Creepypasta: Friendship

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was my favorite game growing up, I would play it every evening. I was a Torchic, my partner a Mudkip. We were an unstoppable combination in the game, and I honestly came to think of my team as my family. 

After about a year of playing the game, I got to the point where there was really nothing left to do. I had gotten attached to my partner, now a lv.100 Swampert, and had done almost everything you could possibly do in the game. Not wanting to restart it, I simply bought the game's opposite, Red Rescue Team. I went online to learn the questions and answers for each playable Pokemon, this time I wanted to be an Eevee, and learned that for Eevee, you had to say you were a girl. Funny since Eevee is a male dominant species. Regardless, I went through the intro and answered everything that would get me Eevee. I saw its happy little icon appear and then decided on my partner, a Totodile I named Bunch. I felt a sense of nostalgia as I began playing, both games had the same storyline to them. 

The game was something I looked forward to playing everyday, the sense of my team being my family coming back. Not even the fact that I knew the story already could keep me from loving it. I became cut off from family and friends, the world around me disappeared. It was just me and Bunch, that was all I needed. I was never paying attention to anything around me ever. I was playing while walking down the street one day and was hit by a car. I was hurt, but luckily I was alive. That convinced me that I had played too much, so I simply took a break from it, around the point where you meet Gardevoir. I didn't play for about a week, but eventually came back for it.

I received the mission to scale Mt. Thunder and defeat Zapdos. I made quick work of it, winning the battle handily despite my partner having a type disadvantage. The next scene where Alakazam's team comes and directs us off to the Great Canyon and talk to Xatu began and ended, and my team walked off screen.

"I think that there is more that the Eevee could not tell us. I doubt that he even knows enough himself. The world is in danger, and I sincerely believe that Xatu will tell us all that needs to be known." said Alakazam. 'He? I told this game that I was a girl. It has no way of knowing that I'm a guy! I guess it's just a little text glitch.' I thought, creeped out a bit.

I continued on to the Great Canyon and had quite some difficulty reaching the end. This dungeon was much harder than I remembered, but I hadn't faced it in a long time so my memory would probably not be serving me well.

We did eventually make it to the top where we saw Xatu staring straight into the sun, like in the other game. Bunch walked over to him and then looked at me, asking how we should get his attention. I hit tickle, because that had always been funny to me. Bunch tickled until Xatu finally gave in and turned to us. His script appeared in text boxes like it should, then some odd text began to display.

"You are, human yes? But I see much more than that. You don't even know it. You are a spirit, no? I see that even though you were at one point a human, you passed on yet somehow came here. The form you took was the one you wanted, the world was perfect for you in every way. You got to play the hero and got a best friend. You are living in a heaven that you created with your energy, while this is very real to you, it is but not true. The truth needs to be told to you now, you are dead. Even as I speak now, you shake your head and believe it isn't true. I am trying to save you before you meet the same fate my spirit has." Now I knew that wasn't normal script for Xatu, this wasn't part of the story! I began to worry that the game was hacked when more text appeared.

"I must tell you, there is one here that is very real, the one using your energy to make this world. They are the reason that you had difficulty getting here, they never wanted you to know this. They don't want me to tell you what you must know so you may rest in peace, unlike my spirit. They wanted exactly what you wanted. They wanted to be a hero in a perfect world, where they could have a friend. They were never able to do that on their own, but by chance they came across you, a lost spirit. You died young, such a pity. They used that. They manipulated you with a game that you play even now, they let you be what you wanted and they were exactly what you wanted. They want to keep you trapped here, little Eevee, the same way that they trapped my spirit here when I passed on. Theyare here right now, hiding in plain sight." I scanned the screen, noticing that the Eevee's sprite did the same. There was only me, Xatu and Bunch. I couldn't be me or Xatu, and it was silly for it to be Bunch. After all, Bunch was my partner and friend! Right?

 "Even now you deny it, knowing that it's true." The text box startled me. Could he be talking about Bunch? I refused to believe that any of this was happening, this game must be hacked! Xatu seemed to be looking up throughout the screen at me. Bunch turned towards him. "The one you trust most is the one that wants you to be theirs forever." Xatu finished speaking and Bunch started talking. 

