Down With Chrysalis’s Comment
Hmm…There’s already enough going on tonight, I’ll broach the subject later, you conclude as you start tapping away. Thankfully you've been practicing using your fingers to text with your phone, so you “quickly” (not as quick as actual humans obviously) text Hu-Light.
Hey, now isn’t a good time to talk. Just tell Cadence I’m sorry OK?
Almost immediately you get a response back.
Huh? What’s wrong with Cadence?
What? Isn’t that why you’re upset? You ask.
No, I just wanted to vent to someone because Indigo Zap and Sour Sweet trashed my locker again. What did you do to upset Cadence?
Eyes widening at your slip you quickly attempt to divert that conversation.
Oh, nothing to worry about. But hey, why are they targeting you again? I thought you used scary technology to get back at them?
I did, but I never said it was me that did it.
Well there’s your problem. When taking vengeance, you have to own up to it so they know where retribution is coming from.
“Who are you texting?” Sunset Shimmer asks seeing your concentrated face.
“This world’s version of Twilight Sparkle,” you mention off hand and her eyes widen.
“Wait, what?” she gasps. “How long have you-“
“I’ll tell you later,” you cut her off as you send out your next text and she frowns.
Get them back immediately and make sure they know it was you. Also, I might have some new people for you to meet in the future so keep that in mind.
OK? Well thanks for the advice. I’ll put something into motion tonight. And thanks but I’m not too keen on new people. Also whatever you did to Cadence I’ll know soon enough, I’m asking her now. Also, I have other questions to ask you still about the mall.
You cringe at that since she’s constantly been asking questions about the mall incident since you got fired. You haven’t admitted to anything, but you know she might be on to you.
Stupid bookworm, too smart for her own good.
I’m just surprised she’s the only human to investigate further than what the media presented, Selena adds.
Exactly! Now if only the real Twilight would see past all the bullspit, you think in melancholy over her immediately accepting that Selena was using you as a puppet. Shaking your head from these thoughts you respond with a classic text conversation stopper that humans implement.
K.
Looking up from your phone you notice that aside from Sunset, noling else has paid attention to your texting. The partial Human Deadly 6 are still huddled up and whispering to each other while Flash and B2 seem to be muttering about something.
Hmm. Guess it’s so commonplace it doesn’t raise many eyebrows.
Humans do love their technological wonders after all, both in reality and fantasy, Sombra concludes.
Too much maybe, you shrug before you notice that Sunset seems a bit distressed.
"Hey Sunset, what's up? You look a little pale. Sorry about the whole Twilight thing, but it wasn’t really important till n-"
"It's not that,” she interrupts and looks down. “Well, not just that anyway…”
“Oh?” you question.
“It’s just…” she lets out a sigh. “So much has happened since I left Equestria. Princess Luna's return, Discord's return and reformation-"
"*cough*Bullspit*cough*"
"A changeling invasion, the return of the Crystal Empire, an entire terrorist organization's rise and fall. I guess..." Sunset goes silent for a few moments before she sighs again and says, "I guess a part of me feels like if I wasn't so selfish and bent on power, then maybe I would have stayed and been able to help out."
Poor dear, the guilt she was able to hold back during her reign of 'evilness' must be hitting full force now that she knows all the events from her home...
Can't say I blame her, I would feel pretty crummy too if I found out a bunch of stuff happened while we were here that we could of helped make less worse.
For some reason you feel an immense amount of irony at that thought, but you shrug it off and focus on comforting Sunset. You place a hand on her shoulder before you say,
"Hey it’s not that bad. Sure you may have missed out on a lot of stuff, but you probably had plenty of adventures while you were here right?"
"Sure, but most of those 'adventures' were me being am evil and manipulative bully, so not many good memories there,” she says in a depressed tone.
You cringe slightly at that before you quickly say,
"Well my life isn't exactly full of sunshine of rainbows either. Well I mean rainbows in the sky not Rainbow the pony-" At Sunset's 'really' look you quickly stop talking before stuttering out "Er-what I mean is that my life ain’t peachy either. But I'm still a reference spewing, flank-kicking, badflank with only a slightly extreme case of paranoia and destructive habits! You wanna know why?"
Multiple untreated head traumas? A lack of self-discipline and common sense?
Too many video games and media influencing you?
Okay, quiet peanut gallery I didn't ask you for the Semi-Truth!
“Why?” Sunset asks unsurely and you smirk.
"Cause I got folks like Nightshade to keep me going. Every day I remember that there are those out there who care about me, and so I make sure to keep on moving so that they don't worry. Now I know before you didn't have that, but now you do with them."
You point over to the still mumbling girls, who are also shooting you looks of what you think may be awe at your little speech, but you ignore them when Sunset still has an unsure look.
"And if they don't, then you can count on me and B2 to be there." You point a thumb back towards B2, who is stuffing his face with Donuts. When he notices you pointing at him he gives a muffled,
"What?"
You roll your eyes at that before looking back at Sunset, who now finally has something besides unease in her eyes. Something you yourself have constantly had to fight to keep.
Hope.
"Do...do you really mean that Mr. Bugze?"
"Sure, why not?” you smile. “You’re really my only hope to get back home, so I’m putting all my faith in you, so why not return the favor?”
She smiles at that.
“Besides what's one more ex-villain on my friends list anyway? What's Sunbutt gonna do, accuse me of making a 'League of Villains?' Ha!"
Sunset lets out a laugh at your comment as well, and you decide to ignore the slight dread you felt at it. You were probably just imagining things anyway.
“Is-Ha-Is that even a thing? The Ex-Villain club?” she asks.
“Eh, kind of,” you wave your hand thinking of Selena, Aqua, the Changeling 5, and even Sombra to a lesser extent. “But “reformed” or not, Discord is on thin bucking ice around me…”
“Oh…OK?” she mutters as she hears the heat in your words. You told her and the rest about the one sided battle you fought against him and the dirty trick he pulled before he was stoned.
