Cupcakes And Choas

The fan fictions for my FNAF AU, organized in chronological order.

Mother Dearest

Buttons

Into Wonderland Part 1, 2, 3

Reunion

Disco Roller Skates

Exploration and Cults

Part 1

The Puppet lies in her box, silently waiting. She had yet to meet her little one. When Charlotte opens up the box, she’d be greeted with a loving embrace. The box slightly opened and the Puppet sprang out.

“HAPPY-“

Golden yellow hands wrap around her throat. The two of them fell back, her voice box cutting out. A yellow rabbit pinned her down to the ground. “Oh,” The rabbit narrowed his eyes. “You’re not dangerous.” He then grabbed her face, turning it in his hands. “What are you?”

“Get off of her!” A golden bear pulls off the rabbit. The Puppet stands up and dusts herself off. The rabbit puts a hand on his hip.

“Stop standing like that.” The bear orders. The rabbit rolled his eyes, but he folded his arms. The bear clears his throat. “Hello, miss, I’m Fredrick Bear, the star of this diner.” Fredrick tips his hat to her. “And this is-“

“Bonnet! The favorite, and the fun one of this fine establishment. It’s nice to meet you,” he straightens out his bow tie, popping it up a little. “Darlin’.” Bonnet winks at her. The Puppet felt herself smiling, even if her face couldn’t move.

The only difference between the bear and the rabbit was that one had a hat and the other had buttons. Bonnet had himself a purple bow tie, and Fredrick had the top hat and the purple bow tie. Fredrick grabbed the bunny and quickly shoved him into the closet. He sets a chair against the doorknob.

“Hey!” The doorknob rattled. “Let me out!”

Fredrick turned all of his attention to the Marionette. “Who are you, and why are you here?” He hissed. The Puppet keeps her posture tall, the top of her head nearly brushing the ceiling.

“Henry made me,” the bear's eyes go wide. “I’m Charlotte’s birthday gift.”

“Freddy! Let me out! I’ll behave! Just don’t tell Henry and we’ll be good!” Bonnet hit the door, his voice laced with irritation.

“Oh, dear.” The Puppet strode over to the door and removed the chair. The door popped open and Bonnet fell into her arms.

“Darlin’, you’re a lifesaver.” He got up and straightened his bow tie. “I don’t know what I’d do if you did let me out. That reminds me, I never got your name, love.” The Puppet nearly covered her face, and simulated butterflies fluttered where her stomach should be.

“Stop calling her that.” Fredrick sneered, the two golden animals glaring at each other.

“I’m the Marionette, but you can call me the Puppet.” She bows in one sweeping motion. Fredrick walked over and stopped Bonnet from bowing back.

“It’s very nice to meet you, Miss Marrionette,” He grabs Bonnet by the hand, starting to drag him away.

“Hey!”

“We’ll ask Henry-“

“WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING UP!!?” The bearded man nearly tripped as he ran up to the two. He started to search the two head to toe. The Marionette looked toward the entrance and saw a woman with Charlotte. “Damn it, your joints are wearing thin,” Henry grumbles.

That woman was Evelyn, but some tampering in her personality didn’t care about her. The Puppet slowly made her way up to Charlotte, the little girl looking up at her with big eyes. Bonnet ran over to the window, his nose making a cute little honk as it pressed against the glass. “He’s normally here by now.” Bonnet sounded distressed.

“He’s dropping Mike off at school,” Evelyn said to Henry as he walked over. Bonnet makes a hissing noise.

“Look, Charlie! It’s your animatronic! Isn’t she pretty?” Henry held up the little girl to the Puppet, giving her up before the little girl had a chance to blink.

Charlie reached out and made grabby hands to the Puppet. The robot picked up the little girl, cradling her. “Hello, little one, I’m the Marionette. We’re going to have too much fun together.” Charlotte nuzzled her face into the Puppet’s felt.

“You’re all mine.”

“I’m all yours.”

“William!” Bonnet shouted. He tripped over a table, causing a mess. William looks at Bonnet with annoyance, the little girl on his shoulders was laughing at the sight. The Puppet walks over and helps the rabbit up.

“It’s quite lovely to see you this mornin’.” Bonnet’s voice was now honeyed and starry.

“What are you doin’ up?” William hissed air through his teeth.

