WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DOLLHOUSE:
A 'Pretty Little Liars' Fanfiction
Chapter 1: Aria
Aria listened as her door opened for the first time in days. She couldn't bring herself to look, so she huddled in the corner. The person said nothing, but by the click of heels on the ground Aria could assume it was Mona. Mona wheeled something in, but Aria still refused to open her eyes. She hated what she was wearing. The orange jumpsuit reminded her of her friends, when the prison van skidded to a halt. The figure in the doorway, and then a darkness she still hadn't awoken from. The door shut again, and then there was silence. She stood up, trying her best not to cry as she turned around.
There was a black trolley, with three plates on top of it. One plate had a sandwich, filled with what looked like peanut butter. The next plate had the biggest burger she had ever seen, overflowing with meat and vegetables. The last plate had nothing. Aria winced as she noticed three pictures. Hanna, Spencer, and Emily.
"Choose what your friends get to eat today!" The chirpy female voice over the loud speaker said. Aria gasped.
"No! I can't do that to my friends!" She yelled frantically at the security camera hanging in the corner.
"Choose. Or nobody eats." The voice was more sinister this time, darker in tone. She gulped, the tears starting to flow. Aria used her best logic. Hanna barely ate anything, she was always self-conscious about eating too much. Aria put her picture down in front of the sandwich. Emily had a huge appetite, so she figured Emily would be best off with the burger. Her heart twanged as she put Spencer's picture on the plate with nothing.
"Good work!" The speakers played an old, melancholic tune. A blonde girl in a mask came through and placed a tray of food on the ground. As she wheeled it away Aria spoke.
"Why are you doing this Mona?" She asked, still sniffling.
"I've told you this; my name is Alison. And I don't get a choice." Mona walked out.
Aria collapse onto the floor, sobbing, praying that Spencer would never find out what she did. Later, Aria learned that they all got food, anyway.
That was the first – but certainly not the last – game Charles played with her. Aria broke in that dollhouse. Every game broke her a little bit more, changing and corrupting her into something wicked.
There was something no one ever knew. There was a girl with brown hair, in a mask, another minion like Mona. That was the last time Aria saw Mona, after that he started sending the girl. She never learnt her name, maybe the girl didn't have one. Over time, Aria's anger built. When the girl came in, with pictures of the girls, asking Aria to choose one to torture, she snapped. Aria grabbed her by the hair, smashing her head down on the corner of the bed. She didn't mean to kill her, but she did. Charles had to drag Aria back, kicking and screaming, after she escaped. Aria knew who Charles, or "A" was the whole time, but her silence meant that Charles wouldn't tell anyone what she did.
