AN: Hey everyone, I'm back! :) But I guess I should start by first apologizing for my long absence. School has just been hell and it was a little worst because we use this years marks to apply for school after matric so its been a little crazy, but don't fear, I'm still here and to start off the festive Christmas season I decided to begin my road to redemption by posting a brand new story for Five Nights At Freddy's. I started to play the first one just before the prequel came out and I absolutely loved it. I don't really enjoy the second one so I'm going to make this one an AU version and I got the idea for it after watching In Time (staring Justin Timberlake) so I hope you enjoy. Please note that the rating will change as the story progresses.
WARNINGS FOR THIS CHAPTER: Gore and Blood.
I do not own Five Nights At Freddy's, the Fazbear group and restaurant belong to its rightful owners, but Emiko belongs to me.
31 JUNE 1987
When the car pulled fully to a stop in the parking lot out side of the pizzeria, the small figure in the back Leapt for the handle in excitement. The door didn't open of course but the five year old knew it was because her perants had installed some thing called a child lock. At that moment she really didn't care to try and understand it, despite being beyond smart for her age, as she was going to be able to see her best friends again. Granted her friends were not exactly normal being between five and seven foot tall animatronics but that didn't bother at all. Emiko's perants had brought her every weekend to them and she had pretty much been raised by them from the start. She jumped in her seat when she saw her perants climb out of their seats to let her out and immediately started to fumble with the lock on her seat belt that she had forgotten to take off in her haste to get the door open. She soon found her father's strong hands push hers out of the way and his warm chuckle softly ticked her ear.
"Slow down sweetheart," he said pulling her out of the car and onto his hip, "they aren't going anywhere."
"But I want to see Freddy and Foxy," she squealed and made a mad dash for the door once her father had put her feet back on the ground. Her parents laughed from behind her and she pushed the door open to the pizzeria. The warmth and smells of pizza hit her in the face the second she stepped over the threshold, and she smiled. It was like coming home after a long period of time away. Excited, Emiko marched through the archway into the main hall where her friends worked and lifted her hands to her mouth. In the center of the stage wearing a black top hat and holding a mike as he sung, was Mr Freddy Fazbear himself. The bear animatronic was covered in light brown fur and wore a neat bow tie. On his left was Bonny the bunny. The rabbit stood up to be slightly shorter than Freddy but his long ears gave him the extra length he needed to top the bear. His fur was a soft purple and similar to Freddy he wore a red bow tie. Emiko had always loved him because he would play songs on his guitar specially for her. On the other side of Freddy were the other member of the main band and the only girl of the whole Fazbear group. Chicka the chicken and her cupcake. She was the shortest out of the three but it was still enough to tower over her three foot frame. Soft yellow fur covered her body and she wore a bib around her neck with the words 'Let's eat' written on them.
Emiko smiled, but it wilted when a girl from one of the tables in front got up and walked forward. The girl was a year older than Emiko with blond hair and a puffy face. Her name was Emma, and she bullied Emiko at school everyday when the teachers weren't looking. Grimcing, she shuffled over to a dark corner in the room and sat down at the table, missing the worried looks her animatronic friends sent her when he did not wave back at them.
"Hey there boys and girls, did you enjoy that?" Freddy asked and but his mechanical eyes were locked onto Emiko's small frame in the back. He did not understand why the little girl's behavior ad changed all of the sudden. He had noticed her excitement when she had entered the room and the way her smile had suddenly disappeared when her little green eyes had laid themselves on the birthday girl they were singing to. A glance to his sides revealed that his peers had similar thoughts to his own, but there was not much he could do until their show was finished, "Well don't be sad after all Freddy's Fazbear's Pizza pizzeria is a place for fun."
"Freddy's right kids," Bonnie nodded and adjusted his grip on his guitar as his ears wiggled on top of his head, "Also remember to follow the rules of the pizzeria."
