Chapter 1: Meet Jeremy Hoofsphere

It was a dark and stormy night in the town of Ponyville. Almost everyone is asleep...almost, except for those at the Friendship Rainbow Kingdom. A storm is taking place right now as...a scream is heard from inside the castle.

Inside a room, most of the heroes known as the Mane Six...are terrified! Applejack is sweating bullets as she is hugging her sister Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle are hiding under a blanket, shivering. Rarity feels like she wants to go home right now than be here. Fluttershy...has fainted as Spike is doing his best to revive her.

As for the princess, she...well...she isn't amused, along with a certain rainbow mane Pegasus.

"Pinkie, I told you that "Cupcakes" isn't a good choice for a story!" Rainbow snaps, scolding Pinkie for using "Cupcakes" as a scary story.

"But it got the job done, right?" Pinkie ask, giving out a mischievous smile.

"Yes, too well."

Twilight uses her magic to make a bucket of water appear, spilling the contents all over Fluttershy who woke up with a start, "Oh dear! Is...is it over?"

"Wow, this has been a good slumber party so far." Nyx remarks as she helps herself to some marshmallows.

"Ah know. Would've done better wit'out 'de spooky cupcakes." Apple Bloom remarks as she shivers a bit from the story.

"Well, in light of that, it was amazing having a...well...a slumber party here in the castle." Rarity said, calming down from the experience.

"Right, so who wants 'ta tell a story next?" Applejack ask, recovering as well. She then adds quickly, "One wit'out any cupcakes. Heh heh."

Twilight was about to pick somepony when the windows of the room open. Everyone screams in alarm as a dark familiar figure came in, booming as she landed, "OUR PONIES OF EQUESTRIA! WE HAVE COME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ROYAL MATTER WHICH..."

"Oh Luna." Celestia giggles as she flies in, landing near her sister. "Must you be so dramatic? It's just a slumber party."

Luna hums as she clears her throat, "Just trying to make this night even more...dramatic, sister."

"Princess Celestia, Luna!" Twilight exclaims as she gallops over, nuzzling the two then kissing them both on the cheek.

"It weirds me out that Twilight is in love with both of the princesses and still hasn't picked a lover yet." Rainbow said, shaking her head in disbelief. "I mean, there's them, Cadance who is taken, Azure Phoenix of all ponies, Flash Sentry, Sunset Shimmer from what she told us, and Shadow Dragon."

"But I may get a new daddy or mommy?" Nyx squeaks cutely as she gallops over. "But they are so good, I don't know which one to pick."

"Nyx, honey." Twilight said blushing. She turn her attention to her lovers, "What brings you two by?"

"We decided to take a break from our duties. Flare Tiger is taking over for us." Celestia said with a mischievous smile. "Luna and I'd heard you are doing this slumber party and degree to join in....and we brought a guest. Come on, son."

A familiar little colt jumps off, smiling as he waves. He spoke, "Hi."

Twilight recognizes him as Robin Cavanaugh, Celestia's son who was killed by the monster guard Roughhouse at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, long ago when she was a filly! The poor colt was stuffed into Golden Freddy and was used by the Marionette to haunt the pizzeria. Thanks to Mangani however, Robin, along with the other foals, was brought back to life...at the same age they were when they were killed.

"Wow, this was the same colt who was brought back to life?" Sweetie Belle ask curiously, looking Robin over.

"He looked to be our age!" Scootaloo exclaims. This attention is making the little colt uncomfortable.

"All right, kids, give 'de little one some room." Applejack said, pushing the CMC aside to give Robin some space. "No need 'ta wall in on him."

"Now you're making that up!" Rainbow exclaims in annoyance.

"Nuh-uh! It's real."

"So Robin, how is being back to life going for you?" Nyx ask Robin with a small smile.

"Pretty good, I guess." Robin remarks with a shrug. "Pretty awkward to going back to school, but still..."

"Well, if you princesses want, I can get you something to eat and drink." Spike said with a smile, cracking his knuckles.

"No thanks, we brought our own." Luna said devilishly as she made a box of graham crackers, a bag of marshmallows, and a bag of chocolate bars appear. "We shall have S'mores!"

"Yes, S'mores!" Pinkie exclaims, bouncing up and down excitedly. "Oh boy, could this day get even better?"

"Uh, Princess Twilight?" A guard spoke as he came in. "Forgive me for intruding but someone named Starker is here."

"Bring him in." Twilight said with a smile. Starker is the new owner of Fazbear Entertainment ever since the mysteries of Freddy's has been resolved.

The guard left, coming back with a familiar stallion: Starker who is bringing in some stuff covered in blankets. He bows, saying, "Hey, Princess Twilight. Oh, Princesses Celestia and Luna! I have no idea you both would be here. I can come back later if you want…"

"Its okay, Starker. We won't mind the visit." Celestia said with a smile, assuring Starker that no harm is done.

"So how are things at Freddy's?" Spike ask Starker, wondering how Freddy Fazbear's Pizza doing. "Did Roughhouse tried to escape?"

"Nope, still around, but he's getting grumpy by the minute." Starker remarks, laughing. "Freddy and company is keeping a closer eye on him. I came here because I thought I would show you something we're planning on revealing next fall."

"Oh, well, that would be awesome!" Rainbow exclaims with a smile. She is curious as to what's under the curtain.

"Well, if you want, you could stay for the slumber party." Fluttershy said meekly, backing up a bit. "It's okay."

"Well, I could wait a while." Starker said with a light chuckle. Whatever he wants to show could wait for a while.

"So, Starker, we're telling ghost stories right now." Twilight said to Starker as the two rejoin everyone else.

"Hey, do you have other stories based on Freddy Fazbear's Pizza?" Scootaloo ask with a smirk. "Besides what Rainbow Dash and the others told us."

"YEAH, GHOST STORIES!" The CMC and Nyx cheers on wildly, causing most of everyone in the room to cringe a bit. It seems like the horror of the previous story has been forgotten.

"Well, I do got one, involving Freddy's and...what happened...not sure if you want to hear it, considering..." Starker said, hesitating as he glances at Robin, recalling that he once possessed Golden Freddy.

"It's okay, I'm over it...I think." Robin said, squeaking a bit as he hid behind his mother Celestia.

"Go ahead, tell us." Nyx said with a squeak. Most of the ponies urged Starker anxiously.

"Okay, listen, this story is true, based on facts. It happened around the same time Twilight Sparkle stop coming around." Starker said, sitting down as did the others. "It involves the Missing Foals Incident, the infamous Incident Bite."

"Pinkie interrupts, "Do the Memories of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, Golden Freddy, and Marionette Look like the Atari 2600 Games?"

"Noo?" Starker ask a bit puzzled. He turn to the girls, asking, "Is she always this random?"

"Yeah, but we have no problems going through this every day." Rainbow admits with a shrug.

"Go ahead, git 'ta' de story already." Applejack insists with a smile.

"Yes, tell us all that story." Rarity said with a smile, some of the Mane Six folks urge Starker to go ahead.

Starker sighs in having been hearing these things from the Mane Six, things relating to Freddy's to which they wanna hear everything from start to finish. The guy rub his back in pondering if he should tell this group or not, but...they have a right to know, so...can't be helped.

"Alright, if you wanna hear the whole story, then I'll tell you." Starker gives in while saying he will tell the group what he knows.

"Wait, is this all gonna be explained in one chapter, or is there gonna be other chapters to fill in the six to seven nights?" Pinkie Pie randomly asked something off that made everyone look at her funny. "What? I'm asking so I can be prepared in how we respond while listening to the story that's not just a sequel to what we've experienced, but a prequel to the actual game." She randomly broke the fourth wall to mention this stuff.

"Pinkie, you are so random at times." Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes to say this.

"So go on sir, tell us." Rarity stated to say this in wanting to listen now.

"Right, tell us how in Equestria Freddy's got turn into whatever we faced." Applejack nods off in stating they wanna know the whole truth of the matter they experienced.

"Um, I'll try to be brave while hearing it, since...gulp, it might be a scary story." Fluttershy swallowed hard in thinking this will probably be scary; and she may be right too.

"Trust me, it ain't sugar-coated & rainbows." Starker sighs to say this in knowing what he has to tell, ain't pretty. "I suppose it all started years ago, when me and another night guard were dealing with the animatronics, in which they mysteriously were causing carnage after hours, as well as the identity of a certain killer of missing foals. This is how the tale begins..." He spoke off mystically in about to start a tale that goes back to the past in what happened long before these Mane Six characters even got involved with Freddy's Reopening....

At that moment, everything was going quiet, as the scenery around the guy fads off in white along with everything as the scenery begins to change...to events that happened years ago before the Mane Six got involved with Freddy's Reopening & Killer Robots, Curses, evil Puppets, & a while lot more...

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It was summer in Equestria years ago, years before Luna came back, before the Elements of Harmony were found, and before Twilight Sparkle realizes her destiny. This involves her a bit, but this story mostly involves someone else.

A Pegasus pony flew through the city of Canterlot, smiling as he is preparing for what could be the greatest night of his life. He lands nearby. The Pegasus is a green male with a short blue mane and tail, with a cutie mark that is a red shield with the symbol of the sun. His name is Jeremy Hoofsphere.

"Here it is: Freddy Fazbear's Pizza." Jeremy said, glancing at the restaurant in front of him: Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, a place for foals and adult ponies alike.

Jeremy took a newspaper clipping out of his saddlebag. The picture of the clipping has three robot like characters, posing with instruments, a mic and a cupcake of sorts. The article reads "'Help Wanted. Grand Re-Opening!!! Vintage pizzeria given new life! Come be a part of the new face of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! What could go wrong? $100.50 a week! To apply, call: 1-888-FAZBEAR, or apply in pony."

Jeremy smiles as he put the newspaper clipping. He hasn't been to this place since he was a colt...and back then, it was called Fredbear's Family Diner. He can't wait! Plus, his parents insisted that he got off his flank and do something during the summer.

As Jeremy got closer to the doors, he saw a very odd scene: a pink Alicorn was coming out, comforting a crying purple unicorn filly while a blue mane white male unicorn is following. The pink Alicorn said, "It’s okay, Twilight, it's okay, we're going. Everything's going to be all right."

"Cadance, I hope she's okay." The white unicorn said in worry as the trio leaves, not spotting Twilight.

Jeremy blinks as he saw the trio leaves. The Pegasus knows the pink Alicorn as Princess Cadance, the niece of Equestria's ruler Princess Celestia. And that white unicorn? It's that colt she has been seeing known as Shining Armor. Jeremy knows since he goes to school with them.

Jeremy recognizes the filly as Twilight Sparkle, the princess's new student that she's taking under her wing. The stallion looks puzzled, wondering what happened that caused her to cry out. Freddy's supposed to be a safe place!

Well, if you ignore the incidents at the previous location at least!

Jeremy shrugs as he goes inside. The place is packed with foals having fun, eating pizza, and playing games. Adults are talking while doing their best to keep an eye on their kids.

As Jeremy reach the roped off entrance, a mare employee said, "Sorry, sir. You have to be accompanied by a foal to come in."

"Oh, I am not here as a customer." Jeremy said as he takes out the newspaper clipping. "I'm here to apply for a job here and decided to apply in pony."

"Oh, well, you will have to talk to Starker about that. He's over there."

The mare points to Starker who is near the games area as she removes the rope, letting Jeremy by. The Pegasus found Starker, younger and experience, calling out, "Hey, come on, kids! Get off of that! That isn't a toy or a ride! Come on! Geez."

"Excuse me, sir." Jeremy spoke up. Starker yelps as he almost jumped out of his coat. The stallion turns around, freaked out by being startled.

"Geez, don't do that! I am intense enough as it is!" Starker screams out. Jeremy waits until the Freddy Fazbear's employee calms down. "Okay, better. Sorry about that. Ahem, how may I help you?"

"Uh, my name is Jeremy Hoofsphere. I saw the newspaper clipping of your place and decided to apply for a job here."

"Well, we got most positions filled at this place, so you're out of luck."

"Oh, I see. Thanks anyway." Jeremy said disappointed as he turns to leave. If all the jobs are taken, then it's pointless to come here.

"Wait, hang on. I said "most" positions are filled." Starker explains to Jeremy, stopping him from going anywhere. The unicorn looks hesitant as if wondering if he should offer this or not. "We got one position that just became unfulfilled but..."

"Tell me about it! I want a job here, come on!"

"It's the position of night security guard. Your job is watch the place from 12 AM to 6 AM from an office during night hours, 5 nights a week. It's 100.50 a week, plus overtime if you want to work the weekend. You of course can sleep in and pizza and tokens are on the house. How about it?"

Jeremy smiles. A chance to work here and sleep in! Perfect, and the Pegasus is a night pony after all.

"All right, I will take it." Jeremy said with a nod.

"Good, good." Starker said with a nervous chuckle. "Okay, let me show you around..."

Starker begins showing Jeremy around the place, showing the pony some certain places like arcade games, the play areas, prizes area. At a place called the "Prize Counter", Jeremy saw some sort of animatronic entertaining the kids. It has a white face with black, hollow eyes. Its face is similar to that of a Pierrot, with rosy red cheeks, purple stripes that stretch from the bottom of its eyes to the top of its mouth and red lipstick painted on in an exaggerated pucker. Its body is somewhat reminiscent of a sock monkey's, with its round, oblong shape, thin waist, three white buttons, rounded hands that feature three spindly fingers each and white stripes on the wrists and ankles, along with a thin pipe for a neck. Technically speaking, it has no feet, but its legs are tapered to a point. It has neither hair nor head accessories. It's quite lanky, and according to one of the hallucinations in which it appears, it stretches from the floor to the ceiling of the pizzeria.

Jeremy doesn't know why, but this Marionette gives me the creeps, especially when it appears to be...glaring at him.

The tour goes past Foal's Cove where kids are playing with some sort of fox animatronic. It has rosy red cheeks as well as lipstick haphazardly dotted on its elongated snout. It also has pink eyelids and long eyelashes. Its teeth are also smaller, but its endoskeleton's teeth are also visible. A pink bow tie is also attached to its bent chassis, and its eyes also appear to be more realistic in design than the others. It also has a second head that seems entirely endoskeleton in design, which bears the robot's left eye on it. If looked at closely, it can be seen that the animatronic has pink nail polish on its feet. It is clearly in a disfigured and mutilated state, it seems, completely to the point of mechanical mutilation. It also does not seem to have a suit at all, it being almost entirely an endoskeleton, except for its head, both of its hands, and one of its feet, which remain attached to its endoskeleton. The head is white and has pale red accents on its inner ear, snout, and around its eyes. Its right eye is still attached to its costumed head, unlike its left eye, which is still attached to its endoskeleton head. It appears to be the only toy animatronic in a worse state. Its costume head also appears to be dislocated from the endoskeleton's head, which can be seen attached to a neck-like limb near it. The animatronic appears to have no endoskeleton torso, and it appears to be almost entirely made out of endoskeleton limbs. Wires hang from multiple parts of its body. There are also three eyes of its multiple-endoskeleton-like body to be seen.

Jeremy shudders a bit. Is that thing supposed to be an updated version of Foxy the Pirate Fox? And come to think of it, where is the original Foxy anyway?

In the game area, there is another unusual animatronic. A human-like animatronic with a round body, peach-colored skin, large, blue eyes, a brown triangular nose, red-brown hair, and a toothy grin. Like the other new animatronics, he has blushed cheeks, which are colored rosy red. He wears a red and blue vertically-striped shirt with two black buttons down the middle. The propeller cap he wears also bears the same pattern. He wears blue pants and simple, brown shoes. In his right hand, he holds a red and yellow striped balloon, and in his left hand, he holds a sign that reads "Balloons!" Jeremy calls him Balloon Boy, or BB for short.

"And this here is the house band." Starker said, motioning to the house band playing.

Jeremy notes that the band consists of a bear, a bunny, and a chicken, like the originals. But these guys are different than what he remembered.

The bear is a brown animatronic one with lighter brown coloring on his belly, snout, and inner ears. He has black whisker spots, black eyebrows, brown eyelids, short eyelashes, blue eyes and a black nose. As with the other toy animatronics, he has rosy red, blushed cheeks. However, unlike the other toy animatronics, he appears to have a matte coating rather than a glossy finish. The bear's face is much flatter, wider, and significantly more round-shaped than the original Freddy Fazbear's facial design, with his mouth and teeth being much more buck-like. He also seems to be the widest of the toy animatronics, as his body has become much bigger compared to that of the original Freddy's. His ears are also much smaller and more oval. He bears a black bow tie with two black buttons beneath it, a small and black top hat with a red stripe, and a silver and black microphone in his right hand.

The bunny is colored a bright shiny blue, with his belly and the insides of his ears colored a pale, powder blue. He has green eyes, magenta eyelids, long eyelashes, and rosy red, blushed cheeks. He also has a white circular tail, which can only be seen when he is crawling through the Right Air Vent. He also has eyebrows, unlike the original Bonnie. Like the other toy redesigns, he is much smoother in texture compared to the original animatronics. He also has a more modernized appearance, bearing multi-jointed fingers and a hard casing, as opposed to the fabric covers of the originals. The bunny also sports a red bow tie, whisker spots, and buck teeth, unlike his original counterpart. His eyes also appear articulated, as if he can move them freely. In a paranormal manner, his pupils grow smaller the closer he gets to the player. The bunny is also playing a guitar, which is red and white with a black neck.

The chicken herself takes the appearance of a stereotypical feminine character. She is a yellow chicken with an orange beak, blue eyes, purple eyelids, long eyelashes, and orange feet. She has a few stray "feathers" that stick out from the top of her head. She has blushed cheeks, like the other toy animatronics, though hers are pink rather than red. Unlike her counterpart, her body is noticeably curvy, rather than simply round and ovular, as is the original Chica's. Just like the original Chica, she has a bib. However, her bib reads "LET'S PARTY!", rather than "LET'S EAT!!!" The bib also has tiny colorized flecks (being green, blue, yellow and pink) like the original Chica, which appear like tiny pizza slices or confetti. She wears a pink garment on her lower body and almost always carries a pink cupcake with large eyes, similar to the one her counterpart held.

"Freddy, Bonnie and Chica!" Starker announces proudly. "Say hello to our new security guard."

Of course, Jeremy doesn't want to call them by the names that Starker gave them. In fact, as far as he's concerned, these guys looks like toys, so the Pegasus is calling them "Toy Freddy, "Toy Bonnie", and "Toy Chica."

Toy Freddy spoke up, "Well, hi here! Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! We're here for fun and (dark hell and to eat your goddamn flesh!)"

Jeremy yelps in alarm, wondering if he heard right. Toy Chica comments, "Toy Freddy, that isn't nice."

"Yeah, y-y-y-you should greet these guys than (ripped out their eyes and eat their flesh.)" Toy Bonnie comments, saying the last part in a dark way as well.

Starker yelps as he quickly press a button, closing the curtain. The unicorn sheepishly turns to Jeremy, saying, "Err, sorry about that. These guys got some glitches. Frighten our customers. We're looking on fixing the problem right away!"

"Didn't happen when I was here." Jeremy said with a sigh. "So what happened to the originals? I remember these guys...being different."

"Oh, they're still...around. We still don't use them anymore. Now, continuing on."

Jeremy shudders as he follows Starker. The tour goes on near the restrooms and near a door. Starker stops as a door to another room opens as an employee in a uniform comes out: a purple unicorn stallion with a scar on his face along with red eyes.

"Roughhouse! What are you doing in there?" Starker demands annoyed to Roughhouse.

Roughhouse grunts as if being accused of a crime, "My job of course! I am a security guard!"

"You know the safe room isn't a place to hang out or hide in, it's to put our equipment we aren't using or emergencies only! It's not a break room! I ought to report you to the management. Your behavior has been questionable lately!"

Jeremy chose this time to peek around Roughhouse and notices something inside the room: some sort of yellow suit...and is that blood on...

Roughhouse closes the door, glaring at Jeremy as he demands, "Who's the new guy?"

"Oh yes. This is Jeremy Hoofsphere, he will be taking over the job as night security guard." Starker explains to Roughhouse, introducing Jeremy.

"Oh really? Well, Jeremy, what do you know of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza?"

Jeremy blinks a bit, something about this guy is...making him uncomfortable. The Pegasus spoke, "Well, I know it used to be called Fredbear's Family Diner until some incidents caused the place to shut down. It got reopened with new animatronics. Fun place, really."

"Oh yeah, fun place. Yeah, but watch your back, kid." Roughhouse said, leaning over to get into Jeremy's face. "You don't want these guys to...jump up on you."

Jeremy gulps, getting nervous. What is Roughhouse talking about? Starker sighs, "Ignore him. He is always like that. Now..."

"Hey, Starker, we got a problem." An employee said as he came over. "Some parents are complaining that their foals are missing."

"Okay, okay, I will be right there! Roughhouse, can you finish the tour for me? I got to deal with this."

Starker heads off to deal with the situation at hand. Roughhouse, annoyed that he now has to play babysitter, snaps, "Follow me. And keep up!"

Roughhouse heads off, making Jeremy yelps as he follows, glancing back at the safe room while doing so.

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"And here is your tomb." Roughhouse said as he brought Jeremy into a big room.

"My what now?" Jeremy asked, a bit startled upon hearing that.

"That is what I like to call the office due to me being in here." Roughhouse explained clearly to the new night security guard.

Jeremy glanced around at the office. It had a large dark entrance on the front wall with vents on the left and right ones, each one had a switch overhead. There was a desk with balls of paper, a fan, and a drink holder. A poster on the left wall has the word "CELEBRATE", including Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, and Toy Chica.

The right wall had various drawings made of the animatronics, including something that looked like a golden version of Freddy. Jeremy remembered that it had another name, but what could it be?

The room also had monitors on the far wall with thick wires connected to them, most likely to lead from camera throughout the building.

"Nice, uh...tomb." Jeremy said with a nervous chuckle. "I see you didn't 'bury' yourself in your work."

"Very amusing." Roughhouse remarked dryly. "All right, listen up, kid. You will be here on five nights from 12 AM to 6 AM. When you do, you are not allowed to leave the office during the shift. So if you want to use the restroom, get something to eat or drink, whatever, do so before your shift!"

"Okay." Jeremy said with a nervous nod.

"Now here is your tablet." Roughhouse said as he used his magic to levitate a tablet onto the tablet. "It has access to every camera throughout the facility. Check every image, EVERY last one."

"All right, so far, so good." Jeremy said, mumbling a bit.

After putting the tablet down, Roughhouse motioned to a flashlight, adding, "Now here is your flashlight. There is also a Freddy Fazbear head underneath the desk."

"What's the head for?" Jeremy asked puzzled. Why would the company give him a head to use?

"Oh, trust me...you will be needing it." Roughhouse said, giving out a devilish grin, enough to make Jeremy uncomfortable.

"Well... okay." Jeremy said nervously.

"Now then, while you're in here, don't harm the robots." Roughhouse explained. Jeremy looked puzzled. If he can't leave the office, why the risk of harming the robots? The day shift guard motioned to a box nearby. "Now, that controls the panel for the AIs of the Animatronics. Don't tamper with them. We don't want them to be a bigger mess than they are already."

Roughhouse now motioned to the phone, continuing, "Another employee of ours, who we nicknamed 'Phone Guy' because he gives out instructions over the phone, will call around midnight to give you further instructions. Listen and pay heed."

"Right, got it." Jeremy said, nodding.

"And finally, no matter what happens, make sure no one gets into the restaurant...and NOTHING comes out!" Roughhouse said, giving out a harsh tone on the last part.

"Nothing comes out?" Jeremy asked Roughhouse in concern. "What..."

"Trust me, kid...you will figure it out." Roughhouse said with a devilish smirk. The stallion then passed an ID badge and a key. "Now, here's your ID badge and a master key to the building. Your work starts on midnight, so I expect you to arrive by 11:45. If you're late, you're on your own!"

"O...Okay, sir." Jeremy said a bit nervously.

Roughhouse then headed out the office, preparing to get back to the day shift. He peeked back in, adding, "Oh, and welcome to our family here at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Good luck." The unicorn then left, mumbling the last part, "You're going to need it."

Jeremy gulped a bit. He should be excited about working at a foal's place. So why wasn't he?

