writing fanfic helps me flesh out the details of memories so i decided to write about meeting the old animatronics under the cut
The building was silent, save for the occasional laugh or loud comment from one of the “resting” mechanical mascots scattered throughout. On stage, the three most known from the franchise quietly chatted amongst themselves; The rabbit, bear and chicken happily talked about what they had seen that day, the shananigans of the children they entertained, the chaos of the business’s guests... however, one of them was distracted by something.
"What's the matter, Bonnie?" Toy Chica asked him. He looked out the door into the hallway. "See something?" Toy Freddy added. Bonnie set his red guitar down on the stage and took a step off over the edge onto the performance room floor as he said "I think I'm gonna go say hi to Foxy."
The building was still somewhat illuminated, lit by the camera lights the night guard had access to. Bonnie could see the camera watching him as he walked across the room, but as usual, he disregarded the camera and who he knew was operating it. He stepped out into the hall, then as he was about to go to kid's cove to visit toy Foxy, his emerald eyes fell upon the open door to parts and service. He hadn't seen what was in there before. It didn't really even have a door at all, so he could just walk in and see what was inside... he approached the door and peeked inside, and he jumped slightly at the sight of dark figures strewn about the room. He hadn't seen any other animatronics than the ones he entertained with, so what were they?
The light from the guard's cameras lit up the room. Toy Bonnie recoiled in shock – the first thing he saw in the light was the exposed endoskeletal face of a stranger sitting on the floor. The purple felt head was mangled and tattered, and as he looked further, the bulky animatronic's body was only slightly better for wear. The light continued to beam, the guard watching the scene unfold, allowing the panicked blue rabbit to see even more of the room as the true state of the situation set in... around him, animatronics looking like old, worn versions of his friends lay in slightly better condition on the floor. They didn't even appear to be active, but even so, his head was buzzing with fear.
How could they have decayed so much? Why would there just be corpses – literal corpses of sentient beings – laying around the facility behind no doors? Why would this be allowed to happen?
He hadn't even realized it at first, but as he began to hear mechanical parts start to move, he realized that he had cried out in shock. One of them was waking up. He looked around, frightened. Could one of them really still be alive? His question was answered for him when he saw the red lights in the first animatronic's head light up. Its head turned, creaking, rattling, stretching as it stirred from its slumber. It looked up at toy Bonnie from the floor and said in a low, reluctant voice "You're... different. Who are you? You're not my brother."
Toy Bonnie froze. The big, decrepit purple animatronic looked like a rabbit... it was hard to tell without a face, but it looked like he was in fact some old version of the blue one's current form... a version that spoke about him with venom in his voice. Toy Bonnie had two options; try to lie, even though this old Bonnie obviously knew more than the working animatronics on the performance floor, or tell him what he already seemed to know.
"I... I'm another Bonnie," He began. Old Bonnie tilted his head slightly. "Another Bonnie? There were only two of us," He said. Toy Bonnie continued. "I used to be at another location, Circus Baby's entertainment and rental. I was a hand puppet who went with a white and purple Freddy. We all escaped from our building – we couldn't stand to be there any longer – and we needed a place to go. My place was here. This body was empty, so I took it... the others don't know, at least I don't think they do."
The old Bonnie stared blankly for a moment, then said "I've never heard of that location. Why did you have to leave?" This time, toy Bonnie responded with a little more confidence. "We didn't want to be used to kill children any more, but we didn't have a choice. They shocked us when we misbehaved and kept us isolated from each other..." He slowly looked down at the floor unconsciously, and old Bonnie said "No need to feel down. Now you're in a happier place. Even if you're suffering, it's nice here... when they're not replacing you with someone "better" and more "child-friendly", that is." Toy Bonnie assumed he had drooped slightly at that, because old Bonnie looked up at him suddenly and said "That just means that there's room for better characters to come, though, the more the merrier."
"You mean me?" Toy Bonnie asked.
"Yes," Old Bonnie replied. "It's about time someone took his place. Wonder what happened. Either way, welcome to the family. You won't see us around much. I like company, though. The others are a little slow to wake up when we do... you should tell me more about your location some time. It's nice knowing someone else has seen how unfair it can be."
Old Bonnie's eyes slowly faded out to black. He slumped over again, and toy Bonnie looked up at the camera on the wall. The light had gone out long ago. It was nearing dawn now and the sky outside was lightening, so he made his way back to the stage where Freddy and Chica gave him odd looks as he picked up his guitar off the floor and got in his place. "What were you doing in parts and services?" Freddy asked. Bonnie looked over and said "I was just talking to the other Bonnie. He looked lonely since everyone else was asleep."
"I thought he didn't like you..." Chica said, and then Freddy said to her "I thought you didn't like him either, and now you're like best friends."
The three of them quietly shut down, eyes closing as the sun crept up over the horizon. Another busy day was ahead of them, another day that Bonnie looked forward to... old Bonnie was definitely right about it being a happier place. A place that, as toy Bonnie closed his eyes for the night, he was excited to wake up to before the doors opened in a few hours.
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