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~~Location: Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizza Plex (Vineyard, UT)~~
~~Date/Time: Wednesday || March 17th, 2027 (8:50 AM)~~
Cole parks his car in the reservation spot in the parking lot. There was an explosion in Cascade's brain - the good sort - the type that carries more possibilities than she could be conscious of. It was the calling card of adventure, of paths awaiting at her feet.
Cascade let Sayuri helped her dress her best for the day. Her lotion was Lovery's strawberry and milk-scented body lotion, rich-gold eyeshadow, lengthening mascara, and NYX Tokyo bubblegum-pink lip gloss. The Adidas outfit she was wearing: black tights has a cool pearlized-lavender effect, and a white short-sleeve tee with a shimmering rainbow logo and a curved drop-tail hem. Tied around her waist is her zip-up hoodie; she also wore her fox necklace.
Cole was wearing relaxed fit jeans with a grey mesh-trimmed sleeveless tee under a black Tommy Hilfiger zip-up hoodie, and white K-Swiss casual sneakers. He also had on his jade dragon medallion on as well as black nail polish and black eyeliner.
Cascade was really excited. Today is her birthday and having this for a birthday wish come true was very meaningful to her.
The Pizza Plex is a tall building, being stated to be 3 stories tall. Fazbear Entertainment spared no expense, setting the location with neon lights, alongside various robots designed specifically for serving the customers.
A worker walks out to greet the duo. "Ahhh, Cole Izuhara. I take it your little sister is our special birthday guest today?"
Cole smiles. "She sure is. She's now eight years old and we both have special passes."
"May I see them please?" Cole and Cascade lets the man scan them and a green beep goes off. "Alright, you guys have full access to the entire Pizza Plex and the robots will start preparing the food and drinks for you. Happy birthday, little miss!"
Cascade's giggle announced itself as if it were a million petals opening in warm sunlight.
Soon, the main entry lights turn on and the theme song to the place starts playing, making the entire parking lot roar in joy as the Dread Unit speaks. "Hey, kids! Do you want pizza?! Well, Fazbear Entertainment has spared no expense developing the world's most extreme family fun center – Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizza Plex! At three stories tall, it's the flashiest, raddest, rockingist, safest pizzeria the universe has ever seen. Of course, Freddy and the band are excited to meet you! Utilizing the latest in animatronic technology, you can actually party with the stars themselves. So, on your next birthday, let Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizza Plex make you a SUPERSTAR!"
The doors all open and everyone was let in, Cole and Cascade let in first to the building - leaving the siblings in total awe of what they were seeing.
The main entrance is bright. The floor is made of reflective black panels, surrounded by more reflective black tiles. On the side walls, there was three neon strips can be seen, with the lower blue one being twice as tall as the other two. On each side, there is a logo for the location, featuring their names alongside two yellow lightning bolts. The logo also features artwork of the four Glamrock Animatronics. Under each logo appears to be a ticket booth or a customer service desk.
In the front is a giant statue of Glamrock Freddy, made out of solid gold and featured atop a pedestal, with a bright light underneath it to give it the appearance of floating. On either side of the statue, stairs can be seen going up, lined with what appear to be palm trees made mostly of gold, alongside purple lights in every other slot. There are also escalators on both sides of the stairs.
Directly behind the golden statue appears to be an elevator, featuring metallic beams with purple lights near the top. On the right, a gift shop - Glamrock Gifts - is seen, featuring a bright logo of its own. The window next to its door has posters containing Glamrock Freddy and Glamrock Chica. The building's logo can be seen as well through the window. Within the shop, an image of a sun animatronic can be seen, albeit barely. On the left, the Faz-Pad appears to be a café or coffee shop with red chairs, alongside a counter containing a cash register.
Once everyone starts dispersing, Cascade then goes to in front of the statue and makes a pose for Cole to take out his smartphone and take a couple of pictures. "Someone's enjoying themselves already."
"Of course I am! This place looks awesome and I like it." Cole walks over to an ATM to withdraw a handful of cash to put into his wallet. "The day is all yours, sis. Where do you wanna go first?"
Cascade looks all around and sees something that catches her eye. "Why not golf?"
Cole scoffs. "Do you really wanna do that again? You threatened to break my wrist when I won last time."
