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// Keeping things quiet. 
// Story: Fang's strange encounter. 
// by Sylif Daring Doo 
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______*Home of Derpy hooves 9:19 AM*_______

Derpy groaned as she woke up and opened her eyes, she had dreamt that the whole thing was a nightmare, but she knew better.

She slowly stood up and walked into the bathroom, she walked up to the shower and turned it on. 

Derpy entered the shower and was soaking in the water, her eyes hurt from last night, but she chose not to dwell on it.

After a couple of minutes Derpy turned off the shower then stepped out and dried herself off, she then walked over to the sink and turned it on.

Derpy rinsed her eyes and looked in the mirror, she knew that she had a lazy eye, she also heard that there was a surgery that could help her, but she wanted to wait for Dash to return.

She had been telling herself that Dash was fine but she wanted to hear it for herself, from somepony that would tell her the truth, not just say it to cheer her up.

Derpy sighed and walked out of the bathroom, she would have to wake Dinky up, Sparkler would wake up on her own, she walked over to her bedroom door and opened it then walked out of her room and closed the door.

The house that she lived in was not much, but it was home, Derpy walked over to Dinky's room and quietly opened it, she walked up to Dinky's bed and gently shook Dinky.

"Hey, come on you have to wake up." She said softly.

A groan came from the bed and Dinky slowly rose from the bed. "You don't have to wake me up, I can wake up on my own." Dinky said.

Derpy smiled and walked out of the room and headed downstairs, she knew that once Dinky woke up she would be out in a minute.

She walked by Sparkler's door and just kept going downstairs, Sparkler was grumpy when she woke up, and Derpy sought to avoid a fight.

Derpy walked into the kitchen and pulled out a small box, she opened it and pulled out a plain doughnut.....she put the box on the table and took a bite out of her doughnut.

She heard hoofsteps coming down the stairs and she saw Sparkler come down.   "Morning mom." She said.

Derpy swallowed and smiled softly.  "Morning Sparkler." She replied.

Sparkler walked over to the table and sat down, she then pulled a doughnut out of the box and began eating it.

The two sat in silence for a time until they heard softer hoofsteps walking down the stairs, they saw Dinky groggily make her way down.

Dinky yawned and walked over to the table.  "Morning sleepyhead." Derpy said.

Sparkler rolled her eyes and stood up.  "Morning kid." She said.

Dinky nodded and sat down at the table.  "Morning mom, morning sis." She said.     

Derpy looked between the two, Sparkler was twelve and Dinky was eight, she was twenty eight, she smiled and stood up.

Sparkler then walked into the living room and sat down on the couch.

Dinky sat at the table quietly eating her breakfast. 

The entire house was silent as it always was in the morning.

An hour passed and Sparkler and Dinky were now ready for school.

Derpy walked up to the door and opened it.   "Alright you got everything?" She asked her daughters.

Sparkler nodded and so did Dinky.  "Yep, there isn't much needed anyway." Sparkler said.

Derpy nodded as her daughters left the house, she followed and locked the door.

The three walked towards the Ponyville School in silence.

______*two hours later Ponyville post office 12:31 PM*______

Derpy walked out of the post office with her post bag on her side, she looked at the addresses and started her rounds.

She flew up and then closed her one eye, she flew off in the direction of her first address, after opening her eye of course.

Even though she had a lazy she did not dare to keep it closed while flying.

Derpy landed in front of a popular sight in Ponyville, Sugarcube Corner, she walked inside and walked up to the counter.

Standing at the counter was Pinkie Pie, and she had a gloomy look on her face.  "Hey Pinkie, I have mail." She said, Derpy pulled out all of the mail for Sugarcube Corner and hoofed it to Pinkie.

Pinkie took the mail and walked back into the kitchen.   

Derpy decided to leave, it was never a good thing when Pinkie wasn't talking.

She then walked over to the next address, it was practically next to the bakery.

Derpy walked up to the door and knocked on it, after a few moments the door opened to reveal a cream colored earth pony.

"Hey Bon Bon, I got your mail." She said, she pulled it out and gave it to her. 

Bon Bon smiled.  "Thanks Derpy, see you." She said as she closed the door.

Derpy continued her day until she had one last delivery, it was at least an hour and a half later...she pulled out the last letter, which had the royal seal on it.

She looked at the address and winced, the library.

Derpy then flew off towards the library, she had conflicted feelings about this.

She landed down at the door to the library, she knocked and waited.

After a time the door opened to reveal Twilight.   "Oh Derpy, how are you doing?" She asked politely while letting Derpy inside.

Derpy smiled and pulled out the letter and gave it to Twilight.  

