-Marion's POV-

When Marion was told what his dad planned to do, he wasn't happy. He knew what that spell does to someone and Vincent was already injured. He reluctantly agreed though, knowing that Michael was too strong to be stopped any other way.

After Marion had trapped Michael, Vincent had done the spell. Despite his outwards appearance, he knew the spell had done a number on Vincent. Marion frowns when he sees Vincent try to walk it off. Marion floats slowly behind him. Suddenly a burst of energy is felt and Marion snaps his head back. In a flash of light Daniel appears in the pizzeria. Marion's eyes widen in shock when he sees the changes to Daniel. His hair was now jet black, along with his ears and… tails? Marion shook his head. He quickly floats over to Daniel and grabs him.

Marion floats back to Vincent, who is panting. Marion can also see him trying to conceal a pained expression, but he is able to see through the mask. Marion sets Daniel down and everyone swarms him in worry. Marion watches out of the corner of his eye as Vincent comes closer. Vincent was grabbing the large slash on his chest, but he doesn't let anyone worry about him. Using Daniel as a distraction he was able to keep attention away from himself. Marion's worry grows as he sees Vincent grit his teeth.

Vincent slowly makes his way to Daniel and kneels down. Chica asks "What happened to him Vincent?"

Vincent's eyes close and he sighs "I was hoping this wouldn't happen, but it did."

Foxy then blurts out "What happened?!"

Vincent looks at them grimly and says "He is now being possessed."

Everyone gasps and steps back in fear. Goldie just frowns and says "Possessed?"

Vincent, hearing the real question in Goldie's voice, says "Not the possession you think of. This possession is a term we magic users use to say when someone has two souls in one body."

Everyone starts murmuring to themselves, wondering what this meant for Daniel. Vincent sees their confusion and says "Due to some events that occured, Daniel now houses one of the most ferocious and demonic entities on Earth. Nightmare."

A couple people step back in shock and fear, but most of the faces were of confusion. Marion takes up the explanations and says "Nightmare is a large, black, monstrous animatronic bear. He uses the nightmares of people to give himself power, hence the name. He is also the leader of a group of other Nightmares."

Vixey's eyes narrow and she says "Nightmares?"

Marion nods and says "Yes, nightmares. A Nightmare is a spirit that uses fear and dark energy to power themselves."

Toy Bonnie timidly puts up a hand and says "S-So what do we d-do now?"

Vincent sighs and says "The only way to help Daniel is to help him assert dominance over Nightmare. If Daniel loses against Nightmare, then Nightmare will control him." Just like Michael. The words went unspoken, but they were heard as clear as day.

Marion floats down to Daniel and says "We'll probably need to suppress Nightmare and help Daniel train so he can fight him."

Vincent nods wearily and says "Y-Yes. We-We'll need t-to-o-oooooo." Vincent's eyes close and he begins falling to the ground. Time seems to slow for Marion as he watches his father fall to the ground. His eyes widen and he reaches out. He isn't able to reach in time and Vincent hits the ground with a thud.

Time reverts to normal and everyone gathers around Vincent, the worry levels going skyhigh. Marion quickly floats over and looks down at Vincent. Vincent is breathing heavily, his face flushed red. His hand is unconsciously grabbing the shirt around the wound, his face grimacing in pain.

Marion quickly floats down to him. He flinches as Vincent spasms sightly. He murmurs in worry "The spell he used and the wound on his chest. They are taking their toll."

Ted at Marion with slight worry and says "Taking their toll? What's that mean?"

Marion looks at everyone and says grimly "It means he's dying."

A loud gasp echoes throughout the pizzeria as the news settles. Tia looks at Marion with tears and chokes out "D-Dying?!" Marion nods grimly. He grits his teeth and slams his fist against the floor, his own tears falling.

"I can't believe I failed another one! I failed you guys, and now I am going to fail my own father!" Goldie watches in sympathy and walks over.

Marion flinches at the paw put on his shoulder, but doesn't move away. Taking this as an invitation Goldie says "Don't blame yourself. Michael was too strong for us, even together. Only Vincent could've taken him down."

Marion's eyes shimmer with tears as he says "I-I just wish I had helped him more. The o-only way he could survive now is if we somehow put him in stasis!"

"Well maybe I can help!" Everyone looks around as a new and cheerful voice is heard. Everyone turns around and let out smalls sounds of surprise as Spring walks over to them, a small ghost child sitting on his shoulder.

The ghost girl hops off and says enthusiastically "Hi everyone! I'm Susie! And this here is Mr. Grumpy Bunny!" Spring's eye twitches at the name, but he says nothing.

Susie floats down to Marion and says "Hi Mari!" Marion looks up and gasps slightly and says "Susie!?" Susie nods with a large grin on her face. "Yep! I am all safe and sound! But I hear Mr. Purple guy is not?"

Marion nods grimly, losing his short moment of happiness "Yes, he is not 'safe and sound'. He needs to be put in stasis, but I am not experienced enough to make that kind of spell!"

Susie nods as Marion talks and then says "Well, I can do it." Marion's head shoots up and looks at her in surprise. "You can?!" Susie nods fervently "Yep! I practice magic ALL the time! I love doing it!

Marion, still slightly surprised at the new information, just dumbly says "K then…" Susia hears the doubt in his voice and takes it as a challenge. "Don't believe me? Then just watch!"

