Terror With The Bear

Once again, night had fallen over Ponyville, and Pinkie once again stood at the entrance to Freddy’s Pizzeria, she was still afraid to go inside, but she was also wondering about a few things, why didn't the animatronics try to kill her when she entered or left the pizzeria, why were the animatronics acting this way, why was Bucky The Bull scraped, why did Bucky have an obsession with Fun Dip, who were the other Forgotten Ones, but the main question that stuck in her mind the most, was if Lightning was really her friend.

Pinkie knew that she wouldn't get the answers to any of these questions by standing outside of the pizzeria, so she entered it, she knew that for some reason the animatronics would try to kill her until either her shift started, or she got to her room, but she didn't want to waste time, and walked to the security room as fast as she could, once she got into it, it wasn't long before the phone rang.

Pinkie quickly answered the phone and said “Hi Lightning, what’s going on in here today?”

“Well, not much has changed.” Lightning started to say, “Other than what you already know, there isn't much to say, other then that Bucky is still online, and will be joining you soon along with another Forgotten One, the new one is called Sparky The Dog, you really don’t need to worry about him, he doesn't go to the security room a lot, other than that, I think you’re good to go.”

“Hey Lightning, can I ask you something?”

“Sure, what is it?”

“Well, I've haven’t seen  Freddy move of the stage, except one time when the lights went out, does he ever leave the stage?”

“He does, most of the time he moves off stage when the lights go out, but I have seen him move with the lights on, is that all you wanted to ask me?”

“Yep, that's it.”

“Ok, well, I’ll leave you too your work, good luck.” And with that Lightning hung up.

“Well, it looks like you guys won’t come off stage for a while, so I might as well get a bit of reading done.” Pinkie said to the animatronics, and she picked up a book she had brought over, and began reading it, she kept checking on the animatronics, and found that she couldn't double task, and after about five minutes, Chica was gone, “OH COME ON! It hasn't even been an hour yet!” Pinkie yelled, then flipped through the cameras, to find Chica in the Dining hall. “I swear! If you wouldn't shove me in a suit first sign of me, I would so try and reason with you!”

Pinkie started checking the other cameras, only to see Foxy nearly out of his curtain.

“WHAT THE HECK FOXY?!” Pinkie shouted, “I leave for two minutes, and you’re already, RRRRGH!!!! Ugh, forget it, forget it. It’s not your fault. It really is mine. And I’m sorry for that, y’know. So, why can’t we just drop the hatchet, and become best buddies? You, and me, together. We can rule this pizzeria. We can be the greatest pizzeria tyrants ever. Just you, and me, ruling over this place! And-” Pinkie shook her head, “Oh don’t give me that look Foxy! This is the only form of entertainment I have around here!”

Foxy didn't reply to any of this, and how could he, he was in a different room at the other end of the hallway, but Pinkie did hear something, the sound of the basement door opening and closing, Bucky and Sparky were now inside the main part of the pizzeria.

“Oh great, more of you, that’s just what I needed!” Pinkie yelled.

Pinkie then did a sweep of the cameras, Bonnie and Freddy were still on stage, Chica was in the restrooms, Foxy was still in Pirate's Cove, Bucky was in the maintenance room, and a new animatronic, which Pinkie guessed was Sparky was in the dining area.

“Ugh! This is getting so old, guys! Why can’t you just take a night off or something?” Pinkie was getting very frustrated. She took a sip of her soda, and rubbed her forehead, “OK, guys. You wanna play like this? Lets do this!”

Pinkie continued to work through the night, with most of them moving only a bit, except for Chica, who had gotten all the way to right outside Pinkies door.

“Oh come on!” Pinkie yelled at Chica as she closed the door, this chicken was really getting on her nerves, in fact, she was really considering bashing the chicken head in, the only things keeping her from doing that was that she would most likely lose her job, and that the animatronic would have the opportunity to grab her and put one of those masks on her.

Once the door was closed, Pinkie looked at the cameras again, most of the animatronics hadn't moved, but she could find Bucky or Sparky, until she went to the kitchen’s camera, she couldn't see what was going on, but she heard two voices talking in the room.

“I’m not going in there.” A voice that sounded like Bucky’s voice said.

“We have to, one of those ‘things’ is in that room.” Another voice said, this voice sounded sad, but Pinkie had no idea what it was sad about, and Pinkie guessed that it was Sparky’s voice.

“You know what happened last time I went in there, I’m not going into there.”

“But this is the fastest way to the room the ‘thing’ is in, and the device they use to see us doesn't work in there.”

“I’m still not going!”

“But all the other routes to that room have those devices that allows them to see us, they’ll close those does and they’ll get away, we can’t let them get away, not after what they did to us!”

“I’d rather risk getting seen then go into there.” Bucky’s voice said, then Pinkie heard the sounds of something walking away, and then, silence.

“What are you guys talking about?” Pinkie wondered. She then started to hear a faint tapping sound coming from the left hall. She checked the camera and noticed Foxy running past down the hall, “HOLY MOTHER OF FUDGE!” Pinkie flew backwards, startled by this. Luckily she was facing the right hallway, and her head smashed into the door button, just barely stopping Foxy, “So, Foxy.” Pinkie said, “Do you wanna just bury the hatchet? Why not just become friends, eh?”

“Never! After what yer kind has done!” Foxy said from behind the door, and then ran back off to Pirates Cove.

