The Third and Fourth Spring Locksby Spooky GhostChaptersSpringTrappedA New WorldA walkMetal MonsterWell the cat is out the bagWhere and what your metal grave isRobbersDecisionsLiving MetalSoulsSpringTrappedI almost jumped joyfully as I heard the 6:00 AM alarm, another night done and another guard lives to see tomorrow. As the other animatronics all went back to their spots around the pizzeria I head back to the Parts and services room and into the back area. When I arrived I saw Golden Freddy and spring Bonnie sitting in the back and unmoving like normal, but it was more interested in the other suit. Spring Chica, who moved her head to look at me as I entered. "Tommy." She said sadly. As she said that her mouth moved and I saw a small bit of the dead, impaled and crushed corpse of Sophia's body when she was alive. She, like me, died in a spring suit. I sat down on the other side of the wall still looking at her."The guard is safe Sophia. He lived." She, however did not look so happy as the eyelids of the suit went downward diagonally. "When will this end? I somewhat don't mind this suit, but I am sick of this pizzeria, I want to get out of here." I sighed. "You know we can't. We can't leave at night and if we try it in the day we will be seen. However I could be worse, we could not have eachother." She giggled at that. "True, I don't know what I would do if you were not here with me." I smiled as she said that. "This will likely not last forever. We just need to get the children in those machines to understand who their killer was. After that the night guards will be safe and when they kill him we can all move on. Let's get some sleep. We will need to help the next guard tomorrow." With that we closed our eyes to go to sleep and I felt myself drifting off. I would be happy to dream pleasantly, but for me that was not the case, I once again was reminded of the day and the day before both me and my girlfriend Sophia died in those suits. 2 Years ago at the first Freddy Fazbear's pizza restaurant. "You're hired." The moment I heard that I almost jumped with glee, I just got my first job, at Freddy's no less. "Do you have any questions for us?" The interviewer asked me. "Yes I do. When do I start and what will I be doing?" He checked the paper on his clipboard. "7:00 sharp tomorrow from 8 AM until 8 PM and you will be entertaining the children. You will get a full hour lunch break at 12 and a half a hour break at 4. From Monday till Friday and you will be wearing a Spring suit. I understand if you are nervous because you might not know what to do but don't worry, Vincent will help you with that." I was still confused as to what a spring suit is. "What is a spring suit?" I asked him and he pointed to Golden Freddy who was on stage and I could see that there was someone in it, whenever he or she talked I could see what looked like a mouth within it. "It let's a person wear a animatronic as a suit. You will be wearing the new one. The Spring-Foxy one and you will be in Pirate's cove until Foxy is repaired. When it is then we will find you something else to do." The moment I heard I was going to be entertaining children as Foxy I almost lost my cool. To me Foxy was the best of all the characters. I still had one more thing to ask him. "Who is Vincent? If he is going to help me should I not know what he looks like?" The interviewer stood up from his chair. "Wait here. I will get him." With that he walked off and I sat there, looking at them perform on the stage. A few moments later he came back with someone dressed in purple, a lot of purple and his smile did not help, it was a very wide grin and his eyes were wide with Pinprick pupils, he almost seemed crazy. He spoke. "So...you are the new guy. I'm Vincent. Nice to meet you." He extended his arm to me. I shook it. The one who interviewed me spoke next. "Vincent will help you start tomorrow. Meet him backstage." I looked to Vincent and his smile did not change. "Look forward to working with you. Before you go, here is your new work clothes." He said and handed me a uniform. I took it and started to walk towards the door to leave but I was approached by Chica. "Tommy, I overheard everything. Nice to know we will be working together." I instantly recognized the voice, it was my girlfriend Sophia. I turned to her with a smile. "I will be nice to work here, especially with you." I went home that day, eager to start my job tomorrow. The rest of the day was a normal day, mostly just sitting around and watching the TV and then going to bed for the night. Before I headed to my bed for the night I informed the rest of my family about my new job and needless to say they were all thrilled. I woke up at 6:00 As and I did not feel even a bit tired. I quickly turned of the alarm and in less than 2 minutes I was fully dresses and in another 15 I was finished my breakfast and almost out the door. The most annoying part was waiting for the bus but I managed to keep my cool it arrived and I was on my was to Freddy's again. As I arrived I saw that the only ones who were there was the janitor and the day shift security guard. I felt a hand on my shoulder. "My, you're here early." I turned around and almost screamed. It was Vincent and he still had his creepy smile. "I-I am eager to start." I noticed some Police were in the restaurant and they were taking another employee into custody. "I am telling you, I did not do it!" He screamed to them, I just watched as he was carried off. "What's with that?" "Some kid's have went missing and they were last seen here. They suspect that the night guard did something to them." I felt very uneasy about what I just heard. "Anyway, let's get you suited up." I followed Vincent to the back and I saw a Foxy suit laying on the table. The suit was just like the normal Foxy but the color was Golden instead of red, the chica suit was the same as normal Chica but golden in color the bib said Happy birthday instead of Let's eat. Vincent went off to the side and got what looked like a crank. He inserted it into the suit and turned it and the suit changed. It recoiled and now it looked like someone could fit inside it. "You will be wearing this for the day." Seeing those springs made me a bit uneasy. "Are you sure that is safe?" I asked him. "Don't worry. This is a new and specially modified suit. The old ones like Fredbear and Golden Bonnie failed because they were old and weak. This is new and strong with the best locks. You will be fine. Here I will show you." He went away and came back with a cup of water and poured it on one of the locks in the suit and waited for a few seconds and nothing happened. "See. New and Strong." I looked to the side and saw the spring Chica suit. If Sophia is not worried about them then I don't think I should be too so it got into the suit and Vincent fastened it up. After a moment he stopped. "Walk around, give it a try." I got up and had a little walk in it. It was annoying and I had to lift my legs and could not bend my foot like you would normally do while walking but other than that the suit was fine. "How does it feel." He asked. "A little cold." He laughed at what I said. His laugh was more creepy than his smile. "Well give it some time. The metal will become warm the more your body heat is on it. Now let's go. It's almost time to open." He lead me to Pirate's Cove and told me to get behind the curtains. I waited for a few moments until I heard another person enter the back room so I peeked out and after a moment I saw the spring Chica suit walk out. I knew that was Sophia but I had to stay where I was as this place was going to open soon. After a few more moments I heard the doors open and lots of footsteps. I knew that was the kids. I heard Vincent's voice next. "Hey Kids, are you ready to meet Freddy and the crew?" I heard them all cheer. I took a deep breath and got myself ready as the curtains opened. It was very hard to pass off as Foxy. Pirate talk is not easy but I was happy I could move around and did not have to stay on the stage. For my lunch I sat down and just talked with Sophia in the Security room. It was fun to be Foxy anyway even if it was a bit tiring. It was now 8 PM and both me and Sophia were in heading to the back room to remove the suits. Vincent was waiting to help remove them. "See, what did I say. They are strong and not faulty. Now, let's get you out of those suits." Vincent moves over to Sophia and I look at the suit and wonder how I can get the locks unstrapped. "Hey Vincent. How can I get the locks un-done?" I hear a slam behind me and turn around to see Sophia on the ground, still in the suit. "SOPHIA!" I run over to her to see what is wrong. As I get close to her I see she is shaking violently and blood is leaking out. "Oh my goodness Sophia. Vincent! Help!" I shouted. I heard a laugh behind me and then I feel a arm around my neck. "I was not lying, if you were wondering. The locks were flawless, they did not malfunction. I just used the crank to cause them to snap shut." I showed me the crank and placed it on a location on my suit. "Any last words?" "I hope you die in a fire." I said to him with anger, he just chuckles and turns the crank. I felt all of my limbs, head and body get pierced as the locks tore through my skin and some bones, locking me in the suit. The pain was intense and I felt the suit start to tighten. I felt like my eyes were being pushed out of my skull as the suit got tighter. All other senses left me and I tried to scream but I could not. I fell to the ground shaking as my blood went over my body I felt a warm sensation for a few moments before my vision started to get blurry. I saw Vincent standing over me holding a screwdriver and then as it faded to black all I felt was cold. "Now I just have one more thing to do." Was what I heard before everything faded. Location Unknown I awoken in a void of darkness, at first I was confused until I remembered what had happened. Vincent killed me and Sophia, as I thought about it I felt my rage build up until I heard a voice that I realized all to well. "Tommy?" I looked towards the sound and saw Sophia, perfectly fine. Not injured at all. I rand up to her and she ran to me. When we got to each other we hugged. "What happened?" "It was Vincent. He killed us." As I said that her eyes started to water. "Why would he do that?" She asked, crying into my chest. As I looked at her I saw she had a glow around her and when I looked at my limbs I saw the same thing. I choose to not pay it any attention at this moment. "I don't know why." We sat their in each other embrace for a few moments until a voice was heard. "Not the one." We both turned to the source of the voice and we saw a tall slim figure. It was black with white strips on it's legs and arms. It's face was white with red cheeks a smile and blue tear tracks going down it's face. It's pointed to us and said in a eerie child's voice. "You are not who we want. White spirit. Not purple." I looked behind it and I saw Foxy, Bonnie, Chica and Freddy all looking at us but their eyes were pure black with glowing white pinprick sized pupils. I looked more closely and I could see what I assumed to be smoke that was wrapped around each of them and the tall thin one going upwards but it stopped only a little but above them and it made glowing figures that looked like children. I remembered what Vincent told me. How some children disappeared from the pizzeria a few days ago and then I realized. "He killed them." It was Vincent who killed them. If he killed me and Sophia then he is most likely to be the killer of the kids. The tall figure raised it's hand and pointed to the side. We both looked in that direction and a bright light was showing. "Go, Rest." It said before it and the other's faded. Me and Sophia looked at the light in front of us, it felt warm and very soothing, I felt like all of my troubles were fading away but something clicked in my mind. They were the kids who Vincent killed and the figure said he and Sophia were not who they were looking for. They they were not purple, so they only knew their killer had a purple spirit. The innocent guards are in danger if those kids are going to do anything, which they likely are. I looked behind me and I saw the spring Foxy suit I died in. I stood up and looked between the suit and the light. I did not know what to do so I talked to Sophia about it and she did not know what to do too. So I made the decision, I took her by her hands and looking into her eyes. "You go. Rest. I will join you as soon as Vincent is dead. When those kid's rest, so will I." "What? But why?" She asked. "I want to keep those guards safe, also getting a chance for revenge against Vincent for what he did is very tempting but that's just a bonus." I started to walk back to the Foxy suit but I was stopped about half way as Sophia grabbed my arm. "What kind of girlfriend would I be to let you do this. Letting me rest while you reject it and try to help those guards. In your dreams, we stick together." I was happy to hear that she still wanted to be with me. "You sure?" She narrowed her eyes at me. "More than ever." "Ok then." We walked forward and I touched the suit and then the world faded into darkness again. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza I woke up from my sleep and looked over at Sophia who was still sleeping. I stood up and walked out of the Parts and services room. The restaurant was completely empty so it must have been around 11 PM. The place usually is empty by that time until the night shift arrives at 12. I walked to the main door of the pizzeria and looked out the window as the rain gently hit it. When I passed by the stage Toy Freddy and the others they gave me strange looks. I would have sighed if I could, I placed my arm on the window. It's been so long since I was last outside on a grassy field of green or seen a blue body of water. "I thought I would find you here." I looked behind me and saw Sophia. She walked up to the window with me and we both looked outside. "Why not just tell the children it was Vincent?" "They are too enraged to listen to reason. You should know that by now. Besides, with all the times we have stopped them from killing a guard in rage do you honestly think they will believe us. We are adults, they are kids. They won't trust us." I said, still looking out the window. Sophia looked at the ground. "I suppose you are right. Why did Vincent do this, what caused him to love killing?" "I will be sure to make him tell us before we finish him. If I get to him first." We both continued to look out the window together. Enjoying the peaceful moment that won't last much longer. "Look." Sophia pointed up at the sky and when I looked where she pointed I saw a shooting star. As I looked back to Sophia I saw her praying with her eyes closed, I could hear what she was saying. " Please, I wish for this to end soon. I wish to leave this place." I could not agree more with her. I wanted this to end soon too. "We should get back. The night guard will need help tonight." "Same thing?" She asked. "Yes. Let's do our best to deal with Foxy and the Puppet. The Freddy head will keep the guard safe from the rest of them." With that we headed back to the Parts and services room to wait. It did not take long as we soon heard the front door open and footsteps heading passed the room and up the hall towards the office. Both me and Sophia looked at one another as we heard a bell ring and we got ready. On the 12th ring we heard the old animatronics in the room with us start to move. Sophia got up and walked out of the room, I knew she was going to make sure the Puppet stayed in it's box which left me to deal with Foxy. I waited until Foxy went out of the room and followed him and as usual he was getting ready to charge the night guard. "I don't think so." I said as I grabbed Foxy and pulled him which sent his backwards a good bit. He quickly recovered and looked at me. "What does it take t' send you t' Davy Jones' locker?" He said as he got into a fighting stance. As he did his pinprick eye turned from white to red and I decided to play pirate, badly. ","If you want t' get t' t' night watch you have t' go through me." With that Foxy charged at me too fast for me to react, he kicked me down to the ground and did a backflip causing him to land on his legs. As he landed I swooped my leg to trip him up and managed to get him so I got up quickly and brought my hook down to strike him but he blocked it with his hook before punching me off him with his hand. I am not going to lie, ever since I became a animatronic I have never felt anything from physical stuff. No pain. No relaxation. No tiredness. Nothing like that and in a way it was both good and bad. Situations like this, where I need to fight, is where it was useful. I could still feel emotional pain however. "I will rip you're corpse starboard out o' that suit." Foxy said that but he stopped. I was very thankful that the night guard shined his flashlight down the hall, Foxy remained frozen for a moment. This suit I am stuck in had still not got it's AI properly installed so I was unaffected by flashing lights and child noises. As Foxy stood there I pulled my fist back and punched him to the ground, temporally knocking him out. Needless to say when I looked back at the night guard I got a strange look from him so I just waved my hand at him before dragging Foxy back to the Parts and services room. The rest of the night was the same, Foxy would awaken and I would do my best to stop him. Honestly I would have failed the first time if the night guard did not keep flashing the hall and paralyzing Foxy, that was the only reason I managed to hold my own against Foxy most of the time. He might have been a old animatronic but he knew how to fight. While I was fighting Foxy, Sophia