Hey, TransPurpleWitch here! I'll keep this short. There's a TW for the beginning part of this chapter (aka the ???? POV part). It does include s*cidal thoughts. Nothing very explicit, but it could be heavy for some people. Everything after ????'s POV is safe though!
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(???? POV. Place and date unknown.)
It's been 13 years. 13 years since I started to lose everything.
I have some music playing. Well, to be specific, I have one song playing. It was her favorite. The exact date of the incident was a few days ago. I've been in bad shape for a while, but I didn't even get out of bed then. I didn't get up, but I didn't sleep either. I just laid there alone with my thoughts.
That's a dangerous thing for me to do. The only thing that I kept coming back to was "Could I have done something?" And I knew the answer. It's always yes. It's always at least partially my fault.
I could join her. It'd be so easy. The only person who would miss me at this point is my sister. And she only visits every now and then. I wonder if anyone would even find me before her next visit. If anyone would check on me...
But no. I need to find out who's been doing these awful things. Then maybe I can be satisfied enough to leave this godforsaken world behind.
A sudden noise makes me jump and snaps me out of my thoughts. It takes a second to realize somebody knocked at the door.
I begrudgingly get up, go to the door, and open it.
"Whatever you're selling, I'm not-"
"It's me..." said the tall figure outside. His face is covered by a cheap plastic mask and he has the hood of his jacket up, but I recognize him by the voice.
"Mi-"
"Can I come in? I need your help."
"Yeah... of course, superstar."
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(Gregory POV. Pizzaplex, 2029)
Why is this place so damn complicated? Why does an entry pass not let you just ENTER? It's in the name! And why would it upgrade to a daycare pass?
Freddy said he'd meet me in the daycare. I've been above it before, just never in it. And I've seen the animatronic in there. He's okay I guess, just kind of weird looking... Whatever, at least he takes good care of the kids who stay there.
I reach the slide entry and see the statue. There's a Sun statue and... a Moon one? Huh, I've never seen him before. I wonder if he only comes out during the kids' naptimes or something.
Good thing I'm too old for that. Hopefully Sun sees that and doesn't try to make me go lay down or something. I've never actually interacted with him, although it was tempting sometimes to go down when he'd start a game with the group.
"Gregory, I am unable to reach you. Check the Daycare Security desk for a security badge then let me in." I hear Freddy through the Fazwatch. Well, guess it's time to go down the colorful slide then.
I land in the ballpit and start wading through as fast as I can. I don't like ballpits. ...well to be fair, I've never really been in one before. But there was this one story dad told me about when he and Aunt Elizabeth got sick for a few days after being in one. I'd really rather not end up like that...
I hear a familiar laugh and look up to see Sun dive into the ballpit. How deep IS this thing? Does it get deeper?! Sun's pretty tall and he went completely under and- AH WHAT THE HELL GRABBED ME?!
"Helloooooooo!" Oh. It's Sun... He scared the shit out of me! Well, at least he's getting me out of the ballpit. "New Friend! You're sure up late! Are we having a slumber party? Where are all your friends?"
Uh I don't have any. Unless Freddy counts? Does the giant annoying robot bear count...? Luckily, Sun doesn't wait for a response.
"We can finger paint, tell stories, drink Fizzy Faz until our heads ex-PLODE and stay up all night! There is only one rule! Keep the lights ON... ON... ON..."
Ooooookay that was creepy I'm gonna go! Or at least try to, cause as soon as I start to walk away, I get picked back up. How do I distract him...?
I look around and see some foam cylinders. The daycare's pretty clean for having had a bunch of kids in it, so something tells me Sun doesn't like when kids make messes. I quickly kick over the cylinders.
"No, no, no, no! What a mess! Oh, which was the bottom? Where is the top? Clean up! Clean up!" Sun starts frantically picking them up and I take the chance to run to the desk.
"New friend, this- this area is off limits. You're gonna get us in trouble." Sounds like he noticed... "Do you want a puppet show? I have glitter glue! Do you like glitter glue? Googly eyes?"
I see a little Freddy head and push the nose on it. It opens and there's a security badge inside. Score! As I grab it, the daycare lights suddenly turn off.
Oh shit...
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(Gregory POV. Hurricane, Utah, 2023)
"Why on EARTH would you think that was a good idea?!"
I've never heard dad this angry... I watch as he takes off the wig and the weird bear mask he wears to work.
"Why would you sneak out and follow me?! What if something happened to you, huh?! I wouldn't be able to keep an eye on you!"
"What's the worst that could happen?! You work at a kid's pizza place! I could trip and scrape my knee maybe but nothing that bad!" I notice he's not even looking at me right now... Did I say something wrong?
"Dad?"
"You'd be surprised... A lot of people I know have been seriously hurt at places that're supposed to be safe. My best friend when I was little. Your Aunt Elizabeth. Your Uncle Evan. Nobody was keeping an eye on them while their parents were busy." He finally looks back at me. "I don't want you hurt..."
Oh...
"I'm sorry... I didn't know that... It's just with this new job you've been gone during the day and sometimes even when you're home you're on the phone with people. I wanted to go with you. I miss you."
He frowns, he seems more sad than angry now... "I'm sorry for yelling, superstar. Hey, tomorrow's Saturday. It'll be my last day there. How about a dad and Gregory day on Sunday, hm? Just us, the whole day. Whatever you want to do."
I nod and hug him. "I love you, dad."
"I love you too superstar."
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(Gregory POV. Pizzaplex, 2029)
"No, no! Why would you do that? Lights on! Lights on! I warned you- I WARNED YOU!" I stare as Sun falls backwards off the desk. I start to take a step towards him but he comes back up. Except he's not Sun...
Sun and Moon are the same animatronic... oh god...
"Naughty boy. Naughty boy. It's past your bedtime. You must be punished. Nighty-night." He sounds even creepier now!
He leaps up into the air after that. How did he do that?!
"Gregory. I do not know what you did, but the lights are out in the Daycare..." I hear Freddy through the Fazwatch. "You need to find the emergency backup generators and turn them on. They are in the play structures."
IN the play structures?! How is that SAFE?!
"Hidey hide. Hide away." Moon laughs. He sounds nearby... I wonder if the same trick I used on Sun will work for him.
"Bad children must be found. Bad children must be punished."
I run to another stack of foam cylinders and knock them over.
"Clean up! Clean up!" Perfect. I take the chance to get in the nearest play structure. I spot one of the wires and start following it.
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Wooooo longer chapter! I wasn't really sure if I wanted to do anything with Sun and Moon as far as story lore goes lol
Anyways, when I get further with this story, I'm gonna start another fnaf fic as well that takes place in a different au. A lot of stuff will be different to this since my fnaf headcanons and theories have changed since I started writing this story.
That is not to say I'm going to change this story or abandon it! I love this story as it is and I will love my new story as it is when I write it. I just wanted to share the plan cause I'm excited for it lol.
As usual, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed! ~TransPurpleWitch