American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 96 A Nightmare on Elm Street

After saying this, Nancy breathed a sigh of relief. She had been under a lot of pressure these days, and having someone listen to her made her feel much better.

"Roy, thank you. I feel much better now! Maybe the nightmares I had these days were just because I was frightened."

Nancy was very optimistic, worthy of being the heroine who had lived for several movies, but Roy was not so optimistic.

"Nancy, wait here for me."

Roy began asking students attending the mourning ceremony if anyone had had any strange dreams.

Relying on his prestige in the school, all the students answered Roy's questions honestly.

You don't know until you ask. Once you ask, you find out that among this group of students, there are more than a dozen who have had the same nightmare as Nancy.

This means that Freddy has indeed returned.

"Roy, what are you asking?"

Jennifer and Needy noticed that Roy was asking students around and couldn't help but feel curious.

Roy looked at the two girls. Jennifer should be relatively safe since she still had Lilith in her body, but that might not be the case for Needy.

So Roy asked Needy by the way.

"How do you know I had a strange dream recently? I always dream of an old wooden house. There are three little girls singing nursery rhymes and jumping rope in front of the house."

Nidi repeated the nursery rhyme she heard in her dream.

1 Freddy comes to you,

3, 4. Close all doors and windows tightly.
5 Close your eyes,
7, 8 stay up till dawn,
9, 10 can never fall asleep.

This is the classic nursery rhyme from A Nightmare on Elm Street, marking the return of Freddy.

Jennifer, who was standing by, was very surprised to see Roy's ugly expression.

"Roy, what happened again?"

"You guys come with me!"

Roy took Jennifer and Needy to find Nancy and explained his discovery.

Nancy's face was filled with horror, releasing a massive amount of fear.

"Is that guy really back?"

"I think so."

"No, how could this happen!"

Nancy held her head, unable to accept this fact.

While in Elm Town, Nancy lost many friends, including her ex-boyfriend.

By the way, the actor who played Nancy’s boyfriend was the future Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 was his debut work.

Thanks to her golden hair and her virginity, Nancy was lucky enough to survive Freddy and kill him.

Well, this is also a classic setting in early horror movies. The characters who can survive the hands of the villain are usually conservative, beautiful blonde girls. Nancy fits this perfectly.

Roy comforted Nancy.

"Nancy, don't be afraid. We've all been through similar horrors, but we're all alive and well!"

Kind-hearted Needy also hugged Nancy.

"Yeah, not long ago I was taken to the sewers by a clown monster and nearly died, but Roy and Jennifer rescued me!"

During the IT incident, although Needy was in a coma, she still had some impression of the surrounding situation.

Needy actually knew everything about how Roy and Jennifer saved themselves.

Nancy looked at Roy and the other two in surprise.

"Is everything you say true?"

"Of course! Nancy, if you believe us, we can find a place to have a good chat after the morning mourning ceremony is over!"

Roy hasn't figured out how to deal with Freddy yet. This guy is a rare villain in American horror movies and cannot be killed directly by physical means.

Moreover, Freddy always bullies the weak and fears the strong. Roy suspects that this guy doesn't even dare to enter his dream, which is quite troublesome.

We must think of a solution.

Nancy didn't refuse.

At this time, the mourning ceremony officially began, and Roy and the others returned to their seats.

Because the auditorium had been bombed, the memorial service was held in the gymnasium.

The boy's black and white portrait was hung high on the wall, and all the students mourned the deceased solemnly.

Because she hadn't slept well in recent days, Nancy felt that the music played on the spot was particularly sleep-inducing, and her eyelids kept drooping.

Nancy tried hard to control her sleepiness. After all, it was too rude to doze off during a mourning ceremony, but the sleepiness still crawled into her body uncontrollably.

Nancy nodded suddenly and felt something was wrong. She found that everyone around her was still.

Moreover, the black and white portrait hanging on the wall was replaced by a person with a rotten and ugly face wearing a black wide-brimmed hat.

Nancy would never forget that face, and she realized she was trapped in a nightmare again.

