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"Saturday again…" Bonnie sighed, his arms creaking as he set them behind his head.
"Yep." Freddie straightened his bowtie. "No one's spying on us through the little cameras in the ceilings. We're free to do whatever we please."
"Well…not quite…" Chica took off her bib and glowered at it. "We still can't eat all of the food…then the owners will get suspicious and there'll be even more security."
"When are we going to eat? It's past dinner time." Bonnie growled.
"Just as soon as the pizza's ready." Chica looked at the vividly colored clock on the wall. "Should be about five minutes."
"Can't you speed it up? I'm starving!"
"Yes, well there's someone ELSE who's starving too. Really starving…" Freddie and the others turned their heads sympathetically in the direction of Pirate Cove. Silence passed between them. They shivered in their metal as a low, grieving moan echoed around the walls of the building.
"Poor Foxy…" Chia blinked. "She really was a nice security guard…it's just…"
"Most people don't exactly…enjoy this job." Bonnie rubbed the back of his fuzzy head.
"Do you think he'll ever be his normal self again?" She asked as another groan shuddered the windows.
"Depends. Do you think she'll ever come back again?" Freddie asked with a sympathetic blink.
"He's got to get over it." Bonnie snorted. "Plenty of night guards come and go all the time, and it's not like one- especially one like Melanie- would stay here just because some of us like her more than the other guards."
"Bon, it's not that easy." Chica told him. "We've been alone for so long…when Melanie came around it was like she…understood…" Her eyes trailed to Pirate Cove again and she forced her bolted mouth into a smile. "Maybe we should go and talk to him… to cheer him up?"
"Count me out." Freddie let out a scratchy, rough chuckle. "Foxy's a good friend of mine but… I think he wants to be left alone for now."
"He's been alone for a few months." Bonnie twitched a purple ear.
"He doesn't want to be alone. He wants Melanie." Chica said, then honestly added in a meeker voice "We all do…"
"That new guard doesn't know what he's doing." Bonnie's metal arms squealed as he crossed them. "What did his name tag say? Tim?"
"I thought it was Tom." Chica looked up at the ceiling and squinted to remember.
"Could've sworn it was Tanner…." Freddie tapped his chin with a fuzzy paw.
Another moan turned their attention yet again towards the dark hallway. They winced at the heartache in their friend's voice.
"Whoever he is he's no replacement for Melanie." Chica sniffed. A promising ding was heard from the kitchen and Chia turned towards it. "I'll get the pizza and set the table. Freddie, will you get the refreshments?" she headed off to the kitchen and paused. "Oh, Bonnie, will you send for Foxy? I'd like to have a dinner with the whole family for once."
Sighing to himself, Bonnie slid off the edge of the stage and clanked down the hallway towards Pirate Cove. The hallway became darker and darker and the atmosphere became bleaker and drearier as Bonnie continued. A spider darted into the shadows before his foot could come down and squash it mercilessly. Webs hung on the ceiling like signs warning him to stay away. Bonnie peeked cautiously around the edge of the wall and peered at the dimly lit room. He could see Foxy's reddish brown back facing him through a chink in the torn, old, dusty curtains held together by strings. Grumbling inwardly, Bonnie raised his paw and knocked. Foxy's ears twitched.
"Foxy, listen." Bonnie started, not wanting to carry on a deep conversation. He could already feel the awkward tension crawling through his fur. "Chica really wants to have dinner with the family. She-" He gritted his teeth. "We all miss you."
There was a pause in which an uncomfortable silence swamped over Bonnie.
"And I miss Melanie…" Came the distant, despairing reply.
"Okay Foxy, I get it. You really liked her. But throwing yourself a pity party isn't going to make her come back. She came, she worked, she left. It happens. Now are you going to come to dinner or are you going to sit here and sulk lazily like you do every day?"
A wrench whizzed towards Bonnie's head and made his skull ring. He glowered at his one-eyed friend, biting back a harsh retort. He balled his paws and turned on his thick heel, marching hotly out of Pirate Cove.
Chica's bolts curled up when she saw him coming but fell almost instantly as she saw his stormy expression. "I take it he's not coming?" She murmured with a sigh, setting a plate of tempting, steamy hot pizza on the table in which they usually sat. Freddie, sitting next to the chair at the head of the table, patiently eyed the food with a smile.
