November 12, 1987
He watched as the scene played again.
It was a common scene. A poor soul, desperate for a wage would get tricked into sitting in this horror show. Trying to survive the nights, against all the odds. And all he could do was watch through his puppet.
This wouldn’t happen if he was there. This would haven’t even gotten to this point at all. But He had anticipated this. He had set him up to take the blame, to be the one to take the fall, to be the one expelled from this place.
After all, what kind of father would murder his own daughter? Who would want that kind of person around children?
As he floated through the halls of his twisted dream, he found something that did not come from a dream. A young creature, shivering in the dark, terrified out of her mind.
His heart immediately went out to it, as the old anger built up inside. No one should be afraid here! This was a place for children to be happy! And it had been before He had tainted it!
But He wasn’t here, and the child was still trembling. So, he grasped ahold of his anger and pushed it away. He moved his puppet to the Broken Leader. He couldn’t take care of anyone anymore, so he would have to have someone else do it for him…
Freddy Fazbear slowly came online in a dark grey room. Blinking his optics, he focused on the black bear in front of him, who beckoned a hand at him and started walking away. Curious, Freddy followed him.
The pair walked through the restaurant, ignoring the other animatronics and the cowering endoskeleton, until they finally came to the Puppet’s room, where the black bear stopped and pointed, before seeming to fade away. Confused, Freddy looked around the room and noticed something in the blind spot of the camera.
It was small and yellow, with pink fluff on one end. It appeared to be one of the stuffed animals that the Puppet would occasionally give to the children. Freddy reached down to put the animal with the others. But when he touched it, it moved.
It uncurled and looked up at the animatronic. It had dewy blue eyes that somehow made him decide that it was a girl. And… was that trust in them?
She laid in the darkened halls, surrounded by monsters.
They were cold and hard, ignoring her for now, but it wasn’t long before one would snatch her and eat her. Her young mind was unable to comprehend them, and mocking laughter echoed in her head if she tried to think back further.
But then he came.
A large brown bear wearing a hat, unfearful of the terrors that echoed in this place, standing over her, looking her over, seeing if she was alright.
She quickly climbed into the arms of the large animal, confidant that he would protect her from the scary monsters.
Freddy’s programing kicked in, repositioning his arms so that he was holding the child comfortably. Back during the day, some parents had wanted Freddy Fazbear to hold their child, so the programmers had let him know the-
“This is your new sister, F____d__.”
“She’s so small…”
“Would you like to hold her?”
“Whoa there, squirt. This is the best way to hold her…”
“Such a brave knight. You’re always going to protect your sister?”
“I promise to always keep Ch______ safe…”
Freddy blinked as the memory went away, leaving him with a sense of… failure? Who were those people? And why did they feel important? And why did he feel like he was missing something…?
He was disturbed out of his reprieve by the… pony, that’s what it was, the pony in his arms settling down to take a nap. Silently, he vowed that he would protect this small child, to make it up for the one he couldn’t.
Freddy stood there, holding the tiny bundle in his arms, even as a scream came from the security office where one of the others had gotten to the naked endoskeleton. Even as the six o’clock chimes of the nearby church rang and he returned to Supply and Repairs, he still held onto her, feeling something he had never felt in a long time.
Jeremy Fitzgerald laid on the ground, sucking air back into his lungs trying to recover from his near-death experience. In the last five minutes, he had been jumped on by the rotting form of Bonnie and was being dragged back though the restaurant by the one-armed animatronic to presumably be stuffed in a suit.
He was really glad he was going to be transferred to the day shift tomorrow.
He froze as the old Freddy Fazbear walk by him, returning to the Supply and Repairs for the day. Fortunately, the large bear animatronic didn’t react to him, focusing on the bundle in its arms.
Jeremy blinked. Was that… a pony in Freddy’s arms?
In a secret location, a man watched.
For years he had been pursuing a secret, a secret that many a man would desire. It was why he did his work, it was why he had gone to such lengths.
It was the only way he could keep his promise.
So, as he watched as the second leader of his greatest achievements interact outside of its programing, he considered the opportunity that had been dropped in front of him. This creature had formed a bond with them, where countless others had failed.
The creature… was different. It wasn’t human, it wasn’t any animatronic made by his company. Yet he seemed to be completely entranced by the creature. Was there something about it that drew the souls to it?
The man in purple grinned widely. Perhaps with this little pony, he would find the secrets he had been seeking endlessly.
The presence looked upon the two lost sleeping children who had found each other and smiled. Perhaps the bond between these two could be what fixed this wrong…