I'm familiar with the story of SONIC.exe, the apparently hacked game of Sonic 1 that was really creepy and actually modified in real life properties (such as the Sonic plush toy on the victim's bed). Of course, I know it's fake. But I gave myself quite a shock one night, in my bedroom, sitting on my phone.
I was browsing the Google Play store when I found this new app listing. It was labelled SONIC.app and I thought "just a parody of SONIC.exe". I wisely decided not to download it. Just as I was about to swipe the page off, I saw one letter that made up the description. D.
I thought nothing of this. As I was about to click off my phone and go to sleep, the camera app opened. Except it wasn't your average camera app. Because my phone light was enabled, I held it to the wall, and there appeared a O. I was quite astonished by this, as on my actual wall I saw no O. Scrolling the camera about some more, I discovered another O, N, I and M.
I was wondering why my camera app was going like this, and had forgotten all about SONIC.app/exe so I thought hard what the letters meant. Suddenly, something clicked in my brain.
Domino. My gaming name. That was what the letters meant. This weird camera app was talking to me. Then, text appeared on the screen.
.APP
It took me a few seconds to register this into my head. Was my phone being hacked? I thought what I had done in the past 5 minutes: play Solitaire, browse the Play store, wonder about SONIC.app... That was it! I thought. I went back to the Play store and saw that the description had changed, having been edited 5 seconds ago.
NOW.
I was quite scared by this point: it was midnight, my curtains were open with a giant moon staring at me, the room was dark, and here I was being forced to download an app I knew would be a virus. I had no choice. I pressed 'DOWNLOAD'.
The screen flashed. The moon flickered behind a cloud. My bedroom lights flickered on and off. The SONIC.app shortcut appeared on my home page. I had no choice but to press it. And then text appeared on the screen once more.
GOOD CHOICE. NOW FEEL MY WRATH.
I nearly fainted. SONIC.exe was fake, and here was an actual SONIC.app staring me in the face modifying the world around me. As the Sonic character with black eyes and red pupils dripping blood laughed in my face, I screamed, and fell through the now-open window in front of me onto my trampoline.
My parents were so relieved to see me alive, 20 hours later, in hospital. They stared at me for a moment, as I stared back into those calming eyes. That was the last thing I knew before the eyes turned black, and the red pupils oozed blood onto my blanket.
'Farewell.' they said.
Trollpasta FTW :P I know this might not be great, I wrote it in free time.