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Chapter 1- Foxy's return
Mike walked into the slightly run-down restaurant known as Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. A few months ago, he would have dreaded returning to this place, but now he actually enjoyed working at the pizzeria. As walked in, he saw the last of the families and children leave the pizzeria and say their goodbyes to the tall animatronics that stood and performed on the showstage. He then walked down the east hall to the tiny office that he had worked in for many nights and saw his boss, Mr. Fazbear, beginning to leave for the night.
Mike looked at his watch, which read 11:58.
"Mike," He said "You know the drill."
"Yeah Mr. Fazbear." Mike said looking at the stout man.
"See you then at six then." He said "Oh and by the way, how are things going around this place after hours?"
"Actually, kind of boring now that I've been working here for three months," Mike answered "How are things going for you?"
"Times have been better." He said sadly "I don't know how much longer I keep the restaurant open, it's just not making that much money…"
"Hey Mr. Fazbear," Mike said "Mind If I ask you something?"
"If it is within reason, then yes" Mr. Fazbear said
"Could we try to bring Foxy back?" Mike said
That made Mr. Fazbear very silent.
"Mike, I don't know if we can even show his face after what happened in 87…" He said in a sad tone.
"That was six years ago!" Mike said "Look, you and I know that this place is losing profit, He's the perfect way to turn things around get our money back!"
"Is he really?" Mr. Fazbear said
"I remember Foxy's performances as a kid; I can honestly say that it was one of the best parts of the restaurant." Mike said.
Mr. Fazbear sighed.
"Well repairing him is cheaper than buying a completely new animatronic…" stout man said.
"We can just say that we redesigned him to make him less prone to errors," Mike said "And if it fails, hey, at least we tried."
Mr. Fazbear did a cheerful smile at what Mike said.
"You know," Mr. Fazbear said "I think the world needs kids like you. Alright, I'll allow you repair Foxy. I expect him to be ready to perform in three days; In fact, I'll print some fliers to get people to go to the event."
Mike did a squeal of joy.
"But," Mr. Fazbear said "You are responsible for him. If he bites off another child's frontal lobe, it's on your hands." He said "And if by some miracle this does work, I'd be expect a pay raise."
"Thanks Mr. Fazbear" Mike said "I won't fail you!"
The stout man smiled and left the office along with the late stragglers, making the place eerie and empty
Then it was 12:00.
"It's okay guys," Mike said "The place is closed. You can move now."
For a few moments, nothing happened.
Then a sound came from the show stage of the pizzeria, soon metal footsteps could be heard. Mike then watched through the cameras as he saw Freddy, an enormous brown bear go near his office. When Mike first worked here, he was terrified of the bear because he was worried he would stuff him into a potentially lethal costume. But after a few weeks of convincing and one major cut on his arm later, the animatronics saw him as the guy trying to keep them safe.
"Hey Mike," Freddy said "How was your day?"
"The usual," He said looking through his cameras. He then saw Chica, a large yellow chicken animatronic, walk to the office from the east hall.
"And how was your day?" Mike asked the chicken
"Good as usual" She said stretching out her arms (wings?) "Hey, do you think Foxy will come out of his cove?"
"Jeeze, what is it with you and Foxy?!" Freddy said "He seems to be all you talk about."
"Hey, he's lived a hard life" She answered "Frankly, I feel kind of sorry for the guy that's all…"
"Anyway, that reminds me of something I need to tell him." Mike said walking over to Pirate's cove. Personally, he missed the old fox. After the first week, he never saw the animatronic again. It was if he had vanished from the face of the earth.
When Mike reached Pirate's cove, He sighed hoping that nothing would attack him, and pulled back the purple curtain.
Mike remembered that this place once used to entertain kids and adults. But it was as if he had stepped into different dimension, one of sorrow and lost memories. The once bright place now was almost pitch black. Rather than a tropical heat, it was now the second coldest place in the entire restaurant right behind the refrigerator. A layer of dust covered everything: the ship that was in the corner of the room, the plastic trees, and the tables that once sat dozens of kids. The walls were in no better shape, the once painted happy pictures of the captain were covered in cracks, scratches, and graffiti.
Mike really didn't like this place, simply because it almost made him cry seeing a vital part of his childhood slowly crumbling and decaying.
He stepped into the pirate ship, which was almost like a very small bedroom.
He saw an enormous red fox curled up like a cat on the bed, sleeping.
Although Foxy was curled up like a cat, Mike could tell that he wasn't in good condition. He had holes in his red fur costume, the largest one showed his endoskeleton spine from his chest. His forelegs also had the costume completely torn off, making them pure endoskeleton. He also noticed the animatronics' jaw was also a bit crooked, Mike knew that reason behind why it was broken, and defiantly didn't want to say it in front of the retired animatronic.
