Terror Lane Released



Through The Grass

Written by AgentVamp

They say the power of the mind is a scary thing, but what others don't know is the actions you do to correspond with your mind can be much worse. This is what 15 year old Ben discovered in the worst way imaginable. It all started when Ben dug up his copy of Pokemon Red from the attic since he and his family were moving house. As much as Ben shuddered at the thought of all the Creepypastas he looked up on youtube about people's copies of Pokemon Red being spooky and had some sort of curse on it, he then told himself that there was no way it was haunted or creepy in any way as he had played it before.

He went and clicked the game into his Game Boy Advance SP. It was red. It was easy to use considering it folded like a small laptop and he liked the convenience, even though the game boy color game DID stick out like a sore thumb out of the GBA and he did hesitate a little so he wouldn't bump and/or break the game. As he started it up, everything was normal. Ben said under his breath to himself "What if I experience what people have recorded with creepypastas from this one pokemon game?" His brother, Levi, also a pokemon fan, about 5 years older than he was, cleaned up his room and overheard the curious sibling of his, actually questioning the game he completed already. Levi went to Ben's doorway and shook his head at his poor, slightly clueless, very curious, naive younger brother stating "Oh Ben, you clown you. You know those 'Creepy spaghettis' or whatever they're called are not real. They're about as real as pokemon is to real life."

Ben looked to the left of him out his window and agreed firmly with his brother. "You're right man. I am worrying for nothing. Oh and they're called 'Creepypastas' by the way." His brother rolled his eyes and smiled at him and returned to his room yelling "I won't be able to hear you Ben. If you need me, knock on the walls next to our rooms!" Ben shouted "Uh huh" in agreement and proceeded to select the "New Game" option.

It was great seeing the old Professor Oak again but he and his friends REALLY got annoyed at the dialog at the start of the game easily. Although Ben was more of a person who liked diving into the action. He furiously spammed the A button past it in annoyance and then realised "Wait a minute... I didn't get to select my name but only my rival's name." He figured it was a glitch and continued on anyway.

He decided to name it Blue for the storyline to make sense in his head. He really liked the story of the Pokemon games on the handheld devices. He found it quite intriguing. He almost wished he could interact with the characters somewhat. Little did he know he may get much closer to the characters than ever. Ben started inside his house and the game played fairly well so far despite the sound being quieter than normal but he figured it was just dust in the very old surprisingly working handheld device that he has dropped many times before. He decided to try and escape through the grass and get Professor Oak's attention.

This is when things started to get questionable for Ben. As soon as he walked up to the border of the town, he expected to get stopped by the professor himself. However, the screen briefly flashed white for a split second but just enough for Ben to notice. Ben looked around his GBA and didn't notice anything broken and questioned why it would do such a thing but nonetheless swallowed the bad feeling from the lump down his throat that felt like he had a tennis ball thrown at his neck and moved on. Ben walked back one step backward and and one step forward again, thinking it might not have registered the first time, I mean he did breeze through the intro the game faster than last time he played. It was probably just a glitch and nothing more. He thought nothing of it at first and decided to restart the game and create a new profile since he could not save at this point. This time he got stopped by professor oak at the borderline of where the grass starts just as it should be and was relieved to see the familiar text in working order. He headed to the pokemon lab and heard that familiar tune of seeing professor oak. It was nice he thought. Nothing could ruin a nostalgic day of finding an old game and catching up on old, fun memories he had at the previous house he lived in. He went ahead and chose Charmander and things were underway. He went all the way up to Lavender Town and found no problems whatsoever. He let out a deep sigh of relief as he conquered the area and was glad that no trouble happened in the town of trouble itself.

An hour later, Ben was lying on his bed, still playing Pokemon Red when the game flashed white again. He thought he was gonna get in a battle from the amount of times the screen flashed. It was almost like a black and white movie trying to collaborate with a disco dance beat or some type of Japanese cartoon playing on an old timey tv. After the frequent barrage of flashes, the screen stayed white. Ben got frustrated and gave up and turned it off. He decided it would be better off taking a break and having dinner. Little did he know he forgot to save the progress of his game. A small rumble came from the GBA SP when it was shut, folded and Ben was out of the room. Ben looked back in his room with the lights off and scratched his head and continued out to the kitchen.