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Jeremy got time to spare before he had to go to work at midnight tonight, so he decided to get something to eat at a local hangout for teens.

As Jeremy ordered his meal, he spotted Shining hanging out with his pals Poindexter, Gaffer and 8 Bit. The Pegasus pauses as he decided to do some talking.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Jeremy asked with a smile as he came over.

"Do we know you?" Poindexter asked, confused as he had trouble recalling Jeremy.

"Come on, Poindexter. I attended your school, remember?" Jeremy asked, hoping that the four would at least know him since they all attended the same school together.

"Oh, yes, Jeremy Hoofsphere!" Shining exclaimed, smiling. He remembered him. "Yeah, feel free to sit by us! We can always use another extra."

"Thanks." Jeremy said as he sat down near the guys. "Oh, BTW, congratulations on winning Cadance over. To be honest, I was hoping you two will get together."

"Thanks." Shining said proudly. "I appreciate the words."

"Also, I heard your sister is now a student of the princess." Jeremy said with a smile of approval. "I hope she does well under Princess Celestia."

"I hope so, too, Jeremy." Shining agreed with a nod.

"So what have you been doing?" Gaffer asked as he chewed on his hay fries.

"Nothing much, but I just got a new job." Jeremy said with a weak smile, wondering if he should sprang the surprise on the guys.

"Really? Where are you working at?" Shining asked as he drink his soda.

"Freddy Fazbear's Pizza." Jeremy said, responding to the white unicorn stallion's question.

Upon hearing that, the three yelped and almost spat out their drinks and food. Jeremy waited for them to calm down.

"Freddy Fazbear's Pizza?! Are you serious?" Poindexter asked in a combination of shock and amazement.

"Yeah, well, I'm a night security guard, so I will be staying up more so than ever." Jeremy said, giving out an uneasy chuckle.

"Wow, you must be...excited." Shining said with a nod to Jeremy.

"Or lucky. I've heard of the incidents at the last location." 8-Bit said with a deep frown, shaking his head. "And those robots aren't to be trusted."

"What makes you say that?" Gaffer asked his buddy in concern.

"Well, I took my little sister there the other day. I mean, those guys acted great around her, but when it comes to me, they just...stare." 8-Bit said with a shudder at the memory. "Sounds pretty creepy if you ask me. It's like they don't trust me. The same thing has been happening to the other adults and teenagers who come to that place."

"Well, dang." Jeremy said in concern. Why do the animatronics don't trust the adults or teenagers? "Oh, hey, Shining. I saw you there with Cadance and your sister."

"You were there?" Shining asked, a bit embarrassed. He was worried that someone from school would see him go to a little foal's place.

"Yeah, your sister appeared to be bawling and whining. What happened?" Jeremy asked Shining, concerned over Twilight's frantic behavior earlier.

"To be honest, I don't know. Something at Freddy's had scared her. She won't tell me, Cadance, mom or dad about it." Shining explained in worry to Jeremy. "Whatever happened there, she refused to talk about it."

Jeremy blinked a bit, looking concerned and worried. He recalled seeing a yellow suit covered in some sort of blood in the safe room, which Roughhouse, for some reason, closed off to him.

What happened at Freddy's that scared Twilight Sparkle?

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After a while, Jeremy went home to do his own thing like eating, reading, drinking apple cider and sleeping. The Pegasus got time to kill before he has to get to work.

Soon nighttime came and eventually, it became 11:20 PM. Jeremy got up and got dressed in his new ID badge, getting his key. Time to get to work.

It became dark and stormy, due to the Canterlot Weather Team deciding to bring in a lightning storm for this week. It was too dangerous to fly so Jeremy has to take the carriage to work. It took a few minutes but by the time 11:45 rolls around, Jeremy got off the carriage, arriving outside of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.

Jeremy arrives at the door and uses his key to get inside. The place is quiet, closed down for the night so the Pegasus has no trouble getting in. As the pony passes by, he passes by the Prize Counter. Jeremy stops for a moment as he thought he heard a box opening, causing him to turn for it to close.

Jeremy shudders a bit as he moves onward. Of course, as the Pegasus goes to his office, he couldn't help but feel that the Toy animatronics are looking at him, moving their eyes as if...judging him. Stuff like that gives him the creeps.

Jeremy shudders again then flew down the halls, heading into his office. At least there, he would be safe. The Pegasus calms down as he flew in, getting into his seat.

"Phew, safe." Jeremy mumbles a bit. The Pegasus is lucky to have gone to the bathroom earlier as well as getting a bite to eat. Doing that stuff when he is still uncomfortable....brrrr!

Jeremy got time to kill before he begins his job officially. So he sat back and relax, then takes his tablet, checking on the cameras. The Pegasus checks at the party room, looking at the band. They are there, looking ahead as if waiting for foals to entertain.

Jeremy goes through one camera. One caught his interest, the one for Prize Counter which has some function called "Wind up Music Box" with music playing. The Pegasus wonders what that’s for.

Jeremy goes through the cameras...and stops on one for Parts and Service. The Pegasus looks stunned as he finally found the answer to his question: where are the original animatronics...

Well, they are in the Parts and Service Room, except Freddy and his pals don't look the same anymore, they looks like ruined versions of their old selves.

For Freddy, he has damages on his arms, showing parts of his endoskeleton. He also seems to be lacking kneecaps. Additionally, both of his knees are damaged; with visible wires poking out of his left knee.

For Bonnie, yeah, he almost looks like the same except it looks like someone took a crowbar to his face, leaving only his lower jaw, and ripped off his left arm with a chainsaw! His suit has become tattered, particularly around the legs, and a few loose wires poke out of his body. The covering on his right hand and left foot are gone, revealing his endoskeleton. His suit seems to have changed to a darker shade of blue as opposed to a lavender color.

Chica barely looks like herself anymore. The chicken's feminine features have been toned down, and she appears more androgynous as a result. Her body seems to have minimal changes. Perhaps the most disturbing alterations are in the head area: Chica's eye sockets are now much larger than the eyes themselves, and she lacks eyebrows as well as her eyelids. Her feet also have three talons. Her beak has been reshaped and turned into a jaw which appears to be completely unhinged. Her beak is also more pointed, like that of an actual chicken. She has two stumps where her hands used to be, with long wires pouring forth.

And then, there's Foxy the Pirate Fox himself. He has damages on the upper portion of the endoskeleton's arms. The sides of his face and his chin are now much more pointed. The fur on his lower torso is almost completely missing, revealing his endoskeleton. Besides that, though, nothing seems to have

Jeremy felt like he wanted to cry. Those animatronics looks like they have been torn apart, maybe as parts or something. The Pegasus wonder why the company would do this to him.

Suddenly the phone rang, almost startling Jeremy. Right, it must be midnight now and the employee is now calling.

Jeremy waited for the speaker phone to pick it up. A voice is heard on the other end.

"Hello? Hello hello? Well, if you're hearing this, then chances are you've made a very poor career choice."

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The Parts and Service Room is quiet, nothing is moving around or saying a word. The old animatronics just lie there, unmoving. But if one were to listen carefully, one would've hear some children singing.

Kids' Voice: Ponydon Bridge is Falling Down
Falling Down
Falling Down
Ponydon Bridge is Falling Down
My Fair Filly!

The old Bonnie lies still...then his red eyes begins to glow briefly...

Author's Notes:

And Jeremy's first night begins, but what is the mysterious caller talking about? In the next chapter, the first night truly begins as Jeremy finds himself fighting off animatronics...and get a glimpse into a death mini-game! And what is the Puppet? Read, review and suggest!

Shining Armor's buddies appears in the Shining x Cadance arc of the "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" comic book series.

Chapter 2: First Night is Not All Right

Jeremy's eyes widen in alarm and worry. Did this guy said what he thought he said?

"'Poor career choice'?" Jeremy ask meekly, getting a bit freaked out.

"Ha ha ha! Just kidding. Yeah, I thought I would give you a little scare to ease up the tension of your new job."

"Well, it didn't work, pal." Jeremy remarks dryly, a bit annoyed and unamused by the fact that caller was trying to scare him.

"Uh yeah. My other co-workers didn't thought it was good either."

"You're the Phone Guy, right?" Jeremy ask the caller as he checks through the cameras carefully.

"Yeah, that's me. Uh, hello and welcome to your new summer job at the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Uh, I'm here to talk you through some of the things you can expect to see during your first week here and to help you get started down this new and exciting career path. Uh, now, I want you to forget anything you may have heard about the old location, you know. Uh, some ponies still have a somewhat negative impression of the company. Uh... that old restaurant was kind of left to rot for quite a while, but I want to reassure you, Fazbear Entertainment is committed to family fun and above all, safety."

"Right, of course." Jeremy said with a nod.

"They've spent a small fortune on these new animatronics, uh, facial recognition, advanced mobility, they even let them walk around during the day. Isn't that neat?"

"Yeah, of course." Jeremy said. He can hears the Phone Guy clearing his throat.

"But most importantly, they're all tied into some kind of criminal database, so they can detect a predator a mile away. Heck, we should be paying them to guard you. Uh, now that being said, no new system's without its... kinks. Uh... you're only the second guard to work at that location. Uh, the first guy, Roughhouse, finished his week, but complained about... conditions. Uh, we switched him over to the day shift, so hey, lucky you, right?"

"So wait, what's wrong with the animatronics?" Jeremy ask the Phone Guy in concern as he switch the tablet to the feed with the original animatronics.

"Uh mainly he expressed concern that certain characters seemed to move around at night, and even attempted to get into his office. Now, from what we know, that should be impossible. Uh, that restaurant should be the safest place on earth. So while our engineers don't really have an explanation for this, the working theory is that... the robots were never given a proper "night mode". So when it gets quiet, they think they're in the wrong room, so then they go try to find where the ponies are, and in this case, that's your office."

"Great, just great." Jeremy said with a groan. "So what is your idea to deal with this?"

"So our temporary solution is this: there's a music box over by the Prize Counter, and it's rigged to be wound up remotely. So just, every once in a while, switch over to the Prize Counter video feed and wind it up for a few seconds. It doesn't seem to affect all of the animatronics, but it does affect... one of them."

As the Phone Guy is heard clearing his throat again, Jeremy switch the tablet's image to the Prize Counter. He was wondering what the "Wind up Music Box" function is for. Must be for that Puppet/Marionette thing. It begins to wind down, making the Pegasus yelps and wound it up quickly.

"Uh, and as for the rest of them, we have an even easier solution. You see, there may be a minor glitch in the system, something about robots seeing you as an endoskeleton without his costume on, and wanting to stuff you in a suit, so hey, we've given you an empty Freddy Fazbear head, problem solved! You can put it on anytime, and leave it on for as long as you want. Eventually anything that wandered in, will wander back out."

Jeremy took out the head that looks like the head of Freddy. The pony was wondering what it's for. Looks like if those robots try to wander in here, hopefully this would fool them!

"Uh, something else worth mentioning is kind of the modern design of the building. You may have noticed there are no doors for you to close, heh. But hey, you have a light! And even though your flashlight can run out of power, the building cannot. So, don't worry about the place going dark."

Jeremy checks his flashlight, shining the light down the hall. He got to be careful since the flashlight is only refill with new batteries every morning.

"Well, I think that's it. Uh, you should be golden. Uh, check the lights, put on the Freddy head if you need to, uh, keep the music box wound up, piece of cake. Have a good night, and I'll talk to you tomorrow."

The phone hangs up, ending the call. Jeremy sighs as he got to work. The Pegasus is in for a looooong night.

Jeremy checks the cameras...and is surprised to see that Toy Bonnie is gone. The Pegasus checks the camera and found the bunny in Party Room 3. How the hay did it get there so fast?

Jeremy sighs and switches to Prize Counter, winding up the music box. Once he's done, the Pegasus checks on Toy Bonnie. Still there.

Jeremy now goes back to the Sound Stage...and finds that Toy Chica is missing! Quickly, the pony changes the feed over to Party Room 1! There's the chicken...with her beak gone, making her face looks like one candy M&M! It freaks him out just spotting Toy Chica like that.

Jeremy hears a noise coming from the entrance. The Pegasus put his tablet down, shining his flashlight down the hall. To his shock, there's Toy Freddy, looking around, saying, "Ponies? Is there any ponies in here? Hey, anyone in there!"

Jeremy gulps a bit and quickly put his tablet. He hopes to the Herd that Toy Freddy would leave him alone. The Pegasus pony goes back to the Prize Counter, winding up the music box once more. Jeremy looks up and shines his flashlight. To his relief, Toy Freddy is gone.

But then Jeremy hears noises coming from the Right Air Vent, quickly press the light switch. There's Toy Bonnie about to come in! Quickly, the pony put the mask on, waiting.

The lights in the room flash on and off as Toy Bonnie came in, sliding in front of the newcomer, glancing at him curiously.

"Hello? Are you new here?" Toy Bonnie ask Jeremy. The disguised pony nervously nodded. "Any ponies? I just want to entertain them. Their voices (makes my damn ears bleed) entertain me so much (that I want to vomit)."

Jeremy shakes his head quickly. Toy Bonnie frowns but goes back the same way he came in. After a while, the new night guard took the mask sighing a bit. That was a close one!

Jeremy nervously check the time: 2 AM. The new guy got time left to go here!

As he kept his eye on the office, Jeremy was checking through the cameras.

"This is like looking for gems in a mine." Jeremy mumbled a bit. "I wish I got gem finding magic, but then I would be some greedy fussy unicorn to have it."

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In the present, Sweetie happily pointed out, "Hey! My sister is a greedy, fussy unicorn!"

"I am not greedy OR fussy!" Rarity snapped in annoyance.

"Relax, Rarity. He probably meant some other greedy, fussy unicorn." Rainbow said, adding a hidden chuckle.

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Jeremy made sure to rewind the music box. He heard noises coming from the right air vent, causing him to turn the light on. He yelps and spots Toy Chica in there.

"Yikes!" Jeremy exclaimed as he put the mask on. And just in time as Toy Chica came out, looking around.

"Where are the ponies? Hello? Any ponies in here?" Toy Chica spoke in a voice that a chipmunk would be proud of.

"Uh, n-nope, no ponies here!" Jeremy said while wearing the mask in a disguised voice.

Toy Chica blinked, looking at him carefully. She asked, "You sure? Because if we found ponies, we are supposed to (to k-k-k-k-kill) entertain them!"

"No, ponies, just us robots." Jeremy said nervously. He must be careful not to use his real voice or she may recognize him.

Toy Chica sighed before leaving the room. Once the chicken was gone, Jeremy took the mask off, sighing.

"Close one." Jeremy said as he got back to work. So far, the Foxy update and BB remained where they were. He hate to deal with those two.

Jeremy yelped as his tablet was pushed closed...by Toy Freddy! As the room flashed, the Pegasus didn't waste time in putting his mask back on.

"Hey, seen any ponies here? Place is quiet." Toy Freddy grumbled. "(Like a tomb of the damned!)"

"Haven't seen any ponies." Jeremy replied in his disguised voice under the mask.

Toy Freddy frowned then spoke, "(The ponies will rue the day when the Dark Mystic Ponies come to eradicate them and spill their blood across the soils!)"

Toy Freddy left the room, allowing Jeremy to take the mask off. He sighed while checking the time. 4:00 AM. Boy, had time come by quickly in this place!

Jeremy checked the cameras anxiously. Toy Freddy was back in the Show Stage, Toy Chica was in the first Party Room, while Toy Bonnie was in the second party room. He hoped to the Herd that they stayed there this time!

"So far, so good." Jeremy mumbled a bit.

As Jeremy looked through the cameras, he noticed two ponies in Foal's Cove. The Pegasus saw one saddened as he heard their voices.

"Sister, I am saddened about this as well, but why are we here this late at night?" The first voice, a stallion, asked his sister in concern.

The sister's voice explained, "Brother, it is the only chance we can come here to think of a plan, and also, I want to talk with Mangle."

"Sister, Mangle is not active." The brother's voice pointed out. He then noticed Mangle twitches and looked at the two. The newcomer backed up lightly, horn glowing. "It just moved, sister, get back."

"Easy, brother, she will not hurt us.” The sister's voice informed her brother.

The Mangle looked at them both, but it noticed something about the two; one of them was a pink pony. She's looking at her and to anypony watching's surprise, Mangle nuzzled the pink pony, who nuzzled back.

"You can trust me and my brother, Mangle." The pink pony assured the Mangle. It stopped and looked at the camera, licking its teeth, but the pink pony lightly held her head. "Mangle, to let you know, the guard in that room is not who you think he is, trust me."

The pink pony looked at the camera, looking at Jeremy through it and finished what she said, "He is not wearing a security hat; he is not who you are hunting, trust me."

Mangle looked at her and her head moved up and down slowly. The pink pony let her go as the Mangle climbed up the wall to the ceiling. The Alicorn, AKA the first voice, shivered as he added, "It is almost like a large spider when she does that."

"Brother, you can't blame her. Besides, by the time the 5th or 6th night comes around and when whoever does the day shift arrives, our plan will be put into action, but for now, we best hide." The pink pony said calmly. "Do not want that Puppet seeing us."

"Not needing to tell me, twice, sister." The brother said. "One cloaking spell, coming up."

His horn glowed and the two ponies became hidden as they moved from where they were.

"What the hay was that about?" Jeremy mumbled in concern. "Who are those two and what are they on about?"

Suddenly, Jeremy heard the song 'Pop Goes the Weasel' playing, making him confused.

"Where is that music coming from?" Jeremy asked in concern. That music was playing throughout the place.

Jeremy's eyes widened as he checked the feed for the Prize Counter. To his horror, the music box was winded down! He had forgotten to wind the thing back up!

As the music stopped, the new night guard yelped, "Oh, horse feathers, what?"

Suddenly, Jeremy heard a roar and looked up to see the Marionette jumping into the room, leaping right at him.

Jeremy screamed in fright as the Marionette got closer...

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It was another day at Fredbear's Family Diner. The foals are cheering as Freddy is serving cake to them. The robot is programmed to do so, and enjoys doing so. Freddy loves seeing the foals happy.

Well, not all foals are happy. Outside is a little colt who is black with a weird symbol on his head. He has a white mane, a horn, a short white tail, and his cutie mark...it doesn't appear to be anything that one has ever saw before. The colt, Charles Le Damien...he wanted to come inside. But no, some sort of force field is keeping the little one out.

"Try some cake." Freddy said to the foals happily. The animatronic knew that Charles is outside. He wanted to help, but alas, Freddy is programmed to stay inside the diner at all times. No exceptions.

Freddy spots something else as he serves cake to the six kids. A purple carriage pulls out from outside...with some sort of purple unicorn coming out. The colt didn't have time to respond or cry out as the unicorn with the scar smirks wickedly and uses his magic to summon a knife.

Freddy can only watch as Charles is stabbed to death, making him cry harder. No one can hear him out there, no one even came to rescue the poor pony. And when the murderer is done, he got back into the carriage and drove off, leaving the foal gray upon getting killed.

"S-A-V-E-H-H-I-M"

"No." Freddy said, feeling bad. He kept on doing his task but will never forget what happened...

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Jeremy was knocked to the floor by the Marionette. The Puppet smirks wickedly as he held up a hand as if ready to cut his throat right in. The Pegasus can only stare, preparing for the worst...

Suddenly the sound of a clock chiming is heard, along with foals cheering. The Marionette stops as he glares at the clock. 6 AM. The shift is over.

The Marionette growls, saying to the new night guard, "You got lucky, night guard...next night? It's going to be Tartarus. The Dark Mystic Ponies will not be stopped!"

Thus, the Marionette jumps up and returns to the darkness. Jeremy gulps as he held his own neck while getting up. That was a close one! That Marionette almost killed him! So why the buck didn't he finish him off?

Jeremy checks the cameras, seeing the animatronics returning to their place of position. The Pegasus is guessing that they are programmed to do so at the end of every night shift so the customers in the day won't think twice of what's happening.

Jeremy sighs as he got his key and ID pass, preparing to head out. The night guard is pondering how long this has been going on. Is this why Roughhouse was switch to day shift? And that vision of that colt getting killed...what was that about?

Jeremy passed through the party room, giving looks to the animatronics, posing and smiling as if nothing has gone wrong. The Pegasus suspects that they're laughing at him without doing so in real life, planning on getting him the next night.

Jeremy didn't waste time in going out the door, locking the place up and heads on his way.

Author's Notes:

Phew! Jeremy survived that night, but what was the vision about? Will he survive Night 2, especially when the old animatronics come out to play? Read, review and suggest!

Chapter 3: The Night of the Foxys

A scream is heard...and it's from Pinkie who is screaming.

"Pinkie? Why are you screaming?!" Rainbow ask Pinkie in alarm. "Was the story too scary for ya?"

"No, I'm out of popcorn!" Pinkie sobs as she held out an empty bowl of popcorn. "WHY?!"

"Oh, Pinkie." Twilight sighs, shaking her head in amusement. "Spike?"

"No problem. Getting some food and drinks for the slumber party guests." Spike comments as he heads off to the kitchen to get some more refreshments for the slumber party.

"Dang, yer story is good so far, Mr. Starker." Apple Bloom remarks as she tugs on her blanket.

"I was almost scared out of my fur, wowie!" Sweetie remarks in agreement.

"Thanks, kids." Starker remarks with a light chuckle. "To be honest, it took me a while to get the whole story from Jeremy. The memories of the events involving those nights are hard to forget."

"I see. And yet, he didn't tell me about it?" Celestia ask Starker, arching an eyebrow in concern of Jeremy not telling her sooner.

"Well, he would've but the Incident Bite happened and..."

"Oh yes. Oh, poor Autumn Star." Luna said with a sad sigh, shaking her head. "On the plus side, at least her frontal lobe is restored. Not anyone would survive something like that for so long."

"Right, like humans would've in the actual game!" Pinkie comments, making her friends a bit concerned.

"So what happened next?" Twilight ask Starker, urging the manager of Freddy's to continue.

"Let's see...oh yes, Jeremy went on home to sleep in to get some energy for the next night." Starker said recalling what's next happened in the story. "And then..."

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Jeremy sighs as he sat on a bench in the park. The Pegasus has gone home earlier after a rough night of hell after the animatronics. He plans on going back to Freddy's, ask Starker as to what's going on.

"Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake!" Two familiar voices are heard. Jeremy looks up to see Cadance foal-sitting Twilight, two of them are doing their cute little dance that was originally a playground oath. "Clap your hooves and do a little shake. Ha ha ha ha!"

Jeremy chuckles, shaking his head a bit. It's amusing to see Celestia's niece act so silly. One of these days, the pink Alicorn may get a kingdom of her own.

"Catch the ball!" Cadance exclaims as she uses her magic to throw a ball to Twilight.

"Got it, got it!" Twilight exclaims as she chases after the ball....only for Jeremy to catch it on the head...hard before it landed on the bench next to him. "Oops. Don't got it! Hee hee, sorry, mister."

"Hey, no problem...Twilight, is it?" Jeremy ask as he gave the ball back to Twilight.

"Oh, hey Jeremy." Cadance calls out as she trots on over. The princess knows everyone at school, even though she hasn't associated with them much.

"Hey, Cadance. How are you doing? Not asking for a date! Herd knows you got someone."

"It's okay, you're being nice. I'm doing fine."

"So, this is the Element of Magic, the personal student of Princess Celestia herself." Jeremy remarks, smirking as he glances at the little unicorn.

"Yep! Love it! I wanna do magic...just like her!" Twilight giggles happily, standing proudly to Jeremy.

"That's great. I bet it would be lots of fun like spending time with Fred..."

Twilight screams and hid behind Cadance. She shakes in fear, looking horrified as if what Jeremy was going to say...would scare the hell out of her. The Pegasus look confused. What did he do?

"What? All I was going to say was F..." Jeremy said, confused as to why Twilight is freaking out without warning.

"Jeremy, no." Cadance insists, holding up a hoof in worry. As she uses one of her wings to comfort the scared filly, the princess adds, "Don't mention...that bear's name. Please. For some reason, we just had a horrifying experience there."

"Oh, yeah, I know. I saw you two with Shining at...the restaurant the other day. What happened?"

"I don't know...and some weird things has been happening lately. Five foals are missing around the same time when we left! The Royal Guard are investigating. So far, they're looking for any leads. Even my auntie is concerned."

