Windows Disney OS - Extended Version

*Note: this is episode 49 of the XP Blackmoon Trilogy series*

Hello guys, I am a worker at Microsoft Corporation. I like to help them develop and work on new operating system software as well as updates on fixing bugs and glitches in some operating systems, especially cursed ones. I'd always love the attention on making sure that future Windows versions do not develop strange bugs they encountered in previous systems, including those of Windows Codename Nexus, Windows 99, Windows 5, Codename Ceres, Codename Jupiter, Codename Daytona, the XP Blackmoon, Windows Server 2001, Windows Shadowgate, Codename Rift, etc.

I am a big fan of the Walt Disney company, a very big mass media and entertainment company that inspired many millions of people worldwide. I always remembered watching their films, especially *Wreck-It Ralph*, my favorite movie from Disney that I'd remember watching from my childhood days. It was such a great movie like always, as with some of Disney's other movies I like to watch. It has been over 100 years since Disney was founded all the way back in 1923, which is such a long time ago and they will always remember about that date when they were founded back then.

But what I am here to tell you about is something weird that was happening to me recently, an operating system much worse than you would except. Let me tell explain to you the full story of what happened.

Once upon a time, it all started in the late 1990s, when Microsoft and the Walt Disney Company both signed an agreement to collaborate on creating an operating system that would eventually become the most successful and powerfully advanced operating system that the entire world has ever before seen in history, it was called the "Microsoft Windows Disney Operating System" (also called the "Windows Disney OS", or simply the "Disney OS"). An operating system focusing specifically on Disney-themed content with Windows elements in them.

Since 1997, the team of software developers and designers have been working so hard to create this operating system, creating, testing, and finalizing the operating system and it’s beta builds, hoping that everything should go well about it and its eventual impact on the technological industry.

However, as the release date approached near and closer than ever, the team began to report strange occurrences at the corridors of the Microsoft offices while testing the Disney OS. They were mysterious bugs and glitches that couldn’t be explained at all, some examples of bugs that the team reported were that files would randomly disappear, screens would flicker, computers would often freeze, and strange whispers were heard coming from the speakers, as if the computers were talking to them.

Despite their best efforts, unfortunately, the team was not able to successfully fix the unexplained bugs before the designated release date approached, and so, the Disney OS was therefore released in mid-2000 with the bugs remaining unpatched. This is when things started getting weird.

It was just a few days after the release date happened, that users began to report strange occurrences while using the Disney OS, here are some of the bugs and glitches they saw:

Some users said that while using the computer, files and desktop icons would often randomly move around on their own, sometimes making it hard to stop them, even at sometimes, they would often disappear before reappearing in the most unexpected and unusual places possible. Others said that their computers would randomly turn on or off by themselves, even with no input from the user and even during the middle of the night while they were sleeping. Others claimed they heard strange whispers coming from the computer's speakers, even if the computer was turned off. Some users also said that their computer screens would occasionally flicker or brighten, often showing gibberish cryptic messages. Others claimed that programs would run on their own and menus would open up by themselves. Some users also said that their computer screens would often freeze or even crash altogether, showing either blue or red screens of death. Some other users also claimed to have seen distorted figures of Disney and Pixar characters appear on their screens, and whenever they tried to click away from the screen, they would follow their cursor no matter where the cursor goes. Others claimed that the video player would randomly open by itself, and it would often play disturbing and gruesome deleted scenes of Disney and Pixar films and shows. Others claimed that their background screens would often randomly change colors at times. Others claimed that whenever they tried to leave the room whilst running it on, the computer background would often change to show disturbing imagery of Disney and Pixar characters. Some people also said that strange cryptic error messages would often appear at some times.

With all these glitches and bugs reported on computers with the Disney OS installed on it, it seemed like the Disney OS had a conscious mind of its very own.

As people reported more and more of these strange glitches, rumors began to circulate on the internet claiming that the glitches that the Disney OS had were intentional, and that Microsoft and Disney had deliberately programmed the glitches as a way to haunt people who dared to use it no matter what they did with it.

Despite all these rumours, Microsoft and Disney were both very sorry about those glitches that users found in the Disney OS, and that they denied any intentional wrongdoing. Microsoft later worked together with Disney to release patches to fix the glitches in the Disney operating system, and when they were released, users began downloading the patches to the glitches. For some users, it was too late, their computers crashed. For others lucky enough to install the patches, they were greeted with cryptic error messages appearing to be warning signs not to install the patches. They did not care anyway, and so the patches were installed and the glitches in the Disney OS stopped, as they could finally feel a sigh of relief. For some people, they were too afraid to use the Disney OS again without a feeling of sense of unease. The glitches they encountered still haunt them to this day, waiting to appear in their worst nightmares soon.

Fast forward to today, I have been hired as a worker of Microsoft, now let me tell you what happened recently.

It was late October of 2023, I was at my house, playing games and watching videos on YouTube on my phone. The videos I watch are mostly related to stuff like *Battle for Dream Island* or *Wreck-It Ralph*'s Sugar Rush racers. I was having fun playing with my phone during break times.

