Alright, we're rocketing, booming, slapping, using a banana as a weapon, and jumping our way into chapter 3! I'm writing this author's note at 8:15 am, on this Monday. Oh, yeah, I forgot to say I'm home schooled and have some free time in the day, but that's only because my Math, Science, and Computer Applications class have been cancelled for the week. Which leaves me with only History and Literature, although, those are the two hardest classes (There like, almost college level and I'm in my last year of middle school but, I have the same teacher for both of those classed and he's amazing! Feel free to PM me if you're also homeschooled and want to know who he is! Or just in a review!). I won't be updating as much later in the quarter due to a thesis paper that we're going to have to work on. Anyways, onto the chapter!
Chapter 3
"So, recap, Destin made a spear during the day, Destin is the new day guard, we've two new night guards, Mike and Jeremy, and we need to figure out what happened to Destin and Veronica and how to turn the back to normal" Spring said, rubbing his forehead. "Why does everything have to be so, difficult"
"Spring! You get to sit in a corner all day!" Bonnie yelled at the moody bunny.
"Guys, stop arguing!" Veronica yelled, she was feeling a little more under control today.
"First of all, we never really got to know each other" I said.
"Not that I wouldn't want a proper friendship but, what does this have to do with anything?" Veronica countered.
"First of all, we will need to understand each other if we're going to figure out what happened and how to stop it from happening to anyone else. Two, it's called curtesy" I argued.
"Since when have you ever known about curtesy!"
"Oh, like you've never been rude!"
"Why you!" Veronica lunged at me, I stepped to the side and we ended up chasing each other across the pizzeria. I jumped over a table and rolled under the next one when the two guards arrived at twelve.
"I'm going to kill you!" Veronica yelled as she continued to chase me, this had been going on for about an hour.
"What, is, going on here?" Mike mumbled under his breath.
"M-Mike! Shouldn't we be running for our lives to the office?!"
"No, I'm sure they're just…sorting out their differences. Go and get your gear, I already have mine" Mike said, waving a hand behind him as he walked to the office. That reminded me, I still had my gear, huh, useful to know, I guess. Veronica finally just gave up and stalked past Jeremy, walking into a random room.
"Mi-Mike!" Jeremy scrambled around, found his gear and rushed to the office. I sighed and heard a phone going off in the office. I walked to the office, there had been a remodeling in that area, in saw Mike holding up an old phone.
'That wasn't there before' I thought.
"Uh, hello? Hello, hello? So, welcome to Freddy's make sure to put the mask on if the animatronics wonder to your office, flash the light at them if it doesn't work, and make sure if you need to, to close the metal doors in the vents and make the big, metal door in the hallway to shut them out if you have to. Um, now, the animatronics might not see you as humans, rather, a metal endoskeleton that's out of a suit. If they end stuffing you in a spring lock, which are the only suits we have, make sure to keep turning that hand crank, you wouldn't want to know what happens. Um, goodnight, and, please just, stay alive" The phone automatically hung up.
"Lucky, I didn't get that call" I sarcastically said.
"St-stay back!" Jeremy said, shaking as he pointed his gun at me.
"Oh please, the animatronics don't see you as endoskeletons. I don't either. The puppet, Veronica, and I were night guards before you two ever were" I said, observing the phone.
"So, what happened to you two then?" Mike asked, wanting answers.
"Well, we asked Freddy to take us into a safe room, where we saw an old spring lock-animatronic wearing a necklace, when I pointed at it, we became animatronics" I said.
"How long ago?"
"Only two days ago"
"Where's the necklace?"
"It disappeared" I replied.
"Hey, that phone's new" Veronica said, walking into the office.
"Yeah, I'm thinking, it might be a clue"
"What are you thinking?"
"Well, I've read and watched many mysteries, Father Brown, Geronimo Stilton, and Scooby-doo"
"Two of those are children's books/shows"
"Yes, but, they still stick to base principles of a mystery" I argued. "Alright, Mike, where'd you find the phone?"
"I noticed there was an old box in the corner under all those old stuffed mascots, so, I opened it and found the phone. I also found a picture of a family, here you go" I observed the photo. There was a father with black hair, purple eyes, and black and purple clothing. The mother had orange hair, blue eyes, and orange shirt, and black pants and shoes. The big brother had purple eyes, dyed red hair, black shirt, and gray pants with gray shoes. The younger brother had black hair, dark blue eyes, a gray and black shirt, black pants, and blue shoes. The young girl had orange hair, a pony tail, green shirt, green eyes, gray skirt, and rain boots. The youngest girl looked identical to Veronica, only very, very young. There was something off about the boy next to the girl that looked like Veronica, he had brown hair, stormy gray eyes, a red shirt, black pants, and red tennis shoes. He looked to get along with the girl that seemed identical to Veronica. He reminded me of well, me.
"Veronica, is this your family?"
"Yes, but, that's the first time I've seen that boy next to me, he's been scratched out on every one of our photos, like our family doesn't want to be reminded of him. I guess that's why, father always looks at you with a sad look, because now I'm noticing the similarities"
"Huh, Mike, where's that box?"
"Right here" I picked up the box, on it a saw Freddy's head carved into the lid of the box and on the bottom of the box I was able to see with my enhanced vision, "The Afton family, Michael Afton, Milly Afton, Mike Afton, Emily Afton, Connor Afton, Veronica Afton, and-Destin Afton?!" I read aloud.
"What!" Veronica yelled.
"Quick, Mike, phone!" Mike unlocked his phone and I pulled up the search engine.
"How many 'Destins' are there in Tennessee (No, I'm telling any of you which state I'm in)?" I said out-loud. A list pulled up and I saw only one, that had to be me.
I was so shocked by this information, I dropped the box on the table and ran out of the office, through the parts and service, down into the basement and sat in a corner under the stairs.
Meanwhile, back in the office.
Veronica
"Destin's my, brother?" I asked myself.
"Look, he dropped the photo" Mike said, pointing at the photo down the hallway. Jeremy had just passed out, due to all the "action". "Look, I don't know much about siblings, since I'm an only, but, you should give him some space, go talk to the others about this" Mike said.
"Thanks, Mike, I'll do that" I said, walking towards the main room.
"What was that about?" Mangle asked as I walked into the room.
"Destin, had an emotional brake down, after learning some pretty shocking truth" I said.
"Like what lass?" Foxy asked.
"Like that we're long lost siblings" I said, the animatronics gasping, even raising an eyebrow from Spring.
"Spring, let's avoid the basement today, we'll stay in the hidden safe room"
"Come on Veronica, it's almost opening time" Gold said, and I followed the two of them.
How many of you actually saw that coming? I actually wasn't originally going to that. I surprised myself. I actually finished this chapter during my lunch break. So, no news, remember to look through your family photo albums and laugh, cry, and think about them!