Not like those false memories matter anymore with everyling thinking you’re controlling me, You think bitterly to Selena.
Indeed, though I wonder sometimes if I as I am now would even be here were it not for his meddling. Our bond did grow through our plight, she points out.
Huh…Yeah, You nod. Who knows what would have happened to you if I’d been all buddy buddy with them way back when?
And with that thought of “What If,” the human girls finally break their huddle and turn to your side of the table, causing you and the rest to pay attention.
“Alright, we’ve reached a consensus,” Rarity says and pauses.
“…And?” you ask impatiently.
“Oh sorry, just building up suspense,” she smirks and you roll your eyes.
“Really Rares?” Rainbow asks.
“What? A monumental decision like this needs the appropriate flair.
“Alright, I’m flared, what’s the answer?” you ask.
“The answer’s of course we’re gonna help out,” Applejack says, cutting through all the fanciness and causing Rarity to harrumph.
“Alright awesome!” you cheer as you pump your fist. “Was kind of nervous there for a second.”
“Well you shouldn’t have been, any sorta-kinda friend of Princess Twilight’s is a friend of ours,” Pinkie says bubbly.
“You could have fooled me,” Flash chimes in. “What with the group huddle and everything…”
“Oh, that was to discuss whether we should ask for merch and stuff for when The Wanted get back together as payment, or not,” Rainbow says looking to B2.
“Uh…we don’t actually have anything out right now?” he says nervously.
“Don’t worry partner, we all let Rainbow know that was a bit extortiony,” Applejack reassures.
“I still want an autograph!” Rainbow grumbles.
“Well regardless, we’re helping you darling,” Rarity says to you.
“We would have helped Sunset anyway, even if Twilight hadn’t of asked,” Fluttershy pipes up. To this Sunset seems to be in disbelief.
"Bu-but I ruined your friendships! I turned the school into a miserable warzone of cliques against cliques. I turned everyone into mind-controlled zombies! Why would you help me out still!?"
To her, and the others, surprise it’s not one of them who answers, but you.
"Of course they would Sunset. If these girls are like the ones from back home, they would have helped even if you turned Sunbutt into a statue," you chuckle.
"I don't understand, from what you said Equestria isn't exactly on your side and you've even fought their pony versions before. How can you be so sure that they'd help me?"
I have to agree with her my bug, just why do you believe the Element Bearers would be so set on helping a former enemy?
You smile knowingly at both Sunset and Selena's questions before you say,
"True...but trust me on this, you never really know a person till you’ve fought in battle with them, or however that saying goes.”
“Who said that?” asks Fluttershy.
“Some dead guy from the past I’d assume, but anyway the real versions of you girls are some of the most stubborn, violent, crazy and head strong ponies I’ve ever known…but they’ve also been kind, loyal and caring as well. Of course they’d be willing to give her a second shot.”
The girls’ smile and Sunset seems more at ease from your words.
My Bug...did you really mean all that?
I...I don't really know Selena. I mean, they did supposedly reform Discord after all, so it is in their nature, just not for us. Either way, it helps them think I’m a little friendlier with their counterparts than I actually am, so more power to them. So long as it’s not you or me, the real Deadly 6 help anyling, you think a little bitterly.
Oh…Selena says sounding a bit put off herself.
…If it helps any, I doubt they’d give me another chance either, Sombra tries to comfort.
Well of course they wouldn’t, you still want to mind control them, you snark.
How else are you supposed to get 100% compliance?! He counters.
Rolling your eyes at his antics, you see that Sunset is gracefully accepting the girls’ words.
“I guess…I guess after how quickly things went last night I didn’t fully believe it,” Sunset says with a happy sniffle.
“Well seeing is believing, we’ll be your best buds. It doesn’t matter that Mr. Bugze’s entire hopes and dreams are riding on the outcome, we’ll be your friends till the end,” Pinkie smiles.
“Wow…thanks you guys,” she says gratefully.
“Yeah, thanks…” you say a bit sarcastically.
“Yeah…maybe I should have that same optimism as well,” Flash says to her causing her to turn. “I know things between us got…rough. But I won’t leave you hanging like an outcast.”
“…Thanks Flash,” she nods.
The girls and Flash then all keep reassuring Sunset and talking about plans and activities for them all to do and you smirk.
“Looks like they’re all on board,” B2 says impressed.
“Eyup. I don’t know exactly how long redemption takes, but I know that with their help I’ll be seeing my little filly much sooner than 2 years.”
“Right…your Nightshade…” he mutters while looking off into space. You raise a brow at how he said that.
“You OK?” you ask.
“Yeah I’m fine, I just…” he trails off before shaking his head and standing up. “I’m gonna go use the restroom.”
“Oh, alright. I’ll be right here still,” you say as he walks off and you take one of his donuts.
Bugze, Selena scolds you.
What?
He’s clearly upset about something.
He is? You think in surprise as you see him enter the bathroom.
Yes.
How can you tell?
I’ve been with you nearly 4 years, I know your tics. Your counterpart has the same ones.
Oh…you then look guiltily at the stolen donut and put it back on his plate. There, that should help some.
Oh for…Selena trails off and you hear her facehoof.
What? The last thing I need is to make him more upset. Besides, he’ll be out in no time and I’ll ask him what’s up then, you placate.
Bugze, he jumped out of a window earlier when he was panicked. Don’t you think he might do the same now? She argues.
…Good point, you nod as you stand up.
“I’ll be right back,” you tell the humans as you jog to the restroom.
“What’s up with that?” you hear Flash ask.
“When you gotta go, you gotta go,” Pinkie shrugs.
Opening the door to the restroom, you see that Selena is right like usual as B2 has one of his legs hanging out of the window leading to the alleyway.
“What are you doing?” you ask him causing him to stop and turn to you nervously.
“Oh, uh, hey Bugze. I was just, uh, stretching my calves on the window sill,” he stammers before mimicking a stretch and pulling his leg back inside. “Need to keep limber ya know?”
