Upon arriving at the car lot, Saphira looked at the parked lot and searched for a park. She still felt as though she was in a daze after everything that has happened. Nonetheless, Saphira had to come to work. She was going to meet the nightmare animatronics, and she had no idea how the meeting was going to go. But as she parked her car and got out, she made her way to the back door. She walked inside and entered the office, feeling like a zombie just going through life right now.
As she sat down, she couldn't help but wonder how Springtrap was right now. She wondered if he was still angry at her. And if he had a good day. She wanted to tell him some how she has possibly located Afton's base of operations, but she knew he didn't want to talk to her. It seemed he was content with giving her the silent treatment, and she felt as though she deserved it. But she hoped he will eventually talk to her in the future. She didn't want their bond to be broken like this.
She would not force him to talk with her though. She would wait until he was ready, even though Saphira was not sure how long that would even be. Saphira glanced at the vent as she wondered if Afton would punish her for it, even though he didn't seem to want to punish her the night before. She sighed and looked through the cameras casually before deciding to check on the Bedroom of Nightmares. She wanted to see the nightmare animatronics, and she smiled when she did see them.
Nightmare Foxy was in the bedroom, and she saw his design. His hook was very long, and seemed to be a little rusted, his body seems to be a bit withered and the top of his mouth seemed as though part of his external covering had withered away, leaving the metal skeleton showing. He also had sharp teeth and his legs were also uncovered. He definitely seemed less intimidating than Nightmare and Nightmare Fredbear.
Nightmare Foxy was not alone though. Nightmare Bonnie and Nightmare Freddy were in the room with him. They both were talking to Foxy, and they seemed to be excited. Nightmare Bonnie looked exactly like the drawing design that Mike showed her before. Aside from the sharp teeth in his mouth, Nightmare Bonnie's appeared was similar to the original Bonnie's design, but he was taller and had a withered appearance. His claws were long and his right hand had no coverings on it. He was also not as intimidating as Nightmare and Nightmare Fredbear, but that was fine.
Nightmare Freddy seemed to look like he was a newer Freddy design. While he is taller than Freddy and Toy Freddy, he actually seemed a little leaner in the body. That was interesting, but he still looked somewhat intimidating. He carried the same withered appeared like Nightmare Bonnie and Nightmare Foxy with a withered top hat as well. Saphira definitely knew that people won't be as scared of their designs, but since the Bedroom of Nightmares is set to always be dark, she knew they would terrify people in the dark.
Saphira looked for Nightmare Chica, Nightmare Mangle, Nightmare Fredbear and Nightmare, but it seemed they were off camera. She saw Nightmare Chica's feet on the right to one of the cameras, and with it being dark, she would only be able to find Nightmare if she could spot his red eyes. And she already had seen what he looked like, but she was looking forward to seeing him more clearly.
After seeing some of the nightmare animatronics, Saphira began to look for Springtrap. Even though he might not be feeling happy right now, she still wanted to find him. When she did, she felt tears fill her eyes. She found him sitting in one of the classrooms in the Haunted Classroom, he was leaning against the wall and staring at the floor. It seemed like he was trying to appear to be out of order, but Saphira's knew it was more than that. She definitely wished she had said things differently the night before. But she couldn't do much about it now.
Saphira couldn't help but cry quietly in the office as she felt awful. She would listen to Bonnie and allow some space, but as Springtrap did not want her to be walking around the attraction, she didn't know how the nights were going to go now. But she did intend to go the Bedroom of Nightmares at least to meet the nightmare animatronics, unless they come out to see her. One way or another, she knew that she was going to make some new friends.
She managed to calm herself down and she relaxed in the office while waiting for midnight to come around. She knew tonight would be busy, and the other staff didn't even get to start cleaning until about ten-thirty when all guests left. At least the kitchen was mostly clean at this time. Saphira was just happy that she didn't have to deal with cleaning up after the customers. She had no doubt that it can be rather gross at times.
She entertained herself by listening to some music and casually sketching random pictures in her sketchbook. She waited very patiently for midnight to come around. She grabbed out a packet of mini oreos and nibbled on them quietly while she listened to music. She hummed softly as she enjoyed the music and it was soon midnight. She didn't get up from her seat until the very last employee left the attraction.
She stood up with a groan and made her way to the loading dock. She was curious about if there was any evidence left by Afton from the previous night. She did glance at the vents as she walked by then through the dark hallway as she did worry about being punished for the night before. But as she could still see the truck sitting at the same property that it had parked at, she assumed he has not noticed. At least, that is what she was hoping for.
Upon arriving at the loading dock, she looked around curiously and she saw there were still some tire Mark's from the truck near the roller door. She looked at the ground curiously and there didn't seem to be anything else that might be strange to her. She walked over to the side door to check it and turned away to head to the kitchen. She was very quiet at the moment as she was trying to listen out for the animatronics. So far, there was nothing.
