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It is time for the second chapter of Act 3.
Read and enjoy, please!
( Freddy Fazbear's pizza. 5 AM)
The huge, lonely building stood there, embracing the first rays of the rising sun. Spring was just the best time of the year.
The sun rose so early and it brought the warmth with it.
The hat of the Freddy sign lit up and soon the light hit Freddy's smiling face.
The sound of cars was carried in by the breeze. Apart from that, it was so nice and quiet.
Never would have anyone been able to quess that the animatronics who inhabited this pizzeria, had been fighting the end of the world just a few months ago.
The Great fight of the Grayson hill had been a shock to all involved.
The people, the animatronics themselves, everyone had lost a piece of their soul in that battle.
Those people who had simply wanted to attend the Great festival, had been face to face with gore and suffering.
So many of their friends, both attendees and staff, had been stabbed or strangled or simply torn to death.
It had all been done by animatronics.
Something many had not even imagined to be possible. The evil animatronics, Legends, had been killing people before but that had been in one single city.
The Great festival had been a big fest like its name had promised.
There had been people from around the state and from other states as well.
The massacre in the city had been easy to shrug off as just a bunch of nonsense. Most people had not believed it.
In fact, the US army had been telling the press that it was a malfunction at an animatronic factory.
The overall peace had stayed.
Not in this case.
Because of the variety of people at the Great festival, the knowledge had spread. Everyone knew that it was not just a malfunction.
The dread of killer animatronics had become a part of their lives.
It had affected the military as well, not only the civilians.
The fact that some Legends and their fighters had escaped, had not made the situation better. Everyone was terrified of the Legends, walking around at night.
The local police departments and the state police had been informed of the danger.
From that day on, their police officers had been equipped with a strong taser gun which had proved to be the most effective against animatronics.
The gun didn't kill them but it did calm them down and stun them long enough for the police to cuff them.
They had special handcuffs for that as well.
Probably the most dangerous animatronic, out there, was Okami the Elder wolf who had not been seen since the battle at the Grayson hill.
Some presumed he was dead but the animatronics at Freddy Fazbear's were not convinced.
" If Okami is dead, I am scrap metal", like Bonnie had put it.
Some animatronics that had escaped, had been found already though.
Each and every one of them had been put into a special facility where all the weird villains were kept.
They weren't alone in there, luckily.
The pink bunny and her friends who had been Fredbear's allies, had been there from the very start.
They were under lock and key at all times.
They hadn't been tortured or anything.
The place was surprisingly nice and the staff were friendly.
Every single animatronic, in there, had been interrogated. None of them had told the interrogator where Okami was.
They didn't know or they didn't want to tell.
Either way, Okami was missing and the tension of when he would strike again was getting bigger and bigger.
There was no way he could have left the state, the national guard had taken care of that.
All of this was going on while the sun was rising.
The pizzeria and the animatronics, which had been protecting humans and fighting wars, did not worry about such things as crises.
And neither did some of the customers who came there.
The children had kept the animatronics from falling into depression and panic.
Some parents did come to Freddy's with a wary expression on their face. That was no big deal.
The memory of all the friends, who they had lost in the battle, was still in the air though.
Springtrap was thinking a lot about the alaskan malamute whose fate had been to be decapitated by one of her friends.
He was also sad about the death of a rainbow colored coyote who had been a really nice fella and friendly to all.
He was also grieving the death of all the others.
He was very empathic and due to the others being sad, he felt sorry for them.
Eclipse was grieving the death of his parents and so was his pet kitsune Faith.
Luckily, Nadia the blind Elder wolf was there for them. She had joined Eclipse's sorrow and was always ready to chat with Eclipse and comfort him.
The cats Lara and Catty had lost the third member of their group.
Catty had lost her both sisters and Candy had died to save her. She thought about that a lot.
The sorrowful cat didn't perform anymore.
Mostly she was playing with the children at the Kid's cove with Mangle.
In that morning, everybody was asleep and sharing warmth with their friends.
Freddy and Bonnie were together, Chica was sleeping with Felix at the moment.
The Toy animatronics, Springtrap and Golden freddy were together.
Foxy's family was sleeping at the Pirate cove.
Nadia and Scarlett were sleeping in their own meditational way.
They were in Nadia's relaxing room, sitting on the floor in a lotus position, listening to the sounds of the mind world.
Balloon boy was a different story. He was pretty much alone in the Arcade palace.
There was a huge empty spot in there and it felt as if something was missing.
