Pokémon Lavender

Hello. My name is John. I am 24, and live in California. Back when I was a teenager, I was obsessed with Pokémon. As far as I was aware, I was the one who played the most of it during high school. Although than again, so was everyone else. However, my experience with the game was ruined on May 13th, 2007. This is the story of how my experience with the franchise, died off.

Chapter 1

At around 6 PM, May 11th, 2007, I went to a local GameStop. I was a nerd when it came to retro video games. GameStop rarely had classic video games, if not at all. As I was searching around the small, moderated room, I tripped on something. It was a Game Boy cartridge of some sort. As I picked it up and took a closer look, I discovered that it was a Pokemon Blue cartridge. I took a quick search on the shelfs for anything else. Turns out, there were no spots for the game. Confused, I asked the cashier, where he said he didn't know where it came from. So I just left, still in shock by finding such a rare game, with batteries running dry and everything. Not too long later, I would soon regret taking that thing with me.

Chapter 2

I put the cartridge inside my cabinet, as I went downstairs to watch some Simpsons. However, I completely forgot I had that thing due to being distracted with the Simpsons along with some classic Disney Movies. It was two days later when I went to play The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, for the Game Boy. When I opened my cabinet, I saw the Pokémon Blue cartridge, after two days of forgetting I had it. I decided to play the more intriguing Pokémon Blue. I knew unlike most people that blowing into the cartridge seemed to make the situation worse, so I never blow into the cartridge. Luckily, I didn't need to rub any alcohol on it, because as I popped it into the cartridge, the opening scene played like it did in the original on the first try. Game Freak Logo, Nidorino VS. Gengar, and then the title. I didn't notice anything different aside from one thing, the Pokémon didn't cycle, nor did the Pokémon of choice actually appear on the standard PMB. Thinking it might have just been a glitch, I pressed Start. I had the option to start a new game, continue, or adjust some settings. Curiously, I decided to see what the previous owner had, as most people would. Cliché, I know. It started me in Lavender Town. Again, cliché, I know. I know. As I walked around, it seemed like standard Lavender Town. I had expected something different from the dozens of creepypastas I had read, such as Buried Alive, but it seemed perfectly normal. I decided to leave Lavender Town via west. I hated going through Rock Tunnel, with all the Geodude and Zubat, let alone without Flash. I went to the gatekeeper to east of Saffron City. He prevented me from going past, however, what he said wasn't correct. Instead of saying what he is supposed to say, he said "...". I knew this was not normal at all. He still prevented me from going past into Saffron. So what I had to do was exit through Rock Tunnel, as much as I despise the cave. As I went back to Lavender Town on my bicycle, I decided to check my party, questioning why I hadn't done it sooner. The teams consisted of a Venusaur, a Persian, a Raichu, a Pidgeotto, and a empty blank space. Not thinking much of said blank space, I just went on my way without a second glance. When I was about to enter Rock Tunnel, a police officer was blocking the way. He said, "You are not allowed to enter." but after that, he added, "It was all your fault.". I thought, "What was my fault? What the heck is going on?!". I had no choice but to fly. When I selected Pidgeotto, who luckily knew fly, selected fly. However, it said, "PIDGEOTTO does not want to fly!". I was as confused as a Psyduck. After exiting the menu, I finally noticed that all the NPCs were gone, even though I clearly saw them before. Deciding that I had no other choice, entered the Lavender Tower. F1 was empty. So was F2. At least, that's what I thought. I walked up, I saw Blue, challenging me to another one of his battles. He started off with a Blastoise, as I sent out my Venusaur, he used Hydro Pump, managing to somehow One hit-KO my Venusaur, the same thing happened with the rest of the Pokémon, as he drained their health one by one, I forgot about the blank space in the party, the one that I could select. As soon as he fainted my final Pokémon, Pidgeotto, the game sent out the blank space. However, as soon as he was about to send out, the screen cut to black. I turned the Game Boy off, took out the cartridge, and put it back in. I seemed to have luck with popping cartridges out and back in. I don't know why it happened, but it worked nonetheless. However, the Game Freak Intro was gone. Instead, it was a pitch black screen. Then, I got a pop-up jumpscare on me. It was a Ghost of some sort, although with the insane flashing lights, I couldn't quite make it out. Then it suddenly went to the title screen. No NvG here to see. I pressed start, and the New Game option was gone. So was the Options selection. All I could do was continue.

Chapter 3

I started at the second to top floor of the Lavender Tower, right in front of Marowak's Ghost. Knowing that my only Pokémon, the blank space would just crash the game, I walked up to leave, however it said, "He's right. It WAS my fault. I deserve this...", and then made me walk back one step. I tried a few more times but it just kept happening. I decided to fight Marowak, however, when I moved onto the tile, nothing happened, so I just walked up the stairs. On the final floor, it was like normal, just without any Team Rocket members, nor Mr. Fuji. As I walked up, I accidently hit the gravestones, however I could walk through them. As a matter of fact, I could walk through all the walls. As I walked up into the black ebiss, I saw a character. It was Red, despite me being Red. I talked to it, and the Game Boy shut off. I turned it back on, and got the Game Freak Into, Nidorino Vs. Gengar, and then the menu to choose if you want to continue. But then I realised that it skipped the title. Not thinking much of it, just selected continue. It brought me in Lavender Town, however, the area had the brightness level of Rock Tunnel. I could barely make out anything, however, I could barely make it out, but all exits and entrances were blocked off by police officers. When I talked to them, they said, "This is what you got in return, for what YOU did to us.". The screen cut to black, and I received the spirit of the player character, eyes closed, frowning, and a few extra details. Then a text box appeared saying, "Or WAS it?". The screen cut to black as the Game Boy shut off, and refused to turn on. I was horrified, so about 2 hours later I peeled the label off and wrote down on a Sharpie, "Get rid of this as soon as possible. Do whatever it takes, and do NOT play it.". To this day I imagine Red staring at me from behind.

I guess the game goes by a few names. Of course there is Pokémon Blue, and when I peeled the label off there was marker saying, "Pokémon Lavender". However, I like to nickname it, "Pokémon Minoi".

This story is not real and is not meant to be considered that way. Thank you for reading.