Greeting: I'll go back to Fazbear's pizza. Leslie's story will continue soon.
Like I said, this Act will have a bunch of different stories. Fazbear's crew is one of them, Leslie is another.
There will come more. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy this chapter, my lovely readers!

( Fazbear's pizza. Around 4 to 6 PM)

Their visitor hadn't stayed for long but everyone was grateful for that.
Even that short moment, the creature had been outside their door, had been terrifying enough.
Those teeth, that smiling face and that hissing voice were mental pictures no one could get rid of.
They were walking around, shocked. The animatronics and the adults had not seen the creature's offer coming.
It was what everybody was thinking about right then.
The atmosphere had gotten way scarier and more intense than ever before.
Bonnie and Freddy, for instance, were staying close to one another and occasionally glanced at the adults.
Bonnie seemed to be scared of them. They certainly weren't much of a threat at the moment.

Some adults were trying to wake Mrs. Grandy up. Vixey had gone to help them and Crystal had followed her.
They were occupied because Mrs. Grandy was not an easy one to wake up. Gretta wasn't with them, which was weird.
Usually, she was the first one to help a friend in distress.
Not that Vixey and the adults had needed her, they could do it themselves.
" Get some more water, her eyelids are moving", noticed Crystal.
Mrs. Grandy had a lot of friends and they sighed.
" She is so sensitive to shock. This will be the most horrible thing she has gone through", said one woman.
" Don't forget Richard! That was by far the worst. Losing Richard was the same as the end of the world to her", replied another woman.
" I hope with all of my heart that she'll make it", Vixey was worried about Mrs. Grandy as well.
Crystal gave Mrs. Grandy some water as she tried to get up. She was awake...barely
" Slow down. Take it slow, don't hurry", said Vixey.
Mrs. Grandy drank the water.
" Is it gone? That horrible creature. Why was it so crazy?", whimpered Mrs. Grandy.
Crystal and one man helped her sit up.
" Are you sure you don't want to lie down? You are pale, so pale", the man asked her.
" It's my blood pressure. Once it catches up, the paleness will fade", Mrs. Grandy assured the man.

She looked everything but fine, her skin was extremely pale. She was like Dracula's wife or a just a corpse.
Mrs. Grandy was sure that she was alright but everyone doubted that.
" We could go to Fang's Circle of the hidden treasure. Fang has a bed, it belongs to him and his family but I think you can use it", suggested Vixey.
" I don't need to rest, I'm getting over the shock now", Mrs. Grandy laughed.
She thought it was stupid to think she wasn't fine. She was sensitive but capable of getting over shocking situations.
The thanks belonged to her deceased husband. Mrs. Grandy was alright but that was pretty much it.

What the creature had said had made the situation worse. The animatronics could trust the adults no longer and vise versa.
Freddy patted Bonnie on the head.
" Do you think they might try to kill us?", Bonnie asked him with her ears drooping.
Freddy was brave.
" Who would take the word of a murderous creature? No one is that stupid", assured Freddy.
Bonnie was a psychic and she could feel what Freddy couldn't. Despite all facts, some adults were considering taking the offer.
When it came to everyone's own life, nothing else mattered.
Killing the animatronics would have been an easy way to guarantee the survival of their kids and themselves.
Of course, it was either the animatronics or them. The creature had offered the animatronics a chance to kill the adults as well.
Some adults didn't trust the animatronics anymore. The animatronics could kill them any second to quarantee the safety of the children and themselves.

The third offer which was killing the children was not an option.
Neither the adults nor the animatronics would hurt the kids. Everyone agreed that the children needed to survive.
They were so innocent.

Some basement animatronics had come up to play with the kids.
Some positivity was needed, especially among the children. Springtrap and Catty were playing with them as well.
Some kids would have wanted Marionette to be there too, he made them feel safe.
The truth was that Marionette had gone to Mike and they were in their boxes.
Marionette was acting weird and that worried Mike a lot. Marionette had closed his box and gone silent.
Mike's box was open and his upper body was out of it. He was looking at Marionette's box and listening to any sounds that he might hear.
Mike was waiting and waiting.
Marionette wasn't afraid, was he?
Mike couldn't hear anything but something was happening in there. Marionette wasn't completely still inside his box.
It couldn't be heard but he was moving.
" That is crazy", Mike heard a whisper.
It was Marionette! Mike began to get curious. What was Marionette doing in there?
Mike placed his hands on the edges of his box and got out. He got closer to the other box with slow steps.