It was not until then, when suddenly, I received a phone call from my friend Kevin, who had just installed the Disney OS on his computer. And I answered the call, the call went as follows: When I answered the call, I first said "Hello?" Afterwards, Kevin said to me "Hello, you are the one that’s working on new operating systems at Microsoft, aren’t you?" I replied saying "Uh, yeah. Why do you ask Kevin?" Kevin then proceeded to say "I don’t know… I just wanted to tell you that I was downloading the first publicly released version of the Windows Disney operating system and I had encountered numerous problems on my computer." I then said "Oh right, those strange glitches that people reported while using the Disney OS, I remember that! What is it that you are telling me?" Kevin replied to my question saying, "I am receiving some strange whispers coming from the speakers, files disappearing and reappearing in unusual spots, screens flickering, and cryptic messages being displayed on my computer." And so, I said "What kind of messages?" Kevin replied to my question saying "The messages are gibberish, they look like random symbols and letters from different languages or writing systems, as if someone mashed their computer. They really seemed to be intentional." And so, my curiosity was piqued by the messages that Kevin received on his computer. For me though, I furrowed my brow, the thought of deliberately constructed gibberish messages on a computer was unsettling. I have encountered these strange cryptic messages before with my past encounters on cursed operating systems such as Codename Ceres, Codename Jupiter, Windows 5, Windows 2001, etc.

While the call was going on, I said to Kevin "Have you tried restarting your computer? Or installing the Microsoft Plus extensions for the Disney OS? Maybe it’s just a glitch or some kind of coding error." Kevin said "I've tried doing everything; rebooting, running, diagnostics, scanning for viruses, etc. but nothing worked. The glitches intensified and the messages became more coherent. Like they’re trying to convey something." The unease in Kevin's voice was palpable. My mind also raced hard, considering various possibilities. Perhaps it was a prank, or maybe some bizarre form of malware was causing the issue. Regardless, his instincts told me that this was far from a typical tech support call. And so, I then said to Kevin: "Okay, I'm intrigued. Can you give me remote access to your computer tomorrow when you leave to your vacation to Maryland? I'll take a look myself." Kevin then replied to this saying "I appreciate it, but there's something else you should know. Sometimes, late at night, I see my background flickering to show faint and disturbing images involving Disney characters. They're like glimpses into a distorted world." After processing Kevin's words, shivers were being sent down my spine over what Kevin said so much that I questioned him saying "I don’t understand, those disturbing images that people reported years ago? What do they look like?" Kevin then said "They are hard to describe but they seemed to resemble distorted images of Disney characters, sometimes with blood shown on them, strange symbols also often tended to appear, as with surreal landscapes. They're fleeting, like they're there one moment and gone the next moment past." As Kevin described the disturbing imagery, my mind was thinking about the tales of Windows Codename Jupiter and Windows Codename Ceres, the software horrors that captured the imaginations of online tech communities in the early 2000s. I was questioning myself in my own head "Could it be possible that the Disney OS was a living breathing entity with a mind of its very own and was about to join their ranks of cursed Windows versions?"

And so, I then said to Kevin "Listen, I want to help you figure this out. When I come to your house by tomorrow morning when you leave on your vacation, when the images usually appear, I'll see if I can identify the source of the images and messages or not." Kevin thanked me for this, saying: "Thank you. I feel like I'm losing my mind over this. It's like my computer is trying to communicate with me in ways I can't comprehend."

When the call ended, my heart raced with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. I couldn't shake the feeling that this encounter was not just a technical issue but something far more unsettling—an exploration into the unknown depths of software and the human mind, just like on my encounters with Windows Codename Jupiter and other cursed Windows versions in the past.

And so, as the sun dipped below the horizon, and the stars at night were visible. I came outside and I saw planet Jupiter with my very own eyes. Jupiter is that big bright planet in the sky that was the namesake of the mysterious eldritch operating system of Windows Codename Jupiter. I also saw the bright Moon in its waxing gibbous phase, a bright moon that casted shadows behind me. After that, I brushed my teeth and then I went to bed.

The next morning, I was waking up like usual, and I was brushing my teeth and eating breakfast like always. Then afterwards, I decided to go to my car, and I decided to drive to Kevin’s house just to investigate what was happening on Kevin's computer. As my days turned into nights, and as I delved deeper into the mysteries of Kevin's computer with the Disney operating system installed on it, the weight of anticipation hung heavy in the air as I prepared to investigate what was really going on in Kevin's computer, hoping to unveil the truth behind the gibberish messages and flickering images.