"Oh, you naive chicken you. That will be enough! Not another word from you! You weren't a good friend for me, so I went and found someone to replace your spirit. Now that you are no longer needed, and since to insist on trying to deprive me of a chance to get a new friend forever, it's time you were gone!" Buch bit down on Xatu's neck and pulled his head off. He dropped it onto the ground where it rolled to the Eevee's feet. I gasped in horror at the sight. "Sadly, what head said is true." Bunch continued, looking up through the screen. "I have trapped you in a warped world of my own. I never had a friend before, I died alone. That stupid chicken was another that I trapped in hopes of keeping him as a friend forever, but he refused. Then I found you and knew I could finally have my perfect world. I trapped you just as you left your body, you never noticed that you had died. I found your game, and knew that was the world to make. Continue on existence in the game with you. I only want a friend... and I'm not about to give one up!" The screen started to pull me into it, and I blacked out.

When I reawakened, I was in a forest clearing. I stood up, only to fall forward onto my hands. I looked down and saw me hands were really paws covered in a course brown fur. I ran over to a small pond. 

I was the Eevee that was in my game. 

That's when I saw Bunch walk out from the shadows, flashing his sharp Totodile teeth. "Finally," he spoke, "I shall have you. Now we can never be alone ever again. You have nowhere to go now, you are mine now!" he cackles evilly.

A thought went through my head and made me realize; I really did die in the car wreak, now I'm trapped by a ghost Totodile in a fake world forever. 

I sat and cried, suddenly feeling unnerved and horrified at the thought that I really was dead. Death is such a hard thing to realize, and I never noticed until after it had happened to me.

Bunch cackles again. "What should we do first, friend?" he finished with a demented grin.

A Mothers Love

I wasn't originally a Pokemon fan, it's true. I find it hard to believe myself when I look back today and remember that. I first got into it after seeing some kids at my YMCA bring Pokemon figures in and play with them. One person brought a Pokemon known as Kangaskhan that I took an interest into almost instantly. There was just something about the brown kangaroo like creature with a mini version of itself in it's pouch that caught my eye. The person would let me play with his figure each time he brought it, which brought me to adore the creature.

I soon became good friends with a boy in my neighborhood who had just moved in from Georgia. By now I had begun to watch the show and became more familiar with Pokemon and their names. It was my second favorite thing after Kirby. It was when I met this new friend that I finally picked up a Pokemon game and actually played it. It was Fire Red.

Each time I went over to his house I would bring my Gameboy and we'd play Pokemon together, him playing his Sapphire game and me his Fire Red. He noticed how much I loved the game and knew that I kept trying to make my parents buy it for me. When my birthday came he bought me my own copy of Fire Red. That same day another friend bought me Ruby version. We all stayed up all night (it was a sleepover party) playing our Pokemon games. 

I played Fire Red first and went through the intro. I picked the little Charmander as my starter and named him Zippo after my friend's Charizard. By morning I had evolved him into a Charmelon. 

I would play both games with my friend every weekend. He would teach me tips and tricks as I progressed and helped me along. I was devastated when he moved back to Georgia the next year. I caught a Pidgy and nicknamed it Tristan after him since Pidgeot had always been his favorite Pokemon.

I constantly remembered Tristan's tips and tricks throughout the game and used them when I could. When I came along to Fuchsia City and the Safari Zone I remembered what he said about rare Pokemon in the Safari Zone. Especially one in particular that he knew I loved.

Kangaskhan.

I rushed my trainer into the Safari Zone and began the desperate search for the kangaroo creature. To my dismay I never found one. I reminded myself that they were rare and the chances of me finding one were slim, so I continued trying. Every day I would go and search for one, only to leave the Safari Zone disappointed each time.

Then one fateful day my luck changed.

I was doing the daily sweep of the Zone when I saw it appear. It was exactly like the figure I played with only a few years back. I tried several times to catch it, failing each time. Just when I was about to give up I heard it. The distinct click signaling a successful capture. I cheered as I went to nickname the newly caught Kangaskhan. Being the super creative person that everyone is at 8 years old I named her Kanga and immediately put her in the front of my team.

From then on she lead it in every battle, eventually reaching lv.67 by the time we reached the elite four. I went in the battle them as confident as ever with Kanga by my side and was beaten silly by Lorelei. Each time I made an attempt at beating the elite four I'd get the same result. Beaten silly by Lorelei.

