A young stallion starts working at a new pizzeria, but finds it to be more complex then a simple night watch.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizza was a pizzeria that had been running for a few years now. It was a place of joy for everypony, especially the kids. They get to have pizza, drinks, and the animatronic characters play music for them. Midnight Sight had just gotten a job working the night shift.
At first glance, it seems like an easy one hundred and twenty bits a week. But Midnight soon realizes that his job isn't to keep ponies out. It's to keep things in. Now Midnight is on a quest to figure out what exactly happened here, and attempt to uncover the mystery that is Freddy's.
'One hundred-twenty bits...' Midnight Sight thought to himself. 'One hundred-twenty bits... that's... really not a lot, but I guess I can't ask for more when I have this easy of a job,' He thought. Midnight was a teal coated anthropomorphic pegasus with a darker blue mane and tail with a hidden cutie mark consisting of a few stars surrounding an eye. He had a fairly average build for his race, coming from years of just simply being a pegasus.
Midnight had just gotten a recently vacated job at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, working for the night watch. This was, pretty much, the easiest one hundred and twenty bits he had ever made. Who would rob a pizzeria? Who would even break in one for that matter? He really didn't care though, it was an easy job, that's all that he could ask for. He decided to check up on things; doors work fine, door lights work fine, and just to be safe, he flipped through the camera screens on the tablet for the office. Everything was looking good, everything was in order so he set the tablet down.
"Well," He stated, resting his legs on the desk and leaning back in his chair, "this is going to be a piece of cake... speaking of which, I should drop by Sugar Cube Corner tomorrow." Suddenly, the phone went off, startling Midnight a bit. He just looked at it, confused. "Who would be calling so late at night?" He asked nopony in particular while the phone rang once more, and on the third ring, he finally picked up, putting it on speaker. "Uh, hello?"
"Hello?" The pony on the other end asked, had he not heard Midnight just now?
"Hello?" He tried again.
"Hellooo?" Midnight raised an eyebrow at this. "Uh..I wanted to, um... record a message for you."
"Oh, a recorded message," Midnight said, leaning back into his seat.
"To help you get settled in on your first night," The person said.
"I think I'm pretty settled in already." Midnight said in response to the recording
"Um, I actually worked in that office before you. I'm actually finishing up my last week now, as a matter of fact. So, I know it can be overwhelming, but I'm here to tell you, you've got nothing to worry about."
"Overwhelming? What is he talking about?" Midnight raised an eyebrow.
"Uh...you'll do fine. So let's just focus on getting you through your first week, okay? Uh, lets see, well, I have an introductory greeting from the company I need to read to you. I-It's kind of a legal thing, you know."
"Introductory greetings," Midnight groaned, "Why do companies need this? Yes their slightly informative, but they can do this some other way, I'm sure."
"Um, "Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. A magical place for kids and grownups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life. Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or pony."
"Makes sense."
"Upon discovering any injury or death that has occurred, a missing pony report will be filed within 90 days, or as soon as property and premises have been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, and the carpets have been replaced."
"Wait, what?"
"Blah blah blah, now that might sound bad, I know,"
"Bad? That sounds horrible!"
"But don't worry, you'll be fine, I'm sure. Uh, now about the animatronic characters, uh, they are a bit... quirky at night."
"... Quirky?"
"But do I blame them? No, I don't. If I was forced to sing the same stupid songs for thirty-five years and never got a bath? I'd probably be a bit irritable at night too. So just remember, these characters hold a special place in the hearts of children and we need to show them a little respect, right? Okay. So just be aware, the animatronics do... wander a bit at night."
"Wander?"
"Uh, I think they are set to some kind of free roaming mode when at night. Uh... Something about their servos locking up if they get turned off for too long, I don't know, I never really looked into that stuff. Actually, they use to be able to walk around and interact with the kids and adults during the daytime. But then there was the bite of '87."
"Bite of '87? What is this guy going on about?"
"Yeah... It's actually quite amazing how the pony body can live without the frontal lobe, you know?" Midnight's eyes widened with his mouth agape, he brought a hand to his forehead in bewilderment, as if trying to ask 'As in the brain?'. "Now, for the part of your safety, really, the only real risk being the night watch here, if any, is the fact that these characters... well, if they see you after hours like this, they probably won't recognize you as a pony."
"Come again?"
"They'll pr-they'll most likely see you as a metal endoskeleton without its costume on. Now, because of the rules here at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, say that a skeleton without its costume is violating the rules, they'll probably try to, uh... forcibly stuff you inside one of the Freddy Fazbear's suits."
"Are you shitting me?"
"Um, now, that wouldn't sound so bad... if the suits themselves weren't filled with animatronic devices, such as wires, crossbeams, that sort of stuff. Oh, and especially in the mask of the suit. So, I'm sure you can see how having your body forcefully stuffed inside one of those things could cause some... discomfort..."
"Just discomfort?"
"...and death."
"Oh, that makes it so much better!"
"Uh.... yeah, the only parts of you that would likely see the light of day again would be your eyeballs and teeth, as they pop out the front of the mask when your skull is crushed by the electronic devices. Yeah, they don't tell you these things when you sign up."
"Of course they don't, then who the fuck would take this shitty job!"
"But hey, first day will be a breeze, I'm sure. I'll send you another message tomorrow. Uh, be sure to check those cameras, also one last thing, remember to close the doors only if absolutely necessary. Gotta conserve power. Alright, good night."
"Good night?! What part of this is good?!" Midnight’s voice had slowly risen throughout the phone call, and now he was practically yelling. He felt a little panicked now as he was stuck in a building with killer animatronics for an entire night. He couldn't exactly leave, as the security office was pretty much his only sanctuary. Well, scratch this off the list for easiest paying jobs. He quickly brought up the tablet, checking the show stage. His eyes widened, the rabbit was gone, Bonnie or whatever its name was, he didn't care, it was gone. Scared, he switched to the dining area, and as he expected, there was the rabbit, standing in between two of the tables.
"Holy shit..." Midnight muttered. This was absolutely terrifying for him, he had a perfectly rational fear of things moving when they shouldn't move. Granted animatronics were made to move, but not like this. Though it was his fear, it wasn't as bad as an actual fear, it just creeped him out. He set the tablet down, checking his power on a monitor. "89%." Since the building was due to close within this year, the place lost some things, namely a good generator. The building was practically running on batteries for the night, which was bad news for Midnight.
The stallion checked the cameras again, thankfully, nothing had moved any more... yet. Just as he was about to set the tablet down, the cameras suddenly cut off.
"Whoa, wait, what the fuck!" He asked, frantically checking all the cameras, but all of them just showed a black screen. In a fit of panic, he put the tablet down and closed both doors. He did NOT want one of those things coming into the room. After a moment, he checked the cameras again, seeing that they were back on. And with a bit of searching, he found Bonnie in the backstage, the other two had yet to move. Feeling a bit calmer, he opened the doors again, Bonnie was still pretty far, and the two weren't out yet.
"So," Midnight said to himself, "I have a job where I could die, not from heavy machinery, no, I could die from fucking robotic animals that are meant for entertainment!" He said, letting out a loud groan at the end. "This is not worth one hundred and twenty bits a week." He sighed. Looking at the cameras again, he felt like he would die on the first night, Chica, the chicken, was gone now, leaving Feddy alone on the stage. Midnight switched to the dining area, Chica was there, but what was horrifying, was the fact that she was looking. At. The. Camera.
Midnight quickly switched away from the camera, not wanting to see the chicken like that. He checked the back stage, but Bonnie was not there any more. Panic consumed him once more as he frantically searched for her. When he found her though, the stallion was so consumed with fear that he could not even scream. The rabbit was just outside of the door, looking up into the camera. He put the tablet down and practically punched the door button, closing it.
"How the fuck did she get here so fast?!" He questioned out loud. He looked over at his power, '63%', closing both doors really drained his supply, he couldn't make the same mistake twice. He went to check the cameras again, Freddy was still on the stage, Chica had moved to the restrooms, and Bonnie was, well, still at the door. This night was going to suck, no arguments, it was going to suck. After allowing himself to gather his nerves, he checked the cameras again, now Chica was in the hallway, still looking at the camera, and Bonnie had moved back, now in the closet. Scratch that, it already sucks, he was now surrounded on both sides. He opened his left door to conserve some power for the rest of the night.
He looked at the clock to check on the time, it was 5 o'clock, just one more hour, then he's done, good. Checking the cameras again, he saw that Bonnie had moved back to the dining room, her silhouette seen on the camera. Chica had moved closer to the door, but what Midnight saw sent a chill down his spine.
"Are... those real teeth in her beak?!" He asked, seeing two rows of very real looking teeth. Then he remembered what the phone pony said, about them stuffing ponies into the suits, and how only their eyes and teeth could be seen. He had to suppress the urge to vomit, knowing that someone had already died at the hands of these things ate away at the little confidence he had. Suddenly, an alarm went off, causing him to yelp, looking at the clock, he saw it was six o'clock! But he didn't feel safe, the animatronics were still out there, or so he thought.
Looking back at the cameras, he found no sight of Bonnie or Chica, but upon taking a peek at the stage, he saw them both standing there, as if nothing had ever happened. Sighing, he got up from his chair and headed out. Before he left though, he took a glance at the stage, seeing the animatronics standing there, looking innocent. He scrunched his nose.
"Damn killer robots." He hissed under his breath. As the words left his mouth, Freddy's head snapped towards Midnight, looking at him straight in the eyes. The stallion yelped as he practically sprinted out of the building, heading for his home.
"Seriously, why am I fucking back here?" Midnight questioned, locking the main entrance to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza behind him after entering its premises, but was only now questioning why he came back to the office. "Did last night not scare me enough? Or is it that I want to die? I honestly can't tell. I’m practically selling my life for a few bits." Just then the phone started ringing, most likely the same guy from last night, Midnight promptly picked up the receiver and listened to this night’s warnings.
"Uh, hello? Hello?... Well, if you are hearing this, well congrats for making it to night two!"
"Oh, gee, thanks, I feel so accomplished for making it past the first night of a five day job."
"Um, I-I won't talk as long this time around, because Freddy and his friends become more active as the week progresses. They... really want to get to you, huh?"
"Oh good, as if the first night wasn't bad enough, it only gets worse as the week goes on!" Midnight said with sarcastic enthusiasm. "Fuck my life."
"Hey uh, in fact, it may be a good idea to make sure everyone is in their proper place while I'm talking to you." Heeding his advice, Midnight picked up the tablet and checked on the animatronics, only to find Bonnie was already out.
"Oh, for fucks sake." Midnight said, flipping through the screens, finding Bonnie in the back stage.
"Um, oh yea, interestingly enough, Freddy himself doesn't come off the stage very often. I've heard he becomes much more active in the dark though... So um, yeah, I guess that's another reason to not run out of power, heh."
"Are you shitting me? It's bad enough seeing them walk around in the light, but in the dark with a single one walking, no, RUNNING around? Who made these things?!"
"Also, there is something I forgot to tell you last night. It's about your door lights, you see the cameras do have blind spots, and these blind spots are, unfortunately, right outside your doors. So if you can't find someone... or something, uh, check the lights. If they are there, you may only have a few seconds to react before they come in. Not... that you are in danger or anything like that, that's not what I'm implying."
"Okay, so check the lights to watch as I die, got it." Midnight said, while bringing the tablet up again to check on Bonnie, still in the backstage.
"One last thing, be sure to check on Pirate Cove from time to time." Hearing this, Midnight switched his camera to the curtain, but saw nothing out of the ordinary. "The character in there is quite unique, as he tends to become more active if the cameras are off for long periods of time."
"There's a fourth?! And it becomes more active when the cameras are off, joy."
"I guess he doesn't like being watched or something, I don't know. Anyway, I'm sure you'll do fine, like last night, I'll call you again tomorrow, so good night." And with that, the message ended.
"Again with the good night thing." Midnight commented. He decided to take a quick look around the Pirate Cove, there was a purple curtain with white stars all over it with an out of order sign in front. "Shouldn't that sign be for all the robots? They seem to all be out of order." He muttered to himself. Seeing as nothing was happening, he then decided to check up on Bonnie. What he saw however caused him to jump out of his chair on the verge of having a heart attack while dropping the tablet in the process. When he picked it back up, Bonnie was up close to the camera, looking into it with black, pinprick eyes. "Oh you fucking shit fuck." Midnight said angrily trying to catch his breath, getting back into his chair.
He changed the camera view to the show stage, seeing that Chica was gone now. He took a quick glance at the time and power, 2 AM and 84%. The animatronics were already extremely active, and it was only night two! He dreaded what would happen on night five. Midnight looked around the place for Chica, but couldn't find where she was, he was about to check the lights, until he checked the kitchen camera. The camera display was dead, but the audio was still being picked up, and Midnight could hear the clanking of pots and pans, signifying that Chica was most likely in there.
"Oh, the "let's eat" bib and the kitchen. Fucking really?" Midnight asked himself, thinking that's why she was in the kitchen, programmed to "eat". He went to go check on Bonnie again, only to find she was no longer there in the back stage. He set the tablet down and checked the lights. "You know, I love this job, it really gets the blood flowing," He sarcastically remarked, when he checked the left light, he saw Bonnie just peering into the office. "Holy shit! I didn't mean that literally!" Midnight screamed out while slamming down on the button to close the door. Once he was safe, he leaned back in his seat and placed a hand on his chest. "For fu-oh, it also gets the heart pumping." The pegasus said to himself, feeling his heart beat a million miles an hour. "Dear sweet Celestia, why do I do this to myself?" He questioned, leaning toward and putting his face into his hands.
