Silver Hunger new version

((I rewrote my First ever pokepasta bc it was cringe lmao))

So my friend recently showed me the world of Pokémon, and I decided to play Pokémon silver since my friend recommended me to play the older games as it would help me understand the Pokémon universe better.

I went to amazon and bought the first gold and silver game that I could find, I also purchased a pink Gameboy Color because I didn't own one as a kid. (I'm a PlayStation kid) I didn't want to use an emulator since the last time I did use one it infected my computer with like 50 Trojan viruses.

Three days came by and they all arrived. I opened the Gameboy with the cartridge and booted it up, everything started out normal, I picked my character (Gold) and named him 'Blake', the game started, Prof.Elm introduced me to the world of Pokémon and then I was transported to my room as usual, but it was dark, almost like it was set in night-time, my character was standing next to the bed and a dialog box appeared:

'Hungry...'

Ok that's…weird…

I explored the bedroom and found a poke ball on a desk, I picked it up then another dialog box appeared:

‘A note from mom, it says:

Hey Blake!

Sorry I had to leave town during your 10th birthday, but to make up for it; I went and got you a Pokémon from the lab!

I hope this gift makes up for my absence.

love, Mom!

P.S I stored cake in the fridge!'

okay...so mom is away and I got my starter already, neat

A dialog box appeared saying I got a Cyndaquil; I named him Cindy and went downstairs and then another dialog box appeared:

'Hungry...'

I ran through the living room, then to the kitchen, and opened the fridge:

'Food...'

This was followed by an animation of Blake eating something (I have no idea the game is pixelated as hell)

'Still…hungry...'

I tried to go outside; but every time I try to do so a dialog box keeps on appearing:

'Can't go outside now…’

this is when I decided to text my friend and see if this was part of the initial game, the conversation goes as follows:

Me: hey so I’m playing pokemon silver & my character keeps on sayin hungry and his mom aint here lol can u tell me if this is part of the initial game

Friend: wat no lmao I think u bought a ROM hack

huh, that explains a lot, I decided to toss the game, but it would be wasted money, plus I kinda wanted to see what’s happen so I decided to continue the game.

I went upstairs to my bedroom and slept again, the screen was black for a short amount of time before I found myself beside the bed again, this time it was morning and the same dialog box appeared:

'Hungry...'

I went outside, NPCs were walking in all directions, I decided to talk to some of them; it was weird I've listed some of the things that the NPCs have said:

-Hello Blake! wow, you look quite skinny, are you sure, you're eating right?

-Blake you're starving! are you sure you don’t want any of my bread?

-Are you okay Blake? you look skinny.

-Blake, you look weird.

-has your mother been feeding you well?

I explored the place a little bit, and to my luck, I found a Celebi and managed to capture it! My friend always told me that celebi was a rare legendary Pokémon, so I was quite proud of myself, I named my celebi ‘cel’ and continued to bellsprout tower.

There was no one in there, I walked around for a few minutes before the screen cut to black and some weird mushing noises started to play out.

After a while I was transported into my bedroom again, everything was fine except for my sprite, it looked kinda weird...I checked my trainer card to get a better look and when I did... he looked skinny, his left eye was missing, the hole on where is eye was supposed to be was leaking black liquids and the trainer didn’t look lively as before, he looked kinda depressed.

I went back to the game and continued; a dialog box appeared saying the same thing as always:

'Hungry...'

I continued downstairs and the same dialog box appeared: 'Hungry.' it also popped when I went outside, I talked to some of the NPCs, and they all seemed worried for me, they kept acknowledging the missing eye and saying: 'what happened to it?' ‘Are you alright!?’ ‘Did you get into some sort of accident Blake?’ But I kept on continuing and exploring, I leveled up my Pokémon’s (it was just my cyndaquil and celebi as every other Pokémon I encountered and tried to catch would end up running away), I continued with the game, there was no Pokémon gem. Badges, everytime I’d get into a gym and challenge the gym leaders they’d just say to go home and rest because I looked sick.

After a while I ended up going into mount silver, red was standing there and we went into a fight (FINNALY)

'Pokémon Trainer RED wants to battle!'

