Chapter three

Marionette almost felt bad about Bonnie discovering the baby, but in his defense the child was asleep; and Marionette was sure that if he left him alone for a mere ten minutes the baby would be fine. To the puppet's credit the baby was fine, sleeping in the infrared arms of the rabbit. Although in a way Marionette was certain that eventually the rest of the original animatronics would have figured something was amiss.

Yet as he tried to explain this to Foxy he was only met by growles, and bared teeth.

"You said you were going to watch him!" Foxy roared "Where you even watching him or did you just decide to go back to your box!." The fox only calmed himself a little when the baby began to stir. "Really, watching him was so hard you had to make me go sit and talk to Fazfuck! I don't even like the guy!"

Marionette continued to silently float above pirates cove as Foxy continued to yell at him. Usually the puppet would have defended himself, but at the moment he wasn't facing Foxy, the animatronic who still owed him a few more months of service. Oh no, now he was facing daddy Foxy, an animatronic who had very little fear of the magical puppet. A worthy foe indeed. So he continued to allow the fox to vent at him. "Parenthood is difficult" The puppet reminded himself. "I'm surprised he hasn't had a mental breakdown."

As if on cue the puppet began to notice Foxy shaking. At first he thought that Fox was only malfunctioning until he heard the sound coming from his voice box. "W-what if they take him away." Foxy cried "What if they make me give him up."

"They won't do that." Marionette said trying his best to convince the fox. "You are his father after all, so they have no reason to take him."

"Okay" Foxy dribbled, it still sounded weird to him when the puppet called him a father. Despite having cared for his...son, Foxy hadn't felt all that fatherly. "I just don't know how I'm going to convince Bonnie that he's mine."

"You don't have to worry about that." Marionette assured him "I'll be right here with you."

Bonnie had been tempted to tell Freddy about the baby in pirates cove. He had every reason to do so, but he didn't feel right doing so. Not until he had all the facts at least. Though he hadn't heard of any child abductions, Bonnie knew that Foxy had to have stolen the baby. It was the only logical explanation, and while Bonnie had no problem ratting out Foxy he was afraid that Chica might have had something to do with this.

It was no secret that Chica loved babies. She was the only animatronics who spent the extra time to greet the tiny people, Bonnie had found it pointless since most of the time babies either cried or where sleeping. Tiny people couldn't enjoy their shows as much as the other children. Yet Bonnie had known that Chica wanted more than just occasionally waving at a baby, she wanted her own.

While she hadn't quite said it out loud, Bonnie knew that she had asked Freddy if they could just keep one of the kids, for just a few days. Of course Freddy had never allowed it, but Bonnie wasn't so sure that Chica hadn't convinced Foxy to join in on her little plan. After all, Foxy was lonely, anyone could see that, and he had all the time in the world to care for a baby while Chica performed.

"I'll let Freddy know as soon as I know whether Chica is in it or not." Bonnie promised himself. Yet even he couldn't deny that he had no idea what he'd do if Chica had helped steal a baby. He knew that she'd be punished, more than their regular time having to stay on stage for the entire night. "You have to do what's right Bonnie." He ordered himself.

Bonnie walked into the cove without knocking, something that any other day would have earned him a threat from the pirate. But tonight was different, they both knew that.

"Foxy" Bonnie greeted the fox coldly.

"Bonnie" Foxy replied nervously. "Before you start-"

"Before I start?" Bonnie growled "You stole a baby Foxy. Someone is missing their little girl or boy."

"No there no-"

"Was this just your idea or Chica's?" Bonnie said with a smaller amount of accusation. "Did she plan this or was this just you?"

Foxy shuttered at the thought. Even if Chica suddenly became human Foxy doubted that she'd come out as lovely as the girls he had been with. "No-"

"So you admit it! You took that baby-"

"Would you please stop with all your accusations." The puppet said in an almost amused tone.

"Marionette?" Bonnie blurted out "W-what are you doing here?"

"I'm only here to tell you how the child came to be, because trust me; it's a bit complicated."