"I hope everyone is enjoying the delicious pizza I made for them," Chicka's motherly voice washed over Emiko's ears. She knew that they were staring at her, by the way the manager and the day guard had tensed up at the door way to the offices. They always did when she came to the pizzeria. Emiko wondered why her friends never just told the owner that they were real and able to think for themselves, but they had once told her that they would tell her once she was older.
"Yes, we love Pizza," Freddy laughed, "but let's not get ahead of ourselves guys cause now its time for the main event of the show."
Some of the kids cheered, and even Emiko wiggled in her seat along side her parents who had come to join her despite their confusion at her choice of seating. They knew what was coming.
"Right Freddy," Bonnie nodded, "He travelled far to come see these little ones to. All the way across the seven seas."
A hand shot up from with in the crowd and Freddy nodded at the little boy with red hair and freckles.
"Yes little one?" Freddy asked. He crouched down lower to be closer to the boy's height and leaned closer to his face with one of his infamous Freddy Fazbear smiles. It got the effect he was looking for when the child smiled widely, revealing an adorable gap tooth, "and what is your name?"
"Billy," the newly named Billy smirked and put his hands behind his back in nervousness and excitement, "what's the seven seas?"
"The seven seas are all the oceans in the world," Bonnie answered in stead and adjusted his grip on his guitar.
"Right Bonnie," Chika mothered, "but our friend is probably wondering what is taking so long. Don't you think?"
"You know what? I think you're right Chika," Freddy smiled and tilted hid hat downwards, something Emiko had always loved about him, "so without further a due let's welcome up Foxy the Pirate cove Fox!"
Everyone cheered and even Emiko let out a joyful whoop when the lights dimmed and the forth animatronic jumped onto the stage. He was designed like a fox with red fur and looked every bit like the pirates her father had once shown her in a movie. He wore some tattered pants, an eye patch over his one eye and had several sharp teeth that looked like they had been made of gold. One of his hands were even gone and a shiny hook had been put in its place. Emiko smiled. Foxy had once told her that he had lost his hand during a bad fight with the bad pirate Blackbeard, who he had fought for the same box of booty they had stolen from skeleton warriors.
Even to this day, Foxy had always been her favourite and her relationship with him felt different than the family like one she had with the other three. She could not quite put a finger on it, but it did not really bother her all that much because she loved him regardless.
"Ahoy me mateys," He boosted in a deep accented voice.
"Ahoy there Foxy," the Kids said back excited about what was to come.
"And what have we here Freddy, some landlubbers to join me crew?" The Fox asked and Emiko looked away when his golden mechanical eyes laid themselves on her small frame in the back. She could see the confusion in them and she felt the urge to run forward and hug him as she always did each time she visited with her parents, but a single look in Emma's direction had her sit down in disappointment. She didn't want to look weak in front of her friends.
"Yes Foxy," Freddy nodded, "and one of them even has a birthday today."
"A birthday ya say?" He asked before letting out a loud holler, "Well in that case Why not come ta the Pirate's Cove and join me on an adventure?"
The kids cheered and quickly made their way out of the hall dragging their exhausted parents along with them and Emiko chuckled when she heard Foxy call out to their backs in warning, "And remember to follow the rules lads and lassies or ya'll walk the plank!"
The five year old smiled sadly, expecting the animatronics to simply follow the group out and leave her to her sulking. Which is why she jumped when a furry hand was put onto her little shoulders. She looked up into Freddy's worried eyes.
"What's the matter Emiko?" he asked and she noted how Bonnie and Chika both came off the stage to join him, "why aren't you with the others enjoying yourself?"
"Because Emma doesn't like me," she said softly when she noticed that her parents had left her to order some pizza at the stands by the entrance, "She's always bullying me at school."
"Why don't you tell your teacher?" Bonnie asked.
"Because then I'd be a tattle tale and no one would like me," Emiko murmured. She did not fight it when Freddy gently picked her up, having left his microphone on the stage, and cradled her to his side like parents often did with small toddlers, which she was technically. Especially to them.
"Darling, that's not true," the bear said softly, which only thickened the southern accent he had gained over the years, "we'd still love you."
