A/N: Remember Italics are memories and dreams often both. Thank you all for so many reads and lots of followers it means a lot to me! Remember I'm only human and you can chat with me if you want you all are so quiet its making me nervous haha. anyway though please enjoy.
Be Spring
"Did I stutter, you sniffling worm? You will continue the project as we discussed."
You stand on his left side facing forward unwavering, still, as if you were made of stone until he gives an order. Obedient. You must always be obedient to him or he will toss you like the others. The whitecoats in front of his neat desk tremble before him. He commands obedience they are just as expendable as you.
"B-but Mr. Fitzgerald -"
Wrong move dude.
"It's me."
Your companion on his right moves now snapping the poor guy's neck with a quick jerk and a sickening crack letting his body fall to the floor with a thud. The remaining whitecoat stares at the silent bear in terror shaking like a leaf as his eyes zip from him to his now dead partner.
"Good boy, Golden. That is all, come back now."
He doesn't so much as nod simply returning to your master and standing beside him once more.
"Now...do I need to make another example?"
"N-no sir!"
"I didn't think so. I don't care what's going wrong we have plenty of them simply terminate those who have been deemed failures take notes on what made them failures and do it again."
"Yes sir."
He smiles now, he got his point across now he'll feign the nice guy.
"Aren't my goldens simply perfect? We need more like them. Countries will pay handsomely for them."
You bite your cheek as he pets your mate's golden hair patting his leg to get him to sit. You swear you can see his apologies painted on his face, in his glowing, solid black, commandeered eyes out of the corner of your eye. But like you he knows he must be obedient so he follows the order perching himself on the purple clad thigh as he asked. He waves his hand and Goldie takes off his top hat holding it in his hands so your master can better mess with his hair and ears much too roughly for your partner to actually enjoy the sensation. But he doesn't protest he sits still as ordered. You internally sigh gonna need to get that stench off of him tonight...again.
"They are truly spectacular sir."
"Yes they are now go make more of them."
"Yes sir."
He scampers to the door before turning around and grabbing the body on his way out. The door clicks shut and he sighs.
"Such idiots all of them. Don't you agree, Springtrap?"
You look to him and nod silently. He doesn't want you to speak just agree with him.
"Its a wonder I put up with them at all. But do the experiments myself? Why when I have henchmen under me to do it for me? I'm plenty busy."
You nod again as he shifts Goldie on his lap wrapping an arm around his waist.
"Such good pets."
You choke back a growl as he strokes his neck a finger above and below the leather dog collar. His breath picks up a tick in nervousness but he's trying not to show it.
"We need to work with you though, Golden. You need to look menacing when I trigger you my sweet. We will work on it I don't want a reason to get rid of you."
He clicks a button on his chair illuminating the back wall.
"Let's see how our last guard did last night shall we."
The screen flickers and soon the room is full of a poor man's screams and his maniacal laughter.
You wake on the couch with your head in Goldie's lap. You just burrow into him. You can faintly hear the click of a screwdriver and the sound of metal bumping metal as he works on something above you. Its comforting really.
"They're not back yet..."
Bonnie's voice is very faint to your mostly broken ears but you can still hear the waver in his tone and the padding of his high tops against the carpeted floor of the living room. You open your eyes now. He looks awful. His one eye looks swollen to you when he's turned to where you can see it, his patch is gone now and you can see one nasty scar and the deflated looking socket of where his other one used to be. His face is pale with worry and his pace is slowly picking up soon he'll be jogging back and forth.
"Judging by the time dearest I don't think they're coming back tonight."
You jump you didn't even notice Freddy on Goldie's other side. He's petting behind his twin's ear with one hand while the other pulls at his chocolate locks. You sit up now earning a soft but kind of forced smile from Goldie even as you lean across his lap to swat his twin's hand, none too gently either.
"Ouch!"
He pouts at you rubbing his hand with its partner you can see the skin starting to red.
"I was told to swat you when you do that sorry."
"No, its cool. I'm trying to break the habit so thanks."
You nod to him and look to Bonnie who has sped up yet again looking closer to paper white than pale now. You bite your lip and grab his arm as he passes effectively halting him. He levels you with a venomous glare. You make a mental note to never piss him off he looks ready to rip your eyes out and shove them so far up your ass you'll need a proctologist to read. You quickly release him.
