Terror With The Bear

Terror With the Bear

By Zombiehunter4579 and Everyday We Shufflin

It was a normal day in Ponyville, not much was going on, ponies were going through their daily routine, but there was one thing that was different. Near the center of town was a restaurant, it was very well know, it was called Freddy’s Pizzeria, it had been there for many years, and it would most likely be there for many more, and the owners had taken out an add in the paper, an add that would change the life of one pink pony.

Inside another restaurant, a pink mare, know throughout the town as Pinkie Pie was looking through the newspaper, though she loved her job at Sugarcube Corner, that was also where she lived, but she needed more money, you can’t play bills with happiness and smiles, Pinkie learned that the hard way, she was left with no other choice, she had to take a second job.

“Ugh, why is this so hard?!” Pinkie said to herself, because of the economy, most places in town weren't hiring, leaving her with few options, and out of those options, she couldn't find one job that was any good, she was just about to give up, but then she found an ad that said.

“Looking for a security guard to work at Freddy’s Pizzeria, no experience necessary, pay is 25 bits an hour-” That was all the Pinkie read before she rushed out, heading to the pizzeria, perhaps it would have been better if she read the whole thing, because the last bit of the add said “Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria is not responsible for injuries and/or death.”

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The interview was a piece of cake, or would it be pizza in this case. In less than 20 minutes she had gotten the job, she would start right away, and though she was told to go get some sleep before starting her shift, she was too excited to get any sleep, she would work from 12 AM to 6 AM, and her job was simple, she was to flip though the cameras on a pad that she was given and to make sure nothing got in or out, Pinkie didn't understand what they meant by ‘or out’ but she assumed it was some kind of joke, she was then taken to her office, but on the way there, she was a giant bear, bunny, and chick standing on the stage, these were the pizzeria mascots, Freddy, Bonny, and Chica, there were a few things that caught her eye, one was called Pirate's Cove, it was part of the dinning area, however Pinkie couldn't see in it because it had a curtain covering it, the only there was also a sing on it that read "Out Of Order', the next thing that she noticed was a room was labeled The Basement, Employees Only, Pinkie didn't understand why this place had a basement, but she didn't  feel like asking the pony who was showing her to her office what that room was for, and the last thing was that this place didn't have a lot of ponies in it, just a few families and the employees. Not long after that, they had reached the office.

There wasn't anything special about this room, it looked like any other room, there were some monitors in the room, a desk light, a fan, some posters on the wall, and a chair, the pony informed Pinkie that the pizzeria was going though some money problems, and because of this there was a limit on the power that she could use, so she’d have to manage the amount of power she’d use, they were about to leave when Pinkie saw two buttons near the doorway, one was called Light, and the other Door, she was going to ask the pony what they meant, but he had already left, so she decided to test them out on her shift, Pinkie had a few hours before her shift started, so she decided to go play with her friends until then, and as she left, she decided to say goodbye to the animatronics.

“Bye guys, see you in a few hours.” Pinkie said, she then walked towards the exit, but just before she left the pizzeria, she looked back at the animatronics, and she could have sworn that there heads had moved, making it look like they were watching her.

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The time was now 11:57 AM and Pinkie had just arrived at the pizzeria, ready to do her first shift as security guard, she walked to the office and did something that she had wanted to do, try out those two buttons that were on both doorways, the one called Light turned on a light outside the doorway, and the one called Door made a giant metal door drop from the top of the doorway, now that those questions were answered, she could do her job in peace, until a phone rang in the office.

Pinkie started to look for the phone, but the answering machine beat her to it

“Hello? Hello?, Are you there?” At this point, Pinkie found the phone, and was about to pick it up so she could talk to the stallion on the other side, but just before she did, the pony said something that scared her a little bit, “Oh dear, did they get you already?”

Pinkie then picked up the phone and said “Hello?”

“Oh good, you’re still alive.” The pony replied.

“Who are you?”

“My name is Lightning Storm, I work the security guard shift before you, and I wanted to call you to tell you what to expect in this job.”

“Aw, that’s nice of you.”

“Yes well, there isn't much to worry about, no pony has ever robbed this place, and I don’t think any pony ever will, the place is a restaurant so there really isn't much to steal, but don’t let your guard down, because your life is on the line.”

“Why?”

