"Are ye sayin' the lot'o us are gettin' replaced? I doubt they'd pitch us after fixin' us up, Gold."
Foxy said. Goldie shook his head and sighed, averting his gaze from the fox.
"No... Not yet anyway... You will someday, though... You guys replaced me..."
"We… what?" Foxy questioned, clearly taken back by the statement. Foxy had replaced one of his friends? How was he going to be able to live with that guilt?
"Why do you think it was called 'Fredbear's Family Diner'? Because I was Fredbear... I
was so excited when I heard they were getting me some other animatronic friends... What I
didn't know was Fredbear's Family Diner was going to change to Freddy Fazbear's
Pizza... Pretty soon everyone forgot about me... Even the kids..." Gold was barely holding
back tears, clearly on the verge of crying. Foxy dropped his ears guiltily.
"W...why didn't ye ever tell us?" Foxy had always assumed that Gold had been from another location that had closed but the fact that him and the others had replaced the bear upset him.
"I didn't want to make you guys feel bad... Plus there was nothing that could be done
about it. It is what it is... And one day we'll all get scrapped so it doesn't really matter..."
Foxy was silent for sometime. "I'm sorry lad..." Was all the fox was able to say.
"Don't be... It wasn't your fault..." Goldie tried to assure him with a gentle, friendly smile.
"What are ye doin' out here anyway?" Foxy questioned, glancing him with a soft look. Foxy felt like the bear had already been put through enough just by having to tell him about his past. Yelling and barking at him didn't seem like the best option. Gold may have simply teleported away, anyway. Goldie looked back up at the stars with a fond smile.
"Thinking... But I should get back downstairs... The others are probably wondering where I'm
at." Foxy felt like he should say more- try to console Gold and apologize for whatever he and the others had put him through- but the moment had passed and Gold was already walking back up the front door. Felicity opened it slowly, trying to prevent the bells that hung above the door from making too much noise. Alerting the others wasn't on her agenda.
"Go back to the cove and get some sleep. I'll be downstairs with the others. I'll tell them your alright." Golden Freddy whispered in the quiet of Foxy's mind.
Foxy gave a small nod, just enough movement for Gold to see but not for Felicity to ask questions. He felt as if the conversation Gold just had with him should be kept between them, at least for then. Foxy came back inside, watching closely as Felicity eased the door shut.
Once they were in the clear- no longer at risk of waking the Toys- the two walked back into the cove. Foxy led the way and Felicity followed close behind. They remained silent until they had reached the cove. Felicity broke the silence with a whisper, not wanting to wake Mangle.
"What happened out there?" Felicity whispered to Foxy, blue eyes wide with curious.
"I saw them… I saw stars! Real stars! Not like the ones in the cove. They were big and
bright and beautiful!" He tried to keep his voice at a whisper but his excitement was making that rather difficult. Felicity's eyes got impossibly wider and she perked up.
"Really?! How bright are they?" It had been so long since she had been able to stand under the stars that she had nearly forgotten how they looked. Staring at them from the windows of the pizzeria just wasn't the same as being outside under the night sky, staring above into space.
"Brighter than the light in the office be." Foxy chuckled. "Come on, now. Let's get to sleep.
We have a big day ahead of us." Foxy lowered himself to the wooden floor of the cove with a yawn. He curled up into a ball and wrapped his fluffy tail around his face. Felicity made herself comfortable nearby, curling into a similar position. She made her bed for the night up against the ship. Both of them quickly fell asleep and the night flew by in the blink of an eye.
In the basement, Golden Freddy's sudden appearance accidentally startled his friends.
"AHG!" Bonnie yelped in a high pitched, feminine voice. While all of them had jumped, not even Chica squealed like the rabbit had. The others bots giggled at Bonnie's outburst.
"So do you think my singing voice is getting better?" Bonnie asked playfully, attempting to make a joke out of his shame. It was always best to laugh about things and move on, he found. Freddy was grinning wide, showing off his teeth as he laughed.
"Really pretty, Bon. Why don't you sing us Mary had a little lamb?" Freddy teased.
"I would but I don't have my guitar... MY GUITAR!" Bonnie shrieked in panic. The rabbit quickly turned on his eye lights, immediately catching sight of it in the corner.
"Oh. Never mind... We're good." He sighed, relieved that his beloved instrument hadn't been given to his counterpart. That girly rocker-wannabe would've soaked the whole thing in glitter.
"Is Foxy back?" Chica peeped up, looking up at Gold from the floor.
"He sure is. Him, Mangle and Felicity are all in the pirate cove sleeping."
"How's Lexy doing?" Freddy asked.
