Helena didn't waste any time as she grabbed her jacket and backpack, she bolted out of that creepy place. She was barely out of the door as she ran up to something, it was soft and grunted as she hit it. It was Afton, he fell to the ground.
"Look where you're go...i..."; he trailed of at the sight of Helena.
He kept staring at her as if she were a ghost, as he stood up again; "H-How are y...? ... Never mind, that security uniform looks good on you".
Helena wanted to yell at Afton, she knew he wanted to ask, how she was still alive. Instead, she just said thanks to the guy and continued her way home, not looking back. She wanted to be as far away from that place as possible, besides she was exhausted. Believe it or not but staying awake the entire night trying to survive can do that to you.
Once she was home, she went straight to her room. Vernon and Petunia entered the Hallway, they wanted to greet Helena, ask how her first work night had been as they heard a door slam shut upstairs. They looked at each other, Vernon went up the stairs and went to stand before Helena's room. He knocked on the door; "Helena everything okay in there?"
It was silent for a moment. Eventually the door from her room went ajar.
"H-Hey uncle Vernon. What's up?"; Helena asked with a nervous tone.
Vernon looked confused; "Uhhh, good, what about you? Your aunt and i wanted to ask about your first night but you went straight to your room, is everything okay?"
Vernon pushed the door farther open to have a better look at Helena.
"Oh, sure, I'm just tired that's all"; She replied.
Vernon looked at the security uniform Helena was wearing. Helena could have sworn that she saw a glimpse of proudness on Vernon's face, it made her feel warm and happy inside.
"Okay then, just make sure to take a shower before you go to bed, you smell like you have been sweating for a year"; he stated.
Helena nodded and made her way to the bathroom, as Vernon stopped her.
"After you're done you can leave your uniform in the bathroom, Petunia will wash it for you. Oh and one more thing..."; Vernon looked at the floor. "We may not have shown it before but... but we're happy you are part of the family, we're proud of you".
Vernon looked at Helena, she was just standing there, staring at him with a soft smile on her face. Eventually Helena stepped closer to Vernon and gave him a hug. Without saying a word she broke the hug and made her way to the bathroom. Vernon didn't know how to react, tough Helena lived her whole life with them, treating her as actual family felt all so new and weird to him, fortunately in a positive way. He made his way downstairs and sat with Petunia in the sofa watching tv together.
Helena almost ripped her uniform from her body, she couldn't take it of fast enough. As she was undressed she got into the shower, the warm water felt good on her skin, every drop that toughed her felt like a massage, it relaxed her but at the same time it also felt refreshing. She felt al the dried sweat run down her body down into the drain. A shower had never felt this good before. The girl washed her body and hair, let the water wash it down and got out of the shower.
It was cold, she wrapped a towel around her and another one around her hair and made her way to her bedroom. Helena took a fresh sleeping shirt out of her closet. She dried her hair with the towel, brushed it, putted on the shirt, set her alarm for 11 am and finally went to bed.
The alarm went. Reluctantly, she turned it off and got up. To her surprise, she noticed that her uniform was in her room. Just as Vernon had promised, it was washed, dried and even ironed.
"Jesus, aunt Petunia really made her work out of my uniform"; she told to herself.
Helena didn't like the uniform anymore, it made her think of those murderbots. Nevertheless, she did it on anyway. She knew she had to go back to that horrible place, she couldn't tell anyone what had happened last night, definitely not her uncle and aunt, they just started to treat her as family but that was just because they thought she had no magic anymore. If they would find out she still had magic, they would probably treat her bad again and this time she wouldn't be able to run off to the wizarding world.
Besides, she had to go have a talk with that Mike guy and she had no idea how long she would be there. If their talk would take a while, and boy was she sure that it would, there was a chance she had to go from Mike to the pizza place to start her shift. After she got ready she went to the kitchen to have breakfast, well, more like lunch. When she was done, she went to the computer and searched for the address of Mike. It wasn't too far from where they lived, It was a half hour walk. She memorized the route and made her way to Mike Schmidt.