During the process of booting up the system, I was greeted with a boot screen that neared a striking resemblance to the Windows 2000 boot screen, with the Windows logo being shown inside of the iconic Mickey Mouse head shape. When the system finished booting, the startup sound played, the startup sound was the same as the one used in Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium Edition. And at first, I was greeted with a user interface similar to the one used in Windows 2000, which was released to the public around the same year as the release of the Disney OS. Eventually I began to realize the strange glitches that people reported back in the early days of the Disney OS:

Like what Kevin said in the phone call he had with me, files would often disappear and then reappear in unusual spots, sometimes the screen would flicker, and disturbing imagery would often show, sometimes cryptic error messages also appeared and that I can hear strange whispers emanating from the computer's speakers. At first, I was surprised as to what was going on, but then I remembered seeing a commercial of the Disney OS from years ago, a promotional spot for the ill-fated Windows Disney Operating System. The ad had featured none other than Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's enthusiastic CEO at the time, touting the software's revolutionary features and user-friendly interface. It was a glimpse into the past, a time when the promise of technology seemed boundless.

What had caught my attention, though, was the brief appearance of a poorly drawn animated girl, the centerpiece of the ad. She had an appearance that pretty much resembled a humanized version of Puffball from *Battle for Dream Island*, she has pink hair, pink eyes, and pink clothes, she has a certain uncanny quality, her movements fluid yet slightly off-kilter, as if she existed in a realm between reality and the digital world. The animation style was unmistakable—It was similar to the animation style of the third season of *BFDI*. At first, I couldn’t shake the feeling of that girl's animated presence was significant, a puzzle piece waiting to be fit into the larger picture. Her animated visage was provided by the voice actor of Puffball, Micheal Huang, a detail that had initially seemed unimportant but now carried a weight of its own. She seemed to have a voice exactly like Puffball's voice in *BFDI*.

As the time continued going on, I initiated the remote connection with Kevin's computer. The screen flickered, and a window opened, displaying a live feed of Kevin's own monitor. At first, a phone call between me and Kevin was going on again, and Kevin's voice trembled with a mixture of apprehension and anticipation as the whole footage unfolded on the screen of the Disney OS, that Kevin said to me "I can see the screen, Benji. But I'm telling you, these messages and images... they're unlike anything I've seen before." Yeah, Benji is a nickname my friends often give me but then I replied to him saying "Don't worry, we'll get to the bottom of this. Let's see if we can capture one of these images as they appear."

As the minutes turned into hours, my eyes remained fixed on the screen. Suddenly, a strange pattern of symbols began to materialize, forming a coherent shape that seemed to shift and warp. It was the kind of pattern that defied explanation, its intricacies beyond the grasp of human understanding. Kevin reacted to this and told me "Benji, do you see that? It’s happening again!" And then I said to him "I see it. Hold on, let me see if I can try to capture this footage."

And so then I grabbed the Snip and Sketch tool and then I quickly snapped a screenshot of the enigmatic pattern, my heart was racing by this point. I had finally managed to capture a piece of the puzzle, a glimpse into the strange anomalies that had haunted Kevin's computer while using the Disney OS.

As I stared my own eyes at the screenshot very closely, I couldn't help but wonder: What did it mean? Was there a connection to the commercial, the animated girl, and the unsettling images that flickered across Kevin's screen? My mind swirled with questions, my determination to unravel the truth growing stronger with each passing moment as time goes by.

The next morning, I dreamed in my very own mind about the very time in 2000 (before I was born) when at that time the anticipation had been building for months, with tech enthusiasts and ordinary users alike eager to experience the latest evolution of computing with the Disney operating system as the release of the Disney OS unfolded long ago. The software came in sleek, futuristic packaging, adorned with the Windows logo that had become synonymous with technological progress at that time.

I dreamed in my very own head about what was going at the time of 2000 when the entire world embraced the release of the Windows Disney OS. They couldn't help but feel a sense of responsibility, a connection to the software they had helped shape. The memories of the early-morning remote connection, the cryptic messages, and the unsettling images lingered in my mind at the dream, casting a shadow over the memory of when the Disney OS was released in 2000.

As I dreamed in my very own mind, I was dreaming about the software's interface was a blend of familiarity and innovation. Windows opened and closed seamlessly, applications responded with lightning speed, and the overall user experience of the Disney-themed operating system was unlike anything that had come before. Yet, even as users marveled at the advancements, there was an undercurrent of unease—an unspoken understanding that something beyond the surface was at play.

As the dream continued in my mind at what was going on, reports of strange occurrences began to surface. Users claimed to have experienced unexplained crashes, sudden freezes, and glitches that defied conventional troubleshooting. Whatever I dreamed of in my mind was in the far past in the year 2000, seven years before I was even born in the first place.

And that was just all during the past, I stopped dreaming on my own head, as the day continued, once the clock hits noon. I decided to open up the Internet Explorer browser, where I came to click on the website about an enhancement product that Microsoft released, the Microsoft Plus! That operating system enhancement product that would bring enhanced graphics, video games, files of Disney movies, and an assortment of screensavers and games, I decided to install Microsoft Plus for the Disney OS to see if it will fix the problem with the strange glitches that Kevin had encountered before, during the installation process, the strange glitches still persisted and the system itself kept sending out cryptic error messages. When the installation process was completed, the system told me to restart the computer so that I can install the enhancements to the Disney OS hoping that I would fix the issues.

