Starlight the Nightguard: Five Night's at Freddy's 2

It was another day in Ponyville. The skies were clear, and there was not a cloud in sight. Albeit, the sun shone brighter than usual, which made the temperature hot. But sometimes a breeze would blow through the town, so the temperature is pretty even.

Starlight went to the local fruit stands to get some lunch. She spotted a delicious golden apple. The price was 5 bits for an apple, which was not a bad price.

"Hello," Starlight greeted the shopkeeper. "I would like to buy that apple."

"It costs 5 bits." The shopkeeper said in a friendly voice.

"I knew that." Starlight replied as she already got the bits out of her bag.

After collecting the bits, they handed her the apple, to which Starlight took a bite of it as she walked away.

The apples from Sweet Apple Acres are good too, but this is slightly better. Starlight thought as she relished the taste of the apple.

Afterwards, she sat on one of the benches at the park while reading a book about myths and legends. She was intrigued by the stories, and always pondered whether they were true or not. But that's the fun part of it.

As she continued reading, Starlight couldn't help but overhear some ponies that said something very interesting.

"I thought they closed down a long time ago."

"Yeah, but now they are back than ever."

Interested, Starlight kept looking at the book while she angled her ears a little closer so she can hear them a little better.

"It was because of a murder, is it?" A pony asked with her voice quivering a bit.

"Unfortunately, yes. But I heard that the owner of that company somehow persuaded Celestia to open another restaurant."

"Will it be safer than the last?"

"I just hope that will be the case."

After that, they discussed about another topic, which made Starlight stop listening to them.

Pondering about what they said, Starlight closed the book and left the park.

Starlight now walked the streets of Ponyville, and she noticed that a white, thin, colt with brown hair, was handing them newspapers onto random house's doorsteps, and gave newspapers to ponies that were outside.

As soon as they got the newspaper, they were shocked when they looked at one of the articles.

"They're back?" Starlight heard one of the ponies that read the newspaper.

"And they look uglier than ever." another pony replied with a tint of disgust.

What are they talking about? Starlight looked at them with a confused look.

While she was staring, she accidentally bumped into the same white colt while she was not looking.

"Oops!" Starlight lent a hoof to the pony. "I should've been watching where I was going."

But the pony shrugged it off and with the help of Starlight's hoof he got up to his feet.

"No worries." He responded to her. He reached into his bag and took out a newspaper with his mouth. "For you."

As the pony trotted away, Starlight finally had the source that she needed.

Flipping through the pages, she looked through every article to see if it fits the testimonies that she just heard.

Unfortunately, she found what they were talking about when she recognized a certain bear, bunny, and chicken.

Freddy?! Starlight screamed in disbelief in her mind. She almost said it out loud but managed to keep her mouth shut. How are you back?

Starlight shuddered in fear as she remembered the long nights that she had worked there. The animatronics were relentless to kill her and stuff her in a suit. And when Twilight accompanied her on her final shift, the two of them were inches away from dying. But somehow, the clock saved the two of them.

She would assume that Twilight would tell Celestia that the company was dangerous to others and should be shut down permanently. But somehow, they came back.

And they do look ugly Starlight thought, agreeing with the other ponies.

She looked at the direction of Princess Twilight's Castle.

She needed to know this as well.

"You knew the whole time?!" Starlight couldn't believe what she just heard.

Twilight nodded sadly. "Unfortunately, yes."

"But... why did you let it slide?"

"Oh, believe me, I wanted to put a stop to it the moment I heard about this idea. But nothing I will do can change anything. All these actions go to Celestia, and maybe Luna." Twilight explained to her former pupil.

"But you did something about it before. Like when the two of us almost died to those cursed animatronics?" Starlight responded, trying her best to process what she is hearing.

"That was because I had proof." Twilight explained calmly. "But as for this restaurant, we currently don't know how they operate. And as of now, they are in a clean state. They may surprise me if it turns out to be a lot better than the owner says it will be." she ended with a shrug.

Starlight had to admit that she did have a point. But she did not trust that Freddy was going on a murder-free life in a new restaurant.

"I don't believe them." Starlight said to the princess with determination.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do anything about it." Twilight shook her head. "These matters do not fit my criteria unless I have solid evidence."

Starlight eventually sighed in defeat. She didn't want a to press the matter further, now knowing that the princess won't help her with this matter.

Instead, she decided to go straight to the location.

Following the directions that were below the newspaper article, Starlight arrived at the new location. It was almost as if they were in the same spot to where the old location used to take place.