She arrived at the house, it was a normal looking house with a front garden and driveway. Helena walked up to the front door and rang the bell. It was silent, just as she was about to rang the bell a second time, she could hear multiple locks being opened. The door went ajar, Helena could see that there was on chain based lock in place.
"Whose there?"; a familiar voice came from out of the gap. It was Mike alright, she recognized that voice anywhere, after hearing hem talk for about forever.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't mister talkative"; Helena teased.
The last lock was opened. Helena Finally could see the face of Mike, He had a normal stature, blue eyes, a soul patch beard and black hair, it was a bit on the longer side and rather wild. She guessed he would be around twenty nine years old. Mike peered outside and looked around, as if he made sure she wasn't followed. As he saw the coast was clear, he grabbed her by her shirt and pulled her inside, instantly locking all the locks from the front door again. Helena counted six of them.
"Well, if it isn't little missy yells a lot"; he finally replied.
Helena crossed her arms; "my name isn't Missy, you know".
"Oh, I'm sorry. I probably didn't catch your name over all that yelling you did over the phone"; he replied.
"Jeesh, I'm sorry, i was in a panic okay? You try having killer robots after your ass"; She replied.
Mike crossed his arms and stared at her.
"what?"
"I literally did that job before you, you're technically replacing me. Those things have been after my ass way before they got after yours and if I'm not mistaken, i already told you this on the phone".
Helena cleared her throat and started to blush . She tried to change the subject; "Anyway, those are a lot of locks for one door, there".
"Yeah well, you never can be too careful when you're dealing with William"; he explained.
Helena looked confused.
"William, William Afton... You know, Your Boss?"; Mike reminded her.
Helena remembered the first time she had seen the guy, it was the only time she had heard his complete name; "Right, i knew that".
"Okay then, since we confirmed the name of your boss, mind telling me yours?"; Mike asked
Helena started to introduce herself; " Helena, Helena Potter, i just moved here to the neighborhood".
"Well, that certainly explains why Afton targeted you and why you are so stupid to take a job at Freddy's. Most people avoid that place like the plague"; Mike stated.
"Why?; Helena wondered.
"Oh boy, where to start. Let us say, Freddy Fazbear's had its ups and downs in the past, mostly downs even"; Mike answered as he took a pile of old newspapers. He gave the papers to Helena, who started to read the artikels:
Kids vanish at local pizzaria – bodies not found.
Two local children were reportedly lured into a back room during the late hours of operation at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza on the night of June 26th. While video surveillance identified the man responsible and led to his capture the following morning, the children themselves were never found and are presumed dead. Police think that the suspect dressed as a company mascot to earn the children's trust.
Five children now reported missing. Suspect convicted.
Five children are now linked to the incident at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where a man dressed as a cartoon mascot lured then into a back room. While the suspect has been charged, the bodies themselves were never found. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza has been fighting an uphill battle ever since to convince families to return to the pizzaria. "It's a tragedy."
Local pizzaria threatened with shutdown over sanitation.
Local pizzaria, Freddy-Fazbear's Pizza has been threatened again with shutdown by the health department over reports of foul odor coming from the much-loved animal mascots. Police were contacted when parents reportedly noticed what appeared to be blood and mucus around the eyes and mouths of the mascots. One parent alikened them to "reanimated carcasses".
Local pizzaria said to close by years end.
After a long struggle to stay in business after the tragedy that took place there many years ago, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza has announced that it will close by year's end. Despite a year-long search for a buyer, companies seem unwilling to be associated with the company. "These characters will live on. In the hears of kids- these characters will live on." -CEO
Helena felt herself turn pale after reading the articles. She looked at Mike who was in turn looking at her.
Mike continued with his story; "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza had two CEO's at the time, the first was called Henry Emily, he created the robot's you saw in the Pizzaria and was mainly busy entertaining the kids. The second, was William Afton; he was responsible for the accountancy of the Pizzaria, tough he also made robot's for a sister location of the restaurant called Circus baby pizza world".
"In the newspapers they mentioned they found a suspect"; Helena stated.
