"Give it to me!"

"Stop!"

"You're making it worse!"

"Come back here!"

"It's mine!"

"You're messing everything up!"

Several yells awakened Dustin's and Daisuke's attention. Chica and Toy Chica came into the dining area, apparently fighting over their cupcake.

"Hey, hey, what's going on here?" Dustin asked with a little snigger.

"I'm trying to decorate my cupcake but she's messing it all up!" Toy Chica complained as she held the cupcake away from Chica.

"No, you're the one making it worse!" Chica countered back.

"This cupcake is mine!"

"It's ours!"

"Alright, just decorate together. Is that much of a problem?" Daisuke tried to get them to stop. He wasn't worried at all, Chica and Toy Chica were close friends and they'd never argue seriously. However, they really could get pretty protective around their cupcake.

"Fine." both of them grunted at the same time, giving each other mad glares, albeit in a joking way. As they left, Chica still tried to snatch the cupcake, causing her and Toy Chica to giggle.

Dustin gave a sigh. "Always, no matter what, when or how, a funny scene always opens up the days here." He smiled, giving a little chuckle.

"Those you call funny scenes can be considered as the normal things you'd see every day. After all, they always happen." Daisuke said calmly.

Suddenly, a small piece of the ceiling fell and landed gently on Dustin's shoulder, though it still startled him a bit. Sprinkling his shoulder, both he and Daisuke looked up. There were a few cracks on the ceiling. Dustin started to notice them quite a long time ago. Right then, Jack came back. "Oh, hello Dustin." he greeted him, receiving a wave from the boy.

"Did you notice all the cracks on the ceiling?" Dustin asked the owner, who looked up.

"Yeah, this place is really old. I actually called some workmen to come fix that up."

"Great. I'd love to see this place all fixed up."

"Well, the only problem is…" Jack seemed a bit unsure. Daisuke and Dustin looked at him expectantly. "There's a lot of work to do here. When the workmen arrive, we'll barely have space for ourselves. Plus, they'll take a while to fix everything. It's not only the cracks on the ceiling, I actually want many other things as good as new."

"I see…" Dustin muttered. "How long will that take?"

"As far as I know, it might be around a week, or two."

Dustin gritted his teeth with a nervous hiss. "Where are we going to stay for all that time if we can't be here?" he asked, rather worried. Jack shrugged. Dustin looked at Daisuke, wondering if he knew what to do. He shook his head.

"Are you sure we have to… leave?"

"I can't let the ceiling fall on our customers." Jack said it with a chuckle.

"The what is gonna fall on who?" White Fang's alarmed voice chimed in as she came running into the scene.

"Don't worry, nothing is going to fall on anyone." Jack calmed her down. "We need to leave the workmen some space to work, as I'm going to have this place remodeled a little and get the ceiling and walls fixed up."

White Fang's shoulder limped down as she let out a relieved sigh. "You scared me there."

Dustin's eyes sparkled up. "Of course!" he said happily.

"What is it?" White Fang asked, wondering what came to his mind.

"We can spend time on my sister's house."

"Aren't we too many to fit in a house?" Daisuke questioned, giving a little frown.

"Nah," Dustin waved his hand. "It's a big house. Know what, I'm gonna call her now. I'm sure she'll love to have us visiting."

He stood up, searching for his phone on his pocket. "I like that idea." White Fang said. "I'm sure it'll be great to go somewhere else for a little time. It's like some kind of vacation!"

She looked at Daisuke, who seemed to be thinking on something. "I'm wondering… how are we going to go to that house?"

"Oh, yeah…" White Fang realized. It'd be weird to see loads of animatronics walking around the streets. Not only that, but Dustin's sister's house wasn't anywhere near there.

Dustin peeked over a corner, holding the phone on his hand. "Jack, when are the workmen going to come?"

"In a couple of days, if I'm not wrong."

The boy gave him a thumbs up as he continued talking with his sister. Soon after, Chica and Toy Chica came back.

"We're going to spend some time at Dustin's sister's house." White Fang informed them.

"Why?" Chica asked.

"We're going to close for repairs." Jack told her.

"Works for me." Toy Chica said cheerfully. "I'll tell the others."

"Okay, I've got everything planned out." Dustin announced as he came back. "My sister is willing to see us, so there'll be nothing wrong. You all will fit perfectly there, nothing to worry about."

"But how are you going to bring us all there?" Chica asked.

Dustin scratched the back of his head. "Well, I came up with an idea, but… you guys won't like it that much…"

White Fang's eyes widened slowly. It was just like she read Dustin's mind. "Please don't tell me we have to go on the car boot again…" she muttered in a letdown. Much to her dismay, Dustin simpered at her, making her give out a long grunt.

