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Chapter 28: A New Realm


An explosion echoed through the restaurant, coming from the Office. The animatronics didn't even startle. They knew what was going to happen to them. Purple Guy was back, and intended to kill them, even if it cost him everything he had. He needed to destroy the stupid and naive hope Fred had. He was going to kill this little Springtrap to do so. Attacking during the night was the only way to succeed.

He walked towards the Show Stage, holding in his right hand his axe and a creepy smile on his face. Springtrap saw him and stepped back, taking a look at Shadow Freddy.

This one gulped before nodding, meaning that they needed to go to the future right now. He closed his black eyes, concentrating to contact Phantom Fredbear. He heard his voice but it was very hard to understand since there was like static over it. Fred frowned, trying to catch what the other bear was saying but was interrupted by Springtrap's screams.

He opened his eyes widely, gasping in horror when he saw Purple Guy about to kill the golden bunny, Foxy dismantled on the floor behind them and Fredbear too wounded to step in with Plushtrap standing, powerless, beside him, trying with all his might to get him up.

Obviously, the golden bear did his best, but he wasn't able to stand up anymore. His right leg was bloody and his left knee was dislocated.

Fred cringed his teeth and ran to Purple Guy, pushing him away but it was too late. Springtrap's right arm was wounded, dangling because of all the strength the man had put in his attempt to destroy him. Vincent smiled, seeing the panic in the bunny's eyes as he looked worriedly at his arm, and tried to finish the job. Fortunately for the animatronic, Fred stepped in, grabbing the axe and taking it away from the murderer.

Fredbear asked for help, trying to stand up but realizing that it was impossible. He needed to get up. His friends needed his help. He called Fred, showing the strange portal that opened a few seconds ago on the Show Stage. "It's your chance, run !"

"Fredbear, no !" Springtrap shouted, crowling toward him and stroking his cheek with a shaking hand. "I won't leave you and Plush alone with him."

"What's the matter... ?" The bear replied, blood flowing from his mouth, his nose and his eyes. "Let us die... Even if you kill him and we survive... That won't change anything in the end..."

Fred glanced at Vincent, holding him back as this one was trying to kill Springtrap while he wasn't looking. They engaged a fight.

"Fredbear..." Spring whispered, tears running down his cheeks when he stood up, staring at his best friend and also the bunny plushie by his side. "Thank you... for everything..."

"Good luck... Remember who we were... We'll forever live... in your... heart... Please... Remember that..." Goldie said, smiling hugely when he saw Springtrap and Fred in front of the portal, and smiling at Plushtrap, taking him in his arms.

The little one was crying, trembling from head to feet as fear and sadness were taking over him. "I don't think I'm ready to die..."

Goldie wiped the plushie's tears and holded him closer to him. "We'll go... together to a better place... You must have faith... in Spring, he knows what he's doing... okay ?"

Springtrap looked behind him, seeing Vincent running toward him, but he wasn't scared at all, strangely. He felt quite good. Relieved. He felt... safe. The portal was his escape. His escape to the awful world he had been used to live in. His escape to his responsabilities. Moreover, he wasn't alone... Fred was with him.

Of course, he'll never forget Marionette and the others. He'll never forget the Toys. He'll never forget Freddy and his courage, Bonnie and his happiness, Chica and her loving attitude and Foxy and his... well... accent ?

Above all, he'll never forget Fredbear and Plushtrap. His very best friends. His heroes. His models. Somehow, he really wanted to be like them in the future. Those two were the... nicest persons he'd ever met.

Fred seemed very stressed out when he took his hand, asking if he was ready. Vincent was about to touch Springtrap's back when the bunny walked through the portal, dashing his tears and squeezing Fred's hand.

All went white.


"Hey ! Gimme ma balloon !" Phantom Balloon Boy cried out, trying to take his balloon back while Phantom Foxy was playing with it. "It's not yours !"

"Calm down, Balloon Boy ! Me be givin' it back after !"

Phantom Freddy, who was passing in front of them, facepalmed, walking towards the Office. Fazbear's Fright wasn't a big building, so it didn't take long to walk through the attraction on its whole. He saw Phantom Fredbear messing with the monitor and decided to salute him. "Hey there !"

Phantom Fredbear turned to him, smiling hugely to the brown-greenish bear. "Come. It's time to bring back Fred."

"Already ?" The other phantom asked, raising an eyebrow. "Okay, let's do this together."

The two bears worked on the monitor, the portal opening some seconds later. They looked at each other, glancing at Fred surprisingly when this one appeared, seemingly wounded and exhausted. Phantom Freddy came towards him, hugging him tightly. "Welcome back, mate."

