The Puppet

by Silver Butcher

A Gift and a New Friend

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Twilight was staring hard at the door, the Band was playing behind her as her friends looked at the Kid's area with shaking heads

"Really Big Mac?" Pinkie asked, "How did she get away from you?" She asked the air as she and Fluttershy watched Applebloom take a Balloon from the Balloon Colt.

"Hello," it said as it refiled the Balloon's and continued looking around, Applebloom left with it and looked around the place.

"Alright, So what if Spike got Foalnapped, what kind of moron commit's the same crime in the same place?" She asked nopony imparticular. "Now I just need someone to do stuff with."

"Do what with?" A voice asked, She jumped and turned to her Former bully Silver Spoon, who had gotten a Balloon from Balloon Colt and had overheard her.

"Oh Silver! You scared me" Applebloom said with relief "This place was fun yesterday, but with Spike disappearing I'm kind of scared I might disappear."

"Then why'd you come back?" Silver asked as she and Applebloom began walking to the Pinball machines

"Are you kidding me!?" Applebloom asked, "I've got like 20 bit's worth of coin's still!" She said holding up her bag from the day before "Non-Refundable, I can't let my Sister's money go to waste just cause one bad thing happened." Applebloom stood next to the Pinball game and watched as Silver played, she looked around and smiled "This is a way better time to be here" She added happily "There are a lot fewer ponies here today."

"Oh yeah?" Silverspoon asked, now only half listening as she tried to beat her own high score "That's cool." Applebloom shook her head as she watched Silverspoon play a little longer.

"Alright, well have fun," Applebloom said as she left Silverspoon to the game. unbeknownst to Silverspoon, she was now the only kid on the far side of the Play area, as the Puppet's Music had started speeding up and the Prize counter Employee called out that it was about to give a free Gift. Applebloom looked at the crowd that had come to wait for the Puppet's gift. She looked over at the Claw Machine and had an Idea. "Spike has to come back eventually right?" She thought as she looked into it, on the far side sat the Bonnie Plushy he had tried to get, only to be distracted by his own failer. "and I'm sure he'll appreciate this when he does get back." She decided as she put three coins into the machine. Meanwhile, Silverspoon lost the last ball and grumbled angrily

"So close, am I..." She turned to where Applebloom had been and frowned "oops, got too into the game again." it took a second to realize she was standing by herself now, she was about to go join the crowd when a voice hit her ears.

"Hey, Kid," it said, she turned and fell slack-jawed when she was who was talking to her standing in the Ball pit area, a Yellow Bonnie who was waving at her. Silverspoon spun on the spot and walked towards him, he looked around.

"what are you doing?" She asked

"Just avoiding eye's" he leaned closer "I'm Pretty Popular you know." he said with a laugh "Can't walk around all willy nilly or I'll get swamped, Any way Kido I was hoping you could come with me." he said happily "You seem Special And I'd Like to give you something special to show it."

"Really?" Silverspoon asked in awe "I thought that's what the Puppet did."

"Oh he just hand's out random stuff from the counter, I'm the only one here giving what I'm gonna give you! So what do ya say, Pal? Will ya Follow me?" Silverspoon eye's sparkled behind her eyes as she nodded.

"I'd love to!" She said happily as she followed him into the Main Hall.

Applebloom gave a huff as she watched the toy fall out of the hook. "Agh!" She angrily huffed as she turned to pull more coin's out of her bag, she looked up just in time to see Silverspoon walk into the Main Hall with a ridiculous smile on her face. Applebloom raised an eyebrow and moved around the crowd to look down the hall, making it just in time to see her walking into the Parts and Service room, a pair of eye's flashed at her in the dark as the door closed. Applebloom frowned and looked over at the Adults table, after a moment she noticed the Trio and ran to them.

"Hi, Applebloom." Pinkie said, "I was a wonder when...what's up?" Pinkie's tone changed when she noticed the panicked look on Appleblooms face

"I was with my Friend Silverspoon, and left to go play a different game, and turned in time to see her walking down the Main Hall, and I was just able to see her going into the Parts and service room, I saw somepony tall close the door behind her from the inside."