She blushes in embarrassment. "I did not, baka (stupid)!"
The man wiggles her finger at her, giving her an evil smirk. "Nuh uh uh. Be nice, or I'm taking you home."
She gives him a pout and sticks her tongue at him. "Shitsureidesu ne (You're so mean)."
He laughs before rubbing the top of her head. "That's what big brothers are for. Get used to it."
~~Location/Time: Monty's Gator Golf || 9:10 AM~~
The main lobby has a merry-go-round in the style of golf balls and fake tropical ferns. There is also a ticket booth and waiting area. The attraction has a jungle-like feel to it, along with some alligator props and some cutouts. Huts can be seen along with alligator rides and cannons. Cole gets tickets and two golf clubs to start the golf course.
The main pathway for the first one was a lime-green carpet while the outside was lined with elephant ears, weeping figs, a few birds of paradise, and umbrella plants. Small round lights reminded Cole of round lanterns found in pubs back in Japan.
"Ready to lose, little princess?" Cole mocks his sister in a tone. Cascade clenched her teeth. She wanted to give her brother the finger as she knew what it meant, but she holds herself back. Pretty mature for an eight-year-old. "You're gonna lose."
Cole hits the ball and it gets on the first try. Cascade manages to get a first one as well. "Well done."
They get to the second one and it was completely different. It had checkered floors and a small stage holding three animatronics: a purple bunny holding a red guitar, a brown bear with a black top hat and bowtie, and a yellow chicken wearing a bib that says 'Let's Eat'. There was also long tables with confetti-designed cloths, colorful birthday party hats, and many balloons too. Cascade holds onto her brother's hand. "Cole...those things are creeping me out."
He reassures her by leaning down to her a little bit and nuzzling her cheek. "It's alright, Cass. You have me to protect you. Now focus on the ball and strike it."
She relaxed and hits the golf ball. It goes up a slightly steep ascension and on camera, it shows the ball getting into the hole. Cascade leaps into her brother's arms, trying to mimic his smirk. "Beat that!"
Cole chuckles and puts her down to hit his ball, but it doesn't hit it on the first go. When they head up further, a red pirate fox was revealed. Cascade's vision goes flashy for a minute; she could've sworn for a split second - she saw a pair of large, glowing red eyes looking right at her through the fox's skull. Cole sees her squinting, but he pushes the thought aside and scores the ball before they head to the third one.
The 3rd one was set up like an old bathroom from the 1980's with textile checkered patterns everywhere, weird pizza cutout decorations on the walls, and older posters that devoted to the old Freddy locations that existed before this one. It showed a happy poster with a blue bunny, brown hair, and yellow chicken; these guys had rosy cheeks and more toy-like that the previous round. Cascade's luck must be an all-time high as she scored just once, while Cole took 4 turns to continue.
The 4th one was sewer-designed with a jittery, rosy-cheek white fox at the end. It honestly creeped both siblings out. The 5th one made them ease up a bit...except for the creepy eyeballs placed on colorful cake and the giant pink cupcake in the far back. The benefit of it was the exit by robots giving Cascade a basket of candy for a birthday gift. The 6th one was just red and dull with baby ballerinas all around. The 7th was dealing with a celestial theme with two animatronics Cole and Cascade didn't really recognize. Though it took the siblings four strokes to get the ball in the hole, they got it done.
The eighth one made Cascade cling to her brother tightly. It had many balloons, but there was many of them in numbers as well as a gigantic boy statue with nearly bulging blue eyes and a wide open toothy smile that was unsettling to look at. Cole holds his sister close and examines the numbered balloons. '3192...6369...55... What do these mean? Are they all codes for something? Never mind that. I just wanna get this done and get Cass out.' Thankfully, Cascade gets a Hole-in-One score and quickly runs out. Cole manages to get a par, but doesn't care. His sister's well-being was his main priority.
The ninth and final one made Cascade calm down. There was a tall holographic image of Montgomery Gator rocking a red mohawk and star-shaped sunglasses while jamming on the bass guitar while on the stage set-up in front of them was the mascot himself. The surrounding background reminded the siblings of the swamp scenes from the 2009 Disney movie, Princess and the Frog.