"Oh, I see." Jeremy said in concern. How strange. Twilight got scared of Freddy's all of the sudden, five foals went missing, Roughhouse is acting suspicious...and the animatronics tried to get him last night. "I apologize for almost scaring. I apologize, Miss Sparkle. Please forgive me."

"You hear him, Twilight? Jeremy said he's sorry." Cadance said to her charge in comfort though Twilight is still shaking. "He didn't meant to..."

"Purple...stallion...golden terror...no more, please...no more..." Twilight said in a daze, shaking a bit.

"I think I've better get you home. Uh, good to see you again, Jeremy."

Jeremy watch Cadance take the shaking Twilight home. The Pegasus blinks in concern. "'Purple stallion'; 'Golden terror'? What could she mean? Does it has something to do...

But Twilight couldn't have known...could she?

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Two hours later, Jeremy went back to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. After showing his ID badge, the new night guard was let in for free. The pony got himself some pizza and drinks and head down to sit somewhere.

"Arr, arr, arr!" The Mangle calls out from the Foals' Cove. Jeremy watch as the foals pulled her apart. "Glad ye foals be having fun. I be having loads of it.... (When I ripped you little asses for tearing me apart!) Be sure to put me back together... (Or they will be Hell to pay!!!)”

Jeremy shudders a bit. Suddenly he hears a voice, "Hey there!" The pony yelps as Toy Bonnie is staring. "Want to join in on the fun?"

"Err, no, just eating and just hanging around." Jeremy said nervously to Toy Bonnie.

"No? Why not? Its loads of fun! (To put your head on a pike.)"

Jeremy decided to get his food and drink, leaving Toy Bonnie to glare. The Pegasus looks around then spots Roughhouse closing a door to the safe room.

"Hey kid, Jeremy right?" Roughhouse ask upon spotting Jeremy approaching. "Did you happen to see any...garbage lying around?"

"No, don't think I did." Jeremy said to Roughhouse. The purple stallion glares at him, a bit suspicious. "What?"

"Nothing, just making sure. So how was your first night, kid?"

"Oh, fine...got into some...scrapes with the Toy Animatronics, but otherwise, I'm fine."

Roughhouse smirks, giving a cruel chuckle that made Jeremy a bit unsettled. The purple unicorn then spoke, "I see. So you know how those toys like to get into the office, huh? Did you like your night shift now, huh?"

"Look, I survive, right? Uh, not to alarm anypony...is Starker around?" Jeremy ask Roughhouse as he eat some of his pizza while keeping an eye out for the animatronics.

"He's near the stage."

Jeremy nods, trotting off to the stage. He does his best to avoid any confrontation with the robots. The pony doesn't want any further incidents than last night. Sure enough, there's Starker, watching the band perform.

"Oh, Jeremy." Starker said, spotting Jeremy who sat down near him. "Didn't thought you would come back until tonight."

"I thought I would come in during the day to enjoy myself." Jeremy said to Starker, finishing his drink up. "So, those robots..."

"Yeah, they're something else, aren't they? I take it you know what they did during the night."

"Yeah, I did...they're weird and crazy! One of them tried to kill me!"

"Shhhh!" Starker exclaims, shushing Jeremy up. As the unicorn made sure that no one else is listening, he adds, "No one else knows that. Forgot to wind the music box up, huh?"

"Yeah, I won't make that mistake again." Jeremy said, shuddering a bit.

"Hey, hey, kids, it's our new night guard! Give him a hoofs of applauses!" Toy Freddy exclaims as the audience cheers for Jeremy. The Pegasus looks a bit embarrassed. Those robots spotted him and are making his presence known. "I sure hope he loves his time here at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza!"

"Yeah, it would be loads of fun to have him (and his guts spewed across the land)." Toy Chica said, saying the freaky part.

"Okay, there're some glitches we're trying to figure out, especially when it comes to their interactions with the customers." Starker said with a nervous chuckle to Jeremy. "Just try to hang in there, please. The foals loves these guys and it would be terrible if anything were to happen."

"Glitches are one thing, but looking like they want to kill me...terrible." Jeremy mumbles a bit as he shakes his head while glancing at the band performing. "I saw the original animatronics in the Parts and Service Room."

"Oh yes, poor guys. They were like family to me...poor guys. Just hope you only deal with the new generation. The old generation may not be so forgiving."

Jeremy's wings almost puffed up upon hearing that. Can the old animatronics move around too? If so, the Pegasus hopes to the Herd that they won't do so tonight. Dealing with the new generation is one thing...dealing with the old is too damn much!

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"Here's your drink, Starker." Spike said as he came in with more refreshments, giving a drink to Starker.

"Thank you." Starker said, taking the drink from Spike, drinking it. "Hmmm."

"So what happened next?" Applejack ask Starker anxiously.

"Well, Jeremy only stay for a few minutes before heading back home. And then, cut to nighttime...and to another night of terror..."

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It was a dark and stormy night once more as Jeremy returned to work near 11:45. The Pegasus hesitated as he opened the doors, preparing for a jumpscare.

Fortunately, the robots stayed where they were. Jeremy didn't waste time in getting to his office. He sat down, panting a bit.

Suddenly, a lightning bolt hit the restaurant, causing the place to shake and making Jeremy yelp. It hit the restaurant's antenna, causing a volt of electricity to flow into the building...and right into the Toy Animatronics, minus the Puppet. They felt the voltage sparking their bodies. When it's over, their eyes turned red as they suddenly felt a boost of energy in their circuitry.

And they weren't the only ones. The original animatronics were effected in the Parts and Service Room, their eyes glowed red as they prepared to move.

"What the hay is that about?" Jeremy asked, shaking by this. He saw some sort of machine nearby and looked at it. "A readout machine? For the animatronics?"

Jeremy checked the readouts and almost fainted. According to this, Toy Freddy was Level 9, Toy Chica was Level 8, Toy Bonnie was Level 8 and the Mangle was Level 9! Worst yet, the BB toy was at level 5...while the original animatronics seemed to be at the same levels as their successors!

Suddenly, the phone rang, startling Jeremy. He sighed and waited for the answering machine to pick it up.

"Ah...hello, hello! Uh, see, I told you your first night wouldn't be a problem. You're a natural! Uh, by now, I'm sure you've noticed the older models sitting in the back room."

"Yeah, I saw them. They are the original animatronics, right?" Jeremy asked as he wound up the music box at the Prize Counter feed. He wasn't letting that Marionette sneak up on him again!

"Yes, that's correct. Uh, those are from the previous location. We just use them for parts now. The idea at first was to repair them...uh, they even started retrofitting them with some of the newer technology, but they were just so ugly, you know? The smell...uh, so the company decided to go in a whole new direction and make them super kid-friendly. Uh, those older ones shouldn't be able to walk around, but if they do, the whole Freddy head trick should work on them too, so, whatever."

"Right, whatever." Jeremy said with an awkward chuckle.

Jeremy heard a noise, causing him to shine his light down the hall. To his shock, there's Foxy growling, looking around.

"Oh, Herd!" Jeremy exclaimed, flashing his light at Foxy like mad.

"Uh...heh...I love those old characters. Did you ever see Foxy the pirate?"

Jeremy kept shining his light until Foxy is gone. The pony said, "I think I just did."

"Oh, wait, hold on...oh yeah, Foxy. Uh, hey listen, that one was always a bit twitchy, uh...I'm not sure the Freddy head trick will work on Foxy, uh. If for some reason he activates during the night and you see him standing at the far end of the hall, just flash your light at him from time to time. Those older models would always get disoriented with bright lights. It would cause a system restart, or something."

"Yeah, hopefully." Jeremy said as he checked on the Sound Stage. Toy Freddy was gone. The pony quickly checked the Game Area. Fortunately, he's there...but that Mangle thing was moving around.

"Uh, come to think of it, you might want to try that on any room where something undesirable might be. It might hold them in place for a few seconds. That glitch might be in some of the newer models too.

"One more thing; don't forget the music box. I'll be honest, I never liked that puppet thing. It was always...thinking, and it can go anywhere...I don't think a Freddy mask will fool it, so just don't forget the music box."

"Right, no problem." Jeremy said as he quickly wound up the music box back at Prize Counter.

"Anyway, I'm sure it won't be a problem. Uh, have a good night, and talk to you tomorrow."

Once the phone hung up, Jeremy was all alone...except with the animatronics trying to get at him.

Jeremy checked the Main Hall. There's Toy Chica there, looking around. Hopefully, she stayed there.

Jeremy checked the Left Air Vent and yelped as BB was in there, climbing around.

"Oh, crap!" Jeremy exclaimed.

Then he heard footsteps and quickly flashed his light down the hall. There's Toy Chica. He prayed and hoped that she didn't come in. Hopefully, the bright light would keep her at bay.

Jeremy now checked the Main Hall again, then got back to winding up the music box. So far, so good.

"Hi." A kid voice spoke mischievously. Jeremy quickly flipped the light on for the Left Air Vent and spotted BB.

"Horsefeathers!" Jeremy yelps as he put the mask on. The pony mumbled to himself, "Please leave, please leave, please leave..."

BB laughed as he headed out. Jeremy sighed in relief as he quickly took the head off. That's a close one.

Jeremy check the Right Air Vent. Nothing in there, thank Celestia.

After winding up the music box, Jeremy shone his light down the hall. There's Toy Freddy and Foxy appearing to come inside the office.

"Not again!" Jeremy yelped in fear.

Jeremy quickly put the mask on as he used one of his wings to shine the light. The Pegasus hoped that the bright light was enough to chase them off.

Jeremy gulped until the toy animatronics were gone from sight. He sighed in relief before taking the mask off.

"Whew! That was close." Jeremy remarked quietly.

Jeremy checked Party Room 4. Luckily, Toy Bonnie was there, so hopefully, he stayed away. The pony even checked on the Parts and Service Room. Fortunately for him, Freddy, Bonnie and Chica haven't moved an inch.

As Jeremy was watching the cameras, he noticed Mangle was coming for him and he worried. But then, the night guard remembered what that pink pony said. He quickly removed his Freddy head. Mangle was right at him as he sweated lightly. But then, the thing's mood changed from being aggressive into a calm mood.

"Y..........you're not h.....him s.........she was r.........right." The Mangle said slowly. For a female robot, she had a rough stallion one.

"U-um, but why are those other toy Animatronics want me dead and not you?" Jeremy asked the Mangle nervously.

"I only hunt h-him b-but those t-toys a-are not kind.........p-please b-be s-safe a-and beware of the old ones along w-with Foxy.” The Mangle said. She climbed up and headed off as Jeremy nearly passed out.

"I do not know what had just happened, but I guess I owe that pink pony a great thanks if I have the chance to see her and maybe that other pony." Jeremy said to himself thoughtfully.

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Meanwhile, in another part of the room, the two ponies were hidden, the first one spoke up, "It seems you were right little sister. Mangle is not like the others."

The pink one nodded as she said, "Well, yeah, big brother. As I said, she wants to get that killer of the foals."

"You and me might know who he is." The big brother said to his sister seriously.

"Yes, brother, but not much we can do about that. But he will get what is coming to him either by her or the other." The pink sister said in confidence.

"And what do you mean by the other, little sister?" The big brother asked his sister, wondering what she meant by that.

The pink one giggled as she explains, "Trust me, brother, you might not want to know."

"All right, so, about this plan?" The big brother asked. She whispered something in his ear only he heard, making him shocked. "Are you sure you want to do that, sister? What if...?"

"Trust me, brother. I talked with Mangle before this night started. She will not harm me that bad, but we just have to wait for the 5th night to arrive and I am certain the plan will go in full swing on the day shift." The pink pony said in determination. If all was right, the foals' killer will be stopped.

"Um, alright." The big brother said awkwardly. He found the plan risky, but will go along with it for now.

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Jeremy checked the main hall. No robot was in there so far. He then checked the Left Air Vent. Toy Chica was in, so the pony flashed his light in hopes for the best.

"I think I'm beginning to suspect what was wrong with Twilight." Jeremy remarked grimly.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps approaching. Jeremy looked concerned as he prepared his Freddy head...

Too late! A familiar pirate fox jumped out of the shadows, roaring in madness towards Jeremy.

"NOOOOO!!!" Jeremy screamed as he braced himself.

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Foxy smiled as he walked out of the curtain Pirate Cove. The pirate fox enjoyed entertaining the little foals. He was built to do this for years.

Foxy arrived into the next room where the foals were cheering for his arrival. All of them are happy...all but one who appeared to be sad...and gray. Why was that?

Foxy got back to the curtained Pirate Cove after some entertainment. A while later, he did it again. More foals cheering, more were entertained. The same colt was still sad.

It was few minutes later as Foxy came out again. Unknown to him, a purple stallion with a scar on his face was watching, smirking as if he knew what's to come.

Foxy came into the next room and received a shock that made his jaw almost fall off his robotic head. The foals were lying on the tables...dead.

"What be this?" Foxy asked in horror. What happened to those foals at the diner?

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Jeremy quickly dodged Foxy who misses him. As the robotic fox growled, the stallion grabbed his flashlight, flashing it at the fox, who yelped in alarm.

"Go, get out of here; get lost!" Jeremy exclaimed frantically in hopes the system restart would boot in and chase Foxy off.

Foxy roared and then...spoke in a weird kid voice, ("He did this to us. The purple stallion! Help, help...")

With that, Foxy rushed off, leaving Jeremy confused by what he just heard.

"Is that a foal voice?" Jeremy mumbled to himself in concern.

Jeremy quickly wound up the music box. Then he heard noises from the Right Air Vent, turning it on to show Toy Bonnie about to come in.

Jeremy was quick to put the mask on as Toy Bonnie slid into view, looking curious.

"Hmmm, just a bear." Toy Bonnie said in suspicion. "Very odd. Are you sure there aren't any ponies in here?"

"Nope, nope, nope." Jeremy said in the disguised voice then gave out a squeaky grin.

Toy Bonnie nodded as he left the room. Once the bunny's gone, Jeremy quickly took the head off, returned to the monitor and wound up the music box quickly.

"Hello!" A familiar voice was heard. Jeremy gasped as he looked up. Damn it! BB was in the room right now!

Worst yet, Jeremy heard growling. Foxy was nearby again!

"Please, leave, go, go, go, go," Jeremy exclaimed in fear trying to wave him off. The pony gasped as he saw Toy Bonnie preparing to come out of the Right Air Vent.

"What's the commotion in here?" Toy Bonnie demanded, making the new night guard yelp. No good, he's surrounded!

Suddenly, a familiar clock was heard chiming, along with the kids cheering. It was now 6 AM. The animatronics paused then quickly left the room, most likely to return to their original positions.

"Yes!" Jeremy exclaimed in delight and relief.

"You got lucky, night guard." The voice of the Marionette was heard, alarming Jeremy. "The next night? The rest will come out...to play..."

Jeremy had got a bad feeling about that...

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"Good work, Jeremy." Starker said to Jeremy. The Pegasus decided to stay behind until Starker shows up even though his shift is over. "I was worried you wouldn't make it past Night 2, but hey, all more the reason to prepare yourself for the next night."

"I just have a run in with Foxy." Jeremy sighs, eating some leftover pizza that he was allowed to have. "And was lucky to still be living."

"Oh, yes, poor Foxy. He and the rest were like family to me as I said before. I made them you know, them and the new ones. I tried to convince the owners to keep on using those guys...but sadly, they insist on the spare parts thing. Every time we pull a part off, I could hear them screaming...or at least, I think so."

"Hey, listen...is there any other employees around here that I should know about? I thought I saw a pink pony with a flat mane in one of the cameras the other night."

Starker pauses a bit, trying to figure out what Jeremy just said. The employee then nods as he said, "Roughhouse told us that there is usually somepony like that. I don't know how she kept on getting in here or why she wasn't caught yet. There aren't supposed to be anypony in the restaurant after hours besides the night guards."

Jeremy looks more concerned. Who is that strange pink pony? Also, his mind is back on Foxy and how he spoke in a foal's voice after almost killing him. What could it all mean?

Jeremy excuses himself to go over to Prize Counter. He glares at the box as if expecting the Marionette to jump out at any given moment and try to kill him again.

"Well, tell me! I know you know something and can move even when there aren’t any other ponies but me around! What is going on with the robots, Marionette?!" Jeremy demands sternly to the Marionette. "What's with the glitches? Who is that pink pony? And what are these Dark Mystic Ponies anyway? Start talking!"

"Why are you yelling at the Marionette?" Starker ask bewildered as he notices Jeremy snapping at the Marionette and came over. "I admit, he gives the employees the creep but doing that borders on insanity."

"Awww...I guess the night had gotten to me. So I will take my leave now. Until tomorrow night."

Jeremy straighten himself out before heading off. He looks around some more, noticing Starker, shaking his head, heading off. The Pegasus notes the box opening out with the Marionette peeking out, glaring at him. The Puppet thing is most likely planning on waking the rest of the original Animatronics up. If Foxy can move, then most likely the original Freddy, Bonnie and Chica would too.

"Pink one...if you can hear me, I will need all the help I can get at this point." Jeremy mumbles as he took his leave of the restaurant, knowing Night 3 won't be as easy as the last two nights...if they ever were easy anyway!

Chapter 4: The Gang's all here

As Jeremy heads off after surviving the night, a pink pony is seen along with a brown Alicorn is seen. They overheard what he said and are very concerned about it.

"Seems he wants your help, sister." The brown Alicorn said to his sister in concern.

The pink pony nods as she said, "I can see that brother, but it seems some might be aware of us being here."

"This might put us in danger of our plans. We need to act."

"Yes brother, we will wait for him at his work place on the 5th night. We must make sure he survives to do the day shift so our plan can begin."

The two head off as they prepare. But the two ponies notice another Freddy causing the pink pony to shiver as the brown Alicorn sees him.

"S-shadow Freddy, what is he doing here?" The brown Alicorn ask his sister in concern.

"Not sure brother but he seems out of it." The pink pony explains. "But something tells me he will awaken one day but let’s hurry; we have a task to work on."

The brown Alicorn nods and they both head off.

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"Oh wow." Starker said in the present, chuckling as he saw that it's now 1 AM on the clock. "1 o'clock. If this was a regular night at Freddy's before the events, we would be attacked by animatronics by now."

"Don't say that." Robin said, shivering under his blanket. "It brings back too many bad memories."

"I'm sure he didn't meant for that, son." Celestia said, nuzzling him a bit.

"So did Jeremy told the princess at that point?" Twilight ask Celestia in concern.

"To be honest, no, not yet." Starker said, eating some popcorn that Spike gave to him. "Jeremy had some thinking to do. Should he tell anypony? Keep it a secret? The thoughts goes on and on."

"But he went back fer his third night, right?" Applejack ask, arching an eyebrow at this.

"Yeah, but before that..."

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Jeremy doesn't normally hang out with Shining Armor and his pals. One may guess that because of what happened to him the past two nights, the Pegasus needs some familiar friendly faces right now.

"So how is your job doing, Jeremy?" Shining ask Jeremy who is eating a daisy sandwich.

Jeremy pauses, wondering whatever or not he should explained what happened. Of course, telling others that animatronics of foal toys are out to kill him? The poor pony would be seen as a lunatic.

"It's doing fine." Jeremy lied a bit. There's no need to explain what's going on until the Pegasus gets all the facts. "Uh, so how is your sister doing?"

"She's doing fine. Twilight tends to space out every now and again since what happened the other day. But I'm sure my little sister will recover and be the best hay picking student of the princess one may be." Shining said with a light chuckle.

"You're lucky, Jeremy. You didn't get traumatized by that place." Poindexter remarks with a cough. "Ponies are talking about that place. Five foals went missing and they say that Freddy's is responsible. Which is no surprised considering the incidents that closed off its last location!"

"You got that right." 8-Bit said in concern. "The robots there are acting weird lately since then. Something about Dark Missing Pony or whatever. Even the Royal Guard said that they will get involved soon."

"Well, there were talks about it, but so far, the Royal Guard had yet to make a move." Shining said seriously to his friends. "Jeremy? You sure you're doing fine at your work place?"

"I'm done fine. Just your regular night job of watching a place from night to dusk." Jeremy said, lying between his teeth.

Jeremy wished he could tell these guys the truth, but at the risk of sounding lunatic? No, not yet.

"Well, mom and dad insisted that my sister and I stop coming there. That place is bad news now." 8-Bit said, shaking his head. "My sister threw fits about being forbidden to go. I don't blame her..."

Yeah, Jeremy wouldn't blame here either...and he wouldn't if anypony finds out what's truly going on at the dark place of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza at night.

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Jeremy took all day up to night to think about whatever or not he should go back. And eventually, by 11:30...the Pegasus went back. Some say its insanity or committing suicide, but Jeremy must find the answers, especially to why Foxy spoke like a foal, the pink pony, the Marionette, more.

Upon arrival, Jeremy once again heads straight to his office, not giving any of the robots a second look. The stallion doesn't know if those things will attack him on sight and he rather not know!

Only when Jeremy reaches his office did he relaxes a bit. The Pegasus checks the flashlight. New batteries. Good. He then check the camera feeds on every room available. The music box is wound up for now, but after midnight...

As the night is about to start, Jeremy looks at the camera for Parts and Service and sees Mangle looking at Foxy as she looks sadden.

"F-Foxy, I know you can h-hear me y-you feel their pain." The Mangle said. "I wish I was knew how you felt."

Jeremy watches and notices Foxy lifts his head as he shakes his head to Mangle, saying, "It be not g-good lassie, w-we su...suffer from what they gone through. It makes u-us lose ourselves."

"I w-want to help you and all my f-friends take the pain away."

"I k-know Mangle, I know...............it is almost time."

The Mangle nods as he/she said, "I know...........see you next night."

She nuzzles Foxy and he returns the nuzzle. The Mangle slowly heads off getting ready for next night as Jeremy is surprised at what he witnessed.

"Either I am missing something or do Foxy and Mangle share more than just being pirates and being part of Pirate Cove?" Jeremy ask himself in bewilderment and concern. "Well, best get ready for this night. Still need to thank that pink pony for the tip to survive Mangle."

As the 3rd night begins, Jeremy works on wounding up the music box then keep an eye down the hallway in case Foxy or any of the new animatronics were to show up at some point. The phone then begins to ring. The Pegasus waits until the machine picks it up, allowing the Phone Guy to speak once more to give him new instructions.

"Hello hello! See? I told you you wouldn't have any problems! Did...uh... Did Foxy ever appear in the hallway?"

"I haven't seen him yet." Jeremy respond as he flashes the light down the hall before going back to the cameras.

"Probably not. I was just curious. Like I said, he was always my favorite. They tried to remake Foxy, ya know? Uh, they thought the first one was too scary, so they redesigned him to be more foal-friendly and put him in Kid's Cove. To keep the toddlers entertained, you know... But foals these days just can't keep their hands to themselves."

"Are you sure the robot is a colt and not a filly?" Jeremy ask as he checks Foal's Cove. The Mangle is still there, looking around.

"Well, I am a bit confused about that too. The robot looks like a filly but talks like a colt. Anyway, the staff literally has to put Foxy back together after every shift. So eventually they stopped trying and left him as some 'take apart and put back together' attraction. Now he's just a mess of parts. I think the employees refer to him as just "The Mangle"."

"I bet." Jeremy mumbles as he checks the cameras for Part and Service. The Pegasus looks worried as he notices that Freddy, Bonnie and Chica are gone! Looks like those remaining old animatronics are moving again!

"Uh...Oh, hey, before I go, uh, I wanted to ease your mind about any rumors you might have heard lately. You know how these local stories come and go and seldom mean anything. I can personally assure you that, whatever is going on out there, and however tragic it may be, has nothing to do with our establishment. It's just all rumor and speculation... Ponies or whatever trying to make a buck. You know..."

Jeremy checks the cameras. There's Freddy in the Main Hall right now! He checks the cameras for Party Rooms 1 and 2, seeing Bonnie and Chica in them. The Pegasus can only hope that those two don't come in here!

"And are you sure?" Jeremy ask the Phone Guy seriously.

"I'm positive. Uh, our guard Roughhouse during the day has reported nothing unusual. And he's on watch from opening til close. Okay, well anyway, hang in there and I'll talk to you tomorrow."

