This fan fiction is a AU after the events of the first A Nightmare On Elm Street. I do not own Freddy or Nancy but a few side put characters into the story. It's been over five years since Freddy first haunted her.

Chapter One

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" I hope you don't mind your accommodations…" The darkness spoke and she began to realize she couldn't see a thing as her eyes slowly opened. Her head hurt like hell even though she was sure she hadn't been hit with anything. Suddenly she came to a horrifying conclusion why it was pitch black in that room, there was a bag over her head. Instantly she attempted to wretch her arms from her sides but found through her struggle, they would not budge a inch. Terrified she tried to scream and cry out but her vocal cords produced nothing but straggles of hoarse sound that hurt her throat. " Ah I'm sorry that I can't hear you… Perhaps you should try harder…" The cool dripping voice instantly made her stop and her stomach began to roll in heavy waves.

The sound of footsteps penetrated the thing around her head and she whimpered silently as whom ever it was circled around her. " Yes… You're beautiful… So pretty… A perfect ideal…" Something brushed her thigh and she jumped as much as she could tied down to whatever it was. She could image it was fingers as they traced down her thigh in a sick slow motion. Tears were pouring down her face now, she was sure that this wasn't some joke. She felt breath on the back of her neck and the presence of some one there and her heart slammed in her chest nearly suffocating her. " Don't worry… It'll be over quick and fast…" Soft flesh touched her neck and she screamed silently once more trying to pull at the invisible bonds. A sharp pain filled her shoulder, a quick cut of her skin and the voice chuckled darkly. " Oh… But I will enjoy every. Second. Of. It."

The presence was seemingly gone and the woman breathed heavily, her eyes darting in the black, even though she couldn't see anything. She cried out in silence as a sudden pain filled her thigh and it grinded down tearing her muscle and skin. The bag flew back and forth as she shook her head as if she had gone mad, the knife twisted lazily in the mans hand as he could imagine her voice shrieking in his head. His mouth displayed a wicked smile as he pulled it out of her flesh. Her blood was running down onto the cold cement flooring and his eyes lit with sick satisfaction. He returned to his feet and reached with in his jacket pulling out a glass bottle with clear liquid inside. With a slick flick of his wrist the cap was off and the woman whimpered shaking ferociously in the chair. " Shhh! Shhh! I'll clean it out for you don't worry… It'll sting a little bit just to… let you know." He gently tipped the bottle over her leg and poured the strange mixture onto her leg. Instantly it began hissing and sizzling, eating away through her skin and burning her body.

He stood back watching as he whipped out his knife again eyes concealing the horrible ecstasy that he was having.

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BRIINNNGGGG.

'I hate that thing so much…' A hand emerged from a rumpled mass of covers and slowly patted the nightstand searching for the horrible annoying machine that was screaming at her. The fingers finally found it and slapped the snooze button hard and retreated to the warm haven. ' I don't want to get up… I don't want to get up…' The covers were pulled back from the sleeping woman who sat up groaning and rubbing her eyes lazily. She was about the age of 23, with full poofy brown hair with a strange streak of blonde that appeared to be turning gray. Her tired eyes were blue and heavy with sleep, and her white nightgown hung to her nice slender form. Upon gazing back at the clock she found it to be proudly presenting the time 7:20. 'Wait… 7:20...'

" Come on!" She groaned flinging the remaining covers off her body and jumping up from the bed. ' Great another bad night of sleep! It's not my fault though…' She grumbled glancing at the mirror above her dresser that was reflecting back her nice wooden desk and workspace. The brown haired woman darted out of her bedroom and took a right rushing into her bathroom. The walls were a soft blue, the shower curtains a dark green that matched the floor mats and towels that neatly hung on the towel rack above her toilet. She fumbled open the mirror front cabinet, her mind focused on hurrying up and getting ready for the day. She grabbed the brand named toothpaste and slammed the cabinet shut. Her eyes shot open, shaking off her sleepiness when she found another figure standing there in the reflection. Well actually she wasn't in the mirror at all, it was only him grinning with a wicked smile and she dropped her toothpaste as it slipped out of her hands. " HOLY SHIT!"

