Chapter 1
1980
"Sarah, what are you doing in here?" William Afton asks his daughter. "I wanted to see the blueprints for your animatronic. She's so pretty." She says, Afton smiles and picks her up and sets her on his lap. "You know, your brother helped me design her. So did your Uncle Henry." He says, and Sarah laughs. "Yeah, more like Uncle Henry did all the work." William smiles, thinking the joke is cute. "Hey, now don't let your brother hear those words come out of your mouth." When Afton says this, Michael Afton walks into the room. "So, dad, I'm going to need to speak to you for a moment." William nods, and scoots his little girl off. She smiles and waves at Michael and Michael waves back at her. She walks out of the room and Michael walks closer to his father.
Michael frowns a little. "So, when are you going to tell Dave about her?" William smirks and acts like he's busy messing around with something in his hands. "Dad." Michael says, as William sits down in the chair in the office. "Look, you know how your brother is. He's a freak. He can't be trusted with this." William tells Michael, Michael shakes his head. "I bet he doesn't even know that I talk to you still." William nods. "It's for the best, Michael." William gets up and walks over to the coffee maker in his office, and pours himself a cup. "Can you at least do me a favor and give him a job or a place to stay?" After Michael mentions this, William looks at Michael for a moment. "I'll see what I can do. If he moves in here, you'll have to keep my daughter until he gets a good enough income to live in his own place. I'm not letting you or her near him." William says a little aggravated. Michael wonders why his father doesn't like Dave so much, and says "What's so bad about Dave? Does he reminds you of yourself too much?" Michael says while laughing. William doesn't think it's too funny, and is noticeably irritated. Michael moves onto the next topic.
Michael pulls out a bunch-of blueprints from his bag, and throws them on the table. "Ah, yes. The sister location. How is that going?" William asks, as Michael responds with "Well, we hired a contractor, Jim found him. Contractor says he'll do it if you give him construction rights to all future Fazbear Entertainment buildings." William shrugs. "Give the guy what he wants, saves us money in the long run anyways." Michael nods and writes that down on the blueprint. "So, this is something I've personally wanted to ask, what's with the underground facility?" William stands still for a moment. "It'll be a warehouse of sorts. I've told you this. It'll be where we store our extra animatronics." William says, as Michael still doesn't trust his father's tone. "Then why are you recreating an entire house inside of the facility?" William laughs. "You never know, maybe one day we can turn this whole thing into a horror attraction." William then puts the coffee down and walks out of the room, Michael looks at him curiously. "So, what about Circus Baby?" Michael says, as William stops in his steps. "She'll be my greatest creation yet." He keeps moving forward.
1982
William Afton pulls up to the newly built Sister Location, and meets Jim at the location. "Pleasure to see you, Mr. Afton." Jim says, as William smiles oddly. "Is it complete?" William asks, as Jim nods. "Of course, just the way you wanted it." William is filled with joy and laughs. He gives Jim a slap on the back of approval. "You keep this up John, and I may have to give you a promotion!" Jim smiles, noticing he said his name wrong. "It's Jim, sir." William laughs. "Of course it is." He says, as he starts walking up to the entrance of the sister location. "So, sir, we built a secret room that leads directly to the elevator that leads to the underground location. Currently, we are placing the animatronics you wanted down there, well, down there." William smiles. "Good, good. Is Henry here?" Jim nods his head. "He's downstairs now putting the finishing touches on Baby. He says he wants to see you about security concerns." Jim says, and William smiles. "I'll be right down there." William walks away from Jim, as Jim stands, watching the strange man walk to the elevator.
William sees the secret room, and enters. The elevator has a few posters of the animatronics he will be keeping in the facility, and possibly having in his own pizzeria at some point. He takes the elevator down, and crawls through the ventilation system that they had installed for fast, safe travel. He then gets to the main hub, and crawls to the room where Henry is. William opens the door, and Henry turns around. "Hey. Glad to see you." Henry says, as William smiles. "We both know that's a lie." Henry stands there awkwardly for a moment, and William breaks the awkwardness "So, what did you want to tell me?" Henry points to Funtime Freddy. "Yes, what about him?" William asks. Henry looks at blueprints for Funtime Freddy. "What's with the containment unit inside of him?" Henry asks, as William grows a little pale. William shrugs. "You know, incase you need to store something inside of him. There's a containment unit inside of all of the animatronics." He says, as Henry rubs his chin curiously. "Huh. I guess I should've figured that out myself." William laughs, and responds by saying "Well, you are the designer after all." Henry chuckles a little awkwardly, and William smiles. "It's beautiful, isn't it? This company we're building. Reminds me of the college days." William says, feeling proud. Henry looks at him strangely "You mean when you used to go off in the night and do whatever and the only reason you passed was because you cheated off of me?" William laughs. "Good times." William proclaims with confidence.