"Wait a minute... Celestia... of course!" Midnight sat up, realizing something. "Why didn't I think about her before? She has got to know something about this place and the animatronics! She's the fucking princess of Equestria after all!" He said, with some newfound confidence. "I need to make sure to ask her tomorrow. But for now, I just need to focus on surviving." He said, picking the tablet up again and searching around. Bonnie was still at the door, he couldn't see her, but he knew because he couldn't find her anywhere else. Chica went into the restroom, and was, as per usual, looking into the camera. Freddy was still on the show stage, but...
"Seriously, what is with these robots and looking into the camera?!" Midnight questioned. Freddy had turned towards the camera, now looking into it with black, pinprick eyes. "And what's with the eyes?" He questioned as well. He then switched away from the show stage and to Pirate Cove. "Holy shit, there is a fourth one," Midnight said, seeing that the fourth animatronic was now peeking out of the curtain. It had glossy white eyes, and the fur was tattered, most likely why it was out of order. Midnight couldn't see much else though, as it was mostly concealed by the curtain, obstructing the rest of its body. Midnight couldn't even tell what kind of animal it was.
"So now I have four animatronics to worry about. Great." Midnight commented dryly. His job was only getting better by the second. He looked over at the time and power. 4 AM and 48% left, as long as he didn't do anything drastic, he would survive the night, but considering the door with Bonnie is still closed, he was losing power by the second. He looked over at the door, considering to open it to check if Bonnie was still there. He hovered his hand over the button, contemplating his decision. If he opens it and Bonnie was still there, he would most likely die, but he needed to make sure in order to save power. With an audible gulp, he opened the door and quickly flashed the light on. He let out a deep sigh of relief, Bonnie was no longer there, but it begged the question as to where she went.
Bringing up the tablet, he flipped through the screens, soon finding Bonnie back in the dining room, her silhouette near the camera, facing away from it. Midnight continued flipping through the screens, finding Chica in the hallway, heading towards his office. Freddy was still on the stage, the phone guy was right, he didn't come off the stage very often. Then there was the fourth animatronic, who was now outside the curtain, though it was quite dark, Midnight's talent allowed him to have a keen eye, even in the dark. From what he could see, the robot was a fox and, keeping to the pirate theme, he had an eyepatch over his right eye along with a hook on his right hand. He also appeared to be wearing brown linen pants, but the legs of which are almost completely gone, revealing the endo-skeleton underneath. Now Midnight could see why he was out of order.
Midnight set the tablet down for a moment, rubbing his eyes. He couldn't let this crap get to him, he was doing fine for the moment, considering he was alive... for now at least. As far as he knew, he had four animatronics coming after him, a bear, a rabbit, a chicken, and a fox. He wasn't sure if there was another animatronic that he wasn't aware of. There very well could he another one, considering he didn't know about the fox. Speaking of which, he kept forgetting how that thing worked, becoming more active if the cameras are off. He brought the tablet up again, only to see the fox was gone. His eyes widened, he checked the dining room, the backstage, the show stage, the restrooms and the kitchen, but he wasn't there. As he flipped to the left hall though, he screamed for his life. The fox was running, yes, RUNNING down the hall, headed straight for the office.
Midnight practically threw the tablet down onto the table and slammed the door button, closing it just in time. Once the door completely shut, the fox started banging on the door. Midnight moved back from the door a bit, afraid of what will happen. Then suddenly, the banging stopped. Terrified, he brought up the camera, seeing the curtain once again closed with the fox, hopefully back inside. Before he set the tablet down, he checked the rest of the building. He found everyone except Chica, and there was no noise coming from the kitchen. He quickly set the tablet down and checked the light on the right. And just as he had expected, Chica was there, looking through the window. He slammed the door shut, keeping the chicken out. But she was still looking through the window, as if it had not noticed its entrance had been blocked.
"Move the fuck away, you fucking creeper," He told the chicken through the glass, though all this did was causing her to groan. Deeply disturbing pony-like groans that ate away at his psyche. "Okay, shut the fuck up now." Midnight said, almost pleading as he turned off the light so he wouldn't have to see the chicken anymore, but he still heard her groans, which didn't help much. Just as he was about to check the cameras again, an alarmed sounded, telling Midnight that morning had come. Chica had stopped groaning, most likely because she was gone now. Just to be safe, he checked the cameras, finding everyone in their rightful spots. He got up from the chair, opened the doors and quickly made his way out of the building, not even looking at the animatronics on the way out though he could feel their stone cold eyes pierce him as he left.
After some rest, he would visit Celestia to have a talk about Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.
Midnight sat hunched over in the train. He was tired of two things: one, the crap he has to go through at Freddy's and two, lack of sleep. Ever since he took this slaughterhouse of a job, his sleeping schedule had gone to hell. Not only that, but he has been starting to get nightmares about the animatronics, which, of course, didn't help with what little sleep he did get at all. He sometimes woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat and screaming, thinking he had shut the door on Chica, only for her to burst through the window. Then there was the other time where he had shut the door on Bonnie, but then Midnight could only watch in mortifying horror as he saw the robotic rabbit slip its hand underneath the door and effortlessly push it back up.
"Fucking robots." He muttered under his breath, not wanting the passengers to hear him. He had enough at the pizzeria, he did not need to end up in an asylum. Midnight tried to clear his mind of the psychopathic animatronics, looking out the window and taking in the scenery that flew past. It was a whole different world out here from Freddy's, which had become his own personal hell. It was so surreal, everything out here was so cheerful and carefree that it almost pained him to comprehend that such a place could exist outside what one could be forgiven for considering a gateway to Tartarus itself.
As he was looking out though, things started flashing in his eyes. Impossible things that didn’t belong, things the pegasus knew couldn't be there. The easiest to make out were the words IT'S ME, then there was the head of Bonnie, with dark eyes and white pinpricks. Then flashed the same image only without eyes, then the last, and most disturbing, was the head of Freddy, with bloodshot, pony-like eyes. Accompanied by a slight robotic mumbling, the hallucinations continued without end, tormenting the poor stallion as they played out like some deeply sadistic flipbook. All ending as he let out a muffled yelp as he buried his face in his hands.
Bringing his head up and looking around the train, he could see the other passengers looking at him, some with concern, and others with confusion. Midnight just sat there a moment, taking in every eye that was on him, before saying.
"I've had a stressful day, don't look at me like that." He said, turning back to the window. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the other ponies look at him for a moment longer, before turning back and resuming what they were doing. Midnight put a hand to his face, rubbing his eyes. "First the nightmares, now I'm hallucinating. I can't let this shit get to me, if I do, then they might as well lobotomize me." He said to himself. He needed to see the Princess as soon as possible.
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Midnight slowly walked down the path leading into Canterlot Castle and guarding its grand entrance stood two lone guards wielding spears. Even though they were only earth ponies, they were still intimidating. As he neared the the entrance his pace slowed, the guards weren't doing anything, not even blinking; Midnight would think they were statues if he had not known that they were indeed real. Within a foot of the entrance, the two guards crossed their spears in front of him, blocking his progress.
"Halt!" Commanded the one on the left.
"State your name and business." The other continued.
"Um, my name is, um, Midnight Sight and I-I need to see the princess." Midnight felt small, and it wasn't due to the fact that both of the guards stood a head taller than him.
"Do you have an appointment with them?"' The left asked.
"Well... I, um, I- no, I... don't exactly have an appointment."
"Well then, you better be on your way then." The right guard said. No emotion was shown with these two.
"But... I still need to see the princess." Midnight persisted.
"A random commoner wants to see the princess?" The left guard said, pushing Midnight away. "That's laughable." Midnight fumed a little.
'I should stuff YOU in a suit!' The pegasus grumbled internally, biting his tongue before saying anything stupid.
"Now leave, or we will make sure you never will." The right one stated.
“Fine, I AM leaving you motherf-” Midnight let out an exasperated huff as he turned around and headed back down the path. He looked back at the two guards with spite. He looked beyond them at the castle, then getting an idea.
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A few hours after his brief spat with the gate guards, Midnight returned to the castle in a desperate second attempt to seek the one pony who might be able to help. The pegasus opened a window as quietly as possible, looking inside to make sure the coast is clear. Once satisfied that no guards were in the area, the pegasus slipped into the castle, silently closing the window behind him.
‘What exactly is the penalty for sneaking into the castle?’ Midnight asked to himself. Whatever they may be, he was sure the consequences were severe, and thus adding to the will of not getting caught. Akin to a butterfly, he quickly and quietly tip-hoofed through the great halls. Approaching the first corner, he'd peek around to make sure he was alone. Once he saw he was in the clear, he continued venturing into the depths of the royal castle. 'Seriously, this is THE fucking castle, why is the security so shitty? Not that I'm complaining... Well, now anyways.' Midnight questioned, it was only the second hallway, but he was sure it would've been harder to sneak around than this.
As he was walking, Midnight passed a rather large window with curtains.
"That'll be useful." He said to himself, peeking around another corner. He quickly whipped his head back though as he saw a mare Royal Guard heading his way. He quickly, but quietly made his way to the curtains, gently tucking himself in to conceal himself from the mare. He listened as the clopping of hooves reached him, then passing him. He peeked out of the curtains, taking a look at the guard. "Holy shit, even the female guards are seven feet tall!" Midnight said in a hushed whisper, seeing that the mare was as tall as the other guards. But only then did he realize he said that out loud. He silently meeped as the mare stopped in her tracks, Midnight pulled his head back in just before the guard turned around. She looked around for a moment, before letting out a contemplative 'Hm' and continued her patrol.
"It’s too quiet in here, I'm starting to hear things," She mumbled as she walked off. Midnight peeked his head out once more, making sure it was alright to proceed.
'I can relate to that, lady,' Midnight thought, recalling the hallucinations from the train ride. As he evaded the guard, he only now realized something. ‘Where the fuck am I even going?’ He questioned. He had never been in Canterlot Castle, so right now he felt like a lab rat put into a maze, and as such, he'd just have to wing it. After a few minutes of wandering, he came across another corner, he peeked around, only to see about four guards heading his way.
"Oh fuck me." Midnight cursed. He looked around, trying to find someway to hide from the guards. Only then did he notice the large pair of doors behind him. "How did I-screw it." Midnight resigned, gently opening the doors then slipping in, silently closing them behind himself. As the door was securely shut, he turned around to check the room he was hiding in. What he saw, however, caused him to lock up as Princess Celestia herself was right before him. It seemed that he had taken refuge in her private chambers as she was brushing her entrancing hair. Now she had abruptly stopped and was now looking at Midnight, still in mid-brush. 'Oh... shit.' The two stared in unwavering silence at each other for a moment, Celestia, was trying to figure out who this pony was that had just barged in on her, and Midnight too petrified with fear to even blink.
Celestia was the first to move. She set her brush down on the table, turned away from the mirror and got up from the stool she was sitting on, raising to her full height, facing the stallion. Talking to seven foot guards was one thing, but confronting a TEN foot tall princess of Equestria was something completely different.
"Who are you, and what are you doing here?" She asked, talking in a gentle, yet, authoritative tone. Midnight loudly gulped.
"I-I'm, my name i-is M-Midnight Sight. I needed t-to talk to you a-about something." Midnight was sweating bullets. It almost felt as though he was standing in front of one of the animatronics. Celestia's expression soften a little, maybe she saw he wasn't a threat?
"And what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?" She asked in the same gentle tone. Midnight could feel the fear begin to lift off his shoulders.
"Um, I wanted to ask some things about, um, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza." Once the words left his mouth. There was a noticeable shift in the atmosphere around them. Celestia stayed silent for a moment, simply looking at Midnight.
"And... what is it that you want to know about Freddy's?" She asked.
"It's about... I know this sounds stupid, but, it's about the animatronics and their... nightly behavior," Midnight stated. Celestia just stood there for a moment, hoping that this wasn't a waste of her time. She raised an eyebrow in confusion when Midnight mentioned 'nightly behavior'. Midnight on the other hand was hoping that the princess didn't see this as a waste of time. He most likely wouldn't be able to get answers any other way. He didn't know where the previous guard lived, there was his employer however, but he seemed to have vanished ever since Midnight took the job. Princess Celestia was the best, and only source he had right now; the library would've been another option, if Tirek hadn't blown it to bits.
Celestia simply just silently walked towards her bed, sitting down at the edge.
"Come, have a seat." She said, patting down beside herself.
'I... was expecting a lot of things, but this is not one of them,' Midnight thought. He certainly didn’t think he would end up to where the princess would allow him to sit on her bed, next to her at that. Gingerly, he made his way to the bed, slowly sitting down next to her. The bed was quite massive, Midnight's legs didn't even touch the floor, but it accommodated Celestia’s massive hight quite perfectly
"So," she began, "I want to ask you something, why does it seem like you snuck into my room?" Midnight's face lost its color at the question.
"Well, I... um..." 'Fuck me,' "well... the guards wouldn't... let me in, so I... snuck in. So I could talk to you about the... animatronics." Midnight answered sheepishly, but wholeheartedly truthful as he shied away from her gaze. He didn't know if the princess could see through lies or not, but he was not willing to risk it.
"I see," Celestia simply stated, "So what you're asking me is that important?"