As the computer was restarting, the boot screen again showed, the same one like last time, but with the Microsoft Plus logo next to the wordmark in the operating system's name. The system finished booting again and the Windows 2000 startup sound again played, though, the glitches still persisted to my disappointment.

Now with the Plus enhancements installed on the Disney OS PC, I delved deeper into the code behind Windows Disney OS, and I encountered something that sent a chill down my spine—corrupted files. These files, buried deep within the system, held the names of seemingly innocent software titles: "Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse" and "Handy Manny's Workshop" It was as if the software had ingested the essence of these programs and twisted them into something ominous.

As I dared to explore deeper into the two files, my fingers trembled as I examined the corrupted files. I couldn't ignore the creeping feeling that the innocence of these children's programs had been warped into something darker, something that resonated with the unsettling occurrences users had been reporting from long ago. Curiosity then battled with apprehension as I opened the very first of the corrupted files, "Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse" and I was greeted with a horrifying childhood-ruining experience. The once-cheerful looking characters now appeared very distorted, turned pitch-black with bright white eyes, its features were warped into an unsettling, uncanny valley. The familiar background of the idyllic clubhouse had given way to a twisted, nightmarish landscape—a world that seemed to mock the whimsical innocence of its source material. As I navigated through the corrupted software, I discovered snippets of dialogue that sent shivers down my very own spine. Words that seemed to convey malevolent intent, hidden beneath a veneer of children's voices. It was as if the very essence of the software had been twisted into a mockery of its original purpose. And there was the latter file, "Handy Manny's Workshop" the corrupted version of the software was a far cry from the vibrant, cheerful world that had delighted children's minds, including my very own eyes, again I was greeted with another experience that pretty much ruined my childhood. The characters that once sang cheerful songs (Manny and his toolbox of anthropomorphic tools) now moved with a jerky, unnatural motion. The colors that once painted a picture of creativity now seemed to bleed into a palette of dread. My heart raced down as I uncovered snippets of corrupted dialogues within the software. The once-heartwarming messages now oozed with dark undertones, phrases that seemed to taunt the boundaries between the digital and the real. It was as if the very fabric of the virtual world had been tainted, and these corrupted files were gateways to something far beyond human comprehension.

The more I explored, the more I felt the boundaries between reality and the digital realm beginning to blur. The corrupted files seemed to have a consciousness of their own, a consciousness that was hungry for connection, for understanding, for a bridge to the world beyond the screen. That very next day, while I was navigating through the virtual landscape, I found myself drawn to an unfamiliar bookmark within the Internet Explorer browser. The link's name was a string of seemingly random characters, and its destination was an unknown Disney website. A sense of foreboding washed over me, but curiosity urged me to click on the link to the unknown Disney website.

The website loaded slowly, its design a chaotic collage of distorted images and garbled text. As I scrolled down the page, I felt a shiver crawling down my spine as to what I saw. The background was a shade of dark green, there were two distorted figures, once recognizable as the characters Garfield and BonziBuddy, they both now appeared grotesque and twisted, with pitch black eyes, the once-cheerful Mickey Mouse's features were contorted, as if warped by an otherworldly force. But what caught my attention was that at the very bottom of the page, a single image flickered and glitched, like an artifact from a corrupted digital world. As I stared at it, I soon realized that the distorted figure was none other than Mickey Mouse, the once-cheerful iconic mouse character, except he looked very distorted and berserk; he was all totally pitch black and he had white glowing eyes.

My heart raced even more as I continued to scroll down. The distorted figure seemed to come to life, its features flickering and shifting in an eerie dance of pixels. The distorted figure of Mickey Mouse was just standing to the right of the distorted Garfield figure and to the left of the distorted Bonzi figure, these three figures were the same ones I encountered on my past experience at using Windows Codename Ceres, the three figures were looking directly at me in the eyes. And then, the impossible happened. The three figures' distorted mouths moved, and I could almost hear the words forming. The three figures said. **"Benjamin…"** which is surprisingly my real name, I mean I was shocked as to how they said my real name, not to mention that their voice was slightly distorted, a cacophony of digital noise that somehow coalesced into a semblance of speech. My breath caught in my throat as I stared at the figures, my mind struggling to comprehend the impossible.

Then the figures said **"You have come so far, Benjamin. We know where you are, we can see you sitting over there in that chair now."** Their voices sounded as if they were emanating from a realm beyond the screen, as if the very fabric of the digital world had become a conduit for something beyond human understanding. They then said **"We have been watching, waiting, tracing your footsteps…"** I was so shocked about this that my fingers trembled as I reached the mouse, my instincts urging me to close the browser, to shut out the impossible voices that seemed to bridge the gap between the real and the digital. But then the three figures said, **"We are coming for you!"** And after that, they said **"Sure, you may seek answers to guide you to places you can run towards. But beware, for the answers you can seek may guide you to places where you cannot return back from at all…"**

The three distorted figures' words echoed in my mind, a warning that resonated with a primal fear. I felt as if the digital realm itself was speaking to me, as if the very code that held the Disney OS software together had become sentient, an entity seeking to communicate with me. With a racing heart, I desperately managed to successfully close the browser down, the image of the three distorted figures of Mickey, Garfield, and Bonzi fading into the recesses of my memory. The encounter had left me shaken, a witness to something that defied all reason and explanation. And so immediately after closing the browser window, the whole computer screen flickered and brightened, I closed my eyes so much after witnessing this intense amount of brightness in my very own face. The computer's brightness then restored back to its original state. As I delved deeper into the enigma of the Windows Disney OS, the boundaries between the real world and the digital realm continued to blur. The unsettling encounters with corrupted files, the unknown Disney website, and the brightening screen had left an indelible mark on my psyche. But the strangeness was far from over.

