Greeting: The wind is strong, Faith is stronger!
Hello, guys and welcome to the 30th chapter.
It's time to see if Mr. Fazbear is alive and well. Enjoy!
( Faith and the others. Above the edge of the city)
The winds were not letting her rest her wings. Faith would have given anything to be able to land on a roof and sigh in relief.
She had been flapping her wings at least a million times in the last half an hour.
Faith was indescribably exhausted and tired. She could see her old, familiar basement in her eyes. Faith would give up and fall to the ground if she didn't rest.
Eclipse was supporting her by pulling the reins. It helped Faith keep her head up and not let the wind take her with it.
" Faith! Go on! You can do this, girl. I believe in you, just like mom did. You can reach the school. I know you can", Eclipse's voice was there to encourage her.
Faith tried to move forward towards the school, it was in the distance.
She could see it with her own eyes.
" I'm..trying", Faith had to push the words out of her mouth.
They had made it all the way to the city. Eclipse wanted her to fly a little bit more.
" Faith. You are doing so well. It won't take long to get there. I am already so proud of you flying this far. You can make it", Eclipse tried to sound like Luna.
His mother had been talking to Faith like that when Faith had been about to give up.
" Luna. Is that you?", Faith couldn't tell the difference between her and Eclipse's voices.
" No. It's still me. Come on, Faith. You can do it", answered Eclipse.
The wind threw itself at Faith's tummy and she almost flipped over.
Shadow grasped Eclipse as Eclipse was about to fall.
" Don't go anywhere, lad. We still need you", Shadow told him.
" Funny", Eclipse wasn't in the mood.
He looked behind to see if someone had fallen.
" Everybody okay back there?", he asked them.
" Yea! We didn't fall", answered Golden freddy.
Bonnie and been about to fall but Freddy had saved him.
Freddy hugged her in case that would happen again. Faith had to be more careful after that.
The buildings seemed to direct the wind upwards, which was a problem.
Faith had to make sure she wouldn't flip again in any circumstances. It was hard to fly in the wind and Faith's exhaustion didn't help it one little bit.
She was about to drift towards a building and smash into its side but Eclipse saved her.
He yanked the reins to the opposite direction and Faith turned automatically.
Everyone could see how tired she was. Faith was like a drunk person if they had been able to fly.
Faith was trying to go straight but she was drifting along the strong wind. Eclipse was constantly fixing their course.
" Come on, Faith. You can do it", encouraged Crystal from the back.
The school was right in front of them. They could see its each and every detail.
" It seriously is a skyscraper. Why would anyone want to study there?", asked Bonnie.
The big building was at least seventy floors high and there was a clock at the top.
The skyscraper did, however, have a small park at the side. There were beautiful jungle gyms and funny looking slides in the park.
Bonnie leaned in to take a closer look.
Freddy was holding her hand so she wouldn't fall.
" What are you doing?", asked Golden freddy.
" I'm checking out the park. Mr. Fazbear might be hiding there with the children", answered Bonnie.
Truly, Bonnie was sure their boss wouldn't be that stupid. The park was like a dining table for the monsters.
Every person's common sense should have been warning them about going there.
Bonnie focused her gaze on one of the slides. There was something there.
It was at the top of the slide and looked like a child. A kid which seemed to be ready to slide down.
Bonnie sensed no mind so it was a corpse most likely.
Bonnie's guess was true.
They came closer and she saw it. It wasn't in fact a child to begin with.
It was a woman, a really bloody and half naked woman. She seemed to have heels but one was missing.
If she had been alive, she would have been freezing.
The woman had been eaten alive and it was a sorrowful sight.
Bonnie got back from the edge and embraced Freddy. He embraced her back.
" Mr. Fazbear. Please, be alright. Don't be like that woman down there", begged Bonnie.
Freddy looked at her.
" Hey! If anyone can survive this attack, it's Mr. Fazbear. I bet he is hiding somewhere with the kids. We just have to find them", Freddy told her.
Bonnie trusted Freddy.
She was safe in his loving embrace. Bonnie saw the clock as it flew past her.
Faith could see the edge of the roof right in front of her exhausted face.
Her vision was blurry due to all the flying but that edge was as sharp as Shadow's katanas.
Faith came around the edge and let her feet touch the roof which was able to carry her weight.
She didn't have any time to let the others dismount her back or stand up.
Faith gave up and let the gravity do its job.
She collapsed like a tower of legos.
Her head hit the roof first and her body made a loud sound as it came down to the roof.
" Finally. A good place to rest and not to worry", smiled Faith in comfort before closing her eyes.
The fact of not flying was extremely comforting.
She would have wanted to go to sleep mode right then.
Eclipse, Shadow, Golden freddy, Crystal, Freddy and Bonnie dismounted her and came to her head.
Eclipse knelt down.
