Author's Note: Woo. Got it in there. It's a bit later than I planned to post it but I had to finish it off. I have one more chapter to go before I am all caught up in terms of month etc.

Side note... all of this stuff going around about Covid-19 is... really weird. Like, I don't think I'm alone in thinking how crazy things are in the world right about now. This is just a quick little note to say... I hope all of my lovely friends, followers and readers are doing okay and are safe from this thing. Remember... just do what is being asked of you and stay indoors. It's not hard to just stay at home and watch TV etc. Britain is currently doing my head in. My own country seems to really struggle to be told what to do to the point we are practically in lockdown since fellow Brits couldn't follow basic instructions.

Sigh... anyway, hopefully it passes soon because the craziness of the food stores and the level of crazy that people are starting to get is... unnerving. I just hope everyone is doing alright... sending my love to all.

Also... I'm doing what I did last time. I'm posting it and I've looked over it like briefly but will double check any errors or spelling mistakes in the morning when I am not as tired as I am right now haha.

Hope you guys like this chapter! Lemme know what you think!

Scary Text Stories with Raven (#1) | The Third Sister

Uploaded by Gar Logan

26th February 2020

Length: 00:16:14

Throwing his arms out wide, Gar beamed towards the camera which was being carefully propped up on the tall tripod, standing directly in front without any assistance.

His forest eyes glistened under the warm light of the ceiling spotlights above his head.

"Whaaat's up guys, it's Gar and welcome back to my channel!" He greeted, his teeth flashing briefly as his smile widened,

"Today, as you can see, I am joined by my beauty of a girlfriend, Raven!"

He half turned his body from where he was lounging on the charcoal grey sofa in the corner at the back of the lounge. The large stereo system was sitting to the right, only partially in frame with only Gar and Raven being the main focal point. To the right, and in line with the tripod was their dark stained wood bar, an assortment of alcoholic beverages slotted behind the main counter. They had bought it early on after moving into the house so that they could keep friends properly entertained when they threw parties.

Raven half smiled and lifted her slender fingers to give the camera, the smallest of waves. She sat cross legged, beside Gar. She had black leggings adorning her legs, with a loose fitting sweater covering her top half. It was a jade green color with two white stripes splashed across the upper arms. It hung off one of her shoulders where a thin black string top sat underneath.

A layered necklace with a few moon accents dotted across the chain sat around her neck whilst her ebony hair was bunched up in a messy bun atop her hair, a plethora of mauve streaks slipping out around her cheeks, framing her face.

"Hi viewers." She mumbled, lowering her hand after a long moment,

Gar leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. He wore a long sleeved maroon t-shirt and grey skinny jeans with a pair of lemon colored socks with a watermelon pattern printed all over them.

"She's getting better at talking to you guys." Gar murmured, a smirk appearing on his face.

Raven rolled her eyes and leaned back against the plush sofa, lacing her fingers together atop of her stomach as she got comfortable.

Gar straightened up a little and slapped his hands together, grinning from ear to ear, "So, tonight… we have another new segment for the channel. One thing me and Rae have in common, among a few things is a love of horror. I can sit and sit through an entire marathon of slashers and ghosty movies and Rae is an avid novel reader and she writes for a living; some of them have included horror."

"We thought, why not share this on the channel?" He paused and slid his phone out from where it was hidden in his pocket, "There's these stories online, some of which you may have seen before. They're in a text format and some of them are pretty spooky. We're gonna read through them and see what the fuss is about. We'll see if they live up to being scary or not."

"Probably not, by the looks of a couple of them already." Raven muttered, glancing over his shoulder at the screen of his phone,

"We're gonna be blind along with you guys." Gar informed his audience, "We're only gonna read the ones that we haven't already looked at. Rae is right though… a few of these are real stinkers."

"So, let's hope Gar has picked a few half decent ones so this video isn't completely pointless." Raven murmured,

Gar playfully rolled his eyes and shook his head at her, "So… this first story is called, 'The Third Sister'."

He glanced down at his phone and cleared his throat, "I'll be Tristan and Rae, you get to be Andrea."

"Yay." She deadpanned,

Shuffling on the seat until Raven could read the text on his phone properly, Gar narrowed his eyes and took on his temporary character role,

'Hi babe.'

'Hey babe!'

