I slowly walk towards the building. My eyes were alert, ready for anything to happen. I shakily reach towards the door, and open with a click on the lock. When I’m inside, I turn around, and lock the door closed. Sweat slowly beats down my face when I see all the animatronics standing in place, their grins slapped on their faces. Twilight, pinkie, and Fluttershy all stared at the wall. Memories from this place as a filly seeped through my mind and I shuddered. It used to be so alive, and . . . not creepy. I started to trot towards the office that Dashie told me to go to. She had said that she left some notes in there so I could get the hang of my new job. My name is Brook. I am an old friend of Dashie’s. When I asked her if she knew if there were any jobs opened, she said that she had just quit one and nopony had taken it yet. Now I see why. After dark, these animatronics seemed creepy and so did the restaurant.

Pretty much the only thing Dashie told me was to only close the doors if absolutely necessary. Then that the animatronics may be a bit more active tonight. Or was it a lot more active? I don’t know, just bear with me, it’s my first day here. I think she said that she left a message for me, but the phone never rang, so I guess not. I picked up a small tablet with my magic, and I turned it on. The first camera showed up, showing me the three animatronics that stood on the stage. I flicked to camera 1C showing me Rainbow’s Cove, one of my favorite spots as a younger filly.

The camera blacked out and I started to flick to the other cameras. When it came back and I went to the show stage, I saw both Twilight and Fluttershy were gone. I turned to the door on my left, and I clicked it on. I saw nopony there, so I turned it off. I then turned to the other one, and clicked it on and off. I picked up the camera once more, and I started to look through the cameras, I felt numb and scared after seeing the animatronics move closer towards my office. Twilight was in the backstage and Fluttershy sounded like she was in the kitchen. The tablet shook as I did, and I nearly dropped it after hearing noises from outside.

My eyes started to dart back and forth. Dashie said the animatronics were never really active with her, but this is me so what happens then? I start to breath heavily, and soon start to press the buttons with my magic instead of my hooves, worried that one of the animatronics may grab me while I’m pressing it. I picked up the tablet again, seeing pinkie in the dining hall, staring at the camera. It was two a.m. I had four more hours. I whined to myself, and I started to look through the cameras again. Twilight and Fluttershy were surrounding me, twitching while they looked at the camera.

I drank tons of coffee while I was walking here, so I wasn’t tired at all. Coffee’s amazing, and I’m totally getting off track. Yes, coffee is amazing, but how about we focus on what’s happening while I still have this job. I turned to check the door on my left, and I saw Twilight there. I gasped and closed the door quickly. I staggered backward, and quickly closed the other door without checking if Fluttershy was there. Dashie also said that if I’m nervous or scared, I could sing a song to myself. So I did. I hummed a small tune to an old song my mother had taught me. The small song soon stopped in my head, and I started to forget about my nervousness. I turned on the lights, seeing Twilight was gone, and Fluttershy was never there, so yeah.

I looked at the percentage which was at fifty percent. I stopped using the tablet for a while, checking the doors a couple of times, and I closed and opened the doors from time to time. When I looked at 1C I saw Rainbow Dash peeking out of her curtain, almost looking sympathetic. I shake my head and turned to the next camera.

Pinkie was in the bathroom, giggling at the camera. Fluttershy was in the dining hall, her shadow only visible and Twilight was in the hallway to my left. I sigh, and put down the tablet. I started to sing again and spun around in my chair a few times. The song I was singing played and replayed in my head, and I soon started to get a bit bored with what I was doing.

The café was echoing the sounds I made, and I soon stopped so if anyone were to see the footage, they wouldn’t hear it.

The coffee starts to wear off. It’s four a.m. Two more hours left. I am really tired, and I feel like closing my eyes. Just for a moment. My fuzzy eyes start to slowly close, and the world goes black for a few moments. Then I snap my eyes open. No, I can’t sleep. I hear laughter outside my door, and pull up my camera to see Pinkie staring at me through the camera to my right. I close the door and I turn to the other one. I clicked the light on, and saw Twilight staring at me. When I looked at the time, I saw five a.m. on the clock. The percentage was at eighteen. I still had a chance to get out of this place . . . not saying that I’m scared. Not at all . . . anyway, I pulled up the tablet and saw Pinkie still staring at me from the right. Twilight was in the dining hall again, so I opened the door. I looked at the percentage, and saw three on it. I felt my heart beating in my chest as I watched it go down to zero.

The facility’s lights went out, and I heard hoofsteps come towards the door. I didn’t move a muscle at that point. I saw Pinkie’s face at the door, her tune playing from her voice box. I then saw the place go black. I prayed to Celestia and right when I thought I was dead, I heard the alarm go off, and the lights came back on. I sighed, and I walked out of the office. I walked out of the café, and I soon got home so I could sleep in my warm bed.

Author's Note

So if your confused, Dashie was sick and tired of her job, so she quit. Then when her friend, Brook, or the narrator, asks if she had any idea where she could get a job. Dashie, being herself, wanted to pull a slight prank on her old friend, and said a position just opened at Pink Amenia's Cafe. Then she came in, pulled up the AI on the robots, adn thus Night Seven, 20/20/20/20 mode was born!