Five Nights With Harry (HP/FN@F Cross)

[Harry Leferts]

So. Purple Guy is starting his plans. Seriously have to wonder who's going to be the bigger threat, Purple Guy or Voldemort. On the one hand, Purple Guy has himself (not something to be underestimated, even considering the opposition he faces; he was the one who killed and stuffed most of the Animatronics into their suits after all if I understand things right, ) 2 ghosts that can emulate Animatronics, and is going after more Animatronics at the mall, though it doesn't sound like those are going to be as effective as Fredbear Animatronics.

While Voldemort has himself (also not to be underestimated, considering what he was capable of in canon; can't remember did they get all of his Horcruxes yet? I think there's at least still the Cup in Gringotts... ) his Deatheaters (with varying levels of competency true and the most dangerous Deatheaters being relatively few in number, but the experiments Voldemort has decided to do starting with Belletrix might change how dangerous they will eventually be, ) and the creatures he managed to recruit ( not sure exactly what he'll have here, at least werewolves and Dementors; the Animatronics can probably beat the Dementors though a horde of them could still be dangerous but a rampaging Werewolf? Tougher to guess. )

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Vincent is actually going after the other animatronics because he needs parts to fix SpringBonnie. It's simply too damaged for him to use otherwise. As for the creatures with Voldemort... werewolves and vampires aren't capable of matching the animatronics. But let's just say that will become more apparent in time...

 

[Finagle007]

Werewolves? Equip the animatronics with silver claws or some such, shouldn't be too difficult. Vampires? Um, I don't actually know very much about HP vampires, so... just hold them in the sunlight?

 

[gatewaewanderer]

Vincent is actually going after the other animatronics because he needs parts to fix SpringBonnie. It's simply too damaged for him to use otherwise. As for the creatures with Voldemort... werewolves and vampires aren't capable of matching the animatronics. But let's just say that will become more apparent in time...

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Ah. Okay. Have to wonder how effective the parts Vincent's going after will be for the repairs he wants. Also...

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Just a crazy guess here, but is he (Vincent) planning on turning himself into an Animatronic? Could it happen without his doing it on purpose? It'd certainly make him into a genuine danger to the Fazbear gang beyond the psychological and emotional challenge he already represents. Well, beyond the danger he represents to the squishy members of the gang anyways. I also admit I have no idea how dangerous the ghosts are going to be now that they are under Vincent's control. Less dangerous than the first encounter they had with the gang or more? Vincent directing them could mean more dangerous, but I'm not certain...

And that still leaves Dementors and anything else Voldemort can come up with on his own or recruit. I wouldn't expect Inferi to be a danger normally, but who knows with Voldemort. The creatures from canon that I'd really be worried about vs the Animatronics would be Nundus, Quintapeds, Chimeras, Dragons, and Giants (in order of my guesses what he'll likely be able to recruit / procure; I have book 7 but never finished reading it so don't know what creatures he had by the time of the final battle; I know that he at least tried to recruit the Giants in book 5, why Dumbledore sent Hagrid and Madame Maxine out to convince them not to join Voldemort I think. Don't know for if he got any though. ) But I've got no idea what Voldemort's plans are for what he's doing with Belletrix. Which could be a game-changer, depending on he's doing.

Edit: Oops, did the spoiler wrong.

 

[Finagle007]

Inferi are VERY vulnerable to fire; the best way for Voldemort to counter that and make them more deadly is to stash explosive potions inside them.

Nundus are too dangerous even for Voldemort to tackle; his Death Eater's aren't that numerous or that good, and he KNOWS it.

Quintapeds are confined to a single, Unplottable island; Voldemort is unlikely to know where they are, and can't control them or negotiate with them in any case.

He already uses Giants, but they aren't invulnerable. There's no indication he ever used Chimeras or Dragons, except possibly for their blood in the latter case.

 

[gatewaewanderer]

I did try to list them in order of how likely I thought he was to use them, with Nundus and Quintapeds being the most unlikely. They'd likely have made the inevitable fight between Voldemort's forces and Harry's crew more awesome though. At the moment, Giants seem like they'd most likely creature Voldemort is capable of recruiting that also might be capable of matching the Animatronics, or at least capable of giving them serious trouble. We know that a large enough force of Dementors might cause the Animatronics problems, but they stomped the last set of Dementors if I remember correctly; can't remember exactly how many there were though.

 

[Finagle007]

I did try to list them in order of how likely I thought he was to use them, with Nundus and Quintapeds being the most unlikely. They'd likely have made the inevitable fight between Voldemort's forces and Harry's crew more awesome though. At the moment, Giants seem like they'd most likely creature Voldemort is capable of recruiting that also might be capable of matching the Animatronics, or at least capable of giving them serious trouble. We know that a large enough force of Dementors might cause the Animatronics problems, but they stomped the last set of Dementors if I remember correctly; can't remember exactly how many there were though.

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It wasn't the animatronics that dealt with the Dementors; it was the blood wards, having moved to the pizzeria and fully charged due to Rose being there with Harry.

 

[Harry Leferts]

I did try to list them in order of how likely I thought he was to use them, with Nundus and Quintapeds being the most unlikely. They'd likely have made the inevitable fight between Voldemort's forces and Harry's crew more awesome though. At the moment, Giants seem like they'd most likely creature Voldemort is capable of recruiting that also might be capable of matching the Animatronics, or at least capable of giving them serious trouble. We know that a large enough force of Dementors might cause the Animatronics problems, but they stomped the last set of Dementors if I remember correctly; can't remember exactly how many there were though.

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Nah, trolls or inferi would be most likely.

 

[gatewaewanderer]

It wasn't the animatronics that dealt with the Dementors; it was the blood wards, having moved to the pizzeria and fully charged due to Rose being there with Harry.

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Didn't the Animatronics with Harry encounter them again at Hogwarts?

Nah, trolls or inferi would be most likely.

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Ah, kay.

 

[Harry Leferts]

Staring out of the window sightlessly, Vicky frowned deep in thought. A moment later though she jumped as a voice made itself known behind her. "Something bothering you, Vicky?" Holding her paw to her chest, Vicky turned to see Veronica watching her. At the glare she received, Veronica gave a sheepish smile. "Sorry."

