Chapter 19: The Puppet Awakens

Disclaimer: I don't own FNAF. In this chapter we learn about Golden Freddy's advanced capabilities, the Toys come up with a plan and there is another close call. Don't forget to review, (I want to know what you think!) and enjoy!

I wonder what would have happened if...

I hadn't taken Josh's toy car when he was three?

I hadn't teased him about the footless man when he was two?

I hadn't invited the clown to his fifth birthday?

I hadn't gone to Fredbear's Diner on that fateful day?

During my hours of time alone in that room next to Golden Bonnie I had a lot of time to dwell on the past. Luckily Josh gave me a clock so that I knew when to come out, being the amazing brother that he would have been if I hadn't terrified him so much. Because I knew why I was stuck in the suit that killed my brother. I knew why ten innocent children (and me) were trapped in this hellish place. This was my punishment. I had killed my only brother, which meant I was just as guilty as the Purple guy. I knew why I was stuck in this dark room with nothing to do and no endoskeleton so I couldn't deactivate. This was what I deserved.

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8:30pm was when I finally had the courage to face everyone and leave my small hideout. I didn't leave my solitude often as when the other animatronics looked at me, I could feel their hatred burning up my soul. They knew what horrible things I did to their friend, and they resented my company for it.

As I walked down the main hall, I activated invisibility mode for the animatronics; this way only Josh could see me as he didn't have an endoskeleton. In fact, the only reason I left the safe room now was to see Josh, and to see how much he had changed from the terrified boy I knew.

As I entered the Main Room, I passed Toy Bonnie and Freddy talking next to the door and, once again, felt the immediate urge to rip off their masks to look at their endoskeletons. I didn't know why this happened as I couldn't care less about their robot bodies (I wasn't a tech guru, if you could tell), but it did happen every time I was in the presence of another lost soul. I also felt Toy Bonnie's excitement, and Freddy's boredom, as if Toy Bonnie was talking about something really cool and Freddy didn't care.

Finally I got to Josh, who was talking animatedly to Bonnie about something. It was funny; I only realised the depth of his personality when we were both "killed". He seemed to be a very talkative, kind and friendly soul who enjoyed the presence of others; I could sense that he was happy when someone listens to him, laughs at his jokes and doesn't shove his head into an animatronic's jaw. I wish I had been a better brother like he would have been to me if I hadn't been scaring him all the time. I sensed a sudden jolt of recognition in his emotions as he looked over at me though, and I realised that he had noticed me.

"Excuse me Bonnie," he said. "Golden Freddy wants to talk with me."

I changed back to non-ghost mode at once as soon as Bonnie looked round, and sensed the familiar flash of hatred as he walked away.

"So," I said as I floated over to him. "Any news on the Purple Guy front?"

"Yes actually!" I immediately sensed his desire to share information. "Project SpringTrap has had an amazing leap forward since you visited last!"

"Cool name," I replied, but he said

"I didn't come up with it, Chica and Mangle did."

"Oh yes, I felt the spark of an idea last night." I replied, but instantly wished I hadn't.

Josh felt curiosity and suspicion, but I didn't want him to know about my enhanced senses yet so I continued hastily "So what about SpringTrap?"

"Well I found six pairs of endoskeleton teeth backstage," he continued, but I could still sense suspicion. "Toy Freddy says he worked on engineering in Year 10 so he is in the process of attaching them to the inside of SpringTrap."

"Year 10?!" I exclaimed. "He must be the oldest out of all of us!"

"He is," Josh assured me. "I checked, with the youngest being Foxy; he was only in Year 6 when he had his accident."

I enjoyed Josh's company very much. As we talked, I felt that our deaths had strangely brought us closer together; I wasn't scaring him and he wasn't crying. The only bad thing about spending time with my deceased brother is that all through our talk I was stopping myself from ripping off his mask. Mine was definitely the worst suit to be inhabited by; what with the desire to rip off masks, the sensing of all the animatronic's different emotions and the constant ghostly presence, but this was what I deserved, so it was fine.

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12:15am, Night 5 for the Night Guard. I had wondered why the animatronics hadn't caught the Purple Guy yet, so I had activated Ghost Mode and at this particular moment, I was watching Toy Bonnie in the Purple Guy's right vent. I sensed his concentration as he climbed out of the blind spot and leaned forward, but my murderer immediately reached across his desk for a spare Freddy head which he then put on. Watching Toy Bonnie curiously, I sensed his frustration and his desire to try again as he walked jerkily back down the hall. I wondered why this happened just as I sensed the Purple Guy's relief as he took off his mask, checked the blind spots and the hallway again and then got back to his cameras.

Then, after a bit of thinking, I realised that maybe a program inside Toy Bonnie made him think that our killer was Freddy, but that didn't make sense as why would he think Freddy would be in the Security Guard's office? And why would he feel frustration if he thought he had walked away from his friend?

I had also noticed that he had a weird box on his desk that was connected to his laptop that he kept winding up once in a while. What does it do? And why does he have to wind it? As I was pondering this I sensed concentration in the right vent's blind spot, and a moment later Chica was clambering out and standing in front of the desk, arms outstretched and head slightly forwards as if she was going to bite his head off. As soon as the child killer looked up though, he immediately put on his mask which caused her to walk back down the hall feeling a tiny bit more frustrated than Toy Bonnie was.

