Prologue: Nightmares beginning
Freddy Krueger cursed his luck. He was a feared killer in his day, murdering teens whenever he pleased, until the parents burned him alive. Fortunately, he lived now in fear, literally. He came in your nightmares, and if he killed you in it, you would die in real life. He could not come out of your dream though, so waking yourself up would save you.
In the real world, Freddie was old news. Everyone knew about him and how to defeat him by pulling him out of the dream. He hated them, all of them. He had sat in the dreamland for days, contemplating just what to do about it. Then it hit him. If everyone in the real world knew about him now, then he would just have to wait for a while untill he made another appearance. He just needed another place to... thrill.
Searching the dreamland that was his home, he found a portal into a different world, one with no understanding of him at all. A place called Equestria. It was perfect. Happy ponies, singing, and no deaths at all. Not even this... Discord, a local villain, had been killed by anyone.
Freddy grinned, thinking of all the fun he could have in this new world. The slaughter would be legendary in Equestria forever. Krueger tightened his glove, straightened his hat, and entered the void.
It was late at night in ponyville. Everyone was asleep, except for Twilight Sparkle and her assistant, Spike. Twilight gazed into her telescope, watching the stars, while Spike stood behind her, picking his teeth. They were on top of the Library, currently being used as Twilight's house. Twilight had heard a crackling, snapping sound coming from the sky, and she had sworn that there was an eclipse happening.
"I don't understand it Spike." She said, still gazing through the telescope. "I saw it out of the corner of my eye! a sort of... greenish-red flashing circle in front of the moon, and call me crazy but a body fell from it. I didn't get a good look, but I think the body was human."
Spike was confused. "A... human? What's that?"
"It's a different type of mammal, one that we don't see in our world very often." Twilight answered, turning away from the telescope and facing Spike.
"What do they look like?" Spike asked, barely staying awake. It wasn't right to be awake at this time.
"They look kind of pale, only taller than us and have only two feet, and two arms."
"How do you know? Have you seen one before?"
"No." Twilight said, entering the library. "But I have a book about them. Want to see it?"
Spike entered after her. "No way! I'm going to sleep now, like you should be. You are coming to bed, right?"
But it was too late. Twilight already had a book open on her desk. Spike sighed and went to his bed. laying down, he pulled the covers over himself and fell into a deep sleep.
Down in the library part of Twilight's house, Twilight was deep into her book. It was very interesting. She had already read it twice, but she was curious, maybe she had missed something. Twilight rolled her eyes, she never missed anything. Her eyes drooped. She was very tired, now that she thought about it. She blew out the candle above her desk, turned, and began to walk up the stairs to her bed.
What she saw when she got up there wasn't normal. Spike was asleep, but not normally. Twilight had known Spike her entire life, but had never seen him like this. He was in a fit, twisting from side to side, clawing at the air, and what seemed to be running in place. This wasn't what scared Twilight though. What scared her was Spikes' crazed whispering.
"One, two, Freddie's coming for you..." Spike's voice trailed off, once again flailing around in his sleep, and continued:
"Three, four, better lock your door..." Spike's eyes squinted in his sleep, staring at something Twilight couldn't see.
"Five, six, grab your crucifix..." the dragon rolled off of his bed now, screaming and fighting something hidden from view, but Spike kept chanting.
"Seven, eight, gonna stay up late... AAAAAAHHHH!!! TWILIGHT!!!" He screamed into the night, breaking her out of her state of shock.
She ran over and began to shake Spike. He stayed in his sleep, screaming in pain. Twilight thought fast.
'What wakes you up...? Falling!'
Twilight activated her magic, picking up Spike and tossing him down the stairs. He fell from view, crashing down the stairs. Twilight rushed to the side of the staircase, looking down at Spike, who lay in a pool of blood at the bottom of the steps.
After a few moments, he sat up, clutching something in his hands. Twilight teleported herself downstairs, beside Spike.
"Omigod Spike! What happened?" She asked, on the verge of tears.
Spike rubbed the back of his head, revealing four parallel gashes on his chest, and a dark-green hat in his other hand. Spike looked at the hat, then up at Twilight.
"Nine, ten." He shuddered. "Never sleep again."
Chapter 1: Fun with Freddy
'Well.' Thought Freddy. 'That was... fun. But not fun enough. I need someone... or somepony else. heehee...'
Floating through the dream-world, he searched for another host. Somepony that would be fun and/or interesting to thrill. Krueger floated around, tempting himself with all of these delicious choices. The only one he couldn't kill yet would be the one known as Twilight Sparkle. She seemed like too much fun. 'Ahh...' Freddy thought, floating into a house. This one definitely seems like fun.'
Freddy was floating over Pinkie Pie, anxiously scratching at her bedsheets. The anticipation too much, Freddy jumped on top of Pinkie, entering her dreams...
"Pinkie Pie!" Said Twilight, rushing over to the pink pony. "This is definitely the best party you've ever had! I can't thank you enough for this!" Twilight was standing next to a huge throne, where Pinkie Pie, party hat on her head, sat, firing off party cannons in all directions.
Pinkie looked down at her friend. "Of course! It is your birthday party, you silly-willy! I couldn't have just any party, I'd need a PINKIE PARTY!" Pinkie Pie jumped off of her throne, where a large group of ponies stood under her, ready to catch her. Landing in their hooves, she stood, acknowledging Twilight. The group of ponies that caught Pinkie cheered, and most of them left off to other things going on in the party. A few ponies stayed, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and a strange looking pony. He wore a hat on his head, and on his right hoof he wore a leather claw with five razors sticking out of the fingertips. (or, where the fingers should have been.)
"Oh!" Pinkie Pie said, throwing her arm around the new ponie's neck. "This is Freddy Krueger! He helped me plan the party!"
