Once Upon A Time (Human Mr. Hippo X Reader)

Chapter 2: One day at Freddy's

As soon as you had arrived, you had looked up at the building, paying attention to the brown bear waving at you from the top of the pizzeria. You had been amazed and frightened at the same time, not knowing what would wait for you inside. You had gotten out of the car with your friend and she had held your hand, pulling you closer to the diner.

"You don't have to worry! We will have a lot of fun in there!"

You had shaken your head.

" - I feel like there's something wrong about this place.

- How so?"

You had shrugged while Cindy's parents had looked at each other, both surprised and concerned by your behavior. Finally, after your friend had begged you to join her, you had decided to enter the eating place.

As soon as you had opened the doors, bright lights coming from the ceiling had almost blinded you. Once your eyes had accustomed themselves to the room's brightness, you had been able to look around, gazing at what was around you. You were at the prize counter and had noticed many animal plushies hanging and lying around: bears, foxes, chickens, bunnies, frogs, elephants, pigs, river horses and many other pets or beasts.

Your friend's parents had let you explore the whole area, accompanied by your friend. The next room you had rushed in was the dinning room. It had many large tables covered with white tablecloths, on which had been spread pieces of confetti and glitter. You had walked around and started to head towards the office when one of the S.T.A.F.F. members had stopped you.

"Sorry kids, you can't go any further."

You had simply nodded and turned back. While looking into the other rooms, you had discovered a show stage, the bathrooms and the playroom. You had started to feel a bit more at ease with your surroundings.

" - Do you want to see the robots? They should be on the stage in a few moments if they aren't already. 

- Sure! I would love to!"

You had gone back to the show stage and made your way towards the front, facing the scene. Four animatronics were standing before your eyes: a green frog, an orange elephant, a purple hippopotamus and a pink pig. The violaceous animal had taken a step towards the audience and had started to speak.

"Welcome boys and girls to another show! I hope that this time, you won't throw cream pies at us like the last time. It reminds me of a story. I was with my good old friend Orville and we were both sitting near a river. I said: "Orville, I have a story for you." and he replied "Well, tell me what it is about.". I responded: "Orville, sometimes stories are just stories, they don't need to have any topics, you know? Because, you know, some stories don't have a particular theme." He looked up and said: "Friend, you need to stop rambling and trying to be a philosopher." and I retorted: "Well, Orville, I'm sorry but you can't change my mind, stories sometimes just don't have anything to talk about-". I was cut off when he threw a cream pie straight into my face."

You and the other kids in the room had laughed at the outcome of the hippo's long story. You had clapped your hands, looking up at him. He had stared down at you with a soft smile.

" - Well, it seems like we have a newcomer here. Happy Frog, hand me your microphone, please. Thank you. Now, my dear, what is your name?

- [Y/n]!

- Well, welcome to our show, [Y/n]. I hope you will enjoy it and not throw cream pies. The S.T.A.F.F. members are tired of wiping the floor, you know."

You had nodded and giggled. The robot had gone back to his position as they all started to sing.