Sisters

Sisters: A story about internet SAFEty
"Hey, Amber!" Ruby called out to her sister. Amber trudged out of her room, annoyed. "What do you want, Rug?"

Ruby hated that nickname. Only Amber and some of her mean friends called her that, and she hated it. Ruby, anyway, was a very good kid. She did the dishes, cleaned up after herself and Amber, but somehow Amber always found a way to get her into trouble. Secretly, their mom, Azure, knew that Ruby was a good kid. But she kept quiet, hoping they'd work it out.

They never got a chance to.

"I got a BLACK LONG!" Ruby shouted, dancing around the room happily. "Aren't you... proud of me?"

"Sure," Amber said, clearly bored. She stomped back into her room, closing the door and locking it. Ruby's face fell sadly. She felt horrible and went to play some Animal Jam to cheer her up.

Just a few minutes later, her sister came in the room. Since neither of them were allowed to have their own phones, they shared a family computer.

"My turn," Amber said firmly. Ruby didn't argue even though she hadn't got her full turn. A few weeks later, Azure bought one phone.

She sold the family computer and called the girls to a meeting in the dining hall. "Sit," she instructed, and they did.

"I bought a phone," Azure said carefully, placing her words to be the least offensive. She felt horrible, but she couldn't let Ruby know how much she cared for her. And knew, for that fact. So she said this regretfully, because she had to pretend that was all she knew: "Since Amber would be more mature and careful with her devices, I sold the family computer and bought her a phone."

Ruby immediately countered her mother on this topic. "I've been a good girl!" She yelled. "I cooked, shopped, earned, washed, cleaned, dried everything that needed to be! And you gave HER the phone?" She stomped up to her room.

Later, the twins were playing together in the main hall. Well, more like Ruby sat, alone, setting up her dolls for play while Amber played on her phone. She never even noticed Ruby anymore, all she did was play Animal Jam.

Though she was too afraid to admit it, Amber had been jealous of Ruby's rares and good betas. She'd wished she could hack her, even though it was quite the evil, envious thought she tried to avoid.

One day, while Amber was shut up in her room playing, she noticed someone saying "come to my den if you like me!! Idc boy or girl!"

Happily, Amber clicked his nametag. You couldn't go to his den unless you buddied him, so she did and went there.

He came immediately. His den was empty.

Amber didn't mind this, and for months skipped meals or had to be pried away from her phone because she was busy playing Animal Jam with the guy. His username had a blood-red outline, but she never noticed. She kept going on 'dates' with him, and this had been going on for months when he suddenly brought up a topic they'd never discussed before:

"You're old enough to go out by yourself, right?" the boy asked.

"Yeah," Amber replied, excited. Would she finally meet him?

"I'm in Arizona, too," he continued. "Would you like to meet me at the back alley on Roseet Blvd.?"

"Sure!" Overcome by idiotic excitement to meet the person she'd been playing with for goodness knows how long, she faked a trip to Krispy Kreme. She planned to stop there with her new friend, then say goodbye and go back.

Oh, she was wrong.

She didn't care that it was at an alley, much less noticed. Ruby placed her order and so did Azure, happy her daughter was going out for once. Right before Amber left, she put her hand on Amber's.

"Amber, remember. Strangers can be killers," she warned. She knew that Amber must be trying to meet someone, if she was going outside. "Be careful."

Amber thought the person would be nice and didn't care. She left, her last words to them being "bye" in a sarcastic tone after Azure listed everything to remember when going out alone.

She hurried down the street. Luckily, it was only a 20minute walk at most. She headed to the back alley and waited.

A man appeared from behind the corner. He wore a black ski mask and black pants, making almost no skin exposed.

"Hi! Are you-" Amber started, but the man pulled out a gun and held it up to her face. "Follow me, carefully," he said, pulling her away.

Back home, it was midnight when Ruby knew what had happened. She thought maybe the man killed her, and grieved with her mother.

She wasn't sure. About 10 years later, as an adult, feeling hopeless, she set out to find her sister. She walked into a warehouse. The lights were dim.

She squinted and saw someone that looked just like her sister. Actually, it WAS her sister. She was shackled to the wall.

Quickly, Ruby searched for a key. She released her. When they came home, she treated her wounds, then showed her to Azure.

"Mom, Amber... well, I don't know what happened," she said.

Azure didn't believe it. When Amber told her story, barely escaping by a hair, Azure knew it was her and grabbed her in relief. The girls learned their lesson and quit AJ, but not before giving all their items to people that wanted their dream items, including her magenta hd, magenta furry, and more super rare items. They felt grateful and from then on, Amber was nicer to Ruby and they never did anything of the sort again.

I guess the moral of the story is, listen to people and give respect even when you think they don't deserve it. Skype or Facetime the person BEFORE you meet them, and consent with an adult you trust. In fact, bring them with you for extra precaution.

This is actually a true story. Well, I don't know about the girl part, but someone got kidnapped by the person they were talking to on the Internet for a few months. I don't know what happened after that, but that much is true, so be careful! It could've been you...