Reina: Each chapter of "The Game" was supposed to emulate one of the games, as this was written around the time that Game 3 came out. However, I didn't exactly... Use the games, because a Golden Freddy character should have appeared, and Chris has object ex machinas that save her life.
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*hangs from the ceiling like Mangle* Welcome back. The animatronic that'll help Chris... Will appear later, due to some... Techincal/writing difficulties. It's not Bonnie though. I have plans for Bonnie, so all the Bonnie fans will be happy to see him interact with Chris more. And as for Mario, I apologize for messing his lines up.
Remember the rules. We've also had some... Difficulties regarding Pac-Man, so be sure to stay away from him. And Ghirahim.
Chapter 4: Itsa me, Mario!
Chris
My name is Christina Schidmt, but everybody calls me Chris, thanks to my older brother. I am your average teenager - or I was, at one point. After the Incident, my life was changed forever. I now view everything differently, and it seems that I'm now slightly paranoid, but that may be because of my brother's involvement in the Incident...
I barely managed to survive Night One. My brother thinks that I'm nuts for coming back, but he's one to talk, as he survived Freddy's on 4/20 mode or something like that- according to gamers. I'm worried, though, as Link told me that today will be different from yesterday. Knowing my luck, I'll have to wear a head/mask to ward everybody off... There better be only five animatronics, not ten or whatever. On a different topic, what's the deal with Bonnie? Why did he appear? Something's up, but I don't know what it is. And animatronic Roy tried to murder me when I wasn't looking. Again. When will this madness stop?
11:30 pm
I crept into my Office. I prepped myself mentally for the coming night mode. Despite my promise to not lose this job, my brother thought that it would be crazy for me to bring my tools to work to fix any animatronic that came my way. However, this was the same guy who was seemingly fine with me bringing a chainsaw to work (I said as a joke, and he took it literally). Brothers. They can be annoying.
The phone rang. Picking it up, I responded. "Hello?"
Static.
I tried again. "Hello?
More static. Shrugging, I hung up and looked at the clock. It read 11:31.
Time to start early, I told myself.
Ba-dum-bum-ba-dum-DUM!*
What the heck? I thought silently to myself.
I checked the cameras. Nothing had moved- unless you counted Link humming and waving to Princess Zelda and Toon Link.
"Hello."
"GAH!" I jumped and fell out of my chair in surprise.
"Don't a-worry, Christina. It'sa me, Mario!"
Sure enough, Mario was standing there. He smiled and offered his hand, and I was slightly creeped out- he looked human and was up and about, but I had to worry about that later.
"Uh... Hi Mario. Are you here to murder me?"
Mario helped me stand up. "No. That's-a ridiculous idea. I don't-a do that."
"Oh."
Mario pulled a chair up and sat down. "Please-a sit."
Despite the fact that Mario did look like an animatronic and he technically wasn't my boss, I sat down. Mario introduced himself and talked a bit about the museum, and I would occasionally flicker my gaze to the cameras. Mario didn't bat an eye.
"How'sa the job coming along?" Mario asked after describing the brief history of Nintendo's Museum.
"It's fine... I came early today."
"Ready for-a Night Two?"
"No."
Mario nodded. "I-a see." He handed me a mask. I frowned as I held it. "Is this... A Freddy Fazbear head?" I asked the animatronic.
Mario nodded. "The animatronics- including Link- are scared of-a Freddy and his gang. If they see this, they will-a freak out and go away."
"What about you? Are you scared of Freddy?"
"Mama Mia! What-a crazy thought! If I was-a scared of Freddy, I would not-a have had this mask."
"That makes sense. Why are you helping me?"
"I'm-a tired of having-a new security guard every two days."
I nodded. "Thank you, Mario."
"You're-a welcome, Christina. And don't-a worry, I'm-a not part of the game."
Mario got up and left. I sighed and looked at my office. That's when I realized that the office had changed. There was now only one door, with two air vents that were open. I cursed at Link for changing everything on me.
11:44
I thought back to earlier in the day. I was close to fixing Roy, but Vaati was still trying to murder me. It's a miracle that I wasn't dead already.
How do I fix them? I asked myself. They're still crazy and blood-thirsty...
