Five Nights At Freddy's: The Hidden Souls

A Future Friend

For the time being, William felt calm and happy while he was asleep. After the long night he had, this was exactly the kind of thing he needed to relax. Come to think of it, he almost fell asleep immediately. Everything was doing fine at first. It was calm and satisfying for the most part, until, for some reason, he found himself back inside of the Ballora Gallery. Wait, how the hell did I end up back down here? At first, he thought that maybe Baby or Ennard might've moved him back down while he was sleeping, but he soon realized that the gallery was much different than what he remembered.

The tables that were set out in front of the stage were now missing. Not messed up, or destroyed, but just gone. In fact, other than the stage, the room was practically empty, and very dark. William looked behind himself to find the visitor elevator, but the door that was previously there before was gone, too. Now that he noticed it, the large curtains were still the same, and the floor was tiled similarly. There was no sign of Baby, Ennard, or Bonnet anywhere. There wasn't any sign of the glass panels from the primary module, either.

What is happening right now? This must be some kind of dream or hallucination. It was incredibly confusing for him, and it only increased once he looked at the open space in front of the stage. Ballora, in all her glory, was slowly spinning around the room. It appeared that she randomly showed up, as there no signs of her anywhere before. But how? I saw her get scooped out. This has to be some kind of dream. It took him a few moments to realize that there was something much different about this Ballora.

She was still an animatronic, yes, but her suit was vastly different. Of course, she still had many of the same features as before: her dark, short purple hair tied together, a long, light-purple tutu, the same blue ballerina shoes, and a dark blue crop top. However, it seemed like her form was much more humanoid that before, sort of like Baby's new suit. Her face reminded him of that photo of Angelica, as Ballora now looked very similar to her. The part that made him both confused and slightly creeped out was that Ballora started singing some sort of song. Her voice echoed through the room while she sang, and her ballerina music played along as she did it.

"Why do you hide inside your walls?"

"When there is music in my halls?"

"All I see is an empty room."

"No more joy, an empty tomb."

William tried to think deeper about the lyrics. No more joy...an empty tomb...an empty room...is she talking about this place? Is she saying that her room acts like her own tomb? But I can't seem to fully understand those first two phrases. "Why do you hide inside your walls? When there is music in my halls?" I feel like she's talking to me, but I don't know what she's trying to say. Hide inside your walls...is she asking me why I'm hiding from her? Or what about the music in her halls? Maybe she's telling me to go closer to her, or telling me not to be afraid. Or is she even talking about me? What if it is someone else she's referring to?

I'm not sure what to make of this. Ballora was still dancing, but she wasn't singing any longer. William only took his eyes off of her for a moment, and when he looked back, she was gone. Just like that. There didn't seem to be anywhere else she could have gone to, and she wasn't on the stage with him. Where did she go? The room was filled with silence for quite a while. It was only until he heard Ballora's voice again that the silence broke. This time, she wasn't singing. Instead, it seemed like she was talking directly to him.

"These are...strange circumstances...that have brought us together."

It sounded like she was nearby, but he couldn't see her. After a brief pause, she continued speaking.

"Don't be shy. I'm not going to hurt you."

At this point, William had enough of this and tried everything he could to wake himself up. He tried slapping himself in the face and pinching himself, but strangely, he didn't feel anything at all. This is not going to work. There has to be some other way to snap out of it. It was starting to get very creepy now, and silence once again filled the room. Still no sign of Ballora anywhere. Where the hell is she?