Bulldozer's place was now empty.
Their gentle giant had been killed in the battle by the building, collapsing on him and Frost.
They couldn't kill each other so the building had killed them both.
Balloon boy was sad but not as sad as Storm Jr. the white wolf.
The rooms in the pizzeria were quiet apart from the main hall.
Right there, next to the Pirate cove, was another stage. It was the Circle of the hidden treasure.
The home of Fang the Pirate wolf and his family. The group of four wolves was sleeping on a bed that was on the stage.
They had a nice, warm, soft blanket over them.
The blanket was covering the left side of Fang's body up to the neck.
Storm the white wolf was sleeping with her left leg hanging outside the bed.
Fang and Storm were at the edges of the bed, Fang on the right and Storm on the left.
Between them were none others than their daughters which they loved more than anything in the world.
Sweet and kind Willa had covered her face completely with the blanket. It was so cozy and warm in there.
Willa was smiling in her sleep.
Ever since she had been saved by her sister, Storm Jr., and killed Hank the Legend husky in battle, Willa had been smiling in her sleep.
She was simply happy to be in bed with her sister and parents.
Seemed like Fang's family was together again for real. Fang and Storm were happy as well to have their two daughters with them.
Fang himself had never been so happy in his life. It was mostly because Storm was no longer sad.
She had been going through a lot after Storm Jr. had gotten damaged.
Like that when Storm had fallen to the ground after Marionette had told her that Storm Jr. could not be saved.
Fang never wanted to see Storm cry again. The fact that Storm's eyes were dry, made Fang so happy.
The fact that his entire family was okay, made him happy.
Fang wrapped the edge of the blanket around his body. He was getting rather cold.
He even shivered due to the coldness. It was really chilly under the blanket.
Fang was not okay. The coldness was really unpleasant.
His system activated a little more, giving Fang the ability to think rationally.
He wasn't sleeping anymore and his movements were reflexes no longer.
Fang could feel the breathing of his family. Willa was calm and so was Storm.
Two happy wolves sleeping and warming each other up.
A cold breeze hit Fang in the neck and he opened his eyes.
The pirate wolf started to understand why it was so cold in there.
Storm and Willa were warm but Fang was cold.
The blanket had been around him for a long time. He should have been warm.
Fang was able to locate the source of the coldness very easily.
His entire left side was freezing. Fang's body had lost all its heat.
There was a frozen hand on his left hip. It had sunk its claws into Fang's side and was extremely uncomfortable.
That hand belonged to Storm Jr.
She had frozen her hand in distress and was holding on for her life.
Fang glanced at her and saw tiny white clouds coming out of her mouth.
Her breathing was as frozen as her hand and it was heavy.
Storm Jr. was everything but calm.
She was mouthing cries for help and shaking her head back and forth.
Storm Jr. was trying to fight something but her body was in stasis. It seemed to be very frightening.
Fang grabbed her arm and slowly removed the claws from his side.
After his black blood had healed the wound, he petted Storm Jr.'s arm calmingly.
This was not the first time this had happened. Fang felt sorry for his baby girl.
The first month had gone so well. Storm Jr. had been recovering nicely and Fang had been so proud of her.
Storm Jr. had been playing with the children and performing with a big smile on her face.
She had been singing, dancing and making poems for the kids. The children had loved her new body and everything had been perfect for a month.
Then the nightmares had come and ruined it all.
Storm Jr. was begging for help in her sleep. Sometimes she had even been clawing her own face and gasping for breath like she was drowning.
She sounded like somebody was strangling her.
Fang rubbed his snout against Storm Jr., hoping that it would calm her down.
Storm Jr.'s hand was not the only cold part of her body.
While rubbing his snout against her, Fang noticed that her side was cold and so was her face.
Fang came closer to her and placed his hand on her chest.
He put it right to the middle of where her breasts started and pushed a tiny bit.
Fang moved his fingers along the neck, all the way up to the chin and repeated the whole thing again.
It was something Nadia had taught him after he had told her about Storm Jr.'s nightmares.
It was meant to make her able to breathe better. It kinda worked.
Storm Jr. stopped shaking her head and making the choking sounds.
Fang was holding onto her hand with his other hand. Fang was truly worried about her.
Storm Jr. had not wanted to tell them anything about the nightmares.
Based on her cries for help, it was bad and terrifying, whatever it was.
Fang began to talk in her head.
" Shh. Calm down. It's okay, sweetie. We are right here", said Fang.
