The night had finally arrived for them. Hazel managed to heal within a few days, and was rather lucky that her wounds would have no permanent scars; she didn’t even want any more of them as her childhood ones were worse enough. The asylum still provided her meds so she didn’t have to worry. Since they were gonna be around for the night shift, she had to pack a couple of bottles to take along. The one who hired them for the shift was confused at how young they were, but he decided to let them take the job anyway.
They already laid out a plan for their nights there. Two of the group would stay awake for two hours while the rest went to sleep, and then they rotate. They brought along sleeping bags so they could sleep on the floor behind the desk. For the first shift, Crystal and Daylight took charge. Second shift, Hazel and Rosette. Third and last, Karmatic and Serene.
The first night and things were already weird. First the Phone Guy tells them that if animatronic enters the room, they have to wear a mask until they leave so as to avoid being killed. Seems that, like the previous pizzeria, the animatronics have a Free-Roaming Mode at night and if they see a human, they think it’s an endoskeleton not in costume and stuff them in a spare Pinkie suit.
There were many new animatronics that appeared here, and some highly resembled some of the other ones who entered the pizzeria to find their friends. Yep, you read that right, some ponies entered the pizzeria to try and find the Mane Six. Like the ones they went down there for, they went missing. The place is a Bermuda Triangle. These were some of the new animatronics.
Pinkie’s replacement was a ‘cuter’ version of her. This one had a faint blush on her cheeks and wore a collar neck in addition to her bowtie. Like her previous version, she had a black top hat but this one had a small ribbon attached to it. She also had small little buttons going down her chest. Her name was Toy Pinkie.
In Bonlight’s place was Toy Bonlight. She looked very different. Like Toy Pinkie, she had a blush on her cheeks. Her coat color was light blue rather than lavender. She wore a red bowtie and also had a guitar similar to the original Bonlight.
Then there was Toy Chicashy, who highly resembled her original. She had also had a faint blush on her cheeks and also wore a bib. The only difference was that her bib had the words, “LET’S EAT!” rather than “LET’S PARTY!”
There was also an extra animatronic named Sploon Boy, who highly Spike. He was wearing a pair of circus pants and a copper-blade hat. He mostly hands out balloons.
There were two other animatronics, but they were rarely ever seen at night. The first one was yellow and only appeared at a certain time. The second one was unknown due to the fact that it moved so fast and sneakily that it’s rare for a security guard to catch a glimpse of it. For some strange reason, its presence can be heard when the music box starts playing on its own.
As many have heard, they did try to remake Foxow Dash, but that was a total bust. Those foals couldn’t keep their hooves to themselves and started tearing up the animatronic apart. No one really knew if she were like the others because she was much mangled. She had two heads now, one that looks like the original Foxow Dash, and one that was an endoskeleton’s. Because of the many repairs, the staff decided to just leave her in the “Do It Yourself” stuff. Many refer to her as ‘Mangled Foxow’
They also had to regularly wind up a music box while directing it to the Prize Room to avoid the attack of an extra animatronic. According to the Phone Guy, there was an animatronic kept in there that resembled a puppet. Even if you wear the mask, it won’t be fooled.
Then you also have your flashlight with limited power. If flashed on certain animatronics, they immediately leave the room.
Then, there were also the older animatronics from the previous place. They were kept in Storage for Spare Parts. The guy on the phone also advised them that despite the fact that their power sources have been removed, they have been able to roam at night as well. It was a horror to see what has been done to them.
Pinkie was lying in the corner; her eyes were black as though they had pulled them out. A part of her left foreleg was scraped off, revealing an endoskeleton. Her coat was all dirtied up.
Bonlight had her face removed, revealing her endoskeleton inside. Her right foreleg was gone. If one could see hard enough, those red lights still seemed to be glowing.
Chicashy had her lower jaw loosened, revealing her sharper teeth. Her mane was all messy from the neglect.
“Be sure to keep that box wound up, Crystal” Daylight reminded her.
“I know, I know” the girl groaned while winding up the box. “Shift to the Prize Room”
Daylight obliged by shifting the cameras to the said room as Daylight started playing the music. As the last note came out, they began to shift again through the cameras. Sploon was still at his post. The old animatronics are still on the floor in their room. The Main Stage has Toy Pinkie, Chicashy, and…
“Where’s Bonlight?” Crystal got scared immediately as she wound up the music box again.
All of the sudden, they heard thumping coming from the vents. Daylight shifted the cameras to see that Toy Bonlight had started crawling her way up into the vents. Both girls immediately put on a mask each to avoid getting caught by the animatronic. Their sleeping friends didn’t have to worry about the danger; their sleeping bags covered them pretty well. The robotic Alicorn eventually found her way up to them.
They waited for her to leave. It felt creepy to look at an animatronic stare at you like that. She looked like she was investigating. It was like she was looking through your soul. Eventually she was convinced it was another one of her buddies and left by the other vent. When they were sure she was gone, both girls took off their masks.
“Well, that was…creepy” Crystal shuddered; Toy Bonlight’s face was still fresh in her mind.
“It’s like she was staring into my soul”
“How are you faring with the music box, Hazel?” Rosette called her friend as she checked around the cameras to make sure there were no animatronic nearby.
“Hazel?” she called to her again when she didn’t get an answer.
“Mm, yeah, I got it. Show me…Rarionette” the black-haired girl mumbled. Her eyes were half-lidded.
