Freddy, T-Chi and Clyde were all sitting lazily on the couch, staring at the TV numbly. The two younger animatronics looked exhausted, while the older one seemed more interested in the TV. The bear's eyes were glued to the screen, still not believing it had such a clear picture. Clyde and T-Chi found it amusing at first, but after a few long hours it slightly lost its charm.
"Gosh, it's about time we get back to the stage..." Clyde muttered tiredly, looking at the clock. It chimed 1am, a time that the Toy animatronics weren't used to being awake at. Parting his mouth in a large yawn, the bunny allowed his ears to droop. "Boss should've come looking for us hours ago; I think he fell asleep at his desk again..."
"Again." T-Chi repeated in mild annoyance, rolling her eyes. Clyde chuckled softly and nodded, standing up.
"Well, sweetheart, we've had a blast with you today." Clyde said, smirking a little bit at Freddy, who gave him a weird look. "But we'll be off for the night. See you tomorrow, hon."
Freddy sighed, watching both Clyde and T-Chi wave and shout their good-nights to him. They exited the staff lounge, leaving the bear alone with the soft glow of the TV.
Freddy's ears drooped. Staring at his feet, he traced the soft couch cushion a bit. Being with the Toy animatronics really made him miss his old gang. They reflected them in so many ways, but yet were still so different.
Picking up the remote carefully, he began channel surfing (a skill he had just recently learned from Clyde). Settling on a channel showing a documentary about real-life bears, he snuggled down, glancing around the room.
It looked eerily creepy when he was alone in the dark. He swore he kept seeing shadows in the corners of the room, and movement by the windows. He kept hearing odd noises, and things that he remembered from something long ago. It scared him. He had been the 'King of the night' when he was younger, so what had changed him so much?
"Freddy."
A sudden cold and menacing whisper caught his attention. Perking his ears up, he looked around, frowning. It was almost too quiet to hear, but he had heard it.
It sounded too familiar.
He strained his ears to see if he could hear anything more, but heard nothing but the music box a few rooms away. Growling softly, the male sunk back into the couch. He could sense something horribly wrong with the restaurant, but he couldn't put a finger on it.
"Freddy!"
Literally jumping from the couch that time, he looked around. Spotting Red in the doorway, he relaxed, putting a paw over his chest. "God, don't do that! I'm too old to be scared!"
"Sorry." He said simply, looking around. Instead of his normal, almost flat tone, his voice was oddly chipper and excited.
"I got something for you." He said quietly, glancing around the lounge again. "Are Clyde and T-Chi around?"
"No, they just went to bed." Freddy's voice was filled with confusion as he spoke, tilting his ears a bit.
"Good, they'd end up panicking. Probably." He muttered to himself, looking annoyed for a moment. Perking up again, he walked into the room, looking unusually proud of himself.
"What's up?" Freddy questioned, watching the other bear walk off to the side. He looked almost as if he were strutting.
"You'll see! Alright, come on in."
Freddy was about to ask what he meant until he saw something moving around the door.
He was sure the gears in his chest had stopped at what he saw.
A purple animatronic stepped into the room carefully, slightly off-balance. It was lacking a face and an arm, but the back lights of its eyes were still shining bright. It scanned the room for a moment before his gaze rested on Freddy.
"B-Bonnie?" The old mascot whispered, almost inaudible.
The broken bunny choked a bit of static out of his new voice box at the sight of the bear, almost falling over. His ears fell a bit, his hands trembling.
Freddy leaned himself against the couch with a paw, watching the other intently. Mixed emotions raged through his circuits like wildfire, making him whimper lightly. Feeling his eyes well with tears, he took an unsure step forward.
"H-hey, Fred, why the long f-face?" The bunny spoke as clearly as he could, trying to omit as much static as possible. He let out an odd, dry-sounding laugh, leaning against the wall with his only arm.
"B-BONNIE!" Freddy cried out, scrambling to a normal standing position. He struggled to walk quickly, but forced himself to do so. Hugging the rabbit close once he closed the distance between them both, he stroked the back of the other's head gently, making sure not to touch any open wires.
"F-Freddy," Bonnie struggled out, clinging to the bear tightly. He rested what was left of his face on him, the back lights to his face turning off to indicate that his eyes were closed. "God, I missed y-you. I woke up s-so many times...y-you guys were just...dead..."
Freddy let out a small whimper, petting the bunny more. There was a pause before he laughed weakly, holding down any sobs. "W-well," He started, smiling crookedly. "At least y-you don't have to worry about your eyebrow problem, n-now..."
