Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling and Five Nights at Freddy's belongs to Scott Cawthon.
"Hello, my dear." -Golden Freddy/Rose Evens
"Hello? Hello?" -Phone Guy
'Dear Harry...' -Writing
Having gotten there really early that night, Harry frowned as he looked at his watch. 'It's already 11:30... hopefully she gets here soon.' It was then that he heard footsteps rushing up and noticed a woman running toward him. "Just in time."
Upon reaching him, she stopped and panted as she bent over with her hands on her knees. "S-sorry... missed my bus and that..."
A chuckle caused her to look up. "No worries, but at least you made it and that's what counts." Harry then held out his hand with a smile. "Name's Harry Potter, I'm the guard whose going to train you for whenever you get called in... Nymphadora, wasn't it?"
As she scowled, Nymphadora shook his hand and squeezed as hard as she could. "Don't call me that, I prefer Tonks."
The only reaction that she got from Harry to her annoyance was a raised eyebrow. "Sure, Tonks." Once she let go, he turned and began to unlock the door. "Now, management decided to fuck off early tonight along with the janitors, which means that I'm going to have to show you around and such. Firstly, when you get in here you need to do a quick patrol of the building to make sure that all the doors are secured and no one is inside..."
While she followed, Tonks listened with one ear to him as she glanced around and suppressed a shiver. 'Okay... this place somehow is creepier then Grimmauld...'
Her attention was caught as Harry stopped in front of the office. "Okay, this is our office where we'll be staying for the night. Before you ask though, management, the bloody cheapskates they are, turn off the power here for the night before they leave so all we got is emergency power via batteries in the basement. What that means is that as the night goes on, we'll slowly run out of power since the light in the office, the fan, and the tablet all use power. Closing either the security doors or turning on the hall lights will only make it go down quicker. Do it too much or too long and you'll run out of power before 6 AM in the morning, when we reconnect to the grid proper."
For a moment, Tonks blinked as that sunk in. 'Okay... That's cheap...' She turned to Harry with a frown. "So... What? If the power goes out the food will spoil or something?"
A dark chuckle escaped Harry that caused the hairs on her neck to raise. "Oh, among other things..." Harry then gestured her to follow him. Once they reached the main dining room, checking exits on the way, he nodded toward the animatronics. "Anyways, these are who we'll be guarding. The bear is Freddy Fezbear's, the leader of the band. Beside him, you'll see Bonnie the rabbit... Rabbit, not bunny. Very important to remember that."
Then Harry pointed toward Chica, but before he could say anything, Tonks spoke up. "And that's the duck, right?"
There was a deafening silence at that, though the Auror in disguise could have sworn that the yellow animatronic was giving her a glare from the corner of her eye. Before she could turn to check though, Harry scowled at her. "Chica is a chicken not a duck. Trust me when I say that it is very important to show them proper respect, and not just because their important to the children."
Slightly unnerved, Tonks raised her hands in surrender. "Sorry, sorry about that..." A frown then crossed her face. "They seem rather important to you..."
To her surprise, a soft smile crossed his face. "Yeah... This place holds a lot of good memories for me from my childhood..."
For about a minute, Tonks waited as Harry watched the animatronics fondly. Then the moment was broken as she cleared her throat. "So... Um... What's with the out of order place...?"
Harry glanced at it and shook his head. "Tha' there be Pirate's Cove, lass. It be the domain of the fiercest and most infamous pirate in all the Seven Seas... Captain Foxy, arrrgh." However, all he got was a blank look from her to which he rolled his eyes. "Everyone's a critic..."
Having shaken it off, Tonks gave him a look as she followed. 'Okay... He's not quite what I was expecting...'
Her head turned toward the blocked off Cove as she could have sworn she had heard the faint sounds of laughter. Unknown to her, Harry had noticed her not paying attention and rolled his eyes before he decided to mention something that caught her attention. "... And as a reminder, Fezbear Entertainment is not liable in any way for injuries or dismemberment on the property." That brought her up short, but before she could say anything, Harry jerked his thumb at the kitchen. "Anyways, we got about ten minutes before we need to be back at the desk, so if you want something to eat, you can grab it from the kitchen. Same with drinks as we get free stuff like that."
Confused, Tonks frowned at him. "Wait... Why do we need to be back at the desk in ten minutes?"
She did shiver at the dark smirk on Harry's face when he answered with a chuckle. "Trust me, you do not want to be here when the clock strikes midnight or after."
Despite her instincts telling her to get out of there, Tonks just ignored them and nodded as she headed to the kitchen. "Okay..."
As Harry stood there, he watched as she walked to the kitchen door and inside. Upon hearing a snicker, he snorted. "I know, I know, but can you blame me, Bonnie?" There was a soft snort and Harry shook his head. "Yeah... She was barely listening to me, so I doubt that she's going to make it through the night. Now if you guys will excuse me, I'm going to go grab a slice or two and a drink before the show really begins... Oh, and Chica? I know that your annoyed, but don't be too bad tonight..." And with that, Harry walked over to the kitchen and walked in to grab himself something. 'Heh... wonder how she'll do.'
