Theterror

THE TERROR
The Terror. Yup, that's right, another creepy username you wonder how it got into the game. In fact, that was exactly what I was trying to do: find a creepy username that would suit the theme of the story, however, I was not expecting it to turn out true...

It was a normal Monday day, me playing Animal Jam going through lists of potentially scary usernames that would be fitting, when I managed to stumble across this one. Dark-red fur and black under body, this jammer was certainly getting into character. I also realised that the trade symbol was glowing, a sign that he ,or she, was online. Instinctively, I pressed the buddy button to send a request- surprisingly, it was accepted!

I went to his den and and was greeted with a perfect match to his username: a black couch, skull candles and a black object that was lying on the floor (sorry, I forgot it's name, don't get mad please! It was definitely scary though.) Now I knew that this was probably a 7-year old who just started playing and thought this was a good idea but, nevertheless, I waited patiently for them to arrive. They did; in less than two minutes.

"Hi!" I said, hoping to get on the strange person's good side. However, they remained quiet. That was annoying and I came to the conclusion that they must have gone off to get a cupcake or something. I grew impatient as the time flew by, and acted a little carelessly. I typed random stuff into the chat, stuff like, "YOUR DEN IS REALLY BAD" and "UGH! WHY ARE YOU NOT ANSWERING ME?!" I must admit, that was very stupid of me. But, it was also then when he spoke:

"If you knew who I was, you would not be doing that....."

Wow, I thought, this was some cocky 7-year old. But, I wrote instead, "who are you then?"

"Did you not read my username?"

This person was really winding me up. "Ummmm.... TheTerror? Because, that's not really an answer."

"Yes. I hack."

This was it. How could someone so bluntly say that they 'hack'? And how had they not gotten suspended? Then, I was locked from his den. I was really angry! I was so angry, I reported him for 'inappropriate behaviour'. But, and this is the strange part, a message popped up on my screen: 'You cannot report this player'. I was so creeped out, that I logged off.

Thinking to myself, I agreed that this was probably not a good idea to play Animal Jam for the rest of the day- and I did do that. It wasn't until the day after, when I opened up my laptop to play some more. When I wrote in my username and password, a red sign popped up on the right hand-side of the screen: You are permanently banned from this account. The words struck me heavily. All my 7 years worth of work, gone. My membership, rares and buddies removed. I was so stressed, I just sat and stared at the screen for several minutes (taking in a lot of harmful rays, without any reason :D). I could not believe it. The Terror truly was a hacker! I decided then and there I wanted revenge.

I logged onto animaljam on a newly-made account. I typed in his username and found his trade list glowing, again. He was online. I clicked the report button and successfully reported him. Weird, I thought, I couldn't do it before. But, I did not care, I went ahead with my plan and met him in his den.

"Hi!" He said, surprising me, but for only a second.

"YOU HACKER!" I screamed in capital letters (I did not actually say hacker, I said 'haxer' because Hacker could not be allowed in the speech, additional, pointless information. Sorry).

"um. I'm sorry, but I never hax." He replied.

"REALLY? THEN WHY DID MY ACCOUNT GET BANNED AFTER TALKING TO YOU?!"

"Uh, you are really weird and scary. I never met anyone before and neither did I ban someone. Bye!" He wrote and then locked me out of his den. I was mad, but I also had a feeling that he was being truthful. That was so strange. I contemplated all of this and came up with a theory that this account was perhaps shared by a sibling who knew how to hack. It was quite far-fetched and possibly unreal, but it was all I needed to calm myself with.

In reality, though, I don't think it was and I personally feel that something darker might be going on. I don't know what to think and, honestly, I think I have really had enough of Animal Jam. But, I am sharing with you guys to just warn you, possibly, although the jammer did seem nice when I logged back onto a new account. I don't know what to think.