I started writing this a couple weeks ago and realized I needed to finish it before this week's episode, so it's not a one-shot. I've been waiting for this episode since August and just needed an outlet for my excitement. The rest of this season has great potential for Sparia, they better use this opportunity. Please review, it means the world!

"Get away from me!" Aria screamed so loud she could feel pain run through her vocal chords. She didn't care. She didn't care if she could never talk again, all that mattered right now was getting away from him. She stepped back, but for every step she took, he took two.

Just seconds ago she had figured it out. She had figured who had been killed Ali, who had been stalking them since junior year, and who had tried to kill her. For years now she had searched for the answer along side her friends, they risked everything to know the answer. And now that she did, she would do anything to forget.

The girls had warned her. Spencer had been the first to figure it out, but no matter how many pieces fell in to place, she wouldn't believe. She said they were lying, she said he would never do that, and Aria will never forget the way those sweet, caring and protective looks on her friends faces diminished when Aria told them that she hated all of them. They were just trying to break them up, right? Oh how could she have been so wrong?

Now she stood here, face to face with potentially the most dangerous person in Rosewood, just wishing she could go back. Those loving eyes that she usually saw weren't there, just hatred filled ones. Panic set in as she looked around in desperation. There was no escape. She could see his lips move but she couldn't comprehend the words. She looked down at her hands which had started to tremble. Actually her whole body had started to tremble. She didn't know if it was the winter temperatures or the fact that her life could be just minutes away from ending but she did know one thing. Run.

She took of, running faster than she ever had before. She could hear his monstrous foot steps and his screams for her behind her, only making the tears stream faster, harder. She looked around, maybe, just maybe a friend would come and save the day. But this wasn't a fantasy. Aria was doomed.

Aria could feel her heart thumping against her chest, pounding in her ears. She knew she couldn't run forever, he was faster, stronger and he was going to catch her. She ran farther through the perfect white blanket of snow through the woods, snow had already soaked through her uggs and despite the numbness she felt, she was pretty sure the begging of frostbite was setting in. Finally her eyes found something besides snow, a sight she had grown very sick of in the time she had spent running away from Alison's potential murderer.

It was the ski lift. She must have ended up at the ski resort Spencer belonged to, she used to take them there every year before Ali went missing. They closed it down when weather conditions were this bad.

Aria hit a lever and jumped in to the chair lift, finally allowing herself to breath, but the relaxation didn't last long when he jumped in next to her, pulling the restraint down on both of them. The lift started in to the air.

Aria pulled her self as far away from his as she could, screaming louder than she had the whole night. She tried to get as far away from him as she could but 6 inches didn't feel like enough.

"Somebody, help me please!" She cried in to the distance, praying that maybe her friends had come looking for her. Her wails were loud and heart wrenching, Ezra couldn't take it anymore. He clamped his his scarily strong hand over her mouth, she struggled but he was much stronger than her.

"Aria-" he stopped when he felt pain shoot through his hand. Did she just bite him? Aria furiously tried to wiggle out of the restraint, pulling so hard she could feel bruises forming on her hips.

"Aria, listen to me!" Ezra growled. Aria tried to stop crying but she couldn't, she was in the midst of a panic attack "You're a monster!" She managed to get out. She Finally managed to pull herself out of the buckles that were holding her captive. Relieved, she looked over the edge, ready for freedom but was put to a halt when she saw just how high up they had become. It was way to high to jump.

She looked to Ezra and then back over edge. There was no way out. As a last attempt she whipped out her phone and hit the 1, speed-dial for Spencer. Unfortunately her pleading cries were not enough to distract Ezra from this.

"Aria, please" Ezra grabbed her arm but she viciously shook it away "Stay AWAY from me!" She put her head in her hands, willing for it all to go away. Praying that Spencer and her friends would come and save her or maybe this would all be a dream and she would wake up in her own bed, safe from danger. A few seconds passed and safety didn't seem any closer.

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"She still isn't picking up!" Spencer slumped in to her chair and looked over to Hanna and Emily. "She's probably still pissed at us" Hanna sighed

"I'm worried" Spencer compulsively checked her messages again. "You're always worried, Spencer" Emlily set a calming hand on her friend's shoulder. Spencer had been nothing but anxious since they told Aria about their A suspicions. Aria didn't take it as well as they had hoped considering she stormed out, near to tears.

"She'll come to us when she's ready" Hanna wasn't sure if she believed her own words. And almost as if it was planned, Spencer's phone rang out. For a moment they all tensed up, expecting a haunting message from A, but instead it was a familiar name, one they all knew and loved. Spencer almost cried out with joy. She hit speaker phone.

"Aria!" she expected to head a comforting voice back. Maybe Aria would yell at her or maybe she would be crying but either way she would hear her and know she was okay. Unfortunately, that isn't what she heard. Screams and cries of terror were shrieking through the phone.

"Aria, please respond!" Spencer pulled the phone closer to her mouth and tears formed in her eyes. The three girls listened intently, trying to make out any words they could. The words they heard weren't ones they were expecting. Well, it was more who said the words that scared them so much: Ezra.

