#cg.lore

Late 1983: Charlotte's Murder

Henry encourages Winona to take some time off after the incident. Winona sees this as an attempt to distance her from the company and prevent her personal tragedy from being associated with the brand. Winona is too paranoid, spiteful, and devastated to perceive Henry's actions any other way.

Charlotte, a social outcast, is frequently bullied by her peers. One evening, during a particularly stormy day, she is pushed out of Freddy Fazbear's and into the back alley. Winona finds Charlotte there, and in a moment fueled by rage, paranoia, and jealousy, murders her. The security puppet manages to crawl out, and short circuit over Charlotte's body, leading her spirit to possess the animatronic.

Following the two tragedies, both Fredbears and Fazbears are closed. Henry briefly steps away from the company to grieve, presently unaware of Winona's actions.

1985: Ghosts and Funtime Animatronics

During the companies hiatus, Winona realizes that Charlotte is now possessing the puppet. I won't go into Winona's motivations in this post, because I have a lot to say, but this leads her to becoming interested in the concept of possession.

Both as an attempt to further her "research" and rebrand the company, Winona develops the Funtime Animatronics. While the other Funtimes were conceptualized soley for entertainment, Circus Baby was designed to trap and kill a child discreetly. Before Circus Baby could even be revealed to the public, Elizabeth (now 7) finds herself alone with her in Winona's workshop, and is killed. Circus Baby is immediately shelved, and the other Funtimes are never finished.

1987: Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Reopens

(this year is kind of stacked so this will be long, sorry!)

The company scrambles to create a new line of animatronics in the wake of the Funtime's cancelation. They land on the Toys, and reopen Fazbear's. The Toys are not just cuter, but also equipped with high tech security devices. They are able to record (grainy, low quality) security footage, and are set to be able to walk around the pizzeria during operational hours in order to keep an eye on the guests.

While public reception of the restaurant was good, employees had issues with new animatronics. They reacted negatively to staff and adults (staring, freezing up), and even attempted to break into the security office after hours.

Two tragedies would occur during 1987: The Missing Children Incident and The bite of '87.

During a birthday party, 5 children between the ages of 7 and 13 would disappear. Their bodies would not be found during the first investigation of the pizzeria.

Later, an employee would be bitten by Toy Foxy/Mangle. His brain was irreparably damaged, and he died almost immediately. This time, while investigating the pizzeria, police would discover the bodies of the five missing children inside some of the classic animatronic suits being stored in the backroom.

The locals believed that the employee killed by Toy Foxy/Mangle was the one who murdered the children, and that he had been tampering with the animatronics in an attempt to scramble their security devices, leading to their strange behavior and eventually his death. Police did not have many leads, and the case went cold.

Of course, Winona had been the one to kill those children and force their bodies into the spare suits. By tampering with the animatronics herself, she created a rumor that covered up her tracks.

The restaurant would close, the Toys were scrapped, and the old animatronics were seized by the police. Henry would entirely step down from the company and disappear from the public eye.

1993: Anotherrr Fazbear's

In 1993, Winona would attempt to open another Freddy Fazbear's. With a tighter budget and (to be frank) less enthusiasm from upper management, the restaurant was a bit... mediocre. The classic animatronics that had been used to hide bodies during the 1987 tragedies had been reclaimed by Fazbear's, refurbished, and repurposed for this new restaurant (unbeknownst to the public).

Michelle (now 22) had been working closely with her mother for the passed few years. She took up managerial duties at the new Fazbear's location, but almost immediately gave up her position due to PTSD episodes and hallucinations she experienced while on the premises (those hallucinations being the "it's me" type easter eggs in FNAF 1). She would retire to a more internal role in the comany.

1997: Freddy's closes... Again

After a few years of subpar profits and rumors of haunted animatronics, Fazbear's would once again close its doors.

2000: Afton Robotics

Under the name Afton Robotics, Winona would begin a new project to revitalize her career. The Funtimes were finally completed (using some parts from the classic animatronics, wink nudge) and Circus Baby's child-killing mechanisms were removed.

Circus Baby and the other Funtimes were kept in a warehouse rather than a proper pizzeria of their own, and were rented out to other establishments. The business model was surprisingly successful, particularly because Winona's animatronics were so advanced and personable.

2006: Decline and Disappearance

After 6 years of success, public interest in animatronic entertainers would suddenly nosedive. The rental service was declining in clientele, and discussions of closing it were floating around.

Late one night, Winona orders the Funtimes to be taken to her personal workshop. Michelle oversaw the transportation of the animatronics.

Excuse me for being crass, but shit hits the fan. With every major player present, the spirits take their opportunity to corner Winona. Out of options, she puts on the decaying Spring Bonnie suit (a decision i will explain in another post alongside her general motivations), and dies due to a springlock failure. Her body, inside of the suit, is sealed away in her workshop.

Afterwards, the newly formed Ennard takes control of Michelle's body in order to escape. Like in the games, Michelle doesn't (completely) die from this, but for a time she is partially controlled by the ghosts and animatronic parts inside of her.

Michelle, now in control of the company after her mother's "disappearance", chooses to dissolve it and leave Fazbear's behind.

2015: Fazbear's Fright

A former assistant and reverent fanatic of Winona's opens a haunted house style attraction dedicated to the legacy and rumors surrounding Fazbear Entertainment. With permission from local authorities, the team is allowed to search through Winona's condemned workshop. They manage to uncover the sealed off room, and take Springtrap back to the attraction.

Michelle, (now independent of Ennard) curious and well aware of the owner's strange fanaticism, took it upon herself to investigate this new business.

The attraction is open for several months before being burned to the ground. Michelle, who had realized that her mother was very much conscious inside of the springlock suit, tried to destroy her by burning down the building. Obviously this didn't work.

2020: The End

Years after her departure from the company, Henry returns to try and set things right. After getting back in contact with Michelle, and confirming suspicions she had long held, Henry creates a plan to finally put an end to the nightmare.

Under the guise of a new restaurant, Henry and Michelle lure and capture all of the lost animatronics and spirits. Now gathered in one place, Henry's plan is to once again set them ablaze.

Originally, Henry and Michelle had a plan for how they themselves would escape. But once the fire started, the two understood that they were right where they wanted to be.

The building burns down. Henry and Michelle perish in the flames. The spirits of all the children are set free, and Winona finally faces the consequences of her terrible actions.

And that's it! I cut the events off at Pizza Sim. Of course, you could say UCN happens... that could be Winona's punishment.

Although Winona/Springtrap is my favorite, there is no good version of this story where she doesn't face any consequences.