Spencer, Aria, Hanna and Emily all heard a scream. And they knew that scream. It was the scream of their best friend Alison. They had heard it throughout middle school and high school.
Today was the 5th year of Ali's disappearance. Five years ago today, Hanna Marin, Spencer Hastings, Emily Fields and Aria Montgomery lost their best friend. It had all happened that one Labour Day weekend. Ali had got back from her holiday, and was getting ready for the sleepover her ad the girls had been planning for over a month. They were going to bring drinks and party til the sun came up. But –A had other plans. They knew what they had to do to be popular in Rosewood, they had to get rid of the 'it girl'; Alison Dilaurentis. –A had once been friends with Alison, but when –A didn't follow through with Alison's orders, she ditched her. Ali found a new group of girls to be her dolls. There was; Hanna-the fat one that Ali could forever tease, Spencer-the brainy one that would do her homework, Emily- the loyal one that liked Ali a lot , more than just a friend and Ari-the funky one who couldn't find herself. And they were like the famous five. Everyone everywhere knew them, more so now considering the traumatic events they have gone through.
They all met up at Spencer's barn. Spencer's parents were lawyers and very successful ones so they could afford big houses and latest technology. They set up the five beds and talked. Ali hadn't shown up yet, but none of them were worried as she was usually fashionably late to things. Hours passed and the girls started to get worried. They heard rustling in the bushes and got freaked. And suddenly a figure dressed in all black showed up at the door. They had Alison in their arms and as soon as they knew the girls had saw them, they ran off…
Around 5 minutes after seeing Ali being dragged away, they all got a text. In Rosewood, bitches get buried. It was signed by –A. "what just happened?" Hanna had whimpered. "Someone took Ali… one of us could be next!" Aria exclaimed in fear. Spencer told them all too "calm down" and that "everything is going to be okay". The girls all shared nervous glances before locking the barn doors and falling into a deep dark sleep.
The next day the girls woke up and agreed to just pretend they had never seen Ali being carried out of the barn. They went to the precinct and told the police a different version. "we woke up and Ali wasn't there" Emily had said. "we looked for her, thinking she would jump out at us," Aria had continued and then Spencer told the rest of their first big lie…