Equestrian Foxby doukzor100ChaptersGoodbye earth? *whimper*Ever Freedoma pirate fox thingyGreetings?A Lunar NightmareI'm going insaneeh... Just Gold?Da Heck?Goodbye earth? *whimper*Goodbye earth? *whimper* The night shift began as normal. 12:00, and Bonnie had already disappeared from the stage. He moved to the dining room, where A blank stare accompanied the unlucky endoskeleton that would now be watching. A small red light flickered on, and it began to turn around the room. If you were listening closely, you`d be able to hear a small 'eek!' from down the hall. Soon after, Chica had left. Her orange feet clanged on the ground as she began to clatter about the kitchen, throwing pots around... For whatever reason. Bonnie`s purple ears twitched. The camera was off. He loosened his tight unmoving grip from his legs, and banged loudly towards the closet near his destination. As he entered the left hallway (or right depending on where you looked) a small red glow lit his eyes- causing his circuits and and wires to freeze. Chica left the kitchen and began down the right hall. Another light flickered. The big purple bunny (Bonnie) gave a silent thank-you as he entered the closet. From the stage, Freddy waited. He stood as still as a statue, unmoving from his showtime pose. A camera fixed on a section known as Pirate`s cove for a second, and then moved on. Inside, a small silent whisper was unheard. The red light fixed onto the closet. Inside, Bonnie stared at the camera, his head and ears twitching at devilish speeds. Another check on Pirate cove proved for another, yet noticeably louder, whimper. At the stage, Freddy seemed to mumble something, but thankfully, the camera hadn`t been fixed on him. He did face-palm himself for some reason, though. By the office, a gray (yep) human flipped through the cameras. When he put them down, he checked the left door lights, pressing one of the smooth square buttons. Nothing was there. He checked the other open doorway. "GAH!!!" He screamed as he slammed the red door button, causing an iron wall to seemingly fall in front of the yellow robot chicken known as Chica. She made a pouty face, but of course the human didn`t notice. A small tune was heard being whistled from behind pirate`s cove. The yellow chicken slammed her two claw feet over to Pirate`s cove, and shoved open the curtains, to find a curled up bipedal fox sitting on the farthest side. The chicken listened to the whistling fox for a second, before snarling. "You were supposed to attack, idiot!" Chica growled. The fox didn`t move. "Hey! I`m talking to you, Foxy!" she snapped. The one called 'Foxy' looked through his legs at the yellow robot. His crimson fur seemed matted, or of what tiny bit could be. "Go away, Chica" he looked back down. "No! You were SUPPOSED to go out! you didn`t stick with the plan!" she argued at him. Foxy shrugged. "Why do ye need me? Im just a prop for lookin at" he whimpered behind his legs. Chica growled, grabbing at the fox robot. "Get here right now! You need to do your job, not sing!" she reached for the arm of Foxy, but he scurried away and to a large wooden boat (okay, not life size) and took to sitting on the edge. "No! Get back here!" Chica growled. Foxy slumped his shoulders. "Why? Ye got Bonnie in ta hallway" Foxy contemplated, his thick pirate accent program kicking in with every word he said. "So? That no-suited freak`ll get by again if you stay in there!" the yellow chicken snapped her free hand to the door. "Now GET!" she screamed. Foxy slowly made his way to the edge of Pirates cove. He jumped off the stages edge. Chica gave him a good hard shove off towards the office. Foxy began to walk to the office. "No use in runnin..." he sighed. His usual tune came back to his voice box. "Da da dum dumdum da dee doo doo dumdum" Foxy stopped as he was seen from the office. An annoying light hurt his eyes, but he did his best to ignore it. The doors of course slammed. He walked up to them. "So, Chica, ye never told me to bring the power down or-" Foxy was cut off by Bonnie. "Move outta the way!" he snarled, pointing to the Pirates coves purple curtains. "But Chica told me to stay here-" Foxy was once again cut off. "I dont care! Go back, dog!" Bonnie growled, shoving Foxy in the way towards Pirates cove. The 'small' Pirate walked back to his cove. An eye patch draped over one eye, and with his hooked right hand, he hefted himself up and into his personal area. A sharp tug at the curtains and he was surrounded in the dark. "I`m good fer nothing" The foxy pouted. "Er, now I am..." he sighed. He sat on his dusty boat, made for children to play in. It wasn`t big enough for the bipedal creature, as he was actually about six- feet tall. So, he had always stuck to the edge. In some way, his legs dangled, making soft scraping sounds whenever he kicked them. The darkness was calming. It soothed and cooled Foxy`s circuits. But it also reminded him of.... That poor child.... "Foxy!" the high pitched voice of Chica snapped from in front of his curtains. "What, ye yellow bellied balking chicken!" Foxy snarled back, but gave a yelp as Chica opened the curtains, a not-so-nice glare planted in her eyes. "You idiotic fox! The guard`s gonna bet by tonight!" Chica slammed a yellow fist onto the hard wooden floor of the cove. "Bonnie, he...." Foxy began, but gave up. No one ever cared. A small ringing tune, like a bell, started to come to everyone`s ears. Chica snarled at Foxy, and shoved the curtains closed. In the pitch black that Foxy sat, he dangled his legs over the edge of the boat. A sigh escaped his muzzle, but it was static-like. In what seemed to be an abyss of dark, a tiny light glowed. It was tinted gold. Foxy looked around, noticing the small light that only kept growing. It sat on his arm, and with an attempted pat to get it off, it only moved the hand that had been placed there. "Er..." Foxy tried to get it off of him. He swatted the wisps that came off too, but the light only grew brighter. It covered his torso eventually, and then his legs. "G-get off a me, whatever ya are!" Foxy growled. The light only grew brighter. Foxy got up to go to Freddy, but stopped. What would he do anyways? Laugh? Shout? Foxy slumped back onto his boat, and looked around the room. The golden light was bright enough to see from outside the curtains, which in turn, made it like daylight in the cove. Chica had even begun to notice, as did Bonnie. They shared glances. Bonnie hopped off the stage. Inside Foxy had a sudden drain. His circuits began to shut down. "No no no..." he tried to get himself to stop from- Foxy fell to the floor, his jaw slanting as he did. In a small burst of that golden light, he was shut down. The cove became unsettlingly dark again. Bonnie opened the purple starred curtains to the small room, but as he opened them, he saw nothing. It was just pitch black again. He shrugged. "Foxy?" he asked, his voice having a slight echo in the cove. No answer. "Fine then, ignore us" Bonnie left, not even closing the curtains. "So, anything new lately?" A high pitched female voice yipped. "Nope, sorry girls. Celestia hasn`t even sent a letter" a purple winged pony, along with having a horn, replied sluggishly. "Aw, but that`s boring!" A rough female voice complained. "I know Rainbow Dash, but we need to just... Um, wait" The purple one replied. 'Rainbow Dash' sighed. She slumped into her crystal chair, her arms folded. "She`s probably gonna give us a test" The rainbow haired pegasus sighed. "Maybe!" the high pitched pink pony cheered. "That`s not a good thing, Pinkie" Rainbow Dash face-hoofed. The pink one, 'Pinkie' as it was, huffed. "It might, I mean, what if it`s an obstacle course test?" Pinkie nudged the now perked up Rainbow Dash. "Look, it`s late" The purple one sighed. "We should get to bed" She yawned. Rainbow Dash grunted something, but continued to get into her soft cyan bed. "Whelp, goodnight" Pinkie gave out a tiny yawn. "Yeah, goodnight". Author's Note was it good? Of course this is just the beginning, but I would like to know what you think. Things are about to get more interesting though, trust me Cracker? Ever FreedomFoxy`s left eye-lid slowly blinked opened. Light fluttered into his face, warming his circuits. Grass shuffled in the small breeze and- WAIT. Foxy pushed himself up, his hook digging into the soft dirt around him. Around him, many tall dark oaks spread out. "I ain`t dreamin... Am I?" Foxy asked. it felt real-enough. He even seemed, more... Alive, too. His fake fur seemed a bit longer, and felt (if you can imagine that) real. A quick glance at the forest around him gave a shiver down his spine. He wasnt ANYWHERE familiar, considering the Pizzeria in mind, and it didnt seem like a homey place to live at. Bushes and roots surrounded the tiny clearing he stood in too. Maybe a quick walk around would be in favor With the thought in mind, Foxy took to walking around. He pushed leaves and branches out of the way as he did so. His left leg faltered for a second. With a quick glance, the bipedal fox could see a few missing screws. And a missing wire or so. "Er! Dumb good fer nothing leg" he spat as he continued with a limp in each step. His growls were more life-like. And his mouth felt more flexible too, like a real animals. It didn`t feel refrained to just opening and closing anymore. Slowly, the pirate fox made his way through the thick forest. "Hey girls!" Twilight Sparkle shook each of the five furiously. "W-what?" a perky voice asked shakily. "Oh, Rarity... Celestia sent me a letter!" The alicorn replied happily. "okay..." Rarity sighed. "This one`s different. Trust me" Twilight assured the bored group. Well, Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down. "She said that she has a task for me! er, us!" the purple alicorn yipped. "So... What task is it this time?" Rainbow Dash asked. She was clearly bored out of her mind. "Well... She didnt say much. Except wed know when it was time" Twilight Sparkle sighed. "Well then, ahm out. Maybe ahll find this task while ah`m at home, working in mah farms" the orange, country accented one began to walk away. "I`m with A-Apple Jack..." A small voice squeaked. Apple Jack nodded, before leaving the door open behind her. Rarity grunted. "Hm... I suppose..." Twilight tapped her chin. Rarity nodded and left. "Yeah. Okay, um, but when you find the task, come back! IMMEDIATELY!" Twilight Sparkle called out as her friends left. "Whelp, that was my shortest gathering with them ever" Twilight Sparkle gulped away her excitement. "Er, dumb trees..." Foxy grunted as he pushed an abnormally large bush out of the way. "And my leg. Itsbout to break" he tapped his left leg, which gave off a small static hum. A sudden uneasy feeling grew in Foxy`s throat. Yes, his throat. A few bushes shook against the direction of the wind. "Who goes there!" Foxy snarled. He readied his hook in front of him. A small growl emitted from a larger bush behind him. "Hm?!" he turned around, just as a wooden shape lunged at him. He dodged the creature as it lunged past him and into another bush. To his right, another -wolf?- came out. It didn`t jump, but it did circle him. The creature was made entirely of wood, and it resembled a wolf in oh so many ways. "G-get away, ye, er, wood pugs!" Foxy shouted as intimidatingly as he could. It didn`t work. Another wood wolf lunged at him, but this time, Foxy dug his hook into its stomach. An explosion occurred, with splinters flying off this way and that. A few stuck into Foxys fur, but he ignored that as another jumped at him. With a simple swipe of his hook, it was gone too. "Best get outta here `fore more come" the bipedal fox growled. He limped off as fast as he could with his seemingly broken leg. "Spike, this, task, isn`t going to show up at our door step" twilight Sparkle paced her bedroom. She was talking to a foot high purple dragon, whom bore green spikes (hence his name!). "Yeah, but, so?" he contemplated back, his voice more-or-less like that of a young boy. "That means, we need to look" Twilight responded absently, "Name some places". "Um, Ponyville" Twilight shot him a glare. "You know what I mean!" she nudged him for more answers. "Um, the plains near Flutters house?" he asked. "...No. She feeds her animals everyday. Im sure shed notice something, different" Twilight countered his suggestion. "The sky?". "Rainbow Dash". "shops?" "Rarity..." Twilight sighed. "Um, the apple orchard`s pretty big, so...?" Spike suggested. Twilight perked up for a moment, but then settled back down. "No... She`s got it". "Well, there is the *gulp* Ever Free forest". "But... Wait. Yes, yes yes yes!!!" Twilight cheered. Spike sighed, but Twilight picked him up and smiled widely. "Perfect idea, Spike! We can go there! That forest has Manticores and Hydras, why not the task?!" Twilight dropped Spike and ran off to gather her things. "Um, Twilight? Should-" "There`s NO time to waste! Come on!" And with that, Twilight levitated her dragon onto her back and left for the dark forest known as the Ever Free. "How in Fazbear am I gonna get out?" Foxy growled as he moved a bush. His hook was getting to be an unsettling dirt covered mess, and his left eye had begun to droop even farther than normal. He eventually had to flip his eye-patch up so that he could see more clearly. The damp forest even started to dampen his fur, and some bit of water had found it`s way into leaking through to his wires. Small bits of static spurted out. "I need ta get outta here, and soon..." Foxy sighed. "Okay, Spike! Ready?" Twilight Sparkle asked. She was standing just on the rim of the ever-free. "No" came a small resistant sound from the dragon on her back. "Good! Let`s go!" She padded into the forest. The sun was high in the sky, so she had plenty of time before she would be forced to leave. "So, what are we looking for again?" Spike asked after a little while. "The task!" Twilight Sparkle answered. "I know that", Spike deadpanned, "I mean, what does it look like?". Twilight stopped and tapped her chin. "Um... Well, you`ll know it when you see it. Keep your eyes peeled" she yipped before continuing on through the bushes and over hanging oaks. A few distant growls came from far away, but she did her best to ignore it. They came a bit closer. "Hey, um, Twilight? I`m scared..." Spike frowned. The pony he was laying on gave out a long sigh. "I know, I know. This place can give any pony the creeps..." she said as she looked around the dam, darkening forest. "Can you maybe, take me home?" The dragon asked, as he curled up into a ball. Twilight gave him a look, but breathed out to calm herself. "I suppose, though my magic`ll be drained" She powered up her horn. Spike gave a confused look. "Aren`t WE gonna go home?" he asked. "No, sorry. I have to look for the task, whatever it is" Twilight frowned. Spike waved good-bye as he vanished in a cloud of pink. "Whelp, i`m on my own now-" her sigh was cut off. A growl emitted from a nearby bush. Twilight let out a bored growl to herself. "C`MON! Already?!" she prepared herself to fight. "What did you do, WAIT for me to send him home?!". More light fluttered through the tree-tops. The trunks of each oak became smaller and thinner, too. Which meant the end of this wretchedly haunting forest was finally coming to an end. It meant once he got out, he could relax. Er, no. But he could find a way back. But why he want to go back? Foxy shrugged his messed up thoughts away, and continued towards whatever lay beyond the edge of the forest. He couldnt see a break in the trees, but that didnt really mean anything, did- "AH!!!" A spine-curling scream filled the air. Foxy whipped his head around towards the source of the sound. It seemed to have come from a bit of thicker trees, back in deeper. With a sigh, and then a quickened pace, the pirate set off towards whomever committed that cry. He lashed through bushes and branches, and as he grew closer, growls were beginning to be heard. And what seemed to be an, well, it couldn`t be described, but it sounded some what light. "Eek! S-stay away!" came a feminine voice. It sounded like a teenagers voice. Foxy stood right behind the tree to a tiny clearing, much like where he first awoke. In front, at least five of those wood wolves were lunging at a... Unicorn?! He didnt have much intellect, but Foxy did know what cartoonic ponies with horns and wings looked like. This was one of those. A purple pony was throwing- magic?- at the wolves. They all nimbly dodged -her- attacks though. Foxy stepped out from the tree. A small explosion was heard, which caught the purple mare off guard. Which, sadly, got her attacked by a wooden dog. It slammed into her form, and she fell to the ground, her eyes narrowed. "Do ye need help, lass?" Foxy asked. She didn`t look up at him, but nodded furiously. "P-please" she responded, pain cracking her voice a little. The fox nodded, and struck down another dog. It got his fur even more matted with chips, but he shrugged it off as a sharp pain filled his bad leg. "Ah! Stupid wooden mutts!" Foxy growled. He struck its face, which resulted in wooden sticks getting tangled inside of his legs wires and circuits. With the last one down, the fox turned to the purple unicorn. "Here, lass. Let me give you a, er, hand" he smiled, though his circuits warmed as she took his hook in her -hoof- and got up. Once she was content at not having any sprained limbs, she looked up to thank the pony... "Phew, thank you. your one brave po-" she stared at the six foot tall fox- "ny...". Foxy scratched the back of his neck. "I suppose ye aren`t familiar with the looks of me..." he sheepishly smiled. "W-what are you?" The winged unicorn asked. "Well, I was built to resemble a fox..." the two just looked at each other blankly. 