"Come on, it can't be that bad. It'll be worse for me, I'll have to make several leavings and returnings since you all don't fit on the car at once."

"Well, I guess a little trip on a car boot won't hurt anybody." Chica muttered, still not content with the idea.


After everything was explained and planned out, the animatronics were ready to leave the next morning. Since getting all of them to the house was going to be a long process, they decided to leave early. The sooner it was done, the better. Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy would go first, then the Toys, and then the rest, without including Golden Freddy. He could simply teleport to the house.

"Let's go, boys." Dustin said as he got next to the car. The animatronics hesitated.

"Do we really have to do this?" Bonnie complained.

Dustin looked at him as he opened the car's door. "You can travel here, or you can walk around the street with tons of people looking at you." He made a mocking grin as he entered the car.

"Fine…" the bunny drawled with an eye roll.

"Kinda funny how you first laughed at us when we had to go in there, remember?" JJ scoffed. When they were at Fazbear's Fright, she and White Fang also had to go on Hiro's car boot. "Now look who's laughing at who."


When they finally arrived, Dustin's sister, Claire, was waiting for them. She had long, flowing brown hair and heartwarming blue eyes, accompanied by a lovable smile. She sure seemed like a nice person.

"Where have you been, Dusty?" she greeted her brother as he came out of the car and opened the boot.

"Doing lots of crazy stuff." he giggled.

As soon as the door opened, the animatronics came out at once. "Freedom…!" Chica yelled, stretching her arms.

"Never ever again." Bonnie vociferated.

"You guys had a nice ride, eh?" Claire chuckled gently.

"Oh, so you are Dustin's sister?" Freddy asked, receiving a nod from the girl. "You two are identical."

"They tell us that a lot." Dustin sniggered. "Well, I'm going back to the restaurant. I need to get the rest. You guys walk around freely, no one's going to stop you." He got onto the car and drove off, waving at Claire as he did so.

"Wow, Dustin wasn't lying. Your house truly is big." Chica said, surprised, as she looked at the house. It was big indeed, and had an upstairs room as well. The animatronics were rather glad it wasn't any kind of apartment. Soon after Dustin left, the voice of children could be heard from the house's back. A short, scrawny boy came running past the animatronics, followed by a much bulkier kid who was chasing him and laughing mockingly. It didn't seem like a game at all, the other kid clearly wasn't enjoying the pursuit.

The same boy came running back, and as soon as he had the chance, he jumped onto his mother's arms. The other halted, still laughing. They were Claire's sons, Erik, the young one, and Zach, his bully brother. "Oh, boo-hoo. What, too tired to keep running like a baby?" Zach mocked his little brother.

"Zach, that's about enough." Claire scolded him. "Go inside. Now." She gave the kid a death glare, letting him no choice other than walk inside the house with a grunt. She gently let Erik down. He sure was exhausted.

"What happened now, honey?" Claire asked him with a warm voice, stroking his auburn hair.

"He just started chasing me for no reason. As always." the little child replied lowly, his voice almost cracking. Meanwhile, the animatronics watched.

"You need to rest. Come on, you should go to bed."

"No," the boy snapped suddenly, taking a step back. "He's there, waiting for me to come in and scare me. He always does that. I don't want to go in."

Claire gave a saddened smile. "Don't worry, you'll be fine." She looked at the silent animatronics. "Do you want them to go with you?"

Erik looked up at them. He seemed really skittish, so the animatronics tried to look as innocent as possible. The young kid seemed perplexed as he looked at the robots. "You guys… you are actually real?"

"Sure we are." Freddy said sweetly.

"He always loved you all, ever since Dustin told me stories about you, and I told them to him." Claire informed them, wrapping an arm around Erik's shoulder. The animatronics smiled. "So, will you go if they are with you?"

Erik smiled and nodded. Claire kissed his forehead. "His room is upstairs, you won't get lost in there." She instructed the gang. "I'd go myself but I have things to do on the garden right now."

"Don't worry, we'll be fine." Freddy assured her.


And so, the next story starts.

There are quite a lot of things I want to tell you. First, since the Counterparts series is following a different storyline, I had to make several changes on FNaF 4, which are these:

-It all takes place after FNaF 3, obviously.

-The Bite of 87 mentioned here never happened, never happens and will never happen.

-I heard theories about the kid's brother's friends being the children Purple Guy killed. In this story, they'll of course be some other random kids.

-Fredbear's Family Diner doesn't exist anymore around this setting.

-The Nightmare animatronics won't be dreams/hallucinations, they'll be completely real.

And one last thing – this story will be really sad. Prepare your handkerchiefs! It may also be a little, how to say it… strong. We are dealing with killer machines here, something bad has to happen.

And this all said, see you in the next chapter!