This is my first Wall-E fnafic. I know, that fandom is pretty much dead now, but I thought this came out okay, so I thought I'd post it. This is a prequel to the movie, so expect many OCs. You will recognize two of the characters, though. It is told from a trash compacter's point of view and explains some of the unanswered questions in the beginning of the movie, such as why all the other trash compacters are dead. Please read AND review. I don't own Wall-E.

Note: in the story, bolded text means a robot is speaking. i used a different way of indicating speech because the robots talk to each other through a sort of telepathic thought speech. they can only talk to humans by using a thought speech translator. Lido, a character who comes in later, is an exception, as she is not completely human.

If You're Reading This (Apocalypse)

By: Siry "Sprig", a trash compacter

1. Prologue: Morning Ritual

If You're Reading This…There are a few things I think you should know.

First, I'm not human. My name is Sprig and I am a Trash Compacter.

Second, I'm a survivor of the Trash Compacter Massacre and third, I'm now considered a rebel outlaw by the government.

Oh, yeah, and I almost forgot. I'm supposed to be dead. You want to know why? Keep reading and you'll see. You'll learn my whole story. Then you can decide if I've got a few screws loose or not. So here goes. Here's my story.

It was morning. The sun had just come over the horizon as we all woke and headed outside. With our faces to the east, we opened our solar panels to the Sun. As always, it was one swift movement in unison. We tilted our heads back to look at the Light of Life, whose rays kept us alive and strong. When all of our sounders rang at once, we closed our panels. Na Ray moved to the front of the group.

Good morning. he said.

Good morning. we repeated.

Let us thank the Great Light for all that we have.

We thank you, Great Light, for the light that you bring us and the life that you give us. Na Ray continued,

Let our race live long and prosper.

May we live long and prosper in peace beneath our Great Light.

Go now to work and know that in doing so, you keep the Great Light happy, so that it will continue to shine on us.

We go now to work and please the Great Light, for it is in all that we do. And that was it. The morning ritual was complete.

After it, everyone went to work building the trash towers to the Great Light. Personally, I thought the work was disgusting, but I didn't dare tell Na Ray. If I did, I would be killed right then and there.