"Really?" she asked wrapping her little arms around his arms, "You really mean that?"
"Yes little one," Chika explained as she neared them, one arm hiding behind her back. What surprised her was the fact that Foxy stood not too far from her. If anything, Emiko had expected the animatronic fox to be entertaining the kids.
"Ah told them old Foxy would be back in a minute once he fetched something," Foxy explained to her unasked question and she nodded, still wondering what was so important that he put aside one of his shows. He had never done that for as long as she's known him, "And Freddy's right lass, we want ya safe and happy. The way ya should be."
She nodded and felt a pang of longing when Freddy put her down onto her feet. He kneeled in front of her and took her hand into one of his gigantic paws.
"Now darling, we have a gift for you," he explained and her eyes widened.
"Really?" she looked up at Chika and wondered what gift they could be giving her. After all it wasn't even her birthday. They nodded.
"Yes," Bonnie said, "it's something to show our promise to you that we'd never forget you. No matter what."
She nodded and Chika stepped forward, pulling out what she was hiding from behind her back and Emiko smiled as she allowed them to fasten it around her neck. It was a necklace with a simple thin metal chain and an emerald looking rock shard hung from it. She could have mistaken it, but she was sure as she was standing there that it was glowing and it was.
The glowing continued for a moment, going brighter than before then faded away till the stone looked dull and normal again. It seemed to please her four friends as they looked down at her with growing smiles and she decided to ask about it another time.
"You are a special child Emiko," Freddy said standing again, "something we have been waiting for since our creation."
"What's that suppose to mean?" Emiko asked tilting her head in curiosity but the bear did not reply. Instead he took her by the hand and gently led her over to the Pirates Cove.
"We'll tell you when you're older okay?" He asked and she nodded. Her mama and papa said the same thing to her when she asked about where babies came from and she knew her parents would never lie to her. She would learn eventually, "Well why don't you enjoy the show with the other kids and cheer up?"
Emiko nodded and quickly ran over to the stage where Foxy had taken his place once more and was giving all the children and adult's time to settle down before he decided to take them on an adventure across the seven seas as he usually did. She had gotten a good seat in front of the group and curled her fingers into each other on her lap as she waited in excitement for what was to come.
"Ahoy me hearties," Foxy chuckled walking across the stage in a confident grait, "I see you have joined me fer an adventure across the seven seas ta find treasure and battle my arch nemesis Captain Blackbeard. But before I begin, there be a tradition that need be carried out 'fore we can go on."
Emiko smirked as everyone whispered in between each other about who would be given such an honor. It had become sort of a rite of passage amongst all the kids in the neighborhood to have at least one Birthday at Freddy's in order to be cool, but the one thing that everyone wanted beyond everything else was the chance to be Foxy the Pirate Cove's First mate. It was the ultimate privilege because Foxy would hand pick one person and only one person each day to have this honor and the child would get to wear the First mate hat that would put them apart from the rest.
She smiled, forgetting why she had even been upset in the first place. But then she saw Emma and she deflated like someone had put a needle to her happiness and burst the bubble of her dreams. Emiko sat down in her seat and tried to make herself as numb as possible. She knew that Foxy would pick Emma as his first mate and tried not to be too upset about it. After all it wasn't even her Birthday. So why was she upset about her nemesis having the chance to be close to her friend?
"What about you Lass?" Foxy asked pulling Emiko from her sulking thoughts. Her eyes widened when she saw her red furred friend holding out the prized hat that everyone was after. It was black with a white skull on the front and a few cross bones going around it and her mouth dropped open. As were everyone else's as she reached out and plonked the hat onto her head.
And apparently she wasn't the only one to believe what he had done as Emma sprang from her seat, her tanned face becoming an alarming red in anger as she snarled.
"Hey! How come she gets to be his First mate, it's my birthday!" she screamed and the tears began to run down Emiko's face, "I'm the special one, she's a nobody!"
"Now kids," Freddy said as he stepped up closed to the stage, "what is the third rule of the pizzeria?"
