I didn't expect that first little chapter to grab such a handful of attention. Thank you to those who left some supportive comments! So, this chapter is really just the girls and animatronics playing and bonding. They're going to be leaving the pizzeria soon, probably the next chapter. After that we'll see more of Foxy as a character. Oh yeah! The pizzeria in this story is sort of a combination of the one in FNAF and the one in FNAF2.


"You can't be serious," Alex had been complaining the whole way through the back alleys to the abandoned building. "You're really going back in there?"

Lea rolled her eyes. "What does it look like I'm doing?" She traced her fingers along the concrete wall until she found a loose flap in some wooden boards. Carefully, she pushed the heavy board aside and slipped in and held it up for Alex. "Are you coming or not?"

Alex hesitated, looking around while muttering her frustration before she regrettably entered through the crawlspace. After letting the board fall back into place they made their way through the tight metal space until reaching a grating that was hanging loose from its place on the wall. Lea pushed the grating down and it squeaked obnoxiously as the last rusted bolt did its best to hold it in place. "Why am I doing this?" Alex questioned herself as she watched Lea hop out from the vent and land in the dark room below.

Lea clicked on her flashlight and turned to watch her sister slowly trying to drop from the vent. She held back a laugh as Alex hung there with her legs dangling. "Come on Alex," she said. "It's only a few feet off the ground. You'll only get hurt if you do something dumb, like that." Alex grumbled something then let go.

Remembering her older sister's tendency to get lost, Lea grabbed her hand before leading the way with her flashlight. As they made their way through one of the dark halls she could hear what sounded like talking coming from a room up ahead. She stopped; through the doorway they could see pink and blue lights coming from somewhere within the room. She hesitated a moment before calling out. "Um, hello? Bonnie?" The talking ceased and she felt Alex tighten her grip.

From the doorway peered the big blue bunny whose ears perked up at the sight of the two girls. "Oh, you really came!" He walked over to greet them happily.

The rabbit's happy expression made her smile. "Of course! I wouldn't lie."

He leaned over to examine her wrapped arm. "How is your arm? Does it still hurt?"

Earlier that day Alex had redressed the wound on Lea's arm, so the bandage was still fresh. "It's fine. It only hurts when I forget about it and rub it against something. What's that room?"

He glanced back at the room's entrance. "That's the party room! Most of the lights still work in there. That's where we usually play. Come on, you can meet the others!" The sisters looked at each other before following the rabbit, Lea smiling while Alex glared at her. As they entered the room Bonnie spread his arms out with a smile and introduced them. "Hey guys! This is Lea and her sister Alex."

A yellow bird-like animatronic with rosy cheeks and a bib that read "Let's Party!" quickly came over to meet them. Alex tensed and clutched Lea's upper arm as the chicken stopped very close to their faces. "Oh my gosh! It's been so long since we've seen new faces!" She pressed her hands to her cheeks like a child gushing over a puppy. "I'm so excited!"

"Uh, hello," Lea took a small step back to examine her.

"This is Chica," Bonnie explained. The girls followed his gaze as he looked over at a dark corner near a big stage where a large brown bear with a top hat was watching from the shadows. "That's Freddy. He usually stays off in a corner somewhere. Weird, considering he was the main star. Foxy is hiding in Pirate's Cove." He looked back at them. "There is another person, but he usually stays in the prize corner. He just goes by Puppet."

"There are so many things wrong here," Alex mumbled, trying not to make eye contact with Chica who was still gushing over them.

Lea smiled and mimicked Chica's position and they both giggled. "So, what do you want to do?" the chicken asked, smiling.

Lea shrugged. "What about those arcade machines?"

She looked thoughtful. "That sounds fun, but they only work with tokens. We'd have to get some from the prize corner."

"You mean, where 'Puppet' is?" Alex crossed her arms.

"Yup! I think he's sleeping right now, so we'll have to be quiet when we go over there."

"What happens if he wakes up?"

Chica tilted her head. "Then he'll be awake of course. It's not nice to wake someone up like that."

"Right, I'm not going in there."

"Then you can stay here while we go." Lea gestured to herself, Chica, and Bonnie.

Alex glanced over to where the bear was silently watching. "Okay, I'll come."

