Better Together

Ding.

Alya stretched herself out as she exited her bed. Birds were singing outside and the sun was barely up

'What was that?'

She gazed around the room to see her phone was on with a new text message, she picked it up well yawning, to see who wrote to her at this time.

'Hm? Marinette?'

Alya stood up and walked over to her closet to change clothes, she kept reading the text message

'A meet up? Oh no, don't tell me something bad happened at her work!'

Alya desperately rushed though her drawers and picked out some clothes, minutes after, she was rushing out the door without even eating breakfast. This wasn't a time to sit around, Marinette was in desperate need of help with something unexpected. Alya sprinted down to the park to see Marinette sitting down on a bench while Adrien was sprinting down too.

'Oh jackpot girl'

She gave a surprised and happy smile, this all looked like the perfect moment to put those two together.

—-

Meanwhile, Nino was already up and was over at Adrien's house, he looked around for his friend but couldn't find him anywhere.

'Ah!'

He felt something vibrate in his pocket

'Just my phone…'

Nino saw the new text message and immediately opened it up

'Could be Adrien. Wait, Marinette?'

Through reading the text message, he realised that Adrien was most probably down at the park with Marinette and Alya. He puts his phone down on the recpetion desk so that he could tie up his shoe lass. Chloe and Sabrina had also been looking for Adrien, well, Sabrina had been doing all of the work of running around looking for him while Chloe painted her nails. Chloe saw Nino's phone so she turned to Sabrina with her smug look

'Sabrina! Go get me that phone! I bet it will tell us where Adrien is'

She puts one hand on her waist while she admired her nails on the other hand. Sabrina rubbed her tired eyes and sneaked to the reception table. When about to snatch Nino's phone, Nino stood up to see her there

'Hey! What are you doing?'

Sabrina jumped back, she placed both hands behind her back and tried to act natural

'I.. Uh- Was just looking for my lost coin!'

She kneeled down and pretended to search. Nino raised a brow in confusion, he took his phone and left. Chloe cat walked over to her

'Well, that was a total fail wasn't it?'

She gave her an annoyed look, her usual one. Sabrina sprung up slightly disappointed in herself but managed to speak up

'Well umm.. It wasn't a total failure'

Chloe turned around and gave a firm look

'What?'

Sabrine gulped

'Well… From what I could see on Nino's phone, he was meeting up with Marinette, Adrien and Alya at the park now. If we go quickly maybe we will be able to catch up'

Chloe gave a menacing smile

'We? Moe go too? No no no. YOU! YOU will go and record EVERYTHING they say! Report back to me here when your done'

—

Back at the park, Adrien had just walked up to Marinette, who sat alone staring at the floor.

'Hey'

He spoke in his usual upbeat mood. Marinette looked up and could feel her face warming up, her mouth went dry

'H-Hi Adrien! I didn't er… expect to see you um.. Here so early- ow no I mean I er- ugh'

Marinette covered her face in embarrasent, Adrien just stared confused

'Ow… Thanks for coming anyway… I haven't been able to think straight for the last two days'

She took her hands away from her face and looked towards the ground again. Adrien frowned, he knew something was wrong but didn't know how to approach her without sounding and looking like a complete freak or pervert. He stood there uncomfortably, he puts his hands up about to try and comfort her with a hug until he saw Alya approaching.

'Hey you two~'

Adrien smiled

'Hey Alya, your here'

Alya winked with one eye

'Faster than sound and light combined if it's to help a friend'

She looked over at Marinette, who stood there like a lifeless doll, her eyes were blank and she hadn't even greeted her. Alya patted her on the back

'Cheer up girl, what's wrong?'

Marinette glanced up to Alya, her usual smile returning

'Well I-'

Before she could continue, Nino shouted from across the park

'WWWWAAAAIIIITTTTT!'

He tried to run as fast as he could, he was barely able to breath after running from Adrien's house all the way to the park. He managed to reach the group and fell to the ground from exhaustion, his breath was unsteady. Adrien rushed over

'NINO!'

Alya and Marinette were too confused and startled to even do anything, they just stared at Adrien as he tried to help Nino up.

'Are you okay?'

Adrien looked worriedly at Nino who was trying his best to stand on his own, and failing to do so, he took Adrien's arm as support.

'Y-ye..(huff).ah'

Nino leaned on Adrien as he took him to sit down on the bench.

'Hey (huff) sorry, I (huff) went to Adrien's house'

He took a deep breath to steady himself

'And then received the text from you, Marinette. While I was there, Sabrina was acting well…Strange, I don't know if Chloe is up to something but if she is, we should be careful.'

Nino then looked towards Marinette, even though she had a blank look on her face, he could tell that something was wrong. The whole group looked at Marinette now, she stood uncomfortably, meeting everyone's gazes.

'Ehehe, so…'

She tried to sound calm but meeting Adrien's gaze made it hard for her to speak, his eyes… They were just too much for her to handle. Marinette inhaled deeply and took the leap

'So… I called you all hear because of some well… Issues… I had with my job at Freddy's…'

Nino somehow miraculously gained all his strength back, he stood up nearly shouting

'FREDDY'S?! But that's where children went missing! Their bodies were never found and some even say their souls never passed on!'