"He's got plenty of cake and soda at 'Pity Party Cove'." Bonnie snarled, clenching and unclenching his fists.
Chica sighed again. "Well…I guess three will work…again…" She plopped herself into a seat across from Freddie and Bonnie took his usual seat next to her. They all glanced at the empty seat at the head of the table where Foxy would once sit. Ever since their first day at Freddie Fazbear's Pizzeria, Foxy would have everyone stand and announce the 'light in their life'. It was something he came up with to boost everyone's spirits and to keep them from giving up on life. But the strong and cheerful fox wasn't here now.
"I guess I'll go first." Chica took a deep breath and stood up with a smile. "The light in my life is knowing that we hold a special place in each child's heart. It makes me happy to see the joy in their faces." She sat down and nodded to Freddie. He stood up and straightened his bowtie.
"The light in my life is the plentiful food and housing we are given. This isn't luxury, but it's better than a cold warehouse." The wise bear sat down and all four eyes turned to Bonnie. He stood up and spoke gruffly.
"The light in my life is that we don't have to pay rent or bills. Because we don't get paid. And that sucks."
"In the hopes of a happy tomorrow, bottoms up." Freddie said as they all lifted their red plastic cups to touch.
Foxy stared at the three from the hole in his closed curtain. They didn't understand what he was going through, no one did. Yeah, sure, night guards come and go, but Melanie was different. She understood him, more than anyone else did. Not even Bonnie knows what he was going through, and Bonnie was Foxy's best friend. Sure they said they did, but they didn't.
This was blind to Foxy, but he was pushing his best friend away. Bonnie had always been there for him, when Freddy would say stuff behind his back, Bonnie made a hasty comment toward Freddy. They were brothers. Though, that was before Melanie came along.
Foxy didn't know what happened, but when he first saw the woman, his inside whirled. His exoskeleton couldn't withhold his expression of shock as he stared at the open metal door. Of course she was afraid, there was a Pirate Fox with a hook about to attack her. Why wouldn't she be scared. As if it was only a second, the metal door slammed shut. A little disappointed, Foxy walked away from the door, back to Pirate Cove. He sat behind his curtains and thought about her. A happy sigh escaped his metal mouth.
The next night didn't go as expected. Like always, Foxy expected the door to be slammed on his face. As the trembling night guard aimlessly watched the cameras, his thoughts stirred.
Before the other three were active (which was usually around 2 AM, he sneaked out of his Cove and down the hallway. He peaked through the window, and there she was. She watched the security cameras, clicking through them. She watched the three characters on her screen as if they would jump right through her hand held device. However, as she moved to the next camera, Foxy watched her as her expression turned from scared to worry then to calm…until her eyes landed on the Pirate Cove camera, Foxy was smart enough to close the curtain before leaving. She would think he was still in there.
"Hmm. The fox doesn't seem active…yet…" She kept scrolling through the cameras, her bright eyes glittering as they reflected the electronic light.
When she came to the main camera, displaying Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica, she saw that Bonnie was gone. The night guard's calm expression fell as she switched to the hallway camera. It wasn't clear, but she could see that large outline of Bonnie.
Bonnie, seeing Foxy standing on his knees and looking through the window at the night guard, tipped his head.
"Foxy?" Bonnie hissed.
Foxy's head whipped over to his friend. Bonnie gave him an obvious shrug and briskly walked over. Foxy hauled him down out of the night guard's view. "What in the world are you doing?"
"Wathcing the new guard." Foxy said, his eyes smiling. "She's really cute."
"She?" Bonnie asked, sitting on his knees and looking through the grimy window.
They watched as she curiously glued her gaze to the cameras.
"That's weird, where did he go…?" She asked herself as she scrolled through the cameras fast. "Where is he? Where is he? Come on out, rabbit. Where did you go?"
"Hey!" Bonnie whisper-yelled. "I'm a bunny." He regally gestured to himself.
"Shush!" Foxy hissed.
"This is ridiculous. Why are we doing this?" Bonnie asked.
"I don't know. 'Cause I'm really wondering about this girl." Foxy said, slumping down and staring at the wall.
"Oh no, no, no, no. Where's the duck?" They heard the girl ask herself.
"Chicken." Bonnie corrected silently.
"Shush." Foxy muttered again, earning an eye-roll from Bonnie.
