A/N: This chapter doesn't have any action in it, it's more character building, but I promise next chapter will have more than enough action!
CHAPTER 4: Setting Up
The next day Anna drove her Chrysler towards Sara's house with Karen in the passenger seat. No one knew about Logan and Michelle yet.
"I'm so excited! I can't wait for the party!" Anna said enthusiastically; her hair flying behind her in the wind.
"Yeah!" Karen replied just as enthusiastically.
They drove around a corner and into Elm Street. They drove past the houses in the street and stopped at 1428.
They got out of the car, slamming the doors behind them and started to walk up the pathway leading to the door.
But Karen stopped halfway, remembering the dream. She just froze in place staring at the big house, imagining the bars placed around the windows. Anna stopped as well, staring at Karen.
"What's the matter?" Anna asked, concerned.
Karen snapped out of her daydream and stared at Anna, "Huh? Oh, I'm fine, really."
Anna gave her one last concerned look before bounding up the steps and ringing the doorbell; nothing could keep her unhappy or worried for long. Karen followed her and they stood in front of the door. After a few moments the door opened and there stood Sara. She had long black hair and was very pretty. She was wearing black jeans and a white T-shirt.
"Hey guys! I'm so glad you made it, we're just about to start!" Sara said very happily.
She pushed the door open further revealing a very nice looking house. There were several bags of decorations lying against the wall. Henry walked around the corner with a beaming smile on his face.
"Ready to get started?" he asked.
They all agreed enthusiastically and grabbed a bag. Anna and Karen got the one on the right while Henry and Sara got the left one. Karen pulled out a long, black banner that read 'Happy Halloween!' and had some cobwebs and spiders imprinted on it.
Anna helped her pull it fully out and they spread it apart.
"I'll put that one up, just leave it for now" Henry said to them kindly.
"Do you guys know what those Hypnocil pills are for?" Karen asked Sara a few minutes later while pulling out more decorations, including a large spider cushion and plastic severed head on a plate with gore around the neck area.
"It's a dream repressive, it keeps you from dreaming" Sara answered, "I don't take them anymore, when you turn 18 you aren't given them anymore."
"We never take them though; we thought they did nothing at all, what's the point of getting rid of our dreams?" Karen asked.
"Well, I don't know, but some people say it's because some kids years ago had some pretty bad nightmares, and one by one they died gruesomely in their sleep. There was only one survivor in the first case, her name was Nancy Thompson, but they say she went crazy and started to talk about a man in her dreams killing her friends. There have been more cases, and each time the victims are killed gruesomely in their sleep" Sara told them, "and ever since then we've had Hypnocil to keep us from dreaming. I call it a BS story, but others do believe it.
Karen nodded thoughtfully and chucked the spider pillow onto the couch.
They set all of the decorations up except for 2 by the afternoon, and those were the big banner from the start and a long and large black cloth to go over the railings of the stairs. Anna and Karen grabbed this cloth and pulled it onto the stairs. Karen climbed to the top and Anna was at the bottom. They threw the cloth onto the stairs and straightened it out.
Meanwhile Henry had grabbed a ladder, a hammer and some nails and was proceeding to climb the ladder, banner in hand.
Sara held the ladder from the bottom as Henry set up the banner.
When all of the decorations were up and ready Sara, Anna and Karen sat at the bottom of the stairs and admired their handiwork. Henry had gone to get a drink.
"I can't wait for the party!" Anna exclaimed and Karen and Sara nodded.
"I heard Josh Matthews is gonna be here tonight" Sara said, referring to the school hotty. Every girl liked him, or nearly every girl. He was handsome, played football and was nice and caring.
"Of course, everyone's gonna be here, it is the biggest party happening!" Karen replied.
"You've got a point there" Sara said.
"And what scary movies do you have prepared for everyone tonight Sara?" Anna cut in.
"Well I've got a few, I've got Halloween, Friday the 13th, The Shining and a newer one called Jeepers Creepers" Sara said, counting each movie off on her fingers.
"Awesome, I'm sure everyone will enjoy those!" Anna replied.
Henry came back a few minutes after that conversation with 2 cans of Coke and 2 of Pepsi.
"What took you so long?" Sara asked, gratefully excepting her Pepsi.
"I had to go out to the garage, there was only a pack of beer in the fridge" Henry explained, "I brought some cans back in though and put them in the fridge."
By then it was only 2 hours until the first guests should be arriving, and the party would begin. Karen, Anna, Henry and Sara were all looking forward to it.
But little did they know that this party wasn't theirs…
It was Freddy's…