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Don'tFallAsleep:TheBeginning 1

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It was a cool Saturday evening. The sky was turning fiery orange as the sun began to set behind the thick elm trees. The trees' branches appeared to be aflame as the setting sun's light shone through the orange Autumn leaves. Two young girls, four-year old Kathy and her friend Nancy, were playing a game of hide and seek in Kathy's front yard. Kathy was dressed in a pink dress with her light brown hair tied in ponytails on the sides of her head in red ribbons, while Nancy was in a white dress with her thick, wavy dark brown hair tied in a ponytail behind her head in a silk baby blue ribbon. Kathy was wearing her shiny red shoes while Nancy was walking around barefoot. She liked how the cold grass felt beneath her feet.

"Where is he Kathy?" Nancy asked.

"I don't know." Kathy answered.

They both went prowling around the yard for Kathy's father, but they couldn't find him anywhere. Nancy walked by the dark, withered old elm tree, and Nancy's father snuck out from behind the tree. He quickly tapped her on the shoulder and shouted, "Boo! Got you!" Nancy jumped and squealed and turned to face Kathy's father, Fred. Fred was dressed in brown slacks and a black sweatshirt and had a brown fedora on his blonde-haired head.

Kathy dove across the grass and wrapped her arms around her father's ankle. He laughed, "Hey!" and tried to pry his daughter off him, but she refused to let go. While he was hunched over and distracted, Nancy jumped onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Gotcha!" she yelled with glee. He yelped and fell forward and landed with his face buried in the ground, and he laid still. The two little girls waited for him to get, but he didn't.

"Come on daddy," Kathy cried, shaking his leg, "get up."

"Yeah. Come on Mister Krueger," Nancy said, shaking his shoulder, "Wake up."

Just then, Fred jumped up with a growl, scaring both Nancy and Kathy so bad they jumped back screaming. He then tackled Nancy down and dug his fingers into her ribs, making her squeal and laugh helplessly.

"I thought I told you to call me Freddy." he said as he tickled her.

"AAAAHAAHAHAHAAA! KATHY! H-H-H-HEEEEEELP!" Nancy cried, tears welling up in her eyes. Kathy then came up behind Fred and started tickling his ribs. He turned his attention away, towards his daughter, and Nancy pushed him to the ground and started tickling him as well.

"Okay!" Fred cackled, "I surrender! I surrender!"

Just then, a small silver SUV pulled up by the curb in front of the yard. A mid-thirties woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and a bulky leather purse over her shoulder stepped out of the car.

"Mommy!" Nancy yelled, running up to the woman and wrapping her arms around her legs. Fred picked up Kathy and lifted her up.

"Hi Nancy," Nancy's mother said, looking down at Nancy, "Are you having fun?"

"So much fun." Nancy answered, smiling up at her mom, still holding onto her legs.

"Hello Marge." Fred said with a sly smile, placing his daughter on his shoulders.

"Hello Fred." Marge said, her cheeks turning pink.

"Hi Nancy's mom!" Kathy called out, waving her arm above her head. This caused her to temporarily lose her balance. She fell forward, but she caught herself on her dad's head, which pushed his hat down over his eyes. He exclaimed, "Hey!" and removed his hat and placed it on Kathy's head.

"Are you all ready for your sleepover tonight?" Marge asked Nancy, looking down on her.

"Yes." Nancy answered with glee.

"Did you bring your pajamas?"

"Yes."

"Did you bring your blanket?"

"Of course."

"Did you remember to bring," Marge said, reaching into her bag and taking out a doll in a white dress with its yellow hair braided in pigtails, "this?"

"Tina!" Nancy gasped, jumping up and yanking the doll out of her mother's hands and hugging it to her chest.

"I thought you'd miss her." Marge said.

"I did!" Nancy squealed, squeezing the doll so tight against her chest the head was looking ready to pop off. She didn't see Kathy being let back down off her father's back onto the grass, Fred's hat falling off her head to the ground. She creeped up behind Nancy and pushed Nancy's shoulder. "Tag!" she yelled before running off in the other direction.

"Hey!" Nancy yelled, running after Kathy around the yard, "No fair!"

Fred watched the two of them, laughing in amusement.

"Are you sure you can handle these two for a night?" Marge asked Fred.

"Loretta will be gone for a couple more days," Fred answered, picking his hat up and dusting it off before placing back on his head, pulling the brim down so it slightly covered his dark green eyes, "but I think I can handle it."

"Your wife's out of town?" Marge asked, perking up.

"Visiting her sister in Maine."

"So, can I expect to see you soon?" Marge asked hopefully.

"Maybe some other time," Fred answered, looking back at the girls as Kathy was holding Nancy to the ground, "I'm gonna have my hands full for the night."

An hour after Nancy's mom had left, the girls were already changed into their pajamas and were laying on the couch in the living room after eating pizza and watching Disney movies in the dark. Fred sat between the two girls, his arms around the both of them. He looked down at the both of them as they slept. Kathy was snuggled up under her father's arm, sucking her thumb like a baby, while Nancy rested her head on Fred's lap, holding her doll against her chest.

Fred gently lifted Nancy's head off his lap and placed her on the cushion, careful not to wake her, and he lifted Kathy up in his arm. Fred walked from the living room, down the hall, into Kathy's bedroom, and laid Kathy down on her bed. As Kathy's head landed on the pillow, her mouth opened in a wide yawn.

"But Daaaaaaaad!" Kathy cried, her eyes still closed.

"Don't 'but dad' me Katherine," Fred said as he pulled the covers over his daughter, "It's time for you to go to sleep."

"But I don't want to." Kathy whined, her mouth widening in another yawn.

"Come on," Fred said, "little piglets need their sleep." He pressed his finger on Kathy's nose, making it like a pig snout. Kathy made a snort sound and snuggled under her blanket, and fell right to sleep.

"Good night Katherine." Fred whispered before leaving his daughter's bedroom, leaving the door open a crack, and walked back into the living room. She was still sleeping peacefully on her side on the couch, her doll wrapped in her arms. He gently lifted her head and placed a pillow underneath her. He then got her baby blue blanket, which was rolled up in a ball on the floor at the base of the couch, unrolled it, and laid it over her. She wriggled slightly, then laid still, breathing deeply through her nose, and hugged her doll tighter against her chest.
Prequel to my own remake of Nightmare on Elm Street, Don't Fall Asleep: [link]
chapter two: [link]

The title was so long I had to compress it into one really long word :P
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Oh my, it's pretty awesome!