Picking Favorites
Chapter 1: The Bite of '87
McKennah smiled as she and her grandfather, who co-owned Freddy Fazbear's, entered the pizzeria. She looked around at all of the kids she knew from her many visits. She had invited them all to her birthday party, which was today. November 13, 1987.
"Don't forget to come to the Pirate's Cove for your birthday surprise, McKennah. They'll announce when to go there." McKennah's grandfather, known to most as Dad-doo, told her. He would be busy getting the pizzas and cake ready.
"Okay, Dad-doo! I'm going to talk to Bonnie!" She said happily, fixing the straps of her blue backpack. She ran over to the stage were Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica were. At the moment, they were walking around, playing and talking with the kids. When Bonnie noticed the little platinum blonde, he shouted, "There's the birthday girl! Come on over here, McKennah."
McKennah walked over to the new group of children shyly. She hadn't met them, so she was nervous. "H-h-hi. I'm McKennah."
One of the girls waved to her. "Hi, McKennah. Happy Birthday!"
"T-thank you..." She said softly, playing with the lace on the end of her shirt.
Bonnie chuckled. "Oh, no need to be shy, McKennah. These are your friends. They were just saying that they were going to go find Foxy. Why don't you join them?"
McKennah perked up considerably. "You guys like Foxy?!" She asked excitedly.
"Mmm-hmm! He's my favorite." A boy said.
"Mine, too!" "Me, too." "Yeah!"
McKennah led the group of kids towards the Pirate's Cove, telling them all about how Foxy was the best pirate captain of the seven seas. Bonnie smiled after them, until he heard a harsh scoff from behind him. "You have to let go of this jealousy, Freddy." he sighed.
Freddy glared at the purple robot. "I don't have to do anything! This place is called Freddy Fazbear's! Not Foxy's Place..."
"'Foxy's Place?'" Bonnie repeated, confused.
"I heard a kid say that it would be a great name change." Freddy leaned against a wall and sighed angrily. "McKennah didn't even come to see me. Not after hearing about Foxy..."
"Look, I'm sure she'll come to see us after the surprise. Just be patient, and don't let it get to you." Bonnie left to go play with some of his fans.
Freddy groaned quietly. He never liked sharing the spotlight with that fox. Ever since the pizzeria opened up, Foxy had almost more fans that Freddy and the gang. There were still enough kids coming to keep Bonnie and Chica happy, but Freddy was a jealous bear. He wanted more attention.
Meanwhile, McKennah led her new friends to the Cove. "Foxy!" she called from around the corner. Foxy's ears perked up at the sound of her voice. He was busy helping Dad-doo and the other workers put up decorations in the Pirate's Cove.
"I'll go keep 'er busy." He said to the others as he dashed to meet her.
"Thanks, Foxy." Dad-doo said, wiping sweat from his brow.
Foxy tried to keep his expression normal as he approached McKennah and her friends. "Ahoy, lassie. These new friends o' yers?" the Pirate fox asked.
"Uh-huh! This is Janie, Lucas, Marlo, and Kevin." McKennah introduced the group of smiling children behind her.
Foxy grinned at them. "Well, then, mateys. Why don't we 'ead o'er to Prize Corner and get you some toys, 'uh?" Seeing the kids nod, he led them to where the toys were. Kids could go there and use tickets to get plushies and things like that. If they were accompanied by one of the animatronics, they could each get one free.
"Which ones ye lads and lassies want?" Foxy asked. Janie and Marlo pointed to plushies of Chica. Kevin got a Bonnie plushie. Lucas and McKennah pointed to plushies of, none of than, Foxy.
Foxy smiled as he handed the plushie version of himself to McKennah. "I'd've expected ye ta have one o' these by now."
McKennah giggled as she shook her head. "I was saving the best for last! I already got one of the others." She set her backpack down as she cuddled the plush toy to her face and smiled.
Suddenly, there was an announcement. "All children, please report to the Pirate's Cove. We have a special surprise for McKennah Hennessy. Again, all children to the Pirate's Cove."
"Show time, lassie." Foxy said to McKennah as she and her friends ran to the Pirate's Cove.
