//------------------------------// // I'm going insane // Story: Equestrian Fox // by Doukzor //------------------------------// "Did it work?" Bonnie poked his head around the right door frame, it's rusty frame creaking. "Of course it did" the golden bear animatronic smirked. Jeremy had fainted, and Mike looked half dead. Bonnie just nodded slightly. "Uh-huh. Now that that's done- wait. You can talk now?" he raised an eye brow at the animatronic. "I was already able to talk. I just needed to fix my voice box" he fiddled with his bow tie. "Okay then" Bonnie thought for the right words to say. "Are they dead?!" A high pitched voice broke the surrounding silence. The two glanced at the night guards. "...Probably?" the golden one finally answered. "Probably?! If we can't kill them, we can't focus on the situation-" Freddy stopped dead as he saw his golden twin animatronic. And then he saw the night guards. "Are they dead?" he demanded. "Maaaybe..." The golden one smiled sheepishly. "Maybe? Fredbear, Are they dead or not?!" Freddy growled. Fredbear gave a slight nod. "They should be". With a sigh, Freddy turned away. "Fine. C'mon, we'll need you too". Fredbear followed, and Bonnie stepped over the two unconscious guards as he quickly walked after them. Chica was waiting in the Dining room, her arms crossed and her head tilted to one side. "So?" she asked. "Dead. For now at least" Freddy glanced at Fredbear, before stopping. "So... What's this whole 'plan' thing?" Fredbear pitched in. "Well... Since Foxy just... 'Poofed', "Chica let him guess the rest. "Look. There was some light emanating from Pirate's Cove before he vanished" Bonnie stated. "Yeah, but what light? It's not like he had a flashlight. This was different" Chica argued. "True. So we don't know what the heck really happened. But we do know that he's gone. And... Yeah that's it" Bonnie shrugged. "This is serious. Was there really nothing that happened before hand?" Freddy demanded. "Nothing. And we weren't there to really witness it, ya know" Bonnie replied. "Hey, er, You know I could help, right?" Fredbear pitched into there conversation. "How, exactly, could you help?" Freddy glared at him. "You don't trust me, you hunk of bolts?" Fredbear asked coolly. Chica and Bonnie winced. "No, I don't" Freddy crossed his arms, ignoring Fredbear's wry comment. "Want me to prove it?" Fredbear smirked. "Yeah, because you know so much more than the rest of us" Freddy retorted flatly. "Aight" Fredbear turned around and headed off towards the Pirate's Cove. He disappeared behind the purple starred curtains. A small golden light flashed in the cove for a second, before Fredbear came walking out as if nothing had happened. He patted his hands together as he stopped in front of the colorful group. "I think I know 'how' your little fox friend disappeared" he smiled deviously. The three animatronics glanced at each other, before Freddy spoke up. "Tell me". Foxy had taken to shutting down in a the most enclosed place he could find. Considering the crystal castle out of a coloring book seemed as empty as a field, the best spot he'd been able to find was the kitchen. The morning light was already shining through the see through walls. It was more of flashing through the walls, bouncing off of everything crystal to metal until it illuminated the room rather brightly. Foxy blinked, turning on. The light must've triggered his day sensors, as he blinked a few more times, trying to make sense of the blinding white light in his eyes, and the purple form that stood in his vision, blurred out by the other color. After his eyes adjusted, he quickly covered them with his hook, noticing the purple form stepped back, and was holding a notepad and pen. Foxy's vision kept blurring, and he kept losing focus on everything in the room. He servos were beginning to act up repeatedly. "That wretched light won't stop resettin' me servos" he mumbled. The purple form suddenly nodded furiously and stepped back a little more. The boundless amount of light in the room quickly cut off into a little dim light to illuminate the space. "That better?" he recognized Twilight's voice. "Aye. How do ye deal with all that blinding light?" Foxy tilted his head as he sat up. "You get used to it after a few years" Twilight sighed, but then perked up as she asked, "how come the light reset you now but not yesterday?". "The light now was blinding me eyes