Chapter 1

Springwood, Ohio Fall 1984

My name is Nancy Holbrook, I have a brother named Rod Lane, and my dad is Sheriff Lane. Different last names I know. My mom and I hated the last name "Lane". My dad didn't mind. So we took my mom's maiden name. My Brother and I have two friends: Glen and Kris. Kris just broke up with Rod (They were at it for 8 months now) after she discovered he liked another girl (no surprise on Rod's end). Just yesterday I learned that Glen liked me (Not a big surprise since we hang out everyday and he's always nervous around me.). The drama doesn't end there. I've been having some pretty weird dreams in which a guy's trying to kill me. You might think that's not a big deal, but this guy has razors on his hand! When ever I get cut in the dream, I'm cut in real life. Plus my mom and dad are hiding something.

It was 8:00am when we had arrived at school in Glen's black mustang. He carefully parked along the side of the curve right in front of our school's sign. Me, Glen, and Kris didn't bother to open the door plus with it being a convertible we could easily jump out. We weren't your popular group of teenagers. When I was in the 5th grade, I found bones. I didn't know if they belonged to an animal or an actual person. I wondered if my teacher knew (this was when I was walking to school). So I took them to school. I went to the front of the room, and not thinking of the other kids beside me. I took them out, and as soon as the teacher and the kids saw…they screamed! It nearly busted my head it was loud. They belong to a man who was murdered a few years ago. From then on I was labeled as "The Freak". Sad story yes, but I've learned to ignore their remarks. Glen and Kris are all I need now. I didn't care about the jocks or the cheerleaders. I didn't care who won the freaking science fair. Honestly, I didn't care!

"What's up?" Rod jumped and tackled Glen to the ground. I looked over and saw Kris's disgusted face at Rod. She didn't want to ever see him again. Kris then walked over to Rod, who had just got off the ground from tackling Glen, and kicked him (in which I don't think he has) in the balls. Kris is not the girl you cheat on! Rod fell to the ground groaning in pain. Glen was laughing so hard he might've died from a heart attack! I guess it was the high-light of his day.

"She's still mad at me?" He looked at me. Glen finally was starting to breathe normally. I just stood there and gave him a look.

"Oh no! She loves you!" Glen said sarcastically. Rod finally was out of pain. He got up, shook the grass off his shirt, and left.

"I have to high five Kris for that." Glen said while still laughing a little. Even I had to admit that was funny. I mean sure me and Rod are brother and sister, but he deserved that one.

"She would make a pretty good horror star!" Glen has an obsession over horror films. From John Carpenter to a guy whose name was…..Craven I think. He knew everyone who worked in the horror industry.

"Let me guess, your going to call John Carpenter and ask for Kris to be the next 'Jamie Lee Curtis'?" He was now grinning.

"Maybe..." I smiled back at him. Then the bell rang.

"I have to go I can't be late for Bio again." While running he waved bye to me and disappeared into the hundreds of kids in front of the school.

Kris (POV)

It was midnight, and all I was thinking about was how to make Rod pay for what he did. I was lying on my bed with my head propped on a pillow watching MTV. Rod was a jock and a terrible one at that. He was eying this girl named Jessica (Who is head cheerleader). One day I asked him if he wanted to go to dinner. He said he was busy, and couldn't go. So I went to a movie. In the movie I saw in the back of the movie theater kissing her! So feeling vengeful I went them, and starting punching Rod. He left with a bloody nose. Jessica came up to me, and said that she was really sorry. She hadn't known that we were dating. A week later, Jessica went up to Rod and slapped him. Rod deserves everything that is coming to him.

I was mesmerized into the TV, but jumped when I heard twigs snap outside. My window was opened and was being held up by one of my text books. I got up and took the book from its place and threw it on the floor. As I was walking, something crashed through the window, and grabbed me. Then I woke up. I was sweating. Then my eye caught the sight of blood on the sheets. The same man in the boiler had cut my arm. I got up, found a long cloth fabric, wrapped it around the wound, and went back to bed.

In the morning, I rushed out of the house as I did the morning before. Glen picked me up, and I began to tell them everything. They said that they to have been experiencing the same nightmares. They had scratches, bruises, and had heard a song that I remembered from a nightmare I had when I was a kid. "One two, Freddy's coming for you…" It was horrifying especially when the little girls were singing it. Feeling scared, I asked them if they wanted to have a sleep over at my house. It was the perfect opportunity. My parents would be out of the house, and I finally wouldn't be alone. However, Nancy was going to have to bring Rod over.