Nightmares Chapter 1: Dark Secret Revealed, a RWBY + Five Nights at Freddy´s Crossover fanfic

Okay. This idea has been on the burner for YEARS! I just never touched it as each FNAF game released add more/changed the timeline. This ISN'T going to be yet another RWBY/JNPR crew works at Freddy's.

No.

I was inspired partially by a story where Freddy, Chica, Foxy, and Bonnie were reborn as Faunus in Remnant, with the last chapter I read hinting that Jaune was Golden Freddy reincarnated.

Yet that isn't the same. I did a lot of research...and by that I meant watch more recent Game Theory FNAF videos. Yes I know they can be...off...but it is my best bet, since math isn't my strongest suit. Especially...the Bite of 1983/87 (whatever you believe, I believe it's the former)...when Fredbear bites the crying child. It was calculated that to move Fredbear's mouth, you only needed around 40 psi. This means that Fredbear's design had a DANGEROUS amount of power for it's jaws, way OVER that. The human skull is made up of 22 bones, with the thinnest sections around the temples. That is where the crying child took most of the damage from the bite. It would take 1,100 pounds (500 kg) on the temple to cause a fracture in the skull. The human skull would have a catastrophic failure similar to the crying child at 1900 psi.

Fredbear only needed 40 psi to move the mouth, yet did damage that needed 1900 psi. 13 mega-pascals. 1 mega-pascal is the pressure of a human bite...and it had 13 mega-pascals! The approximations is that Fredbear bit the child with 8, 1.4 square centimeter teeth. This surface area is 11.26 cm squared. Each tooth bit down with 14,748 newtons of force...or about 3315.48 psi

The same bite strength of a full grown crocodile.

End story, WAY overkill to move the mouth... Fredbear's designer had some...dark intentions in it...Don't believe me, just watch "Game Theory: FNAF, We were WRONG about the bite"!

Fortunately, I've researched medical articles saying that it IS possible to survive such injuries like the one the Crying Child had, or else this story would be way different. Warning, FNAF songs will appear as an..."outlet" for his trauma. This chapter has one by the awesome J.T. Machinima.

As for this, Jaune's Semblance has changed due to this incident. He can possess a single animatronic; Golden Freddy (Not Fredbear, as it was scrapped) That his aura (when it was unlocked right after being bitten to try and help save his life) latched onto. It also works like Emerald's, slight illusions could be added to it to make it look like Nightmare Fredbear or to keep it hidden.

Nightmares

Dark Secret revealed

If you asked Team RWBY or the rest of Team JNPR about Jaune Arc, they would tell you relatively the same things. He was a bit childish, goofy, awkward, had a hard time focusing sometimes, got confused easily, and had to write stuff down a lot, but a great team player and strategist. He would come up with ideas that would try to avoid the most injuries, and would be there to protect someone he cared about.

But that he was also very jumpy, prone to crying at night and had a LOT of nightmares according to Pyrrha. It was nearly the end of the first semester, and they could not get Jaune to ditch his mysterious outfit. He wore a helmet with the front of his blonde hair sticking down from with sunglasses and a bandanna around his mouth with the hood of his Pumpkin Petes hoodie pulled up. Plus he always carried a plush Golden Freddy stuffed animal from the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza chain.

For some reason, he always was passed in combat lessons as well when it came for student against student sparring.

This was very vexing to both Teams. Pyrrha, Nora, and Ren worried that he didn't trust them. Team RWBY thought that he was hiding something. They didn't expect the truth to be so horrifying.

"What did you say Winchester?" Pyrrha asked as she pinned the bully against the wall with Milo in spear form. Yang was right behind her with her Semblance activated and Ember Celica activated ready to pummel the bully of her little sister's first friend.

"I blackmailed Arc to do what I want for that week! I saw what he hides on his face and his Semblance!" Cardin whimpered as he felt the bruises forming from Yang and Pyrrha's punches.

"You...saw them?" Yang asked in surprise.

"Heh...it's pretty messed up!" Cardin laughed, "He's terrified of his own Semblance and the memories of his scars! HAHAHAH URK!" As he started laughing, both Pyrrha and Yang punched him in his gut. Pyrrha pulled Akouo out and let Cardin fall to the floor. She pointed the tip of her spear against his throat.