"SOMEBODY, HELP ME!" was enough to shatter their hearts and get them in to their car

"We're coming, Aria!" Spencer knew Aria couldn't hear her, but she still felt the need to say it.

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Aria sat on the edge of the Chair lift, debating which decision was riskier, jumping or staying.

"Don't do it Aria" He warned, but it only made her wanted to jump more. She peered over the edge and shut her eyes. Suddenly she wasn't on a ski lift, face to face with a psycho killer, she was 12 years old and standing on the edge of the high dive at the Rosewood country club.

She was shaking and near to tears as she looked down at the water below. The only people that ever jumped off their were the older kids, the ones that knew how to dive and didn't need a parent to accompany them to the pool, that was until Alison challenged Aria to do it. Spencer had grabbed her arm and whispered in her ear "You don't have to do this" but if Aria had backed out she would look like a chicken. So she made her way to the top of the high dive and stood there, shaking and petrified.

Jason along with all the other cute guys were there, waiting for her to jump, but she didn't care about them, there was only one person that was keeping her from coming down that latter and that girl was Spencer. She peered down at all of the people waiting for her to take the plunge. Alison was smirking at her as to say 'I know you couldn't do it', Emily was nervously picking at her nails, Hanna was nibbling off a cookie and Spencer had a worried smile on her face.

"You can do it, Aria" Spencer screamed up. And with that little sliver of courage Spencer gave to her she jumped

Down, down, down.. Spalsh

Except this time Aria didn't hear a splash, it was more a splat than anything.

When Aria had gotten out of the pool, despite the cheers from all the cute guys and the satisfying roll of the eyes from Alison, she darted to the bathroom to finally let out all of tears she had been struggling to hold in

"Hey" Spencer's words were soft, she had heard Aria crying. She walked over and wrapped her arms around Aria "What's wrong?" Aria let out another sob. She really didn't know how to answer

"I just hate Ali" Spencer laughed and squeezed her a little tighter

"Me too"

But now when Aria opened her eyes she wasn't being held in Spencer's embrace anymore, although there was no place she rather be. She was lying on the ground, snow biting at her already frostbitten toes. Pain surged through her ankle and her head pounded like it never had before. She could feel her ankle starting to swell, she was pretty sure she had a concussion, and she knew that where she was lying right now could be the spot where she dies, yet she had never felt so relieved.

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The three girls were now walking through the woods, still listening to screams through Spencer's phone. They were lucky that Spencer's and Aria's phones were synced, allowing Spencer to track her location, although that free app only worked so well considering they were now trudging through snow and mud.

"Aria!" They had been screaming out her name for the past 15 minutes. They continued to listen the heart-wrenching screams through the phone, searching for a clue to where their best friend might be. But suddenly the screaming and crying suddenly stopped.

"Did you hit mute, Spence?" Emily was scared to know the answer. Spencer shook her head, furiously tapping her phone, willing for the sounds to come back.

"I-is she.." Hanna trailed off. She couldn't even say it.

"We have to split up" Normally the girls would disagree with Spencer but they knew if they didn't, they might never see their friend again.

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"Aria?" She heard her name in the distance. At first she thought it was Ezra again "Aria!" but it couldn't be Ezra, this voice was sweeter..

"Aria!" more caring..

"Aria, please!" it was Spencer

Aria tried to yell for her but her voice wouldn't work, all the air in her body was knocked from her when she hit the ground. She tried to move but suddenly her ribs felt bruised and her legs felt frostbitten. She stopped fighting it turned her head, hoping to see some kind of movement in the woods, but no matter how many times she willed for it to happen it never did. She felt tears falling from her eyes in to the snow. It finally hit her.

She was going to die here. Her friends wouldn't find her, there were miles of woods to be searched. Her friends would frantically search for her until the police would find her body, cold and lifeless. She pictured her friends, hysterical at her funeral. And it was all because of him. She looked up at Ezra who was still in the ski chair and whispered a barley audible "I hate you"

No. She wasn't going to let those be her last words. This is one thing that A couldn't have. She always fantasized about what her last words would be . Maybe a quote from her favorite author or maybe she would use the opportunity to give out the location of her secret journal where her inner most thoughts were buried, but suddenly those didn't seem right. She thought back to earlier, Spencer had been pleading for her to listen, trying every tactic she could to save her. But Aria didn't listen.

"I'm sorry, Spencer" She whispered "I'm so sorry"

Ooh cliffhanger. Oh my lord did you guys see the promo? I'm trying to be serious but Aria's crying face is killing me XD

Also! I have two theories about the latest episode, 4x19, when Toby said "Don't look at the book, look at the pages"

1: Maybe it's "Don't look at the book, look at the Paiges"? Maybe Paige is the one with a twin.

2: remember last season when Aria was sick? She had those pages that were RIPPED from Ali's diary. Of course she burned them though. But maybe those Are the pages that Toby is talking about.

Does it sound like I spend to much time thinking about this? because I do.

Review and tell me what you think will happen in 4x20. I think it's gonna be gooood.