Twilight took the letter and saw the seal, she opened the letter and read it, she then gasped and dropped the letter.

Derpy was confused as she saw Twilight run up the stairs and return almost as fast as she went up.

Twilight dropped the large book and opened it and quickly flipped through the pages.

"Twilight, what's wrong?" Derpy asked.

Derpy watched as Twilight dodged the question, either that or she didn't hear her.

"Twilight tell me what's wrong." Derpy demanded.

Twilight looked up and shook her head.  "I'm sorry Derpy but, Dash is not safe at all." She said....she turned the book to face Derpy.

Derpy was shocked at Twilight but walked over to the book and read it.

"Along with the 'toy' animatronics as people named them a security guard has suddenly vanished.....it is said that the animatronics were stolen and the guard was killed." It read.

Derpy's eyes widened.   "But how can we know that the guard is Dash?" She asked.

Twilight flipped the scroll around and pushed it over to Derpy.

"Dear Twilight Sparkle I have spoken with Rainbow Dash in her dream and have conformed that she is working in a building called Freddy Fazbears Pizza, she claims she is fine but, she seems different however, but that is not important, I will look into this but until then I want you to keep this quiet, also she wished me to say 'hi' to somepony called Ditzy." The letter read.

Derpy sat down, she let a tear out, she was glad that Dash was ok, but she was also worried, Twilight had shown her that the building was dangerous, she decided to leave the library.

Twilight felt bad for Derpy, she knew that she had a deep connection with Dash, she went back to her research.

_____*Canterlot Castle archives 6:59 PM*_____

Luna was reading a book on portal creation when she found it, she heard footsteps behind her and she turned around to reveal Celestia.

"Oh sister, you startled me." She said.

Celestia walked up to Luna and looked at the book she was reading.   "What is it?" She asked.

Luna walked over to a nearby table.  "I have found a way for Rainbow Dash to return to this world, without consequences." She replied.

Celestia sat down at the table.  "What do you mean?" She asked.

Luna looked down at the book.   "I mean like memory loss." She replied.

Celestia looked blankly at her sister.   "Is there no way to return her here instantly?" She asked.

Luna nodded.  "If you seek to put her in a coma with long term memory loss then yes." She replied.

Celestia sighed.  "Very well, what is this way?" She asked.

Luna flipped another page.   "All I have to do is create a stable portal that will take five days to become fully functional." She replied.

Celestia pondered.  "Would you be able to erase this from her memory?, if she is changed when she returns we will have no real choice." She said blankly.

Luna was appalled.  "Sister!, this is the element of loyalty, she will return and will be the same." She said persistently.

Celestia stood up and walked away.   "Do what you have to do." She said as she walked away.

Luna nodded and went back to her research.

______*Dash's apartment 2:41 PM*______

Dash groaned and rubbed her head, she slowly opened her eyes and stood up.

She walked towards the bathroom and walked inside.

Dash walked up to the sink and turned it on, she then rinsed her eyes and sighed.   "Another day in hell." She said, she had found out that she had learned all of this worlds phrases and liked them, mainly because they sounded a lot better.

She turned off the sink and started up the shower, she walked into the shower and started soaking.

"Ok, I get a shower, watch some tv, eat dinner then show up in time for work." She said to herself, she liked the plan, she was going to have to prepare herself to adapt again when she returned home, but she was keeping those phrases damn it!

After a minute Dash stepped out of the shower and turned it off then dried herself off.

Dash felt like she was hit by a bus, and then by a baseball she sat down on her bed and made a quick adjustment to her plan. "Scratch tv I'm going out." She said.

She walked over to the door to the apartment and opened it then she walked outside and closed it then locked it.

Dash flew up and landed on the top of the motel and looked out at the city.   "Reminds me of Canterlot." She said.

She then took off towards the city to explore. 

Dash decided to make it more interesting and began performing some tricks.

She smiled.   "Maybe this world wont be so bad after all." She thought.

______*Freddy Fazbears Pizza 12:41 PM*_______

Dash leaned back in the chair and checked the cameras.

Balloon Boy was still unmoving, the old animatronics had not moved, the band was onstage, Fang was inactive for once and Roxanne was inside the prize corner.

Dash winded up the music box and lowered the tablet, she checked the lights and found nothing.

She sighed and continued her night.   "That's odd, Fang is usually the first one to move." She wondered.

Dash also noted that Fang looked a bit different, instead of his neutral or goofy look he had a more depressed face.

As the night progressed, Dash had gotten into a clockwork pattern, check lights, wind music box, and put the mask on as soon as she lowered the tablet.