You are not convinced.
“Dude, you were just going to ditch me? What the buck bro?” you scold and he wilts down. “I mean, I understand the whole Cadence and Luna situation, but why now?”
He looks at you guiltily before letting out a sigh.
Kichi’s Comment
“Look, I’m just…I just felt a little uneasy is all.”
“Uneasy?”
“Yeah man,” he nods. “I mean, here I am hearing your life’s story once again, but now you got a bunch of happy go lucky high schoolers hearing it and jumping on board to help you.”
“And? What’s to get upset about that?” you ask confused.
“I don’t know,” he shakes his head. “It’s just…they’re just going for it, hook line and sinker. They wanna help the bacon haired girl, and in turn they want to help you so you can get home to your daughter and…and that’s awesome.”
Still lost at why he is upset about this he just waves his hand and looks down at the ground.
“I’m not upset that good things are happening man, It’s just that…I think I might be a little jealous.”
“Jealous?”
“Yeah. You’ve got a goal and people to help you, and it’s a noble goal as well,” he then looks up at you. “But what the buck do I got? I’m still all but broke, got very few friends, and a vague dream like goal of putting my band back together…but I’ve got no real plan or goal.”
“Oh…” you say in sympathy as he quivers a bit.
“I’m nothing man…and I feel like a piece of crap for being upset at something good for you, so I was just gonna bounce so my negative attitude wouldn’t bring things down.”
“You don’t have to leave B2, I understand where you’re coming from,” you reassure and he looks up at you a bit in surprise before he laughs.
“Maybe you do…but still, I can’t help the way I feel. Especially because you have someone like Nightshade in your life.”
You raise a brow at that and he continues.
“Hearing your story again, the main point you kept hammering home to those girls was how important she was to you and…well, I don’t have anyone like that in my life.”
“But…you’ve got, uh…” you stammer and he smirks.
“Who, Sombra? Big whoop. Maybe he’s the closest thing I have to a best friend, but I’m not invested in him like you are with your daughter,” he sighs again. “Grandpappy’s resting in peace, my folks died when I was little, and I know my Grandma’s real family doesn’t even know about me. Bunch of yeehawers probably wouldn’t like me for being a metal head anyway.”
You raise a brow at that.
Wait, does he already know that him and Applejack are related? Before you can inquire this, he sighs and slumps his shoulders once more.
“If Chrysalis hadn’t destroyed my band…could I have had a Nightshade of my own?” he shakes his head. “Whatever, it’s far too late for that anyway. I’ll never have a kid to care for like you do…”
You don’t say anything as he ponders.
“I mean, Nighthsade was one of our best songs, so I probably would have named her that. But things with Nimmy…” he trails off and shakes his head. “Guess I’ll never have what you have…”
You give your sad human counterpart a few moments of silence as he wallows in self pity before you slap him upside the head.
“OW!” he cries out.
“Quit your bucking moping already,” you scold and he looks at you in surprise.
“What? I-“
“Sure you don’t have a Nightshade, and sure maybe things went wrong with your Ex, but don’t think the whole world is against you. Believe me, I know how that feels,” you chide.
He looks down at that, and you place your hand on his shoulder.
“Look, don’t beat yourself up too much, you can come back from this. And who knows, maybe it’s not too late for a Human Nightshade to come about…”
He looks up at you at that.
“I don’t know man…Nimmy…”
“You never know unless you try B2. You just can’t keep jumping out of windows and running away.”
“He’s right,” comes a feminine voice. Looking backwards you both see Sunset and the rest of the Humans standing in the doorway of the restroom.
“Uhhhhh.”
“You can’t just run when the going gets tough. I’m starting to see that now,” Sunset says looking at her smiling friends. “You just gotta give it a chance, no matter how scary.”
B2 looks at her and her words of conviction and nods. He doesn’t say anymore, but you can see the gears turning in his head.
“We’d be willing to help you anyway we can Mr. Hooded Offender music man,” Pinkie adds helpfully.
“N-No thanks kid. I think…I think this is something I gotta do myself,” B2 says.
“Okie Dokie Lokie,” Pinkie says with a smile.
“Uh, thanks for the encouraging words and all guys, but uh, are you sure you should be in here? This is the colt’s room.”
Down with Chrysalis’s Comment
Just as you say that, there is a flushing noise from one of the stalls and all of you look over to see Prince Blueblood’s human counterpart open the door and walk out wearing headphones. He immediately stops and his eyes widen when he sees the 6 girls, one guy, and two homeless looking dudes all crowded around looking at him.
He stares in shock for five heartbeats before he slowly backs into the stall and gingerly closes the door and starts screaming in confusion.
Both you and B2 facepalm at that as all of the girls get red in the face with embarrassment and Flash laughs like a loon.
“We should go,” you say to the girls as the teen continues screaming in confused terror.
Suffice to say, when your whole group steps out of the restroom, you all garner quite a few stares from the other patrons, but you all try to ignore them as you make your way back to your table.
“That probably wasn’t the smartest idea,” Sunset mumbles in embarrassment.
“You’re telling me. My street cred’s definitely going down after this,” Rainbow grunts.
“What street cred?” Applejack says sardonically causing a scowl from the rainbow haired girl.
Talk about mood whiplash, Selena mutters.
I know right?
Puzzling Frost’s Comment
As you all settle down and everyone laughs nervously, still kind of embarrassed, you get another text on your phone.
Oh thank Luna, a distraction, You think as you look down at another message from Twilight. But this one you know is serious because it’s in all caps.
BUGZE, HELP! ROBOTS MALFUNCTIONED! KIDNAPPED MY BULLIES! TRAPPED IN HORROR ATTRACTION! HELP!
You give one good look at the phone before slowly looking up. You then remember where Twilight got the robots in the first place.
Fazbear's Fright. FAZBEAR'S FRIGHT. You get a flashback to the last time you dealt with those animatronics.
