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Chapter Six :: New Friend

(Funtime Freddy POV)

"N-No. Ballora will not harm you. We won't let her." The glitching of my voice ceased for a moment, making it easier to understand. The glitching and echoing in my voice was really annoying. I wished that someone would come fix me... but they were all far too afraid. Y/N must have shifted in my chest cavity, because I shook and almost lost my balance. "C-Careful! Don't want me to f-f-fall over!"

"I'm afraid, Freddy." Y/N sighed after a long pause. I wasn't sure how to respond, really. All I wanted to do was entertain, but I wasn't the best at it in hindsight. The blue bunny puppet on my hand hummed softly before speaking.

"Y/N, what's scaring you? Maybe we could work through it together!" Bon-Bon was always better at calming people than I was.

"I-I just... all of this, you know? This situation isn't something you see every day. But now that I have Foxy and Baby protecting me, I don't want them to get hurt. I guess I care about them? I don't know. Will... Will they be okay?" Y/N spoke slowly, but I could hear the fear in their voice.

"They'll b-both be okay, Y/N. Th-They're fighters!" I answered, trying to keep myself quiet, just in case. "Especially-ly Baby. When she's protective over s-someone, she'll protect them." I glanced around the room. It was fairly empty in here, other than a few wires and the conveyor belt. I wasn't really sure where it led and I hoped I would never find out.

"Mhm..." Y/N didn't say anything after that. I could feel them shaking a bit and I wanted to give them a hug. Once again, it was silent.

"Freddyyy, is Baby around?" Metaphorically, my stomach dropped. It was one of the bidybab twins. How was I supposed to tell her where Baby was? She gripped onto my arm and swung on it a little bit. "Sea is hiding from me, but I can't find her. I'm so bored..." This is Lavender then. I didn't answer, hoping that Lavender would go away and find something else to do. We couldn't risk her giving away our location to Ballora. "Freddy?"

"Who is that?" Y/N called out. Lavender gasped

"New friend!" She called out knocking on my stomach. Y/N squeaked in fear, moving extremely quickly inside the storage bank to get away from Lavender's knocking. I nearly fell over, and Lavender's swinging on my arm didn't help.

"L-L-Lavender-r!" I hissed, trying to bat her off of me. She just dodged and clinged onto the other side of my arm.

"Hello in thereee~!" She giggled and tapped on my stomach again. Bon-Bon huffed and jumped off of my hand, grabbing Lavender and pulling her to the ground. "Hey--"

"Sh-Shut up!" That was louder than I thought it would be... The room went silent for a long time. I could hear Y/N's breathing. There was a loud thunk on the other side of the door, in the auditorium. Quieter, more metallic sounding thunks followed.

"Freddy, no need to be so mean. I was just trying to--" Lavender pouted.

"Shhh," Bon-Bon cut her off, "we're hiding from Ballora. She's trying to find Y/N to... hurt them." The puppet whispered the last bit so Y/N wouldn't hear. Realization dawned in the smaller animatronic's eyes.

"Ohhhh... that makes sense! Well, let me see them! I'm sure that they want comfort." Lavender seemed to smile wider. "Pleaseee~?"

"They're already cramped, Bidybab..." Bon-Bon tried to get her to stop, but she didn't. Baby needs to get these things on a leash...

"I'm small though!"

"F-Fine. But be quiet." I opened my chest, and I was met with the fearful stare of Y/N. It made me feel bad, as this could have been prevented. They probably thought something bad was happening.

"What... happened?"

"B-Bidybab." I responded, glancing down at the tan-colored animatronic. She blinked her purple eyes at me, her expression unchanging as she waited for me to let her meet Y/N. "Sh-She's going to join you for c-c-comfort, and sh-she's good at it!" I didn't really mean those words, but Y/N was already afraid and I didn't want Lavender to make it worse.

"Oh... um, okay... D-Does she have a name other than Bidybab or...?"

"I'm Lavender!" Lavender moved quickly and crawled into my storage bank. I gave Y/N a reassuring thumbs up before closing my stomach again with a soft sigh. I could hear Lavender chattering away quietly. "I have a twin and her name is Sea. You can tell us apart by our eyes, since I have purple peepers and Sea has blue-green ones."

"Really? How'd you two get your names?" Y/N asked. It was nice to hear them interacting with someone normally and being distracted from the chaos going on outside the room. "The kids named us, before we were put out of commission for being 'too scary looking'."

"I don't think you're scary looking."

"Thank you. After being decommissioned, we just hang out in parts and service with Freds and Bonnabel--"

"Quiet down in there! We don't want anyone to hear us!" Bon-Bon said, climbing back to his spot on my hand. When everything was quiet again, a sense of relief washed over me. We'll be fine. There was another loud thunk outside, followed by a screech. I felt Y/N flinch. Bon-Bon let out an exasperated sound before jumping off my hand once again.

"Bon-B-B-Bon, where a-are you going-g?" I asked.

"I'm just going to check on Ballora! Nothing major. Stay calm, it'll all be okay!" Bon-Bon replied, hopping towards the door to parts and service. He pushed it open and was instantly grabbed by a scary looking wire that pulled him into the auditorium. The door slammed shut. My eyes widened and I felt panic course through me. Bon-Bon was my best friend and performing partner, and having him be killed by Ballora would be horrible. I couldn't do anything with Lavender and especially Y/N in my storage bank, though. Baby would kill me for doing this, but...

"Y/N, I'm g-g-going to let you out. Y-You need to h-h-hide. Lav-vender will show-w you where." My glitching got worse the more nervous I got. I opened my storage bank and helped Y/N out carefully. Lavender followed, tumbling out haphazardly. The two of them quickly rushed to hide somewhere I didn't see before I stormed into Foxy and I's auditorium with a loud yell.

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[Edited - 12/17/20]

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