Five Nights At Freddy's
Part 1: A New Career Path (1993)
Chapter 1: The Job Interview
On the east coast of the United States in Massachusetts and five miles away from cape cod. there was a town called Aeston, and in this town, Past Stephen street and Henry boulevard stood 24 year old Mike Schmidt ,He let out a deep sigh as he stood outside the pizzeria that everyone in the town was familiar with. The building stood tall and broad like a giant and was painted a light blue. In big red letters above the place stood a sign reading the restaurant's name, FREDDY FAZBEARS Pizza. Mike had never heard of the place until he found it in an ad on the front of the local newspaper: Help wanted Freddy Fazbears Pizza, Family pizzeria looking for security guard to work the night shift 12 am to 6 am, $120 a week. While the pay was horrible and working all the way from 12-6 am would be one poor career choice, Mike was desperate for a job. After several weeks of searching and rejections he would have no choice but to consider a job for seriously low pay. Mike was on his last nickel and if he did not pay his rent for his apartment in the next month, his landlord would have him evicted.
With no Hesitation he circled in the ad with a red pen and dialed in the phone number, and to Mike's surprise they were interested in him, Mike was scheduled to meet the owner that following Sunday at 12 pm, and now here he was On the Sunday of November 7th 1993, standing outside the building nervously clutching the newspaper ad he had circled in, Mike looked down at himself seeing what he chose to wear for the interview, a dark grey suit with a matching tie, black dress pants, and light brown shoes, he didn't look perfect but it was the best he could do. With that , Mike pushed open the front door of the pizzeria and the sudden odor of grease and Metal filled his nostrils. The doors shut behind Mike slowly and from what he could tell he was standing in the pizzeria's front lobby. A concession stand stood in front of the place advertising all sorts of greasy foods that made Mike's stomach grumble. A man stood at the stand counting money from the cash register. To the right of the front desk were a pair of two big doors, Mike pushed the doors open and the sudden sound of children's screams hit his eardrums.
Loud music blared throughout the area from speakers hanging from the walls. The place was filled with children. The room was designed like some sort of dining area. The tables were covered with sheets of colorful polka dotted table cloths topped with a dozen of colorful party hats. Balloons of every color were tied to the sides of the tables, The seats were jet black with large yellow stars in the middle, the walls were painted a light grey and the floors were tiled a red and blue.
A dozen of kids crowded around a stage which was draped over with red curtains. That's when the booming voice rang through the speakers, "ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, put your'e hands together for: Freddy Fazbear!"The curtains drew back and what Mike saw made him stand in awe. The curtains revealed three tall animatronic characters, a rabbit, a chicken and a bear. The Rabbits fur was a dark purple, and his eyes were magenta. In his hands he held a red Gibson Flying V guitar, his pointy ears stuck up, almost touching the roof of the building and around his neck was a red bow tie. across from the purple rabbit was the chicken , she was more bulkier than the rabbit, her eyes like the bunnies were a reddish pink, her head was round and on top of it stuck out some feathers, around her neck was a huge bib reading the words: LET'S EAT! She had a large beak with teeth that would open and close. In her left hand she held a pink cupcake on a plate, the cupcake had bulging hazel eyes out of its frosting, the color of Mikes eyes. In the middle of the two mascots was a brown bear. He wore A black top hat on his head and around his neck was a matching bow tie. His eyes were blue and shiny, like the eyes of a newborn child. The bear held a Microphone in his left hand, which he grasped tightly with his huge brown paws.
There was a sudden buzzing sound of the machinery and the 3 animatronics began to start moving in slow and mechanical movements. They twisted and contorted, their square body parts shifting inhumanly. The Bunny began to strum his electric guitar and tap his huge right foot, while moving his head up and down to the rhythm of the tune. The bear and the chicken began to sing. As the robots preformed their first song, everyone sang along, even Mike seemed to be having a good time, Yet through all that excitement there was fear. There was just something about the robots that made Mike's skin crawl. The way they moved inhumanly and how their fake eyes shifted from side to side. "Enjoying the show?" Said a female voice. Mike turned around to see a woman no older than him smiling. Her eyes were a light blue, her hair as blonde which hung down to her shoulders and her cheeks were rose red. She wore a red polo shirt and a tag that read: HELLO MY NAME IS ALLISON. Mike smiled back. "Yeah, I never knew animtronics were this cool. Allison laughed. "You can never be too old for animatronics" Mike nodded his head in agreement. "I used to come here a lot when i was younger, my older brother actually used to work the night shift here, the place was a lot bigger from what i remember, and the animtronics used to actually walk around off stage."Wow, i didn't know they had the technology for that" Mike said."You could be surprised on what this company pulls off. Allison said. "So what brings you to Freddy's anyway mister? "Schmidt, Mike Schmidt. "Allison Fitzgerald" she said, introducing herself, she held out her hand for a handshake and Mike obliged. "I have an interview with the owner at 12 o clock which reminds me." Mike held up his right hand and took a look at his watch, it read 11:58 pm, "Shit, i'm gonna be late" Mike said with a worrisome expression. "You wouldn't happen to know where the managers office is?" Mike asked. Allison gave him a gesture to follow her. The two walked through the dining area past the dozens of kids to the end of the room where they soon both stood at a door, above it was a sign that read: Managers Office.
