"You know what you've done, Craig. That's all you are now, right? No longer do you hold the name that gave you power..."
That was alll he could remember. He was recording a video at home again, trying to make some YouTube money, and everything went to shit. Quickly. Craig, disoriented and lost, looked around at his surroundings.
"Sami? Sami, where are you?" Craig called out to the open void.
The last thing he remembered was his girlfriend, Twitch streamer SuniDey, or Sami, walking in to his recording studio in their LA home to ask him what he wanted for dinner. Then the glitch happened. And all he can remember was that one quote...
In recent years, the 2018 Socialblade projections turned out to be right. Now that Fortnite was not as big anymore, and he had resorted to mainly solo videos, his subscriber growth had slowed. It was 2020. He was at 6,873,920 subscribers. Smii7y passed him last year. BigJigglyPanda was a slight bit ahead. Daithi De Nogla had grown to the high 20 millions. He saw how his prior choices had weighed on his career.
Craig got his mind back on track, and looked around. His surroundings came into view more. The ground he was standing on was a smaller version of the Earth. In front of him was a panel showing different characters. Several dinosaurs, some squid people, a good amount of humans, but he couldn't put his finger on where he had seen this before. But he knew what to do. He moved his hand over the button that said 'Yoshi'.
"Mario Kart" Craig said at last. He was in Mario Kart. He selected his green Yoshi and standard kart setup. When he got to the lobby where he would normally wait for his friends, he saw three familiar faces and one new one.
"Ohm? Marcell? Bryan? What are you guys doing here?" Craig asked, a bit relieved to finally see his friends again. But they weren't their normal human selves. Ohm was a gray manikin with a Ohmwrecker symbol on his face. Marcell was his normal animated self in a Finn costume. And Bryan was the Terminator. He looked at himself and he was not himself either. He was his GTA character.
"They are all the best manifestations of themselves. Who they are," said the unknown person. They were dressed in a black cloak. They were short, that was all Craig could tell. And before Craig could say something, the shadowy figure said "One question. That's it."
"What am I doing here?" Craig asked.
"Good choice. You are here to see what you have lost and what you are no longer. These 'friends' of yours no longer remember you. They are under my control. If you can win at this game, you can leave, along with everyone you save. Good luck, Craig." The figure disappeared.
"Well... I hope my Mario Kart isn't too rusty... But just my luck on my competition..." Craig said. He knew he had his work cut out for him.
End Chapter
Note: That's my first chapter! I hope you all enjoy! Please leave a review, it helps me see that you guys want more! It's good to be back to writing here.
~WatamelonACE