Authors Note: Prequel time y'all.
Welcome welcome! If you're a first time reader I advise you read -J and SOS first, because that just makes this THAT much crazier. And seriously, if you go back and read the other two once this is over, you will not be able to look at them the same!
I've been in this AU for a while now, but I seriously cannot get enough of it. The prequel is going to be the darkest thing I've done. That much I can tell you now. The first bit you may recognize from -J.
Disclaimer: I don't own HOA or PLL.
Patricia and Joy were standing by their lockers, back at the beginning of 10th grade, talking and laughing.
"And this is the hall with all the lockers." Fabian explained to Eddie who was new to the school.
Fabian had finally convinced his best friend to transfer to his school. Suddenly, Eddie stopped cold, eyes widening.
"That's cool Fabian, but how about you introduce me to exhibit A down there." Eddie said, smirking.
"Patricia? Dude, don't even try. She's not going to be interested."
"You don't know that. She could think I'm the best thing that's ever happened to her."
"Eddie, EVERYONE likes her. She's probably the prettiest girl in school. She just broke up with her 100th boyfriend."
"Forget pretty that girl is..."
"You don't want to date her."
"Fine then, I'll introduce myself." Eddie walked over to her.
"Ugh. What is he doing?" Fabian mumbled.
When Joy and Patricia saw Eddie walked over, they stopped talking.
"Well, who do we have here." Joy said, giving him a head to toe glance.
"I'm Eddie, kinda new here." Patricia rolled her eyes.
"Kinda new? How can you be kinda new? If that's your attempt of getting our attention..."
"I've always known about this place. Fabians my best friend. He's been telling me about it for ages. And I was only trying to get YOUR attention." Eddie flirted.
"Back of the line buddy." Joy sassed. "She's not looking."
"Well, maybe next time of you want to get my attention you can try putting on a tutu and doing a ballet dance." Patricia mocked.
"Oh excuse me. I was just trying to be nice."
"Nice? I thought you were just trying to get my attention?"
"My god. Do you ever stop talking? Congrats. You just earned yourself a nickname, Yacker."
"That sounds like a name you'd give to a dog who pukes a lot." Joy spat.
"It sounds like something that gonna get on my nerves quickly." Patricia said.
"Well Yacker, I'll see you around them." Eddie said.
"Maybe you will." Patricia said, fake smiling.
Eddie turned around to go back to Fabian. As he did, he winked at her. Patricia rolled her eyes.
Once he got back to Fabian, the two started walking the other way.
"She's totally into me." Eddie said to his best friend.
"No, you totally have a huge crush on her."
"I do not. Girls fall for Eddie, Eddie doesn't fall for girls."
"Too late." Fabian patted his friends shoulder. "She made a big impression on you. I can tell."
Eddie tried to laugh it off, though he suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable. He figured cracking a joke would take the attention off of his obvious rejection by Patricia.
"Believe what you want. Now, where's my homeroom? I wanna get a seat right next to a blonde."
"If you want a blonde, you outta go for Amber." A tall, dirty blonde boy said, walking over.
"Eddie," Fabian said. "This is Jerome. Jerome meet Eddie."
"Hey man." Jerome said
"Jerry," Eddie said shaking his hand.
"It's Jerome."
"Whatever you say."
"But seriously, Amber is the blondest chic we have. Pinewoods is brunette infested. And we have a few red heads." Jerome explained.
"I- uh- I was kidding. I don't usually go for blondes anyway. Too dumb." Eddie told him.
"Agreed there." Jerome said. "Who've you got for homeroom?"
"I have Mrs. Andrews."
"Awesome, right this way." Jerome said, pointing Eddie in the right direction.
"Catch you at lunch Eddie!" Fabian called.
For Fabian, things looked good so far. Eddie seemed to be settling in just fine. I mean, he'd already made friends with Jerome, and that hopefully was a good omen.
Eddie waltzed into homeroom, planting himself right in front of Patricia.
"Uh, I do not wanna be staring at the back of your head all homeroom." Patricia groaned.
"And I don't wanna hear you talking, so I guess we're both out of luck." Eddie said.
"Wow. You're almost as clever as my dog." Patricia spat.
"What?" Joy said with a confused look of her face. "You don't have a dog."
"Whatever. All I know is that I don't wanna be sitting behind this doofus." Patricia scoffed.
She could already tell this new kid was seriously going to get on her nerves. He was arrogant, stubborn and frankly, very annoying.
"You KNOW it isn't right Joy." Jason protested to his student. The two were alone in the teacher's private bathroom during lunch.
"I know it FEELS right Jason." she said, smirking.
"Joy, I'm married."
"That slut Grace? Please. She deserves this. Don't you know how many times she's cheated on you?" Joy said, undoing his tie.