The girl switched the hallway lights on. The two animatronics peered up as the lights flickered for a moment and then shut off in their hallway. They saw Chica through the other window. The girl jumped and gasped, quickly closing the door to Chica's hallway and shutting off the light.
Chica saw her partners through the other window and gave them a questioning look. Bonnie rolled his eyes at her and mouthed 'I'll tell you later'. Nodding and mouthing an 'Ohhh', Chica walked away, back to the main party room. Foxy let out a sigh as he stood and clenched his paw with determination.
"What are you doing?" Bonnie asked, looking up.
"I'm gonna talk to her."
"Yeah. Right. You gonna talk to her, or the door?" Bonnie snorted.
Foxy laughed dryly. "So. Fun-ny."
The girl checked the light in the hallway where she'd last seen Chica and found that the chicken was gone. She opened the door and gave a little sigh of relief, not noticing Foxy slipping in through the open door frame.
"Hi." Foxy said, plainly. He felt that this was a natural introduction, nothing to freakishly weird, no pick up lines or anything. Humans did this to each other all the time, so this shouldn't be frightening, right?
Wrong.
Upon seeing him, the night guard let out a blood curdling scream, which Foxy was sure Freddy had heard and probably was going to give him an earful for.
"Hey, hey, it's okay. It's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you." Foxy cooed, raising his paw and his hook to try and calm her down.
"Y-you're not?" She asked, he could see tears in the corners of her shinning eyes.
"No… I just wanted to say hello." Foxy smiled. She smiled back faintly, but it dropped suddenly. Foxy turned and saw Bonnie in the doorway, leaning against the frame.
"Hey." He greeted.
"Hi." She murmured in a small, shaky voice.
"There's nothing to be afraid of." Foxy said. "We're not gonna hurt you."
She let out a sigh. "That's a big relief." Slouching in her chair, she watched the camera. Freddy still stood on the stage, arms folded and scowling as he heard the conversation down the hall.
"So you were trying to say hello yesterday?" She asked Foxy.
"Well sort of…" He scratched his head with his hook. "I didn't know you were here until I saw you. Then I guess I just wanted to say hi." Foxy said, holding out his metal paw. "My name's Foxy."
She grabbed his paw in her small, soft hand. "Melanie." She looked over and the bunny and offered her hand to him, smiling. He took it and shook it."
"I'm Bonnie, and before you ask, yes I'm a guy with the name Bonnie. And I'm a bunny not a rabbit."
Melanie's tears had dried up, and now she was smiling. "It's nice to meet y'all, and it's nice to know y'all won't kill me." Foxy couldn't stop the smile that grew on his face as he heard her country accent.
"I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship." Melanie said.
The next nights went amazing. After introducing Chica and Freddy, they all befriended the sweet night guard. On the fourth night, they all gathered around a table and enjoyed pizza and soda. They each told stories of their past and laughed.
And in those few days, Foxy was sure he was in love. Though, that all changed. Of course everyone must move on with life. Melanie had gotten a better job, and had to quit working at the pizza place, which made the fifth night of her job difficult.
After sharing the bad news of her departure, everyone sat at the table. No one had touched their pizza. Foxy took this news hard. After only knowing her five nights, he wasn't ready to let her go.
At 6 AM, everyone went back to their places of rest, and Melanie left. Never to be seen again.
Months had past and no one ever saw Melanie. She had promised to stop by, but never did. Foxy let out a sigh and opened the curtain to his cove. His exoskeleton creaked faintly as he stood and walked down the hall to where his friends sat.
Upon seeing him, the others all stopped and fell silent. He poured himself a cup of soda, and put his hand of Bonnie's shoulder, giving his friend an apologetic smile.
"The light of my day…is to know that there is a brighter day tomorrow." Foxy said. He lifted his red plastic cup. "To tomorrow."
"To tomorrow." All four of them said together.
Author's Note: Heeyy Heeey HEEEEEYYY Alright for those of you who know, this is 'To Tomorrow' a FNAF fan fiction. I'm posting chapter one AND chapter two because Chapter 1 was posted on wolfpurpledinosaur's page (check her out!). I thank her greatly for helping me get started in the world of fan fiction. Critiques and comments are greatly appreciated. I'll probably be updating this story once a week on Saturdays/ Sundays so yeah! I don't own Five Nights at Freddy's I just see game and friends say "YOU WRITE FAN FICTION" and so I do.