Best Left Forgotten

> "*(-Phew! I think I lost her...)"*
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> *"And now you've found **me.**'*"
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> ― Nightmare Bonnie to Original Bonnie, in the midst of Nightmare Chica's pursuit.
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## Best Left Forgotten

A shot of Golden Freddy's box, with the title caption above it.

### Writer

* EthGoesBOOM
* GameBaseSFM

### Link

https://youtu.be/LFag7Kur5Og?si=ixuPZfeeLwdvATX\_

**"Best Left Forgotten"** is a six-minute SFM short written and voiced by EthGoesBOOM, and animated by GameBaseSFM. Golden Freddy has a mysterious metal box, that he will not allow anyone to open. Bonnie, curious of its contents, decides to find out himself what is *really* inside.

## Plot

A loud, banging noise is heard from the Parts-and-Services room inside of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, which alerts the Fazbear Band. Bonnie goes to investigate, only to find Golden Freddy was simply cleaning out the room's clutter, and had happened to drop a metal box, which caused the noise. Bonnie probes Golden Freddy, curious of what is inside of it, but Golden Freddy warns that it contains a portal to "the past", and that it only brings about death and destruction. He orders Bonnie to not remotely touch, let alone open the box under any circumstances. Golden Freddy momentarily leaves to bring the junk gathered from Parts-and-Service to the basement, but in this time, Bonnie opens the box to take a peek, believing Golden Freddy's explanation was some kind of a joke. A glaring, bright light emits from the box immediately after it is opened, and Bonnie is pulled into it without time to react.

He is transported suddenly to a dark bedroom, completely unlike the Pizzeria. (Where FNaF 4 takes place.) As soon as he begins to investigate the area, three Freddles emerge from the bed, and taunt Bonnie. In a panic, Bonnie rushes into the closet for a place to hide. He monologues aloud over what he should do, before feeling an object on the ground next to him, which feels like a flashlight. Upon turning it on, he sees Nightmare Foxy is in the closet with him. He rushes out, only to be met by the same Freddles, and Nightmare Freddy himself. He rushes out the door to his left, holding the door shut for a few seconds to prevent the other five animatronics from catching him. When finally safe from the others, he begins to hear a voice, what he assumes to be Chica, shuffle around trying to find "her pizza". Seconds after Bonnie calls out her name, Nightmare Chica finds him, and pursues him while claiming that he took her pizza. He manages to outrun Nightmare Chica swiftly and hide quick enough to lose her, but inconveniently entered the same room Nightmare Bonnie was in at the time.

Bonnie flees once again, only to come across the one and only, *Nightmare Fredbear*. He assumes at first, from a backview, that this is Golden Freddy. Guilty, Bonnie apologizes for not heeding the warning Golden Freddy gave, and begs for him to help get himself out of the box along with him. As Bonnie steps forward, Nightmare Fredbear begins to hum a familiar tune.

*`Welcome to Fredbear's Family Diner`*

*`Come on in and enjoy the ride(-uh)`*

`Boys and girls, you heard that right,`

`Come and have a..`

In the midst of the final section of the lyrics, Nightmare Fredbear's head snaps towards Bonnie, whilst saying the final word: "BITE". Nightmare Fredbear quickly lunges at Bonnie, and at the last minute, Golden Freddy emerges and seemingly pushes Nightmare Fredbear in the air backwards. Nightmare Fredbear collapses, and Golden Freddy looks back at Bonnie, ashamed he did not listen to his warning.

After rather dramatically kicking down the bedroom door back into the original location of the portal, Golden Freddy takes Bonnie and himself out of the box. Bonnie discusses with Golden Freddy what lesson had to have been learned, and Bonnie states: "Whenever Golden Freddy says to not do something, *don't* do it.". Bonnie apologizes for the mishap, and Golden Freddy picks up the box, exclaiming that he will hide it in a place no one would find it. Despite Bonnie's further questioning on why the portal existed in the first place, Golden Freddy brushes the questions off for another time, and leaves abruptly.

At the end of the video, Golden Freddy is seen putting the box inside of the basement where he had stored the junk from parts and service. For a brief moment, the audio played in the video references back to the Bite of 83, or the incident at "Fredbear's Family Diner". When the inevitable event occurs, with a sharp metal bang, Golden Freddy snaps out of a spaced-out state, sighs, and slowly levitates offscreen.

## Trivia

* This is third installment of EthGoesBOOM's canonical SFM series, the two former episodes being episode two, "Little Buddy", and episode one, "Freddy's Hat".
* The concept of Golden Freddy's box was going to be extended upon in the fifth SFM episode of the series. However, due to animator for the episodes not continuing, the only remaining parts of this episode is the script.
* This is one of the earlier, if not earliest, appearance of the Nightmare animatronics in an EthGoesBOOM series, aside from the Nightmare voicing videos.
* In EthGoesBOOM's 1-Million Subscriber special, Golden Freddy states that Best Left Forgotten is one of his favorite episodes in Eth's numerous series. Bonnie seems to think otherwise, however, creeped out by the whole situation.