Springtrap and String Play only glared at each other.
The whole room seemed stiff, even Shadow and Vincent tensing up.
The former two said nothing, only stared daringly at each other- a seemingly silent taunt to attack.]
Finally, Freddy spoke up.
"Eh, String Play. What are you doing?" he stammered. Nopony wanted to talk to that puppet pony- mainly because they were scared to do so.
Springtrap slowly edged away from the black and white pony.
"Were safe here, at least" he snickered. A few employees had gathered around the small group.
"Not for long. The moment your away from another pony, your dead".
Bonnie of course still had an eye on Badge Gleam, whom seemed frozen.
Twilight had rushed up beside him, and was standing their too- but with confusion on her muzzle instead of horror.
String Play twisted his head to look see what had caught Bonnie's eyes, letting out a snort as he laid his eyes upon more imbeciles.
Badge Gleam tilted his head to one side slightly.
"H-How are you... A-Alive..." His voice came out in a choke, as he began to silently hyperventilate.
Goldy could only give off a sheepish smile.
"Eh, uh... Badge Gleam....?" He raised a hoof slightly, but let it hang more or less limp- in an attempt to calm what he would suspect to be a scream.
"How do you know my name?! How are you alive! You killer robots!" Badge Gleam began to kick into panic mode.
"No! We're not them! I mean, well, we were, but..." Chica trailed off. Badge Gleam had stopped, and now awaiting a hopefully calming explanation.
Twilight was awaiting it too, as she kept an eye on Badge Gleam- in case he decided to run.
"Oh, you want me to tell you how- uh, o-okay" Chica stammered sheepishly.
Freddy sighed.
"Here's what happened, "he began, "... First, let me tell who we are".
Badge Gleam kept a straight face.
"Your Freddy Fazbear..." an eye twitched.
"Well, yes, but no" Freddy sighed.
"..." Badge Gleam twirled a hoof for him to go on.
"Right. We're- i'm, Cocoa Song". Badge Gleam's left eye twitched again.
"... No..." he barely made a sound, "You- they- died..." his eyes teared up.
"But it is us! It's me, Cake Flower!" Chica pitched in.
"NO! Prove it!" Badge Gleam cried out- attracting more unwanted attention.
Springtrap had since then left, as String Play pointed out- disgusted.
"It is us" he spat at Badge Gleam, "and it's still me, String Play" he glared at the security pony.
"You don't act like he did".
"Well, five years can do that to you!" String Play retorted- half like a filly.
"It's me, lad. Crimson Fur" Foxy stepped forth, sadness filling his eyes.
Badge Gleam could only stare for the longest time.
His mouth parted at last to speak, but only a few dry words came out.
"...No... You died... You got killed..." he stepped back slightly.
Twilight could only sigh, as she let her right wing fall out- blocking him from fleeing.
This time it was Vincent who talked.
"Yes, your right. I killed them" he sighed, his one black eye catching Badge Gleam off guard- but not as much as what he'd just said.
"That's impossible! I was told the murderer got caught!" Badge Gleam argued back.
Everypony tilted their heads, including String Play.
"You were what?!" Vincent gaped.
"Yeah! I was! He's in prison! Not- not here!" Badge Gleam exclaimed.
"They must've caught the wrong pony" Vincent half laughed to himself.
"Must've. But if your the killer... Then you should be behind bars" Badge Gleam pointed out.
"Well, I was behind a whole bunch of crossbeams and wires for five years..." Vincent smirked.
Badge Gleam could only stare in confusion.
"Never mind that," Freddy shook his head, "do you believe us?".
"I don't know. Your just freaks, from my point of view. Freaks who want to ruin my life" Badge Gleam snorted, taking notice he couldn't leave due to Twilight.
Bonnie leaned over and whispered something into Freddy's ear.
The brown pony nodded, and looked back at Badge Gleam.
"We'll prove it. You begin the night shift in about ten minutes, right? We'll leave after the next song" he concluded, not really allowing Badge Gleam to argue.
