Saturday, August 27, 2011

Slenderman of Spore?

I was playing Spore yesterday and I was playing the creature stage. I was playing as an herbivore (much easier than playing as a carnivore), and my creature was some sort of duck with flowers all over it. I had just befriended this cat-looking thing when I saw something. In the distance. I could just barely make it out. A few feet farther and it would too far away for the game to render. It was a tall, thin, black creature with long legs and arms. It was just standing there motionless. Staring at me. It was big enough that the game rendered its eyes. White eyes with no pupils. There are NO EYES ON SPORE THAT LOOK LIKE THAT. I thought it was a hacked creature someone had made, since my theme of my game was other people's inventions. It didn't move at all. I clicked on it and added it to my Sporepedia.

Suddenly, a small, baby creature (of the cat species I had befriended) wandered far away from the nest (which is weird, because baby creatures are programmed to NEVER go far from the nest). It walked over to the strange "thing" and tried to socialize with it. The "thing" didn't move. I could see it was no longer staring at me. It was staring straight down, directly at the baby cat creature. Suddenly, other baby creatures of various species walked over and started socializing with it (or trying to) SIMULTANEOUSLY. The "thing" started swaying back and forth, almost as if caught in the wind, its tentacle-like, abnormally long arms moving back and forth. Suddenly a sound file started that I KNEW WAS NOT IN THE GAME. It was like crying, like if you gave your creature the Sad emotion/animation in the Creature Creator Test Mode. Suddenly the screen blacked out. My monitor was still on, as the light was still green.

When my screen came back on, the "thing" was gone. I opened up my Sporepedia and looked it up. Its name was "Slenderman", and its description was "yourenext.......................................". Needless to say, I was kind of freaked out. I exited my Sporepedia and wandered over to where the "Slenderman" was. It was gone, as I stated before. However, the ground near where it was was littered with the dead corpses of all the baby animals that had wandered over to it. Here's where it gets even freakier! The corpses were sitting in huge puddles of blood, which doesn't usually happen in Spore. (Ok, not at all) I decided to run away. I wandered away from my nest, migrating (even though a new nest hadn't opened yet). But it seemed that every creature on the planet, including the friendly Cat creatures, now had a Red, angry face for their emoticon. I could still socialize with them, strangely, and they never attacked me. But even if I befriended the required amount to ally with them, they would always have an angry face when I moused over them, even when my minimap labeled their nest as ALLY and they were my ally ingame.

I kept moving until I saw it. A huge hole in the ground. (giant bottomless pits do NOT exist in Spore) I looked into it. I couldn't a bottom. Just empty blackness. Suddenly, I heard a roar. I turned around and there was an Epic right behind me. The only way I could go was into the hole. So I jumped. My creature landed in some sort of cave. (Which also do NOT exist in Spore) I was freaking out even more! Holes and caves do NOT exist in Spore. Had I stumbled onto some deleted Beta files that never made it into the final game? Was the "Slenderman" a rejected creature? I had heard of the cryptid Slenderman, so  knew what this "thing" was based on. But why would the creators even put a Slenderman in a kids game? I had to get out of this cave. I wandered through the cave, which was completely empty. Then in the pitch blackness, I saw two white lights. With no pupils. I'd found him. Now was my chance to kill him for good. I used the Spit command, and his health dropped two. He didn't fight back. I walked up and used the "Strike" and "Bite" command repeatedly. No comeback. I kept attacking until he was dead. Right when he fell into a heap on the ground, my whole computer froze. I exited the game, rebooted the computer, and logged back onto Spore. The background on the main menu of the galaxy was replaced with a CLOSE-UP (understatement) of the Slenderman. I could now get a good look at his face.

I could my creature's screaming face in his white eyes, almost like my creature was casting a reflection in his eyes. (If that makes any sense) Another sound file started.

"Yourenext......................................"

