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"So many people, and little children too.
How cute and precious, how sweet and curious.
The parents come, and bring their children.
The parents leave, and take their children.
Then when light turns to dark,
one person comes to watch,
while they lurk in the dark,
and by the time light comes,
that guard is dumbstruck.
As they return to their spots on stage...
the next group of children can play all day."
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"What is this place?" "Don't speak to them..." "Isn't that a rule?" "Where are you going?" "I know the truth..." "Why am I really here?" "Stay silent, stay hidden..." "At least we get to play again." "I have to come back or else!" "You can't trust them!" "Be careful." "What can I do?" "She'll stay here..." "You must run..." "I don't know what happened to him..." "What do you mean by that?" "Soon..." "...you murdered..." "You've killed my own." "Goodnight." "I can finally sleep."
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Day 1
"YAY!"
The children squeaked in delight after the song ended. The children enjoyed hearing the songs, even if it was the same songs, by the same characters. They couldn't get enough of the same music, so it continued to be played. There were a few games to play, and a dining room for the people to eat. There was also the stage with the animatronics on it, and that closed off place that was out of order. Some children and parents came to this place, even though rumors almost left it in disgrace. At least, that's what happened to the old place, in '87. But now, this place was up and running, although on a lower budget and smaller establishment. Fortunately, it's going to be closed down by the end of the year. There was also a certain night security guard that came and lasted seven nights within the security room, although he was fired in the end. They hired another night guard, but he went missing on night five, so they hired a new night guard for the next week.
It's been seven days since the surviving night guard was fired.
On Monday, during business hours in the afternoon, a family was having a party for their son, and they invited family members and some friends to celebrate.
There was one particular friend of the mother that came to celebrate the son's party. She was a pretty beautiful woman, with jet-black hair just passed her shoulders and bangs, vivid green eyes, and one stroke of black eyeliner on each eye, with rose colored lips. She wore a black, long-sleeved shirt with a thick blue border on the bottom of it, and navy blue pants with small-heeled, black shoes. The shirt had a black hood on it, and she wore a black belt around the pants with a small gold buckle. Her expression was calm and composed, although she is naturally poised. This woman's name was Lily. She wandered around the dining room, watching the children run around with their parents and playing. Lily continued to watch the children being merry, while their parents watched them and mingled.
As Lily walked around aimlessly, her friend Lora, the mother, came over to her for a chat.
"Hey Lily, How are you enjoying the party?" Lora asked in a soft and loud voice since it was pretty noisy from all the children.
"Oh it's nice," Lily replied in a medium, yet soft voice.
"Well, I hoped you would be able to relax and take your mind off of things, and the situation with your brother. I mean, it must be difficult for you since he's gone miss- Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to get into your business or upset you," Lora said apologetically, and Lily held a hand up and said,
"It's okay. Thank you for caring, Lora."
Lora smiled with a nod and said, "You're welcome. So Lily, what have you been doing lately? Any projects you've been working on?"
Lily nodded and said, "Yes. I have been working on a few new mechanisms, but mostly I've been repairing old ones or damaged machinery and making them good as new. I've had a lot of business, and I just finished the last one for the month."
Lora was impressed as she said, "Wow. That sounds great! It must be so fun being a mechanical engineer!"
Lily nodded with a smile, as the two continued talking. Nearby, a woman with dark red hair in a bun under a dark blue silk hood with brown eyes and wearing a dress of all black, stopped in her tracks when she heard 'mechanical engineer.' She turned towards Lily and Lora as she walked up to them and asked in her accent,
"Excuse me. Sorry for eavesdropping, but I couldn't help but overhear, are you a mechanical engineer?"
The woman pointed towards Lily with a boney but strong finger, as Lily nodded slowly and cautiously. The woman smiled and said,
"Oh that's brilliant! My name is Sofia Azalar, can we talk for a moment?"
Lily looked towards Lora, as Lora nodded and said,
"I'll be with Kyle, we can talk more afterward."
Lily nodded, as Lora walked away, although she looked at the woman suspiciously.
"Come dear, let's talk better somewhere else," Sofia said as she started walking, and Lily followed her.
When they reached they're destination, Sofia and Lily stood a few feet from the stage where the three animatronic characters stood upon. Sofia leaned a bit on the stage, while Lily decided not to lean on it.
Then Sofia spoke, "So as you know my name is Sofia, and I am a designer. I was curious to know if you were an engineer since I wanted to start a new project and I may need someone from your profession... Oh! I'm sorry, where are my manners? I'm asking to potentially hire you for a job and I don't know your name."
Lily responded, "My name is Lily Lova."
Once Lily said her name, the animatronic bear turned his head slightly in Lily's direction, and looked at her with his blue eyes slightly widened.
"Oh, that's a lovely name... well, as I was saying, since you're a mechanical engineer, you can fix just about anything mechanical correct?"
Lily nodded and said, "Yes, and build as well."
Sofia nodded and said, "Can you, let's say, fix these animatronics?"
Sofia pointed to the three animatronics on stage, who weren't doing much since the kids weren't in that room yet.
Lily looked towards the three animatronics; a bear holding a microphone with a hat and bow-tie, a rabbit holding a guitar with a bow-tie, and a chicken with an apron on that said "Let's Eat" while holding a cupcake. Lily could already see in her mind most of their mechanical make-up since she made and repaired many machines before. Although Freddy Fazbear, the bear animatronic, was still looking straight at her, as Lily paid no heed to that since she was more focused on their mechanical make-up. She looked back at Sofia with her same calm expression and said,
"I'm sure I can repair them if it needs be, or improve them if required."