was at the prize corner, ready to do her best to keep the Puppet in it's box if the music box should stop. Foxy was tough but the Puppet was a whole other story. A few weeks ago it took both me and Sophia to just hold it off long enough for it to reach 6:00. If I was waiting for Foxy to wake or fighting him I always kept a ear out for the Puppet's song and would run to help Sophia right away should I hear it. Night after night we did this, sometimes even on weekends and because we always tried to stop the kids from killing the night guards me and Sophia were never on good terms with them. Even after their rage ended most of the time they were still mad at us for stopping them, I kept trying to tell them who their killer was but they never listened. When I heard the alarm go off signaling 6:00 AM I headed back to the Parts and services room with Foxy who was always giving me a deathly look. "Get in me way once more and I will become your worst nightmare." I looked at Foxy as meanly as I could. "If you keep trying to kill a innocent guard you can always expect me to try and stop you." With that said I entered the room and sat down on the other side of the wall. As I did I caught a glimps of a dark figure over me and I knew who it was. "Hello Shadow Bonnie." "Good to see you Tommy. Thank you for keeping the guard safe." I chuckled. "It was nothing. Who would not keep a innocent safe?" "Vincent?" I felt my rage build up at the mention of that name but I just dropped my head and faced the ground. "When will this end? When will Vincent die?" I asked, not expecting an answer but I was given one. "Me and Shadow Freddy are working on it. We already have a half plan in place as to what we can do to end this. It's a long shot but it might work. For now please wait a while longer." With that said Shadow Bonnie faded and I looked at the two other spring suits with me. Funny story on Golden Freddy. First, was he was Fredbear remade. The company tried to remake him as it was cheaper than buying a whole new animatronic and secondly he was getting controlled by a child, and to a lesser extent an adult who was one of the first employees who died by the springlocks but he could only appear as a figure and did not have full control like the child did. Shadow Bonnie was the employee who died in Spring Bonnie but when I got a chance to talk to both of them and asked them why they did not pass on they just stayed quite. A few seconds later I heard the door open again and Sophia was soon sitting down on the other side of me, in the usual spot she sits. "Another successful night. The puppet was asleep the full time." "What did you do in the mean-time?" I asked her. She shook her head when I asked that "BB. Enough said." "Well, We have a little while until we need to shut down. What do you-" I was interrupted by the sound of the door opening. When I entered it earlier Freddy, Chica and Bonnie were already in their spots and Foxy was right behind me. So who could it be? The answer was not one that I like. The fugure turned the corner and we were met with the Puppet. His pupils were red instead of white. I stood up, ready to fight and Sophia did the same. "You interfered again." He said, his voice was full of rage. "I have to because you don't listen to reason. Do you not understand that the night guard are not-" I did not get to finish what I was saying. "SILENCE!" I had just about lost it with the Puppet at that point. "NO! You listen this time you piece of emo tissue paper. When will you understand that we am trying to help you? We know who your killer is and you don't listen to us." The Puppet was not intimidated by my outburst. "Our killer was wearing a suit. How could you know who he is, much less how to get him? Oh, right. You can't." The Puppet smacked me with his hand which sent me flying to the back wall. "Tommy." I saw Sophia try to punch the Puppet but he avoided it easily and grabbed her by the arm, tossed her around and threw her right at me, knocking us both back against the wall. The Puppet floated up to use and looked at us with a deathly glare. "If you two won't go and rest by yourselves then I will make you." With that said the Puppet extended both of it's hands to us and a orb started to form, it kept getting brighter and expanding. When the light died down and we could see again I saw we were lying against a tree. I looked down at my hand and saw I was still in the suit and then I looked behind us and saw a giant forest. Both me and Sophia got off of Each other, stood up and looked around. "Tommy, look." Sophia pointed to a town in the distance. "We should go there." "Sophia. Wait and think, how would they react to seeing animatronics wondering around?" I looked up to the sky and I saw it was getting dark which was good as we could move around more easier without having to worry about being caught as much. "It's getting dark again. Could we please look around. How long has it been since you were last outside?" I looked around and I felt a bit of happiness from being somewhere other than that pizza place. I too wanted to look around so I turned back to her. "Ok. How about we wait until it is dark and them we will look around?" She nodded in agreement. "Thanks Tom." I saw a small stream of water a little bit away and I got curious to see if anything changed so I walked up to it and just as I expected, I saw my reflection as Spring Foxy in the water. I put my hook on my bottom jaw and the hand to the top and pulled them apart, only to learn nothing had changed as I still saw the rotten corpse head of my previous body, I closed it over and walked back to Sophia who was resting against the same tree we were against when we first arrived. "Should we shut down?" She asked. "No. It might be best if we don't. If we did we might sleep passed midnight so I think it would be best if we waited." I told her and hoped she would agree. She did and with that said we both sat down and waited for midnight. " Freddy Fazbear's Pizza The Puppet looked where Tommy and Sophia used to be and was happy to see they were gone. All the of the old animatronics were behind him and looking at what happened. Freddy spoke first. "Where are they?" "I sent them to rest. But, I felt some interference. I don't care honestly. As long as they are out of our way." The Puppet turned around to face them. "Now, Go back to sleep. Tomorrow we can finally get that night guard." All of them nodded and we back to their spots. As the Puppet opened the door it took one more look back to where Tommy and Sophia were curiously and held his gaze for a moment before leaving and going back to his box. A New WorldNight time fell upon the land and both me and Sophia stood up, ready to search around the the town that was not too far away. She looked at me, a little uneasy about my plan. "What if we are seen?" Sophia asked me. "Let's try and stick to the shadows, keep out of sight." She nodded at me and we both started to walk towards the town. As we walked along the path toward the town Sophia continued to ask me what I think we should do in some situations that might happen, like what would happen if we were seen, what if we were taken to another location in the world that was miles away, and so on. "If we are seen I think we should play stupid. We might be able to pass off as normal animatronics." She looked sad at his suggestion. "I don't want to go back. What is the point? Vincent almost never comes to the Pizzeria and even when he does it is only for a very short while." I felt my anger rise when I heard his name. Vincent was a total coward, he always left phone messages to help the new guards so he did not need to go. I started to think that he knew me, Sophia and the kids haunted that place and that is why he never comes to it. We could go outside but we have no idea where Vincent lives and even if we did, could we get there in time and would the kids know he was killed? Unlikely, so we stayed in that awful place, hoping he would slip up. "It will all be worth it, We just need to be patent. Sooner or later he is bound to slip up." I heard her giggle and looked to her. She was looking at a sign. I walked over to her and looked at the sign. "What a silly name." She said and I saw what the sign said. 'Welcome to Ponyville' I giggled too. "This is almost as silly at that town that is called Batman." Me and Sophia continued to walk towards the town and when were close enough we saw they were mostly made of wood and hay or straw. They looked like houses you would see in times like the bronze or dark age. There was castle close to the center that looked like it was made of crystals. "So, what are we looking for?" Sophia asked me. "Look for anything that can give us a idea of where we are. Meet me at the sign before sunrise." Sophia walked off to have a look around and so did I. Needless to say this place was impressive. I saw a house made of gingerbread, a large applefarm and the castle was just as, if not more, cool than the rest of the town. As I looked into the window of the gingerbread house I saw....a Pink pony heading up the stairs. "Pink pony? What?" I chose to forget it and continued to look around. I looked into more windows and I was always met with the same result. Pony after pony in each and every house. I started to wonder if I was insane. I was now heading back to the ponyville sign to meet with Sophia as I saw the sun was starting to rise. I was a little amazed to see her already there. I walked up to her. "How did your search go?" "The town is more or less like a old age town, but the one who live there are...get this...ponies." I was happy to know I was not seeing things so I now knew I was not insane. "I know, I saw them too. What do you want to do?" I asked her as I had no clue as to what to do. "Can we just sleep? If we are seen it could be bad for us." I had did not disagree with her. I looked towards the forest and then back at her. "Alright, but do you think we should go into the forest to sleep?" She nodded. "Yes. But not too far from the town." I nodded in agreement and we both walked towards the forest. When we passed 4 trees going inwards we stopped and turned around to face in the direction of the town before we sat down against some trees. "Goodnight Tommy." "Night Sophia." I closed my eyes as the suns light hit the town and I drifted off into another dream." Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. 2 Years ago. All I saw was darkness and I felt nothing as I lay down. I tried to move but I found I could not but I did hear some voices. "How did these locks fail. They were new and were the best they had in stock?" It was faint but I realized the voice. It was Fred the manager. "It was not so much the locks. The screws were not in correctly." I heard another voice and I felt my rage boil. It was Vincent. "Yes, I see it. The screws are bent and the locks are too. This was not a failure to hold the locks back, but to hold in place what prevents them from going off. Those locks are dug very deep into this body. I don't think we can remove them." I managed to get my sight back. I saw I was in the back room and I was looking at the roof. I tried to move my eyes too but they too would not move. "So what should we do?" Vincent asked. Fred started to leave. "Just hide them. We could change and use those suits in the future if they are needed. But try to cover up the smell and clean the blood from the backstage room. Also, money is getting to be a problem. We might need to close this room off or the full restaurant. I want you to be ready to board and plaster over the door to this room if it comes to it." Fred said before closing the door. Vincent giggled. "I can't believe it. I got away with it. 2 more, and they are none the wiser." He pulled out a screwdriver. "Now all I need to do is get rid of you." He said before placing it back in his pocket. "Time to clean up the blood." Vincent got some bleach and a mop that was next to him and walked out of the door. When he was at the door he pulled out his phone and called someone. "Uh, hello? Hello. Uhh, There's been a slight change in company policy concerning use of the suits. Um...Don't. After learning of a unfortunate incident at the sister location involving multiple and simultaneous spring lock failures, the company has deemed the suits temporarily unfit for employees." He closed the door and locked it. When he did I could feel myself being able to move again. I looked over to the side and saw Chica and she started to move. "Tommy?" She asked. "Yes. Sophia?" She nodded I tried to move my arms but they seemed to be stuck so I tried a bit harder and managed to move them towards Sophia...and heard a sickening crack. Sophia seemed to shake with disgust. "What was that?" I had a idea of what I might be but I needed more proof. "Sophia, would you please move your arm to me?" She did it and the same kind of crack was heard. "Ok. It's likely our old body in these suits. The locks are...breaking the bones." If I had a stomach then I would likely be throwing up right now knowing that. As I looked down at myself I saw my suit was wet and there was blood puddles on the floor. So me and Sophia were likely cleaned soon after these suits went off. We both heard some giggling behind us and we both turned to see Fredbear and spring Bonnie but only Fredbear seemed to be alive as his eyes were glowing. "Another failure. That's 5." He said. "What do you mean?" Sophia asked. "I was the first. The first lock failure. Poor kid, got his skull crushed. A few days later. Again, me and another fazbear employee. Killed and crushed. Moisture set the locks off, and now you two. They thought of stopping the spring suits after the first 3 fails, but no. These suits are cheaper and they just got new spring locks, and look how that turned out." This surprised me. I had no clue that others have died in these locks. But one the that Fredbear said I did not understand. "You said you died in it after the kid got his skull crushed. Why would you go in it when something like that happened?" His eyes looked down to the ground. "At the time I had no idea that a kid died. The company kept it silent and passed it off as a accident to these who saw it. Needless to say, when the other 2 failures happened. The ones in charge got in major trouble and both me and Bonnie were left here to rot." Now Bonnie's eyes started to glow. "Can you two not move?" I asked. "No endoskeleton. Can't move." I was going to get up and walk over to them until I heard footsteps coming this way. I looked and Sophia and she nodded. With that we both we back to how we were before and both Fredbear and Bonnie's eyes stopped glowing. The door opened and both Fredbear and Vincent walked in. "...and your sure that's a good idea?" Fredbear asked. "Think about it. It would let us use Fredbear again. For important events like birthday parties." "I suppose you're right. Got the gold spray cans?" Vincent held up 4 gold spray cans. " Good. Help me with Fredbear." They both lifted up Fredbear and carried him out of the room. The door closed and me and Sophia both started to move again. "Spring Bonnie, How long have you been here?" I asked and his eye brightened up again. "Around 2years." I heard the first part but his voice started to fade and the area around me started to become like a void. I looked over to Sophia and even she was gone. "Puppet. Is this your doing?" I asked out to the void and received no answer. I heard footsteps behind me so I turned around to see...a purple pony looking at me. She had a hair and tail that were sparkling like the night stars, her coat was a nice purple night color and her eyes were as silver color. She had wings and a horn and was also wearing some black armour. She was looking at me with curious eyes. "Who are you?" She seemed to be a bit surprised I could speak as she took a step back. "I am Luna, Princess Luna. Who or what might you be." I had no clue why, but I felt like I could trust her a little. "Tom, or spring Foxy. Take your pick. I am an animatronic." She stayed silent for a moment. "Well...Tom the animatronic. Your are currently dreaming. I must say I have never seen your kind before. Are you native to Equestria? She asked. "Equestria? Is this not earth?" She shook her head. "I have never heard of such a place. So you must be new here." "What are you doing in my dream?" I asked her. "As the Princess of the night is is by duty to see to it that those who sleep dream pleasantly." I nodded as I understood. "Well. Why did you come to mine?" "I wanted to meet you as something like you, a giant metal fox, I never seen or heard of. That and I was drawn to your dream by a large amount of anger." I thought back to when I was last angry and I remembered it was when I heard Vincent. I did not notice it by my eyes went black with red pinprick pupils and even the black of the void I was currently in turned a few shades redder. "Such...Rage." She said with a little fear. "Well you would be insanely mad too if you met the one who killed you and your special someone!" I shouted, not quite in control of my tone of voice. "Killed? You died? But you're alive. You're talking and moving." I put my hook on my lower jaw and my hand on the top and pulled them apart. I could still see Luna's face as I pulled them apart to show her the head of the corpse of my in my previous life. She turned from purple to white and froze with shock and disgust, them screamed. The dream collapsed and I was thrown back to my body and woke up. I looked over to Sophia and saw she was still sleeping so I waited. I did not want to try to go back to sleep. I looked up at the sky and to my surprise, it was still daytime. The sun was in the center of the sky so it was likely around noon. Sophia suddenly jumped awake. "Tom. You're awake?" I nodded. "Yes, I had