"It's good to be back." The purple bear answered, looking at the other animatronic making his way to join them. "Hey, over here !"

When Springtrap appeared in front of them, the portal closing behing him, Phantom Fredbear dropped his jaw. Did Shadow Freddy succeed ? How was it possible ? The bunny must be very courageous. Or stupid. Maybe he should wait before judging.

Spring looked at the two phantom animatronics, smiling to them in a very polite way. "Hello. I'm Springtrap. Nice to meet you two."

"It's an honor." Phantom Freddy replied, smiling to him as if he was a living god.

Maybe that was what he was to the bear. How could he know ?

"Hi. I'm Phantom Fredbear, the one who created the machine, and this is Phantom Freddy." The golden-green bear answered, nodding his head respectfully. "It's really amazing to meet you."

"Don't treat me like a boss or some sh*t like that..." Springtrap said nervously. "I'm just a new Springtrap."

"The one who saved the story, mate." Phantom Freddy said, smiling dreamily while looking at him. Fred sighed, annoyed by his attitude, and looked at Springtrap. This one seemed a bit nervous.

"For now, I suggest that I'll introduce Springtrap to the others, we will talk later on, maybe." The jealous purple bear said before grabbing his lover's arm and pulling him out of the two phantoms' sight. The bunny raised an eyebrow, looking in his black eyes. "What's going on ?"

"Shut up."

Springtrap's eyes widened when Fred pulled him against the wall, kissing him abruptly.

Springtrap's eyes widened but he didn't protest. He actually liked when Shadow Freddy was dominant. It felt much better this way. Springtrap liked being under someone's orders, but... not Purple Guy. No. Bad memories.

The two bots shared this kiss, Springtrap moaning in pleasure when he felt Fred's hand on his chest. He loved those moments so much. Shadow Freddy was much hotter than Marionette. Marionette was more... fragile, even a bit scared of what could happen between them if she tried something new. On the contrary, Fred was ready to try new things, even if Springtrap didn't want them to happen.

He just forced him to try them. Shadow Freddy took what he wanted without asking. That was something Spring loved.

They kissed for about a minute before stepping back, Springtrap looking deep inside Fred's eyes, blushing heavily. "Wow, that was... hot." He whispered, laughing nervously. "But what was that for ?"

"YOU. ARE. MINE. Got it ?" Fred whispered before smiling, kissing his cheek and taking his hand, leading him to the next room.

There, they found Phantom Foxy and Phantom Bonnie, who were seemingly chatting. Fred saluted them by waving his hand, the two others nodding happily before approaching them. Springtrap smiled to them kindly, wanting to be nice with everyone to live in good conditions with most of them.

"Hi there ! I'm Springtrap !" The golden bunny said, shaking hands with Phantom Bonnie and Phantom Foxy alternatively. "Nice to meet you."

Phantom Bonnie started to jump with joy, laughing like a kid: "Oh gosh, I just touched a god, mate ! He shook my hand, Foxy, he did it ! Can you just imagine what it represents to me ?"

The red fox smiled, tenderized, and looked at Springtrap nervously. The previous one hated Bonnie because he thought he was childish and stupid. He wondered if this one was going to think the same.

Indeed, the bunny was frowning, visibly not understanding quite well the situation, but then laughed along with Phantom Bonnie, smiling hugely to him. "If ya want, we can do this again whenever ya want !"

"That would be so cool, Springtrap !" Phantom Bonnie said happily, trying to calm down a bit, though. "S-Sorry about what happened. It was... childish."

"I found that funny."

"Really ?" When Phantom Bonnie raised his look, glancing at the other bunny animatronic, Phantom Foxy saw Hope in his eyes.

He never saw him acting this way along with Springtrap since a while. The previous one was... dark. Pessimistic. Sometimes cynic. Not at all what Bonnie wanted as a friend. Bonnie, the purple bunny, always smiling and playing with Balloon Boy or spying Mangle and him, laughing at them. Bonnie, who couldn't stop talking. Because of that, the 'SHUT UP, BONNIE !' that Freddy and the rest of the band were constantly yelling at him became the catch-phrase of the attraction !

Springtrap was so much darker, so much lonelier... so much meaner than this one seemed to be. Maybe they would like him. Maybe he was going to be their true master, their true leader everybody would like and consider as a god or a hero.

Hoping for the best was all they needed to do for now.

Springtrap and Fred told them that they would come soon to speak with them again, and they made the attraction's tour, meeting everybody. Phantom Chica was seemingly in love with the new Springtrap (as she was with the previous one, just saying) and Phantom Puppet was... cold with him. She didn't really speak with him when he tried to introduce himself.

