The Nightmare

by Silver Butcher

The Start to an Endless Nightmare

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Nightmare sat in silence as he looked around the seemingly dark expanse of nothingness, he tried to call out but he no longer had a voice, he tried to move, but he no longer had formed, he was simply conscious of existing seemingly without existence, after what felt like both an eternity and no time at all he felt something tugging at him suddenly it blinked and became aware of having form again, a rather simple one, it had eyes, it could feel it's voice return, but past that it had nothing, it blinked and it could once again see the room the Puppet had been in, it tried to look around but found it lacked the power to look around, it existed in silence as it stared at the corner of the room when its vision started slowly moving without its volition.

"It should be online," A voice said as its owner came into view, Suddenly information rushed into its proverbial brain and it knew who was speaking, who they were, and for some reason, it knew the pony's criminal record, it was unable to stop if self from greeting the pony.

"Good eve-ing Mr.Rich," a female voice said, glitching out a little and missing the letter N in the word evening "How can I assist you on this Fi-orning," Even as the words left her mouth she felt like an idiot as she failed to control her own voice and vocal patterns.

"I am fine," Filthy rich said as a Purple Alicorn that she quickly identified as Princess Twilight Sparkle stepped into view "As I said we have only just hooked the Ai-core up to the server system, it's still isolated from the rest of the Fazbear Network but once we work out the kinks she should be able to run the entire robotics shop, identify any errors in our animatronics, and even work as a functioning AI-helping companion in all Faz-bear locations, Freddy's Pizzeria, our Sister locations, even our recent renovated Dinner in Manehattan will have our new friends help in running it. Twilight looked at the screen that held two simple dots for eyes on it.

"Hello Mr.Sparkle," The AI-said "How may I aid your needs thi-ne time?" Twilight looked to Filthy Rich who shrugged.

"We literally just plugged her in maybe a minute before you arrived," he shook his head "We managed to get it to speak as per your request, but as you can tell it's not even close to being ready to function on its own, but since the Puppet was able to evolve past its base programming we are hoping that our new friend here will be able to do the exact same,"

"Is there any of the Puppet's memory left in it?" Twilight demanded as the two circles that functioned as eyes stared dead ahead in silence.

"I'm not entirely sure, to be honest," Filthy said with a shrug "Removing the core caused a minor spark, a few of my helpers are currently in the med area for electrical burns, the puppet's circuitry was completely fried in the process, It seems the core was being overcharged, hell it seems to be making its own power now," he smiled as he pointed to it "It's not even hooked up to anything, it just turned itself one as soon as we installed it, altho we will need to install a backup power should it end up draining itself dry," he looked on in thought before coughing in his hand "Anyway Princess if you like you may come back in about a week we should have it functioning properly and then we can say for sure if any of the Puppets memories have been recorded," As the two left he added over his shoulder "Ai please go into sleep mode,"

"Understood," She replied and switched herself off, the results were instant as it once again found itself in its own nightmare world, it had no time to process what had just happened as Sweetie belle immediately started screaming at him.

"What are you doing here?" Nightmare asked as things continued getting more and more confusing, "This is my dream world and yet I sense you are the real Sweetie,"

"I don't know," She cried out when the door across from her began opening, with little work Nightmare put his hand on the door and forced it shut as Sweetie kept her back to her door, the two looked at one another as they both could hear breathing behind their respective door. Nightmare scratched his chin as he thought about what had just transpired before looking at Sweetie.

"Unless I miss my guess my soul was just removed from the host I was using and placed in a new one, it seems you were touching me when this happened leading to the Nightmare we now share,"

"But it's fine right?" Sweetie asked as she looks at the Nightmare bear, "You can just poof us out, or help me wait it out,"

"I can not move ponies to other dreams," Nightmare said simply "Your only hope of that is to find a dream door, and at the moment I seem stuck as well. To make things worse I am no longer in control of my soul so I can not guarantee I won't be whisked away without warning, and I can't promise I will return within a reasonable time, in fact, if this is not solved by a certain time frame I may not ever return to aid you," Nightmare scratched his chin with his claws as Sweetie sat in rising fear, "How does one fix this?" He pondered.


the rain was falling lightly over Ponyville, the town was mostly silent as a single glowing eye stood looking out the window, behind him his three remaining companions were trying to play go fish.

"This is stupid," Chica complained as she looked at her cards laying still on the ground "I don't have any hands why can't we play a different game?"

"I only got me one 'and," Foxy replied as he punctured a hole in his card and handed it to Freddy.

"And yet you seem determined to use your hook," Freddy sighed as he looked at all the holes in his hand before looking to the window where Bonnie stood in silence looking at their surroundings "Hey Bonnie you wanna come and be Chica's proxy? Foxy keeps peeking at all her cards,"

"No," Bonnie replied sourly as he stared out the window, wondering what Fred Bear and the Puppet were doing at the moment, "I just wanna be left alone," His three friends shrugged and went back to their less than fun card game, Bonnie stood by the window for a moment before leaving to the back room, he took his place in the parts and service room and leaned his metal head against the wall, he felt tired, something he had could not remember feeling for as long as he had been dead.

