A New Start
Chapter 5: On The Outside

Freddyand his merry gang of robotic individuals had been wandering aroundtown for the past half hour. Aside from the mechanical whirring oftheir joints and the clanking of their feet against the sidewalk,everything was quite quiet. The animatronics passed under streetlightafter streetlight as they continued on toward the pizzeria from whichthey were separated for all these years. However, judging from thefact that the group had passed under these particular lights at leastthree times in the past thirty minutes, they...

...Theyhad no idea where they were going.

Freddyknew this. He didn't know if the others knew, but hedefinitely knew. He didn't have the slightest idea as to where theirpizzeria was. Heck, he's never even been outsideof the pizza until after...

...Well...

...He'snever been activated outside of the pizzeria until onlyrecently! And by that dirty, no-good liar Scott nonetheless.That guy had some nerve, taking them from their home and putting themin his huge house under the guise that it was a new pizzeria! What afarce that was! And it looked like it was full'a stuff stolenfrom the old pizzeria too, now that the bear thought back on it!

Regardless,that was then. This was now. And right now...

“...I-It'soccurred to me that I have no idea where our home is,” Freddy saidas he abruptly halted. Bonnie, being inattentive as to where hewas going, ran straight into the back of the bear as Chica walked upalongside him.

“Wha'd'youmean, 'you have no idea where our home is'?”, she asked,frustrated. “You're supposed to be the leader! Y'gotta know whereeverything is!” she exclaimed, throwing her arms up.

“W-Well,I mean just that! I don't know where the pizzeria is! I thoughtI knew, but-- I guess I didn't!” Freddy replied, putting his handsup in defense. Chica stared in disbelief before face-palming. Shethen flinched in surprise as her beak detached from her face from theshock and fell to the ground with a clatter. She gave an exasperated,white-noise-like sigh and bent over to pick it up.

“...Well,what do we do, boss?” she asked as she tried to reattach hermuch-needed component to her face. Freddy tried to speak up. However- Bonnie, who had finally removed himself from the bear's back, spokeup first.

“Whydon't we ask that guy over there?”, he jovially inquired, pointingat a shape not too far away from the group.

Markhad been waiting at this bus-stop for heaven knows how long. He hadjust gotten off of a particularly late shift at work and, as aresult, was absolutely tired. But, of course, the bus hadto run late tonight. Mark checked his watch, frowning at the timelisted.

...12:05AM...

Markshivered and clutched the sleeves of his coat as a gust of wind blewby him. Oh, he would absolutely kill for a warm cup of cocoaright about now... And some sugar, and with those little marshmallowstoo... Mmm...

“Hithere!”, resounded a voicenearby, throwing Mark straight from his Cocoa-Dream. The man groanedand turned, expecting to see, possibly, perhaps another person.However, what he got was... different, to say the least.

Beforehim were three people – at least, he thought theywere people – all in animal costumes. The first was a bear in a tophat. The next, a blue rabbit carrying a guitar. And the last, somesort of chicken-like thing with... bikini-pants?

Markblinked, making sure that he was seeing that last thing clearly. Thatwasn't something he was gonna forget any time soon...

“Say,pal, do you know where 'Freddy Fazbear Pizza' is?”, asked one ofthem.

“Yeah,we need'a get there, like, pronto! Considerin' it's our homeand all!”, added another.

Markrubbed his eyes and blinked a few times, trying to make sure that hispeepers weren't playing tricks on him. He stared at his visitors,before quietly asking,

“...What?”

“Isaid, 'do you know where Freddy Fazbear Pizza is'?”,repeated the bear, leaning forward slightly so that the man couldhear him better. “It's our home and, well, we'd reallyappreciate it if you'd help usget there,” he said, holding his tophat respectfully.

“Yeah!We gotta get back there before dawn, or else all the children'regonna be sad 'cause they won't know where we are!”, interjected thegenuinely worried rabbit.

Markcontinued to stare, trying to make sense of the situation he foundhimself in. This was getting a little too weird for his liking. Theguy had never heard of “Freddy Fazbear Pizza” before, and hewasn't sure if he wantedto know about it now thanks to these three. At this point, he wasn'tsure if they were even peopleanymore. The gaps in their suits revealed wiring and bars of metal,and... who in their right mind would wear an animal suit seeminglymade of plastic? In this weather?

