Afterlife | Justin Foley

Epilogue

Summer's POV:
"Are you ok?" Dylan asked me. I nodded and said "I'm fine. What about you?" "He's gone. I don't feel him anymore." I hugged Dylan again and he clung to me. Running footsteps were heard and James stood in the doorway. "Guys! Holly's downstairs. She's having a hard time waking up." He said. Dylan and I walked downstairs with James and Porter was holding a very weak Holly. Her eyes blinked slowly and Nova said "you did it, baby." Holly half smiled and said "he's gone?" "Yeah. You did it." James said. Light ran a hand through his hair and walked over to me, hugging me. I hugged him back and said "you're ok." He pulled away and said "thanks for taking care of me. It means a lot." I smiled at him and Holly was slowly regaining her strength. "Isn't there school today?" Kyle asked from the couch. Eva hit his shoulder and he said "what? I'm just curious." Holly shook her head and said "I don't wanna go." Dylan nodded in agreement and said "don't make us go." I ruffled his hair and said "you don't have too. We could go see dad." Dylan smiled and said "can we?" I nodded and Holly said "dad? Take me home so I can change?" Porter nodded and carried her out of the house. Nova said "we'll be back." They walked out of the house and I said "you ok?" Kyle nodded and said "just got the shit kicked out of me. That's all." "Summer." I turned around to see Joey. "Oh my god. He really did give you back." I said as I ran over to Joey. I hugged him tightly, a few tears going down my face. "Uncle Kincaid!" Dylan yelled as he ran over to him. Joey pulled away and said "I knew you'd guys close the gate. But why ask for us back?" I bit my lip and said "Joey, you're one of my best friends. Someone who I need in my life. You and Kincaid." Kincaid looked over and said "I'm glad you got us back. I couldn't stand looking at Kruger's ugly face all the time." I chuckled and said "well, you're here. And that's all that matters."

Nova's POV:
We walked in the house, the alphabet and Christmas lights still on the walls. James sighed and said "it's almost Christmas. Should we even take it down?" "Maybe the alphabet." Holly said. Porter chuckled and carried her up to her room. I went to my bedroom, getting Holly some painkillers. "Mom?" I turned around and said "yeah?" "Do you think Holly could've died from closing the gate?" I shook my head and said "no. I knew she'd be able to do it. Auntie Summer destroyed Freddy a long time ago. And Holly got her power from Summer. I think if Freddy is destroyed, your dream power goes away too. But I don't know. I've dealt with him three times and when he came for you and Holly, it became personal. Holly's fine. I knew she would be." James nodded and said "I was worried about her. I couldn't lose her a second time." I frowned and patted James' back. Holly came into the room in jeans and a t-shirt. "I have some painkillers for you." Holly took them from me and walked in the kitchen to get some water to take it with. "We gonna go see uncle Justin?" James said. I nodded and said "yeah. Let's go."

Justin's POV:
The door to my hospital room opened and Dylan ran in. "Dad!" He said. I sat up a little and gave him a hug. Summer walked in with Porter and Nova along with my niece and nephew. "Holly did it! She got Freddy." Dylan said. "You did?" I asked her. She nodded and gave me a hug. James hugged me as well and they both pulled away at the same time. "Can we go to the vending machine?" James asked. Nova looked at Porter and said "he has money." Porter huffed and dug some money out of his pockets, handing it to Holly, James and Dylan. The three of them walked out and Summer sat on the hospital bed and said "you ok?" I shrugged and said "I've been better. And you're sure he's gone?" "Holly turned him into dust." Porter said. I sat up fully and leaned closer to Summer. She leaned in and pressed a kiss to my lips. She pulled away and said "we're safe. Finally. He'll never come back."

Wow this is the end. This was the first series I ever started, called the Dream Series. A Nightmare on Elm Street has always been one of my favorite horror franchises growing up. And this idea came to me last summer, originally it was going to be two books but I came up with this one, Afterlife. I meant to end this series a while back but I got caught up in other books. I could've wrote a Justin Foley fic based off of 13 Reasons Why. But I chose not too because I wanted to do something different. Anyway, it's over and I'm a little sad. I had so much fun writing this book. Anyone who's been reading this series since Dreams, I appreciate you. So long Dreams Series, you were fun while it lasted.
~Skylar☁️🖤☁️🖤