People used to ask me why I had decided to open a restaurant with a yellow bear and rabbit. I used to reply with a simple, "I don't know". Now I have an actual answer. I remember, as long as I remember, I used to watch Winnie the Pooh, always, everyday. I guess the show stuck with me until adulthood. I always used to watch it with Charlie and Sammy, every morning before I had to work my boring desk job. Filing papers, making appointments. What a boring life. Until I caught word of Showbiz Pizza, how they had made an entire franchise based off of animatronic animals. I guess I wanted to share in that fame.
Halloween, 1980- I was working on Fredbear, putting the fur on his endoskeleton. Sammy walked out, wearing his Winnie costume he had insisted on buying for months. I saw him, walking around, pretending to be the honey-obsessed bear for a good few minutes, just enjoying life. That's when the idea hit me. Why just have animatronics robots, when someone could ALSO wear the suits? In case they broke down, or needed to get off stage? I quickly thanked him, and rushed him off to his mother, for trick-or-treating. This was my breakthrough. I quickly scrapped Fredbear's endoskeleton, and used it's part for a then-new invention I deemed, "Springlocks". This version of Fredbear was finished the next month. I tested him for a week, making sure each lock was tight and secure. The look on Charlie's face the first time, calling me "Winnie" and hugging me tightly. Still brings a smile to my face.
It wasn't until an anonymous benefactor sent me funds that I set to work on Springbonnie. Funnily enough, he had sent me the designs for him too, stating that whatever I did with Fredbear, to do to it. Springbonnie was finished in a week. Then, a week after that, a man approached my door. He stated he wanted to help me with my dream, and that he was my benefactor. He handed me a business card. I should've torn it up there, should've destroyed Springbonnie there, should've just given up on Fredbear's entirely.
I should've never accepted a partnership with William Afton.