The Epitome of our Illicit Story, Emily Fields is a twenty-two year old police officer pretending to be a seventeen year old highschool student in Rosewood High, Pennsylvania. In the form of technicality we would say she's basically a narc, but her job is a little complicated and a lot more of her job description. Instead of digging dirt in the school or in its students, she's tasked to befriend a certain drug cartel's daughter.
Pursuit of the Descendant
Chapter One:
Emily's day has been normal so far, well if you consider her situation normal then it is. The brunette had blended right in, no one seem to suspect a thing. Emily wanders around the school halls and felt weird, the nostalgia of the sight of lockers lining in the walls of the hallway, the irritating sound of the school bell ringing every hour, the scent which she can't comprehend, everything. Highschool, she was already done with this crap and why must she go back again, she sighed recalling why she was here in the first place
"Why me?" Emily almost yelled as she pointed a finger at herself and looking at her commanding officers tragically "Sydney looks much younger than me"
"We considered the possibility of Sydney, she had been a great asset to the force but you are much more competent Fields" lead detective Peter Hastings simply said as he took a sip of his coffee
Emily sighed as she tried to rub the bridge of her nose, Peter who visibly noticed the young woman's discomfort tried to reassure her "Don't worry, Fitzgerald is helping you in this case"
"He's already doing the undercover, this school doesn't need two cops at bay" Emily tried to reason
Peter had just leaned on his seat and crossed his arm "Well thanks to him we got into further the cartel drug run investigation. Kenneth DiLaurentis' kids are involved and the youngest goes to Rosewood. Fitzgerald being an undercover teacher wouldn't do and that's where you come in, as a student" he says as he picked an envelope in one of his desk drawers and puts them out
"look Fields, we want to get through this investigation and I know you want to take them down too" Peter just gave Emily a stern look, a look by which Emily knows that she can never slip herself out of this situation, the brunette just grabbed the folder and got out of Detective Hastings' office
Emily just gripped her bag tighter as she pass across the hall; she then had heard someone yell from behind her, the brunette turn around to see a blonde girl with short locks approaching her
"What's up lost puppy" It wasn't a question but just a statement that had confused Emily
The latter has seemed to notice Emily's confusion and had released a little chuckle "I'm Hanna Marin" she extended an arm "Emily Fields" the brunette responded almost right after and shook the blonde's arm
"I know" Hanna ginned "I was in your history class, first period" Emily just formed a little 'o' shape in her mouth "Anyway where's your next class?"
"English" Emily replied
"Wait" The blonde gave a look "Are you in Mr. Fitz's class?" and the smile somehow grew wider
"Uh…"Emily trailed off, she wasn't really sure how to respond but before she could do the blonde had already grabbed her left arm and dragged Emily off across the hall and into a classroom and Hanna made the brunette sat on a chair which seemed to be occupied "Scram" she simply said as the poor redheaded kid immediately stood up on his chair and took off
'Great'. Emily thought to herself as she had witnessed the blonde scare the living crap out of someone. 'Bitches' she sighed once again as she sat on the chair, she loathed this types of people when she was in highschool as a matter of fact she had claimed to have their kind destroy her life. Emily tried to calm herself down as she reminded herself that she's an adult now and watched Hanna sit on the seat right next to her, the brunette figured that Hanna might have wanted to keep an eye on the new girl
"By the way you should know our teacher is like really super cute" Hanna almost squealed as she leaned on the arm rest, cupping her chin as she talked to Emily
The brunette on the other hand had cringe of the though, she had just figured a while ago that 'Fitz' must have been Fitzgerald's incognito. Sure the detective was hot but the thought of students fawning over him made Emily almost hurl
"Good morning class" and speaking of the devil, Ezra Fitzgerald or 'Fitz', Emily mocked in her head once again. Had entered the class and the brunette could swear most of the female students of this class had responded to his greeting quite enthusiastically even Hanna and Emily just rolled her eyes. And Ezra saw it, Emily intended to anyway and he just gave of a smirk
"So?" Hanna had leaned on closer, asking Emily what she thought of Fitz
"You're right, he's cute" and Emily gave of a timid smile which was enough to fool Hanna, but she couldn't help but shudder at the moment
"Oh god I thought I was gonna be late" Emily looked up in confusion as she saw a petite girl with long dark locks who seems to be catching her breathing as she sat down on a chair setting in front of Hanna. Emily had thought that this girl might be Hanna's friend. The girl seemed to have calmed down herself, 'running off on those little legs must be exhausting' Emily thought as she eyed the brunette which the latter notices "Hey what happened to Dinkle?" she was probably talking about the kid who used to sat on Emily's chair
"I had moved dinkle-dork somewhere else and have Emily here sit with us" Hanna said as a matter of fact and Emily felt uncomfortable with it, she wasn't really sure why the blonde was being so friendly to her and why she insists on her presence "By the way Em, this is Aria and Aria this is Emily Fields. She's new here"
Emily had squinted her eyes for a while 'Em', since when did the blonde decided to call her that. But she just shrugged the thought off and extended her arm towards the Aria and the latter took the hand she offered
"Rosewood isn't much but you'll like it here" Aria just gave off a warm smile, and Emily had thought that maybe the short brunette was little different than Hanna, a little more mature she noted. Emily was quite relieved if she's going to hang with these people for a while which she had already deduced accordingly to a certain blonde's gestures
Aria had turn her attention back in front and had fished out a book from her bag, which made Emily do the same. She had observed Ezra's back as the undercover detective is writing something on the board, a phrase from a book
