The Trainer



Hello, My name is Lily and I'm 22. Just last year I had a frightening experience that will haunt me for the rest of my life. No one believes me but my best friend Erin. Everyone else is saying I had a bad dream but I know it was real. It was too real to even begin to describe how scary it was, however I will try my best. I just want to see if I’m the only one who ever had this happen to them.

It was a normal day, after school I had gone to hang out with my friends then I came home to play Pokemon LeafGreen on my Gameboy color. I've been a fan of Pokemon for years, enjoying the game and the show. Everything was normal as far as I knew. That was until arrived at Mount Moon. The repel I used had just worn out and I was to lazy to put another one on. I also was hoping to catch a Clefairy to add to my party. I walked a few steps and got in a battle “Yes!”

I thought when I saw the shadow but the further it got on the screen the more confused I got. Next thing I knew I was staring at a Pokemon I knew darn well that you couldn't catch in the wild. I was staring at a Gengar, one of the many Pokemon you have to trade to get. “W- what?” I stammered

confused at the sight of the powerful ghost Pokemon. At first I wondered if I had gotten a hacked game but then I remembered I had bought this game brand new from the store. “Shit” I muttered,

scared for my life at this point. I have read to many Creepypastas to not know what was going on. My game was haunted by some ghost! I nearly screamed at the thought but settled for a high pitched squeak. After a moment in shock, I remembered I was in a battle and quickly ordered my Ivysaur to attack. Minutes later I had won with only one Pokemon fainted. Still wanting to catch a Clefairy I continued without a repel. Big mistake. A few battles later, all with Gengars, I only had one Pokemon left and no revives. I put on a repel and got out of the cave. Everything seemed normal until about an hour later when I arrived at the rock tunnel.

Taking a deep breath I walked in to find my self in pitch blackness. I walked forward forgetting to use a repel and got in a battle “Oh no” I grumbled not wanting to find another Gengar or any other ghost Pokemon. I was relieved to see the silhouette of a Onyx but I freaked when I saw the coloring. What greeted me in the battle was a jet black Onyx with bright red eyes. “Why!?!?!” I yelped out in fear and anger.

Suddenly the Onyx used curse “Wait Onyx can't use curse” I said as I stared at the screen in shock. After getting rid of the Onyx I continued on after putting on a repel. Two hours later after I was done stumbling around in the dark for about 2 hours before finally finding my way out. I had reached Lavender Town, The “Proud Purple Town”. To this day I don't under stand how they can be proud.

I healed up my Pokemon, a level 35 Mankey, a level 25 Ivysaur, a level 20 Meowth and a level 25 Ninetales, at the Pokemon Center and headed to the Pokemart to buy and sell some things. When I left the Pokemart I was greeted by a horrifying sight. All of Lavender Town was nearly gone. The buildings in rubble and the people running in terror. The only thing that stood was the Pokemon Tower. “Figures” I growled.

I entered the tower and went all the way up. Only there were no people. No visitors, No Channelers not a single person. I was scared to not use a repel in fears of what I might find but I didn't let that stop me. I ran in a circle until my repel ran out then I got in a battle with something I will never forget. On my screen was a hand. Yes that's right a hand. A disembodied rotting hand. The hand looked like it was decaying, skin falling off, large areas of bone showing and what looked like blood dripping off it. I shrieked in fear and fled the battle, only to get in another. After I fled that battle I put on a repel. Trying to calm my racing heart and control my breathing I Stopped for a moment to think “Ok first the Gengar appearing instead of Clefairy then the Onyx being discolored and using curse and now I'm seeing white hands!?! what in the name of Pikachu is going on!?!” I thought.

Then I heard a sad cry come from the speakers of my Gameboy and I remembered I didn't have my sound on “W-what the fuck?” I stammered frightened at what would happen next. I was half expecting Buried Alive to attack me instead of the Cubone's mother but it didn't. It was indeed Cubone's mother but what came after that shocked me. Instead of a few team rocket grunts and Mr. Fuji there was only one person. It was the sprite of a young girl. When I walked up to talk to her what shocked me the most was her name. The text read

Erin: So you've arrived? Then we shall battle!

The next thing I know I was in a trainer battle. Only the trainer didn't look like any in the game. This trainer looked just like my best friend Erin. I gasped in shock when I saw that her first Pokemon was a White Hand. After defeating her two White Hands (somehow) she pulled out a Pokemon that will forever haunt my nightmares. It was as Buried Alive. The supposed Pokemon that was there instead of Cubone's mother in the beta version of Pocket Monsters in Japan. It was the sprite of a corpse that seemed to be pulling it's self out of the ground. Decaying parts all over, one of it's eyes was missing and a large chunk of it's arm seemed to have been bitten off by some creature. I was made sick at the sight. After a long battle with the Buried Alive my opponent was beaten. A text box popped up that read

Erin: Heh, you may have beaten me this time but I will return. Also, have fun with my minions.

Suddenly a close up of her face appeared on screen She was missing an eye and seemed to be decaying, just like Buried Alive. I felt sick and nearly passed out as an evil smirk appeared on her face. Then it returned to the normal screen. Suddenly Gengars and White Hands surrounded my character sprite. Then the screen went black and the words “Game Over” were displayed and red and seemed to be dripping blood. I sat on my couch in shock for a while before I turned my Gameboy off. Then I called my friend Erin, who also played Pokemon and asked her what she thought. She believed me and told me to relax and try to forget “After all,” She said “it's just a game right?” I glared at her through the phone “I Guess your right” I sighed.

After saying good bye I hung up. “I am never playing that game again” I said. After yanking it out of the Gameboy I put it in a box in my room hoping I would never get curious and try to play it again.