While she scowled, Vicky grumbled. "Stop doing that, dammit."

All that got her was a shrug though as Veronica sat down next to her. "Bad habit. Now then... You've been rather put out recently for some reason."

Part of Vicky wanted to tell her to sod off, but then she sighed. "It's nothing, just some really wierd dreams when I'm sleeping is all." Seeing the frown, the younger of the two shrugged before she changed the subject. "Anyways, you've been wih Freddy's a long time, right?"

Frowning at the subject change, Veronica didn't comment as she nodded. Even a slight amount of humour slipped into her tone. "Well, one could say that I suppose... I've been with them in a way since 1969." Tilting her head to the side, she raised an eyebrow. "Why? What do you want to know?"

Vicky was silent for a bit before she made a sound like she took a deep breath. "I... Was wondering about the animatronic that I'm in, you know? It's history."

Despite wanting to know why, Veronica simply hummed. "Well... I can tell you that your body is the oldest of all the Toys. It served as the prototype for the others after all."

Blinking, Vicky focused all her attention on Veronica. "Wait, really?"

Slowly, Veronica nodded. "Yup. In fact, part of the reason why your endo and exoskeleton were so easy to take apart was because of that. When they were testing and working out the bugs, they needed easy access to various places. Afterwards, they simply kept it that way in the name of being child friendly."

Now really interested, Vicky leaned forward. "So... How old are we talking here?"

That caused Veronica to stroke her chin in thought for a bit. "Let's see... If I remember correctly, they started designing Funtime Foxy..." Giggling at the look given to her, Veronica smirked. "That was the name that they originally gave her. People called her 'Toy Foxy' later on though and that stuck... Anyways, she was designed around 1971 I believe. The others weren't built until roughly 1976 or so."

Eyes wide, Veronica let out a low whistle. "Okay, color me impressed... But how do you know all this?"

Smiling, the golden fox animatronic chuckled as she shook her head."However else? I was involved in the project." Having noticed the question in Vicky's eyes, Veronica shook her head. "They were not about to replace me just yet at my location. So the animatronic you inhabit was to be my counterpart at the new flagship location. Hence, they decided to base it on me with her job being like mine, to keep an eye on young ones and entertain them through stories."

A slight frown was on Vicky's face as she ran her mind through it, though she suddenly got a flash of memory of a living Veronica entertaining a crowd of children. "By... Having it watch you?"

Blinking, Veronica gave her an odd look. "Well, yes as a matter of fact. They used one of the old fox animatronic puppets and placed her program into it. She served as something of a helper, nudging things on and sometimes cracking jokes to the kids. During that time, her program was learning from me by watching me interact with the children. That phase lasted from when 1971 until they finished with her endo and exoskeleton in 1974... Though originally she was supposed to have the endo and exoskeleton in 1973, but one of the guard's involved took it home and his daughter took it apart."

For a moment, Vicky just stared at her. "Wait, wait, wait... you had guards working on her? And one of them took it home and his daughter took it apart?" At the nod, Vicky facepalmed. "How did that happen?"

With a frown, Veronical cupped her chin in thought. "Let's see if I remember correctly... at the time, Freddy's wasn't quite as cheap as they were later on, but a lot of the staff were at least given some basics in regards to the animatronics. Night guards until the flagship location were given even more. The idea being that if one of them broke down, as long as the repairs were not extremely complicated, then they could fix them well enough to continue the show. And then one of the licensed mechanics could make more permanent fixes. And before you ask, the guard in question got in shit, yes, but wasn't fired."

Nodding, Vicky furrowed her eyebrows. "The night guards having more knowledge to fix them makes sense because with free roam, if something happened then it's not likely that the mechanic would be by until early in the morning at best, I suppose..." After a few seconds, she shook her head. "Right... Toy Foxy... so what happened next."

As she hummed, Veronica leaned back some with her paws clasped across her chest. "Well... for the next three years or so, Fazbear put her through her paces. The bad press in regards to what happened to a child at the original FredBear's Diner meant that money was tight for the next couple of years. But with Toy Foxy, they had the ability to test the programming and systems. Among other things, children of the employees were brought in to interact with her to make sure that her programming worked and to give her more experience. All sworn to secrecy of course."

Her chin supported by her paw, Vicky watched Veronica closely as her mind worked through what she was being told. "What about the other Toys? Weren't they activated as well?"

If anything though, Veronica looked amused as she snorted. "Not at all. With money tight, they had to wait until they had the funds to build them. They even cut back on some of the features since, for example, all the Toys were supposed to have police radios just in case a child predator showed up. But in the end, only Toy Foxy did. In fact, the original animatronics were to be upgraded as well to the new standard, but they had run out of money so they were used as a spare parts source with incomplete programming..." There was the slightest bit of a frown on her face before she shrugged it off/ "As it was though, they only came online a few months before the grand opening and got something of 'On the job training' via employees' kids. They had nowhere near the, uh, 'experience' that Toy Foxy had."

Thoughtful, Vicky nodded. 'I wonder if that's why it seems that I know so much more about performances and such then the others...'

 

[zhuull]

Staring out of the window sightlessly, Vicky frowned deep in thought. A moment later though she jumped as a voice made itself known behind her. "Something bothering you, Vicky?" Holding her paw to her chest, Vicky turned to see Veronica watching her. At the glare she received, Veronica gave a sheepish smile. "Sorry."

While she scowled, Vicky grumbled. "Stop doing that, dammit."

All that got her was a shrug though as Veronica sat down next to her. "Bad habit. Now then... You've been rather put out recently for some reason."

Part of Vicky wanted to tell her to sod off, but then she sighed. "It's nothing, just some really wierd dreams when I'm sleeping is all." Seeing the frown, the younger of the two shrugged before she changed the subject. "Anyways, you've been wih Freddy's a long time, right?"

Frowning at the subject change, Veronica didn't comment as she nodded. Even a slight amount of humour slipped into her tone. "Well, one could say that I suppose... I've been with them in a way since 1969." Tilting her head to the side, she raised an eyebrow. "Why? What do you want to know?"

Vicky was silent for a bit before she made a sound like she took a deep breath. "I... Was wondering about the animatronic that I'm in, you know? It's history."

