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MSA, formerly known as "My Story Animated," is a dynamic YouTube channel that brings real-life stories to life through engaging and visually captivating animations. Specializing in personal drama, emotional journeys, and life-changing experiences, MSA transforms viewers' submissions into powerful animated narratives that resonate deeply with its audience. Each video tackles a wide range of topics, including relationship struggles, overcoming adversity, and self-discovery, making it a platform where real-life events are depicted with creativity and authenticity.

The channel's content is crafted to be relatable and inspirational, offering viewers a blend of entertainment and life lessons. Through animated storytelling, MSA explores complex social dynamics, personal growth, and the challenges of everyday life, providing viewers with stories that are not only entertaining but also thought-provoking and emotionally engaging.

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00:00Hi, I'm Lillian, and I have the creepiest story to tell you.
00:04But before that, please like and subscribe.
00:06I was taken in by my grandma when I was eight years old.
00:09She told the best stories and baked fresh chocolate chip
00:12cookies every day, and life was swell,
00:14until she fell down some stairs and broke her hip.
00:17So I was sent to live with my rich uncle.
00:20He was a businessman, and with him,
00:22I was having a pretty good time.
00:23But soon after, uncle's business started having problems.
00:27He went bankrupt and then lost his house.
00:29So I was packed off to my aunt's place.
00:32Aunt was cool, and she even had a dog who was adorable.
00:35The three of us had fun, well, until the dog ate something
00:39and fell really sick.
00:40He didn't survive.
00:41Aunt ran away to India to heal her heart,
00:44and I ran out of relatives and ended up in an orphanage.
00:47It wasn't so bad there, and I even made some friends.
00:50But then they all got adopted, and I
00:52was the only one left behind.
00:54Don't be disheartened, Lily.
00:55I'm sure there's a perfectly good family
00:57waiting for you out there.
00:59With my luck, I really doubt it.
01:01I was convinced that I was just an unlucky person who
01:04was destined to be alone.
01:05And as time passed, so did my hope of ever finding a family.
01:09But then, a week after my 17th birthday,
01:11something unexpected happened.
01:13The warden called me into her office
01:15and told me that a family wanted to adopt me,
01:17and I had to leave for their place the same night.
01:20I found it strange because the family hadn't even met me.
01:23But the warden said they'd gone through my file
01:25and made their decision.
01:26As I packed my things to leave, my heart
01:29swelled with happiness at the thought
01:31of having my own family.
01:32But when I reached the address I'd been given,
01:34my heart drew to my stomach.
01:36It was a rundown motel located next to a cemetery.
01:40Tall iron gates, huge windows, moldy walls.
01:44The place looked terrifying.
01:46Just then, the main door opened, and this lady
01:48walked out who looked like she was dressed up for a Halloween
01:51party.
01:51Hello.
01:52You must be Lillian.
01:54I'm Mrs. Edwards.
01:55I'm sorry we couldn't come to pick you up.
01:57My husband and I had a little emergency.
02:00That's OK.
02:00It wasn't.
02:01Shh.
02:02Do you smell that?
02:04Looks like it's going to rain any second.
02:05Why don't you get your stuff inside,
02:07and I'll show you around.
02:08Oh, and did I say how happy I am to see you?
02:11I would smile, but I have this condition
02:13where my face muscles don't flex the same way anymore.
02:16Come now.
02:17Mrs. Edwards took me inside the house seconds
02:19before it did start raining like crazy.
02:22She showed me around the motel, which was
02:24just as creepy from the inside.
02:26And then we went into the dining hall
02:28where I met her husband, who seemed just as odd as his wife.
02:31And then, just as I was about to sit at the dinner table,
02:34this girl came out of nowhere and pushed me away.
02:37You can't sit here, you ugly toad.
02:39Why not?
02:39It's empty.
02:40Don't talk back to me.
02:41My house, my rules.
02:43Ivy, can you please calm down?
02:46Lillian, why don't you sit next to me, dear?
