Nystroms: A Short Story

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Digging through the wreckage of the Nystroms’ house took many days. Several volunteers came to help, for which Martha was grateful. Still, the project lasted much longer than she’d hoped. She wanted to find him as quickly as possible. The house had caught on fire late in the evening, and the blaze had spread rapidly. Calling for Ella, Martha had hurried out immediately and called the fire department, but she never saw her daughter emerge. When the firemen arrived and there had still been no sign of Ella, Martha feared she would never see her daughter alive again. As she stood and watched with the neighbors, she hoped she had no need to worry, that her little girl would be all right. And then he showed up. While talking with Elaine,
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Even those who had seen Springtrap enter the burning house seemed to think they had imagined it. Everyone seemed to have forgotten about the so-called “alien invasion” on the east side of town, attributing the deaths and injuries to wild animals or some deranged murderer. Only those directly associated remembered, and the police never questioned Kyle any further. It was probably a spirit thing. Paranormal occurrences always dwindled to myth and legend. Now that the last of the Fazbear spirits had been freed, the whole thing became just another ghost story. Kyle, Martha, Ella, Elaine, and Rueben knew the true story, even though Rueben never got to meet Springtrap personally. Jason, Megan, Darrel, and Gwen were just as convinced as anyone else the animatronic they’d seen was nothing special. In fact, only one other person knew what really transpired: the man who admitted to setting fire to Kyle’s house. This man, Henry, had dealt with Springtrap before and had long wanted to destroy him. Arrested for arson, he eventually went crazy and had to be institutionalized. The rumors about Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza died down, the haunted animatronics forgotten by many, but Martha vowed she would never forget. She would forever hold on to the memory of Springtrap, to keep him alive in her heart. For no one could make her forget the one who saved her daughter’s

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