While he, Levi and their parents were eating, Ben was very tired and slightly delirious, or so he thought when he kept hearing the pokemon battle music in his head and then faded off when the pokemon was supposed to appear at that point in the song. He shook his head to get rid of the thought. I read way too many pokemon Creepypastas he thought to himself feeling the headache where his forehead starts and his eyeballs end. The mother was confused and asked Ben "You alright sweetie?" She never gave a damn about Ben before now so why would she do so now? Ben exclaimed in his head. Since he was moaning and groaning while she was eating, if she didn't ask him, she wouldn't be able to eat in peace. The father raised an eyebrow and also asked soon after "Yeah pal what's going on?" Why would the father care? he was out working constantly and it wasn't just for the money. The mother bothered the father quite alot about finances so he always found an excuse to get away from her. Even if it meant abandoning the kids. He was very selfish that way.

Ben shook it off and looked down at his pasta and contently said "Nothing. I think I played a game too long and got a bit of a headache."

"It wouldn't hurt to take a break from it." the father suggested. "Maybe you could help do some chores around the house to get your mind off things." Like he ever does anything around here..." Ben thought to himself.

After dinner, the father informed the family that he had to "work" all night so he was soon away from the family and out the door. The mother, being the irresponsible parent she was, decided she didn't feel like taking care of the kids tonight (not like she ever did anyway) and decided to leave them for Levi to take care of himself and his younger brother while she went out clubbing. The problem being as soon as both parents were gone, Levi's friends would soon be messaged by Levi himself and they would go out drinking in one of their mate's father's bent up car from the 80's without saying a word to Ben. It's so damn noisy it wasn't hard for Ben to hear him running out the door with the busted up loud washing machine on wheels being driven down the road at a more than dangerous speed limit. Ben looked around the house and now realised for the first time that he was home alone. It didn't help that their phone service was out because the telephone poles nearby had been struck by lightning the previous night and been out of power ever since. Not that it would make a difference considering the parents never paid the bills properly.

Ben was hesitant to go to bed early just so he could wake up to everyone being home. He hated being alone. After trying to sleep for an hour and a half, staring at the roof, he soon remembered that he forgot to save his game and so, he got it from under the bed and played Pokemon Red to wear himself out so he could go to sleep quicker. He went and created another profile and was curious to see if the game would glitch again like before. He was surprised to see that he was able to name himself this time but the game decided on its own to skip naming his rival, doing the complete opposite than what it did the first time. He figured he would name his character Red just for old story's sake. He blazed through the tutorial text so much that he barely noticed as he kept looking out the window and hearing noises outside his house. He was feeling a little paranoid after a little incident the week before of a tarantula crawling through his window and nearly sitting on it, but of course that would be the story of another day.

He went to the pokemon lab to his surprise that the Rival was named on its own. It was Blue from the previous save file... He was kinda curious how that came to be but shoved the thought in the back of his mind and continued on. He decided to continue up north to see if he can get Professor Oak to appear. Professor Oak did appear alright but his usual dialog seemed to have changed and the Professor faced away from Red and turned directly to Ben.'' "You shouldn't be here." ''Ben was starting to get a little worried and slightly more paranoid by the minute. "I can barely start the game and already I am having bad luck." He thought to himself. Although compared to the luck he had now, things were only going to get much, much worse.

Professor Oak didn't just walk away from Red, he ran like he had running shoes from the future installments of Pokemon that Ben only watched his friends play. Ben was getting nervous, what was Professor Oak so frightened of? He again questioned the condition of the game he once played but remembered it worked before. Why didn't it work now? could his brother have "tampered" with this game in some way? Ben DID let him play the game for a fair period of time when he completed it before. He pondered the thought of maybe dropping the GBA too many times could somehow jumble the coding into this. Ben decided he was overreacting and went onwards with the game anyway. He was on his own. He felt like a rebel and could do whatever he want. Now was the time to prove to himself how brave he was.