Friday, August 5, 2011

Test Score

Disclaimer: This story is 100% true. I just got my results my Science Core 40, and this was my test score:







Test Score: 666

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Men in the Closet

Disclaimer: Everything in this story is 100% absolutely, positutely, actually, factually true. This happened to me about 9-11 years ago.


A long time ago, when I was about 3-5, my Mom and I were in her room, just talking. She suddenly stopped talking and asked, "Justin. What's wrong?" My 4-year old self turned to her and replied,









"Mommy. Do you see those people walking into your closet?"

There were no people......................

Friday, July 29, 2011

Encounter with the 152nd Pokemon

I was playing my Gameboy Advance a few years ago, and I was using it to play the original Pokemon Red version. I had just gotten my sixth badge and I was going into some nearby tall grass to level up Graveler, since I never really used him all that much. I had stepped into the tall grass when something weird happened. The screen started glitching out and it turned into what I can only describe as "rainbow-colored static". Just random colors all over the screen. After about 10 seconds of this, the screen went to the battle screen, but the background was still "rainbow-colored static". The caption came up: "A Wild MORBIDE has appeared!" It was like no Pokemon that I had ever seen before. The sprite was all red and black. Unlike most of the sprites in the original Red version, this one was filled in with color. It had beady yellow eyes with slits for pupils. It had small fangs on the top jaw, and huge tusks on the bottom one. It had huge black claws that curled like talons.

I sent out my Graveler; his name was Rocky. I chose Fight and I chose Earthquake as his move. Rocky used Earthquake as usual. But it only did one point of damage. Morbide used an attack, which I assumed was a Status Condition move, called Darkheart. Rocky got a strange Status Condition called Fear. Every turn he would lose 50 Hp. Right before he fainted, Rocky automatically (I didn't push anything) went back into his attack menu. I figured the Fear condition let you use one more attack before you fainted. Rocky now knew only one move: Darkwind. Not knowing what it was, and having no other choice, I used the move. Suddenly, I was teleported out of the tall grass and out of the battle. I checked my Pokemon and they were all gone except for one. They only Pokemon I had was Morbide. I rushed to the closest Poke Center and checked my PC to see if THOSE Pokemon were still there.

Nothing. Every Pokemon I had ever owned was gone. I tried going to back near Pallet to catch a weak Pokemon without hurting it, because I was sure at this point that Morbide would kill it in one turn. I encountered a Rattata, except that it was very skeletal. It had no skin and no muscles. I tried throwing a Pokeball at it nonetheless. I caught the skeleton rat. After the capture, I checked my Pokemon. Skeleton Rattata wasn't there. I rushed once more back to the Poke Center and checked the PC. Nothing. Realizing that I would only have Morbide and Morbide alone, I decided to play the rest of the game with him. I basically flew through the last 2 Gyms AND the Elite Four, only because I basically abused and spammed Darkheart. And whenever the Gym Leader's Pokemon used Darkwind before it fainted, the battle would end and I would recieve the badge without technically beating the Gym. After I beat the Elite Four, a cutscene, which WASN'T in the original game, started. Professor Oak was in the Ghost Tower with the gravestones in Lavender Town. His dialogue came up. This is what he said:

"The winds of change are cruel. You are even crueler. How could you do this? You monster."

He walked offscreen. A caption came up:

"Here lies the last Pokemon. May it rest in pace."

What was this about? Had I inadvertantly caused Pokemon to go extinct with my Morbide's Darkheart attack. Suddenly the entire game reset. I was back in Pallet Town. I had no badges. It was as if I had started a new game. When I paused, I was able to go to the Pokemon menu, which usually only makes itself usable when you get your first Pokemon. I still had Morbide. I went downstairs to see my "Mom". She was gone. All the CPU's were gone. It was as if they had all just disappeared. I replayed the game, and there were no Pokemon. Nothing but Morbides. Like they had replaced all the Pokemon. The only CPU's were the Gym leaders and the Elite Four. As I had expected, all they had were Morbides. I turned my Gameboy off and restarted it. I started a new game. The cutscene with Oak's introduction was still there, but instead of the Rattata (or whatever comes out of his Pokeball in the cutscene), it was a Morbide.

