Pretty Little Liars

Returned

Not So Dead Girls Speech

Four girls stood, staring wide eyed and something in front of them. A person in fact, in a red coat. The barn in front of that person looked eerie especially with the crazy ass lightning. The girl standing in the center takes a deep breath, "Alison?"

In front of them, the person in the red coat raises their hands and takes off the hood. The four girls stares at the blonde, not daring to breathe. With a crash of thunder, the person in the red coat turns around, her hair flying through the wind. "Did you miss me?" the girl chuckled as she looked at her four best friends.

Aria Montgomery shook her head as she let the flashback out of her head. She was remembering that crazy night in Ravenswood when she finally found out the truth behind her friends whereabouts. Her friend, Alison DiLaurentis, the girl whom everyone thought was dead for two whole years, was alive. Living among them in the physical world. It was pure craziness. Looking to her left, she saw her three other best friends. Emily Fields, Spencer Hastings, and Hanna Marin. They were dressed in black, and sitting in the exact same spots as they were during Alison's funeral. Only this time, the funeral wasn't for Ali. It was for another member of the DiLaurentis family. Jessica, in fact. Alison's mother. Jessica's picture was being shown in the front of the church, her coffin laying on the right of the picture. It was so creepy. Deja vu washed over Aria, as well as the other three girls, as they remembered Alison's funeral. Aria dared to take a peek at the other three, wondering if they were thinking about the same thing as she was. Emily was staring, glossy eyed, at Mrs. D's picture. Spencer was staring down at the ground, as if she was deep in thought, Hanna on the other hand was picking her cuticles. She looked nervous actually. Aria wondered what could be bothering her, but it wasn't like she could just ask her right there, right now.

Alison stared at the girls and let out a small breath. Emily couldn't take her eyes off her friend. "It was you, in Ravenswood." She could hear Aria's voice, but she couldn't see her move her lips. Her focus was too much on Alison. "Look, it's still not safe for me to be here." Emily gave Alison one of the most pleading looks she could ever give her, "Ali please don't leave again." Alison looked to each of her friends, "Look, I want to be come home. But you have to help me." Alison pleaded back.

It wasn't like it was that hard to figure out why Hanna was so nervous anyway. Even though it had shocked her that Jessica DiLaurentis was dead, she didn't really feel that sympathetic honestly. The only reason she was nervous was because of Kenneth. Mr. DiLaurentis, that is. He obviously wasn't her biggest fan. Hanna took in a deep, silent breathe and let it go, not wanting to even think about Mr. DiLaurentis right now.

After Spencer asked who Alison was so afraid of, Hanna saw Ali look right at her. "Remember what I told you at the hospital, Hanna?" Hanna felt shocked when she realized that Alison really did appear to her all those times, "That was really you?" After that, they heard a car door slam and Alison ran off, hoping not to get caught.

As the Liars and everyone around them was silent, the back doors of the church suddenly opened up and a few people looked back to see who was there. Jason DiLaurentis, Alison and Spencer's oldest brother(half brother of Spencer, of course) walked into the church, followed by his father, Kenneth. Everyone continued to look back because of who entered next. Alison. Alison was dressed in a black dress, with a silver belt wrapped around her waist. On her left wrist laid a golden bracelet, along with her purple Alison bracelet. On her left rested a silver watch. White dangling earrings flew around her ears. As she walked down the aisle, she ignored all the stares and glances she was receiving. She was even getting some pretty angry looks too, much to Emily's dismay. Kenneth stopped by next to the Liars pew and smiled softly at the girls. They scooted down to let the DiLaurentis family sit next to them. Alison had the honor of sitting right next to Aria. God that was so fucking bizarre. Aria actually thought she caught a disappointed look from Emily, as if she wanted to sit where Aria was right now.

Alison looked over at her four best friends, and gave them a soft smile, "Thank you for being here, you guys." The Liars gave her identical smiles and nodded.

