Disclaimer: Nightmare on Elm Street is not mine but the new characters are.

Chapter Five: Keeping Up With the Lies

"Sky you wouldn't! We're bff's, aren't we?" Alex eyes were wide with fear as Sky raised her claws high.

"Never trust a pretty face, darling, especially the quiet ones." Sky let her hand fall.

Alex shrugged out of Sky's grip and ran in the opposite direction. Freddy turned to Sky who already disappeared after Alex. Faster and faster Alex ran but no matter which corner she ran around or how fast she went she thought that she could never out run Sky.

"Alex? Alex? Come back! You know I was only kidding!" Sky's playful voice rang in her ear.

There was only one corner left and she took it. With one loud scream Alex fell to the floor.

"Alex? Alex? Alex?!? Calm down it's just me, Chuck." She shook her head and backed away from him.

"No it's not! I know it's you, Sky! I'm not stupid!" Chuck had a confused look on his face.

"Apparently you are because I'm over here." Alex turned around to find Sky tapping her foot impatiently, about six feet behind her.

"Chuck?"-Chuck smile and nodded.-"I'm sorry! You've got to help me! Sky it's helping him! She killed Jeremy!" Alex ran into Chuck's arms.

"How cute… finish them Sky!" Sky took a couple steps towards them.

"Sky this isn't you! Fight him!" Chuck's voice was demanding and yet Sky couldn't care less.

She raised her claw high again and let it fall. Chuck stepped in front of Alex who turned her head away. When she opened her eyes again she was staring at a very angry teacher.

"Chuck! I got to make sure he's alright!" Alex jumped out of her seat, ran out the classroom door, down the hall, up a flight of stairs, and into the math class.

"Alex!" Chuck yelled as she entered the room.

"What happen? She was going to kill us!" Alex was shaking all over as she fell into Chuck's arms again.

"I don't know what happened. I'm as surprised as you are." He wrapped his arms around her.

Meanwhile… Krueger and Sky were left in the boiler room…

"WHAT HAPPENED?!? HOW COULD YOU LET THEM ESCAPE?!?" Freddy punched his hand right through the wall.

"Don't look at me, I didn't do it! I was so ready to slice that little bitch in half!" She stomped her foot on the concrete.

"Sure you were."

"What's that suppose to mean? You think I'm lying?" She faced him.

"You are a bit manipulative. I mean, look at the way you got your brother. Nice work kid." She rolled her eyes as she walked over to the pool of blood left over from her brother.

"Yeah well, he was going to die one way or the other. I just… helped him along." Her giggle sounded throughout the room.

"You act like a little kid."

"And you don't?" She stepped over the blood and leaned against the wall behind it.

"You think I act like a kid?" He stood about seven feet in front of her.

"Of course you do! I mean sometimes you don't even talk like you're a mass murderer!"

"I do not!" He stomped his foot on the ground.

"Hehehe! See you're doing it again. Hehehe! This is going to be fun." She twirled and twirled until she disappeared.

"Kids… they're a handful. Hahaha!" His voice hung in the air as Sky slowly opened her eyes to another class period that had ended.

Back in the school yard

"She didn't! She wouldn't!" Eric was stunned as he watched the body of his best friend being put in the back of an ambulance.

"She did! Sky killed him! I saw her do it! At first I thought that Freddy was making me see things but… but when she turned around… I just knew it was her." Alex wiped away the tears in her eyes.

"You should have seen it, Eric. There was nothing left of Sky…nothing…" Chuck shivered just thinking about Sky.

"We've called your parents and they're on their way here to pick you up." Sky walked side by side with a teacher as they walked out of the building.

"How could this happen? Why would anyone want to hurt him?" She had tears streaming down her cheeks as she watched the ambulance drive away.

"I don't know, dear but right now I have to go talk to the principle, will you be alright by yourself?" The teacher sat her down on a bench.

"Yeah… I'll be fine." Sky wiped away some of the tears.

"Okay." With that the teacher left her sitting on the bench staring aimlessly into the sky.

"Sky!" Eric ran over to her.

"Eric… Freddy got him… I couldn't save him…" She put her head in her lap.

"It's okay… I won't let Freddy hurt anyone else." He sat down next to her.

"Promise?" She peaked her head up a little.

"I promise." He pulled her closer to him.

"Eric! What are you doing?!? Didn't you hear a word we said?!?" Alex and Chuck ran over to them.

"You guys must have been seeing things. Sky would never harm anyone! Freddy was messing with you." Eric pulled Sky tighter.

"You're not fooling us, Sky. We know what you did and there's no hiding it." Alex spun around and started to walk away.

"You're right." Sky looked up at her as she froze.

"But… why?" Eric was still holding tight to afraid to let her go but not for his life; for hers.

"Because he knew everything. All my secrets, all my fears… all of it! And he was going to use it to betray me! He was going to use my secrets to save his own life! That's why he had to die. So that I could protect you guys. You're my family and I can't watch you die!" The tears didn't stop falling.

"You're lying! He would never do that!" Now that tears were in Alex's eyes.

"I save you today, didn't I?" Chuck had a confused look.

"What…?"

"I woke you up before Kruger could kill you himself!" Sky tried to stand but Eric kept her down.

"I believe you… for now." Alex walked away followed by Chuck.

"Why won't she believe me? Why?…" Sky hid her face.

Later that night…

"Krueger? You there?" Sky walked around in the boiler room.

"This isn't funny, Krueger! You're not allowed to scare me!"

"Oh but you're allowed to betray me?!?" Sky dodged Krueger's attack.

"What?!? NO! That was so they would trust me again! Alex has such a mouth." She playfully danced around him.

"Then why did you wake them up?!?" He grabbed her arm.

"I told you. That wasn't me!" She tried struggling away from him.

"If it wasn't you, then who was it?"

"It must have been her. I'm not that only one with dream powers you know." He let her go.

"Fine. You're off the hook… for now." She smiled then started twirling around the boiler room with a giggle.

"Bet you can't catch me." Sky said playfully.

"Oh really?" He smirked.

"Yep… I'm too quick for you. Hehehe." With that Krueger chased after her as she twirled and twirled, dodging his every move.

"Got you!" He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Fine… but next time you won't be so lucky. Hehehe." Her giggle lasted all of three seconds before she looked up to find that they had a visitor.

"I'll kill you this time… Alex!"

WOW!!! It's been forever since I have written! I've practicing with my writing skills so I hope you like it!