Not Everything Is As It Seems

by Daniel Terres

Daniel Terres simply wanted a job, not this big mess of chaos he got pulled into. Mysteries, ghosts, haunted pizzerias. And what's this about those robots knowing him? "I never signed up for this!"

1. Chapter 1

Not Everything Is As It Seems (Fnaf Story)

By: Daniel Terres

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This is my own AU of the FNAF story, and it is currently taking place in 1998. FNAF 3 took place 3 years ago, instead of 30. If things are different to the canon, this is why. By the way, this is also my first story. Just a fair warning.

Introductory Arc

Daniel Terres has never lived an easy life. He became an orphan at 5 due to a tragic accident and lived in an orphanage till he was 10. He has always been made fun of for his strange appearance. He stands at a good 5' 10'' with a slightly scrawny frame. He has chocolate brown hair with red, orange and yellow streaks that spikes and swishes to the right side of his face, with a long bang over his left eye. The abnormal thing about him are his eyes. His right eye has red-orange irises, which is strange enough. But his left eye's sclera and iris are completely black and his pupil is a bright white. He's always been proud of his strange looks and hates when people says he's a freak for it. Now at 18 years of age he needs to get a job.

Daniel sits in his small 2 room apartment reading the newspaper in hopes of finding a job. "Agh, there's nothing here," he says in frustration while reading through the ads. There seems to be nothing available as a job currently. "If I don't find a job soon, I'm gonna get kicked out of here." Daniel has been living on very little money for a while and his landowner told him that if he doesn't get his rents paid within the month, he'll get kicked out. Just as Daniel starts losing hope, he sees one job open.

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, Night Guard Wanted

Shifts: 12AM to 6AM

Call 1-800-FAZBEAR to sign up

"Well, the pay is low but I really need a job," Daniel says. He calls the phone number and the manager gives him the job on the spot. Daniel finds it strange but he isn't complaining. Checking the time, which is about 8:45 PM, he decides to head over early to get used to the place and get his uniform.

Daniel arrives at the Pizzeria at 9 PM and heads through the main entrance. He heads to the manager's office and is given a brief rundown of what to do during the job and is given his uniform and tablet. The manager thanks Daniel for coming and then leaves the pizzeria. Daniel then goes to the bathrooms and changes into his uniform. After changing he goes into the main dinning hall and starts looking around. The bathrooms were to his right towards the end of the room while the backstage room and Pirate's Cove were to his left. Two hallways heading to the office were behind him and the show stage was right in front of him. Daniel has always been a fan of Freddy's Pizzeria, but after the '87… incident, he has been afraid of coming. He heads back into the security office and notices that it has 2 blast doors and 2 hall lights. He finds the blast doors quite extensive, but doesn't question it and heads back into the dining hall.

Daniel then walks past the show stage into the "Toys" area, not noticing the animatronics' eyes following him. Daniel looks around notices that this office was different than the previous. This office, or Office 2 as Daniel dubbed it, has a flashlight used to light up the large hallway in the front, 2 vents and vent lights, and a freddy mask. He goes past the office and down the hallway into the main dining room. To his left he finds the main stage. To his right he finds the game area and the Prize Corner. In front of him is the entrance to the Kids Cove. He was about to leave when he notices a strange sound. He starts hearing a tune similar to the song "My Grandfather Clock" coming from the Prize Corner. He decides to investigate and heads over. Once he arrives he finds the source of the music to be a music box on the counter. He picks it up and starts examining it. It was a simple silver music box with a gold lid. He goes to put it down when, without warning, it stops. The silence makes Daniel jump slightly and starts making him feel nervous. Then the song "Pop Goes the Weasel" starts playing instead, but it seems to come from the large blue and pink present next to the counter. The lid to the box starts opening up and Daniel is feeling very nervous at this box fully opens up and then a large figure emerges. The figure stands at 6'7'' and is completely black and extremely scrawny. It has three white stripes on it legs and wrists and only three fingers. On its face was a white porcelain mask set into a large smile. There were two red, blush-like circles on its cheeks and large, crying-like markings going down its face from its eyes. The eyes were also black, but also had two small pinpricks of white light in the center.

