The Optional

!Warning! This creepypasta contains mild gore and other disturbing things. Read at your own risk.

It was a normal day on Animal jam, and it was near Halloween. I decided to play Bitter Sweets, as heard that the prizes you get are desirable. In my time there, i managed to collect about 78 sweets and was heading for the Lab area to get 100. But, something was at the entrance. Beside my pet bat, there was a rabbit. Not a pet rabbit, a rabbit you get for 1000 gems. This rabbit was a dark grey, with the same colour ears and deep blue eyes. The pattern it had was dark red lightning strikes, terrible clashing with the grey. It's nametag was blank, with a gold, rusted outside and a blank icon. I attempted to enter the lab, ignoring it for a bit, but a mysterious invisible wall was there. Other players didn't seem to notice it, and walked straight into the lab. I decided to quit hesitantly, thinking if i played a normal underwater adventure, it would not follow. The adventure started, and something was wrong straight off the bat. My dolphin looked extremely sick. The water had a tint of purple, as if I was too late. Swimming up to Liza, i was oblivious to the sad fate that awaits me. The rabbit was there, and Liza was hanging off a chain bolted to a rock, choked and drowned. It showed no emotion, and was simply staring at me, and soon after a trade initiated. On the trade screen, it's name was revealed as 'OPTIONAL' It offered it's pattern icon, the dark red lightning strike that it was currently equipped with. Hovering over it, revealed it's name in tiny and blurred characters.. 'Never'

I attempted to quit out of it, but the 'Exit' button was grey, as if it was disabled. I quickly noticed the 'Decline' button was the exact same way. The only working button was a crimson-coloured 'Accept' button. Hesitantly, i accepted the trade, unknowing of what events could lie ahead. The game simply crashed, bringing me back to the log-in screen. Ignoring the clearly murdered and mangled animals on the little picture on the screen, i simply signed back into Animal Jam, curious of what happened. I was brought to Kimbara Outback in the dark of night. The moon was a cherry red, and the water was a deep vermillion. I attempted to move, but my animal was chained to the ground. I looked in horror at the Adventure Book animals, just as abused as the animals on the log-in screen. OPTIONAL was crawling towards me, and my animal looked on in horror, before accepting her fate and closing her eyes. The screen went black, and sounds of pain, like squeals, howls and whimpers rang through my headphones, until it was dead silent. The screen faded back to normal, showing a terribly abused, bruised and mangled version of my rabbit. She was dead, and OPTIONAL was just staring. Silent. Emotionless. It was almost like it was as dead as the being in front of it.

Nowadays, whenever i log on, that exact scene plays out, over and over, with the nighttime Kimbara, the dead animals and the same, vacant stare of the Optional followed by a mysterious game crash. I fear that it will last forever, until the day I perish the same way Fairy Thelilly did.