Marionette was keeping all other psychics out, he had closed his head.
No one could read his thoughts and he couldn't hear theirs. Mike had spent a lot of time inside Marionette.
He was aware that this usually meant that Marionette needed to concentrate on something.
Mike had no idea what he could be concentrating on and there was only one way to find out.
He walked next to the box and looked at its cover.
Mike didn't want to disturb anything important but he wanted to find out.

Mike raised his hand and knocked on the cover a few times.
" Marionette, what are you doing in there? Come out, everybody needs you to have the situation under control", Mike told him.
The cover opened slowly and Marionette peeked out.
" Can I have a second, please? I need to finish this", he claimed and was about to close the cover.
" What are you doing?", Mike asked him.
" I'm thinking, hang on", exclaimed Marionette and closed the box.
Then Mike opened the cover himself, he hadn't finished.
" The situation is getting hot. We need you before the adults and the animatronics kill each other. Or worse! They kill the kids", said Mike.
There was no immediate response. Marionette had buried his face into his hands.
At first, Mike thought he was crying but he wasn't. Marionette seemed frustrated or annoyed by something.
It could be heard in his voice and seen in his eyes.
" Leave me alone! The adults won't kill their own kids and neither will out friends", Marionette snapped at him.
Mike knew that Marionette hadn't been so rude on purpose. He was upset just like always when he couldn't figure something out.
Marionette hadn't tried to hide his feelings, Mike sensed them all.
" Unlocking the secrets of beast witches, huh? So that's what they are", smiled Mike.

" You read my thoughts? Stop it, Mike! I don't like others poking around in my mind", said Marionette.
" It's because your mind was taken over by the Sorcerer that one time. You don't want to be in that state ever again", replied Mike.
" I said don't read my bloody thoughts", Marionette shook his head.
" I didn't read them that time. I guessed. I also guess that you are upset and need help with something", answered Mike, worried for his friend.
" I don't, I simply need space to think and some peace. In case you didn't know, there's the Apocalypse going on outside.
It's hard to get peace when you can hear lots of people screaming constantly", Marionette responded in a very enraged manner.
He didn't give Mike a chance to say more.

Marionette grabbed the edges of the cover with his strings and pulled them down. Mike stood there for about two minutes.
No sound came out during that time. Mike raised his hand to knock on the cover again.
" Don't even think about it", he heard Marionette in his head.
" Talking about manners. I thought he was the one that said he didn't want anyone to go into his head", snorted Mike.
Suddenly, the cover shot open and Marionette jumped out. He leaped over the box's edge and landed on the floor.
" God damn me and my dumb head", cursed Marionette.
Mike was staring at him, waiting for him to snap or something. Marionette sighed and glanced at Mike with a bored stare.
" For being the best animatronic psychic in the world, I surely am as stupid as a stone", he said.
Marionette looked like he wanted to hit his head against a wall. Mike had not seen him like that since he and Luna had tried to find the Grayson hill.
" Can you finally explain to me what it is that you are trying to find out?", asked Mike.
" Why do you care, Mike?", said Marionette.
" I have been a part of you. Saying that you are like a brother to me is not enough", explained Mike.

Marionette let out a sigh full of disappointment.
" That creature said that they would spare us if we killed the adults, the children or the animatronics", Marionette told Mike.
" So what? You don't believe them, do you?", Mike was shocked by the idea.
" I don't but it makes me think. Beast witches don't do a lot for fun.
It scares me that I don't know why the beasts would want us to kill each other", Marionette explained to Mike.
" I see. You sense there's something more to that than making their job easier", Mike nodded thoughtfully.
" It will be better if we understand their plan before something bad happens", Marionette told him.
" You are absolutely right. Now, I get why you are so upset", chuckled Mike.
Marionette looked at him with a serious face.
" This time, we could end up being ripped apart along with our beloved children", Marionette said seriously.
" I know. It's out duty to do our best though. I'll help you find out the truth", Mike comforted him.