" Great way to start off the day don't you think Nancy?" The reflection commented biting his lip and chuckling at her fright. " Wide and awake?"

" You ass!" Nancy puffed bending down and grabbing the deal of toothpaste while calming her heart down as well. 'I hate it when he does that so much…' " Well I'm definitely awake now, so I hope that makes you happy…" She growled plucking her lone toothbrush from the cup that sat beside her sink. The figure rolled his green eyes, crossing his arms flashing the metal, razor finger gloved right hand. His skin was horribly burned, and he had pointy teeth in the snarl he was displaying now. There was a dirty brown fedora placed on his head and he sported a equally dirty red and dark green sweater.

" Please bitch, if I'd left you alone you'd be walking out the door with no pants on…" He commented leaning back against the rim of the mirror but he was still only a reflection… A very annoying reflection. The sick grin told her that he may actually be enjoying that image.

" I've done fine with out you before, you're not the one getting sleep deprived are you now?" She snapped squirting toothpaste on her blue toothbrush as the burnt man scoffed narrowing his deadly eyes at her. " And what do you know? I'm sleep deprived because I'm staying up super late looking up people for you, and then when I do sleep, you're there?! See a connection?"

" Well we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place if you hadn't screwed up?!" He snarled back pointing a deadly razor finger at her behind the mirror. Nancy took in a deep breath as she tried hard not to already blow a casket this morning, it wasn't even eight yet. 'Like hell it's my fault! Maybe if he wouldn't have killed kids, or become a freaking dream demon none of this would ever have happened… She wasn't the one who screwed up her life… Well maybe with this… she did…'

The man in the mirror is called Freddy Krueger, he was once a normal (well he was never exactly normal) living man who kidnapped and killed kids for fun. They called him the Springwood Slasher and he was feared in the his home town of Springwood. Eventually the parents found out it was him, hunted him down to the boiler room of the power plant where he worked and set him on fire. However his death only made things worse, he made a pack with these creatures called dream demons and now he can kill people in their dreams and is almost impossible to stop. He killed her boyfriend when she was younger, her mother and a lot of her own friends… He was a vile, disgusting, horrifying, and evil man… Who was now bothering here every second he could in mirrors and glass like reflections.

" HELLO?!" Nancy jumped once again at the male voice who was obviously irritated. " The lights are on but no one's home."

" Sorry some times I just have to shut down when I'm dealing with you. Can't quite catch those high wavelengths of stupidity you seem to produce." Nancy dunked her toothbrush into the sink and began swirling it around in her mouth. However she stopped noticing Freddy was just standing there watching her with mild interest. She pushed the toothpaste aside in her mouth and gave him a cross look. " Do ya have to stare? I'm trying to get ready you know." Nancy hated it when he did that, she couldn't even walk past windows with out seeing him following her, it was driving her crazy!

" Well if some one hadn't fucked up I wouldn't even be here!" She reached up and opened the cabinet once more so that the mirror was facing the wall and she could hear him scraping his claws against the glass. " What the hell are you doing?! You bitch…"

" Trying to have a peaceful morning with out seeing your ugly mug…" She spat out into the sink and finished up placing the toothbrush back in with a satisfying 'tnk'. She closed the door and found that now it was her reflection looking back at her. Nancy smiled softly at herself rolling her eyes as she left the bathroom and headed into her room to change for the day.

This was her life now as crazy as it seamed. It was weird, it was bizarre, it was totally strange but it was just the way it was. They were mortal enemies she and him, she was the one who defeated him, he was the one who took everything away from her. Now she and him where living in the same house unable to lay a finger on one another, well she could… But it wasn't as satisfying as it first had seemed. Pulling open her dresser she removed a nice looking dress shirt that was red with dark red lines and sighed holding it up to her. She wanted to get rid of him, but the covenant had been only going on for two months so far and he hadn't even begun to get enough energy to break it.