"Miss Nikos, Miss Xiao Long, please gather your team and come with me." The voice of Glynda Goodwitch made them jump and whirl around to see the disappointed look of their professor. "Oh! And Mister Winchester, a month's detention."

"A-Are you sure they won't judge me Grandpa Ozpin?" Jaune asked nervously as he huddled against the window with his knees brought up to his chest. He held a Golden Freddy plush in his hands as tears streamed down what little showed of his face.

"Mr. Arc...Jaune. You and your family have known me since before the...incident." Professor Ozpin said as he handed Jaune a cup of hot chocolate, "It you don't tell them, it will only hurt you and them in the long run. They will worry that you don't trust them."

"B-but I do." Jaune said, "I...I hate this, why couldn't I have been normal...why...me?" He looked up to him with his sunglass covered eyes.

"Jaune. Although it is regretful that it happened to you, we were fortunate that it did at the same time. We got the guy who designed and built that...Fredbear animatronic arrested and uncovered his child experimentation and murders. We got his children to safe homes, and possibly saved a lot of lives." Ozpin said as he soothingly pet Jaune's back as the student continued to cry, "With your aura being unlocked to help heal you and keep you alive, no one else died. In fact, I remember that you are always welcomed for free at those restaurants."

"They scare me..." Jaune admitted, and Ozpin's look softened.

"After what you went through, It is perfectly understandable." He said, as Jaune finally lifted the cup of hot chocolate under his bandana and took a sip. The elevator to his office then dinged and let out a boy and six girls with Professor Goodwitch.

"LEADER!" Nora shouted, charging and tackling him while hugging him.

"Nora. Please let him go." Ren said, and she was instantly back to Ren's side.

"I called you all here for a reason." Ozpin said, "Please, just sit on the floor, it will be quite...shocking." He sat there and watched as they all scooted up around Ozpin's desk while keeping an eye on Jaune who kept himself huddled in a ball. "It has come to my attention that you feel that Mr. Arc is...hiding things from you?"

"What civilized person who isn't doesn't keep their face covered like that?! He's quite suspicious! He must be a criminal!" Weiss stood up and shouted, making Jaune cry out. Yang and Pyrrha, having an idea of what he was hiding, were by his sides at an instant.

"There are always scars that haunt even the most outgoing person." Ozpin said, "I know the reason he keeps his face covered, as I was there when it happened. Jaune...is...is it okay? Do you trust them?" He asked very softly.

"Y-yes Grandpa Ozpin..." Jaune said, lowering the hood and unbuckling the helmet, "I...If I'm g-going to be a h-huntsman, I-I c-Can't let this h-h-h-haunt me." He untied the bandana, and took off his sunglasses, keeping his still-crying eyes shut and bandana against his mouth. Once the sunglasses were on the floor, he grabbed the helmet and pulled it away the same time as the bandana and opened his eyes. Each girl gasped at what they saw. His blue eyes were slightly glassy and scanned their faces unblinkingly as tears poured from tear ducts. Metal plates covered his temples with surgical scars down the sides of his head and across the sides of his mouth with a few scars shaped like teeth marks on his cheeks. When he opened his mouth, his white teeth looked metallic.

"W-What happened to him?" Ruby asked, "He's like my brother in leadership?! How could something like that happen at Beacon?!"

"That's because it didn't happen at Beacon, Miss Rose." Ozpin said as Jaune huddled and hid his face, "It happened when he was a child." Weiss adverted her eyes as she felt guilty for her earlier outburst, which made Jaune huddle more.

"They hate me. I'm a freak. They hate me. I'm a freak. They hate me. I'm a freak. They hate me." Jaune muttered to himself in a mantra as he felt the heat off Yang's Semblance and the magnetic powers of Pyrrha's Semblance fluttering through his head.

"Who messed with him?! I'm going to turn them into dust for messing with Ruby's friend!" Yang shouted as she stood up.

"Sit down Miss Xiao Long." Professor Goodwitch said, making her sit down.

"Wait...if my sister marries Jaune, will that mean he will be my brother?" Ruby asked innocently after that display of Yang standing up for Jaune. Yang blushed as Jaune hiccuped as he tried not to laugh while drying off his tears.