Marionette explained everything to him. Mike was listening the whole time.
They discussed the different outcomes and how they would affect the situation.
" If the children die, we have no reason to fight back", Mike told Marionette.
" I thought about that. Why would that have a special meaning to the beast witches?", answered Marionette.
" If we or the adults get killed, there won't be enough of us to keep the children calm", Mike thought out loud.
" Springtrap could handle them. But if we die, the others are defenceless", said Marionette.
They had ideas but not an answer to their question. Mike chuckled out loud.
" What are you laughing at?", asked Marionette.
There were zero reasons to be laughing at the moment.
" Just a funny thing. It's amazing how dependent we are on one another. We don't think about it often but we form a triangle of safety.
If one of the groups gets destroyed, we all die", Mike thought.
" A triangle?", asked Marionette, frowning.
" Yeah! Like a holy trinity of pizzas or something", chuckled Mike.
" A triangle. A triangle of safety", Marionette was looking at the floor.

Then he glanced up, eyes widening.
" A triangle. That's it. We form a triangle", said Marionette.
" What about it?", asked Mike.
" You know there's a shield around us", said Marionette.
" Thank goodness for that", nodded Mike.
" It's not the only one, is it?", smiled Marionette.
Mike shook his head slowly.
" It's not. A triangle is the toughest shape ever. In a spiritual manner as well", claimed Marionette.
" A triangle is protecting us as well?", Mike was confused.
Marionette came close to him.
" You don't realize it. The blessing can protect us from monsters but before it went up Nadia saw the darkness outside but not inside", Marionette explained to Mike.
" It's a spiritual shape. Some spells, witches use, require groups of people. They form spiritual shapes that change the soulsphere around them", added Marionette.
" And the same thing in English please", requested Mike.

" We affect each other with kindness. We spread fun and love. Adults care for the kids and make sure they can play safely.
Children is what unites us and adults. If all three groups are present, the atmosphere of spiritual energy around us fills with kindness and love", replied Marionette.
" That was way clearer. So this spirit shape thing that protects us is powered by the presence of all three groups", said Mike.
" If one group falls, so does the shield created by the shape. Protecting the pizzeria will be impossible without it", Marionette nodded to him.
That whole sentence simply didn't leave a good taste in Mike's animatronic mouth.
" When someone decides to take action, they will kill us all", Mike said to himself, grinning in distress.
" If someone decides to take action! Not when, if!", Marionette pointed out.

Mike would have liked to agree but he couldn't. He wished he could have been absolutely sure that nothing would happen.
There were so many people and animatronics who might decide to save themselves and their children.
Gretta didn't even like animatronics. Killing them all was a perfect idea for her. Kill the animals, save the children, become everyone's hero!
It was simple but wrong. Then Mike wondered if Fang could actually attack the adults to save the kids from the beast witches.
He was a Legend wolf. Both creatures were lethal and Fang was both of them.
Had the last years made him a social animatronic? Had Fang become lovable and absolutely kind?
Mike couldn't tell.
Fang loved playing and he could never return back to that monster that had murdered Bella and Mike.
On the other hand, Fang had his own family to protect and he loved them. He was a good dad who wouldn't hesitate to do anything in order to protect his daughters.

Together, Fang and Storm might be able to kill the adults. Mike hoped Storm wouldn't do it.
Killing the adults would hurt the kids as well, Storm had to realize that.
Right then, Mike was doubting the kindness of his friends. How many would consider murdering all the adults in order to save themselves and the kids?
Freddy, Bonnie and Chica wouldn't do it, they loved adults as much as they loved kids.
Foxy, Vixey and Crystal were pirates and pirates were known to be dangerous.
" Foxy wouldn't kill anyone. He's so friendly and sweet. Foxy doesn't think that saving the kids and us is solved by killing the adults", thought Mike.
He couldn't help it though. Mike was sensing problems ahead.
Everyone would have to sleep in the pizzeria and live there for a long time.
The pizzeria wasn't built for that kind of use. It was big but still too small for everyone.
Mike had been watching movies and studied psychology. He knew that doubt and distrust could take over the pizzeria very quickly.
Mike had been thinking so hard that he hadn't noticed Marionette walk away.
Suddenly, Mike looked around and noticed that Marionette was gone.
" Where did he go?", asked Mike.

