Starlight awoke from her bed and brushed her mane to get rid of the tangles that hid in her purple and turquoise mane. Then she headed downstairs and made some haycakes for breakfast.

As she set her plate down, she heard a knock on Twilight's door.

Starlight opened the door to see a mail pony at the steps with a newspaper in its mouth. Starlight grabbed the newspaper with her magic and nodded in thanks.

When she got back to the table, she sipped a drink from her mug and read the articles. Some were shocking and boring, and some that she just didn't care.

But she found an article that caught her eye.

Help Wanted

Freddy Fazbear's Pizza

Family pizzeria looking for security guard to work the nightshift. 12 am to 6 am.

Monitor cameras, ensure safety of equipment and animatronic characters.

Not responsible for injury/dismemberment.

$120 a week.

Starlight felt a little creeped out when she saw the "not responsible for injury/dismemberment." part of the newspaper. Plus, the bear in the picture looked creepy too.

Just then, Twilight entered the room, along with Spike.

"Good morning, Starlight!" Twilight said in her usual cherry tone.

"Good morning, Twilight." Starlight greeted more hesitantly.

Twilight's head titled to one side. "Something wrong?"

"Nothing." Starlight rustled the newspaper and turned the page. "Just a weird ad about a pizzeria called Freddy Fazbear's Pizzera, and that weird note near the end. But nothing too big."

"Oh no." Spike stopped what he was doing and stared at Starlight. "You said it."

"Said what?" Starlight asked, confused. But was caught off guard when Twilight instantly grabbed the newspaper with her magic.

"Freddy Fazbear's Pizza?" Twilight said in excitement. "This has to be a sequel to Fredbear's Family Diner!" she continued reading the article.

"...what." Starlight tried to comprehend what she just heard. "There's more resturants that are owned by the same company? And what kind of name is Fredbear?"

Twilight stopped reading the newspaper and put on shocked face. "Starlight, you haven't heard of Fredbear's Diner? It used to be a very famous restaurant until..." she put on a grim expression.

"Until what?" Starlight asked, but from the look on Twilight's face, she might regret asking that question.

Twilight shook her head. "You don't want to know. It's pretty grim."

But Spike joined in and put down his plate with jewels stuffed with muffins onto the table.

"Basically, a colt died by an animatronic there. He got shoved into its mouth." Spike answered, but when Twilight gave him a warning signal, it was too late.

"An... animatronic did this?" Starlight was even more terrified now. She might not look at an animatronic the same way again.

"But that was a long time ago, and times have improved since then." she said dismissively. "But even though the incident happened, it was still a very fun place to be in."

"Really?" Starlight looked skeptical. "When I was a filly, my dad took me to restaurants with animatronics, and I never viewed them as 'entertaining'.

She shivered, remembering what the animatronics looked like. The weird eyes, the creepy music...

She looked at the newspaper again and back at Starlight. "This may sound weird and sudden, but I think you need to take this job."

Starlight instantly spats out her drink and almost choked. "WHAT?"

"I know now that you don't like animatronics, but just look at this payment. And besides, you need to step outside your comfort zone a bit."

She could not believe what she was hearing. "B-B-But my comfort zone is a good zone, and I would prefer to stay that way."

"But you were out of your comfort zone when you defeated Chrysalis. And look how much you've changed since then. Why should this be any different? Besides, it might be fun!"

"You're crazy if you think I'll work in that pizzera." Starlight spat. She turned to Spike who was peacefully eating his muffins. "Spike, help me out."

Spike simply shrugged.

Twilight put a hoof on Starlight's shoulder. "Look, I know that you don't want to do this, but I think it's worth giving it a try, and knowing that it may not be so bad after all."

Starlight glared at Twilight for a few moments but sighed in defeat. "Fine. But I'm working for only one week. No more than that."

I pray to Celestia that nothing goes wrong.

It was the dead of night when Starlight traveled to Freddy's. She did not enjoy being on the outskirts of Ponyville, but she just shrugged it off. All she cared about is to get this week over with or else she will never hear the end of Twilight lecturing her of "giving up so easily because you're scared or something."

Starlight finally arrived at the facility. It looked even creepier in nighttime.

Starlight could make out the logo of the facility. She recognized Freddy but didn't know the other three animatronics. Funny that the logo makes them look cuter than the actual animatronics.

She went inside the restaurant and felt startled when she saw the animatronics standing in pitch darkness. Their mouths hanging open and their eyes staring at nothing. This will be fun.

Just then she heard galloping, and she turned around to see a black and white unicorn walk towards her.

"Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! Which-" he stopped to get a piece of paper with his magic and read what it said.

"Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and adults can enjoy good pizza while hanging out with their furry friends." he said flatly. "I have to say this everytime someone new comes in."

Starlight just smiled nervously, still creeped out by the animatronics.

"Anyways," the unicorn put the paper away. "I assume you are here for the night shift?"

Starlight shrugged, trying to hide the nervousness that was rising inside her body. "Yeah, I guess."

"Hmm..." the stallion stared at her. "I still don't get why ponies want this job, but I guess I can show you around the area. You have to remember them in order to really do a good job with guarding."

"Won't I have cameras?" Starlight asked, confused by his statement.

"Just take it from me. The areas are important to remember, ok?"

“Well, there is your office.” he showed the mare.

Starlight investigated the area. The front wall was caked with artwork that was seemingly made by foals, and next to the artworks was a poster of Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica, and it said “Celebrate!” on top.

“There is your monitor.” the black stallion pointed. “And I would explain more but we recorded a call for new night guards here, so I don’t need to go on and on about what you need to do.”

Starlight just looked around the room and sat down on the chair.

“Enjoy your night here.” the black stallion said. “I hope you make it out.”

“What.” Starlight was caught off guard by the last sentence, but the stallion walked off.

The lights except the ones in the office went dim and heard the restaurant doors slam shut and heard the doors lock.

This was it; it was the night that Starlight would conquer her fears of hating animatronics.

Author's Note

Starlight is going to have fun working at Freddy's :D