"Oh buck." You get up and grab your counterpart much to the confusion of the girls.
"Whoa hey! What's going on?!"
"No time, Robots! Kidnapped teens! Fazbear!" You yell in a crazed stupor as your hatred for machines begins to take the wheel. You burst out of the restaurant while carrying your double in tow as you race down the road. You don’t know where this place is, but running randomly seems like the best option. Meanwhile the girls (and Flash) stare slack jawed at what just happened.
"Should we follow them?" Rarity asks.
"I don't...." Flash continues. However Sunset butts in with a gasp.
"Did he say Kidnapped teens?" It takes a few moments before the group races after you two, but not before Pinkie runs back in and pays the tab. She turns to the viewers.
"What? You always have to pay for your food. It's the law!"
She smiles before running back to the group.
Down With Chrysalis’s Comment
After running down the street madly for awhile, B2 eventually gets out of your grasp.
“Dude, what the hell’s going on?”
“Robots! Evil Demonic Robots! We Gotta Stop The Machines!” you shout before he slaps you.
“…Huh, déjà vu,” you mutter as you calm down a bit.
“OK, now where are the robots?” he asks.
“…I don’t know actually,” you say before opening The Internets on your phone.
“Magic Phone Lady, Where is Fazbear’s Fright?”
The lady that lives in your phone then gives you directions. Surprisingly, you were kind of heading in the right direction already.
“Huh, that’s neat,” you say.
“Alright, now why are we running towards robots?” B2 asks.
“Oh, right. Twilight’s kind of taken her pranking too far and the animatronics she hijacked to scare her bullies have kidnapped them and her and in my experience, they’re probably going to disembowel them alive.”
“…Oh…OK…” he says taken aback. “Well, I guess we should go stop that then.”
“My thoughts exactly, and since Sombra ain’t here, and I don’t want to take a death bus, running is the best course to-“
Just as you say that, a car and a truck come rounding the corner and nearly hit you two.
“AAAAHHHH!!!” you both scream and hug each other, but thankfully both vehicles stop, and you see that the drivers are Rainbow Dash and Applejack.
They all get out of the vehicles and rush up to you.
“OK, who’s been kidnapped? And where are we going?” Sunset asks.
It’s then that you realize maybe Sunset saving some humans could bump up her redemption faster, so you give her the quick rundown.
“Wait, Fazbear’s Fright?” Fluttershy asks with a gulp and a shake. “Oh dear…”
“That place is creepy with a capital C,” Pinkie says. “Plus I still remember the original Freddy Fazbears, I had so many birthday parties there and it was fun.”
“Those animatronics were always creepy,” Rainbow argues.
“That’s true, but that just begs the question, why do you think they’re rampaging now?”
“Oh, Twilight told me. I actually met her when I first crossed over and was gonna introduce you all eventually, but now’s a good time as any.”
All their eyes widen at that, and even Flash is taken aback.
“Twilight’s here?” he asks hopefully.
“Down boy, it’s our world’s Twilight,” B2 shuts him down.
“Oh…”
“Our world or not, we gotta save her and the others!” Sunset says in determination.
You all then pile into different vehicles with you, Sunset, Flash, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy in one car, and the rest in the AJ’s truck. As Dash breaks every speed limit known to man and beast, you try to keep your focus and not vomit.
“So, uh…what exactly are we going to do to these scary robots?” asks Fluttershy nervously.
“We’ll break them of course,” Rainbow says.
“How? Do you guys have access to your magic from last night?” asks Sunset.
“Well…no…” Rainbow admits. But we’ll think of something.”
“Just use basic fighting moves and avoid their sharp teeth. Also fire, fire is good too,” you say as you squeeze your seat belt hard.
“Is karate good enough? I know karate,” Rainbow asks.
“That’s a start, but just watch me when I go in. I’m sure a Falcon Punch here is as good as one in Equestria.”
“Ooooh, are you gonna teach us your moves you kept bragging about?” Rainbow asks hopefully.
“Yeah sure, they’re quite easy to pick up, even Fluttershy could learn them.”
“Eeep, I don’t think I could actually,” she shrinks down.
“Also, I’m not sure your moves will work here since you’re not a hooved creature anymore. Also, the media differences your moves are based on might not translate for them,” Sunset points out.
“Well whatever, just throw out a few good moves and learn to defend yourselves so it’s not on my head if you get hurt. I’ve got a few goodies I can implement as well.”
Although I suggest not using the plasmids unless necessary, your arm is only just now almost healed, Selena warns.
Yeah, I was thinking maybe tying out Gloriosa’s Crystal for a change. You know, make Sombrero happy for once.
…What? He asks when you both wait for him to respond. That is a good idea, and who am I to say no to crystals?
See, there you have it.
Alright then my bug, just be cautious and don’t burn the entire place down this time.
No promises. And definitely not getting another robot pet out of this.
Eventually you all arrive at the attraction, and all the lights are out, though the sign out front clearly labels it as Fazbear’s Fright, with a picture of that bucking bear to boot.
“Well we’re here…You sure there’s folks inside?” asks Applejack.
B2’s phone then buzzes and he looks down.
“I’d say so yes,” he nods as he shows a text from Twilight which says Help, over and over again.
“Alright, rescue operation is almost ago. Now, all you Humies line up here and I’ll show you a few basics before we go in,” you order.
“Yes!” Rainbow pumps her arm in triumph.
You then attempt to show them the Falcon Punch, Psycho Crusher, and a few other melee moves…but Sunset was right, your new body is just not cut out for it.
“Are you OK?” asks Flash as he helps you up from the ground after a failed Psycho Crusher.
“…Yeah, I just hate this world,” you grumble before looking to the rest. “OK, you all get the basic idea. Just stay behind me, and for the love of Luna, don’t act like a bunch of kids and their dog that my Grandbuggy kept trying to scare off and split up. That’s horror movie 101 there.”
