~ Chapter 1 ~

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"Thanks for visiting Willy's Wonderland! Hope you had a fan-tab-u-lous time." - Siren Sara

A couple hours later

Darkness loomed over the town of Hayesville, the streetlights barley lighting the sidewalks through town. The only guidance of where to walk was courtesy of the night's full moon, high up in the star filled sky. Owls hummed upon the branches of the trees outside of the trailer park, combined with the noises from the crickets in the grass, that was the only noise being produced at this hour. Occasionally the odd car would pass by the long road leading through town and back out to find a better destination, somewhere livelier.

Outside of the long abandoned 'Willy's Wonderland' Family Entertainment Complex was the burnt remains of a car, now covered in ash and what appeared to be human remains of the driver and a passenger. It had been there for a while now, but nobody had called It in to the authorities, although it was likely that no one had even noticed it was there. This was because residents would never willingly tread down the road leading to that decaying building. Word around town spread fast and the horrors of what came from within would be enough to keep
parents awake at night let alone your average scary story for children.

On the right side of the car park pieces of metal and other charred scarps lay hidden in the shrubs and bushes, amongst them were torn pieces of a turquoise fabric, the kind that would be found on a ballerina's tutu. Rain began to spit down as clouds came overhead, slightly blocking out the moonlight shining below. A squirrel hopped along on top of a dress being worn by a humanoid looking animatronic, it ran up and down the torn pieces of exterior material used to hide the animatronic parts. The tiny creature flinched at the sound of a click, remaining motionless to listen out for another noise. A hand grabbed the squirrel within an instant and lifted it up above the head of the animatronic, the face was hideous. Bright, green bellowing eyes stared down at the helpless animal. It formed a twisted smile as it began to open its mouth revealing layers of sharp pointed teeth. In a matter of seconds, the machine devoured the squirrel seeming to fuel it as if it was a starving predator eating its prey.

The animatronic got up to its feet and adjusted its joints and parts into place. It approached the dumpster reaching in for several black bin bags that had been stuffed inside, one at a time the fairy-like robot kicked open the main doors of the building and dragged the bags inside. Fragments of metal, lengths of wire and other mechanical parts fell out across one the back rooms of the facility, each time another bag was thrown passed the door with the bubbly font 'Super Happy Fun Room' and grin would begin to form on the machines face. Feathers, fur and an elongated tongue made of a fleshy substance no man could identify all got tossed down on the floor in the center. Below was a ritual symbol resembling a pentagram and all fragments of the Willys Wonderland Animatronics had been acquired. Well almost all of them.

Many restless hours passed by as one by one the machines were put back together, looking more disfigured and withered than they were initially intended. Ozzie the ostrich had a loose left eye that would swing side to side if its head moved, his long neck was no longer contained within a plastic cover to represent the bird's skin but was exposed leaving its metallic neck on show. Gus Gorilla was missing a lower jaw and no longer had his hat. Cammy Chameleon lost her ability to change the colour and was now left with a dark green appearance that she despised. Arty the Alligator now had a ripped painter's outfit and no longer had a voice box, preventing him from talking, not that he was very fond of that anyway. Finally, Knighty Knight had lost the bright gold tint of his armor, this was due to the oil that had drenched the animatronics exterior plating.

After Siren Sara had shouted allowed the incantation to the ritual the machines begun to activate, their heads twitching and eyes glowing. With a click of her fingers, they were alive again. "Ugh... What the hell is going on here." Gus Shouted aloud. Siren Sara left the ritual circle and picked up a bag. She stood on the small stage area at the back of The Super Happy Fun Room. "Thanks to me, we have been given a second chance." She stated not seeming impressed at the lack of thanks she received from the others. "Technically, our third chance." Ozzie replied, giggling as he made the comment. Sara gave Ozzie a stern look of disapproval in her hypnotic eyes, sending the message that his comment was not needed. Cammy looked around, confused. "Wait! Where's the weasel." The others also looked around the room in shock that the most ruthless of them all was not present.  Siren Sara lifted the bag. "Hes here!"

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