Chapter 4
Morning has arrived and Alvin had another sleepless night. Every noise would startle him and he would make sure he wasn't asleep for fear of Freddy returning to try again to get him. Fortunately for Alvin and his brothers, it was Friday; which means that they can have more time to relax. Dave had the tv on the news and listened as he made pancakes for breakfast. Simon and Theodore got to the table while Alvin lagged behind. "Come on Alvin, we need to eat now or we'll be late for school!", Simon said. "Okay, okay, I'm coming!", Alvin said tiredly.
Simon, Theodore, and Dave noticed that Alvin was once again having trouble keeping his eyes open. "Couldn't sleep again after a nightmare?", Simon asked. "Yes, Freddy was after me again. I know if I fall asleep, he will eventually kill me.", Alvin responded. "Freddy? This guy you're dreaming about has a name now?", Simon asked as he and his brothers ate. Alvin replied, "Yes. He said, 'Come to Freddy' and I heard a weird song that has its first line say 'one, two Freddy's coming for you' so that's how I know his name is Freddy. Also Simon, you were the one singing it in the dream!" Both Simon and Theodore immediately shouted, "What?!" Theodore asked, "Why would Simon sing a song like that?" "I don't know Theo.", Alvin said. "Though it looked almost like he was in a trance as he was singing it." Dave chimed in, "You're having some really strange dreams as of late, Alvin, but we'll talk later, you, Simon, and Theodore need to get to school."
The boys arrived at the school and the Chipettes arrived not too long after that. Simon and Jeanette were talking about what he had heard from Alvin. "Apparently this guy Alvin is dreaming about is named Freddy.", Simon told Jeanette. "That's pretty vivid if you ask me.", she responded. Simon continued, "The strange thing is, Alvin hasn't watched any movies with someone like that in them. Why on earth is he suddenly having these dreams?" "Who knows?", Jeanette says. Nathan then comes up to Alvin and Brittany as they're talking and notices Alvin's tired look on his face. "Was it him again?", Nathan asked. "Yes it was. I was telling Brittany about it but she thinks I'm nuts.", Alvin replied. "That's because it sounds nuts, Alvin. I've known you for quite a while and this is the craziest thing I've ever heard from you.", Brittany says before walking off. Nathan then asks as he and Alvin walk into the school, "His name is Freddy, isn't it?" "Yes, it is!", Alvin exclaims. "How did you know?" Nathan answers, "I heard the song that says his name." "You mean the 'one, two Freddy's coming for you, three, four better lock your door' song?", Alvin asks. "Yes, that one.", Nathan responds. Suddenly the bullies, Derek and Bobby, who were picking on another student head Alvin and Nathan's way. "Well, it's two losers again.", Derek says. "Oh, buzz off idiot.", Nathan says. "Wanna say that again to my friend, punk?", Bobby snarls as he gets in Nathan's face. Nathan smirks and says, "Your friend is an idiot." Bobby pulls his fist back but is stopped by Derek after he looked at the clock. "We gotta go man. You punks got lucky because we got to be in class or else we would've pounded you.", Derek says.
It was science class, and Alvin was trying his best to listen to the teacher, Mr. Anderson. Simon had to keep hitting Alvin on the back to keep him from falling asleep in class. "Now can anyone tell me what bond this forms?", Mr. Anderson asks the class while pointing to a diagram of a joined sodium and chlorine ion on the board. Simon raises his hand and says, "Ionic bond, sir." "Correct, Simon.", says the teacher. Mr. Anderson continues, "This is just one of many things you'll need to know for the upcoming final test. We've got a few other things to review, but we'll cover that other material again on Monday." The lunch bell rings and Mr. Anderson says, "See you on Monday.", as the students file out of the room.
Brittany was in her drama class and was saying to herself, "I swear, I think Alvin is getting crazier." "Having problems with your boyfriend, Brittany?", says her classmate and occasional drama rival Caroline Stanley. "He's not my boyfriend! He's just a friend.", Brittany defends. "Okay, whatever you say Brittany. You sure think about him a lot though.", Caroline says smirking. Brittany blushes and says, "Oh, be quiet!" "Anything you want to share with us, Brittany?", the drama teacher Ms. Baker asks after overhearing the conversation. "No ma'am.", Brittany says. "Alright then, now please pay attention. Same goes to you Caroline.", Ms. Baker says. The two girls quickly glance at each other before looking ahead at their teacher.
Lunchtime came and in the lunchroom, Theodore had run into trouble in the form of Bobby. "So where's the jello? Oh that's right, you're the jello!", Bobby says while laughing. "Leave him alone, jerk!", Eleanor says as she defends Theodore. Bobby sneers at her and says, "Or what?" Nathan, seeing this, rushes to Eleanor and Theodore's aid. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size you coward?", Nathan says angrily. Bobby and Nathan were about ready to fight when a cafeteria worker stepped in. "Alright, that's enough out of both of you. Go sit down or I'll have to get the principal.", she says to both boys. Bobby walks off while Nathan stays with Eleanor and Theodore. "That guy is a massive coward. Don't listen to him.", Eleanor says as she comforts Theodore. "Yeah, besides I could pound him to pieces if I wanted.", Nathan adds. Theodore, whose eyes were wet with tears says, "Thanks for standing up for me." "No problem.", Eleanor says before kissing Theodore on the cheek. Alvin looks on and says to himself, "If I weren't so tired, I could've helped Theodore. Freddy is really draining me."
