Let me tell you a story that happened about 5 years ago. You see, there was a time when Caitlin hated me because she was lied to by someone saying I hated her. But this story takes place before then.
You see, I moved away for over a year, and Caitlin was left by herself at Coulston Elementary. During this time, a lot changed in her. She became very sad and had no one there by her side to help her. I was everything to her in her life. But then, in an instant….I was gone.
I moved back to Shelbyville in 2005 so we could go to school in town again. I decided to go see my oldest friend for the first time in a while. She was glad to see me, but she was having a hard time showing it. I went over to her house to see how she was doing. After I got there, we decided to walk around the neighborhood and see the place where we use to play and have fun. I had no idea what had happened while I was gone.
As we walked….we talked about things that happened while we were gone and things that we use to do. Some random questions popped up from me. But it was so odd. Caitlin seemed different. Something seemed to have sucked the life out of her. All her beliefs seemed to be crushed. I felt bad…..but the way she started responding was even worse. I began to die a little inside.
Now this story seems sad…..but it’s about to get scary. You see, afterwards, me and Caitlin went back into her house and went to her room. I pulled out her copy of the Legend of Zelda: Collectors Disk. It had 4 different Zelda games on it. I decided to play one…….Majora’s Mask. You see, I had been close to mastering this game. So I knew a lot about it. I thought that if I played the game, I could forget how strange Caitlin was acting. I just mostly listened to what Caitlin had to say. But something happened to me. And it has traumatized Caitlin since.
All I could remember is Caitlin talking to me while I played. I started to feel like I was losing my old friend. I made myself weak. I started to lose a big part of my soul. Then……it happened. Things started looking dark all around. I started getting angry. But I had no Idea why. Caitlin’s room turned dark. It seemed like a dream. Then, I threw her game controller on the floor in anger. Then I thought in my head…”Why did I just do that?” Then I stood up and walked out of her room. I was walking out of her house for no reason. “Why am I leaving? Where am I going?” I thought. It was hard to hear. I wasn’t even controlling my body anymore. I was leaving the house through the living room as I made my way to the back door.
“Where are you going?” Her mom called out to me. That was the last thing I could remember of that day. I have no Idea how I got home. I just blacked out the rest of the day. I can barely remember what happened while I was playing the game. But that isn’t the bad part.
Just today, Caitlin told me about that. I could not believe what I heard. She said that she was just talking to me while I played the game. But it seemed as though I was ignoring her. She said that my head slowly lowered itself from the screen the more she talked. Apparently I did that until I was looking down at the controller itself in my hands. She saw that something was wrong. So she tried to change the subject. She started talking to me about her friends she made when I was gone and things she did to entertain herself. “SHUT UP!!!!” The words were shouted out of my mouth. I threw the controller to the floor, making a big thud on the ground. I looked in Caitlin’s direction, but not directly at her. At this time, Caitlin was standing up at this time. She was in a great state of fear. She said something very disturbing. She said my eyes were wide…..very wide and glaring. My pupils were small…..and my sight showed that of extreme hate and of bloodlust. She was afraid of those eyes. She said that they dug into her very soul. I asked her how she’d react if I looked her directly in the eyes. She said it would have just killed her inside.
After I gave my glare, I stood and left her shaking where she stood. Then, she heard a door open and slam…..SLAM shut. She said she never, ever, EVER saw my eyes like that. She said that my eyes always showed care and compassion. Even in my state of anger, my eyes do not ever look like that. I remember none of it. When she told me that story earlier tonight, I didn’t remember it at all. I kept telling her over and over “There is no way that was me….”
Caitlin told me a similar story involving the Majora’s Mask Legend of Zelda game. If you want to know what happened, ask her for the entire story. But we found out a terrible thing about the Legend of Zelda disk. The Shadow people in her room are held responsible for what happened. If you want to hear more, please comment.