Cole rubs his sister's back to give her encouragement as she eyes her eyes on the goal. She then hears the gator wave at her to give her encouragement as well. "Rock and roll, kiddo!"
Cascade looks at Montgomery. Her father never showed her such encouragement like that ever in her life and she frowned as she looks at the ball. Cole rubs her back and gives her a small smile before Cascade then aims and strikes the ball...Hole-In-One!
She jumps in her brother's arms. "I win!" Cole admits his defeat and chuckling, ruffling her hair. They then go greet the gator himself.
Montgomery Gator is an alligator animatronic with a punk rock aesthetic. He sports pointy teeth, black claws, a red mohawk, green scale-textured pants, spots on his arms and cheeks, a light yellow color for the belly, lower jaw and some segments for his long tail. His eyelids, a lightning-like paint on the muzzle, his feet and hands are also tinted purple. He wears spiked bracelets, yellow star-shaped sunglasses, and purple shoulder pauldrons.
His eyes scan Cascade and he smiles. "You're the VIP birthday girl today?"
She smiles at him. "I am! How are you today, Monty?"
He chuckles in his robotic voice. "I am doing just swell, my dear. Would you like a picture with me?"
"Yes please!" Cole puts the golf club down gently and gets his Samsung Galaxy A03 phone ready. Monty leans down behind her and smiles while tilting his sunglasses with one hand on them and his other hand on her shoulder. Cascade was smiling big and showing her score sheet in her hands.
Cole gets a couple shots before he shakes hands with the gator. "Thank you, Monty. We shall see you at the main event when it's time." He gives the man a bumped fist after the handshake before they leave.
~~Current Time: 10:00 AM~~
Cole and Cascade were now in the dining area.
The massive room itself is far more colorful, featuring bright lights alongside purple starry-patterned carpeted flooring; everything on the ground tower over the main seating areas. Between each row of tables, an additional row seems to fit. In the intersections between four tables, a set of colorful balloons are placed. The shiny wooden tables themselves are rather plain, with several orange plates and cups, and purple party hats.
Their assigned table was in front of the stage with a wider table and more luxurious decorations, more blue and yellow balloons, and red plates/cups.
"Hey!" Cole and Cascade look up to find Chase, Rhys, and Kylan. All of them wore relaxed jeans and casual sneakers, but each stood out.
Kylan was wearing a faux fur-lined plaid button-down shirt. Chase was here with his little brother Kayden and his parents. His hair was in a ponytail and wearing a distressed PlayStation tee.
Rhys was with his fathers - Niall and Tiarnán - and two younger stepsisters, the twins Elizabeth and Victoria. He was wearing a white tank top under a ultra-soft zip-up hoodie that was in the color of artillery green.
Cole hugs Chase when they see them. "What are you guys doing here?"
Tiarnán approaches them; he was Rhys' father at age 42. He has straight, brown hair and green eyes. "We heard it was Cascade's birthday today and you two would be here. My husband and I put money forward to buy passes to come today. Plus our girls have been good, so we brought them here as well."
Elizabeth and Victoria both have green eyes and frilly dresses with flats; Lizzie has curly brown hair while Vicky has wavy auburn hair. Their pleasant voices look at Cascade and say simultaneously. "Happy birthday, Cassie!"
They give her a birthday present and she smiles at them. Even Kayden came over to hug her and she returns it.
Soon enough, they head over to Bonnie Bowl. When entering, there is a museum of trophies and bowling balls. There are two shutters leading to the bowling alley. There was also an arcade section, restrooms, and mini-tables. Advertisements can be seen promoting pizza, saying it is "Hot & Fazer-Fresh", and an ice cream parlor run by robots was there as well.
Cascade looks at Cole. "Big brother! How about another deal? I win, you buy us ice cream. If you win...you can buy a pie and hit me in the face with it."
He raised an eyebrow; she was really asking for it now. He shakes her hand. "You're on!"
~~Current Time: 11:00 AM~~
"I can't believe an eight-year-old beat me!"
"I told you to not get cocky!" Cascade laughs as she had beaten her older brother at bowling...and he played it in high school. Pretty sad.
Cole sighs in defeat. "Alright, a deal's a deal." They return the shoes and head to the parlor, picking her up in his arms. "What kind of ice cream would you like?"