'Oh no' was all Foxy thought. Author's Note so, you like it? No, this isnt a shipping story, dont worry, I SUCK at romance... *snicker* This is a side story, so I wont update it often. Sorry. Um, hope youll enjoy the story! (once there are more chapters) Cracker? a pirate fox thingyThe two beings took to staring a bit more at each other. Foxy was the first one to speak up. "Eh, what are ye?" he asked, even if he knew this... thing, was a purple pony with a horn and wings. "I, you dont know? Well, er, im a pony- " she stated, "- I was a unicorn" she tapped her horn, "but then Celestia granted me wings!". Twilight was about to go into an explanation about why and how, and what-not, but slowly stopped as she saw the blank stare of the bipedal fox in front of her. "Eh, heh, um..." she backed away a little. Foxy just twitched uncomfortably. "Well, w-where am I?" he asked as he looked around the trees. "The Ever-free forest" the pony stated, but backed up a bit more. Foxy began to glitch out some, but he stretched out an arm to fix the stiffness that had started it. "What`d be yer name?" Foxy questioned her with his outstretched arm, as if to shake hands. Twilight took his hand in her hoof and slightly shook it, but then released it. "I`m Twilight Sparkle... Um, yours?" her narrowed eyes were staring right into Foxy daringly. "I be Foxy" the bipedal stated, nervously smiling. They both nodded a bit. Until Twilight finally broke the awkwardness. "You don`t know really know where you are, do you" she half-stated half-asked. "Eh, yeah no, lass. I don`t" Foxy sighed. Twilight studied him closely. Her eyes were narrowed still, as if to inspect the metal creature. "So, your ALL metal?" the pony asked. "Well, yes", foxy stated but then muttered, "I hope". Twilight inspected him closely. "Whelp, i`ve never seen anything like you before. never" she frowned, but then lightened up some, "wait a second. Princess Celestia sent that task... Maybe your-" she squealed with delight, grabbing foxy hand with.... Magic. They began to make their way through the ever-free, pushing away bushes and twigs. "Er, where are we goin?" Foxy questioned the mare as he was hit in the face by a nice, sturdy branch. "To Ponyville, of course!" Twilight yipped, "I need to do some tests on you and what-not". Foxy froze. "T-tests?" he asked. The mare stopped in her tracks. "Dont worry, I wont take you apart" she waved a hoof at the idea, but still snickered. "I just need to inspect that date of metal and a few of your wires. Out here, they must have gotten wet!" She exclaimed. It was true, too. With a sigh, Foxy`s left hand was taken back and covered with pink magic as they continued through the forest. "Foxy" a high pitched voice said. No answer. "Foxy! Im not playing!" Chica complained. She strode up to the pirates cove. Still no answer. Chica listened for any other sounds. Not even the usual scraping of his metallic paws were present. "Hey! Get out of here! The place is gonna open soon!" she opened the curtains, to find an empty space now fluttering with light. "Um... F-Freddy?" Chica asked, her circuits beginning to glitch out. The animatronical bear looked to his right side. "What?" he asked, his voice rough. Chica pointed to the cove. "Foxys not here. Bonnie was just in the parts room, he wouldve seen the stupid fox". Freddy growled and hopped off the stage and walked over to the chicken. With a quick glance inside, he saw that she was... Correct. Nothing but dust particles stirred in the empty room. "Eh, what do you think happened?" Chica asked. Freddy sighed. "I... Dont know. Its not like he left, we`d of saw him" Freddy looked around. "Whelp, well just have to wait til night-time wont we?" Chica asked worriedly, pointing her beak in the direction of the clock. opening time was 8:30, and the employees came in at 8:00. It was 7:58. "I guess. That idiot better not show his face today!" Freddy snarled as he left for the stage. Chica followed him back. "Im sure hes somewhere, um, around here" she mumbled. It was no use trying to look right now. "Were almost there, Foxy!" Twilight Sparkle stated as she ruffled her feathers to keep in her excitement. One second, the alicorn had been suspicious of him, and the next, she was dragging him towards her house! "Well, lass, eh thank you?" Foxy shrugged. He didn`t really know what to make of all these things that had just happened. "Hey, Foxy. Were gonna stop by my friend Fluttershy`s house" Twilight stated, basically leaving no room for an argument. "O-okay..." the fox stammered as he was led off by Twilight. 'So far, Ive woken up in a forest, got attacked by wooden wolves, met a purple pony, and know im about to meet someone else' Foxy thought to himself. 'Weirdest dream I have ever had'. "So, if you have any questions, please refrain from asking them until were safe and in the hooves of Fluttershy!" Twilight smiled. 'and this Flutter-Shy is apparently a pony too, great' The humanoid fox and the winged unicorn trotted through the damp trees. Thankfully they were now thin, and now as thick as a jungle anymore, but the branches now stung Foxy when he ran into one. His eye-patch kept falling and rising due to surprise from hitting the wood, and the urge to not get that eye hit too. Soon, the trees even parted some, revealing tall but slim oaks and spruce trees. "See? My friend lives really closet to the ever-free! mostly because of all the animals she owns... But, you know, shes a nice pony" Twilight undid her grip on Foxys hand, and began trotting a bit faster over to small cottage like building. It sat on a tiny hill, and had a creek in the front. "Fluttershy is a bit more than a little shy, just so you know" Twilight commented as she and Foxy began to make their way up to the wooden door of Fluttershy`s house. Twilight knocked a bit, until she could hear soft taps of hooves coming her way. Fluttershy opened the door, peaking out from the frame. She was a buttery color, and apparently her mane was a pale pink. "Hello? Oh, Twilight!" the... Pegasus, opened the door fully- which then revealed the large humanoid fox behind Twilight. Fluttershy stood frozen, her mouth gaped and twitching. "Uh, T-Twilight? There`s a big scary thing behind you..." Foxy smiled sheepishly as the pegasus said this. "Oh, Foxy?! No, no, it`s okay Fluttershy" Twilight stopped the door from slamming. Fluttershy had ducked behind her long hair. "Aye, lass. I won`t hurt ye" Foxy said as softly as possible, though it still sounded quite rough. "R-really...?" Flutterhy stood up, her legs shaking beneath her. Foxy and Twilight both nodded. Fluttershy gulped. "Well, o-okay then..." She backed away, and let Twilight in. Foxy went inside her house, but had to duck under the door frame as he did so. His metallic feet made small clinking sounds as they tapped the floor. Most of the animals inside ran for their lives. "Um, so T-Twilight... Whyd you, um, come here? I mean, theres nothing wrong with that..." Fluttershy squeaked as she stepped away from Foxy. "I, well, I wanted to introduce you two. I thought it would go better than this..." Twilight smiled sheepishly. "So, is it done?" A royal female voice questioned. "Yes" was the other one`s reply. Her voice was royal, but lighter. "And you think that bringing him here will help?". "...I don`t know. I hope it will". The two ended their conversation. It wasn`t much to dwell on anyways. "Before you go to bed, I want to ask something" The deeper voice came out again. "Yes?". "Why did you do this?" her voice became lighter, as she was questioning this pony`s motives. "...You`ll see". Author's Note so... Sorry it may not be good, but i`m heading my own way in this... Cracker? Greetings?"So, any questions?" Twilight asked. Foxy sat in a cross-legged pose on the couch. "Aye. Where the heck am I?" he growled. Twilight stared. "Were in Equestria" she stated like it was obvious. "Eh, what were those wooden mutts?" Foxy sighed. This was gonna be a while. "Timber wolves" Twilight answered, waving a hoof in the air. "Um, here be my biggest one. Why is the world now inhabited with rainbow ponies?!" Foxy snarled. A long, long while. "Here, just let me explain" Twilight Sparkle sighed. Fluttershy went off to comfort her little animals while they talked. Angel was watching the robotic fox with narrowed eyes. "Angel!" Fluttershy whispered, "It`s rude to stare!". The small white bunny shrugged. Fluttershy began to look for a second too. "Ugh, what will you do to stay away from them?" she asked. Angel made motions, waving his arms this way and that. "Angel, cmon. I cant afford to keep getting-" she was cut off by the angel making a rectangle with his paws. "I... Alright" Fluttershy sighed as she left to grab an ice-cream sandwich. Twilight Sparkle`s eyes widened. "Your from a world with humans?" She asked for the second time. And for the second time, Foxy nodded. "Aye, though we saw more of the smaller ones. The children" He sighed. "Okay, who`s this, 'we'? There are more of you?" Twilight contemplated. "On some level, aye, yes. But they resemble a bear, a chicken, and then a bunny, along with a golden bear. There were others before us, but I dont really rememberem" the fox stare out a random window. "So... Anything ever bothered you there?" She asked. Foxy looked into her eyes, a deadly glare dancing among them. "Aye" he stated with a shrug. "Can you name one?" she asked him. He shook his head. "Please?". Foxy gave a defeated sigh. "The only problem I ever did have. Its called the bite of87" Foxy began to fiddle with his hook. Twilight would- should`ve stopped there, and ended the conversation. But no. She pressed on. "What happened?" she thought she could help, but oh was she wrong. Foxy glared at her. "I aint talkinbout it" he growled, trying to ignore her. "C`mon..." she pleaded. The fox suddenly snapped. "No! I don`t want to remember that day! Stay outta me business!" He snarled at her, and she back up quickly. Foxy set his hands under his head, propping himself up. A sigh escaped his muzzle. "I just... Wont talkbout" he whispered. Twilight gave herself time to calm down. "Eh, o-okay..." she grimaced. Her sides heaved uncontrollably. Fluttershy had noticed the loud voice of Foxy. She as currently hiding under one of her wooden tables, clinging to it for dear life. She whimpered as she lost her grip and fell to about three inches. Twilight walked into her kitchen. "Hey, um, Fluttershy?" she asked. The pale pegasus smiled as her shakily. "Um..." twilight was at a loss for words. "I got scared" Fluttershy squeaked. Twilight levitated the pony out from under the table, whom quickly got up on shaky hooves. "Its alright. Hes just, eh, snappy?" The alicorn gave off a sheepish smile. Fluttershy nodded a little, and looked at the bipedal fox. He seemed sad, his left eye a bit droopy. He had multiple tears in his body, and a hook. A pair of what seemed to be pirate-like pants adorned his waist, but they were ripped at the knee point. The rest of his legs were metallic, though had wires and such that wrapped through and around them. His snout was definitely fox like, with a bit of sharp teeth here and there, all white- save for one golden fang. His eye-patch was torn, but still intact, and one ear seemed loose. "Twilight, Foxy looks kind of... Say, torn? He doesnt seem too d-dangerous, you think you should... I dont know, fix him up?" Fluttershy asked. Twilight turned around to inspect the humanoid fox. It was true. He had been limping behind her anyways before. "Yeah, your right. I probably should, and do need to inspect the type of metal and wires he`s built with..." Twilight tapped her chin with a hoof. "Well, my animals are kind of uneasy around him..." the pegasus scraped at her wood floor with a hoof. "Oh? Uh, sorry, Fluttershy. I should get him to my house anyways" Twilight hugged Fluttershy goodbye. She turned to the bipedal fox, whom was still staring out a window. "Hey, um, were heading back to my house to check out your wires and such. You ready?" she asked him, and Foxy just simply nodded. "Good, okay. Well, the ponies here in Ponyville would probably freak out if they saw you... So..." Twilight carried on a tiny explanation. "Don`t dare teleport me ever again, ye hear?" Foxy pointed his hook at Twilight- whom was laughing. She covered her mouth with a hoof, trying to hold it in. "T`aint funny!" the fox snarled, and looked away. He crossed his arms in a pouting-like pose. Twilight glanced at Foxy, and only felt more laughter come on. She felt to the floor. "Er, what are ye laughing at now?!" he shot her a glare, which she shrugged off. She had to wipe tears from her eyes eventually. Once the laughter had settled down, the fox took to sitting in his earlier position, hand/hook up to hold his head as it drooped. The sun had begun to set now, it being around 6 o` clock or so. "Look, Foxy, i`m um, sorry?" Twilight nudged him. He kept his bored look. "It`d be fine, l-l-lass" Foxy stammered. His head perked up. Twilight cocked hers to one side. "Was that a glitch?" she asked. "I think so" was the only response from Foxy. Twilight tapped her chin, and then brightened up. She ruffled her feathers. "Hey, I may be able to do something about that!" she ran off. Foxy was about to follow her, but she was already gone by then. Her hooves made small taps as they hit the floor. But the tapping faded away. "Eh, Twilight?" Foxy asked. No answer. The fox sighed, before resuming his original pose. The sun was setting quite quickly, he noticed. It`s tip slunk behind some far-away mountains within seconds, and in another ten, was half-way gone. The sky became a crimson-like purple fairly quickly too, making the surrounding crystal room far more dark. Even if torches lit the surrounding area, it seemed almost... Menacing. "Foxy, I have what I need to fix that voice box!" Twilight called out as her hooves yet again tapped the floor. He turned around to the see the approaching pony, and his thoughts resumed to the previous glitch. Twilight put down a screw-driver, a wrench, and a few other tools. "I keep stuff like this handy in case something breaks" She smiled. She levitated Foxy`s hand over to her, and began inspecting the metal within. "When were you built?" she asked without raising her head. "Eh, I was b-built in nine-teen eighty three..." Foxy looked at his hook. "But some parts were r-r-removed or replaced, so I have a a a bit of metal from 1983, all the way up to 1987" he sighed. Twilight rummaged through and pulled out a pair of scissors. "Um, I might need to shut you down for a bit" Twilight said softly, " I`d be able to power you back on afterwards...". Foxy winced at the thought of being off. "I, eh, do ye have to?" he asked. Twilight didn`t nod, instead shaking her head. "No, but it`d be easier on me, and would make fixing you go by a lot faster" she reasoned. Foxy sighed. "I s`pose". "I still can`t find him" Bonnie growled from inside the parts room. "I dont care! Hes got to be around he somewhere" the gruff voice of Freddy snarled back in response. "Boss, i`ve looked in the kitchen, in the cove, even the bathrooms!" Chica shuddered, "Both of them...". Freddy muttered something to himself, clear agitation planted on his muzzle. "I can check again if you`d like..." Chica stated softly. "Yes. We need to find that brat! before the guard gets here!" Freddy checked the clock. It was already 11:50. Bonnie rushed into the dining room, where the others stood. "I`ve checked the back stage room twice" Bonnie complained. "Arg! Where is Foxy!" Freddy gripped his mike rather harshly. "I dont know, and I dont think were gonna find him..." Chica mumbled to herself. "Well, no, not unless we get his help" Bonnie whispered. Freddy perked up. "No. NO. Were not getting that mutt to help us!" He growled, but he knew it. Bonnie was right. Chica even began nodding. "Look, he may be our only choice, Freddy" she looked at the bear with a daring stare. "But, f-fine. Tomorrow night, i`ll ask him" Freddy grunted before heading back to the stage. His grip on the mike loosened, but it was still tight. Bonnie and Chica exchanged glances, before heading back to the stage. 12:00. Author's Note I honestly think this story sucks... I do... I AM NOT DETERMINED TO GET ANYWHERE ON THIS STORY!!!! So, sorry if this sucks... My larger priority is being poured into an RP blog and starting Purple Tears 2 Cracker? A Lunar Nightmare"There! All fixed up!" Twilight backed away, the wrench still in her mouth. "Thank ye, lass" Foxy tested out his fixed voice box, "Seems that forest didn`t do me much good". Twilight sighed. "Yeah, you have water in almost every wire. Dirts caught up in some gears, but ill have to fix that later" she levitated the wrench into her small tool box, and then set it off to the side of the room. "Well... Now that your fixed up, wanna test out the voice box some more?" Twilight suggested. Foxy shrugged. "Okay then, how about the other animatroonics?". "Animatronics, "Foxy mumbled, "There`d be Freddy, Chica, Bonnie, and Golden Freddy, er Goldy" Foxy explained, as the purple alicorn jumped onto a small chair and sat down. "Okay, who`s the leader of you I guess?" Twilight grabbed a notepad and quail. "Freddy Fazbear" Foxy growled. Twilight scribbled down some set of squares, and began to write down names. "Okay? And the others? I mean, scratch that. Why did you all see the foals more than any other being?" Twilight tilted her head to one side. "I was programmed to perform for kids". "Okay, got it. And can you remember any of the ones before you?". "Are ye really jus` gonna ask all these questions?" Foxy asked, annoyed. "Yeah, I guess I am" Twilight shrugged. "Er... There was Mangle, er Foxina, but she was played with so much by those filthy brats. Then I think there was some sort of boy like robot, and newer versions of our selves. There was also..." Foxy trailed off. "Also what?" Twilight asked. "The puppet" he shuddered. "What`s so bad about a puppet? What did it look like?!" Twilight seemed to become suddenly excited, preparing her quail. "The puppet... It... I dont remember, I just know I dont like it. Not one bit. It was really tall, taller than even Freddy, and had purple tear like marks on it`s face, along with an infinite smile". Hasty scribbles were heard from Twilight. "Anything else?" Twilight asked. "Not really, lass. Like I said, I don`t exactly remember anything before I was fixed very well. Something about a memory blank" Foxy shrugged. Twilight nodded and put the notepad on a small crystal table, getting up to head towards the kitchen. "Where are ye goin`?". "To get some coffee". "Why?". "Because... I can?". "Shouldn`t ye be sleeping by now?". "I may be small to you, but i`m an adult. Besides, "Twilight paused to yawn, "I have work to do". "... Go to bed, lass" Foxy suggested absently. "Nah, I don`t, "another yawn, "Need to sleep". "Lass, your tired. I won`t go anywhere, we have a sleep mode" Foxy smiled a bit. "You do?" Twilight perked up slightly. "Well, actually its called roaming mode, but I promise ye, my sensors map out the area through electronic waves, which means they can sense when im about to leave the building. If I try, my circuits then freeze on me" Foxy explained. "Oh" was all Twilight said. She turned to go upstairs. "Well goodnight then" she said oh so simply, before shrugging and dragging her wings up the crystal stairs. "Aye, goodnight!" the pirate fox waved slightly, "now where can I find a safe room?". "Celestia," A familiar female royal voice echoed through the polished marble