Despite wanting to know why, Veronica simply hummed. "Well... I can tell you that your body is the oldest of all the Toys. It served as the prototype for the others after all."

Blinking, Vicky focused all her attention on Veronica. "Wait, really?"

Slowly, Veronica nodded. "Yup. In fact, part of the reason why your endo and exoskeleton were so easy to take apart was because of that. When they were testing and working out the bugs, they needed easy access to various places. Afterwards, they simply kept it that way in the name of being child friendly."

Now really interested, Vicky leaned forward. "So... How old are we talking here?"

That caused Veronica to stroke her chin in thought for a bit. "Let's see... If I remember correctly, they started designing Funtime Foxy..." Giggling at the look given to her, Veronica smirked. "That was the name that they originally gave her. People called her 'Toy Foxy' later on though and that stuck... Anyways, she was designed around 1971 I believe. The others weren't built until roughly 1976 or so."

Eyes wide, Veronica let out a low whistle. "Okay, color me impressed... But how do you know all this?"

Smiling, the golden fox animatronic chuckled as she shook her head."However else? I was involved in the project." Having noticed the question in Vicky's eyes, Veronica shook her head. "They were not about to replace me just yet at my location. So the animatronic you inhabit was to be my counterpart at the new flagship location. Hence, they decided to base it on me with her job being like mine, to keep an eye on young ones and entertain them through stories."

A slight frown was on Vicky's face as she ran her mind through it, though she suddenly got a flash of memory of a living Veronica entertaining a crowd of children. "By... Having it watch you?"

Blinking, Veronica gave her an odd look. "Well, yes as a matter of fact. They used one of the old fox animatronic puppets and placed her program into it. She served as something of a helper, nudging things on and sometimes cracking jokes to the kids. During that time, her program was learning from me by watching me interact with the children. That phase lasted from when 1971 until they finished with her endo and exoskeleton in 1974... Though originally she was supposed to have the endo and exoskeleton in 1973, but one of the guard's involved took it home and his daughter took it apart."

For a moment, Vicky just stared at her. "Wait, wait, wait... you had guards working on her? And one of them took it home and his daughter took it apart?" At the nod, Vicky facepalmed. "How did that happen?"

With a frown, Veronical cupped her chin in thought. "Let's see if I remember correctly... at the time, Freddy's wasn't quite as cheap as they were later on, but a lot of the staff were at least given some basics in regards to the animatronics. Night guards until the flagship location were given even more. The idea being that if one of them broke down, as long as the repairs were not extremely complicated, then they could fix them well enough to continue the show. And then one of the licensed mechanics could make more permanent fixes. And before you ask, the guard in question got in shit, yes, but wasn't fired."

Nodding, Vicky furrowed her eyebrows. "The night guards having more knowledge to fix them makes sense because with free roam, if something happened then it's not likely that the mechanic would be by until early in the morning at best, I suppose..." After a few seconds, she shook her head. "Right... Toy Foxy... so what happened next."

As she hummed, Veronica leaned back some with her paws clasped across her chest. "Well... for the next three years or so, Fazbear put her through her paces. The bad press in regards to what happened to a child at the original FredBear's Diner meant that money was tight for the next couple of years. But with Toy Foxy, they had the ability to test the programming and systems. Among other things, children of the employees were brought in to interact with her to make sure that her programming worked and to give her more experience. All sworn to secrecy of course."

Her chin supported by her paw, Vicky watched Veronica closely as her mind worked through what she was being told. "What about the other Toys? Weren't they activated as well?"

If anything though, Veronica looked amused as she snorted. "Not at all. With money tight, they had to wait until they had the funds to build them. They even cut back on some of the features since, for example, all the Toys were supposed to have police radios just in case a child predator showed up. But in the end, only Toy Foxy did. In fact, the original animatronics were to be upgraded as well to the new standard, but they had run out of money so they were used as a spare parts source with incomplete programming..." There was the slightest bit of a frown on her face before she shrugged it off/ "As it was though, they only came online a few months before the grand opening and got something of 'On the job training' via employees' kids. They had nowhere near the, uh, 'experience' that Toy Foxy had."

Thoughtful, Vicky nodded. 'I wonder if that's why it seems that I know so much more about performances and such then the others...'

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Ah, caught up with this story again. Now to go back and start over reading from the beginning.
Truly this is the most heartwarming zombie family out there Harry, thank you for coming up with it.

 

[Harry Leferts]

Slamming the phone down into it's cradle, Richard scowled before he lashed out with one foot. The kick sent the chair he was in rolling across the floor of the empty workshop until he reached the table with the small fridge on it from which he grabbed a bottle of juice. "Fucking bastards..."

As he poured himself a drink, a soft and female voice spoke up. "What happened, dearie?"

With a frown, Richard sipped at the cup and turned to where there was an endoskeleton sitting on the edge of another table. "Ah, just my parents again, Spring. They decided to spend the holidays in Cancun rather then here. Shouldn't have surprised me any to say the least."

Tilting her head some, the endoskeleton blinked at the bitter tone. "Well, that's rather unkind of them."

Richard only let out a sigh and a shrug at what she said. "Yeah, well... like I said, it was to be expected." Taking another long drink of his juice, he frowned as he watched her. "So, moving away from that now... how are you doing?"

Once more tilting her head, the endoskeleton looked herself over. "I am... doing welll. All my systems is working at peak efficiency, which is rather nice after so long. Thank you for placing my AI into a new body."

Shrugging, Richard gave her a small grin as he gestured with the bottle in his hand. "No worries about that. Everything did check out and wanted to see how you would do." A moment later, he furrowed his eyebrows and frowned. "Erika did say that your old body was too damaged to be repaired though."

If he had looked at that moment, he would have seen the endoskeleton flinch. But by the time he turned back, she was once more calm. "It was badly deterioated I'm afraid." Hopping off the table, Spring began to walk around until she spotted some newspapers and held it up. "A... mall was broken into?"

There was a thoughtful frown on Richard's face as he looked over and then nodded. "Yeah, someone broke in and wrecked the animatronics display and took a bunch of parts. But the cameras were all down so they couldn't catch who did it. No security either as they left about an hour before." Then he shrugged. "We got the contract to repair them after the holidays are over though. So we should have them repaired in no time."