The phone rang again. I snatched it up. "Chris Schmidt here."
"Hi there Chrissy!"
"Don't call me Chrissy, Link. I find it annoying."
"Ok. Ready for Night Two?"
"No."
"You'll do fine. There's only three entryways for the animatronics to enter."
"That's not really helping, Link."
"Oh, and the flashlight might die."
"What the hell did you do to the flashlight?"
"I messed with the batteries so that they'll die."
"Gee, thanks," I replied, my voice layered heavily with sarcasm.
"You're welcome."
"Anything else I need to know?"
"Yes. There are 11 animatronics tonight."
"...What?"
"Let me see.. There's Marth, Pit, Dark Pit, Sonic, Kirby, Pikachu, Toon Link, Ness, Lucas, Ike, and myself."
"Any wind-up animatronics I should be concerned about?"
"Um... You have to play a Pokémon theme song for Pikachu or he'll head-butt you. Hard."
I face-palmed. "Of course."
"Oh, and Marth will randomly pop into your room! Bye!"
"What the-" I managed to tell the crazy animatronic before the call was cut off.
"Stupid Link," I muttered to myself.
11:59
The phone rang once more. "Hello?" I asked.
"Oh, you're here," the Caller muttered.
"That's my job."
"I thought that today was your day off..."
"That's in two or three days, idiot."
"What did you call me?"
"Nothing. Anyhow, I have to get-"
"Hmph. Whatever."
The phone died. Frowning, I hung up. The Caller seemed so eager to have me gone... But whatever, that's not my concern...
12 am
... Because Night Two has started.
I pulled the cameras up and began to glance around. Everyone was in their usual location. Locating the Pokémon room, I began to wind up the Music box, listening to the Pokémon songs play.
I don't know which is worse, I told myself. The animatronics or listening to Pokémon theme songs for six hours straight. Even though I loved Pokémon, I had my limits with listening to their songs nonstop for several hours.
I picked the Freddy mask up. Putting it on my head, I looked at the hallway. I frowned. The mask allowed me to breathe normally. Was this a Drawkill mask or was this modified for humans? As much as I wanted to find out, something told me that something bad will happen if I search it up.
My finger was still on the button, winding up the music box. Surprisingly, no one appeared yet.
I picked my flashlight up. Cursing Link, I turned it on-
-And saw Sonic's eyes staring back.
He blinked. "Who are you?"
"Freddy Fazbear," I lied. "Would you like to join me?"
"Uh..." Sonic edged away. "How about no...?" He dashed away. That was when I realized that in the lighting I was in, my uniform was brown as opposed to being the normal blue it was. Lovely.
I took the stupid mask off. I felt constrained wearing it. Also, it looked stupid- but it did serve its purpose, so kudos to Mario and whoever had the mask first.
Sonic had returned to his area. I smiled, but it quickly faded as reality returned from its trip to Lala land. Now I have ten other animatronics out to kill me. Great.
I flipped through the cameras. Then an idea struck me. Taking my iPod out, I hooked it up to the speakers and began to play my playlist full of Pokémon songs. There. Now I can focus more on not getting murdered by psychotic animatronic angels and whatnot than having to hold my finger down on a button for an extended period of time.
As if fate was laughing at me, I heard clanking in the walls. I scrolled through the cameras and cursed. Pit and Dark Pit were in the vents, with Dark Pit in the right and Pit on the left. Slipping the mask on, I grabbed the airhorn and held it in front of the left air vent. I pressed the button, giving Pit a heart attack.
"Gah!" He screamed. His head bumped into the top of the vent, and when he saw me peering at him, he backed away quickly. Turning to my right, I saw that Dark Pit was gone too. How weird.
1 am.
Three down. Eight to go.
I stared on the cameras. Flipping through them, I saw Link smirking and Ike walking towards one of the hallways.
"Hi."
I jumped. I checked a bunch of the cameras to see of I could see who said that. It wasn't until I peeked in the Animal Crossing Hall that I realized who said that.
"Hello?"
"Shut up!" I yelled, although I doubt that the Villager heard me. Seething with rage, I began to search for him. I couldn't locate him at all, and just before I could scream in frustration, I felt a presence behind me.