hall. "Yes, what is it?" the voice that replied was lighter- though slightly irritable. "I'm sorry to come without notice, but I've sensed that you've grown weaker. You need to rest" the lower voice was caring, but carried seriousness within it's tone. "No," the lighter one retorted, "I can't. I need to keep a check on him". "Go to bed, sister" a dark blue form appeared beside a larger white one- both ponies bearing a horn AND pair of wings. "I can't. Not until I know that Twilight's safe". "I can keep watch. The night is my own. You'll be too tired to care for the day if you do not rest" the smaller blue alicorn nudged her sister to leave. "I... I'm rethinking my decision" the white alicorn ignored her sister's push. The smaller one immediately stopped. "What?!" she stared in awe at her sister. "I don't think I did the right thing, bringing something into a different world" Celestia repeated solemnly. "Why do you think this?" the dark one asked lightly. "It's because something's wrong..." Celestia sighed. "Sister. Rest, and we will speak of this tomorrow" the dark one finally succeeded in getting her sister to get up. "Thank you, Luna" Celestia smiled weakly, before shaking her head and dragging her hooves towards her bedroom. "Oh, dear sister," Luna silently sighed to herself, "you're pushing yourself to hard". Shuffling could be hard from inside the office. Mike made no immediate reaction, but the guard next to him shrunk into a tiny ball. "Exactly... In what way and shape or form, does this place scare you?" Mike asked the smaller guard flatly- whom stared at him as if he was insane. "Are you insane?!" -See? He spat, "the recording said we could die!!!". "It was probably just a prank" the gray skinned guard teased- even though he knew what these things were capable of. "Uh-huh... Let's hope so..." the more frail one stammered before looking out his door. "So, here's the plan- you keep a check on your door, and I keep track of the camera and my door" the other one replied. "O-okay". "You ready?". "I guess...". "Good, cause Chica's at the door" with that the smaller one 'eeped' and slammed the red door button. "I was just kidding! You can't waste power like that" the gray guard nudged him. "Oh, heh. Sorry" in which he opened the door again. Chica met Freddy and Bonnie outside the parts room- all looking not-so-happy about their plan. "I'm not asking... it" Freddy sated flatly. Bonnie sighed, as Chica put her arms in front of her. "Me neither!" she argued against going in there. "..." Bonnie sighed- both animtronics were looking expectantly at him. "... Why me?". It was rather dark, though the robots had been built with flashlight like sensors- built for if the power went out during the day. Bonnie crept through the blood stained parts room, over to an area where the camera couldn't reach. It was soundless- except for a tiny buzzing sound that emanated from the corner of the room. "Eh... Goldy?" Bonnie asked sheepishly. He got no reply- though a small whir came from the static, a high pitched point squealing for no more than a second. "Goldy" Bonnie repeated, though a bit louder. A small clicking sound came from the corner, and a few gear-grinding sounds repeated. Once they stopped, the source of the mechanical sounds seemed to turn to look at Bonnie- two tiny pinpricks of white for eyes. "Eh... We n-need your help" Bonnie stepped back. 'Goldy' muttered something, though it came out as static. "W-at, d- -ou w-ant?" the animatronic asked irritably, as it attempted at what seemed like clearing it's throat. "There's a major problem" Bonnie continued- trying to ignore the almost inaudible way Goldy was talking. "What pr-b--m" the thing snapped. "Well," he decided to just say it, "Foxy's gone missing". The pinpricks lowered for a second, shaking- as if the thing was sighing. "...A-d HOW, e-ac--y, d-d a large b---dal fox -o m---ing and NOT be f--nd?" the thing asked in a hasty tone. "None of us know, actually". "..." the thing stepped forth, barely visible. It was aware of the camera- as it made sure to stay out of it's point of view. "Oh, and... One more thing- you mind getting rid of the guard?," Bonnie added sheepishly, "he's managed to survive five nights. It's his sixth now..." "F--ally, some----- f-- to d-" with that, the animatronic stepped into an almost full view. You could see a small outline of highlight gold- and a black top hat. With a sudden whir of mechanical gears- the pinpricks of light vanished from sight, leaving in it's place nothingness. "Your gonna have to teach me how to do that" Bonnie muttered with a smirk, before making his way back to the dining room. "Getting anything, Jeremy?" the guard asked the smaller shaking one- which shook his head. "No animatronics yet" he stammered. "They should've at LEAST been at the door several times now" the other one muttered. "... Eh, I'm glad they haven't come yet" Jeremy smiled slightly. "I don't know, something could be wrong..." "Mike! No, don't go where those things are!" Jeremy whimpered, as he turned his head over to something in the right corner of the room. "You know what, Mike?" Jeremy asked. "What?" he replied, almost irritably. "That may be a good idea after all..." "Why is that?" Mike smirked. "Look" Jeremy pointed a shaky finger at the far corner of the room. Mike's pupils shrunk at what he was pointing to. "Oh..." was all he managed out. 'SSSSCCCCCCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE' Author's Note So... Who attacked the guards? Why did this chapter take so long? It was a bit rushed at the end, sorry~ But hey, the next chapter should be out in like 2 months! yeah.... Don't forget this a side story. I won't work on it much Gummy bear? I'm going insane"Did it work?" Bonnie poked his head around the right door frame, it's rusty frame creaking. "Of course it did" the golden bear animatronic smirked. Jeremy had fainted, and Mike looked half dead. Bonnie just nodded slightly. "Uh-huh. Now that that's done- wait. You can talk now?" he raised an eye brow at the animatronic. "I was already able to talk. I just needed to fix my voice box" he fiddled with his bow tie. "Okay then" Bonnie thought for the right words to say. "Are they dead?!" A high pitched voice broke the surrounding silence. The two glanced at the night guards. "...Probably?" the golden one finally answered. "Probably?! If we can't kill them, we can't focus on the situation-" Freddy stopped dead as he saw his golden twin animatronic. And then he saw the night guards. "Are they dead?" he demanded. "Maaaybe..." The golden one smiled sheepishly. "Maybe? Fredbear, Are they dead or not?!" Freddy growled. Fredbear gave a slight nod. "They should be". With a sigh, Freddy turned away. "Fine. C'mon, we'll need you too". Fredbear followed, and Bonnie stepped over the two unconscious guards as he quickly walked after them. Chica was waiting in the Dining room, her arms crossed and her head tilted to one side. "So?" she asked. "Dead. For now at least" Freddy glanced at Fredbear, before stopping. "So... What's this whole 'plan' thing?" Fredbear pitched in. "Well... Since Foxy just... 'Poofed', "Chica let him guess the rest. "Look. There was some light emanating from Pirate's Cove before he vanished" Bonnie stated. "Yeah, but what light? It's not like he had a flashlight. This was different" Chica argued. "True. So we don't know what the heck really happened. But we do know that he's gone. And... Yeah that's it" Bonnie shrugged. "This is serious. Was there really nothing that happened before hand?" Freddy demanded. "Nothing. And we weren't there to really witness it, ya know" Bonnie replied. "Hey, er, You know I could help, right?" Fredbear pitched into there conversation. "How, exactly, could you help?" Freddy glared at him. "You don't trust me, you hunk of bolts?" Fredbear asked coolly. Chica and Bonnie winced. "No, I don't" Freddy crossed his arms, ignoring Fredbear's wry comment. "Want me to prove it?" Fredbear smirked. "Yeah, because you know so much more than the rest of us" Freddy retorted flatly. "Aight" Fredbear turned around and headed off towards the Pirate's Cove. He disappeared behind the purple starred curtains. A small golden light flashed in the cove for a second, before Fredbear came walking out as if nothing had happened. He patted his hands together as he stopped in front of the colorful group. "I think I know 'how' your little fox friend disappeared" he smiled deviously. The three animatronics glanced at each other, before Freddy spoke up. "Tell me". Foxy had taken to shutting down in a the most enclosed place he could find. Considering the crystal castle out of a coloring book seemed as empty as a field, the best spot he'd been able to find was the kitchen. The morning light was already shining through the see through walls. It was more of flashing through the walls, bouncing off of everything crystal to metal until it illuminated the room rather brightly. Foxy blinked, turning on. The light must've triggered his day sensors, as he blinked a few more times, trying to make sense of the blinding white light in his eyes, and the purple form that stood in his vision, blurred out by the other color. After his eyes adjusted, he quickly covered them with his hook, noticing the purple form stepped back, and was holding a notepad and pen. Foxy's vision kept blurring, and he kept losing focus on everything in the room. He servos were beginning to act up repeatedly. "That wretched light won't stop resettin' me servos" he mumbled. The purple form suddenly nodded furiously and stepped back a little more. The boundless amount of light in the room quickly cut off into a little dim light to illuminate the space. "That better?" he recognized Twilight's voice. "Aye. How do ye deal with all that blinding light?" Foxy tilted his head as he sat up. "You get used to it after a few years" Twilight sighed, but then perked up as she asked, "how come the light reset you now but not yesterday?". "The light now was blinding me eyes directly, like a flashlight. Otherwise, normal day light I can handle, just buzzes my circuits every so often" Foxy explained. Twilight nodded quickly, as she pulled up a notebook and scribbled something onto it. A small purple, reptile thing, suddenly came barreling into the room, landing comically in front of Twilight. It got up quickly, as it panted from fatigue and exhaustion. "Spike? What is it?" Twilight seemed to know the little, thing, so Foxy calmed back down. "I have a l- *urp*!" the little creature belched out some green flame, which flared into the air before disappearing to reveal a rolled up parchment of paper. Twilight caught in that purple aura of her's before it hit the floor. She levitated it towards her face and unrolled it, as she began to leave. "Need to talk... Canterlot... Nothing impor- PRINCESS CELESTIA!?!" Twilight jumped back, flaring her wings to catch herself. Foxy perked up. "Spike! We've got to go at once!" Twilight scooped up the tiny thing. "Why?! I just woke up!" he protested, flailing his tiny arms about in her grasp. "Celestia needs to talk to us at once! She said there's this creature that got summoned here- and he's not native to Equestria!" Twilight exclaimed hastily. Spike rose an eyebrow. "He? So, Celestia knows what it is?" he cast a wary glance at the fox animatronic near him. "I doubt it. Perhaps just a grammatical error on her part. Uh-" Twilight stopped short as she looked at the confused robot in front of her. "Oh right. We... Uh... We'll have to leave you behind..." Twilight seemed to be thinking of what to say. "It would be quite hard to get you past the guards without them trying to throw you in some metal pit" she smiled sheepishly. "Aye, I can see why they would be rather un'erved by me" Foxy mumbled in reply. "Since you have that sleep mode, can't you use that while we're gone?" Twilight asked. "Only sometimes, lass. If I were to switch onto sleep mode for too long, my servos would lock up, and I don't think ye want to have to fix me again". "Oh. Well, uh..." Twilight levitated a few things to her, as she placed them in a small canvas bag. "I'll be quick. I should be back tomorrow!" she sighed before galloping off with her little creature. Foxy eyed the tiny purple reptile thing as it ran after her. To be honest, he hated it- whatever reasons unknown. "Sister, do you truly believe this is the best course of action?" Luna asked her sister softly. After their talk, Celestia had decided to speak to Twilight directly. "Yes. The more she knows about it, the safer she, and everypony, is" Celestia answered firmly. She had a look of tired determination in her eyes, from the fatigue of no sleep. "I hope you're right about this. It could mean that Twilight will refuse to help you in curing this-" "She'll do anything I tell her's homework" Celestia snapped, half joking, half serious. Her face hadn't lightened any at the kind gesture, which left Luna a little shook. "I wish you would have spoke to me about this first" Luna mumbled. "It is not your decision" Celestia snapped, her eyes narrowing at her shorter sister. "I brought that thing here. I choose what happens to it, not you". Luna shrunk back, now looking half her sister's size. "I meant no offense, sister. I'm just... Shocked". Celestia glared for no more than a second, before sighing and relaxing her body. "I'm sorry. Everything that has been happening has cause me much stress" Celestia rubbed her temples, before weakly smiling at her younger sister. Luna nodded, though she was still unnerved. They both looked forward, towards the entrance to the castle, where they were awaiting Twilight Sparkle. A heavy silence filled the room soon, though, and with another worried glance at her sister, Luna steadily stood up. "I'm... Going to go fill out a few scrolls" she said rather hastily, but she held onto what firm voice she could. "Very well" Celestia nodded, her eyes still concentrated on the entrance. Luna stood not a moment longer before nodding in return and walking away. She kept her head down, as she pondered on her sister's actions. "Something's wrong" she whispered to herself. Celestia never lost her temper. NEVER. Not even when Discord ate her birthday cake. And Luna didn't plan on letting anything get to her sister like that. With a curt nod to herself, she summoned a scroll and quill. She was going to find out what was really wrong with her sister. Author's Note hope you liked this chapter! I put Purple Tears 2 on a temporary hiatus, since I just can't write anything for it, even though I know what I want to write. So, while I still have the determination and focus for this, and while Ironfell still won't work for me, I'm going to work on this story. Hopefully the next chapter'll be up this month Cracker? oh, and, cheesy ending for a chapter. I know. eh... Just Gold?"PRINCESS CELESTIA!" Twilight yipped happily as she clambered into the polished marble kingdom. Behind her was her little pet dragon, Spike, who bore green spikes from his head to tail. Celestia immediately straightened her posture as the two ran towards her. She smiled warmly and gave a curt nod to the two. "Princess Twilight Sparkle" she stated calmly. Twilight skidded to a stop in front of her, suddenly blushing. "Ah- Where are my manors?!" She bowed down quickly, actually falling onto the floor as Spike ran into one of her outstretched wings. Twilight quickly got up, casting a quick glance at Spike before looking back at Celestia. "You wanted to speak to me? About a monster?" she sat down. Celestia nodded, yet kept looking at the door, as if expecting some pony else to come in too. "Uh... Princess?" Twilight waved a hoof in front of her old mentor, who snapped back into reality. "Yes?". "Is everything okay?" Twilight carried out her words carefully. "Oh, of course, my dear princess. I just, uh, thought you were going to bring... The robot" Celestia gave off a sheepish smile. She knew she shouldn't be stalking any pony with magic, and it was worse with Twilight being the secondary subject. But Twilight didn't seem fazed as she quickly gasped, "Oh! I didn't think you wanted me to bring him! I can-" "No, no, It is quite okay, dear Twilight. I only need to speak... About it" she gained a serious attitude quickly, and Twilight scooted into a more formal position. "What about it?" she smiled widely. Celestia sighed. "Something," she made it a point to not mention her name, "brought this robot here. I think we can help it". "With... What, exactly?" Twilight tilted her head to one side. Though Celestia already knew about how and why they could help the fox animatronic, she decided to play dumb- considering Twilight didn't need to know she had been watching this whole time. "Has this thing refused to talk about anything?" she asked lightly. "Well, yes actually" Twilight answered simply," Quite a few things. Mainly something about the bite of... 87, I think it was". Celestia made herself seemed surprised. "Oh really? Could you tell me what you know about it?". "Well, not much, really. He didn't even say anything more about it. Though he did mention a bear, duck, and... And a Bunny, I think" Twilight thought for a moment, before nodding. "A bear, duck, and bunny? Are these other robots too?" Celestia asked. "I would believe so. I mean, Foxy's a fox animatronic. I would guess the others would be too". "It would make sense" Celestia sighed. Even though she'd been able to pull the creature into Equestria, she hadn't been able to see any other robots- being in too much of a rush in order to escape being caught. "You know, you can ask him yourself if you wish" Twilight put in suddenly. "Wha?" Celestia snapped into reality yet again. "I mean, you can ask him about the bite and other animatronics" the purple alicorn repeated. "I... I would rather not. I seem to be a bit... Intimidating, and I think it's best not to worry it" Celestia smiled weakly, trying to hold her fake smile. Why was it so hard to smile right now? She was always smiling and nodding curtly in front of crowds, it was almost planted on her face. "I understand," Twilight responded," it might lock his servos up if he's forced to talk to the monarch of Equestria". "Exactly. I think you might want to go, now in fact. You are housing the robot, correct?". "Yes, actually!" Twilight jumped to her hooves, quickly turning to leave. "Thank you!" she began to gallop off. "Wait! Actually Twilight," Celestia held up her hoof to stop Twilight, " since I can't speak to it upfront, I would like you to send me letters, if you please". Twilight turned around, only to nod with a proud smile, before running off again. She flared her wings, and the last she saw of