Spring gave him what could be best described as a thankful look as she nodded. "That is good to hear." Upon seeing him yawn, she walked over and patted him on the shoulder. "It's late, you really should be getting to bed."

Giving another yawn, Richard nodded as he stretched. "Yeah, you're right. Pretty much all the work that I needed to get done is done and I'm actually ahead... for a change." As he frowned, Richard glanced over at Spring. "Are you going to be okay? To really get an idea how well your programming is I'll need to let it run all night."

Much to his confusion, she waved him off. "I'll be okay, Richard dear. Don't worry yourself over little old me."

Just shaking his head, Richard got up off the chair and chuckled. "Well, night then. See you... later in the morning I guess."

Humming, Spring turned to the clock which told her that it was roughly one in the morning. "I'll see you when you get up then." Once he left, she looked around. "Now then... what needs to be done..."

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As he opened his eyes to sunlight streaming in his window, Richard got up and began to go through his morning routine, though a glance at the clock told him it was almost noon. Getting out of the shower, he opened his doors and walked downstairs to the workshop, only to blink. Said workshop looked like it had just been cleaned and, more then that, he could smell food. "Spring?"

From the small kitchen area, said Endoskeleton walked out and Richard had to stiffle a laugh at the sight of the apron on it. "Ah, good, you're out. Now come to the table, I have breakfast prepared..." Pausing for a moment, Spring tilted her head to the side. "Or would that be brunch considering the time of day?"

That got a small laugh from Richard as he walked over to the table and sat down in time for Spring to place a plateful of breakfast. Blinking, he looked it over with wide eyes. "Wow! This looks almost too good to eat... but when did you get programmed to cook?"

Giggling, Spring played with her apron a little and the lights in her endoskeleton's cheeks came on. "Ah, well... back when I was functional and part of the attractions, sometimes us animatronics would make some food as a special treat for a birthday boy or girl..." There was a wistfulness to her tone that caused Richard to look up. "It was quite nice to see the faces of the little ones light up at the sight of us bringing their food to the table, though I had to be worn to do so sadly..."

With a frown, Richard reached out and patted her hand. "Hey, don't worry about that now, okay? Besides, you'll get to be in the show again."

Slowly, Spring nodded. "And I cannot wait, it will be good to make the children smile and laugh again..." After she shook it off, she patted Richard on the head. "Now then, you eat up okay? You are much too thin and work too hard. Some nice hearty meals is what you need."

A smile on his face, Richard took a sip of his tea that was beside the plate. "And what are you going to be doing?"

Laughing slightly, Spring shook her head. "I shall be cleaning up and placing the pans into the sink. You can wash and dry them as... I currently am unable to."

While he nodded, Richard turned back to his meal as Spring walked back into the kitchen area to do as she said...

 

[Finagle007]

Oho?

 

[Trufla]

Let's see, this would be the processor module Erika salvaged from the Springsuit at Harry's pizzeria. I wonder if that endoskeleton is a referb of old spare parts, or if the tech team has started fabbing new components? If the latter case, I hope they are sticking to the old blueprints, or the durability of Spring's going to be a lot lower than the rest of the Crew.

 

[Harry Leferts]

The endoskeleton is actually the extra one from the first game that you see in the backroom:

 

[Harry Leferts]

Entering Erika's home, Harry chuckled a bit. "Hey guys! I'm here!" A moment later, he was nearly bowled over by Chica who picked him up and swung him around a bit. "Oof!"


Not having noticed his distress, Chica swung him around like a rag doll. "Eeee! You're here! You're here! I'm so happy that you're spending Christmas Eve with us! Yes! Yes! Yes!" A moment later, she felt Harry tap her beak and looked down to see him squirming before dropping him. "Um. sorry about that..."

All Harry did though was wave her off as he picked himself off the floor with a wince. "Don't worry about it, Chica."

However, a moment later he was swept up by Eric who hugged him tightly. "UNCLE HARRY!"

Wincing, Harry patted him on the back. "Hey there, Eric. Great to see you."

Veronica chuckled as she walked up and tapped her son on the shoulder. "Now, Eric, let your uncle go." As he did so, she stepped forward and hugged Harry, though thankfully for him it was much gentler then the other two. "It's good to see you."

Several hugs later from the other animatronics, Harry poked his head into the kitchen as Olive and Robbie giggled and clung to his legs like limpets while Erika took pictures. "Hello, Miss Schmidt."

Turning, Doll wagged a finger at him. "None of that 'Miss Schmidt' stuff. Call me Doll, Harry." A moment later, there was a gleam in her eyes that Harry missed. 'And maybe in a few years, you might be calling me "Mum" if Michelle plays her cards right...'

With a sheepish smile, Harry rubbed the back of his head. "Uh, sure... um, Doll?" Getting a smile from her and a grunt from Mike who read a newspaper, Harry noticed what she was cooking in the oven. "Huh, is that a turkey?"

Doll smiled as she nodded. "It is, I thought that since tomorrow is Christmas Day, and you won't be joining us, then maybe have the Christmas Eve dinner like the Christmas Day one as well."

Softly smiling, Harry shook his head and tried to ignore the slight wetness at the corners of his eyes before he grinned. "Well, when it's ready do you mind giving me some drumsticks?"

Blinking, Doll frowned as she stared at him in confusion, but nodded. "I don't see a reason why not... but why drumsticks?"

A grin spread across Harry's face as he tried not to snicker. "Because I figured that I could... drum up an appitatie."

Utter silence met him for a few moments before Doll began to giggle and Mike snorted and turned a page. Michelle choked back a laugh before she dragged him off. "Come on, I got something for you."

Humming as she put away the turkey, Doll gave Mike a smile when he grunted. "Kid should stop doing that, he's making me like him. And I'm not supposed to like him."

Slowly, Doll raised an eyebrow at him. "My dad likes you."

That caused Mike to lower the paper some and give her a stare. "Your dad only started to like me after he caught me beating the shit out of that guy who insulted you." Flipping the paper up, he continued. "And then found out he was a neo-nazi and joined in."

Grinning, Doll only said her next words in a sing-song manner. "You like him."

Mike only grunted in return.

