"Twilight, I'm sure the Princess's are alright. They just most likely have a lot on their hands at the moment."
"But for three whole days? Don't you find that a bit odd?"
"Maybe... they didn't get your letter?"
"Not likely, the only reason the letter wouldn't reach them would be because I had sent it to the wrong location. Which I am certain I didn't, I'm sure I sent them all to Canterlot Castle. Specifically their rooms."
"What if they were-"
"No, Pinkie, they aren't having a party."
"But-"
"I'm certain."
"I was only trying to lighten the mood..."
"*sigh* Thank you Pinkie, but this is a serious matter. The Princess's could be in danger, or worse!"
The discussion continued to rage on between the Elements of Harmony, which had started the first day Twilight sent Celestia a letter, and got no response. That worry of course grew significantly with each passing day, which would explain why they kept returning to Freddy's. To help calm Twilight's nerves, but this did not continue to help the new princess, and it started having no affect on the other five. Especially a certain orange cowpony. Applejack couldn't help but have her mind wonder back to her conversation with the night guard, Midnight. She had a sneaking suspicion that the animatronics had something to do with Celestias' sudden lack of communication.
But at the same time, it seemed highly unlikely. First of all, why would Celestia be involved in this, HOW would she be involved? Midnight never mentioned anything about the princess. But she had stopped responding just one day later, her last message being that she would be "visiting someplace tonight". But then again, this all could just be her imagination having her think up these scenarios, but that theory was immediately casted aside when a certain teal stallion burst into the main room.
The other girls had turned their attention to the pony at the entrance, who has bent over, seeming to try and regain his breath. As if he had ran all this way to the castle, which was confirmed by the cast over his left wing.
"...Princess... Twilight... I... need to... tell... you some... thing... huh... fuck this... cast..." Midnight said between pained breaths, leaning against the open door, gulping in air like his life depended on it. Sure, pegasi naturally had a bit more stamina than, say, unicorns, not near as much as earth ponies, but it was enough to help them get around flying. However, flying was faster, and thus, less stamina consuming than running, so having to use his legs to reach Twilight's castle had done a number on him. Pushing himself off the door and instead resorting to placing his hands on his knees, his breathing becoming less heavy. Once his breathing finally became normal, he stood strait up once more, facing the six mares in their seats.
"Alright... as I was saying, Princess, I need to tell you something about Freddy Fazbear's Pizza," Midnight said, only managing to confuse the mares.
"Uh... what are-" Twilight began, but was cut off by a different voice.
"Twi, ah would let him talk," Applejack said, giving Midnight a nod, who in turn, returned it. Twilight looked between the two before her eyes stopped on Midnight, who had begun to explain everything, from night one all the way to last night. Explaining everything, the murders, the animatronic's intentions, Celestia's and Luna's capture, everything. Once Midnight was finished, Twilight spoke.
"Why didn't you tell us about this before!?" Twilight half asked, half yelled, causing Midnight to wince.
"I told Applejack, but I didn't want to get you involved. Besides, I thought the princess's could handle it..." Midnight trailed off, in retrospect, it did seem like a stupid decision. Okay, it was a stupid decision, an idiotic one, he couldn't even remember why he did not want to get them involved. They defeated Discord, Sombra, Chrysalis, hell, they even took down Tirek! Why wouldn't he want to get them involved? If he did then these things would have never happened, Freddy and his pals would have been gone by now, and everything would have been fine! "Actually... I don't know why..." Twilight let out a groan, face palming.
"... Do you at least know why you told us at almost twelve?" She asked, it was true, right now, it was just about twenty minutes before midnight struck.
"Because, one, I was asleep, two, I was getting this cast," Midnight said, turning around and pointing to the wing cast with a thumb. Twilight again sighed, before getting up.
"Alright girls, get ready, we have some robots to take care of."
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Before they knew it, the seven stood in front of the dreaded Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, just minutes before the robots would begin to roam the rooms.
"Alright," Midnight said, placing his hands on the door, "here we go... fuck my life," Midnight said, throwing the doors open. When the seven moved in, the first thing they noticed was the the three band members were already gone. Almost immediately, a certain pegasus started trembling.
"D-do we have t-to do t-this?" Fluttershy asked, holding onto Rainbow's arm, staying close to her.
"I'm afraid we do, Fluttershy," Twilight said, keeping an eye out for any robotic animals. Midnight wasn't doing any better than Fluttershy, neither were Rarity or Pinkie, granted, they weren't shaking like a leaf, but they were still scared out of their minds. The only ones that seemed to have any sort of confidence were Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow. Midnight took the time to look around, with his carefully trained eyes, he scanned the entirety of the dining area. Even of the animatronics were hiding in the darkness, he would have seen them, but that was the thing, they weren't here. Midnight sighed.