Twilight, the purple alicorn was flying off with Spike on her back. Celestia bit her lip. Why did she just lie? She could've told the truth, even if it was delayed. Why... Celestia shook off the thought. Something was wrong with her, she knew it. Something about her was off. But she couldn't place a hoof on it. With a long sigh, Celestia got to her hooves, and turned around to return to her duties. "Magic?" Freddy echoed the golden robot's words. One hand was up in a questionable position as he gave the half dead looking animatronic an odd look. "Yep. Magic" Fredbear was staring at them awkwardly, as if he expected them to believe it. "Magic" Chica deadpanned. Bonnie hit the desk with his head. "You think it was... Magic" Freddy yet again echoed the robot's words. "Yes" Fredbear nodded. "Are your circuits still intact?!" he exclaimed, "Magic doesn't exist!". "Of course it does. How else do I teleport?" Fredbear smiled deviously again. For once, all the animatronics were silent, as they took in the information. Chica glanced back and forth at the pirate's cove. "Okay, okay.... If Foxy somehow 'vanished' from magic, then.. Who did it?!" Bonnie snapped. He glared at Fredbear, who put his arms out defensively. "It wasn't me. Even you could tell I hadn't powered on in so long when you found me. Anyways, what would my purpose be to make your little fox friend disappear?". "You could be picking us off one by one" Chica piped up. "Or maybe it's because of those children" Freddy pitched in. "Or you want to find a way to escape" Bonnie smiled proudly. Fredbear could only sigh. "Again, I couldn't have powered on and done something like that. I'm not THAT powerful you know". "Then what is?" Freddy asked suspiciously. "I don't know... Princess ponies?" Fredbear suggested, before realizing how stupid the idea was. He stepped back slightly, as the other three broke out into laughter. "H-Hey! Now we have a kidnapping white unicorn with wings!" Freddy laughed. "And don't f-f-forget! SHE'S a PRINCE-E-ESS!!!" Chica pitched in happily. "Guys, stop. Your servos are acting up really badly now". Eventually the laughter DID stop, but not quick enough for their voice boxes to completely glitch out. Fredbear waited, soon sitting down, with a bored expression on his face. "You done?" he finally asked when they were calm enough to talk to. "Y-yeah, I think". "Then, allow me to explain something" the golden bear continued. The three settled down. With a final sigh, he looked back over them. "I can see memories" he explained simply. the other three stared at him blankly. Chica kind of rolled her hand, waiting for more of an explanation. "That's really all there is. I can see into the past, mostly only what has been witnessed, but also to a large limit". "And you expect us to believe that how?" Bonnie asked in a flat tone. "Do I really HAVE to show you" Fredbear face-palmed, but was met with three nods. "Fine... It'll be really hard, though. Don't expect a miracle or anything". A golden light emanated from one robotic hand, similar to but definitely not as bright as the 'thief's' magic. It looked frail, really, the magic he possessed. It was weak in illumination, and did fairly nothing to the darkness that blanketed the room. The frail wisps of golden aura that fluttered away from a small sphere died out as soon as they were separate. The main three were in awe. Even if it was the weakest of magic possible, it was something. Along with the fact magic's not even thought of as real. "I think I can make it to where you can all see the memory..." Fredbear winced. "Twilight? TWIIIIILIGHT!" A pink frizzy haired pony jumped through her castle, bouncing up and down as she traversed through each hall. Her mane was only a darker shade of pink from her coat, and looked messy beyond repair. On her flank were three balloons, and her smile only added onto the 'party' look she gave off. Her icy blue eyes glittered all the stiffness away from them. "Twilight!" she called out yet again. With yet again silence reaching her constantly twitching ears, she a small 'hmph' and shrug of her shoulders before turning down another long, yet dark, hallway. It wasn't much darker, no. But the shadows hung much more densely, casting large parts of the corridor into a deep black. The pink pony was unfazed by this, of course, as she kept jumping happily through the hallway. She passed a few brighter rooms, finally stopping at one shadowy one near the end. Her smile widened as she jumped up and stuck her head inside to look around. She couldn't see much except a small desk, like the one that sits beside your bed, and a tiny unlit lamp that sat on the floor. "Oh, Twilight! You silly filly, why're you sleeping in the middle of the day!" Pinkie yipped as she trotted towards a limp form on the floor. It looked like it was sitting down. She was about to shake her friend awake- until she realized the glinting metal off of it's left hand. She faltered in her previous action as she studied the creature in front of her. It definitely wasn't anything she'd seen before, for sure. But it didn't seem to deadly... She lifted what looked like the top jaw of the creature, to find sharp metal fox-like teeth. She jumped back, before closely observing the metallic thing. It was red, though in the shadows seemed to be a dark crimson or purple, and had a tan upper jaw. The creature had a metal hook, and an eye patch that was flipped over it's eye. The thing resembled a fox from what the Pink pony saw. She stepped forward again, and with a tender hoof, tapped the thing on it's forehead. Nothing. She tapped it a little harder. Still nothing. With an annoyed sigh, she put both of her hooves on it's shoulders, and shook it vigorously. A small mechanical ticking sound caught her by surprise, in which she quickly jumped back. The robotic creature buzzed, before the one uncovered eye blinked open. It was a bright yellow, quite unnerving compared to normal eyes. The pony tilted her head at the thing as it eyed her with wide eyes. It seemed to be observing her, but she was oblivious to it's cold lifeless stare. "There be pink ponies now, too?" it finally grunted. The voice sounded like that of a pirate's. The pink pony giggled softly. "What?" the bipedal thing asked wryly as it moved it's joints into a less dead position. "You sound funny" she answered simply. "An' so? You soun' odd too" he argued back. The pony only laughed. "What's your name?" she asked suddenly, her smile unwavering. "...Foxy. What be your's?" Foxy asked suspiciously. "Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie yipped happily, "I've never seen you before here! Are you new?". "Er, yes. In a way... Why?". Da Heck?"Soooo, how do you play poker again?" Pinkie was jumped up and down in her spot on the floor. "Again?", Foxy face palmed, "Ye get five cards. Then, ye can turn in how e'er many ye want fer new cards" he explained the game to her yet again for the tenth time. "Oh okay! I think I got it now" she smiled brightly. "Aight, ye ready ta play?". "Of course!". Pinkie Pie passed out five cards to Foxy and her, since the fox animatronic's hook had killed off the last deck they'd pulled out of Pinkie's hair. She said she had at least five decks stored in her hair for 'extreme cases only', and at least ten in each ponies' home. "Blasted! How'd ye beat me!? I had a good deal!" Foxy complained. Pinkie just laughed. "I'm Pinkie! It's just how I am!" she folded the cards neatly back into her hair, tossing the box away into a trash can. "So do ye trespass to put these items in every one's home or..." Foxy asked. "Nope! You see, what I do is- Twilight's home!" Pinkie jumped up, her tail buzzing wildly. She raced out of the room and down the hall, as if she'd forgotten he was even there. "Pinkie?" Foxy could hear Twilight say. She wasn't far down the hall. "Hai!" the pink ball of pure energy replied. "What are you doing here?" Twilight asked sheepishly. She moved ahead to block Pinkie from going near the room that held the robotic fox. "Well I was looking for you, silly! I found a new friend, too!" Pinkie was jumping well above Twilight's head. "Uh, w-who is this friend?" Pinkie kept jumping up and down. "Pinkie!" Twilight settled her down as she placed her hooves on the pony's shoulders. "This robotic fox who calls himself "Foxy"!" her smile was even brighter. "How did you- out of all these rooms, you found it!?" Twilight's eyes twitched. On her way home, she'd decided against telling her friends about it, fearing the word might reach other ponies, which could start panic. And that was the one thing Twilight did not need right now. "Yep! Lemme show you where he is!" Pinkie began to gallop around Twilight, who quickly stepped in her way. "You haven't told any pony about this robot thing yet, have you?" she asked. "Nupe! I was just playing cards with him's all!" Pinkie giggled, " he can't play very well". Twilight nodded, still watching Pinkie Pie closely. "You have to pinkie promise not tell any pony about this, okay?" Twilight finally stated. "Okay! I Pinkie Promise! But... Why?" Pinkie tilted her head to one side. "Because, if any pony finds out, it could cause some really bad widespread panic throughout Ponyville" Twilight explained solemnly. She didn't need a mob of ponies right now. Really, she didn't need Pinkie Pie knowing about the discovery of it either. Twilight sighed, "You already found it, right?" she finalized. "Yep! Like I said, he can't play cards!" Pinkie nodded, oblivious to Twilight's frustration. "Oh dear Celestia" she grumbled under her breath. Before turning to check up on the bipedal fox, her purple assistant, Spike, came rushing down the hall. "Twilight! I got a letter for you!!!" The little dragon bound down the corridor. He came to stop in front of the alicorn, panting. She levitated a scroll out of his open claws. "A letter? From who?" She asked herself out loud. "Probably Luna" Pinkie smiled absently. "...How... Never mind" The purple unicorn sighed. She opened up the letter, and began to read its contents. 'Dear Twilight, It is Luna. I know you had a conference with Celestia about that robotic fox... But, I fear something may be wrong. It's my sister. She's been acting as if she can't get something out of her head. It may just be me, but I want you to be wary of that animatronic. If need be, I shall request to see you. If it ever comes to that'. Sincerely, Luna. Twilight sighed to herself. So Luna knew too. Well of course she knew, she was Celestia's sister after all. Twilight looked back at Pinkie, who was smiling with contempt, as if she knew she had been right about the letter. "..." Twilight thought for a minute. Pinkie waited joyfully, reading Twilight's emotions as she made up a plan. Twilight knew Pinkie was good at making Pinkie promises. Maybe she could help her out somehow...? An idea struck Twilight. "You could help me, actually." Twilight spoke up to Pinkie Pie. "Oh I know that!" Pinkie yipped happily. "... Uh, right. Well, you can help me keep this a secret, I'll probably need you to keep it company, it can apparently think for itself, from my current observations" Twilight stated. Pinkie merely nodded. She bounced to her hooves, leaning towards the direction of where Foxy was. "What can I do to help right now, captain Twilight?" Pinkie saluted. "Right now, you can help by staying, uh, how do I put this... Calm?" she held out a wing tip to stop the bouncing blob of pink. "Okie dokie!" Pinkie laughed. The two made there way down the hall towards the room. "Hey! What about me?" Spike ran after them. Twilight turned to him. "Oh! Could you please take over for me for now? Show anypony that comes for a book around the place? Just keep them away from here" Twilight ordered. "Will do!" Spike nodded, and left for the staircase that led downstairs. The two ponies continued until they stopped by the door. The red fox acknowledged their presence with a slight wave, which resulted in a long, high-pitched creak. "eeeh I should probably fix that soon" Twilight sheepishly smiled. Foxy shrugged as he paced over to them. "Wanna play another round!!??" Pinkie Pie bounced around, motioning to take the pack of cards back out of her mane. "Not a chance, lass! No one's e'er beat me, and you barely knew 'ow to play!" Foxy protested immediately. Pinkie stopped bouncing and made a pouty face, but put her hoof down in defeat. "That's just Pinkie" Twilight commented. She hovered slightly off the ground as she picked up the pace a little. Checking around the corner, she noticed no one in the halls. All was clear. Spike was actually doing a good job! Twilight led them over to the tertiary kitchen, sparkling clean and practically devoid of use. Pinkie had regained her optimistic posture and pounced on the nearby cushion. An idea struck Twilight. Celestia did need more information... "Now... About the discussion last time, who were the other characters again?" Pinkie perked up. Twilight was passively cooking some random thing. "Bonnie, Freddy Fazbear, an' Chica...?" Foxy answered. "Nice, thanks" Twilight idly jotted down onto a small summoned notepad, "what about the place you were built?" Pinkie raised an eyebrow. Twilight was acting oddly passive. "eh... It was dingy, old pizzeria. Runnin' outta business. Owned by some people, the manager was a very strict man. The current security guard is, or was more th'n likely, Mike Schmitt". Twilight jotted down on the pad more. "Twilight, you okay there?" Pinkie asked. "Yeah, of course I am!" Twilight smiled. Pinkie's tail vibrated. "AH-hah! You are not!" The pink mare jumped out of her seat. Foxy stepped back. "Says who?" Twilight asked in reply. "My tail!" Pinkie responded. "Well, I am okay, Pinkie. I need information for princess Celestia" Twilight answered. "I knew something was up!" Pinkie flopped down again, a smile growing quickly on her face. "Can some one please explain what jus' happened?" Foxy pitched in. "It's just Pinkie. Again. Her senses, or something about her, seem to tell her things, in the form of vibrations among her tail- most common symptoms include irregular unstoppable bouncing- not like what she normally does, it's faster" Twilight repeated from her notes. "So.. Ta pink pony vibrates and it tells her t'ings". "Pretty much." Twilight shrugged. She turned back to the stove, and flipping over something, the sizzle sound hissing loudly. "As I was, can you tell me anything else about the Pizzera? Maybe the layout? Or what happened to it?". "It's closing down soon. We've all fallen into disrepair, clearly, and the manager doesn't 'ave the funds to fix "reanimated corpses". I don't see why he should try. There were too many "accidents" in 'at place ta bring a child" Foxy explained. "The layout, on the other hand, is pretty simple. There's the main room, the bathroom stalls on ta right, an' hallways towards the bottom leading ta the office. There's also the backstage room to ta left 'at leads to someplace else... B-but I can't quite remember what" Foxy's voice box quivered. "I'll look into that again" Twilight cleared her throat. "Aye, la-ss" Foxy replied. His voice glitched. "Do you think there's a reason you're here? I mean, robots, er- creatures, don't just poof into other worlds without a reason." "I have no idea. It was night time an' I was about to head off to the security guard's office, an' just "poof" I was 'at blasted forest." "Any thing happen between the poof and the forest? Magic in Equestria doesn't normally work invisibly." "Aye. There was a glowing light. I don't know if the others saw it, but it was bright n' came outta nowhere." "Hmm. A glowing light... But not transparent like mine?" Twilight levitated an object to demonstrate. Foxy shook his head. "But I believe it was golden." he summed up promptly. The purple alicorn froze. "...Did you say, golden?" she asked slowly. "Aye, I did. That mean something?" "Uh, well, it could. See, I know somepony, Celestia..." "You mean the pony you left to go see? That Celestia?" "That one indeed." Twilight shook her head. The pink bouncing form of Pinkie Pie hopped around a corner from the nearest room. "Hi'a! Anything goin' on? I left to go make a sandwich but I accidentally walked into this other room and, well, therewasamanticoreintheresoitriedtoplaycardswiththembuttheydidn'tlikemesoihadtoleavebutididn'twanttoandifoundoutheactuallyreallylikes *gasp* cake! Soiwentintothekitchentomakeonebutitwasn'tthekitchensoidecidedtocomebackoutheresoicouldseewhat'sup!" she had a huge grin on her face as she jumped up to the two. Foxy blinked. "wha-" he stopped as soon as he started. "Nothing's really going on, Pinkie. We were just talking about where Foxy was before he came to Equest-" "Ooh he came from another world?!" Pinkie gasped. "N-No wait, we don't know yet! He could have just been teleported from someplace outside" Twilight exclaimed frantically waving her hooves in the air. "And there's a place on Equus with humans and super high-touch technology?" Pinkie replied questionably. "How did you know about that!?" The purple pony jumped back. Foxy just stood there in awe, his circuits frozen. "Oh, just a hunch!" Pinkie shrugged casually. "O-Oh, right. Duh" Twilight laughed sheepishly. "I'm gonna go make some cake for that Manticore now" Pinkie declared as she bound off towards another hallway. Twilight watched her until all of her tail had completely disappeared behind the crystal wall. She promptly turned back to Foxy. "So Princess Celestia could've been the one who did this?" Foxy asked quietly, silently aware of the pink mares capabilities. "She wouldn't do such a thing!" Twilight whisper-shouted. "Maybe it's just somepony else, with as much magic, and as much knowledge, and-" Twilight gaped. "And?" Foxy whispered. "And that letter. It said 'he' in it, remember?" Twi explained quickly. "So she might be the culprit 'ere" Foxy summed up. "NO!", Twilight shouted before holding her mouth with her hooves, "I mean, no. She's a great and just leader. She would never pull a foreign creature out of the human world." "Twilight, ye gotta face it- she could be the one who brought me 'ere. And if so, or even if it wasn't her, she could get me back- with how strong and knowledgeable you say she is" he concluded. "...You might be right about that. She might just be able to open up a portal to get you home!" Twilight smiled brightly. She completely ignored the first part of his comment and swept past the rusty fox. "But she might need my help. Grabbing an", she glanced at Foxy, "item, is easy. Well, for alicorns at least. You simply pinpoint it's location once you find it, and use a teleportation spell for it. Since you don't have to worry much about the item's condition afterwards, unless it's extremely important- it's still easier than moving a living thing. But opening a portal so the item can pass through again is tricky. Whoever got you here clearly couldn't keep a firm grasp on their magic, because you fell in the everfree and when you woke up there wasn't anyone there. It's hard to move things out of Equestria, to put it in a simpler way." Twilight paused as she pondered the explanation. "That's just the way Equestria works" Author's Note I ran out of ideas for this chapter I'm so sorry xD it's just full of talking ponies I hope it's at least okay I probably won't get another chapter out for a LONG time though And this one probably doesn't make sense, but hey- the plot's actually moving along
