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( Freddy's crew with Rachel and Doug's crew. Safely inside Freddy Fazbear's)

Bonnie came to help Rachel and Carrie. The three bunnies were so happy.
" I thought I would never get to see you. I was so frightened, Bonnie", Rachel told the gentle rabbit.
Bonnie gave Rachel a blanket to warm her up. She was cold and wounded.
" You are safe now, dear. You came a long way. I'm surprised to see so many children. How many did you lose?", Bonnie glanced at them all.
" A couple. I couldn't protect them all", Rachel looked down.
" You did well just like your friends. I wouldn't have made it if I had been you", Bonnie patted her on the back.
" Ouch!", Rachel felt as if her back got set on fire.
" Sorry, sorry", Bonnie pulled her hand away swiftly.

Mike came to the sound.
" Let me take a look. Ouch indeed. It hurts to look at it", Mike checked Rachel.
He was grinning and even looked like he was in pain.
" You need to be repaired. I can do that. Come!", Mike told Rachel to follow.
She looked at Carrie and Bonnie.
" Go. We'll wait for you, sister", Carrie smiled at her.
Rachel smiled back at her.
" See you later. Love you, sister", she blew a kiss.
Carrie glanced at Bonnie as Mike assisted Rachel to a calmer room.

Bonnie raised her eyebrows in astonishment.
" What? We decided to become sisters. All my friends are dead so we might as well do that", Carrie shrugged at Bonnie.
" Not all though. I'm still breathing", Jenny said behind Carrie.
The bunny turned around and couldn't hide her happiness. Jenny came to her and gave her a hug.
" You came after all. Did you change your mind?", Jenny asked Carrie.
" No. They found me from a terrible place. They were heading here so I thought I'd join them", Carrie explained to her.
" So your plan to find a safe haven for yourself didn't work out after all", chuckled Jenny.
Carrie felt bad.
" It was a lie. I stayed there to die. Fate wasn't merciful towards me and I was caught. They made me work day and night.
I was cleaning up cages", Carrie told Jenny who nodded.
" Cages? That sounds bad", Bonnie pitied Carrie.
" I was cleaning them with Okami", added Carrie.
" Even worse", Jenny glanced at Bonnie.
Carrie looked like she didn't want to talk about it.
" Rachel will tell you more. It was a horrible place. So many children, all trapped like animals. Forced to..", Carrie stopped there.
Bonnie patted her gently.

Jenny changed the subject quickly.
" Toy bonnie told me you are Carrie now. An interesting name choice, I must say", Jenny told Carrie.
" I respect her like that. I had no name so I took that. My friends died so it was time for a change", Carrie explained.
Bonnie didn't understand that.
" Wait. Who was Carrie before that?", she asked Jenny.
" The fox at the facility. The one that went berserk", Jenny answered and sighed.
" Peace for her poor soul", Carrie looked up at the ceiling.
Bonnie decided not to mention the horrible sight she had seen in the limbo-looking place.

Jenny and Carrie talked about what had happened to them and Bonnie commented some of Jenny's stories.
At the same time, Springtrap came to talk to the new children and welcome them.
They were given medical attention but most wounds were just tiny cuts.
Michelle's main concern was Milla.
Fritz kept on thanking Michelle and Scarlett for helping his daughter.
Jenny heard Scarlett mention that Milla would be fine.
" I'm sure of that, Scarlett. She is too tough to be killed", Jenny thought by herself.

The new kids joined the ones, already at Freddy's.
Springtrap got to meet Doug who giggled when Springtrap blushed. Doug had just mentioned that Springtrap was as cute as he had thought.
Those two were already friends.
The monsters had given up on breaking in, what could have been better. Everything was peaceful and safe.
The children played together and the new ones greeted some of the animatronics.
Foxy amazed the new kids and they loved him. Chica and Felix were all ears when they heard the kids' story about how they came there.
The kids went through the whole gang.
Shadow, Crystal, Vixey, Goldie, Marionette, the Toys, Fang, Storm, Willa, Freddy and Storm Jr.
The kids weren't sure about the last one. Storm Jr. was happy but the kids felt something in the air.