" She is worn-out. Faith used all of her strength to fly here", Eclipse told the others.
He tried her forehead and it was hot. Faith's whole body was hot like a volcano.
" Oh. Faith, you poor dear", Bonnie knelt down as well.
Eclipse petted Faith's head. Faith opened her eyes slightly and glanced at him.
" I'm fine. Just let me rest for a moment. I can't move anymore", Faith said in a very weak and frail voice.
Eclipse kept on petting her head.
The others got ready to fight.
Eclipse hadn't gone there to fight so it was okay to stay with the weak dragon.
He would have to let Faith get more strength and then they could get ready to leave.
" Remember to be ready, Eclipse. Knowing these monsters, we'll be leaving with an army behind us", Freddy told Eclipse.
" I'll be ready. She just needs to rest for a while. When you come back, Faith will be as good as new", promised Eclipse.
" She'd better be. No pressure but we'll die if she isn't", Goldie said, looking serious.
" I am aware of that. Faith recovers faster than you might think. Concentrate on finding Mr. Fazbear and as many kids as possible.
We'll worry about the escape part", Eclipse nodded to him.
Freddy and Goldie were relieved to hear that. Eclipse seemed sure about what he had claimed.
They had no reason to doubt their friend.
Eclipse was trustworthy and he would be ready if he said so.
" Okay! We'll go now. If any monsters show up, feel free to take off.
You can tell us in our minds that you have left and we'll figure out how to get to you", said Golden freddy.
" Okay, I will", promised Eclipse.
He continued with petting Faith and the others took their weapons out.
Golden freddy and Bonnie warmed themselves up so they would be ready to teleport.
Crystal and Freddy had to just rely on their senses and the support of their friends.
Shadow became one with the darkness and he vanished from the view of others. He was trying not to bump into anyone.
The monsters wouldn't be able to see him but neither would the others.
The roof itself was empty as expected. On the northern side, there was a line of chimneys that had no smoke coming out of them.
The animatronics were on the only flat spot on the roof.
The roof seemed to be going higher as it was getting closer to the edge.
The edge on the southern side, where Faith had come from, was as high as the middle of the roof. There was no slope there.
That flat area on the roof's southern side was clearly meant for maintenance of the chimneys.
Luckily, it was a good landing spot too.
There was a small door at the northern side of the flat area. That was where the animatronics were heading.
Freddy went first and pushed his ear against the door.
There was a stairscase, heading down, on the other side of the door.
Freddy tried to listen for any sounds, coming from the stairscase.
Stairscases had lots of noise since sounds tended to echo in them. Freddy would have been able to hear if there had been any monsters in the stairscase.
It was long based on the hight of the building.
Still, Freddy could not hear much. The others got behind him.
" I can't hear anyone, guys. I think we're clear", said Freddy, glancing behind him.
He turned the iron handle and opened the heavy door as slowly as he could.
The animatronics went after Freddy. He walked forward, to the railing.
The stairscase was dark.
Luckily, Freddy and the others could see in the dark so they weren't blind.
Freddy glanced down, over the railing.
The staircase was spiraling down towards the lobby. Freddy could see all the way down.
Freddy was staring down for a second. He thought he saw some movement few floors down.
He shivered.
Had it just been his imagination?
Animatronics could see in the dark but the darkness was still unclear and scary.
The walls were making noises and due to the echoes, it sounded like whispering.
There could have been a monster on the wall, hiding in the dark. Or the walls themselves could have been alive.
The dark forces were all around them, impairing their vision.
Bonnie was hearing things. She glanced down as well, trying to locate the source of the whispers.
" Is there anything down there?", Bonnie asked Freddy.
" I can't see. I might be just paranoid but I've got a weird feeling. That floor there. Three floors down. It scares me", said Freddy.
He was sounding like a child. His spirit had faded away like a memory.
The staircase was long and anything could be hiding in the darkness. The animatronics began to walk down the stairs.
" Shadow. Did you bump into me?", asked Crystal, whispering.
" I'm here. Right behind you", answered Shadow, whispering too.
Crystal had felt something on her right side, the side where the wall was.
" So that wasn't you? You didn't touch me", asked Crystal to make sure.
" No, I don't think I did", he answered her.
" What was it then?", asked Crystal.
" Maybe the air was moving a little. Or you could be sensing things", suggested Shadow.
Crystal didn't want to think about the other possibilities. She just kept on moving with the others. Crystal slowed down.
" Hold my hand, Shadow", she pleaded.
A friendly hand grabbed hers and it felt comforting. Then Crystal got an uneasing idea.
" Shadow. Umm.. Just thinking. You don't suppose there might be a monster with powers like yours?", asked Crystal, looking around.
" Beast witches have powers just like pure witches. I don't know how well they can manifest their powers in their stolen bodies.
They can use them to some degree, I suppose", answered Shadow.
