*Thoughts*

"Speech"

".Plushtrap Speak."


Looking for Home, Part 3


Nightmare continued on, the others loyally trailing him.

He prayed within the confines of his mind that they would find his brother soon.

The bear stopped a moment, leaning against a tree and taking a few breaths.

The others stopped as well, all taking a small rest.

Nightmare glanced around, scanning the area for any sign of the small golden bear.

None.

He sighed, leaning his head against the tree.

He let his eyes drift shut, mind floating high above The Point of No Return.

He was snapped from his thoughts when Plushtrap spoke up.

".Scree, scree, reeeeeee..."

His eyes popped back open, and he shifted off the tree.

"What did you say, Plushtrap? I missed it..."

The green bunny had split the nearby bushes apart, and was looking out of them.

She chirped again, pointing.

The others followed suit, looking out.

Before them was an open path, similar to the one Bonnie, Nightmare, and Fredbear had found earlier; only it was wider and better lit, leaves falling down.

Nightmare blinked, stepping out onto it.

Glancing around, he found that it stretched out in both directions, seemingly going on forever.

As usual, the overhead canopy of leaves didn't cease, somehow connecting even though the trees were split apart.

As Nightmare looked east, he felt some sort of odd sensation in his chest.

*Fredbear...*

He turned around.

"I think we'll be alright for now, guys." He told his companions. "If we go down this trail, we can always run back into the...uh...'brush' to escape."

He gave a desperate grin.

"And we gotta try something, right?"

The underlying message, although unclear to Nightmare himself, was plenty clear to the rest.

"I gotta try something if I wanna find Fredbear."

Agreeing, they all entered onto the path, and continued on.


As previously mentioned, the path seemed to drag on forever, and the kids walked for ages.

However, with less hinderances on the open path, they were able to treck further for longer, taking small rests when needed.

The sensation within Nightmare's chest remained dim, but present.

That gave him hope; Fredbear was around here, somewhere.

They just had to keep walking.


The troupe came to another pause, deigning to check up on the injured ones.

Foxy slid Nightmarionne off of his back, laying it on the ground gently.

He checked its wrist for a pulse; when he felt it, he gave a sigh of relief, checking the bruises on its head.

Freddy and Mangle cross-examined BB; there were some nasty openings on his neck, so there wasn't any pulse checking happening there, so they too tried his wrists, relieved when they found one.

Mangle couldn't help but gag a little at some bruises that had been ripped open; the area around the wounds were black and blue, blood staning it.

Chica gagged as she looked down at Bonnie's stomach; it was ripped open, exposing much more than she would haveeverliked to see.

*Look away. Look away. Look...away...*

Eventually tearing her eyes away, she checked him.

Plushtrap had to chase Jack-o-Bonnie all over the place; the bunny was oddly fast in her state of delirium.

Nightmare looked on, the sensation in his chest growing.

*I wonder...*

Suddenly, a small wind picked up.

The unseeable air blew away some leaves littering the ground around the trees to one side, revealing...

...Another path, leading into the trees...?

The group stared at the oddity.

And Nightmare's chest exploded.


The jet black bear sprinted down the path as best he could with his limp, but the adrenaline helped quite a bit.

He and the others had agreed to him going by himself, as he somehow knew, from that sensation in his chest, that Fredbear was nearby.

O/O/O/O

After the wind revealed the new path, Nightmare proceeded to leap seven feet in the air."AYE-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

The others were scared shitless, jumping back at the bear's sudden outburst.

"Nightmare, what the--" Chica began, but was cut off by the bear suddenly appearing in front of her and grabbing her cheeks, putting their faces inches from each other.

"DYA FEEL THAT?! I FEEL THAT!!"

He proceeded to backflip, kicking his feet together as he did so.

"Show'ff," Foxy mumbled jealously.

Landing, the bear clapped his hands together.

"MY CHEST IS ON FIIIIIIIIIIIRE!! AND IT FEELSGREAT!!!"

The others shared a look.

Jack-o-Bonnie deliriously shot him finger guns."Eeeeeyyyyyyy..."

"I think," the bear said, claming down a bit, "That Fredbear might be close."

This sparked interest in the group.

"How close?" Mangle asked, a tad excited.

Nightmare pointed down the pathway.

"Somewhere down there!! I feel it in my chest!! That's why I'm so pumped!!"

He jumped around, twitching."So, so, should we go that way?? Can we?? Can we??"

The others, eager to help, wanted to; but, looking around, they frowned.

"We could...but...should we really haul everybody down that way?" Mangle mused.

Nightmare paused, frowning as well. "You're right..."

He jumped again.

"How about I go, and if I don't come back, you guys can go on without me?"

Everyone jumped at that thought.

"Just give me some time," He continued. "If I don't come back soon enough, you guys can go on, and if I do come back and you're gone, I'll catch up with you later!!"

There was various lip biting, head scratching, looking away, muttering...but eventually, as that seemed the most sensible option at the moment, they agreed.

"I'll be back soooooooon~!!" Nightmare yelled, waving as he charged down the path.

O/O/O/O

The bear felt his excitement grow as he ran, fueled by the ever-growing sensation in his chest.

He called out.

"Fredbear?! Fredbear!!"

He recieved no response, but was not deterred.

The path led deeper into the thicket, each step making the sensation bubble more.

What Nightmare didn't notice was the faint red aura flickering around him.

Or how the path seemed to get more narrow, the treetops binding together more.


Eventually,the jet-black bear burst into a clearing, trees scattered about.

The sensation in Nightmare's chest began to die down, unfortunately.

This caused a bit of panic for the bear.

"Wait--WAIT, I need--"

He then saw the aura--his aura--flickering around him.

Sparks of red electricity seemed to be pointing him in the direction of a tree.

As he got closer to it, he found small, extremely faint sparks of blue electricity coming from a tiny hole near the bottom.

A very tiny hole.

Nightmare crouched down, peeking in.

He saw a glimpse of something golden.

His heart leaped in his chest.

He felt something inside of him...that, in a way,wasn'thim...spark with emotion.

Then, something caught his eye.

The hole was closing.

Almost shut.

Nightmare shrieked, slamming his fist against the trunk.

"Fredbear!!"

He slammed again and again, the rotting wood harder than expected.

He continued to litter the wood with hits, fear rising within him.

*That's gotta be Fredbear...it's gotta be...why...why can't I save him?!*

He felt a spark.

And then he remembered.

As he slammed against the tree, he closed his eyes, trying to summon the surges again.

He felt then rise up his spine, bubbling and slightly uncontrolled.

A voice that he didn't quite hear, but just somehowknewwas there, spoke in his brain.

"Let's do this"


The following explosion sent rotting peices of wood flying out in all directions.

Nightmare fell on his haunches, coughing from the smoke that rose up from the ground.

He looked up, seeing the outline of a bear before him.

"Fredbear!!"

He dived forward, into the tree, pulling the little bear into his arms.

The golden bundle was unconscious, his limp figure sinking into Nightmare's soft fur.

Nightmare felt worry rise up in him.

*No...*

He stroked Fredbear's ears, placing his other hand on the smaller bear's chest.

Nightmare held his breath...