My Heart has no Strings attached (Marionette X reader) DISCONTINUED

10. It's Me

Swinging the door open you entered the darkened dining hall of Freddie's once more but except you had an extra pep in your step instead of dragging your heels in dread like the other two nights. Tonight was going to be much much more interesting.. and if what the Marionette said was true about his ability to control the toy animatronics, then the night will go by alot smoother.

Except that there was the withered animatronics, who for some reason are to a large degree immune to the power of Puppet Master Marionette's taming strings, and only god knows how especially aggressive withered Bonnie would be tonight after his kill was swept up from his grasp, how pissed off he must of been.

It sent a cold shiver up your spine thinking about it but then Marionette's words repeated a couple of times; "I will come for you soon enough.." those words brought a comforting warmth that had bubbled up into your being shooing away the bad thoughts away and giving you a new found scene of confidence and security, your best friend the Marionette will protect you, after what had transpired between you and him last night you were sure that you could now completely trust him..

Sighing through your nose you made your way to the office and got comfortable on the chair and played Scott's latest message which was simply Scott praising you for your efforts so far, and a bit more advice on how to ward off the animatronics.

"I appreciate your praise and concern Scott, but I actually managed to become friendly with one of them and tonight I have a rendezvous with them.." you though with a small smile as Scott bid you a safe night and hung up. you quickly picked up the tablet and saw that as promised by Mari; the Toy animatronics were still onstage and don't look like they were going to be moving around anytime soon, and with that it was time to check up to check up on the withered animatronics.

Switching to the parts and services cam you saw that withered, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy were already gone but Freddy remained slumped on the floor, you sat the tablet on your lap and quickly produced the flashlight and flashed it down the hall, Foxy stood there looking ready to pounce but then he growled and hissed recoiling at the bright light emanating from the flashlight, scalding his big plastic eye balls and retreated elsewhere, you then grabbed the tablet again and whent to the Prize corner to see that the Marionette was almost out of it's box.

Rapping your fingers in a antsy manner against the desk you sighed "Come on Mari.." then you switched to the kitchen cam and were nearly startled by withered Bonnie who was just a little too close to the camera and despite having no face to express his anger you could still feel his flashing smoldering red dot eyes on your being.

Yep. Bonnie was pissed.

"Seriously what is your problem Bonnie? what did I ever do to deserve nearly getting stuffed by the likes of you?" you growled glaring back at the animatronic ranting not noticing the music playing then you hear a voice

"Never you mind old Bonnie dear (Y/n).." you gasp and look up seeing the Marionette in animatronic form crouched on your desk as if he was trying to be level with your eye site, "Mari!" you cried happily flinging your arms around the monochrome animatronic in a hug, Marionette made a noise that sounded like a stutter but then he slowly returned the gesture wrapping his long thin arms around your form and chuckled.

"Thank you for trusting me enough to come back here tonight (Y/n)." said Marionette stroking your back as you pulled away from him, "So are we going to be in your box for the rest of my shift?" you ask receiving a nod from Mari then he swept you up off your feet and held you bridal style making you let out a noise of surprise and a bit of pink dust your cheeks, then the Marionette glided smoothly out of the office and down the hall.

Coming up in the main dining room you saw the other toy animatronics off the stage and appearing to be talking to one another in hushed whispers, then Mari stops in front of the group causing them to look up, they all look to some degree confused, and you turned your head hiding the Marionette's chest and let out a quite whimper in fear of the other animatronics, The Marionette began petting your head reassuringly.

"Puppet, w-what is the meaning of this? why are you s-s-suddenly all chummy with the nightguard?" asked Toy Freddy who stepped up to you and Mari with a raised eyebrow and an incredulous tone , Toy Bonnie then spoke; "I t-though the night guards were our enemy what makes her so special?", there were murmurs of confusion among Toy Chica and Funtime Foxy and Balloon boy just stood there quietly.