"Y-yes," Midnight answered. Celestia just nodded her head, understanding.
"So, what is this 'nightly behaviors' of the animatronics you’re referring to?"
"Well... you see, I work the nightshift there, at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. At night though, the animatronics start to walk around. The bad part is that if they see me, they won't recognize me as a pony. They'll only see me as ‘a metal endoskeleton without its costume on’, and because of that, they'll try to capture me and stuff me into a suit. Since the suits are filled with electronic devices, I'll be crushed and killed in the process. I've been going through this for two nights now, and I want to know why the animatronics seem to have a mind of their own." Midnight summed it all up. Celestia just stared at him with surprise, when he said nightly behavior, she was thinking some sort of malfunction in the characters. But from his recounting, it sounded like Midnight was dealing with living things that knew no better. "So... do you have an answer for this?" Midnight asked, hoping she did. Celestia sighed, looking away from him.
"I wish I did, but not even I or Luna know everything," She said sadly. She turned back towards him. "But why do you assume that they will try to do this? And that they will kill you?"
"Oh yeah... the previous guard told me through a recording he leaves every night," Midnight answered. Celestia looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Well, I may not have the answers, but we could figure something out. Do you think you can somehow bring me the messages?"
"I don't... oh actually, I have a little recorder at my house, I could record them then bring them to you," Midnight answered, now he may be getting somewhere.
"That would work. And bring anything else that will be useful." Celestia said, as they both got up from the bed.
"Well, I guess I should leave, my shift starts in a few hours. Just need to make sure I don't get caught." Midnight said, the last bit in a hushed tone.
"You don't need to worry about that," Celestia stated. Before Midnight could question what she meant, in a bright flash, Midnight found himself back in his home, albeit, slightly dazed.
"Oh fuck," Midnight said, almost falling backwards. "So that's how it feels to teleport. Fuck," he stated, trying to regain his balance. Though he was still dazed, he had a clear goal in mind. Now he had a true reason for returning to Freddy's, not to get a crappy pay, no, now it's to find the truth of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.
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Midnight got settled in his office, placing his recorder next the phone, awaiting the phone guy's recording. While he waited, he flipped on the tablet, and checked the cameras. So far, everyone was in their rightful place, but Midnight knew that would change very soon, hearing the phone go off, he set the tablet down, turned on his recorder and listened to the message.
"Hello, hello? Hey, you are doing great, most ponies don't last up to the third night. N-not that they died or anything, what I'm saying is that they, um, moved onto other things by now."
"Yeah, like the after life." Midnight said, pulling the tablet back up, seeing that Chica had left already. "Fucking hell."
"I... didn't mean to make it sound like they died. Well, I'll try not to take up too much time, tonight is when things get real."
"Thanks for the confidence boost," Midnight said. After some searching, he had found Chica in the restroom.
"Hey, uh... I have an idea." Midnight turned his head towards the phone, wanting to hear his suggestion. "If you get caught, and want to avoid getting stuffed into a suit, then, um, go limp, you know, play dead. Maybe then, they'll just think you're a costume without a endoskeleton instead of a skeleton without a suit."
"Would that seriously fucking work?"
"Well, uh, then again, they then might try to stuff a metal endoskeleton into you... I wonder how that would work. Yeah, scratch that, it's just better not to get caught."
"Yeah, fuck that, I'd much rather be stuffed into a suit then have a second skeleton inside of me." He shuddered at the thought, but thankfully the phone guy continued, taking his mind away from the scenario.
"Also, I've noticed Freddy seems to work somewhat like Foxy."
"Foxy? You mean the pirate fuck?"
"He seems to only move if you don't keep a good eye on him, he once moved from the stage, but since I kept watching him, he never moved from the dining area. So, yeah, I hope that helps out some."
"Oh yeah, that's seriously helpful." Midnight sated, checking the cameras, Bonnie was now in the back stage and Foxy was peeking out of the curtains.
"One last thing, you know the rules paper in the east hall? Near the door? I've notice it... change every once in a while. I don't know if its just me, but if it happens to you too, it's better to take a picture instead of trying to read it right now. Just press the little button on the side of the tablet to take a screenshot. So be sure to look out for that if you can."
"The rules, huh?" Midnight questioned, switching to the the halls corner camera. Though they were still the same rules.
"So yeah, I'll leave you to it, see you on the flip side." With that, the message ended. Midnight switched off his recorder, setting it aside.
"I see you've come to your senses with the 'goodnight' bull." Midnight commented, checking the camera once more. Midnight nearly had another heart attack when he saw Bonnie's face near the camera with her black eyes and white pinprick pupils. He cursed silently as he checked to see where Chica had gone, soon finding her in the east hall. Foxy was still peeking out of the curtains, and Freddy was still on the show stage, looking at the camera. "You are staying there, you fucking bastard," Midnight said through clenched teeth as he set the tablet down. He checked the lights of the east hall, making sure Chica wasn't there. After a moment, he brought the tablet back up, Bonnie was in the closet, Chica was in the east hall corner, and Foxy and Freddy were still in their place.
"Damn these robots!" Midnight said, setting the tablet down and rubbing his face. Though he came here on his own accord, it doesn't mean that he likes this place, nopony would. He quickly checked the lights, realizing how long he had not checked the camera. Just as he predicted, Bonnie was at the door, peering in. With quick reflexes, he pushed the door button, slamming the magnetic door shut on the rabbit. Checking the right light, he saw Chika, looking through the window. "Fuck!" Midnight cursed, slamming the button down and closing the door. Now he was truly trapped in his office, two animatronics waiting for him outside of the door, and two others waiting for the opportunity to strike. After about a minute of waiting, he checked the left door light to see if Bonnie was still there, sure enough, her shadow appeared through the glass.
"Here's an idea, Bonnie," Midnight began, "go fuck yourself away from the door!" He said, however, the robotic rabbit didn't even move an inch. He switched the light off, checking on Chica. "And you, go serve yourself to some griffons, I'm sure they would enjoy some cooked bird." He said, but Chica simply stared at him. "Actually, I never noticed how derpy you look," Midnight said. With Chica having her mouth hang open, and one eye not even entirely focused on him, it did give her a derpy look. "I'm not making fun of Derpy at all, she's a great friend. You on the other hand, you are retarded as fuck." He said, getting close to the glass, probably not the safest thing to do, but he felt like taunting the death that awaited him.
Only then did he notice his recorder from the bottom of his vision, his eyes widened as an idea struck him. He picked the recorder up and turned it on.
"So, Chica," He began, "why is it that you don't see me as a pony?" He asked, though this only produced a groan from her. "For fucks-, I KNOW you can talk, you are programmed to sing, so, TALK! Sing like the creepy-ass bird that you are!" Midnight demanded. He yelped and jumped back when Chica pounded on the glass, letting out a small screech. Midnight sighed, this wasn't going to get anywhere. "Fuck you." He simply said flipping the bird, turning the light off and ending his recording session. He sat back down on his chair, only then realizing something very bad. He hadn't checked Foxy or Freddy. A deep laugh echoed throughout the building, most likely signaling a certain gruesome death. "Shit!" Midnight screamed out checking the cameras, Foxy was running down the hall, but it wasn't too worrisome, the door was closed anyway.
But what did worry Midnight was the fact that Freddy was gone. He switched to the nearest place that he could have gone, the dining area. There he was, looking at the camera from the end of the room, with white pinpricks
"Oh you fucking creepy bastard." Midnight said, just as Foxy banged on the door a couple of times before leaving. Midnight set the tablet back down, he checked the left light, seeing Bonnie was now gone, allowing him to safely open the door. Checking the right, Chica was no longer there, allowing him to now have both doors open. He picked up the tablet and flipped though the cameras, Foxy was back on his little home with the curtains closed, Bonnie was in the dining area, along with Freddy, and Chica was in the restroom. However, when he was flipping through the screens, he noticed something in the east hall corner. The rules were gone, instead, replaced with some sort of news article. He raised his eyebrow, taking a screenshot and saving it for later, right now, he needed to survive.
He realized he had not even checked his progress at all this night. Looking at the monitor, it read 5 AM, and the power read...
"Oh no..." Midnight said dreadfully, there on the monitor, was his power. 1%. Just then, everything suddenly shut off, a humming sound was heard that slowly died down, the office was pitch black, Midnight only able to see now with his talent. "No... no, no, no, nonononoNONONONO! I was so close!" Midnight panicked, pulling his ears down, feeling his heart start to pound. The slow sound of footsteps could be heard, becoming louder and louder with every step that was taken. Midnight was sure this was how it ended, his life, over in the suit of an animatronic.
Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the flashing face of Freddy, playing what seemed to be ironic, joyful music. Midnight only moved his eyes to look at Freddy, too frozen with fear to move. Tears started forming at the corners of his eyes, it was only seconds now. Midnight screamed and brought his arms up in front of his face as a loud sound was heard. He shut his eyes tightly, anticipating the worst, however, nothing happened. Midnight slowly opened an eye, seeing that he was still in the office, and seeing that Freddy has gone. Only then did he realize that the loud sound was the alarm, signaling 6 AM. Midnight looked around, then placing a hand on his chest, he then felt his own face. A small smile appeared on his face, which then turned into a huge smile. He let out a pained laugh, he was alive, he had never felt so happy to be alive.
Tonight was the closest he had ever been to death, with Freddy just inches away from him. He took his things and sprinted out of the now powered down office. Once he reached the main door, he looked back at the robots on the stage.
"Fuck all of you!" He said, leaving the building and slamming the door shut. He was just out of earshot to hear Freddy laugh.
"What the fuck..." Midnight flatly stated. After a quick nap, Midnight printed out the mysterious photo that had replaced the rules sign in the west hall. Upon closer examination, it turned out to be an older clipping from a newspaper from an issue before he was even born. He had just finished reading it and apparently two kids were lured back stage by what was assumed to be a pony in a costume. Though the suspect was found, the children, however, were not. With this in mind, Midnight believed that the pony they arrested was innocent, because the animatronics themselves were responsible for the murders. The pegasus shuddered at the fact. "Fucking robots. This pretty much proves that they know what they're doing, this isn't some accident."
He looked over at the clock hanging on the wall, it was 10:32 PM, his shift started in about an hour and a half. He normally would do something to kill time like watch tv or play games, but he couldn’t think of anything to do so tonight. He looked back at the news article, then looked out the window.
"Ah fuck it," he stated, saving the picture in a random folder, closed his laptop, grabbed his recorder and for once his phone, and finally left his home. Once he locked the door, he headed towards Freddy's, it wasn't his shift quite yet, but he needed to do something to pass the time for now. Slowly walking through the nightlife of Ponyville, he took his time admiring everything; the colorful buildings, the green nature, the castle of a tree house that was Princess Twilight's new palace, he took it all in, as it may be the last time he ever would. It’s the fourth night now, Freddy and his friends would be very active tonight. He almost felt like a prisoner on death row, walking towards his execution. If he were to survive this night, tomorrow would be night five and his final shift of the week, which brought up a frightening possibility.
Would Freddy and the others become increasingly active as the year went on? To the point where as soon as he got settled into his office, would die on the spot? No, that couldn't be the case. If it was, then the phone guy would have been long since dead. Granted, Midnight had no idea how long he had been working, but it sure as hell was much longer than one week, as phone guy did say he was finishing up his last week. So, maybe the characters reset every week, like between the weekends, when he isn't there. Midnight hoped that was the case, he had no idea how long it would take him to figure out the evil lurking in Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.
Once he was finally at the main entrance, he opened the doors and made his way inside. He could see kids, adults and families still hanging around the place this late at night. In the arcade, he could make out three fillies and a colt crowded around a fighting game. The Cutie Mark Cadavers or something, he couldn't exactly remember. A couple of his friends were gathered around a table having a pleasant conversation. He pondered going over there and saying ‘hi’ to Lyra and Bon Bon, but in the end, the pegasus was in no mood what-so-ever for chatting as he spotted the source of his torment. At the end of the dining room, he could see the hell spawns themselves, Freddy and his friends.
They seemed to have noticed him as well, as they all inconspicuously glared at him for a moment, before resuming their song routine. They almost looked like they wanted to drop the act and finally capture him. But in all honesty, what’s stopping them? Psychopathic robots from hell have no problem trying to kill ponies in one of the most horrific ways possible, why would they care if ponies watched? They were just very basic computers that can’t comprehend consequences beyond their immediate actions. However, it almost seemed like there was something else behind these things, a higher intelligence beyond simple programming that couldn’t differentiate between another naked animatronic and a living pony. Everything they do is too methodical, too competent to be mindless killing. So why don’t they attack him right here, right now?
Midnight silently growled while shaking his head, having a newfound hatred towards the animatronics after the discovery of the news article. Without saying a word, he went up to the nearest empty table and sat down, waiting for his shift. As the minutes ticked closer to the start of his death sentence, the pegasus grew more and more thirsty, and free drinks was one of the few perks of the job. As he stood up and sauntered over to the soda machine, he could see the animatronics take glances at him from time to time out of the corner of his eye. He did his best to ignore them, which was, surprisingly, not the easiest thing to do.
After getting a simple cup of water, he went back to his table and took a few sips. Looking at the clock, he saw it was 11:19 PM, everypony should have been getting ready to go a few minutes ago.