a strange dream about a pony named Luna" She just looked at me in surprise when I said that. "You dreamed of her too?" I nodded. "Well, we are awake now so we might as well stay awake. What do you want to do?" I asked her. She stayed silent for a few moments. "Can we just go for a walk." "Alright." We both got up and started to walk along the sides of the forest. Always keeping the exit in sight. A walkThe morning light that shined down on me and Sophia as we walked along the edges of this forest was tormenting. I really do miss what it was like to feel things physically with my own hands and what it was like to feel the wind on my face. Even that one time when I touched my corpse out of curiosity I still did not feel anything. It was creepy to think about such a thing but I had accepted it as a fact that I am walking around with my previous body almost merged with a endoskeleton. The suit only had locks but it was the endoskeleton that crushed me when the locks broke, casing it to slide back into place. I still remember that one time less than a week ago after my death when I had inspected my corpse to see what fully happened and the endo skeleton eyes went through the back of my skull and crushed my real eyes like grapes and while they were gone the skin of them remained on the endo eyes making them seem realistic when they were real. "So, Do you think the puppet was a guy or a girl?" Sophia asked me with a hope of breaking the long silence of the walk. I just shrug my shoulders. "I honestly don't know, but if I have to be honest I think it's a she. Vincent did talk about the Puppet and mentioned it as a 'her' in a message he left for the night guard from what I heard when I listened in once." We continued walking and talking for a while until Sophia asked me something that caused me to stop in my tracks. "If we get back, are we just going to go back to the way things were?" I thought for a moment and I hated to say it, but there was no other way. We could not Attack Vincent during the day back home and we could not find any records as to where he lives so we can't go and kill him at night. "Sophia, even I don't like it but there is no other way. We could just pass on but then the night guards would be in even more danger, and both of us don't want that." I hoped that whatever plan Shadow Bonnie and Shadow Freddy had would be put to action soon. "What if there is no way back home?" She asked. "Then we just pass on. There would be nothing we could do." I answered truthfully. A phone rang in Vincent's home but he just left it to hear who it was on the other end. After a few seconds the message that was to be left was heard. "Vincent, It's me Fred. Listen I...I need your help. You've worked with the company a very long time and I need you to stand by my side in the court room. Yes, you heard that right, I need to go to court. There was a malfunction in one of the toy animatronics, that mangle bit the front part of Jeremy's head clean off. I tried to tell the cops that they were made by someone else, but because they are owned under me I am getting the charges for it. So would you be there? Please?" The machine beeped to indicate the massage was recorded and Vincent let out a sinister chuckle. "Well done Mangle, just as I programed you to do. The facial recognition software is so easy to alter. Hopefully that place will be shut down now, I still don't trust those old ones." The phone rang again but Vincent just left it to hear who it was, it turned out to be Fred again. "Vincent, Forget that last call. I managed to avoid going to court but I have to pay off a large fine to Jeremy's family and the toy versions have to be scrapped. Don't worry, you're not out of a job, we just need a smaller location and we can keep the older animatronics. I managed to find the old location we had and it was up for sale so we will be moving back there. Also I am getting magnetic doors installed to keep our night guards safe. We are already hanging by a thread and I can't afforded to take any more chances so the animatronics we do have will also not be moving around again, they will stay on the stage. That's mostly all I have to say. Take some time off while we get things ready. See you back at the old place in a week." The phone call ended. "Grraaahh." Vincent punched the wall and sat down on a chair. "Why? Why won't that place just close and destroy those stupid robots? If the law discovers these stupid robots stuff people into suits then they will discover the body's of the kids when they are torn apart. I swear when the puppet did that it was like it was alive." Vincent stopped to think for a moment. "Well, the older version did start acting strange...after I killed those brats. Could they...No...Ghosts don't exist, it was likely just a malfunction from the blood. However I am not taking the chance, I need to get rid if those older versions." Vincent chuckled and he started to think up a plan to get rid of the older versions. "I can almost retire from this job anyway so I will do one last week, then those robot's are dead." As we continued to walk along the forest edge, me and Sophia continued to talk about random things to break the silence. "I miss being able to eat and taste things. What about you?" I just shrugged my shoulders and said "I don't know, never thought about it. But if I had to choose, I miss being able to feel. However that does not mean I miss pain too." I heard a bush rustle close by and both of us stopped to see what it was. A few moment's later we both saw a wolf that was made of wood come through the bush, it took a look at us and stopped walking. I continued to look at us and we to it, both of us wondering why such a thing existed. The ponies I could believe, but not a wold made of wood. It started to growl at us but we both remained unmoving. We were metal, a strong one at that, and it was made of wood that looked to be withered. We both knew this thing could do little to nothing to damage us but I did not want to fight it because I was bad a fighting, even if I have been fighting foxy almost every night for the past year and a half. The wolf lunged at us and bit Sophia on the arm, only to yelp and let go as it's teeth were broken. It ran off into the forest, leaving both me and Sophia looking in the direction it went for a few seconds before looking at each other. "That was...odd." I said to her. "I know. First Ponies, and now wooden wolfs. What's next? Dragons?" "Don't jinx it." Just as I finished saying that we heard a glass break and both turned in the direction of the sound. We saw a zebra in a cloak standing next to a water stream and at it's feet was smashed glass and a water puddle. It was looking at us with a combination of wonder and horror and there was another awkward silence. It had a crystal in it's hoof and it was pointing it at us, not knowing what to do I decided to break the silence by speaking. "Hi." The zebra turned and ran away. Sophia looked at me, an annoyed expression across her face. "Tom, Zebra's can't speak." "What about that dream we had?" "It was just a dream. Nothing more." I sighed and decided not to argue, knowing that it was true. We continued to walk through this forest, no location in mind. Twilight was arranging book with Spike in her new castle. She had just learned what room is for what in this large castle and was not getting additional furniture place in other rooms. She heard the front doors getting chapped and walked towards the door, when she opened it up she came face to face with Zecora, but she was panting heavily. "Zecora, are you all right?" Twilight was worried for her friend as she has almost never been seen like this. "Miss Twilight, Your help I need please. There is a unnatural monster in the everfree." She spoke quickly. "Calm down Zecora. Come in and tell me what you need to." Twilight lead Zecora into the living room of her castle where she sat her down on a chair. "Now, What was this about a monster?" "I was out to collect water from my newest brew, until I ran across I creature that seemed to be new." Twilight's ears stood up at this and she levitated some paper and a quill over to her, read to take notes. "What exactly did this creature look like?" She asked. Zecora closed her eyes and thought back to the event. "Their eyes were slightly shining bright, and their claws and teeth more than enough to fill me with fright. They were a fox and a chicken, with teeth that had no hope of escape if bitten. Before I ran In panic, I used a crystal to search them and found no magic." Twilight put her hoof on her chin and thought. "I don't know what they could be. What were they made off. Wood like the Timberwolves? How big were they?" Zecora shook her head. "They made me feel very unsettled, when I realised they were made of metal. They were taller than me, Perhaps so much so the Princesses would be slightly smaller." Twilight's eyes widened at this information. "Tall. Metal. Bright eyes. No magic. A fox and a chicken. Why would a predator and it's pray hang out? The closest thing I can think of is a golem but they are made of stone and have magic and no eyes." Twilight thought for a moment. "Don't worry Zecora, I will sent Celestia message about this and see if she has an answer. Fell free to say here if it makes you feel safer." Twilight said while writing her letter to Celestia Metal MonsterTwilight received a letter back from Celestia, it mentioned to her that she will be along tomorrow as she is busy today. It also mentioned that she has no clue of anything that is even closely related to the creatures she described. "Well, it looks like she will be here tomorrow." Twilight said to herself. Zecora had left a while left. She mentioned she would see if she could find those metal monsters and try to find out anything else about them as they had seen her before but never attacked or followed her. With nothing else to do, Twilight returned to cleaning up the castle. Me and Sophia must have walked in a circle, as we were walking we realised we walked away from the town without knowing it so we made a right turn at a clearing we found and we soon found ourselves back at the town and worse, it was almost sundown. "Can we stop here and go to sleep?" I did not want to sleep. While I really did not need it and would likely get board waiting for morning, I did not want to dream that dream again. So far this world is strange in all ways and until my mind is a little more settled I want to keep awake. "You can go to sleep if you want. I will stay awake." I wanted to see if she would have the same dream, about that strange night coloured pony. Sophia slept for around 3-4 hours until she jumped awake and frantically looked around, the whole time I was just carving out bad drawings on a rock that was close to us with my hook. "How was you're sleep? I asked her. "Strange. I dreamed that I met that pony...Luna, again." I had a feeling that Luna was actually entering our dreams. The fact that she had came out of nowhere was on clue and now another one of her appearing in dreams again meant she really could go into dreams. "What did she ask you?" I asked. "She politely asked my name but I stood their looking at her. I had a feeling I had seen her before and now that I am awake I can remember where I had seen her." "Sophia. I think it's best if we stay awake." We did not need to go to sleep but we did so back at Freddy's so time would pass quickly. I think it has something to do with our animatronic AI. Ours was never switched on so it never took control and the reason the others moved around during the night was because their AI was recharging during that time. "I think you're right. I don't want to sleep if I can't dream presently. Not that Luna gave me a nightmare but I just...want to be alone in my dream." I offered her a hand to get up and she took it. When we were both up she looked down at the rock I was carving out and laughed. It was like a child's drawing of me and Sophia and it said in a poorly written way 'Me and my Love together forever' with spirits over our bodies and they were hugging, both spirits and bodies. "Aww. How cute." I would have blushed if I still could. It was a little embarrassing. "I was bored." I said quickly and she just hugged me. It was strange as I still could not physically feel her touch but I still felt happy knowing she was happy too. We some footsteps on the ground close to us and we both looked over to the source of the sound, and I almost screamed. There was a figure standing there and all I could make out was it was in a cloak and it's eyes were glowing a bright sickly green. Both me and Sophia turned and ran the other way, I did not know what that thing was but I did not want to find out. The fact it was out this late at night made me think it was likely a predator. "Yeah they don't tell you these things when you sign up...But hey! First day should be a breeze, I'll chat with you tomorrow, uhh, Check those cameras, and be sure to close the door's only if absolutely necessary. Gotta conserve power. Alright Goodnight." Vincent stopped the recording on the phone. In a way he was happy. This place so far was making very little money, not enough to last so it was going to close by the end of this year. He sat down on his seat and checked the cameras. This was strange for him as he had never been a night guard before, mostly only day shift and it was giving newbies instructions. "Man, this place is creepy at night." His mind started to wonder about how all of this started. He was going along in his new car he had just purchased and he saw a kid crying outside Freadbear's. Worried for the kid he pulled up and tried to comfort him, keeping a genuine smile and telling him he was going to be fine. He offered the kid some cake with peanut butter icing that he had gotten for himself for lunch. But the moment the kid started to choke, he stood in horror at the kid died in front of him. He now hit the table. "Why did that kid not tell me he was allergic to peanut butter. HE COULD CLEARLY SEE THE ICING COLOUR!!!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. While that kind of icing was a kind he had made himself he was still sure the kid would have told him if he was allergic. He still remembered how he felt when the kid died. He stood there and looked as the kid looked back into his eyes, with a waterfall of tears going down his face. After all of that he drove away as quickly as he could and spent the next few days crying about it. But the more he thought about it the more his mind started to tell him how fun it was to see him chocking helplessly. He pushed it to the back of his head and went to work at Freddy's after all other tries for other jobs failed, and that is when everything went south. His second and first sons lived with him after his wife was killed in a car crash so his youngest son often came over to him when he was working. On the day of his youngest son's birthday he asked his boss if he could surprise his kid with an animatronic show just for him. His request was accepted thanks to his good work but there was a load of other kids who picked on him, and his oldest son fell to peer pressure and joined the gang, to him it was harmless fun and while they did not hurt the young brother they did emotionally hurt him and no matter what Vincent said, he would not stop. The moment he hanged out with the others he was back to his old tormenting self. On the day of the little ones birthday his older brother shoved him into Fredbear's mouth and the moisture from his tears set off the locks, making Fredbear's jaw crush his skull. Needless to say, the gang called the older brother a killer and said 'It was your idea'. Night's passed and the older brother had lot's of night terrors. He said to Vincent he had breamed about the animatronics coming after him and they looked like real monsters. The pressure and stress caused the older brother to take his own life just a few days after his younger brother passed away on the hospital bed. Vincent lost it from then. He felt into a wreak, started drinking and having anger problems that was mostly directed to Freddy's pizza for not making sure the animatronic was safe. One day a bunch of kids wearing the same colour clothes as those who made his little one miserable appeared at Freddy's and he lost it. He put on the spring bonnie suit, took them to the safe room and killed them. The rush he felt when he killed them was a good feeling and he felt like he needed it, a few years later he killed another load of kids at the new location that had the toy versions. To this day he was still unsure why the puppet stuffed the bodies into suits but he was sure it was because of the endoskeleton rule that Freddy's had. Vincent opened his eyes as he heard a alarm ring. Looking at the clock he saw it was 6 so he got up and started to leave until he felt something on his cheek. He touched it and he felt a teardrop going down his face. "Why and I crying? I-I liked that feeling. Didn't I?" Vincent asked himself as he opened the door and a little tight feeling in his chest emerged as he left. I continued to run away from whatever that thing was, but it seemed to keep on following up. This happened 4 times now and I was starting to lose my patience. I turned around to face the creature and pulled by jaws apart so much so that my dead head was clearly visible and I screamed in a metallic voice. I swear I saw the green eyes turn white and I even heard what sounded like a rock crack when it froze in place after I did that. A few seconds later I heard it scream and rush off so fast that thick dust was left in it's wake. "There. Now it should leave us alone." "What was it's deal? Why was it following us." "No clue, Sophia. But whatever the reason, I don't think it will come back now." I looked up