The Marionette noted each and every reaction and clutched you closer in his arms protectively and replied; "(Y/n) the N-n-night guard is not our enemy. I-I know so. She and I are p-p-personally close, we go way b-back. that is why I demand you not to touch her." Marionette explained which only led the animatronics to exchange glances and you too began to ponder why he would say that, he kept talking about knowing you for a long time when it hasn't been two days since you and the Marionette were actually friendly with one another and 14 and some years since you actually set foot into the establishment.

What did he mean by "we go way back"? or "Childhood friend"? did this mean the Puppet still had memories of you and him as a child despite having brand new, and slightly more advanced AI in his animatronic brain? but then what was his Humanoid form? Marionette did promise you answers and with that you remained quite.

"e-everything will be explained tonight I just don't want (Y/n) getting hurt anymore understand?" the Toys nodded and made way for Marionette as he began to glide towards his Box you bent your head back giving you a small glance at the toy animatronics who were now all following. Marionette stopped at his Box and opened it and gingerly placed you inside like the last night. Scooting over to the end of the box you made room for Mari and waited for him to join you but he stared at you then said "Wait right here." you nodded although slightly puzzled and turned your gaze to one of the walls of the box while Mari and the others walked off for the moment.

Twiddling your thumbs mindlessly watching your nails scrape softly against the pads of your thumbs you waited for Mari's return, then a striped foot stepped into the box catching your attention, looking up the Marionette was now his human self. Mari lowered the rest of himself into the box and closed the lid, darkness lingered for a moment before the light came on again.

"sorry about that. I didn't want to strip the animatronic body off of me from within the box this time... it's a little too uncomfortable to do that here." you nodded understandingly, while this box was big enough for the two of you; there was not enough room for the Tall animatronic to stretch his human limbs. The Puppet man then criss-crossed his legs comfortably and sighed "Finally..we have some time alone." You nodded and spoke " so.. Mari.. was there something you wanted to tell me?"

The Puppet nodded.



(X)



I couldn't forget the day she and I met, even if I wanted to.. I didn't want to.. her face was a face that filled my shy, lonely heart with a blissful warmth that melted the pain of today, a face that help me be able to actually look forward to a much brighter tomorrow.

A face that made everything seem right in the world, No other girl that I made acquaintances with in the past has had that effect on me, not like 'Her'.. at the time I was too young to fully comprehend why this was, but it felt good.. and that was all that mattered as of then.

I was carrying a paper plate with a fresh hot slice of pepperoni pizza and a small cup of cola over to a lone table over by a rather obscure corner of the dinning hall, not that I minded anyway.. I was used to being by myself, well.. that's what I would keep telling myself..

As I parked myself on a empty seat I glanced over to the group of party tables on the opposite end of the dinning hall I see one particular table, jammed packed with kids who all looked roughly the same age and costumed adults , all cheering and clapping for one little blonde girl with two pigtails as she blew out the candles on her cake. I then looked at the slice of Pizza on my plate and stared at it

You are at fredbear's family diner! one of the happiest places on earth! and one of your favorite places! you should be happy!

'Then why do I feel like I am slowly dying on the inside watching these kids have their fun?..while I am just sitting here.. alone."

I shook my head forcefully shoving the negative thoughts back into the dark corners of my mind, of course this was temporary as they will come back out to rule my life soon enough. For now I am going to try to be happy and have fun today, for mom and for myself. Taking my eyes off the crowded table I focus on the delightful food item that sat in front of me,

I then took the cup and took a long sip, savoring the sickeningly sweet flavor of the carbonated beverage and closed by eyes and sighed though my nose.

"Hey kid!"

A voice rudely tore me from my peace and sent a cold shiver down my back, My blue eyes instantly found the one who called out to me, a rather tall looking kid, Brunette, probably three or four years senior to me and at his side was one blonde and another brunette. I had a strong feeling that these boys weren't here to make friends..but to cause trouble, that really made me nervous

"h-hey guys.." I tried to play it cool and tried not to show any fear with the hope that I will slip away unscathed, but fate was almost never on my side, often sticking it's leg out to trip me and laugh at my misery and humiliation.