" Would you be able to feel them?", asked Crystal.
" Most likely not. My power is the result of a spell while they got their powers naturally. I can sense them as well as Bonnie or Golden freddy.
Even though, I think they could see me. My power would be useless against beasts like that", Shadow told her, knowing she did not like the answer.
Crystal was no psychic. She could feel something nonetheless.
Freddy and Bonnie were in front of her and she tried to feel safe with them. If there had been something, Bonnie would have been able to feel it.
There was something wrong with Crystal feeling something that Bonnie did not.
Crystal was hearing and sensing things for sure.
The staircase was so quiet that even the tiniest rattle could be heard.
The source of some noise could have been all the way in the lobby.
Or it could have been right next to them.
The animatronic feet were heavy and they had to tiptoe their way down the spooky staircase.
Their journey had begun and it was already scary.
The walls were speaking to them and staring down at the uneasy animatronics.
Crystal could hear Bonnie shiver. Bonnie's mind couldn't cope with the information it got.
Based on what she felt, the stairs were full of monsters. The walls were covered in them.
Something moved in the corner of her eye.
Bonnie looked at it but it had vanished.
It had seemed as if something familiar had peeked from a corridor, right next to them.
Bonnie was terrified.
" Did you see that?", Bonnie asked Freddy and pointed at the corridor.
" Was there something there?", asked Freddy.
" I thought I saw...nevermind", answered Bonnie.
That corridor had been on the same floor which had made Freddy feel weird. The corridor was empty and only a lonely chair was resting against the right wall.
Bonnie disliked the corridor a lot.
Something in Bonnie's mind was telling her to go that way but it scared her.
" Should we go that way? We can't find Mr. Fazbear if we stay in the god damn staircase", suggested Bonnie.
Freddy glanced at the empty corridor, scared out of his mind.
" There? That looks like a trap", he told Bonnie.
" Everything here does. We just have to be brave. It's not about not being afraid, it's about just going despite that", said Bonnie.
Freddy glanced behind himself and beckoned the others to follow and then pointed at the corridor.
Crystal almost crushed Shadow's hand.
" I'll be here for you. I won't let go", Shadow told her.
" That's what Jack said as well. Then he let go of his love and sank with the Titanic", Crystal pointed out.
" I won't be like him. I'll hold your hand", assured Shadow.
Truth was that he was afraid too. The corridor was everything but inviting.
Freddy's hand was slowly moving towards the handle of his sword.
He and Bonnie had to lead the others to the corridor.
" Goldie. Watch our back. If something comes from behind, inform us about it", Freddy told Golden freddy.
He nodded to Freddy and turned around.
The animatronics walked away from the railing and towards the end of the corridor. Crystal glanced over the railing one last time.
There was definitely something moving in the lobby, something with four legs and a growling voice.
She hoped it would be something like a dog whose owner was gone or a wild animal.
Crystal grinned as she saw its shadow. The creature looked really tall based on the shadow.
Maybe the corridor wasn't such a bad idea after all. If they kept on going down, something would find them sooner or later.
She pulled Shadow closer to herself as something touched her side again.
It was a gentle touch, it could be hardly felt but in that situation Crystal felt everything.
Freddy and Bonnie wished they could have been Crystal and Shadow. They wished someone could have gone ahead.
They were the first and no one would have agreed to take their place.
Freddy tried to suck his fear in and prove that he had guts.
He put his arm in front of Bonnie to protect her. Bonnie pushed it away almost immediately.
" We are both going to go first. There's no need for you to sacrifice yourself for me", Bonnie whispered to his ear.
They walked forward, they were on the corridor.
The corridor split up when it reached the outer wall. The outer wall was made out of glass and the dark world was waiting outside.
A small flower pot was beside the glass wall and it had a small rose in it.
The rose seemed to be in the wrong place. A dark corridor, filled with fear and unease, was the wrong place for a lovely rose.
Freddy looked at the rose and it seemed familiar. There was something wrong with it.
He had seen it before. He couldn't have though.
He had never visited that place in his life.
Freddy glanced at the doors along the corridor. Maybe the rose was meant to be a distraction.
They had followed a creature after all. Freddy and Bonnie had a weird feeling which may have been caused by the beasts.
That place could have been a trap. Some monster must have seen them land on the roof.
The beast witches had proved to be smart if needed.
There were six doors along the corridor and they were all shut.
" Keep an eye on the doors", he told the others.
Bonnie, Crystal and Shadow fixed their eyes on the doors. Freddy kept his gaze fixed on the end of the corridor.
The rose was red like blood and its green stem was like the welcoming leaves on trees in spring.
Freddy tried to think what it reminded him of. The rose was artificially bright in colors and it seemed to be illuminating like a lamp.
It may have been just an illusion created by the colors. The rest of the corridor was mostly grey and dull.
