Chapter 1

"Wybie, slow down!" Mrs. Lovat called out to her son, who was rushing ahead of her, eager to get inside his favorite pizza place, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, as soon as he could. He didn't want any time to be wasted.

"Okay, Mom!" her son, Wyborne, (or "Wybie" for short, since "Wyborne" was a bit of an unfortunate name,) shouted back, grinning as he stood at the door, waiting for his mother to catch up to him. Mrs. Lovat smiled and rolled her eyes as she speed-walked over to Wybie.

"Wybie, don't ever do that again! The parking lot is busy, and I don't want you getting run over." Mrs. Lovat said.

"Okay, Mom." Wybie said, smiling. Wybie was never really energetic, (which was a bit odd for a 6-year-old boy,) but whenever he heard that they were going to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, he was practically bouncing off the walls with excitement.

Politely, he opened the door for his mother to enter before he did.

"Why thank you, kind sir." Mrs. Lovat joked with a chuckle as she entered. But as soon as Mrs. Lovat had stepped inside, Wybie rushed inside, releasing the door and closing it just as another child was about to enter. His black and white sneakers squeaked on the floor as he rushed to a table.

"Wybie! Wait!" Mrs. Lovat called out. Mrs. Lovat knew that this pizzeria had some bad history, and she didn't want her son getting hurt. But although she knew all the bad things that had happened, she continued to take him there. It seemed to be the only thing to make him happy, considering he didn't have many friends, due to his shyness. And she wanted her son to be happy.

Wybie watched the animatronics on the stage, singing the same songs they always sang when he came there. But still, he never got sick of them.

"I remember when they used to let the animatronics walk around." a man said to his wife as they sat at a table near Wybie's.

"Yeah... Then there was the-" the wife looked around to make sure none of the workers were listening or watching, then spoke in a quieter voice, "Bite of '87."

"Yeah... Man, that was terrible, huh?" the man said. Then the man and woman's child rushed over to them and they changed the subject. But not before Wybie had heard what they said.

"Bite of '87? What does that mean?" Wybie wondered to himself in a barely audible whisper.

Mrs. Lovat finally arrived at the table, carrying a cheese pizza, and sat down across from Wybie.

"I ordered a cheese pizza. That's all you wanted, right?" Mrs. Lovat asked, "If you wanted anything else, I could always go ask for it for you."

"No, that's good, Mom." Wybie said, smiling. Suddenly, his smile changed into a curious frown.

"Mom, what's the-" Wybie looked around the way the lady did and lowered his voice, figuring it must've been pretty bad, "Bite of '87?"

Mrs. Lovat's eyes widened.

"Wybie, where did you hear about this?" Mrs. Lovat asked.

"The man and lady over there were talking about it." Wybie said, pointing to the table where the man, his wife, and his daughter were sitting and eating. Mrs. Lovat began to get annoyed. Why would they speak of that event around children? Let alone in the restaurant where it took place?

"It's, um... I'll tell you later, okay, Wybie?" Mrs. Lovat asked, smiling.

"Okay." Wybie said, smiling back.

Wybie's brown eyes gazed over at the abandoned Pirate Cove. The purple curtain and the sign that said: "Out of Order!" on it always made him curious. What was behind that curtain? He wanted to find out.

"Hey... Mom?" Wybie asked, "I have to go to the bathroom."

"Oh, okay, I'll take you." Mrs. Lovat said.

"No, Mom, you can't! Girls arent' allowed in the boys bathroom, and I don't wanna go in the girls bathroom!" Wybie protested, but not loudly. Mrs. Lovat chuckled a little.

"Okay, but come STRAIGHT BACK." Mrs. Lovat said.

"Got it!" Wybie said, wiping the pizza sauce off of his hands and getting up, then running out of her sight. However, he didn't go to the bathroom... He went toward Pirate Cove.

The manager was walking around the restaurant, making sure everything was in order and everyone had what they needed. As he patrolled the pizzeria, he saw Wybie reaching for the curtain of Pirate Cove, about to open it.

"Whoa, whoa, kid!" the manager said, rushing over. Wybie only saw a quick glimpse of an animatronic fox before the manager pulled him away from it.

"Don't mess with old Foxy, alright? He's been out of order for a long time now." the manager said.

"But why? If he's out of order, why can't I look at him?" Wybie asked. The manager didn't know how to respond.

"Just, uh... Go back to your parents, okay, kid?" the manager asked, smiling, trying not to be stern with him.

"But I'm only with my mom." Wybie said, "My daddy isn't here. He went to heaven."

"Oh, um... Well, just go back to your mother, okay?" the manager asked, in a more gentle tone.

"Okay..." Wybie said, disappointed. As he walked back toward his table, he gave one last glance at Pirate Cove. The curtains were still a bit apart, and the animatronic was looking at him. Wybie smiled and waved at the animatronic, and he was sure it waved back.

As Wybie and his mother exited the pizzeria, Wybie turned around just as the door was about to close, and said good-bye to the animatronics.

"Bye Freddy! Bye Bonnie! Bye Chica!" Wybie said, waving and smiling. The animatronics waved back.

"Good-bye!" they all said. Freddy laughed in a friendly way.

"Come again soon!" Freddy said.

"Bye, Foxy!" Wybie added. The curtains still being a bit apart, Wybie was sure yet again that he saw Foxy waving at him. The guests who heard him were shocked. How did he know about Foxy?

Wybie woke up to his cat, (who he simply named "Cat",) gently pawing at his cheek and meowing softly. Wybie's eyes fluttered open.

"Oh, c'mon, I was dreaming..." Wybie groaned. Cat tilted his head to the side as he sat on Wybie's chest, as if to ask what he dreamed.