Pinkie then checked the right door, Chica wasn't there, so she opened it. She then opened the left door. “You just gotta wonder about this place.” Pinkie said, leaning against the left wall, she accidentally hit the door light with her hoof, and the large purple head of Bonnie appeared in the door, “OH COME ON!” She closed the door, “Can’t you just leave me be? Can’t you try anything but shove me into a suit for once?! I just wanna live my life!”

Pinkie was thinking that Bonnie would say something, but nothing came from the other end of the door, so Pinkie did another sweep of the cameras, Freddy was still on stage, Foxy was still in Pirate’s cove with the curtain closed, Bucky was in the restroom, Chica was in the dining area, and Sparky was in the maintenance room.

With all of the animatronics away from her, Pinkie had some time to think, so she reflected on the new information she had learned, the first thing she found out was that for some reason, Bucky didn't go into the kitchen, the next thing was that Sparky was sad about something, but she had no idea what he was sad about, and lastly, Foxy had told her that the animatronics hated ponies, but why would they, ponies built them, so why would they hate them.

“What happened here?” Pinkie continued to check the cameras, and then saw that her power was at 30 percent, and it was 3:00.AM, “RRRGH! Just hurry up already!” Pinkie then proceeded to smash her skull into the desk.

Pinkie then heard a deep laugh, and jumped up from her head and desk fusion. Pinkie checked the cameras, and noticed that Freddy was off stage.

“So, you’re finally out to play, eh, Freddy?” Pinkie said, flipping through cameras to search for Freddy. She found him in the Dining Area, but could barely see him. All he was was just two eyes staring directly at her from the darkness, “Huh? Odd. Why would you just be in the darkness?”

Pinkie looked at the eyes for a while, there was something about them, even though they were robotic, there was some emotion behind them, Pinkie couldn't tell what emotion it was, but the eyes did manage to creep her out a little.

Pinkie then did a sweep of the cameras, Bonnie was in the supply closet, Chica was at the east hall entrance, Foxy was still at Pirate's Cove, Sparky was still at the maintenance room, Bucky was at the west hall entrance, and Freddy didn't move from the dining area.

Pinkie’s thoughts were all about the animatronics, why were they doing this, why didn't they attack ponies during the day, why did they only attack when either her’s or Lightning’s shift started, and did Lightning have anything to do with this, she wanted answers, badly, but there was no way she could get them with the animatronics attacking her.

Pinkie flipped through the different cameras, and could have sworn one of the posters on the wall had changed to something a little more yellow than normal.With all the weird things that have happened this past week to Pinkie, it’s no wonder why she didn't think much of it. She then looked away from the cameras, and was going to check the door lights. But she realized that she wasn't alone in the room. There was something that looked like a Freddy Fazzbear costume. It wasn't completely like the devil and his little friends outside the doors. This one was just sitting there. Lifeless, and limp, it was also yellow, and it had no eyes. So naturally, she freaked out, and flew backward in her chair, smashing her head into the ground, and she was unconscious. For about three minutes... Maybe a bit longer than that. Afterwards, she got up, rubbing her head.

“What in Equestria was that?” Pinkie grunted, picking her chair up.

Pinkie looked at the clock, it was 5:54 and she had 5% power left, she was once again cutting it close, she grabbed the pad, and checked the cameras outside her room, then checked the lights, nothing, that was good, no, great, she looked at the clock again 5:58, she was so close to freedom, she could taste it.

But then, she heard the sounds of something running towards the room, she didn't need to look at the cameras to know that it was Foxy, once again charging, Pinkie got up to hit the button, but ended up falling, with the button just out of reach, the footsteps got closer and closer, at this point Foxy would get in the room before Pinkie could close the door.

But just as the footsteps were a few feet away from the door, they stopped, and ran in the opposite direction, Pinkie looked at the clock and saw that it was 6:00, this made Pinkie wonder why the animatronics didn't kill her, they had the chance to, but when 6:00 came around, they went back to their places and left her alone, even if they had the chance to kill her. But she didn't have time to think about that, she was just glad that she was able to get outa here.

“YES!” Pinkie called as she ran through the hallway, and into the dining area, where she saw the three bastards on stage, “Oho! Hello there! While your shift has just begun, mine has ended! Take that! Silly animatronics!” Pinkie continued to taunt them, and went out the door, but she then faintly called out, “Suckers!” And then she was long gone. Pinkie smiled as she gleefully pranced through the still dark streets of Ponyville, until she got to her home at Sugarcube Corner, she immediately ran upstairs and picked up the phone, calling Lightning, “Hello Shockbutt, how are you doing tonight?”

“What did you just call me?” Lightning asked, clearly not happy about the nickname.

“Sorry. I’m just really happy for some reason right now.” Pinkie said.

“You saw him... Didn't you?”

“Saw, him?” Pinkie was confused by this.

“Y’know... Him.”

Suddenly, Pinkie remembered what had happened earlier that night. The golden Freddy... Thing.

“How did you know?” Pinkie asked.

“You seem way too cheery.” Lightning answered.

Pinkie started feeling light headed at the thought of the golden Freddy that was sitting in the very room she had been in all night long.

“Are you alright?”

“Yeah.” Pinkie started to loose her balance, “I'm... I just think I need too... Sit down for a moment.” Pinkie tried to hang the phone up, but missed, and she fell to the floor, unconscious., dragging the phone with her, nearly unplugging, and braking it.

“Pinkie?” Lightning said through the phone, “PINKIE?!”