“...Uhh,listen, I don't know what's happening here, but... I-Ineedtogo,”Mark said as he backed away, before turning and breaking into asprint. Forget about waiting the bus. He'd rather runhome.

Thetrio watched as the man ran away. Bonnie reached out his hand inconcern as the man tripped, but Freddy grabbed the rabbit's arm,discouraging him from helping as Mark got up and continued to run.

“...Well,that went nowhere,”Chica finally commented.

“You'retellin' me...”, Freddy replied, looking down slightly. He wasbeginning to wonder if coming out here was a mistake.

Detectinghis friend's sadness, Bonnie gave Freddy a reassuring pat on theback.

“Oh,don't worry about it, boss!”, the bunny said in his usual, happytone. “We'll replace our home soon! I'm sure of it! Isn't that right,Chica?” he asked, looking over at the aforementioned animatronic.

Chicashrugged, looking away slightly.

“Ehh...”

“Isaid, 'isn't that riiiight?'”Bonnie repeated, craning his neck toward the bird.

“Yeah,sure, I-I guess,” Chica replied a little begrudgingly, crossing herarms.

“See,boss? Everything'll be fine! Now, let's get going, huh? We're burningmoonlight!”

Freddysmiled, looking down at Bonnie. He really appreciated the bot's wordsof reassurance. Adjusting his tophat slightly, and with newfoundconfidence, he took a brave step forward.

“Right.”

Andso, the three continued to walk. As they walked, the three began tolook at their surroundings. That blimp from before had long removeditself from the night sky, allowing the three to gaze upon that bigbluish-black thing's true panoramic beauty.

“Hey,that constellation looks like my guitar!”, exclaimed Bonnie,pointing toward the sky. Chica tilted her head as she looked up.

“...Idon't see it,” she said.

“Well,that one looks like myhat!” said Freddy happily.

“Haha,yeah, it does!”, replied Bonnie before looking at Chica.

“Whatdo you see, Chica?”asked the bunny.

“Ijust see a bunch'a stars...” she said quietly, her arms stillcrossed as she looked straight ahead.

“C'moooon,surely you seesomething!”, Bonniesaid. Looking up once again, the chicken adjusted the zoom of heroptics, trying to replace something of note. In the end, she shrugged.

“I-Iguess I see... my cupcake?”, Chica offered. Really, she didn't seeanything interesting up there. Heck, she just wanted to get home...

“Oh,haha! Yeah! I can see that too!”, Bonnie replied, grinning. Hisgrin soon faded a little as his friend sighed. “...Though, I'venoticed you haven't been feeling all too happy lately... What'swrong, pal?” he asked, pulling Chica closer.

“Oh,Bonnie, it's just that... I wanna get home, y'know? I'm sure all ofthis is really, well, entertaining you 'n all, but I'm justfocused on getting back. I mean, it's been ten years. I reallyhope the kids still remember me. If they're even still kids...” shereplied, looking down slightly. She felt that that was a legitimatereason for her attitude this whole night. She just wanted to returnto a sense of normality, something that was shattered ever since thatday in 1987. She wanted to return to her old routine of activatingevery morning, wandering about and doing things for the children'senjoyment. This was why Freddy's next declaration would quickly lifther mood.

“We'rehere!”

“Well,ask and you shall receive, haha!”, Bonnie exclaimed gleefully as heran ahead of his friend, stopping next to Freddy.

“This...This is it?”, Chica asked as she joined the other two as theylooked up at the building before them.

Itwas a relatively small structure, being primarily constructed ofcement with a mostly glass front. It had a shingled, dark red roof,adorned with one large sign.

'FreddyFazbear's Pizzeria', itsaid, with four animal characters posing in different places aroundthe bubbly text.

“I'dsay so!”, Freddy exclaimed proudly, his hands on his hips. “Placedoesn't seem to've changed a bit either!”

“...A-Areyou sure about that, Freddy?”, Chica asked as she gazed up at thesign. The first things she had noticed were the characters depicted.Bonnie was purple, Foxy was redanddressed like a pirate, and Chica herself was... fat?Theonly thing that seemed to've stayed the same was Freddy being brownand having a microphone! Another thing she noticed was the fact thatthe sign, like the rest of the building, seemed a bit dingy anddirtied. The pizzeria she remembered was always clean andwell-maintained!

