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// The New Nightguard  
// Story: Five Nights at Freddy's: Body vs Mind 
// by AmpUpHeart 
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Meanwhile, a new nightguard was now working at the pizzeria. Jasper Gemini. He was rather unusual, because not only did he make it past the week, but he kept coming back for another three weeks. Everyone admired this stallion's persistence, but also his creativity. On what he said was his last week, he left a series of recordings for new guards to listen to each night. 

But Trip noticed that Jasper acted a bit strangely and would mutter things like "She wasn't kidding," and when he saw hallucinations, "Will you shut up? I know that it's you." Trip was sure that Jasper had a connection of some kind to the pizzeria if he could catch on to the ways of the animatronics so quickly. 

However, on the fourth night of the fourth week, Jasper's luck had run out. He was now facing Freddy's flashing face. Trip thought in the little time that he had. Jasper had promise and could help them, but Trip had promised himself that he wouldn't force anyone to help them. Tesla, who was standing behind him, suddenly gasped. 

"He's panicked and wondering why 'she' is doing this to him."

'Who's "she?"' Trip wondered, but made his decision, and not a moment too soon. The music had fallen silent. He quickly focused, and as soon as he heard the scream, teleported Jasper into the lab. 

Jasper, after a few minutes, opened his eyes and looked around where he was. Trip had everyone leave the room except for Tesla, who would probably be least likely to startle Jasper. However, Tesla took a few minutes to get a good look at Jasper, since the shadows in the office made it hard to make him out. He had a pine green coat and a dark chestnut mane and tail with matching eyes. His cutie mark, not surprisingly, was the Gemini constellation. However, when he spoke, it was clear that he was scared, even though he looked completely calm. 

"She suspected this."

Tesla grew confused. She thought that Jasper was insane since his face showed genuine fear over something over this 'she.' 

'Wait... Not insane... Disturbed.' Tesla thought. "Who's 'she?'" She asked.

"Not long before I took this this job, a purple mare, along with other ponies, came to me in my dreams and told me about this." Jasper replied.

"Define 'this.'"

"The pizzeria's ways. How the animatronics acted. What they would do if they got to you. And how the ponies suspected that somepony else was getting in their way."

Tripwire suddenly came in. "Wait, you said that there were others. Who?"

Jasper thought and said "One was a midnight blue with a wild green mane.  I didn't get a good look at his cutie mark, though. One was white with orange hair kept pulled back. Her cutie mark was a knob or something like that. But they would talk like like they had a whole group or community."

"That's what I was afraid of." Trip said. "When the bite happened, I saw Fuse transmit a message. I thought that she might have had some assist in this plan of hers."

"Now I'm the one who's confused," Jasper stated uneasily.

After a runthrough that would be repetitive to explain here, Trip showed Jasper to a bed. 

"You can leave if you want to." Said Trip.

"I will stay tonight, but I don't know what's safe anymore. How do I know that I can trust you?"

"Think about it," said Trip, "One can't know to trust another or oneself. One can only choose to." That was the last thing Trip said before closing the door with a quiet click, leaving Jasper to ponder.