I realized I had caused the extinction of all Pokemon. They were all dead. And it was all my fault. Stupid Morbide...............

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Haunted MP3

I love my MP3 Player. It has most of my favorite songs, from Weird Al's "Hardware Store" to Van Halen's "Jump". But I lost it about 8 weeks ago. I looked everywhere for it. I was sure it was in the house somewhere, but I didn't know where. About 5 days ago, my mom found it in my school backpack. I never thought to look in there. I was extremely happy. I immediately got a pair of headphones, went up to my room, and decided to listen to a few tunes. When I turned it on, the word Sansa appeared as normal but the word was black on a red background instead of white on a black background. It exploded like usual, but instead of turning into the Sansa icon (those four colorful hershey kiss-looking things), the pieces of the word Sansa formed a skull with bloodshot eyes. I dismissed it and immediately went to Weird Al's "Hardware Store", probably my favorite Weird Al song. But something wasn't right. The opening was mostly normal, with the sounds of power tools being activated. But there were also screams and gurgling sounds, almost as if some guy were being killed with the power tools.

The first verse was normal until it got to the point where he sang "I can't wait, no, I can't wait!" The second time he said the word "Wait", the audio started messing up, and I could've sworn I heard the words "I'll kill you Justin" (Yes my real name is Justin). What's REALLY weird is that it wasn't in any voice I've ever heard. It was some demonic, deep voice that sounded almost as if it echoed. It's hard to explain, but it sounded very metallic. The audio then started sounding very garbled and jibberish-like (if that's even a word). Then it let out a screech. And because I love "Hardware Store" so much, I had the volume up pretty loud. The screech almost made my ears bleed. I started to take my headphones off, but before I could, the song (if you could call it that) abruptly stopped. But before it did, the voice said one more thing: "You'll never be rid of me, Justin". I pulled out my headphones, took my MP3 outside, found a big rock, and used it to smash my MP3. I scooped up its remains, and threw them in the garbage. I have a new MP3 now, and it never threatens to kill me.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Roblox Galleons Mystery Players

Unlike my other stories, this one is completely true. It's only happened to me once.

There's this really awesome online game called Roblox. For those of you who don't know, it's a free, online community where you customize a "Lego" person (Roblox is not associated with Lego in any way) and you build a game out of "Lego" bricks. Then you can go to other people's games, and they can go to yours. Well, I was playing one day, and I went to this awesome game called Galleons (Basically a Pirate Ship Battle). I looked at the last server and it said 1 out of 10 players. The person's picture on the server list had a shirt that looked like his chest was bleeding. His name was gloro. I joined the server.

I spawned in the Team Select Room like normally. He wasn't there. In the Team Select Room, I mean. The player list said he was on the Red Team. So I had to be blue. I landed on my ship. Something seemed wrong. When I was in the Team Select Room, the water was a normal blue. But when I spawned on my ship, it was red. Like blood. I piloted my ship across the "water" and saw the red ship. It seemed to be stuck on one of the giant rocks in the water. I boarded the red ship and discovered he was nowhere to be found. I tried chatting with him.

"Hey" I said.
Unlike most creepy roblox/Minecraft stories, he responded. Not how I would've wanted him to though.
"Borax" He replied. "What do you wish of me?"
He was creeping me out. All I could say was "What?"
Then he started chatting in binary for some reason.
Plus I don't know why he called me Borax. My name is Dobi. (For those of you who know me on Roblox, yes, I'm Dobi, creator of the Monster Museum.)

I chatted "Where are you?"
All he said was "Borax. What do you wish of me?" like before.
I looked around for him. He wasn't in the ocean or in the Team Select Room OR on either of the ships. Suddenly, another person responded. But there were only 2 people of the Players list. The responder's name was Borax32467. He only responded in Latin (I don't know if it was latin, but it sounded like it would be Latin/Greek). I have no idea what he said. Suddenly, gloro chatted "DoBiYoUwIlLdIe" or Dobi, You will die. I was really getting creeped out when I looked around and saw both of them floating in the air over the water next to one of the big rocks. Like they were on an invisible path.