Later that day, once the clock hits noon, I began to navigate to the top right of the screen, where I could get access to channels such as Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. When I decided to click on the Disney+ button, the application began to open innocently, as then afterwards, the Disney+ application then contained many charming collections of Disney cartoons, films, and TV shows, including those of the vintage times, as I was transporting me back to the golden eras of animation. The nostalgic sight of these beloved characters and timeless storylines was a welcome respite from the enigmatic challenges that awaited me within the horrors of the Disney OS itself. I hoped that these Disney movies, films and cartoons might provide a glimpse into the source of the anomalies I had encountered within the Disney operating system. But little did I know that these innocent Disney cartoons, seemingly frozen in time, held secrets that would soon take a disconcerting and ominous turn, casting a shadow over the otherwise lighthearted world of animated entertainment.

As I was watching the cartoons, strange anomalies began to happen, the characters would often freeze and sometimes they would have their gazes stare directly at me in the eyes. In other times the entire scene would stand still as if the boundaries between the real and the animated started to blur. In other times the characters would often show pitch black eyes and they would often say something to me. Every time this happened, I get error messages, and the entire Disney+ application would close by itself every time that happened.

An example of one such cartoon was called "*Fiddling Around*" (a Mickey Mouse cartoon from 1930). When I clicked on the play button, I found myself immersed in a bygone era of animation. Mickey, in his classic attire, confidently announced that he would perform the finale to William Tell's overture. The whimsical melody filled the virtual room as he stood, violin in hand, preparing for his performance. However, my delight turned to unease when Mickey's cheery demeanor abruptly shifted. His gaze shifted away from the audience on the screen and focused directly on me. He continued to blink, an eerie anomaly in the world of animated characters. Then, to my astonishment and alarm, his eyes abruptly turned pitch black, and then he spoke directly to me, his voice a discordant departure from the cheerful Mickey I knew. "I'd turn my back if I were you, Benjamin." was all he said. He actually said my name this time, and I was shocked about it. The screen then suddenly froze, before cutting to pitch black, then afterwards, an error message appeared in the middle of the screen, before the entire Disney+ application closed by itself in an unsettling silence. The cartoon's sudden departure from its lighthearted narrative into this enigmatic void left me with a deep sense of foreboding, as if the boundary between the real and the animated had blurred in a disconcerting way.

And so my mind raced with questions as I sat in the dim glow of my monitor. What had I just witnessed? Was the Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse attempting to communicate with me through the very medium of the video?

I was becoming very bored, the line between the real and the digital continued blur for me, I decided to distract myself by watching videos on the YouTube website that are related to my favorites, giving me an algorithm of videos related to the Sugar Rush racers from *Wreck-It Ralph* or *Battle for Dream Island*, I hoped that these videos may provide a good glimpse into the source of the mysterious anomalies that appeared while I was watching the cartoons, but little did I know that even the videos I watch on YouTube started containing dark secrets to would cast a shadow into the lighthearted world of internet animation.

One such video was called "BFB 13: Return of the Rocket Ship", While the video was playing, everything went normal at first, until something strange happened just before midway into the video.

During the scene when Pillow was reacting to Four announcing the contest, saying "Gosh, that's predictable." Four began to show up in front of Pillow, where we see Snowball, Eggy, Teardrop, Remote, Firey and Dora looking at him in the foreground, Four's eyes were however pitch black. As Four opened his mouth wide open and grabbed Pillow with his tongue, about to swallow her, cryptic error messages began to appear all over the screen. While I was depserately closing them all, Four then began to let out a loud echoey screeh as Pillow gets disturbed, and instead of it transitioning into the scene where Tree covers his ears as said to Four "Four, I hope you don't swallow!" Like in the final video, the screen abruptly turned pitch black, and then an error message displayed, before the whole website closed itself mysteriously.

I was asking myself with questions as I sat in the dim glow of my monitor, saying "What had I just witnessed? What was all that about?"

And so then, as I delved deeper into the files of the operating system. I discovered a folder embedded deep within the system's chambers; the folder was called "Movies". And when I clicked on it, the folder contained video files of the many movies from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars. When I saw this, it was a very welcoming respite from the enigmatic challenges and anomalies I keep encountering on the Disney OS, even containing some of my favorite Disney movies of interest. But there was a dark secret within these movie files, little did I know that these innocent movie files held secrets that would soon take a disconcerting and ominous turn, casting a shadow over the otherwise lighthearted world of animated entertainment, and creating the stuff that would often be found in people's worst nightmares ever.

