Spike

What's a little spike?

At least, until it's shoved down your throat.

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Bella logged onto Animal Jam at the beginning of the day as usual. She met her friend, Ainsley (Ains) online and they played for a while. Bella spent a few more hours after Ainsley left trying to trade up for her dream item, a red spike.

The next morning, she met Ainsley as usual. Ains had a red spike on her trade list! This made Bella excited. The entire day, Bella was secretly brainstorming ways to scam her best friend. Finally, she came up with one. When she suggested the idea, Ains accepted. What else could she do? She would hate to ruin Bella's good mood.

After the spike was traded, Bella wore it proudly. Even though it might cost Bella her entire friendship with Ainsley, she locked her out and unbuddied, as well as reported. When all was done, she strutted through Jamaa, wearing her spike proudly.

She noticed an eagle with a few black spikes and masterpieces surely worth a few den betas. Her eyebrows raised, and she grew closer. When she suggested to try on her new dream item, one of their headdresses, the eagle did not respond. Her name was Lila. She said "Gotta go, see you at school tomorrow" and left.

Bella shrugged it off, remembering Ainsley. Her greed overcame her. She was mad. She hadn't really shrugged it off. Really, though. She made a mistake- and it may've cost her her life.

That's right.

She hacked into the Animal Jam systems, retrieving the passwords of various accounts, but none the one of her friend. Frustrated, she spent over three hours searching the coding. When her mother came in, she quickly shut the computer. Her mom shrieked.

Bella opened the computer frantically. In the moments where the screen was black before it turned on, she realized...

She was an arctic wolf.

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Her arctic wolf, in fact. Yup. The same colors. She screamed as she got sucked into the game. All the items rushed toward her, knocking her out. When she woke up, all the items that had ever been her 'dream items' were crammed inside her throat, choking her.

She let out a cry at the blurry images of Ainsley and Lila standing in front of her. They were trying to get the items out. They weren't going to let her die.

A rush of blood washed over Bella's eyes, making her vision even more blurry. She blinked the blood out of her eyes and slowly sat up. They'd coded the items out.

"Enjoy it?" Ainsley asked, looking up. Confused, Bella shook her head.

Lila cackled coldly. "That was just the beginning. Don't ever try to hack us..."

"It may cost you your life."