to the sky and I could see the sun was starting to rise as the sky was a orange colour and was getting brighter. We both sat down against a tree and started to talk about what to do. "Well, we can't sleep thanks to Luna. We can't go into town. Who knows how they will react to seeing us. We could always stay here, in the forest." "We could make ourselves seen by a little group of ponies. They might help us if they find out we are not hostile." I told her. "Sure, and they won't get curious and try to see how we work, only for them to lose it when they find...us...inside these suits." I could see her point. If this was anything like our world then experimentation or captivity might happen to us. But I also knew that not all of them must be like that. "I understand, but we can give it a try. Besides, these ponies look like they don't have technology so we should be fine if they try anything." Sophia and I continued to talk about if it was a good idea to make ourselves known and it ended with us both agreeing to show ourselves to the next one that comes into this forest but not follow it home and not to reveal ourselves if there is more than 2. "Sounds like a plan." I mentioned to her and we rested again the tree. A few silent moments passed until Sophia asked me something that got my by surprise. "Can we snuggle?" She asked me. "Sophia. You know we can't fell any-" She cut me off. "Not this way. The other way." I know what she was implying and I did not like it, whenever I did that it felt strange. "Please. For me?" I would have sighed if I still could. "Fine." I used my strength to force my spirit out of the animatronic but the spectral tail that was where my legs were before was still connected to the suit and Sophia was the same. Our spirits were white in colour and out eyes were like black holes, in a way it still creeped me out. The reason I did not like this is because it felt like a dream that I knew was real and I felt a little cold while like this. Sophia wrapped her arms around me and I melted into her arms. While we could only feel other spirits and it was a bit cold, I felt my chest heat up with the care and love she was showing me, even two years after our deaths. I rested my head against hers and we both enjoyed the embrace of each other. Twilight was sitting down and having a cup of tea with Celestia, all the while she was telling her of the details of what Zecora said in her description. "I have no clue what those things could be. Did they harm Zecora?" "No Celestia. They did not even follow her when they seen her." There was rapid chapping at the door and it was also quite loud. Twilight rushed to it, the only time someone has ever chapped her doors like that was in a emergency. She opened the door to find Zecora wearing her cloak but her hood was down and she was shivering like she had been through a blizzard. "Zecora! What happened?" Twilight asked while putting a hoof oh her shoulder. "Monster...Dead...Suit...Inside...Head." Zecora was shaking in fear. Celestia looked at Zecora with a worried expression. "Twilight. Get your friends. I want to see for myself if this creature is a threat." "Should be get the elements?" She asked. "Yes, but don't wear them or use them unless I say so." Twilight ran off to find Spike while Celestia tended to Zecora. Well the cat is out the bagMe and Sophia kept snuggling for a good while and I almost fell asleep, she was still awake however. Goodness knows how long has passed but I honestly did not care, I would happily stay like this with her forever. The forest was very nice at night as all I heard were crickets chirping, water falling and a soft wind blowing. As I sat there my mind drifted back to the other trapped spirits, hoping that they were now free and Vincent was dead. "I can't take this anymore!" Vincent shouted as his 2nd last shift ended. Ever since he thought about how all of this started, it has been haunting him. He can't sleep right at night because he has been hearing the cries of the kids he murdered. "Why...Why now? Why did this...regret have to come back now? Why not in a few more days when I will be out of here?" He slammed his fist into the wall and almost collapsed. "Son...I am sorry. I was on shift on the day of your birthday party, but I could not be there for you. You died because I was not with you and I have never forgiven myself for that, perhaps it's because I don't deserve any." Vincent's mind was rushing to find a solution. He hated this feeling and wanted to be rid of it. "I need to make this right. I need to show myself I am wrong." Vincent stood up and walked out the front door of the establishment. "I need to destroy those animatronics. If I do then, if their ghosts that are haunting them will be free. But I hope that is not the case. I will not lie, it has been fun, and the feeling from killing those brats, at the time, was great. I am sorry my sons...Angelica...my wife. I have become a monster and I know now that I need to try and make this right." Vincent walked back into the establishment and headed to the safe room, where he found a fire axe. "This will do nicely." He said as a creepy grin grew on his face and he chuckled. As Vincent left the Pizzeria he failed to see two shadows standing in the corner. "It's almost time. Should we tell them?" "No. If they know what we are planning then they might not do it. Just stick to the plan." "Enjoy your last day of life Vincent." Both of the shadows vanished. Twilight and her friends were on the edge of the Everfree and all ready to go in with Zecora. "You lead the way Zecora." Twilight said and Zecora started to show them the way, but her steps were shaky from what she experienced before. "Twilight, Do you think the elements are really needed to deal with this?" "Almost every time something unusual has happened, it has lead to something bad. This might be one of those again, so lets deal with it before it becomes something to worry about." She got no reply from Rainbow Dash. "Rock, Paper, Scissors." Sophia won that round. "Lucky." She giggled at my comment. "How about 47 out of 52?" Me and Sophia had gotten board waiting for dawn so she had the idea of a game of RPS. She was quite good at it, so much that I swear she can see half a second into the future. "Can we play something else?" "Like what?" I grinned. "Your it." I said as I pushed her and flew to the others side of the tree. "Oh, it is on." She flew after me and kept on chasing me. Sure this is childish, but at this point I don't care. Nobody is here to criticize us and this is the most fun I have had since I arrived in this strange place. Which was 3 days ago when dawn comes around. We played like this for a few minutes until we heard footsteps on the pathway that was close by. Both me and Sophia flew over and took a look. The same Zebra that I scared off before now had others with her. "She must have gotten her friends. Or the authorities." Sophia spoke to me next. "Let's go back to our suits. If they leave then good, if they find us then we can scare them off again and it is night time." I liked the way she was thinking, so we did just that. We each went into ours suits but did not activate them. "So where at these 'Metal Monsters'" Dash said mockingly with got a look from Twilight. "Everypony, Listen up. The creatures Zecora mentioned about could not have gone to far, unless it can go faster than Dash, so I want each of you to split up and look for it. Also, don't worry, I have these." Twilight showed 7 pairs of sweat bands, each with a white square on and a jewel under the square. "These have a tracking spell on them, we can find each other if we get lost. If you find them then press the Jewel attached to it" Each on of them took the one that matched their coat colour and spread out on their search. "So are we just going to just stay here?" I asked her. "These Ponies don't seem to have a good technology from what we have seen at the village. So if we just stay like this then they might think we have lost all power and leave us." "Or take us away." I said. "Oh, Well if it comes to that then...eh...we can run." "And if they follow us?" "Then we fight." She said with a little disappointment. Bushes that were close to us rustled and we both got ready. When we looked over to who it was we saw a yellow winged one with pink hair. When she saw us I swore I heard glass cracking, she turned grey and fell over like a perfect statue. She seemed to be unconscious so me and Sophia left the suits to go and check on her. "Is she ok?" "She is fine. Just fainted from fright." I told her. We both sat at the fainted pony and talked for a few minutes it was mostly about what we should do, and I chose to leave. I managed to convince Sophia to do the same, while she did not like it because she thought it would take longer to get home, I told her 'If this one reacted like that, then what about the others?' She seemed to understand my meaning and agreed with me. But just as we were about to activate our suits to leave we heard another voice. "Fluttershy!" With that we decided to wait, if we activated our suits right now then they would likely make too much noise with them being so close. "The tracker says she is right over...here." She froze when she saw the one called Fluttershy lying on the ground next to our suits. "Is she alright?" The orange one asked and then the rainbow one rushed over to her and checked all over her. "She has no injuries, and she is shaking a little. She was likely shocked into unconciseness." The purple on walked up to our suits and looked at them curiously. "Are these the things you mentioned about Zecora?" The zebra form before was shaking while looking at us and she nodded. "They are very rusty, so they are old and they look like they have not been active for a long time. But I must say, these are certainly not golems." The purple one lifted up Sophia's hand and then took a close look at me. I was wanting to just activate my suit and make a run for it but I chose to stay and trust what Sophia had planned. "What should we do with them?" The White one asked. Purple's horn lit up and she then touched me forehead with it, and she was shaking in fear. "Normally Golems are creatures brought to life with machinery or magic...but there was once a time where they were brought to life in a much more...horrible way. The life force of a pony would be ripped from their body and placed in the body and the pony would still be able to feel, to think and to understand. When I used that spell, I felt a lot of sadness and rage." "Meaning?" Blue asked. "Meaning that they are asleep now and some pony's life force is trapped in them." They all gasped but then the orange one spoke. "Twi, I though you never believed in this stuff." "I really don't, but I still decided read up on them just encase something similar happens or this kind of stuff turns out to be real but inaccurate. Like the prank that we thought was a curse." The orange one continued. "Do ya know what to do now?" "Well, there was a spell that was meant to awaken the force in golems. Only I never tested it out because...well...I never thought we would need it. But I could try it from memory. Stay back just encase this goes wrong." All the others stood back and Twilight got to work. As her horn glow and something that looked like purple dust started to surround me and Sophia and I started to feel like I was getting pulled into the suit. Before I knew it I started to feel the suit switch on and I was soon looking through animatronic eyes again. Where and what your metal grave isIt was not just my suit that came back online, but the voice box too. Me and Sophia were almost panicking, wondering what to do. As we looked at each other we understood what we should do. So we put on an act that made up look like we had programing. "A-a-a-arr me matey. Are ye ready ta sail the se-seven seas?" I tried to makes it convicting by moving in the way a robot does and even looking at places where there was nothing there. "Are y-y-y-you kids hungry? Have a sli-sli-slice of pizza." Sophia was doing the same and we added crackles to our speech to fit the 'Old and worn down' look. "Eh...Twilight. Why are they acting like that??" The Purple Unicorn call Twilight walked up to us and looked at us more closely. "They look like Golems but they act like machines that were built for a single thing. Perhaps for entertainment? They could have been thrown out because of their condition. But it doesn't make much sense. I felt the life force of them and they are acting like this? Like a machine and not act sentient." The Zebra from before walked up to us and was eyeing us with fear in her eyes. "The creatures haven't had their life force ripped out...but flesh merged with the machines no doubt." Twilight looked to Zecora with a raided eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?" "I saw the inside still had flesh. But it was say was certainly not fresh." The Blue one flew up to her. "Wait. So you're saying they were creatures and they died in them and their bodies are still there?" Zecora nodded. All of their faces had turned green and the yellow one fainted. Me and Sophia didn't know what to do now. They're probably not going to buy our act for much longer. The one called Twilight approached us and we both looked at each other from behind the animatronics. I had an idea, a risky one as it would give us away but it could also let us get away. Just before she reached out suits I used the voice box and spoke in a ghostly voice but it was mixed with the normal voice. " Yarr ma-ma-matey Leave us. Are ya ready-dy-dy fo- Stay away -for adventure? Drop the anchor and get ou-t-t-t-t there.Don't come any closer." I made the eyes turn black with pinprick sized pupils and this got them all to step back. "D-Darling. Did I just hear another voice?" Twilight spoke. "It seems there are spirits in these things." I decided now was the time to act so I focused to make myself visible to them and put on a face of anger. "STAY AWAY! LEAVE US!" They all screamed and ran the other way. All besides the fainted yellow one. Sophia spoke to me. "What about her?" She pointed to the fainted Yellow one. "She's done nothing bad. Let's..." As I though about it, it would be nice if we took her to the town and left her. I might prevent a search part one they realize they ran off. "Take her to town" I picked her up and we both walked to the town. As we got to the edge I placed the pony down on the edge so she will be facing the town when she wakes up and then we both took off back into the woods. Vincent was at home and sitting down on the chair, thinking about the past. "Dad." His son said and it got his attention. "Yes?" "Thinking about little sis again?" Vincent nodded. "Yeah, still can't believe she's gone." In the past few nights, Vincent has been in the underground facility, tending to the animatronics and the animatronic called 'Baby' has been more active than normal and talking like it had a human mind, ever since he lost his daughter to it. "I know. It was a shame how she died. I mean she almost got chopped in half by that 'Baby' animatronic." Vincent sighed. "I know and I was told to take it for repairs. But with the state of the company, I might just scoop them for parts and sell them. I mean it's only logical if we have no use for them." The phone started to ring and Vincent answered it. "Hello?.....Yes?....oh boss, what are.....so you want to....I understand....I'll get to it." He placed the phone down. "What was that about?" Vincent smiled. "We might have just found a way to save our business. But in order to do so we need the money. So Michael, up for helping me with a little work?" michael smiled. "Sure, what do you need?" Vincent handed him a key and a uniform. "I need you to put these clothes on and take this key and then head to the old pizzeria. The animatronics there are deactivated and I...we need you to take them apart for parts. Selling all the parts is the only hope the company has of even starting to recover." "Sure dad." Michael put on the purple uniform and took the key. Later both Vincent and Michael were out in the front with Michael in the car. "Now remember son, you don't need to take them off at each nut and bolt, there will be a fire exe in the old boarded up room, you can use that to quickly and easily get rid of them. Head to where the bathrooms are and rip off the wall to the left. The old room is in there." "Alright dad. I'll be back before midnight." Michael took off in the car and Vincent stood there waving. When Michael was away Vincent went underground and into the facility. "My daughter. I'll bring you back. Michael had just arrived at the old pizzeria and approached the old building. It looked just like one from a horror movie. Broken down, cold, wet and dark. Heading to the front door, he unlocked it and entered the building and the inside wasn't any more present. "This place really has lost it's life." Michael walked to the bathroom and looked to the left and indeed there did seem to be a wall that was boarded up. "Alright. Let's get this over with." He wedged his fingers into the weak board and pulled, ripping it off of the wall. "There we go." Just as he finished that he heard a noise that sounded mechanical behind him. Turning around he saw the 4 animatronics, Freddy, bonnie, chica and Foxy all looking at him. He slowly back away into the room and when he was in the Animatronics stopped and looked around, like they lost him and a few seconds later they left. "W-what?" He went outside and caught their attention. "Hey rust buckets." He ran back in when they chased him and got the same result. "Can they not see me in here?" Looking to the side, Michael saw a fire axe and as he picked it up he know what he had to do. RobbersSomething has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.DecisionsSomething has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.Living MetalSomething has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.SoulsSomething has gone wrong. We don't seem to have an archived copy of that chapter.