"Grandpa...Can you take over the rest...I'm...I'm not ready to say it..." Jaune said, and a sad smile came across Professor Ozpin's face as he stood up and had him lay down on the couch and placed the blanket that was on the back of the couch over him. Jaune curled up with his Golden Freddy plush and turned away, staring into the cushion as he listened in.

"What person hurt him bad enough to look like something out of an android movie or science fiction book?" Blake asked as Pyrrha subtly glared at Yang. Jaune was her partner, the first person-let along guy-to not care (or know) of her fame.

"Jaune is the youngest of 8 children in the Arc family, having 7 older sisters." Ozpin said, "When they all had to go out, I often watched him. This is why he calls me Grandpa Ozpin. However, when I was busy, he was watched by a...Michael Afton."

"Afton...why does that name ring bells..." Weiss asked, "Oh! Afton Robotics! CEO William Afton designed and made animatronics for popular children's entertainment businesses, but it closed due to some kind of scandal! Michael must be related to him right?"

"Exactly." Opzin said, gazing out the window over Beacon, "Michael was William's oldest son. He also had a small daughter and son...but then the daughter went missing and the youngest son became traumatized by animatronics. Jaune was close friends with the youngest son."

"Rusty..." Jaune said quietly.

"Thank you Jaune, Rusty Afton. Although I'm sad to admit the teenage son was a...bit of a bully when he admitted it after Jaune got...hurt..." Opzin said, as Jaune whimpered, "Locking them in parts and service of Fredbear's Diner...disgusting."

"Fredbear? Like in Freddy Fazbear's Pizzaria?" Ruby asked, "I love going there! It's so exciting to play at the arcades while everything looks so happy!"

"Yes. It was a smaller place run by Fazbear Entertainment, the ones that also own Freddy Fazbear's Pizza." Ozpin acknowledged as a glance to Professor Goodwitch had her checking on the shivering Jaune. "This one only had two animatronics made by Afton Robotics, Spring Bonnie and Fredbear." With a press of a button on his desk, he lowered the lights and lowered a screen as he moved his chair. "I managed to get some security footage from the diner." On the screen was a golden rabbit with green eyes playing a banjo with a singing, portly golden bear with blue eyes and purple hat and bow-tie with a microphone held in it's hand.

Whimpers emerged from Jaune and Professor Goodwitch used her telekinesis Semblence to call a her scroll and headphones over to her. She put the headphones on and selected a long playlist of relaxing music on her scroll before moving over.

"They're kinda cute in a dorky way." Yang said, "What about them caused him to whimper at their name."

"It was a childish prank gone wrong...I won't blame you if you look away." Professor Ozpin said, glancing at Professor Goodwitch as she motioned to the headphones over Jaune's ears.

"Okay...this is getting a little worrisome." Blake admitted, "But I'm not going to run from the truth, not anymore."

"If it has anything to do with Afton Robotics closing, I'll keep watching. Sister has been wondering why it closed." Weiss said.

"Something upset him. I need to know." Pyrrha said, as Ruby put up a determined fist.

"I know when to be serious Professor, despite Xiao Long I like to party!" Yang punned, making others groan around her.

There were four teens wearing Freddy Fazbear character masks around a crying child in a black shirt with a white stripe.

"Wow. Your brother's a bit of a baby, isn't he Michael?" The boy in the Bonnie mask asked.

"It's hilarious." The boy in the Foxy mask responded.

"Hey! Leave him alone!" A young boy yelled, and the members of RWBY and NPR saw a six year old boy with golden hair standing up to the teens, making them turn to him.

"What do you know, the other birthday boy wants to get up close and personal with Fredbear!" Michael said as he and the Bonnie masked boy grabbed an arm and held him in the air with the Chica masked girl and Freddy masked boy following them.

"H-Hey! What are you doing?! Stop!" Young Jaune yelled, tears starting to form in his eyes as he saw Fredbear getting closer and closer.

"You heard the kid! He wants to get even closer!" Michael laughed as they were in front of the stage.

"No..." Young Jaune said as his eyes went wide in realization.