“Somethin’ set off my springlocks.” He confessed.

William chewed the inside of his cheek. “Henry! Something’s wrong with Springbonnie’s spring locks!”

Henry nearly cursed. The look of heartache was unsettling on Bonnet’s face. The Marionette pets his head, he leans into the motion. William turns to Evelyn, “Eve, sweetheart, I hate to ask you, but-“

“Yes,” She says instantly, her eyes soften. “I’ll watch Elizabeth.”

“Down you go.” William takes Elizabeth from his shoulders.”

“Nooo! Piggyback ride!”

“Daddy has to go to work, but tonight I can give you more piggyback rides!”

“YEAH!” Elizabeth runs up to the Puppet. “Who are you?”

William grabs Bonnet and walks him into the back.

“I’m the Marionette, Charlotte’s mother.”

“You’re not her mommy,” Elizabeth points at Evelyn, who was talking to Fredrick. “That’s her mommy!”

“She’s my mom.” Charlie touches the Puppet’s buttons. “She is my mom.”

The Puppet set down Charlie, the little girl ready to play with Elizabeth. The animatronic sat in her box, waiting.

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Bonnet walked up to the Puppet, who was watching the owners. He cleared his throat. “Marionette, how was your first day?”

“Wonderful!” She put her hands to her chest. “They loved me! I never thought I’d see so many smiles!”

“That’s wonderful to hear, Darlin’.” Bonnet smiles with his eyes. The puppet points at an empty spot just under his first button.

“You’re missing a button.”

He shrugs. “It’s probably around here somewhere. It’s probably lost forever.”

“That won’t do.” The Puppet shakes her head. With confidence, she walked into Henry’s office. Henry looks up at her.

“What are you-“

The Puppet moves his head to look back at his work. She opens up a drawer and pulls out a black button, her long fingers holding it at an awkward angle. Bonnet stands in the doorway and watches as she grabs a liquid glue. With some help from Bonnet, she got his button back on. “There, now you’re all ready for tomorrow!”

“Thank you, Darlin’, how did you know where to get more buttons?”

“I know where everything is, it’s to protect Charlotte. Speaking of Charlotte…” She pokes her head out to see her little girl giving her Goodbyes to Elizabeth. William picks up his little girl and sets her on his shoulders. “You should probably go wherever you need to, I need to be with Charlotte.”

“Fine, I see how it is. Good night, Marionette.” Bonnet moved out of Charlotte’s way. The Puppet picks up her little girl.

“Elizabeth and I had so much fun!”

“What did you do?”

I really want to know.🤨

So.... I don't have ONE favorite character, so I'll give you a list in no particular order.

Springtrap

2. The Puppet

3. Scrapbaby

4. Ballonboy

4. Carlton Burke

5. Jessica (From Silver eyes, not from Together Forever)

I just wanted to draw Nightmarionne

The friend group all ran into Freddy’s, parentless, and each with 5-10 dollars on them. The floors were red and purple checkered, with party tables and chairs pulled out and full of little kids and teens. The tables had glittering confetti tablecloths smeared with pizza. The ceiling had stars hanging down, and the walls were gray with black and white checkered at the bottom. Fake pizzas, and children’s drawings were hung up on the wall. On the center stage the three animatronics played in their band. Foxy was in his own separate area, still out of order.

Fritz grabs Carlton by the wrist and drags him to the counter. “I want tokens!” Fritz shouted.

“Token!” Carlton shouted. They got a good amount of tokens and ran over to the arcade, the others were doing their own thing. The carpet of the arcade was short and worn. Fritz tripped on the carpet, sending the tokens flying. Carlton scrambled to get all the coins. “Your guts went everywhere! I need to stuff it back in you.”

“AARGG! I’m dead! BLLLEEEGGGG!” Fritz makes dramatic motions. Carlton laughs and they head over to Skee Ball. “Carlton, what if a kid from the future played Skee Ball with us?”

“How would he time-travel to us?”

“A ball pit!” Fritz says as he rolls a 100, he pumps his fist into the air. “The kid is going to have.

“Time-traveling ball pit!” Carlton laughs. Fritz laughs with him. The two little redheads cause chaos around the Freddy’s. John grabs Carlton’s wrist as Fritz gets himself distracted.