SpringTrappedI almost jumped joyfully as I heard the 6:00 AM alarm, another night done and another guard lives to see tomorrow. As the other animatronics all went back to their spots around the pizzeria I head back to the Parts and services room and into the back area. When I arrived I saw Golden Freddy and spring Bonnie sitting in the back and unmoving like normal, but it was more interested in the other suit. Spring Chica, who moved her head to look at me as I entered. "Tommy." She said sadly. As she said that her mouth moved and I saw a small bit of the dead, impaled and crushed corpse of Sophia's body when she was alive. She, like me, died in a spring suit. I sat down on the other side of the wall still looking at her."The guard is safe Sophia. He lived." She, however did not look so happy as the eyelids of the suit went downward diagonally. "When will this end? I somewhat don't mind this suit, but I am sick of this pizzeria, I want to get out of here." I sighed. "You know we can't. We can't leave at night and if we try it in the day we will be seen. However I could be worse, we could not have eachother." She giggled at that. "True, I don't know what I would do if you were not here with me." I smiled as she said that. "This will likely not last forever. We just need to get the children in those machines to understand who their killer was. After that the night guards will be safe and when they kill him we can all move on. Let's get some sleep. We will need to help the next guard tomorrow." With that we closed our eyes to go to sleep and I felt myself drifting off. I would be happy to dream pleasantly, but for me that was not the case, I once again was reminded of the day and the day before both me and my girlfriend Sophia died in those suits. 2 Years ago at the first Freddy Fazbear's pizza restaurant. "You're hired." The moment I heard that I almost jumped with glee, I just got my first job, at Freddy's no less. "Do you have any questions for us?" The interviewer asked me. "Yes I do. When do I start and what will I be doing?" He checked the paper on his clipboard. "7:00 sharp tomorrow from 8 AM until 8 PM and you will be entertaining the children. You will get a full hour lunch break at 12 and a half a hour break at 4. From Monday till Friday and you will be wearing a Spring suit. I understand if you are nervous because you might not know what to do but don't worry, Vincent will help you with that." I was still confused as to what a spring suit is. "What is a spring suit?" I asked him and he pointed to Golden Freddy who was on stage and I could see that there was someone in it, whenever he or she talked I could see what looked like a mouth within it. "It let's a person wear a animatronic as a suit. You will be wearing the new one. The Spring-Foxy one and you will be in Pirate's cove until Foxy is repaired. When it is then we will find you something else to do." The moment I heard I was going to be entertaining children as Foxy I almost lost my cool. To me Foxy was the best of all the characters. I still had one more thing to ask him. "Who is Vincent? If he is going to help me should I not know what he looks like?" The interviewer stood up from his chair. "Wait here. I will get him." With that he walked off and I sat there, looking at them perform on the stage. A few moments later he came back with someone dressed in purple, a lot of purple and his smile did not help, it was a very wide grin and his eyes were wide with Pinprick pupils, he almost seemed crazy. He spoke. "So...you are the new guy. I'm Vincent. Nice to meet you." He extended his arm to me. I shook it. The one who interviewed me spoke next. "Vincent will help you start tomorrow. Meet him backstage." I looked to Vincent and his smile did not change. "Look forward to working with you. Before you go, here is your new work clothes." He said and handed me a uniform. I took it and started to walk towards the door to leave but I was approached by Chica. "Tommy, I overheard everything. Nice to know we will be working together." I instantly recognized the voice, it was my girlfriend Sophia. I turned to her with a smile. "I will be nice to work here, especially with you." I went home that day, eager to start my job tomorrow. The rest of the day was a normal day, mostly just sitting around and watching the TV and then going to bed for the night. Before I headed to my bed for the night I informed the rest of my family about my new job and needless to say they were all thrilled. I woke up at 6:00 As and I did not feel even a bit tired. I quickly turned of the alarm and in less than 2 minutes I was fully dresses and in another 15 I was finished my breakfast and almost out the door. The most annoying part was waiting for the bus but I managed to keep my cool it arrived and I was on my was to Freddy's again. As I arrived I saw that the only ones who were there was the janitor and the day shift security guard. I felt a hand on my shoulder. "My, you're here early." I turned around and almost screamed. It was Vincent and he still had his creepy smile. "I-I am eager to start." I noticed some Police were in the restaurant and they were taking another employee into custody. "I am telling you, I did not do it!" He screamed to them, I just watched as he was carried off. "What's with that?" "Some kid's have went missing and they were last seen here. They suspect that the night guard did something to them." I felt very uneasy about what I just heard. "Anyway, let's get you suited up." I followed Vincent to the back and I saw a Foxy suit laying on the table. The suit was just like the normal Foxy but the color was Golden instead of red, the chica suit was the same as normal Chica but golden in color the bib said Happy birthday instead of Let's eat. Vincent went off to the side and got what looked like a crank. He inserted it into the suit and turned it and the suit changed. It recoiled and now it looked like someone could fit inside it. "You will be wearing this for the day." Seeing those springs made me a bit uneasy. "Are you sure that is safe?" I asked him. "Don't worry. This is a new and specially modified suit. The old ones like Fredbear and Golden Bonnie failed because they were old and weak. This is new and strong with the best locks. You will be fine. Here I will show you." He went away and came back with a cup of water and poured it on one of the locks in the suit and waited for a few seconds and nothing happened. "See. New and Strong." I looked to the side and saw the spring Chica suit. If Sophia is not worried about them then I don't think I should be too so it got into the suit and Vincent fastened it up. After a moment he stopped. "Walk around, give it a try." I got up and had a little walk in it. It was annoying and I had to lift my legs and could not bend my foot like you would normally do while walking but other than that the suit was fine. "How does it feel." He asked. "A little cold." He laughed at what I said. His laugh was more creepy than his smile. "Well give it some time. The metal will become warm the more your body heat is on it. Now let's go. It's almost time to open." He lead me to Pirate's Cove and told me to get behind the curtains. I waited for a few moments until I heard another person enter the back room so I peeked out and after a moment I saw the spring Chica suit walk out. I knew that was Sophia but I had to stay where I was as this place was going to open soon. After a few more moments I heard the doors open and lots of footsteps. I knew that was the kids. I heard Vincent's voice next. "Hey Kids, are you ready to meet Freddy and the crew?" I heard them all cheer. I took a deep breath and got myself ready as the curtains opened. It was very hard to pass off as Foxy. Pirate talk is not easy but I was happy I could move around and did not have to stay on the stage. For my lunch I sat down and just talked with Sophia in the Security room. It was fun to be Foxy anyway even if it was a bit tiring. It was now 8 PM and both me and Sophia were in heading to the back room to remove the suits. Vincent was waiting to help remove them. "See, what did I say. They are strong and not faulty. Now, let's get you out of those suits." Vincent moves over to Sophia and I look at the suit and wonder how I can get the locks unstrapped. "Hey Vincent. How can I get the locks un-done?" I hear a slam behind me and turn around to see Sophia on the ground, still in the suit. "SOPHIA!" I run over to her to see what is wrong. As I get close to her I see she is shaking violently and blood is leaking out. "Oh my goodness Sophia. Vincent! Help!" I shouted. I heard a laugh behind me and then I feel a arm around my neck. "I was not lying, if you were wondering. The locks were flawless, they did not malfunction. I just used the crank to cause them to snap shut." I showed me the crank and placed it on a location on my suit. "Any last words?" "I hope you die in a fire." I said to him with anger, he just chuckles and turns the crank. I felt all of my limbs, head and body get pierced as the locks tore through my skin and some bones, locking me in the suit. The pain was intense and I felt the suit start to tighten. I felt like my eyes were being pushed out of my skull as the suit got tighter. All other senses left me and I tried to scream but I could not. I fell to the ground shaking as my blood went over my body I felt a warm sensation for a few moments before my vision started to get blurry. I saw Vincent standing over me holding a screwdriver and then as it faded to black all I felt was cold. "Now I just have one more thing to do." Was what I heard before everything faded. Location Unknown I awoken in a void of darkness, at first I was confused until I remembered what had happened. Vincent killed me and Sophia, as I thought about it I felt my rage build up until I heard a voice that I realized all to well. "Tommy?" I looked towards the sound and saw Sophia, perfectly fine. Not injured at all. I rand up to her and she ran to me. When we got to each other we hugged. "What happened?" "It was Vincent. He killed us." As I said that her eyes started to water. "Why would he do that?" She asked, crying into my chest. As I looked at her I saw she had a glow around her and when I looked at my limbs I saw the same thing. I choose to not pay it any attention at this moment. "I don't know why." We sat their in each other embrace for a few moments until a voice was heard. "Not the one." We both turned to the source of the voice and we saw a tall slim figure. It was black with white strips on it's legs and arms. It's face was white with red cheeks a smile and blue tear tracks going down it's face. It's pointed to us and said in a eerie child's voice. "You are not who we want. White spirit. Not purple." I looked behind it and I saw Foxy, Bonnie, Chica and Freddy all looking at us but their eyes were pure black with glowing white pinprick sized pupils. I looked more closely and I could see what I assumed to be smoke that was wrapped around each of them and the tall thin one going upwards but it stopped only a little but above them and it made glowing figures that looked like children. I remembered what Vincent told me. How some children disappeared from the pizzeria a few days ago and then I realized. "He killed them." It was Vincent who killed them. If he killed me and Sophia then he is most likely to be the killer of the kids. The tall figure raised it's hand and pointed to the side. We both looked in that direction and a bright light was showing. "Go, Rest." It said before it and the other's faded. Me and Sophia looked at the light in front of us, it felt warm and very soothing, I felt like all of my troubles were fading away but something clicked in my mind. They were the kids who Vincent killed and the figure said he and Sophia were not who they were looking for. They they were not purple, so they only knew their killer had a purple spirit. The innocent guards are in danger if those kids are going to do anything, which they likely are. I looked behind me and I saw the spring Foxy suit I died in. I stood up and looked between the suit and the light. I did not know what to do so I talked to Sophia about it and she did not know what to do too. So I made the decision, I took her by her hands and looking into her eyes. "You go. Rest. I will join you as soon as Vincent is dead. When those kid's rest, so will I." "What? But why?" She asked. "I want to keep those guards safe, also getting a chance for revenge against Vincent for what he did is very tempting but that's just a bonus." I started to walk back to the Foxy suit but I was stopped about half way as Sophia grabbed my arm. "What kind of girlfriend would I be to let you do this. Letting me rest while you reject it and try to help those guards. In your dreams, we stick together." I was happy to hear that she still wanted to be with me. "You sure?" She narrowed her eyes at me. "More than ever." "Ok then." We walked forward and I touched the suit and then the world faded into darkness again. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza I woke up from my sleep and looked over at Sophia who was still sleeping. I stood up and walked out of the Parts and services room. The restaurant was completely empty so it must have been around 11 PM. The place usually is empty by that time until the night shift arrives at 12. I walked to the main door of the pizzeria and looked out the window as the rain gently hit it. When I passed by the stage Toy Freddy and the others they gave me strange looks. I would have sighed if I could, I placed my arm on the window. It's been so long since I was last outside on a grassy field of green or seen a blue body of water. "I thought I would find you here." I looked behind me and saw Sophia. She walked up to the window with me and we both looked outside. "Why not just tell the children it was Vincent?" "They are too enraged to listen to reason. You should know that by now. Besides, with all the times we have stopped them from killing a guard in rage do you honestly think they will believe us. We are adults, they are kids. They won't trust us." I said, still looking out the window. Sophia looked at the ground. "I suppose you are right. Why did Vincent do this, what caused him to love killing?" "I will be sure to make him tell us before we finish him. If I get to him first." We both continued to look out the window together. Enjoying the peaceful moment that won't last much longer. "Look." Sophia pointed up at the sky and when I looked where she pointed I saw a shooting star. As I looked back to Sophia I saw her praying with her eyes closed, I could hear what she was saying. " Please, I wish for this to end soon. I wish to leave this place." I could not agree more with her. I wanted this to end soon too. "We should get back. The night guard will need help tonight." "Same thing?" She asked. "Yes. Let's do our best to deal with Foxy and the Puppet. The Freddy head will keep the guard safe from the rest of them." With that we headed back to the Parts and services room to wait. It did not take long as we soon heard the front door open and footsteps heading passed the room and up the hall towards the office. Both me and Sophia looked at one another as we heard a bell ring and we got ready. On the 12th ring we heard the old animatronics in the room with us start to move. Sophia got up and walked out of the room, I knew she was going to make sure the Puppet stayed in it's box which left me to deal with Foxy. I waited until Foxy went out of the room and followed him and as usual he was getting ready to charge the night guard. "I don't think so." I said as I grabbed Foxy and pulled him which sent his backwards a good bit. He quickly recovered and looked at me. "What does it take t' send you t' Davy Jones' locker?" He said as he got into a fighting stance. As he did his pinprick eye turned from white to red and I decided to play pirate, badly. ","If you want t' get t' t' night watch you have t' go through me." With that Foxy charged at me too fast for me to react, he kicked me down to the ground and did a backflip causing him to land on his legs. As he landed I swooped my leg to trip him up and managed to get him so I got up quickly and brought my hook down to strike him but he blocked it with his hook before punching me off him with his hand. I am not going to lie, ever since I became a animatronic I have never felt anything from physical stuff. No pain. No relaxation. No tiredness. Nothing like that and in a way it was both good and bad. Situations like this, where I need to fight, is where it was useful. I could still feel emotional pain however. "I will rip you're corpse starboard out o' that suit." Foxy said that but he stopped. I was very thankful that the night guard shined his flashlight down the hall, Foxy remained frozen for a moment. This suit I am stuck in had still not got it's AI properly installed so I was unaffected by flashing lights and child noises. As Foxy stood there I pulled my fist back and punched him to the ground, temporally knocking him out. Needless to say when I looked back at the night guard I got a strange look from him so I just waved my hand at him before dragging Foxy back to the Parts and services room. The rest of the night was the same, Foxy would awaken and I would do my best to stop him. Honestly I would have failed the first time if the night guard did not keep flashing the hall and paralyzing Foxy, that was the only reason I managed to hold my own against Foxy most of the time. He might have been a old