"Where is the guy that tells everyone to leave?" Midnights asked to himself, looking behind him. There is usually a guy that makes sure everypony leaves before twelve, but he didn't seem to be around today. Midnight could only think of three possible answers, one; he was sick. Two; he quit, or three; he was now in a suit, Midnight was leaning towards the third option, because he could see that happening to the poor guy. Taking a final drink, he got up from his seat, about to tell everyone its time to leave. He wasn't the pony to ruin the children's fun, but it was only for their own safety. As he was about to tell them, he heard the door open, and looking towards it, he couldn't believe his eyes.
It was Princess Twilight and her friends. What were they doing here, especially at this hour? He swore, at of the corner of his vision, he could see Freddy flash a grin, as if he wanted to do something with these girls. Again, what was it’s ulterior motive? What was the reason? Why? After regaining his composure, he quickly confronted the six.
"Sorry girls, but its almost closing time, so I'm going to have to ask you to leave," he said. There was a notable change in their attitude.
"Oh, c'mon! It's our first time here!" Rainbow Dash complained, throwing her hands in the air.
'Yeah, and it would be your last' Midnight thought. "Believe me, I'm sorry, but rules are rules."
"But, maybe we can have special permission?" Twilight asked, Midnight sighed, of course she would pull the princess card.
"Sorry princess, but I can't allow that," he responded, rubbing his head.
"And why not?" Rainbow, of course, asked.
"Because..." Midnight took a moment to think of a good excuse, "cause, it's the rules, and there is no exception to them. I’m only a night guard and have no authority to allow anything otherwise."
"Rainbow Da-, please..." Midnight said, reaching out and grabbing her by the shoulder, however, she shook it off.
"If it's time to close, then why are they doing here?!" She asked a hint of hostility, gesturing towards the ponies still in the building.
"I was about to let them know it was time to leave but then you six came in!" Midnight replied, his own anger rising. Rainbow was about to prolong the augment, but Twilight laid a hand on her shoulder.
"Let's just go Rainbow, we can come back tomorrow," She suggested. The rainbow mare grumbled a bit as she walked past the cyan pegasus, bumping his shoulder out of spite.
"Can we at least get those four?" Rarity asked, pointing towards the Cutie Mark Crusaders. Midnight’s gaze followed her gesture over to the small group, going over it in his head.
"Yes, you can." With that said, she and Applejack walked past him towards the four. Once they reached them and told them the news, audible groans of disappointment followed. And as they finally regrouped, they all started to leave the building. Midnight watched as they were heading out.
"I'm only doing this for your lives," he said under his breath, turning around. Twilight's ear twitched, as if she heard what Midnight had said. She glanced back at him with a raised eyebrow for a moment before turning back and catching up with her friends. "Alright everypony, it's closing time," He announced to the crowd, he children all groaned in disappointment. "I hate to ruin your fun, but you know the rules." Midnight looked back at the clock, 11:31, he only had a few minutes to make sure everyone was out and safe.
"You heard the stallion folks!" Freddy called out with a disturbingly cheerful voice, startling Midnight.
'How did he understand-.'
"But be sure to come back tomorrow for more great fun!" The robot said, gaining cheers from the kids.
'Great fun my flank,' One after another, the adults gathered their children, and the older children gathered with their friends and headed out.
"Hey Midnight!" Midnight turned around, only to be assaulted by Lyra's hug. "I didn't know you worked here," she said, releasing him from the hug.
"Yeah, I actually got the job a few days ago," he said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Is everything alright Midnight, we haven't seen you for a while," Bon Bon asked, coming up next to Lyra.
"Yeah, everything’s good. This job has just been... tiring, it pays... decently though," Midnight lied, he didn't want his friends to worry over what he was going through. He took another glance at the clock. "Hey, can we talk about this tomorrow? My shift starts in a few minutes."
"Sure," Lyra replied, hugging him goodbye along with Bon Bon, Midnight happily returned the hug. "See you tomorrow, Midnight!" Lyra said, waving goodbye.
"See you," He said, waving back to them. "Hopefully," He silently said. Once the last of the ponies were out, he locked the doors and headed towards his office, not without looking over the "powered down" animatronics. "You may be able to fool them, but I know you are evil bitches." He said, running towards his office, not wanting to be out in the open with them wandering about.
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It wasn’t long before midnight struck, leaving Midnight to fend himself with limited power from murderous animatronics. Without wasting any time, he picked up the tablet, finding that Chica had already left the stage.
"Holy fuck!" Midnight commented, the animatronics were already on the move. Just then, the phone went off, Midnight put the tablet down, placed his recorder near the phone, turned it on, and listened to tonight's message.
"Hello, hello? Hey, wow, night four, wow. I, uh, always knew you could do it."
"Why does he sound so nervous?" Midnight wondered, picking the tablet back up, looking for Chica.
"Hey, uh, I... may not be around to leave a message... tomorrow."
"Wait, what, why?" the stallion questioned, finding that Chica was rummaging in the kitchen. Just then, he heard some banging sounds, worried, he checked on the other animatronics. Foxy was still in his little home, and Bonnie and Freddy were still on the stage. "Wait, was that from the call?"
"It's been a, um, really bad night here... for me. I'm, uh, actually kinda glad I recorded those messages when... uh, when I did."
"Oh, don't tell me..." Midnight said in response to the recording, just as the camera cut out.
"Hey, maybe you... can do me a favor,-" more banging came from the recording, "-maybe, sometime, you can check, uh, in the costumes in the , um, back stage,-" more banging, "-I-I'm gonna to try and hold out until somepony does. Maybe... maybe it won't be so bad... in one of those, um, suits." Midnight's eyes widened at what the phone guy said. He was going to be killed. The banging promptly returned. "I-I-I always wondered... what's in all those empty heads... back there." Music then started playing through the phone over the call, Midnight instantly recognized it. Of course he would recognize it, he would never be able to forget that haunting, maddening ringing of the music box so as long as he would live. It was the same music from his encounter with Freddy after the power went out. "Oh..." If it couldn't get any worse for the poor guy, a painfully familiar groaning was then heard. "Oh no..." an inequinnean screech cut him off, as the call suddenly ended.
Midnight just sat there in stunned silence, almost forgetting to shut off his recorder.
"Fuck... fuck, FUCK!" He yelled out. The one pony that had been doing this much longer than him was now, no, has been dead, which was not a good omen for Midnight. Not only that, but his only aid in all of this was gone as well. Unable to spare any time to pity the phone guy, Midnight went back to his own duties to survive the night and not fall to the same fate. Checking the east hall corner, he found Bonnie there, but something was horribly wrong. Bonnie's head was twitching and spazzing out, her head would snap towards the camera, then away. Not only that, but he could hear the same robotic mumbling from his hallucinations coming from her.
"Dear Celestia, you possessed fuck," Midnight mumbled in shock, though he sounded angry, he was absolutely terrified of Bonnie's current behavior. Switching away from the demonic rabbit, Midnight moved on to Foxy, who was already peeking out of the curtains. Next came Freddy, who was staring at into the camera. Midnight disregarded it, though, as he searched for Chica, who appeared to be still in the kitchen. Setting the tablet down, he checked the west hall light, just as expected, Bonnie was peering in to the best of her abilities, considering she was still twitching. In a swift motion, Midnight slammed the door shut, still able to see her twitching form of her shadow.
"What the hell is going on now?" he questioned, "Why is that rabbit doing this?" he groaned, rubbing the bridge of his nose, "What the fuck is going on?" He picked the tablet and checked the opposite hall corner, checking if Chica was there, fortunately she wasn't, but something else was instead. "Another article!" Midnight almost squealed in delight. After regaining himself, he quickly took another screenshot, hoping to get some more answers out of it. As soon as he was done taking the picture, the camera cut out, and resumed shortly after with Chica now there, twitching like Bonnie.
"Oh you fucking creepy fucks," Midnight whined in fear as he set the tablet down, checking the light for Bonnie, seeing that she was now gone thus allowing him to open the door. Just then, a deep, hollow laugh echoed throughout the building. "Fuck," he simply said, checking the dining room, finding Bonnie and Freddy there. Checking up on Pirate Cove, Foxy was already poking out of the curtain. "Celestia, can this night get any worse?" he questioned. Night four, and the animatronics were extremely active in the first few hours. It can only get better on the fifth night.
As he lowered the tablet, he checked the two lights, only to be met with pure horror. Chica was right there, screeching into his face. Midnight screamed out in fright, bringing the tablet up to his face, in a vain effort to shield himself. After a moment though, nothing had even happened to Midnight, he slowly brought the tablet down, only to see that the robotic chicken was gone. He looked around in both confusion and gratefulness, only then realizing what had happened. He let out an angered huff, setting the tablet down and putting his face into his hands.
"Celestia... damn these hallucinations!" he cried out, leaning back up and slamming his fists down on the desk. Still in his fit of rage, he closed the right door, not even checking if Chica was there. After taking a small moment to regain his composure, he picked the tablet back up, checking on Foxy, only to see he was already out. But on the sign that once read ‘Sorry, out of order’, now shows ’IT'S ME’. "What in the everliving fuck?" he questioned, closing the door just as the fox started banging on it. After the incessant banging stopped, Midnight checked the lights, seeing that both were free of animatronics, allowing him to open them and conserve what little power he had left then, 42% at 3:47 AM.
Checking the on the rest, Bonnie was in the closet, Chica was in the restrooms, and Freddy was still in the dining area. Once he was through with his check, he turned off the tablet’s screen to try and conserve power. After a moment, he picked the tablet up once more. Chica had moved from the restrooms and now heading down the hall, Foxy was back behind the curtains poking his head out, and Freddy was still in the dining room where Midnight hoped it stayed there. When looking for Bonnie though, Midnight checked the the backstage only to send chills down his spine.
All the animatronic heads were looking at the camera, even the naked endo-skeleton had its head looking towards it.
"Can this place get any more creepy?" he stated, hoping that it would not be answered as he switched away from the back stage. After a bit of flipping through the camera feeds, he eventually found Bonnie in the hall, under a flickering light. Before setting the tablet back down, he checked the east hall corner, wanting to make sure Chica was not yet there. What he did see though brought a small smile to his face, it was yet another article. He promptly took another screenshot, just as he heard another laugh echo through the halls. Midnight's eyes widened as he desperately searched for Freddy. He calmed down a bit when he found him in the restrooms, peeking around the corner from inside of the female’s room.
He was about to set the tablet down, but erred in favor of keeping tabs on his hunters. When he checked on Foxy though, the pirate was already out yet again forcing Midnight to slam his fist against the door button. While waiting for the fox, Midnight checked the east hall light, seeing Chica through the window, still as twitchy as ever.
"Fuck you, Chica," Midnight said, closing the door on the chicken. He then pulled out his phone and brought up the camera. He set his phone up against a small stack of books to keep it upright, giving it a clear view of Chica. All the while, Foxy had started banging on the door once more. Out of the corner of his eyes, Midnight saw his power jump down from 19% to 13%. "Wait, what?! Can Foxy drain my power?!" Midnight questioned, "Great, fucking great!" he said, starting to record Chica. Moving his attention back to the fox, he had quickly retreated back to his home in Pirate Cove. Foxy more than likely screwed him over this night with his power draining trick.
While he was recording Chica, he checked up on the cameras again, checking on Freddy first, who was still in the restrooms. Foxy was peeking out of the curtains again, and Bonnie over in the west hall corner. He brought the tablet down, seeing that the light for the east hall had turned off. Confused, Midnight turned it back on, only to see Chica had slipped away. With her absence, Midnight opened the door and stopped the video recorder on his phone. Just as Midnight was about to check the west hall light for Bonnie, all the power suddenly cut out. All of the lights died along with the gentle humming of the ventilation systems winding down. Midnight just sat there biting his lip, eyes wide with pure fear and in mid-motion to turn on the light.
"Fuck!" Midnight yelled out, dragging out the f. He sat back into his chair, hearing the slow padding of footsteps nearing his left door. With nothing stopping him, Freddy finally reached the door, his face lighting up to the tune of his little song. Midnight just sat there, looking Freddy in the eyes silently hoping that Luna would answer his pleas and live to hear the alarm strike 6 AM. He had no idea what time it was either, and he was too scared to move his head to check.
Tears were forming in the corners of his eyes as Freddy’s demented lullaby started to come to an end. ‘This is it, this is how I die...’ Midnight screamed internally, knowing his death will not be a pleasant one. In that moment, he wondered how his friends would react, how his family would take the news of his grisly death. He regretted not asking his crush out, or calling his parents one last time. Like all ponies, Midnight had many regrets, all of which he would take to his grave. He cried out in sheer agony, for that moment, he did not know what he heard first; the horrible screech, or the alarm.
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.
Princess Celestia was making her way back to her room after doing some paper work. She never did like doing things such as that, but it was all apart of being a princess, she still needed to do it whether she liked it or not. Just as she reached her room and was opening her door, a thud was heard nearby, followed by it was a familiar voice.
"Motherfucker!" The voice yelled out.
'Somepony has a colorful language,' Celestia thought, she left the door to investigate what was happening.
"Stop struggling, it's not going to make a difference," Celestia heard a guard say, turning the corner she saw four guards and Midnight, the two stallions were apprehending the much smaller pony on the ground, and the two mares were looking through his things, a folder and a laptop.
"Can you two fucking not?!" Midnight asked, addressing the two female guards.
"You have the right to remain silent!" One of the male guards commanded.
