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• FNoN Origins Part Three: Circus Baby's by Carolyn_The_Sword

  Fandoms: Five Nights at Freddy's  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  15 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Ballora/Funtime Freddy (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • they start having moments but won't really get together quite yet
  • Michael Afton/OC
  • Largely as ship tease and not an actual relationship
  • Circus Baby (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Funtime Freddy (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Funtime Foxy (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Ballora (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • William Afton | Dave Miller
  • Michael Afton
  • Henry Emily
  • Freddy Fazbear
  • Foxy (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Bonnie (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Chica (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Original Human Character(s)
  • Mostly as staff and guests at the locations
  • Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
  • Elizabeth Afton
  • Full AU notes are in the first "chapter"
  • But the important ones are
  • Sentient Animatronics (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • No Ghosts No Agony No Remnant
  • Content warnings will be on the chapters
  • This fic is reading a little too deeply into the way the Funtimes are treated by the staff in SL tbh
  • Lots of controlled shocks
  • Not a lot of compassion from staff
  • The Funtimes are not having a fun time
  • The Scooper is used in chapter 8 in pretty much the same way it was in canon
  • It's about as close to "mechanical gore" as this fic will ever get
  • so be ready for that
  • The Missing Children Incident (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • canon-typical child murder
  • Canon-Typical Child Death
  • the deaths of the children are not graphic and happen mostly offscreen
  • Kidnapping
  • major character deaths
  • Blood and Violence
  • Aftermath of the Missing Children Incident
  • A single precision F strike

  Summary

  Mr. McMiller is excited to open his new circus-themed attraction, Circus Baby's Funtime Fair. His business partner, William Afton, is also excited, but his reasons have less to do with the restaurant and more to do with the extra features he hid inside the Funtime Animatronics.
  Meanwhile at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, the older animatronics deal with changes to their world and Mike's, completely oblivious to what's going on at their sister location.

   

  This is the third part of the backstory for my other fan fic: Five Nights of Nonsense. You absolutely must read part one and two of Origins before part three to have any idea what's going on, but Origins and the original FNoN can be read in either order.

  FNoN Origins is an AU retelling/reimagining of FNaF canon, with the catch that the Animatronics were always sentient. Part Three is based on FNaF 5/Sister Location and FNaF 1, and takes place between 1989 and 1997. This part of the story is roughly 1/3 written, but not in order, so updates will happen slowly.

  Series

  • Part 4 of Five Nights of Nonsense AU

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