Once the message is over, Jeremy got to work, though a look of concern is on his face. Why didn't Roughhouse reported anything unusual? Then again, his actions were a bit questionable lately.

Jeremy wounds the music box up before he check the Show Stage. The toy band are still there, good. Just then, the new night guard heard footsteps, causing him to look up and shine his light down the hall.

Jeremy yelps as he saw Freddy down the hall. Luckily for him, the bear hasn't seen him or is coming in yet.

Jeremy hard noises coming from the Right Air Vent and check the camera for it. There's Chica crawling through there. He shine his light on her, then check the Left Air Vent. No Animatronic in there.

Jeremy now checks the hallway, shining his light down the hallway. Freddy is gone now. What a relief.

Jeremy checks the cameras for Party Room 4. Both Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica are there now. They must've left the stage together. He shines the light on them...

But yelps as his monitor is pushed down to show that Chica has come in! Quickly, Jeremy put the mask on in time, waiting a few moments. Soon the robotic chicken disappears. The Pegasus has to wait until she's gone before taking the mask off.

Jeremy checks the clock: 1 AM. This is going to be one Tartarus of a night!

So Jeremy continued his job at the pizza place. He yelped as he heard a lightning bolt hitting the restaurants like last night. Just like before, it shook the place and send electricity throughout the building and into the animatronics. They shook about, getting another boost of energy.

"Ah. Hay." Jeremy groaned as he checked the readouts. To his concern, Toy Freddy and Freddy were now Level 11, Toy Chica and Chica Level 10 as was Toy Bonnie and the original Bonnie, the Mangle and Foxxy were Level 12, and BB was level 7. "They moved up again? Is this going to be a running gag that whenever lightning strikes, it means these guys goes up some levels?"

Suddenly Jeremy hears noises from the hall and shone his light down it, showing Toy Chica there, looking around.

"Horse crap! There she is again!" Jeremy exclaimed quietly.

"Hi!" A familiar voice was heard. BB was back!

Jeremy quickly checked the Left Air Vent and saw him laughing, forcing the pony to put the mask on. He waited a few moments, sweating a bit like Tartarus. Then he quickly took the mask off and check the Left Air Vent and hallway. Good, both animatronics were gone. Jeremy wound the music box up quickly and continued checking the rooms. All the Toy Animatronics were gone from their Show Stage from his notice.

"If I don't get this done real soon, I'm a goner!" Jeremy whimpered. "I can't let those... things... get me!"

Jeremy quickly check the cameras. Toy Freddy and the Mangle were in the Game Area now, Toy Chica was in Party Room 1 with the original Bonnie. Toy Bonnie and Chica were in Party Room 2. BB was back in his usual place. Freddy was in Party Room 3. Foxy appeared to be nowhere in sight.

Jeremy checked both vents then wind up the music box, only a few seconds at a time in case the animatronics tries to get in at some point.

Jeremy checked the main hallway. There's Foxy so the Pegasus kept his light shining down on it until it's gone.

Jeremy got back to checking the cameras, most of the animatronics were back in place...but wait, where's Chica?

Jeremy looked up, looking around...until he heard a roar, turning to see the original Chica appearing to attack.

"Not again!" Jeremy yelped in fright.

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In some sort of room, Freddy looked concerned as he noticed something...wrong. Yeah, the robot himself looked more awful than usual, but he's better off than his colleagues!

Freddy moved up and saw the Marionette calling out, "Follow me."

Freddy was not sure why, but he found himself following the puzzle. The bear moved through the restaurant, which was empty since its closing hours and the new guard didn't appear yet. Freddy did stop by the rooms where his old friends were on display in the Parts/Service Room, the band was in their place, as was the Mangle.

Freddy thought he saw...Golden Freddy, the outfit that was going to be worn by employees as part of a new hybrid program set up by the company.

Freddy arrived at a room with a present. The Marionette spoke in a dark voice, "The time has come for my war against the ponies of Equestria and the Mystic Ponies be realized!"

Freddy blinked in confusion, having no idea what he's on about...but yelped as the Marionette zapped him with some magic. The robot suddenly found himself willing to go through his master's plan.

"Listen well. Get the bodies from the safe room. I am able to make it so you can get in without the error preventing you to." The Marionette said darkly. "Get the bodies of the foals and bring them to me. I will do the rest from there."

Freddy nodded as he leaves the room, the words "S-A-V-E-T-H-E-M." The bear Animatronic prepared to do his dark master's programming...

Or Freddy would've except a familiar purple unicorn stallion appeared and attacked him with an ax, shutting him down.

"You can't." The voice of the attacker remarked wickedly.

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Chica missed Jeremy, making him fall out of his seat. The Pegasus sweated as the robotic chicken growled a bit.

But then Chica stopped, looking confused. She mumbled in a filly's voice, ("No...you can't be him...but, how? I feel that I must...attack...no, I can't. I can't!")

Jeremy looked bewildered as Chica left the room. The pony got up, getting back into his seat.

"That's the second time that happened." Jeremy said in concern. Foxy spoke like a colt, then Chica spoke like a filly. What could it all mean?

Jeremy checked the time: 3 AM. So far, so good.

"Halfway there." Jeremy noted. Then he wound up the music box, still thinking on that latest vision. Freddy moved around with the toys being active must mean it happened before he started work here. But what the Marionette mean by "bodies"? And that purple stallion looked familiar.

Jeremy checked the Right Air Vent, then spotted Toy Bonnie coming in. The Pegasus quickly put the mask on, waiting as his enemy got in, slid in front of the pony and looked at him carefully.

"Weird. So far, no ponies." Toy Bonnie mumbled a bit. ("Boy, would I love to break their wings off and make them choke on their Celestia damn skulls!")

Jeremy gulped, waiting until Toy Bonnie was gone. The pony took the mask off, sighing a bit. That was a close one.

Jeremy checked the cameras, winding up the music box....only for his tablet to be pushed down by Bonnie who appeared.

"Crap!" Jeremy yelped, putting the mask on. The pony waited anxiously, hoping that the original robot would leave.

("Not here, he isn't here...no hope...") Bonnie was heard in a foal voice before leaving the room. Once he's gone, Jeremy took the mask off, looking bewildered.

"Even more mysterious." Jeremy said. Three robots speaking like foals? That just didn't happen.

Jeremy checked both vents and the hall. After seeing that the robots are there, he checked the cameras. The Pegasus saw Freddy in the Main Hall now, the Toy Animatronics went back to the Sound Stage, Bonnie was in Party Room 1, Chica was in Party Room 3, and BB was in the Left Air Vent, obviously trying to get into the office again.

"Can't that balloon boy go away?!" Jeremy complained in exasperation and horror.

Jeremy shone his light onto the Balloon Boy nervously then checked the clock. 4 AM. He was almost there.

Jeremy checks on the job, doing his best to dodge the animatronics who comes into the room, turning the music box every few minutes or so.

Jeremy hears footsteps as 5 AM rolls around. The Pegasus puts the head on just as Freddy came in, looking while mumbling, "People, woo-hoo..."

Jeremy pauses, recalling how the original animatronics spoke like foals at times. He begins to wonder.

"Excuse me, foal, kid," Jeremy spoke, testing out a theory of his.

Sure enough, Freddy spoke in a colt's voice, asking, ("Who's there? Hello? Help us, please...that mean purple stallion...he did this to us...disguise himself...took our trust away...")

Jeremy felt sad as if wanting to comfort Freddy...or in this case the soul inside the robot. Of course, the night guard knew that doing so would be risky since...but before Jeremy could think some more, he hears the 6 AM chime on the clock with the usual cheering.

The robots went back to their positions with Freddy leaving the office. Once they're gone, Jeremy took the mask off, looking thoughtful. Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy...they all spoke like foals...

Jeremy recalls how five foals went missing. Could it be that the animatronic witnessed what happened and is revealing their voices? Or could it be something else?

Jeremy decides to get himself ready for leave of the restaurant. The Pegasus trots out of the office carefully, stopping by the Parts and Service Room. He glances in, looking at the robots, not moving and in disrepair. Jeremy could've sworn he heard crying from them.

Jeremy heads back to the show room area. He decided to take a stop at Prize Counter and head towards the box. The Pegasus knocks on the box, expecting the Marionette to answer.

"I want answers. I saw a vision of you telling Freddy to get the bodies from a room before the purple stallion tore it to pieces." Jeremy demands to the Marionette sternly. "Now what bodies? Who is the purple stallion? I know you know something I don't."

"Know this." The Marionette spoke darkly as he peek out of the box. "You're putting your snout into where it doesn't belong."

"Not if it involves missing foals and robots trying to kill me!"

"As long as I'm here out for revenge...all of Equestria and their Mystic Pony allies will feel my wrath..."

Mystic Pony. There is that again. This is no original Puppet. The Phone Guy is right, this thing moves around, always thinking....

Jeremy decides to leave the restaurant at this point. As the thunder storm from last night clear up, a lot of things are in his head: moving robots with four speaking like foals, intense visions, a Puppet that is thinking...Mystic, dark and normal. What could it all mean?

What could it all mean indeed.

Chapter 5: Surrounded on All Sides

"And so, she rubs her hooves all over her lover's horn, giving her the tongue and..."

"Pinkie, who the hay are you talking to?" Rainbow ask Pinkie, a bit irritated while wondering what her friend is talking about as she interrupted the story.

"Oh, just commentating on Twilight and Celestia making out!" Pinkie exclaims happily.

Sure enough, Twilight and Celestia are making out, giving each other the tongue. The fillies and colts laughs a bit while Spike just slap his forehead and the rest of the Mane Six looking on in amusement.

"Sister? SISTER!" Luna exclaims, causing Twilight and Celestia to stop kissing to turn, seeing the others noticing, much to their embarrassment. "You're interrupting the story."

"Oh, sorry." Twilight said sheepishly as she lets go of Celestia, the Goddess of the Sun dust herself off. Suddenly the purple Alicorn yelps as Luna uses her magic to pull her towards her. "Whoa!"

"Besides, you know it's my turn to have my lover."

"But you got her the last time!" Celestia protests to Luna like a child wanting a turn at a toy.

"I am not a toy!" Twilight exclaims, moving away from Luna. "Besides, I think we are rude to Starker."

"Oh yes, I apologize Mr. Starker."

"No need, I can stop so you three can finish making out." Starker said, smirking at the blushing ponies.

"So Jeremy survived 'de 3rd night?" Apple Bloom asks Starker curiously.

"You betcha. Now Jeremy decided to do what he should've done in the first place."

"Quit the job while he's ahead?" Fluttershy ask Starker meekly yet hopefully.

"Nope, go to the princess." Starker said as he resumes the story at hoof here.

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Starker flew onward until he reaches the area where Canterlot Castle is, landing nearby. The Pegasus decided that he must tell the princess what he knows about the missing foals. Jeremy suspects that there are more to the original animatronics than one should know. Starker could only hope that he isn't deemed crazy for saying this.

Jeremy approached the gate where two Pegasus Royal Guards are at. They both block with a wing each as one of them spoke sternly, "Halt! Who goes there?"

"Jeremy Hoofsphere, sir. I come to speak to Princess Celestia." Jeremy said, bowing to the guards in respect.

"Well, the princess cannot see anyone today. She is in mourning at the moment and wishes not to be disturbed."

"But I must talk to her! It involves what's going on at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza."

"Please speak to the investigator in charge at the investigation right now. He should be at the restaurant at this moment." The second Pegasus Royal Guard said sternly. "Now be off with you!"

Jeremy groans, knowing that he can't win this argument. He trots off but sneakily trots around back. The Pegasus isn't going to give up that easily. He must speak to the princess even if the stallion must break the law to do so.

Jeremy trots around the back of the area, going through the topiary area in hopes to get to the balcony that belongs to Celestia's bedroom. Along the way, the stallion caught a glimpse of some odd looking creature statue which looks like a mixture of various animals, especially with a goat head, a lion paw, etc. Something called Discord.

Jeremy hopes to the Herd that he doesn't run into the real thing in a dark ally.

Jeremy flew up to a nearby tree, climbing up onto a branch and looks up. There's Celestia's bedroom, and the princess herself is there looking out the window in sadness. She appears to be mourning...and is that a teddy bear she's holding?

"Oh, Robin...I'm sorry. First I've lost my sister Luna, then my child Iris Crystal...now you." Celestia mumbles in sadness. "Why must those I love and care for be taken from me?!"

Jeremy blinks a bit. He recalls hearing stories of Luna, Celestia's sister but presumed they are only stories, especially ones that involving the Mare in the Moon called Nightmare Moon. But Iris Crystal, Robin? Those are new ones on him.

"Hey!" A familiar voice spoke up from below. This startles Jeremy enough that he fell right out of the tree. Luckily, the Pegasus landed safely on the ground. As he recovers, the Pegasus saw that the speaker is none other than Cadance. "Jeremy?"

"Oh, Cadance, you startle me." Jeremy said sheepishly as he looks up. Fortunately for him, Celestia herself went back into her bedroom. The stallion can only hope that she didn't see him or this would be embarrassing to explain!

"I bet. What are you doing up there? My auntie don't normally do these kind of secret admirer things."

"Err, actually, I wanted to speak to her about the missing foals. I got some information that she may find useful."

"Well, my auntie is in mourning right now. Her son Robin is missing." Cadance explains with a sad sigh, shaking her head.

"Son? I didn't know she have one!" Jeremy exclaims, surprised upon hearing that. Then again, there are a lot of things about Celestia that other ponies don't know about her. Who knows what other secrets she's keeping?

"Yes, Robin Cavanaugh was a son from a failed marriage. She loves him so much and wanted to keep him safe. Of course, one day, Auntie Celestia and Robin were in town, doing some business when they run into an old friend of Celestia's. She took her eye off of him for a moment...and once my auntie was done talking, he was gone."

"...Robin Cavanaugh...did his disappearance happened right near Freddy's by any chance?"

"Yes, that is the case. Auntie Celestia believed that he went inside after a while of looking for him and called a search for him. No one found him." Cadance explains sadly to Jeremy. "Why? You mentioned information, right?"

"If I tell you this, would you keep this between us?" Jeremy ask Cadance seriously, knowing he can trust the pink Alicorn to keep a secret.

"Didn't you want to tell my auntie?"

"Well, yes, but when she's in mourning over her lost son, I don't think now is the time to tell her. I want you to keep this a secret until I dig up more information, okay?" Jeremy requested to Cadance. She nodded as if agreeing. "All right, you know that I'm a night guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, right?"

"Yes, Shining told me about that." Cadance said, recalling what her coltfriend has told her.

"Well, this is going to sound crazy but bear with me until it's done. Every night, at 12 AM, those robots come to life and wander throughout the business."

"Well, it's obvious they would do that due to the threat of servos being locked up should the animatronics stay turn off for too long."

"But that's not all. The old animatronics of the past move around too. They appear to be glitching, talking in weird ways that scare the customers...and they tried to kill me!" Jeremy explains. This made Cadance gasps in surprise and concern. "Yes, I know! But that's not all! I managed to survive them so far...when it comes to the old animatronics, they appear to be speaking like foals!"

"Oh dear. Is that true?" Cadance ask Jeremy, stunned to be hearing this so far.

"Yes. They are acting strange but that Marionette puppet thing. I think he maybe their ringleader, planning on something horrible. Do you know anything called "Mystic Ponies"?"

"Mystic Ponies?"

"Yes, that's what I said." Jeremy said, noting how troubling Cadance is when he mentioned the Mystic Ponies topic.

"I do know that they were known as the Immortal Ponies of Light, a rare kind of ponies who got strange powers. They got evil counterparts who wishes destruction to our world...but so far, they are just legends." Cadance said, shaking her head a bit.

"Well, until I figure out more about this, just keep this between us, tell no one; not even Shining or Twilight."

"You have my word."

Jeremy also wanted to tell Cadance about how the old animatronics are speaking like foals, but until he gets more info, the Pegasus pony shall keep that to himself….for now.

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"So Cadance knew about the problem before hoof?" Twilight ask Starker in surprise back in the present. The purple Alicorn is stunned to hear that her sister in law knew about Jeremy's problems with the robots but was asked to keep this a secret.

"Yes, she can be trusted to keep secrets." Celestia said to Twilight, nodding slowly. "I am surprised to hear this story as you are, but I know my adopted niece did the right thing."

"Indeed, it isn't easy keeping secrets, but sometimes it's for the best." Luna said in agreement with her sister. "One may find one to be insane when talking about intense robots that wish to slaughter you at night."

"Not easy keeping secrets as Applejack found out." Rarity remarks slyly, making Applejack blush for a different reason.

"Well, Jeremy decided to get back to work earlier than expected after the talk with Cadance in hopes to speak with me." Starker said, resuming the story at the point. "Of course..."

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Jeremy came into Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. He must speak to Starker about the crisis and his suspicions. As the Pegasus arrives, he spots the Royal Guards inside, talking with the staff.

"I told you before, I didn't see anything! Those foals just up and disappear!" The mare that Jeremy spoke to on the day he was employed here said to a Royal Guard. She spots Jeremy who trotted on over. "Oh, Jeremy. You caught us at a bad time. These guys just came in and begin speaking."

"Jeremy, huh?" The Royal Guard in charge of the investigation asks, giving a glare to Jeremy. That made him a bit uncomfortable. "Tell us: have you seen any missing foals around here? We know five of them disappear in your place of employment earlier this week."

"I don't know! I started work here and didn't see anything. I'm only the night guard." Jeremy said a bit concerned. He doesn't like the glare that the Royal Guard is telling him. "Look, what are you accusing me of anyway?"

"Nothing...yet. So far, we already got an employee in custody but we still haven't found any traces of the missing foals. You sure you didn't seen or heard anything."

Jeremy pauses, knowing that he should tell the Royal Guard what he told Cadance. But would these guys keep secrets or even believe him? That will make the poor Pegasus pony more suspicious to the Royal Guard and mostly everyone else! And if they got somepony in custody...

"So far, I didn't see anything. I promise you that." Jeremy said to the Royal Guard investigator.

The investigator gave another suspicious glare but grunts, "Keep your snout clean, kid." With that, he heads off to continue the investigation.

"What does he mean that they got an employee in custody? Where's Roughhouse?"

"Don't worry about him, we aren't going to see him around anymore." The mare said to Jeremy with a shake of the head. "This isn't good, not at all. These guys are harassing us just because of our establishment's connection to the incidents years ago. We may have to close again because of this."

"Well, I will get to the bottom of this. Where's Starker? I need to speak with him." Jeremy said to the employee. The Pegasus must tell the employee what he knows about the robots, especially how the old robots speaks like foals.

"Unfortunately, Starker isn't here. He's out on important business and won't be back for two days."

Jeremy looks concerned and puzzled about hearing this. What could Starker be doing that is more important than keeping Freddy's a-float? The pony shudders as he notes the Marionette peeking out of his box...

And he appears to be laughing.

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It was once again a dark and stormy night around 11:45 PM as Jeremy came back to work. Although the pizza place is under investigation, he must continue work: both on his job as well as figuring out the mystery.

Jeremy came into the place, shivers are send down his spines. He feel the sense of darkness and evil even more so than usual. Those robots keep glaring at him as the pony goes past, heading right to his office.

These guys are more determined as Tartarus to get him for sure this time!

As Jeremy is about get ready, he notices a note and slowly picks it up. The Pegasussees words as they read out, "'Dear Jeremy, if you got this note, it means you survived your third night and I and my brother accept the offer of helping you out. If you survive the fourth night, I will be awaiting for you in this spot on the fifth night and I will explain what I can to you and let you in on the plan. Hope you survive and be safe. Sign: a friend.

“’P.S keep the note with you and do not let anypony else read this.‘”

He is done and thinks. Jeremy realizes that it is from the pink pony he's seen. The Pegasus puts the note away and gets ready for the fourth night.

As before, lightning hit the building, sending lightning right into the building...and right into contact with the robots, giving them all another super-charge. Their eyes flashed red like mad.

Jeremy groaned as he checked the read out levels. The Freddys are now Levels 13, the Foxys are now Level 14, the Bonnies and Chica are now Level 11, with BB being Level 11!

The security guard shuddered. He sure hated to see what happens when those guys would reach Level 20!

"Here we go again..." Jeremy groaned.

The phone rang once more. As Jeremy got to work on winding up the music box at Prize Corner, the Phone Guy's voice was heard.

"Hello? Hello? Uh, hey there, night four! I told you you'd get the hang of it! Okay, so, uh, just to update you, uh, there's been somewhat of an, uh, investigation going on. Uh, we may end up having to close for a few days... I don't know."

"Yeah, I've heard about the investigation, but the closing down is new to me." Jeremy said as he looked around. If the robots were more leveled up, they would become more aggressive, so searching for them would be a waste of time! "Have you contacted Starker?"

"Well, no. He's still on important business and won't be back for a while. Anyway, I want to emphasize though that it's really just a precaution. Uh, Fazbear Entertainment denies any wrongdoing. These things happen sometimes. Um... It'll all get sorted out in a few days. Just keep an eye on things and I'll keep you posted."

Jeremy shined his light down the hall. No sign of Foxy so far.

"Uh, just as a side note though, try to avoid eye contact with any of the animatronics tonight if you can. Someone may have tampered with their facial recognition systems - we're not sure. But the characters have been acting very unusual, almost aggressive towards the staff."

"That's what worries me more." Jeremy remarked in concern.

"They interact with the foals just fine, but when they encounter an adult or a teenaged pony, they just...stare. Uh...Anyways, hang tight. It'll all pass. Good night!"

Once the Phone Guy hung up, Jeremy looked concerned. Someone had tampered with the facial recognition system? The stallion got a bad feeling who that could be: a certain Puppet.

Jeremy got to work once more as he checked both vents. So far, no animatronic in there. Jeremy then got to work on winding up the music box.

But then his tablet was pushed down. There's Toy Freddy arriving and looking around.

"Come on out, pony." Toy Freddy said in a creepy, singsong tone as he looked around.

Toy Freddy turned...and saw only Jeremy in the Freddy Fazbear mask, saying, "No one here but us robots. Beep beep."

("Damn it to Tartarus! What does a robot like me got to do is buck around here?!") Toy Freddy yelled out in the dark voice as he storms out of the room.

Once Toy Freddy was gone, Jeremy put the mask off and quickly check the hallway. No signs of Toy Freddy or anyone else coming in.

Jeremy checked the clock. 1 AM so far.

Jeremy got back to the tablet, he knew it was pointless to track them down but the pony wants to make double sure. Okay, Toy Freddy was now in the Game Area with the Mangle and BB and...

Suddenly, Jeremy heard noises coming from the Right Air Vent, putting his tablet down and checking the light. There's Toy Bonnie about to come in!

Jeremy put the mask on, waiting as Toy Bonnie came in, sliding and looking at the "newcomer".

Toy Bonnie shrugged then left the room. Jeremy took the mask off, sighing. Close one!

The night guard checked the cameras for Parts and Service. Jeremy yelped as he saw something sitting there where Bonnie normally sat: a shadowy purple version of Freddy! What in Equestria is that thing?!
Suddenly, the tablet was pushed down. There's Bonnie arriving. Jeremy yelped again and put his mask on, waiting for a moment.

("Help us...") Bonnie said in the foal's voice before leaving the room.

Again, another close one. Jeremy was about to take the mask off when he hears an audio like noise, causing him to turn the Right Air Vent on. There's the Mangle, preparing to come in!
Jeremy kept quiet, waiting as the Mangle looks in, growling before leaving. He then the mask off, sighing. The creature may seem safe the other night, but it's best to be safe than sorry.

Jeremy checked the time. It is now 3 AM. The Pegasus pony was closer than ever to living in this place.

"I wish time could go faster so my shift would end sooner!" He remarked.

Jeremy flashed the light down the hall. He yelped upon seeing Foxy and Toy Chica down there, preparing to come in.

"Damn it!" Jeremy groaned as he flashed his light like mad. "Please go, go, go; go!"

It took a few minutes or so, but Jeremy saw the animatronics were now gone. He sighed and check the cameras, winding the music box back up.

Once again, though, Jeremy was interrupted when the tablet was pushed down by Freddy who glared as the lights shone on and off.

