𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚊𝚢 𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔

~C h a p t e r 3~

~C h a p t e r 3~

Zira walks down the never ending checkered hallway, she looks around a bit, everything had been taller than normal, she looks at her hands, they were small, a little chubby, she frowns looking down to see a knee lengthed poofed skirt connected to a shirt that laid flat, closing her eyes for a moment, she sighs quietly, opening her eyes and beginning to walk down the familiar hall, she reached a small entrance, it was bright, lights flashed, and joyful music played, she peaks in slightly to see Freddies, no-one was there, yet, it looked so alive. She moves in a little, looking around, it had been like it was 10 years ago, except, empty, she walks toward the stage, the animatronic mascots moved, small squeaks could be heard when she got closer. She winces at the sound, yet looks up at the mascots, smiling a little, they had looked brand new, their eyes polished, the fur wasn’t so tattered, and it looked like it was a fluffy texture. She moved her short arms up to grab hold of the wooden stage, hoisting herself up, she grunts a bit. Standing up, she dusts herself off, though, there wasn’t much but a pinch of dust. She grins seeing the animatronics moving, looking behind them, a red silk curtain hangs touching the floor, carefully, she slipped past the animatronics, walking to the curtain, she reach’s out grasping the silk, tugging it a bit she looks behind it, it's a wall… Imprints like boxes were designed into the concrete wall. She raises her hand to touch the concrete, brushing her small warm fingers against it, she shivers a bit before hearing and feeling something click beneath her fingers. She moves her hand and a door slides open a little with a groan, she opens it a bit more, it was dark, a buzzing sound could be heard. Then something reached out from the dark room, covering her small round face with it’s grubby, green-ish yellow metal, fur tattered hand. Everything goes dark…

Knock Knock Knock!!

