After what seemed like many gruesome hours, Midnight found himself curled into a ball on the chair of the office. He soon realized that the loud noise he heard was the alarm of the clock, and not Freddy's horrible screech. He let out a loud sigh of relief as he rested his head on the desk of the office, taking a moment to regain himself.
"I should at least call my family once more, incase I don't leave this place one day," Midnight said to himself, pushing himself up from the desk, getting out of the chair and heading out, not even bothering to look at the animatronics back on the stage, ready for the new day to begin.
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Midnight walked into Freddy's, ready to start the final day of his hell hole of a job, but just as he closed the doors behind himself, he realized something. This didn't look like the pizzeria at all, instead, it looked like if it was some sort of abandoned factory of some kind, riddled with seemingly endless halls.
"The fuck?" He questioned, and just as he did, an all too familiar haunting laugh echoed throughout the halls. Midnight's eyes widened in fright, he reached behind himself and grabbed onto the handle of the door, and tried to push it open. But as he found it wouldn't budge, he turned towards the door, desperately trying to force it open. He soon gave up on trying to push the door open with his hands and instead resorted to ramming into the door with his side. He quickly stopped though as he was doing more damage to himself than the door, he then turned around, taking in his surroundings, looking for another possible way out. He decided to take the nearest hall to his right, shivering in fear at the thought of being with the animatronics without any sort of protection.
Walking down the hall, he soon came to an intersection that led to even more hallways.
"For fucks sake," Midnight practically whined, at this rate, he was never going to find a way out. He blindly chose a path and slowly made his way down it, but his journey didn't last very long as bumped into something. Looking ahead, his view was mostly obstructed by a purple figure, gulping, he looked up, meeting with the eyes of Bonnie, who was looking down at him, emotionlessly. Midnight would have froze with fear if he had not known that it would be the death of him. Bonnie made a swipe at him, but she missed by inches as Midnight let out a yelp and jumped back. Without wasting a second, Midnight spun around and ran in the opposite direction of the bunny, just as Bonnie stated giving chase. But as the two ran, thanks to Bonnie's height, she was slowly gaining on the stallion, as she had much longer strides than Midnight, who was only five foot six.
Flying away wasn't an option, as the halls were too narrow, so relying on the speed of his legs alone, he kept running. As he kept running, he could se Chica down the hall, ready to intercept him, not wanting to get sandwiched, Midnight took a left and kept running. As he heard the two animatronics crash into each other, the stallion slowed down, soon coming to a stop. He bent over, placing his hands on his knees as he took a breather, but as he was doing so, his ears twitched at an all to familiar sound, the sound of metal hitting the flow. Just as Midnight looked to his right, Foxy jumped out of the darkness, and with a swing of his hook, left a huge cut on Midnight's right arm. The stallion screamed out in pain, grabbing his arm in a vain attempt to both sooth the pain and stop the bleeding.
Foxy had fallen over after the attack and was now trying to get back to his feet, but before he could do so, Midnight resumed his running. As the pony kept running, he noticed Foxy wasn't giving chase, before he could question it, he soon came across a dimly lit room. The room housed an endoskeleton, some spare heads and... an empty Freddy Fazbear suit. Midnight's eyes widened as Freddy's song started playing behind him, he tried to turn around to face Freddy, but stumbled and fell down, he was already loosing feeling in his body due to blood loss. Just as Freddy's song soon came to an end, he jumped out of the darkness. Just as he was about to grab the stallion, Midnight woke up with a gasp, sitting up in his bed. Sweat covered his face and his body trembled, he looked around the room, finding that he was still in his own house. Letting out a breath of relief, he fell back onto his pillow, rubbing his eyes.
"One more day... one more day and I can finally take a break," Midnight softly said.
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Midnight was sitting on his bed, awaiting for the newest pictures to be printed up, hopefully they would shine some more light on the mystery at hand. As the printing soon came to an end, Midnight got up and grabbed the papers and began reading the first page.