" Nancy you better hurry up the clocks ticking and you have important things to get done today!" Krueger sang lowly from the mirror suddenly there once more as Nancy jumped holding the shirt in her hands. Freddy noticed and got a smug grin on his face his eyes dancing with the ever pleasing joy of torturing her. " Ah I always you knew you had good taste, like mwah." He held his hand to his chest as Nancy scoffed herself and pulled out a white undershirt for it as well.

" I thought I said that this mirror was off limits for you?"

" You know you bitch about a lot of things that I just don't hear."

" I'm so getting rid of this mirror tomorrow… In fact I'll get rid of all of them." She snapped turning and leaving the room to retreat to anywhere that didn't have a reflective surface. " Then you'll be stuck in that boring little world of yours and you'll be wishing you'd listen to me."

" Huh?! What did you just bitch?" Freddy questioned as if he hadn't heard and Nancy let out a cry of rage as a door slammed behind her. Freddy leaned back in the air of the mirror with a smirk tilting his hat so it covered his eyes.

'Yup just another normal day.'

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It was hectic but as always Nancy had managed just in time to sprint to her car and head on out for another exciting day at work. She was sporting the nice red dress shirt with white undershirt, a black skirt that stopped at her knees with a black necklace with earrings to match. With coffee in one hand, keys in the other, and a half of bagel covered lightly with cream cheese in her mouth she was ready to go. Plopping in her car she pulled her bag off her shoulder and sat it in the seat beside her. Soon the car began to purr to life and she sighed readjusting her mirror so she could see out the back window. Of course she had an unpleasant guest in the back seat, who wasn't really there in the back seat at all.

" Krueger how about you move your big head so I can see out the back."

" Gesh… Some ones bleeding today or something." He cracked picking at his teeth with a razor finger. Nancy pulled out of her driveway bidding farewell to her small apartment and streaking on down the road in hopes to keep up with time. " So…" Freddy began sitting forward and giving her a serious look. " Did you find anything out last night from your friend?"

" I did actually…" Nancy said flickering her eyes from the road to the mirror to glance at her burnt companion in the mirror. 'Wait companion is to endearing… Let's say allies for the time being… much, much better…' However they weren't exactly enemies anymore were they? They had to… work together. No matter how much it disgusted her. " There was another dead body found. Same exact MO as the last two the police have found. Stab wounds all over the woman's body, and then burnt with an acid to cover up any mistakes the killer could have made and DNA traces. Dumped in a trash bin outback, the poor woman…"

Freddy leaned back into the seat resting his arms up on the back with an intrigued look written on his face. Nancy was unsure what he was thinking, and it bothered her that she still couldn't read this man when he could read her like a book. " Three kills now… And in two months as well, this means he has no desire to stop right now, he's getting carried away thinking the police won't catch him if he destroys the evidence. Where did they find the body?"

" He couldn't give me to much… All though it was near Ackerman property once again… Do you think that possibly an Ackerman is doing this?" Nancy asked as she turned down the street eyeing the wearily tired morning traffic that was putting around her.

" Possibly… But usually it's not as clear as that… Perhaps the killer is wanting us to think it's an Ackerman. He's a big shot stock buyer who managed to make it big, launch a successful trading company and with his size of paycheck and lifestyle I can see why some one would pin it off on him… But then again it's usually those with high tastes that corrupt and find… pleasures elsewhere…" Nancy shivered when she heard Freddy's voice say that last part and a car behind her honked when she realized the street light had turned green. She pulled forward and continued along as Freddy leaned his head back against the seat. " We need to get alibis, who was where and when… We need to get in and close to his office that's where you come in… Then I can do the searching while you do the acting…"

" I can't believe we're doing this… What if the police start wondering about me? I mean I am contacting a journalist to information that normal people shouldn't be getting… Luckily they think that perhaps the input of a psychiatrist who deals with mentally ill people can help them formulate why the killer is doing this and get inside his head… That's where you come in…" Freddy smirked rubbing his claw hand against his shirt and pulling it back looking it over. " Takes a killer to understand a killer…"

" You know I think were the perfect dream team you and I." He glanced up to her with those cold inhuman green eyes and Nancy uncomfortably looked towards the road shaking her head and pulling up to the large building in front of her. The sign read ' WESTIN HILLS MENTAL INSTITUTION', Nancy turned the ignition and sat a moment looking at the large building that stood before her. Her job was working as a psychiatrist here at the institution, helping teenagers and kids fight their illness and work on becoming working members of society once more. She grabbed her bag and glanced one last time in the mirror at the dream demon in the reflection.