I eventually gave up all together. Diamond version had come out and I had convinced my parents to get me a copy of it. Fire Red was forgotten.

 After a lot of help from my YMCA friends (some of them were the same ones with the figures), I beat the elite four in Diamon and learned about migration. As a test of it, I brought out the old Fire Red game, blew off the dust, and inserted it into the system. I saw Kanga in the PC box where she had been left before I had lost interest in the game and chose her for migration along with some basic common Pokemon. After catching them all I rushed to place Kanga back into my party where she truly belonged.

Things proceeded normally in Diamond and I eventually cleared every element of the story. The game began to bore me, so I turned to Kirby games again. I really didn't touch another Pokemon game for a year. Then Soul Silver came out.

I bought Soul Silver with my own money while visiting with my Grandmother for our annual family Thanksgiving reunion. I had beaten everything up to Goldenrod City by then.

When I found out that you were able to trade Pokemon from Diamond without beating the game first I didn't hesitate to do so. I traded my important Pokemon from Diamond to Soul Silver. Kanga was with me once more. I put her at the front of my party like before, even though I knew she wouldn't obey me in battle yet. I simply wanted to see her sprite behind mine and talk to her. I laughed to see her behind me, thinking about all the wonderful times we had together through the years. I spoke to her.

A heart icon appeared over her head and her sprite suddenly rubbed against my trainers. "Whoa! KANGA suddenly hugged you!" I found it strange considering Kanga had just Bern traded and should have zero friendship with the trainer. But this had happened to me once before with a Riolu, so I didn't worry too much about it.

I decided to try and battle with Kanga to see what would happen. To my surprise she pulled off every move without one moment of disobedience. I was shocked and simply thought that it had been sheer luck. 

I talked to Kanga again and got the same message as before. I figured that since none of this seemed to be negative to me or the game in any way I would simply ignore it and play as usual.

I used Kanga in every battle then on, never once having a single issue with her. I joked saying that Kanga had been with me so long and had watched me grow up that she must feel like a mother to me. It was harmless enough, my friends would laugh when they heard it.

Eventually the time came where Kangaskhan were no longer my favorite Pokemon, and I began taking interest in a new Pokemon, Pichu. I would use Kanga less and less and focused on getting a Pichu. By now I had beaten the elite four and had traveled to Kanto. I eventually caught a pair of Pikachus, which I immediately place into the daycare and waited for the egg to arrive. When it did I nearly burst from pure excitement. I made room for the egg in my party, and for the first time in roughly a whole year, I boxed Kanga. I thought I had heard a small cry when she was placed, but I simply blamed it on one of my dogs.

I refused to stop playing until the egg hatched. Finally, after four hours of running in circles, it did. I watched as the bright glow faded to reveal the Pichu. That's when I noticed it's deep yellow-orange color and red cheeks.

 It was a shiny.

I nearly cried I was so happy. All my life I had wanted one of those legendary shinies, and finally I had one of my favorite Pokemon. I gave an exp. Share to the Pichu and set off to train it. It was lv.50 by the end of the day.

Weeks went by and I slowly forgot about Kanga, focusing instead on the Pichu. It was when I decided to look in the PC to mix up my team that I realized Kanga wasn't there. I was suddenly afraid. Even though I hardly used her anymore, I still retained many cherished memories of her and growing up with her. I double checked the whole system to be sure I wasn't just accidentally skipping over her and not seeing her as I have been known to do. Each time I looked my search resulted in nothing. 

She was truly gone. 

For the first time in perhaps years I sat down and cried. I knew that I should let something like this bother me so much, I knew it was only a game. I had actually come to think of Kanga as being my "mother" in the game; I had been that close to her emotionally.

I exited out of the PC and talked to Pichu. A sad icon appeared over it's head. "Pichu doesn't like to see you sad! Pichu thinks that it's fine Kanga is gone. Pichu wants to cheer you up."

My blood froze reading this. Never once before had my games said such a thing, it was way out of it's programming. Besides, how would it know how I felt? I decided to speak to Pichu again. "Pichu thinks that you should go battle something!"

Still uneasy about what was going on, I decided to got with Pichu's request and go battle something. I walked out into the grass and waited for a wild encounter to start. When it did, I made sure to prepare myself mentally for it.

