An Afton Story

Chapter Fourteen

Michael's POV

(This is literally just the last chapter, but it was getting to long, so I had to make it three separate chapter, technically)

"Okay. I'm way too curious to keep quiet now. What are you doing Michael?" I looked at Fredbear a bit shocked by him speaking, I didn't know he could actually speak, but I've seen weirder because of the nightmares, so this isn't too bad. "Like I said earlier, I don't have to answer any of your questions" I quickly finished putting the canned food and bottled water into the backpack after I finished talking then walked over to my dresser and started looking through my clothes.

"Please answer me Michael. I know this backpack was from when we would go on hikes, or camping, or even going out of town, so what are you planning?" I didn't look at Fredbear as he asked and I grabbed a few things from my dressed and put them into the bag as well. "It doesn't concern you Fredbear" I walked over to where I kept all of the money I earned from simple summer job from last summer and some lose change I found in the diner when I was younger and dad had us all go to the diner when he worked, and I had saved up for an occasion like this one. I grabbed all the money I had and put it into the bag as well, and that clearly got Fredbears brain working, trying to figure out what I could possibly be doing with all of this stuff.

"Michael...please don't tell me you're planning on running away" I looked at Fredbear as he spoke, I was a bit surprised he actually figured out what I was planning so fast, but not too surprised. "Take care of Liz and Evan for me. Okay?" I knew there wasn't much he could do, considering he was a plush, but knowing that he would at least try to protect them was something I could keep in mind on my journey away from home.

"Michael, don't do this. Both of them need you so much more than you think, you can't just leave them" I knew Fredbear had a point, but I wasn't exactly a man of logic, and didn't want to listen to anyone anymore, dad messed that up for me.

"They're probably better off without me, and we both know it's true. Every time either of them got hurt is because of me, I am the reason that our family has been falling apart since the beginning Fredbear. Mom would probably still love dad if it weren't for me, Liz would probably be so much better at everything she loves if I wasn't around, and Evan would be so much happier without a dead beat for a brother who doesn't know how to work through his stupid emotions!" I couldn't help but snap at Fredbear, though I knew he didn't deserve me to, it really was my fault my siblings didn't have the life they deserved.

"Michael I'm sure you're family wouldn't be the same without you, yes, but probably not in the way you think. And running away isn't going to solve anything" I stared at Fredbear as he spoke, and while tears were filling my eyes, though I still didn't want to listen to him. I turned and looked at the doorway where I saw Liz standing there looking at me as if I was going crazy. She wouldn't be the only one though.

"Oh, sorry Liz, did I wake you up? I didn't mean to" I was hoping she didn't hear any of what I said to Fredbear, I didn't need two people trying to talk me out of this. "Yeah, you did. But that's okay, I probably needed to wake up soon anyways. Who were you talking to?" I understood now that she couldn't hear Fredbear. Maybe I am going crazy, yet again, it might just be the sleep depravation from fighting the nightmares.

"I was talking to myself, I didn't mean to be so loud though, sorry about that" I somewhat smiled, hoping that she would believe it. She nodded in response, so I assumed she believed it. "Okay. Where's dad?" I knew the question was coming, and I knew I didn't have an answer for it, though I would try my best to answer as a good brother would.

"I think he went to go see henry, since they still have to try to figure out what happened in the diner. Plus they are making that new pizza place" I shrugged as I started speaking, because it was true, though I didn't know if that was where dad had gone this morning. "Okay, I'm going to go play until he comes back then" she seemed tired, but also determined to stay awake, a bit like how I was in the moment.

I looked back at Fredbear and he seemed upset still. "What do you want from me? If you think you can still talk me down it's not going to work, I've made up my mind, and I'm sticking to it. Just tell me that you'll watch over them, please. That's all I ask of you Fredbear" I wasn't exactly expecting him to say anything, I was actually expecting him to keep trying to talk me out of it. "At least take another plush with you. Maybe the Freddy, Bonnie, Foxy, Chica, or spring bonnie? That's all I ask of you Michael" I really wasn't expecting him to say that, especially not about my old spring bonnie plush, since I hadn't seen him in a while.

"Fine...do you know where spring bonnie is?" He nodded in response to my question and stood up, which at this point wasn't all too weird for me. "Your father is gone, so we can actually go get him. He's in your fathers room, so we should try to be quick about this" he was right, there was really no telling when dad was coming back. I picked him up and walked into dad's room, somewhere I hadn't been in years, not since dad started to get pissed about everything I did.