-You Can't-
Chapter 16: Premonition
Marionette just stared at the picture without any expression on her face. She promised that she was going to fix it. She did. But there was still something wrong. It was quite obvious that it had been riped apart, because of that white line between the two parts of the picture. She sighed sadly, knowing that she couldn't do anything more for the picture. It was just... old. They would have to take another one if they wanted it to be perfect.
Plush Mario frowned while looking at the photo, noticing Plushtrap in the corner. He was standing in front of Springtrap, smiling hugely and waving his hands at the camera. They were so happy at that time... It sometimes missed the good old times.
Interrupting their staring, Foxy came and placed a hand over Mario's shoulder, startling her. The Puppet gasped in surprise and looked at the fox, raising an eyebrow. "What do you want ? You scared me, you know..."
"Me be sorry, lass. Fredbear be sad." Foxy said, showing the golden bear hiding in a corner of the Game Area, crying.
The Puppet sighed, powerless. What could she do to help her friend ? He was sad because of Toy Chica's death... There was nothing she could do. Even if she tried to comfort, he would just teleport somewhere else. That would obviously be useless.
The golden bear raised his head, looking sadly at Springtrap who was entering the room. The bunny turned to him and smiled, trying to comfort his friend. Sitting on his shoulders, the Freddles were chatting together, not noticing Fredbear. When one of them did, the two others turned to look at him and saluted him. The bear waved his hand, saluting them too, before lowering his head.
Springtrap raised an eyebrow and came towards his old friend, sitting by his side. Plush Goldie appeared in front of them, glancing with his white glowing eyes at his counterpart, and it teleported on his knees. Fredbear raised his look, staring at his plushie without a word. The golden plushie was worried about him, he could feel it. But he just... couldn't forget what happened the night before.
Why was this guy here ? Why did he do that ? Was he one of Vincent's allies ? Just as Springtrap before ? Oh... If that was the case, maybe Springtrap knew something about this man. Maybe they were friends. He needed to know.
Convinced, he glanced at Springtrap, the bunny noticing his stare and smiling nervously. "You seem a bit too serious to me, ya know..." He said, looking for someone and begging them with his look to save him.
Marionette smiled kindly to him, shaking her head negatively. If he could help Goldie, and the others at the same time, by giving answers about this man, that was worth it. Even if Springtrap was tensed because of that. That needed to be done.
"Do you know the guy that came yersterday ?" Fredbear asked, hugging his plushie, really anxious about his friend's answer.
Springtrap giggled nervously, standing up and about to run away but Freddy holded him back, looking at him with a hard look. The golden bunny lowered his ear, closing his eyes before admitting: "Yes."
When she heard the answer, the Puppet joined the group, Bonnie and the others following. Soon enough, they were all around Springtrap, preventing him to run away and hide in the Safe room, where nobody except Goldie and Mario could go.
The bunny looked all around him, starting to panic. He needed to go. He needed to find a place where he could be alone. He needed to breathe. Right now. They were too many around him. He didn't really like crowds since those four years. He needed to flee. "Please ! Let me go !"
Suddenly, his view blurred and his head was killing him. His eyes were slowly closing and he felt as if he was about to faint.
Marionette noticed that and approached him, taking his hand and stroking it lovingly. All of a sudden, Springtrap's eyes closed and he fell to the ground.
The bunny gasped, looking right behind her and seemingly fearing what was there. Every animatronic turned to look at what Springtrap was staring.
They frowned.
There was nothing to see there. Spring was seemingly afraid of what he was seeing, but... They didn't know what it was at all. It seemed that they were not able to see it.
Springtrap narrowed his eyes, looking at Nightmare Fredbear smiling to him, a bright yellow halo around him. It was a hallucination, Springtrap knew it. When he looked at himself, he saw that he was back to his child version. The others were still there, but they were also nightmarish. Springtrap managed to escape the crowd, running as far as he could but he bumped into Fredbear's chest.
He fell instantly, ready to stand up and flee, but the bear knelt before him, smiling as friendly as he could to him. The little rabbit just stared at him, scared, trembling, and sat in front of Nightmare Fredbear. This one glanced threateningly at the other Nightmares, running towards them, Marionette being ahead of them. Springtrap tried to stand up, Nightmare Fredbear helping him, and then something unexpected happened.