Freddy looked at one, lonely painting that was on the wall. It had a picture of Bonnie being stabbed to death.
Freddy was stabbing her to death with a long tooth of something. He was shocked and fear wrapped itself around him.
Freddy stopped and looked at Bonnie.
" What, Freddy? Why are you like that?", Bonnie asked him.
He was looking at Bonnie in shock.
Freddy glanced back at the painting. It was not Bonnie.
It was an old man, something from ancient Greece or Bible. He was being stabbed by a red person with horns on their head.
" Nothing. The fear is messing with me", answered Freddy.
He let it be.
There was no need to stop for a stupid painting. Freddy glanced at it one more time though.
It was the same as before.
If it had changed then, Freddy would have gone mad.
He hated paintings and things that moved or changed when no one was looking at them. Ironic but not funny in that situation.
Freddy looked at the end of the corridor. It needed two girls anymore in order to be terrifying.
He tried to keep the monsters out of his head.
Bonnie grasped his arm.
" Stop", she whispered.
Behind her, Crystal embraced Shadow.
" What is it?", asked Crystal.
" Look there. What's that?", asked Bonnie.
Freddy looked at one of the doors. Crystal glanced over his shoulder and saw it too. Her breathing was getting fast.
There were two eyes, peeking out of the room. Bonnie stepped forward.
" I'll go check. Be ready", she told Freddy.
" Oh, please. Don't be like every antagonist in every horror movie", Crystal let out a whimper.
Shadow grabbed her snout in order to make her quiet down.
Bonnie walked towards the mysterious eyes. They weren't moving one bit.
They were what Bonnie had imagined her eyes to look like when she was looking at the camera.
Those were the eyes which had been the symbol of doom to many nightguards.
" Please, nightguards. Help me", pleaded Bonnie.
She went to the door and grabbed it. She expected the eyes to move away or something to attack her.
She could see a pair of bunny ears on the creature's head.
" Wait a minute", Bonnie opened the door.
The animatronic fell to the floor, it was limp.
" It's an animatronic", mouthed Bonnie, glancing at Freddy.
" What's it doing in there? This is not a pizzeria", asked Freddy.
Bonnie looked into the room and saw it full of endoskeletons and animatronic heads. It was like their backstage except creepier.
" A nightmare room", thought Bonnie.
She had to close the door. One of those things was going to attack her.
" It's nothing. We don't need to know the story of those animatronics", said Bonnie.
She walked back to Freddy. Suddenly, she almost slipped on something.
She had stepped over it the first time.
" Blood?", asked Bonnie.
The others came to her.
Crystal and Shadow looked at the puddle but Goldie watched their back.
Bonnie knelt down and looked at the blood. She saw something in the reflection before a drop of blood fell into the puddle and messed up the image.
Bonnie and the others glanced upwards.
There was a vent above them and it was full of bodies. There was everything from faces to insides to animatronic endoskeleton pieces.
Shadow had to cover Crystal's mouth so she wouldn't scream.
Bonnie had to keep the scream in her throat as well. Freddy inhaled to calm down.
" So that's where all the people went. Nasty", Freddy said in disgust.
Bonnie took a closer look at the disgusting sight. There were animatronic parts in there too.
Why were those there as well?
Bonnie wondered if those had been put there to scare them. Bonnie and the others moved forward.
" Is that room nasty?", asked Crystal, behind Bonnie.
" I'll look at it again. I got an idea", Bonnie had a bad feeling.
Those animatronics had not been there before the Apocalypse. She was sure of it after the vent thing.
She opened the door again slightly.
When taking a closer look, she noticed oil under the animatronics.
" That explains a lot. Poor friends. I guess they failed their first test", Bonnie grinned at the animatronics.
They had been put there. They had been killed somewhere else.
The monsters had brought some dead animatronics from pizzerias, Bonnie recognized some of them.
She looked around the room for anything useful. She happened to glance up and let the fear in.
The oil was black with a grey background but she could read the words.
" Don't you wanna sleep like them, Bonnie? The agony is waiting for you too if you just let yourself die. I'll tell you, you will be next!", was what the text said.
She got out of the room and told the others what she had seen.
" I don't want to be next", said Crystal.
" We won't be", said Freddy.
" Let's just move forward. We have to find Mr. Fazbear and the kids. There's nothing else we can do.
Giving up is not an option", Freddy told his friends.
It wasn't encouraging but it was true.
They moved forward and fear was all around them. They hadn't encountered much resistance yet but there was a reason for it.
A few floors down, there was something more fun than them.
There!
Somewhere in the classrooms was a man with a group of children.
There was no doubt that their flesh was going to be way tastier than the old animatronics.
Farewell: A spooky chapter. Amateur's work though. I'm not Stephen King sadly.
I hope you guys liked this description filled horror chapter. Next, it's time to see how Mr. Fazbear's doing.
See you! THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.