“Carlton, come play hide and seek with all of us!” John starts to drag Carlton away.

“Wait, we need to get Fritz! He’s-”

“Annoying.” John pulls Carlton away from the arcade. “We don't want him to play Carlton.”

“Oh… okay. I’ll race you!” He runs out, and John giggles. The boys meet up with everyone else.

“Are we ready?” Marla asks.

Carlton nods, but he wanted Fritz to play. No one else talked about Fritz as they played. Carlton hid under the tables, and just about every time he was found first.

By the afternoon Freddy’s was too crowded to continue playing. Marla took Carlton’s attention away from finding Fritz. “Let’s go get some Pizza!”

“Pizza!” The two of them each got a slice of pizza and a soda. Carlton of course picked a root beer float, and Marla had a 7-Up. “Marla, we should-”

“Let’s go find Charlie! We have to beat her high score in Strike Zone!”

“Uh-”

Marla grabbed Carlton and had him squeeze through the crowded pizza place. He stubbed his toe but continued to follow Marla. Charlie was right by Strike Zone and shared glances with Marla. The three of them had a good time, and Charlie continued to crush them.

When Carlron started to walk away Charlie took him to see Freddy. He silently held Charlie’s hand until she got uncomfortable. He tried to walk away again, but this time she sat him in front of the stage. Carlton looked up, seeing Freddy looking down at the little boy with his big blue eyes.

The animatronic dancing started to get wilder, and some screeching came from their voice boxes. Carlton covered his eyes and kept his eyes locked on the violent twitching of the robots. Charlie recoiled in fear, her body shaking.

It only lasted for 10 minutes, and when it was all over everyone was trying to get the robots to the back, and getting the kids out. Charlie grabbed Carlton and started to run out of the building.

“Wait! Charlie! We need to find everyone else!” She ended up shoving him out of the door and onto the sidewalk. “Ow!” Carlton's elbows started throbbing.

Charlie sits next to him and waits for everyone else. When everyone was out John’s mom was there to pick them up. “Where’s Fritz?” Carlton asks. John just rolls his eyes.

“Come on Carlton!” Jessica calls out, and a bright smile is on her face. Carlton looks back at Freddy’s, then gets into John’s mom’s car.

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Carlton slowly opened up his eyes, his head throbbing. Was that a dream?

No. A memory.

The light flickered above him, and the air was thick and heavy. His stomach was trying to release whatever was contained within it. Several places on his torso and arms were jabbed with sharp pains. He tried to shift, but different spots on his body started to hurt.

This place… it was some room. Real observant. There were boxes, cleaning supplies, empty paint cans, strange metal works, and piles of fabric. Not fur, but actual fabric.

Looking down he sees a somewhat circular mascot costume. He was wedged inside carefully, with his hands on the floor and his feet sticking out. The mascot's hands hang limp at his side; his real arms are unnaturally pinned to him. Sharp metal bits were hungrily waiting for him to do something. The costume was dusty and gray, it might have been blue at one point. There was a desk in the corner with a phone on it, if he could just get up….

He grits his teeth and closes his eyes, a sharp pain going through the left side of his skull. Opening them again he saw a teenage boy facing him. Carlton gasped. “I wouldn’t do that,” He smiles. His smile wasn’t threatening or sadistic, it was completely friendly, even loving.

“Who are you? Let me out of this!” He started to panic, letting his voice shout so that anyone could hear him.

“Shhh, you’re going to upset Susie.” The teen blew out water bubbles from his nose.

“Oh yeah, I wouldn’t want to upset my kidnappers!” He scoffs.

“I wouldn’t speak too loudly, Carlton, I don’t know how sensitive these things are. I tried to get one that would only put you a Quadriplegic if it did go off.”

“I’ve always wanted to be a vegetable, and how do you know my name?”

The teen backed up, spinning around. “Don’t you remember this cute face?” He’s decently tall with a lean body, auburn hair in a ponytail, a bandage covering his right eye, and a nose with a bump on it. He’s wearing a red shirt and jeans.

The teen scrunched up his face when he saw Carlton’s face. “You really don’t remember me? Oh! Do you remember the time we caught lizards in your backyard and your mom freaked out? And! And! And then we also turned on the hose and flooded your backyard!” The teen starts to laugh and cough up some bubbles. “We were covered in mud and tracked it all over the house. You dad was MAD that we got his chair dirty. Oh! And then we put a hedgehog on my sister’s pillow, my parents were so mad!”

