Chapter One: Breaking and Entering

"You first." Ted nervously pushed his twin brother ahead of him.

"You're not scared, are you?" Rex demanded, happily entering the closed pizzeria first.

Freddy Fazzbear's was fairly new. Three shiny animatronics stood on the stage, not yet ready to be powered up. The pizzeria had just opened, and their friend Damien had dared them to go in and steal something as proof. Rex couldn't turn down a dare.

Ted shivered. "We're going to get caught, and then we'll go to jail!" He whined.

"The place doesn't even have a security guard yet. Calm down." The headstrong older twin clicked on a flashlight, and carefully made his way through the halls, through party rooms and the bathroom hall, to a room normally closed off to the public, one Rex had been itching to explore. The Parts and Service room. Surely there was something interesting in there worth stealing.

"Here's a poster! Now let's go!" Ted pulled down a poster with a white fox face on it that said The New Face of Funtime.

"A poster?! Do you seriously want to leave here with only a dumb poster to show for our efforts? No way! Come on, we're getting something from the Parts and Service room." Rex determined, leading the way down the hall. He knew Ted would follow him, because he had their only flashlight, and Ted was a wimp, too scared to be alone in the dark.

"Rex! Rex, I want to go back!" Ted insisted.

"Shut up, you big baby. It's fine. There's nobody-"

Voices. Adult voices.

Ted and Rex dove behind a large box. Two men came out of the Parts and Service room, arguing.

"Mr. Afton, the idea is insane! The spring lock mechanisms failed at Fredbear's Family Diner! You can't possibly bring it back!" A shorter man in a suit complained.

"Sir, I assure you, there will be much better safety precautions on these new suits-" The taller man, wearing a purple uniform that said SECURITY on it, was cut short by his apparent boss.

"We will allow the robots to perform when completed. However, I will not allow anybody to step inside them until we are absolutely certain that the tragedies befalling Fredbear's Family Diner can never and will never repeat themselves. Am I clear, Mr. Afton?!"

"Yes, sir." Mr. Afton nodded.

"Good."

The two men started towards the doors. Rex started crawling towards the Parts and Service room. Ted panicked and grabbed his leg.

"You can't!" Ted hissed. "They'll catch you!"

"Stay here. I'll be right back." Rex crawled into the room. Ted stayed crouched behind the box, shivering with fear.

Rex stood up once he was in the room. He gasped. "Woah." He walked towards the large furry versions of the shorter, shinier robots on stage. Gently, he ran a hand over the brown fur of the bear with the top hat and microphone.

Amazed at his discovery, Rex had forgotten about thievery and almost forgotten he wasn't supposed to be there. He was reminded of the latter when he heard the voice of Mr. Afton behind him.

"Impressive, aren't they? I designed them, you know."

Rex jumped and turned sharply. "Uh..."

"Don't worry. I won't bite." The man smiled kindly. "That one is Freddy." He nodded to the bear that Rex's hand was still resting on.

"I-I'm sorry. I'll leave, I promise-" He stuttered. Suddenly, Ted's fear of going to jail felt all too real. But Rex was 10. They couldn't send a 10-year-old to jail... could they?

"No, it's alright. I enjoy seeing youth marvel at my creations. Even creations not yet ready for the public." Mr. Afton stood next to Rex and gazed at the animatronics. "My boss thinks they're too dangerous. What do you think? Do they look dangerous to you?"

Rex relaxed. "No, sir. They look friendly."

Mr. Afton nodded. "They do, don't they? I'm very proud of them. They have two features. They can sing and dance for the children, like any normal entertainment robot, or they can even be worn as a suit." His eyes glinted strangely. "Would you like to see and try one on?"

Rex grinned widely. "Would I ever!" He gasped. Mr. Afton wasn't going to get him in trouble. He was a nice guy.

Mr. Afton nodded and opened the suit, helping Rex put it on. "You must be careful of the spring locks. They come loose easily and hold all the sharp metal and plastic back from you." The man put the head over Rex's, then reached his hands to behind Rex's neck. "What do you think, young man?"

"These are really cool Mr. Afton." Rex replied. The head wobbled a little as he spoke. "It's a little big for me, though."

"Oh, we can fix that." Mr. Afton pulled something, and quickly moved his hands out of the way, as spring locks began snapping shut on Rex's body.

Ted heard his brother screaming. He had seen the security guard enter the room behind Rex, but hadn't been able to warn him.

Blood started seeping across the floor, and Rex's screams became gurgled spluttering. Ted knew it was too late to save his brother. He had to get out of there. He sprang to his feet and bolted for the door. He heard footsteps somewhere behind him, and ran faster, wrenching the door open and running home as fast as he could go.

Unfortunately, he never got there. Home was too far, and there was a car chasing him. A car he couldn't outrun.

The vehicle stopped in the middle of the crosswalk. The man got out and dragged the kicking and screaming boy into the backseat.

"It's okay. We're going to a birthday party." The security guard drove back to the pizzeria. "I normally wouldn't take a risk like this and kidnap a child right from the street, but I can't let you go warn the police, you understand? It's alright, I'll be taking very good care of you."

Ted was terrified. Mr. Afton dragged him back into Freddy Fazzbear's Pizza, back to the Parts and Service room.

Ted started to cry when he saw it. The furry new animatronics that stood in the room, and the bear that was laying on the ground in a puddle of blood. Ted recognized Rex's eyes through the face of the animatronic.

Mr. Afton grabbed the head of another animatronic.

"No... please... no... NO!" Ted screamed as he was forced into the suit. All he could feel was indescribable pain and fear.

After the second boy stopped squirming in pain, William Afton mopped up the blood from the floor and set the animatronics back in their upright position. Nobody could ever know.