They spoke of it when no one else was listening.
That was the first time Julisa started paying attention to it.
After that, the kids came to Jenny, Bonnie and Carrie.
" Are you Rachel? Can you sing like Freddy?", one Fazbear kid asked Carrie.
" No, sorry. Rachel is being fixed. She was hurt, you see. I'm sure she'll sing when she's feeling better", Carrie answered the kid.
Bonnie hugged Carrie.
" This is our new friend, Carrie. Remember, little ones, that she hasn't been around kids in a long time. So give her some space", Bonnie told the kids.
Carrie was grateful for that. The kids were crazy and it took time to get used to it.
Carrie hadn't been in a pizzeria for years. She had almost forgotten how amazing it was to talk to kids.
Bonnie let her interact with the children and play with them. Carrie shook hands with them funnily and said silly things that made them laugh.
" You've still got it in you. That's a bunny to look up to", Bonnie giggled at Carrie.

Some kids went to play with Doug, Springtrap and Catty while some stayed. Carrie loved that a bit more.
When there were too many kids, she started feeling claustrophobic. She started thinking about the horrible place where kids were in cages.
She remembered the insane kids that hadn't even spoken any longer. Their cold stares and wet pants.
They had been driven close to brain death. Carrie wished none of that would happen to these kids, playing with her.
She would have to tell Freddy about it.
They had to do something about that place, preferably burn it to the ground. That was what they would have to do.
There was no other way, that place was going to burn down like a forest.
Rachel's coming interrupted her thoughts. The kids noticed her coming and the new kids smiled.
" That's Rachel", some of the Rachel and Doug's kids told their new friends who didn't know her.
" Hello, sis. I see you have been welcomed to this place already", Rachel smiled at Carrie.
" Yes. These kids are wonderful. Every single one of you is adorable", Carrie glanced at her and petted the children.
" How are you feeling?", Bonnie touched Rachel's shoulder.
" I'm exceptionally good. Mike is a wizard", Rachel spun around to show off her new plates.
The back plates were a different tint of pink but it was barely noticeable. The plates were designed for some version of Mangle.
" You look great", Jenny chuckled at Rachel.
" Thank you for bringing Carrie here. I was worried about her", she added.
" Worried? You haven't spoken of her much and you haven't seemed worried", Bonnie raised her other eyebrow.
Jenny looked embarrassed.
" I don't like to show it off, I can have private feelings", she told Bonnie.
" Well, good thing you said that. I left because I thought you hated me deep within", Carrie said to Jenny.
The kids had calmed down a bit and she joined the conversation.
" I hope you don't feel that way anymore", Jenny nodded to her.
" Me too. I, Fritz, Milla and Ray risked our lives to get you out of there. Wouldn't want you throw it to waste", Rachel agreed with Jenny.
" Everyone in our crew does. We don't want to see how another one leaves and gets...", Bonnie started but stopped.
Jenny patted her back.

" Another one? What has happened here?", Rachel looked worried.
" Sis! Perhaps it's best not to talk about it", Carrie looked into Bonnie's eyes.
Rachel glanced at her and sighed.
" It's fine. Foxy got angry and attacked Springtrap. Two kids almost got hurt trying to protect our Springy buddy.
The parents got scared and decided to banish Foxy and his entire family", Bonnie told the new bunnies.
" Oh no! What saved them?", Carrie looked like she was crying but not tears came out.
" One woman, Mrs. Grandy, took their place and saved them by leaving herself. The monsters tore her to bits there on the parking lot.
That boy who hangs out with Crystal was her son", Bonnie explained to Carrie and Rachel.
Both bunnies were shocked. Freddy's crew hadn't been dancing and singing the whole time after all.
Rachel and Carrie hoped the appearance of more animatronics wouldn't freak out the adults.

Rachel pondered if coming there had been a mistake.

It was no use crying over it now! The bus was dead and there was no way they would have left on foot.
" We live in dangerous times, girls. Anything can happen. The monsters are doing everything to turn us against one another", Jenny told everyone.
" That's what they did at the Popgoes pizzeria. The adults slaughtered the animatronics and crucified them. The monsters got in and killed everyone.
Only Lena and some boy made it", Rachel pointed at Lena who was sitting with Nick and Mr. Fazbear.
" I knew it. That voice was lying. I knew Gretta was wrong.
They have no intension of sparing the children and the adults", Bonnie got angry and hit her fists together.
" We need to make sure our swords are sharp", Jenny made up a metaphor.