Raven paused and scrunched her face up, "Andrea needs to cool it with the enthusiasm."

Gar snorted before returning his attention to the screen of his phone.

'Are you doing something tonight?' Gar mumbled, keeping his tone of voice low to show the difference when he was in character and when he was himself,

'I'm sorry but I got plans.'

Raven sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose, "Andrea… you really need to work on your grammar. I know it's text but… come on."

Gar smiled, "Rae, you worry about weird things."

She narrowed her eyes at him, "To you, weird, since you don't use proper grammar or speech 98% of the time in life."

"Dats how I do, gurl." Gar replied, smirking whilst Raven appeared to physically cringe.

'What kind of plans?' Gar continued,

'Babysitting ones.'

'On a Friday night?'

'I need to save up money.'

'Sounds boring! How are the kids today?' Gar paused and looked up from his phone,

"Ladies, I'm telling you right now. If a guy asks this much stuff, you need to run. I don't know if I have much context yet but he creeps me out. I'm calling it now that he's the bad guy in this story."

Raven rolled her eyes, "You can't possibly know that yet. And, the title makes me think that you're wrong."

"Well, I guess we'll find out soon, won't we, babe?" Gar snarked, his eyes sliding off of Raven and back onto the screen,

'They're twin girls, Lilly and Masha. They're quiet.' Raven continued, leaning her chin on Gar's shoulder to read from his phone,

Gar's brows knitted together, "Masha?"

"Yeah… that gives me typo vibes…" Raven confirmed,

"Surely it would be Marsha or… Sasha? Maybe?" Gar queried,

Shrugging, Raven nodded towards his phone again, "It's not important. Keep going."

'So, it's all good?'

'Yeah, I'd say so. Lilly is literally next to me all the time.'

'Who are their parents?'

'Some doctors but they're not here. It's also the first time I'm working for them.'

'And where exactly are you?'

Gar paused again and barked out a laugh, "See!? He is not giving me good vibes right now, dudes. Red flags. Red flags everywhere."

"I have to agree. I would have stopped replying if he asked this much stuff." Raven added, her indigo gaze turning towards the lens of the camera,

She cleared her throat before she continued from where they left off.

'You know those houses that are at the outskirts of the city?'

'The ones near me?'

'Exactly! It's a big pink one near the lake, just before the bridge into the next town.'

'Oh. I've seen that one.'

'Cool. I'm going to send them upstairs. Give me a sec.'

'Ok.'

"Who even texts like this?" Raven sighed, rubbing circles against her temple.

"Apparently, Tristan and Andrea do."

Raven smirked before it quickly vanished and she stared back down at the phone again.

'Weird… Masha went happily upstairs, Lilly however looked disturbed and decided not to go… she just said she doesn't like it upstairs.'

'Did you ask her why?'

'She said she doesn't like being with her sisters.'

'Huh? Aren't they just two?'

'I don't get it either but anyways.'

Gar and Raven simultaneously paused and exchanged a look of apprehension,

"Well… that's interesting." Raven muttered,

Gar laughed heartily and ran a hand through his hair, "I just love how she's like… so the girl is talking about having another sister but there's only the two of them. ANYWAYS."

Raven joined him and smiled at the absurdity, "Her priorities are not right."

He chuckled and shook his head.

'Are you okay babe?'

'Yeah, it's just Masha keeps throwing things at me and says her sister made her do it.'

'Kids are weird!'

'Yes! As their parents said these two have lots of imagination.'

'Is that what they said?'

'Yeah, before they left… they said I'll be getting some troubles but if i knew how to handle them, I'd be fine.'

'In other words the kids are a nightmare?'

'I don't know about putting it that way but Lilly is definitely afraid of Masha.'

'But that's normal in kids isn't it?'

Raven paused and lifted away to look at Gar, "Is it? Are siblings supposed to be afraid of each other?"

Gar lifted his shoulders in response, "I dunno. I'm an only child too. I know Kory used to be scared of her sister but that's cos Kom is apparently a huge bitch."

"Hmm… I don't know. I'm willing to bet most people do not legitimately fear their siblings."

With that, Raven shook her head and tilted her chin downwards to keep reading.

'She keeps mentioning Masha and Grace.'

'So are you looking after The Shining twins now?'

'Haha I feel intrigued. Kids' imagination amazes me.'

