Don't Fade

A/N: Yeah I guess I don't have a lot to say this time around. I'm still trying to recover from surgery and figure out where I want Devotion to go. Anyways as always I want to thank BewitchingMayham, Wes27, Venemousbook38, and Finnersz for the use of their characters. I only own Larry, Spike, and Vara. Everyone else belongs to Scott Cawthon.

Foxy looked down at the letter Mangle had written to him, seeing the shaky handwriting he could tell that she had become mangled once more.

Foxy,

I wish every day that you were here with us still. The children have started to tear me apart each day. Freddy and the others have been trying to put me back together, but it's becoming more difficult since the children have actually been taking my parts home. Faye and Morgan are quite upset by this, but so are the others since they can't do much to help me right now. Morgan has told me all about the building that you are in. I'm thankful that both Larry and Bon are there watching over you. I still hope that one day soon you'll come back home to us. I heard that there's a female bot there that has taken an interest in you, please don't stray away. Each day you're not here is like a living nightmare, but I know that we'll be reunited someday. Until then, keep us in your thoughts and close, for we will always do the same.

Love,

Mangle

Larry watched sadly as Foxy quickly took the paper he had given him and started to write away franticly. He could tell whatever were in those letters had left the fox rather uneasy, and most likely feeling even worse about being away from home. The eagle sighed softly and continued to stand guard by the door in case someone else had decided to come and visit the room. Hearing a faint knock everyone froze and Bonnie started to get ready to leave, only to be held back by Bon. Before the lavender rabbit could ask Wesley peeked in through the door and blinked rather confused, "I heard some noise, I guess I was interrupting something?"

Before Larry could speak he pulled the bot into the room and shut the door once more, "You're up and moving early. Wesley I'm sure you don't need an introduction for someone."

Wesley blinked and looked towards the stage and noticed a familiar rabbit he hadn't seen in years, "Bonnie? Bonnie the Bunny is that you?"

Bonnie nodded, "It's been quite some time hasn't it Wesley? You look extremely well!"

"As do you, how long has it been? It feels like it's been ages."

"Essentially it has been" Bonnie chuckled and turned to the shadow of Bon.

Wesley blinked a few times, "Who's this?"

"This is my little brother, Bon. After we fell into disrepair the company created a toy model line. Bon here is my toy counterpart, but we're a lot closer than that." Bonnie smiled gently.

Wesley nodded, "Now do you always look like that? If you don't mind me asking…."

"No, this is a form I obtained from a tragic event. I'm like this right now due to the fact that my body is being shipped away to be repaired." Bon admitted and looked around sadly wanting to hide.

"We never did get the full story on that" Pete's voice spoke causing everyone to turn towards the door once more.

Bon rubbed the back of his head and sheepishly hid behind his brother causing the older rabbit to chuckle slightly. Pete took notice of the new bot in the room and blinked a few times, "And you are?"

"Pete, meet Bonnie. Bonnie meet Pete." Larry introduced the two.

Pete looked at the rabbit, "So you're the one I've heard about. You have my respect."

"Likewise" Bonnie responded politely and turned towards Bon who was still behind him, "Come on out, you can't hide behind me forever."

Bon sighed and came out from behind his brother and looked around noticing most of the eyes were on him with the exception of Foxy who was still writing away to his family. The shadow looked around uneasily and jumped slightly as he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up at his brother. Bonnie nodded indicating it was okay to talk about what had happened that night, and how it enabled him to take the form that he had now. The shadow nodded and tried to gather their inner strength, and to find the right words to explain what had happened.

"I was destroyed one night in order to save my friends, and someone I cared for deeply. Granted, my feelings for them couldn't be returned, but that didn't stop me from making my decision. On that night, I had managed to act as a distraction while they had escaped. Even though I had been destroyed, and my body was nothing but scrap and pieces I somehow found a way to continue. I had gained this form to watch over my friends and family to ensure that they were safe. Since then I've been able to maintain it in order to continue my goal to keep them safe." Bon looked down shivering at the memory of his death.

Everyone looked at the shadow except for Foxy and Bonnie who knew the story well. Bonnie could recall numerous times where he would do everything he could to ease Bon's anxiety when the memories came back to haunt him more than ever. Wesley was at a loss for words, he had never heard of any animatronic that was able to perform such a feat. Pete understood how pasts could come back to effect someone, and even found a little understanding in the shadow. Larry remained silent and then looked towards the shadow, "But thanks to that form you've been able to keep numerous children, and the others safe. It's a hard burden for you to bear, especially alone."

Bon chuckled slightly, "I'm used to it. Freddy and Fredbear try to do what they can to help ease that burden, but when it comes to the three of us I'm still the most experienced with this form."

"You've got some serious circuits then" Wesley joked.

Mervin looked towards the shadow, "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I do believe that you're starting to…"

Everyone looked in shock as Bon was starting to fade. The shadow looked at their hand and weakly laughed. Foxy finished his letters and turned to the shadow, there had to be something he could do. Bonnie looked to his little brother and sighed, he knew something had to be done. He also knew that Bon would be one that would never allow himself to drain the energy of another bot. Sighing softly he asked Larry if there was a phone that he could use. Larry nodded and handed the phone to Bonnie and watched as the rabbit dialed a familiar number. All the while the lavender rabbit looked back towards the fading shadow of his brother.

"Freddy? Yeah listen I'm going to need someone to bring me back. There's something I need to do." Bonnie spoke gently.

