Behind Closed Doors

The First Night

Mike went to his chair and sat down. Stephanie waited until he sat down and was comfortable and continued.

"So when I was 5 years old, I ran away from home. Freddy Fazbear's Pizza was the place I went to when I was troubled and I really liked going here, so I ran here. It was dark out and I think the doors were locked. Either that, or I didn't have the strength to open the door, I was only 5. I was crying and I heard noises coming from inside. Then, I heard a car stop behind me. I didn't look around until I heard a voice from behind me. 'Come here little child' the voice said. I turned around and was able to see a little bit of purple on the guy and a glint of gold and I was killed."

"So a guy wearing purple killed you for no reason?" Mike asked.

Stephanie's eyes flashed red for a second. "Yup. I was killed on this property, so I was trapped here as a ghost forever, or until someone set me free. No one did though, and here I am. Still stuck here. I never talked to one of the security guards before, though. I've watched every security guard come here and get killed by those animatronics. Some were lucky enough to survive the first night and then quit."

Mike shivered. He wanted to ask how many security guards worked here before him, but he didn't think he wanted to find out.

"The next year after my death, they reopened the pizzeria. They had a day security guard and decided to also have a night security guard. They also added a criminal database to the animatronics so that they would be able to catch the killer, because they couldn't ever find him. They said that they found him once, but they were wrong. The other guy they found works in the sister location, Fazbear's Family Diner. He also wears purple, but he had an alibi, or that's what I heard from the people who work here."

"So there are two people wearing purple in creepy pizzerias?"

"I guess so. But the purple guy who works at the sister location didn't exactly have a clean record. One day he got in a suit from Fazbear's Family Diner and lured 5 kids, my friends, into the back room. I saw it all happen. He killed each of them. They all turned into ghosts like me. But then..."

She stopped. The Mother had told her to not to speak about her. But for the next part of the story, she had to talk about her.

"Then what?" Mike asked. He opened the door and checked that 'BONNNNNNIIIIEEEE' wasn't there. He looked through the cameras and saw that 'BONNNNNNIIIIEEEE' was in the supply closet. He checked the time, 4 am, almost 5am.

"But...then...um...I...uh..." Stephanie couldn't talk.

Mike flipped through the cameras as she thought about what she could say. All the other animatronics were in place.

"OK." Stephanie said, coming to a conclusion. "Someone, or something, put the bodies of the 4 dead children in the animatronic suits, and later the souls possessed the suits. But now, they can get out of the pizzeria because they're just trapped in the suits, not the pizzeria like I am. But the company doesn't want to get them out of this place, so they're stuck here. Every night, my friends try to tell the security guard about them, so the security guards can help, but whenever they go near a security guard, they think it is a naked endoskeleton, like the phone message told you. And the rest is basically what the phone told you."

"So, they want me to help them and they don't want to kill me?" Mike asked.

"Yes, they do." Stephanie answered.

"How can I trust you? You can just distract me from them so they have the chance to kill me." Mike asked, looking away from Stephanie and hastily looking through the cameras.

"They are my friends so I know a lot about them and I did help you before from Bonnie."

"Bonnie. Is that his name?" Mike asked, turning around to face Stephanie again.

"Yes. The bear is Freddy, the chicken is Chica, and the Fox in Pirate Cove is Foxy. It's been such a long time since we all died and they forgot their real names. I'm the only one that remembers my name." Stephanie explained.

Mike looked at Pirate Cove through the cameras. The curtain was closed.

"Why is the curtain closed and why is he out of order?" Mike asked, observing the "out of order" sign.

"He is out of order because of a malfunction he had. The company tried to fix him, but they couldn't, so they left him there." she said, pointing at Pirate Cove. "That's also why they keep the curtains closed."

Mike now knew who Foxy was. His favorite animatronic. He now remembered the time where he begged his mom to buy Foxy merchandise from the store and how he always dressed as Foxy when he came to the pizzeria. He also remembered begging to go to the pizzeria every week to see Foxy. How he couldn't remember Foxy's name, he didn't know.

"Well, I told you everything." Stephanie said. She turned around and started to leave.

"Wait." Mike exclaimed, running to her. "Are you going to be here tomorrow?"

Stephanie just smiled and ran through the wall, back into the kitchen.

Mike felt alone again. He never thought a dead person would make him feel less lonely. He never thought that he would even be able to talk to a ghost and not die.

He looked at the time again, 5am. He was almost done. He checked the cameras again and saw Bonnie at the end of the hall. He had enough power to last, so he closed the left door.

He looked at the camera onstage and saw Chica and Freddy.

"Hi Chica. Hi Freddy." he said into the camera.

The screen turned black for a second and came back. Mike gasped. Chica and Freddy were staring into the camera.

"What the..."

Then, the clock struck 6 am. He heard shuffling as the animatronics went back into their positions. The lights turned on and he stood up.

He rushed out of the office and through the party room to go to his car. He decided that he shouldn't come back, no matter how much it paid. Then, he saw a figure dash out the kitchen into the back room. He thought again. If he stayed, he might save the 6 children from staying eternityin the pizzeria.

He walked out the pizzeria and walked to his car. He counted the amount of animatronics on his fingers. As he drove out, he noticed something.

"Where is the fifth dead child Stephanie was talking about?"