Charlie Emily

1970...

Charlotte Emily was a brave and noble little girl.

As a child, Charlie stuck out amongst other kids for being too soft, too emotional, and too attached to her brother's hip. The world was something that she feared, as she found it so much bigger than she could ever imagine. Though, with the help of her father's encouragement, Charlie would slowly start to take her first steps out into the world on her own. While it can still be a little lonely, she's more than happy to enjoy the peace every now and then.

However, after the death of their mother, Charlie and Sammy saw a rift in their bond. Where she was content with him being her best friend, Sammy's distance only grew as he started to befriend children at school who weren't very fond of his sister. This caused her to be more withdrawn, but not unsociable - rather, Charlie often craved the love of human connection, even if other kids hardly reciprocated. Charlie Emily spent the start of junior high by herself.

Even if children at school weren't fond of Charlie, she at least had her father, and especially her Uncle William. On visits to the diner, he found ways to make her feel special among the other kids, even if it hinged on embarrassment. The bond with her Uncle as well as her youngest cousin, Evan, managed to let the light in a little more for Charlotte Emily.

...1982.

Uncle William bought Charlie a doll she had wanted for her 8th Christmas. Uncle William made sure Spring Bonnie always brought Charlie up on stage even if it wasn't her birthday party. Uncle William saw she was locked outside of the diner and approached her with his hand on the small of her back and an offer to bring her in the side entrance.

So why was he so mad at her?

The knife in her side didn't feel like anything at all, but the burning hate in Uncle William's eyes hurt Charlie more than anything. He left her in the rain to bleed out onto the cracked asphalt in the alleyway besides the diner. What did she do wrong? Why did Uncle William discard Charlie just like Sammy and Michael did?

Charlotte Emily died, hurt and afraid.

1983...

But not alone.

When Charlie's soul fused with the Puppet, she woke up on her father's work bench. The grief in his eyes left them as nothing but hollowed glass as he desperately tried to repair the water damage from the body of the animatronic. The Puppet, as it once was, was far gone, but Henry Emily was determined to keep one last piece of his daughter's memory alive, even if he didn't quite understand it.

At this point on, Charlie was left to wander the pizzeria all on her own. Even death couldn't stop her from being lonely, the worst punishment at all. There was only so many times she could play the arcade games or watch her father cry into her Uncle William's chest about her disappearance. Where kindness withered, vegence bloomed, and Charlie Emily spent the better half of a year rotting in her own anger. All she could do was watch; watch her Uncle lie, watch her father grieve, and watch the other children get to live.

It just wasn't fair. And when Charlie's loneliness came to a halt, she couldn't help but get angrier. After the death of Evan Afton, her wounds could only be clotted by his presence. How Michael could be so careless was beyond her — but Charlie was desperate to not be alone. And so slowly, she learned how to live again through his death.

...1985.

And after William continued his merciless bout of slaughter, Charlie picked up the pieces he discarded and rebuilt the five children through the animatronic suits.

Cassidy, the oldest, was the only one to remember. Where she was wracked with the same anger Charlie was, the other four were only left with an ever-growing pit of fear. She would take their hands and show them around the pizzeria, ignoring everything built by William Afton's hands. She wouldn't let their fear become hatred.

Charlie Emily wouldn't let them suffer like she once did.