"E-eyebrows are overrated."
Even though Freddy couldn't see the smile on the rabbit's face, he could still hear it. He lightly shoved Bonnie away, grinning. "Don't touch me, you're gross."
Red watched in delight, smiling to himself. He carefully backed out of the room, leaving the two animatronics to reunite.
The night dragged on, and 4am came. Bonnie and Freddy had spent the entire night talking and watching TV, just trying to understand what exactly had happened. It took a little convincing the bunny that everything was indeed real.
Freddy decided to turn the TV off, knowing they needed to shut down soon. They were both tired, but so desperately missed talking that they didn't want to. They were struggling to stay awake, but did their best to keep talking.
"It's been so long." Bonnie whispered tiredly, leaning against the older bear. Freddy nodded silently in agreement, staring across the room into the darkness.
The only light that could be seen were the lights from their eyes, and the glow of the moon from the windows. They would sit in silence for extended periods of time before one of them would speak up again.
"I'm 41 years old." Freddy said flatly, to really nobody in particular. He huffed out a soft laugh, shaking his head. "It feels like we were just made yesterday."
"I know." Bonnie agreed, tilting his head downwards. "Remember how we used to raid the kitchen?"
"Y-yeah..." The other animatronic sighed, smiling weakly to himself. "I miss those days..."
Bonnie nodded, pausing for a few minutes. Taking a soft breath, he looked to the ceiling. "I'd wake up periodically when we were put into the basement. Every time I did you all were different, more broken."
Dragging his paw down his own chest, he felt the fake buttons that had been melded to his exoskeleton, frowning. "I could feel them rip my face off. Melt these things onto me. They tried to fix us, but then they opened yo-..."
Freddy flinched at that.
"Sorry." Bonnie whispered, clutching himself. Freddy shook his head, pulling Bonnie closer.
"No, I'm sorry, Bonnie..." He muttered, closing his eyes. "I feel like we wouldn't be in this situation if I hadn't...I-if I just would've..."
"Freddy?"
"Y-yeah, bud?"
"I don't blame you for what happened." The broken animatronic spoke gently, tilting his head to the side to look at him. "I just want you to know that I don't blame you, Chica wouldn't, and I'm sure Foxy has forgiven you, no matter where he may be. Whatever happened wasn't you. It was like you were...b-being controlled."
"...T-thank you, little brother." Freddy said, trying to hide any tears that were threatening to fall. Nuzzling the side of the bunny's head, he smiled lightly, whirring for him.
"You're stupid." Bonnie said through a yawn, curling up halfway on the bear's chest. Freddy snorted, leaning back and closing his eyes.
"You're stupid-er."
They both fell asleep like that, wondering what was in store for their future.
"Freddy."
Freddy's eyes opened slowly. It felt as if there were thousand pound weights on them, as well as on his body. Groaning in pain, he hissed out, shaking himself free of the pain. Seeing only darkness, he looked around in alarm.
"Where am I?" He questioned worriedly. His ears fell when it dawned on him that he was back in that...place, alone again.
"Do you think you can run from your mistakes THAT easily?" It hissed into the bear's ear. It felt almost as if it was circling him, stroking his face in the process. He shuttered.
"Leave me alone." Freddy growled, pulling his head away from the stream of cold air. "My family has forgiven me, and I've forgiven myself. That's all I need to know."
"Have they, Freddy?"
Freddy froze.
Did they truly forgive him?
"Especially Golden," It said lightly. Chuckling softly, the voice moved in closer. "What would Golden say about what you've done to everybody?"
The bear could feel his head swim. What would Golden say? He rubbed his forehead, suddenly feeling a sharp pain enter his motherboard. Nearly falling over, he felt the floor give way out from under him.
Screeching in panic, the animatronic flailed about in attempt to find some sort of item to grab onto to stop himself from the seemingly endless fall. Seeing the ground quickly materialize a few feet blow him, he cried out in fear.
Nearly slamming into the ground, he felt something stop him. Taking deep breaths, he looked around frantically for anything. The voice was gone, but the darkness stayed. Gently being sat on the ground, he looked to his feet, panting.
His reflection sat below him, looking him straight in the eye. Without warning, a bright flash of light blinded him momentarily, making him wince and grunt. Waiting for it to fade, he blinked a few times and looked back down, only to see a darkly colored version of himself, smirking up at him.