"*Toy Story*" was an example of one such movie file, so I clicked on the file and the movie started to play out, everything was normal at first, until something strange happened.

During the scene when Woody's voice box made Scud awaken up, and when Woody and Buzz turned around to see Scud the manic dog from downstairs, something strange began to happen. Scud's eyes were very pitch black, and instead of Scud charging at them with Buzz yelling "Split up!" As in the final film, the entire video stood still, with Scud freezing in place and Scud looking at the screen blinking his eyes, lasting for an uncomfortably long period of time. Then afterwards, to my surprise, Scud's gaze abruptly shifted from Buzz and Woody directly towards the camera, with his gaze piercing beyond the screen, looking at me directly in the eyes. The entire screen then suddenly turned pitch black, and an error message then suddenly appeared, before the video player crashed itself. It seems as if the fabric of the realm of computer-generated animation and the real world began to blur after this incident.

I was so angry enough about what just happened, I decided to watch another one of the films from the Movies folder, *A Bug's Life*, and the film itself started playing. Everything went normal again this time, until at the very climax of the movie, when again, something stranger happened.

During the scene when Hopper was grabbing Flik, when Hopper was finishing his lines to Flik, saying "but you won't!" The bird showed up, the bird was chirping and looking down at Hopper, though the bird's eyes were pitch black, just like what happened to Scud the manic dog in *Toy Story* earlier. Hopper turned his face around to look at the bird and his eyes then abruptly turned pitch black too. And instead of Hopper questioning to Flik at what the bird was, saying "Well what's this?" As in the final film, Hopper and the bird stood still as Flik gets dropped onto the floor and runs away offscreen. For Hopper and the bird though, they both stood still again as like in the other movie, they were blinking their eyes without saying anything. The whole scene lasted for an uncomfortably long moment, before then, the entire screen turned pitch black, and yet again, another error message appeared, before the video player again closed itself.

Once again, I was really angry about this, I was questioning myself as to what was happening. I decided to watch another of the movies in the folder, *Chicken Little*. Everything went normal this time, until something strange also happened too.

During the scene when Chicken Little and his dad were climbing onto a building, just before they were about to get teleported inside the alien's UFO to return the alien child that the aliens left behind earlier, the screen suddenly froze again, before an error message appeared. The entire video player closed itself again for the third time.

And so, I decided to watch yet again, another one of their films, *Cars*. Everything was normal at first, until something strange happened somewhere during the beginning of the film.

During the scene when Lightning McQueen breaks himself free from the wires as he was pulling the statue so much that the statue flew offscreen, the camera cuts to McQueen himself, who was breathing heavily as from his point of view, dust can be seen floating away in the background. About 5 seconds later, the said statue dropped down from the sky, but this time it looked rather intimidating compared to the actual one in the film itself, as if it were possessed by the Disney operating system itself. The statue's eyes were totally pitch black, and instead of Lightning McQueen screaming at the sight of seeing the statue looking directly at him like in the final film, the entire scene stood still again, the statue was looking directly at the camera as if it’s gaze were piercing directly into my very own eyes. The worst of all was what the entire scene froze for an uncomfortably long period of time. It wasn’t until then that after several minutes of silence, the statue actually talked and said in a distorted voice saying, "YOU CANNOT ESCAPE ME!!!" When I heard this, shivers were being sent down my spine, until then, something completely unexpected and far off happened. The entire screen froze again, before it turned pitch black, yet again, the same error message I got in the last three movies appeared, before the video player once again closed itself for the fourth time.

And so, I was questioning myself was to what was happening, whether the statue was trying to engage in a conversation with me or had the characters in the video files became possessed by the operating system itself. Anyway though, I decided to watch another one the Movies folder's films, *Bolt*. Everything went normal this time, until something strange happened yet again.

During the scene when Penny was being taking inside an ambulance truck with a burnt arm, with Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino going along with her, the screen suddenly froze again. An error message also appeared in the middle of the screen for a little bit as the whole scene itself stood still for about several minutes, before the scene resumed. The error message read "Did you really think you could escape me?" And there were two buttons on it, called "Yes" and "No" respectively. I clicked on "Yes", but then an error message showed up and it read "YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD ESCAPE ME, BUT YOU CANNOT!" As my fingers trampled, I clicked on the "Okay" button. When the error message closed, the video resumed playing. When the scene ended as Penny's mom closed the ambulcance door shut, the distorted Mickey Mouse figure from the unknown Disney website appeared, with his white glowing eyes shown. The error message then appeared again, before the video player again closed itself.

After questioning as to what was happening with the five movies I watched, I decided to watch one last movie, *Wreck-It Ralph*. Everything went normal this time, until about midway into the film, when again, something strange happened.