As if she didn't care about him. Perhaps that was true. As Fred said to him later on, Phantom Puppet and Springtrap didn't like each other at all. In fact, they were like the enemies of the attraction. Always avoiding the other, clashing if they met or even touched accidentally. Fred also told him that she would need time before daring to salute him.

Springtrap could understand that quite well. When he heard about Fred's origins, it was difficult for him to accept him the way he was for a good while. But he tried to think about it. Shadow Freddy wasn't responsible and had a purpose. It needed to succeed.

Maybe Phantom Puppet needed some time to think too. Or maybe she was going to hate him forever, and ever... Who knew ?

For now, Springtrap had promised to Phantom Balloon Boy and Phantom Mangle to play with them. He needed to join them at Room 9, where the two phantoms would be waiting for him. They wanted to play 'Hide & Seek'. Springtrap loved that game since he'd played it so many times along with his old friends...

The ones he killed, yeah...

... yeah...

Anyway.

Shadow Freddy told him that he would be at the Office, speaking with Phantom Fredbear. Spring only nodded, kissing his love one last time before joining the two phantoms at CAM 09.

Phantom Mangle was laughing, looking at Balloon Boy's balloon playfully. She wanted to play ! Why wasn't Springtrap coming ? Did he lie to them ? No, that couldn't be, right ? Why would he do such a thing ?

"Hey, sorry I'm a bit late, I had a talk with Fred." The golden bunny saluted, running towards them. The two phantoms smiled hugely, happy that the new Spring didn't lie to them.

The other did it several times. Maybe the situation was going to be nicer than before.

"Let's start !" Phantom Mangle said, hyped for the game to begin.

"Wait." Phantom Balloon Boy interrupted, glancing in a very serious way at Springtrap. "About the portal... You know that Purple Guy followed Fred, right ?"

Springtrap was a bit surprised, blinking, but nodded firmly: "Yes. Yes, I do."

"Where is he... ?"

Strangely enough, the boy seemed concerned about his enemy. Was there something wrong ? Wasn't he their enemy here ? Maybe he was a friend of them here ? No, Shadow Freddy was mad at Purple Guy when he saw him. That wasn't possible.

What in the hell was wrong then ?

"He didn't follow." Spring answered, raising an eyebrow. "Why are you so tensed ? Is there something wrong ?"

Phantom Mangle's eyes widened when she understood the situation, as well as Balloon Boy's. Springtrap laughed nervously, not understanding the problem. What was wrong ? Why did they look so serious ? Why was Purple Guy not following them to the future was a-

Oh. Sh*t.

Sh*t, Sh*t, Sh*t.

Springtrap felt like he'd fell from cloud 9. Yeah, he thought it was over. But the truth is that it had all just started.

Balloon Boy ran to the security office, Spring and Phantom Mangle following him very quickly. It was already too late to change that, wasn't it ? They needed to try, even if it was quite desesperate.

Fred and Phantom Fredbear turned to them when they entered fastly the Office, Shadow Freddy frowning and Phantom Fredbear blinking in confusion. Springtrap walked through Fred and grabbed his shoulders, shaking him. "We have a big problem. Open the gate !"

"Wh-Why ? What's going on here ?" Fred asked, holding back Springtrap and forcing him to look at him in the eyes. "Tell me what's wrong."

Phantom Balloon Boy approached the three animatronics, taking Phantom Fredbear's hand and squeezing it while explaining with his childish voice: "Purple Guy didn't follow them. But he comes from here too. If he commits suicide ther-"

"Then everything will be useless..." Phantom Freddy completed, appearing along with all the other phantoms, realizing the impact of this loss.

It was their enemy. But actually, it was also their only chance. If Purple Guy died in the past, then the whole future would be messed up. They needed to bring him back.

"I can bring us to the past, to repair this. But someone needs to stay here." Phantom Fredbear announced, glancing at the other 'bots. "I suggest that Phantom BB and Phantom Mangle will stay here while we go, is that okay for you ?"

Phantom Mangle and Phantom Balloon Boy nodded, happy to remain together while the others would be gone. Everyone was happy about this choice, except one.

Phantom Puppet. She didn't want to go.

"But we'll need your help, Puppet." Phantom Chica said, trying to convince her friend. "You know Purple Guy more than us."

"I don't want to come if he comes."

Every animatronic understood who she was refering to. Phantom Freddy clenched his fists, marching toward her and replied in a very threatening voice: "You'll come and won't make any commentary, or I'll take care of your case. Are we okay ?"

Springtrap sighed sadly. That wasn't going to be the easiest mission they'll have to accomplish...


To be continued in FNaF: It's Me...


So here is the ending, guys ! Well, sorry, here is the beginning ^^

I haven't many things to tell, right now ^^

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Until FNaF: It's Me,

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