Goodbye earth? *whimper*Goodbye earth? *whimper* The night shift began as normal. 12:00, and Bonnie had already disappeared from the stage. He moved to the dining room, where A blank stare accompanied the unlucky endoskeleton that would now be watching. A small red light flickered on, and it began to turn around the room. If you were listening closely, you`d be able to hear a small 'eek!' from down the hall. Soon after, Chica had left. Her orange feet clanged on the ground as she began to clatter about the kitchen, throwing pots around... For whatever reason. Bonnie`s purple ears twitched. The camera was off. He loosened his tight unmoving grip from his legs, and banged loudly towards the closet near his destination. As he entered the left hallway (or right depending on where you looked) a small red glow lit his eyes- causing his circuits and and wires to freeze. Chica left the kitchen and began down the right hall. Another light flickered. The big purple bunny (Bonnie) gave a silent thank-you as he entered the closet. From the stage, Freddy waited. He stood as still as a statue, unmoving from his showtime pose. A camera fixed on a section known as Pirate`s cove for a second, and then moved on. Inside, a small silent whisper was unheard. The red light fixed onto the closet. Inside, Bonnie stared at the camera, his head and ears twitching at devilish speeds. Another check on Pirate cove proved for another, yet noticeably louder, whimper. At the stage, Freddy seemed to mumble something, but thankfully, the camera hadn`t been fixed on him. He did face-palm himself for some reason, though. By the office, a gray (yep) human flipped through the cameras. When he put them down, he checked the left door lights, pressing one of the smooth square buttons. Nothing was there. He checked the other open doorway. "GAH!!!" He screamed as he slammed the red door button, causing an iron wall to seemingly fall in front of the yellow robot chicken known as Chica. She made a pouty face, but of course the human didn`t notice. A small tune was heard being whistled from behind pirate`s cove. The yellow chicken slammed her two claw feet over to Pirate`s cove, and shoved open the curtains, to find a curled up bipedal fox sitting on the farthest side. The chicken listened to the whistling fox for a second, before snarling. "You were supposed to attack, idiot!" Chica growled. The fox didn`t move. "Hey! I`m talking to you, Foxy!" she snapped. The one called 'Foxy' looked through his legs at the yellow robot. His crimson fur seemed matted, or of what tiny bit could be. "Go away, Chica" he looked back down. "No! You were SUPPOSED to go out! you didn`t stick with the plan!" she argued at him. Foxy shrugged. "Why do ye need me? Im just a prop for lookin at" he whimpered behind his legs. Chica growled, grabbing at the fox robot. "Get here right now! You need to do your job, not sing!" she reached for the arm of Foxy, but he scurried away and to a large wooden boat (okay, not life size) and took to sitting on the edge. "No! Get back here!" Chica growled. Foxy slumped his shoulders. "Why? Ye got Bonnie in ta hallway" Foxy contemplated, his thick pirate accent program kicking in with every word he said. "So? That no-suited freak`ll get by again if you stay in there!" the yellow chicken snapped her free hand to the door. "Now GET!" she screamed. Foxy slowly made his way to the edge of Pirates cove. He jumped off the stages edge. Chica gave him a good hard shove off towards the office. Foxy began to walk to the office. "No use in runnin..." he sighed. His usual tune came back to his voice box. "Da da dum dumdum da dee doo doo dumdum" Foxy stopped as he was seen from the office. An annoying light hurt his eyes, but he did his best to ignore it. The doors of course slammed. He walked up to them. "So, Chica, ye never told me to bring the power down or-" Foxy was cut off by Bonnie. "Move outta the way!" he snarled, pointing to the Pirates coves purple curtains. "But Chica told me to stay here-" Foxy was once again cut off. "I dont care! Go back, dog!" Bonnie growled, shoving Foxy in the way towards Pirates cove. The 'small' Pirate walked back to his cove. An eye patch draped over one eye, and with his hooked right hand, he hefted himself up and into his personal area. A sharp tug at the curtains and he was surrounded in the dark. "I`m good fer nothing" The foxy pouted. "Er, now I am..." he sighed. He sat on his dusty boat, made for children to play in. It wasn`t big enough for the bipedal creature, as he was actually about six- feet tall. So, he had always stuck to the edge. In some way, his legs dangled, making soft scraping sounds whenever he kicked them. The darkness was calming. It soothed and cooled Foxy`s circuits. But it also reminded him of.... That poor child.... "Foxy!" the high pitched voice of Chica snapped from in front of his curtains. "What, ye yellow bellied balking chicken!" Foxy snarled back, but gave a yelp as Chica opened the curtains, a not-so-nice glare planted in her eyes. "You idiotic fox! The guard`s gonna bet by tonight!" Chica slammed a yellow fist onto the hard wooden floor of the cove. "Bonnie, he...." Foxy began, but gave up. No one ever cared. A small ringing tune, like a bell, started to come to everyone`s ears. Chica snarled at Foxy, and shoved the curtains closed. In the pitch black that Foxy sat, he dangled his legs over the edge of the boat. A sigh escaped his muzzle, but it was static-like. In what seemed to be an abyss of dark, a tiny light glowed. It was tinted gold. Foxy looked around, noticing the small light that only kept growing. It sat on his arm, and with an attempted pat to get it off, it only moved the hand that had been placed there. "Er..." Foxy tried to get it off of him. He swatted the wisps that came off too, but the light only grew brighter. It covered his torso eventually, and then his legs. "G-get off a me, whatever ya are!" Foxy growled. The light only grew brighter. Foxy got up to go to Freddy, but stopped. What would he do anyways? Laugh? Shout? Foxy slumped back onto his boat, and looked around the room. The golden light was bright enough to see from outside the curtains, which in turn, made it like daylight in the cove. Chica had even begun to notice, as did Bonnie. They shared glances. Bonnie hopped off the stage. Inside Foxy had a sudden drain. His circuits began to shut down. "No no no..." he tried to get himself to stop from- Foxy fell to the floor, his jaw slanting as he did. In a small burst of that golden light, he was shut down. The cove became unsettlingly dark again. Bonnie opened the purple starred curtains to the small room, but as he opened them, he saw nothing. It was just pitch black again. He shrugged. "Foxy?" he asked, his voice having a slight echo in the cove. No answer. "Fine then, ignore us" Bonnie left, not even closing the curtains. "So, anything new lately?" A high pitched female voice yipped. "Nope, sorry girls. Celestia hasn`t even sent a letter" a purple winged pony, along with having a horn, replied sluggishly. "Aw, but that`s boring!" A rough female voice complained. "I know Rainbow Dash, but we need to just... Um, wait" The purple one replied. 'Rainbow Dash' sighed. She slumped into her crystal chair, her arms folded. "She`s probably gonna give us a test" The rainbow haired pegasus sighed. "Maybe!" the high pitched pink pony cheered. "That`s not a good thing, Pinkie" Rainbow Dash face-hoofed. The pink one, 'Pinkie' as it was, huffed. "It might, I mean, what if it`s an obstacle course test?" Pinkie nudged the now perked up Rainbow Dash. "Look, it`s late" The purple one sighed. "We should get to bed" She yawned. Rainbow Dash grunted something, but continued to get into her soft cyan bed. "Whelp, goodnight" Pinkie gave out a tiny yawn. "Yeah, goodnight". Author's Note was it good? Of course this is just the beginning, but I would like to know what you think. Things are about to get more interesting though, trust me Cracker?
Ever FreedomFoxy`s left eye-lid slowly blinked opened. Light fluttered into his face, warming his circuits. Grass shuffled in the small breeze and- WAIT. Foxy pushed himself up, his hook digging into the soft dirt around him. Around him, many tall dark oaks spread out. "I ain`t dreamin... Am I?" Foxy asked. it felt real-enough. He even seemed, more... Alive, too. His fake fur seemed a bit longer, and felt (if you can imagine that) real. A quick glance at the forest around him gave a shiver down his spine. He wasnt ANYWHERE familiar, considering the Pizzeria in mind, and it didnt seem like a homey place to live at. Bushes and roots surrounded the tiny clearing he stood in too. Maybe a quick walk around would be in favor With the thought in mind, Foxy took to walking around. He pushed leaves and branches out of the way as he did so. His left leg faltered for a second. With a quick glance, the bipedal fox could see a few missing screws. And a missing wire or so. "Er! Dumb good fer nothing leg" he spat as he continued with a limp in each step. His growls were more life-like. And his mouth felt more flexible too, like a real animals. It didn`t feel refrained to just opening and closing anymore. Slowly, the pirate fox made his way through the thick forest. "Hey girls!" Twilight Sparkle shook each of the five furiously. "W-what?" a perky voice asked shakily. "Oh, Rarity... Celestia sent me a letter!" The alicorn replied happily. "okay..." Rarity sighed. "This one`s different. Trust me" Twilight assured the bored group. Well, Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down. "She said that she has a task for me! er, us!" the purple alicorn yipped. "So... What task is it this time?" Rainbow Dash asked. She was clearly bored out of her mind. "Well... She didnt say much. Except wed know when it was time" Twilight Sparkle sighed. "Well then, ahm out. Maybe ahll find this task while ah`m at home, working in mah farms" the orange, country accented one began to walk away. "I`m with A-Apple Jack..." A small voice squeaked. Apple Jack nodded, before leaving the door open behind her. Rarity grunted. "Hm... I suppose..." Twilight tapped her chin. Rarity nodded and left. "Yeah. Okay, um, but when you find the task, come back! IMMEDIATELY!" Twilight Sparkle called out as her friends left. "Whelp, that was my shortest gathering with them ever" Twilight Sparkle gulped away her excitement. "Er, dumb trees..." Foxy grunted as he pushed an abnormally large bush out of the way. "And my leg. Itsbout to break" he tapped his left leg, which gave off a small static hum. A sudden uneasy feeling grew in Foxy`s throat. Yes, his throat. A few bushes shook against the direction of the wind. "Who goes there!" Foxy snarled. He readied his hook in front of him. A small growl emitted from a larger bush behind him. "Hm?!" he turned around, just as a wooden shape lunged at him. He dodged the creature as it lunged past him and into another bush. To his right, another -wolf?- came out. It didn`t jump, but it did circle him. The creature was made entirely of wood, and it resembled a wolf in oh so many ways. "G-get away, ye, er, wood pugs!" Foxy shouted as intimidatingly as he could. It didn`t work. Another wood wolf lunged at him, but this time, Foxy dug his hook into its stomach. An explosion occurred, with splinters flying off this way and that. A few stuck into Foxys fur, but he ignored that as another jumped at him. With a simple swipe of his hook, it was gone too. "Best get outta here `fore more come" the bipedal fox growled. He limped off as fast as he could with his seemingly broken leg. "Spike, this, task, isn`t going to show up at our door step" twilight Sparkle paced her bedroom. She was talking to a foot high purple dragon, whom bore green spikes (hence his name!). "Yeah, but, so?" he contemplated back, his voice more-or-less like that of a young boy. "That means, we need to look" Twilight responded absently, "Name some places". "Um, Ponyville" Twilight shot him a glare. "You know what I mean!" she nudged him for more answers. "Um, the plains near Flutters house?" he asked. "...No. She feeds her animals everyday. Im sure shed notice something, different" Twilight countered his suggestion. "The sky?". "Rainbow Dash". "shops?" "Rarity..." Twilight sighed. "Um, the apple orchard`s pretty big, so...?" Spike suggested. Twilight perked up for a moment, but then settled back down. "No... She`s got it". "Well, there is the *gulp* Ever Free forest". "But... Wait. Yes, yes yes yes!!!" Twilight cheered. Spike sighed, but Twilight picked him up and smiled widely. "Perfect idea, Spike! We can go there! That forest has Manticores and Hydras, why not the task?!" Twilight dropped Spike and ran off to gather her things. "Um, Twilight? Should-" "There`s NO time to waste! Come on!" And with that, Twilight levitated her dragon onto her back and left for the dark forest known as the Ever Free. "How in Fazbear am I gonna get out?" Foxy growled as he moved a bush. His hook was getting to be an unsettling dirt covered mess, and his left eye had begun to droop even farther than normal. He eventually had to flip his eye-patch up so that he could see more clearly. The damp forest even started to dampen his fur, and some bit of water had found it`s way into leaking through to his wires. Small bits of static spurted out. "I need ta get outta here, and soon..." Foxy sighed. "Okay, Spike! Ready?" Twilight Sparkle asked. She was standing just on the rim of the ever-free. "No" came a small resistant sound from the dragon on her back. "Good! Let`s go!" She padded into the forest. The sun was high in the sky, so she had plenty of time before she would be forced to leave. "So, what are we looking for again?" Spike asked after a little while. "The task!" Twilight Sparkle answered. "I know that", Spike deadpanned, "I mean, what does it look like?". Twilight stopped and tapped her chin. "Um... Well, you`ll know it when you see it. Keep your eyes peeled" she yipped before continuing on through the bushes and over hanging oaks. A few distant growls came from far away, but she did her best to ignore it. They came a bit closer. "Hey, um, Twilight? I`m scared..." Spike frowned. The pony he was laying on gave out a long sigh. "I know, I know. This place can give any pony the creeps..." she said as she looked around the dam, darkening forest. "Can you maybe, take me home?" The dragon asked, as he curled up into a ball. Twilight gave him a look, but breathed out to calm herself. "I suppose, though my magic`ll be drained" She powered up her horn. Spike gave a confused look. "Aren`t WE gonna go home?" he asked. "No, sorry. I have to look for the task, whatever it is" Twilight frowned. Spike waved good-bye as he vanished in a cloud of pink. "Whelp, i`m on my own now-" her sigh was cut off. A growl emitted from a nearby bush. Twilight let out a bored growl to herself. "C`MON! Already?!" she prepared herself to fight. "What did you do, WAIT for me to send him home?!". More light fluttered through the tree-tops. The trunks of each oak became smaller and thinner, too. Which meant the end of this wretchedly haunting forest was finally coming to an end. It meant once he got out, he could relax. Er, no. But he could find a way back. But why he want to go back? Foxy shrugged his messed up thoughts away, and continued towards whatever lay beyond the edge of the forest. He couldnt see a break in the trees, but that didnt really mean anything, did- "AH!!!" A spine-curling scream filled the air. Foxy whipped his head around towards the source of the sound. It seemed to have come from a bit of thicker trees, back in deeper. With a sigh, and then a quickened pace, the pirate set off towards whomever committed that cry. He lashed through bushes and branches, and as he grew closer, growls were beginning to be heard. And what seemed to be an, well, it couldn`t be described, but it sounded some what light. "Eek! S-stay away!" came a feminine voice. It sounded like a teenagers voice. Foxy stood right behind the tree to a tiny clearing, much like where he first awoke. In front, at least five of those wood wolves were lunging at a... Unicorn?! He didnt have much intellect, but Foxy did know what cartoonic ponies with horns and wings looked like. This was one of those. A purple pony was throwing- magic?- at the wolves. They all nimbly dodged -her- attacks though. Foxy stepped out from the tree. A small explosion was heard, which caught the purple mare off guard. Which, sadly, got her attacked by a wooden dog. It slammed into her form, and she fell to the ground, her eyes narrowed. "Do ye need help, lass?" Foxy asked. She didn`t look up at him, but nodded furiously. "P-please" she responded, pain cracking her voice a little. The fox nodded, and struck down another dog. It got his fur even more matted with chips, but he shrugged it off as a sharp pain filled his bad leg. "Ah! Stupid wooden mutts!" Foxy growled. He struck its face, which resulted in wooden sticks getting tangled inside of his legs wires and circuits. With the last one down, the fox turned to the purple unicorn. "Here, lass. Let me give you a, er, hand" he smiled, though his circuits warmed as she took his hook in her -hoof- and got up. Once she was content at not having any sprained limbs, she looked up to thank the pony... "Phew, thank you. your one brave po-" she stared at the six foot tall fox- "ny...". Foxy scratched the back of his neck. "I suppose ye aren`t familiar with the looks of me..." he sheepishly smiled. "W-what are you?" The winged unicorn asked. "Well, I was built to resemble a fox..." the two just looked at each other blankly. 'Oh no' was all Foxy thought. Author's Note so, you like it? No, this isnt a shipping story, dont worry, I SUCK at romance... *snicker* This is a side story, so I wont update it often. Sorry. Um, hope youll enjoy the story! (once there are more chapters) Cracker?