And, as much as he wanted to, he couldn't help feeling relieved that his shift wouldn't be done alone.
"Alright" Badge Gleam shrugged as he trotted up to the front door of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, "you can come in. But don't let anypony see you. Sithis knows the trouble i'll be in if i'm caught allowing anypony in at night, and Twilight? Your coming too, please" the purple alicorn nodded and trotted in.
She seemes to trust these characteristic ponies completely, which was a bit unsettling to Badge Gleam.
But he worked on keeping his cool.
Not only was it that they talked about being the dead children and all, along with twilight's large amount of trust, but it was two other things too.
That puppet pony wouldn't stop glaring at EVERYTHING.
Especially Badge Gleam.
But it was... Their aura.
Each of those shady ponies emanated an unsettling amount of dark magic, the most coming from 'String Play'.
He made sure to stay a bit away from each one- mainly the puppet. They could destroy his disguise.
And if that happened, he could be killed.
His spine shivered, the hard changeling shell underneath trembling slightly.
The thought of being discovered and/or covered in that bile magic made Badge Gleam's skin crawl.
They continued into the dining area.
Freddy couldn't help but glare at his robotic counter part, Chica just sighing at the sight of their deadly prisons.
"The shift's started" Badge Gleam shifted upon his hooves uneasily.
"Right. Lets get to the office then. Don't want to wait for me- it" Bonnie laughed nervously as he made his way down the left hall.
The others did the same, though Badge gleam was speed trotting there, fear making his hooves buzz.
The phone had already begun ringing once everypony was inside.
Well... It was cramped of course.
The call went on for a while.
"You know he died, right?" Goldy nudged Badge Gleam.
"Uh... No, I didn't. And I didn't need to know that..." he edged away from the pony.
String Play sighed, as he stepped towards the door.
"Where are you going?!" Badge piped up, his face twisting into that of fear.
"I'm not gonna stay in this blood wretched office" the puppet pony snorted, before walking out into the hall, "plus, if any dumb hunks of metal come at me, consider them gone".
"Uh, as long as I don't get fired..." Badge Gleam silently sighed to himself, before pulling up his monitor.
The animatronic Bonnie had already moved to the parts room.
Along with Chica, though she was clanging around in the kitchen.
"If you're so sure of yourselves," Badge Gleam sent a glare to the 'living' versions of the animtronics, "then you'll know where their going to next".
Freddy nodded.
"My character shouldn't leave for a while. Depends on the night. If I do, it won't be til a bit later". Badge Gleam stood back, a bit astonished.
"Uh, next?".
"I'll be here soon, though by the looks of it, String Play might just stop my character... Check the closet every so often" Bonnie pitched in an answer.
"...Well, you know a lot about this. I..." Badge Gleam sighed "Meh, never mind". The others all shared confused glances before shrugging it off.
"Hey, anyone else come back? I mean, like those other ponies before" Badge Gleam asked.
Foxy answered him.
"Aye, lad. Twas Mangle, and Shadow. And... Springtrap" he lowered his head.
"I'm guessing that was the golden one?".
"Aye".
"Your peeking out of the cove".
"WHAT?!" Foxy swung his head up.
"I mean, um, it is? Er, your non-living form!" Badge Gleam quickly rephrased his sentence.
String Play called over his shoulder to the others.
"I think I'll go take a look around this place" String Play muttered before trotting off- without a single glance moment spared for the other's consent.
Freddy spared a glance at Bonnie, and the purple pony stealthily snuck out of the office.
"I'll keep an eye on him" he muttered before leaving their sight.
"Okay... So we have two ponies who're gonna die tonight" Badge Gleam shook his head as he checked other screens- including Pirate's cove.
"Make that three," Chica smirked before walking off.
"Are you all idiots?!" Badge Gleam cried out.
"No," Chica popped her head through the office doorway, "I'm just hungry".