"Yikes!" Jeremy exclaimed as he put his mask back on.

Jeremy waited until the bear is gone. He sighed and took the mask off. Close one!

4 AM. Jeremy can still make it.

"Two hours left!" He said eagerly.

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Jeremy was seen going into the kitchen area as his stomach was growling up a storm that he was hungry & needed food. So while it was not yet 6 AM, he had to brave the risk, can’t work with a half tank of fuel, right? So he approaches what was the restaurant’s large fridge to prepare to get something to eat. But the fridge wobbled, much to his alarm, as Jeremy slowly approached with caution, then with a little brave motion, he opened the fridge where light shine in.

“Hello?” Jeremy spoke out to peak in the fridge, pondering if something was there; truth was, there was.

“Bulb-Bulb-BUUULB!” What was seen was some green slimy blob monster with bobble eyes & arms as it tried to reach out.

“WAAAAAAAH!” Jeremy screamed in fright at the sight of something scary. “SMACK!” The guy managed to slam the door shut before he almost became a victim. “That was waaaaay too freaky! Why is there a living glob monster in the fridge?” He was pondering this question, first killer robots, now this, what is this place’s deal?

Then Jeremy found a note on the floor that must have fallen off, he scoops it up carefully while being against the fridge.

“'Dear Jeremy, one of our staff mix in a wrong ingredient that turn one of our pizzas into a living glob monster. Whatever you do, don’t open the fridge for any reason, we nearly lost three staff members when it tried to reach out to eat them'.” Jeremy read the note off in having learn what it was that he was suppose have been told, but just didn’t see it. “Swell, like walking machines trying to kill me wasn’t bad enough.” He rolled his eyes in seeing that if this wasn’t the first time something almost got him, what will next?

But just then, Jeremy heard something that during his distraction, he saw many eyes on him from across the open hallway. Entering were many of the animatronics & toys that were seeing him.

“On second thought, maybe I should reconsider my options!” Jeremy replied off to say this in liking to take back his earlier statement in looking worried.

“There’s the target….” Then from behind was the Marionette that was leading this bunch on their hunt. “Get him!” He shouted off in giving the order for the bots to kill the pony.

Soon the walking animatronics were focusing their optic eyes on the target as they began to walk in to approach the cornered rat.

“No mask, no flashlight on hand, I’m stuck between animatronic killers & a pile of…” Jeremy was about to say he was doom until… “Wait, that’s it!” He realized he has a way out of this.

Soon the animatronics were roaring to charge to kill the night watcher, until….

“Say hello to my new pal, Blobby!” Jeremy issued off to say this in having one last surprise to use here.

Then without warning, Jeremy opens the fridge again, & soon the named slime creature looks out to find….something approaching him.

“BULB-BULB, BULB!” Soon the glob monster reached out his long slimy hands to grab everyone except Jeremy, and even one other….

“Uh oh….AAAAAHHHH!” Even the Marionette yelps before screaming when the glob thing grabbed him before they all got pulled into the fridge which shut on itself while it was shaking even more.

“Okay…..don’t even wanna know how it’s possible for that many animatronics to fit into that fridge, but I ain’t complaining.” Jeremy stated in not knowing how to understand this, but decides it don’t matter.

Jeremy ran off from the kitchen to return to the office to check on the cameras & what time it was; it was 5:45.

“Only a little bit of time to go, how’s the kitchen are looking?” Jeremy stated in seeing how long he still got while checking the kitchen camera to find…the wobbling fridge still in motion. “Looks like Blobby is holding them in, good….that’s a load off my back.” Jeremy stated in seeing that with such a thing taken care of, he can probably relax a little.

Seeing that with the killer robots contain, Jeremy thought about playing some games that he found out could help him understand what’s going on here.

"Okay, so far, there was the vision with the kid who got killed by that purple stallion, another with Foxy with the foals dead, and the third...wait, they all have a purple stallion in them." Jeremy said thoughtfully, remembering that all of the games got a purple stallion in them each. And they look just like...

“Almost time now….” Jeremy stated in seeing how long until it reaches six in the morning. “Uh oh!” He yelps from looking at something that made him sweat a little.

On the camera in the kitchen area, the fridge door was blown open with a ton of slime splattered across the floor, as the killer robots in slime were moving out with an angry Marionette toy snapping off that he wants them to move it while he stomps on Blobby’s little glob head that gurgle a bit.

“Eh, I’m sure he’s fine, he’s Blobby, right?” Jeremy sheepishly responded in wondering that maybe the glob monster he named Blobby will be okay, right?

“KILL HIM!” The Marionette yelled out throughout the hallways, making the stallion stand up straight.

“Oh snap!” Jeremy yelps in grabbing his mask to put on in time before his office got a load of all the animatronics. “One, safe with the mask on, not so well when I need my flashlight!” He forgot the flashlight, & Foxy is here that may not be so easily doomed.

Foxy was seen approaching Jeremy, the mask kept the others from seeing he was not one of them, but without a flashlight, this fox will cut him to ribs. Foxy is seen wielding his hook about to slash as Jeremy braces for the end when…

Then without warning, a familiar chime noises is heard on the announcements followed by children’s voices. Jeremy peeks one eye open to see, the animatronics & Foxy that almost hooked his brain out…were leaving. Jeremy sighs in relief to remove the mask in seeing it was 6 AM, he did it; he made it without being killed.

“Phew….another night over!” Jeremy signs off in seeing that was a close call, for a second there, he was almost killed on the spot. But he watches all of the robots leave to return to their stations, at least the guy made it through…somehow.

Jeremy waited until he's certain that the robots are back to where they're supposed to be, then got his stuff and heads out. He survived the fourth night. The Pegasus hopes that whoever send him that letter would keep her promise.

As Jeremy is leaving, heading off, he decided to make a quick stop: the safe room where he first met Roughhouse. The Pegasus peeks into the room. There isn't much in here but arcade machines...and some sort of yellow suit that looks like Bonnie but is yellow looking.

Jeremy prepares to leave, but stop as he thought he saw something peeking out from hiding: sort of yellow version...of Freddy?

Jeremy shakes his head as he leaves, but the stallion could've sworn that he heard something mumbling in a foal's voice, "Momma...I'm sorry, momma..."

Author's Notes:

Jeremy survived his fourth night. What a relief. Next up, the fifth night, the pink pony and more! Read, review and suggest!

Blobby is like a glob monster set to appear in Hotel Transylvania 2 film.

Chapter 6: Lockdown at Freddy's

"A glob monster, whoa!" Rainbow exclaims excitedly in the present. "Best story ever so far!"

"I don't think so." Fluttershy said, hiding under a blanket in fear.

"Relax, Fluttershy." Apple Bloom said calmly to Fluttershy. "Ah is sure 'de problem has been taken care o'."

"Right, there isn't any glob pizza monster now!" Nyx exclaims in agreement. After all, the glob monster shouldn't still exist...right?

A roar is heard, making everyone turns and gasps. TA glob monster is nearby, roaring and burping nearby.

"EEEEK!" The fillies screams as they hid under a blanket, shaking big time.

"Glob monster!" Spike screams as he got in front of Rarity. "I'll protect you, Rarity!"

Twilight however sighs in irritation as she casts a spell, changing the glob monster back into a pizza. The Alicorn glares at Pinkie while snapping, "Pinkie! What did I say about using my magical objects to bring our food to life?!"

"Why, it's fun!" Pinkie insists innocently to Twilight who sighs in irritation.

"So what happened next, Starker?" Celestia ask Starker curiously, glancing to Robin who gave a shaking look.

"Well, Jeremy are close to the mystery at hoof. He is suspecting what Twilight herself found at on that safe years ago." Starker continues the story, glancing at Twilight who gave an uneasy look. "Jeremy knew that he need help from the mysterious pink pony if he wishes to stay alive. Jeremy chose to stay clear of Shining or Cadance in case they were to get suspicious...."

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It was 11:20 as Jeremy arrives at the part of Canterlot where the restaurant's at. The Pegasus came to one conclusion about the old animatronics: they are either possessed or witnessed what happened to Robin and the other missing foals. And did Twilight witnessed it?

Jeremy decided that he needs to return to work. He notices the unicorn Royal Guards using magic to form a barrier over the place.

"Hey, what's going on here?" Jeremy ask one of the Royal Guards in concern.

"This place is on lockdown due to the investigation of the missing foals." The mentioned Royal Guard grunts to Jeremy. "No one but security, the Royal Guards, or the princesses are allowed in."

"But I am a night pony. Don't I count as security?"

"Hmmm, so I see. Alright, go right in, but be careful. Those animatronics has been acting oddly as of late."

Jeremy suspects that the Royal Guard has no idea how right he was. He then proceeds in lifting the barrier to allow the Pegasus into Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Jeremy didn't waste time to get through the party room, dodging the robots. Jeremy hopes that whoever send him the letter is here tonight.

Jeremy heads into his office as it is almost time. As he sits down, Jeremy looks around and notices two ponies. The pink pony is next to him spoke up, "Hello Jeremy."

Jeremy jumps out of his seat startled as the Alicorn watches apologizes, "Sorry, Jeremy, my sister likes to meet ponies really close up."

"Well brother, I thought he gotten less spooked by now."

"You’re the two I saw on my first night with Mangle!" Jeremy exclaims, recovering as he saw the two ponies from the first night with the Mangle.

Pinkamena nods as she said, "Your very smart to remembered. Well, my name is Pinkamena and my brother is Golden Heart."

"It is good to meet you." Golden Heart said as he waves a hoof in greeting to Jeremy.

"A Prince here?" Jeremy ask in surprise, feeling the urge to bow to Golden Heart. He is an Alicorn so that must mean he is of royalty.

"Yep but let us get on track." Pinkamena giggles, reminding Jeremy of the matter here.

"Ok, your note said you would tell me what you know and something about a plan."

"Yes I did so best sit down." Pinkamena requests. He nods and slowly gets into his seat. "Ok, you see, we watched you the many nights and having gained info and most of it is right on the button about things such as the foals being in the old Animatronics as well as their souls. But for now, we have to let some things take their course and another thing, not all the Animatronics want you dead and are under the control of that Puppet."

"You meaning about Mangle?" Jeremy ask, recalling the Mangle who hesitated of killing him before.

"Yes, all she wants is to kill the killer of the foals that are claimed "missing". All she knows that it was a security worker in a security hat. So in terms, if you were wearing a hat, she would think your him but lucky you that you do not so Mangle will not harm you but she does not deserve what will happen on the fifth day shift."

"What do you mean?"

Pinkamena leans to him near his ear whispering so no one who be watching would hear as Golden Heart kept watch, "You will be doing the day shift at this place at the Pirate Cove where Mangle is and all day workers wear a security hat. Also, Mangle is nearing anger from being pulled apart so she is near the berserk point and could get the job done."

"T-the job done and by meaning..." Jeremy ask nervously, fearing the worst.

"Either taking a bite out of a foal or her target in the security hat I am certain she will go for that and not a foal."

Jeremy lightly goes pale upon hearing that. If what Pinkamena said is true, he is in danger big time!

"And your plan?" Jeremy ask Pinkamena, hoping that this strange pony got a plan. She whispers it to him and he is surprised by this. "You really want to go through with that?"

Pinkamena nods as she said, "Yes but with your support and my brother being of Royalty and knowing the Princesses, not even the main owner cannot stop from me filing to sue him."

"You sure that will work?"

"100% it will work. Besides you know much about what has happened and I do not want you to get arrested for what is to come. I have a feeling someone will make you take the fall but not while me and Goldie have a thing to about it and you can trust us."

"Um alright, I will do my best and hope not to get arrested." Jeremy said awkwardly and uneasily. He doesn't want to get arrested for whatever's going to happen next. The Pegasus hopes for the best.

Pinkamena backs up and she looks at the time. She spoke, "Well we need to go. We wish you good luck and survive the fifth night; we will be waiting for you."

Jeremy waves to them as they wave back and Golden Heart casts a spell. They vanish as Jeremy stands tough ready to take on the fifth night.

Just like before, lightning flash, thunder sound as the restaurant got hit once more. Soon, the electricity runs is course as it came into contact with all of the Animatronics, minus the Marionette who watches on, chuckling as his minions' eyes flash red, feeling another burst.

Jeremy takes a look at the level meter. Sure enough, the Freddys at now at level 16, the Foxys are at Level 15, the Bonnies and Chicas are now Level 14. For BB, he is now at Level 14 too. Hoo boy. These Animatronics are going to be even more difficult.

The phone rang, catching Jeremy's attention. As he works on winding up the music box to keep the Marionette at the bay, the machine answers as the Phone Guy spoke up once more.

"Hello, hello? Hey, good job, night 5! Um, hey, um, keep a close eye on things tonight, ok? Um, from what I understand, the building is on lockdown, uh, no one is allowed in or out, y'know, especially concerning any...previous employees."

"Yeah, I know." Jeremy said with a nod as he checks the cameras. Sure enough, Freddy is now in the Game Area with BB and the Mangle, most likely looking to finding out what to do. And previous employees? Does that mean that Roughhouse was the one in custody?

"Um, when we get it all sorted out, we may move you to the day shift, a position just became...available. Uh, we don't have a replacement for your shift yet, but we're working on it. Uh, we're going to try to contact the original restaurant owner. Uh, I think the name of the place was..."Fredbear's Family Diner" or something like that. It's been closed for years though, I doubt we'll be able to track anypony down."

"'Fredbear's Family Diner'. Jeremy remembers that place a bit. He hears a noise and turns the light on, showing Foxy about to come in. The Pegasus yelps as he flashes his light like mad.

"Well, just get through one more night! Uh, hang in there! Goodnight!"

Jeremy calms down somewhat as Foxy is now gone. This is going to be another long night!

"Okay, time to finish this last one." Jeremy said in determination, "It's now or never!"

Jeremy looked up...and screamed in alarm as he saw what appeared to be a shadowy version of Bonnie appearing in front of him. The Pegasus pony fell out of his seat. As he got back up, Jeremy saw that Shadow Bonnie was gone. "What the hay was that?!" Jeremy asked in alarm and fright. That was startling! First Shadow Freddy, now this? Jeremy heard footsteps and quickly flashed the light, showing Freddy and Toy Freddy there, both at once!

"Oh, no!" He cried in fear. Jeremy flashed his light, waiting for a few seconds. Then he flashed his light again and saw that the Freddies were gone.

Jeremy got back to the tablet and wound up the music box...but yelped as his tablet was pushed down by Bonnie who appeared.

"Buck!" Jeremy screamed as he put his mask on quickly. The lights flashed on and off as the Pegasus waited.

Soon, when all was clear, Bonnie was now gone. Jeremy sighed as he took the mask off.

"Hello!" The familiar boy of BB laughed madly. Jeremy turned on the Left Air Vent's lights and there's the little boy peeking in.

"You again?! Go away!" Jeremy shouted in slight annoyance. "I've had enough of you messing up the security system!"

Then he put the mask on, waiting patiently for a few moments. Then he took it off and checked again. The annoying animatronic was now gone!

Jeremy checked the Right Air Vent, seeing nothing in there, then goes back to his computer, winding the music box back up. When the Pegasus checks the Left Air Vent, he looks confused to see a Bare Endoskeleton in there. "Why is there...?" Jeremy begins to ask puzzled.

Jeremy was cut off as his tablet was pushed down, this time by Chica who got in!

"Drat!" He yelped before he quickly put on the mask, hoping Chica wouldn't catch him.

Chica stared at Jeremy oddly as the lights flashed on and off. The Pegasus felt like sweating a bit. But after a while, the robotic withed chicken was now gone, allowing the Pegasus to disappear.

"To be honest, I will be more comfortable if these guys are more cuter." Jeremy mumbled a bit, checking the clock which is now 2 AM. Time sure flew fast around here!

Jeremy flashed his light down the hallway, no sign of any animatronics, especially Foxy. He wondered why his new friends weren't trying to help him fight these guys off.

Well, Jeremy suspected that they got their reasons. After checking the air vents, he got back to work on checking the cameras. The toy animatronics went back to their stage, Bonnie was in the main Hall with Freddy, BB was back in the Game Area, while the Mangle was in Prize Corner where Jeremy wound up the music box to keep the Marionette at bay.

"All right, so far, so good." Jeremy mumbled as he checked the clock. "3 AM. Now, I can do this. I know I can...Pinkamena? Why aren't you helping?"

"Sorry, can't give ourselves away!" Pinkamena's voice called out from where she's hiding. "We would help, but you know why."

Suddenly, a growling noise was heard, causing Jeremy to shine his light down the hall. There's Foxy once more. The Pegasus yelped as he shone like mad before checking the Right Air Vent. It's the Mangle!

"Mangle!" Pinkamena's voice called from her hiding spot, stopping the Mangle from coming in. "Remember our talk?"

The Mangle paused then nods as she left the vent, making Jeremy sighed in relief. Thank Celestia that Pinkamena is here!

"It's a good thing I got some help." Jeremy remarked.

"Yep!" Pinkamena's voice exclaimed happily.

Jeremy kept on the alert until Foxy was now gone. He sighed and got back to the tablet, winding up the music box once more...before the tablet was pushed down, this time by Toy Freddy.

"Damn!" Jeremy yelped as he put his mask on quickly. The Pegasus waited until the toy was now gone once more then removed his mask.

Jeremy goes to the tablet, checking the cameras. Those guys were all over the place! Just when Jeremy was certain there's in one place, they kept on moving. And Shadow Freddy was still in Parts/Service! What could it mean?!

"I just gotta figure this mystery out somehow!" He exclaimed.

"Easy!" Pinkamena's voice was heard speaking happily. "Just think of the foals disappearing, why the old bots acting like weird...and why Roughhouse was taken into custody."

"Hmm... that actually makes sense." Jeremy said, thinking about Pinkamena's point, "The foals missing, the old animatronics acting strange... Roughhouse in custody... Somehow, they all seem to be connected to something."

Jeremy looked up and yelped as Freddy was there. He yelped, "Gah!"

"(I only have time to speak to you before the Demonic possession can back in.)" Freddy said to Jeremy in the foal's voice.

"Oh, now you want to talk?! Okay, what the hay is going on?!" Jeremy demanded frantically to Freddy. "Why are you trying to kill me?!"

"(He is making us do this...the one who was killed years ago outside of Fredbear's Family Diner.)" Freddy said in sadness while looking downward. "(He wanted revenge and conquest for his people.)"

"It involves Mystic Ponies, right?" Jeremy asked, arching an eyebrow at this. "Who did this?"

"(The purple stallion...he did this...he's insane and...I must go! The madness is coming back and I don't know what it will make me do next!)" Freddy exclaimed as whatever was talking through him was losing its hold on the animatronic.

Jeremy watched as Freddy left the room, making him look down a bit. If what he's thinking was true...

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Jeremy was working around the clock trying, prying, hoping that nothing else was gonna happen tonight. It’s already the fifth night, he’s survived the others, but time keeps going by that he thinks something far worse will happen. Just as Jeremy was about to do the next usual task, something caught his attention.

“Hugh?” Jeremy gasped from spotting something that made him look shock. “That….that isn’t…..it couldn’t be….” He thought it was some glitch or a trick, but what he sees…..isn’t.

On the monitor, there was a filly with white fur that was apparently a unicorn type, & she was searching near what look like the main pizza party table for the show.

“Why…..why is there a filly here after hours?” Jeremy asked off in thinking this was not real, that it was a trick; but he knew it wasn’t. “Aw horsefeathers…..if those killer animatronics find her & decide to do something bad, even if I survive, Freddy’s will be as good as shutdown!” He held his head in knowing that this will not do well for the restaurant, six disappearances of foals was hard enough, if the local public gets word of another one, then it doesn’t take a genius what happens after….

So without warning, Jeremy left his station as quickly as he can, he has to get that filly before something else does. Little does he know that something was sneaking in the vents of a toy size creature that saw this before leaving the scene.

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The scene changes to what was likely dining area as we find the little white filly was searching every table Until she finally came across a chair with a bag left behind as she took it to peek in while sighing in relief, like she was looking for it. But as she was turning around, she got a surprise of a large shadow lurking over her.

“Aaahhhh!” The white unicorn filly screamed from what was behind her from the shadows until it came into the light.

“Ssshhh; don’t scream, I’m the night guard here.” Jeremy appeared out of the dark to calm the little filly down to not be so loud.

“Oh, hugh, sorry, you scared me there.” The white unicorn filly said with a sigh in feeling relieved that this guard was not someone scary.

“Yeah, join the club…” Jeremy chuckled a bit in having known what being scared half the time at this job can do. “What are you doing here, do your parents know what you’re doing, Miss….?” He was getting down to business when he first off, needs to know who he’s talking to.

“Rarity, my name’s Rarity. I just simply came for my bag. It has some gems that I collected to use for a school costume play, but I forget it here.” The revealed white unicorn filly spoke off in stating this while showing her bag full of gems that she forgot.

“Well let’s get you out of here, I’ll call for someone to pick you up.” Jeremy stated off in knowing he has to get this kid out of here, ASAP.

“But wait, I have to find the others.” Rarity stated about what she needs to do first.

“Others?” Jeremy yelped off in looking extra pale; that does NOT sound good.

“Yes, my friends offered to help me search this place for my belongings.” Rarity explained that she brought friends along that help her look around this place for her missing bag.

“Crap….” Jeremy hushed under his breath to not be heard by Rarity as he seem to be struggling with his thoughts. “This little problem just became big. If I don’t gather up her friends & one of them ends up dead, then all the blame will be pin on me cause as if anyone believe haunted mechanics killed these kids?” Jeremy know that surviving this place was hard enough, but lawsuits are worse when he has no alibi here, if any of the moving animatronics get Rarity or her friends; then his life may as well be over before he’s killed.

“Sir, can we start now, my four other friends are sure to be near.” Rarity cuts in the stallion’s train of thought to say something.

Jeremy yelped when he heard Rarity that snap him back to reality; as she was right, there is no time to waste.

“Okay, I’ll help, but on one condition….listen to me & stay very quiet, no screams, okay.” Jeremy stated in wanting Rarity to listen to him, the adult & not make any noises.

"Well yes, but….why, is there something else here?” Rarity replied off while sounding puzzled by the strange term of request of being quiet unless…something was here.

“Let’s just say my time as night guard has come across some…exciting things.” Jeremy made a half-smile that was sheepish as he didn’t wanna scare this filly with the details.

Before Rarity could say anything, Jeremy pulled her with him to get going without having to bother with any explaining. They got in the nick of time for the shadow of Freddy was moving around in the area, if they were seen, it would have caused trouble.

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The scene changes to the game room that was likely the restaurant’s game center for kids to play as Jeremy & Rarity entered the location. The filly was looking around until she & Jeremy heard noises to look forth at seeing…an orange Earth filly & a light blue Pegasus filly were playing a whacking hammer game without batting an eye.

“Applejack? Rainbow Dash? What are you both doing?” Rarity asked her friends in seeing them goof off.

“We’re playing whack-a-mole, silly!” The blue filly named Rainbow Dash exclaimed off in mentioning this to Rarity.

“An' Ah am gonna win 'dis challenge!” The orange filly named Applejack issued off in making a response as well.

“Seriously, you two are playing a game now when it’s pass closing hours?” Jeremy sweat drop in never expecting such competitive matters to rise to the occasion.

“AJ here said that I failed to get the higher score last time we came here to play!” Rainbow Dash pointed out a reason of what started things up a bit.

“And so Rainbow here wanted ta settle de score, so we been beaten’ around de bush!” Applejack exclaimed off in stating how things turn out the way they are now.

“But what about my bag?” Rarity gazed at her friends for forgetting why they came in the first place.

“Oops, sorry, got side-tracked. So….did you find it?” Rainbow Dash sheepishly rub her beached to apologize while asking if Rarity did find her bag.

“Yes, right here.” Rarity showed the bag she forgot was in her grasp.

“Well then Ah honestly guess it wasn’t as bad as we thought.” Applejack smiled off to comment about such things not turning into such a bad thing after all.

“Look, can we skip this….I wanna find you all & get you out of here.” Jeremy stated in cutting in on the conversation, the longer they stay in one spot, the likely someone will find them; namely something bad.

