Author's Note

Inspired by the fan comic Springtrap and Delilah in which William Afton so desperately tries to gain a second chance at being a father figure with a young girl who brings him home.

This was just me remembering a story and writing down my own version of the same concept.

Springtrap and Dandelion

In a small town in Equestria there is a family of four ponies. Little id they know one of them was about to bring home a truly mysterious companion...

Dandelion was a pretty little foal with the coat and mane colors of the flower she was named for. She loved walking out into the edge of the forest to see some of the lunar flowers bloom. The beauty of seeing the flowers blooming always made her smile. As she trotted along she looked to the lake, she heard a noise and stopped.

"Hello?" She whispered looking out into the trees. A rustle came from off the path. She carefully walked towards the rustling and gasped. There was a large, creature that was getting dragged by a wolf. "Oh no. That thing looks hurt." She whispered looking for something to get the wolf away. Seeing some rocks she chucked them at the wolf's nose which made it run off into the forest. Creeping closer to the creature she slowly could make out more details of it. It had long ears like a bunny but they looked badly torn, its body also had damage and as she got closer she saw its mouth hung open. AS she got closer the thing lurched and its eyes opened to look at her.

"AHH!" she yelled and was about to run when

"Wait. Please don't go." The thing said with a strange voice. Dandelion turned around and stared at the injured creature. "Hi there little pony. Are you the one that screamed?" He asked.

"y-yes. Sorry you look a little scary with your wounds. Are you okay?" She asked and the creature nodded. "What are you? Are you a special rabbit?" She asked with big innocent eyes.

"Uhh...not quite. I am Springtrap. I'm sorry for scaring you. I've just been alone for so long, so to see a...pony surprised me." The creature, now Springtrap replied. Dandelion frowned at this and hugged the creature who hesitated before hugging back. "Thank you."

"I'm Dandelion...Where do you live Mr. Springtrap?" Dandelion asked looking at the big bunny. Springtrap didn't say anything and just lowered his head. "Well...do you wanna come with me. I'm sure I can get you some help." Dandelion said offering a hoof out to the creature who slowly reached for it. After shaking her hoof, Springtrap stood up and followed the foal to the path out of the forest.

Springtrap's body creaked and moaned with the poorly maintained metal moving around as he walked. As the two made it back to Dandelion's home, they went in through the backdoor in the garden. "Okay we need to get you somewhere to sleep until morning." She whispered to Springtrap. Then she had an idea. "I know. The storm cellar!" She whispered out loud as the showed Springtrap to the Storm Cellar. It wasn't used much since the area hadn't seen any major storms in a while. After clearing out a space for Springtrap to hide behind with an old matress there work was done.

"Okay. I'll show you to my family tomorrow." She said as she was about to head out Springtrap grabbed her back hoof. Dandelion turned around and Springtrap gave her one final hug. "Thank you Dandelion" He whispered in his strange voice before Dandelion left to go back to bed.

"Maybe this time..." Springtrap said to noone in particular. "This time I can do better. I promise you Honey,Michael, Chris, and my little Elizabeth. I'll do it right this time with this girl." He said to himself before curling up on the matress and closing his eyes...