Adrien looked over to Nino, he could tell his friend was terrified and part of him knew that this may all be true. Alya on the other hand, gave a loud sigh of annoyance and stepped in

'Look! GHOST ARE NOT REAL! End of story!'

She put her hands on her hips. Marinette spoke up

'T-That's the problem… They ARE real. On the first night I thought it was all just a prank when I saw that the animatronics had moved. An old night guard left a recording telling me these animatronics would try to stuff me in suits because they thought I was an endoskeleton and that would move around'

Alya stared at her in disbelief, Nino shivered in fear while Adrien pondered if this could all be real

'A-And, on my second shift, they tried to CATCH me! They were trying to get inside of my office a-and they had these creepy smiles, it was as if they wanted to actually kill me!'

Alya had enough, she stepped in front of Marinette and put her hands on her shoulders.

'Marinette, I don't care what you say. We are going with you for your next shift.'

Marinette opened her mouth, about to complain, but Alya covered it with her index finger

'Shoosh! You don't get a say! Adrian and Nino are you coming or are you coming?!'

She gave the boys a firm angry look, it wasn't like she was going to give them a choice in the first place. Adrien smiled sneakily

'I was going either way'

Nino rubbed the back of his neck, Alya's eyes pierced at him

'Y-Yeah sure'

Marinette pointed over to her house

'We could all just stay over at my house until the shift starts or you could come around that time. 11:40pm is the latest you can arrive'

—

In the distance, no one saw Sabrina, who had been recording the whole conversation, she stood behind a tree where a bird was flying away.

'Yes! Chloe is going to be soooo happy! (Squeals)

She left the park and walked to Chloe's house, the blonde girl sat well talking on the phone, shouting at someone.

'You just think your sooo hot! But you'll never get your hands on my Adrien! Humph!'

She dismissively cuts the call off, Sabrina walks towards her with the recording on her phone

'Chloe! I know where they are going!'

Chloe looked over, her smile devilish

'Where?'

'To Freddy's! Marinette is terrified'

Chloe laughed demonically

'Well well, then maybe we should pay them a little visit'

—

It was unexpected but in the end, everyone went over to stay at Marinette's house until the night shift, she did know they just didn't want her to be alone. They were worried for her mental health, if she was thinking up animatronics trying to kill her in an old pizzeria, who knew what could come next.

Marinette's parents smiled warmly in seeing all of Marinette's friends with her, even though they didn't know what was going on, they knew that if her friends were there with her, she would be okay. Luckily for Marinette, her mum had already cleared out her room of all her posters and stuff of Adrain.

'Seems her motherly instincts kicked in'

Tikki whispered softly from Marinette's bag. Marinette smiled and nodded, she invited everyone else upstairs and they got settled in for a long sleep and a longer night.

—

Marinette woke up and looked around her room, Alya was sleeping on a inflatable bed while Nino slept partly sitting, Adrian had fallen asleep on Marinette's chair, huddled up like a little cat. Marinette began to blush from just seeing him, but tried to suppress letting it show. She looked at the time 11:35pm, time to get moving

She got out of her bed and softly nudged everyone awake. They all slowly stood up half asleep still

'Hey, we better get going'

Adrien yawned

'Is it already time?'

Marinette nodded. They all glanced around at each other again, they really didn't know what hell they were about to enter did they.

—

11:52pm

Marinette was in her night guard uniform again, she stood in front of the main door, in the distance she saw the boss walking away to his car. He looked behind him to see Marinette, he looked strangely upset about seeing her alive. She waited until he was out of sight

'Com'on guys, lets get inside'

She called out to everyone as they rushed over into the hell of Freddy Fazebear's Pizza. On stage, the animatronics were fully asleep, yet their eyes stared at every last one of them. Seems it was going to be a feast.

—

12:00am

Alya had taken charge of the group once they were settled in the pizzeria. Adrian kept looking at the creepy cupcake, yet, it was still somewhat cute considering it's a cupcake.

'Okay everyone, listen up!'

Alya raised her voice, catching everyone's attention

'Alright, I'll take the left hall while Nino takes the right. Marinette and Adrien can stay in here and watch the cameras to see if anything moved or something strange happens'

Nino froze up, he tried to approach Alya but barely managed to move

'U-Uh'

Alya looked over at Nino

'Yes?'

She crossed her arms

'Well… You know, it could he dangerous in the hallway…'

Alya looked over to Marinette and Adrien, who where listening to the phone guy's recording. She took ahold of Nino's arm and dragged him outside the room to whisper

'Don't you see? This is the perfect opportunity! If Adrien and Marinette stay in there together then there is a chance... you know!'

Nino stared blankly for a few moments until coming to a realisation

'Oh, alright… I'll stick to the hallway…'

As much as he hated being so exposed, he couldn't ruin this chance for Marinette and Adrien.