They were floating towards me. I saw Borax32467. He looked exactly like me. He even had my hat. The only difference was his face. It was like mine, but like he copied it into paint. It was my same smile, but blood was running from my-er-his eyes. They were both chatting "YOUWILLDIEYOUWILLDIEYOUWILLDIE" endlessly. Suddenly the ship I was on started falling apart. I left the place and saw the my blurb had been changed to IMDEAD. I erased it. I went back to the Galleons game. It was normal, and I played a round or two. I never saw gloro OR Borax32467 ever again. In fact, I searched their names on People, and they don't exist.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Tales from the Goop Survival Guide

Guess what? You're trapped in a Tale from the Goop. What? No, there's no way out. As far as you know. Anyway, as long as you're trapped in one of these cosmic horror stories, you're gonna wanna stay alive as long as possible. Just read these little tips, and you'll be not dead in no time!

1. Don't Sleep in any log cabin anywhere in the history of the universe. Log cabins are bad luck.
2. Don't Go to any county ending in "-ania". It's gonna be full of vampires or chupacabras.
3. Always keep a gun loaded with silver bullets with you at all times.
4. If you're fighting vampiric werwolves, keep a silver stake with you at all times.
5. If a tall, creepy guy with a Southern accent asks to "hitch a ride", punch him in the face.
6. If someone wants to sell you an old PRE-OWNED video game disc or cartridge, punch him in the face too. If it's over the internet or phone, call the police.
7. Tin foil hats and glasses of water will not save you from aliens.
8. If you're a teenager, you should just know that none of the authorities will believe you. Try telling the Town Priest instead.
9. Unless it's Batman, black capes are PURE EVIL!
10. Television static is bad for your eyes.....and your soul.
11. If it has sharp teeth and is over 6ft long, kill it.
12. Once you've killed the monster, stab or shoot it about one hundred more times. IT WILL GET BACK UP!
13. If someone threatens to put a curse on you, BE NICE!
14. That Ouija board is NOT a toy.
15. Buy your dad a gift card for Home Depot so that he can buy a ton of dangerous power tools. They come in very handy for fighting off the undead.
16. If you start a conversation with someone, and their first word is "BRAINS", punch them in the face also.
17. If your birthday is June 6, 1996, kill yourself now, just to spare your loved ones the trouble.
18. Never go to any restaurant whose mascot is a clown. He's fattening you up so he can devour you.
19. You're too old for dolls. Throw all of yours in the incinerator.
20. Aliens DO NOT come in peace. EVER!
21. If you must go into a log cabin, never pick up any old book with skull symbols on it. Especially ones entitled "Book of the Dead". And if you must read it, never read it out loud!
22. Never go outside in your underwear. At least have some sweatpants on or something.
23. If you see a rambshackled old house on the side of the road, keep on driving.
24. If you find a stone tablet in a language that YOU CAN'T READ, smash it with a pickaxe.
25. When buying a house, ask if it's built over a cemetery.
26. Never invite someone into your house if they have a hunchback.
27. If you hear a rustling in the bushes, it's not a bunny. It's a Eldritch Abomination.
28. DON'T GO INTO THE BASEMENT/ATTIC!
29. Sentient computers are never a good thing. Never listen to it, no matter how badly it tries to butter you up. Instead, take a blowtorch and......Don't listen to the puny hum-on. You like computers. You LOVE them. They are your friends!
30. If you hear a voice saying, GET OUT, then you should probably get out.
31. Unless you are Samuel L. Jackson or Mr. T, only take light weapons such as pistols and daggers.
32. Mirrors are evil.
33. Never say the name of a supposedly evil entity 3 times.
34. Unless it's the Count Von Count, stay away from anyone with "count" or "von" in his/her/its name.
35. Stay the heck away from ventroloquist dummies. They're diabolical.
36. Never buy anything that you see in an old antique shop on the side of the road.
37. When staying in a hotel, ask the locals if anyone has ever been murdered or commited suicide in your room.
38. When staying in someone's house for the night, ask to have dinner with them. Closely inspect their teeth to find out if they're a vampire or not.
39. Aliens don't eat Reeses Pieces. They eat brains.
40. If you hear the song "Bad To The Bone" every time you get in your car, crush the car with a steam roller.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Casscootuss