Mike nodded; "They suspected Henry. The guy who made the animatronics, even though his own child was found dead in that hellhole. I did some research on the guy, and i want to bet my life on it that he was innocent. He was sweet to children, loved them even and was devastated every time a child went missing. He even created his own security system to prevent children from disappearing. William on the other hand, oh he is a whole different story. You see, he also lost a child, don't ask me how, I'm not a detective. All i know is that after losing his child, he began to isolate himself and became obsessed over the animatronics for some reason. That's also when he made the animatronics for the sister location".
Helena confessed; "Mike don't freak out but, last night i thought, i heard a voice coming from the rabbit. It sounded staticky, but i could definitely hear it say, help us, free us".
Mike stared at the floor; "you heard it too, so, I'm not crazy. I heard the other animatronic do the same thing. They said stuff like; he did this to us, don't follow him, he killed us, it hurts, i want to go home, and so on".
"Do...Do you think the killer stuffed the bodies in the suits?"; Helena asked.
Mike hesitated; "I-I don't know. It would explain why the animatronics once smelled like blood and mucus, but it's just... it's just so unnatural. The idea of children's bodies being stuffed in animatronic suits like a thanksgiving turkey and those same children possessing the suits".
"That doesn't sound unnatural at all"; Helena stated.
She noticed Mike staring at her funny. Helena didn't realize that Mike didn't knew she was a witch. After all the shit she had seen in the wizarding world, Ghosts and poltergeists didn't sound that weird to her anymore. Heck she talked to Hogwarts's ghosts all the time.
"Look, let's say that those kids where stuffed in the animatronics, who is to say their souls are possessing the animatronic? And even as they possessed the animatronics, who is to say they will talk to us? May i remind you that they tried to kill us before?"; Mike tried to make a point.
Helena was deep in thought; "I know the kids are in the animatronics suits, I'm pretty sure i heard their bones crack every time those robots moved and like i yelled at you earlier trough the phone, those things are sentient, they must be possessed. Deep down, i think you know the children poses the animatronics, you're just scared to admit it".
"Okay, okay, they are possessed. But what are we gonna do about it? Like i said before, they tried to kill us"; Mike admitted.
"I want to talk to them, maybe set them free".
"Are you nuts? How in the hell are you gonna talk to ghosts? And what if they attack you, do you have a ghostbuster vacuum? Which makes me wonder...How did you survive the last hour of the night?"; Mike asked
Helena bit her lower lip, still deep in thought; "i need to tell you something, but you need to promise me to keep it a secret. I'm not supposed to tell anyone about this, not even my own family, but this looks like an emergency".
"At this point, i think i have proven that i can keep a secret"; Mike replied. He was really curious about Helena's secret.
Helena took a deep breath; "I'm a witch!"
Mike just stared at her when he all of sudden burst into a laughing fit; "Hah, good one. We're talking about ghosts and killer robots and you're a witch. No but seriously, how did you survive t...".
Mike was lost in his words as he saw Helena stare annoyed at him, creating an energetic shield in front of his eyes.
"Holy shit"; Mike Yelped, falling on his but when he stumbled back out of shock.
Mike crawled back in fear of Helena.
Helena tried to calm him down; "take it easy, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm not even a full witch anymore".
Mike was confused by Helena's statement, he was curious enough to calm down and let Helena explain. Helena told him everything whish had happened, from the dementor attack to why they moved to Amerika and how she still could perform magic".
Mike whistled; "Geesh, and i thought i had it tough. So... What powers do you still have?"
"I can teleport, move objects with my mind and create energetic shields. That last one saved my live last night and was the one i just performed in front of you. I have been training the past two months to get an idea how the powers work, they're new for me too, Afterall"; Helena replied.
Mike was impressed; "And not even the people you live with know about this?"
Helena shook her head, which made Mike feel kind of special.
"Okay, now that makes me a bit more at ease, at least now i know why you are so set on talking to the animatronics"; Mike sighed. "I'll come with you tonight".
Helena was about to protest, as Mike continued; "Look, i know it's dangerous, but i also have a history with the animatronics. If you're gonna set them free i have a right to be there, to get closure".
Helena couldn't argue with that. When she looked at the clock, she noticed it was almost time to go to work anyway, she couldn't believe they had talked for that made plans for the coming work shift and got ready to leave.