"Guards, let him go, he's here to see me," Celestia said, gaining the attention of everypony. The two stallions looked at each other for a moment before getting off Midnight, with the two guards off Midnight pushed himself back up to his hoofs. Once he dusted himself off, the two female guards came up to him and handed his items back. With everything back in order, Midnight started walking towards the alicorn princess. After a moment, Celestia turned around and began leading Midnight back to her bedroom so they could go over his findings. Once inside, Celestia gently closed the door behind them. Turning back to Midnight, Celestia noticed something a bit off with Midnight. "Midnight, are you alright?" She asked, when the stallion turned fully towards her, she saw what was wrong.
"Did you get any sleep? You have bags under your eyes," She stated.
"I tried to, but I had too much on my mind, especially with what I found out last night," Midnight said, taking two steps forward before stopping. "Um, is there anywhere that I can put my things?" He asked.
"We can look at it on my dresser over here," Celestia said, walking towards her dresser, with Midnight close behind. As they reached it, Midnight set the file and laptop on top of it, compared to the size of the dresser, Midnight looked like a small child compared to it, but he didn't care at the moment. Celestia took a seat on the chair to get on a better level with the smaller pony. "Alright," Midnight began, taking the four pictures out of the folder and spreading them across the table, he had added numbers to them in the order that he had found them in, making it easier to understand, "these are news articles that I had found in the hall. I don't know how or why, but they would randomly replace the rules paper," He stated, Celestia, started to pick them up and read them to herself. "The first two are about how five children were lead into the back, supposedly by a pony dressed in a suit, where he then murdered them. The third is about how parents began noticing blood and mucus on the animatronics, and the last is how the pizzeria is due to close this year.
"But what I think is that Freddy himself was the one who killed the children, as he and the others have shown high levels of intelligence whenever I've seen them," Midnight looked over at Celestia, only to see she had a sad expression. "Celestia, are you alright?" Celestia was snapped out of her thoughts at his concern.
"Yes... I'm alright," She said, but in truth she wasn't. She remembered the missing children incident, and she was the one who sentenced the pony to death. She felt terrible now knowing that she may have killed an innocent pony. "Is there anything else you would like to show me?"
"Yes, I want to show you the messages," Midnight said, opening up his laptop, "The third night has nothing of interest, but the fourth night call..." Midnight trailed off, allowing the call to do the talking. While listening to the first part of the call, she din't quite understand what was exactly happening, but as the call went on, she slowly understood what was exactly happening. When the call finally ended with a screech, Celestia jumped a bit, but it wasn't noticeable. With the call over, Midnight brought up the fifth night call, but before he played it, he decided to say something. "Now, the fifth night call, at first, sounded like nothing but garbled gibberish. However, I stayed up all night trying to figure out if this meant anything. I eventually did, the call was reversed, when I un-reversed it, I found this," Midnight then played the un-reversed call, allowing Celestia to listen to it.
At first, it sounded like nothing more than random words thrown together in a sentence, however, when the call started to finish up, Celestia's eyes widened at what she heard.
"-THEY ALL WILL KNOW I BRING THE JOY OF CREA-" With that, the call ended in static. Midnight waited a moment, allowing the words to sink before speaking.
"The joy of creation, this is what they are doing! They aren't stuffing ponies in suits because they think they are endo-skeletons, they know they are ponies, but they are trying to spread this 'joy of creation'!" He stated, it seemed reasonable enough, but Celestia had a hard time excepting this. Not that she didn't believe Midnight, but to her, it just seemed a bit, far fetched. After thinking it over a bit, Celestia stood up and looked down at Midnight.
"Midnight," She began, "when can you go back to the night shift?"
"Well, tonight actually, I can work on the weekends for overtime."
"Then tonight, I will accompany you, I want to see these animatronics for myself," Celestia stated, but Midnight did not like the idea one bit.
"But-but what if they get to you? I mean, Iv'e been able to live for this long, but-" He was cutoff when Celestia placed a hand on his shoulder. The stallion looked up at the towering princess.
"Midnight, I'm an alicorn, I'm sure I can handle myself against a few robots created for entertainment," She said with a smile. After a bit, Midnight was able to smile back, she did have a point after all. Lifting her hand off of him, Celestia spoke again. "But for right now, you need some rest,"
"But I can't sleep now, I need to get ready for tonight, especially since-" Midnight was once again cut off when Celestia got on her knees to be close to eye level with Midnight. She then bent over, allowing her horn to gently rest on Midnight's forehead. With a quick glow of her horn, Midnight felt his eyelids become heavy, as had a harder time standing up. Eventually, his legs gave out, allowing him to fall, thankfully, Celestia caught him in her arms. Effortlessly, she picked him up and stood back up, walking ver to her bed, once at the edge, she gently placed the now sleeping pony down on her bed, allowing him to get the rest he deserved. With that done, Celestia turned back towards the laptop, and noticed there was a video file in the same folder as the messages.
Curiosity got the better of her and she made her way back to the computer. She sat back down and opened up the video, what played was a short clip of Chica being seen in the window. Her head movement was twitchy and erratic, as a soft robotic mumbling could be heard coming from her. After the video had finished, Celestia looked back at the resting Midnight. With what he told her, the phone calls, and this video proof, she couldn't imagine what the poor stallion had to go through for five nights. But she knew she would find out tonight.
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Midnight stood just outside of the entrance, waiting for Celestia to arrive. After waking from his forced sleep, Midnight had found himself in his own bed. He assumed Celestia had teleported him back afterwards, she even teleported his laptop back as well. He was starting to grow impatient, it was almost twelve, Celestia needed to get here NOW. If she didn't, they wouldn't be able to make it to the office safely. Just then a bright flash occurred, startling Midnight and causing him to fall backwards. Looking up, he saw that Princess Celestia had teleported in front of him. She looked down, but was confused when she didn't see Midnight, but upon looking further her eyes widened at bit when she saw Midnight on the ground.
"Oh, I'm sorry Midnight, did I startle you?" She asked, bending down to help him up.
"Don't worry about, right now though, we need to move now!" Midnight responded, once upright, he grabbed her hand and pulling her in. She found it a bit rude, but he most likely had a good reason for doing this. Once inside, Midnight locked the doors and led Celestia to the office, but stopped on the way there, noticing something. Near the west hall entrance was a mop bucket that was still full, it seems that the cleaning crew didn't have enough time to put away their supplies. Midnight got an evil grin when an idea popped into his head.
"What are you planning Midnight?" Celestia asked just as Midnight dumped the water out at the entrance of the hall. He than walked back over to her and answered her in a hushed tone.
"Just leaving a gift for Foxy," Midnight said, only managing to confusing the princess. "I'll explain everything in the office," With that said, the two quickly made their way to the office. Midnight was able enter as easily as he usually did, but Celestia had a bit of a harder time getting in. She almost had to crawl in, but even when she was able to get inside, she had to crouch down a bit still. She eventually got on her knees and sat down, putting her about eye level with Midnight in the chair. He didn't even bother asking if she wanted to sit in the chair, she most likely wouldn't fit comfortably. "Uh, sorry about the... cramped quarters Princess, the office isn't the most roomy."
"It's alright Midnight, It's not your fault. Either way, I'm comfortable like this," Celestia responded. Midnight just shook his head, looking at the time, watching as the last few seconds ticked by before hitting twelve. Already he could he the animatronics leave the stage, prompting him to bring up the tablet and search for them.
"So yeah, this is what I have been doing for the past five nights," Midnight began explaining to Celestia, "I search for them on the cameras here. I check on Foxy and Freddy," he showed the two animatronics to Celestia. Foxy was already peeking out of the curtains and Freddy was looking at the camera, "to make sure they don't move from their spots, but they eventually do anyways, so I guess I'm just slowing them down."
"And these doors are to keep them out?" Celestia asked, gesturing to the doors. She already knew the answer, but she still wanted to ask.
"Yeah, but I can't keep them closed, because if I do, I'll run out of power and Freddy will get me."
"But... isn't it using power to keep the doors up?" Celestia asked, she was legitimately confused on this fact.
"No, because there is a weight holding the door up. To close it, electro-magnets pull the door down and keep it shut," Midnight quickly summed up.
"Oh... I'm sorry, it's just that I'm still not that familiar with technology such as this," Celestia said, with a small blush.
"Heh, I don't blame you. The only reason I know of this is because of my cousin, who is in the army. Well, she works in a branch of the army," Midnight said, going back to the tablet to check up on the bots.
"Well, I can help you in saving power," Celestia said.
"Oh... right because your an alicorn!"
"Right, if one of the animatronics appears at the door, I'll just put up a forcefield to keep them out, and save you power."
"Thank you so much for that Celestia. You have no idea how big of a help that would be," Midnight said, looking back at the princess with a smile, causing Celestia to smile back. Just then, Freddy's laugh could be heard, though it wasn't as long as it usually was, instead, it was more of a chuckle. Midnight's eyes widened as he went back to the camera to check on Freddy, but the worry that filled him was now replaced with confusion. "What the...?" Midnight questioned.
"What's wrong Midnight?" Celestia asked, looking over his shoulder at the tablet.
"It's Freddy, when he laughs, it signals his movement. But he's still on the stage," he said, showing Celestia the camera feed. It was true, Freddy was still on the stage, Midnight knew Freddy was the mysterious one, but this simple action would bother him to no end. Just then, the two heard a crash come from the west hall.
"What was that?" Celestia asked.
"Foxy receiving our gift," Midnight said with a smirk, switching over to the west hall corner. Foxy had indeed fallen from the water, and was struggling to get back to his feet, he ended up having to use the wall for support. "But in the meantime, do you think you could throw up the shield Princess? That isn't going to hold Foxy back," Celestia nodded and began working on the shield. Though it would've taken an instant, for some reason, the shield wasn't up yet. Midnight's smile started faltering when seeing that Foxy was almost out of the water, and the shield wasn't up. "Princess...?" Midnight asked with a bit of a distressed tone, Celestia too was beginning to become worried, she was started to sweat a bit from trying to conjure up her magic to no avail. Once Midnight saw that Foxy was out of the water trap and was now sprinting full speed down the hall, he panicked and closed the door, just as Foxy was about to enter the office.
"Celestia, what happened?!" Midnight questioned as Foxy banged on the door.
"I-I don't know! My magic wouldn't work!" She said, panic evident in her voice, not helping Midnights own confidence. He let out a sigh as he calmed down a bit, opening the door.
"Okay, let's calm down. I'm sure we can get out of here still, even if you can't use your magic," he said, going to check the cameras. Foxy was slowly making his way back to the cove, Bonnie was in the dining area, Chica was in the restrooms and Freddy was on the stage still, looking at the camera with an evil smirk. Midnight then set the tablet down... "Wait..." he said, lifting the tablet up once more, but saw that Freddy was normal.
"What was it Midnight?" Celestia asked.
"Uh, nothing, I just thought I saw something," he responded, setting the tablet back down. After a few minutes passed, Midnight checked the lights, only to find the two girls at his doors, proceeding to slam the doors in their faces. He sighed in irritation, he hated how they could move so fast sometimes. After about a good minute, Midnight checked the cameras once more, Freddy and Foxy were still in their place, he checked the east hall corner, finding Chica who had backed off from the door. Then checking west hall corner, he didn't find Bonnie, instead, he fund something that was never there.
"The fuck... Celestia, do you see this?" Midnight asked, showing Celestia the feed. On the wall, where there was originally a Freddy poster, all there was now was a golden mask that looked like Freddy's own head.
"Yes... is that not suppose to be there?" She asked.
"No... no it's not," just then, they heard what sounded like a little filly laugh... right in front of them. Both of their eyes widened as Midnight slowly lowered the tablet. In front of the two, sitting on the desk, was a golden Freddy Fazbear suit, the position of it resembled that of a dead corpse. The two then started experiencing hallucinations while they were looking at it, Midnight let out a scream of pure terror, bringing the tablet up to shield himself and tightly shutting his eyes. After a moment, realizing that nothing had happened, Midnight opened his eyes and brought the tablet down, finding that Golden Freddy was gone.
"What the fuck was that?!" Midnight questioned, but only then did he realize something, he never got a response. "Princess?" He asked, looking behind himself, only to find that the alicorn had disappeared. "Celestia?!" He called out, opening the east door, still no response. He frantically searched through the cameras, only to find that Freddy was gone, and that the backstage camera feed was cut, even the sound was off. "No... oh no..." Midnight said, knowing what was happening. She was being stuffed in a suit, and it was his fault. The princess of Equestria was now being killed in the most horrific way possible, and it was his fault. How would the citizens react to this, how would Celestia's sister react to the news of her sister being killed by animatronics?
"No, this is my fault, I brought her here, and she was caught by that fucking Golden Freddy!" Midnight yelled out, tears starting to stream down his cheeks. He's never felt so much guilt in all of his life, he had assisted in the murder of Princess Celestia, practically handing her over to the robots. But just when he thought she was gone forever, he remembered what she said.
"Midnight, I'm an alicorn, I'm sure I can handle myself against a few robots created for entertainment," Celestia's words rung in his head.
"Maybe... maybe she isn't dead, she may not be able to use her magic, but she is still very strong. She's got to be alive!" He said, wiping away the tears that stained his face, after taking a moment to regain himself, he went back to his usual routine, checking up on the usual.
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It was almost six, and there strangely hasn't been much activity coming from the animatronics, they still arrived at his doors, but no as frequently as the past nights. Midnight found it a bit unnerving, but it would mean he would survive this night as well, hopefully. Just as he checked the west hall, he found Foxy making his way over the water.