Red sent out a Pikachu and I used Cindy, RED managed to make my cyndaquil faint and I started to get a little worried, I used cel next, but he ALSO MANAGED TO MAKE MY CELEBI FAINT (HOW!?) but instead of whiting out the battle kept on going, Blake slid onto the battle and there was a move I've never seen before:

'Eat'

When I used it and the screen cut to black, and a room faded in, it was dark except for a spot of light in the middle, where Blake and RED was, Blake was standing in a puddle of red and chunks of pink and red appeared to be crying:

'…'

RED ran, slowly fading into the darkness, another Dialog box appeared, it seemed like it was from Blake:

'I'm sorry…'

I put the Gameboy aside and decided to sleep since I’ve been playing until like midnight, the next morning I did my daily routine, did my work, came back home and then I took my Gameboy and continued, I found myself in my bedroom again, but this time, it was kind of grey, and my sprite looked different, I checked my trainer card again and… he looked god awfully skinny, his arms and legs were longer and pitch black, and his skin was pure white, his clothes were worn out and his expression was extremely depressed and sad.

I exited and continued downstairs, the same thing happened, dialog boxes appeared saying 'hungry'

I went outside; the sky was cloudy, and it was gloomy and every time I walked past an NPC they would get away from me, but every time I managed to interact with an NPC, they would said this:

-‘Please! Don't hurt me!'

-‘GAH A MONSTER’

-‘Blake?’

-‘Get outta here!’

-‘Mommy I’m scared!’

-‘G-get away from me! You disgusting thing!’

I explored some more, and after a while I found myself at berry forest, I walked for a while before my character completely stopped by itself.

he fell on the ground and then a dialog box appeared:

'I'm sorry Cindy...'

then he started to eat something, and for a while I didn’t know what was happening, I watched as he did this for about half a minute before he stopped and started to cry.

'I'm sorry...I'm so so sorry...'

The screen was black and I was standing on the front porch of my door, it was night outside and the windows were lit, I tried walking out of the range of my house, but every time I did it wouldn’t let me, I checked my Trainer Card, his hands and clothes were drenched in dark grey-ish red substances, I checked my team, cel and Cindy were gone, almost like they completely disappeared, my heart sank and I closed the menu with a heavy heart, then I walked inside the house, a woman which appeared to be Blake’s mom was standing on the other end of the room.

’Blake you’re home! I-’

She turned around

‘…’

‘…’

‘you’re not Blake...’

‘W-Where is my b-baby boy!?’

Blake walked towards her and she backed away

‘G-G-Get away from me- ‘

The screen blacked out then I heard a cracking noise, the screen appeared again and mom was laying down in a pool of red, it looked like her head was cracked opened, I interacted with the body and only a Dialog Box appears:

‘I’m sorry mom…’

he went upstairs to his room and started to cry

‘I’m a monster…’

I almost felt bad for Blake, despite him just being a piece of code inside a ROM hack.

And then the game credits rolled in

wait-

Wait what?

that’s it?

I tried playing the game again, it was like the last time I played it, but I did find an Easter egg(sorta), if you interact with the TV 6 times in a row, then a bunch of Dialog boxes will appear saying this:

-‘Scientists have discovered a new virus which have been rumored to be originating from the lavender town graveyard’

-‘They named it the ‘lavender town Syndrome’

-‘current Information about the virus is unknown but the government has issued a statement saying that if any of you loved ones experience extreme weight loss, sufficient growth in height, paleness, extreme Hunger, or mental distress then they should go see their doctor immediately’

-‘scientists are currently studying the virus but a leaked document from the internet shows that the virus has existed for longer than 20 years and that one of the additional symptoms include cannibalism/eating Pokémon, we have yet to hear any confirmation from the government if these documents are true’

-‘that is all for today, this is Steven red sighing off’

I was kind of disappointed that that was all the game offered me, I mean yeah sure the game is a scam ROM Hack, but it was a good one on that, and it was kinda sad and disturbing; seeing this innocent little boy turn into something vile and monstrous, him not being able to control himself nor ever experiencing love again because his mother died right in front of him, it was depressing and left me shaking for a bit.

It goes to show that, no matter what you do; life is always there to slap you in the face.

Now am I going to say that the ROM hack traumatized me for life and that I’ll never play another Pokémon game ever? NO, I liked the game, even if I possibly got scammed- but whatever; if I ever get another Pokémon ROM hack game, I’ll make sure to inform you guys!