The Forgotten Night

Journal Entry: October 21, 2024

I didn’t think I’d write another entry so soon, but something happened today that I can’t ignore. After last night’s escape, we all wanted to put this behind us. Sarah, Lucas, and I packed our things and prepared to leave Willow Creek for good. But as I was packing, I found something in my bag that I didn’t remember putting there a small, battered Freddy Fazbear plushie. Its lifeless eyes were eerily similar to the animatronic that nearly caught us last night.

I showed it to Sarah and Lucas when we met up. Neither of them had seen it before. We were all on edge, wondering how it got there. Lucas suggested it was a prank, but deep down, we knew it wasn’t.

We decided to head to the local library, hoping to find more information about the pizzeria’s history. Maybe if we understood what happened there, we could figure out why it seemed to be haunting us.

At the library, we found old newspaper clippings and police reports. The more we read, the more the pieces began to fit together. There were reports of missing children, strange accidents, and even the mysterious disappearance of the night guard. But what struck us the most were the articles about the man behind the animatronics, William Afton. His name kept coming up, connected to every dark incident.

As we delved deeper, we found references to a place called the Afton Robotics facility. It was mentioned in a few old reports, linked to experimental animatronic designs and secret projects. According to the documents, the facility was abandoned around the same time the pizzeria shut down.

We decided to check it out. The facility was on the outskirts of town, hidden in a dense forest. It took us a while to find it, and by the time we did, the sun was beginning to set. The building was in better shape than the pizzeria, but it still had that same eerie, abandoned feeling.

Inside, we found blueprints and schematics for the animatronics. There were notes in Afton’s handwriting, detailing modifications and “enhancements” he made to the machines. It became clear that the animatronics were more than just entertainment—they were designed for something far more sinister.

In one of the rooms, we discovered a collection of old videotapes. They were labeled with dates and cryptic titles like “Project Fredbear” and “Phase 2.” We took a few tapes and decided to watch them back at my house.

Back home, we gathered around the TV and played the first tape. The footage was grainy, showing William Afton working on an animatronic. He was talking to the camera, explaining the enhancements he was making. His tone was calm, almost casual, but there was something chilling about the way he described the modifications.

The second tape was even worse. It showed a test run of one of the animatronics. Afton commanded it to perform various tasks, and it followed his instructions perfectly. But then, he gave it a new command: “Find the intruder.” The animatronic’s eyes glowed red, and it moved with terrifying speed and precision. The tape cut off abruptly, leaving us in stunned silence.

We knew we couldn’t stay in Willow Creek any longer, but now we had a new mission. We needed to find out the full extent of Afton’s experiments and expose the truth. Maybe then, the spirits trapped in those animatronics could finally find peace.

For now, we’re planning our next steps. We’ll leave town tomorrow, but we’ll keep digging. Whatever Afton did, it needs to be uncovered. The world needs to know the horrors of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.

- Ethan