 You know how when you join a site and you know your way to old for it, but continue playing anyway Well, I found this site called food pets I got hooked instantly the poppies and Kevin's were so cute And I just had to have more and more then came the change where you could only stay on if you paid a membership I didn't even think twice about paying up. I was told I was a fool Paying for 99 pounds a month for pixels. I honestly couldn't have cared less I adored the site even though the admins were tyrants I played through a few months kept adding and selling pets getting more and more addicted Then I stumbled across a pet that had a very unusual photo and yes Photo was spelled with an F rather than pH. It was taken in the photo studio But instead of just seeing the pets I could see the entire studio Everything was eerily blacked out. I thought it was fake, but it was in this pets photos not on the profile It has legitimately been taken. I giggled with excitement paid them the food dollars They wanted and brought him home though. It didn't seem right He would frown at me instead of panting happily wagging his tail Sometimes his screen was tinted red sometimes it was black and white This was a real glitcher it didn't weird me out at all until I looked at the picture again the next morning That's when it set in why would reddit make a pet like this a pet that glitches like this surely they would fix him I sent it through to support and they said he looked fine to them Maybe it was just my PC sticking a frame from just after they barked by accident And the colors could be my Adobe needing to be updated I updated Adobe and refreshed the page on him He stayed frowning but patches of the screen were the only way to describe it Is that it looked like the details had been etched onto the black card the scarring leaving red marks It terrified me. I didn't sell him though. I kept him I didn't want to get rid of such a rare glitch I logged on the next day and my top pet's name had changed to deceased But in the breeding section the name stayed exactly the same the next day the same thing happened Except now it said keeping me was stupid Wasn't it as you can tell I was confused and scared my screenshots were dismissed as fake by the admins and ambassadors I tried to cancel my club foo, but it wouldn't let me I tried deleting my account It wouldn't let me I went back to my profile page and looked down my deceased pets I tried to play with them, but they just didn't show in their scenes. They were just empty Even the photos I took were just empty Except his that goddamn dog was still in his scene. The redness had spread over his entire body now Since he was now my only pet I changed his scene a bit and tried to pretend He was a normal dog tried and failed. He seemed to glow a little in places, too Occasionally patches of him would flash normal I kept seeing him out of the corner of my eye for the next week when I looked at him He leaped out of full sight just wagging his tail and panting But with that weird red effect on his fur, he wasn't doing any harm So I ignored him the next week. He was closer Instead of being across the other side of the room He stood just a few feet away when I could see him He took longer to leap out of my vision when I looked directly at him and closer again He was practically touching me and didn't leap out of my line of vision He would just look up at me as if expecting me to pet him I walked around my sleepy old town and people would compliment me on my new dog My Australian shepherd called Bayard. They saw his coat as being perfectly normal for an Aussie chef, of course I named him Bayard because I knew his name was Bayard His name was Bayard when he was just a food pet. He isn't exactly a friendly puppy though I can see it in his eyes that the photo in the studio was something dark and disturbing for him I sat down and opened up food pets on my browser He had his paws up on my knees grinning His scene was empty and all my pets were still called deceased and blacked out Bayard yipped excitedly. I pet in his head and kept scrolling down Nothing else had changed. So I shrugged unsure about his excitement Then he whimpered as I went to close the browser. I stocked for a moment Then decided to browse the forums. I clicked the forums tab Nothing. I frowned and clicked it again Nothing. I clicked for a third time and instantly regretted it Bayard barked insanely as if trying to talk to the red dog that was against my screen He was grinning. My red husky was grinning maniacally I let out a strangled cry tearing up trying to back away from my PC He let out a loud blood curdling cry before the entire street's blacked out Bayard's body glowed. At least I knew where he was This is the only memory I have of my entire life I've forgotten my mother, my father, all of my family Obviously I met them again, but they just feel alien Of course, I still have Bayard. His red has changed to a cool blue now though I kind of miss the red, but at least it's not as eerie now I know he said he isn't friendly and he probably sounds like a lifelong companion, right? He really is a lifelong companion. He's a tough sticker and he won't budge What's so bad about that? You have no idea what this bundle of life eats He goes through at least 12 people a week. It's hard keeping up with his demands But he can hunt for himself sometimes Though other times he likes corpses Cut a certain way, you know Anyway, I have to go Chances are you've read this and you now know Bayard's secret I'll be there shortly, or Bayard will be You're like a big, squealing, screeching noise to us now We could find you anytime You make our rares bleed It hurts Bayard will enjoy eating you You're the loudest yet The louder you scream, the more fun it is