He walked to the main hall, hoping to see something good. Mike was expecting to see corpses but he didn't.
The animatronics were hanging around and the children were there too.
" Everything still okay?", he asked Kristian who walked by with a pizza.
" The children are eating. That's good I guess. Nobody seems to be too happy but it's better than crying", Kristian told him.
Mike saw that he wasn't happy. Kristian brought pizzas to the kids who hadn't eaten yet.
After Betsy had gone mad, eating hadn't been everyone's priority but now they had started to feel hunger again.
Mike walked past the tables, going towards the stage. He glanced at the Pirate cove and the Circle.
Fang and his family were at the Circle, looking sad. Fang didn't seem to be aggressive, he was worried by the looks of it.
Foxy was at the Pirate cove and he was talking to Chica and Felix.
At the same time, Crystal came to Mike and grabbed his hand.
" Hi, Mike. Looking for Marionette?", she greeted him.
" Actually yes. How did you know that?", asked Mike, surprised.
" I just know things. I know how you look around you when you are looking for Marionette", answered Crystal.
They walked forward together.
" Do you happen to know where he is?", asked Mike.
" He went to the office with Jenny. Marionette told me he wanted to talk about the shield around us. I greeted him when he walked by", said Crystal.
" It will hopefully protect us when the army of enemies arrives", Mike smiled joylessly.
" Will you join the battle? To be honest, I'm scared to go outside. It's so misty and depressing out there", Crystal revealed a secret.

It wasn't much of a secret, nobody loved the darkness.
" Everybody thinks that way. I'll protect you with your parents", assured Mike.
" Thanks! I feel better knowing that you will be there for me", thanked Crystal.
" Not that you would need it", added Mike.
" Perhaps but still", giggled Crystal.
They walked to the stage and sat down. Mike assumed Marionette was done with him.
Marionette and Jenny knew all about the magic and spiritual shapes and soulspheres.
If Mike had gone to the office, his head would have been blown up by all the mystical vocabulary.

Mike was calmer when he was with Crystal. He liked her and she liked him.
They could spend time together before the monsters would come. Freddy and Bonnie seemed to have the same idea.
Bonnie was leaning into Freddy and she kissed him. Their eyes were fixed on the front door.
They might have been holding each other's hands but they were still guarding the door. The monsters could come in any moment.
" Be strong, Bonnie. This fight won't be worse than the ones before", Mike heard Freddy say.
Mike decided to take it in. Freddy's words were meant for Bonnie but they comforted him as well.

" It won't be worse, we have gone through a lot of fighting. It won't be as bad as everyone thinks", he told himself.
He couldn't believe it. Mike thought that something was affecting his thinking.
Usually, Mike wasn't pessimistic. The darkness had started to have an effect on everybody.
Bonnie looked like she had seen another one of Jenner's nightmares. She needed Freddy to calm her down.
Everybody was more or less like Bonnie.
Crystal was scared too and not all of it was fear of the battle. The animatronics were trying to keep their heads up but it was hard.
Right then, Mike thanked Springtrap for existing. None of them could have been able to cheer up the kids.
Springtrap was playing with a few children and all the others were looking at him. It made Mike cheer up for a second.
The happiness faded as soon as it had come.

" Oh no! They are here", Mike said along everyone else.

Bonnie, Nadia, Mike and all the other psychics said it at the same time. They could feel it.
Marionette rushed out of the office, he had felt it too. The pizzeria hadn't needed a guardian, the beast witches hadn't planned a surprise attack.
The animatronics got ready, both the basement ones and the normal ones. Of course, the kids got scared immediately.
" Calm down, kids. Finish the pizzas first, the monsters aren't here yet", said Springtrap.
Golden freddy patted his shoulder.
" Good work. Now after they have eaten, take them to the nap room. They won't see us fight this time. Hopefully", said Golden freddy.
Springtrap nodded to him. Golden freddy had warned him that the kids would see the animatronics fight so he prepared for that too.
Golden freddy ran to get his sword. He could see it in his mind's eye.

The army of monsters coming towards them like a swarm of ants.
" We are not going to make it, we'll die", he thought.
Golden freddy could not let it show. The fact was that even Golden freddy and Marionette were afraid.
After all, they may have had only one percent chance of winning. Nobody knew how strong the monsters would be.

Farewell: The army comes, the first encounter awaits. That will happen in the next chapter hopefully.
Before that I want to thank you so much for reading this chapter and saying with me that: THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.