After another while I sensed more concentration, but in the left vent this time. A moment later BB had appeared, but as soon as he did my killer put on the head and caused BB to crawl around his desk, reaching for the flashlight but not quite making it. He crawled into the hall, feeling less frustration than Chica but more than Toy Bonnie.

After a while, more animatronics had shown themselves such as Toy Chica and Mangle, who like BB had only reached the blind spot, and Freddy, Bonnie and Toy Freddy, who like Chica had got into the room before their "program" activated. Even Foxy had tried to storm the office through the hallway, but he never got further than the front Party Rooms.

By 4am, everyone had attacked at least twice but I was yet to see Josh's attempt to gain revenge. At first I thought it was because he wasn't killed by the Purple Guy so he didn't need revenge, but if the time in this restaurant had taught me anything it was that Josh was an incredibly selfless person and that he cares about his friends. I soon came to the conclusion that the box that he was winding must have something to do with it, so I deactivated ghost mode to go and talk to him. I realised a second too late that I had deactivated it altogether so humans could see me, and I quickly adopted a position that looked as if I was deactivated. Just in time too, as our SpringTrap victim had just looked up from the cameras! I sensed his shock as I quickly activated ghost mode again. My killer was confused, so he took it as a hallucination and moved onto flashing down the hall at Toy Freddy who had just appeared at the end of it. I left.

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The clock on the far wall read 4:25am as I walked into the Main Room; immediately a blast of music from the speakers on the walls almost knocked me off my feet.

I looked around, but I only sensed three souls here; one was on the stage, one was at the Games Area and the other I could only just sense, but I knew it too well to ignore it.

"Josh!" I muttered, and floated over as fast as I could. I opened his present, and there he was; seemingly asleep in a very awkward position. I sadly leaned over and re-arranged his limbs so that he was as comfortable as he could be in a small wooden box, but as soon as I did I sensed the soul from the stage move over to me.

"Hey," Toy Freddy greeted me with the hatred that everyone greets me by, but it soon turned into sorrow as he looked down at Josh.

"Why is Josh sleeping?" I asked him sadly.

"It's the music box." He pointed at the speakers. "Whenever the Purple Guy winds it up, the music puts Mario to sleep. We have no idea why."

I suddenly remember that Josh always used to cry at night, thinking that I was under his bed going to scare him. Mum felt sorry for him, so she gave him a music box and that always put him to sleep after about five minutes. I remember that I always teased him about it. I have so much to apologise for.

Suddenly three souls burst into my thoughts, feeling anxious and excitement.

"Toy Freddy!"

Mangle and Toys Chica and Bonnie rushed over.

"We've had an idea." Toy Bonnie panted.

"We are all going to attack at once, first Bonnie, then Freddy, Mangle, Toy Bonnie, Chica, Mangle and then me." Toy Chica said. "Hopefully he won't wind up the music box and Mario can capture him."

"Great idea!" Toy Freddy exclaimed, and I could sense excitement radiating from his endoskeleton. "Need my help?"

"Sure!" Mangle called from the ceiling. "Come on!"

"You too, BB." Toy Bonnie said as he passed the Games Area, where the final soul jolted from frustration to excitement as he joined the animatronics walking towards the door.

"Wait!" I called. "Can't I help too?"

But the group of Toys closed the door, leaving me with a sleeping Josh.

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The clock read 5:57am. I had felt soul after soul confront their killer over and over non-stop for the last half an hour, but with no avail; I had just been watching Josh sleep peacefully. He turned over, and I saw his face; his mask looked the same, except the white pupils in his eyes had vanished. Sadness overcame my urge to rip off his mask, and I reached down and enveloped his body in a hug.

"Michael?"

I jumped, and thrust him back into his box.

"Josh?" I looked down and saw that his white pupils had re-appeared!

"The others have deactivated then," he said sadly.

"No!" I exclaimed. "The music has stopped two minutes early!"

"Really?" He exclaimed, and I could sense his astonishment.

"Yes!" And I pushed him out of the box. "Now go get our victim!"

I suddenly sensed his desire to gain revenge as we rushed out of the room, but the clock read 5:59. Could he do this in time?

Mario

I rushed down the Main Hall, anger surging through what is left of my body. I turn down to the Party Room hallway, passing the original animatronics entering Parts Service. I pass the first two party rooms. Why does the hall have to be so long? Now the second ones. Nearly there...

DING DONG DING DONG!

I hear a crash of metal on vent walls as every animatronic deactivates around me. I skid to a halt in the doorway, Michael behind me.

"GOTCHA!" The man behind the desk yells; we quickly hide behind the wall.

"I told you!" He seemed to be talking to his laptop. "All of them are trying to kill me!"

"Alright, Mr Fitzgerald." The laptop says back which sounded strangely like Mr Fazzy, the owner of the company. "You've made your point; I'll shut down this restaurant tomorrow due to animatronic malfunction."

I am in shock. What will happen to my friends?

"I wouldn't want to damage your company, Mr Fazzy." He says quickly.

"Oh don't worry," the laptop replies. "I'll keep the original animatronics in case I want to open again in a lower budget location; they are still in Parts Service so they didn't do anything wrong."

"But sir!" The Purple Guy argued. "They tried to kill me too!"

"I'm afraid we have no proof unless they are found in another place but Parts Service." He countered.

I sigh, relieved.

"But I'll have to scrap the Toys."