-You Can't-
Chapter 7: Forgiveness
"Okay, this is not working." Freddy said, trying since an hour to repair his microphone without succeeding. It was glitching, when he sang, it altered his voice. He needed to repair it as fast as he could. For his own sanity.
'No need to do this' Bonnie told him some time ago. He was quite right, after all, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria was closed now. But Freddy wanted his microphone to sing one of those fantastic songs that he heard from Chica's kitchen. He didn't know the name of the music but he knew the lyrics. That was a great song. He needed to sing it.
He shut on the microphone once he'd done what he wanted to do on it, and made a try. That was fortunately working again. Happy, he took place on the show stage and waited for Chica's song to begin. When it began, Freddy had a huge smile, preparing himself. "There was a legend, A legend born long ago, About a wicked, A wicked man no one knows, Went and unravelled, Six innocent little souls-"
"Freddy." Bonnie interrupted, in front of him and holding his guitar in his hands. "Can I speak with you ?"
The leader sighed sadly before nodding, knowing that he wouldn't be able to sing his song again until a long while. Bonnie smiled friendly to him and lead him to the Back room, sitting on the table. "Goldie told me that... you had something for me ?"
"Wait, he said that ?" Freddy demanded, blushing.
That was not predicted. He had told Fredbear to keep the secret safe. Why did the golden bear betray him ? He needed to speak with him.
Bonnie nodded absently, trying to get an answer from Freddy. "What is it ?"
"Nothing important." The brown bear replied quickly, leaving the room as fast as he could and shoving Marionette while going back to the Show stage. The black and white animatronic stared at him without understanding before going to the Safe room.
Fredbear was there, holding in his hands what seemed to be a picture. That was a picture from the seventies, the time where Spring Bonnie and Fredbear were on-stage and performing for children. Some years before the incident with Fredbear. The good old times.
Marionette approached him and sat beside him, smiling friendly to him. "Good memories ?"
"Maybe." The bear replied, raising his head to look at her in the eyes. "What do you want ?"
"Where is Spring Bonnie ?"
Fredbear frowned when he heard the question. "All of a sudden, you care about him ?"
Marionette didn't mind, the remark wasn't going to get on her nerves because that was exactly what Fredbear wanted. She wasn't going to give him satisfaction. Not this time. "I think that you know where he is. I want to know too."
"I won't tell you. Trust me, you won't break his heart another time, you b*tch."
The puppet jumped in surprise when she heard the insult. What was going on Fredbear's mind ? He didn't know what she felt. "You don't know anything about my feelings."
"What I know is that you refused him and that he ran out of this place because of that, well, mainly because of that." Goldie said, letting go of the picture in his hands and glancing at the other animatronic without expression.
Marionette frowned after Goldie's affirmation. "What do you mean by 'mainly' ?"
"He also left because he fears for his life. We're going to be scrapped, you know." Fredbear explained without looking at her anymore. "He wants to change his destiny."
Marionette took a while before asking in a low and worried voice: "Don't you want to do the same ?"
Fredbear lowered his head before avoiding the question.
"Don't even try to find him, you're warned." The golden animatronic answered with a threatening voice.
Marionette sighed, annoyed by the conversation, and went out of the room. Definitely, Fredbear knew where Spring Bonnie was but wasn't about to collaborate. She needed another way to speak with Spring Bonnie.
But what ?
Wait.
Her plushie !
She could probably take control of her plushie counterpart for some minutes. It was certainly with Spring Bonnie and Plushtrap, right ? She needed to try.
She came back to her Music Box and hid inside it, focusing on what she needed to do. She closed her eyes, concentrating.
Spring Bonnie was sitting on his sofa when he heard Plushtrap calling him. Without shutting off the fan beside his seat, he went to the bedroom, only to find Plushtrap stuck under the bed. He crossed his arms and sighed angrily while looking into its little grey eyes. "How did you get there, this time ?"
"Please, just help me." The plush toy begged him.
The golden bunny sighed and offered his plushie counterpart his hand, helping him to escape this trap. The plushie smiled friendly before leaving very quickly, even more quickly than Foxy. And Foxy was the fastiest animatronic of the crew !
Spring Bonnie returned to the sofa, wondering about so many things. How were Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy ? He didn't really care before but he missed them a bit, now that he was nearly alone in his apartment. He remembered everything. They were so kind with him, even if, at first, it was very difficult.