"Good luck new guy" she said with a wink then walked away. Sweat dripped from Mike's face and palms as he stood outside the office. "This is it" Mike thought, "don't screw up." Mike straightened his posture and grabbed the knob of the door, Mike slowly turned it and stepped inside to see the owner of Freddy Fazbears Pizza himself, Francis Felcher sitting at his front desk. "Mister Felcher, it's me Mike Schmidt. The man looked up from his work and smiled. "Ah well come on in Mike, have a seat." Francis seemed very happy to see him. Mike sat down in the chair and folded his hands. "Lets get started" Francis said. "So why have you been wanting to work the night shift at Freddy Fazbears Pizza in the first place?" Francis asked with an eyebrow cocked. "Well i used to work as a security guard for a mall downtown so i thought this job would be fitting for me." The man nodded and began to write down on a piece of paper. Mike took one look at Adrian. The man wore a pair of round eye glasses. His black hair was combed to the side, he wore a black suit with a red tie and his eyes were brown, sweat poured from the mans forehead, he seemed to be more nervous then Mike was. "Now, if you do get this job your'e main focus are the animatronics you see on stage, you see these characters are very old and cannot be replaced so we recommend you to keep a sharp eye on them. "Ill do the best i can," Mike said with a smile. "Now then, if you are going to work here you might as well know a few things about our company. We actually opened our first location in 1977, it was a wonderful place, and it used to actually go under the name Fredbears Family Diner, it held only two animatronics and they used to be able to be worn as suits, the trick was that we used these things called springlocks to hold back all the metal parts and machinery to make enough room inside for a person to fit, but the suits would always get so sweaty after wearing them so we just decided to keep them in animatronic mode." Well that's quite interesting," Mike said. "Yeah, after the first location closed we then started off a chain of pizzerias all around Aeston under the name Freddy fazbears pizza, We actually opened one on the other side of town, unfortunately it closed down in 85, the place was torn down and reconstructed and a grand reopening was held, but after a few weeks it closed once again. The company was losing money, i was losing money." Francis said quietly. "Lastly we then opened this place, it's actually the last Freddy's location still standing and I'll be damned if we have this place closed too." The man adjusted his glasses and continued. "We here at Fazbear Entertainment have had a rough couple of years trying to stay open, so we are on a very tight budget, due to this, at night our electricity runs on a generator, so if you happen to use way too much power in your'e office the generator will overheat and die, the main power will turn back on at 6 am so unless you like sitting in the dark use your'e power wisely. "You have my word" Mike said with a bright shiny smile. "Well then, during your'e shift your job will be to monitor the cameras, the security system will have a layout of the entire pizzeria so if someone, or something, he paused for a moment and then continued, "if someone or something were to be seen on the cameras it is your'e job to not panic and handle the situation in a safely fashion, at no expense cannot handle another break in. "Well you wont have to worry about any break in's when i'm around mister Miles. Mike said, still not breaking his smile. Francis continued, not returning the smile, "There are eight rooms in the pizzeria, all of them unique from each other, you have to monitor every single one of them making sure everything is in it's rightful place. "Doesn't seem like that much hard of a job to do, Mike said, "Now there's one more thing you should know, Your job will run through the week, and will be working the night shift for five nights at Freddy's, after your five shifts are up you will have the option to stay or quit." "You won't be expecting me to quit anytime soon." Mike said, "Well i guess that covers about everything, can you start tomorrow night?" "Does this mean i have the job?" Mike said, eyes widening. "Of course,"Francis said as he held out his hand for a handshake, Mike clasped the man's hand tightly and shook it with pride, "Thank you so much sir," "No, thank you Mike Schmidt." Francis said.
Mike Schmidt left the pizzeria, with a huge smile on his face he couldn't believe he got the job so quickly, It was rather strange actually, The owner had barley asked him any questions and just asked him when he could start, he didn't even ask for an application or anything, how would he know that he was qualified for the job? What ever the reason was Mike wasn't going to complain, he had finally had a job and would be able to pay his rent in the next month. Mike opened door of his 1980's Honda Civic and started it up, with that he drove away from the pizzeria. If only Mike knew the hell's that occurred in that god forsaken place.