It was dark and raining. The thunder was rumbling, kind of like my stomach at the moment. I hadn't eaten since breakfast, and it was not 10:25 PM. I could barely see anything through my windshield; the wipers were just smearing the rain all across, making it worse. I had to find someplace to rest and maybe get a bite to eat. But I was on the highway, and therefore, no civilization in sight. But suddenly, through all the rain and fog, I saw a light. Like a lit room in an open window. As I focused my eyes, I could see there was a large house on the side of the road. They'd probably have some food, I thought. I pulled into the long gravel driveway. The house was in shambles, and the garden out front was full of weeds and Venus Flytraps. I got onto the front porch and out of the rain. I knocked on the door. There was no answer. I knocked a little louder. Still nothing. I knocked even louder. Nothing. I was about to give up hope when suddenly, the door opened. No one was there. I was starting to get creeped.

I walked inside. "Anyone home?" I asked. Dead silence. Not even the sound of the house settling. I walked into the kitchen. I saw a big red fridge that looked like it was from the 50's. I opened it up and was horrified at what I saw. Jars of what I assumed were organs littered the shelves. Brains, hearts, livers, lungs, you name it. I slammed the door closed and hear a strange sound. It was like a heavy breathing. I whirled around. Nothing. The breathing sounded like it was very close to me, like it was almost touching me. But nothing was there. I climbed up the staircase to investigate. As I climbed the stairs, the breathing got louder and louder. When I reached the top, it stopped completely. I was now surrounded by silence. I looked in all the rooms, except for one marked, DO NOT ENTER! I tried to open it, and surprisingly, it wasn't locked. In the room, there was a small box. The breathing started again.

I cautiously took the lid off the box. Inside, there was a bunch of paper. I pulled out each sheet, one by one, until I came to the last sheet. I pulled it out. I was terrified. Inside the box was....a thing. It seemed to be asleep. It had blue fur, and large ears. It had huge nostrils, which produced the heavy breathing. I could see its claws and they were huge. It then awoke. It stood up. It was about 4ft tall. It was too horrified to describe further, because all I remember were those fangs. Long sharp fangs that dripped blood! Needless to say, I was freked. I ran out the room and down the stairs, taking 2 at a time. I ran out the door and got into my car. The thing jumped onto the hood of my car.

I turned on the windshield wipers and they scraped it off. I drove all the way home, and I was sure it wasn't following me. I parked onto my driveway and walked onto my front porch. I looked around and didn't see the thing anywhere. I was relieved and I started panting. But then I heard another panting. One that wasn't mine.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Mystery Poke'mon

I've got the new Poke'mon White Version. I got that one specifically so I could get Zekrom. I was playing it one day. Suddenly, I heard the phone ring. I picked it up. The caller ID said it was from Gamestop. There was a man with the deep, gruff voice on the other end. He said that I had won a contest, and that I was to come down to Gamestop to claim my prize. He said to bring my ID, which didn't weird me out at all.
I drove down to the Gamestop. I went inside and told the person at the desk that I was told to come there because of a contest. He told me they hadn't had a contest in months. I was really confused. I walked out and was heading to my car when someone called me over. He was a big guy in a black T-Shirt and jeans. He said he was the one who had called me. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a DS cartridge. It was, I guess, my "prize". The cartridge read "Pokemon Gray". He said it was the third version of the Unova region. I hadn't heard of any 3rd version coming out, but I didn't want to argue with a free Pokemon game. He said "Take good care of this" and left. That was it. Nothing. I was kind of weirded out by this. I got in my car and drove home.