" I highly doubt that on so many levels."

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" Good morning Miss. Thompson!" The cheery voice of Nancy's coworker reached her ears, and though it was nice and fully sincere Nancy didn't care to much for it that morning. She wasn't a morning person at all… Kate was always like that though, morning, afternoon, evening the woman never got angry! The cute blonde with her neatly tied back hair smiled at Nancy from behind the entrance counter writing down the time she checked in then glancing back up. " You always arrive right on time!" She was dashing a custom Westin Hills employ out fit, white shirt with matching skirt and small metal tag beaming just about as bright as her. Nancy was glad that she didn't have to wear the outfit like the rest of the people at the institution had to.

" Well… I can't let the kids down now can I?" She forced a perky tone to her voice as Kate giggled picking up her stack of papers and tapping them against the counter so they aligned. " Oh Kate." The woman set them down smiling sweetly. " I have an appointment tomorrow so I won't be here until the afternoon sessions all right?"

" That's fine and dandy here!" 'This woman should be in with kids herself.' Nancy groaned inwardly. " Who might you be seeing then so I can tell Dr. Audley?"

" Oh I'm seeing Mr. Ackerman head of Trade-in-Pass Inc about a part time job as a secretary there. Don't worry when I see him I'll tell him."

" I understand, this job may have a lot of hours but it's not the greatest pay in the world." Kate still said this with a smile as she sat down in her chair and pulled out a stamp to apply to her documents. " I wish you good luck on that! I'm trying hard myself to find another equal opportunity out there."

" Thanks…" Nancy sighed and shook her head as she walked away, down the large linoleum hallway that was part of this wing of the building. As she sauntered down the hallway she could clearly see in the reflection of the floor a pair of brown shoes leading up a figure, as if Freddy was standing beside her but clearly not.

" How on earth can you stand talking to that obviously crack sniffing whore? She could even make a glob of maggots throw up!" Nancy glared down at the reflection bringing her finger to her lips as she softly spoke out loud.

" Do you want people to hear you keep it down!"

" Hmph… Well at least you managed to get a view in with Mr. Ackerman… So you plan to watch his moves closely and find out his agenda if you get the job? Clever… But a little to close don't you think?" Freddy mused quieter then before as Nancy stopped by a door readjusting her bag.

" Well it wasn't easy. I just hope the interview goes well tomorrow…"

" What interview?" Nancy was about to speak but she realized that it was not Freddy who was talking to her but Dr. Audley instead. She flinched her cheeks turning red as she ran her fingers through her hair nervously to see if it was okay.

" Oh I'm sorry… I didn't see you there." Nancy began gaining back control over her mind as she stared up at him. He was taller then her, with clean cut blonde hair and amazing blue eyes that could mesmerize even Aphrodite if so wished. ' UGH! Why do I come up with the stupidest of metaphors?!' Nancy spread out the crease on her skirt as Freddy glared irritated from his reflection on the floor. Dr. Audley had been only working at the institution for a short time, he was single, a year older then she, but very knowledgeable in the field even if he was newer to it then Nancy was.

" You're not leaving the institution are you?" He asked raising a brow as Nancy stood a second then laughed shaking her head obviously flustered. Freddy grumbled silently to himself rolling his eyes over the goo goo ga ga look that was increasing on Nancy's face.

" Of course not!" She exclaimed then calmed down smiling softly at him. " I'm just seeing if I can get a part time job as personal secretary at Trade-in-Pass for Mr. Ackerman. I could use the money- not saying that I'm having a hard time I mean! I'm doing fine I just have student loans to finish paying from college and things like that!"

