Picking Favorites
Chapter 3: Innocence

Every day, from 6:30 to 10:45, McKennah was with the animatronics. She always kept them updated on different events in her life. But, she spent more time with Foxy. She felt that he needed it. He'd been alone in the dark for 11 years, and he didn't even do anything to deserve it.

McKennah, as anyone knew, was a bit forgetful with things. Which is how she ended up leaving her backpack behind one day when she left from work. Luckily, she left it in the Pirate's Cove.

"Hey! Kennah! Come on, McKennah, let me out!" Nette shouted. The little puppet jerked around in the bag until it felt itself being lifted up. "Oh, thank goodness! I knew you wouldn't forget me, McKennah."

"Hate ta disappoint, matey, but ye be right. Th' lass did leave ya 'ere." Foxy said as he opened the blue book-bag. Nette jumped out and onto Foxy's head. "Hey!"

"I can't believe this! How could she do this to me?!" Nette whined as it looked around. "Gee, this place is a dump."

Foxy ignored the puppet and set it down on the stage floor. He sat down, too, and looked at it. "Why ar ye with McKennah?"

"Because she needed to know the truth! It was really buggin' her." Nette said.

"So..." Foxy hesitated. "S-she knows who did it?"

Nette nodded excitedly. "Uh-huh! She knows everything."

Foxy felt relieved. But, then, he wondered what would happen if McKennah went to someone and told them about it. Would anyone believe her?

"It don't matter either way..." he sighed, a sad look in his robotic eyes. "Freddy's already won."

Nette smacked him lightly in the back of the head. "Don't talk like that! McKennah knows the truth, and she has history here. If she goes to someone about it, they'll believe her."

"But, it could be a long time 'fore anythin's done about it!" Foxy retorted. "What if Freddy finds out?"

Just then, the curtains rustled open. Nette quickly hid behind Foxy, who'd gone still to trick whoever it was that he was still shut off. Nette peeked over his shoulder and sighed happily. "McKennah, you didn't forget about me!"

Foxy jerked up and poked his head out of the curtains to see the time. He turned back to McKennah, worried. "What ar' ye doin' 'ere, lassie? It's 11:30!" He was afraid for McKennah's life at the moment.

McKennah smiled at him and sat him down. "I had to go get something from home. Stay still." With that, she started to work on Foxy's jaw. She'd tried multiple times before to fix it, but nothing worked. Until, now, that is.

Once she was done, she quickly kissed Foxy's snout. She started to gently pet his head and whispered to him, "I know you're innocent..."

Foxy gently wrapped his arms around her. He didn't know if it was possible to feel any happier than he felt right now. Then, he remembered the time. "Lassie, ye have ta leave! Hurry!"

"W-why? What's wrong?" McKennah asked as she gathered her stuff. Nette quickly jumped into her book bag, knowing why Foxy was so scared.

"Ye don't wanna be 'ere after midnight." Foxy said, leading her to the exit. She quickly turned back to him and gave him a hug before leaving to walk back home.

Foxy quickly ran back to the Pirate's Cove to hide. He sighed, still worried about how close McKennah was to being in the same predicament as the night guard. He heard shuffling and looked up to see Freddy standing in front of him.

"Freddy?! What ar' ye doin' in 'ere?!" he asked, quickly standing up and backing away. Freddy chuckled darkly, then proceeded to mercilessly beat the poor fox pirate. Foxy fought back a bit when he started, but decided he would come out of it with less bruises and damage if he just let Freddy beat him.

Freddy noticed this and stopped. "You really think anyone would even like you, let alone, love you? After what happened at McKennah's party?"

"Ye bit the kid, Freddy, and ye know it..." Foxy said, trying to stuff some wires back into place. Freddy gave him a swift kick in the abdomen, sending him back a bit.

"I'll always be their favorite... Always..." Freddy whispered, sounding like a mad man. He went to go to the security office, leaving Foxy a mangled mess. Foxy sighed sadly, hurting still from the beating. 'I knew nothin' good could e'er happen ta me...'

To all of those Freddy fans who read this, I'm sorry to make him seem like a maniac! Jealousy makes people go crazy.

Also, yay! 10 follows and 6 favorites. I feel so special! :3 Thank you for reading. I believe there will be 2 or 3 chapters of this left, based on how far the story's progressed. It's going faster than expected, which is good.

Again, thank you all for reading.