Daniel starts to creep away from this puppet looking creature when it lunges at him without warning and lets out a garbled PRRAAAAUUUUUGGGGHHH. Daniel screams and ducks under the lunge and starts running back to the office room. He can hear the puppet gaining on him and gets a feeling that Office 2 will deal no good to him. He hears the strange mechanical roar again as he turns the corner and feels something grab his wrist. He turns around and to his horror finds that the puppet has grabbed his wrist and is now reaching for his neck. He tries to struggle but finds that he can't shake of the puppet's grib. The puppet grabs his neck and lifts him into the air and begins choking him. The puppet leans forward and hisses in a high-pitched and scruffy voice "You dare come back after you killed us? You gave us no mercy, so I'll give you no mercy." Daniel tried clawing at the puppet's hands to let him go but can't get it to let go. Just as Daniel believes he's going to die, he feels a strange tingling in his hands. Suddenly the puppet lets go of him with a hiss of pain and Daniel sprints off. Unknown to him, the puppet's hands now had deep gashes across them, as if someone cut them.

Daniel reaches the main dining room and closes the door, breathing heavily. He looks at his watch and notices the time to be 11:55. He tries to calm his heartbeat and then heads back into his office. He sits in his chair just as the time hits 12 AM. RING RING. Daniel jumps at the sudden noise and then notices the phone is ringing. He presses the answer button and suddenly a voice starts talking.

"Hello, hello? Uh, I wanted to record a message for you to help you get settled in on your first night. Um, I actually worked in that office before you. I'm finishing up my last week now, as a matter of fact. So, I know it can be a bit overwhelming, but I'm here to tell you there's nothing to worry about." Daniel scoffs at that. "Yeah, getting almost killed by an evil, sentient puppet is totally nothing to worry about."

Uh, you'll do fine. So, let's just focus on getting you through your first week. Okay? Uh, let's see, first there's an introductory greeting from the company that I'm supposed to read. Uh, it's kind of a legal thing, you know. Um, "Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. A magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life. Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person. Upon discovering that damage or death has occurred, a missing person report will be filed within 90 days, or as soon property and premises have been thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpets have been replaced." Blah blah blah, now that might sound bad, I know, but there's really nothing to worry about. Uh, the animatronic characters here do get a bit quirky at night, but do I blame them?No. Daniel blanches at that and begins to grow worried. "Just great. If these guys act anything like that puppet did, then I'm in for one hell of a night."

If I were forced to sing those same stupid songs for twenty years and I never got a bath? I'd probably be a bit irritable at night too. So, remember, these characters hold a special place in the hearts of children and we need to show them a little respect, right? Okay. So, just be aware, the characters do tend to wander a bit. Uh, they're left in some kind of free roaming mode at night. Uh...Something about their servos locking up if they get turned off for too long. Uh, they used to be allowed to walk around during the day too. But then there was The Bite of '87. Daniel's eyes darken at the mention of that date and he begins to shake in barely controlled anger as he remembers that day.

*FLASHBACK*

A 7 year old Daniel was extremely excited when he found out him and his friends were going to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. He went there once before by sneaking in and managed to look at everything and even get a Spring Bonnie plush. He loved the plush and goes everywhere with it. He even wrote his name on the bottom of the plush's right foot. The orphanage caretakers were getting everyone gathered up so they could walk to the pizzeria when Daniel noticed something strange. A guy across the street in a purple security guard suit with light purple skin and hair was walking towards the pizzeria, but he seemed like he was forcing himself. He also looked incredibly tired and had some black liquid on his hands, like oil, but Daniel couldn't be sure. Daniel stops staring at him when his friend, an 8 year old girl with bright red hair begins speaking to him.

"You excited to go to the pizzeria Daniel?" the girl asks. Daniel responds with "Yeah Skylar, butI thought I saw something strange." Daniel shakes his head and says "It's nothing." The girl, or Skylar, looked at him strange. She then just shrugged and starting walking with the group to the pizzeria. The group arrives and notices that a birthday party is going on and that the parents of the birthday child invited the orphans over.

The group walks inside and Daniel noticed that Spring Bonnie was gone today and that Fredbear and the Fazbear gang was singing. He walks in and begins looking around. Despite what most think, Daniel was very intelligent and observant for his age. That's how he noticed a couple of his friends and 2 other kids going with what looked to be Spring Bonnie into another room. Confused, Daniel goes to check it out. What happens next is something that'll haunt him forever.

Daniel follows them into a room to the left of the show stage and starts listening. At first everything seemed fine, but then he starts hearing screaming. Daniel panics and accidentally opens the door and sees something sickening. 5 children, thrown on the floor in a bloody mess, along with a bloody Spring Bonnie whose head is off. Daniel notices there is a person in Spring Bonnie and sees the someone similar to that strange purple guy. This person had shorter hair, lighter purple skin with some peach mixed into it and dark purple eyes, though they seemed blank, like he had no emotions.

