I AM STILL HERE

Night three, Visiting Clockwork and Sneaking around

Hint from last chapter:

The Freddy's together again.

Let's get this show on the road shall we?
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Phantom drifted through the Ghost Zone, keeping a sharp eye out for Clockwork's elusive keep. He didn't know how much time had past before he finally found it, floating in the green void like it was there the entire time. Phantom flew up to the doors, and they opened without prompt, allowing the prince to go inside before quietly closing behind him. He landed on the floor and walked through the keep, heading for the room he knew the Ghost of Time would most likely be.

He was not disappointed, for there in a room with hundreds of mirrors that showed every aspect of the past, present and future floated Clockwork, Master of Time. The hooded ghost was gazing into a small mirror, seemingly unaware of Phantom's presences. The prince walked up to see what Clockwork was viewing, but the screen changed before he could find out.

"Welcome young prince. I see you need me for something?"

"You know what the thing in Fazbear's Fright is, and you know its connection to Danny." Phantom said, deciding to get to the point. He needed to get back after all.

"Yes, I know what it is, and what Daniel's connection to it is," Clockwork answered, "However, I'm afraid I cannot tell you what the connection is."

Phantom groaned, "It's of the utmost importance Clockwork, surely you can tell me something?" He implored. Clockwork seemed to think for a moment, but Phantom knew he already had the answer.

"The animatronic that you wish to know about was once human, as were the others," Clockwork explained, "The children were the ones who destroyed him, ending his killing spree. The rest I'm sure you could find if you looked at the internet or any old newspaper clippings."

"If they were against him, then why are they helping him now? Is he doing something to them?" Phantom asked.

"No, he did nothing to them, and they do not help him."

"Then why are their ghosts cutting off the ventilator in the building?" Phantom snapped getting tired of Clockwork's half-answers, "Do they still think the guards are their enemies?"

Clockwork finally looked at Phantom, a strange gleam in his solid red eyes, "What makes you think the phantom animatronics are the children?"

Phantom blanched at this, he hadn't even thought of that. "If they're not the children, then where are they? Did they move on?"

A secret smile spread on Clockwork's face as he hummed, "Yes, and no."

Phantom growled, "What's that supposed to mean? Do not toy with me Time Keeper!"

Clockwork floated a ways off, looking at another time mirror, "All except one have moved on, so to speak, but they are still around. Who knows? They might be closer than you think."

Finally fed up with the riddles, Phantom rolled his eyes, "Very well, apparently you can't tell me what I need. I'm sorry I wasted your time." He flew off, heading back to the Fenton Portal. He needed to meet with Sam and Tucker anyways.

Clockwork kept his grin, "My time is never wasted when it comes to you and your friends Prince Phantom," The smile left him though as the image on the mirror changed again, showing a room with four kids scattered around, their necks and chests torn open. A floating puppet came into the room and tried giving presents to the dead children in hopes of reviving them, before taking them and placing them into animal suits: a brown bear, a purple rabbit, a yellow chicken and a red fox.