Cascade looks through the menu and looks at Cole. "Coffee chocolate chip milkshake?"
He gawked at his sister before he points his finger at her. "You get busted for this, I didn't buy it and you're on your own."
She sticks her tongue at him and the robot obliges. Cole decides to get a large cookies 'n' cream sundae. The ice cream fills up their vision, cold blocks in a multitude of hues, each one of them so frozen until a touch of warmth transforms them into sweetness.
The day was just fun all around for Cascade. She won a race tournament on Roxy Raceway and even a $500 prize, getting a picture with the beautiful fox animatronic. Cole did manage to beat his sister in Fazer Blast, but his friends got their revenge. Cole bought her keychains, a Glamrock Freddy tee, a hoodie, and took goofy pictures with Cole and their friends to last a lifetime in happiness.
Soon, a young woman then approaches them. "Excuse me, but a special request has been made to you, pretty girl." Cole sees her and he blushes madly.
The woman appears to be in her twenties. Her shoulder-length hair was the kind of golden dreams that the heavens were built upon; she also has freckles and those emerald eyes showed that her soul so brightly never aged. Her hair also contained rainbow streaks in it all while in slightly soft curls with her eyelashes lightly coated with mascara. Her outfit was bell-bottom black jeans with purple nail polish, pink lipgloss, and a white V-neck shirt.
Cascade looks at her. "What's going on?"
"It seems Glamrock Freddy wishes to spend time with you before he goes to perform in the atrium."
The eight-year-old smiles. "What's your name, miss?"
She extends her hand to the woman, who returns it. An eight-year-old being this formal and civil and mature is almost unheard of. "I'm Vanessa Afton. Pleasure to meet you. And you are...?"
"Cascade Aelius. And behind me, that's my older brother, Cole Izuhara."
Vanessa shakes his hand as well. She knew of his fame and was addicted to his music; his appearance made her blush too. But she pulls back and leads them to a different part of the mall.
Rockstar Row is a large museum-like area, full of display cases, featuring props of both the new and old animatronics and golden statues of the Glamrocks. The walls are lined with neon stars, as well as signs for the main Glamrock animatronics' green rooms.
When they reach Freddy Fazbear's green room and Vanessa looks at Cascade. "It's closed, but Freddy has asked for you personally to meet him for a little bit." Vanessa lets the eight-year-old open the door and behind the closed curtains of the green room.
Freddy's green room has glowing green and a blue outline along with the mini-stage. The room also has a rectangular mirror and an arcade machine. There was also many signages, collectibles, neon signs, a makeup center, and posters of Glamrock Freddy himself. The place is also red with a big bowtie pillow on the couch too.
"There's the birthday guest for today." Cascade then turns to see the mascot himself.
Glamrock Freddy is based on the original Freddy Fazbear with a punk-themed design reminiscent of 1980's style. His design somewhat resembles that of a jaguar or a lion more than a bear. He wears a top hat adorned with a blue stripe and a black bow tie. His eyes are purple, with his body primarily being tangerine. His torso has a distinctive seam across the front where his chest compartment opens up. He is equipped with pairs of fangs, black claws, and red shins. He wears red shoulder pads, spiked bracelets, a red earring in his left ear, and face paint in a similar style to the members of rock band Kiss with arctic blue and red; his microphone comes with a stand, but he puts it down for now.
Cascade finally runs into his arms, nuzzling his cheek with her own. "I finally get to meet you!"
Freddy hugs her back gently before scanning her with his eyes. "Cascade Williamson-Aelius. Age 8, only daughter of Leland and Juliette Williamson. 3rd grader and straight A student at Highland Park Elementary School. It's your birthday today. Why are you looking a little sad?"
Freddy puts her down on the couch, sitting next to her. "Daddy...didn't wanna come...all because I got good grades...and I don't...wanna be what he wants...he started to ignore me..."
Freddy then frowns a little as he sees shining droplets. In her tears, the inner angel was pleading for help and needed comfort for a father who seemingly didn't love his own daughter. "What...did I do so wrong...to be treated like this...? Am I...that bad of a child...?"
The animatronic reaches over to stroke her hair and even wipes away her tears from her eyes. "No. You are not bad. He's just not being the best at his job. But it seems you're happy with Cole."