"Nancy, you have to wake up, wake up now!"

Having experienced fighting Freddy before, Nancy knew that she had to break free from the nightmare as soon as possible. She tried to pinch herself hard and use the pain to escape from the dream.

But this method seemed to be ineffective. Nancy pinched her skin until it turned purple but still couldn't wake up.

To make matters worse, Nancy heard that familiar nursery rhyme again.

1 Freddy comes to see you...

Not far away at the gymnasium exit, three little girls suddenly appeared, jumping rope and singing nursery rhymes.

The horrific memories kept resurfacing in Nancy's mind, making her more and more desperate.

At this moment, the black and white portrait of Freddy hanging on the wall suddenly spoke.

"Oh, little Nancy, do you remember me?"

Nancy didn't answer Freddy, but just kept backing away, trying to stay away from Freddy's portrait.

"I miss you every day, little Nancy!"

Freddy's voice suddenly came from behind her head, making Nancy's heart skip a beat.

Then a hand was pressed on Nancy's shoulder. She could no longer hold back and closed her eyes and screamed.

When Nancy opened her eyes, she found that she was awake and the photo on the wall was still of the dead student.

The other students around her looked at her in confusion, which made Nancy very embarrassed.

But the most embarrassed person was Roy, because the hand on Nancy's shoulder was his.

Just now, Roy suddenly felt a lot of fear coming from Nancy who was standing in front of him.

Roy immediately guessed that Nancy must be in a nightmare, so he reached out and tried to wake her up.

Then Nancy let out a scream, as if Roy had done something to her.

Even Jennifer and Needy looked at him strangely.

Nancy quickly apologized to everyone around her.

As for Roy, it was relatively simple. He glared around and all the students turned their heads as if nothing had happened.

After the mourning ceremony finally ended, Nancy and Roy immediately left the gymnasium and came to the lawn outside.

"I just saw Freddy in my dream!" As expected, if Nancy hadn't dreamed about Freddy, she wouldn't have screamed like she had been abused.

Roy had already guessed it, so he wasn't too surprised, but Jennifer and Needy were more shocked.

"That guy really showed up?"

Nancy nodded with an expression of great pain.

It was almost noon, but the warm sunshine could not dispel the chill in Nancy's body.

Roy didn't expect Freddy to come so soon, and he hadn't figured out a solution yet.

The best way to deal with it now is to control yourself from sleeping, so that you may be able to hold on for a while longer.

The problem is that judging by Nancy's current mental state, she might not be able to make it through tonight.

Needy's spirits were slightly better, but an ordinary person could only last a few days without sleep, and someone had to keep an eye on them.

"Roy, will that guy attack Needy as well?"

Jennifer was a little worried about her best friend.

"That's for sure. If you've ever dreamed of that guy, he'll find you no matter where you're hiding."

"This is how to do?"

Hearing this, Needy also became nervous. This girl was not very courageous, otherwise she would not have been targeted by Pennywise.

Freddy is similar to Pennywise in some ways, as he also relies on fear to gain strength.

This is also reflected in the movie.

Every time Freddy is resurrected, he doesn't rush to start killing, but instead tries to scare the teenagers as much as possible in his dreams.

On the one hand, it is to draw the power of fear to strengthen oneself, and on the other hand, it is to spread oneself.

This guy is a bit like a memetic contagion. As long as there is one person who remembers Freddy, he can always be resurrected from the nightmare.

Roy carefully recalled the several Nightmare on Elm Street movies he had watched in his previous life. This method could only be done now that his memory attribute was improved.

There are several ways to take out Freddy, but most of them seem to require entering a dream.

So is there any way to temporarily avoid Freddy's invasion and delay it for a few days?

Roy suddenly remembered that the third "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movie seemed to mention that taking certain medicines can prevent dreaming while sleeping.

As long as I don’t dream when I sleep, Freddy won’t be able to come in, right?

However, Roy couldn't remember what the specific drug was. His memory was not yet at the level where he could remember every detail clearly.