During the scene when Ralph was shouting at the Sugar Rush racers telling them to leave Vanellope alone, the said racers (that includes from left to right; Gloyd, Snowanna, Rancis, Jubileena, Minty, Candlehead, Crumbelina, Adorabeezle, Swizzle, and Taffyta) turned their heads around to look directly towards Ralph, but then, something happened. The said racers' eyes were all pitch black, and instead of Ralph running down a cliff, flailing his arms, growling like a monster, and scaring the racers away as in the final film, the entire scene stood still once again, with the racers looking at Ralph without saying anything. Like the other movies, they were often blinking their eyes, and the scene lasted for an uncomfortably long period of time, I mean it lasted for several minutes, until then, something completely far off happened: the racers' gazes abruptly shifted from Ralph directly into the camera as they all started looking at me directly in the eyes, and then, they were about to say something to me, but just before they were going to say something, the screen froze again, and afterwards, the same error message I always get displayed before the video player crashed once again.

It seems like the characters in the video files of the Disney Movies folder became possessed by the Disney OS, I mean, the room around me had felt oppressive, the digital world I had once known transformed into a realm of uncertainty and malevolence. The encounters with the distorted figures and the anomalous videos had shattered my sense of reality, leaving me to question the very nature of the software that my friend Kevin was installing on his computer.

As the clock ticked on, I realized that I was no longer just a programmer investigating a mystery. I had become entangled in a tapestry of darkness, where the boundaries between reality, digital realms, and the supernatural had eroded, leaving me to navigate a landscape of uncertainty and terror. A few minutes later, my digital journey took me to a file called "Disney OS's Chambers" a file that randomly appeared on my screen, when I clicked on the file, it opened up in Notepad. A cryptic message showed, with letters and symbols from different languages and writing systems. As my eyes widened trying to decode what it means, it became apparent enough that the file actually read "Did you really think you could?"

After closing the file, my fingers trembled. I mean, I was questioning myself as to what was going on with all of this happening, The distorted figures, the distorted images, the videos with their unsettling encounters—it was all connected, a tapestry of darkness that stretched across the digital landscape. The very fabric of the digital world had become a realm of darkness, a landscape where the boundaries between reality and the supernatural had eroded beyond recognition.

As I sat in the dim glow of my monitor, I soon realized that I was teetering on the precipice of an abyss, a realm where the unknown and the unknowable converged. The mysteries of the Windows Disney OS had become more than just enigmas to solve—they were threats to my sanity and my very own existence. As the mysteries within the Disney OS continued to unravel, my sense of unease deepened. The encounters with corrupted files, distorted figures, and unsettling websites had left an indelible mark on my psyche. I couldn't shake the feeling that the digital realm was no longer under my control—that I had ventured into a place where the boundaries between reality and the unknown had blurred beyond recognition. One fateful night, after hours of delving into the depths of the software, I decided to restart the computer, hoping that a fresh boot might provide some semblance of normalcy, a respite from the horrors I had uncovered. But as the computer powered on, my heart sank.

The Windows Disney OS Plus boot screen was normal at first, nothing changed. But before I could react, a disorienting montage of clips played before my very own eyes. The clips were a disturbing symphony of images and sounds—a cacophony of distorted faces, surreal landscapes, and fragmented voices that seemed to speak to me from beyond the veil. The horrors I had witnessed within the Disney OS were now being replayed before me, a relentless onslaught that assaulted my senses.

My vision eventually blurred; my mind overwhelmed by the onslaught. The images flickered and merged, twisting and distorting my sense of reality. And then, as if the world had unraveled, I felt a sudden surge of disorientation, a vertigo that tore at the very fabric of my being. I started feeling very sick, I became really dizzy and nauseous, a sickness so extreme that I had never before experienced in my whole life, the computer screen itself displayed a Red Screen of Death, which is the original Blue Screen of Death with the color changed to red. The ambulance arrived to take me to the hospital, but then afterwards, my computer turned off by itself.

The next thing I knew was that I was lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by the sterile white walls of a clinical room. My head was throbbed, my body ached, I was extremely dizzy and disoriented, I was extremely nauseous, and I felt as if I had been torn between two worlds—the digital and the real. And so doctors and nurses moved around me, their faces a blur as they worked to stabilize me. I struggled to piece together what had happened, the memories of the terrifying footage and the disturbing montage still haunting my thoughts. My strength waned, my breaths shallow as I looked around the hospital room. I felt the weight of the unknown pressing down upon me, the darkness of the Disney OS threatening to consume me whole. And as the doctors and nurses worked frantically to save me, I knew I was about to enter into a coma. In a moment of clarity, my voice barely a whisper, I uttered my final words before I went into a coma, my message a haunting revelation to those who would listen:

***"The answer lies within the code."***

And so I was put into a deep coma, and then the doctors and nurses worked together to try to make me healthy by trying to give me medicine on the brain and trying to maintain my airways to keep my breathing stable, they're probably planning on giving me glucose or antibiotics through veins in my arms.