William thinks for a moment for something good to say. "Hopefully this Freddy Fazbear's Pizza thing works out. It's a shame what happened to the diner." William says to Henry, as Henry looks at William. "Yeah, it was a shame. Hopefully this can be a good start for us and our families." Henry says, as William thinks for a moment about his broken apart family. "Yes, for our families." William says.
1983
"She's finally up on the stage." Sarah says, as William stands by her side. "Yes she is, dear." Sarah looks at her for a moment, getting a good look in. "Daddy, why won't you let me play with her?" She asks, as William looks at Baby, then at his daughter. "There's a good reason for that dear, I assure you." William says, as he looks back at Baby. He knows what he has done is wrong, but for some reason, he has to do it. It feels so right, even though it is so wrong. "Daddy, you let the other children go see her, why won't you let me go?" William frowns and picks his daughter up. Sarah smiles "Daddy, just once, let me go play with her. She's so pretty and shiny. Didn't you make her just for me?" She asks, and William nods "I did make her just for you, but I don't want her to hurt you." He expresses to his daughter. As soon as he says that, Baby is up on the stage blowing up balloons. "Daddy, she can make balloons! Have you seen her make balloons? Daddy, let me go to her!" Sarah proclaims in a very energetic way. "No, and that's final honey." William says, as he puts his daughter down and pats her on the head.
As soon as he does that, Phone Guy walks into the sister location pizzeria. "Hello! Uh, hey Mr. Afton! I just got back from my vacation, and I wanted to discuss a few payment related issues." Phone Guy says, as William looks at him with a smile and responds by saying. "Of course, of course! Sarah, please stay where you are while I talk to this employee." William and Phone Guy walk off to discuss Phone Guy's problem. Sarah looks around and notices the room is empty beside her, and sees Baby up on the stage all alone. Sarah feels bad for the animatronic, and decides to betray her father's wishes. She slowly starts to walk up to the stage, checking frequently to make sure her father isn't looking.
She eventually reaches her destination, and looks at Baby. Baby looks down at her. Sarah is sort-of frightened, but wants to speak to the poor, lonely animatronic. Sarah breaks the silence by saying "Don't tell daddy that I'm here. I wanted to watch the show too! I don't know why he won't let me come see you, you're wonderful! Where did the other children go?" All of a sudden, Baby looks emotionless and her stomach opens, revealing ice cream inside. Sarah liked the looks of this and stepped towards Baby, but it only got worse from there. A giant hook came out and grabbed Sarah, Sarah screamed as loud as she could, but as soon as she did, a massive hoard of children came in, drowning out the sounds of her screams. Phone Guy and William Afton looked at the children rush in, then William looked back at where his daughter once was. "Sarah?" William says, as his eyes examine the room. He then looks up to the stage and sees Baby there, motionless. Ice cream leaking out of her stomach. "Oh no." William says, as Phone Guy notices it to. "What is it, sir?" Phone Guy asks. "I… I'll be right back." William says while he starts walking towards the stage, just then two engineers walk out from the back and grab Baby and pull her into the backstage. William knows he only has a small amount of time before they get back to the facility, and he runs up to the stage. Baby's gone. His daughter is gone. He sees melted ice cream leading back to the elevator. William walks over to the phone back stage and says "Never bring Baby out again." He holds onto the phone for a moment, thinking, before slamming it back on the hanger. He leans against the wall and starts crying. His little girl is gone. There's nothing he can do. She's dead.
Phone Guy walks backstage and sees William Afton broken down and into tears. "Sir, what's wrong?" Phone Guy asks, as William Afton looks Phone Guy in the eyes. "She's gone, but I'll fix this. I'll save her." Phone Guy looks around, "Save who?" He asks, as William kinda laughs. "Don't worry about it." William says getting up, and walks away from Phone Guy. "Weird guy." Phone Guy says.
William is now heading out to his car, and gets inside. He thinks for a moment. He can't go down to that facility. They'll kill him immediately. He wonders how he can save her. He needs to get her spirit out of there before it's too late. He then thinks of Michael, and that's where our story begins.