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Even though he snickered at how Foxy had a Father Christmas cap, Harry ignored that for now for sitting down in the living room. Around him, most of the original animatronics sat while the Toys and the smaller ones sat on the other's shoulders. With a glance at Michelle who was beside him rather close, Harry pulled some rolls of paper out of a bag they should not have fit in. "Right, since we'll be exchanging presents later on, I figured that I should give you all good news. Firstly, all the permits have gone through so we can begin renovations... though they're going to be more like tearing the old place down and rebuilding on the site."

His eyes lighting up, Freddy grinned. "That's great news, Harry!"

Nodding, Harry spread out the rolls on the table. "Gets even better, the architech came through and did up the first version of the floor plans. This is what he came up with so far for the first floor."

Their eyes wide, they all leaned forward and started to whisper excitedly among each other. A soft squeal came from Bonnie as he pointed at the stage. "Look at that! It's way bigger then any of our other stages! And from the notes... Oh man, that's going to be awesome sound!"

Freddy nodded at that as he hummed. "And it's big enough for both main bands to use if we were ever to have one of those, hmm, battle of the bands."

Next to him, Chica shook her head along with Chelsie as the older animatronic snorted. "I'm more excited about the kitchen. Look at the size of it, Freddy! I'm going to be able to make so much in it! And there's the ice cream sundae bar... but what's this counter?"

Leaning forward, Harry frowned a bit but then nodded. "It was something that came up in discussions, Chica. There's going to be one of those pizza storage machines for when you get a child or teen who wants a slice between playing the games." At her confusion, he shrugged. "It's an idea to increase attendence so that we can also pull in those kids in the area who might want to just play in the arcade or come to the shows, but don't have much money on them..."

At the far off look in Harry's eyes, Chica reached over and gently squeezed his hand in hers, even as Aya hugged Harry from behind. "Sounds wonderful, Harry."

For her part, and wanting to change the subject, Aya reached over and tapped where the security office was. "iI see that you made some changes with the security office as well."

Harry nodded a bit as he tapped the place where the office was. "Yeah, there's some changes there as well. Firstly, there's going to be a one way mirror there with the office itself raised up above the normal floor. Instead of a tablet though, we're going multiple screens with each hooked up to a separate camera, but set up to minimize blindspots. The final bit though is more for the guard though... we're going to have logbooks and camera check books where they'll need to do them at least once a half hour. Also, there's going to be patrols. The only place without cameras will be the bathrooms themselves. I am not having another incident."

Raising a paw, Rebecca frowned a bit. "Um... Harry? How will that help?"

A slightly manical grin crossed Harry's face. "Because if something is out of place in the log book or check sheets... or if I see them away from the desk too often, I can check up on them. I'm not taking any chances."

There were nods from around him before Foxy spotted something and began to grin excitedly. "Matey! Be tha' my new cove?!"

Laughing softly at the look on Foxy's face as well as how his tail wagged, Harry nodded. "As a matter of fact, it be your new cove, captain! Arrr!" Michelle snickered a bit at his bad pirate accent even as Foxy's grin widened a bit. "Firstly, we'll be building one of those pirate themed ship playhouses inside... or we could go with Sirius' plan and bring an actual small pirate ship replica. In either case, the ship itself will have padding on the deck as well as hidden cushioning charms just in case of bumps and scraps. It's going to be sitting in the middle of an 'Ocean' of balls with small hiding places for items in your treasure hunts for the kids."

His eyes alight with glee, Foxy clanged his hook against his hand. "Arrr! Ye know how ta make a seadog excited! Me and the crew will love it!"

Olive then tappped a spot as her tail wagged. "Is that really a pool, Uncle Harry?"

Gently, Harry placed his hand on her head and rubbed it. "Yup, that's going to be your area during the warm months, Olive. We'll be placing a hard pool cover over it which will be locked in place though when it's not in use." Turning toward Veronica, he pointed to another spot. "And here's where your playground will be."

Eyes slightly wide, Veronica leaned over and examined it before she tilted her head. "It's going to be inside?"

With a hum, Harry nodded. "Yeah... it was decided to do an inside playground so that the kids can play there rain or shine, hot or cold out. It's still going to be an amazing place though."

Once they came to the arcade upstairs, Rose let out a whistle as did Theodore, the T-Rex animatronic adding his view. "Okay, that place will be awesome to play in."

Beside Michelle, Lisa tapped her chin a bit before she nodded. "And that guy who we gave the old arcade games to already said that they should be ready by the time we open. He also got in contact with some guys he knows and thinks he can get us more arcade games."

Grinning, Harry rubbed his hands. "Excellent... and that's not the best part!" At their looks, Harry pointed at the basement door. "Remus says he can track down a large vanishing cabinet for us. One big enough for all of you and we'll set it up in the basement. The other end will be wherever I end up living so at night after closing, you guys can come through as when you want."

There were grins all around at that.

 

[Finagle007]

"Remus says he can track down a large vanishing cabinet for us. One big enough for all of you and we'll set it up in the basement. The other end will be wherever I end up living so at night after closing, you guys can come through as when you want."

Click to shrink...

Better set up some wards to stop unauthorized access *cough*Vincent*cough*Death Eaters*cough*

 

[Hunter 1]

Better set up some wards to stop unauthorized access *cough*Vincent*cough*Death Eaters*cough*

Click to shrink...

Eh, vanishing cabinets are the transportation equivalent to QECs; you only need to get the units into position, then secure the endpoints. That's actually fairly easy, even with tech as opposed to magic.

 

[Harry Leferts]

Hearing a knock, Erika got up from the couch where most of the group were watching holiday movies and headed for the door. When she looked through the peephole, Erika blinked and opened the door a bit to reveal Jeremy on the front porch. A glance around showed her teacher down at a van before she turned back to Jeremy. "Uh, Jeremy? What are you...?"

Nervous, he ran a hand along his hat which hit the scars on his head. "Um... I'm kind of here to drop some stuff off and... and Veronica around?"

Still confused, Erika nodded a bit and gestured inside. "Want to wait in here while I get her? It's a bit chilly out after all."

Jeremy only shook his head. "N-no, that's okay. I'll... wait out here." Glancing inside, he shuddered a bit. "I'm still not over, you know..."

Giving him a nod, Erika closed the door and he could hear her calling out for Veronica. About two minutes later, the animatronic fox opened the door and walked out. "Hello, Jeremy."