I swear that I will never be the same again after what happened next. 

A Kangaskhan appeared, but it lacked the usual sprite. Tears streamed from it's eyes, which were black with red slits. The was a long red scar going up it's chest, and one of it's arms were covered in blood. There was no baby in it's pouch. But that's not what stood out the most. It was the name.

KANGA.

It was Kanga, returned to me. Had Pichu lead me to this? I sent him out on my side. "Pichu shivered! KANGA said she wouldn't come back!" 

'What?' I thought. Nothing made sense to me anymore. I watched the screen.

"KANGA came for her baby. KANGA lost her baby and wants her other baby back." I broke out into a cold sweat. Baby? Did she mean me? But that was only a joke! What happened to the other baby? Questions filled my head.

"KANGA's baby was killed when she ran away. KANGA fought the killers and killed them." Kanga's sprite moved it's hand to the scar on her chest. "Bur KANGA did not get out unscathed." "Pichu doesn't want KANGA to come back! Pichu doesn't think KANGA is safe to be near anymore!"

"KANGA wants her baby. KANGA wants Pichu to give her her baby back."

My trainer appeared behind Pichu with a frightened expression on his face. Pichu stood tall with his arms outstretched. "KANGA can't have trainer. Pichu won't let her take trainer!" Pichu's cheeks began to spark.

Kanga began to move to Pichu. "KANGA used Beat Up!" 'Wait, that isn't a move Kangaskhan can learn!' I thought. Kanga moved to Pichu and began swinging her heavy arms at it, beating it mercelessly. When she was done with that she backed away. Pichu turned to me. It was badly bruised and blood tricked out it's mouth.

"Help me master...I can't do this alone. KANGA only means to harm you master..." I tapped the fight option as the text box closed and had Pichu use Spark. The animation played as Pichu jumped at Kanga, electrocuting her. She stood there dazed, now covered in electrical burns. 

"KANGA will have her baby again! KANGA won't go without her baby! KANGA used Comet Punch!"

I could only watch as Pichu was beaten  senseless by an onslaught of punches from Kanga. The look on Kanga's face showed that she was doing this with the intent to kill.

Pichu used Discharge without receiving commands to and blasted Kanga off. Pichu was bruised even worse now. Now one of it's legs were bent in an unnatural way, signaling that it had been broken. Tears began to fall from his face.

"Pichu will fight for his master and protect him, no matter what it takes!" With that Pichu used Thunder, hitting Kanga head on. I could tell this was going to be the final blow. When the animation ending Kanga fell over. "KANGA only wanted her baby back..." And with that, Kanga was no more, her heart stopped by the electricity.


"Master is safe now. Pichu killed KANGA!" I began to cry again. Everything Kanga said touched me, and I had commanded Pichu to brutally kill her. As the game flashed to the overworld I realized.

I only commanded Pichu once, and that was by no means with killer intent.

I looked at the shiny Pichu and commanded my trainer to speak to it. "Why is master unhappy again? KANGA is gone and now master and Pichu can go have fun again!" I decided to speak through the speakers to it.

"You are a killer, Pichu. I doubt Kanga was going to hurt me. I think you killed her because you wanted her gone so I would continue to use you and forget about her again." My voice faltered with emotions of rage and sadness. A distressed icon appeared over Pichu's head. "Why would master say such things about Pichu? Doesn't master love Pichu?!"

"I can't love a liar."

An angry icon appeared. "Fine then. Pichu will tell the truth. Pichu wanted Kanga dead because Kanga was going to take master away from Pichu. Pichu doesn't want to lose master. So, Pichu killed Kanga. Is master happy now? Pichu doesn't want you to go."

 I felt hurt when I read this, not even sure why. What a selfish and cruel thing for Pichu to have done.

"I'm not happy. And I am going to go. I can't keep a heartless killer."

"Why is master hurting Pichu? Pichu is sad. Fine. If it will make master happy Pichu will leave and never come back to master ever again." the screen cut to black, and when it came back Pichu was gone.

I couldn't help but feel a twinge of regret for saying such things, but I knew that it was for the best. Since then I have gotten a new Pichu, this one normal colored, and a new Kangaskhan. They both aren't the same, but I feel as though I can still look at them and remember Kanga and Pichu and how happy that they made me.

But we all know that good things never last.