But the animatronics were surprisingly light footed when they want to be, so Saphira was aware that they could show up behind her at any time. Especially since she knew the nightmare animatronics will want to introduce themselves to her. Upon arriving in the kitchen, Saphira walked over to the delivery door to check it. She heard a shuffle behind her and she turned her head to see Bonnie, smiling kindly at her.
"I see you have had a rough time too," Bonnie commented as he observed Saphira quietly. He could see the bags under her eyes and he could tell she had been crying. "I wish I could say Springtrap has been better, but he's really not been okay. But just leave him be for a short time."
"I know, and I will." She smiled at him as she walked over to the animatronic. "I…I just know that I've done something stupid, and I feel like I'm going to lose our friendship over it." She wrapped her arms around Bonnie's waist and he wrapped his arms around her gently too with a smile. "I am just glad you are here, Bonnie. You have been a great friend for all of these years, and I am happy that you believe me."
"You are most welcome, Saphira. You are like a daughter to me, remember that." He rubbed the top of her head gently, making Saphira shake her head a little as Bonnie ruffled her hair. He chuckle gently before stepping back. "And I think you are going to like the nightmare animatronics. They might look quite intimidating, but they really are nice. Mike wasn't particularly happy to notice that last night."
That must have been what the shouting was about.
Saphira stepped back from Bonnie, looking up at him with a smile. "That is really good news, and I am really looking forward to meeting them. I believe the area opens Monday, so I imagine there will be a few scares." The animatronic nodded and Saphira stepped around him. "I better keep doing my duties. I do not wish to upset Springtrap."
"I think it is unreasonable that he expects you to remain in the office for a long time, but we will be patient. Besides, as much as I want to tell him, we tried to reason with Springtrap over the last ten years and we weren't able to get through to him." Saphira listened to Bonnie as he spoke to her. She understood though. Springtrap was going to be hard to speak with about this issue. "I do hope we can work out how to tell him."
"Yeah…me too," Saphira said softly as she walked out of the kitchen, smiling as she saw Freddy and Fredbear standing in the middle of the main dining room. "Hey, guys." She looked at Fredbear curiously as he watched her. "Um…are you mad at me too?"
Fredbear widened his eyes before realizing the reason why she asked him the question. "Please don't take my past behavior as something to believe I would do everytime Springtrap is hurt. I was curious about why he was angry and hurt, but Bonnie explained it to me. I am not mad." He stepped closer to Saphira and hugging her gently. "I am sorry for you. I am sorry for Springtrap. But do not despair, we will work something out."
"In the meantime, we at least have something to distract us all," Freddy said in a slightly happier tone. "I believe the nightmares should be leaving the room soon. We all have told them how things go…but…you will need to know that they are hungry." Saphira tensed a little upon hearing that they would be hungry. "It is something all of us go through the very first week of being here. We seem to be hungrier than we are after the first week, so let us hope that people decide to sneak in."
"Right…" Saphira guessed that if the nightmare animatronics were desperate enough, they could turn on her. And their teeth would have no problem killing her. But she did wonder if Springtrap would even allow it. "I guess I will keep my distance and make sure I do not get a papercut or something like that."
"Good. While it will be good to meet them, spending a huge amount of time with them during this week would be a bad idea." Bonnie looked at the stage as Chica walked down from it. "I think it would be ideal if we stick around to ensure that the nightmares don't do anything."
"If ye ask me, them nightmares seem to be excited to meet our lass," Foxy said as he jumped from his stage at Pirate Cove. He smiled at Saphira as she listened to him. "We had the pleasure of tellin' them all about ya, lass. And they seem very excited to meet ya."
"I agree. Nightmare and Nightmare Bonnie seem the most intrigued, which has me curious," Chica said, lifting her hand to rub the base of her beak. "I wonder if they were told about Saphira before they were brought to the attraction, as that is what it seems to me. Though I cannot be too sure, given what we know of the motives of Afton, while Mike seems to be content with attempting to do his own thing while he works under Afton."
"They might, but as long as they do not attack Saphira, then things will go smoothly." Bonnie smiled at Saphira as she walked towards the front door. "Though I still think that they are very nice. They might have very sharp teeth and claws, but that is just their appearance."
Saphira was glad that there was good news about the nightmare animatronics, though she was curious about how the week would go. As she walked by the door leading to the Toy Plaza, she turned her head as she noticed Springtrap. He had the door pushed open and he appeared to be watching and listening. She was surprised, but she gave him a gentle smile and wave before continuing toward the door. He didn't react other than keep watch. She was somewhat glad that he was still watching, even if he was going to be giving her the silent treatment.
