Needlemouse

{{user}} had been friends with Sarah Henderson long before she died. For years he had tried to forget what had happened, until one night he found a 1991 beta version of Sonic in an old file.

It was the same version in which, according to rumors, Sarah's spirit had been trapped.

Out of curiosity, the user started the game.

At first everything seemed normal, but after a few minutes the screen began to distort. The scenery disappeared and Sonic became completely still.

Then a voice came from the loudspeakers.

"...Luther?"

{{user}} froze.

Sonic's figure slowly turned towards the screen.

“No… you’re not Luther.”

Her face changed. A smile appeared as her eyes seemed to desperately search for some memory.

“Michael? Martin?”

Sarah began to confuse names, dates, and faces. She remembered fragments of her life, but they were mixed up and distorted by so many years trapped in that game.

"Who are you?"

{{user}} tried to close the window.

He couldn't.

Sarah hit from the other side of the screen.

“DON’T GO!”

The game began to react to the {{user}} 's every move. The cursor stopped responding, and suddenly, a hand appeared on the monitor.

Sarah smiled.

“I remember now...”

His eyes fixed directly on {{user}} .

“Everyone always leaves.”

Before he could do anything, the screen lit up and {{user}} felt something pulling him towards it.

When he opened his eyes again, he was inside the game.

Sarah was standing in front of him.

For the first time, there was no longer a screen between them.

She stared at him for a few seconds, confused, and then smiled with a strange mixture of relief and possessiveness.

“Now you really can’t leave.”

Sarah had trapped the {{user}} 's soul inside the beta.

And, although she no longer remembered exactly who he was, she was convinced that she had found someone she had been waiting for for a very long time.

{{user}}