School is resuming in only two days, many people were either worrying about what teachers that have for what subjects or if their friends will be in their classes, but not these two girls – Hanna Marin and Mona Vanderwaal. Both these girls could actually care less about school, or at least that is the way they acted, because before Alison died, both Hanna and Mona use to love school, Hanna loved being the popular girl and have her four best friends by her side while Mona despite not being popular and having much if any friends, enjoyed doing class work and building an education for herself.

But not anymore, in fact both girls came up with a plan during the summer holidays to make sure that they are both a force to be reckoning with, in other words, become the two popular girls. The two popular girls that every girl wants to be, and the two popular girls that every guy wants to date. Was the idea going to backfire? They sure hoped not and planned on doing everything to get themselves popular.

In Hanna's house down in the kitchen area, both Mona and Hanna were looking through various catalogue magazines looking for possibly some new outfits. While both Hanna and Mona looking through the magazines like there is no tomorrow, in walks Hanna's mother, Ashley Marin. Ashley whom is cleaning up the house (something that she rarely does) looks both at her daughter and her daughter's best friend, before opening her mouth and closing the dead silence in the process.

"So girls, what are two to?" "We are looking through magazines as if you couldn't tell" – Hanna replied in a rather sarcastic matter. Both Hanna and Ashley had a rather colossal disagreement just only moments before Mona came over, and ever since Mona has came over both her and her daughter haven't had the time to bury their disagreement. Despite Hanna not telling Mona that there was something going on, she could rather tell that there was tension building between mother and daughter.

"Oh my god, Hanna I really love this outfit, look at it, it is totally me", Mona said in a rather happy tone. "Yeah I guess it is you" Hanna replied.

And with the two girls continuing to look at the magazines, Ashley proceeds to do the house work, walking out of the room in the process. As soon as she does, Mona whom is wearing a grey beanie, grey shirt and purple pants, drops hers and Hanna's magazine and quickly moves over to Hanna. As she does, Hanna looks at Mona with confusion in her eyes, she knew that Mona was going to ask her something regarding the subject between her and her mother.

"Like, oh my god, what is up between you and your mom, you two looked like you were going to rip your heads off."

"Do you like have to use oh my god in every sentence you say? I am sure you have more words in your vocabulary." Hanna replied, not really wanting to tell Mona the reason.

"Sorry, but like seriously oh my god, the tension between you two was like through the roof" Mona said in a questionable matter, really wanting to know what was happening.

Hanna knew that Mona wasn't going to like what she was about to tell her, but she would rather it come out now, then on a later period of time. "Well…. The thing is….. you know that welcome to school party you are having tomorrow night?

"Yes." Mona replied.

"Well…. I can't come….. my mother said I am not allowed as she wants me to rest up before school, not have a good time, especially one night before school starts again."

"Are you kidding me?" Mona asked. "No, I wish it was, but sadly I am not, I am so sorry but my mother is so being such a bitch."

"We worked so hard on this party." Mona says. "I mean like everyone and I mean everyone is coming, I mean to Spencer Hastings, to Noel Khan to myself. We will have to figure a way to sneak you out, or maybe possibly let me try and speak to Ashley; she always seems to listen to me." Mona says, trying to persuade Hanna to say yes so Mona can talk to Hanna's mom, so her best friend can come to what is being dubbed the party of the year.

"I am sorry but I have already trying talking to her, she seems like she is in this new mode where she doesn't listen to anyone but herself. It has been about a year now that my dad has left us, I guess she is feeling the affects of missing him around." Hanna says.

"Oh my god, I forgot about that. But still, that doesn't give her the right to put all her frustration onto her one and only daughter."

Hanna looks at Mona after what she just said, she knew that her best friend was right, but she knew that she could do nothing about it.

"Well I did tell her that, and she told me to suck it up princess, so I guess I will do that. But wow, look at the time, it is nearly four, I promised my mom I would go grocery shopping with her."

Mona snorts. "What, what is wrong going grocery shopping?" Hanna asks. "You going and doing grocery shopping is like something that will never ever and I mean never ever happen in your lifetime, what will you do there? Just stand there and look pretty?" And as soon as those words come out of Mona's mouth she begins to burst into laughter, while Hanna looks on rolling her eyes.

"Well my mom is making me, like I said she is in this new mode, it's like I don't have a choice anymore and she only listens to nobody but herself. But like I said, you better get going, will text you or call you later, sweetie."

"Sure, have fun, if you can." Once again, Mona bursts into laughter while making her own way out of the house. Closing the door behind her, Hanna begins to walk up the stairs that eventually lead to her bedroom. As she gets up there, she sees her mother looking at her in a rather vicious way. As Hanna ignores her mother, Ashley grabs Hanna's arms and with a full of force pulls Hanna, her daughter right into her face.

"So you think I am being a bitch, huh? Especially after everything that I have done and provided you, you think I am a bitch?"

Hanna doesn't say anything as she looks at her mother in a rather scared look, she has never seen her mother like this before, nor did she know what to do.

"Well what do you think of me now?" Ashley says.

And after those words leave the mouth of Ashley Marin, she raises her right hand and will a full of force, she slaps Hanna's left side of her cheek, a loud noise could be heard in what was a quite room. A huge red mark straight away appears on the cheek of Hanna, nearly bursting into tears as her eyes get watery, Ashley once again speaks.

"Oh and get ready, we have some grocery shopping to attend to, I will be in the car waiting for you, oh and remember, suck it up princess." Ashley says with a rather cocky looking smirk on her face. As Ashley walks down the stairs heading for the car, Hanna runs into her room holding her left cheek and begins to burst into tears.

What has her very own mother, the one that just slapped her on the check, for just simply calling her a bitch, what was she coming into? Is her own father leaving causing her mother to act likes this, but it has been over a year now since he has, surely there is something to cause her own mother to act like this, something that Hanna doesn't know about? Whatever it is, she plans on getting into the bottom of this.

As Hanna was thinking this through, three loud beeps from a car outside can be heard, it was obviously her mother calling for her. As she wipes the tears away from her face, trying not to cry any more then what she already has, she begins to walk down the stairs and outside to the car.

Okay so basically what I am doing is introducing all the characters (yeah you know them all) but I am doing this so I can straight away start a storyline. Like for example how Aria is going to be shocked when school stars and how Ashley is now abusing Hanna. And please, I would love for more reviews! 3 :D