02:48Now, Ivy, greet your sister nicely.
02:50We must make her feel welcome.
02:52She is not welcome.
02:54And she is not my sister.
02:56And with that, Ivy just ran off, leaving Mrs. Edwards
02:59making excuses for her behavior.
03:01Mr. Edwards just shook his head apologetically.
03:04He clearly didn't talk much.
03:06After dinner, she showed me to my room, which
03:08was facing the freaking cemetery.
03:11I was so creeped out, I couldn't sleep at all.
03:13Finally, I got up to get some water from the kitchen.
03:16But I found Ivy and her parents there
03:18and stopped short to listen.
03:19What's the matter with you?
03:20Lillian must have felt so bad and unwelcome.
03:23And how do you think I feel about this stranger
03:25living in my house?
03:26We thought it would be nice for you to have some company.
03:29I told you 100 times, I don't need company.
03:33I just want her gone.
03:34I crept away before anyone saw me.
03:37Great, I was unwanted already.
03:38Just my stupid luck.
03:40The next morning, I was pretty much prepared
03:42to head back to the orphanage.
03:44But instead, Mrs. Edwards told me she was
03:46enrolling me in Ivy's school.
03:48I thought I'd use this chance to bond with her.
03:50But she was cold as ice.
03:52Even in school, I noticed that she hardly spoke to anyone
03:55and just kept to herself.
03:57Thankfully, the other kids in my class
03:58were nicer, especially this one boy, Ben.
04:01We sat next to each other in class
04:02and even ended up having lunch together.
04:04I was just telling him how I'd gotten adopted by the Edwards.
04:07And he almost spat out his food.
04:09You're living with those whack jobs?
04:11The Edwards owned all the town's major motels.
04:14But then guests started vanishing mysteriously.
04:16Their motels closed, and they left town for a couple of years
04:19and just recently came back.
04:21Rumor has it that Mrs. Edwards practiced witchcraft
04:24and sacrificed those missing guests for some ritual.
04:27That sounds completely ridiculous.
04:29And Mrs. Edwards seems like a perfectly nice woman.
04:32Maybe they're just rumors, but it's not
04:34hard to see that the Edwards are an odd bunch.
04:37Just be careful.
04:38I couldn't deny the facts.
04:40They were rather odd.
04:41For starters, I had no idea what Mr. Edwards did.
04:44And he never seemed to leave the house.
04:47Mrs. Edwards only went out at night for groceries or errands.
04:50When I asked her why, she made some excuse
04:52about hating crowds.
04:54And I figured that she wanted to avoid people
04:56since the Edwards weren't exactly well-liked in town.
04:59I wondered why they'd even moved back here.
05:01And there was that one room in the west wing of the motel
05:04that always had a huge padlock on it.
05:07One time, Mrs. Edwards caught me looking at it curiously,
05:10and she told me it was strictly out of bounds.
05:13It was clear from her face that questions weren't welcome.
05:16So I shut my mouth.
05:17One night, as I was studying late in my room,
05:19I heard someone talking in low voices outside.
05:22I peeked out a few seconds later to see
05:24Mrs. Edwards and Ivy walking down the hallway,
05:26and I couldn't stop myself from following them.
05:28They went up a spiral, narrow staircase to the rooftop.
05:31And as I watched them from a safe distance,
05:34they held hands and closed their eyes.
05:36Minutes after, Mrs. Edwards took out a huge flashlight
05:39from the bag she was carrying, and they started
05:41flashing it in a weird pattern.
05:43A chilly breeze made their nightgowns flail in the wind,
05:46and I couldn't help thinking that they
05:48kind of looked like witches.
05:49When they were done, Mrs. Edwards
05:51put down the flashlight, and the two hugged tight and cried.
05:54Do you think our message went through, Mom?
05:56I'm sure it did, honey.
05:58I left quietly before they could spot me.
06:00It was obvious they wanted to keep this a secret.
06:02But who could they possibly be sending messages to?
06:05What if they were summoning spirits?
