"Katherine…as in Freddy's daughter?" Bethany asked fearfully.

Katherine looked at her friends. "Yes."

The group on the bed jumped up.

"Are you crazy? How in the world do you have contact with Katherine Krueger?" Lucas exclaimed.

Katherine shrugged. "I don't know. She just came one day and began to talk to me."

The group stared at Katherine as though she was going crazy, or she was going to shout or laugh, but she didn't.

Katherine walked past her friends and disappeared into the walk-in closet. She looked around, and sure enough, in the way back; Little Katherine sat, petting the cats lovingly. They were purring happily. But was not smiling. Katherine, however, did.

"Are you okay?"

Little Katherine shook her head. Katherine knelt down beside her. "Why don't you come out and help us." Katherine suggested.

Once again, she shook her little head. "Why would they want help from a little kid?" Katherine whispered.

"Because they know we need you, and they trust you," She said kindly, holding out her hand. "Come on, Princess."

The little girl smiled and took Katherine's hand so she could be lead out of the closet. Katherine walked out holding the little girl's hand. The two cats followed closely behind them, rubbing their bodies on the two girl's legs.

Everyone's eyes fell on the little girl and they gasped. Katherine smiled at the unfamiliar people. Her face fell when her eyes landed on Lucas. She stared at him with great distrust, but he stared back with kindness in his eyes. The little one, however, was not convinced.

"That's a boy!" She said accusingly.

Katherine knelt down in front if the small child. "Yes, but he's a nice boy."

She still didn't look convinced. "Okay, but I wanna sit with you."

The group sat back down on the bed and Little Katherine sat on Katherine's lap. Everyone stared at her in awe.

"Are you a ghost?" Margaret asked.

Katherine shook her head. "Nope, I'm a young spirit of the living." She said half-heartedly.

"O…kay…"

"Do you guys want my help or are you going to ask me pointless questions all day?" She said, getting frustrated.

"Sorry. What should we do?"

Katherine sat up straighter and began to tell her idea. "Okay, I heard that you are going to try to find my mommy. I just wanted to tell you that you are not gonna find her when you are awake," (Everyone's jaws dropped) "Sorry, but my daddy made sure of that a long time ago," She trailed off and looked at Katherine. She nodded, encouraging her to continue. The cats jumped back onto the bed and Little Katherine began to pet them before continuing.

"Years ago, two girls found my grandma, Amanda Krueger. She was my daddy's mommy. The girls were asleep when the found her. So I know for a fact that you have to find her in your sleep."

"How are we going to do that?" Lucas asked.

Katherine stared at the boy, then she sighed. "I'm sure her spirit knows you are going to try to find her. I'm pretty sure she will lead you to her. But I'm afraid it might take awhile, so you are going to have to wait. Until then, I suggest you…well you can't just stay awake, can you?" Katherine smiled sadly, knowing that most of the teenagers on the bed was going to be murdered by her father before they could reach her mother.

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