Unknown Male Voice: Yo-ho-yo-ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me…

Hearing that song made everyone sorta confused, but Jeremy seem to look like he’s sweating up a storm. That sounds like….Foxy, uh oh…

“Hey you two, this isn’t the time to be fooling around?” Jeremy asked off in thinking the new fillies were trying to scare someone here.

“But that wasn’t me.” Rainbow Dash stated that whoever sang wasn’t her doing.

“Heck, wasn’t me neither.” Applejack shook her head in stating it was not her as well.

“Then….” Rarity was about to say something until Jeremy became somewhat pale in having a bad feeling about this.

“Come on!” Jeremy cuts in to say this in having not a moment to spare here.

Jeremy used his wings to fly & grab the three fillies to dash on out of there. Lucky thing too, cause Foxy had come out to almost hook shot where they were, but missed.

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The scene opens towards what was likely the hallway of the restaurant, as Jeremy quickly puts those that he carried down to exhale himself from having gotten out of a close call.

“Wha in Sam Hill was dat fer?” Applejack complained in seeing what this grown up did.

“You act like you saw a ghost.” Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow in how Jeremy was acting.

“Trust me, we escape by a hook of a chance if I know who that was.” Jeremy briefly stated in feeling they got out before Foxy showed up.

“Then why are you aiming your flashlight that way?” Rarity asked in seeing the guy ai ma flashlight at something that isn’t there.

“Um….to….ward off evil spirits.” Jeremy was sweating in how to make a believable excuse since Foxy can be driven off by a flashlight. “Okay, let’s just hurry up & find another…” He was about to say what they should do next until…

Suddenly, noises were heard from a nearby closet that made everyone shake on edge. They saw the closet was rattling, like someone was trying to get out, Jeremy had to steel himself in front of the kids, this could be a killer machine ready to pounce without warning.

“Gulp…..okay, you two stay close & whatever you do, it it looks scary….run to the exit & don’t look back.” Jeremy swallowed hard in being nervous, thinking that it’s best he checks, but if it’s something bad, the fillies need to get away.

The three fillies seem a little puzzled & confused, what was this night guard talking about. So without delay, Jeremy got near the door to unlock the closet.

“One…Two…THREE!” Jeremy counted down before he opened the door to shine his flashlight on whoever was hiding to show themselves.

“EEEEEEK!” A little filly’s screech was heard from being covered by the light.

“Eh?” Jeremy raised an eyebrow in what was that, that was not a robotic’s wailing screech noise.

“Please don’t hurt me!” Then seen within the closet as the light focus on…a yellow Pegasus filly.

“Fluttershy, is that you?” Rarity spoke out in seeing another of their friends was there in the closet.

“Wha were ye doin’ in there fer?” Applejack raised an eyebrow in why Fluttershy was stuck in the closet anyway.

“Um, well I saw a little mouse that was caught in a trap & felt bad for him, so…I helped him out.” Fluttershy meekly explained her reasoning that involved helping a poor animal.

“So you freed that mouse & got yourself shut in the closet, that about right?” Rainbow Dash remotely spoke off in getting the whole picture right away.

“Well, yes.” Fluttershy meekly nods her head in saying that was the whole explanation.

“Hugh, thank goodness.” Jeremy sighs in much relief before helping the yellow filly get out of the closet. “You nearly scared me out of my mind.” He stated from having been scared for a minute.

“Oh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to scare everyone.” Fluttershy apologized in feeling sorry if she did something like that.

“Yeah, she usually gets scared, not be scary.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in commenting about a matter of how Fluttershy does things.

“Come on Rainbow, dis here was an honest mistake an’ ye know it.” Applejack pointed this off to have Rainbow give their pal a break here.

“All that’s left is to find Pinkie Pie. Did anyone last see where she went?” Rarity asked off in where their last friend would be about now.

“I did, I think I saw she was getting whip-cream in a cart with some fizzy bottles.” Fluttershy explained in what she saw Pinkie Pie doing during the time.

“Hugh….that almost sounds like the formula for…” Jeremy was thinking about what would a filly do with all of those things until… “Uh-oh….” He yelped in realizing that if someone was to use all those things in a fun game, then that could lead to noisy trouble.

Then without warning, something zip by the group with a rocketed powered soda while spraying whip cream all over, & guess who was riding on the rocket cart.

“Weeeeeeeee!” The little pink Earth filly cheered in having fun here on her wild ride.

“Pinkie Pie!” The other four fillies exclaimed off in seeing where their friend was at the time.

“Oh no-no, no! Watch out for the new order gong we got!” Jeremy yelps in seeing where the pink filly was about to run into while warning her, but….too late.

“GOOOOOOONNGGGVHHMMM…..” Then without warning, Pinkie Pie’s ride crashed into the big gong itself, & it made a loud noise that was heard throughout the restaurant. Which was not good as all of the killer machines wondering about heard the sound to know…where it came from.

“Heeee, we have found where the prey is!” The Marionette exclaimed with a sneaky expression sound as if sounding joyful in hearing where their next targets are located.

Right now, Jeremy & the other fillies quickly pick up Pinkie Pie who was dizzy from her crash course.

“Are you okay?” Jeremy asked off in being certain the child was fine.

“Pinky-keen! That was a blast!” Pinkie Pie smiled off to say this that she was perfectly fine & dandy.

"Come on, I have to get you away from here.” Jeremy stated in knowing that he has to get everyone out of here, posthaste.

“Why? Because we're pass our bedtime?” Pinkie Pie raised an eyebrow in thinking that was the case with adults.

“Oh my, I have to get back to feed my animal friends!” Fluttershy gasped in thinking that she needs to hurry back to feed her animals by morning.

“Quickly, this door will take you to…” Jeremy was about to take the group near a door that would take them around the restaurant & out the exit….

But just as Jeremy was opening the door, there stood something that freaked the guy out even more…..it looked like Freddy Fazbear, but more gold fur; it was Golden Freddy. And it looked to be silently glaring right at the heart of Jeremy that was in front of the guy.

“Oh….no.” Jeremy yelps in fear in seeing what was there before he instantly shut the door to barricade himself to it. “You have to get away from here!” He shouted in wanting those here to getaway, quickly without delay.

“What are you talking about, you just said to go that way.” Rarity raised an eyebrow in seeing this stallion was very confusing.

“Right, ye could have moved dat there stuff figure no problem.” Applejack pointed out what the guy could have done to make it easier.

“It’s dangerous! This guy is likely a killer!” Jeremy stated in knowing what they got dealing with here.

“Oh please, like we believe…” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in seeing the guy exaggerated a bit.

“Break….” Then without warning, a claw broke through the door that made Jeremy yelp to duck before it almost hit him.

“That…” Rainbow Dash finished her sentence late in seeing something that did not look right here.

Soon the door broke down in where Golden Freddy looked in so much like a scary mindless beast as if ready to kill without a moment's delay.

“Waaaughhhh!” The five fillies screamed in horror, this was not looking so FUN at the moment, it was TOO scary.

Then Jeremy quickly grab a cart that was lying nearby, ran it to scoop the fillies up & then flew off before Golden Freddy could slash them. Now the guy was speeding to get them away from danger, but then something was ahead of them….more killer robots.

“Look, there are more of Freddy & the gang!” Pinkie Pie pointed off in noticing what was head of them in lying in wait.

“Um, why do they look scary for some reason?” Fluttershy asked off nervously in not liking how the animatronics were gazing at them; that was not natural.

“Hey kiddies, ready to play? We’re gonna have a….KILLER TIME GUTTING YOU OUT!” Foxy spoke off at first sounding normal, until an evil sounding voice was giving a scare of what he was gonna do.

“Okay, that sounds disturbing!” Rarity exclaimed to say in not liking the sounds of that, it was way too freaky to be a joke.

“I got no choice. Hope they don’t take this off my pay roll!" Jeremy exclaimed before he took what was a bag of flour & tossed it that imploded all over the robots that blinded them before they slip pass them as they were blinded to attack each other without noticing.

“FLOUR? That’s your ideal plan?” Rainbow Dash asked off as if flour could stop some loose machines.

“Well it worked, for anyway, we’ll barricade the office!” Jeremy stated that the plan worked that gave them an opening, now to get to the office to secure themselves there.

Jeremy was rushing like mad to get them out of the way while the animatronics were currently trying to get their sights back from being covered by flour.

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The scene changes to the night guard’s office as Jeremy & the five fillies reach there, & the stallion had to check his cameras to see what the killer robots were doing; they have a head start so far.

“What was that? What’s going on? What is happening here?” Rarity was a asking so many questions that she was feeling too much pressure making her heart skip.

“Ye got some explain’ ta do, buddy, like wha was all dat?” Applejack asked off in wanting an explanation for what’s going on.

“If I told you the machines come alive from midnight & cease action at 6, but until then, if they find a pony they will killed them, would you believe me?” Jeremy lightly spoke off in knowing that if he told such fillies about such things, would they believe killer robots are out to get them.

“Eek! They really would do that?” Fluttershy yelps in fear in not liking such a thing,

"Wow, it’s like we been brought into some twist motion of horrors!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed off in having to accept what they are dealing with is right out of something unexpected of horrors.

“Great, so we’re stuck here!” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in guessing that they are stuck in this place with killer bots out for blood.

“Yes, for now, help me block the door, seal the vents, anything, killer robots & toys, they will come if nothing is sealed!” Jeremy stated in hoping that maybe they can hold off anyone from getting in until 6 AM comes.

So working together, everyone was pushing what looked like large file cabinets towards the front of the open door of the office. Others had to quickly put something by the vents to cover it with some junk before shutting it & then placing something like another heavy object to keep it pin. Everyone was securing anything that was likely where killer robots would come from.

“Oh, hey….did you know about this secret video game?” Pinkie Pie asked off from popping by the camera controls in having seen what she saw.

“Why are you playing that?” Jeremy raised an eyebrow in seeing Pinkie Pie fool around at such crucial times.

“Cause I just beat the next level & unlock a secret clue!” Pinkie Pie pointed this out to which earn some attention.

“What?” Jeremy raised an eyebrow, this filly won a secret game level, once more, got a secret clue.

“It says, "Beware the one who is referred to this phrase 'Rough around the Neck'".” Pinkie Pie spoke off in reading the clue she unlocked in what it was saying.

“Forget the clue matter, I think we just got some guest in the vents!” Rainbow Dash pointed out to say this in which she & AJ are holding the vent shut from tiny toys trying to get in.

Jeremy yelped before he quickly helped to support the vent blockage of when a toy was trying to get in, but it wasn’t long till it gave up which made the stallion sigh with relief.

Jeremy checks the cameras quickly. The Mangle is in Foal's Cove. Toy Freddy is in the Game Area, Bonnie and Toy Chica are in Party Room 1, BB was in the Left Air Vent which was blocked, forming him to leave, Toy Bonnie and Chica are in Party Room 2. The Marionette and Foxy are nowhere to be found.

Foxy is heard growling. Jeremy quickly flashes light onto him like mad, causing the fox to growls madly before escaping. So far, so good! It's still 5 AM and is close to the sixth hour...ever so slowly...

“Tick-tock, tick-tock; guess what time it is?” Spoke off the voice of the Marionette as it was just outside the barraged door. “It’s time….to DIE!” He yelled off in stating what the time was for those inside.

Then without warning, the barricade against the front door was plowed down by the number of the animatronics. As they were seen looking ready to attack, the fillies screamed in terror in what was coming, while Jeremy stood in the middle of this & his desk.

“Great, not the kind of ending I like on my conscious, trapped in a room with scared fillies as we’re about to be rip to pieces by killer robots.” Jeremy stated in seeing this was one heck of a way to meet an end, not very pleasant.

"In other words, not bad for your night, right?" Pinkie ask nervously.

"Pinkamena, we should help them." Golden Heart whispers in hiding to Pinkie. "Your friend is in trouble."

"True, but she got this." Pinkamena whispers right back. She got a feeling that Pinkie, the one who definitely looks like a friend from long ago, has got this.

“Here, use this!” Pinkie Pie spoke off in pushing a pirate’s cannon on wheels over to Jeremy.

“This is just a display cannon from Foxy’s Pirate’s Cove?” Jeremy asked off in seeing this, why did some fillies have this on them?

“Don’t worry, we got it loaded up!” Applejack shouted off in what they did as they took cover.

“Let them have it!” Rainbow Dash yelled out as the five fillies got to a safe-zone.

“What do I got to lose, right?” Jeremy shrug off that if he’s dead, may as well trey some way to survive if some kids say they want him to use it.

Now Jeremy aims the pirate cannon at the killer robots who at first yelp when he pulled the trigger, but….nothing came out. But then the cannon was starting to wobble a bit funny, as strange gloppy stuff began to leak out, this concern the stallion.

“Ugh, what sort of ammunition did you put in this thing?” Jeremy sheepishly asked off in not liking what was going on here.

“Oh something easy, Pop-Rocks & Soda for that explosive fizz, plus some magical Unstable Stone &….” Pinkie Pie was explaining in what they used to help with arming the cannon…

“Um, didn’t we learn that Unstable Stones make things, um….more unstable & dangerous of anything that is already unstable,” Fluttershy meekly spoke off in recalling what such stones do when they can make things more unstable than they are.

“Which means what you used may….” Rarity slowly pointed off in realizing something about what was causing the cannon to react strange.

“Oh horsefeathers.” Jeremy moans to complain in seeing the cannon was wobbling even more to look like it was about ready to blow.

“What’s the hold up, you fools need to….” The Marionette was shoving Freddy’s group to get a view of things, but….

“HIT THE DECK!” Jeremy yelled out before ducking behind his desk area.

“Hugh?” Marionette replied off confused before noticing, an irregular looking cannon about to…. “Oh crud….” He remarked off in knowing where this will head for them now.

Outside Freddy’s Pizza Restaurant, all seem completely peaceful until…. “Kaboomfruvhmmm….” A flash of an explosion happened that was pretty much likely heard around the outskirts of those that were sleeping to wake up, many did not see any houses fall down nor burning flames before ignoring it to go back to sleep. And back inside, that little pop-rock & soda mixture with an Unstable Stone made it so gut-bursting, it knocked the killer robots out of the office, but left a messy office as well. At the same moment, a familiar chime followed by kids cheering voices are heard, signaling that it was now 6 AM, the night is over now. Jeremy was seen recovering from what hit him to hear the chime noises in knowing, this night was over & he just managed to keep the five fillies safe.

“Cough-cough….well this was my latest survival yet.” Jeremy coughs a bit while getting up from having survived something so crazy. “Hey, you fillies okay?” He called out to those that were around in the office.

“Ugh….” The five fillies moan from their hiding places, they look like the wind knock them out.

“Wha…wha happened? Feels like Ah got knocked over by a bull.” Applejack rubbed her head in feeling like something hit her pretty hard.

“Where are we?” Fluttershy asked off in looking around to notice where they are.

“You’re in Freddy’s, remember?” Jeremy raised an eyebrow in reminding the filly of where they are; sure the mess makes it hard to tell, but….

“Oh right, ugh….what were we doing again?” Pinkie Pie replied of to say before suddenly….not knowing anything.

“I can’t recall, but it feels like my head’s pounding from trying to remember.” Rarity held her head from not knowing what went on that she can’t recall.

“They don’t remember?” Jeremy whispered off under his own breath in looking at the situation. “The explosion must have caused a short-term memory of what they experienced, which means…they don’t recall almost being killed by killer robots.” He talked to himself in realization. The explosion must've made them forgotten what happened.

“Say pal, do you know what we’re doing here?” Rainbow Dash asked off to Jeremy if he has the answers they need.

“Cough, well you came to pick up someone’s forgotten bag, some of you were playing or hiding around, & one of you prank a cannon prop that caused this mess.” Jeremy clears his throat in explaining all this. The less they remember, the better!

“Wow, I think I vaguely recall those moments.” Pinkie Pie rub her noggin in only recalling some bits of such things that occurred.

“Oh dear, we better get home!” Rarity gasped lightly in releasing that they were away from home for too long, they need to get back.

“But, how?” Fluttershy asked off in not knowing how they can get home when it’s now morning.

“Let’s get to my boss’s office & I’ll try to ring up your folks.” Jeremy pointed out in what they can do to help get these kids home quicker.

“Much thankful, Mister….” Applejack was stating to say until she realized, they don’t know who they are talking to.

“Night guard, sorry, but we gotta get you home.” Jeremy spoke off in simply cutting off another intro as they gotta get moving.

“Fine, we get it.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in seeing they know they need to get going, so they will.

As the five fillies were moving across the mess out the door, Jeremy looked back in seeing he’ll have to clean this spot up next time he comes.

“Maybe this is for the best, after what Shining’s kid sister went through, at least these five won’t feel like ever wanting to come to a place that tried to kill them at night.” Jeremy thought this for a second, Shining Armor’s kid sister Twilight Sparkle got scared of what she saw at Freddy’s to look traumatized, so maybe it was a good thing the other five fillies won’t have this haunting their life. “Still, that clue…."Rough around the Neck", could it be connected to what else I need to understand something?” He spoke off in thinking about that clue he heard, something about it….it’s almost like it’s matching up to something he knows…or maybe, someone.

Jeremy leaves the office for now, maybe he’ll come across the answer to what he’s trying to figure out eventually soon. Maybe by adding up the clues, it may lead to a solution to what is going on here that he wishes to understand.

Author's Notes:

Jeremy survived his fifth night, good for him. But what then? In the next chapter, the Pegasus does some overtime...meaning it's time for a sixth night as he finally got all the clues together as to what's going on, as well as another vision and another song from Living Tombstone! But even if Jeremy survived the Marionette, Golden Freddy, and the Animatronics, can he survive...the Incident Bite? Read, review and suggest!

Chapter 7: The Incident Bite

"Wait, wait, hang on!" Twilight exclaims in the present, stunned and alarmed as Starker finished the next part. Turning to her friends, she snaps, "You girls didn't tell me you were at Freddy's! Why didn't you say so before?!"

"Shucks, it's been years an' we plum forgot." Applejack admits sheepishly to the princess.

"That's no excuse. I would've been friends with you sooner had..."

"Well, you didn't tell us you were at Freddy's and saw Robin and his pals get killed!" Rainbow points out with a frown to Twilight. "So who's in the dark now huh?"

Twilight pauses a bit, sighing as she apologizes, "You're right. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, we were confused as you were too." Fluttershy said, hugging Twilight in relief.

"Looks like another connection for the Elements of Harmony." Luna said, waving a hoof in the air.

"And they were all friends even before they first met!" Nyx chirps happily. Her friends agrees as they eat some popcorn.

"Shucks, Ah sure glad Ah wasn't there." Apple Bloom remarks with a nod. "Ah done wouldn't be surprised like mah sister did."

"Yeah, same here, only with Rainbow Dash!" Scootaloo said in agreement.

"So what happened next?" Sweetie ask Starker excitedly, giving him the cute eyes.

"Yeah! Did Jeremy found out the mystery? Did he survive?"

"Girls, if he was dead, how would Starker found out the story?" Spike ask the CMC with a frown, pointing out a little fact. If Jeremy was dead, how would Starker be able to tell the story?

"Whoa, calm down. I'm getting to that." Starker chuckles as he grabs an apple with his teeth, chewing on it. After getting rid of the core, the man continues, "Well, Jeremy barely survived the fifth night. Which probably would've ended right there...but..."

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"Here is your pay, Jeremy." The boss said to Jeremy as he hands a paycheck to the Pegasus pony. Jeremy check out the payment: $100.50. Not bad for a week. "You did good for your first week, kid. Welcome to the family."

"Thanks...you aren't upset about the fillies and the damages?" Jeremy ask the boss in concern. He was able to call the five fillies' families who picked them up a few minutes ago. The Pegasus pony is worried with the flour, the cannon fire and the rest of the damages, he may be in trouble.

"Hay, we already about to close down thanks to the investigation going on! Does it matter anymore?"

"I suppose not. So should I report back when the place reopens?"

"Probably...listen, we're giving out overtime if you're interested." The boss said as he put some files away in a nearby desk. "It will give you much but that means you must come back tonight for a 6th night."

Jeremy pauses to think about this. Another night with those monsters? But then again, Pinkamena did promised to help him out and the Pegasus pony is close to finishing up the mystery. He just have to find out the clue that the little pink pony has gotten.

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Jeremy decided to take a shortcut through the park as he heads on home. The night guard has accepted doing overtime for a sixth night. Even though it means he's going to risk getting killed by those damn robots...and that wicked Marionette. But if Jeremy could find out what's going on tonight...

Jeremy yelps as he bumps into someone who yelps, "Oh, sorry, mister."

The Pegasus pony looks down and saw her...Twilight Sparkle, the one who was scared of what happened at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza...and refused to talk about it! How...ironic.

"Oh, it's my fault, really. I wasn't walking where I was going." Jeremy chuckles as he pat the little foal on the head. "So...I've heard that you attended a class with the princess."

"Yep! Well, it's more of a little meeting than a class, but once the session starts, I will begin my path to be the greatest magic user in Equestria!" Twilight giggles as she twirls around on one hoof.

"I see. Did you make any friends?"

"Why? I wanna be too focused in my studies...never need any time to make any friends."

"Even some ones who could be your friends?" Jeremy ask, arching an eyebrow. He recalls the five fillies from last night. They look like they could use another friend right now. "I could think of..."

"No! No friends, no! Can't afford to lose any." Twilight said, getting a bit nervous and worried. "No friends...too dangerous...especially..."

"Relax. I am not trying to pressure you. I'm just asking if you made any new friends, that's all. A little filly like you could need some in your life."

"Well, right now, the princess is all I wanted...next to my brother and my foalsitter Cadance..."

Jeremy nods and decides to let the subject dropped. He has a feeling that whatever happened at Freddy's, also effected any chances of her wanting to make new friends...in case they were to suffer or something.

"Very well...but my advice? You will need friends to help yourself through, that's all I will say." Jeremy said, rubbing the top of Twilight's head, making her giggle. "Well, good luck studying under Princess Celestia."

"Thank you and good luck with whatever...it is...you're doing." Twilight said a bit puzzled. She has no idea what Jeremy does to be honest but wishes him luck anyway.

"Yeah, luck..."

Jeremy will definitely need it tonight!

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"And he was right. I did get friends who help myself through any problems." Twilight said in the present, smiling to the rest of the Mane as well as the CMC, Spike and Nyx. "And if it weren't for them, I would've been dead by Night 1."

"We can't let ya drop dead, not on Pinkie's account." Pinkie said as she tosses herself a cupcake and swallows it, making the others laugh.

"And then...came Night 6." Starker said seriously as he resumes with his story.

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Jeremy came into the office after returning to Freddy's for overtime. The Pegasus sat down, sighing. This place is closed now, no doubt about it. But Jeremy cannot just stop coming...

"Pinkamena! Are you around?" Jeremy calls out for any chances of his weird pink friend along with Golden Heart.

Just then the phone rings. Jeremy knew that the Phone Guy must be calling. He waited for a few seconds before the machine picks it up.

"Hello? Hello...uh...what on Equestria are you doing there?"

"Oh, I volunteered to do overtime. Thought it would give me some pay." Jeremy explains to the Phone Guy while checking the cameras. The animatronics are where they are still. Jeremy winds up the music box as it is getting lower faster.

"Uh didn’t you get the memo, uh, the place is closed down, uh, at least for a while."

"Yeah, I know, I know." Jeremy said with a nod. He then hears a worried groan over the phone. "Is anything wrong?"

"Oh, it's horrible, very horrible. Someone used one of the suits."

"Wait, a suit?" Jeremy ask, yelping in worry as images enter his mind...

Jeremy chose this time to peek around Roughhouse and notices something inside the room: some sort of yellow suit...and is that blood on...

Roughhouse closes the door, glaring at Jeremy.

"We had a spare in the back, a yellow one, someone used it...now none of them are acting right."

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Freddy spots something else as he serves cake to the six kids. A purple carriage pulls out from outside...with some sort of purple unicorn coming out. The colt didn't have time to respond or cry out as the unicorn with the scar smirks wickedly and uses his magic to summon a knife.

Freddy can only watch as Charles is stabbed to death, making him cry harder. No one can hear him out there, no one even came to rescue the poor pony. And when the murderer is done, he got back into the carriage and drove off, leaving the foal gray upon getting killed.