animatronic but he knew how to fight. While I was fighting Foxy, Sophia was at the prize corner, ready to do her best to keep the Puppet in it's box if the music box should stop. Foxy was tough but the Puppet was a whole other story. A few weeks ago it took both me and Sophia to just hold it off long enough for it to reach 6:00. If I was waiting for Foxy to wake or fighting him I always kept a ear out for the Puppet's song and would run to help Sophia right away should I hear it. Night after night we did this, sometimes even on weekends and because we always tried to stop the kids from killing the night guards me and Sophia were never on good terms with them. Even after their rage ended most of the time they were still mad at us for stopping them, I kept trying to tell them who their killer was but they never listened. When I heard the alarm go off signaling 6:00 AM I headed back to the Parts and services room with Foxy who was always giving me a deathly look. "Get in me way once more and I will become your worst nightmare." I looked at Foxy as meanly as I could. "If you keep trying to kill a innocent guard you can always expect me to try and stop you." With that said I entered the room and sat down on the other side of the wall. As I did I caught a glimps of a dark figure over me and I knew who it was. "Hello Shadow Bonnie." "Good to see you Tommy. Thank you for keeping the guard safe." I chuckled. "It was nothing. Who would not keep a innocent safe?" "Vincent?" I felt my rage build up at the mention of that name but I just dropped my head and faced the ground. "When will this end? When will Vincent die?" I asked, not expecting an answer but I was given one. "Me and Shadow Freddy are working on it. We already have a half plan in place as to what we can do to end this. It's a long shot but it might work. For now please wait a while longer." With that said Shadow Bonnie faded and I looked at the two other spring suits with me. Funny story on Golden Freddy. First, was he was Fredbear remade. The company tried to remake him as it was cheaper than buying a whole new animatronic and secondly he was getting controlled by a child, and to a lesser extent an adult who was one of the first employees who died by the springlocks but he could only appear as a figure and did not have full control like the child did. Shadow Bonnie was the employee who died in Spring Bonnie but when I got a chance to talk to both of them and asked them why they did not pass on they just stayed quite. A few seconds later I heard the door open again and Sophia was soon sitting down on the other side of me, in the usual spot she sits. "Another successful night. The puppet was asleep the full time." "What did you do in the mean-time?" I asked her. She shook her head when I asked that "BB. Enough said." "Well, We have a little while until we need to shut down. What do you-" I was interrupted by the sound of the door opening. When I entered it earlier Freddy, Chica and Bonnie were already in their spots and Foxy was right behind me. So who could it be? The answer was not one that I like. The fugure turned the corner and we were met with the Puppet. His pupils were red instead of white. I stood up, ready to fight and Sophia did the same. "You interfered again." He said, his voice was full of rage. "I have to because you don't listen to reason. Do you not understand that the night guard are not-" I did not get to finish what I was saying. "SILENCE!" I had just about lost it with the Puppet at that point. "NO! You listen this time you piece of emo tissue paper. When will you understand that we am trying to help you? We know who your killer is and you don't listen to us." The Puppet was not intimidated by my outburst. "Our killer was wearing a suit. How could you know who he is, much less how to get him? Oh, right. You can't." The Puppet smacked me with his hand which sent me flying to the back wall. "Tommy." I saw Sophia try to punch the Puppet but he avoided it easily and grabbed her by the arm, tossed her around and threw her right at me, knocking us both back against the wall. The Puppet floated up to use and looked at us with a deathly glare. "If you two won't go and rest by yourselves then I will make you." With that said the Puppet extended both of it's hands to us and a orb started to form, it kept getting brighter and expanding. When the light died down and we could see again I saw we were lying against a tree. I looked down at my hand and saw I was still in the suit and then I looked behind us and saw a giant forest. Both me and Sophia got off of Each other, stood up and looked around. "Tommy, look." Sophia pointed to a town in the distance. "We should go there." "Sophia. Wait and think, how would they react to seeing animatronics wondering around?" I looked up to the sky and I saw it was getting dark which was good as we could move around more easier without having to worry about being caught as much. "It's getting dark again. Could we please look around. How long has it been since you were last outside?" I looked around and I felt a bit of happiness from being somewhere other than that pizza place. I too wanted to look around so I turned back to her. "Ok. How about we wait until it is dark and them we will look around?" She nodded in agreement. "Thanks Tom." I saw a small stream of water a little bit away and I got curious to see if anything changed so I walked up to it and just as I expected, I saw my reflection as Spring Foxy in the water. I put my hook on my bottom jaw and the hand to the top and pulled them apart, only to learn nothing had changed as I still saw the rotten corpse head of my previous body, I closed it over and walked back to Sophia who was resting against the same tree we were against when we first arrived. "Should we shut down?" She asked. "No. It might be best if we don't. If we did we might sleep passed midnight so I think it would be best if we waited." I told her and hoped she would agree. She did and with that said we both sat down and waited for midnight. " Freddy Fazbear's Pizza The Puppet looked where Tommy and Sophia used to be and was happy to see they were gone. All the of the old animatronics were behind him and looking at what happened. Freddy spoke first. "Where are they?" "I sent them to rest. But, I felt some interference. I don't care honestly. As long as they are out of our way." The Puppet turned around to face them. "Now, Go back to sleep. Tomorrow we can finally get that night guard." All of them nodded and we back to their spots. As the Puppet opened the door it took one more look back to where Tommy and Sophia were curiously and held his gaze for a moment before leaving and going back to his box.
A New WorldNight time fell upon the land and both me and Sophia stood up, ready to search around the the town that was not too far away. She looked at me, a little uneasy about my plan. "What if we are seen?" Sophia asked me. "Let's try and stick to the shadows, keep out of sight." She nodded at me and we both started to walk towards the town. As we walked along the path toward the town Sophia continued to ask me what I think we should do in some situations that might happen, like what would happen if we were seen, what if we were taken to another location in the world that was miles away, and so on. "If we are seen I think we should play stupid. We might be able to pass off as normal animatronics." She looked sad at his suggestion. "I don't want to go back. What is the point? Vincent almost never comes to the Pizzeria and even when he does it is only for a very short while." I felt my anger rise when I heard his name. Vincent was a total coward, he always left phone messages to help the new guards so he did not need to go. I started to think that he knew me, Sophia and the kids haunted that place and that is why he never comes to it. We could go outside but we have no idea where Vincent lives and even if we did, could we get there in time and would the kids know he was killed? Unlikely, so we stayed in that awful place, hoping he would slip up. "It will all be worth it, We just need to be patent. Sooner or later he is bound to slip up." I heard her giggle and looked to her. She was looking at a sign. I walked over to her and looked at the sign. "What a silly name." She said and I saw what the sign said. 'Welcome to Ponyville' I giggled too. "This is almost as silly at that town that is called Batman." Me and Sophia continued to walk towards the town and when were close enough we saw they were mostly made of wood and hay or straw. They looked like houses you would see in times like the bronze or dark age. There was castle close to the center that looked like it was made of crystals. "So, what are we looking for?" Sophia asked me. "Look for anything that can give us a idea of where we are. Meet me at the sign before sunrise." Sophia walked off to have a look around and so did I. Needless to say this place was impressive. I saw a house made of gingerbread, a large applefarm and the castle was just as, if not more, cool than the rest of the town. As I looked into the window of the gingerbread house I saw....a Pink pony heading up the stairs. "Pink pony? What?" I chose to forget it and continued to look around. I looked into more windows and I was always met with the same result. Pony after pony in each and every house. I started to wonder if I was insane. I was now heading back to the ponyville sign to meet with Sophia as I saw the sun was starting to rise. I was a little amazed to see her already there. I walked up to her. "How did your search go?" "The town is more or less like a old age town, but the one who live there are...get this...ponies." I was happy to know I was not seeing things so I now knew I was not insane. "I know, I saw them too. What do you want to do?" I asked her as I had no clue as to what to do. "Can we just sleep? If we are seen it could be bad for us." I had did not disagree with her. I looked towards the forest and then back at her. "Alright, but do you think we should go into the forest to sleep?" She nodded. "Yes. But not too far from the town." I nodded in agreement and we both walked towards the forest. When we passed 4 trees going inwards we stopped and turned around to face in the direction of the town before we sat down against some trees. "Goodnight Tommy." "Night Sophia." I closed my eyes as the suns light hit the town and I drifted off into another dream." Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. 2 Years ago. All I saw was darkness and I felt nothing as I lay down. I tried to move but I found I could not but I did hear some voices. "How did these locks fail. They were new and were the best they had in stock?" It was faint but I realized the voice. It was Fred the manager. "It was not so much the locks. The screws were not in correctly." I heard another voice and I felt my rage boil. It was Vincent. "Yes, I see it. The screws are bent and the locks are too. This was not a failure to hold the locks back, but to hold in place what prevents them from going off. Those locks are dug very deep into this body. I don't think we can remove them." I managed to get my sight back. I saw I was in the back room and I was looking at the roof. I tried to move my eyes too but they too would not move. "So what should we do?" Vincent asked. Fred started to leave. "Just hide them. We could change and use those suits in the future if they are needed. But try to cover up the smell and clean the blood from the backstage room. Also, money is getting to be a problem. We might need to close this room off or the full restaurant. I want you to be ready to board and plaster over the door to this room if it comes to it." Fred said before closing the door. Vincent giggled. "I can't believe it. I got away with it. 2 more, and they are none the wiser." He pulled out a screwdriver. "Now all I need to do is get rid of you." He said before placing it back in his pocket. "Time to clean up the blood." Vincent got some bleach and a mop that was next to him and walked out of the door. When he was at the door he pulled out his phone and called someone. "Uh, hello? Hello. Uhh, There's been a slight change in company policy concerning use of the suits. Um...Don't. After learning of a unfortunate incident at the sister location involving multiple and simultaneous spring lock failures, the company has deemed the suits temporarily unfit for employees." He closed the door and locked it. When he did I could feel myself being able to move again. I looked over to the side and saw Chica and she started to move. "Tommy?" She asked. "Yes. Sophia?" She nodded I tried to move my arms but they seemed to be stuck so I tried a bit harder and managed to move them towards Sophia...and heard a sickening crack. Sophia seemed to shake with disgust. "What was that?" I had a idea of what I might be but I needed more proof. "Sophia, would you please move your arm to me?" She did it and the same kind of crack was heard. "Ok. It's likely our old body in these suits. The locks are...breaking the bones." If I had a stomach then I would likely be throwing up right now knowing that. As I looked down at myself I saw my suit was wet and there was blood puddles on the floor. So me and Sophia were likely cleaned soon after these suits went off. We both heard some giggling behind us and we both turned to see Fredbear and spring Bonnie but only Fredbear seemed to be alive as his eyes were glowing. "Another failure. That's 5." He said. "What do you mean?" Sophia asked. "I was the first. The first lock failure. Poor kid, got his skull crushed. A few days later. Again, me and another fazbear employee. Killed and crushed. Moisture set the locks off, and now you two. They thought of stopping the spring suits after the first 3 fails, but no. These suits are cheaper and they just got new spring locks, and look how that turned out." This surprised me. I had no clue that others have died in these locks. But one the that Fredbear said I did not understand. "You said you died in it after the kid got his skull crushed. Why would you go in it when something like that happened?" His eyes looked down to the ground. "At the time I had no idea that a kid died. The company kept it silent and passed it off as a accident to these who saw it. Needless to say, when the other 2 failures happened. The ones in charge got in major trouble and both me and Bonnie were left here to rot." Now Bonnie's eyes started to glow. "Can you two not move?" I asked. "No endoskeleton. Can't move." I was going to get up and walk over to them until I heard footsteps coming this way. I looked and Sophia and she nodded. With that we both we back to how we were before and both Fredbear and Bonnie's eyes stopped glowing. The door opened and both Fredbear and Vincent walked in. "...and your sure that's a good idea?" Fredbear asked. "Think about it. It would let us use Fredbear again. For important events like birthday parties." "I suppose you're right. Got the gold spray cans?" Vincent held up 4 gold spray cans. " Good. Help me with Fredbear." They both lifted up Fredbear and carried him out of the room. The door closed and me and Sophia both started to move again. "Spring Bonnie, How long have you been here?" I asked and his eye brightened up again. "Around 2years." I heard the first part but his voice started to fade and the area around me started to become like a void. I looked over to Sophia and even she was gone. "Puppet. Is this your doing?" I asked out to the void and received no answer. I heard footsteps behind me so I turned around to see...a purple pony looking at me. She had a hair and tail that were sparkling like the night stars, her coat was a nice purple night color and her eyes were as silver color. She had wings and a horn and was also wearing some black armour. She was looking at me with curious eyes. "Who are you?" She seemed to be a bit surprised I could speak as she took a step back. "I am Luna, Princess Luna. Who or what might you be." I had no clue why, but I felt like I could trust her a little. "Tom, or spring Foxy. Take your pick. I am an animatronic." She stayed silent for a moment. "Well...Tom the animatronic. Your are currently dreaming. I must say I have never seen your kind before. Are you native to Equestria? She asked. "Equestria? Is this not earth?" She shook her head. "I have never heard of such a place. So you must be new here." "What are you doing in my dream?" I asked her. "As the Princess of the night is is by duty to see to it that those who sleep dream pleasantly." I nodded as I understood. "Well. Why did you come to mine?" "I wanted to meet you as something like you, a giant metal fox, I never seen or heard of. That and I was drawn to your dream by a large amount of anger." I thought back to when I was last angry and I remembered it was when I heard Vincent. I did not notice it by my eyes went black with red pinprick pupils and even the black of the void I was currently in turned a few shades redder. "Such...Rage." She said with a little fear. "Well you would be insanely mad too if you met the one who killed you and your special someone!" I shouted, not quite in control of my tone of voice. "Killed? You died? But you're alive. You're talking and moving." I put my hook on my lower jaw and my hand on the top and pulled them apart. I could still see Luna's face as I pulled them apart to show her the head of the corpse of my in my previous life. She turned from purple to white and froze with shock and disgust, them screamed. The dream collapsed and I was thrown back to my body and woke up. I looked over to Sophia and saw she was still sleeping so I waited. I did not want to try to go back to sleep. I looked up at the sky and to my surprise, it was still daytime. The sun was in the center of the sky so it was likely around noon. Sophia suddenly jumped awake. "Tom. You're awake?" I nodded. "Yes, I had a strange dream about a pony named Luna" She just looked at me in surprise when I said that. "You dreamed of her too?" I nodded. "Well, we are awake now so we might as well stay awake. What do you want to do?" I asked her. She stayed silent for a few moments. "Can we just go for a walk." "Alright." We both got up and started to walk along the sides of the forest. Always keeping the exit in sight.
