A Retelling of Autumn’s Story

[c]Autumn used to be a local favorite at the (New and Reopened!) Freddy Fazbear Fazbears Pizza. She was loved for her ability to work with kids and her liveliness on stage.

[c]Though lifeless (I mean not like a robot could have a soul in it) her AI gave her useful skills.

[c]Aubrey was celebrating her 17th birthday, December 4th or 1987, at the local Freddy’s pizzeria of her parents request. Seemed more like her parents just wanted her to babysit her younger sister, though she did have a couple friends there. She quickly got bored and, as any teen who doesn’t think through their actions would, sneaks into the open Parts & Service.

[c]Aubrey is mesmerized by the parts and pulls a few out of the messy piles. What she failed to notice was the retired Autumn animatronic becoming unstable do you her messing about. With the heavy door closed and stage music blaring the 8 foot tall animatronic collapsed on Aubrey, trapping her and definitely breaking something. Even if she had more than a few minutes before internal issues killed her, no one looked for her until closing when she hadn’t returned.

[c]They searched, but so much clutter had fallen on top of Aubrey that no one saw her. She was announced missing the next morning. A search happened but the Freddy location was quickly rules out because of no evidence (not like kids would be hurt at a family friendly place known for kids getting hurt!).

[c]Years passed and the case went cold, even her frantic girlfriend who had pushed to search to continue to the last thread moved away to forget.

[ci](Diverges from FNAF cannon here)

[c]After more and more dirt was found on the Freddy’s company, they were forced to foreclose their assets to pay out lawsuits. A new company bought the Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzaria (though renamed it) and renovated. During their intense cleaning Aubrey’s body was found. However, these new owners weren’t much better than the old and pushed the discovery under the rug with an NDA and large sums of money.

[c]Though her body was now gone, Aubrey’s spirit had already attached itself to the animatronic. Now Autumn, she was reactivated but terribly withered and not fit for stage. Several mechanics pushed to not scrap the animatronic and instead restore it. These workers won but Autumn was quickly forgotten about for other animatronics.

[c]Conscious and fully aware of her past, Autumn is bitter and angry. She shields herself from loss by avoiding others, and only works in Parts & Service fixing things (much to the mechanics surprise).

[c]In 1997, three years since the location was reopened, a new night guard was hired. Autumn and glimpses of her, a curious yet closed off woman likely in her mid-twenties (an odd age to be working here Autumn thought). She gave Autumn a weird feeling, and only two weeks after being hired did she quit that Autumn found out why. A note lay folded on the P&S table.

[c]The note explained that Taylor had returned to look for Aubrey, and felt her spirit most here. She had gotten closure through her visit and would move on, but hoped Aubrey, wherever she was, lived happily. Autumn spent several days locked in there, wishing she could cry.