Storm Jr. responded by unfreezing her hand and relaxing.
Fang went inside her head and put calming thoughts in there. He reached for her happy memories and replaced the bad thoughts with them.
Fang hadn't had the courage to go and see what the nightmares were about.
Storm Jr. had not wanted to say what they were about and Fang respected her will.
Whatever they were, they had something to do with Leslie most likely.
Marionette had promised that they would stop eventually. Storm Jr. had killed him after all.
Killing her boyfriend was not something which she could simply forget and shrug off.
Storm Jr. just required some time to heal. There was nothing unnatural about the nightmares.
Leslie's death had been a trauma and now she was reliving that moment in her dreams.
Compared to her last reaction which was locking herself up in the basement, the nightmares were nothing.
Fang stopped for a second and considered taking a look at the nightmares.
He had been just pushing them aside before but then he was thinking about actually taking a look.
He took a deep breath and peeked into the nightmare.
He came out of it immediately.
Fang gasped in fear. That had scared him. Fang hadn't seen much but that had been enough.
He had seen three rows of sharp teeth with pieces of flesh stuck in them.
Fang didn't want to think about the rest of what he saw. Right then he understood what was making Storm Jr. so afraid and stressed.
Fang promised himself and Storm Jr. that the nightmares would go away very soon.
But the nightmare was over for now and Fang could go to sleep again.
Fang smiled as Storm Jr. let out a tiny sigh of relief.
" Sleep, honey. Sleep", Fang kissed her snout.
The morning was not far away. Fang looked at the ceiling and stared at it.
He was still holding onto Storm Jr.'s arm. He was petting it with his tender palm.
Storm Jr. turned to face Fang and buried her cheek into the fur, on his shoulder.
" Thank you, dad", Storm Jr. whispered.
Fang smiled and responded by patting her head a few times.
Those nightmares were a real burden.
He was going to get Nadia, Marionette and Golden freddy to help him if the nightmares didn't stop soon.
What he had seen, had been a thousand times more terrifying than the Elders or even Black the cat.
Fang really wished he had been able to help Storm Jr.
It was unfortunate that Storm Jr. didn't want any help.
Right then, Storm Jr. seemed to enter sleep mode again.
Her body had warmed up and a couple minutes later she was sleeping as peacefully as her sister and her mother, next to her.
Fang decided not to go to sleep anymore.
Usually after Storm Jr. had had a nightmare, Fang had not gone to sleep.
Fang might have been paranoid for no reason but he couldn't help it. He felt as if Storm Jr. could start seeing nightmares as soon as he went to sleep.
Fang had promised to take care of Storm Jr. after Leslie's death.
Surprising as it may seem, Fang was a tiny bit sad due to Leslie's death.
Not because it made Storm Jr. sad but due to the fact that Leslie was dead.
Their life would never be the same anymore.
Even if he had wounded Storm Jr. and killed lots of people, Fang thought he had been a nice guy.
He was embarrassed of how he and Storm had treated Leslie as a monster.
Jenner had never been his fault, the Sorcerer hadn't been his fault.
He had just been very unlucky to have so much power.
Fang turned and faced Storm Jr.
Why was he thinking about it so much?
It didn't matter anymore. Leslie was dead like Luna, Salazar, Bulldozer and all the other dear friends which they had lost.
They were dead and not coming back.
What he and Storm had done was in the past. Thinking about it was not going to make things right.
Like Storm had told him, only actions could make things right.
Leslie was dead so there was nothing he or anybody could do about it.
Fang looked at Storm Jr. and her closed, peaceful eyes.
He was not able to smile.
He couldn't get it out of his mind anymore.
Leslie, Leslie, Leslie.
That's all he could think about. Every time he thought about Leslie, his body was filled with a creepy feeling.
Like something wasn't right.
Fang could not relax completely. Maybe it was due to him being a Legend.
An animatronic, born to kill and fight.
Peace was not what he had been made for. It was his fighting instincts, trying to be set free.
Fang needed a battle to look forward to. He let out a tiny grunt.
He was sure he would get used to it.
Love and fun was going to be his mantra for the rest of his life.
Suddenly, Fang wasn't able to stay in bed any longer.
He got up slowly as to not wake up his family.
He walked past Foxy and Crystal. Fang noticed that Vixey was missing.
He looked around and saw that there were lights in the restroom.
Vixey had to be there.
" Why not? I could go talk to her", Fang thought and shrugged.
