When Laughter Turns to Tears

Chapter 1

It all happened so fast... I don't know what came over me. I don't know why I did it, but I did. And there's no going back now, no changing the past. What's done is done and I hate myself for it...

I lay in the corner of my room, frozen with fear and grief. My eyes burned from the amount of tears that streamed down my cheeks. My body ached all over with bruises littering my pale skin. Dad got really mad, really, really mad. I don't blame him though, I did it.. I killed Sammy...

I thought back to that moment, that very moment where the world seemed to end. The pizzeria was lively and full of children excited for the many birthday parties happening. The bright colors of balloons and streamers made me want to barf up a rainbow. I sat at one of the tables with a few of my friends, we all had our own unique mask based on the friendly characters on stage. Well, not at this stage, it was just Fredbear and Bonnie today. I stared down at my foxy mask for a bit too long before one of my friends tapped me on the shoulder. It was Gordon, though it took me a second to realize it was him since his face was covered by the blue Bonnie mask he wore.

"Hey, this party is kinda lame, why don't we make it more interesting?" Gordon snickered and turned his head in the other direction. My gaze followed his and landed on a group of younger kids with party hats on. I looked a bit closer and realized what Gordon was talking about. There in the middle of the group was the birthday boy, who just so happened to be my little brother, Sammy. As much as I loved the little guy, I did not want to be at his stupid birthday party. But since Dad worked all the time and Mom was MIA, it always fell upon me to take care of him. Ever since Charlie's death, Dad had grown even more distant than he already was. Mom couldn't handle the grief and left, I haven't seen her since. I still don't know what happened to her, I was too busy taking care of Sammy during one of his meltdowns to even realize that Charlie had disappeared. Dad always blamed me for her death, I always blamed Sammy.

"What did you have in mind?" I responded to Gordon with a smirk. I could never pass up on a chance to torment my little bro. I didn't care if it was his birthday, he's the reason Charlie's dead, he's the reason Mom left, and he's the reason why Dad hates me so much. I needed to get my revenge somehow.

"How about we get him close to Fredbear, you know how much he hates that stupid robot." Gordon looked back over at me and chuckled. I couldn't help but laugh along with him. It was genius! Sammy had always been afraid of those animatronics, even more now after Charlie's death.

"Let's do it." I stood up and called my other two friends over. Lee, with the Chica mask, and Benny with Freddy's. I slipped on my own mask and led my group over to Sammy and his friends, what little he had since the brat was always so quiet. I made my way through the circle of children and grabbed Sammy by the arm, dragging him away from the others. Sammy tried to fight back like always yet was too weak to get away.

"Come on Sammy, stop being a brat! I got a little surprise for you!" I dropped Sammy to the ground as my friends surrounded him, making it impossible for him to escape. By the time Sammy hit the ground, he was already in tears. God, he was such a baby. Gordon must've been thinking the same thing.

"Wow, your brother's kind of a baby, isn't he?"

"It's hilarious!" I laughed, the others following mine. We were about a couple feet away from the main stage where Fredbear and Bonnie were performing their same lame ass routine. "Why don't we help him get a closer look, he will love it!" I suggested. The minute the words came out of my mouth, I saw Sammy shudder. He knew what I was talking about and immediately got even more scared than ever. I never understood how someone could be so scared over some dumb animatronics, weren't they bolted to the stage? It's not like they could come to life and hurt you, unless one of the employees used them as a suit.