"You're gonna wear a rut in the carpet at that rate. Its so close to midnight there's no way that full blood that took them will bring them back tonight. He cares too much I can tell. He'll sooner sleep in his car with them than toss them to the wolves. They'll be ok. Let's try to think of something else for the time being."
Freddy and Goldie stare at you like you just challenged the alpha wolf to the first share of a kill and he just blinks at you like you've lost your damn mind. Do these people seriously pace and worry themselves to death every time someone is taken?
"How about you tell me what happened to your eye. Bet that's quite a story."
You try to offer a smile just to lighten the mood but next to you the twins blanch. Wrong move it seems. He pins his ears back, clenching his fists and obviously gritting his teeth as he storms off adjusting his hair to cover the scar on his way down the hall. Oops. You look to the two next to you ears falling back a bit, you didn't mean to upset him.
"I'm sorry...was just trying to change the subject."
"Its ok, he couldn't sleep for anything last night and his heat cycle is coming up so he's grouchy as hell right now pretty much anything will set him off for a couple days...and he just kinda forgets its missing sometimes. That night was...not his proudest moment to say the least. It embarrasses him honestly. He just hasn't known you long enough to tell you, don't take it personally."
Freddy offers you a half smile he's concerned for his mate. He looks pretty exhausted too.
"He didn't seem like the type to get aggressive when stressed when I met him. But he's probably aching all over if that's the case, I totally understand. I get how he feels about the lack of eye too these suckers were not a proud moment for me either."
You point to your own scars. That day really was embarrassing you're just glad Goldie wasn't there to see.
"He gets really edgy when it involves the kids. He's real protective of them especially Bernard. He was only six almost seven when Bernard was brought to the Institution. So young yet he bottle fed that boy. He stayed up late with him even if he couldn't physically go to him sometimes. It was sweet really. He took to parenting the little guy so naturally I think he sometimes forgets he's not actually his father. Hence he calls him his brother instead. Eventually the whitecoats were so tired of listening to him and Fredrick they just shoved them in our cages and said take care of your own kind. And we did. So where the kids are concerned he gets very stressed."
You suppose you would feel the same. The clock bangs once, 11:45. No way they're coming back tonight. If Jeremy was a guard at one point he won't chance it with the suits yet above you hear the chime of the front door. That's all you hear and honestly you wouldn't think you actually heard it if Goldie and Freddy didn't perk up in perfect sync at that exact moment. You all just stare at the trap door for a while fully expecting the missing to come down any moment but minutes pass and the clock bangs again 11:50. They don't show. You can feel Goldie tense beside you as he leans forward without meaning to til one of his swiveling ears is brushing over your cheek. You grab his hand and give it a gentle squeeze staring up at the door in silence. The clock bangs again. 11:55. The loud bang of a gun. Your eyes widen, did they shoot one of them? Its silent a split moment but all three of you jump up when you hear the sound of feet sprinting overhead, a loud cackle and a yell of 'it's rabbit season go get him, buddy.' They're trigger training. And your fears are confirmed, Bernard's his bait. He may very well not make it through the night. The twins dash for the door and now the entire doorway area is full of everyone as Goldie, Freddy, Foxy, and Mangle all push on the door for all they're worth but it won't budge something must be on top of it. But you have to try. Soon pretty much all of you are pushing on the door but even all of your combined strength can't get it to budge so much as a centimeter. The clock bangs again. Midnight. You all still. There's nothing you can do now...they're as good as gone.
Be Bernard
You don't even know where you're running. Your chest absolutely aches as you dash around diving through vents in a feeble attempt to slow your partner down a little. The bang of the clock downstairs freezes you midway through one of the vents. Oh no. You hear the sound of a music box song and the creak of metal joints. That's all it takes to have you scampering through again falling out of the vent onto the floor of the back room. This...might be helpful actually. Your eyes fall on the golden rabbit Goldie has been working on. It's a lot bigger than the other suits heck you could probably fit two people in it not comfortably but you could. A set of heavy footsteps make the decision for you. You pull the head off. Goldie took the springs and skeleton out now filled with foam instead it looks like he's trying to give Spring his own character. You don't really care right now the lack of supports makes it much faster to get in it and that's all your brain cares about right now. You pretty much just fall in its so big but you grab the head and shove it on just as the vents begin to ring with the weight of someone in them and the heavy footfall grow closer. You sit as still as possible as Bonnie walks through the door and the vents go silent until he leaves again.