The Nightmares intended to attack him, Foxy running faster and jumping at him, but Nightmare Fredbear shielded him, taking him in his arms and stroking his back reassuringly. The golden bunny's eyes widened but he didn't move, hearing the Nightmares' jumpscares without daring to take a look at what was going on.
Soon, Nightmare Fredbear let him go, smiling friendly to him. He was wounded. The Nightmares did attack him, trying to put their hands on Spring. The little golden animatronic took a look at his nightmares, gasping when he saw Marionette dismantled on the ground, at his feet. He sobbed sadly, kneeling before her, and Nightmare Fredbear sighed sadly. "There is something you need to know, cutie." He said, grabbing a mirror behind him and giving it to Springtrap.
The bunny took it, raising an eyebrow when he looked at himself. There was nothing to see. He was... just how he would have been as a kid. Looking like Spring Bonnie. Looking... good.
Suddenly, the reflection changed. There was Shadow Freddy behind him. The purple bear lifted up his upper head, Springtrap's mouth opening wide, and the bunny gasped, horrified. There was a body inside him. That wasn't there before. How could it be ?
Scared, Springtrap pushed Shadow Freddy's hand away and looked at himself, but once again the reflection changed. He was in a greenish yellow, his eyes were grey, glowing, and his body was messed up. His right ear was broken, a huge part of it missing, and the rest... There were many tears on his body. Some wires were visible. "I don't want to see that anymore..." Springtrap said, dropping the mirror.
This one broke when it touched the ground, his reflection being smashed to bits. Shadow Freddy, who was still behind him, teleported in front of him, the Nightmare animatronics fading away. The shadow animatronic smiled, standing up and staring at him kindly.
Springtrap looked all around him, raising his head, before glancing back at Shadow Freddy. "This is a dream, isn't it ?"
"It's not."
The golden bunny's ears tilted with curiosity, Springtrap turning around and staring right in Shadow Freddy's eyes. "Is that so ?"
Shadow Freddy smiled playfully, taking his hand and walking with him through the pizzeria's halls. "This is a vision. You'll see some of those more often from now."
"Why 'from now' ?" Springtrap asked, very cautious.
That made Shadow Freddy smile. "You didn't need to see this kind of things before." The purple bear simply answered, walking into the Office and looking at the security cameras. "Some really bad things are going to happen."
"How do you know ?"
The shadow bear smiled mischievously, kneeling before the kid animatronic and putting his hands on his shoulders. "I know lot of things. But maybe you should wait some days before learning about them."
Springtrap frowned, quickly thinking about that, and then a question came to him. He never thought about asking this. That was a pretty good question. When Shadow Freddt turned around to look at the cameras again, the bunny smiled playfully before fleeing, running through the corridor. Shadow Freddy looked at him and followed him very quickly, trying to hold him back.
There were some things there that he wasn't supposed to know. He wasn't supposed to see them. Not now, at least.
The little animatronic laughed and entered a room, wanting to hide from Shadow Freddy but his smile disappeared when he saw what was going on in front of him. Shadow Freddy reached his position very soon, looking at the scene in front of them and gasping. "You were not supposed to- Springtrap !"
The bunny didn't listen to him, approaching slowly the scene. Purple Guy was trying to escape the ghosts of the children he killed, Springtrap himself sitting in the corner of the room, seemingly offline. The little golden animatronic ran to his older-self, trying to wake him up. The older Springtrap opened his eyes, looking at him before fainting.
Shadow Freddy grabbed Springtrap's arm, pulling him away from the vision. The little animatronic defended himself, looking at the scene without understanding what was going on. He understood when he saw Purple Guy entering the suit and laughing happily. His eyes widened before it happened. Purple Guy was crushed inside the suit and there was blood everywhere. The ghosts faded away, letting him die inside the Springtrap suit.