Just before she reached the front door, she heard the door open further and she turned around. She saw Nightmare Freddy walk through, his bright, yellow eyes spotted her quickly as he walked into the dining room. Behind followed Nightmare Bonnie, Nightmare Chica, Nightmare Foxy and Nightmare, it seemed Nightmare Fredbear and Nightmare Mangle had not followed them, or were somewhere else at this time.
Saphira stared at them as they look at her. She felt a little bit nervous as they were bigger than she realized that they were, and seeing them properly made her shiver. But she took a deep breath and smiled at them politely. "Hi, I'm Saphira. It is a pleasure to meet you guys. I'm the security guard here for the attraction."
"Ah, so you're the Saphira we have heard so much about," Nightmare Chica said with a smile, realizing who they were talking to. "Your friends have told us so much about you. Apparently you were one of the cutest kids they knew when you were younger."
"I am sure they exaggerated that part," Saphira said with a light chuckle. Toy Bonnie walked into the dining room as she the nightmares speak to each other. "But I am glad they told you. I wanted us to start of good terms, this is where you will he living now."
"And entertaining guests while we live and work here," Nightmare Freddy said with a light chuckle. "I am very much looking forward to getting started." He stepped closer to Saphira and she smiled at him, and he noticed she did not step back. "Aren't we meant to be scary? Mike told us you were intimidated by Nightmare Bonnie's design."
She chuckled lightly at him and shook her head. "Bonnie told me you guys are actually very nice. Plus, I don't get scared of animatronics very easily. I mean, did they tell you about how I was the first and only kid to go up to Springtrap?"
"They sure did!" Nightmare Bonnie responded enthusiastically. He stepped closer with a big smile on his face. "And I have to say, you are even prettier than I thought." Saphira raised an eyebrow at his compliment. "I can just see how cute you were as a kid. And I can't believe you were even able to be brave enough to spend time with Springtrap."
"I don't like to judge based on appearances, so that is why Springtrap and I were very close," Saphira explained with a smile. "And I didn't want to do that with you guys. You seem to be very nice."
"Well, so long as we get something to eat," Nightmare Freddy said with a slight grimace. "I'm sure you know this, buuuut…we will be hungry for flesh for a while…and I mean no disrespect, but…your scent is rather intoxicating I have to say."
Saphira was not too surprised, as she's been told that by the others before. "I will do my best to not hurt myself. Don't worry, I'll be keeping to the office most of the time, so you should be fine." She turned and walked to the door. "And I see one of you is rather quiet."
"Nightmare, you really should say hi," Nightmare Chica said, elbowing the animatronic with a light giggle. "Saphira seems to be nice. And from what we have heard from the animatronics, and even Afton…" Saphira stopped and turned to look at them with a frown. Nightmare Chica blinked in surprise. "What? Did I say something?"
"Uhh, you don't know yet." Nightmare Chica jumped as Toy Bonnie walked up beside her. Toy Bonnie looked at her in surprise and chuckled at her. "That's funny, I scared a nightmare. But yeah, you have yet to learn everything about our creator, Mister Afton. And the one who runs the place is Mike Schmidt, you'll learn a heap about him too."
"I kind of already got an inkling," Nightmare Bonnie said slowly. "When I first heard Afton's voice, I didn't like it. And the way he was talking…I don't know, it sent the wrong impression to me. I only saw him last night dressed in a cloak." The animatronic shook his head with a frown. "I don't know if it is just me, or maybe I have good instincts."
"Well, I think you will learn," Freddy said slowly as he walked over and placed his hand on Nightmare Freddy's shoulder. "I personally don't have good memories about Afton. I just know he's the one who made us. And Saphira has been figuring out things, though I am not sure if she's found anything."
She shook her head and reached the front door to check it. "I am afraid not. Afton's fingerprints are everywhere, but it isn't as easy as you might think. But…" She turned to face them and jumped when she realized Nightmare was right behind her. "I totally forgot you guys can be quieter than a mouse." She placed her hand on her chest as she took deep breaths. "I might not feel scared when I walk up to you, but any of you would scare me like that…"
"Your scent is familiar," Nightmare said bluntly, making Saphira tense slightly as the animatronic sniffed her. "I remember seeing someone by the truck last night when we were delivered. They were dressed in all black, so I don't know who they were. But…" He sniffed again and Saphira just stood there awkwardly. "They had a very similar scent to yours…" He sniffed again before shrugging. "But I guess some humans have similar scents. Sorry about being quiet, I just wanted to see if I was right."
"Are you trying to say that the scent she has is similar, or the same?" Bonnie walked over as he was a little uncomfortable with how close Nightmare had gotten to Saphira, and worried about how Nightmare noticed her scent. "We do know Saphira was not here last night as that was requested by Mike."