Behind the group, everyone just kept staring at Alison. Rosewood indeed went through a shock wave when they found out Alison was alive all this time. It was probably even more shocking than Jessica's death. By the time the girls got back to Rosewood, everyone swarmed around them. Police immediately caught them, reporters did their best to get the full scoop. When the girls got to the police station, their parents were so thrilled to have their children back. Peter and Veronica Hastings hugged Spencer so hard, she could barely breathe. Ella wrapped her arms around Aria and cried so hard. The same pretty much happened with Emily's mother Pam, and Hanna's mother Ashley too. Then when everyone saw Alison, they just stared at her. Much like everyone at the church was doing right now. When Detective Holbrook and his partner Lieutenant Tanner took Alison and lead her to an interview room, Emily demanded to know where they were taking her best friend. "Don't worry about me, Emily. I'll be alright." Ali gave Emily, as well as Spencer, Aria, and Hanna a reassuring look. That didn't help however because they were sure the cops would take Alison into custody or something.

The big shocker the night Ali returned was when her father appeared in the police station. There was no expression on his face. He had heard about Alison's reappearance, but nobody could tell what was going on through his head. He approached a police officer and whispered very loudly where his daughter was. When the cop told him, he wanted to burst into the room, but the police wouldn't let him. By the time Alison came out of the room, with Holbrook and Tanner behind her, she gave her father the most horrifying and scared expression ever. Before she knew it, her father was actually...hugging her. He kept repeating how happy she was to be alive, how happy he was he had returned. He had his daughter back. But just because Alison was back and alive, didn't mean the happiness would last.

An anonymous tip had be reported to the Police and they immediately sprang into action. Officers rushed past everyone, much to their confusion. After Holbrook and Tanner received the news of what was going on, they looked at Kenneth and Alison. "Reports just came in that someone had been buried alive. Your ex wife." He looked at Kenneth who just covered his face. Alison looked horrified as hell and looked over at the Liars. Alison rushed over to the girls, "Did Holbrook just say what I think he just said?" Hanna was the one who asked. Alison nodded and the five girls face their parents. Everyone had been escorted outside where police cars were zooming out of the parking lot, their lights and sirens on. The girls hadn't said anything to each other. They didn't know what to say. But their silence had been broken. By their cell phones.

Buzzz

Bleep Bleep

Ding-ding-ding

Riiiiing

Click-click

The girls took out their cell phones and opened the text message. "Holy shit." "Oh my god." "This cannot be happening..." They looked at each other for a split second and read the text together.

I'm not going anywhere, Bitches. I took one life tonight, and I will take another. Watch your back, because I'm still coming for you. -A

The girls did not discuss A that night. They didn't discuss A the next day either, or the day after that. The first words they muttered about A was just last night. Hanna had been raving on and on about how she just should've shot the bitch down. "I had the gun. I had every opportunity. I should've just killed her when I had the chance." The other girls, even Alison, told Hanna again and again that it wasn't her fault.

Back at the church, service began and everyone joined together to mourn the death of Jessica DiLaurentis. In the very back of the church, a lean figure stood up from their seat and made their way out of the building. Walking down the steps, the figure approached a limo, which was parked and waiting for them. Opening the door, the figure slipped into the car and crossed their legs. Looking into the mirror which was placed in the back seat, the figure lifted the veil from her face and revealed a mask that she was wearing. Slowly caressing the mask as if it was her real face, the woman's eyes stared dead into her reflection. As the limo pulled away from the church, the woman took off the mask and placed it on the seat next to her.