"'Five children now reported missing, suspect convicted. Five children are now linked to the incident at Freddy Fazbear's, where a stallion dressed as a cartoon mascot lured them into the back room. While the suspect has been charged, the bodies themselves were never found. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza has been fighting an uphill battle ever since to convince families to return to the pizzeria. 'It's a tragedy''. That poor guy, being charged with murder even though it's wasn't him," Midnight said, switching to the next page. "'Local pizzeria threatened with shutdown over sanitation. Local pizzeria, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza has been threatened with shutdown by the health department over a foul oder coming from the much-loved mascots. Police were contacted when parents reportedly noticed what appeared to be blood and mucus around the eyes and mouth of the mascots. One parent alikened them to 'reanimated carcasses''. That would be Freddy's handiwork," Midnight said, storing the two photos into the same file as the last.
Midnight looked at the time, it was 4:32 PM. He sighed as he looked around the room for anything to do to pass the time. His eyes then fell on the instrument in the corner of the room, a violin. Midnight had always loved the violin as a foal, he always thought it was such a beautiful instrument. He was saddened when he found that his special was being able to see in the dark and have a keen eye instead of being able to play the violin. Though he still didn't give up, up to this point in his life, he has taken lessons for two years, and has been practicing on his own for three. He picked up the instrument and looked it over for a second.
"Eh, why not," He said, as he went over to his bed and sat back down on it, beginning to play some random notes, eventually leading into some songs.
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A few hours had passed now, and Midnight was still on his violin, he was currently in the middle of Glad You Came. Though he winced as he messed up a note, messing him up. He let out a sad sigh as he lowered the instrument and stopped the instrumental music on his computer.
"I'll be able to finish this song one day," Midnight said as he set the violin down, looking back at the clock, he saw that the time was now 7:49. "Wow, I can get wrapped up in my violin," Midnight commented. He looked over at the recorder laying next to his laptop, he then remembered the phone guy's last request, for Midnight to check the heads in the back stage. He didn't want to, but he kind of owed it to the guy since he did help out through his week, if it wasn't for him, Midnight would have been in a suit. Sighing, he grabbed his phone and reached for his recorder, but stopped midway. What was the point of bringing it anymore? Phone guy was dead, and he doubted that the animatronics would say anything worth recording.
After a moment to think it over, he decided to bring it, just incase, there could be something well worth recording. With that done, he headed out, towards Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.
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As Midnight entered the pizzeria, he could see it was still bounding with life, he could even see the Elements here as well. Pinkie seemed to have dragged Rainbow Dash to the kids area, and Rainbow did not seem pleased. Applejack seemed to be talking to one of the staff members, and Twilight, Rarity and Fluttershy were talking to one another at a table. Looking at the stage, he saw that the curtains were closed, Freddy and the others must not have been performing right now. Wanting to get this over with, he headed to the backstage, placing a hand on the door, he looked behind himself to make sure no one was looking or following. Once he saw that the coast was clear, he made his way inside, turning on the flashlight on his phone so he could see clearly.
Thankfully, the animatronics were not in here, allowing Midnight to look around in peace. He first spotted the naked endo-skeleton slouched on the table, facing away from him. His mind flashed back to when he saw that thing looking at him through the camera.
"I swear, if that thing moves..." Midnight said, turning away from the endo-skeleton, but before he did, he looked at the mouth of the skeleton, looking at the teeth specifically. "So that's what in Chica's beak, not real teeth," Midnight said, though it didn't help the fact that he knew others died to these things. He moved onto the spare Bonnie head sitting next to the skeleton. He set his phone down with the light facing up to illuminate the room a bit. Picking up the head, he began examining it, he first looked at the bottom of the head. It was obvious that it was designed to house the head of an endo-skeleton, not a pony. Midnight had a gruesome thought of how hard the animatronics had to push down on the head in order for the pony's head to "fit". He next checked the face, he found it strange that there was already a pair eyes in the mask, considering the fact that there was no skeleton in it yet, which held the eyes.
In fact, this appeared to be one of the few masks that had eyes in them already, the others being a few of the Freddy heads. What else was strange about these eyes were the fact that they were completely black, unlike the rest of the heads, it didn't even have the white pupils like Midnight had seen on Bonnie and Freddy. Just as he moved the mask closer to his face to get a better look at it, the eyes moved towards him, now looking at him.
