Chapter Text
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please welcome the one, and only, Freddy Fazbear!
It was the big day. A time of performance for a little girl's thirteenth birthday party. And now, it's time for the big show. The nine animatronics walked out of Parts and Services and stepped onto the platform, getting prepared for everything, all the while the music is playing:
(Heads Will Roll intro beat playing)
(Callista Gryphon)
Off, off with your head!
Dance, dance 'til you're dead!
Heads will roll!
Heads will roll!
Heads will roll, on the floor!
Glitter on the wet streets,
Silver over everything,
The glitter's all wet,
You're all chrome.
(Glamrock Freddy)
Dripping with alchemy,
Shiver stop shivering,
The glitter's all wet,
You're all chrome.
(Callista Gryphon, Glamrock Freddy)
The men cry out the girls cry out,
The men cry out the girls cry out,
The men cry out, oh no.
The men cry out the girls cry out,
The men cry out the girls cry out,
The men cry out, oh no.
Oh! Oh! Oh.
Off, off with your head!
Dance, dance 'til you're dead!
Heads will roll!
Heads will roll!
Heads will roll, on the floor!
(Callista Gryphon)
You came last,
Take the past,
Show your eyes,
Realize.
(Glamrock Freddy)
You came last,
Take the past,
Show your eyes,
Realize.
(Callista Gryphon, Glamrock Freddy)
Glitter on the wet streets,
Silver over everything,
The river's all wet,
You're all chrome.
You're all chrome.
Oh! Oh! Oh.
Off, off, off with your head!
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead!
Off, off, off with your head!
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead!
Off, off, off with your head!
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead!
Off, off, off with your head!
Dance, dance, dance 'til you're dead!
After the song, everyone was ready to begin another song until suddenly, everything went black. Literally, for the lights all turned out and the music stopped playing, leaving only the animatronic's eyes and the people's phones glowing. At that, the S.T.A.F.F bots escorted everyone out of the exit while the emergency generators started kicking in.
With that, the nine animatronics are then brought back to their rooms, but little did the S.T.A.F.F bots know is that all of them have a secret room that connects to all of their own where they can hangout and discuss on anything concerning. Like what had happened earlier.
"What just happened?", asked Roxy.
"The lights went out of course", replied Monty in a very obvious "duh!" tone.
"I KNOW that", she snapped. "Dumbhead", she muttered under her breath. "I mean, how did the lights just go out like that? I was just about to give an awesome performance!"
"You mean we?", Bonnie pointed out.
"Yeah, "we" I mean."
"Anyways", Callista cut in. "The audience are definitely not happy that the show was cut short, especially for Bella. We're gonna need to find a way to get the S.T.A.F.F bots into making sure that the electricity is running properly, that way it wouldn't happen again. We've already been through too many problems", she says as she rubs her forehead. Freddy puts an arm around her, which seems to relax her a little.
"Don't worry Callie, it's probably just a malfunction in the system", Chica reassures her.
"Key word: "probably"", Callista mutters.
"Still, I agree with her", says Freddy. "If these problems keep on appearing, all of the PizzaPlex will be in trouble. We have to find a way to stop these from happening, as if things are not already difficult enough. All me and Callista have to do is just try to survive the night."
"But still, it all happens every 10 pm", said Bonnie. The look of fear on his face is saying it all. "We can't let it happen to any guest nor you two at all."
"And we would not. We will find a way to break free of his control over all of you someday. We must keep on searching and surviving is all that is needed. We will free all of you from him. I promise."
"Exactly", said Callista. She frees herself from Freddy's arm and walks over to her friends. "If the two of us are successful on surviving, then we can be successful in saving you all. Make no mistake about that."
"If only there was some kind of miracle that can help us with this hell", Baby thought out loud.
Suddenly, Bonnie's ears twitched and he quickly gazed at the vent next to a pile of boxes.
"What was that?"
"What was what?", Ballora asked.
"There in the vent. I think there's something in there."