Cascade lets the bear wipe her tears as she holds onto his hand. "My brother knows how I feel. He's not forceful...he makes me happy."
"Focus on that instead. It's your special day and you should be smiling. Can you please do that for me?"
She shows him a soft smile, making his ears flicker. "That's my girl."
They look up at the clock; it said 5:30. "Looks like I must get ready for the show. I'm sorry for not being able to spend more time with you."
Cascade stands up, still holding his hand. "It's okay. You made me feel better and I'm right in front of the stage for the show. I...will see you then?"
"You will. One more thing before you take off." Cascade smiles as the animatronic gives her a stuffed bear version of himself to her. It was soft and she smiles, hugging him. "Thank you, Freddy."
"Go on. I shall see you soon, my little superstar." He caresses her cheek before retreating to charge inside his station.
Cascade was in awe of the affectionate gesture he just showed her. Leland never does that, but an animatronic did. She was at a bit of a loss.
~~Current Time: 5:55 PM~~
The food for everyone at the table was ready.
There was bone-in chicken BBQ wings with celery sticks as an extra, cheesy breadsticks with dipping sauce, and a lot of pepperoni pizza.
The group was glad to find get hot food. The wings were perfectly crispy on the outside while juicy on the inside mixed with the smoky BBQ sauce. The cheesy breadsticks were crunchy as well, but not overdone. The pizza's crust was crunchy, the sauce slightly spicy, the cheese melted, and the pepperoni was succulent.
Cole has taken a liking to Vanessa and she exchanged numbers with him. Of course, his friends teased him about it, but after what Alannah did to him, he deserved happiness with someone new.
"Ooooooooooo. Cole and Vanessa sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
Cole was blushing in embarrassment at Elizabeth and Victoria teasing him about the security officer getting his phone number. Their father, Niall, settles them down. "Alright, girls, be polite!" He shakes his head and turns to Cole. "I deeply apologize for that. My girls find it cute when they see things like that."
He wipes the back of his head in embarrassment. "I-It's fine. But I really do like her."
The stage lights up and cheers erupted like a volcano in the atrium. The Dread Unit says this. 'Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Fazbear Entertainment would like you to put your hands together for the one, the only, Freddy Fazbear!'
Soon enough, the four animatronics appear to perform with Freddy himself approaching Cascade and out of his chest compartment, it was a birthday cake. It was a white flower decorated cake with some hints of carnation pink and harmless golden flakes as well. The flavors of the frosting was marshmallow and strawberry buttercream all covering a chocolate cake.
A Fazbear Entertainment photographer take a picture of Cascade and Cole with Freddy and the gang with the birthday cake design.
From the left to right was in the picture of order: Glamrock Chica, Glamrock Freddy, Cole holding Cascade in his lap, Montgomery Gator, and Roxanne Wolf.
Glamrock Chica is a white and pink chicken with an orange beak, blue eyes with long eyelashes, purple eyelids, orange feet, and a noticeably curvy figure with a slim waist. She has a few stray "feathers" that stick out from the top of her head with a pink hair bow, visible pink metal segments below her left eye, and a pink marking around her right eye. She's wearing a 1980s-era pink chest piece, pink shoulder pads, fingerless green gloves, green and pink sports tape wrapped around her heels, and green triangular earrings.
Chica was the guitarist of the group, holding a blueberry and hot-pink electric guitar. Freddy was there with his microphone stand. Monty was there with his yellow, black tiger-designed bass guitar.
Roxanne is an animatronic wolf with a punk rock aesthetic, bright-golden eyes having long curvy eyelashes and light-greyish fur. She also has purple lips and toenails, green fingernails, and black face paint markings. Her long hair is silver with a green streak. Her clothes consist of a red crop top printed with some black star shapes with matching short-shorts, pierced ears, bracelets in various places, a spiked belt, and red shoulder pads. Her instrument was a green keytar.
The band play their theme song, making many of the kids dance to their beat and sing along with them. After a jamming for two minutes, the song ends and the crowd cheers before Freddy quiets everyone. "Due to a request accepted by the Pizza Plex manager and staff, we have two honored guests that wish to sing a song for us."
Cole and Cascade high-five each other before standing up and once on stage, people squealed like crazy as they recognized Cole immediately. "The amazing Cascade Aelius and her brother, Cole Izuhara!"