Sofia smiled and said, "My, my, isn't that something. Well, if I have a job for you, I'll let you know. Here's my card."
Sofia gave Lily a small white card with her name and number on it. Before Sofia went to walk away, she turned to Lily and said,
"I must return home with my husband. He's outside. Oh! I'm curious, do you live nearby here? Cause I do, and I was wondering just in case if I would bump into you again."
Lily nodded and said, "I'm not too far from here. I live in a small apartment complex, Sunrise Court."
Then Sofia said, "Oh, alright. I also live in an apartment complex, Night Mores. Oh my! I have to go now. It was nice meeting you, Ms. Lova."
Lily nodded and said, "Pleasure to meet you as well, Mrs. Azalar."
After Sofia left, Lily sighed and thought, 'A potential job... that's pretty good.'
Lily turned and her eyes passed by the stage, when she stopped and looked back. She noticed that the bear was still staring at her, in an almost surprised but unsure way. Lily was about to question this in mind, but then she heard Lora calling her saying,
"Lily, come! They're serving the cake!"
Lily turned and walked towards where Lora called from.
"You hungry?" Lora asked as Lily nodded and said,
"Yeah."
As Lily walked away, the animatronic bear continued to look at her until she was in the next room.
'Is she... the same girl with the blue bow? She looks the same, but older... and she's an engineer. Perfect,' The animatronic bear thought as a dark grin formed on his face.
After the party was over, Lily said goodbye to her friend and those she spoke to. She passed by the stage to head towards the exit. The animatronic bear followed her movement as she exited the room, then his eyes focused on a clock that said '8:00.'
'Four hours until midnight. Four hours until she comes back... with my help of course.'
The animatronic bear stood still as the manager walked to the animatronics on stage and said,
"Job well done for today. Goodnight Bonnie, Chica, and especially you, Freddy Fazbear."
As the manager walked out, he went close to Pirate Cove and said goodnight to Foxy, and he walked out after the other families exited.
The clock was only at 10:30 p.m., but the animatronics were able to speak to one another.
"Too bad that other guard was fired, he had more backbone," Bonnie said in a medium, slightly static, voice.
"Yeah, it was fun to play with him... too bad he escaped," Chica said in a light, slightly excited, voice.
Freddy didn't speak, he was thinking about something.
"They hired another guard right?" Bonnie asked.
"Oh yes yes! He should be coming soon," Chica said, happily.
"You two stay here and if he comes, keep him busy... I have other matters to attend to," Freddy said in a deep, commanding voice as he took a few steps forward off the stage.
"Where are you going?" Bonnie asked.
"W-we're suppose to stay here until midnight?" Chica asked.
"You three can't move until midnight, but I can move after closing time. Just stay here," Freddy said as he headed towards the exit.
Bonnie and Chica were left confused, as was Foxy since he could hear what they were saying even in Pirate Cove.
When Lily left the pizzeria, Lora offered to drive her home, which was about seven blocks away. Lily said her goodbyes to Lora and her family, and then she proceeded inside the apartment. She took the elevator to the top floor, and walked across the hall to her door. She entered her apartment and locked the door behind her, and then she put her purse in the closet, and looked around her house. There was a room that led from the living room to Lily's room, and another room that led from the kitchen to where she works on larger projects. Lily sighed and walked straight to her room that had a queen sized bed with a blue blanket and a white pillow surrounded by sky blue walls, and two lamp stands on the sides of the bed, a black rug on the ground, and a desk for art and blueprints. Lily headed straight to the bed and just laid down and thought,
'Eh, I'll change my clothes tomorrow. Besides, I cleaned them before I went to the party anyway.'
Lily went to sleep, as the clock read 9:30.
At 10:45, Freddy was sneaking around the alleys of the streets and avoiding the few passerbys.
'There it is. Sunrise Court,' Freddy thought when he spotted the apartment complex.
He was able to easily sneak inside to where the night guard of the apartment complex was. When the guard walked out of the room to check on some weird noises he was hearing, Freddy quickly entered the room and re-winded the security cameras until he saw Lily walking through the hall of the top floor and entered the fourth door to the left.
'There you are.' Freddy thought with a smile, and then he looked around the desk and found a paper clip that was stretch out, which gave the impression that the night guard was bored.
Freddy took the paper clip and immediately headed for Lily's apartment, undetected. Using the stretched out paper clip and having otherworldly skills, Freddy was able to unlock the door and enter the apartment, while closing the door partially behind him.
He looked left, then right, then left again, as he headed towards Lily's bedroom on a hunch. He slowly opened the door, and he immediately saw Lily's sleeping form on her bed. As he quietly walked towards her, he felt something in his chest twirling, and his mind was bothering him, like if he was remembering something but he couldn't see it.
When he stood next to her bed, a flash of a little girl wearing a big blue bow on the back of her head with shimmering green eyes and black hair in a blue dress stood before him, and then disappeared. Freddy shook his head softly to snap back into reality, as he swiftly, but carefully, lifted Lily off her bed and carried her out of her room. He closed the door to the apartment, and then he went straight back to the pizzeria, undetected, with the sleeping lady in his arms.