2007

> **"The quiet before the storm was coming to an end..."**
>
> **—The Full Story of Five Nights at Wario's: Part One**

**2007** is a year in the early 21st century and one of the most important years in the entire *Five Nights at Wario's* timeline. It is relevant to the story of both Timeline 1 and Timeline 2, but its significance is much greater in Timeline 1.

## Events

* In both timelines, early in the year, Wario finds an ancient book sticking out from within the dirt neat the factory's entrance. Curious of what it was, he pulled it out and flipped through it. He took it down to the factory's deepest layers of the cellar, unknowingly being witnessed by Luigi.
	+ **Timeline 1 -** Due to the factory's dire financial situation, he decides to go through with the wealth ritual out of desperation to save his factory from closure. He exchanges he and his freinds' souls to Entity 01 in exchange for riches, which he rightfully receives, saving his factory from shutting down and allowing his friends to keep their jobs there. To him it was a miracle, but his decision would come to haunt him not too long afterward.
	+ **Timeline 2 -** At this point, the factory was continuing to maintain good success. There was no need to turn things around in order to keep the factory operational, therefore he thought nothing of the rituals after taking it down to the cellar and discarded it.

* In both timelines, later in the year, Bruno Gate attempted to execute the crime of his life by breaking and entering into Wario's Fast Food Factory in order to get the secret recipe for his own financial gain. Before he found the recipe, he first ran into Wario, and in a blind panic, picked up a knife and murdered him. The other four workers heard this from the other room and came to check what happened only to then be murdered by Bruno.
	+ **Timeline 1 -** Luigi was the last one standing, and recalling Wario bringing a mysterious book downstairs, a book that he saw to be evil when he investigated himself, willingly told Bruno to hang him, whispering to him that Wario had done something terrible. He believed that death would release he and his friends from whatever Wario may have corrupted them with.
		- The opposite would end up becoming true. Their souls could not rest in peace due to the curse, thus repossessed their deceased bodies, bringing them back to life as mindless, zombie-like monsters of their former selves. As they roamed outside, scientist Christopher Peterson caught a glimpse of them and quickly built a time rod for his wife Rosalina to use on them, knowing they were evil and theorizing sending them back in time would reverse their corruption. The fragile time rod ended up splitting time across two seperate timelines, thus Timeline 2 was formed.
	+ **Timeline 2 -** Luigi was the last one standing, and assumed no wrongdoing from Wario, thus he was unwilling to die much like the rest of the workers.
		- Their alternate souls rose to a heavenly paradise due to having no association with the ritual book. Their spirits from Timeline 1, sent to Timeline 2 by Rosalina, took over the deceased Timeline 2 bodies and brought them back to life as monsters once more. They would go on to torment victims, especially night guards for newly opened Wario's businesses, for the next ten years, building up the curse's power.

* In both timelines, after they were brought back to life, they cornered Bruno inside the factory and killed him inside the costume, their first victim. His spirit could not rest either due to the guilt that lingered in his soul for his actions. He would continue to roam the factory halls mindlessly for years, even after Wario and the rest had already abandoned the factory.