Carlton’s eyes go wide as his memory goes back to simpler times.

Fritz.

It’s Fritz.

Tears fall on Carlton’s face, repeating I’m sorry. Fritz pulls out a handkerchief and cleans off Carlton’s tears. “Why did you do this?”

“Try not to speak too much. We just needed everyone to come back. I’m sorry it had to be you, if it makes you feel better I would have picked John.”

“No, don’t hurt them.”

“I won’t. I can’t tell you about the others, but I want to protect my friends… even if you guys do hate me.”

Carlton looked down at the ground, his ears turning crimson. Fritz smiles again and grabs a malformed animal head. Skipping over to Carlton, he shoves the head in the human's face, showing off unprofessional wiring and metal work inside. He touched the mental and some small clasps snapped back and jerked out, sounding like someone broke every bone in their body, then mental filled the inside as if it was a murder mask.

Carlton nearly flinched before getting another sharp pain in his skull.

“Don’t. Move. These! Are spring locks. They’re very old, we don’t use them anymore. Henry made them.”

“Who’s Henry?” Carlton stiffened, his body ached to be moved.

“He’s Charlie’s - both Charlies, in fact- dad. This is one of his prototypes, it failed because the suit never went into suit mode properly. Don’t move, or else,” Fritz grabs his neck and starts making gurgling and coughing noises as water comes out of his mouth. He flops onto the ground and makes twitching motions.

Carlton’s heart pounds in his chest. Fritz jumps back off, goes to the corner, and shakes the water off of him. “Those spring locks will all snap into you, and for a moment you’ll think that nothing else will happen…... Then bam! Metal and plastic will go jab, jab, jab into your body. Lucky for you, it won’t kill you!”

“Fritz, this is insane!”

I wish to draw her, :}

I made a little character sheet for Elizabeth Afton, as I wanted an excuse to draw her.

Here is some Info about her:

Name: Elizabeth Afton

Likes: Revenge, leopard print, mecanics

Dislikes: Annoying people, horrible fashion, Mike (Her brother)

Age of Death: 8

Orientation: AroAce

Best Friend: Charlotte Emily

Left turned the screwdriver into the ignition. Turning it, the engine stayed stagnant. Removing the screws from the plastic cover was a waste of seconds. Cutting the power cords, he stripped the plastic and tied the two wires together. After he cut, stripped, and touched the starter wires together, the car roared to life. The owner screamed at him, and that was his cue to jam the screwdriver into the steering wheel lock.

Left slammed his metal paw into the clutch pedal and sent the car flying down the road. The humans tried to run after him but he was a lot faster than humans. When he got a few blocks away finding a similar make and model to snatch the license plate was cake. Take the insurance, and all of the important information, and now he was good from the cops, not that they could stop him.

When all was said and done he drove onto a highway into the great plateau of Utah. Large slabs of jagged rock protrude from the earth, their layered red hue reminding Lefty of a red velvet cake. The smooth white tops of the plateau grew small green plants. The waving sky and large clouds signaled a thunderstorm. The roads ahead of him gave the illusion of water, but all of the small shrubs and grass stole any of that water.

Lefty pulled off the road up to one of the rock formations. He got out of the car and started to climb up the top. It wasn't too much of an issue, except for letting a few rocks slip.

Sitting up at the top he looked at all of the arches, hoodoos, and the mountains. The wind gently blew across the top, and the sun started to turn the sky pink. He started to wonder if the Boss would come out and just look at the scenery….

Turning something on thr back of his neck, he let his body relax. Charlie violently ran out of the robot’s body, only stopping when she nearly ran off the edge. She panted and looked around. “I’m…. I’m free? Why am I…”

She looks at the robot that was face-first in the dirt. Charlotte collapsed to the ground, her body shaking. Glancing at the ring on her left hand a new energy came to her. She crawls over to the robot and sits it up to look at her.

“Where did you take me,” Charlie asks. The robot just looked at her. “Why did you take me here?”

“I remember how much you loved the stars.” A tiny voice, one that didn’t sound like Left or the Puppet, whispered from the robot.

