Marionette's POV
My music book chimed as I tapped on one of my legs quietly with one of my long fingers. I really wanted to know what was going on. I knew it had to do with them somehow but I didn't quite know exactly how yet.

I was so occupied thinking I didn't notice my box lid open.

"HI PUPPET!" A young boy's joyful voice shouts from the top of my box, making me jump.

I look up and see Balloon Boy in his human form. He looks mainly the same except he is much skinnier and actually has fingers and feet. His blue eyes shone happily.

"Hey B.B. what's up?" I said looking up at the boy.

He looked around and then back to me. "Can I talk to you somewhere private?" He asked worriedly.

I nodded and levitated up and out of my box. I looked around then remembered it wasn't quite closing time yet.  Even though everyone had left already I wanted to keep clear of EVERYONE online. I smiled thinking of a great place to be able to talk with Balloon Boy. I reached my hand out to him and he took it, knowing what was coming next.

I teleported us out of the area and into the parts and service room. Balloon Boy groaned.

"I'm never gonna be able to get used to that." He said shaking his head. He looked around stunned. "So these are the originals you told me about.." Balloon Boy said looking at the four offline animatronics.. or I think they're offline.

Balloon Boy looked at me, or at least at my eyes. He probably couldn't see the rest of me cause the light in the room had broken a couple days ago. He sighed.

"The toys are acting very strange, they don't talk to me and they always act so serious. They seem rather annoyed of me and... well they changed today." He stated sadly  sitting on a couple boxes full of parts.

I shot him a confused look. "How did they... change?" I asked hesitantly.

"Today they acted like Foxy.. back when..when he bit the child. Their eyes went black and had a hint of a black aura around their eyes with white pupils. There heads glitched to the side and they started stuttering. They looked as if they were ready to kill. I got so scared when they looked at me." He shivered and rubbed one of his arms.

I sighed. The toys have been acting strange I can agree with that but never have I heard about their twitching or any behavior like this. I looked at BB.

"Thank you for telling me this, BB." I said getting up.

BB got up as well and nodded. He then walked out of the room. I teleported back to my box, immediately getting to work on solving this mystery. I will have to let the old gang know, sooner than later. I'll do it tonight, before Y/n comes for work. I thought, before returning to work on solving this mystery.

~magical time skip brought to you by..... WAFFLES!~

Y/n POV
I walked down the hallway and into my office. Jeremy wasn't able to come this time he had gotten sick because he has been lacking sleep.

I sighed and sat down in the comfortable swivel seat. I spun in my chair waiting for twelve A.M.

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After a while the clock finally chimed meaning it was 12 A.M. Immediately I heard running down the hall. Playfully, I flashed my flashlight at the crimson colored Fox running down to the office.

"Aye! Lass really?!" Foxy said as he jumped over to one of the party rooms.

"Yep!" I giggled and turned the flashlight off.

He went back into he hall and made his way to the office. He smiled and looked at me.

I got up and ran over to him. I hugged Foxy happily. I felt him hug back with his metal hand and hook.

"Lassie, I-" he began.

"In a minute Foxy.. don't ruin the moment.." I muttered into his fur smiling.

I heard him sigh but he wrapped his arms around me tighter.  I grinned and closed my eyes.

I heard someone teleport into the room.

"Foxy!" I heard the familiar voice of Goldie exclaim.

Foxy jumped back in surprise and I looked at Goldie while raising an eyebrow.  The two animatronics were looking at each other as if they were talking to each other mentally.

A minute later Foxy sighed and looked at me. "Lassie...this place is not safe anymore.. I can't allow you to come back tomorrow night." He spoke hoarsely.

Goldie teleported out of the room, leaving Foxy and I alone.

"What do you mean 'not safe anymore'?" I asked, worriedly.

Foxy looked around and sighed. "Maybe it's time you meet the Marionette.." he said.

I opened then shut my mouth, I didn't know what to say so I nodded. He grabbed my hand and we walked down the hallway. He looked at me every now and then, as if he were worried something would attack me. I sighed and continued following Foxy silently.

We walked out to where the toys were, or were SUPPOSED to be. Of course they weren't there. I took a shaky breathe hoping this 'Marionette' fella was a nice guy. Foxy could sense my nervousness and squeezed my hand reassuringly.

We turned into the room labeled prize corner. There was only one animatronic I knew of that was in here, although I had never seen him, Jeremy warned me of him the first night. I looked at the present shaped box that played a soft tune. Foxy let go of my hand and walked closer to the box. I watched him nervously. He knocked on the box and a moment later a long black and white arm pushed the lid open.

I covered my mouth so I wouldn't scream when I saw two pitch black eyes with white pupils looking directly my way. The figure wasn't fully visible. I could only see his eyes. Foxy whispered something to the figure and the figure looked at him and nodded. The two of them turned towards me.

"Y/n I need to go talk to the others really quick.. stay here." Foxy said.

"O-ok.." I stuttered.

Foxy smiled and kissed my head before walking off and shutting a door behind him. I looked back at the box and noticed the figure was gone.

"Hi there Y/n." A voice said from behind.

I turned around and saw the Marionette sitting on the table, his legs swaying back and forth like a child's legs would on a swing. I examined him. He had a white mask as a face with his eyes and a fake smile plastered on his face. He had purple tears running down his face and red cheeks like the toys. He sort of reminded me of Jack. He had a thin body and three buttons going down his chest and white stripes on his arms and legs. His long fingers were clasped together and he looked at me carefully.

"Hi.." I said after a moment.

He chuckled. "Good heavens I thought you couldn't talk for a moment there. But anyway, yes I am the Marionette." He spoke joyfully. "Although all the kids and adults call me the puppet."

I nodded and stood there looking at him. He scooted over on the table and motioned for me to come sit. I walked over to the table and sat down.

"I'm sorry that your friends got wreaked. If the people who moved them here would've been more careful then they would probably be in a little better shape. Also if they would stop using them as spare parts." He rolled his eyes and looked down at me.

I slightly smiled then frowned. "Wait... how do you know it was the people who moved them?! And that they were used for parts?!" I asked turning my head to look at him.

He sighed. "Well first off they are in parts and service." I blushed in embarrassment. "And second of all, I own the place." He said looking out the window across the room.

"No, Jack owns the place.." I state, looking up at Marionette.

"Exactly." He said before a bright white light emerged from him and blinded me for a second.

I looked over to see the tall figure of Jack. My eyes widened in surprise. He smiled, looking down at me.

"YOU are Jack?!" I exclaimed.

He chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah.. But around here I'm known as the Marionette or puppet. When I need to work as being a boss I close prize corner. When I have nothing to do I play a part in entertaining the children." He grinned.

"Wow.. you have quite the job then don't ya.."I said looking at him.

He nodded. "Listen, Foxy brought you over to see me for a reason." He began as he got up and levitated while still in human form over to his box. "I need to talk to you about something important."

I nodded in understatement and walked over to him. He hopped inside his box and I hopped in after him. It was only a second later that a light blinded me for a moment  and I strangely passed out, hitting something in the process. Before all went dark..

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Done with chapter 18. The next chapter will be about their little... 'talk'. I hope you enjoyed reading this book so far. Love you all!!