He didn't know what to do.
He was worried that he would attack him if he tried to wake the pirate or if he should just let him sleep, but he worried if he did let him sleep, he didn't know if he would wake up.
He turned to see Freddy, Chica and Bonnie all looking at him from the entrance of the ship.
"Oh, he's sleeping…" Freddy said
"Do I wake him up or something?" Mike whispered.
"No don't!" Chica said "He looks adorable!"
"Let me do it." Bonnie said getting his guitar out which made release a sad sigh.
"Mike, I would suggest covering your eyes."
"Wait, are you doing the thing?!" Freddy said
"Oh yeah." The purple bunny said "Figured it was time I did it eventually."
"Mike, cover your ears
Mike did, he then saw Freddy and Chica do the same, Bonnie then did a very long cord on the guitar.
The reaction was almost Mike couldn't hear what the sound was, he guessed that it was pretty bad from how Foxy reacted. He saw the pirate fox snap his LED eyes open and jumped up from his bed.
"Jesus Christ! What was that for?!" Foxy said in an angry and grainy pirate accent. Then he saw Foxy look at him.
"So ye lads caught the endoskeleton?" Foxy said
"Actually, he was a human." Chica said "We just assumed that he was an endoskeleton because we never see them after hours."
"To be honest, I always knew ye was a human." Foxy said
"Wait, you did!?" Mike said.
"Of course I did, I just wanted to terrify you. Which I'm glad to say provided me hours of laughter." Foxy said
"I thought you were going to kill me!" Mike cried out in anger.
"You know your really cute when your angry." Foxy said "Its adorable! You have this pouty little-"
"You know what?" Mike said walking away from the cove "I was going to offer your old job back, but suddenly I don't feel like it!"
"That's a good joke lad," Foxy said "Hey, I was just messing with you, don't take it personally."
"Im serious!" Mike said "I was going to give your old job back."
That made the cove deathly silent.
"You are?" Foxy said
"I am." Mike said
The fox stood to full height, which Mike never saw him do. The animatronic then walked to Mike.
"Why would you do that?" Foxy said
Mike leaned over to the Fox and whispered how the place was losing profit, which caused him to flip up his eye patch when he heard what would happen if this place continued to lose money.
"Wow, I didn't know that at all…" Foxy said
"Hey I don't blame you," Mike said "What I really want for you is to be a pirate again."
"Mike," Foxy said in a rather happy tone "You really don't know what this means for me!" The pirate fox then proceeded to give him a hug.
"I think I do." Mike managed to choke out "Your crushing me…"
"Oh, oops," He said letting Mike go
"Whoa," Freddy said "I think that's the first time I've ever seen the captain hug someone,"
"And it defiantly won't be the last," Foxy said "Wait, my script! What am I gonna say! I can't remember what I did back then! What am I gonna do if-"
"Calm down!" Mike said "You have three days from now to worry about what you're going to say. "
"The thing we need to do is get you into a new costume. No offense, but you look like a wreck." He said
"Thank you captain obvious," Foxy said "If I had an extra eye patch and hat I'd give it to ye."
That caused the group to laugh.
"Don't worry Foxy," Bonnie said "I think your good just the way you are."
"Thanks lad." Foxy said
"I'm gonna cook something" Chica said leaving the cove "What do you guys want?"
"Chica, we are souls possessing robots, I don't think we need-" Foxy started, but he was then cut off by when Mike grabbed his arm. Mike remembered one time he said he didn't want to eat and that resulted with three of the longest hours of his life along with five tissue boxes.
"I guess I'll have something." Foxy said causing Chica to smile.
"So I'm guessing pizza, since it's the only thing I can cook." She said
"That'll be fine." Foxy said, as the chicken to left to start on the pizzas.
"You know Chica thinks an awful lot about you," Freddy said
"I know." He said then he turned to Mike "Alright, let's get this over with,"
"Don't worry," Mike said "You'll only be deactivated for a little bit."
"I can wait; then again I have been for six years." Foxy said walking to the back room with the nightgaurd.
Foxy sat down on the metal workbench as Mike got a spare Foxy costume and endoskeleton to repair him.
"Look out world! The captain is back and better than ever!" He said feeling happier now than had in years.
End of chapter.
So, what do you think? I know for many who have read my other story Before the mask This is a pretty short chapter, but I think this is a good chapter range for this story.
Now remember, this is an introductory chapter, the actual plot will probably start in the second or third chapter so keep that in mind.
And lastly, remember to breathe, drink plenty of water, say thank you more often, and think about ways you can this improve this story and other stories you like that are not related to mine.
That's all for this chapter, good night/afternoon/evening and I'll see you in the next chapter, bye!