“Where is Liam? He- he’s my husband.” Charlie choked, tears threatening to fall down her face. “Where is he?”

“Ennard.”

Charlotte had to stop her hands from shaking. Lying to herself that Elizabeth would take care of him was all she could do to stop herself from screaming into space. The robot brought Charlotte into a hug.

Finally, Charlie cried. It was everything clasping into her. Her father, her killer, her robot self, all of those years with the Marionette, with Liam, with Elizabeth, with Susie, and everything in between. She drew in shaky breaths and let her tears roll down the robot’s body. The robot, new to any emotion, let the ghost cry.

Charlie wiped her eyes and glared up at the cloud covering the stars. “Alright, I have a plan. We need a lighter and a lot of gasoline.”

“Charlotte-“ A violent shock went through the robot’s body and Lefty became whole again. He looked up at the sky and felt feelings like no other. Perhaps if the robot could move any part of his mouth, he might have smirked.

The robotic bear got down the plateau and got back into the car. He drove around the night until he reached a gas station. He stole some bins, hacked into the gas pump, and filled all he needed with gasoline. Lefty walked up to the counter and placed some matches. The girl looked Lefty up and down as if she wasn’t the weirdest thing she had witnessed.

He bought matches and started to head to New Harmony. It was a good 6-hour drive from where he was. The radio was playing classics from the 90’s, a time when Lefty didn’t exist. A part of him longed for the 70’s, where Charlie was just a baby and he worked in the diner.

Lefty’s only work was fitting the Boss into Prototrap, and hot-wiring a car. It must be that noodle thing that’s in him…… As he continues his long drive he lets the window down and he gets to stick his head out. Holding onto his adorable little top hat he let the wind fly through his ears.

The sun started to rise over the mountains, the golden ribbons tied around the clouds, the storm far behind him. New Harmony became closer and closer, and Lefty knew where to go.

That ghost, whose name he did not know, was leading him. As he got to more broken sidewalks and decaying streets, a large rotting tree stood in front of a dead building. Lefty slammed on the brakes and felt his arms shake.

Unknown feelings welled up in his chest as he got out of the car. He made sure to turn it off before walking close to the restaurant. Lefty slowly walked up, letting himself be vulnerable to the public. The grass around him was up to his knees, and some grass cracked through the old cement. The front doors are glass, letting all of the sunlight in.

As he reached the door a memory came over him. He. Was half the height of the door, maybe smaller, hitting the glass with small wet hands. The rain was pouring down on him, and small kids were laughing at him from the other side of the door. As the memory version of him was pulled to the side he came back into reality.

Lefty’s hand is still on the door. He pushed in and looked at the empty restaurant. The wooden floors are a dusty brown, remnants of a bar sat in the corner, the ceiling fan only had one blade, and a stage sat in a location where it could steal all of your attention. There was an empty corner that was for his music box, it looked lonely with nothing in it. The wallpaper peeled, letting in a nice draft.

The robot walked up to the stage, remembering corny jokes and songs that were on this stage.

Fredrick, you’re un-BEAR-able.

Left let out a sound that could be a chuckle. He was reminded of having the curtains behind them changing for each performance. He got on stage and opened up the door behind the stage. It was empty, looking exactly like it had back in the 70’s. Here is where Bonnet and the Puppet held each other. It was only for a few moments, but it felt perfect. They were alone, just the two of them in their small world.

The Bonnet he knew was gone, wasted by Afton.

The Puppet was gone too, now trapped inside of Lefty.

Lefty looked at another door and saw a place that might have been a closet. He saw extra fur, and metal parts hiding in here. No, Elizabeth and Charlie hid in here too with their Barbie dolls.

He walked by the kitchen and into the back.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Nothing.

This place was nothing more than a place for a ghost and a robot to be sad. Anger boiled up inside of him remembering who made this restaurant. He opened the door and started to pull out chunks of dry grass.

Piles of dead grass grow in the center of the diner, and those tubs of gasoline get emptied into different rooms. Lefty pulled out matches and looked at the restaurant one last time.

This time, he had the feeling that this was the right choice. Striking the match, he threw it into the dry grass. Lefty walks out and stands a good distance away from the building. He remembered that a train would pass by a lot, and there used to be an old picnic table right by the dead tree.