Freddy could be heard on the other end, "Bonnie what are you doing!?"

"He's fading, you know that I can't let that happen…..So please, can you ensure that I can get home?" Bonnie spoke gently still.

There was a sigh on the other end, "Fine, I'll ask Goldy to come get you. Chances are Mari will be with them as well. Knowing you you're going to go all out on this."

"Thank you Freddy, also do you remember Wesley? He's here in this building, he's a sight for sore eyes." Bonnie laughed a little and hung up the phone.

Just as Bon was about to full fade Bonnie revealed his endoskeleton eyes and pinned the fading shadow to the ground. Once the shadow looked up shock evident they made direct eye contact with the endo eyes of his older brother, "W-What are…."

"I told you, without me you'd be a mess. This is all I can do for you now, so you won't fade away from us…..We don't know what happens to shadows when they fade, and we're not going to find out now!" Bonnie responded laughing sadly.

Bon was shocked knowing what his brother was about to do, "NO! I won't let you!"

"Yes, you will." Bonnie spoke gently and transferred all of his remaining energy to the smaller rabbit.

Bon felt a sharp jolt in his systems and realized that he felt much stronger than he had before. He felt what would have been his heart break as the larger lavender rabbit collapse to the ground, but he had managed to phase through him. Wesley and Mervin quickly turned Bonnie over and noticed that the bot was starting to shut down, but didn't seem to regret their decision.

"Idiot!" Bon sobbed into the lavender rabbit's fur.

Bonnie chuckled weakly, "Is that anyway to speak to your older brother?"

"Why!?" Bon sniffed still upset.

Foxy sighed and answered for the lavender rabbit, "Because, you do reckless things for the ones you love."

Pete watched speechless with Larry at his side at the scene before him. Another animatronic had essentially just "killed" themselves so their counterpart could continue to function. From what he could tell though, the shadow was not happy with the actions of their older brother. He turned to Larry who seemed to look just as sad and sullen as the others. The eagle sighed and jolted slightly as they heard a faint music box tune, "That tune….."

"My Grandfather's Clock, what about it?" Pete asked.

Bonnie weakly chuckled with the last of their strength, "They're angry…."

"No, if they were angry we'd hear Pop Goes the Weasel" Bon responded gently keeping Bonnie's hand in his own, "If anything I think they're very upset."

Pete was looking towards Larry for answers but the eagle just shook their head and covered his eyes as a bright light appeared in the room. Once the light died down there were two more bots that were standing in the room. One was a large golden bear that held an uncanny resemblance to Freddy Fazbear himself. At the golden bear's side was a slim animatronic that caught their interest. They were essentially a puppet like creation that had a slender black body with white stripes that ran down it's legs and arms. Though the mask they wore didn't seem to give much expression, he got the air of concern from the two endo eyes that were revealed. The puppet like creation turned towards the two rabbits and shook their head kneeling down next to Bon.

"Hello, Goldy." Larry spoke solemnly.

Goldy nodded, "Hello Larry, it's been quite some time hasn't it? We were called to retrieve one of our own."

Larry nodded, "Bon's not too happy about it, but I know Bonnie is content with his decision."

Pete turned towards the golden bear, "You must be Golden Freddy then."

"I am, and you must be Pete from the rival franchise. It's nice to meet you, and I assure you we mean no ill will towards you or your franchise." Goldy responded offering his hand.

Pete nodded and shook it, "Are you second in command or something?"

"Actually, Mari and I generally over see everything, though Freddy, Toy Freddy, and Fredbear are often seen as the leaders. If those three are busy Bonnie will usually step in and keep things in order, well normally…" Goldy spoke.

Foxy nodded, "Aye, that rabbit could multitask better than any of us."

Wesley and Mervin continued to watch as the puppet who they assumed was Mari comforted Bon to the best they could. The shadow was still clinging to the now dormant body of his older brother. Mari gently hummed and cooed trying to comfort the shadow and realized they would need to leave soon. Gently they took the bowtie Bonnie wore, and placed the red bow into Bon's hands surprised that it turned into a shadow like form, "Keep it with you, he'd want you to."

Bon nodded, "Mari, thank you…..Please get him back up on his feet!"

"We will don't worry" Mari responded gently and got up as Goldy picked up Bonnie's body.

"Goldy, Mari. Can you please ensure that Mangle and the kits get these?" Foxy asked handing the letters to the puppet.

The two bots from Fazbear's nodded, and just as quickly as they had appeared they were gone. Foxy turned towards Bon who still remained sitting on the floor where his brother was once laying. The fox sat down next to him, "Bon…..I…I'm sorry."

"It's alright, he did it out of love." Bon responded gently and looked towards Foxy, "I won't let it go to waste. We should get back it's going to be time to open soon."

Pete nodded, "That's right back to your spots everyone!"

Foxy chuckled and allowed Bon to fade back into his body, "So what do you say Bon, if they try anything shall we give them a run for their doubloons?"

"Of course" Bon chuckled.

As the day was about to begin the fox sighed and hoped that his family would receive the letters he had written during the rest of the drama that had unfolded in Mervin's room. He still couldn't believe what Bonnie had done, but he wasn't too surprised either. That rabbit would do anything for someone he cared for, but this time those feelings had been returned as brotherly love.

'Mangle, Faye, Morgan…..I promise I'll be home before you know it. I don't care what this company tries to do to me, I will find a way to return home to you.' Foxy thought and shut down for a brief moment.

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