A walkThe morning light that shined down on me and Sophia as we walked along the edges of this forest was tormenting. I really do miss what it was like to feel things physically with my own hands and what it was like to feel the wind on my face. Even that one time when I touched my corpse out of curiosity I still did not feel anything. It was creepy to think about such a thing but I had accepted it as a fact that I am walking around with my previous body almost merged with a endoskeleton. The suit only had locks but it was the endoskeleton that crushed me when the locks broke, casing it to slide back into place. I still remember that one time less than a week ago after my death when I had inspected my corpse to see what fully happened and the endo skeleton eyes went through the back of my skull and crushed my real eyes like grapes and while they were gone the skin of them remained on the endo eyes making them seem realistic when they were real. "So, Do you think the puppet was a guy or a girl?" Sophia asked me with a hope of breaking the long silence of the walk. I just shrug my shoulders. "I honestly don't know, but if I have to be honest I think it's a she. Vincent did talk about the Puppet and mentioned it as a 'her' in a message he left for the night guard from what I heard when I listened in once." We continued walking and talking for a while until Sophia asked me something that caused me to stop in my tracks. "If we get back, are we just going to go back to the way things were?" I thought for a moment and I hated to say it, but there was no other way. We could not Attack Vincent during the day back home and we could not find any records as to where he lives so we can't go and kill him at night. "Sophia, even I don't like it but there is no other way. We could just pass on but then the night guards would be in even more danger, and both of us don't want that." I hoped that whatever plan Shadow Bonnie and Shadow Freddy had would be put to action soon. "What if there is no way back home?" She asked. "Then we just pass on. There would be nothing we could do." I answered truthfully. A phone rang in Vincent's home but he just left it to hear who it was on the other end. After a few seconds the message that was to be left was heard. "Vincent, It's me Fred. Listen I...I need your help. You've worked with the company a very long time and I need you to stand by my side in the court room. Yes, you heard that right, I need to go to court. There was a malfunction in one of the toy animatronics, that mangle bit the front part of Jeremy's head clean off. I tried to tell the cops that they were made by someone else, but because they are owned under me I am getting the charges for it. So would you be there? Please?" The machine beeped to indicate the massage was recorded and Vincent let out a sinister chuckle. "Well done Mangle, just as I programed you to do. The facial recognition software is so easy to alter. Hopefully that place will be shut down now, I still don't trust those old ones." The phone rang again but Vincent just left it to hear who it was, it turned out to be Fred again. "Vincent, Forget that last call. I managed to avoid going to court but I have to pay off a large fine to Jeremy's family and the toy versions have to be scrapped. Don't worry, you're not out of a job, we just need a smaller location and we can keep the older animatronics. I managed to find the old location we had and it was up for sale so we will be moving back there. Also I am getting magnetic doors installed to keep our night guards safe. We are already hanging by a thread and I can't afforded to take any more chances so the animatronics we do have will also not be moving around again, they will stay on the stage. That's mostly all I have to say. Take some time off while we get things ready. See you back at the old place in a week." The phone call ended. "Grraaahh." Vincent punched the wall and sat down on a chair. "Why? Why won't that place just close and destroy those stupid robots? If the law discovers these stupid robots stuff people into suits then they will discover the body's of the kids when they are torn apart. I swear when the puppet did that it was like it was alive." Vincent stopped to think for a moment. "Well, the older version did start acting strange...after I killed those brats. Could they...No...Ghosts don't exist, it was likely just a malfunction from the blood. However I am not taking the chance, I need to get rid if those older versions." Vincent chuckled and he started to think up a plan to get rid of the older versions. "I can almost retire from this job anyway so I will do one last week, then those robot's are dead." As we continued to walk along the forest edge, me and Sophia continued to talk about random things to break the silence. "I miss being able to eat and taste things. What about you?" I just shrugged my shoulders and said "I don't know, never thought about it. But if I had to choose, I miss being able to feel. However that does not mean I miss pain too." I heard a bush rustle close by and both of us stopped to see what it was. A few moment's later we both saw a wolf that was made of wood come through the bush, it took a look at us and stopped walking. I continued to look at us and we to it, both of us wondering why such a thing existed. The ponies I could believe, but not a wold made of wood. It started to growl at us but we both remained unmoving. We were metal, a strong one at that, and it was made of wood that looked to be withered. We both knew this thing could do little to nothing to damage us but I did not want to fight it because I was bad a fighting, even if I have been fighting foxy almost every night for the past year and a half. The wolf lunged at us and bit Sophia on the arm, only to yelp and let go as it's teeth were broken. It ran off into the forest, leaving both me and Sophia looking in the direction it went for a few seconds before looking at each other. "That was...odd." I said to her. "I know. First Ponies, and now wooden wolfs. What's next? Dragons?" "Don't jinx it." Just as I finished saying that we heard a glass break and both turned in the direction of the sound. We saw a zebra in a cloak standing next to a water stream and at it's feet was smashed glass and a water puddle. It was looking at us with a combination of wonder and horror and there was another awkward silence. It had a crystal in it's hoof and it was pointing it at us, not knowing what to do I decided to break the silence by speaking. "Hi." The zebra turned and ran away. Sophia looked at me, an annoyed expression across her face. "Tom, Zebra's can't speak." "What about that dream we had?" "It was just a dream. Nothing more." I sighed and decided not to argue, knowing that it was true. We continued to walk through this forest, no location in mind. Twilight was arranging book with Spike in her new castle. She had just learned what room is for what in this large castle and was not getting additional furniture place in other rooms. She heard the front doors getting chapped and walked towards the door, when she opened it up she came face to face with Zecora, but she was panting heavily. "Zecora, are you all right?" Twilight was worried for her friend as she has almost never been seen like this. "Miss Twilight, Your help I need please. There is a unnatural monster in the everfree." She spoke quickly. "Calm down Zecora. Come in and tell me what you need to." Twilight lead Zecora into the living room of her castle where she sat her down on a chair. "Now, What was this about a monster?" "I was out to collect water from my newest brew, until I ran across I creature that seemed to be new." Twilight's ears stood up at this and she levitated some paper and a quill over to her, read to take notes. "What exactly did this creature look like?" She asked. Zecora closed her eyes and thought back to the event. "Their eyes were slightly shining bright, and their claws and teeth more than enough to fill me with fright. They were a fox and a chicken, with teeth that had no hope of escape if bitten. Before I ran In panic, I used a crystal to search them and found no magic." Twilight put her hoof on her chin and thought. "I don't know what they could be. What were they made off. Wood like the Timberwolves? How big were they?" Zecora shook her head. "They made me feel very unsettled, when I realised they were made of metal. They were taller than me, Perhaps so much so the Princesses would be slightly smaller." Twilight's eyes widened at this information. "Tall. Metal. Bright eyes. No magic. A fox and a chicken. Why would a predator and it's pray hang out? The closest thing I can think of is a golem but they are made of stone and have magic and no eyes." Twilight thought for a moment. "Don't worry Zecora, I will sent Celestia message about this and see if she has an answer. Fell free to say here if it makes you feel safer." Twilight said while writing her letter to Celestia
Metal MonsterTwilight received a letter back from Celestia, it mentioned to her that she will be along tomorrow as she is busy today. It also mentioned that she has no clue of anything that is even closely related to the creatures she described. "Well, it looks like she will be here tomorrow." Twilight said to herself. Zecora had left a while left. She mentioned she would see if she could find those metal monsters and try to find out anything else about them as they had seen her before but never attacked or followed her. With nothing else to do, Twilight returned to cleaning up the castle. Me and Sophia must have walked in a circle, as we were walking we realised we walked away from the town without knowing it so we made a right turn at a clearing we found and we soon found ourselves back at the town and worse, it was almost sundown. "Can we stop here and go to sleep?" I did not want to sleep. While I really did not need it and would likely get board waiting for morning, I did not want to dream that dream again. So far this world is strange in all ways and until my mind is a little more settled I want to keep awake. "You can go to sleep if you want. I will stay awake." I wanted to see if she would have the same dream, about that strange night coloured pony. Sophia slept for around 3-4 hours until she jumped awake and frantically looked around, the whole time I was just carving out bad drawings on a rock that was close to us with my hook. "How was you're sleep? I asked her. "Strange. I dreamed that I met that pony...Luna, again." I had a feeling that Luna was actually entering our dreams. The fact that she had came out of nowhere was on clue and now another one of her appearing in dreams again meant she really could go into dreams. "What did she ask you?" I asked. "She politely asked my name but I stood their looking at her. I had a feeling I had seen her before and now that I am awake I can remember where I had seen her." "Sophia. I think it's best if we stay awake." We did not need to go to sleep but we did so back at Freddy's so time would pass quickly. I think it has something to do with our animatronic AI. Ours was never switched on so it never took control and the reason the others moved around during the night was because their AI was recharging during that time. "I think you're right. I don't want to sleep if I can't dream presently. Not that Luna gave me a nightmare but I just...want to be alone in my dream." I offered her a hand to get up and she took it. When we were both up she looked down at the rock I was carving out and laughed. It was like a child's drawing of me and Sophia and it said in a poorly written way 'Me and my Love together forever' with spirits over our bodies and they were hugging, both spirits and bodies. "Aww. How cute." I would have blushed if I still could. It was a little embarrassing. "I was bored." I said quickly and she just hugged me. It was strange as I still could not physically feel her touch but I still felt happy knowing she was happy too. We some footsteps on the ground close to us and we both looked over to the source of the sound, and I almost screamed. There was a figure standing there and all I could make out was it was in a cloak and it's eyes were glowing a bright sickly green. Both me and Sophia turned and ran the other way, I did not know what that thing was but I did not want to find out. The fact it was out this late at night made me think it was likely a predator. "Yeah they don't tell you these things when you sign up...But hey! First day should be a breeze, I'll chat with you tomorrow, uhh, Check those cameras, and be sure to close the door's only if absolutely necessary. Gotta conserve power. Alright Goodnight." Vincent stopped the recording on the phone. In a way he was happy. This place so far was making very little money, not enough to last so it was going to close by the end of this year. He sat down on his seat and checked the cameras. This was strange for him as he had never been a night guard before, mostly only day shift and it was giving newbies instructions. "Man, this place is creepy at night." His mind started to wonder about how all of this started. He was going along in his new car he had just purchased and he saw a kid crying outside Freadbear's. Worried for the kid he pulled up and tried to comfort him, keeping a genuine smile and telling him he was going to be fine. He offered the kid some cake with peanut butter icing that he had gotten for himself for lunch. But the moment the kid started to choke, he stood in horror at the kid died in front of him. He now hit the table. "Why did that kid not tell me he was allergic to peanut butter. HE COULD CLEARLY SEE THE ICING COLOUR!!!" He shouted at the top of his lungs. While that kind of icing was a kind he had made himself he was still sure the kid would have told him if he was allergic. He still remembered how he felt when the kid died. He stood there and looked as the kid looked back into his eyes, with a waterfall of tears going down his face. After all of that he drove away as quickly as he could and spent the next few days crying about it. But the more he thought about it the more his mind started to tell him how fun it was to see him chocking helplessly. He pushed it to the back of his head and went to work at Freddy's after all other tries for other jobs failed, and that is when everything went south. His second and first sons lived with him after his wife was killed in a car crash so his youngest son often came over to him when he was working. On the day of his youngest son's birthday he asked his boss if he could surprise his kid with an animatronic show just for him. His request was accepted thanks to his good work but there was a load of other kids who picked on him, and his oldest son fell to peer pressure and joined the gang, to him it was harmless fun and while they did not hurt the young brother they did emotionally hurt him and no matter what Vincent said, he would not stop. The moment he hanged out with the others he was back to his old tormenting self. On the day of the little ones birthday his older brother shoved him into Fredbear's mouth and the moisture from his tears set off the locks, making Fredbear's jaw crush his skull. Needless to say, the gang called the older brother a killer and said 'It was your idea'. Night's passed and the older brother had lot's of night terrors. He said to Vincent he had breamed about the animatronics coming after him and they looked like real monsters. The pressure and stress caused the older brother to take his own life just a few days after his younger brother passed away on the hospital bed. Vincent lost it from then. He felt into a wreak, started drinking and having anger problems that was mostly directed to Freddy's pizza for not making sure the animatronic was safe. One day a bunch of kids wearing the same colour clothes as those who made his little one miserable appeared at Freddy's and he lost it. He put on the spring bonnie suit, took them to the safe room and killed them. The rush he felt when he killed them was a good feeling and he felt like he needed it, a few years later he killed another load of kids at the new location that had the toy versions. To this day he was still unsure why the puppet stuffed the bodies into suits but he was sure it was because of the endoskeleton rule that Freddy's had. Vincent opened his eyes as he heard a alarm ring. Looking at the clock he saw it was 6 so he got up and started to leave until he felt something on his cheek. He touched it and he felt a teardrop going down his face. "Why and I crying? I-I liked that feeling. Didn't I?" Vincent asked himself as he opened the door and a little tight feeling in his chest emerged as he left. I continued to run away from whatever that thing was, but it seemed to keep on following up. This happened 4 times now and I was starting to lose my patience. I turned around to face the creature and pulled by jaws apart so much so that my dead head was clearly visible and I screamed in a metallic voice. I swear I saw the green eyes turn white and I even heard what sounded like a rock crack when it froze in place after I did that. A few seconds later I heard it scream and rush off so fast that thick dust was left in it's wake. "There. Now it should leave us alone." "What was it's deal? Why was it following us." "No clue, Sophia. But whatever the reason, I