"Inside the...but isn't that..." Pinkie frowned and waved her hand in front of Twilight's face.

"Pinkie not now I'm...what?" She asked seeing the worry on Pinkie's face.

"One of Applebloom's friends just got taken into the Part's and Service room, by an Adult." Twilight took a moment to take that in. "But I was told that area was Dangerous, heck it's...." Twilight's frown turned hard and dark "...the only room I never checked..." Twilight got up and marched down the hall, she turned towards the Security room and noted that the same guy was on duty.

"Hey!" She called to William, who looked up with a bored look.

"Oh boy." she heard him say "What now?" He asked as he put the Tablet down and got up "You wanna look through eight hours of Camera Feed-in fast forward's again?"

"I want you to unlock this door."

"Can't do that" Will responded as he took his seat again "It's Dangerous in there."

"I just got a Report that a Kid was just taken in there," Twilight responded, moving down the hall to him, Fluttershy and Pinkie close behind.

"Well I'll have you know" Will responded smugly "That I have...the...only..." Will's smug face melted off as he dug into his pockets, they watched as he stood up and emptied them both "...I had the only Key" he amended with a frown. He looked at the Princess "Um...here, look through the footage, I'm gonna go see who stole my key." He ran past the trio and full speed and turned the corner. Twilight picked up the Tablet and watched to footage, at first nothing, then the Trio watched as nothing seemed to happen, at least until Twilight noticed what was wrong.

"This footage is being looped," She said as she watched the empty hallway, "look at the Timestamp" She added, "We should be seeing us walking down the hall." The Trio walked back down the hall and noticed something on the roof that wasn't on the Camera, A Blue Balloon was floating against the ceiling. Twilight looked down in silence. "Something is really wrong." she looked up as Will can running up with a bemused expression on his face.

"Ok...so my keys are gone." He held up a second one "Had to go take the Emergency key so let's move fast, I'm not getting paid for every second I have it." Will Unlocked the door and turned on the spot "So just don't touch anything or go into the room! I'll be right back!" Will called back as he booked it to put the ket back. Meanwhile, the Puppet's music had stopped and he was slowly rising out of the Box, he opened his eye's and looked around at the swarm of children around him, he looked at them in silence, each one looking like a Bundle of happiness before him, He looked at them all in silence when he felt like one was sticking out to him, in the middle of the group stood a Red Maned earth pony, she was tapping back and forth, her glasses barely staying on as she hoped she'd be picked, the Puppet smiled and Placed his hand on top of her head. the other kids gave sounds of Distress at not being picked before scattering,

"Oh my gosh!" Twist said in Excitement "I got picked!" The Puppet moved his hand from her head and offered her the Prize box. she took it with joy and popped off the lid. "YES!" She screeched as she pulled out a Bronze Ticket "All you can Carry Candy Ticket!" She Jumped for joy and ran to the Prize counter, The Puppet smiled and began going back into the box when he saw Will running through the Dining area, while the Puppet continued descending its face was frozen, its eye's had gone dark as it stared at the Will run to the back.

"It was you," He whispered as the lid closed above him. "You did this to me."

Meanwhile, Twilight handed PInkie the Tablet and opened the door, at once she reached back, as did Pinkie and Fluttershy, the unmistakable stench of Death hit their noses, the only thing visible in the Darkroom where a Pair of Bloody and broken Glasses.


"I can't believe this!" Twilight said as she sat in the now empty Restaurant, the Girls and Applebloom were the only ones left, Pinkie was sitting next to Applebloom, who was crying into Pinkie's shirt at the loss of not just one of her friends, but of two of them. Fluttershy had her head down and was saying nothing. Twilight got up with a breath and walked down the hall, Several Guards moved out of the way as she walked onto the scene.

