A/N: Hi Guy`s! Here`s my 3rd attempt at Chapter 2 of A Nightmare Re awoken after my laptop ended up crashing on me twice when I was mid-way through writing. Fan-fic isn`t something I intend to do frequently so I only intend to continue this when I feel like and as a result, chapter releases will end up being quite inconsistent (No shit) but I do intend to write up at least twice a month. hope you enjoy this new chapter!
Guest: Thank you! I think a lot of people are going to enjoy this fanfic as well, especially with the direction I intend to go with it!
Chapter 2- Heavenly Homecoming
"My- my father!?" Jesse exclaimed as he felt a shock run up his spine. "There's no way you're my dad, you look way too old for it!" he added still in shock.
Henry and Scott laughed in unison "My friends were shocked as well when they found out your mother and I where having another child as well." Henry replied
Jesse turned to Elizabeth, she looked uneasy, like she had done something in the past that offended his father in one way or another, she looked up to Henry "I'm sorry." She said weakly
"It's not your fault." Henry replied. "Your father corrupted you into his pawn form murdering children and abused his influence and power over you and for that he deserves a thousand deaths. But don`t worry that's all in the past. Your father, my former friend, and his twisted legacy are gone. Forever." He added on assuringly.
Elizabeth nodded and smiled "Right- I understand." She smiled "Thank you Mr-?" she stood confused.
"Henry." The man responded with.
Jesse turned to Scott. "Wait a minute, you said that my father almost independently ended the William Afton's twisted legacy. Who helped him in that?" Jesse asked.
"That would actually be William's son surprisingly enough." Scott answered.
"Ah yes, Michael Afton." Henry continued from Scott "He was originally sent to Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rentals by William to die in his father's place, but instead learnt about the horrors there and what my former friend sent him there for after several of the animatronics there merged themselves into one and became Molten Freddy. After failing his mission to free his sister, he went on to undo William's evil and seek revenge on his father for lying to him. And he did end up succeeding."
"Where is he now?" Jesse asked.
Henry smiled "My former friends' son is now living peacefully with his wife just outside the town you lived in, having retired from the police force about half a decade ago. And yet he still only looks like he's in his early twenties." Henry answered.
Elizabeth sighed "Part of me wishes Mike was able to join me in the afterlife." She smiled "But another part of me knows that he is happy where he is in life, and that, given time I will be able to see him again, no matter how long it takes." She said thoughtfully.
If Scott had a face he would have smiled "Good girl Elizabeth, you'll honestly be surprised how rare a quality, patience is in people." His voice took on a more serious tone towards the end of his sentence.
"So, what's next?" Jesse asked Scott, trying to remain enthusiastic, as well as forget the fact that he had died.
Scott turned towards Jesse and put his hand on his shoulder "Now that you're dead there's a few stuff we need to go over, such as your future, I'll tell you the details when we get to my palace." He pointed over to a gigantic gold and silver building incrusted with different types of priceless jewels as Jesse and Elizabeth looked in shock and awe at the building, Henry and Scott let out a chuckle in response to the two kids' reactions.
"Right then, let's go. We have a lot of stuff ahead of us." Scott said Jesse and Elizabeth nodded in response as the 4 of them proceeded to walk towards the palace.
Jesse gave Elizabeth a pat on the shoulder, she turned towards him. "So, you said your name was Elizabeth, right? How was your life?" he asked politely.
"It's kind of complicated honestly. I don't exactly remember much of my human life, just how I died, and what I do know about my life as Baby, I don't feel comfortable talking about to a stranger, a lot of bad things happened to me and, I did a lot of bad things to other people. I still feel guilty about what I did."
Jesse winced "Sorry for asking." He said guiltily
Elizabeth smiled "It's okay, you didn`t know, you were just trying to be friendly. Thanks." She said in response. "Oh, one more thing. Please don't call me Elizabeth. The name sounds way too posh for me, that and my father was as massive scumbag and he gave me my name, so…" she tilted her head to one side playfully.
Jesse smiled "Okay then, how about, Ellie?" he asked her.
Elizabeth pondered for a bit, rubbing her finger against her chin, she smiled "I love it!" she answered "It fits perfectly for me!" she added on.
Jesse smiled "I thought you`d like it." He responded. He blushed lightly.
Scott turned his head towards the kids and waved "Are you coming or not? We don't have all day you know!" he teased.