don't think it will come back now." I looked up to the sky and I could see the sun was starting to rise as the sky was a orange colour and was getting brighter. We both sat down against a tree and started to talk about what to do. "Well, we can't sleep thanks to Luna. We can't go into town. Who knows how they will react to seeing us. We could always stay here, in the forest." "We could make ourselves seen by a little group of ponies. They might help us if they find out we are not hostile." I told her. "Sure, and they won't get curious and try to see how we work, only for them to lose it when they find...us...inside these suits." I could see her point. If this was anything like our world then experimentation or captivity might happen to us. But I also knew that not all of them must be like that. "I understand, but we can give it a try. Besides, these ponies look like they don't have technology so we should be fine if they try anything." Sophia and I continued to talk about if it was a good idea to make ourselves known and it ended with us both agreeing to show ourselves to the next one that comes into this forest but not follow it home and not to reveal ourselves if there is more than 2. "Sounds like a plan." I mentioned to her and we rested again the tree. A few silent moments passed until Sophia asked me something that got my by surprise. "Can we snuggle?" She asked me. "Sophia. You know we can't fell any-" She cut me off. "Not this way. The other way." I know what she was implying and I did not like it, whenever I did that it felt strange. "Please. For me?" I would have sighed if I still could. "Fine." I used my strength to force my spirit out of the animatronic but the spectral tail that was where my legs were before was still connected to the suit and Sophia was the same. Our spirits were white in colour and out eyes were like black holes, in a way it still creeped me out. The reason I did not like this is because it felt like a dream that I knew was real and I felt a little cold while like this. Sophia wrapped her arms around me and I melted into her arms. While we could only feel other spirits and it was a bit cold, I felt my chest heat up with the care and love she was showing me, even two years after our deaths. I rested my head against hers and we both enjoyed the embrace of each other. Twilight was sitting down and having a cup of tea with Celestia, all the while she was telling her of the details of what Zecora said in her description. "I have no clue what those things could be. Did they harm Zecora?" "No Celestia. They did not even follow her when they seen her." There was rapid chapping at the door and it was also quite loud. Twilight rushed to it, the only time someone has ever chapped her doors like that was in a emergency. She opened the door to find Zecora wearing her cloak but her hood was down and she was shivering like she had been through a blizzard. "Zecora! What happened?" Twilight asked while putting a hoof oh her shoulder. "Monster...Dead...Suit...Inside...Head." Zecora was shaking in fear. Celestia looked at Zecora with a worried expression. "Twilight. Get your friends. I want to see for myself if this creature is a threat." "Should be get the elements?" She asked. "Yes, but don't wear them or use them unless I say so." Twilight ran off to find Spike while Celestia tended to Zecora.
Well the cat is out the bagMe and Sophia kept snuggling for a good while and I almost fell asleep, she was still awake however. Goodness knows how long has passed but I honestly did not care, I would happily stay like this with her forever. The forest was very nice at night as all I heard were crickets chirping, water falling and a soft wind blowing. As I sat there my mind drifted back to the other trapped spirits, hoping that they were now free and Vincent was dead. "I can't take this anymore!" Vincent shouted as his 2nd last shift ended. Ever since he thought about how all of this started, it has been haunting him. He can't sleep right at night because he has been hearing the cries of the kids he murdered. "Why...Why now? Why did this...regret have to come back now? Why not in a few more days when I will be out of here?" He slammed his fist into the wall and almost collapsed. "Son...I am sorry. I was on shift on the day of your birthday party, but I could not be there for you. You died because I was not with you and I have never forgiven myself for that, perhaps it's because I don't deserve any." Vincent's mind was rushing to find a solution. He hated this feeling and wanted to be rid of it. "I need to make this right. I need to show myself I am wrong." Vincent stood up and walked out the front door of the establishment. "I need to destroy those animatronics. If I do then, if their ghosts that are haunting them will be free. But I hope that is not the case. I will not lie, it has been fun, and the feeling from killing those brats, at the time, was great. I am sorry my sons...Angelica...my wife. I have become a monster and I know now that I need to try and make this right." Vincent walked back into the establishment and headed to the safe room, where he found a fire axe. "This will do nicely." He said as a creepy grin grew on his face and he chuckled. As Vincent left the Pizzeria he failed to see two shadows standing in the corner. "It's almost time. Should we tell them?" "No. If they know what we are planning then they might not do it. Just stick to the plan." "Enjoy your last day of life Vincent." Both of the shadows vanished. Twilight and her friends were on the edge of the Everfree and all ready to go in with Zecora. "You lead the way Zecora." Twilight said and Zecora started to show them the way, but her steps were shaky from what she experienced before. "Twilight, Do you think the elements are really needed to deal with this?" "Almost every time something unusual has happened, it has lead to something bad. This might be one of those again, so lets deal with it before it becomes something to worry about." She got no reply from Rainbow Dash. "Rock, Paper, Scissors." Sophia won that round. "Lucky." She giggled at my comment. "How about 47 out of 52?" Me and Sophia had gotten board waiting for dawn so she had the idea of a game of RPS. She was quite good at it, so much that I swear she can see half a second into the future. "Can we play something else?" "Like what?" I grinned. "Your it." I said as I pushed her and flew to the others side of the tree. "Oh, it is on." She flew after me and kept on chasing me. Sure this is childish, but at this point I don't care. Nobody is here to criticize us and this is the most fun I have had since I arrived in this strange place. Which was 3 days ago when dawn comes around. We played like this for a few minutes until we heard footsteps on the pathway that was close by. Both me and Sophia flew over and took a look. The same Zebra that I scared off before now had others with her. "She must have gotten her friends. Or the authorities." Sophia spoke to me next. "Let's go back to our suits. If they leave then good, if they find us then we can scare them off again and it is night time." I liked the way she was thinking, so we did just that. We each went into ours suits but did not activate them. "So where at these 'Metal Monsters'" Dash said mockingly with got a look from Twilight. "Everypony, Listen up. The creatures Zecora mentioned about could not have gone to far, unless it can go faster than Dash, so I want each of you to split up and look for it. Also, don't worry, I have these." Twilight showed 7 pairs of sweat bands, each with a white square on and a jewel under the square. "These have a tracking spell on them, we can find each other if we get lost. If you find them then press the Jewel attached to it" Each on of them took the one that matched their coat colour and spread out on their search. "So are we just going to just stay here?" I asked her. "These Ponies don't seem to have a good technology from what we have seen at the village. So if we just stay like this then they might think we have lost all power and leave us." "Or take us away." I said. "Oh, Well if it comes to that then...eh...we can run." "And if they follow us?" "Then we fight." She said with a little disappointment. Bushes that were close to us rustled and we both got ready. When we looked over to who it was we saw a yellow winged one with pink hair. When she saw us I swore I heard glass cracking, she turned grey and fell over like a perfect statue. She seemed to be unconscious so me and Sophia left the suits to go and check on her. "Is she ok?" "She is fine. Just fainted from fright." I told her. We both sat at the fainted pony and talked for a few minutes it was mostly about what we should do, and I chose to leave. I managed to convince Sophia to do the same, while she did not like it because she thought it would take longer to get home, I told her 'If this one reacted like that, then what about the others?' She seemed to understand my meaning and agreed with me. But just as we were about to activate our suits to leave we heard another voice. "Fluttershy!" With that we decided to wait, if we activated our suits right now then they would likely make too much noise with them being so close. "The tracker says she is right over...here." She froze when she saw the one called Fluttershy lying on the ground next to our suits. "Is she alright?" The orange one asked and then the rainbow one rushed over to her and checked all over her. "She has no injuries, and she is shaking a little. She was likely shocked into unconciseness." The purple on walked up to our suits and looked at them curiously. "Are these the things you mentioned about Zecora?" The zebra form before was shaking while looking at us and she nodded. "They are very rusty, so they are old and they look like they have not been active for a long time. But I must say, these are certainly not golems." The purple one lifted up Sophia's hand and then took a close look at me. I was wanting to just activate my suit and make a run for it but I chose to stay and trust what Sophia had planned. "What should we do with them?" The White one asked. Purple's horn lit up and she then touched me forehead with it, and she was shaking in fear. "Normally Golems are creatures brought to life with machinery or magic...but there was once a time where they were brought to life in a much more...horrible way. The life force of a pony would be ripped from their body and placed in the body and the pony would still be able to feel, to think and to understand. When I used that spell, I felt a lot of sadness and rage." "Meaning?" Blue asked. "Meaning that they are asleep now and some pony's life force is trapped in them." They all gasped but then the orange one spoke. "Twi, I though you never believed in this stuff." "I really don't, but I still decided read up on them just encase something similar happens or this kind of stuff turns out to be real but inaccurate. Like the prank that we thought was a curse." The orange one continued. "Do ya know what to do now?" "Well, there was a spell that was meant to awaken the force in golems. Only I never tested it out because...well...I never thought we would need it. But I could try it from memory. Stay back just encase this goes wrong." All the others stood back and Twilight got to work. As her horn glow and something that looked like purple dust started to surround me and Sophia and I started to feel like I was getting pulled into the suit. Before I knew it I started to feel the suit switch on and I was soon looking through animatronic eyes again.
Where and what your metal grave isIt was not just my suit that came back online, but the voice box too. Me and Sophia were almost panicking, wondering what to do. As we looked at each other we understood what we should do. So we put on an act that made up look like we had programing. "A-a-a-arr me matey. Are ye ready ta sail the se-seven seas?" I tried to makes it convicting by moving in the way a robot does and even looking at places where there was nothing there. "Are y-y-y-you kids hungry? Have a sli-sli-slice of pizza." Sophia was doing the same and we added crackles to our speech to fit the 'Old and worn down' look. "Eh...Twilight. Why are they acting like that??" The Purple Unicorn call Twilight walked up to us and looked at us more closely. "They look like Golems but they act like machines that were built for a single thing. Perhaps for entertainment? They could have been thrown out because of their condition. But it doesn't make much sense. I felt the life force of them and they are acting like this? Like a machine and not act sentient." The Zebra from before walked up to us and was eyeing us with fear in her eyes. "The creatures haven't had their life force ripped out...but flesh merged with the machines no doubt." Twilight looked to Zecora with a raided eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?" "I saw the inside still had flesh. But it was say was certainly not fresh." The Blue one flew up to her. "Wait. So you're saying they were creatures and they died in them and their bodies are still there?" Zecora nodded. All of their faces had turned green and the yellow one fainted. Me and Sophia didn't know what to do now. They're probably not going to buy our act for much longer. The one called Twilight approached us and we both looked at each other from behind the animatronics. I had an idea, a risky one as it would give us away but it could also let us get away. Just before she reached out suits I used the voice box and spoke in a ghostly voice but it was mixed with the normal voice. " Yarr ma-ma-matey Leave us. Are ya ready-dy-dy fo- Stay away -for adventure? Drop the anchor and get ou-t-t-t-t there.Don't come any closer." I made the eyes turn black with pinprick sized pupils and this got them all to step back. "D-Darling. Did I just hear another voice?" Twilight spoke. "It seems there are spirits in these things." I decided now was the time to act so I focused to make myself visible to them and put on a face of anger. "STAY AWAY! LEAVE US!" They all screamed and ran the other way. All besides the fainted yellow one. Sophia spoke to me. "What about her?" She pointed to the fainted Yellow one. "She's done nothing bad. Let's..." As I though about it, it would be nice if we took her to the town and left her. I might prevent a search part one they realize they ran off. "Take her to town" I picked her up and we both walked to the town. As we got to the edge I placed the pony down on the edge so she will be facing the town when she wakes up and then we both took off back into the woods. Vincent was at home and sitting down on the chair, thinking about the past. "Dad." His son said and it got his attention. "Yes?" "Thinking about little sis again?" Vincent nodded. "Yeah, still can't believe she's gone." In the past few nights, Vincent has been in the underground facility, tending to the animatronics and the animatronic called 'Baby' has been more active than normal and talking like it had a human mind, ever since he lost his daughter to it. "I know. It was a shame how she died. I mean she almost got chopped in half by that 'Baby' animatronic." Vincent sighed. "I know and I was told to take it for repairs. But with the state of the company, I might just scoop them for parts and sell them. I mean it's only logical if we have no use for them." The phone started to ring and Vincent answered it. "Hello?.....Yes?....oh boss, what are.....so you want to....I understand....I'll get to it." He placed the phone down. "What was that about?" Vincent smiled. "We might have just found a way to save our business. But in order to do so we need the money. So Michael, up for helping me with a little work?" michael smiled. "Sure, what do you need?" Vincent handed him a key and a uniform. "I need you to put these clothes on and take this key and then head to the old pizzeria. The animatronics there are deactivated and I...we need you to take them apart for parts. Selling all the parts is the only hope the company has of even starting to recover." "Sure dad." Michael put on the purple uniform and took the key. Later both Vincent and Michael were out in the front with Michael in the car. "Now remember son, you don't need to take them off at each nut and bolt, there will be a fire exe in the old boarded up room, you can use that to quickly and easily get rid of them. Head to where the bathrooms are and rip off the wall to the left. The old room is in there." "Alright dad. I'll be back before midnight." Michael took off in the car and Vincent stood there waving. When Michael was away Vincent went underground and into the facility. "My daughter. I'll bring you back. Michael had just arrived at the old pizzeria and approached the old building. It looked just like one from a horror movie. Broken down, cold, wet and dark. Heading to the front door, he unlocked it and entered the building and the inside wasn't any more present. "This place really has lost it's life." Michael walked to the bathroom and looked to the left and indeed there did seem to be a wall that was boarded up. "Alright. Let's get this over with." He wedged his fingers into the weak board and pulled, ripping it off of the wall. "There we go." Just as he finished that he heard a noise that sounded mechanical behind him. Turning around he saw the 4 animatronics, Freddy, bonnie, chica and Foxy all looking at him. He slowly back away into the room and when he was in the Animatronics stopped and looked around, like they lost him and a few seconds later they left. "W-what?" He went outside and caught their attention. "Hey rust buckets." He ran back in when they chased him and got the same result. "Can they not see me in here?" Looking to the side, Michael saw a fire axe and as he picked it up he know what he had to do.
