DISCLAIMER: I do not own Five Nights at Freddy's or any of its characters. I have all of the backpack clip mystery figures, though.

BECOMING FREDDY

Chapter 3- Ryan

Nine year old Ryan was having the best birthday party. Ever. He had invited his entire class to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza for what he believed to be the most fun birthday party in the history of birthday parties. They kids in his class must have thought so too since nearly every kid from Ryan's fourth grade class showed up. Ever since that old place was redesigned into this new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, it was the coolest place ever.

Ryan and his friends gathered around the main stage, along with the other boys and girls that were celebrating their birthdays there too, and awaited the upcoming show in excited anticipation. After what seemed like ages to the children (though it couldn't have been more than a couple of minutes), the colorful lights overhead dimmed and the purple starry curtain began to open. Ryan and his friends cheered as the opening curtain revealed Freddy, Bonnie and Chica standing on stage, ready to play and sing.

"Hey boys and girls!" Freddy's voice rang out from his voice box while his mouth opened and closed, giving the illusion that the giant mechanical bear was speaking to the audience.

Freddy's eyes also opened and closed, his ears twitched and his arms moved on occasion for added effect.

"Wow, Freddy!" Chica chimed in. "Look at all the friends that came to visit us today! It's a real party, for sure!"

Along with Chica's eyes, beak and arms, the cupcake on the plate in her hand also blinked and looked around.

"A birthday party, Chica?" Freddy's voice questioned hopefully.

"I don't know, Freddy," Chica responded. "Is anyone celebrating a birthday today?"

Ryan's hand shot up and he smiled brightly. A few other kids also celebrating their birthdays raised their hands too.

A Freddy Fazbear's employee quickly inputted the number of children with their hands raised into the control panel in the control room in the stage. A few clicks of the button and it appeared that Freddy and his pals were able to recognize who had a birthday, which never ceased to amaze the kids.

"Did you see that? They knew it was my birthday!" Ryan whispered in pure bliss to his friend seated next to him.

His friend nodded vehemently, also excited by the acknowledgement from the characters on stage.

"I guess I'll just have to play a birthday song!" Bonnie added, his mechanical paws strumming the strings of his cherry red electric guitar and sliding up and down the neck as if he were playing chords.

"And I'll get some pizza and cake!" Chica agreed.

"But not cupcakes!" Chica's cupcake squeaked out, which caused the children in the audience to erupt in laughter.

Freddy then invited Ryan and the other birthday kids to come on stage to come and get their special present from him and his friends: a character mask. The two girls picked the Chica mask. One boy chose the Bonnie mask and the other grabbed the Foxy one. Ryan wasn't sure which one he wanted; he liked all of the characters. He stared long and hard at the box the employee in the purple shirt was holding as he mulled over this very important decision.

"I don't think anyone took Freddy," the employee suggested with a sweet smile.

Ryan decided to take the employee's suggestion and so he picked the Freddy mask. He and the other kids then hopped off the stage to watch the rest of the show.

The endless birthday parties today meant a lot of chatter, noise and screaming children. That, in turn, meant that Purple Guy was going to have a massive headache. He rubbed his temples and leaned back in the desk chair in the security office. Purple Guy was still feeling quite content after the...incident a short time ago, but the hunger was beginning to swell within him once again. He didn't want to rush things, especially because a second missing child in the area would presumably draw unwanted attention, but he couldn't deny his desire if the opportunity presented itself. And present itself, it did.

A young girl, probably no older than eight years, poked her head into the security office.

"Hey mister," she addressed Purple Guy. "My dorky cousin and I are playing hide and seek; did he come in here?"

"No," Purple Guy shook his head.

A devious thought crossed his mind.

"Wanna team up? " he asked. "We can look for him together and find him faster that way."

The girl thought it over for a few seconds before nodding. Purple Guy smiled and then got up to follow the girl back down the hallway.

"So, what's your cousin's name?" he questioned casually. "I need to know who I'm looking for."

"His name's Ryan," the girl explained. "We're celebrating his birthday today."

"Sounds like fun."

They searched the various party rooms without result, but eventually found Ryan stowed away in the prize corner.

"Hey, you had help! No fair!" Ryan protested to his cousin.

His cousin stuck her tongue out at him.

"I have an idea," Purple Guy interjected. "I can give you a really good hiding place that you can use when it's your turn."

Ryan nodded vehemently in acceptance of Purple Guy's offer. His cousin skipped off to go hide while Purple Guy informed him of a "secret hiding spot." Ryan smiled brightly.

"Great idea, mister!" he said. "She'll never find me there."

"Have fun," Purple Guy bid before leaving the prize corner.

However, instead of returning to the security office, he took a detour that was both off map and off camera. It was off the radar of most employees, too.

Slipping into the secret safe room, Purple Guy smiled at the golden suit lying dormant in the corner next to the Golden Freddy suit. His suit. Purple Guy presumed he had about ten or so minutes before Ryan showed up, which gave him just enough time to become Spring Bonnie.