The boys had approached the seats of the table across from my seat and go up on their knees on top of them, the brunette leader leaned over close to my face making me back up nervously. "That's a tasty looking slice of pizza right there.." he had pointed to my plate and I stole a small glance at it before meeting the brunette's harsh gaze again. I swallowed hard "y-yhea it sure is" I tried my best to sound happy while in reality I felt like peeing my pants,

the Brunette and his thug friends then looked at each other with wide sadistic grins, already I didn't like where this situation was going..

The collar of my black and white striped t-shirt was suddenly grabbed roughly and pulled forward violently jerking me with it, a startled and fearful cry escaped my mouth and I was suddenly way too close to the brunette's snarling face, with clenching teeth he said;

"I think I'll be taking it!"

my eyes widened even more "w-what?! you c-can't do that! my m-mom bought that for me!" I yelled struggling to get out of my bullies grip but to no avail. The bully chuckled darkly "does it look like I give a sh*t?" he swore.. he swore in a kids place..

"No you can't have it! it's mine! let me go!" I yelled struggling again before I felt a fist come into contact with the side of my face sending me crashing hard onto the cold tile flooring with a pain filled scream. For a moment there was an agonizing pain and a ringing in my ears, before the sound of mocking laughter got louder and louder.."No! I came here to have fun! I cam here to be happy. I came here to escape the pain of being pushed around! I-I-I..." tears stung the corners of my eyes as I remained curled up on the floor trying to hide the fact that I was starting to cry.

"you give me your Pizza and i won't beat the stuffing outta you, worthless little pansy. " the bully stood almost triumphantly over my form I opened my mouth to respond only to nearly choke out a sob but then I said shakily "F-fine! take it! just leave me alone" the bully smirked and his goons were still laughing at my shaking form

"Just give them what they want. Mother will just get you a new slice."

I let out a few quiet sobs as the bullies scooped up my plate of pizza and produced their own plate, except their plate was piled quite high with pizza slices and then added my slice to their collection. I listened hard for the moment that the three would leave but it seemed like they still hung around staring at my crumpled form like it was the most amusing thing they ever laid eyes on.

"go away, go away, go away, go away, go away.." I pleaded mentally as the sound of more taunts and snickers reached my ears, they have what they want why are they still here tormenting me? should they be at their table eating their prized stolen pizzas? my thoughts were interrupted when a striking blow was delivered right to my stomach, again a pained cry ripped though my throat followed by a immense pain and more sadistic laughter.

the tears were now streaming down my face as I cried holding my stomach.

"Hahaha! your a weak little pansy aren't you?" one of the goons mocked picking me up by my collar and throwing me to the ground again "you'll always be weak! no girl will ever want a weakling like you" said the leader and a loud painful smack was delivered to the back of my head and I cried harder "STOP!!" I screamed and began to thrash wildly against their hold finally the bullies lost their grip, I got up and bolted as fast as I could away from them.

I ran and ran not really paying attention to whom I was pushing out of my way. My eyes were blurred by the waterfall of tears that ran down my face, I just kept running, running to the one place I know that I knew I wouldn't be bothered or found by the bullies.

I slipped past the close sign on the entrance of the prize corner and retreated to were the marionette box was, my good old animatronic friend the Marionette..sleeping peacefully in his box. I whent behind the box to be able to let out my emotions without the scorn of others.. it was all I could do.

Minutes when by with just the sound of my sobs and the light music emanating from the Puppet's box.. but it seemed like much longer than that. I sobbed wondering just how my day could get any worse.. just as it usually was at school... "u-uhm hey are you okay?" a gentle girl's voice filled with concern asked making me freeze.

After I had gotten myself to stop crying I began to talk to the very pretty girl who's name was (Y/n).. she had (e/c) eyes and (long/short/curly) hair that was (h/c), she was really kind to me, the kindest anyone's ever been to me since I moved here to (Town/city name). we left the prize corner together and she then out of the blue she asked if I would like to come to her party to have Pizza.

"This is your chance to turn your day around and possibly more..take it!"