McKennah smiled as she watched all of her friends enjoying themselves. Her birthday surprise was getting to dance with the animatronics onstage. Not many kids got to do that.
After dancing for about 4 songs, she sat with her grandfather and ate some pizza and cake. She would have invited her new group of friends to join her, but they were sitting with their favorite animatronics, so she didn't mind them staying there. Foxy was sitting with a large group of kids, and would wave to McKennah often. She knew that she had to share Foxy, so she tried not to show that she was getting slightly jealous.
Freddy was walking around with Chica, who left the table she was sitting at, serving food to the kids and talking with some of them. Freddy couldn't resist going over to a little boy with a Freddy plushie and sitting with him. "Hello, there, little boy."
The boy looked up and gasped. "Oh, wow, Freddy! You're the coolest!"
Freddy smiled. At least he had 1 fan. He glanced over at the table Foxy was sitting at and turned back to the boy. "Cooler than Foxy?" he asked. He quickly regretted it.
"Foxy? He's the greatest! He has a hook, and an eye-patch! And, he talks funny, which makes me laugh!" The boy looked over at Foxy, who was smiling and showing the kids at his table his hook. They all gasped happily and clapped.
Freddy snarled lowly. His systems malfunctioned and a few wires disconnected from somewhere. Foxy heard this, somehow, and looked over at them. He got up from the table and went over to Freddy and the little boy. "Freddy, ar ye okay?"
He glared down at the little boy as he turned back to his pizza. "No offense, Freddy, but I think that Foxy is my favori-" The young boy;s sentence was cut short. Freddy's large muzzle came crashing down on the boy's head, breaking bones and ripping through flesh.
"Freddy! What ar ye doin'?!" Foxy shrieked as he tried to pry him off. Freddy fought hard against the red fox on him and hit him in the jaw, breaking it. Foxy looked down at his loose-hanging jaw, but didn't stop trying to get Freddy off of the poor boy bleeding out under him.
By now, everyone had heard the fighting and squelching. Parents screamed, holding their crying children close to them as they ran out of the pizzeria. Workers ran to get tools to pry the robot off of the boy. Dad-doo looked down at the little girl next to him. McKennah simply clutched her Foxy plushie closer and scooted over to her grandfather.
No one could tell who bit the boy.
Freddy finally let go, allowing the little boy to fall over and bleed out even more. Foxy looked around at the blurs of fleeing people and saw McKennah and her grandfather, sitting at their table, watching the madness. McKennah gave a weak wave before burying her face into the sleeve of her Dad-doo's jacket.
A repairman named George ran over to the two animatronics. "What happened?!"
Freddy looked down at the boy's plushie and sighed. "I never knew jealous could lead someone to murder..." He looked up at Foxy harshly. "How could you do it?!"
Foxy took a step back. "What ar ye talkin' about? I ain't the one who bit 'im!"
Freddy lifted up Foxy's jaw. "Foxy, your jaw is broken and there's blood on your snout."
George looked at the fox's jaw and pulled him into the back room. "Come on, you! We're shutting you down."
Foxy didn't fight him. He knew that it would only make things worse. He just couldn't understand why Freddy would lie on him like this. As George dragged him away, Foxy took one last glance at McKennah before disappearing down the dark hallway.
"D-D-Dad-doo, why is this happening?!" McKennah sobbed.
"I don't know, McKennah. [sigh] I just don't know." He stood up and picked up McKennah. "Come on, we're going home."
"Wait! My backpack." McKennah wiggled out of her grandfather's grip and ran back to Prize Corner. She looked around until she saw her little, blue backpack. It was turned over and looked unzipped, but she didn't really care at the moment.
As McKennah and her grandfather left Freddy Fazbear's, she turned around and whispered, "Goodbye, Foxy... Goodbye, Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica." She thought she felt something shift around in her backpack, but didn't say anything.
On the way home, McKennah heard Dad-doo on the phone, talking to the owner. They were going to shut down the pizzeria until they discovered what had made the animatronic go hay-wire. Until then, it would be closed. McKennah cried softly into her Foxy plush toy the whole way home.
Meanwhile, back at the pizzeria, Freddy sat backstage and wiped the blood and some of the flesh out of his mouth. 'Foxy won't be getting much attention now...' he thought evilly.