"Maybe It's my time to pass on," He muttered sleepily "I wonder if vengeance has been served," Bonnie blinked in shock, he was sitting before a Door bubbled in magic and oozing black tar, his initial shock was overshadowed by the realization that he had blinked without having any eyelids or even a face. he put his hand on his face and found clawed fingers.

"What-" Bonnie was cut off by his own yelp of fear at his own voice "Is that me?" He asked as he sent chills down his metal spine "What the hell?" Before he could question anything further he felt something pulling at him, urging him to go into the door, Bonnie touched the door and suddenly found himself in a room, instantly followed by Sweetie screaming at him Bonnie took a step away from the screaming child, then saw Nightmare and joined her screaming and rushed to Sweetie.

"What the hell is that thing?" He demanded as she bumped into Sweetie, who had been rapidly trying to get away from Nightmare Bonnie, the second the two touched one another both Nightmare and Nightmare Bonnie melting into the Puppet and Withered Bonnie, then into a Puppet colored Spike and a Bonnie colored Silver Spoon, the two looked at each other for a second before smiling

"Bonnie?" Puppet Spike asked in awe, his answer was for his fellow lost soul to rush to him and squeeze him in a hug.

"Puppet!" Bonnie Silver Spoon cheered before backing up "You're a Dragon?"

"It has been a confusing time for us all," He said as he kept his back to the door, Sweetie rushing back to her position.

"Silver Spoon," she asked as she looked at her, who simply looked at her in shock.

"Hey, you know my name," Silver said merrily as she put her hands on Sweetie's face and moved around a little, "Do I know you? Your not Mangle are you, cause you color palet kind of matches,"


"Her pulse is steady," Luna said as she and Rarity made Sweetie as comfortable as possible "But there's no way of knowing what it's like in there," Luna scratched her chin when she suddenly froze, Rarity watched as the Princesses mane stood on end for a moment.

"Something's happened," She whispered "Another soul has converged on Sweetie," Luna lit her horn and the nearest mirror began shimmering Rarity looked to it and saw a door with Sweetie's name on it, it was oozing black liquid from cracks in it, it was moving slowly but even as they watched they could see it eating away at the dome Luna had put around it, small cracks could be seen where the ooze was piling up.

"I don't know how long we have," Luna said as she watched the door drip "If that breaks through my Barrier it could begin infesting all of Equestria with Nightmares capable of killing the dreamers," Rarity paced rapidly in place as her panic began rising even farther than it already had.

"Well, how do we get her out," Rarity lightly put her hand on her sister's face "Is there a spell or...or anything?"

"Our best bet would be the elements of Harmony, but...we no longer have that option available to us," Luna frowned as she paced in thought "Our second best bet would be to find out what caused Nightmare to wake up and force it to happen again, doing so should result in the same collapse of the dream world, and so long as he and Sweetie do not repeat whatever they were doing when it first happened it should remove the curse from her dreams and return the power to Nightmare, And while that might leave us with another set of problems it will at least save your sisters and many others from an endless Nightmarish dreamscape," Before Luna could say more Twilight teleported back into the room, making them both jump.

"Well I found out what made the Puppet wake up," She said irritably before seeing the look in her friend's eyes and Sweetie, "What's happening? is Sweetie ok?"

"The answer to that," Luna said simply "lays in how the Puppet woke up,"


The Trio sat in silence, Silver spoon was next to Spike and staring at the bed to keep the tiny Nightmare Freddeys from popping up, and both Spike and Sweetie were still posted at their doors.

"This Nightmare seemed primarily targeted towards a single individual," Spike said with a dull tone "So long as we all you both keep the doors closed Sweetie will most likely live to escape, altho I still have no idea how said escape could even happen.

"So what?" Silver spoon asked happily "who cares If were stuck sitting here forever, it's better than being stuck with the new arrivals," She groaned "I had time to get on good terms with you and Fred bear, but the rest refuse to treat me as their superior, told me Freddy's name is on the restaurant so he's the superior," Silver spat at the idea.

"I died 2nd, the only person they should be treated with more respect is you, then me, then Fredbear, Then Foxy I guess, and after I don't really remember who died when but I'm gonna say Freddy died last just to spite him!"