"I wish I could have a huge trail of water," Midnight commented, just as the fox made his way over the water, Midnight proceeded to close the door. Once arriving at the now closed door, Foxy did his usual thing, banged on the door before giving up. Just as Midnight was about to check on the others, he heard a bang on the glass to his left. Raising an eyebrow, he turned the light on, only to find Foxy looking at him, startling him, but once he calmed down, he looked at the fox with spite. "What the hell do you want? Go back to your fucking home," Midnight said, only to receive a low, metallic growl from the robot in question. But after that, Foxy retreated back to his cove, letting Midnight to open the door. "Okay then..." He said to himself.
Just as he was about to pick up the tablet, the alarm sounded, surprising Midnight, it had been a while since he made it to six A.M. with power still. He got up and made is way out of the office and towards the backstage, seeing that Freddy had returned to the stage as well. He placed his hand on the door and tried to open it, only to find it was locked.
"What?" He asked, trying to open the door, eventually kicking it in an attempt to break it down. "Come on!" Midnight yelled out in anger. "Celestia! Are you in there?!" He asked, but received no response, he let out a huff, looking back at the robot band, only to find them looking at him with black, white pinpricked eyes. Midnight slowly backed up towards the exit, not taking his eyes off the animatronics, once he felt that he was far enough, he turned around and ran out.
Midnight slowly poked his head into Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, it wasn't quite his shift yet, but he needed to do something to kill time, and checking on Celestia was a top priority. He was surprised when no guards came looking for her today, but he felt as though it would be better if they didn't, not yet at least. He was considering telling Princess Twilight about it, but he decided against it, Celestia may have already been killed, he did not want to see another princess brutally killed. Once he saw that the robotic band wasn't paying him any mind, he quickly entered and made his way to the backstage door. But upon arriving at the door, Midnight found two employees, who seemed to be trying to open the door in question.
"Come on..." the stallion grumbled, fumbling with the door handle as a mare watched him struggle.
"I don't think it's going to open," the mare said with a sigh, but the stallion ignored her and continued messing with the door.
"What are you two doing?" Midnight asked, startling the two and receiving a yelp from the mare, who he had accidentally snuck up on.
"Oh, um, nothing," the stallion said quickly, standing up straight, stopping with the door.
"Nothing? Really?" Midnight said, already knowing they were doing something.
"Look, it's none of your business," the mare said, beginning to push Midnight away, but he shook her off.
"I think it is my business! Especially since I work the accursed night sh-mmph!" Midnght retorted, but the mares hand being placed on his mouth kept him from saying anymore. The two looked around worriedly, making sure Midnight didn't attract any unwanted attention, once they were sure they were in the clear, they both looked back at Midnight.
"Okay, look, so we found out someone was killed last night, but we aren't entirely sure who," the stallion began.
'Celestia...' Midnight thought sadly.
"So whenever somepony is killed, we take the suit and incinerate it. But we can't do that right now, because the door is somehow locked," the mare finished up, saying the last words with a hint of annoyance.
"Wait, what do you mean 'somehow'? Does this door not normally lock?"
"The door doesn't even lock in the first place!" The stallion grumbled, fed up with the door.
"Hey calm down, look, let's just try tomorrow," the mare said, the stallion let out a sigh of defeat and left the door alone. The two of them started heading back to their original jobs, but the mare stopped and looked back at MIdnight. "Hey, how long have you been working now?"
"Tonight's going to be my seventh night," Midnight answered, causing the mares eyes to widened.
"You... you're crazy, that and either incredibly lucky, or you know how to survive. Most ponies don't even make it past the fifth night, let alone the sixth. I'm honestly surprised... why are you even coming back still?"
"I have my reasons for coming back," Midnight simply stated.
"Oh... well, good luck tonight, you'll need it," the mare said, before going back to join the stallion. Midnight was about to head out to prepare for tonight, until a sudden noise distracted him. He looked back at the backstage door with wide eyes, the noise was coming from within, it sounded like somepony groaning in pain.
"Celestia!?" Midnight exclaimed, going over to the door and placing his ear on it, there was no mistaking it, that was Celestia's voice behind there. "Celestia, just... hang on! I'll figure out someway to get you out... somehow," Midnight said, only receiving more groaning. He slowly started walking away to get ready for the next night, but was once again stopped by a voice... one he did not want to hear.
"Well, look who it is! Everyone, I would like to turn your attention to Midnight, the stallion that, though he has only been working here for a week, has already made a big impression! Let's give him a round of applause!" Freddy said cheerfully, moving his mic in order to clap for the stallion, which was hen followed by the applauds of the audience. Midnight had froze with fear in his eyes, even the employees had stopped what they were doing, now looking at Midnight with fear and confusion. "And for this special occasion, we would like him to come on stage with us and help us sing a special song tonight!" Freddy once again said, striking more fear into Midnight's heart. He turned to face them, forcing on a smile.
"Heh heh, thanks for the offer, but I really don't sing," Midnight said, trying to worm himself out of the situation.
"Nonsense! I'm sure you have a wonderful voice!" Chica said, beckoning him over.
"Sorry, but no thanks," Midnight said, about to turn around, but then felt somepony pushing him forward towards the stage.
"Oh come on Midnight! Don't be a party pooper," Lyra said, pushing him towards the animatronics.
"N-no, really, I don't sing!" Midnight said, trying everything to stop himself without hurting himself or Lyra. "Lyra, please!" He pleaded, but she didn't listen and kept pushing him forward. He was starting to get dangerously close to the stage, and his fears were growing. Finally, he pushed Lyra out of the way, and sprinted for the exit, bursting through the door and running out. Many of the ponies looked at the fleeing stallion confused, including Lyra and Bon Bon, the latter who was helping Lyra back to her hooves. Freddy let out a low chuckle, as did the other two band members.
"Well, I guess not everyone is willing to have fun," Freddy said with a smirk.
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Midnight got settled into his office for the seventh time, after the incident earlier today, he promised Lyra and Bon Bon that he would explain everything. He owed it to them some sort of explanation after pushing Lyra to the ground like that, he was just worried how they would take it. Just as the clock struck twelve, the phone started ringing, causing Midnight to let out a yelp and jump in his seat. He looked at the phone in bewilderment, why would he be receiving a call now? Slowly, he lifted his hand and set it to speaker, at first there was no response from the one on the other side.
"Hello?" Midnight asked, hoping it would get the caller to start talking, but receiving no response, he tried again, only to be met with the same results. "If this is some sort of prank, I swear!" Midnight yelled out in annoyance, for all he knew, it could have been a couple of teens pulling a prank on him, hell, even some kids. But what he heard drained the color for his face.
"It's me..."
"C-Celestia?" Midnight asked, his voice trembling, even though he couldn't see her, he knew something was gravely wrong with her.
"Soon, you too, Midnight, will know the Joy of Creation," Celestia said, just then, the phone cut out. The stallion sat there for a moment before realizing that he wasn't doing the one thing that kept him alive for so long, checking the cameras. First came Freddy, who was alone on the stage at the moment, second was Foxy, who was already about to sprint down the hall. Next came Bonnie and Chica, the former was in the closet, and the latter being found in the restrooms. When Midnight checked the dining area, his eyes widened at what he saw.
Standing in between two of the tables, was Celestia, except, this wasn't the Celestia he knew. Her body now resembled that of an animatronic, she was no longer her towering height, only now as tall as Freddy, her hair was no longer flowing in an invisible breeze, now just hanging limp against her head, the same could be said for her tail. Other than that though, everything else looked the same.
"Celestia... what the fuck did they do to you?!" Midnight cried out. Switching over to the backstage camera, he could now see inside, there wasn't any blood anywhere. They didn't stuff Celestia into an animatronic, they TURNED her into an animatronic. He didn't know how they were able to accomplish it, and he didn't care why, though he felt as if he already knew the answer. The camera then cut out, and when it resumed, Celestia was gone. Switching to the east hall corner, Midnight saw the alicorn standing at the far end of the hall, her mouth hanging open as if it was broken.
"Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck..." Midnight panicked, Celestia was one of them now, now he had five animatronics to worry about, one that he could have considered his friend. "Fuck me, Freddy why?!" Midnight yelled out, setting the tablet down and rubbing his eyes. After taking a moment to calm down, he could only focus on one thing now, surviving. But even if her got out of here alive what was he going to do with Celestia, he didn't know if he there was a way for him to return Celestia to normal, he didn't even know if he could. Checking the west light, there was no sight of Bonnie, however, upon checking the east hall light, Midnight found Celestia peering into the office through the door.
Without hesitation, he slammed the door on her, from what he heard over the phone, he knew he couldn't trust her right now. When the door fully closed, a loud bang resounded through the office.
"Holy shit!" Midnight exclaimed, looking back at the door that was currently keeping Celestia out. She had slammed her fist against the door, most likely in irritation of being locked out. Midnight let out a sigh, seeing that the door could keep her out without it being broken down and checked the cameras. First came Foxy, who was now sprinting down the hall, but it was in vain as Midnight closed the door on him. Going back to the feed, Freddy was looking at the camera on stage still, Bonnie was found in the hall's corner while Chica was found in the east hall. But instead of looking at the camera, she was looking at Celestia, who was also in the camera shot, facing away from it and looking at Chica.
Midnight didn't know why they were looking at each other like that, but he couldn't care much about it. He opened the right door, and checking the left door light, he opened it seeing that Bonnie wasn't there. While flipping through the camera screens, only now did he notice something else in the room with him. Looking up from the tablet, his eyes landed on the cupcake sitting on top of some monitors. Midnight realized it was the same cupcake that Chica was holding while on stage.
"Was that always there?" He asked, reaching up and pulling it down. When he actually felt the cupcake, he realized it was like the animatronics, seemingly robotic. While he was examining it, the metal cupcake suddenly blinked, startling Midnight, but not as bad as the animatronic head did. There was a reason this thing was in here, and Midnight didn't like it. Just then, a thought crossed his mind, he remembered where Bonnie was, and he wanted to to get rid of this cupcake. He smirked as he stuck his head out of the west hall, seeing the robotic rabbit heading back into the dinning room.
"Hey, Bonnie!" Midnight called out, getting the bunny's attention. She looked back at him, tilting her head, confused by the stallions actions. When Bonnie had fully turned around, Midnight brought the cupcake up and chucked it at her. The animatronic had no time to react as the cupcake hit her nose. Midnight let out a small laugh as Bonnie grabbed her nose, as if it had hurt her. The rabbit glared at Midnight as she started sprinting down the hall. "Oh shit..." Midnight said, as he pulled his head back into the office and slammed the door shut on Bonnie. The robot angrily banged on the door before eventually giving up and making her way back to the dining room. Midnight simply chuckled to himself.
"Heh, stupid fucking robots,"
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Most of the night past on with the same routine, and though Celestia would appear on either side, it was still the same. Freddy has not moved from the stage all night, causing Midnight to worry about what he could be planning. Midnight closed the west door upon seeing Foxy sprinting down the hall. After he banged on the door a few times, what he did next was unexpected.
"Open the door, ye landlubber!" Foxy yelled through the door, shocking Midnight that the animatronic was actually saying something to him. After regaining his composer, Midnight yelled back at him.
"Here's a better idea, go fuck your-" Midnight was unable to finish what he wanted to say when Foxy's hook pierced through the door, causing Midnight to scream out in fear. "Holy Shit! What the fuck is that hook made out of?! Titanium?!" Midnight questioned. Foxy pulled his hook out of the door and looked at Midnight through the hole he made.
"If ye comes back tomorrow, I will personally finish ye off me'self!" Foxy said, before heading back to his cove. Midnight just sat there, not know what to do, but he was knocked back to his senses when the power suddenly ran out, plunging the building into darkness. In almost no time, Freddy was at the door, playing that haunting song. However, this didn't last as six o'clock soon struck, allowing Midnight to let out the breat he was holding in when he saw Freddy. Gathering his things, he headed out, but stopped at the door to outside. He looked back at the backstage door sadly.
"I'm so sorry Celestia, I... I don't know what to do to help you," Midnight said, before leaving the building.
"Tomorrow will be fun, especially with my newfound grudge against that little shit," Bonnie said, rubbing her nose.
"Don't worry, when we catch him, you can have the honors," Freddy said, earning a smile from the bunny.
"That is, if Foxy doesn't get to him first," Chica said, causing the pirate fox to poke his head out of the curtains.
"Ye heard that?" He asked.
"Of course we did, we even heard Midnight's response, you two were yelling so loud," Chica responded, foxy just sighed.
"I'm just gettin' fed up with this damn guard."
"We all are, we never had a guard survive this long, not only that, but he is also finding out our plan," Freddy said.
"Oh yeah, I still remember the last pony that tried to find out about us. We ripped her limbs off her body, ah, her screams were joy to my ears," Chica said.
"You don't have ears, Chica," Bonnie joked.
"Shut up."
"Aside from that though, our progress is outstanding. Soon, Equestria will know the joy of creation," Freddy said, smirking and producing a dark laugh.
Midnight paced back and forward in his house, mumbling to himself about last night's events, the image of Celestia's animatronic form still fresh in his mind.