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The prize corner was dark but not nearly as dark as the pitch-black halls. Lea looked around while Bonnie and Chica rummaged around behind the counter trying to locate the token stash and Alex peered over the counter to watch. She scanned the shelves littered with old dusty toys, cute plush versions of the animatronics she's met and a few that she didn't recognize. They must have been decommissioned long ago, she thought. What still baffled Lea was that the remaining ones were still active and, other than Foxy, they were all in seemingly perfect condition. She thought about how Alex had mentioned there "sentience." Odd, she thought, they couldn't have been that advanced back then, right?

A silver glint caught her attention from the corner of her eye. She glanced over to see completely boarded-up glass doors, it must have been the front entrance. Near them, in the corner was a very large white box with a fake red ribbon made to look like some kind of present. She could've sworn she saw two silver eyes watching them from a gap in the lid before it quickly shut upon noticing her stare. She glanced back at the others, who were all fussing over where the tokens could be, then quietly walked over to the box. It was definitely closed, but she was sure she didn't imagine it being agape moments ago. Just as she reached her hand out to grab the lid, Chica's excited voice called her attention back.

"Found them!" she sang and Bonnie quickly shushed her. "Oops, sorry."

"Aren't you the one who said we should be quiet?" Alex questioned her, looking around for anything that might have heard. "Lea, what you doing all the way over there? Get back here!"

Amused by her sister's "whisper shouts," Lea hurried over. "I was just looking around. You found the tokens?"

"Yup," Chica held up a box that jingled slightly then made a face at the sound.

Lea chuckled at her startled expression. "Well come on, we don't have all night!" As they left the room Lea looked back once more to see the lid of the box fall shut again. "I'll come back for you," she smiled then hurried after the others.

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Not all of the arcade machines worked or even turned on, but the majority of them still functioned like they were new. Lea laughed as Alex shouted "What?!" upon losing one of the pixelated side scrollers by failing to make the same jump several times.

"Can I try?" Chica had been standing beside Alex to watch.

"Go ahead," Alex stepped aside.

Lea placed some tokens into the slot of a table hockey game and looked up at Bonnie. "I'm a pro at this."

"Really?" he tilted his head.

"You don't believe me?"

"I didn't say that."

Lea grabbed the puck and placed it on the table where it began to slowly hover. "We used to play this at the mall all the time. I bet I can kick your bunny butt."

He laughed and walked over to the other end of the table. "We'll see about that."

"How did you make that jump on the first try?" Alex leaned over to glare at the game's screen.

"I feel like I've played this game a bunch before," Chica said. "But I don't really remember playing it…"

"Watch out for that snake," Alex pointed at the green pixelated snake twitching back and forth across the screen. "I bet if you touch it you'll lose a life. Are those crocodiles?! How do you get across?"

"Maybe I have to jump on them."

Lea huffed as the puck clanked into her goal and she looked up to see the score as it added a point to Bonnie's. He was only behind by a single point, thirteen to twelve. "Not bad, for a bunny." She placed the puck back on the table and quickly hit it across. After juggling back and forth a bit, she squeaked as the puck slipped past her and flung into her goal, the game's end-game buzzer going off right as the score tied. Bonnie laughed as she made a face.

Chica and Alex looked back curiously.

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Hours had passed in what seemed like minutes as they played in the arcade. As they sat down playing with stuffed toys, Lea's tired yawns became more frequent. "We should go," her sister said. "I think it's like three in the morning."

"Yeah," Lea yawned. "Probably." She looked down at the plush version of Bonnie that she was holding then held it up to him. "Can I keep this?"

"Sure!" he laughed. "You can have one of each if you want."

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Lea sleepily dropped her armful of toys onto her bed then threw herself amongst them. "You didn't even turn off your light," Alex watched her from the door.

She mumbled something into her pillow then turned to look at her. "Too tired. It's sleep time."

Alex laughed and flipped the light switch. "I guess I can safely assume that you're going back tomorrow?" Lea hummed. "I'll come too," Alex thought for a moment. "I guess those guys aren't so bad, at least, Chica and Bonnie are okay. I'm still not sure about the others."

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The next night Lea decided to go exploring around more of the old building, mischievously sneaking away while her sister was distracted by the others. This time, the opposite side of the building would be her point of interest. She shined her flashlight around, examining more drawings along the walls, until she located a door-less room. Peering inside she found the room to be similar to the main party room, this one being smaller with a small stage shrouded by a tattered purple curtain. She quickly flicked the beam of light around the room before approaching the stage.