Be Fredrick
12 bangs and a song bring the world back into focus. Your head hurts but the clock reminds you that you are in no good situation. The creaking of metal joints can be heard and you look to the stage seeing Bonnie's ear twitch stiffly. You shake in fear this is not good. Slowly as to not draw attention to yourself you walk backwards never taking your eyes off the lavender suit until you're crossing the thresh hold of the security room. You hide in a corner of the room to gather yourself. Chica's vent leads to the kitchen, not a good idea she'll be in there in no time flat and its so clean there's nowhere for you to hide. You could stay in here. Play night guard for the night...no you can't, Foxy is repairing the mask you'd be a sitting duck. Bonnie's vent leads to the backroom. He wanders in and out of there a bit but its so cluttered you could probably hide in there. You nod to yourself and shimmy through his vent hearing his heavy footsteps in the main dining area. You wince as the metal creaks under your weight but you crawl through anyway. The other end is right in front of you but you freeze hearing his footsteps enter the back room. Oh fuck if he sees you in the vent you're a goner. A cold sweat runs down your neck as you sit as still as possible heart hammering silently praying that he will just wander back out. Seconds feel like hours but soon you hear him leave and shimmy out intending on letting your feet hit the floor silently. Unfortunately though, there's a bit of a drop on this end and you fall to the floor with a loud clatter instead. Shit. You hear heavy footsteps coming back. Not quickly but coming. Double shit. Your ears perk at the sound of muffled grunts. In a panic you look around glowing blues meeting greens. Bernard. He's in that golden bunny suit he's got the head raised in one hand and is pointing inside it. You can feel your mind trying to leave you again but you fight. You fight for all you're worth against the red creeping across the edges of your blurring vision. You shake your head trying desperately to shake it off and look to him again he's yanking the hat off stuffing it down at his feet and you feel your face heat up as the cornflower button up goes next but your vision comes back. He points again and the steps are way too near now you clamber into the suit and he closes the lid. Oh man this is a tight fit he's turned sideways so you both fit arms awkwardly bent at the elbows with his hands up a bit in front of him so they rest on your chest, legs both scrunched up into one of the suit's like your own, chest to chest and nose to nose with you. You both have to practically sink your heads into your shoulders since both of you obviously can't fit into the one rabbit head. You don't mind being this close to him but shit this is gonna get real uncomfortable real quick. You adjust him carefully with minimal movement to press his head to the space under your chin and straighten your neck looking out the mesh green eyes Goldie put in not long ago. Bonnie is looking around looking a bit confused but he doesn't stay long diving into his vent at the sound of pots and pans clattering in the kitchen. You let out a relieved breath holding Bernard close not that he has much choice.
"Are you ok? I didn't hurt you did I?"
Your voice is barely a whisper and he shakes his head against your chest his hand tugging at something around your neck til you hear a quick snap and it comes off. He waves it in front of your face. A key? Memories come back to you now your ears perking up as you take it from him and undo the lock behind his head pulling the heavy muzzle off and letting it fall to join your feet. He wipes his mouth of drool and looks up at you.
"Thanks."
You nod to him not wanting to risk talking too much as he shivers. You, with a lot of difficulty, manage to shrug out of your own button up silently wishing you had worn your blazer whenever you were taken but too late now. You drape it over him ruffling his hair and bumping his nose with your own its a tight fit so this is not nearly as graceful as you would've liked but you'd rather him not freeze. You shrug your vest back on it doesn't do anything against the cold but you will fake it til you make it. Footsteps sound like they're all around you now you pull him impossibly closer to you silently conveying that you will protect him even as you randomly twitch in your own terror. As long as you don't move or make noise you should be ok...right? You feel him begin to go lax against your chest and soon his breath is evening out as he falls into a light sleep. You run your hand through his powder blue hair as softly as you can your other hand scanning his skin under your at least three sizes too big for him shirt for injury he didn't tell you about. Thankfully you find none and you give a breath of relief again perking up to scan the room again through the mesh eyes only to meet solid black sockets. You can't breathe. Your arms tighten around him as you just stare at the empty sockets in front of you but as soon as you blink they're gone...were they ever there to begin with? You look around the room your eyes falling on the limp Golden Freddy suit not but 3 feet from you.