"Listen to that! He wants to give Fredbear a big kiss! Hahaha!" Michael laughed, "On three! One...Two.." With that, they climbed onto the side and with a yell of "THREE!", pushed young Jaune's head sideways into Fredbear's mouth, facing the security camera. Young Jaune's breathing became rapid as he started crying in fear with the teeth around him.

"KIDS! GET HIM OUT OF THERE! YOU SHOULDN'T BE UP THERE!" A security guard yelled as he ran over. There were some creaks and groans as Jaune continued to cry.

Then there was a loud, metallic SNAP and the jaws shut around Young Jaune's head. Each team member let out horrified gasps as blood dripped out from the jaws of the animatronic, Young Jaune's eyes closing as his head was covered in blood. The teens fell to their knees, horrified about their actions. The footage shut off and Ozpin shut off the projector.

"What...There's no way that should have been possible!" Ruby shouted out with tears in her eyes, "I've done a LOT of weapons research, to move that animatronic's mouth it would only need 40 psi. To do...THAT to Jaune, it needs at least 1900 psi. It doesn't make sense!"

"Wait. Ruby DOES know a lot about weapons and powering and mechanics. How could it be that drastic of a difference?" Yang asked.

"It's why Afton Robotics closed...The Arcs went after the ones who make that animatronic, and ordered investigations...they found it was DESIGNED to bite down with 3315.48 psi. It had been designed to kill." Professor Ozpin said with a harsh glare, "And they uncovered that William was killing kids for...experiments."

Everyone looked a little green at that last statement as six set of eyes went to Jaune, thankfully deaf to them with the headphones.

"He suffered a severe skull failure and brain trauma...if I hadn't awakened his aura then, he might not have made it a week in the hospital. Even then, he was in a coma for over a month." Ozpin said, "I only called all of you here. I know Jaune trusts you...but my grandson in all but blood was severely traumatized by what he went through. Every time he sees his own scars...he sees it happening again."

"Does this have to do with his...nightmares?" Pyrrha asked, making everyone (besides Jaune) look at her.

"He's having them again?" Professor Ozpin asked, "He first had them in a coma, then when his Semblance activated. I thought it was finally over."

"His...Semblance? Despite it being active, he seemed to get confused about aura easily when we partnered in initiation." Pyrrha said in mild curiosity. Ozpin let out a small sigh as Glynda looked at him sympathetically. She had been curious to why Professor Ozpin said to keep him from student vs student sparring sessions, but knew why.

"Remember, even with aura, it would take quite a long time to completely heal from a traumatic brain injury. It may not fully heal to be honest." Professor Ozpin said as he knelt down to Jaune and took the headphones off.

"Jaune, can you show me your semblance?" Ozpin gently asked.

Jaune shot up and pressed himself as far into the couch he could. "T-That...THING!" He stuttered.

"Isn't going to hurt you, Jaune. It's a part of you. Your Aura latched to it, it belongs to you, responds to you." Professor Ozpin gently replied.

Jaune took in a shaky breath and closed his eyes. When he opened them, they were completely black with a white pinprick pupil as two glowing white lines similar to tear tracks went down his face and the air shifted in the corner of a room, revealing a golden Freddy Fazbear animatronic with it's lifeless blue eyes staring out, it had a black bow-tie and hat on it's head. It then blinked and closed it's eyes, standing up and opening it's eyes, revealing the same eyes Jaune now had.

Things seemed to blur around them. "Hmm...It seems to also include a mild illusion skill along with the ability to control the animatronic like a puppet..." Ozpin noted, as it showed a bedroom with an open closet and a door on each side. The teammates backed up, bumping into a bed as Golden Freddy stepped forward. A broken down version of the Foxy animatronic emerged from the closet. It's robotic feet had sharp claws, there were multiple tears in it's fur and trousers. It's left hand ended in five sharp claws, with a sharp pirate hook on it's right. It's mouth was wide open, with sharp metal teeth and sharp endoskeleton teeth and a trailing metallic tongue. It's gray eyes with red pupils stared menacingly.

