"Hello? You alright mate?"

I opened my eyes and met the gold eyes of that pirate girl I had seen last night, jolting and hitting my head against the wall. I must have fallen asleep in the party room, because sun was shining through one of the windows above my head. I groaned and rubbed my eyes, hearing the girl breathe a sigh of relief "Phew, I thought you'd died… glad you're alright. My name's Mangle," she said in her Australian accent, helping me up despite being half a head shorter than me.

I thanked her and stretched, feeling a crick in my neck, which unlocked itself not ten seconds after I had rolled my neck. Ow. She looked at me with a confused look "So you're the new nightguard?" she asked, hands on hips. I nodded "Yeah, I'm Sam. I saw you last night performing for the kids, they really like you" I said. She smiled and grinned, revealing her sharp teeth "Thank mate, I know. So what's a cutie like you doing in a party room? Shouldn't you be in the office?" she asked me. I facepalmed. I had completely (sort of) blown work.

Is it possible to blow work if you fall asleep while in the building? Yes, it is apparently. Did I just hear her call me a cutie? Gosh, first Bon now Mangle. She seemed nice, a little short but still nice. "Yes, oh my god I fell asleep on the job! Ugh I'm gonna get fired for this," I groaned, walking to the door and opening it. She followed me out "Don't worry, you weren't on camera. Without you watching the cameras, they didn't even turn on, you have to select 'em on the monitor thing to turn em on" she said to me.

I breathed a sigh of relief. My bacon had been saved. I walked out into the main area and instantly collided with someone, knocking us both to the floor. I groaned in pain this time, feeling pain sear my legs and left side of my body. "Ouch!" the person said, obviously male. I vaguely felt someone lift me to my feet, my vision clearing to see Freddy standing there. Mangle helped the other guy up, and I was glad I hadn't killed him. He looked about nineteen, he was lanky, wore a blue and red striped shirt and spinner cap, dark blue pants with black dress shoes.

He had short brown hair brushed neatly under his cap, locks of his tawny hair falling across his cheeks. He had the biggest blue eyes I'd ever seen. He stood and adjusted his cap, rubbing his arm where we had collided "Ow… that hurt…" he groaned, looking up at me, being about a head shorter than me. He raised a brow "Is this the new nightguard?" he asked Mangle and Freddy. They nodded and the kid smirked "Well then, I'm Balloon Boy, but you can call me BB. Everyone does, I run the balloon stand" he said, holding out his hand for me to shake.

He blushed a little when our hands touched but I didn't blush that much, I say much because he was sort of cute… but not the kind of cute I'm into. He had the chubby cheeks and vertical challenge of a cherub, so that's what he kind of looked like despite being five foot something. I nodded "I'm Sam." He nodded back and gestured for me to follow him so I did, even though the last time I followed someone I ended up re-evaluating my sexuality. He lead me to a small cart with helium tanks on each side to balance it out, little uninflated balloons in a round jar.

"Nice," was all I said. He put his hands on his hips and nodded "Thanks, so I hear from Jack that I can trust you?" he said. "Well yeah, I'm not here to ruin people's lives" I said, folding my arms. He sighed "Jack isn't a liar, but he's also not the most street smart guy here. He's naïve and easy to manipulate, so how do I know you're not being friendly to him just to trick us?" he asked with a look. I frowned "I wouldn't do that, Jack's a nice kid!"

BB looked at me, arms folded "I still don't trust you, the last night guard did just that and used Jack… in more ways than one." I couldn't believe my ears. "What?" I asked angrily, wanting to know what the hell he meant. Had someone hurt Jack? Who the hell is this jackass? I wanna know who the hell he is so I can kick his ass into next Tuesday. "A long time ago, when we just opened, something changed Jack for the worse. He stopped coming out of the box to walk around, stopped making eye contact with adults… stuff like that. He won't tell us what happened though, so we can't help him" the brown haired boy said sadly.

What happened to him? I wanted to know badly. "Oh," was all I said. I looked over to the prize corner to see the lid off the box, Jack handing a gift to a kid and ruffling their hair with a smile. At least he was happy now, but I wanted to get to the bottom of this damn cryptic mystery soon. Screw soon, I needed to solve it NOW. Did I ever tell you that I'm impatient? Well now you know. I stood there for a while, feeling really awkward until BB smacked his lips "Well, if you're the nightguard… why are you here during the day? And in uniform?" he asked me.

I facepalmed for the second time that day "Crap, I gotta get home." Not that home was all that interesting. Just me and my memories, kinda sad actually. He smirked "So seeya tonight?"

