I know this will sound strange but I've got a problem. A big problem.

For weeks now my pack of Rats have been... off. They used to beg for treats and run to the door when I fed them, but not now. Now they stay huddled in the back of the cage hissing at me to tell me to leave them alone.

I don't know what to do. They were always so cute and loving.

Let me start from the beginning. I got them a new pack mate and that is where it started to go downhill. I went to a pet shop to pick up some treats. Next to the treats was a cage with a lone rat in it. She looked so sad so I offered to adopt her.

I thought 'Maybe she didn't get along with her cage mates or owner.' The staff told me that the old owner didn't want to get a new pack as when they brought her home their pack rejected her. Then the pack all died suddenly.

Looking at that little face, I couldn't leave her there. So I brought her home. They all integrated nicely and the new rat quickly rose to the top of the pack.

As soon as she became the leader the pack became more hostile towards me. Call me paranoid and I am aware I have read too many creepypastas but it feels off. The mysterious start she had, the pack death, and the way my pack is acting right now.

So I will update this in the hopes that I will still be here at the end of this. Let's call this day one of the dirty. It's the 12th of October.

The other day I went to the bathroom leaving my tablet open with a game on the screen. When I came back it was showing a webpage. I had never seen this webpage before so I looked at my history and found that there were a lot of pages I had never used.

This led me to set up a camera. My thinking was that there was some creep living in the walls of my home. My god was I wrong!

I checked it today and what I saw was creepy. My rats worked together to open their cage. Once they climbed down to the floor they scampered off in all directions. Then the camera cuts out like someone pulled the plug.

The worst part is when I went into the living room they were in their house. Now either these rats are up to something or someone is messing with my head! I will be back tomorrow with more.

13th October.

So this gets weirder. I've been keeping an eye on the history of my tablet since I found a website thatt I dont reconise. What I found was that someone has been using it while I've been in bed! Flicking through pages about serial killers and sites dedicated to solving cold cases.

What's worse is I'm probably on some watch list somewhere now. Some of those sites have pictures that are probably real crime scene photos. I'm definitely installing a vpn before leaving my stuff alone again.

I wish I knew what was going on as I would feel a little better. I've set up more cameras in the hopes of capturing something. I suppose it's to rule out a hacker messing with my devices. Only some of the cameras are networked, the rest are recording onto an SD card.

I will check them tomorrow and tell you all what I found.

14th of October

It's official! I'm definitely in trouble! So I come into the living room today and the cage is empty and the rats are all gone! The door was open and they were not here! I looked everywhere but they are just gone.

So I did the only thing I could think of and checked all the cameras. I watched the rats open the cage and leave just as they did before.

This time I know no one messed with the footage. You can't mess with an SD card off the network... at least I don't think you can.

It's later on in the day and the rats are back. I was setting up cameras in the bedroom so I know that room is safe from whatever is going on when I heard a thump. I came back into the living room and I saw the cage door was shut.

When I looked in the cage I saw a box that I hadn't put in there and the lead rat was hissing at me. I think I'm just going to gather some supplies and go back to the bedroom where it's safe.

15th of October

This morning I went into the living room to find the rats watching murder mysteries on my tablet.

I tried to turn it off but they all went nuts! Then the pack leader followed me as I walked around and stared at me with her beady little eyes. It's rather creepy so I think I will go back to the bedroom.

Maybe stay there as the cameras prove that the rats don't come in there.

17th of October

Things have got a little worse. So yesterday I opened the door to go into the living room when I was stopped with a hiss.

The leader of the pack was waiting for me she hissed and lunged for me. I'm not ashamed to say I slammed the door and refused to open it again for hours. When I did she was up the other end of the hallway stopping me from going to the living room. My whole flat was rearranged into a hallway, a bedroom and a bathroom.

That was how I spent yesterday. The only time I got attacked was when I wanted to go into the living room. I ended up going out to get food and feeling very silly but also scared enough to not want to come back.

Obviously, I did and she was still there. I made the mistake of trying to pick her up and she went for me. I swear if I had been a second slower I would have lost skin.

I backed off fast and shut myself away. A rat's face is more expensive than you know. They hold their head and place their ears to tell you everything you need to know. Ears back head up so you see teeth says I'm going to bite you. Ears up mouth closed means says happy or interested. Everything they do is to communicate with you.

18th of October

Alright. I admit it I'm a fool. I knew rats were intelligent but I never thought they were on the level that I am. So today I thought fuck it I will go to the living room. The lead rat was gone from the end of the hallway and so I started to go into the room.

There on the sofa were all the rats fast asleep, but when I looked around the room that was when I saw what they had done.

They had put up decorations for a party. A happy birthday banner sat just behind the sofa and party food lay out on the table. There was a cake in the middle of the table and other than the paw prints in the icing you wouldn't believe that rats had done this. The decorations were murder mystery themed. Who doesn't mind a good murder mystery!

All that was amazing enough but... what really shocked me was the tiny voice that said "Happy birthday human."

It took me a few moments to register what was happening. When I looked at the rats the lead rat was standing there. "Did you hear me human? I said Happy birthday." I was shocked that they could do all this but even more shocked that she talked!

Talking rat! She looks like all the others to me but... she can talk. I picked her up and asked her why she did all this.

She told me that when the other human stole her from the laboratory she was raised in they tried to treat her like the other rats they had. The other rats rejected her and she fought with them. The owner kept trying to keep the pack together but took her to the shop when she talked to him. He told the staff that his pack died and that was why she was alone.

When I brought her home my pack welcomed her and told her that they all needed to be as nice as they could be to me so they would get cake on my birthday.

She came up with a plan to give me a birthday but was afraid of showing that she could talk. So this is why they were acting odd. They worked together to throw me a butiafal party and I'm excited to have this new rat in my life. She is the sweetest most kindest rat I've ever owned.

Just one little warning. If you get a pet rat and they can talk... don't make them angry. If she can plan a party for me, I dread to think about what she would do if I pass her off.

Be careful.