[After uploading the last alternate ending, I thought to myself, "What would happen if they stuck with the Freedom Ending?"]

[And so, here I am. Answering my own question. Enjoy!]

[Starts in Chapter Three.]

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"Sorry about that." He wrote, "Was trying to find out how to open door."

The Narrator read the writing and looked back up.

"Oh.. really? Sorry again about killing myself, then. I just get impatient easily." Stanley silently laughed to himself. He, of all people, would know.

"Its okay. Thought of another solution while looking."

"Oh.. well could we try my idea first? Just to be sure?" Tap-tap.

"I am the narrator now."

The Narrator glared at the ceiling. "No, you aren't. I'm the narrator. I made the game. I created you." The Narrator clenched his fists. "If you think I don't have any power in my game just because I'm playing your role, think again. I can shut down the game with a single word, I can break the game even further, I can literally delete you if you make yourself equal with me again- DO YOU HEAR ME?!" He yelled.

Stanley was taken aback by the sudden outburst. He tapped the microphone quickly, and The Narrator's attitude immediately changed.

"Good. Now open the door so we can move on."

Stanley clicked the door, and it didn't open. It was now voice activated, just like the other doors. He sighed. He had no other choice. He hoped The Narrator wouldn't get mad at him for doing this.

Restart.


The Narrator didn't even wait for his vision to clear to start talking.

"What happened to opening the door? Did you really HAVE to restart the game again?!" As Stanley clicked the pencil icon to write, The Narrator looked back down and started walking.

"Nevermind. Don't waste time writing anything. Let's go."

Stanley blinked. It wasn't like it the building would explode if they didn't hurry! Stanley shook his head of the thought and opened the doors again.

Eventually, The Narrator got to the entrance of the Mind Control Facility. He pressed the power button.

"Alright, now let's try going around again..!" He said, climbing onto the railing again.

Stanley facepalmed. When will The Narrator-?

..Wait a minute..

Wait..he hasn't died yet..

...Just a bit more..! Don't die now! Aaand..

Stanley stared at the screen in surprise. He actually made it!

The Narrator looked at the ceiling and smirked. "Thought I was gonna die again, hm?" Tap. "Well, you're wrong!"

The Narrator proceeded to go around the other doors until he got to the lift. He stepped into it.

"Alright, now to activate the lift, you have to-" The Narrator was interrupted by the lift starting to ascend.

"Wha-what? How are you so good at controlling the game?!"

Out of The Narrator's view, Stanley shrugged. It was just a lucky guess.

Finally, The Narrator got to the control room. He rushed over to the two buttons and pressed "off." Stanley's screen faded to black.

The Narrator spawned in the final room. Outside the room would be the Freedom Ending. Stanley smiled. It was almost over. Everything would be back to normal soon. He double-clicked the large door in front of The Narrator.

...

'Wait..no this can't..' Stanley thought. He clicked the door again.

'No- we've come so far! Please don't..!' He started to spam-click the door. It wouldn't budge.

Its was voice activated. That's just his luck.

Stanley ran a hand through his hair. This was terrible. After all they did to get here..! Stanley blinked. A thought occurred to him.

How would he tell The Narrator?

..Can he tell The Narrator?

This was a very dark room, and Stanley only knew how to open doors, write on walls, and activate elevators. Oh shoot.

The Narrator glared up at the ceiling. "Are you going to open the damn door, or what?!"

Stanley thought about how to answer. If he says no, The Narrator might do something drastic. And he can't really say yes.

So he didn't do anything.

The Narrator was irritated at the silence. "Hello? Are you listening to me?" He yelled. "Do you not remember what I said earlier? About-" The Narrator stopped himself and sighed. "Nevermind. I know how much you love to disobey me, so I'll just sit here and wait for you to continue." And with that, The Narrator sat down and crossed his arms.

Stanley just stared at the screen. What now? Nothing would be accomplished if he restarts the game, and doing so would probably make The Narrator even angrier. There wasn't anything in the script to help either of them.

So, since there wasn't anything else to do,

Stanley didn't do anything.


Hours passed. Then days. Maybe even weeks. Its hard to tell when you've been waiting for so long.

Stanley and The Narrator have been doing nothing for this amount of time. They hadn't even said anything to each other. Stanley, of course, wouldn't be able to say anything. But The Narrator.. even though he didn't say anything, Stanley heard a lot. Stanley could still read his thoughts.

'This. Is. Terrible. I hate having limited power down here. I wonder what happens if I delete Stanley now...no.. that wouldn't solve anything. I'd still be stuck here. Oh well. Maybe today will have better luck. Even a person like Stanley can't keep this up.

'Stanley must really hate me if its been this long. Heh, as if I'm that much of a jerk.'

'This is one heck of a grudge. I wonder what he's doing while I'm sitting here.. maybe looking through my files... no. He can't possibly know how to do that.'

'I wonder what would have happened if one of us dropped dead during this. ..Wait, why am I thinking about that? Nevermind. Just forget about that.'

'Maybe this is some kind of ending. Yes, as this is my game, which has multiple endings, this situation should have multiple outcomes. I wonder what else could have happened. Maybe there was some other way to fix the game. Maybe Stanley could've taken control of the game. Maybe Stanley could've lost his mind during this. Maybe one of us could have died.'

'Maybe.. no. What am I thinking? Hah, multiple endings.. like that could happen.'

Everyday, all Stanley heard was countless thoughts.

And everyday, all The Narrator heard was silence.

{The Silent Ending}


[Aren't you glad Stanley thought of going through the Escape Pod Ending? Good.]

[Anyway, since there are now EIGHT chapters, I will now end the fanfic here.]

[Don't worry, though. There will be more Stanley Parable fanfiction.]

[As they say in this fandom:]

[The End Is Never The End Is Never The End Is Never The End Is Never The End..]