Chapter 1: Welcome To Fredbears Family Diner
"I'm telling the truth guys!" Sammy whined, he hated how Charlie would always be sceptical about his storys, granted they were made-up and based on some wierd nightmares, but still!
"I believe you!" Elizabeth trilled happily with a bright smile, her bright green eyes looking up to him as if he was all the world to her, she was always so facinated by his storys and believed almost every word he said, today Elizabeth had her strawberry blond hair up in pigtails and was wearing a pink sun dress that faded into a burnt orange.
Charlie frowned, confused. "But daddy said that monsters aren't real! You must be confused, you not allowed to lie, you know that!" Charlie insisted as usual, her voice raising slightly, Sammy flinched and tried to make himself smaller as if Charlie would give in if he looked sad enough, Charlie instead of her usual grey or occasionaly green sweatshirt, was just wearing a black long sleeved dress that looked like something you'd wear to a funeral, she didn't have any shoes on and honestly she probably lost them eariler in the ballpit, unlike Elizabeths bright colors, Charlie was almost always wearing blacks, greys or greens, they were as different as day and night those two, though they had their similarities.
"Sorry..." Sammy muttered, trying to keep the tears from falling, Charlie gasped and her warm brown eyes widened as if in fear.
"Wait! I didn't mean that! I'm sorry Sammy!" Charlie said quickly, already feeling guilty, she didn't mean to make him cry again. Elizabeth stopped smiling, tilting her head as she stared transfixed on Sammy's crying green eyes, she didn't like it when he cryed. Though she snapped out of it when a girl with black pigtails and grey eyes walked past them, "Cassi!" Elizabeth squealed with a large smile when she noticed her, Cassidy stopped in place and looked at them coldly, completely dismissing Elizabeth who pouted at being ignored.
"Aw, whats wrong?" Cassidy asks Sammy as she rests her arms on the back of his chair and looked down at him, he gazed up at her blankly and just shrugged, his tears already starting to dry up.
"I'm going to find something better to do." Cassidy states, already getting bored at Sammy's lack of action, taking back her concern and leaving them alone to wander back towards the stage where an golden animatronic bear and bunny stood and played and sang children's songs for fun.
Fredbear and SpringBonnie were the stars of the band, everyone loved them, why wouldn't they? They were animatronic mascots with their own personality's and ways of making the show come to life. They were able move around the building between shows and had a really complex AI algorithm that made it seem as if they weren't only animatronics, they acted like humans sometimes and it really scared Sammy, hence the frequent wierd nightmares he had about them that he was just telling Elizabeth and Charlie about.
With the fight already out of their minds, Sammy got back to his story, "As the last enemy ran to where all the noise was coming from, the man hid behind a false wall and when the red fox ran past, he slashed his axe in the fox's direction, unaware of the demon he just released..."
The story didn't end until it was nearing closing time when Elizabeth's father wandered over and interrupted the story.
"-The spirits of the souls he damned came after the man and led him to the last enemy where-" "Thats enough Sammy, your going to give them nightmares." William chuckled, seeing the wide eyed children that Sammy nearly scared to death.
"But dad!" Elizabeth and Sammy whined in sinc as if they did this everyday, William smirked, his purple eyes gleaming.
"I'm afraid playtimes over children, it's time to go home. Charlotte, would you like me to drive you home?" William continued, aiming a smile at little Charlie, Elizabeth instantly started complaning, "But daddy! I wanna stay!" but stopped when William shot her a look.
Charlie shook her head with a polite smile, "Thank's Mr. Afton! But I don't wanna worry daddy, I'm fine walking home tonight." Charlie responds, William nods, his purple eyes showed his disappointment but he smiled regardless, accepting her answer for what it was before starting to move towards the doors through the small crowd beginning to leave the restuarant, Sammy and Elizabeth hopped out of their seats and quickly followed him, not wanting to be left behind.
It was only when they got to the doors where Michael was waiting that William paused, looking through his pockets for something, "Ah, I think I left the keys in the office, Elizabeth, Sammy, please stay here with Michael, I'll be back soon." William quickly explained, shooting Michael a look, Michael nodded, wiping his pizza grease covered hands on his white T-shirt, Elizabeth and Sammy also nodded.
With that out of the way William hurried back to the office to grab his keys.
There was an awkward silence as the three siblings avoided looking at each-other, Sammy flinching whenever Michael would send a brief look of contempt at him.
Eventually Sammy broke the silence, "M-Michael? Are you-" "Shut up Sammy." Michael interrupted him with a glare, Sammy however wasn't going to let this stop him, "I'm sorry but I-"
"But what." Michael said, getting up in Sammy's personal space, Elizabeth stared before looking away.
"I-I just..." Sammy tried to continue before bursting into tears, niether noticed Cassidy watching nearby in the shadows next to an open doorway.
We were perfect strangers, we never really talked to each other before, not really, I mean I've only ever said a rude comments to him every once in a while when I actually notice that he's in the room with me, he's quiet as a mouse, not easy to notice and he never stood out in a crowd, I can't help but wonder why and yet as I watched him get pushed around by his older brother, I couldn't help but stare at the little brat, little Samuel looked so pretty with tears staining his blushing ruby red face, seeing him cry his heart out, with dread and fear staining his face was like music to me, I loved it, wouldn't you?
I've seen him around school before but he never stood out from the other children, always keeping his head down and only smiling when Charlotte or his sister Elizabeth were around, so gaining an interest in him now after all this time of being classmates made me wonder why, maybe it's the violence? Mama always told me I had an unhealthy obsession with blood and violence or maybe it's just the tears.
I watched in fascination as Michael beat the shit out of little Sammy, his cry's for help were beautiful, I couldn't of done it any better myself. I jumped when a hand clasped my shoulder gently, looking behind me to see cold calculating vibrant purple eyes staring into mine, I instantly felt as if i've done something wrong, fear twisting me up inside before I saw his sweet reassuring smile edging onto a full blown smirk.
"Hey little lady, what'r you doing away from your parents?" The man asked, I tried to yank myself out of his hold but his grip on my shoulder tightened and he pulled me into an embrace as he pulled us both into a open door way and into a nearby room, kicking the door shut gently so that no one would see us. I struggled as he breathed in the scent of my hair. "Get off me freak!" I yelled, but he just shushed me and put his hand over my mouth to muffle my screams.
"Shh, little one. I don't mean any harm, calm down sweetie. I just wanted to talk to you kiddo." The man calmly whispered soothingly into my ear, his voice like a melody. It wasn't long until I stopped trying to call out for help, before I stopped struggleing. Instead of yelling out and kicking him, I became limp in his hold and started crying, caressing my cheek with the hand that was previously keeping my mouth shut, he said softly; "Now isn't that better little bear cub? You put up quite a fight for me, I must say i'm impressed." He praised me with his soothing voice before slowly letting go of me and guiding me to sit in a metal chair nearby with his hands on my shoulders, I allowed him to guide me hesitantly, while suspicious, I couldn't help but feel entranced, but still, I refused to speak to him, I wasn't supposed to talk to strangers.
The man smiled mockingly at me, "Now, what's your name honeybun?" He asked me softly, I looked up at him and after a few seconds I finally answered him with a hesitant smile, "Cassidy."