"Fuck me, Celestia's an animatronic now, oh what is Luna going to do if she finds out about this?" Midnight said, rubbing his head in worry. He knew something was off about these animatronics, but having the ability to turn ponies into animatronics? Just then, something rammed into the door, knocking Midnight out of his worry with a yelp. With another bang, the door was forcibly pushed open, and a Lunar guard burst in. Setting his eyes on Midnight, the stallion had no time to react when the guard charged forward and tackled him. Midnight was slammed against his wall with an arm against his throat.
"Where is the princess?!" The guard hissed, but with an arm lodged against his neck, Midnight was unable to answer.
"Let him go, we can't get answers if you kill him," came the voice of Luna, who walked in through the door, followed by a second guard. The first guard looked back at her before looking back at Midnight. After another moment, he let Midnight go, allowing the pegasus to fall to the ground, coughing and bent over.
"What is it with guards?" Midnight said under his breath, still coughing. Once Midnight had recovered from another near death experience, Princess Luna chose to speak.
"You're Midnight Sight, correct?" She asked, Midnight looked up at the lunar princess before standing back up.
"Yes," Midnight simply responded.
"And you visited my sister two days ago, correct?"
"Yes," 'Fuck me, she's intimidating,' Luna looked around the room for a bit before her eyes landed on the sofas, she went over to the nearest one and sat down. Though it was a bit to small for her eight foot height, she eventually found a comfortable position on the couch.
"Have a seat, I want to talk to you a bit," Luna said, Midnight nodded his head and sat across from Luna.
"So," she began, "After you had talked to my sister, what occurred later afterwards?" Midnight hesitated a bit before saying,
"Princess, what I'm about to tell you, please don't freak out," Midnight said, causing Luna to raise an eyebrow.
"What did you do to the Princess?" The first guard hissed.
"Fort, do not interrupt," Luna commanded, and Fort shut his mouth. "Go ahead, Midnight."
"Okay, so, the reason I went to see Princess Celestia was to talk to her about... Freddy Fazbear's Pizza," It was Fort's turn to raise an eyebrow, "I know it seem weird, but there is a reason. The reason was that... the animatronics there... they're evil, sentient beings," Midnight paused a bit, but before he could continue, Fort interrupted.
"Princess, it's obvious that we are dealing with a lunatic here, so if I may, I-"
"Can you just shut the fuck up?!" Midnight yelled, fed up with the guard. Fort just stood there for a moment, shocked that he was just yelled at.
"How dare you-" Fort started, but was once again cut off.
"Actually, I agree with him, shut up," Luna said, Fort just stood there, wide eyed and jaw hanging. The second guard tried his best to stifle his laughter, as did Midnight. After the two had calmed down, Luna addressed Midnight.
"Please continue," she requested, Midnight nodded his head and continued.
"Well, after we talked about it, she decided to join me on my next shift. However, when she did, she was... captured and turned into an animatronic..." Luna's eye's widened, shocked at what she heard, as were the two guards. She couldn't believe it, how could her sister have been defeated so easily?
"How..." was all that Luna could say.
"I-I don't know, they somehow managed to disable her magic, how they managed to turn her into a robot, I don't know how they managed to do that," they all sat there in silence for the bit, after a moment, Luna stood up.
"Midnight, I'm coming with you tonight," the three other ponies in the room understandably freaked out. "Calm down, I'm not going in there to do what my sister did, I'm going in there to destroy the animatronics," with her saying this, Midnight calmed down, only a bit. But the guards were not as thrilled.
"But Princess, alone?" Fort asked.
"No, Midnight will be accompanying me,"
"Yes, I know, but he's just a pegasus!"
"Hey!"
"At the very least let us come as well,"
"No, Fort," Luna said, "This is a personal reason, that's why I'm doing it only with Midnight," she stated, this got the guards to shut up, they knew better than to argue with the Princess. "When does you shift start?"
"Right at twelve," Midnight responded.
"Alright, then we will meet five minutes before," as soon as she finished speaking, she headed out, followed by her guards, but before leaving, she said one last thing to Midnight. "Be prepared for tonight," after saying that, she was gone. After a bit, Midnight let out a loud sigh and fell back into his seat. He had mixed emotions, he was happy because tonight he may have been rid of the animatronics menace, but worried that the robots may just be able to claim the other princess. Not only that, he was also scared, because if they did manage to capture Luna, than that could very well mean the end of Equestria.
But worrying would not do him any good, all he could do was wait until tonight for the outcome. In the meantime, he needed to do somethings, one of which he was planning on doing right now. After getting up, leaving his house and walking to his destination, he knocked on the door of a house. After a moment, the door opened, revealing Bon Bon on the other side.
"Oh, hello Midnight," she greeted.
"Hi Bon Bon, remember when I promised I would explain everything about yesterday? Well, that's why I'm here," Midnight said, Bon Bon nodded her head, stepping out of the way to allow Midnight in and going upstairs to fetch Lyra. Once the two mares were back down and situated, Midnight began to explain everything, starting with night one of his shift.
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At the end of his story, the two mares were left in pure shock. No one knew what to say at that point, Midnight had nothing else to explain, and Bon Bon and Lyra did not know how to respond to what they just heard. After many awkward moments, Lyra was the first to get up, she walked over to Midnight, who was now looking up at her, and slapped him across the face.
"Why?! Why are you doing this to yourself?!" She cried out, tears starting to fall from her eyes. After Midnight had recovered from the stinging sensation on his cheek, he looked back up at Lyra.
"Because... at first it was to find out what there were doing, but now... now I'm doing it so no more lives are claimed. I'm doing to protect you guys, and everypony else here. They've already killed so many, I don't know if the others have even tried to do anything about it... but I am."
"But... but isn't there any other way?" Bon Bon asked, tears starting to fall from her eyes as well.
"If I knew of one, then I would do it. But right now, this is the best way."
"But you're going to get yourself killed!" Lyra yelled. Midnight simply stood up, and looked into her eyes.
"If I die, then I want to at least die knowing that you two are safe," Midnight stated, Lyra looked at him for a moment, before slapping him again, though not as hard as the first time. She then moved closer and embraced him, softly crying into his shoulder. Midnight comforted her, allowing tears of his own to fall. After a moment of silence, Bon Bon got up from her seat and joined in the hug. The three just stood there, crying and taking in their potentially last moments together. Tonight was going to be MIdnight's hardest night yet, not because he would be hiding away from the killer animatronics, but because he would be fighting them head on.
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Luna was waiting at the entrance of Freddy's for Midnight, just as it was about time for the two to meet up, Midnight could bee seen flying in, carrying something with him. As he landed, Luna saw what he had brought with him.
"A bat?" She questioned, looking at the blunt weapon in Midnight's hands. Said stallion looked down at it before looking back up at Luna.
"Well, I don't have a gun, I don't even have a permit for one. But it's at least a metal bat, so it should do at least some damage... hopefully..." Midnight responded, Luna just sighed.
"Well, it's better than nothing I guess," Luna said. She then lit up her horn and hands. "It's time Midnight," she said, moving towards the door with Midnight close behind. Once close enough, Luna kicked up the door and the two made their way in.
"Was that necessary?" Midnight asked, taking a glance back at the doors, it was a miracle that they hadn't been severally damaged. Luna didn't respond though, instead, she was keeping an eye out for any animatronics. Looking back at the stage, Midnight realized something, the band was already gone. Freddy's laugh echoed through the building, causing Midnight to tighten his grip around his bat and Luna to squint her eyes. After a quick moment, Luna's magic was gone, her eyes widened, but she recovered fairly quickly, resorting to balling her fists.
After a few tense moments, a screech was heard, followed by a scream from Midnight. Chica appeared from the kitchen and charged towards Midnight. Thinking fast, he swung the bat, nailing her in the head, managing to knock her off course, sending her into some tables. Luna turned around, trying to help Midnight, but she was tackled by Foxy, knocking her to the ground. While Luna was wrestling with Foxy to keep a metal hook out of her eye, Midnight tried to make his way to her, but his arm was grabbed by a purple hand. Looking back, Midnight saw that Bonnie had joined the fight.
With a single powerful throw, Midnight was thrown across the room, landing hard against a wall. A loud crunch was heard, as Midnight screamed out in pain. Picking himself up, his left wing was now hanging limply against his back. Doing his best to shake off the pain, Midnight looked towards the direction of where Luna was, only to see her fighting a futile fight. She was being wrestled into the back stage by the three robots. After managing to see clearly through the pain, Midnight was about to give chase, but a footstep behind him made him freeze stiff. Slowly looking behind himself, Midnight came face to face with the big bear himself.
"You think you're so smart, don't you?" Freddy asked, slowly advancing on Midnight, who in turn starting backing up. "You thought you could uncover what we were doing, even expose it to the world maybe? You thought that getting the princess's involved would help you goal, but instead, it only helped advance our plan. But even through all this, I must, at the very least, congratulate you. You are the first guard to ever come this far, to survive for this long. That is rather impressive, however, your time is almost up. And once I'm done with you, soon I will spread the Joy of Creation to all of Equestria!" At this point, Midnight was has pushed himself against another wall, grunting in pain as his wing brushed against wall.
Freddy was now looming over him, a sadistic look in those mechanical eyes. Midnight looked to his left, then took off running down the left hall, heading towards the office. There was no point in fighting, even if Freddy was alone, he was most likely the strongest out of all the animatronics anyway. Freddy simply watched as Midnight fled towards his office, he knew his time was coming soon, he would let the others have their fun, besides, he had his own business to attend to.
Midnight hurriedly ran into his office, not even choosing to look back behind himself. Once he was safely inside, he quickly closed both doors, making sure he was secure in his office. Once he was in his seat, making sure both doors were firmly shut... he cried into his hands. All of this was becoming too much for him, so many things were happening so fast. The plan was a utter failure, and now Luna was going to be like her sister. Was this all a lost cause at this point?
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The night proceeded normally, Bonnie, Chica and Celestia relentlessly tried to come into the office, and Freddy was in the backstage dealing with Luna, as indicated by the disabled backstage camera. After closing the door on Chica for what felt like the hundredth time, Midnight sighed to himself. Everything and everyone was proceeding normally... except Foxy, he was what was worrying Midnight. He hadn't left his cove all night, which Midnight was happy for, but that did nothing to clam his nerves. Especially since Foxy had made a promise the previous night, all Midnight could do now was only hope he decided not to do anything, which was most likely not going to happen.
Picking up the tablet, Midnight quickly flipped through the camera screens. He managed to find all the animatronics... except one, Foxy. Without looking at the door, Midnight slammed his fist down on the switch, closing off Foxy's only way in, but he knew Foxy would not give up that easily.
"You must be either very brave, or very stupid t' come aft here again," Foxy said through the closed door.
"Fuck off, shit head," Midnight said, surprisingly, calmly. But that didn't stop Foxy from driving his hook through the hole that he had already made. But he didn't stop there, he dragged his hook downwards, not by much, but enough to cut open a descent sized slit. After that, Foxy used the side of his hook and exposed endo-skeleton hand to widen the gap in the door. Now big enough to stick his head through, which is exactly what he did, along with his left arm. Midnight was starting to panic at this point.
"I'm goin' t' enjoy guttin' you!" Foxy said, trying to get through the door, but while he was talking, Midnight's eyes were drawn to the door switch. With a thought crossing his mind, Midnight got an evil look in his eye and let out a dark chuckle. Foxy looked at him confused, just as Midnight met his eyes.
"Wrong move, fox!" Midnight proclaimed, raising his arm. That was when Foxy realized his mistake, but by then it was too late. Midnight slammed his hand down on the button, and up went the door, along with Foxy. The animatronic let out a screech of pain when the door struggled to close, the metal starting to cut through fox. Sparks flew from his neck and shoulder as the metal door finally started cutting through, with Foxy crying out throughout it all. Finally, with an echoing thud, the door finally went up, and Foxy came down. His body lay still on the ground, not moving, with the exception of sparks shooting out from the neck and left shoulder.
His arm also laid motionless, shooting out sparks from where it had been severed. Lastly, was Foxy's head, his mouth was twitching and his eyes were rolling around in his head uncontrollably, accompanied by the sparks flying out from his nick. Finally, after a whole minute of trying to stay alive, Foxy started slowing down, before coming to a complete stop. Midnight got up from his seat and kicked the head and arm back out into the hall.
"Bitch," was all that Midnight said, before the power suddenly cut off, followed by it was a terrifying scream.
"FOXY!" Came Bonnie's voice, followed by the sound of pawsteps. Midnight panicked and opted for hiding under his desk, he had a feeling it wouldn't be Freddy paying him a visit tonight. From his vantage point, he could see the giant robotic bunny bend down and left up her pirate friend. But she soon set him back down, instead now looking into the office with white pinpricks. "MIDNIIIIGHT!!" Bonnie yelled out, storming into the office. "Where are you? Where the fuck are you?!" She questioned in a blind rage, not even seeing the stallion hiding under the table. Unable to find him, Bonnie instead resorted to tearing apart the office.
Midnight watched as everything was thrown off the table, the fan, the monitors, the tablet, and any other junk that was on there. That's when the alarm sounded, but was abruptly cut off when Bonnie tore the clock off the wall, and threw it against the opposite wall, causing it to shatter. With nothing more to break in the room, Bonnie stormed out of the office, heading back to the stage. After a few minutes, Midnight finally pulled himself out from underneath the table, observing the damage that was done.