Dash heard thudding in the vents but did not look to see who.

"Alright I got this, just got to last a bit longer." She said to herself.

Dash checked the cameras and saw that Fang was sitting on the table and had a depressed look on his face.

She winded the music box and continued her night.    

Dash checked the right vent and saw that Roxanne was in it.  "Hey Roxie." She said.

She heard some static as she took the mask off to reveal Roxanne on the ceiling.   "Hey Roxanne what's up?" Dash asked.

Roxanne closed her mouth and looked directly at Dash.   "Dash, we need to talk after your shift." She replied blankly.

Dash was worried, Roxanne talked like she had no purpose, she was going to find out why. 

"How about we talk right now?" Dash suggested.

Roxanne looked towards the hall in thought.   "Very well,you should know, you see, there is talk about scraping us and repairing the old animatronics." She said sadly.

Dash was disgusted.  "Is this why Fang is sad?, or are they not going to keep him?" She asked.

Roxanne looked at her and nodded.  "Yes, they are going to scrap all of us, even Fang." She replied sadly.

Dash sighed sadly and continued her night.  "Why would they scrap him anyway?" She asked.

Roxanne did what Dash could only consider a shrug.  "I don't know, I guess its because of his glitches." She replied.

Now Dash was confused.  "What glitches?, he seems perfectly fine." She said.

Roxanne shook her head.  "He takes hours to turn on sometimes, he freezes up during some of our performances, and he seems to wander outside while we are open, but the worst one is that he actually mistakes children for the manager and he yells at them." She replied.

Dash bit her lip but continued her night.

Roxanne stayed up on the ceiling for the entire night but once it became six she returned to the kids cove.

Dash stood up and walked to the kids cove to speak with Fang.

She turned the corner and walked forward and passed the stage, she noticed that the band was watching her.

Dash gulped and walked passed BB which was just awkward.

She walked up to Fang who was leaning against the wall silently.

"Hey Fang you alright?" Dash asked.

Fang slowly turned his head to look at her and shook his head. "Nope, but I'm not going to let it get to me, I mean it might not even happen." He replied with a fake cheerful voice.

Dash gave him an evil look before sighing and walking away.

"You cant just bottle up your emotions Fang, you need to let them out every now and then." Dash said before she left the building.

Fang sighed before turning off, he slid off the wall and fell on his side but did not feel it.

Dash flew towards the motel and a thought came to her head.

"If it turns out that they will scrap them I wonder if I could take any of them with me." She thought.

Dash landed in front of her door and walked inside intent on speaking to Luna about this.

______*four minutes later Rainbow Dash's dream*______

This time Dash was in the familiar home of her marefriend Derpy Hooves, she watched as Dinky came out and was playing with, her?

Dash saw herself in this dream an immediately recognized this, the time that Derpy had asked her to watch her daughters.

She looked around and saw Luna standing by the stairs.  "Hey Luna." She replied blankly.

Luna frowned and walked over to Dash.   "What is it?" She asked.

Dash sighed and looked at Luna.  "Something came up back on Earth." She replied.

Luna raised an eyebrow.   "Earth?" She asked.

Dash looked at the scene before her.   "Its the name of the world I'm on, but that's not important is it?" She replied.

Luna nodded as the dream faded and they were back at Freddy Fazbears Pizza, they were now in the main room of the Pizzeria.

Dash looked over and saw the kids cove and walked over to it.  

Luna followed Dash over to the kids cove and raised an eyebrow at the scene before her, there was a rather large wolf leaning against the wall and a jumbled mess of parts with a fox's head.

"What are they?" She asked.

Dash chuckled.  "They are animatronics here, the wolf is called Fang and the fox is Roxanne." She said.

Luna nodded.    "So what is it that came up?" She asked.

Dash sighed sadly and looked at Luna.  "Well you see, they might be scraped along with the others." She said pointing to the band and BB.

Luna could understand why Dash felt an attachment to them.   "So what will you do?" She asked.

Dash shrugged.  "I cant do anything to save them." She replied sadly.

Luna looked around and an idea came to her head.   "Well, I am working on a portal that can bring you home, all you have to do is ask them if they will follow when its time to leave." She said.

Dash smiled...it might work.    "Where will the portal be at anyway?, back home I mean." She asked.

Luna thought on it, she knew her sister would prefer it be Canterlot but she knew that Dash would like to be home when she returned.

"It will be at the edge of the Everfree in four days." She said.

Dash could understand why the Everfree.   "Ok then, see you then." She said as she faded away.

Luna nodded and faded away.  "Tia doesn't have to know about this right away." She thought.