Once Harry had rejoined her and as they walked back to the security office, Tonks took a big bite out of her pizza slice and smiled. 'At least the pizza here is good... If I wasn't an Auror and the pay was better, then I could have been tempted.'
It was then that she noticed that Harry had stopped in front of the door. "Oh... Before I forget, there is one last thing..." Harry slowly turned and the way he was shaded in the dim light and shadows as well as his grin gave him a sinister air. One that caused a shiver to run down Tonks' spine. "If you're here, well, you just made a very poor career choice."
Still unnerved, Tonks still followed him into the office, though a glance at a ventilation duct caused her to relax. Mainly because she could just barely see a tabby before it slowly backed up and disappeared. 'At least I have backup here...' Polishing off her slice, she took a quick drink as Harry held out a tablet. "This is for the cameras, right?"
Harry chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, you can flip through each camera easily like this..." He showed her and she nodded as she memorized it in time for Harry to notice something as he held out one hand and gestured with it. "And here... We... Go..."
Confused, Tonks was about to say something when the phone rang. However, Harry stopped her from answering it which caused it to come through the speaker. "Hello? Hello? Uh, I wanted to record a message for you to help you get settled in on your first night. Um, I actually worked in that office before you. I'm finishing up my last week now, as a matter of fact. So I know that it can be a bit overwhelming, but I'm here to tell you that there's nothing to worry about..."
Tonks watched Harry eat his second slice unconcerned with what was on the phone, until something caught her ear and she whipped around. "Wait, what was that about death?!"
The guy on the phone just continued. "Blah blah blah. Now, I know that might sound bad, but there's nothing to worry about..."
However, as he continued the hairs on the neck of the Auror in disguise rose. 'These things bloody kill people?! What the bloody fucking hell?! Fuck the children and what they think of it!' As the phone clicked off, she gave a nervous chuckle at Harry. "This... This is some kind of hazing, right?" At his shrug, she decided to check the camera for the show stage only to see that Chica was missing. "Where the bloody hell did it go?!"
Quickly, she flipped through the cameras, but couldn't find it. Having finished his pizza, Harry raised a finger as he took a drink. "You know, there's blind spots on the camera, which is why when you can't find one of them you should use your door lights... Such as the one on your left."
For a brief moment, she froze before she reached out and tapped the door light. There, in the window looking in was Chica before she slowly opened her beak to reveal a second set of teeth in the back which formed a gastly grin. "BLOODY HELL!"
After the door slammed down, Harry took another drink as he leaned back against the desk. "Here's a piece of advice, Chica approaches the office via the east hall, and Bonnie does it by the west hall... Also, Chica likes to hang around to suck your power while Bonnie often leaves quickly. Best to check your door lights before you open your doors though. Also, keep checking those cameras..."
After checking the cameras again, Tonks found Chica in the washroom, but then noticed something else. "Shite! The rabbit's gone!"
And so it went, hour by hour as the two animatronics tried to get in. However, the two made it through the night and the chime sounded for 6 AM. With one final check of the stage, where she found them all back there, Tonks finally relaxed and stared at Harry who acted calm and collected... Unlike her since she had her shirt stained with sweat. "H-how are you so calm?!"
Harry just chuckled as he shook his head. "Simple, this is all old hat for me." He then smiled as he patted her on the shoulder. "Anyways, good work rookie! You made it through the night, so I guess I'll be seeing you again tonight." The young wizard ignored the stare from the young woman as he left the office. "Anyways, just going to do a quick patrol to check around, want to come?"
Harry was completely unsurprised to see her gone and hear the door outside open and close which caused him to chuckle as he left. What he didn't notice was the wide eyed cat in the vent who had been there all night watching.
Dumbledore nodded as Snape finished his report before he hummed. "Before we finish though... Nymphadora? What do you have to report on what happened last night at young mister Potter's job?" At the sound of a snore, he turned and raised an eyebrow as he noticed that said Auror was uneasily sleeping on the table. Even more curious was the sight of McGonagall trying to take a sip of tea as her hands shook. Snape had been about to sneer about wanting to know about a muggle job, when he noted the same things. However, Dumbledore tried again. "Nymphadora?"
Kingsley rolled his eyes before he poked his partner in the side. He didn't expect her to scream as she swung and slugged him in the face. "FUCKING CHICKEN! GET THE BLOODY FUCKING HELL AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK!" It was only when she noticed the fact that she was not in the pizzeria that she blushed. "Um..."
Having fixed his busted nose, Kingsley sniffled a bit before he turned a glare on her. "What was that about?"
What none of them expected was the shiver that ran down Tonks' and McGonagall's bodies. "I... thought that I was back in that place again..." At the looks, she rubbed her arms. "Back at Freddy's where Harry works..."
Now Mad-Eye was intrigued as he leaned forward. "Oh? How so, lass?"