Cole chuckles as the bear gives him the microphone. "I'm glad to have you guys here today. After being on the road for nearly four years have been a blast, I'm taking a break to give more time to family. Cascade is the honored birthday girl today and we decided to perform this song which kick-started my career. While a little sad in tone, you guys may like it."
Cole takes his place as a large piano rises from underground. The piano is a work of art upon which the soul is invited to tell its tale and to speak directly to the souls of others in a language that predates words.
When the piano key sounds go off, the crowd knew this song and cheers erupted but they soon silent themselves to listen as Cascade starts it off.
It feels like a tear in my heart
Like a part of me missing
And I just can't feel it
I've tried and I've tried
And I've tried
(( Glamrock Freddy's POV || 6:10 PM ))
Cascade...her voice... What is this feeling...? Her singing was beautiful.
I see then Cole taking the spot with his own voice.
Tears on my face I can't take it
If lonely is a taste, then it's all that I'm tasting
Do you hear my cry?
I cry, oh
Can you hold me?
Can you hold me?
Can you hold me in your arms?
Their voices together. Music was in the translations of their souls as their vocals were in perfection sync, not one overpowering the other. Cole's hands hits the keys perfectly and he didn't hesitate...just like Evander did...before he died...because of me... And Elizabeth... I couldn't save you either... Please forgive me...
I shake my head as I drop a choir with my friends as the siblings do the bridge duo at different times, yet it still blended nicely.
I see Cole and Cascade press their foreheads together. Wait...everything goes to white. I see Ian and Lizzie, holding hands instead.
Ian's shoulder-length, dark-brown hair framed his face nicely; his brown eyes was the warmth of an everlasting hearth. He was once adventurous, spunky, and loved action films. Give him Top Gun starring Tom Cruise, Die Hard starring Bruce Willis, and Full Metal Jacket starring Matthew Modine with a large bowl of popcorn at night - he and I were the only beings on the planet and he was glad to be a kid.
I only remember, begging for his forgiveness while holding his hand. His head wrapped in bandages, no longer the lively younger brother I knew, and it was all my fault. And then, he was no longer there. All I hear...is a flat-line and his body going limp.
Elizabeth's blond hair was a thousand shades of gold that made new mosaics each moment in the warm summer air; it was styled in a floral fusion style, just replaced with a large pink bow. Her eyes were the sweet hue of spring clovers. The last time I saw her: she was wearing a dress with black flats. The dress's fabric had a cool color shift from maroon to black and the spiral design is also featured on the white off the shoulder "collar".
All I could stomach to remember was seeing her bloodied corpse at the hands of the animatronic that was made for her. Father didn't care about her dying... Mother committed suicide...and I let animatronics kill me. But Lizzie's soul, resurrected me - somehow - and she wishes for me to undo our father's sins...
If I ain't got you
If I ain't got you
(Can you hold me?)
I ain't got nothing
I ain't got nothing
If I ain't got you
I ain't got you
If I ain't got you
I'm lonely
(Can you hold me?)
If I ain't with you I'm lonely
I'm lonely
I need you
I need you
(Can you hold me in your arms?)
I blink and I see the crowd roaring as Cole and Cascade have finishing the song.
I feel a cool touch on my hand and look down. It's not oil. Actual tears... What the hell...?
Wait... My eyes...they are now red... I cannot control my body anymore... People are now screaming and running away... I drop to the floor and everything does dark...
What...Is...Happening...T-T-To...Me...?
++Author's Note++
I know this chapter is very long, but setting it up with my character's birthday and all that is what I needed to write to give it a good scene for you guys to read. I also have a few things to say about this overall:
1. I know that the lore surrounding William Afton's children is just a little all over the place with the storyline, but please do not firebomb me with it.
2. Cascade seeing Vanny's eyes - I may have her more deeply involved than originally intended. {{ Sorry, but no spoilers ;) }}
3. Switching POVs is something I normally don't write or excel at, but I'll be doing it throughout this story.
4. The song performed by my OCs is "Can You Hold Me" by NF and Britt Nicole. It's such a beautiful song and I recommend listening to it.
Anyway, any constructive criticism and reviews are appreciated! I'll see you guys then ^^