I nodded "If I don't get called out for being here during the day…"

"Samuel! Here so early? It's not even past lunch," a familiar voice said from behind me. I turned and there stood Mr Brooks wearing that itchy tweed suit, goddamn it man, wear normal clothes. I'm getting itchy just looking at you. "I uh… sorry sir," I apologised, making the old man laugh. He wiped a tear "It's quite alright, but not all employees fall asleep on their first night here." Crap. He knows. Well at least he doesn't know about Bon… right?

"Sorry," I said again, feeling even more embarrassed. He just laughed and shook his head at me "It's quite alright, just go change into your clothes and get on with your day." I nodded and proceeded to walk to the office, seeing my clothes folded by the desk as I had left them, taking them and walking to the restrooms and changing into them. I grabbed my uniform and kept it with me as I walked to the door, strangely not wanting to leave. I put my hand to the handle but heard a voice from my left and looked over to see Jack standing beside me, looking at me sadly "You're not leaving, are you?" he asked, tears forming in his eyes.

Oh no, not the puppy eyes. I sighed "I have to Jack, I have a home I need to be… at… I guess." He frowned "I'm not letting you leave!" he said, stamping his foot and grabbing my upper arm, dragging me over to the box and sitting me down beside it. I felt like a doll… being lifted so easily by him. Well he was six foot twelve at least, so I guess it made some sense. I went to storm off but I realised something; he was OUT of the box during the day.

I grinned and he raised a brow "Why are you smiling like that?"

"Look at where you're standing, and what time of day it is" I said simply. He furrowed his brow for a few moments before his eyes widened and he squeaked, slouching fearfully "I'm out of the box… out… out of the box…" he stammered, looking around fearfully. I stood and patted his back, making him flinch "Ahh!"

"Don't worry Jack, you're safe, nothing's going to happen ok? You're just as safe out here as you are in your box," I assured him, rubbing his arm supportively. He let out a scared sigh, full of anxiety, and looked at me sadly "I'm fine? A-are you sure?" he asked, stammering. I nodded and patted his back again, looking out to the small crowd of people and their kids eating and watching the show. I looked up at Bon-Bon on stage, strumming away at his guitar and singing along to Freddy and Chica's singing. Damn it that boy had messed me up.

"You like Bon-Bon, don't you?" Jack asked me sincerely, not teasingly. I looked to the taller boy and nodded shyly "I do… sort of…" I said. He chuckled "A little?"

I shrugged and looked back to the show stage, watching the trio perform. He nudged me gently, or at least I think he meant to be gentle, and ended up shoving me over. If it weren't for the counter I'd have fallen flat on my face, but thanks again to that marvellous counter. He helped me to my feet again. "Sorry, I don't know my own strength" he said, dusting me off. I chuckled "It's alright Jack,"

He grinned and wrapped his arms around me in a hug, tightly yet warmly hugging me. I heard giggling from over in the main area and turned my head to see at least three girls, all in their teens, giggling and looking at me that way. Like the ooh gay boy love way. I blushed and tried to pry myself from Jack's iron hug, pushing with all my strength but he didn't budge. He sighed into my hair, my blush increasing. He froze for a moment, looked to the girls and did something that surprised me; he stuck his tongue out and hugged me tighter "Go get your own,"

They giggled to themselves and actually walked off to the arcade, sneaking glances back at us. Damn this job. I huffed into Jack's neck, hands gripping his shoulders "Jack… can you let go? I have to leave," I told him, hearing a harder squeeze. "No," he protested "I'm not letting you go, even if it means embarrassing you right here!"

Embarrass me? What on earth could he mean? Then again he had pulled a 180 from good doll to evil puppet so… anything was really possible. Should I be scared? Maybe. "What do you mean embarrass me?" I asked curiously, earning a dangerous smirk from Jack. He tilted my head up "I'll kiss you in front of everybody, even the girls." Oh crap. He was blackmailing me, but… oh crap. Why hadn't I seen this coming? We'd only known each other since last night's morning, or something like that, yet I knew I'd be blackmailed ever since I was looking through Craig's List Ads. It had to pop up somewhere. Why here?

Murphy's Law, that's why.

"Woah, ok… I'll stay for a little longer. Just no kissing me like that," I pleaded. He studied my face, maybe to see if I was lying then he nodded and let go of me, dusting the invisible dust off of me. He rocked back and forward on his heels, smiling as if nothing had happened before returning to his gift giving position. What an enigma. I looked around and saw the band had started their next song, Bon strumming his guitar in a solo. Goddamn, he could play a guitar like a god. I'm not saying that he's a god, but he can play like one. Figure of speech, nothing more. He was cute, and he did make me realise that I liked boys… so I guess I both owed him respect or something and owed him a slug in the arm. A nice hard one, leaving a bruise. Yeah, just wait until you get off stage Bon. I got a surprise for you.

