My parents' names turned up on the dark web. The movies I watched were very scary.

When a friend first told me about the dark web, I couldn't believe that something so unknown could hold some of the most illegal things in the world. Before today, I only used the dark web to learn how to code and do small crimes. But after seeing those horrible vids, I don't think I'll ever use it again.

It wasn't until a few months into high school that I met my best friend Harold. When my parents moved us to a new town, I didn't have any friends. At first, it was sad, but I got used to it. People were scared after a lot of murders in our town, so we moved. I believed that moving across the country for that was strange, but I didn't think much about it.

Our interest in the internet and all it had to offer made us fast friends. I was a tier 3 Call Of Duty member and a game junkie, while he was more of a hacker and creator. After two years, we were still best friends. But now we were older and smarter. Harold was crazy about the dark web after he found it. He worked on it almost all day, looking through everything you can think of. This was fine, but one search he did was the worst thing he ever did in his life.

When I woke up one morning, he had sent me a lot of texts. This wasn't like us. People didn't like Harold very much, and it was tough to get him to talk. I looked at my phone to see what message he sent me.