06:07Wasn't it bad enough that we lived next to dead people?
06:09The next day at school, I was walking into the cafeteria
06:12with Ben when I saw some girls surrounding Ivy
06:15and throwing their food at her.
06:16I was about to rush to her rescue,
06:18but she just ran out of there.
06:19I followed her into the bathroom,
06:21and I could hear her crying in one of the cubicles.
06:24Ivy, I saw what happened, and you
06:25don't have to put up with this.
06:27Come with me.
06:27We'll report it to the principal.
06:29The door suddenly flung open, and she pushed me out
06:31of her way, her eyes red.
06:33Why do you care?
06:34It's not like you don't think I'm a weirdo,
06:36just like everyone else.
06:37I'm sure you've heard all the rumors about our family.
06:40Maybe we are weird, and maybe I am crazy.
06:43And that's why I'm all alone and always will be.
06:47No, you won't.
06:48I'll be there for you.
06:49If you let me, I don't care about any rumors,
06:52and I don't believe them.
06:53I like you guys.
06:54And who cares if you're a bit weird?
06:56Normal's boring.
06:57Ivy looked surprised, then gave me a weak smile.
07:00We reported the bullies to the principal,
07:02and after that day, she started warming up to me.
07:05And she was actually fun to be around.
07:07She was also really smart and beat me in every round
07:11of Scrabble and Chess.
07:12Then one day, Mrs. Edwards took us out
07:14to watch her favorite horror movie, and I had a great time.
07:18Oh my god, the way you jumped out of your seat
07:20and sent popcorn flying everywhere was hilarious.
07:24I almost peed my pants and dropped soda all over me,
07:27but who's counting?
07:28Yeah, sorry about that, Mrs. Edwards.
07:30Just call me Mom.
07:32Mom winked at me, and for the first time in my life,
07:35I felt like I had a family.
07:36A strange one, for sure.
07:38I had a place to call home, and I was truly happy.
07:41Soon, I even started inviting Ivy to my plans with Ben.
07:44And while she was always a sport,
07:46I could tell Ben was really uncomfortable around her.
07:49Here, I baked my very famous chocochip cookies.
07:52Why don't you try one?
07:53Oh, sure.
07:57This is so nice.
07:58I'm going to go and enjoy this outside
08:01while watching the flowers.
08:02Ben picked up his plate and ran off.
08:05I followed him to see him spit out the cookie in his mouth
08:08and throw the rest of it in the trash can.
08:10Why did you just do that?
08:11What if they're poisoned or have a curse on them?
08:13Seriously?
08:14I'm sure she wants to turn me into a toad.
08:17She keeps looking at me like she's
08:18about to break into a spell.
08:20You sound so absurd right now.
08:23I live with her, Ben, and she's not a witch.
08:25I know she's unusual, but can you just give her a chance?
08:28Ben was reluctant, but he ended up
08:30inviting Ivy for his birthday.
08:32The entire class was there, and we
08:34were having a great time until we heard someone screaming.
08:37My diamond necklace, it's gone.
08:39Has anyone seen it?
08:40She kept searching the ground frantically
08:42before she spotted Ivy.
08:43You, you stole it, didn't you?
08:45What?
08:46How would I?
08:46I don't know what trick or spell you used.
08:49I just know it's you.
08:50Let her go.
08:51She didn't steal anything.
08:52I was with her the whole time.
08:54Ben, tell her.
08:55But Ben just stood silently like a rock.
08:58You're so spineless.
08:59We are leaving this party.
09:01Lillian, wait.
09:02No, Ben.
09:02I know you don't like Ivy, but this is way too insulting.
09:06I grabbed Ivy's hand, and we left.
09:08As soon as we got home, Ivy ran off to her room crying,
09:12and I decided to give her some space.
09:13But later that night, I went to check up on her
09:16and found her bed empty.
09:17I looked all over and then came to the corridor
09:20with the padlocked room.
09:21But tonight, it wasn't locked.