'Weirdo!'

"I hate to agree with Tristan cos' he seems like a huge douche but he has a point. Kinda weird to wanna learn more. I would be outta that house by now, that's for damn sure."

"She's a weird girl, by the sounds of it. She hasn't even run from said douche so we clearly know she's not completely sane." Raven said, waving her hand dismissively.

"Andrea…" Gar sighed, eyeing the camera and pointing a finger, "Sort your life, girl. It's a mess. Throw Tristan out the window and then run from creepy little girls. Ite?"

Raven gave a ghost of a smile and cleared her throat again.

'I sent Lilly upstairs anyways. I believe they're playing something.'

'Cool.'

'Have I mentioned how much I'm gonna get paid?'

'No, but you always complain babysitting brings shitty payments.'

'Not this time! $70 for the whole night!'

'WHAT?! Why do they pay so much? Sounds super weird to me!'

"I don't get it… is… is that good? Is that a lot for a night of babysitting?" Gar queried, turning to look at Raven,

She lifted a dark brow and pulled an uncertain facial expression, "Uh… beats me. Do I look like someone who babysits in their spare time?" She paused, "I guess it's okay but… considering the little girls are super creepy… I would have probably asked for more."

"Yeah, it's not even in the hundreds. Girl, you're gettin' ripped off if anything, especially since I have a feeling she's gonna die before the end of this thing."

Raven absently nodded.

'They said other babysitters don't last long and wanted to see if I could.'

'That didn't give you red flags?'

"Dude. You are a giant red flag." Gar grumbled, earning a light nudge from Raven.

"Shh." She whispered,

'They just said their kids didn't like babysitters so they always try to scare them away.'

'Now I'm afraid they're gonna kill you lol.'

Gar bolted upright and pulled a face towards the camera, his eyes wide and looking like he knew exactly where this was gonna end up.

"Tristan knows what's up, bruh." Gar stated, "He sucks but he knooows."

"Gar, shush. Let's keep reading." Raven reminded him,

"Right, right… but we all know that this guy has a point."

She rolled her eyes at him and shook her head.

'Don't be silly!'

'So, if you get a deal with this family, you can totally drop the other families, right?'

'Hopefully… wait. I heard something.'

'What is it? Hope everything's okay…'

'Now I see what they mean about Masha.'

'What happened?'

'She was trying to tie her sister up!'

Gar and Raven pulled back from the phone, both of them wearing a knowing expression.

"See, this is the part where you run like heck, Andrea." Gar affirmed,

"I'd say she's already a goner. If she hasn't sensed the underlying tones here, then she deserves the inevitable."

Blinking at his girlfriend, Gar puckered up his lips, "Harsh, but I like the honesty, Rae."

She smirked and inclined her head at him, "That's pretty much me in a nutshell."

Gar chuckled and returned his attention to the story on his phone.

'What? How?'

'With some ropes and some towels.'

'Jfc, she's a potential serial killer!'

'When I ask her why did she do it, she said Grace told her to.'

'Grace as in the third sister?'

'Yes. Then I told them I needed to tell Grace off and Masha just laughed and said no one can tell Grace what to do. And she then threw a fucking toy at me and told me I won't last.'

'What a little jerk!'

'I'm going to spend some time with them okay? Maybe that will help.'

'No problem, babe.'

Gar clicked his tongue and slowly turned his head from side to side, "This is the part where she's likely to die."

"Agreed." Raven groaned, rubbing a hand across her face,

'30 minutes later…' Gar informed them,

'These kids sure are creative!'

'What now?'

'I got introduced to the new sister. Fun fact; she's made of plastic.'

'Huh? A doll?'

'Apparently, they were triplets. One day, there was a fire and a babysitter only saved Lilly, leaving Grace behind to die. Ever since then, Grace's soul still lives in the body of the doll.'

'And that's why they hate babysitters and Lilly?'

'Pretty much!'

'Pft, it's a good story lol.'

'I'm gonna put them to bed. BRB!'

"I'd just like to point out how stupidly calm they are during a situation where they should not be calm, honestly." Raven commented,

"Yeah, Tristan and Andrea are both messed up. Maybe they are right for each other, after all." Gar blurted, '10 Minutes Later…'

'I'm back, hun.' Raven muttered,

'Great! I'm glad the doll didn't get you, haha.'