“Got it,” Pinkie salutes. “By the way, what are the other girls names that got kidnapped?” she asks.
“Uhhh, I don’t know, I don’t exactly remember their names,” you admit thinking of a few of the bullies. “Zappy Sour and Inigo Montoya? Something like that, but whatever, let’s get to it!” you declare before you rush at the door and kick it…only to have your leg go jelly as you fall onto the floor.
“AAAHHH, funny bone, funny bone!” you groan rubbing your leg as the rest look at you in pity. As they do, B2 simply walks up to the door and pulls it open.
“It’s a pull door dude.”
“Well we all know that NOW!” you groan as you sit up. Once you’re up and leading again, you all one by one nervously and cautiously enter the building…
Ello Calebero’s Comment
MEANWHILE
Inside the building, Human Twilight is sitting comfortably with her digital pad on as Spike chews on a piece of pizza.
“Hmm, this isn’t good, he brought a group with him,” she says aloud to the puppy who looks at her and wags his tail.
“Tck…This complicates things. If he has help, then there’s no guarantee that he’ll display that power he exhibited at the mall.”
She then looks over stills from the news broadcasts and internet videos.
“Everyone else might be convinced it was a spectacle, but outside of digital manipulation, there’s no way that was a practical effect. Whoever that giant monster was, and whatever Mr. Bugze used was something unknown, and I need to get to the bottom of it.”
Spike barks happily at that.
Twilight then flips through her pad and looks on the camera feed of the freaked out Indigo Zapp and Sour Sweet that have barricaded themselves in the “Arcade Room” from her hacked animatronics and are crying.
“Hmmm, I’d hate to frighten them and these other people more…but Mr. Bugze did ditch Cadence at lunch today, and that whip cream in my locker attracted ants so maybe some more comeuppance is necessary.”
She then presses a few buttons, and a few more of the creepy robots come online.
“There we go,” she says before looking to her puppy who looks like he’s judging her. “What? It’s all in the name of science. If I can learn more about Mr. Bugze’s power source then…” she pauses as she looks at the camera feeds.
“…Why are there two Mr. Bugze’s?”
BACK WITH YOU
As you all walk through the entrance, you see an abandoned ticket booth, and the ominous Enter sign above the door.
Once entering, you are all treated to a warehouse sized labyrinth of hallways and creepy imagery.
“You know, it kind of does lose it’s creepiness when they try to be scary,” you point out.
“Not for me it doesn’t,” Fluttershy all but cries as she holds onto Rarity.
"And all these cameras about, it does feel voyeuristic," Rarity shivers.
"Yeah, plus why is nobody here? It'll be Halloween in like a month, and nobody's here?" Pinkie deduces.
"Hallo-What?" you ask, but noling answers you.
"School Night Pinkie," Sunset answers her question.
"Ah...still seems counter productive for business. Almost cliched and convenient..." she says looking at the audience.
"What, is there something on my shirt?" Flash asks as she's looking in his direction.
"Nope," she smiles.
“Well aside from whether it's closed or not, I mean, should we really be destroying the animatronics inside? They’re somebody else’s property,” Applejack says.
It’s then that creepy music plays over the intercom, and several deep laughs are heard.
“…I’m all for destruction of private property,” B2 says.
“Yeah, me too,” Flash nods.
“Me three,” Rainbow cracks her knuckles.
“That’s the spirit,” you say pulling out your Boom Stick. “Now…if I were a bunch of teenage girls kidnapped by machines, where would I be?”
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Head to the security office to check the cameras but someone gets trapped in the chair and is stuck looking at the cameras as backup
Bugzee have a feeling of Deja Vu as he walk around and looking around.
"You know, not to say we are not enough but... Should we not call the police? I mean, we are a group of teens and a dogs searching for a mystery, where did you see that?" Ask B2
The teenagers look at each others, for some reason the phrase "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids! And their dog". repeat again and again in their head.
"Let's ignore that... Where is the first place we are going?" Ask B2
Bugzee have a deja vu feeling as he remember his time in a very similar pizzeria.
"The Bathroom, those animatronics should not be able to go there" Say Bugzee with decision.
The group follow Bugzee to the Bathroom, only to find it closed by key, making Bugzee knock at the door.
"Hello! Is anyone there?" Ask Bugzee
"Get out! I found a hidden place and I will not get out until all those animatronics are deactivated or the police come, I knew they were creepy but when they began to attack others I decided to hide. I'm not going to risk my life if the machines decided to overthrow humanity, true, it's plausible that it's only some bug in the system but even so, I will not get out" Say the voice from inside the bathroom.
"Okay, Okay, I will not push, just one last question... What is your name? Mainly to not refer to you as 'Hey, you' or 'The voice in the Bathroom'" Say Bugzee to the door
"Uh... Err... Flash Control, a simple janitor, yes, that... Now, get out" Shout the voice from the other side of the door
"I knew it..." Muttered Bugzee as he left the door and began to walk away.
"What was that?" Asked B2
"It's a long story that contain puzzles... Too many puzzles, but if I'm right, we may have a clue to find Chrysalis" Commented Bugzee to the group as they looked at him
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Ther must be a scene where he cut's to spongebob's EVIL!
He meets mangle and since all the animatronics except springtrap are phantoms(or holograms;fazbear fright remember) he convinces the mangle program to take over springtrap upon discovery(of said holograms) Twilight freaks out upon discovery of sentient AI
unless twilight acrually fixed the bots... In that case both spring trap and mangle listen to bugze and try to take over the rest. twilight freaks out
The two robots end up as giant monstosities that fight to the death to cannabalize each other
You know, I was hoping this chapter would end on a cliffhanger to some action, because I thought up of a funny situation that could be used, and now I know how to implement it! :D
Bugze, B2, Sunset and Rarity cheer in victory upon seeing Bonnie crash into an ice cream machine and go still. At least until the mesh of machinery starts spasming and sparking in a way that implies an explosion is imminent.