The orange flames glowed bright and smokeless. Lefty saluted, his old pride never wavering.

Burn in hell, Dad.

The building exploded, sending little bits everywhere. Nothing was left of the building, and Lefty drove off as it continued to burn.

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Here are some Photos of Utah!

Elizabeth dug through the garbage for anything she could make into shoes. There were plenty of old roller skates…. It was going to have to do. Baby couldn’t take another day sitting in the rain, and they needed to get on the move to find Dad. Baby sat slumped near a dumpster, mesh, wires, and other bits lay exposed. She was humming one of the songs she was supposed to perform.

“Good news, bad news.” Elizabeth hopped out of the dumpster, her hands filled with metal parts and small wheels. “Good news, I found enough metal to make you shoes.”

“Bad news?” Baby’s voice became so much quieter ever since Elizabeth had to give her a new voice box.

“They have to be roller skates.”

“What? But- but- Elizabeth I can’t-” Baby pleaded, her voice echoed with a tiredness that only Elizabeth could understand. Elizabeth frowned and started to look around.

“Then we’ll have to get you lessons.” She points to a flyer for a roller skating rink. It was only about a block away from their current location.

“But if someone sees me….”

“We don’t have a choice Baby, we need to get to my Dad. He made you, he can fix you!”

Baby stood on her half-made legs, stumbling to the wall with the address. She used one hand to take down the poster and hide it against her body. “There, now we’ll have the plus one deal.”

Elizabeth beamed and hugged her robot. Baby nearly collapsed, but was able to stand up again. Baby started to scale the wall. Her metal body shuddered with each motion as she climbed to the roof. Elizabeth walked into the streets.

People paid no mind to Elizabeth, even as she stole their wallets. Humans pay so little attention to anything!

Baby jumped from roof to roof, her weight and unstable body threatening her with every step. She was a lot slower than Elizabeth and took an extra two hours to reach her in the alley next to the roller rink.

Elizabeth lays out her scrap metal and gets to work. Baby closed her eyes and listened to the sounds of Elizabeth working on her. The robot’s mind went back to when she was going to be on stage.

It was a wonderful day… she was covered in glitter, and she smelled like birthday cake. Her real purpose, the reason Elizabeth was killed, didn’t even function as intended. None of them got to use their bodies to do the Boss’s work.

Elizabeth swore.

“Language.” Baby snapped. The Puppet told her she needed to be more forceful with her child… that was years ago. It felt so long since she got to see Charlotte, Puppet, or anyone else.

An Empty shell.

That’s all she truly was.

Ever since Ennard spit her out…….

“Baby…” Elizabeth gently tapped the robot’s face.

Baby opened her dull eyes to see her legs. The same ceramic-plastic hybrid was covering her left leg, and the right calf. It was already chipping and breaking, but it will do. The ceramic-plastic on her left thigh was white with some orange plating, and the left calf was red and orange. Her right thigh was the same red and orange, the calf exposed.

Her knee caps are now red knee pads with some red metal at the end. Metal and mesh made the rest of her legs and feet stable enough to walk freely.

On the baby’s feet were strange gray and orange roller skates. Strange metal strips were protruding from the skate and her food.

She sighs.

“Let me help you up.” Elizabeth was already shoving Baby to her feet. The robot used the wall to stabilize herself. Elizabeth grabbed the robots and dragged herself easily inside the building. As soon as the ground was carpet Baby could walk normally.

The woman at the counter watched as Baby walked toward her, her eyes wide with horror. Elizabeth was now shorter than Baby by a good 6-8 inches. Elizabeth pulled out her money and laid it on the counter. “I need Roller skates for me and that should cover the lessons.”

Baby pulls out the poster. “You had a deal on roller skate lessons.” She says in her ‘mom voice’. The woman, with shaky legs ran into an employees-only room.

Elizabeth cocks her head. “Ugh, I hate living as a human. I wish I were a ghost again.”

“You’re still a ghost. You’d be over 50 at this point.” Baby tucks some orange-blonde hair behind Elizabeth’s ear. She didn’t have a right hand, so her left one will do. Soon enough three people walk out of the employees' only room. Baby saw her ghost tense.

Elizabeth had to ditch her fancy clothes for a baggy T-shirt and jean shorts. She hated it. All of the living humans look up at Baby with horror. “Good lord.” The oldest man looks between the two of them.