That reminded Carrie of the sword they had.
" Hey, Rachel! That sword. We were meant to give it to Marionette", she told Rachel who jumped.
" Oh yea. I almost forgot. Where is it? Where did I put it after I came in?", Rachel looked around.
Jenny had an answer.
" Your raccoon friend took it and I think he went to the Arcade palace", Jenny pointed at it.
" The Arcade palace is the big room", Bonnie explained further.
Carrie and Rachel thanked them and left.
" We'll talk to you more soon, okay", Rachel smiled at them.
" Okay. And once again, we are glad that you are here!", Bonnie exclaimed after them.

Rachel and Carrie found the Arcade palace easily. It was hard to miss the huge room with all the noise, coming out of there.
Marionette, Shadow and Scarlett were talking to Ray.
" Come on, dude. Let us take a look", Shadow insisted.
Ray was holding the sword.
" It's dangerous. Something tells me not to trust you with this", Ray shook his head.
Rachel saw it and realized what was going on.
" Give them the sword, Ray. I know how it makes you feel. It is attractive and enchanting", Rachel told Ray.
The raccoon looked at her and for a second Rachel thought the sword had bewitched him.
" Okay, Rachel. If you say so. But that wolf warned us, remember that. Perhaps he was lying after that", Ray told her.
" Okami was lying at first. He is a coward. He speaks truth once his own life is at stake", corrected Carrie.
Ray handed the sword over to Marionette.
" Thank you, Rachel. We have been trying to get it for quite a while", Marionette smiled at her.
" It's my fault. I was meant to give it to you instantly but I forgot cause I was so relieved", Rachel revealed.
Marionette understood her perfectly. They had had such a long trip and it had been a dangerous one according to Doug.
Scarlett had heard Springtrap and Doug talk about it.

" It's okay. Now we can see what this is about", Scarlett tried to touch the sword.
" Careful", Marionette stopped her.
" Ray is right though. It is dangerous, even for us", he added.
Scarlett was scared, Marionette was usually never afraid of anything. He gulped visibly and it terrified Scarlett.
The two Elders felt something the others did not. Marionette took the sword from Ray. Instantly, he felt his blood boil inside his veins.
The black blood was capable of sensing the sword's energy. It caused him pain but he could handle it.
Scarlett looked at the sword and her situation was different.
" Can I please touch it, Marionette? I promise to be careful", Scarlett pleaded.
Marionette brought the sword forward so that Scarlett could touch it. She had something in her eyes as she reached out.
" What is this?", she wondered.
Jester was afraid. Scarlett felt freedom in her heart, it felt so good. Her hand wanted to touch it, her soul wanted to touch it.
Marionette got ready to react if she did something unexpected.
Scarlett grabbed the edge of the blade and her palm was now in direct contact with the sharp side.
The blade felt warm in her hand, it burnt her blood.

Suddenly, the sharp edge wounded her hand. The blade sunk into her palm and it almost cut her hand in half.
Scarlett realized that it made sense. She was butter and the blade was hot, of course it would cut her easily.
Marionette pushed Scarlett away as he realized that Scarlett was paralysed. Right then the pain hit Scarlett for the first time and she backed off.
" Ouch", she exclaimed and held her hand.
If Marionette hadn't acted, it would have been cut off. The wound was deep and it hurt like hell.
Scarlett looked at it in shock as it bled. Shadow came to her and held her hand gently.
" Heal it, Scarlett. That looks bad. It's bleeding", Shadow told her.
Scarlett had felt great power inside the sword. Marionette survived with pain but Scarlett had been cut by it.
The blade had sunk into her hand on its own. Scarlett hadn't even been pushing her hand forward or anything. The blade had desired to taste her blood.
" Come on, Scarlett. It's just a wound. You've healed millions of wounds like this", Shadow repeated again.
Scarlett focused on healing but the wound was rejecting her attempts.
" Is everything okay? You seem to be in agony", Rachel inquired Scarlett.
" I knew it. You refused to listen to me but I knew it", Ray said swiftly.
Scarlett felt bad, really bad.
" It's not okay. I can't heal it. The sword did something to it. My hand feels numb, like it has lost all its life-force.
My hand has never hurt this much", Scarlett moaned in pain.
" That is not possible! You can heal any damage, Scarlett. You are an Elder, one of the strongest", Shadow was shocked.
Scarlett wished she could have agreed with him completely but she couldn't.
She wasn't certain anymore. The wound looked bad.
" Why is this happening? What did I do wrong? I didn't do anything, it wounded me anyway", Scarlett didn't know what to do.

