Everything you know about Five Nights at Freddy's does not apply here. This is an AU (Alternate Universe)

What's different?

-The characters are not robots. They're organic, living beings. Both animals and humans co-exist in this world.

-There was never a restaurant. The characters are normal everyday nobodies.

-No murders ever took place and the characters are their own people, not possessed by dead children.

-Most characters are young adults unless stated otherwise.

-Some versions of the characters may not exist in this world. Unless they're mentioned, it is a safe bet to assume that they are not.

Why am I doing this?

-I've wanted to work on this AU for a long time. I've wanted the freedom to write the characters as living beings who can go out and do everyday things and live their own lives. I plan to have fun with this and may even extend it past just this relationship if I'm still having fun, motivated and have ideas.

I hope you'll enjoy! Comments/feedback is always appreciated!

Autumn was fast approaching. Well… It had already arrived, the rabbit supposed with a sigh. The summer's heat hadn't wanted to leave as soon as he would have liked, lingering and making him cringe as the humidity made itself at home on his golden fur. Now the heat was finally clocking out to make way for the fall. Thankfully with the absence of the dreaded heat, he could actually manage to wear a decent costume this year. He tended to get very hot considering how much fur he had. That's why he found himself standing in the Halloween isle now. His big green eyes scanned the costumes carefully. Werewolf… vampire… Too cheesy. The rabbit walked further down the aisle, passing several other cheesy outfits. Ninjas were just… not something he wanted to be this year. A clown, maybe? He shook the idea away with a huff. Everyone was going to go as a clown this year. Being an animal seemed very lackluster. He'd let the humans have their fun with that one. One of his ears twitched as he passed by another row of boring costumes. None of them caught his eye particularly. He was so focused on his search for a decent outfit that he failed to see the man in front of him. With a surprised squeak, the rabbit bumped into someone much taller than him. The lanky boy fell backwards onto his butt, wincing in slight pain. It hadn't felt pleasant, to say the least. He felt beyond embarrassed but knew he had to look at the other person eventually. A mantra of apologies were already leaving his mouth before he could look up and see ….

"Spring!" An all too-familiar voice boomed. Springtrap's ears perked up at the sight of shining baby blue eyes, sharp white fangs and matching yellow fur. There was a large paw already extended down to Springtrap and the rabbit took it without hesitation. The bear nearly yanked the smaller boy off the ground with how hard he pulled him up. Gold often forgot his own strength when it came to pulling around someone so much lighter than himself. Springtrap's eyes widened as he was lifted back to his feet. It had been a while since he'd been yanked up by the older bear. Despite the initial shock of how powerful the bear actually was, Springtrap managed to give his friend a big toothy smile.

"Gold!" Spring squealed happily, lunging forward to pull the bear into a tight hug. He couldn't quite wrap his arms all the way around the bear due to his… round shape but it was obvious that Gold enjoyed the show of affection nonetheless. With a small chuckle, Gold bent over slightly to return the hug, being much more gentle than Springtrap. He wasn't keen on crushing the little fellow to death. Springtrap's little white tail was wagging a hundred miles an hour in excitement. It had been several months since he'd last seen the big lovable goofball known as Frederick, or Gold to most of his friends. The nickname had come about when the arrival of a few other Frederick's or Freddy's came about. There was an ongoing joke that Gold had received his nickname because he was from the golden age of school before things got so… complicated.

Freddy, as they called the first Frederick that attempted to steal Gold's name was a total pushover. He may have nearly matched Gold in size but he was a huge softie. To everyone who didn't know him, they saw a huge, menacing bear. While he could no doubt kick his fair share of asses when needed, he didn't have any interest in picking on anyone or starting trouble.

Just a year after Freddy arrived, Freddi had. Freddi with an 'I'. That was very important information that everyone had to stress to the rest of the friend group.

