A/N: This chapter is set from Hope's point of view. We finally find out what's going on with her and Ian in this one.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Five Nights at Freddy's games or characters, and unless I get a time-traveling DeLorean, go back two years in the past, and create the games before Scott Cawthon, I never will.
"Melody!"
"SHHHHH!" The puppet-like ghost hissed, looking around to make sure no one else was around. "Do you want someone to hear you?!"
But it was too late. I was hiding behind a tree, looking at the two of them, surprised.
I remembered Melody. She'd hurt us-almost as much as the Purple Man had. And the worst part was she thought she was helping us. But…but how was she here?! I thought…
"Can't anyone else see you?" Ian whispered.
"No." Melody said. "Just you and your sister. Speaking of which, you can go ahead and come out. I know you're there." She turned to my hiding place, and I squeaked a little, walking over to Ian.
"How are you here?" I asked. "Didn't…"
"I came back." Melody looked at the two of us. "How much do you two remember about the FIRST time?"
"A little bit." Ian answered. "Like, I remember that we-me, Hope, and two of our friends were at Freddy Fazbear's for our friends' birthday. And then…" He whimpered.
"I…I remember screaming for you." I said. "I was so scared…"
Melody looked sad.
"That man, Jeremy…he did something horrible to you. To all of us. And I did something worse." She sighed, and Ian looked worried.
"Melody…"
"That's not the point, though." Melody said. "You two got a second chance." She smirked. "Ironic that Mike ended up giving you the same names you had in your first lives."
I felt dizzy.
It all made sense now. Ian and I had these memories because they were our past lives. And then when we…
"Is…is that why we turn into those, those…?"
"Phantom animatronics?" Melody asked. "Yeah. But that's not the only reason." She narrowed her eyes at us. "You've probably noticed that the Purple Man is still around."
"Y-yeah." Ian said. "He's in that scary bunny robot."
"Gotta love karma." Melody grinned a little, then sighed. "Though he's gone back to doing what he did in life-hurting people. In really creative ways, it looks like."
"And our mommy is working at Fazbear's Frights, now." I said. "He's going to hurt Mommy!"
"And imagine what he'll do when he finds out she married Mike Schmidt." Melody said. "He hates the guy."
"Daddy?" Ian asked, blinking.
"He blames him for getting him killed." Melody said. "Not to mention, they have a lot in common." She floated down, so she could look us in the eyes. "Both worked as night guards at Freddy's, both saw a loved one get hurt thanks to an animatronic, and both of them had pretty terrible lives after that."
"But…but Dad shouldn't have to die!" I said. "Mom either!"
"Unfortunately, I don't think he cares." Melody said. "Not after spending all that time in an animatronic."
"B-but I was in animatronic longer than he was." Ian said. "And I didn't go around hurting people for no reason! Well, not most of the time, anyway…" He looked at the ground, looking guilty.
"True," Melody started, "But Jeremy was already a cold-blooded murderer when he was alive. His death just made him crazier." She shook her head. "Jeremy Fitzgerald really IS dead. Now he's Springtrap."
"We have to protect Mommy and Daddy!" I said.
"How?!" Ian asked. "Mom won't listen to us! And we can't keep him away forever!"
"I'll help you as best as I can." Melody said. "But if anyone could stop Springtrap, I think it would be his son."
"His son?" I said. "Wait-is he still around?" Melody's form started flickering, like she was trying to disappear.
"Melody?"
"I…I can't stay here!" Her voice sounded all weird, like it was flickering too. "Look-Ian, Hope, I need you two to promise me something."
"Okay." I said.
"Wh-what is it?" Ian asked. Melody looked at us seriously.
"Don't get killed. You can try and save your parents any way you can, but don't let Springtrap kill you." She looked sad. "You two got a second chance at life, and parents who love you. I need you to promise me that this time, you won't die before you get a chance to grow up."
"Melody…"
"Promise!"
"W-we promise." Ian said in a small voice. I nodded, and Melody smiled.
"I know you can do it. Let's take down that psychopath, once and for all." Then suddenly, she was gone.
A/N: Well, I hope that clears up some things. Yes, THIS Ian and Hope are the reincarnations of the ones in Poor Little Souls, and when they're asleep, their souls are transported to Fazbear's Frights, where they take the form of Phantom Foxy and Phantom Chica. And yes, Daniel Fitzgerald is also in Fazbear's Frights. Though you'll never guess who HE ended up as XD Yes, I'm going to make you guys wait a bit longer before I answer ALL your questions.
Now then-remember that thing I told you guys about in the last chapter? I'm sure that a lot of you are familiar with the recent indie game Undertale? Well, a while back I came up with an Undertale AU for Gravity Falls, called Under Gravity. In this version the GF characters are the characters from Undertale-Pacifica is Frisk, Dipper is Papyrus, Mabel is Sans, and Wendy is Undyne, just to name a few. I MIGHT write a fanfic of this when I get done with A Place for Him, would you guys be interested in reading it? If so, let me know! Don't expect it too soon though-I still have to get done with this story first. Plus, I need to rewatch Jacksepticeye's Undertale vids. I actually wasn't going to mention this for a while, like I said, but with Gravity Falls being over (sniff sniff), I figured I'd at least mention it.
Next chapter has Summer at her second night on the job, and she actually meets Springtrap for herself.