After school, Simon was busy doing homework. "Why are you doing homework so early? We've got plenty of time.", Alvin says to Simon. "If we do it now, we'll have even more time to ourselves.", Simon responds. "Maybe you should do it like Theodore is doing it. You know I'm here if you need my help. Besides you did take a nap after we got home so you should be at least a little rested.", Simon says. "Okay, whatever brainiac.", Alvin says as he begrudgingly gets his books out. With Simon's help, Theodore and Alvin are able to do their homework.
At the Miller house, Brittany says as she and her sisters are doing their homework, "I'm serious. Alvin is crazier than usual. I mean, dreams that are real? Come on!" "Who knows, maybe Alvin is right. He was right about Theodore and Mr. Talbot years ago.", Jeanette says. "Oh, don't tell me you're falling for it too!", Brittany exclaims. "You have to admit, Alvin was right about Mr. Talbot and he did wake up with cuts on his arm. So there is a chance it could be true.", Eleanor says. Brittany claims, "I'll believe it when I see it myself." Jeanette adds, "It's not like Ellie and I totally believe him. We're skeptical too. It's just that we're considering the chance he might be right." "Oh whatever.", Brittany huffs.
At the Seville house, the boys had eaten dinner and were watching tv fairly late into the night. "Okay fellas, it's getting pretty late. Maybe you should go to bed.", Dave says. "Yeah, maybe we should.", Simon says while yawning. Alvin then says,"If I go to sleep, Freddy will get me!" "Alvin, I already told you, I would never let anything bad happen to you or your brothers. So don't worry.", Dave says. "Besides, it's dreams. They can't hurt you.", Simon adds. Alvin gives in to the tiredness and Simon and Dave and goes upstairs with his bespectacled brother and Theodore. "Goodnight boys.", Dave says after tucking them in. "Goodnight Dave.", the boys respond. Simon and Theodore fall asleep fast while Alvin still puts up a tiny fight but falls asleep himself.
Simon rolls over and hits his hand on something hard. "Ouch! What was that?", he says. It was a strange book about sleep. "How did this get here?", Simon wonders. Being that he is a reader, Simon figures he could just read a few pages. Simon reads along and turns the page. "Wow, this is weird.", Simon says to himself as he reads a chapter about fear and nightmares. He goes to turn the page again when something cuts his fingers. "Ouch! What the heck?!", he says. He tries again more carefully and just when he thinks it was a weird one time event, it happens again. "What is up with this book?", Simon asks himself quietly. He looks at his cut fingers and thinks they're paper cuts, so he grabs a different part of the page and turns it. He gets cut again. "What is going on?!", Simon thinks. He looks down at the next page and sees a picture of a strange hand. The hand suddenly moves and comes out of the book. The hand is wearing a glove with knives on the fingers and then the owner of the hand comes out of the book. It's Freddy! "Don't believe everything you read, too much of a good thing CAN be painful!", Freddy says before letting out a chilling, raspy evil laugh. Simon screams and runs. He runs down the stairs to the front door only to discover it's locked. Freddy runs down the stairs after Simon and slashes at him with his blades. Simon just avoids the blades and tries to run for the back door, but Freddy points with his bladed hand in that direction and a wall of fire erupts and cuts Simon off. "You're smart but still not quite the sharpest tool in the shed.", Freddy says as he flicks his finger blades forward and walks toward Simon. Freddy laughs and moves his fingers, clicking his blades as he gets closer to the normally blue clad chipmunk. Simon is somehow able to get by and runs for the basement thinking he can get some of his chemicals to harm Freddy. Simon gets down to the basement and closes the door. He then turns around and sees it's not the basement. It's the boiler room.
Simon looks to escape only to discover the door is gone. "Oh no!", he cries out. "Where am I?", Simon says to himself. He hears kids playing and singing and quickly finds them. He is in shock as they sing while jumping rope:
One, two Freddy's coming for you
Three, four better lock your door
Five, six grab your crucifix
Seven, eight gonna stay up late
Nine, ten never sleep again.
Simon doesn't notice Freddy sneaking up behind him until he hears the metallic click of Freddy's glove and turns around. Freddy slashes at him and cuts his shoulder and part of his chest. Thankfully it wasn't deep because Simon was just able to dodge. Simon runs while holding his wound. "Looks like the chase is on again.", Freddy says to himself as he pursues Simon. Simon is looking for a place to hide or better yet, a weapon when he hears an awful metallic screech. It's Freddy scraping his knives on metal pipes. "Siiimmooonnn.", Freddy's voice calls out before letting out another sinister laugh. Simon is shaking with fear as he hears Freddy again. "Come out and play!", Freddy says evilly in a singsong way. Simon tries to sneak away from behind a curtain and find a good hiding place when Freddy appears in front of him. "You're obviously a brother to that other munk I've seen. You look almost exactly like him.", Freddy says with a sinister toothy smile. He then scrapes his knives on nearby pipes as he approaches Simon. "I know you've heard of 'Simon Says' right? How about we play something similar? Why don't we call it 'Freddy Says?", Freddy rasps sinisterly. Freddy then says, "Freddy says for you to die!" He runs at Simon and slashes at him. Simon runs but Freddy quickly catches up and knocks him down and pins him against a boiler. "Don't worry. This won't hurt...much.", Freddy says as he prepares to slash Simon. Simon screams in terror.
Simon wakes up in his bed screaming. He realizes it was a nightmare. His sense of relief is soon replaced with a feeling of pure panic. Alvin's dream killer has gotten to him!
These names for the teachers are ones I just came up with. Just getting that out there. Freddy has gotten to Simon! Find out what happens in the next chapter! Please review!