In case you couldn't tell from my profile picture, I'm a big fan of Sonic the Hedgehog.

This character is one of my favorites in the world of video games. His adventures, characters and joking nature have made me smile from time to time, but although it may sound cruel, it is very likely that I no longer want to know anything about him. Because? Well, because of a Sonic 2 disk, my favorite game about the character. Today I am going to tell you one of the most terrifying experiences I have suffered in my life to warn you not to have the same thing happen to you.

It all started the previous Saturday, my parents went shopping at Wal-Mart, my brother went out with some friends, so I had the whole house to myself, suddenly I heard something fall on the dining room floor and I went to see . It was some bag in front of the mailbox on the door, normally when these kinds of things arrive it is when I ask my parents, but this time I had not asked for anything. From the shape it looked I deduced that it was a computer disk, it had a small piece of paper attached to it that said: “dear friend, you probably don't know anything about me, but I do. I've heard a lot that you liked Sonic the hedgehog, so as a gift I'm giving you a Sonic 2 album, I hope you like it, sincerely, Da#FA>sdf#an.

Even though the name had seemed very strange to me, I was happy because someone, who I think was a friend of one of my classmates, had given me a gift and I quickly took the package to the computer.

When I opened the package I was a little confused, the disk seemed to be somewhat scratched and the box looked old, I still decided to try it to see if it worked. And indeed, when I put the disc in, the iconic Sega logo and the title screen of Sonic 2 already appeared, which reminded me of those times when I played this title. But I quickly noticed something strange, in the bottom right corner, where it normally said 1992 Sega, it said 2012 Sega. That confused me a little, but I continued with the game to enjoy the night.

Afterwards everything remained normal, I was passing the Emerald Hill levels defeating badniks, however, when I arrived at the Chemical plant everything changed. When I finished completing level 1 of said area, the screen went black for a while. Then it went back to normal and I appeared in act 2, but something wasn't right; The music was completely muted, the chimico in the area went from being blue to pure red and, what scared me the most, was that from time to time a laugh with a very thick voice could be heard. At that moment I saw that it was 8 pm, so I decided to pause and rest a little, I went to the kitchen to eat a piece of pizza left over from last night and watch a movie.

That night I woke up to a very loud knock coming from my room. I thought it was my parents who came back from the supermarket, but when I went I found a mysterious figure staring at the computer screen. Because of his height, I thought he was a boy my own age, so I approached him and asked him: “Who are you?” Just when he was going to turn around, I got up again, I had fallen asleep.

I decided to wash the plate I used to eat and went to my room to finish Sonic 2. When I got to Aquatic Ruin, at the end of the level something happened. Instead of finishing the act and continuing with the second, I appeared in a cave-type place where there were red spots and a message appeared that said “RUN”. This is where I started to get scared, I listened to the message, but then I thought about this, run, but... Run from what?? And at that moment I saw it.

I hadn't played all the Sonic games but I'm highly certain that this character doesn't exist, he was a Sonic, but this one was all black with red pupils and a white mouth. My hair was standing on end and I ran as fast as possible so that Sonic, or whatever was in the game, wouldn't catch me. Luckily I escaped, but again the screen went negative, only this time two red dots appeared, I was convinced they were from that black Sonic and a message quickly appeared: “Hello.”

At that time, I appeared in mystic cave, everything was wrong; The badniks were bloodied, the area had the music backwards and everything was in a red tone. When I defeated the Act 2 boss, the screen paused for a few seconds and a text appeared. It said: “Hello friend, my name is Da#FA>sdf#an, but actually in Darkness, I've been here for a long time and I'm looking for someone new to play with, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A GOOD TIME?” The name sounded familiar to me, it was the person who had given me the game, he was definitely not from my city.

I didn't know what to do, the screen didn't change, until I remembered the question he asked me, I said yes and appeared in the Death Egg. Instead of meeting the robot copy of Sonic, there was that “Darkness” guy; As soon as I got close to him, he started running like crazy. I figured he was challenging me to a race, so I humored him. Unfortunately, I lost the race and a text in red told me: “It seems you couldn't keep up with me, you deserve a lesson” and at that moment something happened that I will never forget. In addition to hitting the Sonic that I controlled, I felt a terrible pain in my stomach, I didn't understand why, did the being want to get me into the game? Do you want me to be locked up like him? With those doubts I continued with the game.

I appeared in a giant room that I didn't seem to have, the being appeared and began to chase me, with my heart on the verge of death, I began to run, at one point it stopped, perhaps it would let me go? At that moment a new red text appeared: “Okay, that's it. You are free from me, I will leave you free from this, that is, if you play this album again, there is no escape”, and with those last words the screen turned off. Without thinking, I took out the disc immediately, went to the bathroom to calm down and went to sleep. I still have the Sonic 2 disk secretly kept so my parents don't see it, I've thought about breaking it or burning it, but I'm afraid the being will enter our world.

Heres a drawing that i made to represent that black Sonic, if you receive a Sonic 2 in the mail without having ordered it, please do not play it, better not to encounter Darkness.