The funeral went on for some time, and the priest looked at the DiLaurentis family and asked them if they wanted to offer a few words before they went on with the service. Kenneth DiLaurentis went in the front of the church and stepped to the podium. He was looking down at the Bible which was opened to a page. Everyone was just looking at him. Alison managed to make some glances at the people who'd attended the funeral. Most of them was staring blankly at Kenneth, others were giving Alison stares. She just rolled her eyes and was going to look back at her father, when she caught a look from her brother, Jason. Why was Jason staring at her all weird? Did she have something on her face? Did she do her hair wrong? Was one of her nails unpolished? No, Jason was just staring at her because of how shocked he still was that she was really alive. The night Alison finally came home, Jason wouldn't go anywhere near her. It was like if he did, Alison would just disappear right in front of him. Or maybe he'd wake up from one of the most bizarre dreams if his life! But no, this was no dream. It was reality. After hearing the news of his mothers death, he finally broke down to Alison. And what's even more shocking was that Alison didn't even mock him. Usually right about now she'd say something snotty like "C'mon Jason, you're like how old? Twenty one years old? Grow the hell up and act like the man Mommy and Daddy raised you to be.", but it never came. Alison actually did the opposite and comforted her older brother. Alison and Jason were practically having a staring match sitting next to each other in the pew. Then suddenly, Jason broke out a sad smile on his face. Alison returned it, and they both looked back to their father.

Kenneth looked up at all the people who had attended his wifes funeral. There was the Montgomery family, all three. Ashley Marin was sitting next to Pam Fields(Wayne was back out in Afghanistan and Tom was God knows where with Isabelle and Kate), there was Mona Vanderwaal standing next to her parents, the Hastings family was sitting in the pew right behind the girls and Jason. And a few pews down stood Toby Cavanaugh, Jenna Marshall, and their father. It actually amazed Kenneth how many people attended the funeral. Once he began to recite his speech, everyone was staring at him, taking in his every word. Next to make a speech was Jason, who have a speech on how supportive his mother had been when he went to rehab, and he also complimented on his mothers fashionable talents. After Jason finished his speech, everyone turned to Alison. The Liars, assuming Ali wasn't going to make a speech turned shocked and Alison actually stood up and approached the podium. She stood, staring out at all the people. After a few beat seconds, she cleared her throat. "I'm sure everyone here didn't expect me to be standing here to make a speech." Alison started, taking in a deep breath. "My mother was a very influential person to me. She always encouraged me to go after the things I wanted. She even encouraged me to fight back whenever someone caused any trouble for me." The Liars glanced at one another, and Jason sat up looking right into his sisters eyes. Alison had some sort of glint in her eyes, and just as she was about to say something, she stopped herself. Looking at everyone, she offered them a sad little smile, "And if my mother is still here, spiritually of course, I just want to thank her. I want to thank her for making me the person I am today."

Once the service was over, a group of men was carrying the coffin out of the church and placing it into the black funeral limo. Next, they would all be escorted to the cemetery for Jessica's burial. Emily, Hanna, Spencer, Aria, and Alison stood on the stone steps of the church. Wind was softly blowing in their hair, flapping around. "Ali if you want us to ride with you, we can." Emily took Alisons hand, and Alison smiled in return, "That'd be nice." Suddenly Jenna Marshall exited the church and stopped when she came next to the girls. She had her sunglasses on, but could very well see their shadows. "I just want to say, I'm sorry for what happened to your mother." Alison kept her face completely straight. She didn't dare change her expression. Even though Jenna was cleared as A, Ali knew very well she needed to keep tabs on Jenna. "Thank you, Jenna." Jenna smiled and walked down the steps, making her way to the car she would be riding in. Before any of the girls could comment on that awkward moment, Mona came out of the church and gave Alison a sympathetic smile. "Ali, I just – " Alison's nose scrunched up and waved Mona off. "It's fine. Whatever." She placed her arms through Emily and Aria's and motioned Hanna and Spencer to follow them. The five Liars walked off down the steps without Mona, who just frowned at them, but suddenly her expression became dark and solid.

Reporters swarmed The Pretty Little Liars, but they made their best efforts to shoo them all off. They got into the limo Kenneth had rented and they were now off to the cemetery to continue on this bizarre event.