The left door opened to reveal a purple-blue Bonnie, with the same eyes as that Foxy. It had the same visible teeth and endoskeleton teeth. The only thing intact on Bonnie was his red bow-tie, with his chest ripped open to see it's endoskeleton. The same sharp claws were on it's hands and feet. When the right door opened, it revealed Chica missing it's pupil in it's right eye, but having a flaming red one in it's left eye. Sharp teeth filled her beak and endoskeleton, with her sharp claws holding onto a cupcake with the same nightmarish eyes Foxy had and sharp teeth. While her suit was the most intact so far, it was still filled with holes that wires protruded from.

They were almost afraid of what Freddy looked like, and when the Bonnie moved into the room, they wish he didn't appear. This Freddy had the same hateful eyes as Foxy with sharp teeth filling his mouth. Sharp claws and teeth with holes and wires in the suit were the norm with these designs, but the three minature, big-headed Freddy's fused into Freddy's body wasn't, nor was the missing costume where it's stomach would have been. Then, Golden Freddy changed. It became portly, the stomach of the costume opening up and filling with sharp teeth. Holes filled the costume as it's hat and bow-tie became purple. Sharp, bloodstained claws filled it's hand, as sharp bloodstained teeth filled it's mouth and it's eyes turned gray with a hateful red pupil.

"It's not real, Jaune." Opzin said calmly, "This isn't Fredbear." He said, touching the Nightmare version of Fredbear, with it reverting back to Golden Freddy with the black eyes and white pinprick pupil. The area faded back to Ozpin's outfit as Jaune looked terrified as Golden Freddy floated over, glowing with a white Aura, and held it's hand out to him. Jaune looked at it uncertainly. "It's not going to hurt you." Opzin said gently.

Jaune put his right hand in the outstretched hand of Golden Freddy, who appeared to be pleased as it let go of him, turned around and slumped to the ground in front of him and it's eyes turned back to the lifeless blue. "What is that? Why...does it connect to me?" Jaune asked.

"Your aura flooded the area after we unlocked it to save your life." Professor Ozpin said, "This animatronic was inactive since then, and only moved around in the presence of your aura. Hence Fazbear Entertainment was willing to part with it since your...tragedy uncovered William Afton. Though I can theorize about your Semblance. A Semblance is made to be a reflection of your soul. For example, a charismatic person might have a magnetic Semblance, or an excitable one may have a speed Semblance. Your aura was unlocked after an extremely traumatic event. Not only that, but your replacement eyes came from pieces of Golden Freddy there; namely it's optics. It is your desire to be a protector, yet being traumatized by an animatronic that turned one into your protector. The illusion aspect that works alongside it is tied with your desire to hide your...scars."

"It's an...effective Semblance." Pyrrha said, trying to make a positive out of the tragedy as Jaune's eyes went to normal as the white lines faded.

"Hey, your enemies would find it unBEARable." Yang joked, and Jaune chuckled slightly as he sniffled, picking up his helmet and bandana. He placed his sunglasses on and threw up his hood as he held the helmet and bandana in his hand with his Golden Freddy plush in his grip. To everyone's surprise, even without his Semblance activated, the Golden Freddy suit followed him before turning invisible.

"C-Can I go back to my dorm?" Jaune asked.

"Certainly Mr. Arc. I'll have Professor Goodwitch escort you." Ozpin said, leveling a look to the rest of team JNPR and RWBY as they sat down. He glanced and waited until Jaune got onto the elevator and it started down. "I need you all to look out for him. He's really...sensitive since that incident, even though his desire to be a protector and live up to his family name only got stronger. I had General Ironwood train him to rebuild his strength and get used to the metal plates in his head and fake robotic eyes to still let him see..."

"Is blue his natural eye color?" Pyrrha asked, as the other student's eyes went to him, "What? I'm curious!"

"Indeed they were...but...the bite severely damaged his eyes along with that brain trauma. Since General Ironwood also has artificial limbs from battle injuries, I felt it was useful for him to teach him. Thankfully, I agree Jaune wasn't a good soldier, but he has the potential to be a great huntsman...especially since he makes tactics that impress me as he tries to avoid any casualties on his side." Ozpin said as he smiled reminiscently, "I used to beat him at chess so often, because he never wanted to sacrifice even a pawn...it is an admirable trait that is sadly rare to find in these days."

"Sir, not to interrupt, but I think you got off-topic." Ren said calmly, his hair glowing pink as his Negative Emotions Hiding Semblance activated. "Something about needing to look out for him due to his nightmares."

