Farewell to Arms

by BuckyTheDragon

Summary:

Michael Afton dies when trying to prank his brother goes horribly wrong. The timeline will never be the same. :)
Feat. Dead Michael, Protag Elizabeth, Bitter Evan, Vibing Charlie, Jeremy Not Paid Enough For This Shit, and a whole lot of family trauma.

 

Fnaf role swap AU.

Chapter 1: Introduction and Table of Content

Introduction

Michael gets his arm bit off by Golden Freddy while getting Evan’s head out of Golden Freddy. That story is Semantics over who left who first and is the first in the series. You don’t need to read it if you are reading this, but I recommend it (I wrote it after all). 

Some basics of the AU:

- Michael has severe self esteem issues and believes himself to be extremely stupid and a bad brother. 

- All the animatronics started at the diner. When Henry started a new location in Hurricane, the old freddy, chica, bonnie, foxy went into storage. Only Fredbear and Golden Bonnie performed for the more authentic Fredbear’s Family Diner experience. 

- Once Mike dies, the spring locks are retired and the old animatronics are put on stage. 

- The dead kids can’t make the animatronics run or anything right away, but they do possess them. Their souls are tethered to the animatronics, basically. The kids can exit the bots and wander, but not far. Once they can make the animatronics move, they can’t leave them anymore. 

- Elizabeth gets preferential treatment because William and her Mother (I named her Sarah) have shared custody but both want full custody. Rip Evan, his mom doesn’t want him. 

- Michael is 6 years older than his siblings and has a different mother (Clara) and the only one that remembers a time where they were poor/before Henry.

- Elizabeth becomes the Protag in Mike’s absence (I don’t see many protag Lizzie fics)

- Charlie doesn’t get murdered in the alleyway. 

- The Aftons may or may not all be autistic. Michael certainly is and it's genetic. So. 

- Oh, and William is still a horrible person. A lot of implied/referenced child murder. No explicit violence. 

Table of Contents

1. Basic AU info and Table of Contents.
2. And my nightmares will have nightmares every night. Evan-centric. Evan’s time since Michael’s been in the hospital.1.3k words.
3. To remind me that I am a fool. Michael-centric. Mike and the other dead kids don’t get along and it's five against one. 1k words
4. I could have been anyone, anyone else. Elizabeth-centric. Night two and three of sister location except Elizabeth is the protagonist, not Baby. (Night one is boring) 2.5k words. 
5. We could have been anywhere, anywhere else. Elizabeth-centric. Night four and five of sister location except Elizabeth is the protagonist, not baby. 2.9k words. 
6. And never give it back, even if there's a heat wave. Emily Twins-centric. Liz has to talk to the only person who will believe her: Charlie, who almost died in an alleyway. 1.4k words. 
7. I don’t know if I count, but I’m trying my best. Michael-centric. Mike now resides in the fnaf 2 puppet. He’s happy to see Charlie again, less happy with what the other kids are up to. 1.9k
8. Contemplating your own smallish size Jeremy & Mike-centric (no shipping bc Mike is a Child) Jeremy and Mike become friends, sort of. 2.2k 
9. Never tied your shoes. Elizabeth-centric. Charlie and Liz head to Charlie’s house only to find Henry missing and far more questions than answers. Also they eat at a diner. 1.7k
10. Pillar of Salt. Jeremy & Charlie-centric. The puppet has to go back to the pizzeria, but Charlie and Liz are still there. 1.1k
11. Dig up the garden Liz-centric. Liz and Charlie are trying to get literally anything remotely helpful out of this child possessed animatronic. And Mike can’t comprehend that Liz is all grown up. Also Jeremy is forcibly added to the Henry finders club. 1.6k