“Because the animatronics in this place have a tendency to move around at night, I’m told it’s because they have a free roam mode that’s no longer used, and if it stays off for too long their servos freezes up, so the animatronics  have been programmed to walk around during the night, they used to be able to walk around during the day, but they stopped doing that after the bite of 87. You have to find it amazing that the pony body can survive without the frontal lobe of the brain. Anyway, if those animatronics see you, they're not going to see you as a pony, but as a metal skeleton without it’s suit on, and that’s against the rules, so they’re going to shove you into a animatronics suit. Now this wouldn’t be so bad, but the suits have a lot of beams and wires in the suits, especially in the head, and being shoved into one of them is most likely going to be fatal, in fact I've heard that all they’ll find is your eyes and teeth. Anyway I’m going to hang up because I’m 90% sure that you’re not looking at the cameras, which isn't a good thing to do, but before I do, you should check in on Pirate’s Cove, there’s an animatronic in there who will only move if you don’t check up on him, and if you survive the night, call me so that I know you’re ok, good luck, Celestia knows you’ll need it.” It was then that Lightning hung up.

Pinkie didn't move for a bit, she was in shock from what  Lightning just said, but then she came to her senses and turned on her pad to check on the animatronics, only to be horrified when she saw that Bonnie wasn't on the stage.

Pinkie was freaked out by this, she switched cameras to Pirates Cove, then to the bathrooms, then to the dining hall, where she saw the silhouette of the animatronic rabbit. Pinkie quickly grabbed her flashlight, turned it on, and went down to the dining hall.

Pinkie looked all over the hall, but didn't find any bunny. She pointed the flashlight towards the stage to find Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica all still there.

Pinkie gulped, and started to move towards the animatronics, and stopped, half way across the first row of tables. She started to sweat, looking at the creatures, “Oh, please be a joke. Just a harmless joke.” Pinkie started to back up, and saw purple curtains to her left. She shun the light at it. Wondering just what was behind those curtains. She walked towards the cove, breathing lightly, just in case there was something bad behind there.

She got closer, and reached a hoof out to grab it, but her chest touched the red rope that prevented ponies from crossing. But Pinkie didn’t see it as a rope, she thought one of the creatures was both very fury, and grabbing her. It was the only logical conclusion her mind could come up with. She quickly ran to the left, down the hall, into the security room, and pressed the buttons to close both doors. They slammed shut, with a loud clank. Pinkie didn't realize that these doors weren't just any normal doors before now. These were made to keep these things out.

Pinkie breathed heavily, now that she was safe, she didn't have to worry about the animatronics.

Pinkie turned to the screen to see all animatronics still on the stage, and she looked at the corner of the screen to find words that said ‘Power: 80%’ but it soon dropped to ‘79%’ and continued to ‘76’ before Pinkie opened the doors and they stopped decreasing, for the most part.

“I’m working in hell.” Pinkie said, shaking.

Pinkie knew that the only way she would get out of this nightmare alive was if she kept the pad close to her, that way she could see those animatronics before they saw her and…. Well, she didn't want to think about that.

Pinkie checked the cameras and saw that Bonnie had once again left the stage, he couldn't have gotten far so she checked the dining area, only to scream and drop the pad, all the camera showed was Bonnie’s face, with barely visible, glowing red eyes.

When Pinkie gained the courage to look at the pad again, but this time, there was nothing on the screen but the words “Camera feed unavailable.” Bonnie had disabled the camera.

“That’s not fair!” Pinkie yelled, she was both mad and afraid, and then, as if it were a reply to what she just said, she heard a laugh come from the front of the pizzeria, if it’s goal was to freak Pinkie out, then it did it’s job.

Pinkie checked the time to see how much longer she had to be in this hell, it was 1:37 AM, her shift wasn't even half way done.

Pinkie checked the camera’s again, nothing had changed, except Bonnie had moved to the maintenance room, Pinkie knew that if those things got to her, that would be the room where it all ended, Pinkie then checked the stage, only to find out that Chica was gone.

Pinkie nearly screamed, but she covered her mouth, before she could let one out. Pinkie quickly checked the dining area, where she saw Chica of one side of the tables, looking straight at Pinkie, with her mouth open, almost like she was smiling.

“OH NO!” Pinkie yelled, “No! NO! NO!” She then realizes that she shouldn't yell so loud, she hushed down.

Pinkie quickly flipped through the cameras, looking for Bonnie. She found him in the west hall, but she could barely see him, he was just a silhouette, in a dark hallway.

Pinkie reached for the door, closing it. That was too close for her tastes.

Pinkie checked the camera’s again, Bonnie hadn't moved, Chica had gone into the restroom, which made Pinkie briefly wonder why there was a camera in the restroom, well to be fair, it was outside the restroom, but still, it didn't make sense, and Freddy was still on the stage, so far, everything was ok, but then she remembered something, Lightning had told her to keep an eye on Pirate’s Cove, something she hadn't done.

She checked Pirate’s Cove, only to see a curtain blocking it, along with a sign that read “Out Of Order.”