"Ah yes. Thank you Mr. Ren." Ozpin said, "As you know, part of his Semblance is tied to illusions. If his mind got scared enough, it might project what he sees in his nightmares onto other students as it goes out of control...and if your mind believes you are hurt, your body follows suit. I need you to provide a...safe environment for him. Maybe have him take up hobbies as an outlet for his mind and aura."

"Hobbies?" Yang asked, "Like what?"

"Well, I used to have him sing, or write lyrics as an outlet." Ozpin said, making the two girls of Team JNPR and leader of Team RWBY rush over to his desk.

"He can sing?!" They shouted at once.

"Indeed...doesn't do it a lot anymore, but I do happen to have a little recording from when he was younger." Ozpin said, as he pressed a button on his scroll.

(J.T. Machinma's "We Don't Bite" younger version by The Darkness Mare-Deactivated. All rights go to respective owners.)

Instantly the voice of a younger Jaune came through the scroll's speakers.

Things haven't been the same since my birthday
We went to Fazbear's, that was the worst day...

Home alone in this awful darkness
I don't even know where my dad or mom is
Never been a fan of animatronics
Can I get a grown-up to check in my closet?
Just heard a noise
I don't know where it went
To the right or left
Is it under my bed?
This must be a joke
And it's all in my head
But what if I'm in Hell and I'm already dead?

Calm down, take it slow
Check the halls
Listen close
Shut the door
Better keep it closed
What's behind it?
I don't wanna know

Fazbear's Pizza
Thought it was gone
Freddy and his friends are far from done
Did you hear that?
Now here they all come
Five Long Nights and I'm only on one!

Welcome home
Girls and boys
Time to play with brand new toys
Nightmares lurk inside your mind
Now no place is safe to hide
You have nowhere to run
So why not join the fun?
At night We come to life
Come closer We don't bite

I don't believe that for one second
Gonna keep my distance and I'll be pleasant
If you wanna be my friend then prove it
I got a flashlight and I know how to use it

That's right
Step back from me!
I'll snap at you if you snap at me
And then I'll flash you when you try attacking me
I hope that I don't run out of batteries!

Oh my Oum
I'm on my own!
Left alone
And I'm not that old
Wish there was a lock on the door
Where am I now?
This is not my home
Oddly enough
Feels like I'm not alone
Whoa, sorry guys
But you got to go
My mom and dad are not comfortable
With robots watching me when I'm all alone

Things haven't been the same since my birthday
We went to Fazbear's, that was the worst day
I'm crying out now, somebody help me
'Cuz when I open up my eyes they surround me
Why did it have to be me?
Nobody else believes me
Will nothing here give me peace?
Maybe Death will set me free

No!
I'm not giving up easy
Ain't gonna let a cupcake eat me
You're not real
I call your bluff
WHAA!
That scare was real enough
Even when they're not in business
I'm number one on Fredbear's hit list
Time for the nightmares to go away
Nobody told you?
We're here to stay!

As the recording ended Weiss, Blake, Ruby, and Pyrrha looked very unsettled. Nora had an unusual frown on her face, as did Ren, and Yang's eyes were darting around the room. "He sounded...distressed." Pyrrha finally said.

"Exactly. Those Nightmares and that room...it was what he saw constantly throughout his coma." Ozpin said sadly, "He would call out for help in his dreams, but no one would come, or just say he's overreacting. Hence why he said nobody believed him. I fear that if he died in that...dream..."

"He would have died for real." Blake said firmly.

"So...Mr. Arc...do you have a name for your Semblance?" Professor Goodwitch asked as she saw Jaune placing the Golden Freddy plush on his drawer as Golden Freddy sat slumped at the foot of his bed. Crocea Mors was sitting by the drawer.

"Well...it's kinda stupid..." Jaune said as he pressed his fingers together nervously.

"It can't be that bad..." She coaxed. To be honest, despite being unable to spar with other students yet, she had a soft spot for the nervous blonde. He was a student that always tried his best while also putting the needs of others above his own, which was a trait she felt more hunters and huntresses needed.

"Well..." Jaune said, "It kind of makes a nightmare room while I control that Golden Freddy like a puppet so...I thought of...Night-marionette."