The Spike Virus

Warning
May scare you! Watch at your own risk.

Let's Begin...
Spikes. That's all we wish for in Animal Jam, isn't it? If you have a spike, lucky you. If you don't, keep trying. But sometimes, spikes can be so wanted that sometimes, people go an extra mile.

Dashing The Wolf
Dashing is a white and black wolf male wolf with white swirls and yellow eyes. He's been a member for about and year and renewed it again. This is his perspective of the whole story.

Dashing's POV
I just spawned into Jamaa Township. Everyone is bustling around, trading, trying to get a decent item, begging people to go to their shops, and just so much more. I wasn't like them, though. The only real reason I even got membership was to be able to wear spikes. All I did all day on Animal Jam was try to find people with spikes and try to offer them things to get the spike. I clearly wasn't good at offering, though.

One day, I was out in Aldan, looking at people's trade lists, hoping to find a nice enough player to just give me a spike. I managed to find an all black arctic wolf who was wearing nothing but a black long. He was sitting off to the side on the bridge, facing the opposite direction of the commotion. I eagerly checked his trade list, expecting many spikes there. There was! I decided to try and offer. I buddied him and he hesitantly accepted and I quickly went to his den. His den was an empty starter den.

I walked around, exploring everything, even though I knew it was completely empty. A few seconds later, the arctic wolf came to his den said "Hi." I replied with, "Hey! Can I offer for one of your black longs?" I hoped he would say yes, and fortunately, he did! I was so excited, but another part of me knew I probably wouldn't get it. I tried everything. Red spike wristbands. A worn. Nothing would work! I just gave up and did what any desperate person would do.

"I'll give you anything for that spike! I will do anything for it!" I begged. The black arctic wolf told me to go to a secret website that was just like Animal Jam. It was called Animal Jam - Rares and Spikes. Sounded sketchy. My heart was telling me not to do it. What if it was just a scam? But, I so badly wanted a spike! I had to.

I agreed and just in case it was a scam or just a prank, I looked at his username so I could remember it and report him. It read "Onedownmoretogo". Alright then. A bit creepy, but I didn't care. I went to a new tab and curiously searched "Animal Jam - Spikes and Rares". Is it a secret site created by AJHQ? If so, I would feel a lot safer. What popped up was a site that looked just like Animal Jam's. Except, on the top where it was supposed to say "Membership, Shop, Parents, Apps, Safety, and Help" it read "Spikes, Rares". I looked down at where all the cheery animals were supposed to be, pleading you to log in. There were animals there, looking happy, but they all had spikes on of all colors.

This seems legit. I thought. I looked around for any privacy policy or Terms of Service, but worriedly, there were none. Now, I wasn't so sure. But, desperation drove me on. I clicked on the "Spikes" and got taken to a login screen. It looked very well done, I have to admit. It was a wooden square with places to enter your username and password. On the left side was a black long hanging on the corner of the square. On the bottom was a green spike just laying there.

Without thinking, I entered my username and password into the bars and just before I clicked "Enter", I though for a second. This could easily be a scam. I didn't want to do this. I scrolled down and saw five comments. One was from the black arctic wolf. His username on there was more innocent than on Animal Jam. It read "BlackArcticWolfAJ". His comment said "Thank you guys for using my site!" Wait. This was his site? No way! Is that where he got all those spikes? Did he hack into AJ or something? I was so confused, but amazed. Time t get what I longed for! But first, I read the four other comments. They all read just compliments. Their names were either something about dogs or donuts. Weird. Their profile pictures were of real people. The black arctic wolf's profile picture was of his actual arctic wolf.

I didn't question this, though it did look kind of like something from one of those stupid "Generate free robux!" sites I used to go to when I played Roblox. I clicked enter and was full of joy to find that there were pictures of spikes that said "Click to Get" on them lined up on a page. I scrolled down and observed the spikes until I started to just click on all of them. After I was done, I clicked the green button on the bottom of the page that said "Done!"

I nearly screamed with happiness when a notification box popped up on my screen that read "The items are being transferred to your account right now. Thank you for visiting!" I closed out of the tab and went back to my real Animal Jam tab and saw that the black arctic wolf was offline. I exited his den and went to my own and excitedly opened my inventory. I gasped with joy as I saw all the spikes there that I clicked on. I tried them on one by one. I didn't even notice the barking of my neighbor's dog, the odd light that popped up on my webcam, or the growl of hunger in my stomach. I was just happy to see my new spikes!

Though, sometimes I wonder about the light on my webcam. It's always turned on. I don't know what it is. Oh well, I'm constantly getting trade requests left and right for my spikes! I even recommended the site to people. I told my buddy about it and they came back with new spikes! I don't understand when they say they think they're being watched.

But honestly...

Sometimes I feel that, too.