Pinkie let out a sigh of relief, everything was ok, or at least as ok as they could get, she did another sweep of the camera’s and found that Bonnie had moved, she opened the door to save power, and continued to look through the camera’s, but when she got to Pirate’s Cove, she thought she saw a figure duck down from the bottom part of the screen, she couldn't get a good look at it, but from what she saw, it looked like it didn't have a costume on, Pinkie thought it was her mind playing a trick, and switched the camera feed to the party room, only to see Bonnie's face on the screen

Needless to say, Pinkie almost let out another scream, but kept it contained.

Pinkie then heard pots and pans banging in the kitchen. Pinkie quickly flipped the security camera over to the kitchen, but all she saw was a blurry screen.

“Huh?” Pinkie raised a brow, why couldn't she see anything in there?

Pinkie flipped the screen to the dining hall, and back to the kitchen. Still blurry.

“Why?” Pinkie looked at the clock, ‘5:39’ she could get through this. Pinkie leaned up against the light switch, by accident, and a bright light flashed through the hall, and she saw the face of Bonnie staring into the room. Pinkie couldn't resist, and screamed in fear. Pinkie quickly closed the door.

Pinkie backed away, slowly, and bumped into the other door light, to find that Chica was in the hallway, to her right, staring at her through the window.

Pinkie quickly closed the other door, she was safe, neither one of them could get in, she was going to make, she was going to live.

But Pinkie had failed to keep track of the power limit she had, and just when she thought she was safe, the power went out, leaving Pinkie in the dark, to make things worse, the doors had gone back up, and anything could get in.

Barely a minute passed before Pinkie heard a voice say, “Did you really think you could hide forever?” Then a haunting melody started to play, the source of the noise was coming from her left, she looked over only to see Freddy’s face, it was some how being lit up by something, but Pinkie didn't care, this was it, her life was about to end, all because she made a horrible job choice, Pinkie couldn't look at that face anymore, and she closed her eyes, hoping that it would all be over soon.

But then, as if something was watching over her, the song stopped, and nothing happened, Pinkie opened her eyes, thinking that she would see Freddy’s face, but he wasn't there, she looked at the clock, the only thing that didn't go out with the power, and saw that it was 6.AM, Pinkie ran out of the pizzeria, she kept running until she was at her house, she laid on her bed, but sleep never came.

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The next day Pinkie got up from her bed and made herself breakfast, as she ate it, she remembered that Lightning wanted to talk to her if she lived through the night, she remembered the number that appeared on the caller ID when he called her, so she grabbed her phone, and dialed the number, and after a few rings, Lightning answered.

“Hello?” He said.

“Hi, it’s Pinkie, the guard you were talking to last night.” She replied.

“Oh, hey! You survived your first night.”

“Yeah, my first and last night at that place.” Pinkie said.

“What?”

“There’s no way I’m going back to that place! I’m not risking my life like that.”

“I know what you’re thinking, believe me, I had those thoughts after I got though my first night, but I’m still working there.”

“Well you didn't almost get killed by one of those things.”

“Not true, my first night, one of those thing got me and dragged me into the main entrance room, they got the mask and almost shoved me into it, if I didn't fight back and get myself lose, I wouldn't be here .”

“Then why did you come back?”

“Two reasons, one is that there aren't many places that are hiring, if I don’t work there, I won’t be able to keep my house and get food, and two, I don’t want some other pony to have to go through what we went though, we survived the first night, that means we can keep those things away, other might not be so lucky.”

Pinkie didn't reply for a bit, but after a minute of silence she said “I guess I’ll keep working there.”

“It’s not too bad, you just need to worry about the Forgotten Ones.”

“The what?” Pinkie asked.

“Well, Freddy’s Pizzeria has been open for a long time, and most ponies only know about Bonnie Freddy, and Chica, there were others, but due to various reasons, they were removed from the spotlight, and instead of being thrown away, their all placed in the basement, well one isn’t but the rest are, anyway all of them are fully functional give or take a few bugs, and sometimes they go online and walk out into the pizzeria, unless it’s Foxy, the guy in Pirate’s Cove, and the mascot responsible for The Bite of 87, he was left up there, and goes online and offline, so just do like I said and you’ll be fine.” Lightning answered.

“How do you know all this stuff?”

“I've done research on these things and studied how they work at night, I suggest you do the same, but until you're ready, I’ll call you when your shift starts to let you know if anything new has happened, now as much as I love to talk to you, I have to get going, talk to you tonight, bye.” And then Lightning hung up.

Pinkie wasn't looking forward for her shift, but it was something she’d have to do, but at least she wasn't alone in this.