Lurching upright in shock, Freddy's posture stiffened. His eyes darted around the room, looking for any danger or anything out of place. Relaxing when he realized that it was morning and he was still in the lounge room, he sighed to himself and leaned back against the couch. Rubbing his face, he huffed. He had fallen asleep on the couch, much to his confusion.
He tensed up again when he came to the realization that Bonnie was gone.
"Bonnie?" He asked to the empty lounge room, looking around. Hearing no response, he got up from the furniture, exiting the area.
Walking down several hallways, he checked every room. All of the supply closets, and even the office. Nothing. Walking faster, he neared one of the main party rooms and heard a giggle.
Stopping and looking around warily, he peeked around a corner slowly, swiveling his ears. Dropping his shoulders when he calmed down, he couldn't help but to snort out a laugh.
Clyde and T-Chi had gotten a hold of the poor old rabbit. They had taped a poorly-drawn drawing of a bunny face onto his head, and put bows on top of his ears. He seemed quite laz, just sitting there and occasionally scooting around.
"T-Chi, hand me the blush! He-" Clyde froze at the sight of Freddy, coughing awkwardly and nudging T-Chi. She looked up as well, dropping the crayon she was holding.
"Oh, hi, Freddy!" She said sheepishly, smiling with a guilty look on her face. "Um, we were just getting to know Bonnie! He's really sweet!"
"Yeah!" Clyde added quickly, smiling as well. "We decided to give him a makeover and-"
"NOTHING." Bonnie shouted out, sounding slightly muffled from his voice box being under the paper. The bows on his ears jiggled when he moved his head, making the entire sight pretty amusing.
Freddy stared at them stupidly for a few moments. Shaking his head slowly, he furrowed his brows, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Um. Yeah, nothing..."
Walking over to the three, he grabbed the paper and ripped it off of Bonnie's face. Helping the bunny up, he looked to the two Toys, rolling his shoulders a bit. "Excuse us for a moment, would you?"
"Sure." The two younger animatronics said simultaneously, watching them walk away.
Once they were out of earshot, Freddy pulled Bonnie to the side. He glanced around to make sure nobody was watching or listening before speaking.
"Bonnie," He began, still glancing around every few seconds. "Remember those nightmares I used to have?"
"Yeah?" The purple animatronic asked, wiping some of the various makeup and crayon markings off of his neck. Freddy sighed, helping him. He removed the bows from his large ears carefully, frowning.
"I'm having them again. They're getting worse; I can actually interact with it." The bear wore a disgusted facial expression, snorting. "It keeps touching me."
"Ew, Freddy, can you not tell me those things?" Bonnie whined, removing some streamers that had been taped to his tail. Freddy rolled his eyes.
"Not like that, you damn pervert."
"Tell you what?"
Freddy and Bonnie both looked up at the ceiling to find Mangle and Tangle, who were staring at them expectantly. Freddy stood upright and looked straight at Tangle, shaking his head. "Nothing, you two. Go away."
"Hah, fat chance. Fatso." Tangle said with a laugh. Making a down motion with its head, Mangle made a squeaking noise and crawled down to the floor. Bonnie jumped back in horror when they stood up, making anxious beeping noises.
"What the hell is that?!" He asked a little too loudly, making Tangle growl. It stretched its head to meet Bonnie's face, glaring.
"Says the freak with no face. Freak."
Sighing loudly, Freddy shoved the broken head away. Stepping in front of Bonnie, he gave it a threatening glare, growling softly. "What do you want?"
"I heard you talking about so-som-something." The head said, glitching slightly as it spoke. Giving Mangle a look, it continued. "About an 'it'."
"And?" Bonnie said defensively from behind the bear, trying to move out from him. Freddy stopped him each time he tried to escape, holding onto him protectively.
"And," The head barked loudly, looking annoyed. "I think I might know what you're talking about."
Scoffing, the bear crossed his arms. "How could you possibly know?"
"Red." It said, clanking its jaw together. "Pale face? Demonic eyes?"
Freezing up, Freddy stared at the mangled robot, who smiled at him innocently. Looking back to Bonnie quickly, he tilted his head in the direction they came from. "Go get to know the others better. I need to have a chat with these guys."
Stammering in protest, the bunny finally groaned in defeat and sighed, crossing his arms. Walking away, Freddy made sure he was far enough so he wouldn't hear their conversation.
"Tell me what you know." He growled at the the conjoined animatronics. Tangle laughed, making an odd, shrugging motion with the connecting part to Mangle's body.
"Just ask Red."
"About what?" He demanded, grabbing the head by its 'neck'. It gave him a warning glare, pulling itself away.
"Puppet."