The bunny cried when he saw that, showing to Shadow Freddy what was happening. The purple bear just shook his head, meaning that there was nothing to do about what was happening. Springtrap fell on his knees, looking at the dead Springtrap from the vision with sadness. Why was that a thing ? And, above all, why was that happening ? What was the situation before that happened ? What was going on !?
Shadow Freddy sat beside him, glancing at the dead Springtrap with eyes filled with tears. He then looked at the kid animatronic, putting a hand on his shoulder. The bunny was weeping sadly, his hands pressed against his face while he was trying to calm down. "Why... ? Why did that happen... ?"
"That's the reason why I chose you." The purple bear admitted, stroking the golden animatronic's shoulder comfortingly. "I knew what was going to happen to you, and I need to prevent you to do the same mistake as the first one."
Springtrap raised his head, frowning. "The 'first one'... ? Does that mean... ?"
"This event already happened. In the future. And I come from there." Shadow Freddy revealed, taking the little Springtrap in his arms and hugging him tightly. "I want you to believe me. I came to help you. I must bring you to the future with me."
"Why me ? And why do I believe you... ? I'm so dumb... What you say is impossible, but I trust you nevertheless..." The bunny replied, looking at his own body dead on the ground just in front of them. Tears ran down his cheeks. "I don't want to die..."
Shadow Freddy smiled, tenderized, and tears began to run down his cheeks too as he promised: "I won't let you die again... I will always be there... my dear."
Foxy was roaming around, speaking with Bonnie and Freddy, when he heard something falling. They startled and ran to the kitchen, where Chica was listening to music while preparing some pizza. Bonnie approached her, wrapping his arms around her chest and kissing her neck. Freddy clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, raging. He was horribly jealous. Foxy just stared at him before walking towards the two lovers, asking: "Hey, lass, sorry be botherin' yer but did yer heard that ?"
"Heard what ? I didn't hear anything." Chica responding, seemingly worried about what was going on. "What happened ?"
"We don't know, honey, we came here because we thought that was from here." Bonnie answered, smiling lovingly to the chicken.
Chica smiled back and kissed him on the lips, Freddy turning around and leaving the room, slamming the door furiously. Foxy startled before turning around, shaking his head in an annoyed way and sighing. The situation was as bad as before, if not even worse. Freddy was never going to calm down and accept Bonnie's relationship with Chica.
The two other animatronics glanced at him, seemingly worried, and Foxy assured: "No worry, lads. Foxy be settlin' that !"
The red fox ran after Freddy, the two others just looking at him, anxious. Chica felt bad for Freddy. She didn't want to hurt her friend... She never intended to do that when she had a date with Bonnie for the first time. She didn't even know that Freddy had a crush on him. If that was the case, of course.
After all, he could just feel rejected because they were always together. They were a band before. Now that was Bonnie and Chica, and Freddy left on his own somewhere else. She could understand if he felt abandonned.
Bonnie stroke her cheek, smiling to her and kissing her again. Chica lowered her head, really absent-minded. "You're worried about Freddy, aren't you ?" The purple rabbit asked, trying to look in her eyes.
Chica avoided his glance while saying with a really worried voice: "I think Freddy feels bad because of... our relationship."
Bonnie frowned, not sure to understand very well. "Wha-What do you mean ?"
"I mean... Freddy's jealous." Chica explained, looking at her boyfriend.
The purple rabbit tilted his head to the left, thinking about that, before shruggling. "Why do we care ? That's his problem."
Chica wasn't sure to agree with that but didn't reply anything. After all, Freddy was exaggerating. If he wanted to be with Bonnie or Chica before, he should have told them before. Now, it was too late.
She nodded slowly, kissing her boyfriend again. A shadow next to them smiled, tilting its two little bunny ears before running very fast out of the room.
To be continued...
Helloo ! I'm sorry, I'm late, but here is the new chapter ! Hope you enjoyed ! Anyway, you are free to write some comments if you want to ask me something or stuff like that. Even if this is to say that you hate this story ^^
Thanks again everyone for the support, I hope you're doing well !
Until next time,
Circle of J.
PS: The next chapter will be very short. (by that I mean... well... 400 words ?) I hope you don't mind ^^ This will be the ending of Act I: Descent into Hell ! :D