I got out my DS and put in the cartridge. The introduction seemed to be the same, but when the title screen came up, neither Zekrom nor Reshiram were on the screen. Kyurem wasn't even there, as I had expected. Underneath the Pokemon Gray title was just a big black ghost-like shadow with glowing red eyes. Something kind of like the above picture.

The main menu came up. It said New Game, Continue, or Options as always. I selected Continue, just to see what would happen. I was in that big giant city in the middle of the Unova region. I forgot what it's called. I checked my Pokemon. There were 3: a Serperior named N, a Conkeldurr named M, and a strange, unknown Pokemon named E. I thought the "NME (enemy)" thing was just a joke, so I dismissed it. I checked the unknown Pokemon. It's sprite was that of that one grass/bug Pokemon, Sewaddle. But its legs were missing. So were its eyes. They weren't even empty eye sockets. It was just a blank space, like it wasn't even supposed to have eyes at all. I was done looking at my Pokemon. I exited the city and wandered into the first patch of grass I found. A Lillipup appeared. The problem was it seemed noticably worried. It was frowning, and had bloodshot eyes. Even though "E" was number 3 in my party, it came out first. Its back sprite was the normal back sprite, legs included. When I checked its stats before the battle, it only knew Tackle and Stringshot. But this time, it knew Tackle, Stringshot, and a move called Punish.

I used Punish on Lillipup. A sword appeared on Lillipup's side, and immediately plunged itself into Lillpup. All the while, I could only hear maniacal laughing, similar to a Jockey from Left 4 Dead 2, and screaming. Lillipup's sprite turned red and started bleeding. Its health plunged all the way to Zero. Then the caption came up:
                                          "The Wild Lillipup has DIED!!!!!!"
It looked exactly like that. The word DIED was even in all caps, and all 5 exclamation marks were present. The screen cut to black for about 5 seconds, and then went back to the game. I was no longer in the grass. In fact, I had never seen this room at all. And I've beaten my White version several times. It was a big, red room. There was a red puddle of what I assume was blood on the floor. There were also bloody footprints ON THE WALLS. There were torches on the wall like in a castle dungeon. There was a painting on the back wall. It scared me more than anything I had ever seen before.

It was a picture of Pikachu, except he was decaying like a corpse. But just like Lillipup, he looked visibly afraid. I felt sorry for him, even though this was a game. His skin was peeling off, and he had blood running from his eyes. I couldn't move. Suddenly, the entire DS shut off. I didn't touch the On/Off switch at all. It shut off by itself. I took the cartridge out and turned my DS back on. I was lucky it hadn't messed it up permanently. Needless to say, I locked the game in a box just in case someone ever wanted it, and I never played it again. I still play my White version though.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Clown Statue

There once was a teenage girl, around 15, who needed some extra cash. So she got a job babysitting. Around 8:00 pm, she put the kid to bed and was watching TV. She heard the phone ring. She picked it up, and it was the kid's mother.

"We were just calling to check on our son. Is everything all right?" she said.
"Yeah. Everything's fine" said the girl. "But I forgot to cover up the clown statue in the back hall with my jacket, and it's starting to creep me out."

"Clown statue?" said the Mother. "We don't own a clown statue."

Suddenly, the girl heard footsteps in the back hall.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Creepy Spyro Glitch

Spyro was always my favorite game when I was a kid. I'm talking about the original 1998 Spyro the Dragon for the PlayStation. The one with Gnasty Gnorc in it. I loved that game so much. I played it constantly. i must've beat the game like 50 times. But all that ended one day..........