"...and then the Princess asks for my key's and they were just gone!" Will was saying to one of the Guards "I don't know who stole 'em or who tampered with the Camera's but they only did it to the one in the Main Hall...oh speaking of the Princess." He added noting the Princess walking past them. "...anyway as I was saying.." Twilight walked into the room and looked around it, an assortment of tools were in the room, Along with what she assumed were the 4 original mascots of the old restaurant. in the middle of the room was a chalk outline of where Silverspoon's body had been, she looked were the small body had been, she had seen it and it would haunt her for the rest of Eternity, along with the knowledge that Spike had most certainly met the same fate, a Magical scan of the room had proved that he had been here in the last two day's, and hadn't left alive.

"I'm sorry" She whispered to the empty room "I'm so sorry, I won't let this go unpaid for, I will find who did this, and I will make sure they meet an end worse than your's, I'm...I'm so sorry." tear's rolled down her face as she sat silently in the empty room.


The Puppet watched as the Last of the Investigative team left the building, the Night Guard on shift bidding them goodnight as he locked the door and closed the metal shudder.

"Oh boy," he said with a head shake "What a day, and now for the worst fucking night of my life," he added as he made his way down the hall. The Puppet got out of his box and moved to the hall, The ones on the Main stage watched him go.

"That poor kid," Toy Freddy said with a Robotic sob "I feel so empty, a child dead! in our Restaurant! oh, the indignity of it all! What if the children never come back!" as Toy Freddy sobbed his two companions tried to cheer him up, the Mangle was following the Puppet's lead and moved to the Crime scene, Closely followed by Balloon colt. The Puppet looked down the hall and looked at his two helpers.

"Hey do me a favor and tell me what you see in that chair down there." The two looked down the hall then shot back undercover.

"Oh my!" The Mangle Garbled "Not that naught Exoskeleton again!"

"Hello" Balloon boy agreed, the Puppet frowned and looked at what was clearly, to him, the Security Guard.

"Hmm...do me a favor, go scare him."

"Scare him!" Mangle asked, "Why?"

"He's the one misbehaving, after all, it's against the rules to be out of costume!" The Mangle looked at Balloon Colt and they both nodded

"Ok!"

"Hello"

"Alright, Mangle you go left, Balloon Colt go Right." use the vent's in the Party Room's to give him a good scare."

"Got it!"

"Hello" the Two split up and went to the separate Party Room's, the Puppet walked to the Part's and Service room and waiting for his cue.

"Alright Main three on stage." The Guard said "So far so good...Balloon Colt is gone as is The Mangle, and The Puppet's out of its box...Great." The Colt rubbed his head and picked up his Flashlight, The Puppet saw this and lit up his eyes. The Guard stopped as he saw the lights. "And there's the Pupp.."

"Hello." A Voice said. The Guard blinked and looked to his left, standing next to him was Balloon Colt.

"ARGH!!" The Guard screeched throwing his flashlight at the Animatronic and putting the Freddy mask on his head. The Puppet took his cue and stuck his finger in the lock, with several sparks and a cracking sound the lock was destroyed. Balloon Colt rubbed his face angrily and turned to leave, picking up the Flashlight as an afterthought so it couldn't be used for evil again. The Guard watched as Balloon colt left via the left vent.

"Oh, thank..." The Guard reached for and found the absence of his flashlight "..crap," he whispered as he lowered himself in his chair, the sound of Mangle's Garbling filling the room, The Guard held the top of the mask down and proceeded to hide under his desk, shaking with fear.

The Puppet smiled and opened the door, he walked in and closed it behind him, the room was full of the sound of crying, crying that the Puppet suspected only he could hear. he followed the sound and found a small Pony, seemingly made of translucent light, crying in the corner. the Puppet leaned down and looked at her.

"don't cry," he said earning its attention, it looked over at him, still crying, "You're not alone here, I'll help you." The Puppet offered the crying child his hand, she sniffed and took it. the Puppet got back up, leaning downward so as to keep his hand in the little girl's grasp.

