Selfless

Chapter 1: A New Idea

It had been 6 years since I became co-owner of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. It was busy, especially at first, when it was just Uncle and me. Over time, we had hired some new staff, and everything was going great.

We had accomplished alot. I took some extra self defense classes in my spare time. Those classes were Kung-Fu, fencing, and archery. Uncle had even taught me to use many different guns, and I was certified to use them. In the past 6 years, I became badass. I was not only co owner of the restaurant, but with my new training I was now part of the security to make sure past events hadn't repeated.

Freddy Fazbear's was at the peak of its popularity. After the mysteries had been solved and the bodies laid to rest, there were no more hauntings, mysterious deaths or malfunctioning bites there anymore. The community viewed Uncle and I as heroes for finding the bodies of the missing children of 11 years. We met their parents and families too. We had alot of support to turn the pizzeria around.

Even as co owner with a good amount of employees I still helped around the restaurant when things got really busy, and also to see the smiles our work had brought to children and families.

At night, I would stay late hours, and turn the lights down to give it that eerie feeling I had once fell in love with. I would look through the security cameras all throughout the restaurant praying for one of the beloved animatronics to move when I wasn't looking. I could always just put them on "free roam mode", but it just wouldn't be the same.

I was in the kitchen one day helping employees make pizza for an incoming birthday party. They were going to be there in about an hour, and the place was packed enough already. We had to make about 10 pizzas for a party of 53. I loved it though, and did everything I could with a smile on my face.

I heard a sound when I was rolling dough. It was the high pitched patterned beeping noise that let everyone know that a truck was backing up.

"What the..? A delivery truck?" I asked aloud, knowing that delivery for product wasn't for a few days.

"(Y/N)! Can you come with me for a moment?" Uncle, dressed in the nice clothing an owner would be dressed in, came from the security office to get me.

"Sorry Uncle, I can't. I have so much to do here. We have a party today, you know." I giggled.

"That's today???" He panicked. "Okay, well, let me get that delivery, and I'll get in here to help. I think you will like what I have to say." He walked off quickly and then returned in no time at all.

"Okay, so what was that about?" I asked, finishing the pizza dough for all 10 pizzas and began grating cheese.

"That was a delivery of some old relics from the old location of Freddy's. The CEOs of Fazbear entertainment sold them to me. They called them "toy versions"." Uncle explained as he began slicing pepperoni on the nearby slicer.

"What?? I think that was before my time, Uncle." I laughed. I was unfamiliar with the toy animatronics. "Anyway, why do you want them? Old relics wouldn't really come in handy here, unless we could somehow put them together..."

"That isn't a bad idea, but I think there is even more to the story that we missed and those relics could somehow be the key to find what it was."

"More to the story, huh.." I could actually care less about the rest of the story. All I cared about was that my friends were at peace, and no more children would be victims here.

"So, I bought a building that we could show off these relics from the old days. There are also pieces from old versions of the ones we have here. I want to bring the story of your friends back to life. I want to make sure their story lives forever in a museum."

"That's wonderful news!" I couldn't help but smile. Uncle always did what he could to keep me thinking of them. I appreciated that so much.

We finished the pizzas in a timely manner. We brought them out fresh when the party arrived and made sure the birthday girl had her favorite animatronic sing happy birthday to her, which happened to be Bonnie. I always loved watching the kids with the animatronics. It reminded me of days long since passed.

After the pizzas were out, Uncle took me to the security room to show me the "relics". I looked through the toy versions and to be honest, I thought they kinda sucked. I found one though, that looked almost like a mime's face. He had spots of blush on his cheeks, what seemed to be lipstick on his gigantic grin, and two tear stripes that ran beneath his eyes.

"Hm..." I hummed and held onto the mask-like piece of history.

"Do you like that one?" Uncle asked.

"I don't know. There is something about it.." I trailed off as I looked into the pools of black that were his eyes.

"That one is called the Marionette. They say, that if you didn't keep his music box winded he would come for you the minute your back was turned."

"I think..I want to take it home. I feel like it belongs somewhere. I'll find it though."

"Maybe he had a connection to your friends somehow. I hope you find the answer."

"Thank you, Uncle." I held the face against my chest lovingly.
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When I got home that night with Uncle, I took the marionette mask up to my room, and set it next to the hand made plushies I had on a shelf next to my bed. I stated at the 6 of then together. Suddenly, I didn't feel like everything was okay anymore.