Rosette showed the Prize Room and Hazel started to allow the music to play. Despite how it was very off-note, she still felt tired. Separation has made her ill and tired. She had a hard time staying awake, even under the influence of an energy drink. No matter what they tried, she couldn’t act like her old self. At one point, they forced coffee down in her, and that only made her throw up, and also sick.
“How are you holding up?” Rosette was worried.
“Coffee is evil” the sick girl mumbled.
“I’m sorry about that”
“I know, and for the hundredth time, it’s okay”
“The sooner we find Hester, the sooner you’ll be all better”
Hazel nodded before Rosette shifted to the cameras to check the animatronics. Sploon was at his post. Toy Bonlight was in the Second Party Room. The old robots are in their room. Toy Pinkie was at her post at the Main Stage.
“And Chicashy’s missing” Rosette started flipping through the cameras in a desperate attempt to find her.
“Hester loved Shy a lot…she adored her cuteness…” Hazel mumbled sleepily as she took a seat beside one of the vents.
“And it’s probably the best you’re not fully awake now because that may destroy your image of your favorite” Rosette groaned in her head. “Why did I think of bringing you?”
If she noticed, Hazel let out a groan. “Hest…”
“For goodness sake, where are you?!” Rosette growled in annoyance at the computer before she heard what sounded like thumping just beside her.
“Hazel?” she called to her friend.
When she got no response, she turned to see where her friend was at. She was just hoping it was just Hazel, fallen face down near the vent and trying to get up, but she was wrong. It was Toy Chicashy at the vent’s mouth. Her baring sharp teeth took away her cuteness. The awake girl screamed and it was enough to wake Hazel up.
“What is it, Rose…” she stopped talking when she was face-to-face with the yellow animatronic. A scream escaped her mouth. The others also woke up. Hazel was too fear-stricken to even move. She was sure she was done now.
But then, something else happened. Instead of lunging at her, Chicashy stopped glaring at her. She stopped baring her teeth. She then looked at Hazel with utter shock. Before the little girl could actually scream again, the yellow animatronic offered her a hoof to get up. She was surprised at first, Chicashy was helping her? She didn’t want to seem hostile so she took the hoof. The robo-pegasus helped her up to her feet, then left by the other vent.
As soon as she was gone, Rosette checked on her friend. “Hazel, are you okay?”
She gave a blank stare before nodding. “Why did she help me up?”
Karmatic Note let the music box play as Serene showed her the Prize Room. It was just an hour to go before they could celebrate their surviving the first night. So far, they had to flash a flashlight at Sploon Boy and the older animatronics. They had to put on a mask to be safe from Toy Chicashy again. Luckily, they had nothing to fear.
Thump
Both girls tilted their head when they heard thumping. Serene shifted to the cameras to check, but there were no animatronics in either of the vents. They even checked the mouths of the vents, but no one was there. Oddly enough, it sounded like the sounds weren’t even coming from the vents at all.
Thump
Serene got up from her seat while Karmatic Note took charge of the cameras temporarily. She went to go and check on their friends behind them and saw that Crystal had just woken up.
“Crystal, what’s going on? What is that sound?” Serene asked.
“It’s Hazel, she’s sleepwalking”
Serene followed Crystal up to where the sounds came from. Finally, they found Hazel. Her eyes were closed as she slept. Her head was banging on the wall that lead right out to the hallway. She was banging her head constantly, no stopping.
“I haven’t seen her do this before” Crystal added.
Serene went over to the sleepwalking child before putting a hand on her head to lessen the impact from the wall. Hazel still banged her head, but now the impact was dulled.
“You said if she does this, we shouldn’t wake her up”
“No, we just have to put her back to bed” Serene then managed to finally get her sleeping girl to stop hitting her head.
“Shh, Hazel, it’s okay” she whispered to the sleeping girl. “Let’s get you back to bed”
As if in a trance, the child moved away from the wall and Serene guided her back to her sleeping bag. If one listened hard enough, they would be able to hear a few notes of music playing faintly and then stop.
Mangled Foxow had disabled the camera in the Game Archives, even the audio was out. She couldn’t risk the security guards knowing about Hester’s presence in the room. The young Familiar was trying to get everything ready to break the spell that was keeping her pony friends trapped here.
There were a lot of things to go through. She had to first complete all the games of the archives in one night. She then had to start finding the sequential photos of the pizzeria that were scattered in different areas. The later step was to find the murderer and let Pinkie and her friends kill them. Once that was done, Sploon Boy’s balloons would come in handy and they could all leave.
Hester had just finished the last game when she heard Bunster coming near.
“Mother” she called to her maker.
“Yes, Bunster?”
“I saw Mom”
Hester was surprised, her Partner was here? “Was she alone?”
“No, there were five other girls with her”
Hester sighed in relief. Foxow then looked at her as did the old Pinkie. “My Partner is here with her friends. Just scare them, but don’t hurt them, please. Unless one of them hurts her”
Pinkie nodded.
Hester then turned back to her OC. “Good girl, Bunster. Keep an eye for both Mother and Mom, okay?” she pat her head.
“Okay!” the young animatronic said before skipping off happily.
Hester began to feel something about her OC Bunster. It was like the connection between Hazel and Bunita. She shouldn’t feel it because that wouldn’t last long, right? But then, it made her wonder, when all this was over, will she still have Bunster with her?