He went to go in the grass again, forgetting that you have to go to professor oak first to get your Pokemon and an unusual text box popped up when Ben walked in the first patch of grass he came across. It read "Feeling daring are we? Going without pokemon I see? Very well then. Let's see how long you last, clown!"

Ben was now confirming it in his head that he should have snuck himself in the car that his brother went in. Even though he would be somewhat under bad influence from his brother, he would at least have company and be away from the game. He could have even brought it with him and shown his brother these events. His brother was a kind soul, despite him drinking at the age of 20. Although he drank because of the parents anyway. Ben stopped dwelling on his family situation and nonetheless continued on despite the very odd message. He got up to the first cliff and went into the grass below it. The game then continued the blinking it was doing before for 10 seconds. A battle started with what it appeared to be his rival Blue as the "Wild Pokemon" in question. Ben somehow sent out a pokemon called "Naivety". It had the model of the Ghost from Lavender Tower. Ben recognized what it was right away and was trembling at this point. The Pokemon only had the move struggle and Ben could not escape as that was his first choice. Somehow it counted as a trainer battle even though he walked into no trainers on the way in the grass. Instead of fighting back however, Blue spoke in message boxes instead saying "You shouldn't have walked in the grass! None shall save you."

This hit Ben harder than a freight train on the wrong track about to fall off a bridge. Nonetheless he was persistent and pressed on, still curious as to what would happen next. Right after he pressed A past the text box, the last text box appeared stating "Naivety will protect you no longer!" The pokemon was straight up killed in one shot like the Guillotine move. It fainted and it soon asked "Next pokemon?" Ben was now confused and selected yes in spite of his legs shaking with fear. For some reason it only showed yes and it seemed no was not an option. The pokemon had no levels displayed which confused Ben further. He didn't have enough time to see what his "phantom pokemon" were as one was automatically selected without going to the selection screen. It was named Arrogance. It had the model of Kangaskhan.

The text boxes continued and Blue soon spoke these words: "Your Arrogance edges you to press on" static slowly creeped in and made it even harder to bear this will-breaking experience. ''"Now your arrogance will be your undoing!" ''The pokemon Arrogance soon became confused as the message box disappeared. Arrogance only after the first turn, hit himself with confusion but with an instant K.O. Ben was REALLY frustrated and creeped out at this point. "If he touched my game..." Ben mumbled to himself, hinting at the thought of Levi meddling with his belongings.

The game automatically once again switched out the pokemon of his non existant arsenal into a Pidgey called "fightorflight". A loud screech of what sounded like Gastly's cry blasted through Ben's room. It sounded like it came from all around the house and not from the GBA anymore. Ben flipped the GBA in a fright onto the floor. He thought for sure he broke it which would be a bad thing or a good thing. He breathed heavily in relief and stared at the roof in distress thinking he might need some professional help if he is experiencing these such bizarre events. Another loud Gastly cry screech came through that seemed to be louder than the previous one. The battle disappeared altogether and a text box appeared at the center of the screen reading "What... done already, clown?"

Ben shook his head at the game and pressed A in determination just to get this over with. The battle was then redisplayed and "fightorflight" went ahead and used Fly on its own, but somehow in the first turn of fly being used, instead of dodging, Blue laughed and said to the player directly and not Red this time "Fight or Flight? You choose, clown." Ben was certain that it was his brother's doing. Levi was the only one who called him that ever since their childhood. The game looked untouched ever since he stored it away in the dusty box it came from however and Ben was still skeptical on how Levi could have done it. His brother's friends could have gotten drunk one night and tampered with it. No way. Levi's friends were hollowheads when it came to technology. They could barely fix the mate's father's car let alone hack a game.

