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// Chapter 5: Night Guards 
// Story: Five Nights at Twilight's Season 1: Canterlot Funtime Castle 
// by Alicron273 
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Cadence couldn't believe what she just heard after Shining was done explaining. She was surprised to realize they were still alive. The only question was how and who kept them alive. Their souls couldn't simply enter the suits on their own. So if it wasn't Cadence who guided the souls to the suits, which was their first thought, then who was it?

Their thoughts were cut off when they heard the front door of the building open. Cadence hid back in her box. The rest of them hid behind the shelves. They looked up, and they saw a man walking through the hallway wearing a night guard uniform. They had no idea how to handle this situation. What was this man doing here at night?







Dr. Whooves entered into the security office. The room looked a lot like a throne room. He was sitting on a fancy chair with a desk. The left and right side of the room had giant glass frames with colored lights shining through them. There were vents under each one of the windows that led to every room of the building. They were big enough for kids and adults to crawl through, and they were all labeled on which room the vents led to. The big hallway in front of him led to the giant room with the stadium and the entrance/exit.

Dr. Whooves took the monitor and looked over the screen. Each room had a security camera that looked all over the entire room. Nothing was moving in the darkness so far. That was when he saw the front door open, and a teenage girl entered the building. He recognized the girl. It was Derpy. That wasn't the only thing he saw on the monitor. It showed some robotic figures heading her way. Dr. Whooves was now in a panic state. He grabbed his flashlight, retrieved his tommy gun, and charged out of the hallway.







When he came into the big room, he stopped instantly. He watched Derpy and the animatronics have a conversation. He stood there feeling confused. As soon as they were done talking, Derpy waved at him as a sign of greeting.

"Hi Doc," Derpy responded. "These robo ponies were just telling me how they became animatronics."

Dr. Whooves waved back feeling ashamed of how he thought they were murderous robots. He took a moment to speak as he responded, "Yes Derpy, I already know. I was informed of what is going on here."

They all stopped right there, in silence, until they shouted, "WHAT!!!???" They couldn't believe what they just heard.

"Who managed to tell ya that?" asked Applejack.

Dr. Whooves really should have taken back what he had just said. He stood in place as he thought to himself. "What am I going to do? I can't tell them the truth. It could change history or time itself. Or worse, some sort of paradox. I am not experienced to handle this sort of thing yet. What am I going to..."

"Look what I found!" Derpy shouted from a far corner of the room.

They all went up to her in front of a withered door that said, "Parts and Services. Employees Only." They peeked through the room and gasped in horror because of what they saw. It was the rest of their friends except that they were all broken down. They didn't know if the rest of their friends were still alive. They closed the door and walked away from the room as far as they could. They couldn't believe their eyes. Their friends couldn't be gone.







Cadence poked out of her box. She looked around to see where everybody had wandered off.  She was behaving like a coward. Because of how embarrassed she was feeling, her rosy cheeks started to blush. She looked over to her left and saw the rest of them at the far corner of the building looking inside a dark room. Then she looked over to her right and gasped in horror. The white withered alicorn animatronic sat there with her head tilted. Cadence came out of her box and trotted towards the alicorn. When she was about to touch it, the eyes opened in surprise, and Cadence jumped by surprise, screaming, and then landed on her back.

The alicorn got up and stood over Cadence. She spoke in a very sinister and scary voice. "I am coming for you, Cadence,” responded the animatronic. “You and all of your friends are the next ones to die."

"Cadence!" Shining Armor shouted as he and the others ran towards her. "Are you okay?" He gave Cadence a moment to catch her breath.

Cadence looked back at where the alicorn was standing, but it was gone. Her fears started to rise as she realized it was Celestia. But it looked like Celestia had been corrupted. She sighed as she responded, "Yeah. I'm fine."







Withered Celestia appeared back into the parts and services room after everyone had left. She stood before the rest of the withered animatronics as she used her magic to create some sort of spell. With that, the light beaming from her horn flashed on each one of them. The souls were visible, but she was able to corrupt them as well, including erasing the memories. Once the task was done, she placed the souls back into the animatronics.

"Get Up!" was all she could muster. And with that, they all opened their eyes and stood up. Their forms had changed. Their personalities had changed. Even their own true selves had changed. "Hear me, my minions!" Celestia shouted as she looked over all of them. "We have work to do."