Chapter 3

It should have clued her in by the pit of her stomach when she saw the place that this was a bad idea. The building was a normal brick building with a neon sign that said Fazbear Fright on it. The sun had already started to set as she pulled into the parking lot. Josh was already out of his truck, the light spring breeze blowing his blonde hair as he leaned on the hood. As she got out of the car, he smiled softly.

"What do you think? Look enough like an abandoned haunted pizzeria to scare people?" He asked, Amber nodding at his question.

"It looks eerie enough." She said, leaning into her car as she popped the trunk open. Josh leaned on the top of the car, smirking a little as he watched.

"You wanna come in and see the place? I have a feeling you'll love it..." He paused, leaning into the car and picking something up. "Hey, how did you manage to find a Marionette mask?" He asked.

"Oh I saw it on the ground yesterday. You want it?" She asked, Josh just placing it back in the car. "I thought I had it in the glove compartment."

"I couldn't take that from you. It's your find. You keep it." He said, his green eyes looking at her as he smiled.

"Anyway, you wanna come in?" He asked, Amber shaking her car.

"I've really got to get home and do homework." She answered, Josh giving her a look.

"How old are you?"

"18. I'm a senior at the local high school." She answered, Josh chuckling.

"Alright. Well, let me get those parts out of your trunk." He said, getting the Foxy and Chica heads out of the trunk as a redhead came over to help get the rest of it. She closed the trunk, smiling at the boys.

"Thanks for letting me borrow your trunk... Maybe I could borrow your number?" He asked, Amber laughing at the cheesy pickup line. "It's just so you can be here for the grand opening next week."

"More like next month, Bro. We need to fix the eletrical wiring first, remember?" The redhead said, Amber writing her number down and handing it over to Josh.

"Still want your number." Josh said with a smirk. "I guess you better get going home, Miss Afton."

"Oh drop it." She said, laughing as she got into the car and driving off. The ride home was quiet as she just listened to the radio playing her favorite music. She pulled into her driveway, the absence of the pickup telling her that her grandfather had gone to work already. Her mind drifted to early that day and Josh's words.

"Afton? How do you not know your family's history."

She made it into the house, turning on the light in the living room. She'd make herself a sandwich for dinner later. After she had finished her homework and ate, she made her way to her room, turning on the light. There sat on her bed the Spring Bonnie plush with the Marionette mask on it. If it didn't look so hilarious, she would be terrified. But to her surprise, she laughed about it.

"Okay then." She said, taking the mask off of the plush and hugging it close. She laid down, looking at the plush in her arms. Something about it made her feel safe, but she chalked it up to it being a stuffed animal. That was what they were supposed to do right? The same reason the Foxy plush had done the same. It had been the last thing her father gave her. She smiled softly, snuggling both plushes as she fell asleep.

The night came and went with no dreams of the maze, Amber waking up with a feeling of relief as she sniffed the air. No scent of coffee. That was strange. She looked at the clock, noting that it was her normal time to wake up, but her alarm hadn't gone off. She got out of bed, looking out the window to see her grandfather's truck was still missing. Maybe he was running late at his work. Though she realized he had never really told her what the factory was. Pieces of the puzzle were starting to fall into place, but she shook her head. The pieces could wait until after school, which she was going to be late for if she didn't hurry. She made it downstairs before seeing the black figure from the day before again.

"Who are you?" She asked it, the figure just being silent as she looked around for something to protect herself. The figure put its arms up in a surrender position, as if it was trying to show her it meant no harm. She looked at it, something cluing her in.

"I'm dreaming, aren't I?" She asked, the figure nodding. She walked around it, wondering why she was still dreaming. She should have been up by now. She tilted her head.

"Puppet, right? That's what Josh called you yesterday. When he saw your mask. Is that why you're here?" The Puppet shook its head, offering its hand to her. When she hesititated, it presisted as if it was urgent. She finally relented, taking the Puppet's hand as the scene changed around them to the green glowing maze. She looked at the Puppet, her confusion clear in her eyes as it led her to a room that was still boarded up.

"Why are we here?" She asked, the Puppet never saying a word as it led her through the boarded up room to show that she wasn't in the maze, but an old pizzeria. She turned around, seeing the boarded up room was at the end of the hallway.

"Where are we?" She asked, the Puppet holding up a finger to his lips as if to tell her to calm down and watch. In front of her stood a man with an axe, blond hair, purple uniform. A few minutes passed before he spoke.

"Okay, free these spirits and get out of here. Unless they get me first that is." he said. "Undo my dad's crimes." He added, looking around the pizzeria for the first animatronic. Amber and the Puppet followed him as she watched him looked at a purple bear.

"Lead them back here. When you do, I'll hack the suits and free the souls. I hate destroying Dad's property, but it has to be done." The purple bear nodded, walking off. Amber looked at the Puppet, the question clear in her eyes.

"Is that..." It nodded before she could finish, confirming her suspicions. That was her father. She was watching her father as the first animatronic rounded the corner. Bonnie. The Puppet held her back as she tried to stop him. All she could do was watch as her father destroyed the animatronic bunny. And then the rest. She turned to the Puppet, completely confused.

"Why is he doing that?.. Wait a minute... Father's crimes. What did Grandpa do?" She asked him before the scene disappeared and she woke up with a start. She turned to look at the clock, panting from the fear. The clock read 4:24 am. She sighed, knowing she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep after that. A look to her dresser revealed another plush, this time of the Puppet with the mask no longer anywhere to be found. She tilted her head, wondering if she should just dismiss the dream as nonsense or take it seriously.

Amber sighed as she stared up at the ceiling for a few more minutes before getting up to get her laptop out. A web search of the local franchise revealed more. Five kids disappeared from a birthday, one killed a few years earlier. She had thought those were just rumors, not fact. She took a deep breath, wondering what her father and grandfather had to do with them. She then looked up at the Puppet plush.

"Way to be cryptic, Puppet. Only thing that told me was what he was doing the night he disappeared." She said, sighing softly as she hugged the Spring Bonnie plush close to her. She sighed, looking at the plush on her dresser.

"What happened to my dad, Puppet?" She whispered, knowing he wasn't going to answer her.