Chapter 1: Post-The Bite of '83

''i'm sorry...'' were the last words Evan, the Crying child, had heard as he died, and it was from Michael, his big brother. as his ghost ascends, and as he sees his plush tell him that he was broken, and that they will put him back together, he wonders: why didn't his father stop Michael from bullying him? but after years of roaming, he had learned that his father had murdered children in cold blood. horrified that his father was a monster, he grew ashamed.
but one of the victims, Cassidy, found him moping, still with the plush in hand.
and so, the two feel connection from bonding over their deaths... and both possess golden freddy.
[note: if anything, including theories, is decanonized, i will retcon this book]