"Similar. I am pretty sure her scent is just similar, not the same." Nightmare smiled with a shrug. "It is a pleasure to meet you. I am sorry for scaring you, I promise that my appearance is the only scary part about me." He suddenly hugged Saphira, making her gasp loudly in surprise. "And you seem like a very nice person. I am so glad to meet you." He lets her go and leaned down slightly as he smiled at her. "Would you like some company in your office? I promise that I will not bite. My hunger might be annoying, but I would never want to hurt someone who is our friend."
Saphira was really surprised by how forward Nightmare was being, and she guessed maybe he had a sweet personality. "Thanks, Nightmare, but I don't want to risk you getting overwhelmed by my scent. I know you guys are hungry, but I want you all to get yourselves sorted before you spend a heap of time with me."
"Aw…well…okay." Nightmare sighed a little with a shrug before he smiled. "On that note, I have heard there is a specific window people crawl through, right?" She nodded. "It's pretty convenient. I already know that I am going to like it here a lot."
"And I was worried that I was going to miss meeting you!" Saphira looked past Nightmare and smiled as she saw Nightmare Fredbear approaching. He paused before attempting to adjust his purple tie, making her giggle and she noticed Nightmare Mangle approaching too. "I do apologize, deeply. Toy Chica was just telling me and Nightmare Mangle about a few things, and we almost got too distracted by it."
"It is hard to miss me when I am here every night," Saphira responded sarcastically as she moved around Nightmare to greet Nightmare Fredbear. "It is a pleasure to meet all of you." She looked at Nightmare Foxy, he seemed to be not focused on the whole thing and he also has not said anything. "Nightmare Foxy…" He turned his head in surprise and widened his eyes when she addressed him. "I don't think you said anything too."
"I haven't?" He seemed surprised before he shrugged. "Argh, I am not very talkative, lass. Nope, not me. I like silence more than I like talkin'." She nodded as she completely sympathized with Nightmare Foxy. She hadn't expected him to be introverted, but all of them had different personalities. "Ye seem like a nice girl, lass. It is nice to meet ya. I am just…well…" He looked around with a frown. "Gettin' used to bein' here that is all."
"We are all getting used to it." Nightmare Fredbear stepped closer before sniffing suddenly and stepping back in surprise. "Oh…darn…I forget that you would be smelling good." He placed his hand over his nose and gave her an apologetic expression. "My apologies, I really wanted to make this good, but now my instincts are telling me to eat you."
"Yeah, I think I'll just go back to the office," Saphira said gently with a polite smile. "I don't want to make things worse than they are."
"I wouldn't say things are bad, Saphira," Nightmare Mangle said gently as she watched her walk by. "We are excited to be here, even though there are so many questions. Especially since I only remember waking up here, and nothing else." She glanced at Nightmare Bonnie curiously. "I don't even know how you remember Afton talking to you?"
Nightmare Bonnie shrugged. "I don't know either, maybe I was awake and you weren't, I don't know. Though I couldn't even open my eyes, and I think I was floating…I think…" Saphira was surprised to hear that as she had already got an idea of how Afton created the animatronics. If Bonnie was still within a cylinder when Afton spoke to him, that was interesting. "Anyway, it doesn't matter. We're here, and…we have to learn how to live."
"You are very lucky that you have us to help," Bonnie said with a smile. "Fredbear, Chica, Foxy, Freddy and I all have to pretty much learn on our own. Though Fredbear has been around much longer than any of us, we still practically had to learn on our own."
"That must have sucked. I guess we are lucky." Nightmare shrugged and looked at Saphira as she walked over to the door. "Are you sure you don't want company?" She shook her head without looking at him. "Aw, okay. Well…" Nightmare's ears twitch for a moment and turned his head. "Ah ha! I think we have a little mouse somewhere."
"I think we should follow the leads of our new friends before we go running after some humans," Nightmare Freddy suggests gently and looked at Bonnie with a smile. "Show us how you guys hunt."
"We all do hunt differently, Nightmare Freddy, but as we are excellent at keeping quiet, we should simply us that and the darkness of this attraction to our advantage. I heard the sound of people too, but we don't want to risk them running out of the attraction, so be patient." Bonnie turned his head to look at Saphira as she held the door open. "Go to the office, Saphira. This shouldn't take long. The nightmare animatronics need to eat."
Saphira nodded with a smile as she understood. She closed the door behind her and walked towards the office. She thought about seeing if Springtrap was hiding in the bathroom, but she knew she should give him space. She already knew he was probably still watching, but kept out of her sight. She was at least very happy with meeting the nightmare animatronics. Nightmare himself seemed to be very friendly. He might have noticed her scent, but he didn't seem to really focus on that, and she was happy about that. Maybe when they've eaten they can come and spend time with her. At least she wouldn't be at risk once they've eaten, even if it she was told they will be hungry for the whole week.