I took a deep breath and smelt pizza, go figure. My gut grumbled, telling me to get food. Where could I get some pizza? I looked around and saw employees walking around talking to the kids, wearing red pressed shirts and black pants.

Those must be the servers, maybe I could order a pizza while I waited to work… since I knew Jack wasn't going to let me leave… without embarrassing me. I went to go ask one when I felt a tap on my shoulder, turning to see a blonde girl wearing the server outfit standing there. She had a breathtaking smile and bright blue eyes, white blonde hair tied back in a tight ponytail.

She smiled at me, nervously fiddling with a note pad in her hand. "Can I help you?" I asked. She nodded "I thought you might be hungry. Can I get you something?" she asked, holding up the pad with a small pencil. I nodded "Yeah, I'll take a large cheese pizza please. How much is that?" I asked. She scribbled something down on the pad, looking up at me "That'll be fifty dollars." Fifty, wow. My gut grumbled again, telling me that'd be fine. I grabbed fifty bucks from my wallet, giving it to her.

She smiled and jogged off to the kitchen, coming back ten minutes later with the large cheese pizza. She put the pizza down on the nearest table, smiling at me as she left. I sat down and took a slice, devouring it. The pizza wasn't good… it was AMAZING. Flavour exploded in my mouth, amazing. Simply amazing.

I ate half of the pizza before I started to feel full, eating three more pieces to leave three left. I sat back in the chair and realised a soda cup had been placed down beside the plate, a note reading: From Anna, enjoy the soda. It's on me. I smirked. Her name is Anna, nice name. I sipped the soda and someone sat down beside me, tapping my shoulder lightly. I turned and saw Celine sitting there, taking a slice of my pizza and smiling at me "Hiya Sam, enjoying the show?" she asked.

"Yeah," I replied. Then someone else sat beside me, revealed to be Freddy when I looked. He smiled widely at me "Hey Sam." I said hi back and felt two arms go around my neck, a head resting on top of mine. "Hi Sammy," Bon's familiar voice sung, his fingerless-gloved hands playing with my shirt buttons. I swatted his hands "Hey, get off… people are starting at me…" I grumbled quietly, making Bon chuckle. "Oh Sammy, that's the point!" he said before tilting my head up and placing a kiss on my lips.

Celine gushed at the display of affection while Freddy froze, looking… distant. That blue haired demon. My face was heated by the time Bon pulled away, wiping his lips. I saw some parents giving me that disgusted look, some even getting up and leaving. Like two people left. Oh yeah, homophobes can go suck a lemon… and like it. I sighed and felt Celine's thin arms go around me, hugging me tightly. She looked at me with a smile "So are you definitely going to be here tonight? I can bring you some pizza if you like, we even serve desserts like cupcakes now! You want a cupcake later?" she asked me with her giggly smile. I politely shook my head "Nah, I'm fine."

Then I felt Bon tug on my arm insistently. I looked up at him "What?"

He had a look on his face, one that said mischief and utterly up to something. "I need you to follow me for a little while, I need to show you something" he said, tugging my sleeve. I rolled my eyes and stood up, knowing I'd get into some sort of deep doo-doo either way. He smiled widely, leading me down the hall to Party Room 3. I shivered, remembering what happened in that cursed room. He pushed the door open before letting me inside, then locking it. I knew this was going to happen. I felt his hands on my shoulders, turning me around and pinning me to the wall. "Uh Bon…" I murmured nervously.

"Yeah?" he asked, those gorgeous green eyes undressing me. I had only woken up about two hours ago, and I was already into a sexy situation. Damn, I just can't keep it in my pants. Actually, it hasn't come out of my pants at all since I started here. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I'm just going to go with good. "I'm… I'm not sure if I want this kind of contact and… mmmph!" I muttered, his soft finger against my lips. Oh no he didn't. "Sammy, I like you. There's no denying that, but it hurts me when you say you don't like me. Just… let me make you feel really good and I'll try and leave you alone tonight during your shift. Deal? It's a win-win for you…" he chuckled, pulling the cutest pouty face I'd ever seen. I caved in.

He smiled widely, bringing our lips together and running his fingers through my hair. I felt his hand slide down to my lower back, pulling our bodies closer. Oh no. I frankly didn't want this, I only realised that now. I pulled away and he looked at me sadly "B-but I thought you wanted this…" he said sadly, green eyes sparkling with tears. I felt a pain in my gut, guilt. "I'm sorry, I changed my mind Bon. It's not even my shift yet, just… wait until then ok?" I said, making him smile a little. He kissed me one last time before walking to the door, unlocking it. He turned to me "I just can't wait until tonight Sammy," he giggled, waggling his behind seductively before ducking out the door. I slumped against the wall, noticing the vent entrance. I raised a brow. Shouldn't it be barred? A kid could fall in. I peered through, curiously crawling up to it. I could fit inside with room to spare.

