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"My father, Michael Afton, was the Co Owner of Fredbear's Family Diner," He began, "I was too young at the time to know what he did for the place exactly, but I knew we always lived pretty good. Nothing fancy, but it was pretty good at the time."
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"I was a cry baby, I won't deny it, and my older brother hated my guts for it. He'd often jumpscare me with a Foxy mask, which started my fear of the animatronics. Ironically the only friends I had were the plush versions of them my parents gave me, along with a Fredbear plush that was my best friend. Because of what my brother did I ended up ripping the head off my Foxy plush, but I'm getting distracted here," Danny said waving the last part off.

"My dad, Michael Afton, would always take us to the diner when he had to go to work. It was kinda like a daycare for all ages and he happened to work there, y'know? My brother was supposed to watch me, but he'd always leave without me. And whenever I went home by myself he'd wait under my bed or someplace and scare me."

"That's horrible," Lucy said sympatheticly, Phantom remained quiet, waiting until Danny was done before saying anything.

Danny chuckled, ruffling his hair a little and making it messier than usual, "Yeah, my life was a hell hole. It only got worse about two weeks before my seventh birthday.

"I'd happened to be looking out the window when I'd seen you out on the curb Lucy. You were crying, I new you wanted to come inside the restaurant so bad. I didn't know the reason why you couldn't until you told me, but sometimes I wish I'd had the nerve to go outside to go talk to you. Maybe that wouldn't have happened if I did," Danny sat still for a moment, contemplating this before shaking his head, "I was too shy though, and my brother was actually there that day so I couldn't anyway if I wanted to, so I just sat and watched you. Then I saw my dad's limo pull up behind you and..."

Danny used a cough to cover the whimper that almost came out before taking a breath, letting it out slowly. He had to say this for Phantom's benefit, "I saw him choke you to death. I was so horrified that I hid in the parts and services room. Unfortunately my brother saw me and locked me in, so I ended up being left alone again at the pizzeria until they found me.

He lured another kid in the back with the golden Bonnie suit about three days later, and me with my six year old mind thought it was the robot itself doing it and not him. I started having nightmares every night about the animatronics trying to come into my room and eat me.

"I think all the stress started getting to me," Danny said rubbing the back of his neck, "Because I would hear Fredbear, the plushie, talk to me, give me warnings and stuff like that. I was six, so nobody thought it was a big deal when I had a 'one sided conversation' with him. He told me that my dad knew I'd seen what he did, that he hated me because of it.

I didn't believe it at first, but as the days went on I was starting to. My fath-Afton," Danny shook his head, Michael Afton wasn't his father anymore, he needed to stop that, "He would give me these weird looks. Like, hateful looks. I started to get terrified of him. I became that paranoid kid that couldn't get outta bed without worrying about someone coming to get me. Whether it was the robots or humans.

He was my father though, at the time, so I figured the best bet would be to avoid him when I can; basically like my brother or the machines, and do what he said when I couldn't avoid him. It kinda back fired on me though, didn't it?"

"So what I saw before, you felt that you had no choice but to follow him?" Phantom asked, stepping forward a little but unsure if he could touch the raven. Danny nodded, patting the foot of the suit before standing and opening his arms in invitation.