Mannequin Origin

It was an average day on Animal Jam, and Swift, Forest, and Baron were bored out of their minds. Swift offered an idea that made the others come alive- She said, "Hey, I never really finished my Journey Book... And we got nothing better to do.  Wanna go search for some animals?" Forest and Baron hopped up and agreed. "It'll be fun looking around for them!" Said Forest. "And there's prizes!" Added Baron. They were all hyped and ready to start their journey!

They first started their journey in the Temple of Zios. The jungle-like terrain made it more enticing and suspenseful. "The first in our book is.... Some kind of snake I suppose." Swift noted. They found the vine snake with ease and everything went smoothly. They were finally on their last animal to find. Baron and Forest were arguing whether the last animal was in the water or on land. "Uhm, they're definitely in the water! They're fish! FISH!" Argued Baron. Forest protested, "You must be blind! They're mosquitoes! Fine! Whatever, I'll go look on land and you can wait in the water for them. Come on Swift." Swift was dragged to the grass with Forest while Baron waited patiently for the fish.

Forest and Swift paced around Zios, looking for mosquitoes when Swift gives up and sits on a rock. "Just give it up, they're probably fish of some kind." Forest groans and reluctantly makes his way over to the water with Swift. They were there! The last animal! The Jammers excitedly click the fish, learning they are needlefish- except, in the water they were red.. And in the real image they were grey. The Jammers blew it off and thought nothing of it. "Cool! We're done with Zios!" Exclaimed Forest. Swift looks around. "Uhmmm... Where's Baron?" She says. "He probably gave up and left out of rage." Answered Forest with no hesitation. Swift paused and looked back at the water. Before, when she looked at it, she felt mystery and excitement! Now she just felt uneasy...

They skipped over Jamaa, not having any animals to find, and headed over to Appondale. "I'm fairly sure an animal appears in the mud, but I already got it. So you wait in there until it comes back!" Said Forest. Swift nodded and played in the mud, waiting patiently for the animal to arrive. Forest went around Appondale, looking for animals, when he heard Swift groan. "What?" Forest asked. Swift stood still, in the middle of a hop. "Well, I was jumping in the mud when I think my game froze." Swift said. "Just reload, no big deal." Forest said annoyed. "I cant move my mouse." Swift replied. "I'm stuck." Forest walked closer to her but stopped before touching the mud. The animal Swift was trying to collect, the warthog, had come back. And it was off its track, it kept moving forward. "My games bugging out too" Said Forest. "Wait so you see the hog walking too?" Swift asked, confused.

Out of nowhere, Swift and the hog started to sink down, into the mud. Slowly at first then faster, until she was off screen. Forest thought for sure his game had bugged out and he reloaded the page. He waited patiently for Animal Jam to load, then he went back to Appondale, searching for Swift. Maybe her game bugged out. The Jammer thought to himself. He was a little scared, to be honest. It was a weird glitch for sure. He continued to collect all the animals nonetheless, and he finally got his prize! He waited anxiously for it to open. The gift popped up and shook, as usual, then popped open to reveal his prize. It was a mess of glitched out, repeating pixels and a very blocky image of a sheep. Swift's character sheep. He was unsure what to do, and accepted the prize.

He went to his den and decided what would happen if he put his friend down. His friend was completely brown, minus her eyes, just like she was when she sank into the mud. ''Its a glitch.. Its a glitch... ''The Jammer tried to convince himself. He reloaded again and came back to his den to find Swift still frozen, brown. But now, in his inventory was Baron. He was slightly red and blue, a light purple. He placed him down in his den, next to Swift and stared at them. The Jammer's hands shook as he tried to reload again. But his game crashed and his wolf character froze in place.

Animal Jam had to fix this bug, and quick. So they colored the three frozen characters white in the process of deleting them, but then debated using them in the game. They put those statues in the diamond shop, as a test. Jammers bought them and put clothing items on them, such a clever idea! Animal Jam made more and titled them as mannequins to avoid any suspicion. No one heard Swift, Forest, or Baron's story. No one knew. But now you do.