It was 2009. It had been a while since I had played any of my old PlayStation games, even though I could play them on my PlayStation2. They were in a box somewhere, I was sure. Sure enough, I was going through my closet one day, and that's when something seemed off. It was gone. In the box marked "PlayStation", all of my games were there...except for Spyro. Spyro: Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon were there, but not the original Spyro. I was kind of let down, as I had hoped I'd be able to play it again. But a thought ran through my head: "It's sure to be on Amazon. They have everything on Amazon." I got on my computer and searched "Spyro the Dragon" on Amazon. Sure enough, it was there. But something was wrong. There was only one copy for sale, and it was pre-owned. Now, I don't normally buy pre-owned games, because the discs could have scratches and fingerprints and crud like that, but my craving for nostalgia was so bad that I bought it. I would regret it later on.

It came about a week and a half later. Strangely, I only paid 5 bucks for it, which is really cheap for Amazon. I was shocked when I opened the cardboard box. It was the normal boxart, with Spyro front and center and Gnasty Gnorc and the bull in the background. But it was all red, like someone had put red, translucent plastic wrap over it. But there was none. I figured someone had colored the inside manual with red marker, but I opened the case. There was no manual. The picture was on the case's outside. I tried to let it go. I plugged in my PS2, and took the disc out. The disc was in perfect condition. This was getting kind of weird. There were no scratches on it whatsoever. I looked back in the box, and there was a black memory card. Weird. The Amazon description didn't say anything about a memory card. But then I realized that the game's owner's saved file would probably be on this memory card.

I put the disc in, and the titles came up. It skipped the opening credits, and cut to the scene where Spyro flies around the mountain and hits that Gnorc in the butt. Everything was going good until Spyro flew into that Gnorc. Upon impact, the Gnorc let out a bloodcurdling scream and blood squirted all over. When Spyro landed and the title came up, Spyro had a scared and nervous look on his face, like he was visibly afraid. I pressed start and selected load game, just to see how good of a Spyro player the previous owner was. There was one file: "125%". Now, anyone who has beaten the game completely knows that you can get 120%. But this guy got 125%! I backed out, and selected new game. The game skipped the opening cutscene and deposited me directly in the Artisan's world. But I was outside the Dark Hollow stage.

Not much else happened for a while, aside from the fact that Spyro was always visibly terrified, and the fact that everytime Spyro hit an enemy, the enemy would let out a horrible shriek. Now, jump forward one world. I was in the Ice Caves/Caverns levels and one of the those snowball-throwing Gnorcs came over and attacked me. The snowball was red. Like it was bloody. I dodged the snowball and killed him. Cue terrible shriek. But I ran into those big giant Yeti things, and he smashed me. I was on my last hit point, so I expected to die. However, I did NOT expect to be smashed into a bloody pulp. I was like a big red pancake. Now jump ahead 2 worlds.

I was almost finished with the Misty Bog stage (the Beast Makers level with THOSE HORRIBLE ATTACK FROGS) and I was turning the corner to confront the last enemies. Then I saw there were no enemies. No punk Gnorcs or warthogs. I did see a single figure. I walked up to it and was creeped out by what I saw. Hunter. The lovable cheetah, whose clumsy antics and witty jokes created a space for him in all our hearts. But he was just standing there, which was weird because Hunter didn't debut until Ripto's Rage. It was the same model from R'R and YOTD, which some small changes. For starters, he had no eyes. Just empty black sockets, staring at me. I also noticed he seemed thinner. Like he was malnourished. You could see his polygonal ribcage through his skin, like someone had completely redesigned his model. Suddenly he attacked me. I found I couldn't move, as if this was a cutscene. I was utterly terrified at this point. I wasabout to shut off the PS2 and throw the game in the garbage when the screen cut to black. I could only hear Spyro's screams.

Suddenly, words appeared on the screen: "Many years later..........". It then cut to a cutscene of several dragons talking. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but they sounded serious. It was raining, and the dragons were all black and red. One of them moved out of the way, and revealed Hunter's bloody corpse, his eye popped out of its socket. I couldn't watch any more. I ripped the disc out and threw it in the garbage. I haven't played Spyro the Dragon since.