There was a slight smile on his face as he nodded. "Hey there, Ronnie." A giggle escaped her before he looked her over. "You're looking, um, well I guess?"

For a moment, Veronica blinked before she looked herself over with a raised eyebrow. "Thanks?"

Coughing, Jeremy rubbed the back of his neck. "Er... I came by because I have some stuff that I figured that you might want and everything." At her confusion, he took a deep breath and shoved his hands into his pockets as he gestured toward the van. "It's in the van..."

As she followed him, Veronica cocked her head to the side, more confused now then she had been before. "I see... what sort of stuff?"

His answer though, caused her to freeze in place. "Yours..." Turning, she noted that Jeremy was rubbing the top of his head again through his hat. "When you, um... disappared, I got kind of worried. I asked your landlord if he could tell me when you got back because you wanted to talk with me. But... three months went by and Freddy's finally issued a missing person's notice and..."

Slowly, Veronica nodded as she remembered why she wanted to talk with him. "I see... but what does this have to do with what is in the... wait, did you?"

While he nodded, a blush spread across Jeremy's face. "Your landlord was pretty nice, but he couldn't hold onto the apartment. Since I asked him about you, he gave me a call and said that if I wanted to, I could come and get your stuff. At the time, I wasn't... in the best of shape and still recovering. But Fritz helped and we moved your stuff into storage. Just in case, you know, you ever showed back up. I forgot all about it until a week ago and..."

If it had been possible, Veronica's breath would have caught in her chest as she realized what he was saying. "S-so... E-Eric's pic-pictures and toys..." When Jeremy nodded, she pulled him into a hug much to his surprise. "T-t-thank you... so much. You d-don't know what this means to me..."

Awkwardly, Jeremy patted her on the back. "H-hey... don't cry, okay?" Gently, he took her paw and lead her to the van. "I mean, Fritz thought it creepy and all that. But I didn't have that many friends so..."

Veronica nodded as she wiped away some cleaning fluid from around her eyes, one paw squeezing Jeremy's shoulder. "No, it's something that I am thankful for." Having reached the van, she looked inside at the boxes until one in particular caught her eye. With a gentleness that belied her strength, she took it and opened it to reveal a dust covered album. Opening it, she sniffled a bit at the picture of a happy, dirty blonde haired woman smiling for the camera. On her lap, was a grinning three year old that had similar hair and bright eyes. "O-oh my..." Setting it back into the box, Veronica turned and pulled Jeremy into a hug, not seeing Fritz stiffen for a few moments. "T-thank you... thank you so much, Jeremy."

Grinning, Jeremy just hugged her back, his hands patting her back. "You're very welcome, Ronnie. Now how about we get all this inside, okay?"

With a chuckle and another wipe at her eyes, Veronica nodded and grabbed some of the larger boxes, while Jeremy repacked the album and then took it and the box it was in as he followed her back up the path. Moments later, Fritz grabbed a box himself and shook his head as he muttered about crazy cousins...

 

[Finagle007]

You're gonna give us all diabetes at this rate, Leferts.

 

[Harry Leferts]

Closing the door softly behind him, Harry raised an eyebrow as he entered Michelle's room to find her just sitting on her bed. "You, uh, wanted to see me once the dishes were done, Michelle?"

Slowly, Michelle turned and smiled at Harry as she shook her head. "Yeah, I kind of did actually." Gesturing to her bed, Michelle shook her head. Once he sat down, Michelle walked over and sat down beside him. "I've kind of wanted to talk to you alone for a bit... it has to do with our, um, kiss..."

Harry's stomach felt like it dropped and for some odd reason he didn't think it was the Mexican food they had for lunch. "I... see..."

Rolling her eyes at his reaction, Michelle sighed. 'I wonder if mom goes through the same thing with dad... okay, not the train of thought needed right now, Michelle. Focus!' With a interested expression, Michelle leaned forward a bit. "I actually was wondering what you thought of me?"

That caused the wizard to blink at her. "What do I... think of you?"

With a small smile, Michelle nodded. "Yeah, I mean, we do need to clear the air a bit." However, Harry didn't answer her right away, which made her smile grow a bit more. 'Well, at least he's actually thinking about it.'

Meanwhile, Harry frowned as he rolled his thoughts together in his head. 'What do I think of her...?' Finally, he stared at the ceiling. "Well... you're a really good friend, Michelle. I mean, we've only known each other a few months, but you know some things about me that neither Ron nor Hermione... about how I grew up. Though I appreciate that you don't make a big deal about it, you're just there if I ever do need or want to talk about it."

A frown on her face at that reminder, Michelle nodded. "Well, like I told you, you're past is exactly that... yours and in the past."

Smiling, Harry nodded. "Exactly. Like I said, you don't make a huge issue out of it. You just accept it... like you accepted Aunt Rose and the others while not letting what happened weigh on it. And to be perfectly honest..." He turned and regarded Michelle who was watching him closely. "This summer was pretty much the best that I had. Not just because of Aunt Rose, but also because you took me places like the movies... clubs... that sort of thing. You didn't have to, but you still did. So, yeah, you're a really great friend and person."

Her chin held up by her fist, Michelle softly smiled. "And what do you think of how I look?"

Gobsmacked at the question, Harry considered it before he shook it off. 'Michelle likes honesty, so...' Coughing into his fist, he shrugged with a nervous smile. "I, uh... well, you're pretty bloody hot. I think it's called the whole package or something."

Now it was Michelle's turn to be gobsmacked before suddenly she laughed. "Thanks..." Shaking her head as she stopped laughing, she turned toward the window and hummed. "Now I'll be truthful, I think that you're a great guy, Harry. Not many people would risk being sent to what sounds like Hell on Earth for just a girl they had recently met. And, well... some of the guys I've met? Let's just say that they're focus is often somewhere else when I'm talking. Or they don't like the fact that I've inherited some things from my dad. You? Sure, you've stared a bit, but you at least give enough of a damn to try not to and usually succeed."

While he blinked, Harry rubbed the back of his head. "I... um, thanks I guess?"