a pirate fox thingyThe two beings took to staring a bit more at each other. Foxy was the first one to speak up. "Eh, what are ye?" he asked, even if he knew this... thing, was a purple pony with a horn and wings. "I, you dont know? Well, er, im a pony- " she stated, "- I was a unicorn" she tapped her horn, "but then Celestia granted me wings!". Twilight was about to go into an explanation about why and how, and what-not, but slowly stopped as she saw the blank stare of the bipedal fox in front of her. "Eh, heh, um..." she backed away a little. Foxy just twitched uncomfortably. "Well, w-where am I?" he asked as he looked around the trees. "The Ever-free forest" the pony stated, but backed up a bit more. Foxy began to glitch out some, but he stretched out an arm to fix the stiffness that had started it. "What`d be yer name?" Foxy questioned her with his outstretched arm, as if to shake hands. Twilight took his hand in her hoof and slightly shook it, but then released it. "I`m Twilight Sparkle... Um, yours?" her narrowed eyes were staring right into Foxy daringly. "I be Foxy" the bipedal stated, nervously smiling. They both nodded a bit. Until Twilight finally broke the awkwardness. "You don`t know really know where you are, do you" she half-stated half-asked. "Eh, yeah no, lass. I don`t" Foxy sighed. Twilight studied him closely. Her eyes were narrowed still, as if to inspect the metal creature. "So, your ALL metal?" the pony asked. "Well, yes", foxy stated but then muttered, "I hope". Twilight inspected him closely. "Whelp, i`ve never seen anything like you before. never" she frowned, but then lightened up some, "wait a second. Princess Celestia sent that task... Maybe your-" she squealed with delight, grabbing foxy hand with.... Magic. They began to make their way through the ever-free, pushing away bushes and twigs. "Er, where are we goin?" Foxy questioned the mare as he was hit in the face by a nice, sturdy branch. "To Ponyville, of course!" Twilight yipped, "I need to do some tests on you and what-not". Foxy froze. "T-tests?" he asked. The mare stopped in her tracks. "Dont worry, I wont take you apart" she waved a hoof at the idea, but still snickered. "I just need to inspect that date of metal and a few of your wires. Out here, they must have gotten wet!" She exclaimed. It was true, too. With a sigh, Foxy`s left hand was taken back and covered with pink magic as they continued through the forest. "Foxy" a high pitched voice said. No answer. "Foxy! Im not playing!" Chica complained. She strode up to the pirates cove. Still no answer. Chica listened for any other sounds. Not even the usual scraping of his metallic paws were present. "Hey! Get out of here! The place is gonna open soon!" she opened the curtains, to find an empty space now fluttering with light. "Um... F-Freddy?" Chica asked, her circuits beginning to glitch out. The animatronical bear looked to his right side. "What?" he asked, his voice rough. Chica pointed to the cove. "Foxys not here. Bonnie was just in the parts room, he wouldve seen the stupid fox". Freddy growled and hopped off the stage and walked over to the chicken. With a quick glance inside, he saw that she was... Correct. Nothing but dust particles stirred in the empty room. "Eh, what do you think happened?" Chica asked. Freddy sighed. "I... Dont know. Its not like he left, we`d of saw him" Freddy looked around. "Whelp, well just have to wait til night-time wont we?" Chica asked worriedly, pointing her beak in the direction of the clock. opening time was 8:30, and the employees came in at 8:00. It was 7:58. "I guess. That idiot better not show his face today!" Freddy snarled as he left for the stage. Chica followed him back. "Im sure hes somewhere, um, around here" she mumbled. It was no use trying to look right now. "Were almost there, Foxy!" Twilight Sparkle stated as she ruffled her feathers to keep in her excitement. One second, the alicorn had been suspicious of him, and the next, she was dragging him towards her house! "Well, lass, eh thank you?" Foxy shrugged. He didn`t really know what to make of all these things that had just happened. "Hey, Foxy. Were gonna stop by my friend Fluttershy`s house" Twilight stated, basically leaving no room for an argument. "O-okay..." the fox stammered as he was led off by Twilight. 'So far, Ive woken up in a forest, got attacked by wooden wolves, met a purple pony, and know im about to meet someone else' Foxy thought to himself. 'Weirdest dream I have ever had'. "So, if you have any questions, please refrain from asking them until were safe and in the hooves of Fluttershy!" Twilight smiled. 'and this Flutter-Shy is apparently a pony too, great' The humanoid fox and the winged unicorn trotted through the damp trees. Thankfully they were now thin, and now as thick as a jungle anymore, but the branches now stung Foxy when he ran into one. His eye-patch kept falling and rising due to surprise from hitting the wood, and the urge to not get that eye hit too. Soon, the trees even parted some, revealing tall but slim oaks and spruce trees. "See? My friend lives really closet to the ever-free! mostly because of all the animals she owns... But, you know, shes a nice pony" Twilight undid her grip on Foxys hand, and began trotting a bit faster over to small cottage like building. It sat on a tiny hill, and had a creek in the front. "Fluttershy is a bit more than a little shy, just so you know" Twilight commented as she and Foxy began to make their way up to the wooden door of Fluttershy`s house. Twilight knocked a bit, until she could hear soft taps of hooves coming her way. Fluttershy opened the door, peaking out from the frame. She was a buttery color, and apparently her mane was a pale pink. "Hello? Oh, Twilight!" the... Pegasus, opened the door fully- which then revealed the large humanoid fox behind Twilight. Fluttershy stood frozen, her mouth gaped and twitching. "Uh, T-Twilight? There`s a big scary thing behind you..." Foxy smiled sheepishly as the pegasus said this. "Oh, Foxy?! No, no, it`s okay Fluttershy" Twilight stopped the door from slamming. Fluttershy had ducked behind her long hair. "Aye, lass. I won`t hurt ye" Foxy said as softly as possible, though it still sounded quite rough. "R-really...?" Flutterhy stood up, her legs shaking beneath her. Foxy and Twilight both nodded. Fluttershy gulped. "Well, o-okay then..." She backed away, and let Twilight in. Foxy went inside her house, but had to duck under the door frame as he did so. His metallic feet made small clinking sounds as they tapped the floor. Most of the animals inside ran for their lives. "Um, so T-Twilight... Whyd you, um, come here? I mean, theres nothing wrong with that..." Fluttershy squeaked as she stepped away from Foxy. "I, well, I wanted to introduce you two. I thought it would go better than this..." Twilight smiled sheepishly. "So, is it done?" A royal female voice questioned. "Yes" was the other one`s reply. Her voice was royal, but lighter. "And you think that bringing him here will help?". "...I don`t know. I hope it will". The two ended their conversation. It wasn`t much to dwell on anyways. "Before you go to bed, I want to ask something" The deeper voice came out again. "Yes?". "Why did you do this?" her voice became lighter, as she was questioning this pony`s motives. "...You`ll see". Author's Note so... Sorry it may not be good, but i`m heading my own way in this... Cracker?
Greetings?"So, any questions?" Twilight asked. Foxy sat in a cross-legged pose on the couch. "Aye. Where the heck am I?" he growled. Twilight stared. "Were in Equestria" she stated like it was obvious. "Eh, what were those wooden mutts?" Foxy sighed. This was gonna be a while. "Timber wolves" Twilight answered, waving a hoof in the air. "Um, here be my biggest one. Why is the world now inhabited with rainbow ponies?!" Foxy snarled. A long, long while. "Here, just let me explain" Twilight Sparkle sighed. Fluttershy went off to comfort her little animals while they talked. Angel was watching the robotic fox with narrowed eyes. "Angel!" Fluttershy whispered, "It`s rude to stare!". The small white bunny shrugged. Fluttershy began to look for a second too. "Ugh, what will you do to stay away from them?" she asked. Angel made motions, waving his arms this way and that. "Angel, cmon. I cant afford to keep getting-" she was cut off by the angel making a rectangle with his paws. "I... Alright" Fluttershy sighed as she left to grab an ice-cream sandwich. Twilight Sparkle`s eyes widened. "Your from a world with humans?" She asked for the second time. And for the second time, Foxy nodded. "Aye, though we saw more of the smaller ones. The children" He sighed. "Okay, who`s this, 'we'? There are more of you?" Twilight contemplated. "On some level, aye, yes. But they resemble a bear, a chicken, and then a bunny, along with a golden bear. There were others before us, but I dont really rememberem" the fox stare out a random window. "So... Anything ever bothered you there?" She asked. Foxy looked into her eyes, a deadly glare dancing among them. "Aye" he stated with a shrug. "Can you name one?" she asked him. He shook his head. "Please?". Foxy gave a defeated sigh. "The only problem I ever did have. Its called the bite of87" Foxy began to fiddle with his hook. Twilight would- should`ve stopped there, and ended the conversation. But no. She pressed on. "What happened?" she thought she could help, but oh was she wrong. Foxy glared at her. "I aint talkinbout it" he growled, trying to ignore her. "C`mon..." she pleaded. The fox suddenly snapped. "No! I don`t want to remember that day! Stay outta me business!" He snarled at her, and she back up quickly. Foxy set his hands under his head, propping himself up. A sigh escaped his muzzle. "I just... Wont talkbout" he whispered. Twilight gave herself time to calm down. "Eh, o-okay..." she grimaced. Her sides heaved uncontrollably. Fluttershy had noticed the loud voice of Foxy. She as currently hiding under one of her wooden tables, clinging to it for dear life. She whimpered as she lost her grip and fell to about three inches. Twilight walked into her kitchen. "Hey, um, Fluttershy?" she asked. The pale pegasus smiled as her shakily. "Um..." twilight was at a loss for words. "I got scared" Fluttershy squeaked. Twilight levitated the pony out from under the table, whom quickly got up on shaky hooves. "Its alright. Hes just, eh, snappy?" The alicorn gave off a sheepish smile. Fluttershy nodded a little, and looked at the bipedal fox. He seemed sad, his left eye a bit droopy. He had multiple tears in his body, and a hook. A pair of what seemed to be pirate-like pants adorned his waist, but they were ripped at the knee point. The rest of his legs were metallic, though had wires and such that wrapped through and around them. His snout was definitely fox like, with a bit of sharp teeth here and there, all white- save for one golden fang. His eye-patch was torn, but still intact, and one ear seemed loose. "Twilight, Foxy looks kind of... Say, torn? He doesnt seem too d-dangerous, you think you should... I dont know, fix him up?" Fluttershy asked. Twilight turned around to inspect the humanoid fox. It was true. He had been limping behind her anyways before. "Yeah, your right. I probably should, and do need to inspect the type of metal and wires he`s built with..." Twilight tapped her chin with a hoof. "Well, my animals are kind of uneasy around him..." the pegasus scraped at her wood floor with a hoof. "Oh? Uh, sorry, Fluttershy. I should get him to my house anyways" Twilight hugged Fluttershy goodbye. She turned to the bipedal fox, whom was still staring out a window. "Hey, um, were heading back to my house to check out your wires and such. You ready?" she asked him, and Foxy just simply nodded. "Good, okay. Well, the ponies here in Ponyville would probably freak out if they saw you... So..." Twilight carried on a tiny explanation. "Don`t dare teleport me ever again, ye hear?" Foxy pointed his hook at Twilight- whom was laughing. She covered her mouth with a hoof, trying to hold it in. "T`aint funny!" the fox snarled, and looked away. He crossed his arms in a pouting-like pose. Twilight glanced at Foxy, and only felt more laughter come on. She felt to the floor. "Er, what are ye laughing at now?!" he shot her a glare, which she shrugged off. She had to wipe tears from her eyes eventually. Once the laughter had settled down, the fox took to sitting in his earlier position, hand/hook up to hold his head as it drooped. The sun had begun to set now, it being around 6 o` clock or so. "Look, Foxy, i`m um, sorry?" Twilight nudged him. He kept his bored look. "It`d be fine, l-l-lass" Foxy stammered. His head perked up. Twilight cocked hers to one side. "Was that a glitch?" she asked. "I think so" was the only response from Foxy. Twilight tapped her chin, and then brightened up. She ruffled her feathers. "Hey, I may be able to do something about that!" she ran off. Foxy was about to follow her, but she was already gone by then. Her hooves made small taps as they hit the floor. But the tapping faded away. "Eh, Twilight?" Foxy asked. No answer. The fox sighed, before resuming his original pose. The sun was setting quite quickly, he noticed. It`s tip slunk behind some far-away mountains within seconds, and in another ten, was half-way gone. The sky became a crimson-like purple fairly quickly too, making the surrounding crystal room far more dark. Even if torches lit the surrounding area, it seemed almost... Menacing. "Foxy, I have what I need to fix that voice box!" Twilight called out as her hooves yet again tapped the floor. He turned around to the see the approaching pony, and his thoughts resumed to the previous glitch. Twilight put down a screw-driver, a wrench, and a few other tools. "I keep stuff like this handy in case something breaks" She smiled. She levitated Foxy`s hand over to her, and began inspecting the metal within. "When were you built?" she asked without raising her head. "Eh, I was b-built in nine-teen eighty three..." Foxy looked at his hook. "But some parts were r-r-removed or replaced, so I have a a a bit of metal from 1983, all the way up to 1987" he sighed. Twilight rummaged through and pulled out a pair of scissors. "Um, I might need to shut you down for a bit" Twilight said softly, " I`d be able to power you back on afterwards...". Foxy winced at the thought of being off. "I, eh, do ye have to?" he asked. Twilight didn`t nod, instead shaking her head. "No, but it`d be easier on me, and would make fixing you go by a lot faster" she reasoned. Foxy sighed. "I s`pose". "I still can`t find him" Bonnie growled from inside the parts room. "I dont care! Hes got to be around he somewhere" the gruff voice of Freddy snarled back in response. "Boss, i`ve looked in the kitchen, in the cove, even the bathrooms!" Chica shuddered, "Both of them...". Freddy muttered something to himself, clear agitation planted on his muzzle. "I can check again if you`d like..." Chica stated softly. "Yes. We need to find that brat! before the guard gets here!" Freddy checked the clock. It was already 11:50. Bonnie rushed into the dining room, where the others stood. "I`ve checked the back stage room twice" Bonnie complained. "Arg! Where is Foxy!" Freddy gripped his mike rather harshly. "I dont know, and I dont think were gonna find him..." Chica mumbled to herself. "Well, no, not unless we get his help" Bonnie whispered. Freddy perked up. "No. NO. Were not getting that mutt to help us!" He growled, but he knew it. Bonnie was right. Chica even began nodding. "Look, he may be our only choice, Freddy" she looked at the bear with a daring stare. "But, f-fine. Tomorrow night, i`ll ask him" Freddy grunted before heading back to the stage. His grip on the mike loosened, but it was still tight. Bonnie and Chica exchanged glances, before heading back to the stage. 12:00. Author's Note I honestly think this story sucks... I do... I AM NOT DETERMINED TO GET ANYWHERE ON THIS STORY!!!! So, sorry if this sucks... My larger priority is being poured into an RP blog and starting Purple Tears 2 Cracker?