"They aren't in here..." he said, he took a quick glance back towards his office. "Um... I'll be right back."
"Where are you going?" Rainbow asked, looking over at him.
"I'm going to see if I can salvage anything as a weapon back in my office," Midnight responded before heading down the hall. While he was going down, he was going over in his head what he could use as a weapon. 'Maybe I could get a shard of glass from the clock... no, I would cut my own hand using that. Besides, it's most likely not even glass. Well, the fan is in pieces, maybe one of the blades, it should still be-' Midnight was cut off mid thought, as he was about to enter his office, the doors slammed shut in his face, causing him to run into it. After shaking off the slight pain in his snout, he looked at the door wide-eyed, before slamming his fists against the door in panic.
"What?! No! NonononononoNO!" Midnight cried out, continually slamming his fists against the metal door, but soon giving up. It was useless, just as he let out a sigh, that haunting music started up... right next to him. Midnight's head shot up, as he slowly turned to his right, eyes wide with fear. There, looking down on him within the darkness, was Freddy himself, his face lighting up to that demonic tune of his. Midnight was so indulged in his thoughts, that he had not noticed the robotic bear beside him. Midnight didn't know what to do, he just stood there, frozen with fear.
"What's takin' him so long?" Applejack asked back in the dining room. As if answering her questioned, a scream sounded throughout the hall, followed by a more mechanical scream. There, running out of the hall, was Midnight, however, something caused him to trip, causing him to panic. The farm pony was the first to react, quickly hopping over a table, she rushed over to Midnight, seeing that Freddy had got a hold of his leg. With a powerful kick, Freddy was knocked loose from the stallion, who was now quickly scrambling to his hooves, trying to get away from the murderous robot.
Twilight went to help, but she was tackled from the back, by a certain purple bunny, who had now pinned her to the ground. At the sight of all this, Fluttershy passed out, forcing Rainbow to hold her up so she wouldn't hit the ground to hard. Even Rarity was having trouble staying conscious, she was seemingly having trouble deciding to pass out or not. However, Chica quickly helped her make that decision, grabbing her by the hair, causing her to panic.
"AH! Let go of me you-you monster!" She continued to scream and thrash about, but it made no difference against the robot chicken's grip. In fact, it only made it worse for her, as she continued to scream out in fear and pain. Pinkie Pie... well, she didn't know what to do, her mane was flat and her colors darkened. Tears started forming in her eyes, she didn't know why but she felt sad... sad for animatronics, but for the life of her, she couldn't explain why. She was so caught up in misery, she could only watch the events unfold before her. Applejack was wrestling with Freddy, the bear was of course winning, but it was still surprising she was able to put up a fight for this long.
Chica was currently trying to get her hands on Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, dragging an unconscious Rarity behind her. Twilight was dong everything in her power to keep the the crazed rabbit's hands off of her, but without magic, it was turning out to be a futile struggle. Midnight just stood on the side lines, unable to do anything of real importance, he didn't have a weapon, and he wasn't strong enough to take them on barehanded. The only things that he could use as weapons were the chairs, but he didn't want to risk hitting the girls by accident. Meanwhile, Freddy had finally managed to overpower Applejack, now holding her in a choke hold.
The orange mare struggled to get free, but Freddy was simply too strong, and she was quickly loosing consciousness, Once her struggles had finally ceased, Freddy loosened his grip. He looked over at Chica, who was already dragging three unconscious ponies to the backstage. Bonnie meanwhile had her hands full, currently strangling Twilight, who was already almost out cold.
"Be careful not to kill her, Bonnie," Freddy said, getting the bunny's attention. "We still need her alive, if you want to kill someone, you can kill him," Freddy said, pointing to a certain stallion. Bonnie turned towards him, causing Midnight to tense up with wide eyes.
"Eh heh heh heh... oh fuck," Midnight let out a nervous chuckle, weakly waving. Within a single swift motion, Bonnie was on her feet and running towards Midnight, who let out a frightened yelp and started running away from the rabbit. While those two were occupied, Freddy and Chica were getting the ponies into the backstage. Midnight stopped, picking up some chairs and chucking them at Bonnie.