Lea stared at the curtain for a long moment before grabbing it. She paused, feeling like she was being watched, then heard something directly behind her that scared her so much she turned around and swung with her flashlight.

Just as she realized what it was she had already hit it with the flashlight, and as the metal light source came into contact with the bear's nose it honked. They both stared at each other with shocked expressions. After a long moment of processing what had just happened, Lea poked his nose and it honked again. She chortled, covering her mouth in an attempt to be quiet, and Freddy narrowed his eyes in a very un-amused way.

"Sorry I hit you," she explained as they exited the room. "I didn't know anyone was there. You can't just sneak up on people like that." She turned to look at him. "You don't talk much. Actually, this is the first time you've even come near me. Well mister sneaky, do like hide-and-seek?" His ears twitched. "Yeah?" she stepped closer and tapped his arm. "You're it! Stay here and count to ten, I'll go hide. Don't forget to find me!" She ran off down the hall.

Lea stopped and looked back. In her mind she had counted to seven. She quickly looked around and found the storage room with the busted door. She shined the light inside and looked all around, making sure that this time no one was hiding there already. As tempted as she was to examine all of the old animatronic parts and masks she knew it had been long after ten seconds and that she needed to hide. Being careful not to trip over any parts scattered along the floor, she made her way to a table in the back and crawled underneath and clicked off her light.

Beside her she could faintly make out a hollowed bear head that even had its own little hat. Almost a minute had passed and she sat quietly under the table. Finally, Freddy appeared in the hallway and turned to look into the room with yellow glowing eyes. That's what Bonnie meant about him seeing in the dark, she thought. As he entered the room she carefully tucked herself as far back under the table as she could.

He stopped a few feet into the room and glanced around. In the silent darkness, Lea could just barely make out the mechanical sounds of his movement. She covered her mouth and nose, afraid that her breathing might give her away if his hearing was as good as his sight.

After several moments of tense silence, he walked around the room until stopping again. He was right in front of the table. She stared at his broad feet that were so close she could reach out from her spot and touch them if she wanted. She thought she was good when he seemed to turn around, but just as she was about to relax he suddenly bent down staring right at her with his glowing eyes. Startled by the sudden movement, she squeaked and covered her mouth again before grabbing the nearby mask and putting it on. "I'm Freddy, heeheehee," she tried to make her voice sound deep. His eyes widened in surprise and he too began to laugh.

"Hello?" a voice at the door called.

Lea took off the mask and crawled out from under the table. "Hello!" she smiled at Bonnie.

"Oh, there you are!" he smiled awkwardly. "Alex was fussing at us to find you. She says you always get into trouble. What are you doing in here?"

"I do not!" she stood up and dusted her pants off. "At least I don't get lost all the time! We were playing hide-and-seek." She looked up at Freddy as he stood up.

Lea stood on top of Freddy's broad feet while holding onto his arms as he tried to walk. Bonnie stopped to look back and chuckled. "What are you doing?" She shot him a cheeky grin and giggled.

"There you are!" Alex fussed as they entered the main party room where Alex and Chica were waiting. "Couldn't you at least say something before running off to explore on your own?" She stopped and stared at her sister standing on the bear's feet. A memory flashed through her mind of a younger Lea holding their dad's hands while standing on his feet as he tried to walk. Both were smiling and laughing as if they couldn't control their gleefulness.

Lea hopped off from Freddy's feet. "If I said something then you wouldn't have let me go."

"Huh?" Alex blinked out of her memory. "Oh, well that's because you always get into trouble."

"No I don't! At least, not always."

"It's late," Alex was looking at her watch. "We should go for the night."

"I guess," Lea said then gave each of the three animatronics a hug. "See you guys tomorrow!"

"Ooh, bring snacks!" Chica said.

To be continued…


"I'm Freddy, heeheehee." That Markiplier reference though, lol. Actually, in the first chapter I referenced a FNAF song by MandoPony. Wonder if anyone got it. So in the first chapter I realized that I accidentally gave Bonnie a habit of saying "Oh," a lot, but I decided to keep it cause it was cute.