Hidden Hands is a Five Nights at Freddy's fanfiction written by North Noire
posted onto Archive of Our Own. Originally starting as a series of artwork on North's Tumblr, the AU's story began when the first chapter was posted on February 25th, 2024.
With many regrets after the sudden murder of Henry Emily's daughter, Charlotte Emily, the grief-stricken father struggles to get back his life back on track. Attempting to move on from her passing, Henry tries to repair the last thing he and his daughter ever created and built together before her tragic passing - the Marionette, in order to continue her legacy. What he wasn't expecting however, was his daughter's soul to still linger within the puppet...
With an unforeseen revelation regards to his business partner William Afton, and rumors of missing children around Hurricane, Utah — Henry, with the help of his daughter, investigates what's hidden behind the curtains of Fredbear's Family Diner.
You can read the first chapter here
Hidden Hands contains the following tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: Chapter 4 serves as this to Michael and Elizabeth Afton.
- Disabled in the Adaptation: According to the tags, both Charlie and Henry are autistic, something not implied in either the games or novels.
- Haunted Technology: Par for the course for this franchise, Charlie is revealed to be possessing the puppet at the end of Chapter 2. Crosses over with Electromagnetic Ghosts when Charlie tries reaching out to her dad and her voice comes through the television static in Chapter 1.
- Named in the Adaptation: As with most FNAF fan works, The Crying Child is named Evan.
- Posthumous Character: Charlie Emily and Evan Afton are already dead by the time the story begins.
- Shout-Out: The cover for Chapter 1 (pictured above) is a reference to The Lobster
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Downplayed but in Chapter 4, Elizabeth wants to go out as The Shape for Halloween, unnerving Henry.