"Don't worry guys! It's an ice cream machine, it won't explode in fire, it'll just be icy goodness!" Pinkie Pie informs them cheerfully, coming from some indeterminate area behind Sunset.
"WHERE'S THE EXIT?!?!" Rarity exclaims in panic of getting covered in ice cream.
"That... I do not know." Pinkie answered with a shrug.
"Great, imminent mess with no escape." B2 sarcastically commented.
Something sparked in Bugze's mind and he glanced over at Rarity, then back at the machine. Then he grinned and let out a giggle.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Rarity asked him.
"Oh, no reason. I'm just soaking in the feeling of nostalgia from what's about to happen." Bugze answered smoothly.
"Nostalgia from being covered in ice cream?" Sunset asked with skepticism.
"Nope! From this!" Bugze declared. Then he grabbed a surprised Rarity by her shoulders and held her up in between him and the ice cream machine bomb.
"THIS IS MY MEAT SHIELD!! THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!" He cried out, feeling a strangely absurd level of joy from uttering those words for some reason.
And then the ice cream machine exploded.
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But twilight is in the chair
May I suggest Deus ex music for this?
I'll just put this here
Pinkie: Hey guys Pinkie here. Fair warning to all viewers, Frost is a BIG fan of FNAF, and had always regretted never being able to comment on the first time Bugze fought off these wacky machines. And now that he has the chance, well....
Pinkamena: Be prepared for insanity. We tried to keep him calm. We failed.
*BANG BANG*
Pinkamena: OH FAUST HE'S BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR!!!
Pinkie: GET DOWN!!
*BANG CRASH*
WHO'S READY FOR FREDDY?! ON WITH THE SHOW!!!
Twilight stares slack jawed through her cameras at the sight of two Bugzes.
"How? When? Why are there two Bugzes? Where did the second one come from. Or was he always here?" Twilight said confused. She also noticed the second Bugze's apparent beard. "Wait we're they just swapping places at the school? Are they twins? That's the most logical conclusion. But why'd he hide this from me. Ooh I'm gonna have words with him, I mean the other him, err both of them Grr." Twilight said in frustration.
*With our hero*
As you and your gang of teenagers wander down the hallways you can't help but hear a strange ambiance in the background.
While the place didn't seem too creepy at first, the flickering lights didn't exactly ease your nerves. You kept your head on a swivel in case one of the robots decided to jump out at you when the lights went out. It also didn't help with how the tough faces the human 5 were slowly giving away to fear. You continue down the hallway looking for the lost teens. “Keep your eyes and ears open everyone. Who knows where those teens could be.” You said looking back to the group who nod in agreement.
*Back with our girl in the chair.*
Twilight sat bored as you and your group continued to walk through the establishment.
"Ugh, this taking to long! Let me see those powers I witnessed on the news. And who are those girls? Ugh, I can't have him use his powers around people, they might get hurt. I gotta separate them somehow." As Twilight thought this she noticed a few buttons near her setup. While she did mess with the animatronics themselves, she never really did anything with any of the other technical stuff apart of the actual attraction. "I wonder what this one does." She said pressing a button with a question mark symbol. Suddenly from a nearby monitor a video popped up. It showed some teen wearing horror merch.
“He-hey! Welcome to the crew! So, uhh- let me just update you real quick, then you can get to work. Like, the attraction opens in like a week, so we have to make sure EVERYTHING works, and nothing catches on fire! Uhm, when the place opens, people will come in at the opposite end of the building, and works their towards you, and PASS you, and out the exit. Uh, yeah you've officially become part of the attraction. Uh, you'll be starring as... The Security Guard! So not only will you be monitoring the people on the camera as they pass through, you know, to make sure no one STEALS anything or, (makes out?) at the corner, but you'll also be a part of the show! It'll make it feel, really authentic I think. Uh, now let me tell you about what's new. Uh, for now just get comfortable with the new setup. You can check the security cameras over on your right, with a click of that blue button. Uh, you can toggle between the Hall cams and the Vent cams. Uh, then over on your far left, you can flip up your maintenance panel. You know, use this to reboot any systems that may go offline. Uh, in trying to make the place feel more vintage we have overdone it a bit! Heh heh. Some of this equipment is BARELY functional! Uh, I wasn't joking about the fire, that- that's a real risk. Uhm, but the MOST IMPORTANT THING, you have to watch for, is the Ventilation. Look, this place will give you the spooks man, and if you let that ventilation go offline, then you'll start seeing some crazy stuff man, keep that air blowing! Also we found some vintage audio training cassettes. Dude, these are like, prehistoric! I think they were like, training tapes, for like other employees or something like that. So, we hooked them up to the speaker system, all you gotta do is press that button with the phone on it and they’ll play. We haven’t actually listened all the way through, so we just had it so the tapes would play automatically and won’t stop till they end. If you hear anything from them that might be too spooky be sure to leave a note on the desk in the morning and will sort it out. But I have an even better surprise for you, and you're not gonna believe this! We found one. A REAL one. Not those animatronics we made from spare parts lying around, but a genuine classic Freddy Fazbear suit. Uh, some guy who helped design one of the buildings, said there was like, an extra room that got boarded up..? So we checked it out and found it in there just collecting dust. Sadly we can’t get it working yet, it’s like mostly metal and wires, you know classic build so it’s gonna take a bit to get up and working again. Also it kinda reeks, probably in need of clean up, but we don’t want to mess with it till we find the design for it, so leave it be for now. Talk to you later man!" Twilight simply stared as the video ended.
“Huh this may be more interesting than I thought, and maybe after this I can get a look at that other animatronic. Plus I bet he was exaggerating about the vents and fire danger, it'll be fine. For now though, let’s get things moving shall we?” With a mischievous look in her eye she pressed the button with the phone symbol. The building buzzed as it worked it's horror magic. Spike simply huddled underneath Twilight’s desk, whimpering as if something bad was going to happen.