Starlight eventually peeked inside the lively resturant. She spotted the animatronics that were featured in the article. The foals were graciously enjoying the animatronic's cheeky songs and ate a lot of pizza.

Starlight stepped inside the pizzeria and sat down on one of the party tables. She looked around the the scene.

No suspicious activity so far.

However, something caught Starlight's eye as she looked beyond the party tables. She saw a giant present box next to shelves that were filed with plushies and toys. And in the present vox, was a puppet. Its body was black and skinny with white stripes, and its face had a permanent smile with painted purple tears, as if it was crying.

Oh sweet Celestia... Starlight felt horror just strike through her body. She noticed that some of the foals were staring at her. So she put on a fake smile, while staring the puppet. There’s more of you.

While she was gazing at the animatronic, she felt a hoof touch her shoulder. Starlight quickly whipped her head. It a purple unicorn with dark purple hair. It was wearing a worn-down suit and had a yellow badge as its cutie mark.

“William?” Starlight asked, wondering if she got the name right.

“You are correct.” The stallion responded. “And I recall that your last name ends with Shimmer?”

“It’s Glimmer.” Starlight corrected him, again. “What are you doing here? It’s been a while since we met.”

“It has, it has.” William gazed at her with a wide grin. Starlight felt nervousness slowly rising in her body. And something about the grin seemed familiar to her, which she did not like.

“Uh... right.” Starlight felt a sweat mark run down the side of her face.

William’s grin finally went away. “Am I scaring you? My apologizes.” he dipped his head.

“It’s... no problem.” Starlight sighed. “I didn’t mean to offend you.”

William raised his hoof. “No, it's my fault. I should take classes on how to smile correctly.” he added, humorously. He turned to face the animatronics that were near the ponies. “Old friends have made a comeback here.”

“I wouldn’t exactly call them friends.” Starlight responded while giving the animatronics a weird look.

“Honestly, me either. But if it entertains foals, then they are friends of mine.”

“I suppose.” Starlight looked at William weirdly. Was he like this when they first met? If so, she didn’t remember him being... odd.

William took out some papers from a nearby desk. “Anyways, this place has improved since the last one closed down. And they come with really cool features too!”

“Features...?” Starlight didn’t like the sound of that.

“You see, my awesome creations and ideas has beamed into these animatronics.” William continued on. “Unlike the old place, the animatronics stay in their place. But now, they move around during the day!”

“They what?!” Starlight couldn’t believe what she heard. Did she hear him right? She didn’t even care if the foals kept staring at her.

But William expressed no surprise. “Relax, these animatronics are calmer than before. And they do well with foals-”

“But...” Starlight interrupted him. “What if causes happen? What if there will be an incident just like the bite at Fredbear’s?”

William’s grin died away instantly, and glared at Starlight. “When someone is in my earshot, we do not speak of the bite. At all.”

Starlight was taken aback by William’s sudden anger. Did the Bite affect him?

William gazed at the animatronics again with his wide smile again, clearly wanting to change the subject. “Anyways, we are now offering jobs for this establishment. The day shift and the night shift.”

“You’re doing that again?”

“Of course. A place such as this must be protected by guards.” William responded calmly. “If you want to apply, you won’t be taking the day shift. That job has been taken by someone else.”

“No.” Starlight turned her head away. “I’m not going through that again.”

“Trust me, the animatronics will not attack you this time. They will be still in their positions, and the nights should be stress-free.”

Starlight didn’t believe him. She simply got up and walked out of the pizzeria.

William looked at her, disappointed. “Alright, it's your choice. But the position is always free.”

She looked back to see William walk away, she now was in deep thought. She knows what Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza was doomed from the start, and like Twilight said, they cannot close it down without evidence of the place being bad. Maybe the night shift may be the key to finding the evidence that this place should be deemed closed like the first place.

But is it worth it?

“William!” Starlight called out the purple unicorn.

“Changed your mind?”

Starlight hesitantly nodded. “I hate this idea, but I will work for five nights here, like last time.”

William didn’t look convinced. “What changed your mind?”

“Simple.” Starlight narrowed her eyes at William. “I want to know if you’re telling the truth.”

“Starlight, I assure you.” William chuckled. “My words are as true as the deep blue.”

She rolled her eyes. “We’ll see about that.”

Although her explanation was part of the reason of why she worked there, could she ever tell him her true intentions? To stay at the restaurant and learn some maybe dark secrets about the company in general?

Never. She thought in her head. And now I’m going to hate myself for working here.