Part of him was even more interested when he noticed that there was the spark of fear. "Well... um... I'm not going back there again tonight, right?"
Both Dumbledore and Mad-Eye shared a look before the Headmaster frowned. "I'm afraid that I fail to see why you shouldn't go back?" Upon seeng her expression, he coughed and brought out his pensieve. "Perhaps you might find it easier to show us some of what happened then?"
It was with agonizing slowness that Tonks slowly placed some memories into the bowl-shaped artifact. Once she was done, Dumbledore touched some runes and what looked like a screen popped up and projected Tonks' surroundings. The various Order members listened as Harry took her through the building, though several who were there narrowed their eyes at what Harry mentioned and his tone. When they got to the introductions of the animatronics, there were mutters of them being creepy. However, those mutters were drowned out as Tonks stood up and screamed. "I KNEW IT! I BLOODY FUCKING KNEW THAT DAMNED CHICKEN WAS GLARING AT ME!"
Giving her a raised eyebrow alongside some of the others, Remus noted that it did look like it was glaring at her. His attention was caught by something that Harry said. "Did... did he really just mention dismemberment?!"
Sirius just nodded, slighly unnerved. "Ye-yeah... I think that he did."
Eventually, they reached the point where the phone rang and were listening to the introduction when one part caught all their attentions. "Uh, let's see, first there's an introductory greeting from the company that I'm supposed to read. Uh, it's kind of a legal thing, you know. Um, "Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. A magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life. Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person. Upon discovering that damage or death has occurred, a missing person report will be filed within 90 days, or as soon property and premises have been thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpets have been replaced."
For once, even Snape had issues saying something sarcastic before he glanced at Dumbledore who leaned forward. 'This has to be some kind of joke...'
When it reached a bit about someone losing their frontal lobe, Dumbledore stopped the recording and looked at Hestia, who had medical training. "Considering that such an injury is hinted at being fatal usually for a muggle, how bad would it be?"
Hestia was slightly green before she answered. "You know the Longbottoms? If one survived an injury like that, then they'd be lucky to end up like them..."
That caused more then one face to blanche before Dumbledore restarted the recording in time for the next bit. "Uh, now concerning your safety, the only real risk to you as a night watchman here, if any, is the fact that these characters, uh, if they happen to see you after hours probably won't recognize you as a person. They'll p-most likely see you as a metal endoskeleton without its costume on. Now since that's against the rules here at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, they'll probably try to...forcefully stuff you inside a Freddy Fazbear suit. Um, now, that wouldn't be so bad if the suits themselves weren't filled with crossbeams, wires, and animatronic devices, especially around the facial area. So, you could imagine how having your head forcefully pressed inside one of those could cause a bit of discomfort...and death. Uh, the only parts of you that would likely see the light of day again would be your eyeballs and teeth when they pop out the front of the mask, heh."
Unknowingly, Kingsley echoed Tonks in the Pensieve. "This has to be some form of hazing..."
While he shook his head, Remus shook his head. "This... might explain why the backstage area smelt like blood and death so much..."
Several members jumped out of their seats when Chica appeared in the window. As the night continued to the end, several Order members commented on how calm and collected Harry seemed. The fact that he gave her bits of advice to get through the night raised yet more eyebrows from certain members of the Order, such as Dumbledore. Once it was all done, Tonks looked over at Dumbledore hopefully, only for her expression to fall at his frown. "You... don't want McGonagall and myself to go back there... right? RIGHT?!"
Her stomach just dropped as he shook his head. "I'm sorry, Nymphadora, but we need you to continue to investigate." Before she could say anything, he raised his hand. "And no, we can't use any extreme forms of magic as that might catch the attention of the Ministry and they would use it against us. I will let you use magic though if you or mister Potter are in danger of being harmed, though. Immediate danger, that is."
After the meeting was over, Miss Weasley wrung her hands in nervousness. "Headmaster, why are you letting this continue instead of protecting Harry? That poor dear must be traumatized..."
The Headmaster was silent for a moment before he spoke up. "Because, Molly, I noticed something in Harry's face. Something that I have no doubt that Severus, Alastor, and some others noticed... such as you, Arthur."
With a slow nod, Arthur frowned. "He knows far more about the situation... and was also interested in what Tonks' reactions were, I think."
Albus frowned himself in thought. "It certainly seems that way..."
Harry tapped his wristwatch as he looked around. When he noticed the woman walking toward him, he just smiled. "Welcome back for your second night, Rookie!" All Harry did was rock back and forth on his heels as Tonks gave him a glare through her nervousness, which he nodded at. "Good, you do have some steel inside."
Slowly, Tonks nodded as she followed him in. "Um... Thanks? I guess...?" She turned him down when he asked if she wanted to do a patrol with him and left the office whistling a tune. "After a moment, Tonks heard a small meow and looked at the vent to see a worried looking tabby there. A glance at the camera let her know where Harry was and she pulled out her wand. A quick bit of magic saw the screws securing the vent fall out and the tabby come out into the security room. "I'm telling you, there's something wrong with him!"
