"Hello everybody. My name is Markiplier!" Those were the first words I heard every day after coming home from school. I always tuned in to watch Mark's new videos that he posted every day. But last Thursday was different. I had just gotten off the bus and ran into my house and into my room. I opened YouTube on my iPad and searched for Markiplier. He was supposed to be posting a new  Subnautica video. It was my favorite playthrough of his.

   I saw that Mark only posted one video, as I clicked on his channel icon. "Well, this is strange. He was supposed to post two," I said to myself. The video was titled "Mark is No More." I was sure this was a joke video, until I looked at the thumbnail. It was a picture of Mark. But he had black, soulless eyes, and a bloody smile. Curiosity took over me and I clicked on the video. It was the biggest mistake of my life.

  The video took about three minutes to load. I thought it was weird, because the Internet at my house is usually really fast. After it loaded, the video played. It started off with Mark's usual setup, but there was no Mark. "Ok, this is freaky." I said. The video was about one and a half minutes in, and then the video started to glitch. I was scared. Not scared for me, but scared for Mark. What had happened to such a wonderful man? I kept watching, and I noticed that the blue styrofoam squares on Mark's wall had changed to red. Blood red. I paused the video, and sat in my room, terrified and confused.

  I decided to read the description to see if it could explain all this freaky crap that was happening. The description said "..." Then I decided to read the comments. But there were none. And there were only about four views. I played the video again, and this time, I was introduced to a strange man. This man looked like Mark, but he wasn't. He had bloody red hair. Not the floofy blue hair that Mark had. He also had dark, demonic looking eyes. "Hello, everybody. My name is Darkiplier..." The video cut off there. I was left alone in my room, silent, and scared. I decided to post a comment on the strange video that my favorite YouTuber posted. My comment read "Mark? Are you ok? I'm worried about you. Hope you're doing well." About ten minutes after posting the comment, I saw that someone replied to it. It was Mark. His reply read "Mark is no more. Dark is here, now. Mark is dead."