"Really?", asked Foxy skeptically. "I ain't seeing a thing."
"I do", said Roxy. "Something's in there."
"If that's so, then. . . ", said Callista. She walked over to the vent, grabbed the grate bars and pulled as hard as she could. In one single pull, the grate was broken off like it was nothing but mere tape.
"Oh!", she exclaimed, before jumping back with the figure inside the vent doing the same. "It's a boy", she then calmly stated.
"A boy?", Freddy looked inside and indeed, there was a young boy, probably about ten years old, just sitting there inside the vent, his body all tucked in. "Well I'll be."
"Um. . . hi?", he hesitantly greeted. He stayed inside the vent, despite the fact that it's quite filthy in there.
"Hey there", Callista calmly greeted back. She held a talon out while slowly standing up with Freddy kneeling down in a caring matter as he looks at the boy with a kind expression. "Are you lost?"
"Not really", the boy replies.
"What is your name?", Freddy asks.
"Uh. . . Gregory. I'm Gregory."
"Well Gregory. . . please do come out of there. It's pretty dirty", the griffin tells him. The boy hesitates, and Freddy sees that the kid is clearly unsure whether if he could trust them or not. Very understandable. "You can trust us. We are not going to hurt you. I promise", Freddy reassures him.
At this, Gregory finally decides to step out of the vent and reveal himself to the animatronics, showing his slightly dirty indigo shirt, messy brown hair and a band-aid on his right cheek. Freddy did a quick scan on the boy, the ghostly blue light emitting from his eyes.
"Huh, how odd", he said with a confused expression. "Your guest profile is unknown to me. And, there is no record of you. Did you sneak in?"
"Okay, the thing is, I did sneak into this place, but it's only because it's very cold out there and I just want somewhere to stay until I'm a little older so that I can handle myself out there."
"Out there? You do not have a home?"
"No, I just need somewhere to stay."
"But if you're alone here, then where are your parents?", Callista asked.
"I don't have parents."
"Oh, I see." The solemn look of sympathy on her face is too obvious to miss. "I shouldn't have asked."
"No it's okay. I'm just glad I found somewhere to escape the cold."
"And your first hiding spot is in the vents and right next to here?", asked Monty with an annoyed look on his face. Around the room, he wasn't the only one with Foxy, Roxy and Baby all having similar expressions. Obviously, they don't want to do deal with another problem at their hands right now.
"It's not the best place, but it's all I got."
"Well, I do believe you should stay with us for now", said Freddy. "But please find somewhere else to be. This is a very private place for us only. And for the reason why. . . well, it is a complicated reason, but I suggest you stay either in my or Callista's room at this hour. It will be extremely dangerous to be in any of the other rooms now."
"But why?"
Just before any of them could answer though, out of nowhere, an alarm goes off, its blaring roars echoing through the vents that Gregory came out from. At the sound of this, the animatronics instantly became worried, with Callista grabbing Gregory and placing him on her back before she and Freddy immediately fled, with everyone else leaving to their rooms in the opposite direction. The two animatronics with Gregory came upon a large closet that Freddy pushes to the side and enters or rather, exits through with Callista being behind. The griffin then pushed the closet back to the way it was before following him out of the incredibly dark but thankfully short hallway outside to Rockstar Row.
"Wh-what's going on?", Gregory asked while lying on Callista's back.
"No time to explain now, we need to get out of here!", she panicked.
She and Freddy ran through the Rockstar Row and onto the Main Lobby, the S.T.A.F.F security bots all seemingly just breaking down and malfunctioning on the spot. The two animatronics sped past them and through the doors labeled the Superstar Daycare, disabling more of the security bots along the way. As soon as the two of them entered inside, Callista put Gregory down and instantly flew up to the top of the entrance and brought down the metal door, as if the PizzaPlex had already closed. Then immediately, the lights inside the aforementioned daycare, which were previously off, suddenly turned on.
"Alright, just one more thing", said Callista. She turned to Freddy before asking, "Is the Daycare Attendant still there? Even in their Sun form they give me chills."
