Chapter 04: Bad Romance
Title: It's Like Magic
Genre: Supernatural / Adventure
Rating: M
Summary: PRE-SEASON 2. Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily find themselves visited by Allison who has a greater secret than any of them could have ever imagined-a secret that 'A' could not even fathom...
Written: June 2011
Word Count: 1,244 words.
A/N: Whoa! Who else watched the premiere? That was beyond epic! I kind of hope Ian isn't alive though-it'll basically ruin this story! And also sorry if this chapter is odd. I'm kind of under the weather...
Aria awoke to a mad buzzing on her phone. Looking, she saw it was only eight in the morning. It was the weekend, so she didn't understand exactly who was trying to contact her at eight in the morning, although she hoped it wasn't an SOS from Spencer.
To her surprise, it was from Ezra. She sat up in her bed, as she flipped open her phone to read his horrible text.
"Aria, was I really stupid to date a high school girl like you? I must have been drunk-besides, with that face, you're nothing more than a sex toy. Thanks doll. Oh, and it would be nice if you delete my number." Aria felt her heart break in half. She felt the entire world crashing down on her, and her breathing stop. Her eyes began to dilate, and tears sped down them. That was it? Ezra only wanted her for sex? Nothing else? Did he mean any of those words he said to her?
Aria threw her phone against the bed, and sobbed in her bed. Her black hair moved like snakes as she sobbed even harder, the pain killing her from within. What did she do to deserve this?
Aria grabbed her phone again and immediately closed the message. She sent an 'SOS' to Spencer, Hanna, and Emily, and hoped they would get here soon enough. However, she had an abstract feeling that none of them would reach here, so she went where she think she would the happiest.
Hanna was in her bed, upset. Some asshole at her school had gone off and told Caleb that she was whoring herself out to fill the void he left for her. Caleb looked at her and got pissed, claiming that she was just acting like a drama queen. Hanna begged him and pleaded with him, convincing Caleb that those were lies. However, Caleb claimed perhaps he was lying when he said he loved her and their fight erupted. Hannah cried even harder as she remembered the harsh words both exclaimed. She brought her knees to her chest and wiped her eyes. If she ever found out who told Caleb this rumor, she swore to god she would burn them alive.
She saw Aria had sent her an SOS, but she ignored it. She wasn't in the mood to deal with anyone else's problems, and she was just...furious. Sighing, she knew what she would do. Go where she was happiest.
When Aria and Hanna reached the Hastings Manor, they were not only surprised to see each other there, but to see an emotional Emily and a stoic Spencer. Apparently, Maya was furious about Paige, which confused Emily who had told Maya about Paige before and Maya wasn't furious at all. It was Spencer who was the grave one.
"I received a message from Toby, except," Spencer gave a sad smirk, "I found out the reasoning behind it." Spencer opened up their hidden cave and the four jumped inside, as Hannah lit the place to create light.
They closed the cave just enough to let air in and out, but they continued to grimace.
"A contacted all four of our sweethearts yesterday," Spencer spoke nonchalantly, "and told them lies." Spencer looked at all of them, her face saddened. Aria's heart broke even more.
"B-But...Ezra says I was just good for sex." Aria said, ignoring the incredulous looks the others were giving her.
"A must have fed Ezra some lie that would cause him to say that." Emily deduced, although her tears were rampantly flowing. "Like she told Caleb, Toby...and Maya." Emily sobbed. Maya was returning today, but she told Emily it would be nice not to see her again.
"If only I could find A, I would legitimately kill her. That fucking bitch." Hanna swore, as she pushed back some of her hair. If it was one thing the girls hated about their lair, it was the humidity.
The girls sat in an uncomfortable silence, as they watched their love lives fall apart in front of their very eyes, and they couldn't do anything about it. It hurt them all bitterly, and it was upsetting that they were practically being assaulted in both directions. If they rejected all social interactions, they still had the Knights to deal with. If they rejected their magical world, they still had A to deal with. By accepting both, they had to deal with both A and the Knights.
The girls all took a silent step toward the entrance of their cave, and stepped out into the fresh air. It felt nice, but Aria knew something was wrong. It was as if the air was whispering to her that something was wrong. Suddenly, her powers began to hype up, and the wind began to blow heavily. Spencer screamed, but Aria couldn't stop it. Suddenly, they noticed a hooded figure standing in front of them, back turned toward them.
"A!" Hanna exclaimed angrily, as she ran toward the cloaked figure, secretly conjuring two fireballs. However, the figure ominously turned toward her and shot out a blast of wind, causing the blonde to fly back. Emily, Spencer, and Aria screamed as they ran to Hanna's side, scared. Since when did A have powers? It wasn't A-It suddenly hit Emily.
"I-It's a Knight." Emily whispered. Aria froze, as Spencer and Hanna realized it too. The Knight of Air was standing before them.
Aria was afraid. They were expected to use their powers to fight the Knight in public? What madness was this? But there wasn't any time for madness-they needed to protect themselves. Aria plummeted herself in the air, and shot out a huge gust of air. The Knight of Air merely stood, as if he was just tickled. Emily stood, angry and upset, and suddenly all the water from the air concentrated itself as a fist, and proceeded to punch the Knight of Air. The Knight stumbled slightly, but Emily could feel him grinning. It was becoming apparent that the girls had no training whatsoever.
Spencer began to concentrate on the Earth next to the Knight, and she smirked. She sent a few stones flying in front of the Knight, as he easily avoided it. However, he was not expecting that Spencer had turned the ground next to him into an adhesive quicksand. It took a lot of energy from Spencer, but she was doing her best to contain it. Hanna, rubbing her bruises, ran with two balls of fire again and hit the Knight in the chest. The impact caused his hood to fly back, and to all the girls horror, they saw Noel Khan standing in front of them, glaring at them.
He whispered "It isn't over Princesses." Noel vanished into thin air, leaving the girls bruised and confused. They were also nauseous with shock; they had expected the Knight of Air to be someone so close to them.
"Guys..." Aria began, but stopped as tears threatened to come down her face. First, Ezra was fed a lie and dumped her, and now a classmate was out to kill them, not to mention A was still out there. Hanna was feeling similar to Aria, although she was more angry than upset. Spencer was relatively calm, only hanging onto her emotions through the thread of logic. Emily was sobbing, completely broken down. The girls, without a word, went inside the Hastings Manor, upset.
They were going to have to somehow vanquish Noel Khan.