The phantoms soon understood that White Fang couldn't see them, so they had to think of something to communicate with her.

"Can't you really see us?" Phantom BB asked, curiosity sparkling on his lifeless eyes. White Fang suddenly looked around, at every direction.

"Who said that?" she asked both Golden Freddy and JJ.

"The animatronics. Our friends. They're here, right here." JJ replied, looking at Phantom BB, then at the rest.

"Then how comes I can't see them?" White Fang asked again, quite saddened by the fact that she couldn't have visual contact with her long lost friends.

"It's because you don't know as many things as you should know about us." Phantom Freddy replied. He was next to White Fang, who looked around slowly. "Only the ones with a really close connection to us can see us as ghosts."

The wolf lowered her ears a little. She really wanted to have the chance to see her partners again, but she could only hear them. However, that was good. If she spent more time with them, she could be able to meet them better, and with some patience she would be able to see them.

JJ then looked around her, when her eyes came across a curious Springtrap. The animatronic jumped and got behind Phantom BB with a brief, high-pitched scream. "Hey, w-who's your friend?" she stammered, a bit frightened because of Springtrap's macabre appearance.

"Oh, yeah. That is-" Phantom Chica started, before being suddenly cut off by a very surprised-looking Golden Freddy.

"…you…?"

"W-wait, what?" Phantom Freddy asked, confused. "You- you know him?"

Golden Freddy stared at Springtrap with shock and awe. Springtrap moved his gaze away from JJ and observed Golden Freddy, and just in some seconds, his eyes widened. Phantom Chica looked at Springtrap, then at Golden Freddy, and like that various repeated times. "Okay, what is going on here?" she asked, frowning.

Golden Freddy was unable to focus on anyone other than Springtrap. "Y-you… No, you… you can't… be here… You… you aren't… supposed… to-"

Springtrap made a saddened coo that almost sounded like a whimper. Both of them were equally astonished, equally confused and both were showing the exact same expressions of unbelief. Golden Freddy looked at the phantoms, who, along with JJ and White Fang, looked perplexed. "Where did… you find… him?"

"Well, technically, he found us." Phantom Chica replied.

"Uh, guys, sorry to bug you, but… You still didn't quite tell me who this guy is." JJ asked lowly, having a certain curiosity about Springtrap.

Golden Freddy looked at her, saying, "His name… is… Spring Bonnie."

"Spring Bonnie?" Phantom BB questioned with an attempt of a frown. "We simply called him Springtrap because… Well, there's not a reason at all. It was improvised."

Golden Freddy tilted his head. "Springtrap, you… say? You should… know… that name… has much more… accuracy than… you think… it has."

"Really?" Phantom Chica asked. "Does it really have an actual significance? We thought of that name as something completely senseless and random."

Golden Freddy made out a little smile. "You got… the most… accurate nickname… for him. Let me… tell you why. Spring Bonnie was… designed to be… a hybrid between… an animatronic and… a wearable costume. All the… animatronic parts… inside him… could contract, that way… letting someone get… inside. However, the… spring locks… were faulty… Any single… sudden move could… cause them to… break loose, and… that way… trapping the person… inside. Fortunately, that… never happened. At least, I… don't think so."

Springtrap seemed suddenly startled by that, but dissimulated it by looking away.

"Oh, now I get it… It makes much more sense…" Phantom Chica muttered, looking at the ceiling as she thought of the real – and deadly – significance of the nickname given to 'Spring Bonnie'.

"Wait a second…"JJ chimed in, thoughtful. "How do you know all that? More secrets to tell?" All the animatronics looked at her, awaiting the answer for that question. Golden Freddy hesitated a moment before replying. He then looked at the phantoms. "Do you remember… that I once… told you… that I was… the first… active animatronic?"

Phantom Freddy nodded. "Of course. You were around long time before us."

Golden Freddy nodded back. "But what… I didn't tell you… is that… I wasn't… the only one… there. Spring Bonnie was… with me too. We were… partners for… a long time. And we both… were made to be… hybrid animatronics. At least, I was… until everything… changed, and I… split in two."

JJ and White Fang listened entranced, as did the ghosts. When they thought there couldn't be more secrets to know, they always got the big surprise at the end.

"But, I don't understand…" Phantom BB said lowly. "When we were built, you were still around. Then what about Spring? Where was he all that time?"

"It's true," Phantom Chica agreed. "I've never seen him around."

"Don't be… so sure. There are some… things you missed… all this time…" Golden Freddy smiled.

"Like what?" Phantom BB asked, intrigued.

"In the first… location, there… was a drawing… of Spring Bonnie… in one of… the halls."

"I've always thought that was Bonnie…" Phantom Freddy said thoughtfully, receiving a little nod from Phantom Foxy.

"And," Golden Freddy continued. "One of the… paper dolls… wasn't Bonnie… or his counterpart. It was… Spring Bonnie too."

It all made sense. The eyes of both the picture and the doll weren't Bonnie's cheerful eyes. They were black eye sockets with white dots. Not to mention that the doll had Springtrap's ear position and eye markings. He had been there the whole time, and no one noticed. That was a secret only Golden Freddy knew. Not even Phantom Daisuke was aware of it.