I shrugged and crawled inside, through the vent into my office. Huh. I stood up and sat down in my swivel chair, looking at the kinda… scary… pictures of the animatronic performers plastered on the walls. I saw a terrifying eyeless picture of the sweet and innocent Celine, a gory picture of Bon with blood dripping from his eyes and a strange picture of a golden version of Frederik. He, like most of the other pictures, bore no eyes… yet the children in the picture seemed to love him. I was confused. Who was this 'Golden Freddy?' if he was another animatronic performer, why haven't I heard of him?

I remember reading the pamphlet for this place, saying there were only six animatronic performers here. If this Golden Freddy really existed, that made seven. There couldn't be seven… could there? I looked at the picture closer, taking it down from the wall to inspect it. He indeed looked like a golden recolour of Frederik, but… with longer hair and a thinner frame. I shrugged, putting the picture down. I decided I might as well take a quick nap before my shift starts at midnight. Technically it starts at eleven thirty but still, nap time.

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I had been napping for three whole hours, then I walked around for a solid two and finally relaxed for one more. Then it was closing time at eight thirty. I sat down at one of the tables with Celine, Bon and Frederik and Mangle all sitting with me. Bon and Freddy were playfully arguing over who would win in a pizza eating contest while Mangle and Celine were chatting amongst themselves, giggling all girly-like. I sat there and had a few slices of pizza courtesy of Celine's amazing cookery skills, thinking about that strange picture of the Golden Freddy I had seen in the office. Was he real? Or maybe the kid ran out of brown crayons and used the gold… no, that doesn't sound right. Maybe the kid was colour-blind, using gold instead of brown. That made a little more sense, but still, how would the kid know what colour to use if he couldn't see colour at all? Ugh, maybe it was just a trick of the eye.

Then again… Jack had that yellow bear doll he called 'Goldie', so could that mean that this Golden Freddy wasn't a myth? I was mid-thought when Mangle put her hand on my shoulder, snapping me to reality. I looked at her "What?" She moved over beside Freddy, anchoring her elbow on the table and extending her arm "Arm wrestle. I wanna see who's stronger" she said with a grin. I sighed "Mangle, I was in the middle of thought." She rolled her golden eyes "Pfft, yeah. C'mon mate, you chicken or something?"

Celine scowled.

"I'm not chicken, I'm just…"

"Bok! Bok! Bok!" she teased, flapping her arms like a chicken's wings. Ok nobody did that to me, NOBODY. I extended my arm, ignoring the mild pain in my elbow from the impact "Fine." She grinned widely, putting our hands together. She counted us in. "One… two… GO!" As soon as she said go, I was thrown to the floor, my arm aching. She leapt up, fist pumping in celebration. "Yes! I'm stronger than the nightguard! Stronger!" she cheered in her Aussie accent, doing a victory dance. I groaned, getting up with the help of the concerned three others. Mangle looked apologetic then, picking at the ground with her boot.

"Um sorry mate, I guess I got kinda carried away. Forgiven?" she asked, dusting me off with a cute toothy smile. I guess I couldn't stay mad at such a feisty girl like Mangle, even after she threw me to the ground in an arm wrestle. "Forgiven," I said, patting her shoulder. She grinned happily and jogged down past the prize corner to 'Kid's Cove, where she lived. I looked to the group, maybe I should tell them about my Golden Freddy conundrum. They were my friends after all, I suppose. Then again, they might think I was crazy. Maybe he didn't really exist, and maybe the kid made him up. How much of an idiot would I look like then?

Keeping my mouth shut it is.

I thought I might as well go back to my office and just think on this Golden Freddy matter, so I got up and told everybody where I'd be, then I walked to the office and sat down. I pulled up the monitor, looking through the feeds until I came to a feed named 'PARTS/SERVICE.' It was pitch black except for a few wires hanging in front of the camera. I wanted to see what was in there, but I couldn't. That was until I saw the FLASHLIGHT button on the monitor screen, pressing it. My jaw fell open.

(Sidenote: Sorry for the cliff hanger, but it adds suspense and makes you eagerly hype the next chapter. Also I imagine Golden Freddy to have MandoPony's voice, it just fits. What actors do you think the FNAF crew sound like? Comments are appreciated ~ Sacredheart99 - Bloodychu.)