Darlene's POV:

I couldn't sleep. I just couldn't. There were so many questions I want answers to.

Who's the puppet guy? Why do I keep having these dreams? Why don't the animatronics know I'm human?

Now that I think about it, all of the animatronics I've met so far have been, well…naïve… I sort of expected that from Freddy T, Bonnie T, Chica T, and BB since they seem to be newer models, but Foxy?! I would think he'd have more experience. Heck, I thought he was gonna kill me right on the spot.

…I've also had another "memory dream." This time, it felt like one of my memories. I had said goodbye to Foxy and began to search for the group, but when I found them…they were dead…

Ugh…whenever I think about that dream, I get a headache. I walk downstairs to get a pain reliever. Just then, my mother walks into the kitchen.

"Can't sleep, Darlene?" she asked me.

I shook my head. Then I asked her, "Mom? Why was the previous pizzeria closed down again?"

"Due to safety and sanitary reasons. Why?"

"Well…I had a dream…I was looking for my old friends, but when I finally found them in the back room, they were dead, and there was a…golden Freddy just standing there and holding a…bloody knife…"

My mom gasped. "What?" I asked.

She sighed in defeat and told me to sit down at the table. I did so, as did my mother, and she explained. "Listen, when it was your 6th birthday, we took you and your 5 friends to the pizzeria. You wanted to go watch Foxy, and we let you. Then your father and I saw a golden Freddy take your friends somewhere, but we honestly thought nothing of it. A bit later…" She trailed off, and I put the pieces together.

"I went looking for them and found them dead?"

My mother nodded. "We heard you scream and went to find you. You were running from the golden Freddy. Luckily, we escaped, but you were scarred for life. We had to take you to the hospital to suppress your memories. We made sure you remembered your friends. We just told you they had to move so you wouldn't know the truth."

I was speechless, tears forming in my eyes. I almost lost my life when I was 6!

"That's the real reason why I told you to be careful on your first night," she added, "because I thought going there would bring up memories you…wouldn't want to remember."

"Speaking of memories, did I tell you that one night I dreamt about your last birthday party at FredBear's Family Diner?"

"Huh?" she asked, dumbfounded.

"You know what, forget it. I don't even know how that happened myself."

-w/ the animatronics-

Normal POV:

"It's already 10:30 pm! Where's Annabelle? I WANNA SEE ANNABELLE!"

"Chica, will you shut up? I'm trying to talk to Foxy!" Freddy shouted, "Sheesh! You're almost as naïve as the toy versions of us!"

"And me…" Foxy admitted, causing Freddy to turn to the robot fox. "I be sorry, Freddy, but I was just so excited to see Anniebelle that I didn't consider the fact the Anniebelle might actually be Darlene in disguise."

Freddy began to ponder. "You could be right. I-I mean I-I knew that all along! Yeah…"

"Freddy?"

Freddy and Foxy turned to Mangle, who had been listening to their conversation, "If you think Annabelle's Darlene, why not confront her yourself? Scare the living crap out of her. She deserves it for trying to trick us!"

"Well…you see…I…um…I-I need more evidence. I need to make sure I'm not going in the wrong direction, so I-I want you, Chica, and Bonnie to check for any signs that Annabelle's not one of us if Darlene's nowhere to be found tonight," he explained and ordered.

"Oh. Okay." Mangle then left. Although she thought that there was something more to that, she didn't press the matter.

Foxy, however, did. "It's because you think this is the same Darlene, isn't it?"

"W-what are you talking about?!" the flustered bear snapped.

"You have a feeling that this is the same Darlene from our group 12 years ago. You don't want her to be afraid of us," Foxy explained.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Freddy said, crossing his arms and looking away from Foxy.

"Yes you do, Ash…"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" Freddy shouted, attempting to punch Foxy, though he dodged. The fox sighed.

"You were always the red-headed one, Ash…"

"I said 'Do not call me Ash!' My name isn't Ash! Not anymore! It's Freddy! Ash is long gone, and so is Samantha, Trevor, Evan, and James!"

"Sheesh. You two need to calm down," the Puppet said as he walked in, drinking a cup of coffee, "I know how you feel; I was once a human, too, who was also killed by that man. I heard he struck down 5 more kids today."

"Why don't you scare her?" Freddy asked him.

"I can't! She keeps the music box on! So addicting!" Freddy facepalmed.

"Wait…You know, I haven't seen you since before the first night Darlene was supposed to appear. What were you doing?" Foxy asked the Puppet.

"You're not making Darlene have weird dreams, are you?" the brown bear accused.

"…Yes…" the Puppet admitted. Freddy let out an exaggerated sigh. "Oh, come on! Why can't I give her dreams?"

"Because we don't want anyone knowing of your supernatural powers!" Freddy explained once again, "Well, if Darlene does come by, she should be hear any minute. I'm gonna go get Bonnie." Freddy walked over to the Parts and Services room, where he heard someone singing. He opened the door, knowing the voice was Bonnie's.

"Hey, Bonnie. It's almost time for-OH MY GOD! PUT YOUR SUIT BACK ON, BONNIE!"

"Sorry…" said the embarrassed robot rabbit.

All the while, the Mangle was sitting in her place at Kid's Cove. If someone was with her, he/she might think she had been crying.

"Why?" she whispered to herself, "Why did my birthday have to be so tragic…?" She then growled and clenched her fists. "Those adults are gonna pay!"

(A/N: After looking through the previous 3 chapters of this story, I noticed things felt a bit rushed, so I decided to split Night 3 into two parts, the first part helping with character development (hopefully) and the second part being the actual night.

Also, remember that in the first game, not wearing a suit is unacceptable to the animatronics? Well, one day, I thought that maybe not wearing a suit, to the animatronics, classifies as being…*ahem*…nude… and that resulted in the little incident with Bonnie at the end.)