09:23Feeling really curious, I crept up to it
09:25and gently pushed the door open to see a very girly room
09:29in great condition with Ivy sitting on a bed
09:32and a heap of things next to her, phone, jewelry, watches.
09:36Ivy, what's all this?
09:38Ivy looked up at me furiously and started
09:40stuffing them all into a bag.
09:42You have no business being here.
09:43Get out.
09:44Not till you explain why you have
09:45a stash of things that clearly don't belong to you.
09:48A bunch of kids and teachers have
09:50been reporting things going missing from their lockers.
09:52You took them?
09:53Shut up and go away.
09:55I just offended you and walked out of a party
09:57because someone accused you of theft.
09:59Why would you do something so awful?
10:01You don't really know me or anything about my life,
10:03so don't judge me.
10:04And I said, get out.
10:06With that, she jumped on me.
10:08Mr. And Mrs. Edward came running at the noise
10:10and pulled her away.
10:11When I told them about the stolen things,
10:13they looked appalled.
10:14They told me they'd return all the stuff to school
10:17and then took a crying Ivy away to her room.
10:19They gave me no more explanations,
10:21just leaving me in the dark as usual.
10:24But I crept up to Ivy's closed door and pressed my ear to it.
10:27I know it was wrong, but I had to do something.
10:30What if Lily reports me to the police?
10:32She won't, honey.
10:33Also, I'll talk to the warden and see what we can do.
10:35The warden?
10:36Like my orphanage warden?
10:38Oh my god, they were going to send me back.
10:40My bad luck had ruined everything again.
10:42I just couldn't go back to the orphanage.
10:45I wouldn't.
10:45So I packed my stuff and ran away.
10:48I kept running till I finally saw a bus.
10:50But just as I was climbing in, I slipped on one of the steps
10:53and fell backwards.
10:54My head hit the curb, and then I slipped into darkness.
10:57When I opened my eyes, I was in the hospital,
10:59surrounded by Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and Ivy.
11:02What happened?
11:03Why am I here?
11:04Oh, thank god you're awake.
11:05You hit your head and fell into a coma, Lily.
11:08It took us days to find you.
11:10What were you thinking, running away like that?
11:12I heard you and Ivy the night I left,
11:14and you said that you were going to talk to the warden.
11:16I didn't want to go back to the orphanage,
11:18so I ran away before you could send me.
11:20What?
11:20We weren't talking about the orphanage.
11:22Mom was saying she'd talk to the jail warden
11:24about arranging a visit.
11:25I guess I should start from the beginning.
11:27And it turned out that Ivy had a sister
11:29named Mila, who was eight years older and currently in jail.
11:33Mila got mixed up with a terrible crowd in college,
11:36and she was eventually arrested in a really big bank robbery.
11:39She was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in another city,
11:43and we moved here to be close to her.
11:44But recently, she was transferred to a jail
11:46here, right across from the cemetery.
11:48So we moved back.
11:49And the rumors about the guests disappearing?
11:52Just our competitors' tricks to give us a bad reputation.
11:55And those stolen things?
11:56I stole them because I wanted to save up
11:58to get some really good lawyers for Mila who
12:00could maybe get her out early.
12:01With business going badly, Mom and Dad didn't have any money.
12:04Also, some time ago, I saw you two on the rooftop
12:07flashing some lights.
12:09We were sending Mila a birthday message using Morse code.
12:11She can see the lights from her prison window.
12:13Why didn't any of you tell me all this?
12:15I just hadn't felt ready to share it.
12:17I was getting there, though.
12:18You're the first person I've gotten close to since Mila.
12:21And even though I stole that stuff from school,
12:23I swear I didn't steal that girl's diamond
12:25necklace at the party.
12:26We should have been honest with you, Lily.
12:28But we get judged a lot already.
12:29And I understand if you don't want to live with us anymore.
12:32We can help you look for a better family.
12:34No, I'm not going anywhere.
12:36I like my weird secretive family,
12:38as long as I'm in on all the secrets, too.
12:40Deal.