Snorting, Michelle smirked. "Do you remember when I fell asleep on you?" The blush on his face told her that, yes, he remembered. "I actually woke up a bit earlier then you thought. You didn't try to cop a feel. So, yeah, you're a great guy, Harry." Grinning, she poked him on the forehead. "And pretty hot too right now."

As he glanced around, Harry ran a hand through his fringe. "So, uh... we've cleared the air then?"

While she leaned back, Michelle shook her head. "Kind of, but there's still the question of where do we go from here? Do we try to date or what?"

There was a frown on Harry's face as he leaned forward. "Well, I won't say that I wouldn't want to date, but I... really don't know how to date and I think that I would be terrible at it."

Michelle raised an eyebrow and looked at him. "What gives you that idea?"

Once more, Harry ran his hand through his fringe. "I kind of got asked out on a date with Cho Chang near the beginning of the year..."

Her eyebrow still raised, Michelle snorted a bit as she waved him on. "Obviously you're not together or else you would have told me by now." It was then that the name struck a memory. "Wait, Cho Chang? Wasn't her boyfriend..." When Harry nodded, she frowned. "Uh, why would she ask you out on a date?"

All Harry did was snort. "Well, it didn't go too well and... she kind of wanted to also talk about Cedric. Such as how she took me somewhere they spent time and such together."

Unseen by him, Michelle just gave him a look of disbelief. "RIght... okay then you don't need to say anymore as I can guess what happened and what was going on." At his look of confusion, she only shook her head. "As for us... would it bother you if we wait until summer? To try this out?"

Frowning, Harry furrowed his eyebrows in thought as he tried to follow. "Why summer?"

Slowly, Michelle hummed as she raised her fingers and began to tick off on them. "Well, a big reason is that you got, what? A week, week and a half before going back to school? That's not really long enough to try to get a feel for things."

With some thought, Harry nodded. "True..."

Then Michelle ticked off another finger. "Two, that gives us all summer to get used to it and for our relationship to stablize. Three, that gives us five to six months to continue to get comfortable with each other as just friends. Heck, with magic the usual issues of what the distance between here and Hogwarts doesn't matter. Four, it also lets us think things over rather then just rushing into it. We're both mature enough I think for that."

Eyebrows furrowed, Harry rolled her points around in his head and slowly nodded. "That... makes a lot of sense. So... summer then?"

As her eyes twinkled, Michelle nodded and kissed him on the cheek. "Summer."

Neither of the two spotted Mike peaking through the crack the door was open before he nodded and walked away as they just laid there, their heads on each others shoulders.

 

[Harry Leferts]

Clapping his hands as he closed the backdoors to the van as the sun passed noon, Fritz turned around and snorted as Erika walked up with a cup of tea. A cup that he took gratefully. "Thanks."


Erika only gave him a slight nod as she smiled. "You're welcome, Prof. So... you wanted to talk with me?"

However, Fritz only raised a finger as he continued to drink his tea. About a minute later he was finished and placed the cup to the side before he cleared his throat. "Yeah, I did... so, what is this that I am hearing that you're going to be putting, um... Veronica and Rose into the show?"

Not quite sure where this was going, Erika just nodded. "Well, that is the plan. Rose from what's been decided will be in charge of the arcade and Veronica will keep an eye on the kids using the playground... why?"

Letting out a slow breath, Fritz shook his head. "And what are you going to do about the bodies in them?"

As she scratched the side of her neck, Erika let out a slight shudder as the memories of what she saw inside of the other springsuit popped up. "Well, Harry thinks he can hide them being inside the suit using magic. Not like anyone would be looking too closely and I can confirm that it would hide them pretty well."

That only got her a frown from Fritz who shook his head. "That's not good enough, Erika. Best plan would be to remove the bodies at least and then bury them I think. At least that way, even if their spirits can't rest, their bodies will be taken care of properly."

Grimacing, Erika shook her head. "No can do, Prof. None of us even know how this shit works and it's not like we can ask any one who was involved. Fazbach is in a mental hospital and from what I have heard, is barely lucid at the best of times... Thanks to that bitch, Barb. And there's no way in hell that any of us are going to go and talk with Grindlewald."

With a blink, Fritz stared at her. "Why the hell would you need to talk to them? Just remove the bodies and be done with it."

All Erika did though was run her hand through her hair. "No one knows if we even can, Prof. What if we remove the bodies and then, suddenly, both Veronica and Rose are dead? I don't think that Harry would take the second well and I am sure as hell that Eric couldn't handle the first. Best to just leave things be since we don't know if the bodies need to stay in them until their ground down or what."

Once more, Fritz only stared at her before he pinched his nose. "Actually, I think that I got an answer to that..."

Boggling, it was Erika's turn to stare at him. "Say what now?"

Slowly, Fritz nodded. "Way back when I worked for Freddy... about two weeks after Jeremy got... bitten, I overheard something that I am pretty sure I wasn't supposed to." Knowing that Erika was listening closely, he shook his head. "They were talking about 'Cleaning out the animatronics' suits' and how much trouble it was giving them. Thing is, they were talking about the original animatronics. Now, I didn't clue in until, well, what happened recently. But they must have been talking about the kids' bodies."

Her expression one of distaste, Erika frowned. "But then, what was with the reports that the animatronics were leaking blood and mucus?"

Fritz snorted at that. "Easy answer really. While they tried to clean them, some was left behind. Probably started using his sister and her magic later on. And there's one more bit from what you bunch have told me." Seeing her interest, he shook a finger. "You know the Black Mass, right? You guys told me that it's the souls of those former guards who got, well, stuffed into suits."

Confused, Erika nodded a bit. "Yeah, their souls were stuck in the suits, unable to move them without an endoskeleton. That along with the suit's normal effects drove them all mad within a short time and broke their minds." A shudder ran through her. "Not a fate that I would wish on anyone."

Wagging a finger at her, Fritz frowned. "Exactly, if hey had endoskeletons then they would move around, such as they were. But they were still stuck in the suits until the Marionette kicked them out with a new soul. I doubt though that Tony or his sister would have left the corpses in them for any great length of time. Days at most I would wager, which means that you got a decent time frame for how long before the bodies could be removed. Hell, look at Shadow Bonnie and Shadow Freddy. Those two were in their suits for bare hours before being removed and were able to do... whatever the fuck it was that they were doing."