"Never. She's never cheated on me."
"That's not what I heard." Joy mumbled.
"What've you heard?"
"I hear she hooks up with strippers all the time." Joy said, keeping her eyes on his lips.
"That's pathetic Joy."
"Why won't you just take me back?!"
"Because, I'm not available. Find someone who is." Jason pushed Joy out of the way as he exited.
"MAYBE I WILL." Joy cried, leaving behind him.
"Why did you just come out of the teacher's bathroom?" Eddie asked Joy, clearly suspicious.
"When I have to piss, I like to do it high class." Joy spat.
"You are one strange girl Joy Mercer." Eddie said, shaking his head.
"Interesting strange? Or just strange?" she asked seductively, inching towards him.
"I can't tell yet." he said, slightly giving in to the girl's advances.
"You wanna make out or something? I mean, if you told people you snogged me, boom, instant popularity." Joy said.
This guy was cute. And a good way to make Jason or Fabian jealous, if he saw. And Joy thought he was greedy at heart. Why wouldn't he want popularity?
"I'm all set. Thanks."
"Excuse me? I, Joy Mercer, just asked you if you wanted to snog in the teacher's bathroom. That's not something you say no to."
"I don't want to. Is that gonna be an issue for us?"
"Absolutely. Watch your back blondie, I can ruin you with a snap of my fingers." Joy threatened.
"Well, I'm sure you can. But once everyone sees what a terrible person you actually are, you won't have any friends left." Eddie said boldly.
"You are so perfect for Patricia. Tell anyone about our 'little exchange' and how you rejected me, I'll kill you."
"Will you? Will you really?"
"Don't test me Miller." And she stormed off.
This girl clearly needed to take her ego down a few notches.
"Fabes!" Joy called from her lunch table. "Come sit with us! You... And Nina."
Fabian and Nina walked over to the table where Joy, Patricia, Mara, Jerome, Mick and KT were sitting at.
"Uh- where's Eddie?" Joy asked. "I saved a spot for him, right across from Patricia."
Patricia glared at the peppy brunette.
"Here he comes now." Fabian said, waving over to his friend. Eddie walked over and sat in the only seat left, across from Patricia.
"Wow Yacker, you saved me a seat and everything." he said with a smirk.
"I didn't save it, Joy did. Don't get your hopes up." Patricia said.
"So... Who's coming to my party this Friday?" Mick asked.
"Patricia and I will absolutely be there, right Patty?" Joy said.
"Yup. We're going." Patricia confirmed.
"Fabian? Nina? Can I hope to see you there?" Mick asked.
"Ya, we'll be there." Nina said.
"What about Mara and KT?" Mick asked.
"Oh no," Joy said. "They're busy."
"No we-" KT started.
"Yes, you are." Joy said, gritting her teeth.
"Eddie? You wanna come?" Mick asked.
"Ya, I mean it seems like a good way to get to know the people of Pinewoods." Eddie agreed.
"Lets not forget I gave you and easier way," Joy mumbled.
"Fabian?" Joy called. "Fabes you can't keep ignoring me."
"I can do whatever I want." Fabian said. The two were walking home from school, a fair distance apart.
"You sat with me at lunch today."
"I wanted to make sure Nina had no second thoughts."
"About your totally obvious feelings for me?" Joy said, raising and eyebrow.
"Joy, I have no feelings for you. You're the one always hitting on me."
"Right. Is that what you told Nina? Why don't you ever give in? I mean, I wouldn't tell anyone if you wanted to like- go out or something."
"I'm not a cheater." Fabian protested.
"So... You aren't denying that you'd like to go out with me?" Joy said hopefully.
"Why are you so interested in me?!"
"Oh wake up, I'm interested in everyone."
"I know. Eddie said you asked him to make out." Fabian said.
"That little bitch. I warned him not to tell." Joy cried.
"You thought he wouldn't tell? Joy you're a slut and everyone knows it."
"Fabian! I thought we were friends! You're being ridiculous!"
"I'm being ridiculous?!"
"You know what Fabes? If you hate me so much then just leave me alone."
"Fine. One day you'll get what coming to you." Fabian warned.
Joy rolled her eyes. Then her phone buzzed. It was a text from a blocked number:
Aww poor little town slut. Getting rejected 3 times today. That's a new record isn't it?
Who the hell was this?
Author's Note: This chapter is the weakest because it's kind of an introduction. But notice how the text wasn't signed? I wouldn't start with suspects yet, just because you haven't even met all the characters. But that text was from "J" :)
The story is going to move pretty fast pace, with the first "WHOA" moment being at the start of the next chapter. The two first major reveals will be in the Halloween Special! Get excited guys, this is gonna be a good one!
The more you review the faster Chapter 2 is up!