The Story and Timeline of Five Nights At Freddy's (And the fanverse)

1980 to 1989

1980

Manuel Genaro, 60 years old, was the owner of the pizzeria "Cerdi's World". He had opened this pizzeria on Monday, June 2, between 23rd and 45th streets, they had state-of-the-art animatronics, of which were Cerdi the pig and Jerry the rabbit, according to Manuel's words, said he had invested all his money in the pizzeria, he saw a great future in his creation, while the job vacancies consisted working within of the Cerdi and Jerry suits, they had the spring mechanism, so as not to have to take the endoskeleton in and out all the time, 26-year-old John Stevens along with his best friend, 24-year-old Paul Campbell, went for the positions to work, and they were a little worried about whether it would be a good decision to accept the positions, if that were the case, in the end they were calm when they entered the restaurant they met Manuel Genaro, the owner of the restaurant, they talked with him and introduced themselves then after that, Manuel told them that the next morning, his son Daniel Genaro would teach them how to use the Cerdi and Jerry costumes and so it was the next day, they went to the restaurant exactly in the parts and services room where Daniel taught them how to use the spring suits and also told them the safety rules to avoid inconveniences. Their first day began that day at 3:00 pm, it would be the birthday of a girl named Stacy who would turn 5 years old later, when Paul and John left, Daniel told them, IDIOTS, insulting them for no reason, at least that's what we're going to think.

Michelle Schmidt is born.

1981

Edwin Murray builds the Mimic for his 4 year old son David on October 23rd.

Janet Davis is born on November 12th.

One day David dies from a car accident, Edwin becoming frustrated due to the loss of his son, takes out his anger on the Mimic, causing it to inherent Edwin's violent behavior and kill anyone who it agonizes pain on.

1982

Springlock animatronic suits are invented by William and Henry, BTW it's unknown how or when this happened but William Afton survived a springlock accident.

William was almost always busy with work, so he has Michael babysit Dave, however William installs a camera system in his underground bunker where he spied on his children.

October.- An incident happens at a restaurant named Jr's.

Fazbear Entertainment notices that Edward Murray hasn't responded to them for a while and they send a team to investigate but the Mimic kills them.

1983

The diner already became fairly popular and was considered an economic success, sparking a toy line and a 1983 television series known as Fredbear and Friends.

Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is opened with new animatronics built by Henry Emily "Freddy Fazbear & Friends" (Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie the Bunny, Chica the Chicken, and Foxy the Pirate Fox that were originally mascot costumes).

There have been rumors of people being stuffed into the animatronic suits, this causes Dave to be afraid of the animatronics but mostly Fredbear especially due to his imagination and Michael bullies Dave because of it.

October. 3rd- Elizabeth and her mother were gonna visiting Aunt Jane (Annabelle's sister) for the week and come back home on Dave's birthday, Michael was left to babysit his little brother Dave while William was at work. Dave talks to his friends Cindy, Susie and Billy for a bit, he went over to Fredbear's Family Diner where his father was working, William was busy and shut the doors in his son's face.

October. 4th- Five days before Dave's birthday party, Michael locks him in his room, laughing sadistically from the outside. The Fredbear plush seems unfazed by what Michael is doing, only asking what he has done "this time". The plush constantly tries to help Dave avoid Michael, guiding him with his words.