*Back with you*
You continue down the endless stretching halls, never going to far encase you lose the group,while they may be alternate versions of your worst enemies, but here there still teens so it be best to stay close to them.
*BRING BRING*
"GAH!!" Everyone yells at the sound of a phone ringing. You look up to see it's coming from some built in speakers. Suddenly a voice comes through.
(For sanity's sake only a few key conversations will be actually heard by the group. They will also be parts cut to fit the narrative.)
"Hello, hello? Uh, I wanted to record a message for you to help you get settled in on your first night. "Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. A magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life.Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person. Upon discovering that damage or death has occurred, a missing person report will be filed within 90 days, or as soon property and premises have been thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpets have been replaced.Blah blah blah, now that might sound bad, I know, but there's really nothing to worry about. Uh, the animatronic characters here do get a bit quirky at night, but do I blame them? No. If I were forced to sing those same stupid songs for twenty years and I never got a bath? I'd probably be a bit irritable at night too. So, just be aware, the characters do tend to wander a bit. Uh, they're left in some kind of free roaming mode at night. Uh...Something about their servos locking up if they get turned off for too long. Uh, they used to be allowed to walk around during the day too. But then there was The Bite of '87 Yeah. I-It's amazing that the human body can live without the frontal lobe, you know? Uh, now concerning your safety, the only real risk to you is the fact that these characters, uh, if they happen to see you after hours probably won't recognize you as a person. They'll p-most likely see you as a metal without its costume on. Now since that's against the rules here at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, they'll probably try to...forcefully stuff you inside a Freddy Fazbear suit. Um, now, that wouldn't be so bad if the suits themselves weren't filled with crossbeams, wires, and animatronic devices, especially around the facial area. So, you could imagine how having your head forcefully pressed inside one of those could cause a bit of discomfort...and death.Uh... Hey, listen, I had an idea: if you happen to get caught and want to avoid getting stuffed into a Freddy suit, uhh, try playing dead! You know, go limp. Then there's a chance that, uh, maybe they’ll think that you're an empty costume instead. Then again if they think you're an empty costume, they might try to... stuff a metal skeleton into you. I wonder how that would work. Yeah, never mind, scratch that. It's best just not to get caught. ” The phone call ends there. You and your friends (along with Twilight) are understandably disturbed.
“The bite of 87?” You begin. Only to be cut off by your counterpart.
“Yeah, that’s the reason my Gramps never let me go here for birthdays. Lets just say that kid was lucky to live as long as he did.” B2 said with a shiver. The others also shiver at the thought. You mean while mull over what you learned.
“Wow seemed this version of Fazbears is more gruesome. Glad it closed down back in our world.” Bugze thought.
“Indeed, though it begs the question, what caused this version to have such events.” Selena mused.
“I sense, something sinister...something dark.” Sombra mumbled under his breath.
"Huh?" You say confused. "Did you say something?"
"Nothing, it was nothing Uh, I'd think it be best if you dealt with them." Sombra said dodging the question. You turn your attention to the freaked out teens (and B2)
“Alright, you all heard the guy, these things will try to stuff us in suits! Be on guard! And try not to get seperated!” You say taking charge, while also trying to keep everyone calm.
(Feel free to add comments here to fill in between time skips.)
*Later*
As the group continued to wander Pinkie suddenly stops with a look of worry on her face.
“Uh anybody remember where we came in from?” She asked nervously. Everyone stops in their tracks as they realise they had no idea which way was out.
“Oh buck.” You say in realization. The mane 5 and Flash begin to panic as they frantically run every which way trying to find an exit. All while you, Sunset and B2 try to calm them down. However as B2 runs off to chase them a door slams down separating you and Sunset from the rest of the group. The speakers turn on again as a different voice echoes across the building.
“Welcome to the Maze of Fazbear my dudes! Are you ready for Freddy?” The voice finished. “First creepy messages and now a maze! Ugh, Sunset stay with me. Let’s try to find the girls.” You say. Sunset nods and you run through the maze, trying to find a way out. However you’re stopped when an animatronic bear appears around the corner and roars. It scares you so much that you kick the bear into the wall. Unfortunately for you as it fell it grabbed your leg causing you to fall with it. It landed against a hidden electric panel, causing it to shock both you and the animatronic.
The animatronic screamed as the current fried it's circuits.
“AHHH!!!” You,Selena and Sombra scream in pain as electricity is sent through your body.
“Bugze!” Sunset shouts in fear. However as luck would have it your magic geode reacts the to the electricity and sends a feedback of magic into the system. This stops the shock and turns off the power in the building.
*With Twilight*
“Ahh! No no! Perhaps I went to far.” Twilight says in alarm just as power goes out cutting her feed. Spike simply gives Twilight a ‘really’ look. “You’re not helping! Oh common where’s the backup power on this thing?!”
*Meanwhile in a boarded up room*
In a dark room a single yellow animatronic lay motionless on the ground next on top of a live wire. Suddenly a purple electric current goes through the wire shocking the machine. It groans as magically fueled electricity goes through its body. For a few moments nothing happens. Then the lights come back on in the building though now severely more dim. The animatronic opens its eyes glowing with magic. The animatronic simply gazes out into the room lazily, “Fazbear…” Suddenly it hears a scream come from down the hall. The animatronic eyes turn red. “Children...heh..heh.heh.” The animatronic says. It stumbles to find it’s feet. Eventually standing up. It looked to the boarded up door. It walks up to the door and punches through it. It’s red eyes glaring in the darkness. “Children….Follow...Me.” The animatronic says with a scary grin on it’s face as it stumbles into the attraction.
And that's all! For now
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It only says that she is in the building with a pad eating pizza. That could be almost anywhere
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fine
Stupid question Where did she get the pizza
This is a horror attraction
Not a kitchen?
Ohohohoh, its time to complete the trifecta! Let's spread the chaps folks, and let this night of horrors BEGIN!
