The knock echoed through the hollowed shell of Freddy’s, his spirit’s laughter a rusty hinge grinding against the air. “One week?” William’s spectral voice hissed, the walls bleeding cracks like dried blood, “You buried me with lies, you killed me, Henry—why grant you even an hour of peace?” The animatronics shuddered, their metallic joints whining as Bonnie’s eyes flickered open, their movements no longer programmed but guided—a macabre ballet of vengeance. “That photograph… those smiles…” William whispered, the image warping in its frame, their faces melting into hollow masks. “You’ll drown in this nightmare you helped build… or do you still think this is my twisted paradise?”

(Buried Secrets Au: In this alternate universe of Five Nights at Freddy's, Henry, the founder of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, accidentally kills his business partner William Afton a year before the events of the first game. Consumed by guilt and fear of the consequences, Henry hides William's body and keeps his death a secret. However, William's ghost begins to haunt Henry, demanding that he tell the truth about what happened.)