Susie brings her hands up and and clasps them together. She extends her pointer, middle and pinky fingers on each hand and makes a cross shape. She then bellows out "Stesho!" Vincent glows in a bright blue light and his face begins to relax. His hands go to his side and he lays on the ground, sleeping peacefully. His body is outlined by a blue glow and he is unmoving.

Susie jumps in the air and yells out "Yay! I did it!" Marion's head snaps over to her and he says "W-What?! You mean this is your first time doing this spell?!" Susie waves her hand at him dismissively. "Of course not! I'm not THAT irresponsible!" Marion shakes his head at her antics and looks over at Vincent. His mouth forms a thin line as he finds a problem.

Susie notices the grim expression and says "What now Mari?" Marion's eye twitches at the name, but he just continues with "We may have him in stasis, but where are we going to keep him while we find a way to help him recover?"

Susie raises her hand and starts going "Oh oh oh oh! Pick me, pick me!" Marion sighs and says "Yes Susie?" Susie pumps her fist with a quiet yes and says "Well, he can stay with me and Mikey!"

Marion's eyes widen and he says "Mikey?" Susie nods and says "Yep! Mikey, your manager! I help with his games and other magical things." Marion just stares and mumbles "Well that explains a lot."

Susie nods and says "Well I'll take him now. Bye!" Susie then vanishes in a poof of light, along with Vincent. Everyone just stares at the spot, half of them wondering what just happened.

Suddenly Skylar yells out "I think Daniel is waking up!" Everyone's attention is now on Daniel again, who is stirring slightly. Daniel sits up and groggily grabs his head. He looks around, noticing everyone is staring at him. Daniel blinks a few times and mumbles "What happened?"

Marion quickly floats over and says "Daniel! How do you feel?!" Daniel looks at Marion and grimaces slightly as he touches a sore spot on his head "I feel like I was hit by a truck and then swallowed the truck."

Marion just nods his head and says "Humor is a good sign." Daniel looks at him in confusion and says "Good sign?" Marion freezes, then sighs at what he has to say.

Marion looks at Daniel intently and says "I am going to put this bluntly. You have a evil demonic animatronic bear inside your head." Daniel just looks at him in relief and says "Oh, is that it?"

Marion looks at him in disbelief and says "W-What? What do you mean 'Is that it'?!" Daniel just says "Well, he wasn't exactly quiet when after he first appeared. I had to deal with this whole 'You are weak. I will take you over' speech." Marion just stares for a few more seconds, then shakes his head and says "This is getting too eventful."

Marion looks at Daniel again and says "Ok. Since we determined that you are OK mentally (I think), let's see if you can walk fine." Daniel nods and and tries to get up. He slowly makes his way up, making sure not to over exert himself.

He straightens himself out and says "I seem fine." He takes a step forward and falls flat on his face. He quickly gets back up, blushing at everyone's chuckling. His blush dies though when he can hear the relief behind the laughter. He looks around and notices for the first time that everyone was extremely worried. He looks around and notices that the place was a complete mess. Tables were thrown everywhere and most of them had large cuts on the table cloths and wood.

He looks at Marion again and says with a tinge of panic "W-What happened here?" Marion looks around at the destruction and flinches. "Oh, that. Well, Vincent fought and defeated Michael." Daniel's head whips around to face Marion "He did?!" Marion nods.

Daniel looks around again and notices that Vincent was missing. "Hey, where is Vincent." Marion responds with "...Healing." Daniel notices the hesitation in his voice but doesn't press on.

Daniel then winces and he says "Geez. That one was really bad." Marion looks at him in confusion and says "What?" Daniel looks at him and says "Nightmare is cursing. Apparently he's always been able to take over someone instantly and he hates that he has to work to take over me." Marion just nods slightly, slightly dumbfounded.

Marion slowly floats over to Daniel and says "Speaking of Nightmare, we may need to leave for long time." Daniel's eyes widen in shock and he says "W-What? W-Why?" Marion responds with "Well, I need to help Vincent heal and you need to learn to suppress and maybe control Nightmare."

Daniel stares at him for a few seconds. He closes his eyes and contemplates pros and cons of leaving. After a few short moments Daniel reopens his eyes and says "Alright. I'll go." Marion nods and they walk back to the group.

Marion claps to get everyone's attention and they all look at him. He then says "I have a big announcement. In order to heal Vincent and help Daniel, we'll need to leave for an undetermined amount of time." Everyone starts murmuring in protest, but no one wants to question Marion's judgement. He is their "leader" after all.

Marion looks over at Skylar and says "I'll need to talk with Mike about this, but you should be in charge of the night shift and mechanical issues while we are gone." Skylar nods, her eyes blazing with determination.

Marion looks out and says "We'll leave tomorrow. Once we are done, we'll come back."

Everyone nods. Daniel's eyes widen and he looks over at Marion "Wait. What about you? People will notice that they "removed" a favorite animatronic."

Marion waves his hand and says "Taken care of." Daniel raises an eyebrow, wondering how that was possible in this short time. He just shakes his head and walks to the group, ready to say goodbye.

-The next morning-

Two figures walk out of the pizzeria around lunch time. One figure looks back with a longing glance. The other calls out for him and the two get in a car. The car drives off into the distance. A black skeleton smiles widely as he watches them depart. "Soon. Very soon."