Despite wanting to disagree, Minerva nodded as she transformed back. "As much as I would like to say otherwise, perhaps you might be right." Her expression then took on a soured look as she shook her head. "Miss Granger could be right since she said that cutting Mister Potter off from everyone could see him go a bit crazy emotionally..."
With a grimace, Tonks glanced through the cameras to see Harry near the show stage watching the three animatronics there. "I think that this is a little more then a bit. Kid's either got the biggest bollocks that I have ever seen, or he's got a death wish. I just wish I knew which one it was..."
While the two talked and Tonks continued to observe Harry's progress through the pizzeria, neither of them paid much attention to the office around them. Of course, if they had then they would have seen the cupcake plush blink at them. They also would have seen it move the slightest amount to better see them...
Harry was just about to walk away from the show stage when he noticed that Chica's eyes flew open and then sank into a glare at her cupcake. Knowing what he did now about the Cupcakes, Harry frowned before he whispered. "Leave me a note about what you saw in the kitchen, okay, Chica?" He got the barest of nods which was the best she could do before she would get freed up that night. With that done, Harry walked into the kitchen and made himself a snack before he moseyed over to Pirate Cove and poked his head in. "Ye be up tonight, Captain. Scare the lass good, would yeh? Arrrrgh." He then got a wink before he headed back to the security office slowly, still checking as he went. 'I wonder if my suspicions about her are correct.'
Finally, he walked into the office just as the clock hit midnight. Tonks glanced at the cameras with a nervous look and then back at him. "Aren't you even the least bit worried about those things catching you?!"
For a moment, Harry held up his finger as he took a bite of his sandwich before he pointed it at the phone. And just in time for it to ring before the voice that Tonks had begun to call 'Phone Guy' spoke up. "Uh, hello? Hello? Uh, if you're hearing this, then you made it to Day two, congrats!"
An expression of annoyance crossed the Auror's face. "Gee, thanks." Nonetheless, she did as he recommended and continued to look through the cameras, though she shot a slight glare at Harry when he slurped his soda. When it reached the end though, she blinked. "Wait... Pirate Cove?"
With a smile, Harry nodded. "Yeah, where Captain Foxy is. I introduced him to you last night, remember?" He took in Tonks' expression and raised an eyebrow though he was laughing manically on the inside. "You were listening to what I was telling you last night on the patrol, right?"
A sheepish grin crossed Tonks's face as she looked anywhere but him. "Um... Yeah! Of course I was listening to what you were telling me! In fact, I was hanging onto your every word!"
All Harry did was bite his sandwich and chew it with one eyebrow raised. "Right... Oh, and as to your last question? After so long of dealing with them, I'm not really all that scared of the animatronics. It's like a big game to me now." Taking another slurp of his soda, making sure to have it sound as obnoxious as possible, he gestured at the camera tablet. "Anyways... You really should check the Cove just in case."
While she frowned and cursed at him internally, Tonks switched to the cameras watching the Cove, only to see a animatronic poking it's head out. "I-is that..."
The guard across from her grinned as he polished off his sandwich. "Tha' there be none other then the infamous pirate, Captain Foxy lass. Yeh best be careful with him, see, iffin yeh see him disappear with the curtains open, tha' means he be comin' for yeh booty. Yeh would have aboot five seconds ter close yonder door before he comes in ter snatch yeh. And I be thinkin' tis would be a loss of such a fine booty if he get it yeh, lass."
An eyebrow twitched on Tonks' face as she stared at him while in the vent, McGonagall placed a paw over her face. "Are you hitting on me..."
All she got as she continued to flip through cameras, checking on Bonnie and Chica was a grin. "I'm almost fifteen you know..."
Before she could respond though, she changed the view back to the Cove and noticed that Foxy was gone and the out of order sign had been flipped and now said "It's Me!" All of which took her less then a quarter of a second to realize before she slammed the door button down. "SHIIIIIIITTTTTTTTEEEEE!" And not a moment too soon since as soon as it closed, there was a bang and a tooth rattling unearthly scream from the other side of the door.
Harry smiled as Tonks ran out the door behind him as he did the morning check. 'Looks like the combination of aunt Rose and Foxy really freaked her out.' As he walked past the stage, he nodded at them. "Great job you guys. And Chica? I hope that you left the note like I asked..." She only blinked in response before he entered the kitchen, and, sure enough, there was a note left on one of the tables there. "Now lets see what got her so angry last night...'
Giving it a quick glance, Harry smiled at how it was written in crayon of all things and somewhat childishly. A moment later though he began to frown as he started to read it. 'Harry, new guard had someone else in office with them while you were in dining room. She used a wand and magic to open vent, which a cat came from and transformed into a woman. Cat lady and her then talked with each other as they watched you, and mentioned that they had been watching you for a long time. Then cat lady turned back into a cat and went into the vents before new guard used magic to resecure vent grate.'
Slowly, Harry placed down the note and frowned in thought. 'A cat who transforms into a woman? That sounds like Professor McGonagall... But that means that they're watching me? Though...' He remembered that a number of Animagi were unregistered and frowned. 'It could be someone else, I suppose...' A scowl then crossed his face. 'Still, that means that I was right that "Tonks" is a witch and this whole thing reeks...' While he continued to think, he folded the note and placed it into his pocket as he walked out. Just as he was about to pass the stage, he stopped and looked at Freddy. "Hey, Freddy? She's not ready for you, so I think that tonight you should go all out with her..."
For a moment, Harry's talk was greeted with a grin from Freddy and the others...
Just as Molly shooed her kids and Hermione out of the kitchen, they stopped as they noticed a tired Tonks in front of them. For two minutes she just stared at Hermione and Ron. Suddenly, she pulled them into a hug and sniffled. "I am so sorry that I never believed you about the bear, so, so bloody sorry..."
The two stiffened before they relaxed in her arms. Meanwhile, Molly watched with wide eyes as she had not believed them about the bear and thought it just nightmares brought on by guilt. She was further surprised when McGonagall hugged them and apologized for the same thing that Tonks did. 'I... wait, that thing is real!?'
As with the previous night, Dumbledore waited until the end of the meeting to turn to Tonks and McGonagall. "Nymphadore, Minerva, anything to report in regards to last night at the pizzeria?"
Tonks glanced around and shuddered. "Last night was, if anything even worse then the first night." At the looks, she continued as she rubbed her arms as if cold. "It seems that as the week goes on, the animatronics there get more and more active with more becoming active..."
It was then that Molly piped up. "Dearie, you mentioned to Ron and Hermione that you saw the bear that they have?"
That caught a number of people's attention as both Tonks and McGonagall nodding, the cat explaining. "We both saw it last night in the security office. It seems that it can... teleport into the room at times." She then frowned a bit in thought. "According to mister Potter, all you need to do is avert your eyes from both it and the poster it uses to announce it's impending arrival and it'll disappear without scaring you... But that it by itself is rather harmless besides scares."
With a nod, Tonks crossed her arms as she tried to fight back the shivers. "Apparently feeling faint from it is normal, which would give time for the other animatronics to get you if your not careful."
While the other members of the Order muttered amongst themselves, Albus stepped her fingers in front of his face before he placed the pensieve in front of the Auror. "If you wouldn't mind placing some of the memories of the night in there, I believe that we should see how your night went first hand..."
With a swallow, Tonks nodded and not too soon after, the Order was treated to the sights of her second night at Freddy's. There was some shouts and a shriek when Foxy appeared. But unnoticed by most there, Dumbledore and some others were more interested in how Harry was acting. What really caught their attention was how he continually watched Tonks between giving her snippets of advice. Once it was all finished though, Tonks spoke up by swinging her hands to the side. "Also, I'm done with that place! I am not going back there at all!"
As he sighed, Dumbledore nodded slightly saddened. "I suppose..."
A triumphant expression crossed Tonks' face only for it to be wiped off as Mad-Eye chuckled. "Seems that Potter has more steel in him then you, a professional Auror does." He barely reacted as she slammed a hand onto the table and demanded to know what he meant by that. "Lass, Potter has been at that job for more then three weeks. It barely even bothers him anymore." Taking a swing of his flask, he continued. "Though I will give you that might be a consequence of your current training..."
For a moment, Tonks blinked. "What do you mean by that?"
A chuckle escaped the grizzled old man as he shook his head. "They're teaching Aurors how to deal with short fights with criminals. Fights that are over in minutes at best." Moody's false eye then focused on her, and Tonks shivered as she was reminded of Foxy for some reason. "But back during the first war, there were times when you would be hopping from one fight to another. Some days and nights it was nearly non-stop. You and the other currently trained Aurors would likely not be able to keep up with something like that... Potter has likely dealt with something similar, so I have no doubt that if it came to it, he would be able to deal with what we had to in the first war."
If he had been aiming for her to continue on, it worked. However, one the meeting broke up and she had left for her shift, Dumbledore shared a look with Moody as well as Sirius and Remus, both of whom stuck behind. "Alastor, I would prefer it if you would not egg on some of the members."
All he got in reply was Moody snorting. "The rookie could use some toughening up, especially since we'll be dealing with a war soon enough." He took another swing of his flask. "She has the talent and the potential to go far, this will help her with that." Then he went silent and gave the few wizards around a look as he watched Molly check on the teens. "Potter knows, Albus."
From where he sat, Remus frowned. "I don't think that he knows, Mad-Eye... I think that he suspects that she might be a witch though."
Sirius just waved him off. "Same thing with him really. Sometimes I see James in him, but he does have Lily's ability to suspect things though."
There was a silence before Albus spoke up. "There's more to it then that, my friends. If we go by what Nymphadora and Minerva has told us, then this... 'Golden Freddy' can use posters to teleport..." His eyes narrowed a little. "Posters, such as the ones that Harry had sent to miss Granger and Mr. Weasley..."
With a thoughtful expression, Sirius rubbed his chin. "Well, according to Tonks, Harry said that all this Golden Freddy thing can do is scare. And to be frank, after seeing some of the letters he sent them, I can't blame him for becoming frustrated enough with them to scare the bloody hell out of them..."
Harry whistled a jaunty tune as he twisted the screwdriver in his hands as the screws securing the vent slowly twisted with squeaks. Finally, the last one popped out as did the screen before he placed some double sided tape on the back and put it back into place. After he placed the screws into a baggy and everything into the knapsack he used, Harry walked to the door still whistling. 'Tonight should be interesting...'
With a smile, he exited the door and locked it before he made his way toward a nearby late night coffee shop and got himself a drink with some donuts. When he arrived back at the pizzeria, he spotted a nervous Tonks already there and waiting. She then noticed him and gave him a glare. "Where the bloody hell did you get off to!?"
As he raised his eyebrow, Harry took a sip of his drink and shrugged. "Felt like hot chocolate and donuts tonight... want one?" Internally, he laughed at her disbelieving expression before he externally shrugged and unlocked the door. "Suit yourself." He ignored Tonks' grumbles as he did a patrol through the darkened pizzeria before he stepped into the kitchen and left a note for Chica there about the vents. Upon getting back to the office, he snatched a donut and started munching on it. "Hope that you're ready... for Freddy..."
For his troubles he got a glare from Tonks right before it hit midnight and the phone rang which attracted her attention. "Hello, hello? Hey you're doing great! Most people don't last this long. I mean, you know, they usually move on to other things by now. I'm not implying that they died. Th-th-that's not what I meant. Uh, anyway I better not take up too much of your time. Things start getting real tonight."
Once more, Harry nearly laughed at how Tonks' eyebrow twitched. "It wasn't real before now, you jackass...?"
The Phone Guy continued though as if she had not talked. "Uh... Hey, listen, I had an idea: if you happen to get caught and want to avoid getting stuffed into a Freddy suit, uhh, try playing dead! You know, go limp. Then there's a chance that, uh, maybe they'll think that you're an empty costume instead. Then again if they think you're an empty costume, they might try to... stuff a metal skeleton into you. I wonder how that would work. Yeah, never mind, scratch that. It's best just not to get caught."
Tonks just glared at the phone. "Gee? It's best not to get caught? Wow, what a brilliant insight!"
However, luckily for the object of her ire, the phone, the call ended a moment later. "Um... Ok, I'll leave you to it. See you on the flip side."
It was then that she noted that Harry had raised a finger and blinked before he pointed it at a door. Her eyes widening, Tonks switched on the light to find that Bonnie stood just outside the door, except his eyes were black as night with a single spot of white in them. "BLOODY FUCKING HELL!"
As the door was slammed down, Harry shook his head and sighed. "As he told you last night, keep an eye on the cameras as he's talking as they might sneak up on you."
He smirked though as he got a glare before Tonks turned back to the cameras. Flicking to the show stage, she noted that Chica was also gone since Freddy was the only one on the stage and grimaced. "Where is that bloody chicken..." Going through the cameras, she sighed as she heard banging in the kitchen over the disabled camera. "There she is-" It was at that moment that a deep and creepy laugh echoed through the building and she startled a bit. "What the hell!?"
Having taken a gulp of his drink, Harry gestured at her. "Like I said, are you ready for Freddy?"
With her eyes widened, Tonks went back to the show stage to see that Freddy was gone. However, she soon found him again with him standing in the shadows of the dining room, staring at the cameras with black eyes that had white pupils. "Creepy..."
As he shrugged, Harry leaned against the desk. "I'll make a note though, Tonks." Seeing her perk up a little, he smirked. "By the way, you can cause him to pause in his movements by keeping the camera on him... at the risk of missing one of the others about to get you. And if you see Freddy in the East Hall Corner, then close that door immediately until he leaves. He'll have a chance to sneak into the office without you knowing otherwise." At her look, he shrugged. "It was a minute before 6."
While Tonks tried to hide the wince, she turned back to the monitors. 'Bloody hell that would be close...' And so it went through the night as each of the animatronics tried to enter the office, but she closed the door just in time each time. Around 5:30 though, Tonks looked at the power level and shivered. "Harry? We, er, got a problem..."
Cracking his back, Harry looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "What's the problem?"
The disguised witch swallowed heavily. "We... only got eight percent power..." She reached out and closed the door right before Foxy slammed into it. "Make that only six..."
Harry hummed a bit as he scratched his chin in thought. "Yeah... that could be troublesome..." He then leaned over to the tablet. "Where's the animatronics?"
There was a widening of Tonks' eyes as she quickly swept through all the cameras. A cold sinking feeling settled in her gut though as she noticed that Chica was nowhere to be found. "Where... where is the chicken!? WHERE IS THAT BLOODY DEMENTED CHICKEN!?" Quickly, she pressed the light for one of the doors and turned it on, only for nothing to be there. It was the same story for the other. "WHERE IS IT?!"
Now with a raised eyebrow, Harry took the tablet as Tonks continued to check each door before she suddenly closed them both. Of course, Harry took a look at the clock and smirked. '5:48...' He then spotted something. "Ah! So that's what she's done... clever girl."
Having frozen, Tonks rushed over to him and grabbed the tablet. "Where!?"
With a chuckle, Harry reached behind the desk and considered the Freddy mask he hid there before he decided not to pull it out. "Look near the corner of the room there."
Her frown now more pronounced, Tonks looked and felt all the blood leave her face as she spotted the fallen grate. "She's... Chica's in th-the ventilation ducts..."
Not having seen the eyes of a cat in the vent nearby widen, Harry nodded. "Yeah, she must of pried it open somehow or they forgot to secure it. Ours are good though since it they take a couple of minutes of work to unscrew, let alone pry them open. "It was then that McGonagall heard something and turned in time to see Chica staring at her. Said animatronic's eyes went black and it opened it's mouth to show both sets of teeth as it seemed to spasm before it stopped and focused on her. Harry looked over as he heard a yowl and the sounds of two different somethings scrabbling through the duct work. "Huh... sounds like a cat must have snuck in and met Chica."
Meanwhile, Tonks was frozen with an expression of horror on her face as the sounds got more distant. 'Oh... shit...'
As he frowned, Harry pretended to take it as being from the battery level which he looked at and cursed. "Shit! We're at 2 percent!" The two stared at each other while internally Harry considered his options as he saw it was about five minutes before the shift ended. Then he internally shrugged. 'Screw it, you only live once after all!' Just as Tonks was about to pull out her wand as the power went out, Harry grabbed her and sat down in the chair with her in his lap. "Stay still and pretend that you're dead and it'll stall him for a few minutes."
Though she was about to hiss at him as she felt him keep her in his lap with her arms held to the side, she froze a minute later as in a flickering light, Freddy appeared at the door. He stood there for a moment as a music box tune played before he stepped into the office and watched them silently, his face illuminated from the flickering light. Freddy then walked right up to them and stared the two in the face before the song ended.
And then the chimes for the end of their shift sounded and the lights came back on. Slowly, Freddy stood straight and then walked out of the room. As Harry released a breath, he looked at Tonks who stared wide-eyed ahead. "So... want to help me do a last patrol?"
A moment later he was left spinning in his chair as she took off. Tonks just reached outside to see a breathless McGonagall, her normally well kept hair messy before the two shared a look. "You okay, professor?"
With a gulp, Minerva nodded as she panted. "Yes... it... wasn't as fast nor... as maneuverable as me..." She then shook her head. "When... I get back... to Hogwarts... I am asking for... a dreamless sleep... potion..."
Tonks only nodded in agreement before they vanished with a crack. Inside the office, Harry laughed before he stopped and tapped his chin. "Hmm... maybe I'm being a bit mean to her..." Then he shrugged as he got up and grabbed the screwdriver and screws from his knapsack. "Got to fix that vent now..."
As she walked across the darkened parking lot toward Freddy's, Tonks could not help the shiver that ran down her back. With a gulp, she glanced at the side with a frown as she whispered out the side of her mouth. "Are you sure that you guys will be right bloody there? Because otherwise..."
A sigh could be heard before Remus spoke up. "Yes, Tonks, we'll be disillusioned and right outside the door ready to get inside if anything happens. Especially as I copied Harry's keys to this place earlier when he was sleeping which means we won't need to bust down the door first."
There was a snicker before Sirius, also disillusioned let her know where he was. "So don't worry, cuz. As the deal you made with Dumbledore said, you'll have more backup then you did, especially as Moody is going to be with us and you'll have the unbreakable communication mirror in your pocket and on so we can hear everything."
Tonks frowned a bit at that. "Where is he, anyways?"
She could just feel the shrug that Sirius did from his disembodied voice. "He's on the roof with McGonagall putting the portkey collar on her neck just in case she needs it." After a moment, he continued. "Which makes you wonder since she had no issues with-"
Thankfully for Tonks, Remus interrupted Sirius. "Could you please get your mind out of the gutter?"
Before Sirius could respond, they got within earshot of Harry who frowned for a moment and looked around before he shrugged. Then he turned to Tonks and smiled. "Well now, look at who has shown up for her fourth night. Congratulations as very few guards ever make it quite this far."
The disguised Auror just shuddered a bit as she stared at him. "How can you be so chipper!? Especially as those things are trying to kill us!" She reminded herself that she was undercover, so she added a bit. "Aren't you worried about how your family might react to you dying?! Or any friends that you might have?!"
For a moment there was stillness before Harry bitterly snorted. "Family? To say that my relatives I live with dislike me is putting it mildly. Hell, I know for a fact that my aunt knew about the murders back in the 70s seeing as I had another aunt who was a victim. Not to mention knowing about the Bite of '77. Looking back, she encouraged me to come here, probably hoping that something would happen. Not to mention that they were rather happy that I got this job. Other then them, all I got is my godfather who I haven't heard from for weeks now."
With a wince, Tonks was reminded that said godfather was right beside her as she heard a soft hiss. 'Ouch...'
Now annoyed and feeling the familiar feeling of anger and betrayal in his chest, Harry nearly snarled. "As for friends... I thought that I had friends, only for something to happen at school and they left. Told me that they would be in contact with me over the summer since I really needed their support, only for them to cut me off from them and tell me not to contact them. Bloody great friends those are." Slowly, he let out a breath before he shook his head. "Well, in such a situation where no one actually cares, you'll find that one stops caring themselves." Not wanting to say anymore, the teenaged guard unlocked the door and opened it. "Anyways... we should get inside before we attract any attention and I still got to do my patrol."
As she frowned, Tonks used the fact that he was facing away from her to spare a sympathetic glance for where she guessed that Sirius was before she turned and followed Harry. 'I think that we screwed up...'
Once the door was closed and Harry disappeared down the hallway, there was the sound of something scrapping against the wall before Sirius' voice could be heard. "Bloody hell, Moony... we... I really made a fucking mess of things, didn't I?"
He heard a sigh. "I think that we all screwed up, Padfoot. We should have kept fighting Albus on the letter issue, but..."
All Sirius could do was nod...
Tonks turned from the still slightly pissed off Harry to the phone when it rang. By the end of the call though she was staring at it with widened eyes before she looked at Harry. "He... he's..."
Slowly, Harry nodded as he ripped off a bite from his pizza. "Dead? Yeah, he's dead and has been for a long time." He nodded at the phone. "That was recorded back in the late 70s, so it's been more then a decade since then. And before you ask, I've checked the costumes in the backroom, there's nothing there."
A shaky chuckle escaped Tonks as she quickly glanced through the cameras. "Ri-right... of course they would have been cleaned..." She glanced at Pirate's Cove in time to slam down the door as Foxy made a run for the door. When she turned back to the cameras though, she nearly leapt out of her chair as she saw a black eyed Bonnie in the view. A view which soon changed to the words "IT'S ME!" before switching to a human eyed Freddy. "What the bloody fuck!?"
With a hum, Harry walked over. "Something the matter?" Shaken, Tonks explained what happened to which she shrugged. "Yeah, that sort of thing happens sometimes." He ignored the disbelieving stare before he tapped the tablet. "You should keep an eye on the cameras you know..."
Her eyes wide, Tonks whipped back to the tablet and started to go through the cameras. "SHIT!"
As he smirked, Harry got up behind her and glanced down to see that there was a wand sticking out of her pocket. 'There it is...'
So the night went until just when the clock reached 3 AM. Tonks had noticed that Foxy had partially exited the Cove when she heard a laugh and checked the corner of the East Hall to see Freddy there in the shadows. "Oh... bloody hell no..." A whimper escaped her as she noticed that Harry had his back turned to sort something. Not wanting to ask him to check the East Hall, she quickly turned to the door to the West Hall and shut it in time to hear running feet. "That... was a close one..."
With a smile, she was about to check the cameras when she found Freddy in her face before he clamped his hands down on her wrists and screamed in her face as he shook the chair. Which of course caused Tonks to scream in terror as she was unable to pull her wand... only to stop as he shoved a noise maker into her mouth with one hand as Bonnie, who had entered, placed a "Princess Crown" normally used for little girls getting a birthday party on her head. Then she heard laughing and went red as she saw Harry nearly falling from where he leaned against the desk. "You... should see... your... face!"
A loud growl escaped her as she spat out the noise maker. "WHAT THE BLOODY FUCK IS GOING ON HERE!?"
Neither Harry nor Tonks noticed the sound of someone just outside the door stop as Harry stopped laughing and glared at her. "I could ask the same seeing as it's rather odd that I have a witch pretending to be a muggle and spying on me with Animagi help..." He then turned and glared at the vent before he shined a flashlight into it to reveal a wide-eyed cat. "Or am I wrong... Professor...?"
What was going on was interrupted as Chica came rushing in with Foxy, only for the chicken to collide with something invisible in the doorway which shouted as the two went down. "AH! GHOST!" Everyone in the office just stared as Chica scrambled on her back with something. "HELP ME HARRY! A GHOST HAS ME!"
There was a whispered word and the "Ghost" became visible to reveal a dazed Remus, which caused Harry to look at the doorway to see Sirius there with a shaky grin. "Um... heh, hi there, Prongslet..."
However, Chica realized who was on her and screamed. "IT'S THE PERVERT! THE PERVERT IS ON ME AND IS TRYING TO FEEL ME UP! GET HIM OFF! GET HIM OFF!"
Harry just facepalmed and sighed. "Can someone just tell me what the hell is going on here... please..."
A snort could be heard as Mad-Eye appeared behind Sirius who jumped as the old grizzled Auror growled. "That's something that I want to know..."