William has just gotten home from a very depressing day at work. He walks inside his house, and looks around. It's empty, so very empty. His little girl is no longer here. The thing he loved more than anything is now gone. William walks into the kitchen and gets a cup of coffee, and then goes to sit down in the living room and drink it. He turns on the news to see what's going on. He sits there for about 15 minutes, just barely listening to anything that's going on. He then hears a mention of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. He then puts full attention on the TV, as the newscaster says "Welcome back, today we're here to talk about the closing of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza." William shakes his head. The newscaster continues "After a number of disappearances last month and an apparent suicide by springlock, the place was forced to close down. The CEO of Fazbear Entertainment refused to comment, but this isn't the first time the Fazbear name has been under fire, after the forced closure of Fredbear's Family Diner last year." William facepalms, and starts rubbing his eyes. The newscaster concludes by saying "The sister location however will open under a new name soon, but for the moment it is only open to test audiences to see if the children get along with the animatronics. The name was changed to Circus Baby's Pizza World to separate it from the Freddy brand for the moment until a relaunch, a statement released from the company." William turns the TV off and plans on calling 911 to report a missing person's case, but just as that happens Michael walks into the room from the front door.
Michael looks at his father, automatically knowing something is wrong. "Where's Sarah?" Michael asks, as William shakes his head. He walks towards Michael. "I need you to put her back together." He says, as Michael is confused. "What? What do you mean?" Michael can tell his father is out of it. "Fix her. Save her. Please." William says, as Michael walks his father to the kitchen table to sit down and catch his breath. Michael obviously caught him off guard. "The animatronic took Sarah." William says to Michael, as Michael looks down. "Circus Baby?" Michael says, as William nods his head. Michael grows pale, and starts rubbing his forehead with one hand. "How do we get her back?" Michael asks, as William starts laughing and responds by saying "Get her back? She's already gone. I just need you to set her free." Michael looks at his father suspiciously. "Why can't you just tell the police to go and find her?" Michael asks, as William shakes his head. "Remember what happened at the Diner? They won't understand what is in those animatronics." William says, as Michael nods. "...Dad, I think you're just shaken up over this." He says, as William just laughs once more. "No, I'm not. I assure you. Those… children… I've done a horrible thing… the only way…. forget about it. Report it to the police, but don't tell them it was an animatronic responsible for her disappearance." William says, as Michael is confused, intrigued, and saddened.
William then thinks for a long, hard moment. He needs Michael to release her spirit. He takes a deep breath, then prepares to fill Michael in. "Alright, Michael. I need you to get into the underground facility. Take a position as a technician. They're always hiring. The last one down there… well, let's just say he isn't with us anymore. Anyways, it's the only way you can set her free. The elevator is located behind the stage in a backroom. Take the elevator down to the facility, then the HandUnit should fill you in the rest of the way. Just put her back together. Apply for the position." William says as he then starts coughing violently. Michael thought that was a mouthful that his father just said, and then Michael asked "Why can't you do it?" William then gets as pale as a ghost. "I've done bad things. If I go down there, they'll kill me. You have to do it. It's up to you, Michael. Just don't tell your brother about any of this." He says, as his color returns. Michael nods his head and says "Alright, I'll do it father." William smiles and responds by saying "Good. You're a good son, Michael. I appreciate what you did for me here and at the Diner." He says, as Michael kinda frowns. Michael looks at the stairs. "Let's get you to bed, dad." William nods. "Thank you, Michael." William says as Michael helps him up the stairs and puts him to bed. He then says goodbye to his father, and locks the door on his way out.
Michael gets into his car and drives to the police station to report Sarah Afton as missing, and that she disappeared without a trace in the middle of the day at the pizzeria. After that, he decides to head to the pizzeria to grab an application for the technician job. He pulls up to the pizzeria and gets out of his car, walking to the front of the pizzeria. He pulls out his keys and opens the doors, he often doesn't come to the pizzeria unless a task is needed by his father, which tonight is one of these moments. He walks inside and walks behind the front counter, grabbing one of the applications. He shouldn't use his last name, as that'll just be a giveaway. "Ah, I got it." He says, as he writes down Michael Bluth on the paper. "Perfect." He fills out the application completely, then pushes it under the manager's door. He then locks up and walks back to his car, and begins to drive back to his place.