Walking into the office with M&T, Freddy looked around for the other leader. Spotting him in a corner shuffling through some paperwork, he walked up to him, making sure he was standing upright. Looking down at him, he cleared his throat.
Looking up from what he was doing, Red jumped a bit at the sight of Freddy. Puffing out a bit of smoke from his cigar, he stood upright as well, raising an eyebrow when he spotted M&T. "What is it? Is anything wrong?"
"Who's Puppet?" Freddy demanded a little harsher than intended, his gaze hard on the other animatronic. Blinking in surprise, Red looked a bit panicked but calmed himself quickly.
"How do you know about it?" He asked, keeping his voice low. Glaring at M&T, Mangle shrank back a bit while Tangle stayed in place.
"It isn't their fault. I've been having nightmares for the past twenty two years. About this...thing. " Freddy said quickly, looking around the office for a second. "It's taller than I am, and its face is paler and more demonic than I've ever seen. I've been having them since...w-well, something happened back in my old restaurant. Tangle told me to ask about a 'Puppet'."
Red studied the three. Looking around for a few seconds, he growled, throwing some folders onto the desk. Walking out of the office, he glanced back to Freddy.
"Freddy, follow me. M&T, stay here."
Freddy did as told, but Tangle stuck its tongue out and crawled into a vent with Mangle. Ignoring them, Red walked quickly to the lounge room. Letting Freddy in first, he followed and locked the door to make sure none of the others would get in. Turning to him, he groaned loudly when he spotted Clyde on the couch.
"T-Bone, get out! Now! Shouldn't you be giving Bonnie a makeover or something? You told me this morning you would."
Looking over his shoulder at the bear, he simply smirked and shook his head, leaning back. "T-Chi wanted to take over. I got bored."
Sighing softly, Red rubbed his face in annoyance. Leading Freddy to a chair, he sat him down. Looking to Clyde, he glowered a bit. "He knows about Puppet."
Sitting up straight, Clyde's usually half-lidded expression went wide, his ears falling flat. Looking to Freddy worriedly, he opened his mouth to speak but went silent.
"What?" Freddy asked, looking between them both. Red stared down at him, his own expression melting into one of worry.
"Freddy," He muttered, lowering his cigar. "We need your help more than ever." Glancing over at Clyde, he bit his tongue. "And I have the nagging feeling that you know how to save us."
"What do you mean?"
Looking at each other, Clyde nodded in conformation to Red. Both of them looked at Freddy, while Red sat on the couch next to the bunny.
"I'm going to tell you a story, so listen up and listen well."
Author's Note:
Hey, guys. Sorry for the late update. I'm kinda struggling with depression and my own sanity, so it's getting harder to crank out chapters. I don't want to shout my life problems here, so I won't. I'm trying my best, but chapters might come slower. I won't forget about the story, though! If I don't update a chapter it's probably because I died or something. (If I leave for a long time, check my journal on DeviantART. Something might've happened.)
With the original BoC, I had the timeline fully planned out. But with this one I'm kinda just rolling with it. I'm afraid I'll get stuck.
Anyways, who's excited for FNaF3? Hopefully I can have this finished before it comes out.
I did the beta reading, so sorry if there's any typos or unfinished sentences. Just point 'em out if theres any!
I'd like to thank LevitatingPiez, Anon Fayoken, MikeSchmidt, FadedMemories09, Purest of the Hearts, thechallenger1, Angelication09, Mor'DuTheBronyBear, MarmaladeBird, Unknown Forgotten Friend, MCHaunter, Anon Gabbi, Anon Jules, and stephaniec1025 for the reviews!
No spotlights today, sorry. I'm tired.
Answered Questions!:
Anon Jules: "IN last chapter of original BoC, foxy and freddy were totes pals. Does that continue in this fanfiction?"
Answer: Huehuehue. Maybe.
stephaniec1025: "Will this be a long story or like the last one?"
Answer: Long, hopefully! I'm not sure how many chapters, but it probably will have less chapters than the first. I'm guessing about 8 or 9. Just longer!
(TL;DR: Longer chapters, but less of them.)
Anon Fayoken: "Question: from the games with animatronic has the best look from both FNaF 1 and 2"
Answer: In FNaF 1, my favorite design is Bonnie. Simple, yet perfect!
And in FNaF 2, it's actually tied between Toy Bonnie and Toy Freddy. My favorite color is blue, so I think you can see why I love Toy Bonnie's design.
(My favorite color as a kid was purple, coincidentally enough.)
Next chapter is going to be a flashback chapter!