She sits up quickly, she had been sweating, she had drenched her clothing, reaching her hand up as she pants softly, the door opens and a squeal erupts from the person who had been banging on it. 
“Charlie!!!” The voice squeals, Zira looks over slowly calming her breathing, she frowns a bit. Marla… She thinks quietly, moving the covers, she walks to her bag and zips it open, grabbing a flowing dress with frills at the puffed sleeves and at the ends of the dress, it wasn’t long, but it was long enough to make her comfortable. It was an old fashioned type of dress, so she handled it with care, grabbing a few things she walks to the small bathroom, flicking on the light before closing the door. She sets the dress on the toilet seat neatly, before turning and flicking on the water to warm up.
Slipping on the puffy sleeves of the dress, she slips her wet hair out from under the back of the dress, buttoning it up carefully and flattening it, she looks in the mirror. Biting her lower lip a bit as she looks at her reflection, nearly all the time when they moved, had she been told that she looked so sad, she seen what they meant, her cheeks that had once been round were now in a bit, she had a childish look about her, but, that child looked depressed, sad. She runs her fingers through her black and blue hair, looking at the dress again.
It was detailed with white polka dots, a light baby blue for the main color, the sleeves and skirt were a bit puffy, not too much though, both had white ruffles at the end of them. She turns and opens the door, grabbing her clothes she had worn to bed before walking out and to her bag, the other girls were now up, rubbing their eyes. A boy sat at the end of Charlie’s bed, flicking through channels, action figures at both sides, brown hair and brown eyes. She throws her clothes into the bag, she turns and walks to the boy hugging him close. 
“Hey champ!” She says, he grunts and hugs her back awkwardly, after a moment she pulls away.
“You probably don’t remember me.. Do you?” Zira asks, he shakes his head a bit.
“Nope…” He says, an agitated tone as he pops the ‘p’. Zira chuckles a bit and ruffles his hair, he grunts and groans annoyed. She looks toward Bunny who is just pulling on a sweatshirt over her nightshirt, she runs her fingers through her dark black hair, combing it. She frowns a bit, grabbing her earbuds and phone pulling it off of the charger. Zira grins a bit, she walks to her back and grabs a pair of white leggings and a pair of black shiny shoes with a buckle. Walking to the bed, she sits and pulls on the leggins clipping them in place with the shorts she had thrown on underneath her dress. She slips on the shoes and buckles them in place. Standing up, she looks at Jessica. 
“Could you please do my hair?” Zira asks holding up her brush, Jessica grins and walks over grabbing the brush, Charlie pushes over the desk chair, Zira sits down and Jessica begins to brush her hair, pinning it in place, Zira sits quietly, letting Jessica do her hair. After a moment, Jessica spins her around and grins.
“All done!” She says, Zira smiles a bit, she stands and walks to the mirror just above the desk, she spins around a bit, the dress skirt puffs up a bit, stopping, the dress falls and she grins. Walking to her side of the bed, grabbing her phone she slips it in one of the pockets. 
“Jason? Wanna ride with me? Bunny is gonna have her earbuds in so she could ride with Charlie, Marla, Kadence, and Jessica!” Zira asks/says, Jason looks up perking up. Bunny raises an eyebrow but nods a bit. After a few moments, they all make their ways to the cars, Zira pulls out her keys from her dress pocket and opens the door, Jason had already hopped in the passenger seat. Sitting down in the driver seat, Zira closes the door and slips the keys in the ignition. 
“My names Zira by the way…” Zira says, Jason nods a bit. 
“Marla talks a lot about you…” He slowly says, looking at her as they pull out of the parking lot, they begin going toward the diner they had all wanted to meet up at again. 
“Nice things I hope?” Zira asks, looking over for just a second before looking back ahead.
“U-Urm...  Actually.. She… Says she doesn’t really like you… Cause your ‘close’ to everyone.” Jason says, again slowly. Zira frowns.
“Y-Yeah… I’ve always kinda been close to everyone… I don’t see why she should be jealous…” Zira says, Jason sighs quietly. Zira bites her lower lip she blinks a few times, holding back tears. She huffs a bit as they pull into the parking lot. Jason looks up at her. 
“Don’t let her get you down… She can be… Cruel.. Sometimes…” He says smiling a bit, she chuckles. 
“Yeah…” She responds, they get out of the car after a moment, Jason runs around the car to Zira. Zira grins a bit and grabs his hand lightly. 
“Onward..” She says quietly, they begin to walk inside of the diner, it had a warm breeze that flushed out onto them, the smell of fresh blueberry pancakes, bacon, and eggs leaked with it. Zira drooled at the smell, she lets go of Jason and walks to the table the guys had been sitting at, she sits beside Lamar, he wraps an arm around her and grins. 
“Heyy.. I remember your mom wearing that dress at the birthday party…” He says grinning, Zira laughs a bit, she picks up the menu and looks it over carefully, deciding on ordering a big breakfast that had included; eggs, french toast, bacon, toast, and biscuits and gravy. A smile came to her face as she looked at the food in the picture, it was gonna cost a bit over $20, but it was well worth it, Zira slips her phone from her pocket, thanking herself for working all the hours that she did to get enough money for food and other things of her choice. Xenon chuckles, looking at her facial expression, he leans on the table as Carlton and John pull over another table and some chairs for the others, Kadence is talking to Jason, he has his video game out and she is pointing at it with a large grin on her face, he looks at her confused as though she is like a child.
 “So how has life been?~” Lamar asks Zira, she looks over and gives a sad smile. 
   “Same old, Same old…” She says quietly, Charlie narrows her eyes, Zira frowns.
  “Has she been?-” Charlie starts, Zira frowns and looks down fidgeting with her thumbs, John’s eyes widen a bit, Xenon’s as well. Xenon narrows his eyes.
“She’s still doing it… You can’t live with her.. She is gonna kill you Zira…” Xenon starts, Zira shakes her head a bit. 
“I can’t leave… You know I am her only family left…” Zira says, Xenon clenches his fist into a ball.
  “She did it to herself… That is her fault Zira.. SHE pushed everyone else away…” He says in a low aggravated tone. Zira winces slightly.
“Th-That isn’t your choice Xenon…” She says quietly, narrowing her eyes a bit, trying to hide her tears.
  “Well now it is… Because your being to stupid to realize that she is gonna put you 6 feet down…” He says. Tears fall down onto her skirt, John looks at Xenon raising an eyebrow. “I don’t want to hurt you.. But you have to know that she will hurt you Zira.. She has hurt you!” Xenon continues. Charlie sighs, sitting beside Zira.
“He’s right you know…” She says quietly, Lamar lifts her chin and uses his thumb to rub her tears away. 
“Let’s just order our food, I wanna get this all over with…” Kadence says quietly, looking at the menu.
“Hi! What would you like to order today?” The waitress asks in a cheery tone, as she pulls a small notepad from her pants pocket, John looks up a bit tell her what he wants. Then Xenon, then Charlie, then Lamar, Jessica, Kadence, Jason, Marla, and the others. Zira being the last person. After a moment Jessica grins at the others. “Guess what we found last night?!” She asks happily. Marla looks up a confused look on her face. 
“What?” She asks, Jessica claps her hands happily.
   “We found Freddies!” She whispers them, Lamar’s eyes widen a bit, Jason looks confused.
“What’s Freddies?” Jason asks confused. Nobody responds to him, Zira gives him a frown.
   “Freddies is our childhood.. Um.. A place that got shut down after an.. Event… 10 years ago…” She says quietly to Jason, Jason looks confused when she says ‘event’, yet doesn’t question. Chatter begins to start around the table, Zira stays quiet though, her mind focused somewhere else, her eyes widen slightly and soon flutter closed...