Now frowning, Erika rolled it around in her head. "I never considered that..."

While he continued to shake his head, Fritz rolled his eyes. "I'm not too surprised that you didn't. Now that means that, maybe, you can remove their remains from those suits and they'll still operate them. Grant you, in Veronica's and Rose's case, the two will need endoskeletons to replace their bodies, but doable."

Intrigued, Erika glanced over at him. "I'd have to be careful and I can't really test it out..."

All Fritz did was wave her off. "Start small then with, what were their names? Oh yeah, Laika and Polly. Slowly remove their bones from the rest and have them keep you inform. If they start feeling weak, then stop as you'll know. If you can remove the bones entirely and nothing happens... then you can probably get started on Veronica or Rose, which ever one of them decides."

Erika just nodded, deep in thought as she mumbled. "I might do just that actually..."

 

[Finagle007]

Methinks Fritz needs a good smack upside the head, but... It just might work. They should still have a wizard on hand while doing it, though...

Also, I can't be the ONLY one here who wants more WatLP...

 

[Arck1334]

Also, I can't be the ONLY one here who wants more WatLP...

Click to shrink...

I want more too, but I kind of want to contribute to it as well. It is just drawing up blanks for me but if we hand more story...

 

[Harry Leferts]

Taking a drink of juice, Harry leaned against the counter beside Michelle before he glanced at the calendar and sighed a bit. 'December 28... not too long now.'

Of course, having heard his sigh, Michelle blinked a bit and then glanced over at him with a raised eyebrow. "Hmm? Something wrong, Harry?" At the shake of the head she got, she snorted and jabbed him in the side with her elbow as she smirked. "Come on... what's bothering you..."

With an obvious fake wince, Harry looked over at where Rose was reading a magazine. "Michelle is beating me up, Aunt Rose. Aren't you going to do something?"

Looking over the top of her magazine, Rose just gave him her version of a smirk before she chuckled. "Obviously, you must have done something to deserve it, Harry. So I'm not about to stop her."

All Harry did was pout at that before he scoffed. "Traitor." At another jab in the side by the now grinning Michelle, he sighed and rolled his eyes. "Fine, just remembering that there's not to many days left before I head back to Hogwarts is all." Shrugging, Harry sighed a bit. "It's honestly been a rather fun bit of Hols is all."

There was a slight frown on Michelle's face having been reminded of that fact. "Oh yeah... that's right. How long is your holidays?"

Harry only shook his head and hummed. "I head back on the second. Grant you, it's a lot better now at Hogwarts since Umbridge is gone and the Ministry is too busy to be sticking their noses everywhere. Heck, I got some good ideas for the DA when we get back actually."

Grimacing, Michelle shook her head as she growled. "That woman should have never been a teacher, not in the least."

Even though he agreed with her, Harry still felt his lips twitch a bit as he knew that one of Michelle's hot buttons that could be pressed were bad teachers being as she was trying to become a good teacher herself. "True, even Snape is better then her."

A scoff from Rose could be heard, but Michelle just shook her head. "Honestly, Snape shouldn't be the teacher of the class level he is." Seeing the look from Harry, she rolled her eyes. "I know teachers like him. His type of teacher is pretty much best suited to be teacher people who already have a good basis in the material." For several moments, Michelle clinched her hand as if trying to grasp something. "It's... like a college teacher having to teach someone in Junior High. They expect the students to have a much higher level in the material then they really do and become frustrated when they don't. So Snape is someone who should be teaching... what do you call it? NEWT level?" At the nod, she continued. "Right, he should be teaching the students at the NEWT level, and not those at the First Year level."

Slowly, Harry shrugged. "I wouldn't have minded not dealing with him until my Sixth Year if I had gotten the choice."

Now really amused, Michelle gave him a gentle shrug. "Or ever, considering how you've described to me how the two of you get along." She was about to say more when Aya came in with an odd look on her face. "Is something wrong, Aya?"

Blinking, Aya looked up for a few moments and then grunted as she scratched her head, flying over to stand on Harry's opposite side from Michelle. "It could be nothing, but some of the Black Mass decided to head back to Freddy's to check on things, you know?"

That caused Harry to frown a bit as he could just hear the whispers of the collection of spirits. "I see... you guys do know that no one has been in the building since the holidays started, right?"

Aya just snorted and shook her head. "All the more reason then to check it out and make sure that everything is okay. After all, the demolition is going to be starting come the new year."

His eyebrow raised, Harry shared a look with Rose before he turned back to the shadowy spirit next to him. "I'm sensing a 'But' here for some reason..."

While she frowned, Aya shook her head. "Well, according to the Black Mass that split off, there's someone inside of Freddy's."

Not having expected that answer, Harry straightened a bit. "Someone is inside the building?"

Nodding, Aya scowled. "And it gets worse and stranger. From what they told me, the fake wall has been knocked down and whoever it is that's in Freddy's? They're in the hidden room for some reason and they heard sounds drifting out of it."

Eyes narrowed, Harry pushed away from the counter with a frown. "Okay... that is odd."

Just as he turned to Michelle, she was already moving. "I'll go get dad and the others ready. If we're going to check this out, we might need backup." Then she grinned. "Besides, I'm still technically hired as the night guard for Freddy's after all. It's my duty to check out suspicious activity."

Rose just blinked as she looked between the two of them. "Shouldn't you just call the police and have them handle it?"

However, Harry shook his head with a sigh. "And how should we explain exactly how we knew someone broke in? None of us are in the area after all and shouldn't know that fact." He then waved a hand. "Besides, there's a pay phone just down the street from Freddy's. One of us can call the police from there while the rest check it out."

Arms crossed, Aya tilted her head a bit as she looked toward Harry. "And how are you going to explain being there in the first place?"

Grinning, Harry glanced up at her. "Easy, we decided to drop by and check in on Freddy's before the new year. Nothing really strange about two of the top employees being there and since I wasn't fired, we can use the excuse that I wanted to visit one last time for nostalgia's sake before they began to tear it down. There, pretty easy to explain."

With that, Aya, Michelle, and Rose shared looks before they finally shrugged, Michelle voicing their thoughts. "Makes sense to me..."

 

[Finagle007]

Time to pay for your sins, Vincent...