Dr. Audley smiled at her with a white pretty smile that made Nancy sigh in the inside , and Freddy stick out his tongue in disgust. He hated that man so much… " Well I'm glad and I hope everything goes well for you. I know I had to take a few jobs myself to get by, not saying that you're having a hard time… but I can relate to you." The pretty boy looked down at his clipboard and Nancy smiled with adoration and Freddy couldn't stomach anymore of it.

" Thanks. Dipshit." Freddy coughed loudly and Dr. Audley looked up at her as he was about to say something from his chart.

" Umm… What… did you say?" Nancy was completely mortified at what Freddy had practically yelled. She had forgotten about him completely and she moved slyly stepping so that she was covering Freddy's mysterious reflection from the doctors sight. ' Please don't tell me he saw him!'

" Oh! I said… Soo… Kids ready?!" She panicked as Dr. Audley gave her a slightly confused look then nodded his head to her.

" Yup they're all in group ready for today. I was just about to say that I think Ashley is making great progress from yesterdays session… She's starting to socialize with the other kids more and is perking up around the staff. Hopefully at this rate she won't have to stay in the institution as long as she was first diagnosed to stay. Keep up the good work Miss. Thompson."

" Please." Nancy said shifting the bag on her shoulder as Freddy growled from under her feet definitely pissed off at what she was doing. " You've known me for some time call me Nancy."

" Very well Nancy. You can just address me as Robert then." She nodded as he turned heading back the way he came from and glanced over his shoulder. " Have a good day Nancy."

" You to Dr. Aud- I mean Robert!" Nancy stammered and soon the enchanting man was gone from her sight and she sighed angry at herself for losing control of her mouth. ' Ugh! I can't even talk to the guy right without going all high school girl over her!' But he was just so handsome, and kind and sweet with those blue eyes and…

" BITCH HOW ABOUT YOU GET OFF ME NOW?!" Freddy's deep voice growled under her feet and Nancy lifted one foot to see his face closer as if he was bending down to the floor on the other side. Nancy shot him a fiery glare to match his own and gripped her hand in fists.

" What the hell where you thinking saying that out loud! You ass! Stay quiet!" Freddy mocked her silently as he stood back up in the reflection walking away from her.

" Okay let's get this done and over with so we can go home…" Nancy didn't know why Krueger hated the institution so much, when he first came with her he would start talking out loud to some of the kids. Now they're already disturbed, varying in their degree's of instability but a talking invisible voice that would scare the crap out of anyone didn't help. He should have been enjoying it, but no he would get irritated and stay back quiet and silently mess with the already insane children here. Maybe it was Dr. Audley… But why? She wasn't sure so she just let it pass like usual when it dealt with Freddy.

" All right here we go." Nancy said to herself more so then Krueger as she grabbed the door handle and opened it up to see a group of teenagers in chairs some looking expectantly towards her others not so much with any care in the world. She closed the door behind her as she entered and sat down in her usual empty metal chair sighing as she smiled at them. She enjoyed working with these kids, she knew what it was like to feel as if no one can understand you… Freddy was the source of that, after her traumatic young adult hood she had been in an institution for three years. Now she could help kids and teens facing problems that she was familiar with. It made her feel of some worth to the world, she hadn't felt that way in a long time.

" Ah good to see you've arrived Miss. Thompson." A guard named Matthew said nodding to her as she nodded back and smiled towards the kids. With a deep breath she looked at them all, ready to do what she could.

" Hope you're all doing good today. Who would like to start the group off first?'

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Here's the first chapter to my new ANOES fan fiction. This idea's been brewing in my head for some time so I'm happy I've finally been able to get this out and into words. Now you're probably wonder what's going on, why is Freddy following Nancy around in reflection? Why are they not destroying each other? Why are they following a murder case? XD You'll find out eventually, so just stick around and wait to see what happens to these two as the story progresses.