"Get. The fuck. Away!" Midnight yelled out, throwing three chairs. The first had missed, the second barely skimmed her arm, but the third managed to hit her in the torso, causing her to bend over for a moment. With that, Midnight proceeded to resume running, he knew chairs would not do much to Bonnie, he needed something more. As he was running, he noticed something to the right of the stage, in the arcade area. A door, a wooden one, above it read 'OFFICE' 'The managers office?! Why haven't I noticed this before? Oh, right, because the arcade doesn't have cameras. Fucking cheap shits,' Midnight took a hard left, quickly bursting into the office, in the same motion, he turned around, slamming the door shut and locking them. Just as he finished, Bonnie rammed herself into the door, which surprisingly didn't just give, though there was noticeable damage done.
Midnight backed up from the door, knowing it would not hold for long, it at all. Looking around, he searched for anything he could use as a weapon. Considering this was the managers office, it was quite barren, all there was was the desk, small globe on it, a fire extinguisher, an axe in a glass casing... wait. Midnight turned back, there was indeed a fire axe, he would have questioned why there was such a thing in here, if it were not for the killer animatronics, one of which had just punched a hole through the wooden door. Without hesitation, he tried to pry open the casing, but it was locked shut. Without a key, this thing wasn't going to open, and he didn't have time to look for it, as Bonnie had just punched another hole.
Midnight looked over at the fire extinguisher again, he may have just found an alternative key. Taking the extinguisher off the stand, he quickly lifted it over his head, and slammed it against the glass, which shattered as soon as the canister hit the glass. Just in time too, with a final assault to the door, Bonnie burst into the room. Seeing that the giant rabbit was now in the room, Midnight threw the extinguisher on the ground and quickly picked up the axe. Now tightly in his grasp, Midnight turned towards the purple robot, giving her a fierce glare. Bonnie stopped short, now just staring down the stallion.
Neither of the two moved, just choosing to look each other down. Bonnie made next to no movements, as did Midnight, aside from him tightening his grip on the handle of the axe. Midnight wasn't going to move until Bonnie did, but after a minute, it was obvious she was doing the same. But while Midnight was looking at her, he couldn't help but... remember things, namely, from his childhood. He remembered when he was eight, when he had visited here.
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"Bonnie!" Midnight called out to the purple rabbit. Their show had just finished, and the curtains had closed. Midnight ran to the side of the stage, next to the backstage door. The bunny looked down at the little colt, smiling as she bent down, gently setting her guitar on the ground.
"Hi there," Bonnie said with a smile.
"Bonnie, you play the guitar very good!" Midnight exclaimed, Bonnie looked away, still smiling, as if she was embarrassed.
"Oh, thank you," she responded. Without warning, Midnight started pushing himself on the stage. Bonnie stood up, about to tell him that he wasn't allowed up here. But before she could, Midnight suddenly hugged one of her legs, being too short to hug her torso.
"You're my favorite," Midnight said, Bonnie just stood there for a second, shocked, before she smiled again, bending down and returning the hug. After they separated, Midnight hopped off the stage and waved goodbye to Bonnie, as she did the same.
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Midnight looked into Bonnie's eyes, this couldn't be the same Bonnie from 2001, could it? But what if it was?...
"Bonnie," he said, getting the rabbits attention, "you know, I use to come here as a child. I remember telling you specifically something, 'You're my favorite'. Do you know why you were my favorite, because you were sweet, kind, and all around lovable. So what happened? What happened in between those thirteen years? Or, were you always like this, a heartless monster? Was that just an act back then? Just to cover up who you really were, a murderer?!" Midnight questioned. Bonnie flinched, taking a step back, as if the words had physically hurt her. That's when Midnight moved, quickly closing the distance between the two, he raised his axe, and then swung.
After a short moment, Bonnie began screaming in pain. Looking up, Midnight saw that he had struck her left eye, embedding the axe into her face. In a quick motion, Midnight pulled the axe out, watching as the robotic rabbit stumbled about, her hands over her eye as she continued to scream in pain. Midnight quickly followed up his last attack, swinging the axe downwards and hitting her knee. Once Midnight pulled the axe out, Bonnie fell to the ground, the pony was almost instantly looming over her, axe at the ready. With her last good eye, she looked at Midnight, the last thing she saw was the axe heading towards her face.
Once the third swing had struck, Midnight pulled the axe back up, as Bonnie continued to cry out. Midnight kept striking her face, again and again, until her screams started dying out, before she was silent. Once that had occurred, Midnight ceased his assault, examining the damage he had caused. Bonnie's face had caved in, it couldn't even be recognized as a face anymore. Midnight was panting heavily, leaning against the axe, stabilized by Bonnie's former face.
"Serves you right," Midnight said, just then, Midnight heard footsteps behind him, before he could turn around though, something hit him hard on the neck. Midnight yelped as his vision started going blurry, shortly after, he fell to the ground, his vision going black.