"No, they have just left the daycare likely just a few minutes ago. He should be safe in there until 6 am."
"What? What's going on?" The poor kid is already starting to get worried and things might get worse for him if he doesn't know what to do because he doesn't know what's happening. It's not going to be easy to describe to him, but what other choice is there?
"Alright, this is not easy to explain but, the truth is, everyone else is possessed by. . . something or someone", said Freddy. "We do not know how it happened nor who or what is controlling them but what we do know is that the possession has started some decades ago, somewhere around the time when we were celebrating a young boy's birthday party, when me and Callista had both malfunctioned."
"Possessed?"
"Yes, as in, something in our friends' programming had corrupted them into committing violence for no reason, even on kids", replied Callista, the same solemn look from before in the room appearing again, this time even sadder than before. "They're never, ever like this before and we don't know why whoever is responsible is doing this. I mean, not only is it tarnishing our reputation, but they're just kids!" For a second, it looks like that she'll break out in tears at any moment now, but because she's only a robot, that wouldn't be possible. Still, her expression says everything, with her golden talons seeming to be trembling.
Upon seeing her like this again, Freddy immediately put his arm around her like he did earlier, and she leaned in closer to him. A silence followed after before Callista then clenched her talons into fists and freed herself from his grasp before stating, "But we're gonna find a way to stop him. I know it."
"Wait, who's him?", asked Gregory. The boy didn't look confused, but he didn't look like he fully understands either. Can they blame him?
"The "him" you are referring to is this mysterious figure that is controlling everyone else", Freddy replied. "We know the person as "him" because our friends tell us every time his possession over them wears off. That is all we know of him unfortunately."
"Alright, I get everything now. I think from every 10 pm to 6 am, he possesses over you guys somehow except for you two and you guys do everything to avoid them while also trying to find ways to break them free from his possession. And whenever he takes control of everyone but you guys, he makes them hostile. Is that it?" The two animatronics looked mildly impressed by how he managed to figure things out in such a short amount of time and with two robots he just met, before nodding.
"But one more thing, why did you guys bring me here?"
"This is the only place in the entire PizzaPlex where it's safest", Callista replied. "Usually the Daycare Attendant is there and even though he's pretty amicable whenever the lights are on, but even then, he's still quite. . . insufferable. Almost as insufferable as Mr. Hippo's boring monologues." She sighed in frustration and even seemed to be cringing a little bit.
"But anyways, once we block both entrances into the daycare, it should keep you safe from our friends until morning, where you can live with us for some time."
"Wait, you want to just leave me here?"
"It should keep you safe for now until everything is safe in the daytime, while we search for ways to free our friends", said Freddy. "It is our duty to make sure that no one else should get hurt or worse because of us. We will see you soon now, Gregory."
"Wait! Maybe I can help!"
"You want to help us?", Callista exclaimed. "Oh no, you can't. You'll get killed out there."
"Exactly", agreed Freddy. "If you do this then we cannot forgive ourselves if you are gone from this world."
"Don't worry about me. I can handle myself. Really! After all, I survived ten years without a home or even parents. And, I even managed to sneak in here without any of you guys or even that security guard noticing me! I can really do this!"
"Security guard?"
"Never mind that. Right now, I can help you guys speed things up in saving your friends! If they mean that much to you, then I wanna help you. I can do this. Trust me."
The young boy looked insistent and the two animatronics looked at each other and quietly discussing for a moment. After a while, Callista nodded, and the two of them then looked back at Gregory and she said, "Alright, if that's what you say, but I recommend you go with Freddy. That's the safest option we recommend for you to take. I got this alone, but for you, stay with him, okay?" Gregory nodded, and with that, Freddy lifted up the metal gate and the three of them ran through the doors. When they reached the other side, Callista pecked Freddy's cheek before she spread her majestic golden wings and flew off to somewhere else while Gregory and Freddy headed into one of the elevators to the Atrium, the perfect place to start exploring around to see if there's anything to do.