Marionette was still holding the sword in his hand and he was fine. It hadn't hurt him like it hurt Scarlett.
He was in pain and Rachel or anyone else hadn't even been in pain.
" It hasn't done that to anyone else. I have been holding it, Ray has been holding it. We were fine", Rachel looked at the wound over Scarlett's shoulder.
Marionette had an answer.
" You weren't Elders nor Legends. Scarlett is an Elder but also the host of a beast witch. Jester caused this", Marionette told Scarlett and Rachel.
Scarlett thought about her old friend who was gone. He would be back though.
" It hurt me because of Jester? No!", Scarlett couldn't believe it.
" Animatronics with black blood feel it in their endoskeleton. Black blood comes from beast witches and the sword reacts to them.
This is a beast witch killer", Marionette told everyone.
Rachel thought about the battle for a second. The red-eyed monsters had died after one hit from the sword. Now she realized why.
" What? A beast witch killer. A sword that kills beast witches? Wasn't there suppose to be only one?", Shadow looked at Marionette.
" You are right. Antonio taught you well. And here it is", Marionette swung the sword around.
Shadow grabbed it out of his hands. Marionette was amazed too even if he tried to hide it.

Shadow realized everything as he touched the handle.
" The Shadow blade! It was buried by Ornica's trusted followers.
They made a grave, so deep that nothing would ever find it", Shadow recalled the ancient texts.
" It was under a city. Milla's exploding arrows made it cave in. Four weird-looking animatronics were protecting it", Rachel told Shadow.
" Antonio named me after this. Never thought I'd get to hold it myself. It's beautiful", Shadow's mouth was open.
Marionette took it off his hands gently.
" We need to put it somewhere safe though. Ornica mixed good and evil. This sword holds them in perfect balance.
We can't let the evil take us with it", he explained to everyone.
They agreed with Marionette since he was wise. Scarlett's hand was get better slowly.
She could start healing it soon.
" It wounds beasts. If it impales one's heart, the beast witch will be forced to leave the body", Marionette told them.
" Can't we release Scarlett now?", Carrie suggested.
Marionette grinned.
" If the host isn't strong enough, that will also kill them. Let's not think that we can now fix all of our problems", he told everyone.

They took it backstage and placed it on a shelf. Nothing was happening backstage so it was a good place to put it.
Marionette informed everyone that no one should go there to hang out. The sword was dangerous to have around.
It only answered to its queen.
It was at Freddy's and didn't want to move anymore. Rachel had used it since they had had the same goal.
Now it would hurt anything that tried to use it.
The magic, inside it, was vigorous and lethal. Ornica hadn't put love spells inside it.
The sword needed to be left alone.

There was a vent beside the sword. It carried the air and the scent outside where the monsters were.
Dormant and calm, the monsters were burning from the inside out.
They smelled it and it smelled them. It was inside, tormenting them with its scent.
The beasts were hurt but not because of the sword.
" That sword is mine, its soul is mine", the Apocalypse witch's essence screamed all around the monsters.
" My lord. The shields are strong and we can't get through them.
As long as the sword is inside, we can't get it", one beast witch crawled in front of its lord's anger.
" You have a witch inside. The girlfriend of the chosen one. Her power smells like Ornica yet due to it, her body is ours.
She better get to work unless she desires to burn in my eyes", the Apocalypse witch told the beast.
The beast smiled and bowed to the lord of death.
" She will do it. That sword will be ours very soon. She is not to be underestimated", it told its lord.
" Neither is He. The sword has a taste for your blood. It will be dangerous", the Apocalypse witch told the beast.
Storm Jr. was inside and her new owner was more than delighted to obey the Lord of lords.
She would have to be stopped before she'd ruin everything.

Farewell: The Shadow blade has been found. I can't remember when it was last mentioned in a chapter.
It could be a long time ago. Goodbye, guys and gals.
See you in the next chapter. THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE IS TO WRITE.