My first Five Nights at Freddy's fic. So I got this idea since the holidays are coming up soon, and I'm hoping I can get this story done before Christmas. You can consider this an AU story if you want, as the mechanics of the game can't be followed exactly, and the story of A Christmas Carol will not be followed exactly, but it won't be too far off from either. Most of the characters will be from the first game, with one character from the second game. I think that's everything, so let's get started.
Five Nights at Freddy's belongs to Scott Cawthon.
A Five Nights at Freddy's Christmas Carol
Chapter 1: Yarr Humbug
December, a time of joy at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Holiday discounts, special holiday themed pizzas, and the wonderful holiday songs sung by Freddy Fazbear himself, along with his friends Bonnie and Chica. Kids always had a smile on their face, and the animatronics were full of joy.
That is, except for one. Foxy the pirate fox hated the holidays. Every Christmas he would peak from his curtains and see the kids playing around with the other. The other animatronic referred to Foxy as a "scrooge" around the holidays, as he would always snap at the others whenever December was brought up.
One Christmas eve, the gang had just finished their last song before closing time. Most of the employees had gone home, leaving just the animatronic at the pizzeria for now. Chica was bringing out boxes of pizza while Bonnie and Freddy were setting up the tables. Afterwards, Freddy went over to Pirate Cove.
"Foxy, are you in there?" he asked.
Foxy's hook came out of the curtains as they parted.
"What do ye want?" he asked angrily.
"We're going to have a Christmas pizza dinner, want to join us? Mike's coming, and he said he wants to show us something."
Arg, why would I join ye fer a Christmas celebration?" Foxy asked.
"Well, we thought you would come out and actually celebrate with us for a change," Freddy explained.
Foxy's endoskeleton eyes glowed as he lifted his hook up to Freddy.
"Yarr Humbug!" he yelled. He turned around and closed the curtains.
Foxy paused for a second, and went to the back of his little stage. He approached a box that looked like a treasure chest. Foxy opened it up and looked inside. Inside the chest, coins made of real gold sat in little stacks. All of which could make someone rich in a second. Back when Pirates Cove was first introduced, the chest of gold was put there for decoration and to make the area seem more real, but when the Cove became out of order, the staff forgot to take out the treasure chest due to an incident with Foxy. Foxy got greedy with the gold and never told anyone it was still there.
"This gold be the best part of the holidays," Fox said laughing and counting the coins. He then went back to the curtain. Peeking out, he saw Freddy with the others at the table. Pizza was set up on the table. Then, a door nearby opened. A man who looked like he was just out of college came in. He was wearing a blue suit and had a flashlight with him.
"Mike's here!" Bonnie called out.
"Hi Mike, glad you could make it," Chica said.
"Hey guys. Is dinner ready?" He asked.
"Yep, come on and sit down," Freddy said.
"Cool, but first I need to show you guys something."
The animatronics gather around Mike. He was about to step out of the way, but he noticed something was missing.
"Where's Foxy? Doesn't he want to see this too?" Mike asked.
"Probably not. He's always a scrooge around this time of year. You can't even mention Christmas without him getting angry."
"Really? Why is that?" Mike asked.
Freddy explained that when the pizzeria first opened, there was another animatronic that hung out with the kids. Foxy and the animatronic were good friends and did a lot of thing together. But one day, the animatronic disappeared. At first no one knew why, but soon Freddy and Bonnie found him backstage, in complete disrepair. When Foxy found out, he refused to come out of the cove.
"The day was December 24th, seven years ago, but there's more to the story. The year before, Foxy had an incident. I think that's when he first started to become grumpy, and that day was in December. The other animatronic in disrepair was the tip of the iceberg for him," Freddy added.
"Wow, I hope Foxy will change his mind about the holidays. It's a time for joy and happiness," Mike said.
"Hopefully. Anyway, what did you want to show us Mike?" Chica asked.
Mike stepped to the side and revealed a small animatronic. It was a little boy with a red and blue stripped outfit with a matching beanie. He had blue legs, brown shoes, and two buttons on his shirt. He was holding a balloon in one hand, and a sign that said 'Balloon' in the other.
"Hi. I'm Balloon Boy," The little boy said. The others looked at him, while Foxy was watching from a distance.
"He's cute. Where did you find him?" Chica asked.
"I found him on the street. He was singing Christmas carols trying to raise money and lift people's spirits."
"I need help. My circuits aren't working, and I'm worried I won't work anymore," Balloon Boy said.
"Oh my. That's terrible," Bonnie said.
"He won't last a day," Foxy said laughing to himself. He went back to the treasure chest.
"I don't have enough money to fix him up, so I was wondering if you guys knew what to do," Mike said.
"We'll do what we can to help. For now, let's have dinner. Balloon Boy is more than welcome to join us," Freddy said.
The gang then saw that Balloon Boy was gone from Mike's side. Chica pointed to Pirates Cove, where Balloon Boy was peeking into the curtains.
"Anyone home?"
Foxy's hook came out of the curtains and parted them slightly. He looked down at Balloon Boy with his endoskeleton eyes glowing.
"Hello, and merry Christmas to you," Balloon Boy said.
Foxy stood silent for a second. Then, he held out his hook, and stared at the small animatronic.
"Listen little kiddy, ye best leave this place if ye knew what good for ye. One more thing, yarr humbug!" And with that, Foxy closed the curtains.
"He really is a scrooge around Christmas," Mike pointed out.
"Hopefully, he will change his ways," Freddy said.
After a moment of silence, the group sat down at the table for their pizza dinner. Foxy stayed in his curtains for the rest of the evening into night.
To be continued…