I slowly turned my head. Ike stared back at me. He frowned and blinked rapidly. "Freddy? What are you doing here?"
"I work here," I replied in a deeper voice.
"What?"
"Yep. It's true."
"What happened to Chris?"
"Who?"
"The Night Guard."
"Ah, the little girl. I killed her and stuffed her into a suit. She kept screaming and threatening me."
Ike's jaw dropped. "Why did you kill her?"
"She was too nosy. Her body is somewhere in the museum."
"I don't believe you."
"But I did kill her."
Ike growled and turned away. "I'm going to look for her. I have my doubts about you, Fazbear, but if you did kill her, I will tear you apart, limb by limb."
"Okay," I replied, unfazed as Ike left. I then collapsed into the chair, my mind reeling like crazy. Did I just lie to an animatronic? Why did I say that I was dead? And why was Ike so concerned about me? Wasn't he trying to scare me? Will Ike really take me apart?
I shook my head. Focus, Chris. You have to get to work. You can go and try to figure out the secrets of the universe and the museum later.
Laughter.
I snapped my head up. Villager was standing in front of me. With my flashlight. I cursed my bad luck and stared at Villager, who didn't flinch.
"Hello," he stated calmly, holding his axe menacingly.
"Why hello there. I am Freddy Fazbear."
"Cool," he replied.
"You remind me of Balloon Boy," I began, trying to figure out a way to get rid of Villager without getting beheaded or mutilated.
"Who's Balloon Boy?"
"Balloon Boy is another psychopath."
"Cool. Can I kill you?"
"Not if I do it first," I mumbled as I drew out a baseball bat that was under the desk.
Villager stepped back. "This will be fun."
He swung his axe at me, but I hit him with the plastic bat first. He flew down the hallway, and I panicked, worried that I would get fired for hitting him. But he stood up and cursed, and he didn't have any dents on him.
"Wah! No fair! I'm going to complain to Link!" He declared as he stomped off. I blinked and sat down, wondering why there was a bat in the office.
2 am
I swear that I'm going to lose my sanity soon. I hope it's not going to be lost in two minutes, though.
I looked at the cameras after taking my mask off. Villager was ranting to Link, and Ike was looking through a bunch of the doors. He opened a maintenance closet in the Zelda Hall and peeked in, but quickly shut it and walked off. I checked to see if there was a camera there, but the video feed was disabled. All I could do was hear in there, and I swear I heard a maniacal laughter from within.
I heard a strange sound at the end of the hallway. I moved cameras, only to see Toon Link on the ceiling.
I blinked. How did he get up there? Frowning, I put the mask back on and looked at my desk. There was something sticking out of a drawer, and I began to pull on it. It was stuck. Cursing, I grabbed it with both of my hands, put my foot on top of the desk, and pulled with all of my strength. It finally got out of the drawer, but I wasn't prepared for that, so I stumbled backwards and fell into the broom closet. The door slammed on me, and it was stuck. I attempted to open it, but the door wouldn't budge. There was a slight crack that I could see through, so I slowed my breathing and looked out of it.
Toon Link, Ness, and Lucas entered the room. They frowned, and began to explore the area. Toon Link looked at the cameras, while Ness looked under the desk and Lucas opened up the cabinets.
"Where's the Night Guard?" Ness asked.
"Ike said that Freddy Fazbear killed her," Toon Link replied as he scrolled through the cameras.
"Freddy was here?" Lucas asked in horror.
Toon Link nodded solemnly. "He could still be here. We need to be careful just in case."
My phone went off on the desk, and the three animatronics flipped out. To be fair, I used Freddy's theme as my ringtone for my brother to screw with his head (despite the fact that Freddy scared me to death too). This must have translated to the three boys that Freddy was nearby, so they fled, with Toon Link going to complain to Link.
I smirked. Three animatronics done with one stone. Who's know how many left to go.
I began to count on my fingers. Sonic. Pit. Dark Pit. Ike. Villager. Toon Link. Ness. Lucas. 9. That left Marth, Link, Pikachu, and Kirby, provided that Ike didn't come back or anything like that.