They made his days brighter. Sharing a pizza with Chica, singing with Freddy and laughing with Bonnie while he was playing guitar... He missed those moments. But... He couldn't return to the pizzeria. That was impossible now.
Suddenly, the bunny heard footsteps beside him. He raised his head and looked at who was coming, only to see Plush Mario staring at him with strange white pupils. It sat next to his head, acting very oddly. It was motionless. Spring Bonnie sat in the sofa, looking at it without saying anything.
That was when the plushie started to speak with another voice: "Spring Bonnie ? Can you hear me ?"
Astonished, the golden animatronic's voice died suddenly. Was... Was that Marionette ? She cared about him ? About where he was ? About his feelings ?
He just couldn't speak anymore, wondering about Marionette's motives. Was she calling him to mock ? That was a possibility.
"I don't know if you can hear me... I'm sorry." Marionette continued, her voice lowering a little and filled with sadness.
The Puppet plush turned to look at him and took his hand between its two ones. The bunny lowered his head, tears running down his cheeks and weeping in desesperation. That was so mean to call him now... Now that it was too late...
His heart was dead... The only things Spring Bonnie could feel from now were pain and sadness. He needed time. He just... couldn't handle the situation as it was.
Plush Mario lowered his head and said with a very sad voice: "Forgive me. Spring Bonnie... Can you forgive me ?"
"Why should I... ?" The golden bunny asked with a broken voice. He wiped his tears, trying to stay strong, but others ran down his cheeks immediately after.
All of a sudden, Plush Mario's head raised and the plushie came closer to him. Spring Bonnie didn't react, not understanding what was happening. Or more accurately what was going to happen.
The plushie smiled softly before kissing him on the lips. Spring Bonnie blushed very much, his eyes widening while he felt himself responding to the kiss. Why was he doing that ? Why was he so weak ?
"I love you, Mario..." He whispered into Plush Mario's ear once they were at a reasonable distance.
The plushie smiled, tenderized, and put a hand over his cheek. "I'm looking for you, Springy."
The golden rabbit's eyes raised and he saw the plushie recovering reality. He sighed sadly and stood up, going to the kitchen but something gripped his leg. When he turned to see what it was, he discovered Plushtrap, enraged, holding him back. "Plush ?" Spring Bonnie asked, not understanding clearly what was exactly going on.
"How dare you kiss my Plush Mario in front of me !?" The plushie cried out, angrier than Spring Bonnie had ever seen from him.
Plush Mario was standing next to Plushtrap, lost in her mind and looking at him with fear and apprehension. She didn't remember, great...
The bunny sighed, annoyed by the situation, and replied: "I was not kissing Plush Mario, I was kissing Marionette !"
"Are you kidding me ?" His counterpart asked violently, approaching Plush Mario and taking her in his arms. "I'll f*cking kill you, my 'friend'."
Meanwhile...
Marionette was going to the kitchen, intending to speak with Chica about what just happened, but someone holded her back. She turned around, looking right in Freddy's blue eyes. This one was smiling shyly, hesitating. Marionette remained still, just releasing her arm from the bear's grip. Finally, after some minutes of silence, Freddy asked: "Where were you ?"
The Puppet raised an eyebrow when she heard the question. "That's all ?"
Seeing that Freddy was not understanding why she was saying that, she explained calmly: "I thought that would be something more... important. I was in the Music Box. Do you have something to ask me ?"
The brown bear glanced at the kitchen's door before answering: "I was just worrying... Did you speak with... Him ?"
"That's none of your concern. That's privacy." Marionette answered without expression.
"I know, I was just wondering... Don't be mad at me..."
The Puppet closed her eyes for a while, sighing sadly before sitting next to the door, on the ground. She invited him to do the same before confessing: "I spoke with him."
"What did he say ? Is he going to come back ?" Freddy asked in a worried way.
"I don't know..." She replied, looking at the ground while thinking. "From what I saw, he has a house. I don't think he's going to come here again."
"But- And your love story ?"
"It won't be possible for us to continue..." Marionette answered, staring at Plush Goldie while this one was roaming around and singing.
Freddy's eyes widened and he put a hand on Mario's shoulder, shaking her slightly. "You can't let that happen !"
"I can't do anything..."
"You need to try ! We'll find him and bring him back at the pizzeria !" The mascot assured confidently, raising his head and looking at Chica, who was staring at him in confusion.