He then says "If you know what's good for you, you'll not speak of this event to anyone." Daniel jumps and begins shaking when he realized that the guy was talking to him. The Purple guy looks straight at him with the blank eyes and says "LEAVE." Daniel jumps again and then runs off crying. He reaches the orphanage caretakers who then start asking what's wrong with worried faces, but Daniel doesn't notice. He didn't even notice that he left his plushie at the murder site. Daniel then collapses into unconsciousness due to shock.

*FLASHBACK END*

Daniel starts silently crying towards his lost friends, but then he stops and listens to the rest of the call. Yeah. I-It's amazing that the human body can live without the frontal lobe, you know?

Uh, now concerning your safety, the only real risk to you as a night watchman here, if any, is the fact that these characters, uh, if they happen to see you after hours probably won't recognize you as a person. They'll p-most likely see you as a metal endoskeleton without its costume on. Now since that's against the rules here at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, they'll probably try to...forcefully stuff you inside a Freddy Fazbear suit. Um, now, that wouldn't be so bad if the suits themselves weren't filled with cross beams, wires, and animatronic devices, especially around the facial area. Daniel winces and thinks of what could've happened to previous night guards. He shudders and then starts listening again.

So, you could imagine how having your head forcefully pressed inside one of those could cause a bit of discomfort...and death. Daniel chuckles at that deadpanned statement. For some reason it was really funny.

Uh, the only parts of you that would likely see the light of day again would be your eyeballs and teeth when they pop out the front of the mask, heh. Y-Yeah, they don't tell you these things when you sign up. But hey, first day should be a breeze. I'll chat with you tomorrow. Uh, check those cameras, and remember to close the doors only if absolutely necessary. Gotta conserve power. Alright, good night." Daniel then checks his tablet and notices he was already down to 90% power. He looks at the fan running on his desk and scowls at it. "Stop eatin my power yah stupid fan!" He yells while pointing at the fan. Daniel glares at it for a bit and then checks the cameras.

Dining hall is good, pirate's cove is good, backstage is fine. Daniel begins thinking everything would be normal tonight before he sees the main stage camera. Everything looked fine, except for the fact that the large lavender rabbit called Bonnie was staring right into the camera. Daniel yelps when the camera starts going into static and then stops. He pales rapidly when he realized that Bonnie was gone and begins to panic while cycling through the cameras. He stops cycling when he notices that Bonnie was in the backstage room. He breaths a small breath of relief and checks the main stage again. No one moved so Daniel checks the backstage again. Daniel screams and nearly drops the tablet when he sees Bonnie's face right in front of the camera, staring with no eyes. Daniel tries to calm his heartbeat while he quickly heads back to the main stage to check.

Once again no one moves so he then goes back to the backstage camera. No one is there this time so Daniel tries tofind Bonnie until he hears footsteps. Growing worried, he heads to the left door and checks the lights. Standing right outside his door was Bonnie who had a confused look on his face. Daniel panics and reflexively hits the door button. He hears what sounds like a "hm?" and then footsteps. He opens the door and checks the hallways again and then checks his tablet again. He notices it is 3 AM already and he has 75% power. He sits down again and start looking through the cameras again.

He finds Bonnie in the dining hall and checks the main stage. Chica was gone so he starts searching for her. He finds Chica in the bathrooms and he starts checking the cameras again. He finds Bonnie in the supply closet and searches for Chica. He can't find her anywhere and begins to become nervous again when he hears clanking and rattling. It sounds like pots and pans so he checks the kitchen camera. The camera is disabled but he is able to hear the crashing noises much louder this time so he assumes Chica is in the kitchen. He checks the time and finds it to be 5 AM with 40% power left.

He checks the supply closet and finds Bonnie to be gone. He hears footsteps again and checks the west hall lights. He finds Bonnie sitting there, looking ready to pounce. He slams the door close right as he hears a SCREEEEEE and then a loud bang. He winces and then starts chuckling when he sees a small Bonnie shaped dent in the door. He checks the west hall corner camera and finds Bonnie laying on the floor looking extremely dizzy, twitching every so often. He begins laughing at the funny sight and then stops when he hears some chimes. He looks at his tablet and finds it to be 6 AM and can hear some little kids cheering. He smiles and then heads out the office cautiously. He goes into the main dining area and finds Bonnie and Chica to be back in their spots on stage. He sighs in relief and heads out of the pizzeria.