"I have an idea. Do you know of a psychotropic drug that can help people quickly enter a deep sleep and avoid dreaming?"

Both Needy and Nancy shook their heads. This question was beyond their knowledge, but Jennifer seemed to have thought of something.

"I think I've heard of it!"

Roy was even ready to take the risk and ask the school doctor, but he didn't expect Jennifer to know.

This is a good thing, so I don’t have to ask the school doctor, who might think I’m taking drugs and even ask my parents to come.

But how did Jennifer know such professional things?
Facing Roy's puzzled look, Jennifer explained.

"My deceased adoptive parents both had the habit of flying leaves. When they ran out of food, they couldn't sleep. At that time, they would take the medicine you mentioned to help them fall asleep."

Hiss, these two guys really deserve to die. It’s really not easy for Jennifer to grow up in such an environment without going astray.

"Do you remember the name of the medicine?"

Jennifer frowned and thought for a moment.

"I think his name is Zuo or something, I can't remember it clearly, but I think there should be some medicine bottles at home. We can go back and take a look."

The names of these chemical drugs are indeed very difficult to remember, and it is normal not to remember them if you don't take them frequently.

Roy checked the time and it was almost lunchtime.

"Let's go straight to Jennifer's house."

When the three of them were leaving the school, they were seen by the principal, who was very shocked.

"Another one more in such a short time? No wonder he was able to deal with Ms. Hull, ah!"

The principal showed an envious look, then looked at his belly which was as big as a ten-month pregnancy, and sighed deeply.

The yellow Chevrolet Camaro drove away with three beautiful girls, and many boys who saw it showed gritted teeth on their faces.

Oak High School has lost one more of its already small number of beautiful girls. How can this not make the boys envious and jealous?

Unfortunately, no one dared to provoke Roy. In fact, he was quite looking forward to this kind of plot where he would show off and get slapped in the face. Unfortunately, the boys in the school were too timid and didn't give him this opportunity.

Since the Halloween incident, Jennifer has only returned home once, to pack her luggage and move to Needy's house.

So Roy and the others saw that the house still looked like a murder scene, with white lines of corpses drawn on the ground.

"Jennifer, aren't you going to clean up this house?"

"There's no need to clean it up. I won't be living in this house anymore anyway."

For Jennifer, this house is just a place where she used to live. She doesn't feel at home here. On the contrary, Jennifer is very happy living in Needy's house.

Arthur and Rebecca really treat Jennifer as their own daughter.

"found it!"

Jennifer rummaged through the drawers and cabinets at home and finally found a small medicine bottle in the bathroom.

"Let me see! Zopiclone, a fast-acting hypnotic that prolongs sleep time, improves sleep quality, and reduces nighttime and early awakenings. This should be it!"

I shook the medicine bottle and found it was empty.

"Jennifer, see if there are any remaining medicines."

"I'm here to help too!"

Needy and Nancy joined in the search for medicine, but all they found were a few empty medicine bottles and some moldy leaves.

"It seems my adoptive parents had already taken all the Zopiclone before they died."

Jennifer was a little disappointed and felt that she was not helping.

"At least we know the name of the medicine. Maybe we can find a way to get it."

Roy tried to comfort Jennifer, but Jennifer shook her head.

"But these psychiatric drugs are prescription drugs, and pharmacies won't sell ours."

The wildness Jennifer mentioned is indeed a problem.

Although the problem of drug abuse in America has long been very serious in this era, that only applies to big cities. Small towns like Falls have not yet developed to that level.

Especially the adults in the town basically all know each other. If you dare to go to the pharmacy and buy medicine randomly, your family will know it in the evening.

At this time, Needy showed a hesitant expression, as if she wanted to say something.

Roy noticed Needy's expression.

"Needy, have you thought of something?"

"I thought I saw Wade selling some small pills at school once."

Roy was stunned by this. He recalled the original owner's memory and found that Wade did occasionally sell some psychiatric drugs in school.

"Is this kid really that wild? Come on, I'll take you back to school first, and then I'll go talk to Wade."

(End of this chapter)