4 A.M.


By this time, Mike had fallen into a steady pattern of motions, one which was proving rather successful for him. First he'd check on Foxy to make sure he was still there, then he'd check the cameras right next to his office. Then, he'd walk over and check the lights outside of the doors in case something was there. If either Bonnie or Chica were standing there, he'd close the door, and move back to his chair to check on Pirate's Cove again.

All in all, he had it, and with 45% power left, he felt more than confident that he could pull this off with power to spare.

However, that's when it finally happened.

Mike had finished his last set of rounds, just finishing with closing the right door as Chica was staring in, and he walked back to his tablet and switched through the channels until he landed on Pirate's Cove. A cold chill ran up his spine as he saw the curtains were open and the stage was empty, the sign in front of the stage now reading in bold, black letters, "IT'S ME!"

Mike flipped through the channels, and quickly found Foxy actually running down the West Hall, heading right for his Office. Without a second thought, Mike threw the laptop aside and leaped out of his chair, slamming on the left door button.

As the metal door came crashing down, he saw a flash of movement out the window, and a soft bang could be heard on the other side.

Mike kneeled on the floor, his heart almost literally beating out of his chest. This was the first time he had ever seen the animatronics move on the cameras, and Foxy's speed was just incredible, arriving from Pirate's Cove to the Office door in a matter of seconds.

Slowly, he got to his feet and rubbed his sweaty palms against his shirt. He proceeded back to his chair, when he heard the sound of someone knocking on the left door. That froze him in his tracks, and despite his good conscience, his curiosity had him begin to slowly move back towards the door.

He heard the knocking again, sounding louder and more persistent. Mike sidled up next to the door and felt the vibrations from the pounding on the outside. It was just like the previous night, with Bonnie and Chica, something that these preprogrammed robots shouldn't have been able to do.

Suddenly, he heard the screeching sound of metal on metal, and he drove his palms into his ears, unable to take that unbearable sound. He knew right away that Foxy was grinding his hook against the door, but why? He considered shouting at it, telling that demon fox to go away and leave him alone, but the nutty voice inside his head kept repelling him from the idea.

Instead, he decided to try something that even the Mike from yesterday would've called absolutely crazy. He removed his right hand from his ear and curled it into a fist, before lowering it towards the door and rapped softly against it with his knuckles one, two, three times.

The screeching noise suddenly stopped, and the room became eerily quiet. Mike's shallow breaths and his beating heart were all that Mike could hear.

Did I...scare it away? Mike wondered to himself after approximately a minute or so.

*bang* *bang* *bang*

Mike gasped as he heard the individual knocks on the over side of the door, astonished that it was smart enough to reply to him.

Mike, once again filled with curiosity, slid past the door and stood in front of the window facing the East Hall. He stared out the glass pane for several moments, wondering if the fox was still out there. A small part of him even wanted it to be there, to confirm his thoughts about what's going on.

Suddenly, in a blink of an eye, Foxy appeared at the window, staring into the Office and directly at Mike. The glow of the light in the Office made the fur on its body look even dirtier than when he saw it in Pirate's Cove, but otherwise, it looked the same. Well, almost, with the key difference being its eyes.

Now that they were open, Foxy appeared even more frightening than before. His eyes glowed a bright silver color, which was almost blinding to look at directly. Instead, Mike focused on his face in general, which seemed to have no expression. But, somehow, he knew that those eyes weren't just staring blankly at him. They were studying him. Recognizing him. Learning him.

Mike was very scared of this robotic animal, but in a different way than before. It seemed too smart. Too...human. He backed away from the window, deciding that he had enough. Foxy seemed to think so too, because after Mike backed away, Foxy turned and walked away down the hall, presumably back to Pirate's Cove.

Mike slowly, returned to his seat. He picked up the laptop, hoping he didn't hurt it too much from before, and flipped it open. The power percentage read 18%, and Mike swore under his breath. The time now read 5 A.M., but he didn't know how long it's been like that.

He did a quick check on Pirate's Cove, which now had its curtains closed again, and he walked over to the right and turned on the light. Not seeing anything, he opened the door to the hall. Performing a similar check on the left, he opened that door and resumed his circuit until the laptop rang its grandfather chime. He had 13% power at the end of the night, and breathed a huge sigh of relief when it finally came to an end.

He got out of his chair and walked past the cupcake again. He paused and took a closer look at it. For a cupcake, it was rather intimidating up close with its huge eyes with dark underlines underneath them. The pink frosting and sprinkles made it seem like it was a happy pastry, but its eyes made him think that it was more tired or upset than happy. Even the single candle poking out of the top made Mike think it had been impaled on a spike just to satiate some kid's primal desire to have cake.

Mike shuddered and murmured to himself, "Well, I just ruined cupcakes for myself."

He decided to leave through the left door, wanting to pass by Pirate's Cove one last time today. He stared at it from a distance, noticing that the sign outside of Foxy's stage read "Out Of Order" once more. He began to wonder if seeing the words "IT'S ME" was just some kind of hallucination from working that late at night, but from what he had seen so far, it could very well mean something important.

He heard the sounds of a car pulling up outside of the restaurant, and figured that Mr. Faz had arrived. He left Foxy and his stage and moved out into the Party Room to wait for his employer.

Suddenly, a question formed in his mind. A question that left him chilled to the bone upon realizing.

When did I start calling Foxy 'him?'


Wow, I never thought I was going to get this one out this soon, considering all of the other stories I've been working on have been more at the forefront of my mind, especially FNoToDaF and Pokémon Resurrection. However, I can accredit my new fascination with this story in particular with three simple words.

The Silver Eyes.

Over a week ago, I was celebrating my birthday, and I was browsing through a local Barnes & Noble. I just so happened to have my phone with me, and I decided to look up where I could find Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes. Not only did I find out that B&N carried that book, but it also highlighted that it was there right in the store. After a hurried look around, I finally found it in the Young Adults Fantasy section, and I never let go of it from there. I'm about halfway through the book at the time of writing this, but man, is it a good read! I give it at least four stars compared to other books I've read, and I read a lot of good ones!

Oh, yeah, and my birthday happened while I was gone. I'm 19 now, and I'm loving it! Plus, my birthday was one of the better ones I had. I went to see Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them in the theatre, which left me in tears from how wonderful it was, and I had an awesome dinner at Olive Garden which left me utterly satisfied.

Oh, and as for presents, I got new Skylanders, Pokémon cards, a Yo-Kai Watch Medallium plus extra medals (I've loved both the show and the games, so sue me), and Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, another novel I've been dying to read.

But, enough about me. Let's talk about my hectic update schedule. I'm gonna be rather busy for the next few weeks, what with Christmas and all, but I'll try to squeeze in some writing when I can. Right now, as I said, my focus will be more on some of my other stories, but since I read The Silver Eyes, I might work on this one a bit more than I have been. (This is already one of my favorite chapters of this story with how well I described everything this time.)

Also, I've been considering going back and reworking some of my earlier chapters, partly to make sure things run along more smoothly, partly because I wanna fix my spelling Freddy wrong for those first few chapters. I'm really ashamed about that.

Well, that's enough from me, for those of you who still think my story is interesting enough to read, thank you, and it will get better as we move on. I promise. (I already know what the ending will be, and it's super awesome!)

So, for now, stay tuned to see what happens next as Mike confronts Mr. Faz about Foxy, and I'll try to get it to you guys relatively soon!