Somehow, instead of the battle ending, Red sent out himself to fight. Red was trembling and turned directly to Ben himself and look horrified. Red said to Ben "You are doomed, it is your own fault." The next text box from Blue read "You were always alone, Ben!" Blue then jumped at Red and ripped his head clean off with his fingers through the sockets of Red's eyes and Blue's thumb behind red's cap and tore it off, covering the screen in what appeared to be blood. How this was pulled off during a low graphically capable game was beyond what Ben had first thought. Ben then controlled Red in some sort of dark abyss and could only push forward with a dim lit path. As Red reached what appeared to be the room at the end of the long corridor, Ben turned Red around to walk back to where he came as it was a dead end and to his surprise, the appearance of Red's face was horrifying. His left eye was punctured through the skull and his right eye dangled in front of his right cheek. He had a bloody broken nose and his limbs looked all conjointed and out of place.

Ben's jaw dropped and was absolutely mortified. Ben had played scary games before but this was beyond what his stomach could handle. The camera then zoomed in slightly on Red's face and he moaned incoherently "BUUURY.......ME...... END...... THE PAIN!" Blue ran up from the corridor and lit up his path. He went behind Red and somewhat granted his dying wish. The screen faded black to Lavender Town. Ben didn't like this at all. At the top of the Pokemon Tower where Team Rocket resided previously, Blue was dragging Red's half beaten and bludgeoned corpse towards his left side and dropped him. Blue dug a moderate sized hole in a garden that wasn't there before. He hastily hurled Red's body into the pit where worms seemed to have gathered, somehow knowing this was going to happen. Like it was meant to be. Blue then took off the white gloves he was wearing to cover up the evidence and put them on Red. He had a Gengar in his PC and decided to throw the pokeball that contained it in the hole aswell as it was disobedient.

Blue then buried Red alive with the items he threw in there and smiled at the mound. "It's all your fault, clown." Blue then turned his neck all the way around with his body still facing towards the garden and looked at Ben. The GBA then received very loud static for 15 seconds and turned itself off. The power came back on even though the neighbours across from them still had no power. Ben was freaking out now and threw his GBA out his open bedroom window like a discuss and broke it in two across the road. He was relieved to not hear it anymore but still shaken up. He heard a car drive past and a loud crunch was heard. Ben was glad to see that both the cartridge AND the handheld got run over and flattened further into the ground. Ben then slowly turned over onto his bed and felt his heartbeat through his chest. He was still beyond belief and had goosebumps all over. He then slowly shut his window and crawled into his bed.'' "Maybe if I get some sleep I can forget all this ever happened." ''Ben slowly thought to himself. Ben shut his eyes and turned over and went to sleep.

The next day, Ben woke up to the best sleep he ever had in YEARS. The smell of alcohol filled the air and that woke Ben up quickly. He thought to himself "Good, Levi is home, he has to explain himself!" He marched into Levi's room where he was passed out on his bed with bottles on the floor. "Levi! Wake up! We gotta talk!" Ben shouted not giving a care about his careless brother's one out of many hangovers. Levi turned his head towards the wall and fell back asleep, blatantly ignoring Ben and hoping his brother would go away, of course Ben was determined and banged the wall in his room. "W-wha?" He mumbled under the sheets and turned towards the doorway where Ben was enfuriated and had his fists clenched directed at his brother.

''"What's goin' on, clown?" ''he managed to squeeze out of his filthy, alcoholic ridden mouth. "You screwed with my game, that's what's goin' on." Levi sat up quickly and his eyes widened "You know about that huh?" he said looking around the room like he had something to hide. "Of course I did, it's my game!" Ben was at boiling point now. "What did you do?" Levi facepalmed and looked at Ben.

"Please don't tell me you went through them..."

"Through what?"

"The grass."

"Well yeah I kinda..."

Levi shortened his excuse and sternly told his brother, "NEVER walk through the grass without pokemon. I repeat, NEVER walk through the grass without pokemon!" Ben twitched in frustration, grinding his teeth in anger at his brother, feeling like he wanted to punch the wall. Levi fell back asleep and never talked to Ben again.

No one knows if this glitch can be found, practiced and fixed. Some say that this whole event is a myth told to scare parents into treating their children right. Some also say that Ben was delusional from lack of attention from his family and involved himself in amateur practices of mind tricks.

Some say it never even... existed... at all...