The next day, news about my condition had quickly spread across the halls of the Microsoft offices, a somber reminder that the enigma of the Windows Disney OS attempted to consume my very own mind. Even Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft and Michael Eisner, the former CEO of Disney paid tribute to the programmer who delved too deep into the digital abyss of the Windows Disney OS. As my colleagues and friends at my choir community, my church community, and my neighborhood community gathered to remember me, they couldn't help but wonder about the depths of the digital realm, about the boundaries that had been crossed and the price that had been paid. My journey had been a testament to the dangers of delving too deep, of seeking answers in places where the laws of reality faltered. My very own parents also attended the tribute, and they were both laying on their knees crying for me, they were praying for me, trying to ask God to heal me and heal my sicknesses that I experienced while delving into the Disney OS. They reflected my journey that had taken me into the digital unknown. My very own fate served as a reminder of the delicate balance between human understanding and the mysteries that lie just beyond our grasp. My legacy continued to live on within the halls of Microsoft, an emblem of the unyielding pursuit of knowledge, even when it leads to the precipice of darkness. The enigma of the Windows Disney OS became a cautionary tale, a testament to the power that software and technology hold over our lives and the unseen forces they can unleash. Windows Disney OS became a symbol of the inherent unpredictability of the digital realm, a realm where the line between reality and the virtual can blur with unforeseen consequences. My journey, though nearly tragic, served as a reminder that even in the pursuit of understanding, we must tread carefully on the fragile bridge between the known and the unknown.

And as time carried the memories of my ordeal into the distance, the lessons learned from my harrowing experience remained etched in the minds of those who had walked alongside me. The legacy of Windows Disney OS was one of caution, of the shadows that can be unleashed when the boundaries of the digital world are pushed to their limits.

Back at the hospital though, while I was being treated, I started dreaming about something. What appeared in my very own dreams, was the enigmatic pink-haired, pink-clothed girl that I saw in the Disney OS commercial, the Humanized Puffball looking towards a black-haired and black-clothed boy who appeared to be a humanized version of Black Hole from *Battle for Dream Island*, she had purple-colored eyes. Both the humanized Puffball and the humanized Black Hole started blushing on each other as a heart appeared right between them.

A few days later, I was recovered, and my coma went away. I was finally able to survive the enigma of the Windows Disney OS which failed to consume my mind. My eyes opened again, I could finally walk out free and good. I feel so much happy now that many people at my choir community, church community, neighborhood community and even the Microsoft community cheered up happily now that I was finally able to survive, and that my parents were finally relieved about this. One fellow employee at Microsoft told me "The only way to fix the bugs in the Disney OS is to install the required patches to fix them." After hearing this, I had to go back to Kevin's house. Where I tried to turn on the computer again with the ill-fated Disney OS installed on it. The Windows Disney OS Plus boot screen again showed, with the Windows 2000 startup sound again playing once the process of booting finished. When I came to the Microsoft website, I attempted to install their enhancement product called "Microsoft Enhancement Patches for Fixing Bugs in Tampered Windows Operating Systems" however, once the installation process began, something very unsettling began to happen.

As the installation process of the patches began, the three distorted figures I encountered on the unknown Disney website appeared right on the screen, saying to me "You will regret this!" Soon afterwards, the system itself started to repetitively send out cryptic error messages that appeared to be warning signs not to install the patches to the unexplained bugs in the operating system. I ignored the warnings and installed them anyway. When the installation process was completed, I had to restart my computer again.

During the process of rebooting the system, the Windows Disney OS Plus boot screen showed up, and when it finished rebooting, the Windows 2000 startup sound played again, and everything went back to normal. The unexplained glitches in the Disney OS had finally been patched once and for all, the boundaries between the real and digital finally shut again once and for all. I was very happy and relieved so much about this, that I called Kevin with my phone and had told him: "Hey Kevin, I fixed your computer already, I got rid of the unexplained bugs I encountered!" Kevin replied saying "Thank you for your assistance, Benji!" I said, "You're welcome!".

And so I left Kevin's home and I drove all the way back to my very own house. Kevin came to his house and tried using the computer again, and he was very happy that he could finally use the Windows Disney OS computer without worrying about those glitches that blur the boundaries between the real and the digital.

Everyone was very happy about me surviving the very enigmatic experience of the Windows Disney OS trying to consume me. I managed to break free from its path, the horrors I encountered previously. I would never forget about this horrifying experience that I'm probably gonna get nightmares from.

The nightmare of the first publicly released version of the Windows Disney OS continues to haunt some people to this day, waiting to appear in their worst nightmares soon, Microsoft and Disney were both very sorry about this. Microsoft and Disney had both collaborated to release numerous better versions of the Disney OS that would never have the strange bugs that the first publicly released version of the Disney OS experienced. As of right now, the tale of "Windows Disney OS" lived on, a digital campfire story whispered among those who knew the secrets of its haunted code—a tale that would forever remind us that within the labyrinth of ones and zeros, there are mysteries that defy resolution, and within the digital realm, there are truths that remain hidden in plain sight.

Credited to JunoTehPlanet, edited by Hayden the Toe Jammer