'Nope. I'm just gonna watch a movie now.'

'I'm doing the same.'

'Wait… damn it. Somebody's already crying. I'm gonna go check.'

'Okay babe.'

'As I went upstairs, I saw Lilly crying and Masha just told me that Grace likes to play at night… Lilly said she was afraid Grace was planning to kill us.'

'Babe… how do you know that they're just making it up about the sister?'

'I think their parents would have told me. Plus, come on, a possessed doll? Seriously?'

'What if they hid that information on purpose so that you would agree to babysit?'

'They don't seem like those kinds of people.'

'If I were you, I'd look for information. Weirder stuff has happened.'

'Alright… I'm gonna try and search around… I'm just going into their parents room now. Oh god, I feel so shitty for sneaking in here.'

'Do you see something?'

'Their room looks empty… I don't understand. When they brought me to the house, they said this was their room…'

'Baby, you gotta get the hell out of there… this family sounds super weird to me. I think there's something wrong with them!'

'Tristan… the door… it closed and the lights have gone off.'

'Babe? Are you okay? Do you want me to come and get you?'

Gar paused and tilted his head towards the camera, "So, Tristan finally made a half decent suggestion to get out of the house. Still down on points because he should have said it sooner but… we'll let it slide."

"Shh. It's finally getting interesting." Raven hushed him, stealing his phone away from the palm of his hand,

"Right, sorry. Please, continue, Rae."

'I hear someone laughing… someone is speaking but it doesn't sound like either of the girls… OMG Tris!'

'What? Are you okay!?'

'I found something in the room with me…'

'What is it?'

'... It's the doll…'

'Okay, this is too freaky… I'm coming to you, babe. It will take me 5 minutes. Hang on!'

Gar pulled an awkward expression as he uttered, '7 Minutes later…' He paused and continued the dialogue, 'Babe, as soon as I got there, I saw the police. They told me I couldn't drive any further… are you okay?'

'Andrea… I kept driving anyway and noticed there's been a fire in the area… Andrea… I need to know you're fine. Babe?'

Lowering his phone, which he had snatched back from his girlfriend, Gar stared intently ahead, 'The END.'

"Well… that was… something." Raven confessed,

Gar tapped his fingertips against his chin and shrugged, "Y'know what? I actually liked that one. It was creepy enough. Anything involving little girls is freaky in my book."

Raven smirked and shook her head, "It wasn't the worst, that's for sure."

"Imagine if you were actually babysitting and this kinda crap happened. It would put you off of interacting with kids ever again."

Nodding her head, Raven leaned back into the cushions on the sofa, the moonlight streaming in from the window just behind them, showing a snippet of their backyard.

"I don't think any amount of money would make me want to babysit those girls." Raven declared,

Gar chuckled and matched her position, leaning back against the sofa with his arms over the edge.

"Andrea was really dumb though. I mean, she really should have seen it coming before the doll even came into it." He pointed out,

Raven nodded and gently fixed the purple strands falling over her cheek. She pushed them behind her ear and snorted, "The characters were a little hit and miss but… it was an intriguing read."

Gar beamed at her and gave her a small kiss to the cheek, causing her to blush a light pink shade.

"Thanks for joining me, Rae. Feel like making this a regular thing we do on my channel?" He asked,

Raven offered him a timid smile, "Mm… maybe… we'll see what your viewers think about it, hm?"

A chuckle escaped him and he carefully played with a loose strand of her hair, hanging down near the nape of her neck,

"But… if they do… you'll be down to do more of these with me?"

"Happy to, Gar. It was fun." She answered,

Gar's grin spread across his face even more and turned his sole attention back to the camera still blinking and pointed at them.

He placed his hands on his knees and scooched forward on the edge of the sofa, "You heard her, guys. Let me know what you thought below!" He paused briefly, "Otherwise… thank you all for watching and I hope you liked it as much as we did. And remember, don't be an Andrea… or a Tristan for that matter."

"Don't forget to smash that like button and subscribe to my channel, if you aren't already! I'll check in with you guys in the next one!"

He smiled softly as Raven leaned into his side, lifting her hand to minutely wave from her spot on the couch. Gar lifted his free hand and gestured with a two finger salute before he called,

"Peace!"