directly, like a flashlight. Otherwise, normal day light I can handle, just buzzes my circuits every so often" Foxy explained. Twilight nodded quickly, as she pulled up a notebook and scribbled something onto it. A small purple, reptile thing, suddenly came barreling into the room, landing comically in front of Twilight. It got up quickly, as it panted from fatigue and exhaustion. "Spike? What is it?" Twilight seemed to know the little, thing, so Foxy calmed back down. "I have a l- *urp*!" the little creature belched out some green flame, which flared into the air before disappearing to reveal a rolled up parchment of paper. Twilight caught in that purple aura of her's before it hit the floor. She levitated it towards her face and unrolled it, as she began to leave. "Need to talk... Canterlot... Nothing impor- PRINCESS CELESTIA!?!" Twilight jumped back, flaring her wings to catch herself. Foxy perked up. "Spike! We've got to go at once!" Twilight scooped up the tiny thing. "Why?! I just woke up!" he protested, flailing his tiny arms about in her grasp. "Celestia needs to talk to us at once! She said there's this creature that got summoned here- and he's not native to Equestria!" Twilight exclaimed hastily. Spike rose an eyebrow. "He? So, Celestia knows what it is?" he cast a wary glance at the fox animatronic near him. "I doubt it. Perhaps just a grammatical error on her part. Uh-" Twilight stopped short as she looked at the confused robot in front of her. "Oh right. We... Uh... We'll have to leave you behind..." Twilight seemed to be thinking of what to say. "It would be quite hard to get you past the guards without them trying to throw you in some metal pit" she smiled sheepishly. "Aye, I can see why they would be rather un'erved by me" Foxy mumbled in reply. "Since you have that sleep mode, can't you use that while we're gone?" Twilight asked. "Only sometimes, lass. If I were to switch onto sleep mode for too long, my servos would lock up, and I don't think ye want to have to fix me again". "Oh. Well, uh..." Twilight levitated a few things to her, as she placed them in a small canvas bag. "I'll be quick. I should be back tomorrow!" she sighed before galloping off with her little creature. Foxy eyed the tiny purple reptile thing as it ran after her. To be honest, he hated it- whatever reasons unknown. "Sister, do you truly believe this is the best course of action?" Luna asked her sister softly. After their talk, Celestia had decided to speak to Twilight directly. "Yes. The more she knows about it, the safer she, and everypony, is" Celestia answered firmly. She had a look of tired determination in her eyes, from the fatigue of no sleep. "I hope you're right about this. It could mean that Twilight will refuse to help you in curing this-" "She'll do anything I tell her's homework" Celestia snapped, half joking, half serious. Her face hadn't lightened any at the kind gesture, which left Luna a little shook. "I wish you would have spoke to me about this first" Luna mumbled. "It is not your decision" Celestia snapped, her eyes narrowing at her shorter sister. "I brought that thing here. I choose what happens to it, not you". Luna shrunk back, now looking half her sister's size. "I meant no offense, sister. I'm just... Shocked". Celestia glared for no more than a second, before sighing and relaxing her body. "I'm sorry. Everything that has been happening has cause me much stress" Celestia rubbed her temples, before weakly smiling at her younger sister. Luna nodded, though she was still unnerved. They both looked forward, towards the entrance to the castle, where they were awaiting Twilight Sparkle. A heavy silence filled the room soon, though, and with another worried glance at her sister, Luna steadily stood up. "I'm... Going to go fill out a few scrolls" she said rather hastily, but she held onto what firm voice she could. "Very well" Celestia nodded, her eyes still concentrated on the entrance. Luna stood not a moment longer before nodding in return and walking away. She kept her head down, as she pondered on her sister's actions. "Something's wrong" she whispered to herself. Celestia never lost her temper. NEVER. Not even when Discord ate her birthday cake. And Luna didn't plan on letting anything get to her sister like that. With a curt nod to herself, she summoned a scroll and quill. She was going to find out what was really wrong with her sister.