“Oh,sure I'm sure!”, Freddy replied. “Now, let's get in there andregain our place as the mascots of this wonderful establishment!”,he happily shouted as he put his hand to the door's handle andpushed. He stopped and stared for a moment as the door didn't move.He then pulled. When it once again didn't budge, he let go of thedoor and put a hand to his chin.

“...Well,this is weird,” he commented quietly. Bonnie approached the doornext, squinted for a moment, then noticed a sign hung on the otherside.

“Sorry,we're... closed?”he uncertainly read aloud. “Well, that's not good!”, he said.Freddy shook his head in agreement.

“No,it isn't... But, it doesmake sense, I guess! Say, why don't you two try the back door while Itry 'n see if I can get this thing to open?”, he asked. Bonnienodded, then saluted.

“Yes,sir! C'mon, Chica!”, he said, beckoning for the other animatron tofollow.

Afew moments later...

“...Thisdoor doesn't seem to wanna budge either!”, Bonnie said as he andChica gazed upon the obstacle before them.

“...Theremust be a key around he--” Chica began, but was swiftly cut-off bythe other bot.

“C'mon,Mr. Door! You gotta open for us! We gottaget back to our positions before dawn! I mean, what good is gettinghome if you're sitting outside all night?”

“Bonnie,I don't think the door can understand you...”, Chica said, crossingher arms again. “It's an inanimate object.”

Bonniequickly turned around, facing Chica with a genuinely insultedexpression. He opened his mouth to ask that, if inanimate objectscan't understand robots, then how could he talk to his guitar.However, an unfamilar voice would keep that thought from coming out.

“Hey!”

Bonnieand Chica ran as fast as they could, stopping at the corner of thebuilding. The two bots peeked around the corner, gasping inaudibly atwhat they saw.

Someonewas grabbing Freddy by the arm, seeming to try and pull the confusedbear away from the door.

“Wha'd'youthink you're doing, trying to break in here?! And what's with thesuit? You some kind'a roleplayer?!”, the mysterious person askedwith a gruff, middle-aged voice.

“Wh-What?S-Sir, I assure you, I livehere! My name is Freddy Fazbear, and--”

“Cutthe crap! See, I knowyour type, pal. You folks're always tryin' to break in here t'do Godknows what! But, see, I gotchathis time. Now, where's your friends? You pro'lly got someonedressin' up as the chicken, fox, 'n rabbit, yeah?”

Asthe bewildered Freddy tried to sputter up a response, Chica andBonnie looked at each other. Both knew that they had to do something,and Chica had just the plan. She moved her fingers in a twirlingmotion, then a clipping motion. Bonnie simply stared, confused.Frowning, Chica repeated the motion, this time a bit faster. Shesighed and put her hand to her face as she was met with the sameresponse.

“...Justgo around to the other side and distract the guy, Bonnie,” shewhispered, annoyed.

“Ohhh...Okay then,” the bunny enthusiastically whispered back, beforemoving to do just that. Soon, Bonnie would appear on the other sideof the building, flailing his arms about.

“Hellooooo!”,heexclaimed, immediately gathering the man's attention. “I'm arabbit! Look at me!”

“Whatthe-- Hey!”,the man shouted, first looking at Bonnie, then at the fleeing Chicaand Freddy.

“Getback h-- Oof!”,he shouted, grabbing his baton before immediately dropping it asBonnie ran into the back of him.

“Oh--Sorry, sir!”,thebunny shouted as he got off of the man. The man's dropped batongrabbed the animatron's attention, and he picked it up.

“Ooh,what'sthis?”, Bonnie asked, twirling the thing in his hands. His visionalso drifted to the side a bit as he noticed two small, glowingpinprick lights inside the building.

“Freddy?...”,he whispered to himself.

“C'mon,Bonnie, let's go!”,called Chica from a few yards away.

“Oh,right! Sorry!”, replied the rabbit, quickly bolting so's to catchup with the rest. The man soon got up as well, chasing after thetrio.

“Stop!Police!”