"Scott took her for some last minute updates or something. She should be back
tomorrow morning." Golden Freddy explained. Chica yawned and slid back against the wall. "Well, I'm going to sleep, then." With Foxy's wearabouts now known, she felt comfortable drifting off into unconsciousness. Bonnie yawned and stretched his legs out, making himself comfortable against the wall as well. He curled up into a ball and let his ears hang down lazily.
"Me too." Bonnie said. Golden Freddy smiled softly, looking at the other three animatronics.
"Hang on..." Gold closed his eyes for a moment and lifted his head up, pointing his nose towards the ceiling. He opened his eyes a moment later, projecting what he had seen outside across the entire space. The beautiful blue of the sky covered the ugly, grey concrete walls. Sparkling, shimmering stars speckled the blue. They were a perfect copy of what he had seen outside.
The room glistened and sparkled beautifully, making the small space seem a little less dreary.
It didn't even look like a basement anymore. If they didn't know better, it would have seemed as if the room itself was made of the sky. All of the animatronics stared in awe at the sight they hadn't seen forever. The stars were so simple, yet beautiful.
"When did you learn to do that?" Freddy asked, unable to take his eyes off the beautiful sight around him. Gold smiled to him and let out a soft chuckle.
"Who says you can't teach an old bear new tricks?"
"It's beautiful..." Chica quietly whispered as she crawled over to Bonnie. She sat down next
to him, barely hesitating before she cuddled up to him. If he could blush, his face would have been bright red. Bonnie glanced over to Freddy who was sitting at the other end of the room as if to silently ask, "Are you seeing this?" Freddy gave Bonnie an encouraging smile and rolled over
onto his side, facing the wall. Freddy watched as the wall sparkled and shimmered as he drifted off to sleep, almost forgetting entirely that he had been demoted to spare parts.
Bonnie was almost completely still, frozen in what felt like a mix of excitement and fear.
"She... She likes me?!" The rabbit silently asked himself before dozing off with Chica still lying on his fluffy, purple chest.
Foxy awoke to the sound of the front doors opening. His mechanical eyes struggled to adjust to the world around him for a moment. The fox pushed himself up into a sitting position, feeling rather stiff and groggy despite the fact he didn't actually need sleep.
"Let's get this show on the road!" Foxy could hear Scott exclaim as the man walked up to the main stage and woke the Toys. Scott had figured that they just went into some kind of sleep mode at night. He tapped on Toy Freddy's head, waking the animatronic bear. Toy Freddy woke with a start, big eyes shooting open in confusion at the sudden touch.
"What?! Oh, hey boss!" Toy Freddy greeted the man with an awkward nod, then quickly woke Toy Bonnie And Toy Chica.
"What? Oh, it's morning already?" Toy Bonnie asked, stretching his arms and legs out before grabbing his guitar. Unlike Chica, both Toy Freddy and Toy Bonnie were a little slower waking fully. Scott stood by, watching them interact.
"When are we gonna open the doors?!" Toy Chica squealed out, bouncing up and down excitedly. Toy Bonnie rolled his eyes and shook his head, letting out an amused scoff.
"Calm down, Chica." The blue rabbit chuckled. Scott smiled and walked back off the stage, leaving his 'advanced robots' to prepare for their grand opening.
"In about ten minutes." Scott informed Toy Chica.
Scott left Toy Bonnie and Toy Freddy to deal with their hyperactive playmate while he went
out to his truck to retrieve Lexy. Once he had gotten the crate unloaded he pushed her inside, back up to the stage to set her up. She powered on and looked around the room.
"You guys tell her the show idea you have while I go wake the pirates." Scott told the others. Lexy seemed disoriented from waking but Toy Freddy gave Scott a nod. The man seemed satisfied with that and began to make his way towards the pirate cove.
About an hour had passed since Scott had arrived and all the animatronics were nearly ready for the day to begin. Inside the cove, Mangle was straightening her bow ties on both her neck and tail. Polly sat on her shoulder, bouncing around a chirping eagerly.
"I can't wait to perform!" Mangle exclaimed, having just being informed by Foxy the performance she was about to put on. Foxy had been able to transfer the automated script his systems had made to her programming directly through her back panel. He had done the same to Felicity.
"Me either!" Felicity giggled, wagging her tail excitedly.
"What about you, Foxy?" Mangle asked, looking to her captain.
"I'm excited too, lassie..." Foxy lied as he peeked out of the curtains. He was anxious, if anything.
Parents and their children had already lined up, waiting eagerly outside the front door.
"What if someone controls me and makes me bite again?" Foxy thought to himself. He wasn't the type of person to share his feelings, especially about his worries about the bite happening again. He did his best to assure himself that, No, it wouldn't happen ever again. Foxy knew he needed to focus on what lay ahead... Their performance.