The office was no longer recognizable, now nothing more than a room full of trash and broken electronics. Midnight also noticed that Foxy was gone, most likely set back into his cove or backstage. Making his way out of the office and into the hall, he peeked out the corner of the hall, looking at the band. Bonnie was the first to notice him, snapping her head to look at him. It was obvious she was doing everything in her strength to hold herself back. Not wanting to stay there any longer, Midnight quickly made his way out of the building, sprinting out into the streets.
At this point, there was no more fooling around, Midnight needed to get the Elements involved, they were Equestria's last hope.
"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.
Midnight's eyes slowly fluttered open, he groaned as he tried to rub his neck where it had been hit, only to find he couldn't. Fully opening his eyes, he was met with the eyes of a certain chicken. Midnight yelped at the sight of Chica bending down and looking him in the eyes. Seeming to be done, Chica rose back up to her full height and walked off. After watching to see where she would go, only to find it was the other side of the room, Midnight looked around the backstage. First thing he noticed was the bare endo-skeleton that was currently holding him captive. It didn't appear to be alive, instead, Midnight assumed Freddy posed it in order to be a makeshift prison, it's servos must have been locked.
The second thing he noticed was the elements and princess's, animatronised and just standing there, not doing anything.
"Didn't I tell you?" Midnight heard a voice ask, looking to it's source, he saw Freddy step out of the shadows. "You're time has finally come, just like all the other guards before you," Freddy grinned evilly, before it turned into a frown. "But I don't appreciate you killing Bonnie and Foxy, though I am impressed."
"Oh, shut the fuck up about this 'I'm impressed' bullshit, you fucking-" he was unable to finish cursing Freddy out as Chica delivered a swift punch to the side of his face. He yelped in pain as his head shot to the right, when he looked back at the giant bird, she only shot him a death glare. "Thank you, Chica," Freddy said, as Midnight gathered any blood in his mouth and spat it out. "While your at it, can you get one of the normal suits from the back?" He asked, Chica simply nodded, to upset to say anything. With that, Chica opened a door Midnight didn't even know was there and headed in, where she soon disappeared going down a ramp.
"Normal?" Midnight asked, while silently trying to free himself, to no avail.
"See your friends over there?" Freddy said, gesturing to the use to be ponies. "We put them into these 'special suits', when that happens, the suits absorb the body and take on the features of the body it absorbed."
"What the fuck..." Midnight said under his breath, unable to believe that such things exist. But he was next to living examples of it. "How the hell do you have things like that?"
"I do not know, but whatever the reason, it will help in spreading the Joy of Creation. And I'll do it all with them," Freddy said, once again addressing the animatronics ponies. Just then, Chica reappeared, holding an empty freddy suit. Once close enough, she set the suit on top of the table, where it slumped over a bit, but managed stay on. At the sight of the suit, Midnight increased his efforts, but it made no difference. Seeing that the endo's grip was not loosening, Midnight finally gave up, hanging his head in defeat.
"Finally gave up, I see?" Freddy taunted, Midnight didn't say anything. While Freddy was easily lifting the fingers of the endo-skeleton, Midnight swore he saw Celestia's suit twitch, but brushing it off as his imagination, he paid it no mind. Once Midnight was let out of his prison, Freddy brought Midnight to the empty suit. "I would say it has been fun, but you've been a major pain. I'll be sure to make this as painful as possible." Freddy said, taking the head off the suit, just as he finished doing so, a blur of white suddenly appeared. It had punched Freddy, causing him to let go of Midnight.
When Midnight landed on the ground, he looked up to see who his rescuer was, and was shocked. Standing over him, twitching uncontrollably, was Celestia, who appeared to be in mid punch. Freddy had been knocked to the ground, seemingly dazed, Celestia meanwhile was doing her best to look at Midnight, who was currently in shock.
"R-ru-un!" Celestia said in a robotic tone, it seemed she was using every ounce of strength she had in order to say. Midnight was knocked out of his shock and nodded, quickly getting to his hooves and running out, but not without Chica giving chase. Once Freddy had recovered from his daze, he looked up at Celestia with a hateful expression on his face. His eyes flashed black for a second, in the next, all the remaining animatronic ponies fell to the ground, seemingly deactivated. He then turned his attention to the door Midnight escaped through, having an annoyed look on his face.
Back with Midnight, he was currently making his way back to the managers office, planning on retrieving the axe and taking care of the two remaining robots. Hearing heavy footsteps behind him, he turned around to see a very angry chicken robot chasing him. There was no way he was going to be able to get the axe and have enough time to fight the enraged robot. So instead, he needed to figure out a way to slow the animatronic down. Having nothing better, Midnight picked up the nearest chair and chucked it at her. It was a perfect shot, it was heading directly at her head.
But just as it was about to hit, Chica opened her beak and bit down on the chair, causing it to break into small pieces. She didn't even slow down, with wide eyes, Midnight retreated into the arcade area instead, trying to hide from her. Chica quickly followed him in, but once she saw that she managed to loose sight of the stallion, she growled in anger, punching a hole through a nearby machine. While she was carefully searching, Midnight was trying to figure out a way to get past Chica. She was close enough to office, meaning even if he tried to make a run for it, he would most likely be caught.
He was currently hiding behind a few machines, it wouldn't be long until Chica finds him. He quickly looked around for anything he could use to distract her. Soon, his eyes fell on the kitchen door, an idea popping into his head. While Chica was not looking, Midnight quickly made his way to the door. Hearing a sound, the chicken turned around, only to say the kitchen slowly closing. Thinking the pony was corned, she made her way to the kitchen and headed in. After a moment, Midnight poked his head out of his hiding place.
"Heh, kicking the door actually worked," Midnight said to himself, he looked towards the office and quickly headed towards it. Once he reached the entrance, he looked at the axe and sighed in relief, it was still there. He went to it and tugged... only to find it was not budging. He pulled again, but was met with the same results. He panicked when he heard an angry yell come from the arcade, he quickly put the axe off and went deeper into the office. Just then, Chica appeared at the door, looking infuriated, most likely because she had been tricked. In desperation, Midnight picked up the globe on the desk and threw it at Chica.
However, he was off aim, and she simply swatted it away. Looking for anything else, Midnight's eyes fell onto the fire extinguisher, he took it out of its holder and chucked it. Chica, blinded with rage, opened her beak and chomped down on it, doing so caused it to explode in her mouth. The front of her face was blown off, revealing most of her endo-skeleton head, her beak flew off, skiding off the floor at a terrifying speed. Chica stumbled back before hitting the side of the door frame, nearly falling. Seeing an open opportunity, Midnight made his way to the axe and tried to pull it out.
After a few hard tugs, the axe finally came loose, now with the weapon firmly in his hands, Midnight made his way towards the nearly fallen robot. With one powerful swing, the axe buried itself in Chica's endo-skeleton head, she didn't even have time to scream when she fell, everything in her going dark. Midnight quickly pulled the axe out, getting ready for the final animatronic, just as he heard that dark laugh. He felt something behind him, but had no time to check, something grabbed him by the neck and threw him out of the office.
"Congratulations, you've officially pissed me off," Freddy said, making his way out of the office. Midnight landed hard on the ground, hitting his wing in the process, causing him to let out a yelp of pain. Freddy slowly made his way towards him, but before he could get any closer, MIdnight made an effort to attack. But it was in vain, Freddy easily caught the axe with a single hand, shocking Midnight, he pulled it out of his grip and proceeded to snap it in half. "It won't be that easy, pony," Freddy said, grabbing the still shocked Midnight by the arm, he once again threw him across the room.
"Who knew a single pony could cause so much trouble?" Freddy said, walking towards Midnight, who was trying to crawl away. "You find out our plan, nearly foil it, and now you have the nerve to try and kill me," Freddy continued, once close enough, he bent down and grabbed Midnight by the leg, causing him to panic. "With your death, it shall mark the beginning of the spread of the Joy of Creation!" Midnight was lifted off the floor and thrown across the tables, yelling out in pain when he finally landed.
"Fuck you..." Midnight was able to spit out, but Freddy lifted him up and threw him against a wall.
"I'm going to keep tossing you around until you are nothing more than a bag of broken bones," Freddy informed, once again grabbing the downed Midnight, throwing him into the office. While Freddy wasn't near yet, Midnight was trying to pick himself up using the desk to push himself up. However, Freddy was back, he picked Midnight up by the legs and lifted him up, then proceeding to slam him on the desk, causing it to break in half. Groaning in pain, Midnight weakly opened his eyes... only to spot a small device, he almost immediately recognized it. It was a close-range taser, the manager must have had this if the animatronics ever decided to come after him.
He reached for, quickly grabbing it, he would have preferred a long-range taser, but thus would have to do, at least it was a bit more powerful. Thinking quickly, Midnight turned around and proceeded to taze him, however, it seemed to have little affect. Freddy looked down, before smirking.
"Ha, you think it would have been that easy?" Freddy taunted, before throwing Midnight aside. Nearly passing out, Midnight looked at the taser again, he saw what looked like a small nob on the side. Looking at it closer, he saw it a was some sort of power gauge, he reached out with his other hand and turned the nob to the left. Once the power reached max, electricity started arching out from the tip, it was even shaking a little in his grip. "Get ready to experience the Joy of Creation."
"Oh, just shut up!" Midnight yelled, turning around and shocking the bear with the taser. Freddy froze in place as he started twitching uncontrollably. After a few moments, the back of Freddy's head exploded, causing him to fall forward, just inches from falling on Midnight. Freddy was still twitching a bit, but he soon completely stopped, one of his eyes had went dark as he did. Once that was over with, Midnight looked at the bear, panting a bit, he threw the taser aside, picking himself up.
"Freddy, that was the joy of destruction, you piece of shit," Midnight said, placing a hand on his forehead. Just then, a bright, rainbow colored light filled the outside. Raising an eyebrow, Midnight looked out of the office, seeing that the light was coming from the backstage, which soon died out. Going to look over at the source, Midnight peered his head into the room, finding that the ponies were no longer animatronic. He could of sworn he saw something retreat into the darkness out of the corner of his vision, but he was too tired to care at the moment. Midnight sighed in relief, he headed back into the dining area and pulled out a chair. Once Midnight set himself on the chair, he let his eyes slowly close, soon falling asleep.
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"WHAT. THE HELL. HAPPENED?!" Midnight woke up with a small jolt upon hearing the new voice echo through the building. Whoever it was, they were obviously very angry. Blinking a bit to focus on what was happening, Midnight looked up, only to see the manager himself at the door. "The arcades are destroyed, the chairs are a mess and broken, and where are the animatronics!?" Pizza crust questioned left and right. Midnight just sat there staring at the other pony, before getting up, dawning an angry expression on his face. The manager looked at him with a angry look, before it turned to shock as Midnight grabbed him and slammed him against a wall.
"Do you know what I've had to go through for nine nights now?!" Midnight questioned, the rage evident in his voice.
"Huh? You're the night guard, right?" Pizza questioned.
"Yes! I've been defending myself against killer animatronics for nine nights now! NINE! And you didn't even warn me about this when I applied for your job! What the fuck is wrong with you!? Do you know how many guards died because of you!?"
"Well, yeah... but what happened to the animatronics? Are they alright?" Midnight's eyes widened in shock at how little the manager cared about his guards.
"Wha- why are these robots so damn important?!"
"Because of the money they bring in! I need to make as much money as I can before this place closes down," Pizza said, Midnight just looked at him, bewildered at his reasoning. After a moment, he dropped the stallion, letting him fall to the ground as he rubbed his face.
"Fucking greedy-unbelievable," Midnight said under his breath.
"So... what happens now?" Pizza questioned, Midnight looked up from his hands and looked down at him, he arms falling to his sides. With so much anger in him, he balled a fist, brought it up, and socked him in the snout, knocking him out cold.
Night has fallen once more, the day had passed rather quickly, considering the events. Once the girls had woken up, Midnight explained everything, especially about Pizza and how he knew about everything the animatronics were doing. Since then, he was arrested on the spot, though it would be a while for him to wake up. After that, Celestia had ordered the destruction of the pizzeria to take place as soon as possible, which was tonight obviously. The demolition team was just about to start tearing the building apart, a wrecking ball at the ready.
"Okay, ready? On three! One... two-" a yellow stallion yelled up the one in the vehicle, but was stopped by another voice.
"Wait!" The stallion looked behind him, seeing a truck pull up. Exiting the truck was another stallion, this one was wearing clothes, a sort of uniform to be specific. "Oh good, got here in time," he said, now fully out of the truck. "Hi there, if you don't mind, do you suppose I could run in there and grab a few things before you tear the place down?" he asked. The yellow stallion looked back at the wrecking ball, before turning back to the uniform wearing stallion.
"Uh, yeah sure, just be quick, we have a job to do."
"Thank you, I'll be quick," the stallion said, before quickly making his way in. When inside, he looked around, seeing the mess that was the dining area. "I told him this would happen," he sighed, before going to Pirate Cove, lifting the curtain, he peered in, seeing Foxy leaning against the wall, still armless and decapitated. "Okay Foxy's here," letting go of the curtain, he looked around for a bit, before heading towards the mangers office. Stepping inside, it took him less than a second to find the other robots. They were still scattered across the ground, still left the way Midnight had left them.
Going over to them, he inspected the damages, looking them over on the outside, then looking inside them. Looking satisfied, he lifted himself off the ground, looking down at the animatronics.
"They don't seem too damaged, the parts inside Chica and Bonnie still look usable, so do Freddy's. Foxy may need may need a bit of work done, but it should't be to hard. I won't make the same mistake my brother made."