"Don't yell or whine," the kids recited and Emma's face twisted into one of complete hate as she turned to face Emiko and with a cry lunged at her, fingers aiming for Emiko's delicate flesh. It happened so quickly, and even after it happened, Emiko knew she would regret taking the hat for the rest of her life, as Foxy twisted around to cover her. His gigantic jaws wrapped themselves around the blond haired girl's head and with the force of gravity against him, Foxy fell to the floor, his jaws pushing shut with an almighty squish. Blood splattered across both the stage and Emiko herself as Emma screamed with the other people. She found herself joining the bitten girl but for different reasons when some men jumped onto the stage to pry the jaws open. Foxy didn't even fight them, even when they broke his jaw and pulled away the bully. Instead, he was staring at Emiko sadly. She couldn't breathe. Emiko felt all the air leave her lungs when the men pulled her friend out of sight and someone gripped her shoulders desperately with familiar hands. But she shook him off and without another glance at Freddy fled to the main hall until the pressure in her lungs went away. But it wasn't quite enough. Parents were screaming and running with their kids' in their arms to get away from the madness in the pizzeria and it was feeding her panic. She glanced around franticly for her parents, but she could not make out their figures amounts the various bodies that ran past. Lungs still feeling like a tractor was sitting on them, Emiko glanced around for a way out and her eyes locked onto Freddy's stage where a light was coming from behind the curtains. She glanced around the pizzeria for her parents one last time, before she legged it, pulling herself up onto the stage and through the curtains that separated the stage from the back.
The light was coming from under an oak wood door with words written in silver on them and Emiko glanced up in them, her six year old eyes trying to decipher the alien speech on the entrance.
P...A...R...T...S...A...N...D...S...E...R...V...E...S...E...S.
She tilted her head. She did not know what that was, but it was away from where ever the screaming people where running to and that was enough for her as the feeling in her lungs slowly ebbed away. Standing on her tippy toes, as she was too short to reach the handle, she opened the door and stepped inside the door and immediately wished she hadn't. Several empty Chika, Bonny and Freddy heads met her gaze with empty sockets and a bare thin stick like robot was pressed against the floor. However what really caught her attention was what was going on around her by the center table that held a life sized, and although she hadn't known it at the time, spare Freddy Fazbear costume. The body of the previous child was sticking only partly out of the suit, her blood and hair coating both the insides and several of the animatronics' limbs, and the boy, who looked to be no older than five or six years old was screaming as he bled from the stab wounds in his midriff while his legs were forced onto the same unforgiving metal that had pierced the small girls body as well.
Emiko felt sick. Fear rose up in her joints and she felt herself freeze up at the sight. A small gasp escaped her throat and the man that was forcing the boy into the suit turned his head toward her. She recognized him almost immediately as the security guard that looked after her friends at night. She had often spoken to him about the animatronics and how his job was. Her parents had even invited him and Mr. Fizguard, the owner of the restaurant to family meals. He snarled and pushed the boy as hard as he could head first into the suit. It gave very little resistance as the soft material of the child's still developing skull gave in and sprayed everything within reach with brain matter and various body fluids, including the killers golden suit.
"Hey sweet heart," He crooned sadistically over to her and shifted allowing Emiko to see the last child that laid bleeding on the floor and the gleaming knife he held in his hands, "I wish you hadn't walked into here, because now I have to kill you. Understand?"
She shook her head, feeling terror begin to overcome her small mind.
"No," she whimpered and stepped backwards as the man began to advance on her with a glint in his eyes that she had never seen before, "Why are you doing this?"
"Because now they know the joy of creation," He smirked when she tripped over a misplaced spanner. Tears had begun to fall from her face. Emiko cowered away, curling into a ball as he raised his knife. but as he bought it down sharply, the necklace Freddy and the gang gave to her glowed brightly before forcing the light outwards in a blinding embrace...
AN: And there you have it folks, the first chapter of my story for five nights at Freddy's. I hope you all enjoyed it. If you did please rememeber to leave a review and keep this story going.
Untill next time!
