You're my best friend, even after death.

Note this, is not my first pasta, rather the first pasta I've chosen to post I've never shared my stories so feedback is appreciated.

This is crazy, this cannot be happening. Perhaps I should tell the incident from the beginning. It was my 24th birthday, April,19,2020. I really didn't plan on anything with the city on Coronavirus lock down and World War 3 almost happening in January. Due to that I had to continue college via online schooling, as an effect I couldn't see my friends often. Well today was different, I heard a persistent knock on my door.I ignored it only for it to get more loud and annoying. I finally caved opened the door to see my older cousin Jeremiah, who had come to wish me a happy birthday and brought a gift. It was a copy of Pokemon Ruby, it had my name, "Eliana" written in neat cursive letters. When I asked him why he gave it to me, he said that he found it in his room and didn't want it anymore. I thanked Jeremiah, then he went back to his house, or perhaps a fast food place. He and I rarely talked so, I didn't really know. I set the cartridge on the table and finished my dinner.

After I got out my Game boy advance, and looked where I set the cartridge,  it wasn't there but it was in a mug, I swore I set it straight on the table. Weirdly, it was now on my shelf, with my doll I've had since childhood, I stared at her for a bit, then shook outta my trance and put the cartridge in my Game boy advance and switched it on. Everything started up normally until I got to getting my starter. My d-pad was acting up, I tried to move pick Treeko, instead it went the opposite direction,  and I accidentally clicked yes when asked to accept. Great, I'm now stuck with a multiple, I thought. At the same time, it was like fate had drawn us together. As the Mudkip came out of the pokeball, a bright magenta caught my eye. It was a shiny Mudkip, I wasn't even trying to get one. I didn't even want a Mudkip in the first place. I finished the battle. I nicknamed my starter, she was female,  and shiny. I went to check her stats, Sassy Nature, decent stats, level 6. I named her Kira, after my cat who had passed away a few years ago.

I progressed through the game rather quickly in a few days even. Now I was off to the league,  My team was good, not absolutely great though.My team was composed of Kira who was now level 61, Megumi a level 49 female Gardevoir,  Lune a level 54 male delcatty, Hibiscus a level 52 male Bellosum, Curry a level 51 female Salamence and Deux a level 54 male Absol. Before beating Wallace, I started getting weird comments that chilled me to the bone like,"Don't you realise her pain is worsening?" Or, "She's faking it for you,". The most chilling one was after I beat Wallace he said "She misses you a lot, do you still miss her?" A Yes or No option popped up. I clicked yes with hesitation. He responded with "Then why are you making her SUFFER then?" I was confused,  what did he mean? Dang it, did Jeremiah hack this to prank me? I just kept going because I wanted to finish the game. If it asked anything too creepy,  I'll  lock it up and never look at it again. I went through victory road as normal more creepy quotes here and there like "You know she's not really pink,right?","She's really blue",and"She wants you to stay with her forever,". Who is the She they are referring to? Why is she faking something? Why is she going through this for me? Why does she care about me so much? A bunch of questions rattled in my head as I battled Wally on Victory road. After the battle he said "Don't you love her too?". A Yes and No option popped up, I clicked no, I don't know who she is. I just don't give love away to anyone I learned that the hard way from tons of heartbreak. Wally responded with "Sad, she treasures you like a sister,  or even daughter," then Wally walked off.

.    I went to my party to heal my pokemon. Kira was gone, but instead she was replaced by a regular Swampert named "FAKER" in all caps, with the same information,  the only difference being the color. The sprite looked duller than a regular Swampert. Her face looked like she was holding back tears, a pink substance surrounded its feet. I remember the NPCs statements about her being "Not really pink,but really blue". Was Kira who they were referring to? I shut off the game without saving then turned it back on to see if it fixed Kira, I felt horrible. Even though she was just a bunch of pixels I grew attached to her. When I rebooted the game, I wasn't in front of where I fought Wally like I had last saved. I was at the sky pillar, and Kira or FAKER was no longer in my party. I climbed to the top, my instincts too, something in my mind told me I'd find answers at the top of the tower.

.     When I got there, there was a single grave. It read "Kira, 2012-2018" then it read, "I'm still your perfect kitty, right?" A yes or no option appeared, I clicked yes. Then a black Catlike sprite appeared. A skitty cry played then it asked. "It's me, do you still love me Eliana?" It took me a few moments to process this. I theorized that somehow my dead cat was talking to me through the game. I clicked yes as I felt my eyes fill up water. Why was I crying? It was probably a stupid prank from Jeremiah. No need to over react. "Ghosts don't exist." I muttered. The game responded that "You don't believe in me Eliana…? " a low sounding skitty cry played. My heart raced that insane ghosts don't exist. I need to stop imagining things. "I love you Kira," I muttered. A loud cheerful sounding skitty cry came from the game. "I love you too Eliana " a text box appeared. "Do me a favor and set me free to break this game, you're my best friend,  no, you're my sister! Please let me pass on, I want to go to the afterlife and set me free so I can wait for you there," loud skitty cries play. I Sulphur off the game and burned it, I destroyed it listening to the instructions. I'm still wondering what got into me, but, at least I know she's free.