—

Outside the pizzeria, Chloe and Sabrina began to put on a costume each, Chloe was Chica while Sabrina was Bonnie. The costumes were pretty bad since they had been bought in a rush by Sabrina. After getting fully changed, Sabrina went and opened the front door, which surprisingly, Marinette had forgotten to close.

'Jackpot, we are going to scare them so bad!'

Sabrina squealed in joy while Chloe just gave a devilish smile behind the Bonnie mask.

'They are going to regret ever coming here'

—

12:56am

The animatronics hadn't moved yet, they were all in their designated areas. Foxy hadn't peered out of the cove, not even a hook was out. Marinette sat on the swivel seat while Adrien sat on the desk, having him so close to her made her heart skip beats. Alya was falling asleep, so she got her phone out and started playing games. Nino had his headphones on with music playing loudly so he could block out all of his fears of being attacked by an oversized metal animatronic possessed by a child spirit.

Sabrina and Chloe hid away in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to approach the office. Chloe was trying to text, but her chicken wings weren't letting her, Sabrina just fell asleep.

—

2:43am

It had been silent, too silent for Marinette's liking, the animatronics didn't seem to have moved and Foxy still seemed to be inside of the cove. Adrien had fallen asleep well sitting like Nino had before, Marinette just watched for a while until he woke up

'O-Oh sorry, did I wake you?'

Adrien yawned and gave her a pleasant smile

'No no, just thought I heard a loud bang'

Marinette frowned, fear crawled up her back, did one of the animatronics finally decide to move? She flipped up the screen to see Chica was missing.

'Adrien! Look! Chica is missing!'

Adrien squinted his eyes and looked at the screen, Chica wasn't there. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, still not there.

'What… That can't be…'

Marinette turned the tablet off and looked at Adrien's shocked face. They both looked at each other and turned the tablet back on. There was the chicken, on stage happily with Freddy and Bonnie. How? Who knows. Adrien rubbed his forehead

'This is going to be one hell of a night, isn't it Marinette?'

She nodded, trying to hide her flustered look

—

5:46am

Sudden movements of the animatronics were evident, they had moved and returned to stage, but they couldn't tell if it was their imagination or if they were going crazy. Alya was staring at the clock icon on her phone, just waiting for 6am while Nino had gone through all his music and was starting to wonder if his suspicions had been wrong.

Sabrina and Chloe had both fallen asleep, Sabrina was woken by a loud bang, she got up and woke Chloe.

'It's nearly the end of the shift'

Chloe put a hand on her hip and looked at the office

'Time to scare the crap out of them'

Adrien and Marinette had stopped checking the cameras out, finding nothing. Slowly, Sabrina and Chloe approached the office and hid for an instant. Another loud bang rang out through the pizzeria, but everyone just seemed to ignore it.

Alya and Nino got bored and walked back into the office, since it was so close to 6am, there was no point in staying outside. Alya gave a warm smile and patted Marinette on the back

'See girl, there was nothing here'

Marinette smiled back. Before she could speak, two strange floppy figures stood at the right door.

'RRAAARR'

Their terrible attempt at a growl didn't even get scream or shout from any of the group, they all just stared in disbelief. Nino sighed

'I knew Chloe and Sabrina were up to something… But this? Com'on'

'(Groan)'

Everyone in the room froze, staring behind Chloe and Sabrina

'What you all looking at?'

She looked behind her to see a large yellow chicken animatronic with a psychotic smile, it's eyes glared down at it's new found prey.

'SCREEK!'

Chica flung her body forward reaching, out to grab Chloe and Sabrina, they both screamed in terror and ran into the office. Chloe went to hug Adrian's neck like usual. Alya flung towards the button, slamming the door down in front of the over sized chicken. It glared at her

'What the hell is wrong with you girl?! I would love to give you Chloe and Sabrina for lunch, but not today!'

Chloe growled in annoyance, Adrien pulled himself away from her feeling very uncomfortable. Nino hid behind Adrien. Marinette was shocked, it seemed everything that had happened wasn't all just a dream or an illusion, it was real. Seconds later, large and heavy footsteps came from down the hallway, Marinette snapped back into reality and rushed cross to shut the left door.

'SHREEK!'

The large fox pirate snared angrily, with it's one good hand it took ahold of the bottom of the door before it could fully shut. With it's hook, it began to pull the door up and started to forced itself inside the room. Alya's eyes widened

'AHHH! WHAT THE HELL?!'

She screamed staring around at everyone else. Nino looked as if he was about to cry, but with the last of his courage, he took his headphones and threw it at the fox's face.

'G-Get out!'

The animatronic flinched, it hissed angrily. Sabrina and Chloe were crying in terror, Chloe was hugging Sabrina, then pushed her in front of it

'Take her! Take her instead of me! I'm too beautiful to die!'

Marinette knew this would be the end unless she did something. She looked over at the tablet on the table, taking it, she went up close to Foxy and smashed it on it's head. It hissed even louder, then out of nowhere, a large purple paw came trying to grab her leg

'AH!'

Marinette fell to the ground, Adrien rushed over before Alya could even move and took ahold of Marinette, pulling her to safety. The large rabbit began to slide itself under the door. But then, the animatronics froze. Music played in the office

6am