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It was few minutes later as Foxy came out again. Unknown to him, a purple stallion with a scar on his face was watching, smirking as if he knew what's to come.

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Freddy nodded as he leaves the room, the words "S-A-V-E-T-H-E-M." The bear Animatronic prepared to do his dark master's programming...

Or Freddy would've except a familiar purple unicorn stallion appeared and attacked him with an ax, shutting him down.

"You can't." The voice of the attacker remarked wickedly.

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Jeremy decided to get his food and drink, leaving Toy Bonnie to glare. The Pegasus looks around then spots Roughhouse closing a door to the safe room.

"Hey kid, Jeremy right?" Roughhouse ask upon spotting Jeremy approaching. "Did you happen to see any...garbage lying around?"

"No, don't think I did." Jeremy said to Roughhouse. The purple stallion glares at him, a bit suspicious. "What?"

"Nothing, just making sure."

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"What does he mean that they got an employee in custody? Where's Roughhouse?" Jeremy ask the employee in worry.

"Don't worry about him, we aren't going to see him around anymore." The mare said to Jeremy with a shake of the head.

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The purple stallion, Roughhouse, laughs wickedly as he lunges forward with a knife.

"Jeremy? Hey kid, you all right?"

"What? Oh, yes, I'm fine, really." Jeremy said, snapping out of his trance. No, it can't be...but what if...

"Listen j-just finish your shift it’s safer than trying to leave in the middle of the night."

"What? Are you serious?" Jeremy ask the Phone Guy in shock and disbelief. 'Safer'? Seriously?!"

"I know, I know. I'm sorry, look, I'll make it up to you. Uh we have one more event scheduled for tomorrow, a birthday. It's for a little filly named Aurora Star. You’ll be on day shift, wear your uniform, stay close to the animatronics, make sure they don’t hurt anyone okay, uh for now just make it through the night, uh when the place eventually opens again I’ll probably take the night shift myself. Okay, good night and good luck."

The Phone Guy hangs up, leaving Jeremy in the mystery further. No doubt about it. Those flashbacks/dreams means one thing...Roughhouse. But can he really be the one responsible for the missing foals? As well as what happened at Fredbear's Family Diner?

It's beginning to make more sense now.

Jeremy was prepared as he heard lightning, making him sigh. The Pegasus waited as the lightning flashed and hit the restaurant. Once again, like before, the lightning gave the robots throughout the animatronics, their lights flash red.

Jeremy checked the readouts. The Freddys were now at Level 19 along with the Foxys. The Bonnies and Chica were now at Level 18. BB was at level 17, hoo boy. Even Golden Freddy was at the same level at the Freddys and the Foxys.

"Now they're getting even harder. If they all turn Level 20, I am doomed and I won't be able to escape them." Jeremy said in worry.

Jeremy heard footsteps, causing him to flash the light down the hallway. Foxy was down there, glaring. The Pegasus shined the light quickly, waiting a few minutes.

After Jeremy was sure that Foxy was now gone, the Pegasus quickly winded up the music box quickly. The Pegasus looked nervously up in case of the animatronics coming in.

Jeremy heard a noise coming from the Right Air Vent and turned the light on. There's Toy Bonnie, preparing to come in.

Jeremy put the mask on and waited as Toy Bonnie slid in, peeking as he asked, "Hello? Ponies?"

"Go away. Quitting time is a few minutes ago." Jeremy remarked with a mumble quickly.

Toy Bonnie blinked then left the same way that he came. Jeremy took the mask off, sighing as he checked the Left Air Vent. No sign of BB or any other Animatronic, thank goodness! Afterwards, Jeremy checked the time. It's now 1 AM.

"1 o'clock. Five hours to go." He said anxiously.

Suddenly, Jeremy heard a weird noise. He almost saw Golden Freddy and was shocked about that.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Jeremy yelled out in alarm. He put on the Freddy head and waited a few moments. He sighed as the bear disappeared without attacking.

After taking the head off, Jeremy checks the hallway for any sign of Foxy or animatronics. No sign of them anywhere. He then goes back to winding up the music box.

Jeremy heard noises coming from the Left Air Vent and turn the light on. There's Toy Chica!

"Crap!" Jeremy exclaimed as he quickly put his mask on.

Toy Chica came in, looking around, saying, "Ponies? Ponies? (Where the bucking hell are those assholes?!)"

Toy Chica grunted as she left quickly. Jeremy sighed as he took the head off, but heard footsteps from the hallway, forcing him to shine the light down there. There's Foxy along with Freddy!

"Tartarus!" Jeremy cried out frantically.

Jeremy shined his light down the hallway quickly until Foxy was gone. Freddy's still there. Jeremy quickly kept the light onto the bear while winding the music box up. After a while, the Pegasus saw that the robotic bear is now gone.

"Whew! Almost got found and killed!" Jeremy remarked in slight relief.

Jeremy heard movement from the Right Air Vent and turned it on to see the Mangle peeking in. She spoke, "Are you..."

"Not the killer, Mangle." Jeremy assured the Mangle. "Why do you keep coming in here if you know that?"

"The Marionette is making do it... (Killing those little damn ponies for ripping me apart)....he's making us all do it." The Mangle explained sadly to the night guard. "He hates everypony for his demise... (Those damn Equestrians will all suffer for the glory of the Dark Mystic Ponies)....it's driving us mad...the souls are (bucking little brats who deserved what they got) trying, but the corruption is trying them mad!"

"Oh, Mangle..." Jeremy said, feeling very sorry for her. "I'm sure we'll find a way to put an end to the corruption."

"Must go, must go...he's trying to get in my head....DAMN YOU CHARLES LE DAMIEN!!!!" The Mangle screamed as she quickly made her escape to avoid falling to the corruption herself.

"Charles Le Damien?" Jeremy asked, confused, checking the clock. It is now 3 AM, but that wasn't keeping his mind busy. "Who's Charles Le Damien? Pinkamena, Golden Heart?"

"We're puzzled as you are." Golden Heart's voice spoke out, having no clue as to whom this 'Charles La Damien' was either. "But perhaps it's a clue to..."

Suddenly, Jeremy heard footsteps, shining his light to show Toy Freddy down the hallway once more.

"Not again!" He cried.

Jeremy shined his light down the hallway until Toy Freddy was gone. The Pegasus sighed but yelped as he saw what appears to be Golden Freddy's head down the hallway.

Jeremy quickly winded up the music box quickly, waiting until it's gone.

"What the buck is up with that Golden Freddy?!" Jeremy called out to Pinkamena in concern.

"He's one of the original animatronics along with some other one. Didn't you see them in the safe room?" Pinkamena asked Jeremy, reminding him of what he saw in the safe room.

"Oh, yeah, that's right." Jeremy said in realization.

Jeremy sighed as he checked the clock once more. It's now 4 AM.

"Two hours left." He said anxiously.

Jeremy winded up the music box but was interrupted by the appearance of Bonnie, making him put his Freddy head on. The Pegasus waited until he's gone. Jeremy tried to take it off but heard movement, forcing him to leave the mask on.

Jeremy saw Toy Bonnie coming, peeking at the newcomer 'robot' before disappearing into the vent.

"Hi!" BB exclaimed as he peeked in, forcing Jeremy to groans some more.

"For the love of Celestia, leave, leave, leave!" Jeremy mumbled to himself in hopes that BB would leave the office.

BB laughed as he disappeared. Jeremy groaned as he takes the mask off.

The Pegasus pony heard a noise, causing him to shine his light down the hallway...in time to see a huge Golden Freddy head lunging itself right at him!

"AAAHH!! GET AWAY!!" Jeremy screamed.

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The scenery begins to suddenly shift towards above the darken skies, as if the twinkling of the stars reflected something in Celestia’s heart. As the stars form an image of her & her son, Robin, they both appeared so happy together. At the same moment, the background was playing ‘It’s Been So Long’ that was about to build an emotional drama of what was about to play out…

Celestia: I dunno what I was thinking,
Leaving my child behind,
Now I suffer the curse and now I am blind

The scene changes in showing the events of where Celestia outside of Freddy’s restaurant, having a moment to chat with someone. All while her son Robin was waiting for his mother, but saw how busy she was to not pay attention. So Robin ended up leaving Celestia’s side, to head off towards Freddy’s Restaurant.

With all this anger, guilt and sadness,
Coming to haunt me forever,
I can't wait for the cliff at the end of the river,

Soon we find Robin entering Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza place where he came across four other fillies & colts that wanted to enjoy a good time. They all felt excited like this was gonna be the best time of their lives…

Is this revenge I am seeking,
Or seeking someone to avenge me
Stuck in my own paradox I wanna set myself free

Now as Robin & the other foals were enjoying the party with Freddy & the gang, Golden Freddy invites them in the back for a special surprise, unaware that Twilight was nearby to follow along. At this moment, Celestia realizes her son Robin was missing, clutch herself in trying to look around, unaware of where her child went to.

Maybe I should chase and find
Before they'll try to stop it
It won't be long before I'll become a puppet

The scene changes to where Celestia is seen moving around, but strangely is not going anywhere. All while Golden Freddy, or the stallion wearing the costume, suddenly kills off the five children. Twilight watches this from being hidden to look scared as she was silent in watching this horror. All while Celestia looked like she was trying desperately to reach where her son Robin was, unaware that….puppet strings seem to bind her, making her unable to do anything while Robin’s very image…vanishes from her sight.

[Chorus:] It's been so long,
Since I last have seen my son
Lost to this monster
To the stallion behind the slaughter

As the scenery swirl around like shooting stars in the sky, flash images of Celestia’s time with her son Robin are seen, a wrap gift box that put a smile on the child’s face. But then without warning, puppet strings pull Celestia away from her son as Robin looked to his taken mother before looking behind him in seeing…a shadowy monster with a knife as he was…slaughtered on sight.

Song: Since you've been gone
I've been singing this stupid song
So I could ponder
The sanity of your mother

More stars swirl around in the sky, revealing images of where Celestia was singing a lullaby to Robin as he was tuck in for bed as he happily listen to his mother sing him to sleep. But the images replace to show Celestia alone in Robin’s room, crying on an empty bed where Robin use to sleep, as if asking….where her beloved child has gone off to.

Now the stars swirl in revealing the images of where Golden Freddy is seen leading Robin into the back room, where he was about to begin things until the colt asked if anyone else was invited, to which the guy nods in saying go get some friends. Soon Robin brought other foals, & the children along with an unsuspecting Twilight were lead to the backroom. But as they were there, Golden Freddy asked them if they had fun & are ready for a big surprise, they all were excited, & a hidden Twilight was gonna pop up until…

Everything went red, Golden Freddy was wielding a sharp weapon, slicing & dicing, slaughtering the children in a blink of an eye. Only a filly named Twilight, watched this in horror of all that happened that was like…seeing a nightmare.

Celestia: I wish I lived in the present
With the gift of my past mistakes
But the future keeps luring in like a pack of snakes

Now as the murderer had left the killed foals, a strange magical puppet string was seen snatching all of the children’s corpse bodies & placing them into the animatronics. And then one the suits of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica & Foxy became active, they suddenly felt movement to approach one more corpse…that was Robin.

Your sweet little eyes, your little smile,
Is all I remember
Those fuzzy memories mess with my temper

The animatronics lastly recalled how Robin was, before a dark shadow had puppet strings control them, becoming angry over what was done to them & this poor colt. Before everything was fading in red of what was going on…

Justification is killing me
But killing isn't justified
What happened to my son, I'm terrified

Now Freddy’s group moves in feeling strange, not knowing that they were alive from deceased foals. Elsewhere, Celestia felt like she was having trouble sleeping, as if horrid images were entering her mind, what were they telling her?

It lingers in my mind and the thought keeps on getting bigger,
I'm sorry my sweet baby, I wish I've been there.

Soon Freddy’s group place Robin’s dead body in a Golden Freddy suit, where he slowly became active to feel…lost; & a tiny voice calling out ‘mama’ is heard. Celestia was then seen waking up in fright with tears rolling down her eyes as if feeling she heard the voice of her son, why?

[Chorus:] It's been so long,
Since I last have seen my son
Lost to this monster
To the stallion behind the slaughter

As all of Freddy’s gang are seen being inactive during closing hours, a shadowy puppeteer appears to make their eyes glow as if being active…under his control. As it appeared to be…Marionette, promising the animatronics something; ‘serve under me, & we will have our vengeance upon your deaths’ was what made many feel obedient to the puppet.

Song: Since you've been gone
I've been singing this stupid song
So I could ponder
The sanity of your mother

Soon the shadows of Freddy’s gang appear over the restaurant, with glowing eyes over it while outside it…appeared to be Celestia just looking to the building. The princess was crying in feeling that she lost her son somewhere near this place, recalling he wanted to go but was busy & now….she has no one…

Images within the night sky show Freddy’s crew change to look like the missing five foals as if looking down to anyone that was near the restaurant. But dark strings hold their limbs as if being under the cruel fate of being in service to the puppet master…the Marionette.

Meanwhile, during a change of scenery, Jeremy was seen trying to do his job of guarding against any surprises…only to yelp that Bonnie was coming in. The guy place a mask over his head, confused the blue bunny to go elsewhere. Now Jeremy rewinds the music box to keep the Marionette distracted from coming. And the scene again shifts to the present in where Celestia is seen looking outside into the dark sky before letting her tears from her lost son Robin bring nothing but more painful memories again.

“GRUUUAARRRUGHHH!” Then without warning, a darkened shadowy image of the Marionette was seen screeching as if surprising anyone at this moment.

“Gaaaaughhh!” Celestia gasped off in horror to wide her eyes before falling backwards onto her flank; it was weird because it felt like…something evil that was blacken in a blur appeared in the memory of Robin, why?

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Suddenly the familiar ringing noises and foal cheering is heard. Jeremy breathes in and out and in relief. He did it, the stallion survived his sixth night.

And best of all, Jeremy has figured it out, the whole mystery! The visions, they all make sense...

The foals are dead, stuck in those suits by the Marionette...and were killed off by Roughhouse in a Golden Freddy suit! No wonder he was put into confiscation. And Twilight...

"Twilight, she must've witnessed the murders." Jeremy mumbles as he grabs his things and heads out. Now the stallion knows what he must do...

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"Well, Jeremy found out the truth: that Roughhouse was the killer and the foals are stuck inside the suits, suffering and under control by the Marionette." Starker sighs in the present, shaking his head.

"And he know that I witnessed the murder." Twilight said, lowering her ears a bit. The guilt of her not saying anything about it is still in her head.

"Wow, poor foals." Sweetie said, sighing as she pat Robin on the back.

"It’s okay, Robin, yer're safe now." Apple Bloom said gently to Robin.

"I'm sorry...I didn't mean to scare him...I just wanted to show him the truth of what happened...mommy, I'm sorry." Robin said sadly, nuzzling Celestia's leg a bit.

"It’s okay, Robin, it's all right." Celestia said gently, nuzzling Robin a bit.

"Wait, if he had known, why the hay didn't Jeremy say anything about it before?" Spike ask confused. Jeremy knew about what happened...so what made him not say a word?

"He was planning to right after the birthday party at Fredbear's Family Diner as the place is still closed down...I came back to fix the robots up before sending them to the party...at least, I think I remember." Starker said, frowning a bit at his own memories. Weird, for a moment, the unicorn remembered something else. "Then...came the Incident Bite."

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Starker hums as he came into the Parts and Service Room at Freddy's. Only one more day and this place will be closed off for good. Jeremy will be transferred there for day shift before leaving for the last time...for now.

Starker nod as he put down his parts for the broken down robots. The stallion took out a newspaper which featured an article. It said that the pizzeria would be closing after its few weeks of service and the new animatronics would be scrapped, though the old ones would be saved in hopes of some day being restored. Now Starker will be fixing these guys up.

Starker hums as he came over to Freddy with some parts, speaking, "Hey Freddy. Ready for some repairs?" The bear bot somehow blinks and nods in responding. "All right, time to get to work on you and your siblings..."

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It was a few hours later as Jeremy in determination heads over to Fredbear's Family Diner. Once he's done with his job there, the Pegasus pony will go over to the castle, tell Celestia everything. He may be called crazy but Jeremy must not let what happened continued.

Jeremy came into Fredbear's Family Diner. Amazingly, this place is still called that despite the other one being out of business for so long. The Pegasus pony wonders what happened to the original owner.

"Hey there." A mare spoke up to Jeremy who spots him coming in. "You must be the security guard for the day shift. We're going to have a party here today. You up to it?"

"Yes, yes I am." Jeremy said with a nod. "How about the animatronics?"

"Oh, yes, you will love these guys. They're..."

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"And?" Pinkie ask in the present curiously. "What happened?"

"You know, my memories are a bit fussy...about the Incident Bite. I am not sure if I even fixed on the robots or not...or if I brought them over to Fredbear's Family Diner in time." Starker said with a deep frown. "So far, the details of the incident is still confusing."

"I think I will tell them what Sapphire Locket told me." Twilight said, clearing her throat as she told everyone the story of the Incident Bite that Sapphire Locket told her of.

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The birthday was in full swing. The foals are having fun, playing games, eating pizza and listening to Freddy and his pals played. What's interesting is that these guys aren't the new one animatronics. Nope. Those were since been scrapped. These are the old animatronics. Starker has managed to done his work well in fixing them up just for the birthday, the last day of operation before Freddy Fazbear's Pizza would close for a while.

Freddy is speaking into the mike, laughing as he speaks into the mike, even though he is glitching a bit, "He-ey-ey all you pirate fans! Head on down-on down-down-down-down to the Pirate Cove, because the show's about to star-ar-art! It’s our good 'ol pal, Foxy!" The robotic bear pauses as if waiting for a certain fox to appear. "Foxyyyy... ""

Behind the curtains of Pirate's Cove, which has been put up just for him, Foxxy stood there, hesitating and looking...scared. As he does, dark thoughts appear to be in head by a dark voice, ("Never accept me...")

"I know he's around here somewhere!"

("Always alone...")

"Ma-ay-aybe we need to call him out!" Freddy suggests to the crowd happily, making the kids cheer on. "Foxy!"

Foxy continues hesitating to come out, looking a bit upset as dark thoughts appear in his head, making him smirk wickedly, ("Not one of them...")

"Help me out kids; Fo-o-oxy!"

("EAT THEM...")

"Last time kids, nice and loooooud! Hehehe- so we can get him out here!" Freddy suggests to the foals. He, with the foals joining in, calls out for the robotic fox to come out, "Foxy!"

Soon Foxy came out, smiling to the crowd; Despite Starker's repairs, he didn't have time to finish work on the pirate fox. But the kids still love him regardless so the employee hopes afterward to get Foxy fixed once he has time to do so. The animatronics were a best way to introduce the foals to Freddy's once it reopens again after everything dies down.

"Yar me mateys; It’s me Foxy, and welcome-welcome-welcome to the Pirate's Cove! Freddy best be gettin back to the stage, or I'll be for-or-orced to (GUT THE PIG) - for-or-orced to make him walk the plank!" Foxy laughs, demanding to Freddy (though he added a dark part as if something is possessing him to say so) to get back on the stage. This is his show now.

"HeheheheEEEEE- hehehehe! Have fun kids! And let’s kill-kill-kill-kill them! - Keeeeep ourselves safe when exploring Pirate C-c-c-cove," Freddy laughs happily. If anyone heard the "kill" part, they paid it no notice; probably part of the glitching that's been happening lately. Starker plan on working on that problem during the closing times.

"Yarharharharharhaaarharhar; you best be gettin back to the st-st-stage land-lubber! Because these little ones are now part...of the pirate's cre-crew." Foxxy laughs eagerly. He nods to the foals who gathered around, including a young Aurora Star who is up front with her mother and sister Sapphire Locket. "When in the Pirate Cove, remember to adventure safe kiddies! And nOOOOOO running around the cove; Or else yeeee be- (Lost forever...) - ye be-be-be walking the plank!"

Foxxy laughs some more, cheering on to the foals while the dark thoughts and such keep recurring, "Ay is swash buUUcklin adventures ye be seekin la-la-lads? Or is it that- (I don't belong here...) or-or-or-or is it that yer not akin to the seven seas? All pirates gimme an ar- an ar- and ar- an arrr! (Please help me...) Ahharharharhaaaar- Arrrrrg!"

Foxy grinned, trying to keep himself from falling apart or worst. What had happened really affected him big time. He spoke, "I be seein ya already walkin' up-up-up with yer pizza in hand, aaaand yerrrr- (Innocence gone...) - yer s-s-s-odie-pops like proper sea-pirates! And like proper sea pirates ddddo- We'll be having ourselves a sea-shanty! Ohhhhh~"

Aurora Star giggles happily as she look at Foxy, speaking to her mother who is speaking looking at some sort of new device she is levitating with her magic, "Mommy, mommy, look! The fox is weird; what happened to the legs on it mom?"

"Thaaat's nice dear...don't climb on it..." Aurora Star's mother said bored.

Sapphire Locket notices that Aurora Star is climbing up on stage. She spoke up, "Aurora? I don't think we're allowed to come up there."

"I'm fine, Sapphire!" Aurora Star giggles as she looks at Foxy who continues singing, though still glitching and twitching. "It has a hook for a hand, look at the hook mom!"

The day shift security guard, a green male Pegasus in an uniform, hat and badge, a short blue mane and tail, with a cutie mark that is a red shield with the symbol of the sun, named Jeremy Hoofsphere, came over, looking concerned as he spoke up, "Little filly sweetie, you can't get that close to Foxy... it’s not uh... you really shouldn't be up there-"

"You're not my mom, you can't tell me what to do!"

"Aurora Star, you may want to listen to him." Sapphire Locket said in concern. She notices that Foxy is getting too close with those teeth of his. "You could get into trouble."

"I'm fine, Sapphire Locket. Foxy isn't hurting anyone." Aurora Star said to her sister with a frown. Why must Sapphire Locket always tell her what to do?

'Oh, little filly, you had no idea.' Jeremy thought, looking concerned at Foxy. He remembers his...close confrontations with him and the rest of the animatronics. The Phone Guy told him to keep the foals safe and keep them from getting hurt. Turning to the mother, Jeremy spoke, "Uh- Ma'am, please ask your daughter to get off the stage-"

"She's not hurting anyone! Let her play with the fox if she wants to play with the fox." The mother said with an irritated sigh.

Jeremy yelps a bit as he turns to the stage. Aurora Star is looking up into Foxy's mouth. If the filly knows better, she should get off the stage or else something terrible will happen!

Foxy is about to do something terrible as he appears to glaring at Jeremy, getting close to Aurora Star while growling in a dark thought, ("Not in control!")

"Mom! Look at his funny mouth- it’s so stupid looking!" Aurora Star giggles happily as she got too close towards the mouth, wanting a closer look at Foxy's teeth. The filly doesn't know it but that will be the last mistake she made ever made...in sanity.

("NOT IN CONTROL-")

"Hahaha!-"

Jeremy gasps as Foxy's mouth is right near the head. The Pegasus was prepared to fly to the stage...but then a chomping noise is heard, getting the attention of everyone, especially the other robots. Soon, ponies, both customers and staff members especially the horrified Jeremy, gasps in shock and horror as Aurora Star fell to the stage floor of Pirate's Cove...with her frontal lobe ripped off. What flesh came from it is inside Foxy's mouth who glares as if realizing his big mistake. It was too late.

Screams are heard as ponies in a panic run away, fleeing the restaurant. Freddy, Bonnie and Chica came over, looking stunned at Foxy who opens his mouth in horror, a few blood and flesh from where he bit Aurora Star is still in his mouth...the incident will be known and remembered throughout the years.

"Oh Celestia..Oh my Celestia," Jeremy cries out in horror and regret as he picks up the unconscious Aurora Star. The mother and Sapphire Locket are horrified as they look at the bitten filly. She's alive but the Pegasus failed to save her...the animatronic had attacked an innocent bystander. "Foxy, what had you done?"

And in Prize Corner, a familiar Marionette is there, resting as if it's watching the whole scene...and smirking wickedly...

Author's Notes:

Hoo boy, the Incident Bite has happened. Poor Aurora Star. And now, it's time for the next and final chapter, after Jeremy quit his job somehow, Starker took over the night shift for now...but must face off against his creations as well as the Marionette. Who will be left standing? Read, review and suggest.