Fang was happy that somebody else was awake as well. He tiptoed to the restroom and peeked in.
He saw Vixey in the restroom as expected.
" Good morning", he greeted.
Vixey jumped and turned around. She sighed in relief.
" Oh. Morning", greeted Vixey.
" Sorry about that. Didn't mean to scare you", Fang apologized.
" It's nothing. I just couldn't sleep anymore. And I thought everybody else was asleep", Vixey shook her head.
" I thought so too. Luckily, we are both awake, we don't have to be alone", smiled Fang.
Vixey nodded and turned around.
She washed her face with a wet piece of toilet paper and then dried it with a towel.
" So..what's keeping you from sleeping?", asked Vixey out of curiosity.
Fang let out a deep sigh of worry.
" Bad dreams?", frowned Vixey.
Fang nodded to her.
" I mean, I'm not seeing nightmares. Storm Jr. was trying to turn me into a frozen wolf.
She does freeze her hands when she's seeing nightmares", Fang explained.
" I understand. Out of all of us, she took Leslie's death really hard. As expected really", Vixey sighed and glanced at the ground.
Fang walked closer and looked into the mirror.
He still looked tough and strong.
Everybody could see that he was a fighter rather than a friendly animatronic.
" I presume your nightmares aren't about Leslie, are they?", Fang glanced at Vixey.
Vixey smiled and shook her head.
" Funny. I'm not actually having nightmares. I spend most of my time in my dream world with Foxy", said Vixey.
" Oh, I thought nightmares were keeping you awake since you brought it up", Fang was surprised.
" It was a wild guess rather than anything else. Dark vixey is acting weird. She seems to be in pain", explained Vixey.
Fang turned around completely.
" In pain? That's not normal", Fang's eyes widened in surprise.
" She claims it's a Joy of creation thing. Beast witches are angry because we prevented the apocalypse", chuckled Vixey.
" Does that happen often, the pain at night?", asked Fang.
Something about it made him worried. Vixey scratched her back.
" Very seldom. They started about a month after we defeated the Legends", shrugged Vixey.
Fang's core stopped for a second. He didn't dare to say anything.
Storm Jr.'s nightmares and Dark vixey's ache had started at the same time.
That was too weird to be a coincidence.
Fang didn't know what to say but he didn't have to.
" What's wrong?", asked Vixey worriedly.
" Around the same time, Storm Jr. started having those nightmares", Fang told her.
Vixey didn't seem to be too worried about it. She looked at the ceiling and thought for a moment.
" It might be nothing. Perhaps Dark vixey is just reacting to Storm Jr.'s agony and fear", she suggested.
" But I thought she told you that it was the beast witches", Fang was not convinced.
" Dark vixey makes mistakes too. Relax, Fang. I bet everything is fine. I can feel your stress.
But I can assure you, Storm Jr. is just having nightmares. That's what they are, nightmares", Vixey patted him on the shoulder.
" It's just that..she seems so terrified. Animatronics aren't even suppose to have dreams", sighed Fang.
" Come on. We have minds as well, just like humans. Anything with a mind can dream. They are nightmares and they will pass", Vixey tried her best to comfort Fang.
He couldn't agree with her.
" Something is wrong. I swear", Fang assured her.
Vixey shook her head.
" What makes you think that?", she sighed.
" I can feel her emotions. By all accounts, it is the exact same dream every single time. And it is not just about Leslie", Fang told her.
" What is it about then?", asked Vixey.
" I saw..a thing. There are these three rows of sharp teeth inside her nightmares. The terror was overflowing.
It even scared me, a brave Legend", Fang let it come out.
" Sharp teeth? And you are sure there were three rows of them?", Vixey looked into Fang's eyes and her own eyes widened.
" Absolutely", Fang answered.
Fang waited for Vixey to say something.
She looked like she was about to say something.
Instead, Vixey nodded to him.
" Okay. I'm sure it's nothing. You should not worry so much", said Vixey.
Fang was sure Vixey knew something. He let it be for the time being.
" I hope Vixey knows what to do. Because I don't", Fang thought later in the morning.
The truth was that Vixey didn't know what to do. She had seen the teeth too but she had convinced herself that it was a coincidence.
Only Storm Jr. could tell what was about to happen.
Only Storm Jr.'s nightmares could warn the animatronics before it was too late.
Farewell: I'm warming up right now. I do realize that I'm rusty after not writing for a long time.
I better warm up fast or else I'll ruin the cool chapters.
Bye, my dear readers and: THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE
