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
Dumbledore frowned a bit as he sat on the chair as Remus and Bill shared looks. All Mad-Eye did was take a swing from his hip flask. "You stated that you found something, Remus?"
Slowly, the werewolf nodded. "Harry contacted me and asked me to look around for any signs of dementors in the area of the pizzeria. I at first thought he was worried due to the article on the front page of the Daily Prophet the other day about the encounter with the dementor in downtown London."
There was a twinkle in Dumbledore's eye at that. "Ah, yes. Cornelius is trying to perform damage control from what I have been told with his office inundated by those angry and worried. It has had the effect of making some question the official Ministry line..."
However, Remus just nodded as he took a deep breath. "So I asked for Moody to come along with Bill." At the look of surprise from Dumbledore, he shrugged. "I had felt something like the protections at Privet Drive there the last few times."
As he stroked his beard, Dumbledore gave a nod. "When I had placed the protections on Privet Drive, I made them so that they would form wherever Harry stayed with the blood of his mother for a long period, so I suppose that it is possible that the protections have also formed there due to his Aunt Rose's presence..."
Grunting, Moody placed a box on the table. "Lupin asked for me to come because I know the dementor tracking spell. All dementors from Azkaban have them, though they're easy to remove." With another swing from his flask, he continued. "But putting them are is hard so no one would do so if they were trying to hide. Just the same, we did get a return on the spell."
Now curious, though he could sense the dark magic in the box, Dumbledore frowned. "And what did you find?" The three men shared a look before Moody opened the box and dumped the contents onto the table. After a look, Dumbledore frowned a bit as the objects appeared to be rotting pieces of a cloak with scorch marks. There was also what seemed to be ash along with a crystalline piece of bone which he picked up to better examine. "Now what is this...?"
Bill spoke up with his next words having caused Dumbledore to drop the bone. "From what we can tell... that's the remains of a dementor." With widened eyes, Dumbledore looked up at him. "Best we could figure, the dementor ran headlong into the protections and, well... it was like a moth flying into a fire. The protections burned it to ash."
Frowning in thought, Dumbledore conjured a stick with which he picked up the scraps of cloth, which he now knew belonged to a dementor's cloak. "Interesting... while the protections created thanks to Lily are quite powerful, they should not have been able to do this."
Once more, Remus cleared his throat. "We... have a bit of a theory on that..."
His hands folded in front of him, Bill frowned. "From what little I know, the blood protections that Lily left on Harry were fueled by her love. When you anchored them, you used anyone who shared her blood as an anchor." Nodding, Dumbledore waited for him to continue. "With his... Aunt Rose, Harry not only has someone who shares his mother's blood, but also from what I have been told loves him deeply as her nephew."
Thinking it over, Dumbledore hummed. "It is certainly possible that both parts worked together to strengthen the protections even further then normal." He then noticed the looks. "There's more, isn't there?"
Having taken a breath, Bill let it out slowly. "There is..." With slightly shaky hands, he took a cup of tea and drank it. "Blood magic you see is unique. It, for lack of a better word, feeds on other blood magic. Something, it seems, that Freddy's is steeped in thanks to all the deaths. The protection absorbed that loose blood magic into itself and boosted it even further..." The eldest Weasley child ran a hand through his hair. "Honestly? Anyone who attempts to attack Harry with magic within the confines of that place will be lucky if all they lose is their wand. More likely, they would be injured in the process..."
Dumbledore sipped at his own tea as he leaned back into the chair. "Interesting..." A few seconds later, he smiled slightly. "It seems that Harry is now even safer then he was at Privet Drive..." It was then that a thought occurred to him. "Remus, you mentioned before to me that you had bought the pizzeria, correct? For Harry, correct?" At the confused nod, Dumbledore's eyes twinkled. "Perhaps, it might be in Harry's best interest to possibly build a bolthole there if the protection is so strong..."
Uncomfortable, Remus frowned a bit. "There's just one question remaining though..."
Taking another drink from his flask, Moody nodded. "How the bloody hell did Potter know that there was a dementor in the area..."
Rose was sitting in the security office when she perked up at the sound of a tap on the door. She quickly flipped through the cameras to check on where Harry was before getting up and heading for the door. Once Rose got there, she smiled at the sight of Michelle. "So, did you get them?"
More then slightly confused, Michelle nodded as she handed her a box. "Yeah, wasn't too hard to do so..." Then she frowned a bit and looked at the box. "You still have not told me where you guys got the money for it."
Freezing, Rose looked anywhere but Michelle's face. "Um... That's not really that important actually..."
However, the human just placed her hands on her hips and gave the golden Freddy a glare that her mother had given to her many a time while growing up. "Where. Did. You. Get. The. Money. From?"
With a nervous chuckle, Rose pointed at her. "Had anyone ever told you how much of a mom you look like when you do that?" All Michelle did was jab her with a finger though she had a flush on her cheeks. "We... got some of it over the years. You would be amazed at how much loose change is left around and how it can build up."
That caused her to blink for a moment and stare. "Okay... And the rest of it?"
For a few moments, Rose stared at her before she suddenly looked at her wrist. "Oh, will you look at that time now, I've been out here for a bit and I should get going before Harry notices. You will be at the party tomorrow, right?" The confused woman nodded, but before she could do anything, Rose slipped back inside and locked the doors. 'That was close...'
Outside, Michelle stared at the door before her eyes narrowed and her teeth ground on the inside of her mouth. "Rose..."
Back inside the building, Rose shuddered some from a feeling that crept up her robotic spine, but then shrugged it off. 'Just my imagination..." She then made her way back into the security office and, after having checked that Harry was still busy, opened the box to reveal three small plushies of Freddy, Chica, and Bonnie. Then Rose reached behind the desk and grabbed the small Foxy plushy that was hidden there and set it on top. "It was hard cleaning you up... Thankfully, Harry didn't ask why I was in the back room washing something..." A frown then crossed her face as she brought up a plushy version of herself. "Not as hard as cleaning you, though... Still, you bunch should make for a nice birthday gift."
While she dug around in the desk drawer for some paper and tape, she did not see how the eyes on the plushies all seemed to move to watch her. But by the time she was done, they were back to normal so she put them into the box and wrapped it. "All I need to do is hide you somewhere..." Just before she began to look around, she stopped and stared at the wrapped box. On it was a note signed by all the animatronics stating happy birthday to Harry. Then her mind went back to just after they had confronted Harry over his birthday...
*Flashback*
Sighing, Harry ran his hand through his hair. "Guys, I didn't tell you about my birthday because it's really not that big of a deal."
He was met by stares before Chica threw her arms out. "Not a big deal?! NOT A BIG DEAL?!" She then grabbed him and gave him a shake. "It's your birthday, Harry! You're turning 15! Now that is a big deal in my book."
Groaning, Harry just facepalmed. "Look, it's not a big deal with me and I've done without them for the first ten years while growing up. It's..." It was then that everything went quiet and he realized what he had just said. "Crap..."
Eyes narrowed, Rose growled low in her throat. "What did you mean by that, Harry? Surely you have had birthdays before..."
However, all Harry did was sigh as he leaned against the wall. "Maybe with my parents when they were alive? Other then that... There was one time that a day guard here by the name of Aya gave me a cupcake with a single candle on it and a small packet of plastic dinosaurs when I was seven. And that was a week after my actual birthday. Other then that... Hagrid giving me a small cake on my eleventh birthday with my friends sending me stuff each year since then."
Once more there was shocked silence from the animatronics before the Fazbear gang clinched their hands. Though he was trying to keep calm, there was still an undercurrent of anger in Foxy's voice as he spoke. "Matey, tha' not be right. Yeh should have celebrated ya birthdays..."
Harry just shrugged and shook his head. "Well, maybe. But neither Uncle Vernon nor Aunt Petunia ever acknowledged my birthday. It was always just another day really..."
Unknown to him, the animatronics silently promised to give him the best birthday that they could...
*Flashback End*
Back in the present day, Rose slammed a paw down on the desk as she growled. "You better hope that we never meet, Petunia. I would give you a chat about how you have treated our nephew over the years... Though when you die, there is going to be a reckoning from Lily, of that you can be sure..." Then as quickly as it had appeared, her anger dissipated into nothingness as she slumped. "I am so sorry, Lily... There was nothing that I could do for him before now. But I swear... I will take care of him and protect him since you can't. Just forgive me for all the dark things that I have done..."
Petunia walked up the stairs with a scowl and was about to bang on Harry's doors to tell him to be quiet as she could hear whimpers and groans on the other side when she stopped. The hairs on the back of her neck started to stand on end and Petunia felt the crawling sensation of someone watching. When she spotted movement out of the corner of her eye, she turned quickly only to meet with nothing. After a few moments, she shivered and moved away from the door. 'Let the freak suffer...'
What she had not seen was the female body that seemed to be composed of shadow watching with hateful eyes. Once Petunia was out of sight, it moved and drifted through the wall to see Harry in his bed struggling with something. Despite it seeming not to have any lips, the spirit walked up with a growl. "I/We told you to leave him alone!" Then it jabbed out with it's skeletal finger which sunk into the scar on Harry's head. For several moments, Harry was frozen and it gently pulled out it's finger and sat down on the bed beside him as it stroked his head. "Oh Harry... things are never easy for you, are they?"
It then moved so that it was laying on the bed beside him. "I am so sorry, Harry. I should have never taken up my manager with doing the night shift. I don't blame him with what I now know about the owners..." Her eyes closed some as she let out a breath and then reopened them. "I had plans and dreams you know... i was saving up money to buy the house next door. That way, I could have you come over whenever you wanted. I was even going to have a bedroom where you could stay the night when needed... it was all I could do as I could not adopt you."
Her fingers slowly threaded through his hair as she curled up behind him. "But it wasn't to be, was it? I took the night shift and then... well, I died..." Aya continued to hold the now calmly sleeping Harry close to her. "And I did what I had never wanted to... leave you alone. For that, I am so, so sorry, Harry... I wish that I could tell you how sorry, but I'm afraid of how you would react to me and how I am now..." As she laid her head on his, she took a breath. "I'm like a ghost now, though more powerful. And the Others..."
The spirit's head came down and gave Harry a kiss on the top of the head. "They're always so angry and sad... there's a lot of hate there. I don't really think that they realize it though. Not much there besides their emotions for them. But... they seem to listen to me, allow for me to direct them. Sometimes though, I worry because I have problems forgetting where I end and they begin... I did try hard to stop them from causing you too many problems. It was so hard though... They don't like the guards when they're alive because they remind them of what they lost. But when the Marionette attacked, when that abomination decided to kill you... Harry, if it had succeeded then I don't know what I would have done... I don't wish this fate on you at all."
Suddenly, she stilled as her expression became distant. "But then, you did something that we all thought impossible, something amazing..." Her fingers once more began to gently stroke his head as she curled up as close as possible. "You destroyed the Abomination. And in so doing, freed all of us, spirit and animatronic. I was so proud of you when you did so. Now we're free thanks to you, no longer bound... but while a few have moved on, I won't. I can now keep that promise I made all those years ago and I will not leave you. From now on, I will stay with you, even if you can no longer see or hear me. But I will be there to protect you from harm... I promise... And so will a number of the Others..." Aya then kissed him on the top of the head and laid there as she kept an eye out for any problems...
With a sigh, Erika closed up her toolbox and looked over at where Vicky was sitting on one of the tables in her basement. "So? How are you feeling?"
Cocking her head to the side, Vicky looked around. "It feels... pretty good actually." She then tilted her head to the other side. "Is it enough to go to the party tonight?"
As she thought it over, Erika slowly nodded. "I think that you should be able to do so... though I am not happy with how your costume is coming along..." Having gotten a confused look, Erika brought over a mirror and held it up to Vicky who's jaw dropped. While her head was now fully repaired along with her hands, feet, and endoskeleton, all that remained of her "Body" was her upper chest. "As you can see, your body itself is going to be a long term project, until after I get access to any of your costume's spare parts... but it's better then nothing."
Vicky's shoulders slumped a bit. "Oh..."
Several moments went by before Erika glanced at the clock and sighed. "I'm going to regret this due to how little sleep I've been getting, but..." She walked over to a cabinet and to Vicky's confusion got out several blocks of pink foam before she walked over to the table. "Hold out your leg, please."
Blinking, Vicky did so. "Um... what are you doing?"
The young woman looked up at her and frowned a bit. "I'm going to make you some covering... they will be far from perfect, but still better then bare endoskeleton." Placing a cylinder of foam against her leg, Erika made some marks before she walked over to the saw and got to work. "I've got some really loose clothing laying around that we can throw on over it to help hide it even more."
Lost, the animatronic fox only nodded before she asked the question that had been on her mind for a while. "How did you know so much to fix me and how did you have the parts?"
Erika cut the roll in half and began to make cuts down the center of each piece. "I've been training for a while in the field of animatronics. As for how I had the parts?" The small blade in her hand gestured at the cabinet of parts. "All animatronics like your currently are can trace their ancestry of sorts back to a single animatronics company in the 50s called 'FredBears' here in Britain. Supposedly, some of the engineers came from Germany where they had created animatronics for propaganda purposes, but that was never actually proven to my knowledge. The company though went under in the 60s while having the most advanced animatronics anywhere."
That caused Vicky to blink a little. "Why'd they go under?"
While she finished with the leg, Erika snorted. "They were too advanced for the day. Their animatronics were just too expensive. That said, after the dissolution of the company, various engineers and such went out and founded a whole slew of other companies using FredBear technology. Or they were swallowed up by companies like Disney who really wanted the technology." A smile spread across her face for a moment. "I went to Disney World as a kid, they actually got walking animatronics there... And Orlando Studios actually had a Tyrannosaurus walking around a few years back which had been used in the Jurassic Park movie."
Her eyes wide, Vicky watched as Erika fitted the foam leg covering over her bare endoskeleton and secured it. "Oh, wow... that sounds like it would be really amazing!"
As she nodded, Erika began work on another leg covering. "It was actually, those were things that convinced me to become an animatronics engineer..." She cut another cylinder in half. "That said, a lot of the parts are close enough that with some work you can make them fit because they're all descended from the same general source. Granted, Fazbear Entertainment was actually the most advanced animatronics back in the early 80s, but have been outstripped some since then." Erika then looked over and gave her a wink. "But don't worry, I'll have something done for you so you can go to the party tonight..."
The car came to a stop in front of the pizzeria and turned off. Inside, Erika yawned before she leaned over the side of her seat and looked into the back where Lisa and someone in a skirt and large hoodie sat. "Well, we're here, Vicky. Ready to show them your new look?"
When the hood tilted back some, it showed Vicky's now vulpine face as she nodded. "Yeah, I think that I am..." She glanced toward the doors and felt her cheeks heat from the small lights in them. "It'll be good to see Harry again."
Michelle just rolled her eyes some as she got out. "Yeah, and he'll like seeing you again."
As she grinned, Lisa leaned over and stage whispered to the fox animatronic. "I think someone is a bit possessive..."
In return, Michelle growled under her breath as she clinched her fists before she stalked toward the doors. A moment later she reached them and pounded on them with Harry appearing once she was done. Said wizard seemed a bit surprised at her being there as he opened the door. "Michelle?" He then caught sight of the others and blinked. "Lisa? Erika? What are you girls doing here and who is that with you?"
Once more tilting her head back, Vicky gave him a small grin. "Um... Hey, Harry..."
Blinking, Harry stared for a moment. "Vicky? Is that really you?" At the nod, he smiled. "Well! You're looking much better, I told you that Erika would take care of you."
The woman in question blushed as she scratched one cheek with a smile. "Keep that up and you'll give me a swelled head."
It was then that Harry realized that he was keeping them out and stepped out of the way as he opened the door. "Right, come on in then."
He gave the bag they had a inquiring look, but then frowned as Rose poked her head out of the office. "About time you bunch showed up."
While his eyes narrowed, he gave his aunt a slight glare. "What is going on here? Does this have something to do with why you're keeping me in the office and away from the cameras?"
All he got from Rose was for her to stretch a bit. "Hmm? Something the matter?" Seeing the annoyed look, she pulled Harry back into the office. "Never mind, I just managed to open that locked cabinet by the way, there's a bunch of tapes in there..."
The three women along with the fox animatronic looked at each other and then giggled as they walked past the office as Harry argued with his undead aunt. "Hey! What's the big idea?!"
Once they got into the main party room, they looked around and blinked. At one end of a table, Robbie was taking the balloons given to him before he put them to his mouth. Then, a moment later, they were blown up and he tied them like an expert. "Next!"
Up on stage, Bonnie was talking with Rebecca and showing her various bits and pieces of his guitar while both Freddy and Andrew were setting up the table. The door to the kitchen opening caught their attention and Foxy walked out through them and caught sight of the four. "Well, blast me barnacles! Ye showed up!"
Snorting Michelle placed the bag onto a table. "Of course we did, wouldn't miss it." She then flung an arm over Vicky's shoulder and pulled back the hood. "And look who we have here with us?"
With several bounds, Foxy came with in reaching distance of the slightly frightened Vicky. "Arrr, ye be looking much better then what ye did when ye left." He pushed up his eyepatch so that he could use both eyes. "Much, much better at that! Though I can't understand why ye would be wearing such clothes for the life of me."
Vicky just shrugged a bit. "It helps hide what I am when I'm in the car... that's all."
Having set down some drinks, Lisa looked toward the kitchen. "Chica making a pizza?"
A chuckle drifted through the air as Freddy walked up. "She is, though she's also making a cake as well." Taking in the looks of surprise, Freddy smiled. "Though she does not do it often, Chica makes some wonderful cupcakes and cakes. At the moment, she's also teaching Chelsie how to bake a cake and make a pizza."
While she frowned thoughtfully, Michelle gave the place a glance over. "And I notice that she's not the only one teaching their counterparts things either..."
To her surprise, Freddy just shrugged as he watched as Foxy dragged Vicky over to his Cove. "There's some reasons for that, besides passing things down to the next generation..." At their looks, he grimaced. "It also serves to get them used to the programing of their new bodies as they work and to keep their minds off what has happened..."
There was a similar grimace on Erika's face as she nodded. "Yeah, Vicky's pretty much the same way..."
For a moment, she paused only for Michelle to quietly speak up. "How are they doing on that front?"
Freddy shook his head as he looked at Andrew. "They're handling it better then myself and the others had, or at least I think so from what little I remember." Slowly, he rubbed his head. "All the days and nights bled into one another until Harry came here and put an end to... That. Then again, from what little they have told me, there wasn't much of a good childhood between them. So it has been a bit easier for them to leave their former lives behind..."
Suddenly, Lisa interrupted. "Right, enough of that now! After all, we are here for a party in celebration!"
His mood lightened, Freddy nodded with a grateful smile. "Right you are, all we have to do is set up some small things and we're done!"
Snickering, Michelle noticed something about the room. "You guys put a bunch of cloths on the cameras? Really? Isn't Rose already distracting him?"
In reply, Freddy gave a booming laugh. "Well, yes, but that does not preclude us making it any easier for Harry just in case! Now then, if you three will follow me, we could use some help to finish up..."
With a sigh several minutes later, Freddy stood back and looked over the room before he nodded with a smile. "Looks good, gang." Using his long strides, he reached the kitchen and poked his head in. "Chica? Chelsie? How are you doing in here?"
The two chicken animatronics looked over as they brought out a pizza and then Chica gave him a thumbs up. "We're all done here, the cake is iced and all we are waiting for is the party boy to be brought out and we'll bring out the pizzas."
Slowly, Freddy's smile widened into a grin as he rubbed his paws together. "Excellent... positions everybody!"
Once they got into position, Freddy's eyes turned black with a white pupil and gave a screech which caused the humans to cover their ears with a grimace. A few moments later, they could hear Rose walking down the hall as Harry shouted at her. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, AUNT ROSE?! LET ME DOWN THIS MOMENT AND TELL ME WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON! HEY! GET THOSE PAWS AWAY FROM MY EYES!"
Whistling, the golden animatronic walked into the room. She carried Harry into the room by having his arms held behind his head with her own arms as she had her paws over his eyes. "Just a moment, Harry." Rose ignored Harry's struggles as she continued to walk as everyone watched with amusement. Finally, she reached the table and slowly set Harry down. "Okay now, Harry..."
After she let go, Harry shook his head and then blinked. His eyes then widened as everyone there shouted at him. "SURPRISE!"
Stumbling back some, Harry looked around. "Wha... I... huh?" It was then that he noticed the banner that had been written messily declaring a happy birthday to him. "What..."
With an excited expression on her face, Chica walked up and gave him a hug. "Happy fifteenth birthday, Harry." Feeling something wet, Chica blinked as she pulled away to see Harry still staring at the banner. Then she felt another drop of water on her hand and her eyes widened some at the sight of the tears that dripped down Harry's face as he turned to look in her direction. "Harry?"
Harry swallowed thickly as he shook some. "Is... is this real? Did you guys actually make me a birthday party?"
As she smiled, Rose placed a paw on his shoulder as she kneeled down. "Yes, honey. We've set up a birthday party for you with us here." Knowing what his shaking meant, Rose pulled him into a hug and leaned her head against the side of his own. "It's all for you."
Not even a moment later, Chica hugged him from behind. She was soon joined as each of the others joined in the group hug as Harry hugged them back as tightly as he could. "Th-thanks you guys..." They stood there for several minutes just sharing in the group hug before they pulled back and Harry wiped his eyes. "Sorry about this... this is just a bit much is all."
Placing a paw on Harry's shoulders, Bonnie smiled down at him. "Take your time."
With a nod, Foxy grinned as he crossed his arms across his chest. "The rabbit be right, arrr. We be more then willing ta wait for a bit, matey."
However, Harry just shook his head as on his face was the biggest and happiest smile any of them had ever seen him with. "No, that's alright. Besides, we have a party to get to, right?"
They all nodded as Robbie bounced in place. "Awesome! Time for pizza, cake, and presents!"
Still with a smile, Harry placed his hand on Robbie's head and rubbed it a bit. "Yeah... it is." Once the pizza was finished (with all there having had at least two pieces), Chica placed a large cake in front of Harry with fifteen candles burning merrily on it. On the top, was Harry's name written with the number fifteen below it. "Wow... this looks almost too good to eat, you two."
Both Chica and Chelsie smiled as the lights in their cheeks came on to show that they were blushing. Chica then waved him off with a snort. "Well, it was baked to be eaten... So go on, blow out the candles and make a wish."
For several moments, Harry stared into the flames before he looked around. 'What did that book say? Family is what you make of it?' He then smiled a bit as he felt his eyes become misty. 'In that case, I got the best family I could possibly have, if only mum and dad was here...' Taking a deep, shuddering breath, Harry decided on his wish as he blew out the candles. 'I wish for my family to stay safe and to stay with me...'
What none of them noticed was the shadowy figure in the corner watching the proceedings. Aya looked toward the banner and softly sighed. 'Happy birthday, Harry'
Having eaten some of his cake, Harry watched as they set down some presents in front of him. He had just set aside Michelle's (which was several gift vouchers) when Rose set another down in front of him. "Here, this is from me and the others."
Confused, Harry glanced at her before he unwrapped it and then brought out the plush dolls inside with a smile. "It's you guys..."
Giggling, Chica hugged him a bit. "Now you can have something to remind you of us when you're at Hogwarts."
Harry hugged her right back as in the box, the set of dolls seemed to watch them.
Lightning flashed and thunder rolled as the summer storm raged above and around the abandoned building. Once, it was a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza like it's sister location in Little Whinging. There was laughter and merriment in it's halls as children of all ages had fun. But all that ended in 1980. The cause of it's closing was not due to a tragedy in the building, but rather what occurred in the burned out husk next door.
Before 1980, the destroyed building had been a children's home. It was never a large amount of children there but they had gone to the nearby pizzeria often. Then one night, it blew up, killing all inside. Officially, the cause of the explosion was an old WWII bomb underneath the home had exploded. Not many had questioned it. Due to the possibility of others in the area, Freddy Fazbear's had closed it's doors for the last time.
Which is not to say that there was much reason to keep it open. Business had been failing for a time by that point with part of the reason having been them removing the place's Fazbear Gang after they had started to glitch up. Rather then have an incident like the Bite of '77, they shut them down and went over them with a fine toothed comb. What that had meant was at the time of their closing, their only active animatronics were the original ones attached to their pizzeria.
One of which stood in front of the only gap between the boards in the front window. Lightning lit her face before she suddenly jumped as a voice behind her spoke up. "Watching the storm are we, Opal? Careful that none of that rainwater gets on you, the last thing we need is you short circuiting."
Her dirty and nearly skeletal metal hand dug into the rotting fake fur that covered her chest as she turned toward the large shadow. "Don't scare me like that, Theodore! You can give someone a heart attack!"
A bolt of lightning in the sky gave enough light to reveal that Opal looked like some sort of rodent. In fact, she was a opossum if one had checked. The same flash also revealed her companion who could be seen to be a dinosaur of some kind. "Sorry about that, Opal."
Slowly, he walked up until he was next to her as he also watched the rain come down as thunder shook the building. Opal seemed uncomfortable before she finally sighed. "Is... Is Jessy okay?"
For a moment, Theodore considered lying, but it had been just their little group for so long that he couldn't. "She's in a bad shape, Opal. I don't know if she'll make it through the winter since that homeless guy who broke in managed to get an ax into her leg when she popped up to say hi. She can barely move from her spot now." He could feel her as she leaned into his side hoping for comfort while also giving some back. Unbidden, his mind went back to another night so long ago when they were human...
Him and Opal had awoke at the sound of loud cracks and peaked out the window at a group of cloaked and masked people outside the children's home. Both of them were only eleven at the time, but they did not expect what happened. They had watched as the matron, an elderly woman who took care of them, had walked out to ask them what they were there for when a light struck her and she started to scream as the people laughed. It had gone on for several minutes before she stopped and her body stilled. Frightened, Theodore had gotten the other children together and tried to get out the back, only for the doors and windows to be all stuck. Suddenly there was fire everywhere and he could remember how Opal and his little sister, Jessy who was only four and had weird things happen around, had clutched to him as the flames licked theirs and the other children's' bodies...
They later woke up in what they recognized as being the animatronic bodies from Freddy's next door. But to their horror and dismay, they found the pizzeria was closed and they were trapped in. They waited for someone to come as days turned into weeks, which became months, which turned into years. No one ever came though as their bodies slowly rusted and decayed. Theodore had done his best to keep them going, but he only knew so much so it was not good enough. Opal's voice then spoke up. "Theodore? Do you... What do you think will happen to us?"
While he thought over what she had asked, Theodore stroked the head of his "Girlfriend", careful to avoid the spots where the covering his rotted away to the steel mesh underneath. "We'll get through this... Somehow and together, just like always Opal. As long as I have you by my side, we can get through anything that comes our way."
Opal looked up at him as the lightning continued to flash before she tapped his thigh. Knowing what she wanted, Theodore kneeled a bit so she could climb up to where he could hold her. As they continued to watch the storm, Opal placed her head in the crook of his neck. 'I hope so...' After a few moments, she sighed. "Do you remember when we were humans and we used to be like this... Though I wasn't so small compared to you?"
With a chuckle, Theodore nodded. "Yeah, you've always loved watching storms."
Smiling slightly, Opal leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. "And it was always best when you would hold me like we are right now... Though you weren't so big when compared to me back then..." Her mood then dropped as her arm squeaked a bit from the rust. "Theodore? What did we do wrong for this to happen to us?"
No matter how much he wanted to comfort her, Theodore couldn't find the words. Finally, he just sighed. "I... Wish that I knew..."
Stretching some, Harry unlocked the door to the pizzeria a few days after his party and walked in. Just as he entered, he stopped for a moment. 'Something... is not quite right...' With narrowed eyes, Harry gently placed his backpack into the security office and then began to slowly walk through the pizzeria as he used his flashlight to illuminate the way. Every once in a while though, Harry turned back to illuminate the hallway. As he walked though, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up. 'Now where...' Finally, he reached the end of the hallway and noticed Freddy and the others on stage. Now frowning, he swept the room with the flashlight as his eyebrows furrowed. "Where..."
His only warning was the Fazbear Gang's eyes opening before a strong arm grabbed him from behind and shoved a damp cloth into his mouth. "Lights out, you little shit."
Chica and the others all fought the fact that they were frozen in place as they recognized the manager and owner of Freddy's. 'HARRY!'
A moment later, Harry slumped in place as Tony chuckled. "There we go..." The snort beside him made him turn as his sister pulled off a invisibility cloak. "Ready Barb?"
Snorting, she twirled her wand. "Been ready, let's take care of this and get out."
The witch then turned on her heel and began to walk back to the office as Tony dragged the limp and conscious Harry as the animatronics screamed in their heads to stop. As he continued to drag him, Tony grunted over his shoulder. "So, you got the memories ready to replace his?"
Barb flipped her hair over her shoulder with a snort. "Yeah, though I'm just going to make it look like he hit his head and has amnesia. Better that way to hide the months worth of memories I'm erasing." With a blink, she looked around. 'Did I just hear whispers? Bah! Just the creepiness of this place.' Her frown became a sneer. "It'll be good to see the back of this place. At least you got a good price for it and those soon to be piles of junk."
Neither of the two noticed how the shadows shifted some as they reached the office and Tony unceremoniously dropped Harry. "Yeah, well... still got to smash those fucking things up, can't have them ruin anything by acting their usual way, might cause some questions." He clapped his hands and then grinned at his sister. "I'll leave you to it."
Once he was gone, Barb twirled her wand a bit as she looked around and then at the phone with a frown. "Hmm... got to try and find the tapes for that and destroy them... damn, so much work to do..." She felt the air seem to get colder and then heard the whispers again and whipped around. "Whose there...? Fuck, get a hold of yourself, your spell showed there was no one else here." Grumbling, Barb turned back to the guard on the floor with a scowl. "Wish that I could have had some fun, but whatever. Say goodbye to your memories, kid. Oblivia-" Her wand started to vibrate in her hands as it let out a high pitched whine. Then, it exploded in her hand and reducing it to what looked like hamburger. "Argh!"
Gripping her wrist, Barb looked around in a panic through her pain. "What the bloody fuck!?" It was then that she felt something fade away and recognized it. "The hell?! There were protective spells on this place?!" A sudden clang caused her to whip around to see the security door had shut. Banging on the button however didn't open it. "Shit..." Barb then heard another bang behind her and a shuffling noise as the faint whispers began to get stronger. Turning, she saw the security guard get to his feet slowly as if drunk. "What in the name of Merlin...?"
And then, slowly, the guard turned around to reveal a demented grin on his face as his limp head rolled around. However, that was not what caused her heart to start racing in her chest. That was caused by the fact that his eyes had turned completely black with a white dot for a pupil as a smoke like substance drifted from the corners of his eyes. Backing up against the closed security door, Barb noticed a few small drops of black blood drip from his forehead. But before she could say anything, Harry opened his mouth and began to sing in a voice composed of not just his own, but what seemed like a dozen others including females. "Ring around the rosey... A pocket full of poseys..." To Barb's growing terror, the light began to dim and flicker as the shadows in the corners of the small room seemed to congeal into shapes. "Ashes... Ashes..."
Barb twisted and began to bang and claw at the doors. 'Oh Merlin! Oh Merlin! Let me out!'
She could hear the shuffling footsteps get closer and closer as she saw eyes and mouths begin to open in the shadows as Harry finished right before he reached her. "We all... fall... DOWN!"
Her scream of terror echoed through the building.
Walking of his office, Tony walked down toward the animatronics as he swung an axe he had hidden in his office. The whole way, he whistled a jaunty tune as he walked. "Been waiting for this for a long time now." He stopped in front of the Fazbear Gang and sneered at them. "More then twenty years, I've had to deal with seeing your creepy faces day in and day out. Cleaning up your messes... don't get me wrong, I'm happy about all the times that I did not have to pay one of those bastards anything. More money for me really..." A laugh escaped him as he enjoyed mocking them. "Shame about how all the memory wipes caused the old man to get dementia. I would have loved to see his face once his precious creations were found destroyed..."
Still chuckling, Tony spread his arms wide. "And best of all, i walk away with all that money, you bunch are destroyed before anything is found out to ruin my reputation, and Vernon's nephew takes all the blame while whoever that idiot that bought the place gets is a bunch of smashed parts. Brilliant!"
Tony walked up toward the stage and swung the axe back. "Time to say good-" Before he could finish, he heard a bang and blinked as he turned. "What the hell?" The lights began to flicker as there was another bang. "BARB!? WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" However, there was no answer as the lights continued to flicker. Suddenly, a scream of pure terror ripped through the pizzeria before it cut off abruptly. "BARB!"
As he rushed off, Freddy blinked a bit. 'Guys?'
There was a beat before he could hear Bonnie communicate with him. 'Yeah, Freddy?'
Shuddering best that he could, Freddy's eyes shifted a bit to look at the darkened hallway. 'I hope that whatever is happening, Harry's safe...'
He got agreements from all the others at that.