Kirby popped in a few times, but he didn't stay long. He kept pulling food out and eating it. When my phone went off again, he ran off. I kept trying to open the door, but it was locked.
Sonic came back too, but he didn't stay long either. My phone kept going off, so any animatronic that entered the room and heard it fled immediately.
I don't know how long I was in the closet, but I do know that my iPod died. I heard the Team Rocket theme playing, and after hearing it cycle twice, Pikachu burst in, ready to head-butt me. Since I wasn't in the chair, he frowned and began to look for me. When he saw the broom closet, he head-butted the door, and I gasped. Pikachu growled and dashed out of the room. I froze, not daring to move. Unfortunately, my luck ran out.
Marth teleported into the room, glancing around nervously. He zeroed in on the broom closet, and approached it slowly. "Hello?"
I didn't answer. Marth got closer. "Ike! There's someone in here!"
Ike stormed in. "What happened?" Link asked as he followed.
"FAZBEAR!" Ike screeched as he reached the door. He tore the door open, and I fell out of the closet. Marth and Link backed away quickly in fright when they laid eyes on me. Ike grabbed me by the collar and lifted me in the air. Growling, he slammed me into the wall. I yelped, thankful that none of my bones broke.
"You lied, Fazbear!" Ike screamed.
"What happened?" Link asked warily.
"Fazbear said that he stuffed Chris's body into a suit, but I didn't find her! He probably threw her body underground!"
"Why?" Marth asked.
"Because I could," I rasped.
5:59 am.
Ike grabbed the ear of the mask and pulled on it, causing the Freddy head to fall off. I grimaced, and Ike let go. I hit the ground painfully and moaned. Marth gasped. Slowly lifting my head up, I saw Link, Ike, and Marth staring at me in shock.
"Chris?" Link whispered.
"Hi," I replied weakly.
6 am.
Ike helped me up. "So you're the Chris chick that I've been hearing about."
"Yes."
"Impressive," he replied as he ran his hand through my hair and ruffled it. "You made this round interesting."
Link hugged me. "Congrats Chris. You survived Night Two. Noght Three will be the hardest, so good luck." He and Ike left, while Marth looked at me.
"That was pretty tricky Chris," he said.
"I fell in there trying to grab this," I muttered as I help said object up. It was a the size of a phone, with a blue button in the middle. "Stupid door locked me in too."
Marth frowned. "I didn't know that Rock hid that here..."
"Rock?"
"Hm? Oh, it's nothing. I hope to see you later, provided that you survive the final night." Marth teleported away. I frowned. Who was Rock? And how could Marth teleport? Why do I keep asking questions that probably won't get answered?
Sighing, I turned the computer and the tablet off, and grabbed my iPod and iPhone. I exited the office and passed by the Hall of Heroes. As I was walking, I saw one of the exhibits that looked closed. It reminded me of a lab. The sign was smudged, and I looked at it closely. I could only see an M. The rest of the were smudged greatly. The note below read:
Rock will return soon. Under repairs.
I grimaced. I never remembered seeing this exhibit when the museum first opened, so I don't know who or what was there.
I thought about what Marth told me. Judging Marth's tone, he wasn't expecting me to survive the third night.
"Guess I have to have a few aces up my sleeves to beat tomorrow night," I muttered as I spun on my heel and exited the museum.
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Chris loves ccard games and Alice in Wonderland, hence hher use of the phrase "ace up her sleeve".
As for the animatronic that will help Chris, I have decided to have multiple people help Chris in the storry, due to the plot I have developed. Here are some hiints for some of the characters:
-Ssomeone that Chris is repairing
-Someone unexpected in Nintendo's
-Someone wwho was briiefly referenced before
-Someone who bears gifts
The reason for the dellay is that most of them have not been fullly introduced. But they will apppear. At some point. I promise thaat it won't be reallyy long before that happens.
Notes:
*Mario's theme song
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Reina: Chris got saved by Mario, her phone, a mask, and a closet. She should have died or gotten fired at this point.
I wasn't going to have Megaman originally, but someone convinced me that it would be a great idea because of the three laws of robotics. As such, he became a major character.
Also, there's a hidden message in this chapter. I... May have been inspired by Scott Cawthon in that sense.