"Holy fuck!" Midnight exclaimed, dropping the mask in fright. The head landed on the floor with a loud crash, most likely drawing attention to the room from outside. Midnight was still looking at the mask as he picked up his phone.
"You're not suppose to be in here," A voice said from the door way. Midnight froze as he look towards the entrance, finding Bonnie there, who had to bend down a fair bit just to see inside. Midnight was terrified to be this close to an animatronic, but also very confused. Why was she just standing there, she had the opportunity to kill him right now, he was in the appropriate room for her to do so. So why wasn't she doing it? After a bit, Bonnie stood up straight and moved out of the doorway, making room for Midnight to pass. Slowly, Midnight made his way through the door and pass the robotic rabbit, turning off his light as he did so. He never took his eyes off the bunny, not until he was far enough away from her, eventually, Bonnie made her way back onto the stage.
Midnight was too busy watching the rabbit, that he wasn't paying attention to what was in front of him, and ran into somepony.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going," Midnight apologized, looking at who he bumped into, he saw that he ran into Applejack. The cowpony looked behind herself, seeing who had bumped her. Her eyes widened a bit as she turned around to face Midnight. Surprisingly, Midnight found himself to be a few inches shorter than Applejack, he would have thought he would have been eye level with her, as he is eye level with most mares in Ponyville.
"It's alright," She said, "you're the night guard, right?"
"Um, yes." Midnight answered, unsure where she was taking this.
"Ah need to ask you some things then," She stated, her tone turning serious, leaving Midnight a bit intimidated, especially since she had the height advantage. "I have a bad feeling about those robots behind the curtains back there," Applejack said, "do you know anything about them?"
"I, um... don't know what you're talking about?" Midnight tried to worm his way out of the question, not wanting to answer it. He really didn't want to get the Elements involved in this, not yet anyways. Applejack gave him a look that said 'really?', only then did Midnight realize his mistake. "Oh, right, Element of Honesty and all..." Midnight said, looking at the mare for a second before letting out a sigh. "Okay, look," He began in a hushed tone, "there is something wrong with the animatronics. At night they 'supposedly' see ponies at endo-skeletons without their costume on, and because of this, they will trying to stuff them into a suit, which will kill the pony in the process," Midnight said, causing Applejack's eyes to widen in surprise. "But I think... I KNOW that there is something more to them than just some sort of malfunction. When you guys came in yesterday, Freddy, the bear, gave you guys a suspicious look. I personally think that Freddy is like the ringleader of all of this, and I plan on getting to the bottom of this."
"Wow..." Applejack said, at a loss of words. She didn't know how to respond to what she was just told.
"So, I'm sure that clears up any questions," Midnight said.
"Yeah, um... thanks," The mare responded.
"Yeah, I guess," Midnight replied, not sure if 'you're welcome' was appropriate right now. As Applejack was walking off, Midnight needed to say one last thing. "Oh wait!" Midnight called out, getting her attention. "Don't... tell your friends about this, I don't want to get them involved in this."
"... Alright." Applejack said, turning back and rejoining her friends. Midnight just looked at them for a second before going on with his own business.
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After doing random things to kill some time, 12 AM had finally hit, and Midnight was settling into his office, ready to face tonights terrors.
"I'm just going to guess Bonnie's out already," Midnight said, picking up the tablet. Sure enough, Bonnie was already off the stage and now in the west hall. "Fucking fantastic," Just as he checked on Pirate Cove, the phone started going off. Midnight jumped a bit at the sudden noise, he looked at it, stunned that someone may have left a message. He was shaken out of his surprised state when the phone rang for a second time. Quickly, he set up his recorder and started the recording, as he was about to check back up on the cameras, the messaged played, startling Midnight. There was nopony talking, instead it was a garbled, demonic voice that came through the phone, Midnight couldn't understand what was being said, if anything was being said even.
The call soon ended with screeches that were cut off one after another, leaving behind a stunned Midnight.