Twilight Sparkle considers herself to be a smart person, to which her numerous awards from past science fairs and report cards can attest to. She is a being of logic, one who doesn't get distracted by her emotions when it comes to science. She has pledge her name to science, and she can not stand by as a clearly unexplained phenomenon has happened and needs to be investigated.
Hence why she set up this little trap for the friendly janitor who has made the last few weeks (months, can't remember how long Bugze's been around) less stressful thanks to his tips and advice with handling her bullies. Even though lying to him about being kidnapped by evil robots and tricking him into reveling his powers from the mall could be considered immoral, but she takes what she's taught quiet seriously.
And if Mr. Bugze's lessons in getting back at those bullies have taught her one thing, is that it is perfectly okay to 'prank' people if they did you wrong. Like ditching her amazing aunt Cadence for lunch, or apparently having some sort of flame based power and not telling her despite her clear interest in science, or how he had a twin brother/clone/lookalike android and again never told her, or how he got fired from the school cause of his stupid stunt at the mall leaving her all alo-
Calm down Twilight, focus on the task at hand.
Twilight took a deep breathe as she continued monitoring the camera's of both Mr. Bugze's group and of the bullies. She knew all these things about herself...but yet seeing the clearly concerned look on Mr. Bugze's face as he continually calls out her name in worry, a small part of her can't help but feel that this idea wasn't going to be worth it in the end.
But science does as science must, and she will find out how Mr.Bugze made those flames and where that monster came from. All in the name of science!
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…
Perhaps it was time to set things into motion...
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Surprisingly the only other people as calm as you are are Sunset and Rainbow, though you can't tell if that's just her usual false bravo or not. You keep your Boom Stick at the ready. Your pretty sure it should still work, if only not as powerful as usual. You notice Rainbow and Applejack eyesing the red tipped jewl staff in awe, but that's probably cause they remember it from your stories.
As you all continue to cautiously move around the building, you suddenly feel something latch onto your back. You almost let out a shriek and are about to pound the likely evil animatronic to dust, but thankfully before you do you notice its just Hu-Fluttershy...who is shaking like a leaf and is holding onto your coat like its a life line.
"S-s-sorry Mr. Bugze. I-I'm just...just very scared."
Flashbacks to the Fluttershy from back home, and you decide to give her a confident smirk to try and reassure her. This seems to work slightly as her grip lessens, but it doesn't look like she's letting go anytime soon.
"So Mr. Bugze, you said you've dealt with evil animatronics before right?"
At Rarity's question you get flashbacks to your first Knight capture and the eventual robot monstrosity you had to cut to pieces...three times.
"Yeah...something like that."
"Well do you have any advice when handling them? Any Weaknesses or such?"
You hum in thought as you recall Kichi's madhouse before saying,
"Well the only ones I really fought was a metal monstrosity of a whole bunch of them that had been cannibalized by animatronic that took several explosions, chainsaw strikes, plasmid attacks, and was be driven by a changeling using kids as love batteries. And the only way I was actually able to beat it was by causing it to explode twice, and also melting it with amazing flaming goodness along with the rest of the building..."
There's a few moments of silence before Rainbow looks over to Sunset and says,
"Okay...how come your dimension is so freaking awesome when its just a bunch of ponies! I mean..."
Rainbow struggles to say anything as she gestures to you, to which Sunset sighs before saying,
"I wouldn't exactly call that awesome, if anything it sounds terrifying!"
You just shrug your shoulders before you say,
"Eh, honestly at this point its more normal then anything. Anyway, I doubt anything like that will happen here without any magic so just smash them till they stop moving...I guess."
While this is all happening, Twilight is having what appears to be cross between complete and utter disbelief and a pure nerdgasma at the thought of technological advanced alternate universe.
I had more ideas, but I think I'll hold onto them for now since we can't have all the fun end in one chap now can we? Also when the gang get split Flutters and Rarity should be stuck with Bugze and Sunset as well, more even numbers that way.
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Twilight frantically flipped switches and pressed buttons as she tried restore power.
“Come on, come on! Work darn you!” In anger smashed her fist into to the console, unknowingly as her fist hit the panel the magical bolt of energy surged through it.
“Gah?!” She yelps as she’s shocked. It causes her to fall backwards and out of her chair. Spike rushed up to her. He licked her face trying to get her up only to receive a shock, though not as bad as the one twilight received it did make him dizzy. Twilight groans getting up from her fall. She looked herself over to see if there was any serious damage only to find her standing up from the shock. “Ugh and I just got my hair done.” As she sat up she saw a power button underneath the panel. “Of course it’s under the desk. Why wouldn’t it be!” Twilight growled but stop when she heard her tone. “Woah where’d that come from. Ugh never mind let’s get this place up and running again.” She said, though if she saw her reflection on the nearby window panel she would have noticed her eyes glow slightly when she raised her voice. Once the power came back on she found numerous systems glitching. The lights in the facility now barely gave out any light, the cameras kept going staticky, and the ventilation was completely offline. “Ugh lets hope this places repair system still works. And it seems that power outage took out the Freddy animatronic. It’s totally unresponsive! I’ll have to fix that later.” She sighed getting back in her chair.
*meanwhile*
After Bugze and his group leave, the Freddy animatronic remained knocked out on the floor. However purple electricity still ran across it. Suddenly the electricity activated something hidden in the animatronic. The bear began to twitch. It’s systems started to turn on again. Then it’s advanced hearing kicked in. It registered several noises, sounds of scared people and running. It also heard the footsteps of its fellow machines, but something made it stop. A voice....a very familiar voice.
“Follow...me...”
Freddy’s eyes opened. Magical energy flowing through them.
“H-hey I know you! Yo-your my frie-killer.You’ve gotta Pay. I should kill you. Afton. ” Freddy said. It stood slowly as it looked around.
“I’m still here, in the horrible restaurant. I should look for him. He needs to die.” Fazbear groaned, as it walked through the maze looking for its old ‘friend’.