"It's so cold." Silverspoon said through her tears, "What did I do wrong?" She asked through her tears "What did I do?" the Puppet frowned and picked her up, pulling her into a hug.

"You didn't do anything wrong little one." He whispered as he slowly rocked her back and forth in his arm's letting her cry into his shoulder "I'm sorry I couldn't save you then, but I can save you now, I have a Gift for you. Silverspoon sniffed as The Puppet walked to the center of the room and set her down, "Would you Like to pick one?" The Puppet asked pointing to the Broken Animatronic's around them, "You can have whichever one you like." After some crying and sniffing she pointed to the Broken Bonnie.

"He...he used a Bonnie to trick me, but...but he was a fake." She sobbed as the Puppet picked her up.

"I know, don't worry." The Puppet placed her on top of Bonnie's head and slowly lowered her into him. after a moment the Puppet moved his hand's and she was gone. he Waited a moment before one of the eye's light up and Withered Bonnie looked around.

"Where am I?" He asked, "What happened?" The Puppet smiled

"You were sleeping but It's time to get up now." The Puppet took a step back as he got up and looked at his hand.

"I'm...I'm Bonnie?" He asked The Puppet, who gave him a side look

"Do you remember who you were?" He asked.

"I...yes...but no." Withered Bonnie said as he scratched his head "I...I remember my name, but all I can remember is...." Bonnie stood in silence.

"Him?" The Puppet asked.

"The Purple guy," Bonnie said angrily looking over at the Puppet. "He did this to me!"

"He did this to us." The Puppet corrected "The other Animatronic's here aren't like you and me, they've always been who they are, but for now, until he is brought down, you and I must do what we can to...prevent this from happening again." The Puppet held out his hand to Bonnie.

"Will you help me?" He asked, Bonnie didn't have a face, but if he did he'd be smiling, he took The Puppet's hand, and for one Moment, a Small Filly and Dragon stood in the room with them before they shook.

"Alright, then my friend, time to introduce you to the band." for the next hour The Puppet and Withered Bonnie stood in the room, workshopping their story, Once everything was worked out The Puppet opened the door and looked down the hall, judging from the sound, the Guard was still hiding. He Walked down the Main Hall with Withered Bonnie walking a little behind him.

"OK!" The Puppet called "Everyone to me, please! I have an Announcement." Toy Chica and Mangle left the Arcade Machine they had been playing, Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, and Balloon Colt leaving their Freddy Fazbear themed Card Game. "Alright, so as you've may have noticed I had been busy at work since the night began." The Other's all agreed that The Puppet had gone missing for a while. "Well you see, as you know I woke all of you up very easily, however, after going into Part's and Service I noticed a few other's that, for the life of me I couldn't Wake up, but, I am happy to announce, That I have successfully woken up a new member of our gang.

"Really!" Toy Freddy asked, "Well what are you waiting for, Introduce us already!" The Puppet stepped to the side as Withered Bonnie walked into the light. He was met with Silence before Toy Bonnie yelled out

"I HAVE A BROTHER!?" He screamed running into and hugging Withered Bonnie.

"Hey there." Withered Bonnie said, waving his one hand "I'm Withered Bonnie, nice to meet you all." The Puppet took several steps back as Withered Bonnie was surrounded by the others all trying to get a Handshake, The Puppet smiled and watched as Withered Bonnie left to join the card game.

"Wanna play Winner?" Mangle garbled to him.

"Heck yeah!" He responded as he Joined Mangle and Toy Chica at the Arcade game, the Guard was now sitting in his seat, watching this unfold.

"One of the Old one's are walking around now...Well, that's just fucking great.


Author's Note

Why come up with a new line for the bad guy? If I were a Serial Killer dressed up as an Animatronic Mascot (Wow what a weird sentence) I'd re-use old line's too, who's gonna notice? The kid you killed last time

Side note: I am not a Serial Killer dressed up as an Animatronic Mascot so what do I know.

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