"Please don't be afraid."
You can't help the yelp that escapes as a little girl materializes in front of you. She flickers kind of like a glitch in a video game would but she looks right at you through the mesh.
"They won't hurt you...They don't hurt children. They never have. Will you please come out of there? Surely Mr Bon Bunny's suit is not comfy for the both of you."
Bernard looks up at you your yelp must have woken him. He's white as a sheet so he sees her too. You feel like you can trust her though. Even as his eyes widen you reach up and push the head off and poke out. She smiles at you her golden bear ears wiggling. Bernard pokes out next to you and struggles to shimmy out of the suit. He manages after a moment and you heave yourself out with him. She giggles probably at your odd state of dress.
"Hold on I'll be right back."
With a shimmer she disappears as does the Golden Freddy suit and you just look to Bernard with confusion. He holds your gaze your shirt drifting off his shoulder as he reaches out a little to grab your hand holding it in a tight grip.
"We'll be ok..."
Your words shake a little but you genuinly trust them as they fall from your lips. You give his hand a reassuring squeeze as she shimmers back into view holding a pale blue button up and a bright blue tailed vest absolutely covered in glitter. You have to bite your tongue to keep from doubling over in laughter as Bernard's eye twitches a little and his mouth hangs open at the glittery article. She glitches a bit and the clothes fall to the floor as she disappears only to reappear a moment later.
"Sorry its hard to hold things and keep myself visible...It takes a lot of energy."
Bernard scoops the clothes off the floor and shrugs out of your shirt handing it back to you as he pulls the blue shirt and vest on.
"I'm gonna rock this glittery SOB just you watch, Fazbear."
Challenge accepted apparently, and oh you don't doubt it...not at all. Especially when he gets it on and it accents his slim chest so nicely. Good lord what is puberty doing to you. You quickly look away as your cheeks heat up. The ghost girl in front of you giggles.
"Come say hello to the others. We wait all day to invite new playmates. The bigger versions of us also said it was your birthday Foxy loves birthdays come on let's go celebrate!"
She pulls you both along despite being barely solid enough to pull it off into the main dining room.
"Guys! We have a birthday boy! Let's celebrate!"
Bonnie and Chica appear out of thin air you swear, Freddy turns his head to look at you from the stage, and you hear the patter of feet heading your way.
"Did someone say birthday!?"
Foxy zips in the clunky suit making quite a racket as the little girl nods.
"Happy birthday!"
He throws confetti and oh that's gonna be fun to clean up later.
"Freddy sing a song for him! Then we should play, that would be awesome!"
He sounds like a little kid, jumping up like the heavy suit weighs nothing, tail wagging, and eyes absolutely sparkling as if the suit itself was alive. It makes you cock your head in confusion and scan the others. All their eyes hold the same sparkle, Bonnie's little fluffy tail wags a bit, Freddy's ears wiggle around his hat as he adjusts his mic on the stage, and Chica bounces on her toes clapping happily to encourage the bear. All of them...they remind you of kids. But...they kill people. That giant purple rabbit ripped half the flesh away from Bonnie's face without batting an eyelash. Your brother frequently finds blood, eyes, skin you name it in the large bear suit. Yet now, they bounce around and smile and giggle as if they were all five. What the hell is going on?
"The suits are possessed by those who died and were tethered to them. We don't remember our real names just the ones the suits gave us...these four are still angry at our killer and grow hostile towards adults but they love kids. I died a long time ago so I'm more lucid than they are. Then there's Puppet and BB they may come out tonight...Oh I'm Golden by the way."
She smiles at you again and you just stare as you process everything she just said.
