A/N and disclaimer: I apologize for the brevity of this chapter. It didn't' quite fit at the end of the last one and the next chapter is going to be rather longer and it didn't seem to fit at the beginning of it either. So to make up for it I promise to update with another chapter within the week. Once again, I don't own Freddy or anything from the NOES universe. That belongs to Wes Craven. I do own Julie, Doug, Jay, Beverly, Joseph and this particular story idea. I hope you enjoy.

"What!" Julie exclaimed.

"Shh! Lower your voice. We're in a library!" Doug hissed.

"Sorry, but are you serious?"

"That's what it says," Jay replied. "Krueger accused of murdering children of Springwood." He flicked through the microfiche. "It looks like the case went to trial."

"Great," Julie said, flopping into a chair. "I'm fantasizing about a child murderer."

"So what happened?" Doug asked.

"You're not gonna believe this."

"Don't tell me," Julie said, "he got off."

Jay looked at her, surprised. "How'd you guess?"

She groaned. "So what happened to him?"

Jay flicked through the microfiche again. "I don't know. There's nothing about him after that. The only thing of note is that a boiler room in an abandoned building caught fire one night."

Something about the mention of that tickled Julie's brain. She sat up. "That's connected to him somehow," she said.

Doug quickly wrote down the date. "August 25, 1967."

"You're kidding, right?" Julie asked, her face white.

"No mistake. Your birthday. But luckily a few years before your time," Doug replied.

"That's still weird."

"So who do we talk to?" Jay asked standing up and stretching.

Julie looked around. There was no one in this section. "How about the librarian?" she said, shrugging. The guys nodded and they packed up their materials and headed to the main desk.

"How can I help you?" the woman behind the counter asked politely.

Julie looked at Jay and Doug but neither seemed inclined to speak. She sighed inwardly. "We're curious about the boiler room fire back in 1967. Can you tell us what started it?"

The woman froze and a look of terror came into her eyes. "N-no. I don't know what happened. Nobody does!" Then she turned and walked into the office.

Julie stood there a moment then looked at the guys behind her. "That was weird."

"Let's try the general store," Jay suggested.

Julie nodded. "Okay. Let's go. On the way I'll tell you about the dream I had last night."

"Is this another sick fantasy, Julie?"

"Yes, and you're going to listen."