It had taken most of the night and a bit of Marionette's magic to finally convince Bonnie that the baby was really Foxy's. Marionette hadn't really counted on having to turn Foxy temporarily human to convince Bonnie, he had know that the rabbit was a bit on the suspicious side but never would have guessed that it would have taken actual magic against reason to convince the rabbit.

Then again the puppet hadn't expected for Bonnie to curl up on the floor and hold his head in his hands as he muttered disbelief. Really these originals were so damn emotional it made him sick.
"But he's a robot."
"It's called magic" The puppet said for perhaps the fifth time that night. "You know, much like how I magically repaired the pizzeria before the place fell apart."

"Ya" Bonnie insisted nervously "but you hadn't taken one thing and made it into a completely different thing."

The puppet only face palmed himself. Why did nobody think he was capable of complicated magic. Really, he had spent four years getting his doctorate in all things magical. While he hadn't made a big deal about his grand accomplishment all the animatronics must have seen his framed diploma behind the stage. "Well I did make Foxy human, though I hadn't expected him to go and make a baby."

Bonnie turned to Foxy with a confused look on his face. "How'd you make a baby?"

If the fox was still human he knew he would have blushed. "Uh, that's not important."

"What did you fall down some kind of baby hole?"

Foxy scratched his neck uneasily "Sort of"

"We are not going to stand here and explain the birds and the bees." The puppet said quite annoyed. "Well I'm due back at the other pizzeria, so adieu." With that he vanished, leaving the two animatronics in an uneasy silence.

"So" Bonnie started "What's his name?"

"Uh, Potato." Bonnie gave Foxy a rather sore look "What! I haven't come up with anything good, and it doesn't seem all that important at the moment."

Bonnie rolled his eyes. "You can't just not give him a name. It isn't right."

"I'll give him a name." Foxy promised "I just want it to be a good one."

"You could always call him Bonnie"

"No"

"Or Freddy"

"Stop that"

"I'm sure he'd be flattered." Bonnie laughed, he smiled as he looked at the half sleeping baby that was constantly drinking his bottle. "He's really cute." Bonnie tickled the baby's chin, content when a small smile spread across his face. "So, uh, what's it like to be a dad?"

Foxy was quiet for a moment, carefully thinking of an answer. Really the fox couldn't think of anything to sat that would make sense to the bunny. His little potato meant more to him than the pizzeria ever had. "I guess it's like entertaining a kid, but it's a special kid. More special than the rest."

"Hm, that sounds nice." Bonnie continued to stroke the baby's face. "Oh Chica is just going to love you."

"Eh, about that" Foxy began "Do you think that you could just keep this between the two of us?"

Confused, Bonnie asked "Why? I mean sure it's a bit of a shock but-"

"Look I have nothing against Chica, I'm just afraid she'll get over excited." And steal him, Foxy silently added "Look I know I'm going to have to show him to the others, but right now he's so little. Besides once the others find out then someone is going to blab to the toys."

Bonnie sighed "Alright I guess, but how long do you really think you can keep him a secret?"

Foxy shrugged "Don't know, at least a year or two."

"Foxy, you can't keep him in the cove forever."

"I won't" Foxy insisted "I just don't want my little potato to get over over stimulated."

"But don't you think he'll get lonely, even if he has you."

Foxy looked disappointedly at the ground. Despite how well he felt he had taken care of the baby Foxy couldn't deny that as much as he enjoyed every second with his little potato he worried about his future just as much. After all his baby was human, and humans couldn't stay in a room all their lives. Still at the very least Foxy thought that he had a bit of time before he really had to start worrying about all that. "I know, I just." He paused knowing what he felt was pure selfishness. "I just want to enjoy him while I can."

Bonnie only nodded though he didn't quite understand. "Well if you want to keep him a secret for a while longer I guess I won't tell anyone."

"Thanks-"

"On one condition." Bonnie added slyly "I get to play with the baby."

Foxy flattened his ears, he had never really liked the rabbit. But if it was a pick between sharing his potato with one animatronic vs ten others he guessed it was worth it. "Fine"