"Holy fuck..." Was all that the stallion could say, he didn't know how to respond to the recording that most likely came from tartarus. But putting that aside, he turned off the recorder and went back to checking on the animatronics. So far, Bonnie was still in the hall, Chica had moved to the dining area, and Freddy and Foxy were still in their rightful places, and Midnight hoped it would stay like that. He decided to take some time to check around the entire building, seeing if there was anything worth taking note of. As he checked the backstage though, it looked like something was there. "What the?" Midnight said, in the backstage, Midnight could see what appeared to be a purple, mist like figure, it wasn't Bonnie, it more looked like a pony.
But when Midnight blinked, the figure was suddenly gone. The stallion looked at the camera feed a bit longer before setting the tablet down.
"Now I'm starting to see dark figures, damn these hallucinations," Midnight said. Deciding to play it safe, Midnight checked the lights, first was left light, and guess who he saw. "Bonnie you bitch!" He yelled out, slamming the door on her. He then checked the right light, thankfully, Chica wasn't there. Just as he picked up the tablet to check on everyone else, Freddy's laugh was heard throughout the building, signaling his movement. Midnight decided not to say anything about it this time and just decided to keep checking the cameras, he already knew where Bonnie was at, Foxy was only now peeking out of the curtains, Freddy had of course moved to the dining area, and Chica was now in the restroom area.
As his usual routine went, he set the tablet down and waited a bit, checking the left light, Midnight saw that Bonnie had left, allowing him to safely opened the door. But after checking on Foxy, he immediately shut it once more.
"That's bullshit, I checked him not three minutes ago," Midnight mumbled just as Foxy started banging on the door. While look ing for Chica, he decided to the the east hall corner for anymore articles. Sure enough, another one had replaced the rules, putting a smile on Midnight's face as he took another screenshot. He continued searching for Chica, eventually finding her in the middle of the hall. But Midnight's eyes were drawn to the wall behind her, scribbled all over the wall were the words IT'S ME. "What does that mean?!" Midnight questioned, but knew he wasn't going to get answers. Just as he was about to check the dining room, the camera cut out, just as Freddy's laugh was heard. "Motherfucker," Midnight said.
When the cameras resumed, Bonnie was seen in the dining room now alone. The stallion switched to Freddy's next location, the restrooms, and just like last time, there he was, peeking out of the female restroom.
"I wonder how Bonnie and Chica would react to him in there, assuming that they are sentient like they've shown in the past," Midnight said. Setting the tablet down, Midnight finally opened the left door and checked the right light. With the light on, it showed Chica peering in through the window, without saying a word, Midnight closed off her only way in. Midnight now only realized that he was disregarding the time and power, checking on them, he had only three percent left at almost six o'clock. "Fuck it," The pony said, leaning back into his seat and not doing anything else to try and stretch out the last of his power. After a few minutes, he building finally lost its power, throwing Midnight into darkness and throwing the right door open.
Meanwhile the stallion calmly waited for Freddy to make his way to the left door. He had grown somewhat use to his lit up face staring him down, but he still tensed up when Freddy actually appeared at the door, with him starting up his music.
'Just take your sweet ass time Freddy, there is no rush in killing me,' Midnight wanted to say out loud, but he was still frozen in fear. He was sure he would survive this night as well, but that certainty quickly started running out as Freddy's song neared it's end. When the animatronic's song looped, Midnight was sure six would soon hit, but instead. the place became pitch black. Midnight pushed himself up against the back of the chair in fear, it was too dark for him to even see anything anymore, this was the first time in a long time he couldn't see anything in the dark. Freddy's footsteps grew louder as he actually entered the office, the robot was so close, Midnight swore he could actually felt Freddy.
"Fuck..." Midnight squealed out, tightly closing his eyes. When he was sure Freddy would attack, the alarm came, saving him for the third time this week. "Oh my Celestia!" Midnight practically yelled out at the top of his lungs. "Yes!" He cheered, gathering his belongings and sprinting out of the building, practically kicking the doors open. Now all that was left was to bring Celestia his findings, and hopefully figure something out.