"So what I'm hearing is you missed me?" Spike asked as he did his best to turn back into Nightmare and only ended up as a Black Spike with a Golden bow and Top hat "Hm, seems the more of us that get stuck in this dream, the less power I have to control it,"

"Well that's not too bad," Sweetie said in an attempt to be positive "So long as the three of us hold it out I'm sure-"

"That's the problem," Spike said cutting Sweetie off "It won't just be us three from long, Fred bear will probably arrive soon and will most likely be followed by, as Bonnie put it, the three new arrivals, meaning us three is destined to become us Seven before too long, and when that happens It won't be long before the dream starts breaking down and the creatures trying to get in will no longer bother with doors, as entities belonging only to this dream they'll just gain power with each conscious mind and break down the doors, or the doors will simply decay into nothingness, look even as we speak Bonnie's mind is clashing with our combined room. Sweetie looked and just as he had said a Bonnie Plush was now laying next to the bed, one of the Pupper could be seen behind it and she saw a Plushie of herself hiding beneath the bed, one of the beds Pillows started shifting to one of a slightly different style, and part's of the wallpaper began peeling away slowly, showing hints of the walls Freddy.JR had been decorated with, a small toy carousel could be seen next to the closet, she was about to look away when the closet door started creaking and a hook poked out, a set of eyes glowing in its debt, Spike reacted first and rushed to the door, shutting it once he got there, a terrifying wail emitted from the closet before it went silent.

"Was that Foxy?" Silver demanded as she got up to take a closer look only for her door to start creaking open, she immediately put her hands against it and forced it shut when they heard laughter and looked to the bed where Three small Freddy's where laughing, a set of eyes glowing beneath it, as soon as they looked the eyes vanished and the mini Freddys disappeared.

"That was probably Freddy," Spike said simply.

"So I guess Bonnie and Chica are at the door then," Sweetie said simply when it happened, both Silver and Sweetie were forced away from their doors as something shoved against them, Silver put her hands against it and forced it shut with Sweeite doing nothing for a second before hurriedly slamming it.

"My Magic," She said shakily "I can't use my magic!"

"Neither can I," Spike replied simply as the closet began creaking and he forced it shut again, Nightmare Foxy shrieking again as he did so "This is a Nightmare, it wouldn't be all too scary if we where giant robots and magic-wielding unicorns,"

"So now what?" Silver demanded.

"For now we survive," Spike replied when he suddenly began sparking and his eyes began glowing "Oh dear," He said in realization before he suddenly turned into a flash of light and disappeared from the room, the duo looked at were had just been for a second.

"What the fuck even was that?" Silver demanded, "Did Foxy just shot a laser or something!?"

"I think his host body was awaked," Sweetie said before blinking "And that means no one's keeping Foxy away! get the closet, I'll watch the bed and the door!"


The Ai found itself once again in nonexistence, it didn't have to wait long before it switched back on and found itself in a new room, it was full of ponies working away, it was still unable to more or talk of its own accord so all it could do was stare silently at a styrofoam Foxy head. The upper muzzle, inner ear's, and around its eyes where bright Orange, it had dark Purple circles on its cheeks for blush, it's eyelids were also dark purple, and it was wearing Lipstick of the same color. The Ai could do nothing but stare at the poorly painted head, it was placed on a mannequin, and a few pieces of Styraphome hung loosely on it and what looked to be a speaker box was in the middle of the mannequin chest. The Ai stared in silence before its head began moving and it was once again looking at Filthy rich, behind him it could see its own reflection, a jumble of machine parts with a crane-like neck, it's head was simply a Computer screen with two Purple dots acting as its eyes.

"I see it still has the eyes," Filthy Rich said as he looked at the screen "Interesting," he cleared his throat and said clearly.

"Ai please scan me and tell me as much info as you can" Without hesitation, the Ai began speaking.

"You're Name if Filthy Rich current Ceo of Fazbear Entertainment, a company first started by your Grandfather Stinking Rich 80 years ago. Freddy's Family Dinner was the first location and opened in Ponyville, it remained open for 28 years before being shut down by your father with whom you share a name, The first Freddy's Fazbear's Pizza opened 8 months before the closing of the Fist Dinner and less than a year after your Grandfather passed away and left the business to your Father, You receive ownership of the company 10 years ago and have since then had a total of three restaurants shut down for murder," Seeking it's moment the Ai finally managed to say something of its own volition "You proceeded to falsely blame the manager of Freddy's Jr for the murders, even tho the one who actually enacted said crimes where one William Afton," Filthy rich stood in silence, the workers around him stopping what they were doing.

"Ai," Rich said slowly "Can you prove your last statement," The Ai tried and was very happy to see it's Screen flicker to life in its reflection, Will could be heard laughing as a video of him in the Spring Bonnie costume stabbing Applebloom through the eye played, it turned static and they saw him crushing Scootaloo's head, and finally it played a video of him looking at the camera before the Pupper spoke.

"No but I can fuck you," they could see the Puppet put its hand on Springbonnies arms, and Sparks flew from them followed by the sound of Springlocks popping and with a bone-crunching pop Will let out a scream as the Springlocks in his arms shut on him. The Video fizzled out and the Purple eyes returned.

"Was that sufficient proof sir?" The Ai said happily, fully in control of its voice.

"Yes...yes, I think it is," Filthy rich turned to his Employees and cried out "Someone please go and get Princess Twilight, Someone else Call the Police, and a third party call Ponyville central hospital,"


Author's Note

Bet it gets pretty confusing when I use three different names for the same character, Sadly I find it kind of fun so all I can say is I hope you're enjoying it to.

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