A Lunar Nightmare"There! All fixed up!" Twilight backed away, the wrench still in her mouth. "Thank ye, lass" Foxy tested out his fixed voice box, "Seems that forest didn`t do me much good". Twilight sighed. "Yeah, you have water in almost every wire. Dirts caught up in some gears, but ill have to fix that later" she levitated the wrench into her small tool box, and then set it off to the side of the room. "Well... Now that your fixed up, wanna test out the voice box some more?" Twilight suggested. Foxy shrugged. "Okay then, how about the other animatroonics?". "Animatronics, "Foxy mumbled, "There`d be Freddy, Chica, Bonnie, and Golden Freddy, er Goldy" Foxy explained, as the purple alicorn jumped onto a small chair and sat down. "Okay, who`s the leader of you I guess?" Twilight grabbed a notepad and quail. "Freddy Fazbear" Foxy growled. Twilight scribbled down some set of squares, and began to write down names. "Okay? And the others? I mean, scratch that. Why did you all see the foals more than any other being?" Twilight tilted her head to one side. "I was programmed to perform for kids". "Okay, got it. And can you remember any of the ones before you?". "Are ye really jus` gonna ask all these questions?" Foxy asked, annoyed. "Yeah, I guess I am" Twilight shrugged. "Er... There was Mangle, er Foxina, but she was played with so much by those filthy brats. Then I think there was some sort of boy like robot, and newer versions of our selves. There was also..." Foxy trailed off. "Also what?" Twilight asked. "The puppet" he shuddered. "What`s so bad about a puppet? What did it look like?!" Twilight seemed to become suddenly excited, preparing her quail. "The puppet... It... I dont remember, I just know I dont like it. Not one bit. It was really tall, taller than even Freddy, and had purple tear like marks on it`s face, along with an infinite smile". Hasty scribbles were heard from Twilight. "Anything else?" Twilight asked. "Not really, lass. Like I said, I don`t exactly remember anything before I was fixed very well. Something about a memory blank" Foxy shrugged. Twilight nodded and put the notepad on a small crystal table, getting up to head towards the kitchen. "Where are ye goin`?". "To get some coffee". "Why?". "Because... I can?". "Shouldn`t ye be sleeping by now?". "I may be small to you, but i`m an adult. Besides, "Twilight paused to yawn, "I have work to do". "... Go to bed, lass" Foxy suggested absently. "Nah, I don`t, "another yawn, "Need to sleep". "Lass, your tired. I won`t go anywhere, we have a sleep mode" Foxy smiled a bit. "You do?" Twilight perked up slightly. "Well, actually its called roaming mode, but I promise ye, my sensors map out the area through electronic waves, which means they can sense when im about to leave the building. If I try, my circuits then freeze on me" Foxy explained. "Oh" was all Twilight said. She turned to go upstairs. "Well goodnight then" she said oh so simply, before shrugging and dragging her wings up the crystal stairs. "Aye, goodnight!" the pirate fox waved slightly, "now where can I find a safe room?". "Celestia," A familiar female royal voice echoed through the polished marble hall. "Yes, what is it?" the voice that replied was lighter- though slightly irritable. "I'm sorry to come without notice, but I've sensed that you've grown weaker. You need to rest" the lower voice was caring, but carried seriousness within it's tone. "No," the lighter one retorted, "I can't. I need to keep a check on him". "Go to bed, sister" a dark blue form appeared beside a larger white one- both ponies bearing a horn AND pair of wings. "I can't. Not until I know that Twilight's safe". "I can keep watch. The night is my own. You'll be too tired to care for the day if you do not rest" the smaller blue alicorn nudged her sister to leave. "I... I'm rethinking my decision" the white alicorn ignored her sister's push. The smaller one immediately stopped. "What?!" she stared in awe at her sister. "I don't think I did the right thing, bringing something into a different world" Celestia repeated solemnly. "Why do you think this?" the dark one asked lightly. "It's because something's wrong..." Celestia sighed. "Sister. Rest, and we will speak of this tomorrow" the dark one finally succeeded in getting her sister to get up. "Thank you, Luna" Celestia smiled weakly, before shaking her head and dragging her hooves towards her bedroom. "Oh, dear sister," Luna silently sighed to herself, "you're pushing yourself to hard". Shuffling could be hard from inside the office. Mike made no immediate reaction, but the guard next to him shrunk into a tiny ball. "Exactly... In what way and shape or form, does this place scare you?" Mike asked the smaller guard flatly- whom stared at him as if he was insane. "Are you insane?!" -See? He spat, "the recording said we could die!!!". "It was probably just a prank" the gray skinned guard teased- even though he knew what these things were capable of. "Uh-huh... Let's hope so..." the more frail one stammered before looking out his door. "So, here's the plan- you keep a check on your door, and I keep track of the camera and my door" the other one replied. "O-okay". "You ready?". "I guess...". "Good, cause Chica's at the door" with that the smaller one 'eeped' and slammed the red door button. "I was just kidding! You can't waste power like that" the gray guard nudged him. "Oh, heh. Sorry" in which he opened the door again. Chica met Freddy and Bonnie outside the parts room- all looking not-so-happy about their plan. "I'm not asking... it" Freddy sated flatly. Bonnie sighed, as Chica put her arms in front of her. "Me neither!" she argued against going in there. "..." Bonnie sighed- both animtronics were looking expectantly at him. "... Why me?". It was rather dark, though the robots had been built with flashlight like sensors- built for if the power went out during the day. Bonnie crept through the blood stained parts room, over to an area where the camera couldn't reach. It was soundless- except for a tiny buzzing sound that emanated from the corner of the room. "Eh... Goldy?" Bonnie asked sheepishly. He got no reply- though a small whir came from the static, a high pitched point squealing for no more than a second. "Goldy" Bonnie repeated, though a bit louder. A small clicking sound came from the corner, and a few gear-grinding sounds repeated. Once they stopped, the source of the mechanical sounds seemed to turn to look at Bonnie- two tiny pinpricks of white for eyes. "Eh... We n-need your help" Bonnie stepped back. 'Goldy' muttered something, though it came out as static. "W-at, d- -ou w-ant?" the animatronic asked irritably, as it attempted at what seemed like clearing it's throat. "There's a major problem" Bonnie continued- trying to ignore the almost inaudible way Goldy was talking. "What pr-b--m" the thing snapped. "Well," he decided to just say it, "Foxy's gone missing". The pinpricks lowered for a second, shaking- as if the thing was sighing. "...A-d HOW, e-ac--y, d-d a large b---dal fox -o m---ing and NOT be f--nd?" the thing asked in a hasty tone. "None of us know, actually". "..." the thing stepped forth, barely visible. It was aware of the camera- as it made sure to stay out of it's point of view. "Oh, and... One more thing- you mind getting rid of the guard?," Bonnie added sheepishly, "he's managed to survive five nights. It's his sixth now..." "F--ally, some----- f-- to d-" with that, the animatronic stepped into an almost full view. You could see a small outline of highlight gold- and a black top hat. With a sudden whir of mechanical gears- the pinpricks of light vanished from sight, leaving in it's place nothingness. "Your gonna have to teach me how to do that" Bonnie muttered with a smirk, before making his way back to the dining room. "Getting anything, Jeremy?" the guard asked the smaller shaking one- which shook his head. "No animatronics yet" he stammered. "They should've at LEAST been at the door several times now" the other one muttered. "... Eh, I'm glad they haven't come yet" Jeremy smiled slightly. "I don't know, something could be wrong..." "Mike! No, don't go where those things are!" Jeremy whimpered, as he turned his head over to something in the right corner of the room. "You know what, Mike?" Jeremy asked. "What?" he replied, almost irritably. "That may be a good idea after all..." "Why is that?" Mike smirked. "Look" Jeremy pointed a shaky finger at the far corner of the room. Mike's pupils shrunk at what he was pointing to. "Oh..." was all he managed out. 'SSSSCCCCCCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE' Author's Note So... Who attacked the guards? Why did this chapter take so long? It was a bit rushed at the end, sorry~ But hey, the next chapter should be out in like 2 months! yeah.... Don't forget this a side story. I won't work on it much Gummy bear?
I'm going insane"Did it work?" Bonnie poked his head around the right door frame, it's rusty frame creaking. "Of course it did" the golden bear animatronic smirked. Jeremy had fainted, and Mike looked half dead. Bonnie just nodded slightly. "Uh-huh. Now that that's done- wait. You can talk now?" he raised an eye brow at the animatronic. "I was already able to talk. I just needed to fix my voice box" he fiddled with his bow tie. "Okay then" Bonnie thought for the right words to say. "Are they dead?!" A high pitched voice broke the surrounding silence. The two glanced at the night guards. "...Probably?" the golden one finally answered. "Probably?! If we can't kill them, we can't focus on the situation-" Freddy stopped dead as he saw his golden twin animatronic. And then he saw the night guards. "Are they dead?" he demanded. "Maaaybe..." The golden one smiled sheepishly. "Maybe? Fredbear, Are they dead or not?!" Freddy growled. Fredbear gave a slight nod. "They should be". With a sigh, Freddy turned away. "Fine. C'mon, we'll need you too". Fredbear followed, and Bonnie stepped over the two unconscious guards as he quickly walked after them. Chica was waiting in the Dining room, her arms crossed and her head tilted to one side. "So?" she asked. "Dead. For now at least" Freddy glanced at Fredbear, before stopping. "So... What's this whole 'plan' thing?" Fredbear pitched in. "Well... Since Foxy just... 'Poofed', "Chica let him guess the rest. "Look. There was some light emanating from Pirate's Cove before he vanished" Bonnie stated. "Yeah, but what light? It's not like he had a flashlight. This was different" Chica argued. "True. So we don't know what the heck really happened. But we do know that he's gone. And... Yeah that's it" Bonnie shrugged. "This is serious. Was there really nothing that happened before hand?" Freddy demanded. "Nothing. And we weren't there to really witness it, ya know" Bonnie replied. "Hey, er, You know I could help, right?" Fredbear pitched into there conversation. "How, exactly, could you help?" Freddy glared at him. "You don't trust me, you hunk of bolts?" Fredbear asked coolly. Chica and Bonnie winced. "No, I don't" Freddy crossed his arms, ignoring Fredbear's wry comment. "Want me to prove it?" Fredbear smirked. "Yeah, because you know so much more than the rest of us" Freddy retorted flatly. "Aight" Fredbear turned around and headed off towards the Pirate's Cove. He disappeared behind the purple starred curtains. A small golden light flashed in the cove for a second, before Fredbear came walking out as if nothing had happened. He patted his hands together as he stopped in front of the colorful group. "I think I know 'how' your little fox friend disappeared" he smiled deviously. The three animatronics glanced at each other, before Freddy spoke up. "Tell me". Foxy had taken to shutting down in a the most enclosed place he could find. Considering the crystal castle out of a coloring book seemed as empty as a field, the best spot he'd been able to find was the kitchen. The morning light was already shining through the see through walls. It was more of flashing through the walls, bouncing off of everything crystal to metal until it illuminated the room rather brightly. Foxy blinked, turning on. The light must've triggered his day sensors, as he blinked a few more times, trying to make sense of the blinding white light in his eyes, and the purple form that stood in his vision, blurred out by the other color. After his eyes adjusted, he quickly covered them with his hook, noticing the purple form stepped back, and was holding a notepad and pen. Foxy's vision kept blurring, and he kept losing focus on everything in the room. He servos were beginning to act up repeatedly. "That wretched light won't stop resettin' me servos" he mumbled. The purple form suddenly nodded furiously and stepped back a little more. The boundless amount of light in the room quickly cut off into a little dim light to illuminate the space. "That better?" he recognized Twilight's voice. "Aye. How do ye deal with all that blinding light?" Foxy tilted his head as he sat up. "You get used to it after a few years" Twilight sighed, but then perked up as she asked, "how come the light reset you now but not yesterday?". "The light now was blinding me eyes directly, like a flashlight. Otherwise, normal day light I can handle, just buzzes my circuits every so often" Foxy explained. Twilight nodded quickly, as she pulled up a notebook and scribbled something onto it. A small purple, reptile thing, suddenly came barreling into the room, landing comically in front of Twilight. It got up quickly, as it panted from fatigue and exhaustion. "Spike? What is it?" Twilight seemed to know the little, thing, so Foxy calmed back down. "I have a l- *urp*!" the little creature belched out some green flame, which flared into the air before disappearing to reveal a rolled up parchment of paper. Twilight caught in that purple aura of her's before it hit the floor. She levitated it towards her face and unrolled it, as she began to leave. "Need to talk... Canterlot... Nothing impor- PRINCESS CELESTIA!?!" Twilight jumped back, flaring her wings to catch herself. Foxy perked up. "Spike! We've got to go at once!" Twilight scooped up the tiny thing. "Why?! I just woke up!" he protested, flailing his tiny arms about in her grasp. "Celestia needs to talk to us at once! She said there's this creature that got summoned here- and he's not native to Equestria!" Twilight exclaimed hastily. Spike rose an eyebrow. "He? So, Celestia knows what it is?" he cast a wary glance at the fox animatronic near him. "I doubt it. Perhaps just a grammatical error on her part. Uh-" Twilight stopped short as she looked at the confused robot in front of her. "Oh right. We... Uh... We'll have to leave you behind..." Twilight seemed to be thinking of what to say. "It would be quite hard to get you past the guards without them trying to throw you in some metal pit" she smiled sheepishly. "Aye, I can see why they would be rather un'erved by me" Foxy mumbled in reply. "Since you have that sleep mode, can't you use that while we're gone?" Twilight asked. "Only sometimes, lass. If I were to switch onto sleep mode for too long, my servos would lock up, and I don't think ye want to have to fix me again". "Oh. Well, uh..." Twilight levitated a few things to her, as she placed them in a small canvas bag. "I'll be quick. I should be back tomorrow!" she sighed before galloping off with her little creature. Foxy eyed the tiny purple reptile thing as it ran after her. To be honest, he hated it- whatever reasons unknown. "Sister, do you truly believe this is the best course of action?" Luna asked her sister softly. After their talk, Celestia had decided to speak to Twilight directly. "Yes. The more she knows about it, the safer she, and everypony, is" Celestia answered firmly. She had a look of tired determination in her eyes, from the fatigue of no sleep. "I hope you're right about this. It could mean that Twilight will refuse to help you in curing this-" "She'll do anything I tell her's homework" Celestia snapped, half joking, half serious. Her face hadn't lightened any at the kind gesture, which left Luna a little shook. "I wish you would have spoke to me about this first" Luna mumbled. "It is not your decision" Celestia snapped, her eyes narrowing at her shorter sister. "I brought that thing here. I choose what happens to it, not you". Luna shrunk back, now looking half her sister's size. "I meant no offense, sister. I'm just... Shocked". Celestia glared for no more than a second, before sighing and relaxing her body. "I'm sorry. Everything that has been happening has cause me much stress" Celestia rubbed her temples, before weakly smiling at her younger sister. Luna nodded, though she was still unnerved. They both looked forward, towards the entrance to the castle, where they were awaiting Twilight Sparkle. A heavy silence filled the room soon, though, and with another worried glance at her sister, Luna steadily stood up. "I'm... Going to go fill out a few scrolls" she said rather hastily, but she held onto what firm voice she could. "Very well" Celestia nodded, her eyes still concentrated on the entrance. Luna stood not a moment longer before nodding in return and walking away. She kept her head down, as she pondered on her sister's actions. "Something's wrong" she whispered to herself. Celestia never lost her temper. NEVER. Not even when Discord ate her birthday cake. And Luna didn't plan on letting anything get to her sister like that. With a curt nod to herself, she summoned a scroll and quill. She was going to find out what was really wrong with her sister. Author's Note hope you liked this chapter! I put Purple Tears 2 on a temporary hiatus, since I just can't write anything for it, even though I know what I want to write. So, while I still have the determination and focus for this, and while Ironfell still won't work for me, I'm going to work on this story. Hopefully the next chapter'll be up this month Cracker? oh, and, cheesy ending for a chapter. I know.