"It was about Mom... When she used to take me to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria..." Wybie said, "I remember that day. I saw that abandoned Pirate Cove thing and someone said something about the Bite of-"

Wybie's eyes widened. How could he have forgotten about that? Before that dream, he had completely forgotten about the Bite of '87 being mentioned. Now that he was five years older than he was that day, he realized that the Bite of '87 was probably a pretty bad thing...

"I've gotta find out what that was..." Wybie said to Cat, "But I have a feeling it has to do with Pirate Cove..."

"CORALINE! YOUR BOYFRIEND IS HERE TO SEE YOU!" 11-year-old Coraline Jones's mother called out from downstairs.

"He is NOT my boyfriend, Mom!" Coraline called back, irritated at her mother's remark.

"WELL, WHATEVER, JUST COME DOWN HERE SO HE'LL STOP KNOCKING ALREADY! I'M TRYING TO WORK!" Mrs. Jones called out, sounding angry.

"He can hear you, ya know..." Coraline muttered, rolling her eyes with a groan. She grabbed her black coat and boots and put them on before exiting her room. She had previously worn a yellow raincoat, but she bought this coat with her birthday money, so now she wore it when it wasn't raining.

Coraline walked downstairs and over to the front door. When she opened it, Wybie was standing at the door, scratching the back of his neck nervously, as usual.

"Hey, Wybie. What's up?" Coraline asked, crossing her arms.

"I'll tell you when we get to my place." Wybie said, grabbing her wrist and pulling her outside.

"Whoa!" Coraline shouted as he pulled her away from the door. Mrs. Jones sighed, got up, and closed the door. It was rather chilly that day, and the cold air would've distracted her from her work. She sat down and continued working at her computer.

Wybie had begun running toward his house before Coraline could regain her composure, so Coraline had to sprint to catch up to him. When she finally did, they were almost to his house.

"What's the rush?" Coraline asked as they ran.

"You'll see!" Wybie said. The two had to shout, because the wind was loud in their ears as they ran. Finally, they arrived at Wybie's house. They stopped to catch their breath at the front porch.

"Jeez, Wybie, you coulda waited!" Coraline said, punching Wybie in the shoulder, but not hard enough to hurt him badly.

"Ow!" Wybie said, rubbing his shoulder, "And anyway, yeah, yeah, I know, I'm sorry, but this is REALLY IMPORTANT."

"It'd better be..." Coraline muttered.

Wybie walked up to the door and opened it for Coraline.

"Right this way." he said, smiling.

"I've been in your house a million times, Wybie, it's practically my second home, you don't have to hold the door open." Coraline said, but she couldn't help but smile and chuckle a little. She entered, and Wybie entered after her.

"Where's your grandma?" Coraline asked.

"She's asleep, so don't be too loud." Wybie warned.

"Got it." Coraline said, running her index finger along the rails on the stairs as they walked up them to get to Wybie's room.

When they arrived in Wybie's room, (which was mostly dark blue and black and had drawings of all kinds of things stuck all over the walls,) Wybie shut the door and locked it.

"Okay, so, have I ever told you about Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria?" Wybie asked.

"No... What is it? Like a Chuck-E-Cheese?" Coraline asked.

"Something like that, I guess." Wybie said, opening his laptop, "But anyway, Mom used to take me there all the time before the, um... Accident. I used to LOVE it there. A LOT. But, one time while I was there, I heard this guy talking about the 'Bite of '87'. I asked Mom what it was, but she never told me. I had forgotten about it until last night. I was gonna look it up, but... I dunno. I figured I'd tell you before I did."

"Outta my way!" Coraline said, clearly very interested, "This had better be good..."

Wybie moved away from the laptop and Coraline quickly got online.

"Bite of '87, right?" Coraline asked.

"Yeah." Wybie replied, scratching the back of his neck. Coraline searched it up, and up came tons of results. News articles talking about it, pictures of the Pirate Cove and Foxy... Wybie couldn't believe it. Coraline clicked on one of the articles, a serious look on her face.

"It says that one of the kids got too close to the animatronic at 'Pirate Cove', and he... Oh, my God." Coraline said, covering her mouth with her right hand, as if what she read was either shocking, or disgusting... Or both.

"He what? He what?" Wybie asked. Coraline moved away from the laptop so Wybie could read. Once he read it, his eyes widened. Foxy had... Bitten the child.

"He bit part of her brain out..." Wybie said, his eyes wide with shock and disgust.

"But wait, look." Coraline said, pointing at another part of the article. It stated that witnesses reported hearing the girl calling the animatronic "stupid", and throwing various other insults at it.

"It's like he was mad at her..." Coraline said, her eyes wide.

"What? That's dumb, how can an animatron-" Wybie stopped talking when he remembered the fox... Waving at him.

"Okay, for one thing, Wybie, when you've seen what I've seen, you can believe almost anything. For another thing, what's wrong?" Coraline asked, crossing her arms.

"They said the fox was out of order, but... I remember him waving at me. I could see him were the curtains were open a little." Wybie said. Coraline's eyes widened.

"Okay, we have to find out more about this place." Coraline said. She looked up "Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria", and found out that people had stated that the pizzeria was "haunted".

"Wybie... I think it really is haunted." Coraline said. A year ago, Coraline wouldn't have believed it. But after her experience with the Beldam, (or Other Mother, rather,) she began to believe that these things DID in fact exist.

Wybie gulped.

"Heh... Ya know, if that thing with the button-eyed lady didn't happen, I woulda said you were crazy." Wybie said.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, don't bring that up." Coraline said, shuddering at the memory, "But we HAVE to check that place out. Soon."