"He's Fredrick and I'm Bernard. We're the Toy Freddy and Toy Bonnie suit wearers."
You mentally thank him he seems a bit more here than you. She nods and says nothing more on the topic content to listen to Freddy sing it seems.
Chica stuffed you with cake and stale pizza til you were sure you'd be sick. You even needed to have Bernard loosen your vest. Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy play tag with him now while you sit on the stage next to Golden and Freddy too full and tired to join them. Bernard's ears and hair bounce around as he zips around laughing happily turning sharply on his toes after Foxy catches him and deems him 'it.' You hear Chica squeak and Bonnie give a hearty laugh as they dive into vents to escape him. Its quite a sight. Freddy hums on occasion next to you sounding slightly dazed but happy none the less. You wonder why he doesn't play with them.
"Freddy hasn't been dead very long so its a bit harder for him to move around."
You jump at Golden's voice you're starting to wonder if she can like hear thoughts or something. She smiles to you before waving. You raise an eyebrow at her.
"Behind you."
You look behind you now. Two more spirits float next to you both wearing curious faces. Your ears perk up your reconize them. The puppet and balloon boy from the prize counter in The Toy Box. You wave to them slowly careful not to spook them. Puppet's eyes are empty sockets but they still glow a little illuminating the red violet stripes under them. Her dark hair comes to just above her shoulders in a ruffled look that makes it look like she just woke up. Her clothes are dark too, sleeves way too big hiding her hands, and two big white buttons on her shirt make he look just like the rag doll. He looks just like his doll companion too. Ruffled brunet hair, rosy cheeks, blue eyes, red and blue shirt with matching propeller hat on slightly crooked, he even holds a yellow and red balloon in his hand. They wave back giving small smiles even as they flicker a bit in the same glitch like way Golden did in the back room.
"This is Puppet and her brother BB. They unfortunately cannot speak like the rest of us though we're not sure why. You're daddy came back you two...he's under the stage now with your papa perhaps he will be able to see you now that he knows he's alive."
You cock your head in confusion at the exchange but the silent pair seem to light up with joy. Puppet springs forward hugging the other ghost before waving her hands around to her brother. He takes her hand and with one more wave they disappear as if they were never there.
"The bunny with half an ear missing...oh what did he say his name was..."
"Spring?"
"Yes! That was it! He and the other Golden they took those two in before their vessels were brought here. They were pretty much parents to Puppet and BB but when Spring supposedly died the other Golden wasn't able to see them anymore. They were very sad. I do hope they're visible to him again."
You nod to her and your mind begins to wander. What are these spirits doing here anyway? How did they get here? Who's responsible for their deaths? Can you help them? You look to her again. She's whispering something to Freddy who looks very tired. You wonder what time it is.
"Hey, Golden?"
She turns to you again cocking her head in question.
"Why are you all here anyway? Surely there are better places."
She stares for a while before her gaze falls and her ears fold a bit.
"We're trapped here by the Purple Man..."
Purple Man? Who's that? You cock your head now and raise an eyebrow in silent question. The name sounds so familiar to you.
"He killed us...well them at least. He helped kill me but he killed them pretty much single handedly. He tethered our spirits to the suits by stuffing our bodies in them when they were still animatronics. Apparently one kid from the group of five Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy were a part of managed to please him enough to be kept alive but they weren't as lucky. Or maybe they were more lucky. The experiments were always painful...But because of him we can't leave. He did something and trapped us here...No matter how hard we try to leave, to pass over, we can't its like there's a big weight tied to our feet keeping us here. I'm not sure how he did it but he did."
You can hear the clock downstairs and the suits begin to go ridged. Bernard jumps looking to them with worry but Bonnie just waves to him stiffly offering a smile as he and Chica walk back to the stage and Foxy heads back to Pirate Cove. His blue ears droop a little. He was having a lot of fun yours droop too as the rabbit and chicken join Freddy on the stage.
"Happy birthday...we had a lot of fun. Let's play again some-"
Bonnie doesn't even get to finish before he falls completely still just as the clock sounds again. Six bangs and they all fall stone still one look to your side also confirms that Golden is gone. All is silent. The confetti littering the plush carpet being the only reminder that it ever even happened.