“I’m Elizabeth, and I wanted to learn how to roller skate with my robot. That shouldn’t be a problem, I paid.”

Baby holds up the flyer. The oldest man shoves a young boy toward Elizabeth. “You can teach ‘em, Ryder! They’re good-paying customers.”

The man yelps in horror.

“Great! I need skates, my robot already has some.”

“Ye-yeah, I can get you fitted.” He walks over to a set of double doors. Pushing them open to see a good chunk of people stop to look at them.

All of them looked at Elizabeth with anger and at Baby with fear. “Hey guys! This is, uh-”

“I’m Elizabeth, and this is Baby! We’re here to learn roller skating!” Elizabeth smiles. “So I hope you guys can show us a little love and care.” She flashes one of her smiles that always makes the boys crazy.

Ryder brings Elizabeth to a cubby with a bunch of roller skates. She gets her shoe size and Ryder puts on his skates. Baby noticed that his cheeks were a shade of pink.

“So the first thing we need to learn is how to do gentle glides. Roller skates require even weight distribution, and you need to have your knees bent the entire time. Let’s practice some simple glides.”

Baby mastered the little glides much faster than Elizabeth. The ghost had no weight to her, and couldn’t rely on just gravity. Elizabeth got up for the millionth time and cursed.

“Language.” Baby tried to use her stern voice. Elizabeth glared at her.

“It’s okay Elizabeth, why don’t… why don’t we take a break?” Ryder’s ears turned red, and he walked off.

“This is stupid.”

“You just forgot that humans have a lot of weight.” That got Baby a dirty look. “I mean all humans do. Roller skating… It’s a little fun.”

“What’s fun about watching me fall!” Elizabeth snapped. She got an adorable angry face.

“Elizabeth…..”

“We should just leave and I’ll find you some new feet.” Elizabeth tried to walk off, forgetting to take off her skates, and she fell flat on her face. Baby helps up her ghost. Elizabeth’s eyes start to water and she looks away from Baby.

“This is to get to the boss- I mean, your Dad. He’ll be so proud of the work that you’ve done. It’s not over… you’ve come so far. And… don’t you want to cave in Mike’s skull?”

This got Elizabeth to stand back up. “Fine……… this is still stupid.”

“You just need to add weight to your body.” Baby smiles, not that her face moved.

Ryder came back with nachos. Elizabeth looked at the food with interest. “What’s this for?”

“I- uh- I figured you could use a little energy. Then maybe we can get on the rink?” The man smiles. Baby helps Elizabeth to a nearby table.

The ghost slowly ate the food, holding back whatever urges she had to eat it like the child she should be. Elizabeth dabbed her face with a napkin. “Thank you, Ryder.”

“It’s nothing!” He waves her off, the crimson coming back to his face. Baby looks at the rink. The tile is a nice glossy white, looking a bit like a track. Whenever people would pass the newcomers they would glare.

“I don’t think they want us on the rink.” Baby motions to the next set of angry faces.

“They’re just a little protective! That’s all! I promise that they’re nice.”

“Right….” Baby narrowed her eyes, and the people stopped looking at her.

After a little more practice with Elizabeth, they got on the rink. Everyone tried to ignore and avoid them. “So- uh- where are you guys from?”

“Cir-”

“Around.” Elizabeth interrupts. Baby gently moved her skates. Life Itself started to play over the speakers, and Baby matched its speed. Her movements were never graceful, but they always had a certain aura of power. She did miss the Puppet and all of their conversations. As the song felt faster, her strokes became faster. She zoomed past everyone, weaving in between pairs and superpassing everyone in laps. Her speed was monumentally faster than any human could ever go.

“BABY!” Elizabeth shouted. Baby was jolted back to the present and looked back. The robot violently hit a wall and collapsed over it. Nothing hurt, nothing ever hurt. She was broken. Baby lay on the ground in embarrassment.

Elizabeth jumped over the wall and cradled Baby’s head. “Baby! Baby! Please, please, please still work.” Baby looked away and Elizabeth sighed in relief. “Thank God you’re okay! It’s fine, nothing looks too broken. I can fix it.”

Baby said nothing as Elizabeth sat her up. Ryder came over. “Are you two okay?!?”