eh... Just Gold?"PRINCESS CELESTIA!" Twilight yipped happily as she clambered into the polished marble kingdom. Behind her was her little pet dragon, Spike, who bore green spikes from his head to tail. Celestia immediately straightened her posture as the two ran towards her. She smiled warmly and gave a curt nod to the two. "Princess Twilight Sparkle" she stated calmly. Twilight skidded to a stop in front of her, suddenly blushing. "Ah- Where are my manors?!" She bowed down quickly, actually falling onto the floor as Spike ran into one of her outstretched wings. Twilight quickly got up, casting a quick glance at Spike before looking back at Celestia. "You wanted to speak to me? About a monster?" she sat down. Celestia nodded, yet kept looking at the door, as if expecting some pony else to come in too. "Uh... Princess?" Twilight waved a hoof in front of her old mentor, who snapped back into reality. "Yes?". "Is everything okay?" Twilight carried out her words carefully. "Oh, of course, my dear princess. I just, uh, thought you were going to bring... The robot" Celestia gave off a sheepish smile. She knew she shouldn't be stalking any pony with magic, and it was worse with Twilight being the secondary subject. But Twilight didn't seem fazed as she quickly gasped, "Oh! I didn't think you wanted me to bring him! I can-" "No, no, It is quite okay, dear Twilight. I only need to speak... About it" she gained a serious attitude quickly, and Twilight scooted into a more formal position. "What about it?" she smiled widely. Celestia sighed. "Something," she made it a point to not mention her name, "brought this robot here. I think we can help it". "With... What, exactly?" Twilight tilted her head to one side. Though Celestia already knew about how and why they could help the fox animatronic, she decided to play dumb- considering Twilight didn't need to know she had been watching this whole time. "Has this thing refused to talk about anything?" she asked lightly. "Well, yes actually" Twilight answered simply," Quite a few things. Mainly something about the bite of... 87, I think it was". Celestia made herself seemed surprised. "Oh really? Could you tell me what you know about it?". "Well, not much, really. He didn't even say anything more about it. Though he did mention a bear, duck, and... And a Bunny, I think" Twilight thought for a moment, before nodding. "A bear, duck, and bunny? Are these other robots too?" Celestia asked. "I would believe so. I mean, Foxy's a fox animatronic. I would guess the others would be too". "It would make sense" Celestia sighed. Even though she'd been able to pull the creature into Equestria, she hadn't been able to see any other robots- being in too much of a rush in order to escape being caught. "You know, you can ask him yourself if you wish" Twilight put in suddenly. "Wha?" Celestia snapped into reality yet again. "I mean, you can ask him about the bite and other animatronics" the purple alicorn repeated. "I... I would rather not. I seem to be a bit... Intimidating, and I think it's best not to worry it" Celestia smiled weakly, trying to hold her fake smile. Why was it so hard to smile right now? She was always smiling and nodding curtly in front of crowds, it was almost planted on her face. "I understand," Twilight responded," it might lock his servos up if he's forced to talk to the monarch of Equestria". "Exactly. I think you might want to go, now in fact. You are housing the robot, correct?". "Yes, actually!" Twilight jumped to her hooves, quickly turning to leave. "Thank you!" she began to gallop off. "Wait! Actually Twilight," Celestia held up her hoof to stop Twilight, " since I can't speak to it upfront, I would like you to send me letters, if you please". Twilight turned around, only to nod with a proud smile, before running off again. She flared her wings, and the last she saw of Twilight, the purple alicorn was flying off with Spike on her back. Celestia bit her lip. Why did she just lie? She could've told the truth, even if it was delayed. Why... Celestia shook off the thought. Something was wrong with her, she knew it. Something about her was off. But she couldn't place a hoof on it. With a long sigh, Celestia got to her hooves, and turned around to return to her duties. "Magic?" Freddy echoed the golden robot's words. One hand was up in a questionable position as he gave the half dead looking animatronic an odd look. "Yep. Magic" Fredbear was staring at them awkwardly, as if he expected them to believe it. "Magic" Chica deadpanned. Bonnie hit the desk with his head. "You think it was... Magic" Freddy yet again echoed the robot's words. "Yes" Fredbear nodded. "Are your circuits still intact?!" he exclaimed, "Magic doesn't exist!". "Of course it does. How else do I teleport?" Fredbear smiled deviously again. For once, all the animatronics were silent, as they took in the information. Chica glanced back and forth at the pirate's cove. "Okay, okay.... If Foxy somehow 'vanished' from magic, then.. Who did it?!" Bonnie snapped. He glared at Fredbear, who put his arms out defensively. "It wasn't me. Even you could tell I hadn't powered on in so long when you found me. Anyways, what would my purpose be to make your little fox friend disappear?". "You could be picking us off one by one" Chica piped up. "Or maybe it's because of those children" Freddy pitched in. "Or you want to find a way to escape" Bonnie smiled proudly. Fredbear could only sigh. "Again, I couldn't have powered on and done something like that. I'm not THAT powerful you know". "Then what is?" Freddy asked suspiciously. "I don't know... Princess ponies?" Fredbear suggested, before realizing how stupid the idea was. He stepped back slightly, as the other three broke out into laughter. "H-Hey! Now we have a kidnapping white unicorn with wings!" Freddy laughed. "And don't f-f-forget! SHE'S a PRINCE-E-ESS!!!" Chica pitched in happily. "Guys, stop. Your servos are acting up really badly now". Eventually the laughter DID stop, but not quick enough for their voice boxes to completely glitch out. Fredbear waited, soon sitting down, with a bored expression on his face. "You done?" he finally asked when they were calm enough to talk to. "Y-yeah, I think". "Then, allow me to explain something" the golden bear continued. The three settled down. With a final sigh, he looked back over them. "I can see memories" he explained simply. the other three stared at him blankly. Chica kind of rolled her hand, waiting for more of an explanation. "That's really all there is. I can see into the past, mostly only what has been witnessed, but also to a large limit". "And you expect us to believe that how?" Bonnie asked in a flat tone. "Do I really HAVE to show you" Fredbear face-palmed, but was met with three nods. "Fine... It'll be really hard, though. Don't expect a miracle or anything". A golden light emanated from one robotic hand, similar to but definitely not as bright as the 'thief's' magic. It looked frail, really, the magic he possessed. It was weak in illumination, and did fairly nothing to the darkness that blanketed the room. The frail wisps of golden aura that fluttered away from a small sphere died out as soon as they were separate. The main three were in awe. Even if it was the weakest of magic possible, it was something. Along with the fact magic's not even thought of as real. "I think I can make it to where you can all see the memory..." Fredbear winced. "Twilight? TWIIIIILIGHT!" A pink frizzy haired pony jumped through her castle, bouncing up and down as she traversed through each hall. Her mane was only a darker shade of pink from her coat, and looked messy beyond repair. On her flank were three balloons, and her smile only added onto the 'party' look she gave off. Her icy blue eyes glittered all the stiffness away from them. "Twilight!" she called out yet again. With yet again silence reaching her constantly twitching ears, she a small 'hmph' and shrug of her shoulders before turning down another long, yet dark, hallway. It wasn't much darker, no. But the shadows hung much more densely, casting large parts of the corridor into a deep black. The pink pony was unfazed by this, of course, as she kept jumping happily through the hallway. She passed a few brighter rooms, finally stopping at one shadowy one near the end. Her smile widened as she jumped up and stuck her head inside to look around. She couldn't see much except a small desk, like the one that sits beside your bed, and a tiny unlit lamp that sat on the floor. "Oh, Twilight! You silly filly, why're you sleeping in the middle of the day!" Pinkie yipped as she trotted towards a limp form on the floor. It looked like it was sitting down. She was about to shake her friend awake- until she realized the glinting metal off of it's left hand. She faltered in her previous action as she studied the creature in front of her. It definitely wasn't anything she'd seen before, for sure. But it didn't seem to deadly... She lifted what looked like the top jaw of the creature, to find sharp metal fox-like teeth. She jumped back, before closely observing the metallic thing. It was red, though in the shadows seemed to be a dark crimson or purple, and had a tan upper jaw. The creature had a metal hook, and an eye patch that was flipped over it's eye. The thing resembled a fox from what the Pink pony saw. She stepped forward again, and with a tender hoof, tapped the thing on it's forehead. Nothing. She tapped it a little harder. Still nothing. With an annoyed sigh, she put both of her hooves on it's shoulders, and shook it vigorously. A small mechanical ticking sound caught her by surprise, in which she quickly jumped back. The robotic creature buzzed, before the one uncovered eye blinked open. It was a bright yellow, quite unnerving compared to normal eyes. The pony tilted her head at the thing as it eyed her with wide eyes. It seemed to be observing her, but she was oblivious to it's cold lifeless stare. "There be pink ponies now, too?" it finally grunted. The voice sounded like that of a pirate's. The pink pony giggled softly. "What?" the bipedal thing asked wryly as it moved it's joints into a less dead position. "You sound funny" she answered simply. "An' so? You soun' odd too" he argued back. The pony only laughed. "What's your name?" she asked suddenly, her smile unwavering. "...Foxy. What be your's?" Foxy asked suspiciously. "Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie yipped happily, "I've never seen you before here! Are you new?". "Er, yes. In a way... Why?".
Da Heck?"Soooo, how do you play poker again?" Pinkie was jumped up and down in her spot on the floor. "Again?", Foxy face palmed, "Ye get five cards. Then, ye can turn in how e'er many ye want fer new cards" he explained the game to her yet again for the tenth time. "Oh okay! I think I got it now" she smiled brightly. "Aight, ye ready ta play?". "Of course!". Pinkie Pie passed out five cards to Foxy and her, since the fox animatronic's hook had killed off the last deck they'd pulled out of Pinkie's hair. She said she had at least five decks stored in her hair for 'extreme cases only', and at least ten in each ponies' home. "Blasted! How'd ye beat me!? I had a good deal!" Foxy complained. Pinkie just laughed. "I'm Pinkie! It's just how I am!" she folded the cards neatly back into her hair, tossing the box away into a trash can. "So do ye trespass to put these items in every one's home or..." Foxy asked. "Nope! You see, what I do is- Twilight's home!" Pinkie jumped up, her tail buzzing wildly. She raced out of the room and down the hall, as if she'd forgotten he was even there. "Pinkie?" Foxy could hear Twilight say. She wasn't far down the hall. "Hai!" the pink ball of pure energy replied. "What are you doing here?" Twilight asked sheepishly. She moved ahead to block Pinkie from going near the room that held the robotic fox. "Well I was looking for you, silly! I found a new friend, too!" Pinkie was jumping well above Twilight's head. "Uh, w-who is this friend?" Pinkie kept jumping up and down. "Pinkie!" Twilight settled her down as she placed her hooves on the pony's shoulders. "This robotic fox who calls himself "Foxy"!" her smile was even brighter. "How did you- out of all these rooms, you found it!?" Twilight's eyes twitched. On her way home, she'd decided against telling her friends about it, fearing the word might reach other ponies, which could start panic. And that was the one thing Twilight did not need right now. "Yep! Lemme show you where he is!" Pinkie began to gallop around Twilight, who quickly stepped in her way. "You haven't told any pony about this robot thing yet, have you?" she asked. "Nupe! I was just playing cards with him's all!" Pinkie giggled, " he can't play very well". Twilight nodded, still watching Pinkie Pie closely. "You have to pinkie promise not tell any pony about this, okay?" Twilight finally stated. "Okay! I Pinkie Promise! But... Why?" Pinkie tilted her head to one side. "Because, if any pony finds out, it could cause some really bad widespread panic throughout Ponyville" Twilight explained solemnly. She didn't need a mob of ponies right now. Really, she didn't need Pinkie Pie knowing about the discovery of it either. Twilight sighed, "You already found it, right?" she finalized. "Yep! Like I said, he can't play cards!" Pinkie nodded, oblivious to Twilight's frustration. "Oh dear Celestia" she grumbled under her breath. Before turning to check up on the bipedal fox, her purple assistant, Spike, came rushing down the hall. "Twilight! I got a letter for you!!!" The little dragon bound down the corridor. He came to stop in front of the alicorn, panting. She levitated a scroll out of his open claws. "A letter? From who?" She asked herself out loud. "Probably Luna" Pinkie smiled absently. "...How... Never mind" The purple unicorn sighed. She opened up the letter, and began to read its contents. 'Dear Twilight, It is Luna. I know you had a conference with Celestia about that robotic fox... But, I fear something may be wrong. It's my sister. She's been acting as if she can't get something out of her head. It may just be me, but I want you to be wary of that animatronic. If need be, I shall request to see you. If it ever comes to that'. Sincerely, Luna. Twilight sighed to herself. So Luna knew too. Well of course she knew, she was Celestia's sister after all. Twilight looked back at Pinkie, who was smiling with contempt, as if she knew she had been right about the letter. "..." Twilight thought for a minute. Pinkie waited joyfully, reading Twilight's emotions as she made up a plan. Twilight knew Pinkie was good at making Pinkie promises. Maybe she could help her out somehow...? An idea struck Twilight. "You could help me, actually." Twilight spoke up to Pinkie Pie. "Oh I know that!" Pinkie yipped happily. "... Uh, right. Well, you can help me keep this a secret, I'll probably need you to keep it company, it can apparently think for itself, from my current observations" Twilight stated. Pinkie merely nodded. She bounced to her hooves, leaning towards the direction of where Foxy was. "What can I do to help right now, captain Twilight?" Pinkie saluted. "Right now, you can help by staying, uh, how do I put this... Calm?" she held out a wing tip to stop the bouncing blob of pink. "Okie dokie!" Pinkie laughed. The two made there way down the hall towards the room. "Hey! What about me?" Spike ran after them. Twilight turned to him. "Oh! Could you please take over for me for now? Show anypony that comes for a book around the place? Just keep them away from here" Twilight ordered. "Will do!" Spike nodded, and left for the staircase that led downstairs. The two ponies continued until they stopped by the door. The red fox acknowledged their presence with a slight wave, which resulted in a long, high-pitched creak. "eeeh I should probably fix that soon" Twilight sheepishly smiled. Foxy shrugged as he paced over to them. "Wanna play another round!!??" Pinkie Pie bounced around, motioning to take the pack of cards back out of her mane. "Not a chance, lass! No one's e'er beat me, and you barely knew 'ow to play!" Foxy protested immediately. Pinkie stopped bouncing and made a pouty face, but put her hoof down in defeat. "That's just Pinkie" Twilight commented. She hovered slightly off the ground as she picked up the pace a little. Checking around the corner, she noticed no one in the halls. All was clear. Spike was actually doing a good job! Twilight led them over to the tertiary kitchen, sparkling clean and practically devoid of use. Pinkie had regained her optimistic posture and pounced on the nearby cushion. An idea struck Twilight. Celestia did need more information... "Now... About the discussion last time, who were the other characters again?" Pinkie perked up. Twilight was passively cooking some random thing. "Bonnie, Freddy Fazbear, an' Chica...?" Foxy answered. "Nice, thanks" Twilight idly jotted down onto a small summoned notepad, "what about the place you were built?" Pinkie raised an eyebrow. Twilight was acting oddly passive. "eh... It was dingy, old pizzeria. Runnin' outta business. Owned by some people, the manager was a very strict man. The current security guard is, or was more th'n likely, Mike Schmitt". Twilight jotted down on the pad more. "Twilight, you okay there?" Pinkie asked. "Yeah, of course I am!" Twilight smiled. Pinkie's tail vibrated. "AH-hah! You are not!" The pink mare jumped out of her seat. Foxy stepped back. "Says who?" Twilight asked in reply. "My tail!" Pinkie responded. "Well, I am okay, Pinkie. I need information for princess Celestia" Twilight answered. "I knew something was up!" Pinkie flopped down again, a smile growing quickly on her face. "Can some one please explain what jus' happened?" Foxy pitched in. "It's just Pinkie. Again. Her senses, or something about her, seem to tell her things, in the form of vibrations among her tail- most common symptoms include irregular unstoppable bouncing- not like what she normally does, it's faster" Twilight repeated from her notes. "So.. Ta pink pony vibrates and it tells her t'ings". "Pretty much." Twilight shrugged. She turned back to the stove, and flipping over something, the sizzle sound hissing loudly. "As I was, can you tell me anything else about the Pizzera? Maybe the layout? Or what happened to it?". "It's closing down soon. We've all fallen into disrepair, clearly, and the manager doesn't 'ave the funds to fix "reanimated corpses". I don't see why he should try. There were too many "accidents" in 'at place ta bring a child" Foxy explained. "The layout, on the other hand, is pretty simple. There's the main room, the bathroom stalls on ta right, an' hallways towards the bottom leading ta the office. There's also the backstage room to ta left 'at leads to someplace else... B-but I can't quite remember what" Foxy's voice box quivered. "I'll look into that again" Twilight cleared her throat. "Aye, la-ss" Foxy replied. His voice glitched. "Do you think there's a reason you're here? I mean, robots, er- creatures, don't just poof into other worlds without a reason." "I have no idea. It was night time an' I was about to head off to the security guard's office, an' just "poof" I was 'at blasted forest." "Any thing happen between the poof and the forest? Magic in Equestria doesn't normally work invisibly." "Aye. There was a glowing light. I don't know if the others saw it, but it was bright n' came outta nowhere." "Hmm. A glowing light... But not transparent like mine?" Twilight levitated an object to demonstrate. Foxy shook his head. "But I believe it was golden." he summed up promptly. The purple alicorn froze. "...Did you say, golden?" she asked slowly. "Aye, I did. That mean something?" "Uh, well, it could. See, I know somepony, Celestia..." "You mean the pony you left to go see? That Celestia?" "That one indeed." Twilight shook her head. The pink bouncing form of Pinkie Pie hopped around a corner from the nearest room. "Hi'a! Anything goin' on? I left to go make a sandwich but I accidentally walked into this other room and, well, therewasamanticoreintheresoitriedtoplaycardswiththembuttheydidn'tlikemesoihadtoleavebutididn'twanttoandifoundoutheactuallyreallylikes *gasp* cake! Soiwentintothekitchentomakeonebutitwasn'tthekitchensoidecidedtocomebackoutheresoicouldseewhat'sup!" she had a huge grin on her face as she jumped up to the two. Foxy blinked. "wha-" he stopped as soon as he started. "Nothing's really going on, Pinkie. We were just talking about where Foxy was before he came to Equest-" "Ooh he came from another world?!" Pinkie gasped. "N-No wait, we don't know yet! He could have just been teleported from someplace outside" Twilight exclaimed frantically waving her hooves in the air. "And there's a place on Equus with humans and super high-touch technology?" Pinkie replied questionably. "How did you know about that!?" The purple pony jumped back. Foxy just stood there in awe, his circuits frozen. "Oh, just a hunch!" Pinkie shrugged casually. "O-Oh, right. Duh" Twilight laughed sheepishly. "I'm gonna go make some cake for that Manticore now" Pinkie declared as she bound off towards another hallway. Twilight watched her until all of her tail had completely disappeared behind the crystal wall. She promptly turned back to Foxy. "So Princess Celestia could've been the one who did this?" Foxy asked quietly, silently aware of the pink mares capabilities. "She wouldn't do such a thing!" Twilight whisper-shouted. "Maybe it's just somepony else, with as much magic, and as much knowledge, and-" Twilight gaped. "And?" Foxy whispered. "And that letter. It said 'he' in it, remember?" Twi explained quickly. "So she might be the culprit 'ere" Foxy summed up. "NO!", Twilight shouted before holding her mouth with her hooves, "I mean, no. She's a great and just leader. She would never pull a foreign creature out of the human world." "Twilight, ye gotta face it- she could be the one who brought me 'ere. And if so, or even if it wasn't her, she could get me back- with how strong and knowledgeable you say she is" he concluded. "...You might be right about that. She might just be able to open up a portal to get you home!" Twilight smiled brightly. She completely ignored the first part of his comment and swept past the rusty fox. "But she might need my help. Grabbing an", she glanced at Foxy, "item, is easy. Well, for alicorns at least. You simply pinpoint it's location once you find it, and use a teleportation spell for it. Since you don't have to worry much about the item's condition afterwards, unless it's extremely important- it's still easier than moving a living thing. But opening a portal so the item can pass through again is tricky. Whoever got you here clearly couldn't keep a firm grasp on their magic, because you fell in the everfree and when you woke up there wasn't anyone there. It's hard to move things out of Equestria, to put it in a simpler way." Twilight paused as she pondered the explanation. "That's just the way Equestria works" Author's Note I ran out of ideas for this chapter I'm so sorry xD it's just full of talking ponies I hope it's at least okay I probably won't get another chapter out for a LONG time though And this one probably doesn't make sense, but hey- the plot's actually moving along
