Anna Who?

Chapter 1

It was a cold dark night in Rosewood. Not a sound broke from the silence as Spencer watched the scene unfold before her. She could not accept it. How could this have possibly happened? It was only supposed to have been a quick walk to clear her thoughts but it was like something was calling for her in the woods. She couldn't help but fall victim to her curiosity. So she headed into the woods on a night much colder than usual. It was ten minutes into the walk when she heard it. The screaming. She ran as fast as she could, in every direction she saw possible but couldn't find the source of it. It continued again and again until suddenly, there was silence.

She turned her eyes and in the distance caught a glimpse of movement. She followed carefully, fear consuming her but she kept going. She couldn't stop. The figures in the distance stopped and Spencer watched from the trees as she saw at last the source of the mystery.

Right in front of her eyes, three hooded figures dragging a figure she couldn't see clearly enough to identify and heading for the van. In the shadows she could see a flash of red emerge from the trees. Spencer retreated further out of sight, making sure not to make a single sound whilst at the same time not letting her eyes stray from the scene. She looked back down to the victim who now was dropped on the ground giving her a full view of the unconscious girl.

Aria.

She quickly stopped herself from screaming, from running over there and saving her friend. But she knew better. She knew who was behind this. She knew she had to be careful. If they knew she was watching she would be joining Aria's fate that lay in the hands of the psychotic team. I glanced back to see that the red was approaching from the trees.

From the red came her.

The hooded figures all wore masks but she didn't. And as she slowly walked into sight Spencer saw red coat clearly for who she was.

She always thought that when red coat was revealed it would be some huge shock. That was the first thing she thought wrong about in this story. For standing in front of her was the answer to her questions she had longed for, the last piece of the puzzle she just couldn't find and the mysterious game of cluedo that she could never solve, but yet the look on her face was not that of surprise, but instead there was a hint of disappointment.

It wasn't disappointment in the reveal, no. And her questions were far from over. But the disappointment was in herself. She was ashamed of herself for not putting the pieces of the puzzle together sooner. Because when she looked back at everything that had happened, she thought, "How could it be anyone but her?"

Twenty minutes had past and she still could not move from her position. The team had long been gone since then. What good would following do when she didn't yet understand the capabilities of her enemies? Better still, when she didn't know who half her enemies even were. The team had dragged Aria into the back of the van in complete silence, and drove away like they had done nothing at all. It took another ten minutes for the storm to hit. For the waves of guilt and horror to wash over her as the reality of the situation had just settled in.

Aria was gone.

How could she have just stood there and watched as they dragged away her best friend to what could be her death bed?

Tears flowed rivers from her eyes and it took another ten minutes of simply crying to get her to move from her spot. As she turned she was met with dark emerald eyes and hair the colour of a pitch black night. She froze again unable to move with fear. Was this girl that stood before her another member of the team that had caught her and was ready to bury her alive? The girl wore a black laced dress, topped with a long sleeved beige jacket that showed off her curves. Her eyes told a story like nothing else in the entire world.

After a minutes of staring blindly at the girl she realized the stranger was not looking at her but instead her gaze was focused on the spot behind in which the van had taken off some time ago now.

She sighed as she finally looked to Spencer, "That bitch gets away with everything. Someone should really put a stop to that" she continued to stare at Spencer, who was completely drawing a blank as to who the stranger was, or could be. Did she know Ali? Had she witnessed the kidnapping that had just taken place? All words escaped her as she tried to speak. The girl smirked, "Me and that bitch go way back" and spoke as if she could read minds. Spencer, still at a loss for words, looked behind at the scene and then turned back to the mysterious stranger.

"There's a lot of things you have yet to understand about this game you are playing, Spencer. If there's one clue I can give you," she walked closer until she was right in Spencer face, "Don't trust anyone" she spoke the last three words with a fierce glare and clear emphasis. The girl turned to walk away when Spencer quickly grabbed her arm to pull her back.

"What does that mean?!" she yelled, breaking out all her emotions at once, "I don't want to play this game anymore! My best friend just got dragged away into a van with a team of psychos whose leader is supposed to be dead!" her tears wouldn't stop as she completely broke down in front of the stranger.

"If I told you what I know, we would both be dead by the time morning comes. You understand that don't you?" she reasoned. Spencer stopped crying as she looked up into the eyes of the stranger.

"Who are you?" she sniffed, still trying to figure out who she could be. The girl smirked, "All you need to know is that I'm on your side." And once again she turned and tried to leave.

"No please! Tell me how I can save Aria!" Spencer pleaded as she grabbed hold of the girls arm.

"There is no saving her" she stated, her voice becoming harsher. She gave Spencer a warning look, "A is a monster, she will stop at nothing to get what she wants and anyone who gets in her way, is killed," Her voice became softer as she spoke, "One day she will be defeated and pay for everything she has done. But it's not today. So go home and rest. Please."

"And what about Aria? I can't just leave her in A's hands. If she is such a monster then I have to save my friend." Spencer argued. The girl eyes become darker as she spoke once more, "Go home. There's nothing you can do for Aria"

"If you think I'm going to leave my best friend to die because some stranger I don't even know told me to, then you must be as crazy as A herself" she spat. She turned to walk away but this time it was the strangers turn to pull back. When Spencer turned back she saw her expression had softened. The girl sighed for she knew to get Spencer to trust her she would have to open up. She took a long breathe before she started to speak again.

"My name is Anna. When I younger I was put in Radley because my cousin stabbed herself in the stomach and told everyone I did it, "she confessed. She looked at Spencer who stared in shock but she decided to continue, "In Radley I met A. I would sneak about at night and I would hear her planning. She would talk to herself about everything she would do if she ever got out of that place, and it was sick. She was in there for years and no amount of medication or treatment could take away her twisted mind. A few years ago she took something away from me that I held very dear, so I swore to myself that one day I would find a way to stop her. But she is unstoppable. Trying to tame her only makes it worse. How many more deaths does there have to be for you to realize that?" she looked up to a confused face that had fallen on Spencer's expression.

"I think I would know if Ali was in Radley" she got out but it was barely a whisper and Spencer didn't even believe her words for herself.

"What do you really know about Ali?" Anna asked in a harsh tone. After a few minutes of silence followed, Anna sighed, she was so going to regret this in the morning.

"She had a twin Spencer"

Author's Note: Thanks for reading! This was my first Pretty Little Liars fanfic! I'm actually quite pleased with how the first chapter turned out! I've been planning this one for a while so I hope you like it! Because the show is really complicated I had to spend like forever trying to piece things together for my story to actually make sense, so it took a lot of work! But I'm glad to have the first chapter out of the way I wonder if you guys can guess what's in store for everyone… :P The fanfic is different from any other I've written before because for this one I've actually planned exactly what I want to happen so hopefully this one should turn out to be made much quicker. I have a very strong opinion on who I want to be in the A –team on the show so I thought I would incorporate it into a fanfic! There's still A LOT more reveal to come so hopefully you will stick around to find out what's next. If you guys have any questions or comments you would like to make or notice any mistakes then I would hope you could send me a review! Much thanks! ~Emma!