"This game is not right."

I always loved videogames, i was a sucker for Call of Duty, Halo, Dark Souls, etc.

Back in 2017, my parents decided to give me something more "oldschool", and they decided to give me a Gameboy, a Gameboy Advance to be prescice, i was in love with games like sonic, mario and Kirbi, because they were the first thing i saw as a kid, besides school of course.

So, one day my parents and i were going down to get some groceries, when a strange old man, came up and said. "Hey kiddo, want this game? You will love this!" I was weirded out, so much in fact the stranger just... Placed the little wrap-up in my hands and bolted away, i was dumbfounded, but shruged it off, thinking it was just a crazy old man trying to give me some "stupid" knockoff of, I don't know, pokemon? Mario? Any cursed game of sorts?

I told my parents on our way home, and they *also* shruged it off, thinking almost the same. "Odd" i thought, but i just went back to what i was doing at the moment.

After quite a while, we got home and i immediatly jumped off the car to play something on my gameboy. And then i remembered the strange wrapped... "Thing" the old man gave me at the market, so i decided to see if it was a gameboy cartrige, and no. It wasn't, it was a black chip, and with tape behind it said, "Pokemon", i went to ask my dad and he told me "This, is a nintendo Ds chip". But after a bit of fumbling around with the wrapped plastic bag... Another chip fell down, and that FOR SURE was a gameboy advance chip. I immediatly got up, grabbed the chip and went to my room where my gameboy was charging, i plugged it in and saw... How the screen Turned into the logo of "Pokemon Ruby", i was never a fan of pokemon, and besides the old anime. I heard close to zero about games on the gameboy.

So i decided to give it a go

The menu... Was odd, there was a screeching? No, more like whimpering sounds, acompanied by a slow. REALLY slow piano... It for sure gave me a bit of a creepy sensation, but i thought "this maybe normal? Maybe it's a hack-room?" And continued on, I started the game, and... There was already a progressed slot, "wow, this is convenient" i thought to myself and loaded the file to see the game from a "leveled" point of view. But when it loaded... The map was pitch black, and the character itself was just... 2 pixels, a black and gray one specifically, and then. "You're back" flashed on the screen, it gave me... A bit of a odd thing going around, maybe it was the vibe of the game itself? Maybe i didn't knew anything about pokemon (and i stil don't), or maybe... This game was haunted! I scoffed at the ridiculous idea, and just pressed to walk foward, it seems like the character was moving, because it moved from side to side when walking.. Until, another pixel.... One more... "Human-like", if for human you mean a bunch of pixels forming a eye.. It stared at my character, then.. "Lifted" his pupil up, to stare at me, and the game crashed... "Wow" I thought to myself, before just putting the chip aside, i knew not to mess with bad stuff, and that was a example for.... But shortly after my gameboy... Just jolted on out of nowhere, flashing colors, and... EYES? That for sure gave me the creeps, and i tried to keep it cool, and then, a... Distorted moan, a moan.... Of agony, and a schreeching violin... Or what seemed to be, pixels of black and white appeared, and then.. Nothing, just... A figure shrouded in black pixels..

"Who are you"? The text bubble appeared on screen, i had no choice, nor any button to answer.

"I see, "he" also gave you this?" I stared at my gameboy, and the voice spoke again "Stranger, i don't know who you maybe... But that old man is crazy, he performs.. "Things", toss the gameboy elsewere, that guy is not normal... Don't end up like us". AND on cue, i heard a knock on the door, and it was only me and my dad at the time.... So i quielty went to my dad's bedroom, he was awake... So i asked him "Hey, can you grab your shotgun?"

"What for" he asked, "Maybe there's a bulglar on our door". After saying that, he almost jumped out of bed and went to his closet, where he had his weapons, "Come" he said quietly.

We went back to the living room and into the main entrance, i peeked trough the hole, and yes... The old man from earlier was there, bloody knife in hand, and a eerly cheek to cheek smile... And then i woke up, it was all a dream, or a nightmare... Or i think so it is, i feel like i'm being watched, i feel like there's something behind me, and if i turn... Maybe i'll never get to see my parents again

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