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

Chapter 11: A bright new day

It's a bright new day and it's your time to shine, time to take your career into your own hands. 

Later that day, in the afternoon, you once again take a cab to go to Fazbear Entertainment's corporate headquarter. You are once again welcomed by the same secretary as yesterday.

" - Good afternoon, Mr./Mrs./Mx. [L/n]. How are you today?

- I'm fine, thank you. I have a meeting with Mr. Emily. 

- Oh, alright! It seems like you are in his good books.

- I guess, heh."

He softly smiles at you when a door opens, showing Henry Emily in the doorframe.

"Mr./Mrs./Mx. [L/n]! I was waiting for you. Come in."

You greet him before entering his office, closing the door behind you.

"Come on, take a seat."

You sit down in front of him.

"Now that you've become a part of Freddy's band, I have to show you the pizzeria in which we are going to work."

You nod, grinning a little. He stands up and looks at you.

"Follow me."

You exit the building with him.

"Let's get into my car."

You settle down next to him as he starts the car. A few minutes later, you are on the spot and get out of the vehicle. 

Before your eyes is standing an old edifice, proudly showing off Freddy's ensign. When you step inside, all you can see is a small room with a wooden floor with wooden tables and decaying walls. You look at Henry Emily with a surprised gaze.

"This place is the beginning of Fazbear Entertainment's rise. We just need money to improve it."

You remember having 100$/91.50€/78.60£ on your credit card.

"That should be enough for the first day."

You buy a discount ball pit and place it in the room. Then, you order paper cups and plates and place them on the tables. However, on second thought, you decide to replace them with colorful ones. Afterwards, you purchase a discount cooling unit which you place in a corner of the room.  A few customers already enter the pizzeria and settle down. You take their commands and prepare the pizzas, then get back to them and place the plates in front of them, which reminds you of the time when you worked at a similar location with Cindy. The money they give you before leaving helps you acquire a single stage that you install in front of the tables and a childish wooden animatronic called Bucket Bob along with some Paper Pals. Many other clients come in, which helps you gain more money to buy the Fruity Maze arcade. You place Bucket Bob on the little stage and the arcade game between the ball pit and a table. A few hours later, you buy the Midnight Motorist arcade, an enhanced speaker set, the Gumball Swivelhands, neon stage lights and many other things. At the end of the day, you realize you made a lot of benefits in a single day.

" - This sounds promising, Henry declares. I was right to trust you, [Y/n].

- I am pleased to hear that, Mr. Emily.

- Oh, call me Henry.

- Okay then, Henry.

- As everything seems to go well, do you mind if I let you run this pizzeria on your own? I'll come here every day once the building is closed.

- I-I would be honored!

- Let's do that then. Goodbye, [Y/n]. See you tomorrow."