The Legend of the Pizzaplex (FNAF/PJO Crossover) (ON HIATUS)

Chapter 2: Sunrise & Moondrop

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"New friend, are you okay!?"

Nico jolted awake...and instantly regretted it when his head banged directly against metal. He cradled his throbbing forehead as he tried to see what he accidentally rammed into...and nearly screamed again at the freakish clown-like jester with a wide, toothy grin, blank white eyes, and sun-shaped head.

As Nico wondered if this was another of the Hephaestus cabin's pranks (they've been getting into all of those ever since Leo came around), the sun jester thing - you know what, he's just going to call him Sun or whatever - jumped back and let out a startled squeak before chuckling nervously.

"Dear me, you have quite the hard head there, sunshine!" Sun teased. "You could have knocked out some wires there!"

The fear in Sun's tone did not escape the boy's notice; still, it wasn't like Nico wasn't used to this kind of thing before. Being a son of Hades had its...quirks and invoking terror in others just happened to be one of the more annoying ones.

Nico groaned, silently cursing Leo for corrupting the Hephaestus kids. "Haha, very funny, hilarious even, great joke overall. I'll even give you guys some credit for the creepy-ass jester thing you've got going on here."

Sun gasped and stuttered in surprise, "P-profanity! Foul l-language is n-not allowed in the daycare, no, no, no!"

It took Nico's brain a few seconds to process what Sun had just said. "Wha - daycare? What are you talking about?"

Sun ignored him, continuing his rant as he paced back and forth. "O-of course, t-technically, we're not even in the d-daycare, but still, r-rules are rules!"

As Sun babbled on and on, Nico finally was able to process his surroundings, and came to the conclusion that he was not in Camp Halfblood. While he can't say he explored everything at camp, he was pretty sure that they didn't have any dark underground tunnels that he knew about. Well, except the Labyrinth, but he'd been there enough times to know that this was definitely not it.

What the Hades happened while I was asleep?

While this is wasn't the first Nico's dreams took a deadly turn, this was the first time where he woke up in a completely different place than where he fell asleep in. Was he kidnapped? Probably. But how did whatever kidnapped him even get into camp without getting blocked by the barrier? And even if they somehow got in, there were still the harpies that would eat anyone who stayed pass curfew. How did they get past them?

Suddenly, Sun went silent, which pulled Nico out of his thoughts. The jester stopped pacing to face the boy, as if just suddenly remembering his existence.

"O-oh, b-but how rude of me to n-not introduce myself! M-my name's Sunrise, but just call me S-sun! Wh-what's your name, friend?"

"Uh, Nico," He mumbled hesitantly. "Um, where are we and uh, how did I get here?"

"O-oh, heh, w-we're in the first aid station, s-silly! I-I f-found you walking around the Pizzaplex after h-hours - "

"What?!" Nico screeched in surprise. How the hell did he get in the Pizzaplex?

Sun jumped in surprise before continuing on. " - just outside my daycare! I tried to inform you of closing time, but you just kept walking. You even started crawling into a vent - not safe for children like you!"

"I'm fifteen." Nico retorted, trying to mask his shock as the realization dawned on him.

Hadn't he'd been crawling through a vent in that weird dream? It could not be a coincidence that it happened in real time. What in the world was going on here?

As Nico processed this revelation, Sun seemed unaware of his shock and waved off the teenager's earlier comment. "A-anyway, I tried to personally take you to the e-entrance after that, but y-you kept resisting. Then all of a sudden, y-you just fainted! My sc-scanners detected your brain had shut down completely - which is v-very, very dangerous. I-I was going to leave you in the first aid station and c-contact the authorities, b-but now it looks like you're all better! M-my scanners can tell!"

Wait, Nico went brain dead? Why was this thing being so nonchalant about this? He could have died, gods-dammit! Exactly what was that weird rabbit doing to him?!

"A-are you okay, sunshine?" Sun asked, sounding worried.

Nico realized he had been ignoring the guy. He felt bad for doing so, despite the fact that Sun was a robot and probably wasn't actually that concerned for him. It was probably just in his programming to care for a lost guest or whatever.

"Um, yeah, I'm just gonna leave," Nico murmured, cursing himself for his awkwardness. "Thanks for taking me to first aid and stuff, but I have places to be, so...yeah. Bye, I guess."

"O-oh, I was hoping you would stay a little longer!" Sun pouted. Somehow, I doubt that, but okay. "I-it's fine, though! Y-you can come and visit anytime!"

Somehow I doubt that, Nico silently deadpanned. He then prepared himself to shadow-travel, too tired to care about what Sun would think...

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"U-um...sunshine?" Sun wondered aloud, breaking the silence. "A-are you okay? Is there s-something wrong?"

Nico cursed under his breath. "Come on, come on, not now!"

For some reason, his shadow travel was not working. Great. Because that's just what he needed tonight. Nico had no idea what was causing his powers to go berserk, but he had a sneaking suspicion it had to with that creepy bunny.

Sun looked like he was about to say something before suddenly the lights went out. It was so dark, in fact, that the only source of light were Sun's white eyes. would Of course, one would be forgiven for thinking that the sky was falling considering Sun's over-the-top reaction.

"No, no, NO!" Sun screeched, running around in a panic. "Lights on, lights on! Oh, why now, why now..."

"Sun, what's going on?" Nico asked, albeit somewhat afraid of the answer.

The jester didn't answer him. Instead, he shrieked as he cradled his head, as if he was fighting against some monster inside him. "Get away, get away!"

Before Nico could respond, Sun collapsed, his eyes going dark, leaving only Nico. Or at least it was that way for about five seconds before a pair of red glowing eyes not unlike Sun's lit up in the darkness, illuminating his new crescent face; however, Nico had a feeling this was not the cheerful, hyperactive attendant who had been so concerned for his well-being.

He suddenly heard a deep, gravelly voice whisper to him: "Naughty boy...naughty boy...it's past your bedtime...you must be PUNISHED!"

The chuckling jester leaped from his spot into the darkness. "Nighty night.~"

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"Well, fuck."

AN: Here's another chapter! Don't worry, Gregory and Papa Bear are showing up in the next chapter. Keep an eye out for updates!