The song "It's Been So Long" is of course a Living Tombstone one.

Chapter 8: The Mystery at a Close

In the present, the Mane Six and their party guests look stunned as a sighing Jeremy uses his magic to hold up a newspaper article labeled "Little Foal Bitten! Freddy's Closing Down Again!"

"That bite incident, or Incident Bite as most called it now, was the straw that broke the camel's back for our restaurant." Starker said in sadness to the gang.

"Oh dear...poor camel!" Fluttershy exclaims, crying a bit.

"Foxy bit someone and he broke a camel's back?!" Pinkie gasps in shock and disgust. "The monster!"

"Pinkie, not literally." Nyx said, rolling her eyes at this.

"So wait, what about the Mangle?" Spike ask in concern. "Was that ever been resolved?"

"Well..." Starker said as he recalls what else Jeremy told him happened before the big incident.

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In the Foals Cove, Jeremy is watching the foals playing as he looks to his right side seeing Pinkamena slowly walking by leaning to his ear.

"Ok Jeremy you know the plan, and you know what to do." Pinkamena whispers. "Goldie is ready as well. You sure you want to go through with this?"

"Yes, I will go through with the plan, just hope I am not arrested." Jeremy said, hoping that he won't be arrested by the time that this is over.

"Just stick with the plan and all sides win."

She slowly walks off to where her brother is looking at Mangle and looks at her brother. Pinkamena is ready.

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"Wait, you say the bite happened because of the plan?" Luna ask in disbelief that Jeremy and his pals would have Aurora Star bitten just to save the Mangle.

"Well, no, that was a setback." Starker points out to Luna, assuring her that the bite has nothing to do with the idea. "I came by a few minutes after..."

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Starker came by Fredbear's Family Diner to see how Jeremy is doing. He looks stunned upon seeing the Royal Guards surrounding the place. The unicorn rushes in to see the ponies looking scared, upset or panicking.

"Jeremy, Jeremy!" Starker exclaims as he gallops over to the shaken Jeremy. "What happened?"

"One of the animatronics...it bit a foal...I...fuzzy memories...darkness...it was Foxy." Jeremy mumbles, shaken up. "I...I couldn't save her...I was there...and couldn't save her..."

Starker looks to see a blanket that is covering Aurora Star being taken outside to the audience. The Freddy's employee begins to fear the worst. One of the animatronics, most likely Foxy, has bitten a foal! He looks to see Fredbear and a golden Bonnie lookalike called the Spring Bonnie being taken to the back. And what is that on Fredbear's mouth...is that...

"Excuse, Mr. Hoofsphere?" One of the Royal Guards ask Jeremy sternly as he came up to the new employee. "We must ask you to come to the station for some questions. From what we're told, you were near the incident and was working the night shifts at the closed down Freddy's location before and during lockdown."

"Yes, I'll cooperate..." Jeremy mumbles a bit. He turns to Starker, saying, "Starker...I know you got plans to scrapped the new animatronics in favor for your friends...but please...don't scrap Mangle."

"What?" Starker ask in confusion. Why would Jeremy wanted to keep the Mangle? That robot has malfunctioned.

"It's not her fault...it's not her fault...it's the fault of...that Puppet..."

Jeremy groans as the Royal Guard led him off. Starker looks very worried now. Looks like Freddy's just lost another employee. Fortunately, no one died when that happened...

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"Well, this sucks." The boss groans as he sat behind his desk at the closed down Freddy's to Starker who stood in front. "If the missing foals made more customers stop coming, this bite incident will make it more inevitable now! We may have to open at a smaller location with a smaller budget."

"Sir, Jeremy mentioned that the Puppet is involved somehow." Starker said to Jeremy in concern and worry. "You think maybe..."

"For now, we need to scrap it and those toy animatronics. They caused us nothing but trouble for the last time. We also need someone for the next night shift before we closed for good."

"Sir...I am not doing anything tonight...out of respect for Jeremy and my robotic creations, I want to take the night shift. It's the least I could do."

The boss pauses, then nods as he said, "All right, just for the night. Just...try not to do anything that could fry them or worst."

"I will do my best." Starker said with a sigh while shaking his head.

Jeremy has suffered because of the Incident Bite, broken down because he fails to save a filly from a broken Foxy...but with the fuzzy memories mentioned...

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"And so, I took up the night shift...but only for one night." Starker explains to everyone in the present with a serious look.

"Oooh! Custom Night, all 3 stars!" Pinkie exclaims with a squee smile, giving everyone a chance to look at her oddly.

"Pinkie, you are soooo random." Rainbow sighs, shaking her head in amazement.

"Well, anything, it was night 7 and you wouldn't believe what happened to me that night." Starker said seriously to the heroes of Equestria, the foals and rulers.

"Oh trust us, we know." Rarity remarks, rolling her eyes.

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Starker nods as he put down a box, preparing to put in the prizes from the soon to be closed Freddy's. a Toy Bonnie Figurine, a Bonnie Plush, a BB Plush, a Foxy Plush, a Chica Plush, a Freddy Plus, a Cupcake Plush, a toy Microphone, and a Plush of Fredbear AKA Golden Freddy. The unicorn wants to give these to Jeremy once he's done with the Royal Guards.

Starker sighs as he checks the cameras. The Phone Guy didn't call this time. Mostly because there's no reason to do so: he knows Starker will be on night shift tonight and the unicorn has experienced and knowhow.

Well, Starker hopes that the animatronics will at least stay clear at the office. They have been acting aggressive. Hopefully this change will make them reconsider their options...

Suddenly Starker yelps as lightning hits the restaurant. He has forgotten about the storm that is happening right now.

"KA-BLAMFRUVHMMM....." Then a gigantic bolt of lightning combined with the loudest thunder impacted the restaurant, causing what would be an earthquake in motion. "Brizzizizizzz....Triziziz...." Soon the endless surging of what was a million volts shot across the restaurant, but was jolting right into Freddy and the gang, as well as the Toy Animatronics and Golden Freddy, making them twitch and shake like never before. "Hey-hey...Kids....It's Time for... (CAAAAAARNAAAAAGE)!" Freddy was speaking it's prerecording before it's dark voice of evil spoke this off for him; as all the animatronics showed glowing crimson eyes as if truly possess to be....EVIL!

"Keh-Heh-Hah-Hah-Hah-Haaahhh..." The Marionette's voice laughs across the halls as the powerful lightning super-charge even Golden Freddy to suddenly make him lose his senses to go...ballistic.

As the shaking stops, Starker checks the readout machines but jumps back as the machine blew up right in front of him.

"Not good...level 20." Starker said in worry as he saw the level of the animatronics before the machine blew up. "That last lightning bolt has done the trick."

"Yes...are you prepare?" A voice ask, making Starker jumps to see Golden Heart and Pinkamena right in front of him.

"Hey, who are you two? Are you the ones who..."

"No time to explain. We kept out of sight until now...we must keep you safe from the animatronics that are now about to come into full force."

"Eeyup." Pinkamena said with a nod of agreement. "Jeremy survived 6 nights all by himself...even with us nearby. We shall help you."

"Well, uh...yeah, I guess I could use all the help." Starker said reluctantly. He knew that he himself will need all the help that he can get to survive his final night.

"We asked for one thing: don't turn the Mangle into scrap metal."

"....it's a deal. I hope."

Soon, Starker, Golden Heart and Pinkamena prepared themselves for their true final night at Freddy's. With all the animatronics at level 20, it would be as hard as hell.

"Watch the doors, I'm going to wind up the music box." Starker advised as he winded up the music box.

Golden Heart nodded as he shined the light from his horn down the hall. So far, no sign of the animatronics. Starker flipped through the cameras quickly. With the music box winding down and down, it would be difficult.

Noises came from the left air vent as a familiar voice spoke up, "Hi!"

"Him!" Pinkamena exclaimed as she turned on the light for the left air vent, showing a laughing BB peeking in.

"Don't you ever stop?!" Starker shouted in annoyance at BB.

The trio put the masks on, waiting patiently until BB was gone. As they put the mask on, some footsteps were heard. Golden Heart shined the light on, showing Foxy and Toy Freddy.

"Look, Foxy! Three friends!" Toy Freddy exclaimed with a happy laugh. "This will be funnier than (a bloody gory funeral)!"

"Back off!" Golden Heart exclaimed as he fired a blast at Toy Freddy, making him yelp as he fell down. "You are going to be scrapped so I am doing Freddy's a big favor!"

"I owe you guys big time for helping me here!" Starker remarked, glad to have Golden Heart and Pinkamena on his side assisting him.

"Arr, arr!" Foxy screamed as he rushed into the room, snarling. "Ye be w-w-w-walking the plank f-f-f-f-for that!"

Starker yelped in horror. Was this what Jeremy had to deal with during his six nights?! Pinkamena stopped the robot, saying, "Wait, Foxy! Remember who you really are? Who you want to get rid of? Starker isn't him, he isn't the one you want to get rid of. Remember!"

"Arr...arr...arrr..." Foxy said a bit confused as he looked at Starker. "Ye ain't him...Starker...why be creator here..."

Golden Heart shined his light into the animatronic's face, making him yelp before running off.

"Sorry, Foxy. I hope you will forgive me one day." Golden Heart said in regret.

"If this night ends and we all survive, I'm sure they'll turn back to normal." Starker prayed.

The trio checked the camera and found the Mangle in Foal's Cove. The robot was there, groaning and...was she singing?

Starker ran up the volume as the trio could hear the Mangle sing some sort of song.

Mangle: I'm about to fall apart
Already half way there
So I guess that's a start

I'm just a foal's toy
For all the fillies and colts
To break me down and
Put me back together
Oh the joy

Now, I hang from all the wires and
I swing on to
Whoever's watching us
On the nights so I can take
A bite out of you

I don't like this

They all gave up
On trying to
Fix me every day

I may not have

A grudge against
The one they hate
But that will not stop me
TODAY
(music)

The Mangle's out for you
Take a bite out for you
It's climbing upside down
There's nothing you can do
It's not out for revenge
Just wants to have some fun
But Mangle's got some friends
They're gonna get it done

I am out for you
Take a bite out for you
I'm climbing upside down
There's nothing you can do
I'm not for revenge
Just want to have some fun
But I have got some friends
They're gonna get it done

I don't like this

They all gave up
On trying to
Fix me every day

I may not have

A grudge against
The one they hate
But that will not stop me
TODAY

The Mangle's out for you
Take a bite out for you
It's climbing upside down
There's nothing you can do
It's not out for revenge
Just wants to have some fun
But Mangle's got some friends
They're gonna get it done

I wish
I could know the way
They feel about
This bad man
Who made them hurt
All I want to do is
Help all my friends out

I'm just
A robot who can't feel
(A robot who can't feel)
The way my fox friend feels
(The way my fox friend feels)
Cause he's real
(Cause he's real)
He feels all of the pain
(He feels all of the pain)
I want to help them
(I want to help them)
Take it all away
(Take it all away)

I don't like this

They all gave up
On trying to
Fix me every day

I may not have

A grudge against
The one they hate
But that will not stop me
TODAY
(mixt)

The Mangle's out for you
Take a bite out for you
It's climbing upside down
There's nothing you can do
It's not out for revenge
Just wants to have some fun
But Mangle's got some friends
They're gonna get it done

I am out for you
Take a bite out for you
I'm climbing upside down
There's nothing you can do
I'm not for revenge
Just wanna have some fun
But I have got some friends
They're gonna get it done

Gonna get it done

Once the song stops, the Mangle was seen leaving the room, much to the trio's notice.

"I wonder whose side the Mangle is on." Golden Heart said in concern.

Suddenly, Starker yelped as the tablet was pushed down, this time by Bonnie who glared.

"Oh, crap!" Pinkamena exclaimed.

Bonnie roared as he prepared to attack, but Golden Heart zapped him, causing the robot to fall down.

"I'm sorry, Bonnie. It's for the best." Golden Heart said, regretting in attacking the poor bunny.

"No more of this!" A familiar voice exclaimed wickedly.

Just then, the Toy Animatronics came in through the doors and vents as did the laughing BB as well as Freddy, Foxy and Chica.

"Hey, this didn't happen in the regular game!" Pinkamena protested in shock. "This is cheating!'

"This is my world now!" The Marionette exclaimed darkly as he appeared, riding on Golden Heart. "And you will be dead."

"Why are you doing this?" Starker asked the Marionette shakingly.

"Revenge, pure and simple. As well as getting rid of all you ponies of your corrupted Equestrian society." The Marionette explained wickedly. "You let diseases run throughout your kingdom, and yet, your princess did not do a damn thing about it!"

"Hey! Equestria may not be perfect, no pony ever is!" Pinkamena exclaimed sternly. "But we're trying our best to overcome the obstacles."

"And using the animatronics for your evil is sick!" Golden Heart exclaims in agreement.

"They're right. Listen, don't your robots remember what you were made for?" Starker asked, pleading to the robots minus the down Bonnie. "You were built to entertain foals, sing, has fun. You shouldn't have to kill ponies just because of what one has done."

The originals looked hesitant...as if something is trying to make them think otherwise.

"And you, the ones in the suits." Golden Heart said calmly.

"Enough already!" The Marionette exclaimed angrily. "Your previous security guard has gotten away but we will make sure all of you won't! And no, forget stuffing ponies into a suit...WE'RE GOING FOR THE KILL!!!!"

The trio yelped as the robots surrounded them. This doesn't look good. BB laughed, "Oh boy! I can finally talk nor..."

BB yelped as a slash cut his head right off, sending it rolling onto the floor. Everyone saw the culprit, who hung onto the wall.

"Mangle?!" Golden Heart and Pinkamena gasped in surprise.

"BANZAIIIII!!!!!" The Mangle screeched as she jumped onto her fellow animatronics, attacking them and keeping them away from the the ponies.

"Traitor!" Marionette shouted as he jumped away, going into the darkness.

"Starker, did you get the killer switch?" The Mangle asked while slashing at Toy Bonnie, taking him down.

Starker nods as he took out a remote with a button on it. The unicorn had made this to shut down the animatronics in case of any emergencies.

"Yes." Starker said with a nod.

"Use it now!" The Mangle exclaimed, making the trio gasp in shock.

"But if he does, you will be shut down too!" Pinkamena exclaims in fear to her robotic friend. "You may never move again!"

"Please, don't let them suffer...don't let us be a tool of evil!" The Mangle exclaimed, dodging an attack by Toy Chica. "Please, do it, do it now!!!"

Starker hesitated as he held up the remote. The pony didn't like doing this...it's like doing abortion to a foal before birth! The robots were like his own foals!

"Go ahead, do it." Golden Heart said calmly to Starker, much to his concern.

"Deep down, those robots wouldn't want to continue being weapons...and I'm sure you will fix them all up again." Pinkamena said, patting Starker on the shoulder. "So for their sake and every pony in Equestria...shut them off."

After a pause, Starker bit his lip before he said reluctantly, "All right. Goodbye, Mangle... and everyone else."

Then he pressed the button on the remote. Soon, the robots screeched as a magic spark hit them all. Their eyes flashed a bit before falling to the floor.

"Thank you..." The Mangle mumbled before falling to the floor shut down.

Starker put the remote down, sighing sadly at his creations. His own children...broken down by his own hoof.

"Tsk, tsk." The Marionette said as he came out of the shadows. "What a shame. What a big big shame...Golden Freddy got out...but well...what a shame..."

"How come you weren't shut down?!" Starker demanded furiously to the evil puppet. "I had to shut them down thanks to you!"

"I am more than what you seem...and not one of your creations." The Marionette said calmly and wickedly. "Oh well. You can remake some of them...but the rest, unlike the Mangle, will be recycled into pony toilets for all I care!"

"You bastard!" Golden Heart snarled angrily.

"I shall take my leave for now. Until we meet again...have a good rest of the night off." The Marionette said as he disappeared once more.

Pinkamena and Golden Heart sighed a bit. They had a feeling that they will meet him again. They looked at Starker who wiped the sweat off his head.

He went through a hard choice and hated it.

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"Well, Starker...you mess up good." The boss grumbles as he gave a pink slip to Starker the next day.

Starker sighs sadly as he looks at it. He's been firing...for tampering with the animatronics and odor ("First Day on the Job?! Really?!"). What a night, he has lost his creations...and his job all in one lifetime.

"Yeah, I know, I will leave now." Starker grumbles as he prepares to leave. "It has been swell working with you all these years..."

"Hang on. You aren't leaving Freddy's entirely!" The boss exclaims, much to Starker's confusion. "You are fired as a security guard. You still got a position here at Fazbear Entertainment...but we will have to reduce some of your privileges once we get into a smaller location."

"But what about the animatronics? I had to shut them down."

"We are scrapping the new ones...but as for the older generation, they are okay. Just fix them up during your "break" and have them ready by the opening...once we find a location."

"And Foxy?" Starker ask his boss in concern, remembering how Foxy bit off Aurora Star's frontal lope.

"Well, we will have to keep him behind curtain. As long as the future customers think he's broken, we should do fine." The boss remarks with a grunt while checking through some files. "Better get on going, Starker. We got a lot of messes to clean up."

Starker nods as he leaves the office. Well, at least he's sticking around...but with less privileges...and a lower income no less. The employee now know of the horrors that happened...but as to how to put a stop to it, that is let to be known.

Starker goes into the Parts/Service Room. All the Animatronics are in there, broken down and forgotten...most of them will be scrapped come tomorrow morning. The robots like Freddy, Chica, Bonnie and Foxy will be saved.

Starker spots the broken down Mangle then picks it up. He decide to fix the Animatronic up good as new....and hopefully give it to Pinkamena and Golden Heart should he ever see them again.

"Robots...kids..." Starker mumbles to the original robots just sitting there. "Someday...hang in there..."

Starker leaves the room, closing the door on his way out. Had he stayed, the unicorn employee would've heard some cries of sadness and loneliness...coming from the original robots who eyes shine so brightly...all of them wanting so much to be free...and to go home...

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"So wait, you knew about the animatronics the whole time?" Twilight whispers to Starker who nods, confirming what the Princess of Friendship has thought. "Why...?"

"Would anyone believed me of any ghosts possessing those robots? No, I would doubt myself too." Starker said sadly as he sits onto the blanket. The others couldn't blame him. He share years of knowing the truth of the kids and their souls trapped in the robots with himself.

Starker yelps as Robin came over and hugs him. He said, "Its okay...we're freed now...I forgive ya..." The unicorn blinks a bit...then sighs as he hugs him back now.

"Thanks...and...well...you know the rest."

"Eeyup, we were done there, dealing wit' seven nights, fighting robots and the Marionette...saving the foals' souls." Applejack said with a sigh, recalling the Mane Six's seven nights at the smaller Freddy's location.

"And sending that jerk Marionette packing to who knows where." Rainbow said with a smirk, posing as if taking responsible for the Marionette's defeat.

"That was the animatronics, not you, Rainbow." Twilight remarks dryly, pointing out that fact.

"Your point?"

"And of course, dealing with Shadow Freddy." Fluttershy said as she shivers a bit while recalling that confrontation. "Oh my...that scene is still a bad memory..."

"Speaking of memories, you were going to show us what you brought!" Pinkie exclaims, bouncing up and down as she points to the stuff covered in blankets, the same ones that Starker brought earlier before telling his story.

"Yeah, what's under them?" Nyx ask the employee with a curious smile as she and her friends try to sneak under the blankets.

"Yes, thanks for reminding me, Miss Pie." Starker said as he shoos the foals away from the blankets. The unicorn then clears his throat as he spoke, "Heroines of Equestrias, foals, Dragon, and Royal Princesses, I got something I wish to display for a new attraction at Freddy's next fall."

"Oh really? Let's see it." Celestia said, arching an eyebrow in interest. What is Starker got planning for next fall which are new attraction?

"Behold!"

Twilight and her friends, especially the princesses, blink at what Starker uncover. Pinkie bounces forward to get a closer look. The Princess of Friendship trots forward and came nose to nose...with herself!

One of the animatronics looks like Twilight, but she wore the same bow tie as Bonnie and has a guitar.

In fact, Twilight isn't the only one who has animatronic lookalike, so are the rest of the Mane Six whose animatronics look like they are in the roles of the other animatronics, like Rainbow to Foxy, Fluttershy to Chica, Rarity to the Marionette, Applejack to Golden Freddy...and Pinkie to Freddy Fazbear himself.

"Cute! A Pinkie Pie version of Freddy!" Pinkie giggles as she looks at herself in the Freddy top hat and tie while is holding a microphone.

"Oh, well, she looks...nice." Fluttershy comments on the version of herself in the Chica bib and is holding a cupcake like the chicken is.

"But me as the Marionette? Ghastly!" Rarity exclaims, giving a deep frown at the Animatronic version of herself whose dark eyes stare right back at her. "Still, it isn't the Dark Mystic Pony so Rarity isn't complaining."

"I ain't complaining. This robot version of me looks 100% awesome!" Rainbow exclaims, smirking as she messes with the Foxy Rainbow's hook a bit.

"Arr, arr!" The Foxy Rainbow robot exclaims, coming to life while waving the hook. "Get ye hooves off me hook!"

"What is 'dis?" Applejack ask Starker as she looks at the foals looking around and playing around the new boys.

"After seeing how great the Pinkamena robot has worked, I decided to make more like her, only with the Mane Six in the roles of the animatronics!" Starker explains proudly to the holders of Elements of Harmony. The mares look at their robotic selves in interest. "Do you like?"

"They look great." Celestia said, giving a proud happy smile to Robin who activates Pinkie who sings to her. "Maybe this could be a new beginning."

"One can only hope." Luna remarks with a shrug, glancing at the robots in precaution. Hopefully these animatronics won't malfunction and attack any pony like the last ones.

Freddy Pinkie twitches a bit as she spoke happily, "W-w-w-w-w-welcome to F-F-F-F-Freddy's! Hope you have f-f-f-f-f-fun! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!"

Author's Notes:

Major Cast list
Tom Kenny: Freddy Fazbear
Dee Bradley Baker: Bonnie the Bunny
Tara Strong: Chica the Chicken, Twilight Sparkle, Foxy Rainbow
John DiMaggio: Foxy the Pirate Fox
Clancy Brown: Golden Freddy, Rough House
Eric Stuart: The Marionette/Charles La Damien
Tom Kane: Toy Freddy
Billy West: Toy Bonnie, 8-Bit
Janice Kerman: Toy Chica
Brian Doyle-Murray: The Mangle
Keith Ferguson: BB
Dameon Clarke: Jeremy Hoofsphere
Rob Paulsen: Starker
Nicole Oliver: Princess Celestia, Aurora Star's mother
Ashleigh Ball: Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Mare Employee 1
Andrea Libman: Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Pinkamena Diane Pie, Freddy Pinky
Tabitha St. Germain: Rarity, Princess Luna
Kate Higgins: Robin Cavanaugh
Orlando Bloom: Golden Heart

Minor Cast List
Daveigh Chase: Nyx
Michelle Creber: Apple Bloom, Aurora Star, Mare Employee 2
Claire Corlett: Sweetie Belle
Madeline Peters: Scootaloo
Jayson Thiessen: Royal Guards
Cathy Weseluck: Spike the Dragon, Blob Monster
Andrew Francis: Shining Armor, Royal Guards
Britt McKillip: Princess Cadance
Eddie Deezen: Poindexter
Peter New: Gaffer, Boss, Royal Guards
Jennifer Hale: Sapphire Locket

With special voice appearances by
Scott Cawthon: Phone Guy

Phew. After a long time, I am finally putting this fic to rest...and just in time for Halloween next week! Kick ass! Anyway, I thank you all for your patience and time. I know I am. Anyway, with this fic done, time for the next fic...

"A Friendly Vampire: The Mane Six have had their battles with some vampire ponies but what happens when meet a young vampire pony who only wants to make friends? Can the CMC and the rest trust him?"

This oughta be interesting since VISION-KING made the fic for me already...but if anyone got any ideas to put in here, as well as the chats, and whatnot, they know what to do. And that's it for now. Until next time, read, review and suggest!

The Mangle Song was another fanmake FNAF 2 song.

You folks can guess what the robots at the end are referencing to, right?