'The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them' Emily had read the phrase in her mind and Ezra had turned around and asked the class what this phrase is from. A few had rose their hands up but only was called out
"It's from Paulo Coelho's book, 'The Alchemist'" A tall girl with brunette locks that dangles on her shoulders just right
"Thank you, Spencer" and with that the girl just sat down "Nice to know some of you did an advance reading"
Emily had observed her colleague as he does his work, she cant help but feel at awe as the detective seemed to be really into his undercover. The brunette knows how smart Ezra is, she had always teased how the stack of books and file cases are there in his office but seeing him in front pretending to be a real teacher, even Emily would have been fooled if she hadn't known. She just re-adjusted herself in her seat 'I can do this' she whispered to herself 'if Fitzgerald can, and I could to. I'm just gonna be a pretend-student it's not that hard' Emily had talked herself in her head
The brunette just sat on her chair, slouching back a little. She played with her pen as she observed the room; the certain cartel's daughter that she's supposed to keep an eye on is not in there. She was informed that she would be sharing a class with Kenneth DiLaurentis' daughter, English class the class which Ezra is teaching in. Giving also a convenience to the detective to keep track of both
The class went on and the bell had rung which made Ezra stop his tracks and announce the end of discussion. "Oh and miss Fields, could you stay for a while"
None of the class seemed to budge, they just assumed that the teacher would just like to talk to the new student and Hanna just mouthed 'I'll see you at lunch at Emily as she took off with Aria' and Emily just gave a nod and waited for the classroom to empty before she talked to Ezra
"Seriously, Fitz" Emily had put emphasis on the last part as she mockingly looked at Ezra
"Laugh all you want" Ezra said as she leaned in on his desk "So, how was your first day"
"Not much" Emily twitched her eyebrow a little "Where's the DiLaurentis girl anyway?"
"Yeah that" Ezra trailed off "She's kind of a girl who likes to disobey rules, she likes to ditch class"
"Great. Like father, like daughter" Emily said as she crossed her arms
Ezra chuckled a little "Don't worry you'll get through her" he said with full of confidence, what made him so sure that Emily could do this, he was the one who asked for Emily to do this on the first place "Just try to fit in, it's highschool"
"Fit in?" Emily mocked "And what do you do? Assist on parent-teacher conferences and have coffee with other teachers?"
"As boring as it sounds, it helps me in my undercover and investigation" Ezra stood up and scratched the back of his head "Why don't go try out for the swim team?" Emily just looked at him, and Ezra knew she was giving it a thought, she knew the brunette to well
Emily just raised an eyebrow to Ezra before walking out, she had a free time before lunch so she wandered the halls and into her locker, she settled her books down and took her phone out, she dialed a number and waited for other person on the line to pick it up but to no avail there was no answer. She just sighed as leaned on the locker. She stared at the banner up hanging on the wall
'Go Sharks' it read with an animated figure of a shark and the school's logo, she protests to herself for a while but she gave in and went to the school pool
By the time she got there no one was around, she thought to herself that people would be here during after school hours "of course" she mumbles. She stands on the corner near the pool waiting for someone to push her off the waters. Emily missed the feeling of water splashing down her face, hovering to the currents with her hands, everything. She was a swimmer back in California a good one. the thought joining the varsity team wasn't so bad, the brunette was starting to open up the idea of highschool again
She then heard a loud clanking of metal, from the direction of the noise Emily thought I came from the locker area and without hesitation she hurriedly went inside "Hello" she said to no one, it was quiet it must have been a imagination, Emily thought. About to be leaving, she then heard another loud banging following by a muffled voice which she can't quite comprehend. She followed and there she saw a girl with dark hair and ebony skin lying underneath a blonde girl. They were making out
Emily's jaw dropped at the scene she was just about to leave before they both could notice her but ash turned about she accidentally kicked a can of spray paint to the lockers which made a noise, startling the two 'shit' Emily cursed to herself 'why the hell is there a spray paint in a swimming locker room anyway' She was really screaming on her head
But she just turned around and apologized for cockblocking the two and they just stood up and brushed themselves of. The dark haired girl was in her swim suit and Emily figured she was part of the swim team and the other, clothed in a little over the normal. Probably a visitor, the brunette thought
"I uh…" Emily calmed herself "I was just wondering if you could fill in another spot on your team?" and the two just looked at her
"I just transferred here" she added
"Well" the dark girl crossed her arms "We don't accept new members in this time of the year but considering you're new. I'll talk to coach"
Emily smiled and was just about to say thank you but the girl beat her to it "But only if you deserve the spot. I'll watch you swim the day after tomorrow, after class" the brunette could smell the superiority from the latter "then we'll talk about it"
"Shana Fring, Captain of the Rosewood Sharks" She said proudly, and with that she just went in the showers
It was awkward, the blonde girl just stared at her for a moment and Emily didn't move she wasn't sure why. The girl was walked towards her and just looked Emily from head to toe which the brunette found menacing
"I'll see you around" the blonde said in a husky way
It took minutes for Emily to process her mind in the situation, she looked back at the blonde but she's nowhere to be found. She got out of the locker room before Emily notices it. With a confused look plastered on her face, she had identified the blonde now. Form the papers that her superiors had given to her; that was definitely her
"Alison DiLaurentis"