Freddi with an 'I' was a huge dork to put it lightly. He was the boy who fawned over all the other boys and was obsessed with makeup and keeping tidy. People often joked that he looked like a toy doll wearing so much makeup. The joke quickly became a nickname. Freddy with an 'I' gained his own nickname of Toy or Tony. It was a bizarre motion of events since all three Freddy's were bears but the ever-growing group of friends didn't mind. Some humans gave them odd looks when they saw three rather large bears hanging with a cluster of smaller animals but didn't dare speak a word. Humans were rather idiotic and cruel sometimes.

Springtrap pulled away after a moment, staring up at his friend with a happy twitch of his nose.

"Are you coming to the party then, I take it?" Gold asked with raised brows. Springtrap nodded furiously, already looking much too excited for the party that was still weeks away.

Gold light up upon hearing that the little yellow rabbit would be attending for a fact. Spring wasn't really the type to party but he enjoyed going out with friends. After a lot of coaxing from their shared friendgroup, Springtrap had agreed to go to the party if he had someone he knew the cling to. Much to his delight, the entire group planned on attending. It was going to be… one interesting night.

"I'm thinking about being some kind of killer." Gold hummed as he gestured to the section of horror movie characters. Spring smiled in amusement, perking up when he saw a particularly cute skeleton costume nearby. He wagged his tail and made his way over to grab the costume, looking up at Gold for approval. "How about a skeleton for me? I could dye my face fur."

The rabbit held up the skeleton suit. It was a full body costume minus a mask. He could definitely work with that. Gold raised a brow questioningly, smiling wide as he eyed the suit curiously. Spring waited eagerly for his response as his tail swished back and forth behind him.

"I like it." Gold finally said with a hum. Springtrap couldn't hide his excitement as he stood on the tips of his toes, showing off his buck teeth with a happy chuckle… not that they could really be hidden. The little golden rabbit was always way too hyper and excitable. Gold had learned rather quickly that giving him energy drinks or coffee was a huge no no.

Springtrap calmed himself a bit as Gold snagged his own costume off the rack, double checking the size before calling it a day. It was some cheesy cliche horror movie murderer. He didn't seem to mind how popular the costume had been throughout the years.

"I'll see you there, then?" Springtrap asked with a sideways tilt of his head. Of course Gold would be there…. Why was he even asking?

The question made Gold show his white fangs with another grin.

"Wouldn't miss it for the world, Bon." Springtrap blushed a little at the use of his middle name. The story of the multiple Bonnie's was far more interesting than that of the Freddy's. It still gave Springtrap a headache thinking about it. Despite being flustered, he ran his blunt claws through the fur on his cheeks in an attempt to fix it as a distraction.

It didn't need fixing and Gold knew that.

"Hey," Gold said as he took a step forward, placing a paw on the little yellow rabbit's shoulder.

Springtrap looked up at him with wide green eyes, unable to hide how flustered he was this time around.

"After the party, you should come over to my place. We can eat junk food and watch movies." The offer was tempting. Very tempting. Springtrap hesitated for a moment.

"I don't know, Gold. It'll be late and I don't want to drive all the way home-"

"You can stay the night." Gold interjected, uncaring if his interruption seemed rude.

Springtrap blinked, clearly taken aback and bewildered. He averted his gaze and lowered his ears, trying to find another reason why he couldn't go over to the bear's home.

"I don't think I can handle Chica all night. She gets really loud-"

"She won't be there." Gold interrupted again. Springtrap stared up at him, dead silent.

"It will just be us." The bear tried to assure him, though whether Springtrap was reassured by that wasn't clear. There was an odd feeling settling in the pit of Spring's stomach for sure.

"Just us?" Spring asked, brows knitted into a confused expression. Gold nodded.

"Yeah… I mean, if you really just want to go home afterwards, that's alright too."

Springtrap violently shook his head and placed his free paw on Gold's chest.

"No! No. I want to hang out." Gold couldn't help but smile at the urgency in Spring's voice.

"Alright then, Bon. I'll see you at the party." Gold reached out and ruffled the fur on his head. Springtrap winced as Gold made a mess of his fur. The bear snickered and walked off, sliding his paw into his coat pocket while firmly gripping the costume in the other. Springtrap watched as he vanished before clenching his hand, digging his little claws into the costume's packaging.

Did he just agree to a date?