Freddy pony lifted his head, revealing a face full of melted, burned skin. He grinned, and chuckled to himself while the others looked at him mysteriously. Except for Twilight, who stared at him in fear.
"You! F-f-freddy? Spike was talking about you last... night?" Twilight couldn't remember when she had actually woken up since that night. thinking quickly, she realized that she hadn't woken up yet. She remembered Spike warning her about something, or somepony. It was Freddy. Spike mentioned him from his nightmare. Twilight ran from the group, Pinkie's arm still wrapped around Freddy.
"Spike! Spike!" Twilight called, searching for her friend. "Spiiike!" She ran around the party, looking in all directions, until she realized, looking up at the sky, that there was no sky. it was just... emptiness.
Spike came rushing through the crowd, pushing others out of the way to get to Twilight. "What is it?" Spike asked.
"Quickly!" Twilight said, looking around. "I think that we're in one of those nightmares you talked about!"
"Really?" said a voice. "That's... just thrilling."
Twilight and Spike turned to face the speaker, suddenly wishing they hadn't. Freddy-pony was standing there, Pinkie's head dangling from his right hand, his leather glove covered in blood. "Did you know?" He said, looking at Pinkie's head. "Well, I'll let HER finish."
Pinkie's head began to open her mouth, speaking in a voice that didn't sound like hers at all. "I you die in a dream, you die in real life."
"That's right." said Freddy-pony. "Looks like your party friend won't be joining you for any more of my planned adventures! She's out!"
The ponies all around the party seemed to all stop what they were doing, and turned to face Twilight and Spike. Freddy-pony grinned. "Now, I'm not planning to kill any more of you yet." He said, dropping Pinkie and floating up into the air. "But here are the contestants!" Freddy-pony said, pulling out a list of names. "Let's see... Twilight Sparkle, that's you. Spike, Rarity... um... Pinkie Pie. I should cross her out..." Freddy-pony pulled out a pen and marked out Pinkie's name, and someone else's. He looked up to see Twilight and Spike running from him, towards a door, sitting out in the open.
Twilight stopped at the door, opening it for Spike, quickly following him through. "C'mon Spike. We have to escape this place!"
Twilight looked around, and saw that she was in some kind of reddish-coloured room. From further inspection, she noticed that it was some kind of... boiler room. Spike was running ahead, towards a table.
"Wait, Spike!" Twilight said, rushing after him. She turned the corner to see Spike at the table, picking up a small sword. "What are you doing?" She asked.
Spike looked up at her, fear in his eyes. "I know what he's capable of, Twilight. We can't run from this. We need to... kill him.
Twilight gasped. "Murder?"
"Why not?" Asked Spike, checking the straightness of the sword. "He killed Pinkie, didn't he?" Spike looked up at Twilight, who still doubted him. "Fine. You go ahead. I'l take care of this guy."
Twilight began to run, but stopped, and turned. "You don't have to do this, Spike. Let's just go. I hate to say it, but he killed Pinkie. I won't let him kill you too."
Spike frowned. "He's not gonna kill me." Spike smiled slightly. "Listen. If we ARE in a dream, then just hurt yourself. You woke me up by tossing me down the stairs, so if you hurt yourself, you'll wake up. And wake me up after that, too. Now go!"
Twilight ran to the opposite door, but right before she got to it, it creaked open, revealing a face Twilight didn't want to see.
"Thought I'd follow ya exactly?" Freddy-pony asked, laughing. He entered the room, claw out, and swiped at Twilight, who teleported back beside Spike.
"Spike!" Twilight said, popping up in front of him and nearly scaring him to death. "Freddie's behind us! Look out!"
Spike spun around, to be greeted by a slash from Freddie's claw. Spike didn't die, but fell to the floor, dropping his sword. 'What is this?' Spike thought, looking down at his wound. 'I thought pain woke you up...' He lifted his head. "Twilight! Run! Don't worry about me! Only you matter! get out of this dream and save yourself! Find a way to stop this bastard!" Spike stood, grabbing his sword, and swinging it at Freddy-pony.
Twilight jumped off the table, and began to run towards the door once again, but stopped. She heard the battle sounds from behind her. Spike was her best friend. She knew that he wanted her to leave him, but... could she?
Spike, deep in battle with Freddy-pony, heard the sound of the door opening, footsteps leaving the building, and the metal door swinging to a shut. 'I have to buy her some time' Spike thought, staring at Freddy-pony. 'As much as I can give her!' Spike, full of determination, furiously swiped at Freddy-pony, catching some of his skin in the attack.
Freddy-pony reeled back, green ooze flowing out of his wound, but smiled as it knit itself back together, much to Spike's expense. Freddy-pony grinned. "you see now. Your friend Twilight is going to die. Soon after you do."
The table Spike was standing on sunk into the floor, trapping his legs in the floor. Freddy-pony stood above, him, claw in the air. "Bye, bye." he said, swinging his claw down. Spike shut his eyes, expecting pain, but instead felt this tingling feeling. Opening his eyes, he saw the happy glances of Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack.
"I teleported you out of there!" Said Twilight. "It was Applejack's idea."
Spike, grateful to be alive, stood up, realizing that they were in Twilight's house. "So, what's the plan?" He asked.
"Well." said Twilight, looking at the blazing fire place. "This." She magically picked up a burning ember, and tossed it at Spike. The ember hit him in the face, burning him, but when he woke up, he was in his bed, just upstairs. He knew he was awake, because the others weren't downstairs any more, and Twilight jumped from her own sleep, quickly checking on Spike and rolling out of bed.
"Come on, Spike." Twilight said, going downstairs. "We've got some ponies to check up on."
Deep in the darkness, Freddy Krueger smiled, a second murder fresh on his mind.