He waved his hand, telling her to go elsewhere while they were speaking. The chicken nodded and smiled friendly before leaving the hall. Marionette raised a little her head and looked at him with sad eyes. "Goldie won't let us do that."
"Why ?"
"He thinks that Spring B. is allowed to choose his destiny, which is true." Marionette responded.
"But-"
"No buts, Freddy. If Springy wants to come back, he will. Otherwise..."
The brown animatronic lowered his head and stood up, going back to the Show Stage where Chica and Bonnie were already. Marionette also stood up, entering the kitchen and taking some pizzas, bringing them to the Dining Area.
Everyone came and they ate together, Fredbear appearing near Bonnie and immediately chating with him. Freddy seemed to be tensed when Goldie was around, for some reason. Marionette didn't really care. She was lost in her mind.
"Hey, lass, everythin' be alright ?" Foxy asked her, worried about her mood.
The Puppet waved her hand. "Yeah, don't worry, Foxy..."
She wasn't convincing at all because of her voice tone. That made everyone looking up at her, even Fredbear, who was trying to understand why she was sad. Bonnie stood up and walked towards her, really worried. "Tell us everything, Mario."
"First, my name is Marionette, and second I won't tell anything to a certain person." She replied, glancing angrily at Fredbear.
The golden bear smirked and said: "Our meeting earlier didn't please you, over that I see."
"Indeed. Don't even think that I'll let him alone outside."
"He has a life now, on his own, he doesn't need anyone to annoy him." Goldie stated without looking at her anymore.
Marionette clenched her fists and shouted at his face furiously: "I won't let him outside without anybody caring about him !"
"And why not ?" The golden animatronic asked, a small grin appearing on his face.
The Puppet blushed very much and admitted: "Because I love him."
Chica smiled hugely when she heard that while Foxy's and Bonnie's jaws were falling. Freddy remained calm, only staring at Goldie's reaction. The bear was smiling, ironically enough, with rage.
"Alright, so, if I understand well this whole situation, you broke his heart, he left because of you, and you try to find him because, all of a sudden, you love him ?" Fredbear sumed up, looking briefly at everyone to see if everyone agreeded with that.
"That's not that simple." Marionette replied, glancing at the other animatronics. "Listen, I always loved him but I... was afraid. So I didn't react to his demand. I didn't reject it !"
"That be the same, lass-"
"No Foxy !" The Puppet exclaimed, trying to convince the only two animatronics that weren't aware about the story.
"I understand why he left now..." Bonnie added, glancing at Goldie with a sad look.
The golden bear nodded slightly before turning to Marionette again. "Let Springy make his own life."
The Puppet frowned and turned around, going as fast as she could to her Music Box. Chica was about to follow her but Bonnie holded her back. "No," He said, gripping her arm. "she needs to be alone."
"But-"
"Bonnie be right, lass." Foxy added, returning to Pirate Cove before shutting in sleep-mode.
Goldie looked at Chica, wondering about something. "Why don't you agree with me ?" He asked her.
"I just want them to be together." Chica responded without looking at him. "You're right, to an extent. But they love each other."
She came back to the Show Stage, watching the others shutting in sleep-mode and Goldie disappearing. She raised her head, looking through the darkness, and a tear ran down her cheek. "And I love happy endings."
To be continued...
Hello everyone ! I hope that you're all well and that you liked this chapter ! It's not my favorite, once again, but if you like it tell me everything ! ^^
I made a reference to 'Five Nights at Freddy's 4 Song' by TryHardNinja. That was the song sang by Freddy. ^^
I would like to thank again all the support ! Thanks to BrunetteNerd, Crazyloconutcase, Dog-boy1685, ImaginationOverdrive, Kazuki Tsukino, Lightning-Kinkaku, LoveMe2346, Miiv12, Milean, MrMarioluigi1000, VivianShadowGirl, erzashea1 and sonicxjones for favoriting (and also following for some of you) my story, you're all awesome !
Thanks also to Team Sonic Forever 4910 for the support by following my story ^^
And finally, thanks to Crazyloconutcase and ImaginationOverdrive for reviewing my story, it is really appreciated, you're awesome ! ;D
I wanted to say that the next chapter will be an important twist in the story. But I won't tell more than that ! ^^
With that, sweet closure.
Until next time.
Circle of J.