The kids nodded in response and ran to catch up to him, as they reached him, they began to slow down to a walk. Scott turned towards Jesse "So about your mother, kiddo." Scott said, Jesse's eyes widened in curiosity. "What about my mother?" he asked diligently.
If Scott had a face, he would have frowned "Your mother only recently found out that you have died, she still needs time to get over it, and isn't ready to see you just yet."
Jesse frowned for a split second the smiled and nodded his head "I understand he said, if I were in her position, I would want some time to myself." He responded.
Scott knodded his head "That's the spirit, kiddo. Get it? Spirit, Ghost?" he commented, earning blank stares from Jesse and Ellie and a facepalm from Henry. "I'll stop talking now." Scott sighed.
"Good." Henry replied flatly, once again getting a laugh out of the two kids who Henry turned towards to and smiled.
"So anyway, just up here we will find the doors to my palace." Scott said as they all walked up to the doors. Scott then pushed the doors open as the kids once again looked an awe at what they bared witness to.
The inside of Scott's palace seemed even larger than the outside. Upon examination Jesse saw what he could only guess to be stairs leading up to the higher stories of the palace, however he could also see some kind of elevator that was directly facing the entrance. Other details he saw were a large throne where he could only assume Scott sat at, several chairs, facing said throne and four large tables shaped in curves to for a circle surrounding the chairs and thrown, all carefully aligned with seats themselves, Jesse could also notice plates and cutlery placed upon the tables. Focusing back to the throne Jesse could notice some kind of holographic keyboard, which he assumed Scott used to change the scene for different events such as balls, etc.
Scott turned towards Jesse and Ellie "Welcome to my palace! I prefer to call it the Heavenly Home space though, this is where you will be spending most your afterlife until you decide your futures. Speaking of those take a seat, we have much to discuss." Scott said.
The kids nodded and sat down on one of the chairs facing Scott's throne, as Scott proceeded to do the same but, on his gold, and quartz throne.
"Before we talk about your futures, there are a couple things about Heaven that you probably don't know about so I'll talk about them. The first is there are rules so I will go over them for you." Scott cleared his throat "Rule 1: Don't break and rules. And that's it for the rules!" earning blank stares from both Jesse and Ellie.
"What? I never said the rules actually applied to anything." Scott responded.
Jesse sighed "Doesn't that go without saying? Not that we're complaining of course." He replied.
"Exactly." Scott said flatly "The second thing is that time in Heaven goes much faster than it does on Earth, in-fact as we're speaking, entire day's are passing by on Earth, and as a result, if you were to return to Earth as a ghost, the time you spent in Heaven reflects that of your appearance, say you travelled to Earth and spent one day in Heaven, that would mean your appearance would reflect that of you maturing physically as a human by a year on earth, to put it simply. Understand that?" Scott asked. The kid's nodded in response.
"Good." Scott commented. "Now on to your futures." He added on
"When you go to Heaven, under normal circumstances, you normally have two options, however with someone like Jesse, there's a third option." Scott informed making sure the kids were paying attention. "You can probably tell what the first option is but I'll tell you anyway. Your first choice for your future is that you stay here for roughly 3 years in this in Heaven's time speed, before you are guaranteed to be reincarnated as a human being, or you can be reincarnated right now, however there's no telling what you will be reincarnated as, you could be reincarnated as a human, you could be reincarnated as a tiny insect, who knows?" Scott shrugged, but don't worry though you have plenty of time to decide on it. Any questions?" Scott asked.
Jesse raised his hand "You said there was a special option for people like me." He commented.
Scott clasped his block shaped hands together "Ah yes. Jesse, I don't mean to keep you on edge, but we will have to discuss this at a later date, so for now, you must try to rest, I don't think your ready to hear about it just now, so try not to think about it." He answered. Jesse nodded in response.
"Good." Scott commented once again "Now then, let's see you to your rooms then!" he announced getting out of his throne and gesturing for Jesse and Ellie to do the same, the kids nodded and followed him to the elevator. Jesse thought that there was something fishy about his death and Scott's comment all but confirmed that there was more to it than meets the eye, alas all Jesse could do now is wait, wait until his mother was ready to see him again, wait until he partially knew the full details of what had happened to him, wait until he could find every option available to him.
A/N: Well that was quite the feat of writing for me! A little over 3 pages of writing on Microsoft word, and yet that's just the beginning. I intend to write even bigger chapters over time and casually turn this into one of my main projects. We still have one more chapter coming out for the end of the month so keep your eyes peeled for that. Until then See ya!
