Shadows of the Past

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## Shadows of the Past

### Release date

September 27, 2016

"**Shadows of the Past**" is the tenth episode of *Season 3*, the third season of *FNAF: The Stories*, and the 33rd episode overall.

It was released on September 27, 2016.

## Plot

Introducing himself to Toy Chica, Shadow Freddy tells her how he knows everything about her and her friends, eventually warning her about the threat of Nightmare and then sharing his backstory with her so that she'll also know how they came to be.

He explains that in 1983, there was a man hired at Fredbear's Family Diner for maintenance work, who despite being a careful worker was soon fired after being framed for an animatronic sabotage the nightguard of the location had caused. Slowly eaten away by a need for revenge against him, the mechanic eventually lost his family and home and was driven over the edge, going back to the diner so he could reprogram Fredbear to kill his accuser. When Fredbear malfunctioned in the middle of his task, the mechanic went to try fixing him only to be attacked instead, being brutally murdered and having his corpse hidden by the corporation in order to cover up the incident and avoid having the diner's reputation soiled.

Being filled with incredible hatred, the mechanic's soul lived on and possessed a foreign object which gave him immense power and a ghostly form made from parts of a prototype Fredbear animatronic. Attempting to make a physical form for himself, he instead had his soul accidentally split into four parts. Three of them found their way to Fredbear (given the power of teleportation), Spring Bonnie (given increased strength), and the Puppet (able to give life to inanimate objects) while the fourth one found its way into Freddy many years later when the first Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria was opened. That part of the mechanic's soul was ultimately imprisoned within Freddy's body after a failed attempt to control him. The Puppet went on to give life to the old and new animatronics by splitting up his own part of the mechanic's soul into even smaller ones, thus why they possess a human's conscience.

With Nightmare's backstory having been told, Shadow Freddy goes on to tell Toy Chica that Nightmare is now trying to escape from Freddy's mind and retrieve every piece of his soul, and that he is both trying to stop him from reawakening and stop himself from being turned into a monster by the pieces of Nightmare's physical form that he's uncontrollably obtaining from the other animatronics. Continuing, he makes it known that there is a traitor among their group helping with Nightmare's return and that Toy Chica needs to find out who it is, because he himself doesn't know who specifically it is. Freddy is taken out of the question since the two of them are in his mind and know for a fact from his current possession that it can't be him. The two then part ways, and Toy Chica recovers Phantom Freddy by giving him the required gift.

## Music

Kevin MacLeod- Happy Boy ThemeKevin MacLeod- Constancy Part TwoKevin MacLeod- Constancy Part ThreeKevin MacLeod- Exciting TrailerKevin MacLeod- Bent and Broken
## Episode

The Awakening 2 • The Awakening 3 • Race Against Time • Attack of the Phantoms • Trapped in the Mind • Unexpected Meeting • **Shadows of the Past** • The Return of the Brother

Bonnie's Birthday • Thief • Lost Cupcake • Lost Cupcake 2 • Foxy Foxy • Bad Balloon Boy • New Night Guard • New Night Guard 2 • New Night Guard 3 • Bonnie x Toy Chica • Assistant • Bad Dream
**Season 2**
First Night • Sabotage • Modification • Return • First Meeting • Decision • Trap • Trap 2 • Trap 3 • Hallucinations • The Final Plan
**Season 3**
The Unlucky Night • The First Problems • The Awakening 1 • The Awakening 2 • The Awakening 3 • Race Against Time • Attack of the Phantoms • Trapped in the Mind • Unexpected Meeting • **Shadows of the Past** • The Return of the Brother • The Last Suffering 1 • The Last Suffering 2 • The Last Suffering 3 • Strength in Unity • A New Beginning
**Season 4**
The Unknown Evil • The Suspect • Unexplained Mysteries • The Beginning of the End • The Beginning of the End 2 • The Beginning of the End 3 • Time for Truth • The Traitor • Life of a Traitor 1 • Life of a Traitor 2 • Life of a Traitor 3 • Unstoppable Evil • The Great Escape • Dark Times • Naive Hopes • The Hero's Awakening 1 • The Hero's Awakening 2 • Mysterious Future • Evil Mind • Sinister Choice • The Growing Threat • Hidden Secrets • Time Traveler • Time Traveler 2 • New Intrigue • New Intrigue 2 • New Intrigue 3 • The Battle for Survival 1 • The Battle for Survival 2 • The Battle for Survival 3 • The Nightmare is Real 1 • The Nightmare is Real 2 • The Nightmare is Real 3 • The Last Hope 1 • The Last Hope 2 • The Last Hope 3 • The Time Machine 1 • The Time Machine 2 • The Time Machine 3 • Death Trap 1 • Death Trap 2 • Death Trap 3 • The Beginnings of Chaos 1 • The Beginnings of Chaos 2 • The Beginnings of Chaos 3 • Evil Factory 1 • Evil Factory 2 • Evil Factory 3 • A New World 1 • A New World 2 • A New World 3 • New Possibilities 1 • New Possibilities 2 • New Possibilities 3 • New Possibilities 4 • The Golden Mystery 1 • The Golden Mystery 2 • The Golden Mystery 3 • The Golden Mystery 4 • Friends and Enemies 1 • Friends and Enemies 2 • Friends and Enemies 3 • Friends and Enemies 4 • Secret Weapon 1 • Secret Weapon 2 • Secret Weapon 3 • The Rising Soul 1 • The Rising Soul 2 • The Rising Soul 3 • Deadly Plan 1 • Deadly Plan 2 • Deadly Plan 3 • True Destiny 1 • True Destiny 2 • True Destiny 3 • The Lost One 1 • The Lost One 2 • The Lost One 3 • The Consequence 1 • The Consequence 2 • The Consequence 3 • The Painful Truth 1 • The Painful Truth 2 • The Painful Truth 3 • The Soul Sword 1 • The Soul Sword 2 • The Soul Sword 3 • Shape of Madness 1 • Shape of Madness 2 • Shape of Madness 3