Still a Flashback
*Time Skip* LUNCH
Ally walked through the gym doors alone since Dan, Phil and Emma goes home for lunch. 'I wonder where they are?' the brunette thought to herself as she searches the sea of kids, in a crammed gymnasium. 'Oh! There they are!' Ally has finally found them but she suddenly stopped in her tracks when she noticed that Austin, Dez, and Trish was sitting next to none other than Cassidy DiLaurentis, her sister Brooke DiLaurentis and their friend Dallas Smith. The songwriter has never told anyone this, not even Trish, but Ally used to be bullied by Cassidy and her little gang. This happened when she was in Grade 1, Ally has only met Austin and Dez in Grade 2, and Trish was gone on vacation for a month. Then Ally was more sensitive then she is now (I know, hard to believe), so Cassidy saw her as an easy target. She stuck her foot out and made Ally drop her chocolate chip cookie. The other time was when she 'accidently' spilled apple sauce on the brunette's head, Ally had to go home to wash out her hair. Do you know what the funny thing is? Cassidy stopped bullying Ally once Trish got back so Ally thought it was over, but no. Now in Grade 4, the bottle blonde still sends mean glares in Ally's direction, and would suddenly turn all innocent when Austin, Dez, or Trish would come hang out with Ally. Pathetic, right?
Austin was laughing from a joke Dez told him when he finally noticed the petrified brunette looking at him and Cassidy. Austin smiled and stood up and walked over to the brunette. "ALLY!" the blonde exclaimed, as he hugged his best friend, who didn't hesitate too hug him back. "I missed you!" Austin said as he pulled away. "I missed you too!... so uh, you made friends with Cassidy?" the songwriter asked, hoping it was just a coincidence they sat next to each other. "Yep." the performer confirmed with his head held high, proud that he became friends with the social butterfly of the whole school. "Oh, cool" Ally responded with as much enthusiasm she can muster, but it just came out half- hearted. Luckily, Austin didn't notice it, and Ally thanked God. "C'mon, let me introduce you too them" Austin said enthusiastically, as he grabbed Ally's arm and pulled her over too his new friends. "Cassidy, Dallas, Brooke, this is Ally. Ally, that's Cassidy, Dallas and Brooke" the blonde introduced his friends too one another with a bright smile on his face. Cassidy and Brooke smiled the most fakest smiles Ally have ever seen in her whole life, and she's seen a lot when she tags along on one of her parent's business trips. Dallas sent a smirk and wink at Ally's direction. I'll let you in on a secret, Dallas has had this tiny crush on the brunette, but would never show it because of Cassidy, this was his chance too flirt with her without the bottle blonde twins noticing. Austin noticed the wink, and the brunette's shy blush, and he couldn't help but feel angry at Dallas.(A/N and we all know what that means ;))
"Good. Now we have all the 'hello's' out of the way, time to eat lunch" Austin announced and took his seat in front of Cassidy.(A/N the seats are like this: Ally, Austin, Dez, are against the wall, Trish, Cassidy, Brooke, Dallas are in front of them). The blonde sat Ally on his right, the farthest away from Dallas. For the rest of lunch, Ally and Trish had their own conversation, Brooke and Dallas were talking about sports, since Brooke is the 'sporty' twin, while Austin, Dez, and Cassidy were having a conversation about the video. And as the lunch bell rang, Ally said her farewells and made her way too her classroom where she was greeted by Phil, who was the first too come back from home. He was sitting on his desk, with his black skinny jeans and Charmander shirt, but it was being partly covered since he had his galaxy sweater on. "Hey Ally!" he said with his fluent British accent. "Hey Phil! You're here earlier than I expected" Ally responded. The black- haired young gentleman just laughed and sat properly in his desk and said "what can I say, school is important too me, but I can't say the same thing for Dan and Emma, they've been putting off homework ever since pre-school" Phil laughed at his own comment. Ally laughed with him and added "I know right?! I thought they were brother and sister when I first saw you guys". she giggled. "Well, well, well, what's going on here" they heard a voice coming from the doorway and it was none other than Dan, smirking at the 2 innocent kids with red faces, probably from laughing, (A/N or were they blushing?...)with Emma laughing her head off behind him. "Ah, man you guys should've seen your guys' faces, you guys are way too awkward" the light-blue haired child said in between giggles as she walked too her seat behind Phil. Dan was seated too the side of the classroom since he seemed to elbow anybody on his left side, since he was left-handed (A/N get the reference :)) The 4 of them were just talking and laughing for a couple of minutes, until they noticed that the other students were filing in the classroom. To avoid trouble they went too sit in their respectful seats and listened too Mr. Ratliff as he explained what the afternoon was going too be like.
Meanwhile in Austin's class, Cassidy's plan was about to begin. Step 1: Get Austin, Trish and Dez too ditch Ally. If your wondering why Cassidy hates Ally so much let me bring you back too Kindergarden. Cassidy has just asked Ally to leave Trish to be 'cool', but Ally denied saying she wouldn't leave her friend like that. Cassidy doesn't like being rejected, and when Ally stole the spotlight from her by writing the Butterfly Song, Cassidy just hated her more. Brooke and Dallas doesn't really have a problem with Ally, but Brooke needs to stay loyal too her sister, so she has too torment Ally as well. And Dallas doesn't want to get kicked out of the popular group, so he keeps his mouth shut. "Hey Austy, so, you know what I'm capable of so I can make all your dreams come true". Cassidy whispered to Austin who was on her left side. Austin turned his head to Cassidy since what she has too say is way more important than whatever the teacher was saying. "R-Really?" he stuttered, hardly believing that his all of his dreams could come true, being popular, making it in the music business, it could all come true today, well at least the popular thing, but this could be the start of rising up in the music business. Cassidy nodded and whispered "yep, but you need to do something first" Cassidy said, as a sly smile started form on her little evil face. "Anything, you name it" Now Austin didn't quite know what he was doing, why this meant so much to him, he just knew he had to reach his goal in life. He thought Cassidy was just going to ask him to sing for her birthday party or something like that, but when Cassidy told him what she wanted him to do, he was caught of guard.
"I need you, to break your friendship with Ally"
The blonde boy had to do a double take, 'wait she wants me to break my friendship with one of my best friends, I can't do that!' Austin thought. "Cassidy, I cant do that, Ally means a lot to me and I don't want to lose her" he said truthfully. It took everything for Cassidy to not scream "Ally's a little worthless brat, you could do so much better" but she bit her tongue. "Well this is where you have to pick Blondie, which is more important to you, Ally's life or yours". and that's when the bell rang for the class change, and for the rest of the day, Cassidy kept her mouth shut, and Austin hardly paying attention in class, since he was thinking with the choice in his hands. 'What do I do?"
*Time Skip* The Last Bell
"Austin, I don't trust Ally, before you met her, she bullied me" Cassidy whined to the blonde who was putting his stuff in his backpack. "Cassidy, I highly doubt that, she's... Ally" Austin tried to reason with her but Cassidy was persistent on making Austin's perspective of Ally different. "I'll prove it too you Blondie, just wait". and with that Cassidy sashayed out of the classroom and into the hallways. "She better not do something stupid or else I'll have to cover for her and clean up after her" Brooke muttered to Dallas as she followed her sister. Dallas sighed and went after the DiLaurentis sisters, anxious to see Cassidy's plan.
Ally and the other 3 just exited out of their classroom talking and laughing and making plans. "Hey Als, we need to go now, Emma's mum is driving the 3 of us home" Dan explained. Ally was a bit disappointed that her new friends are leaving already, but then she reminded herself that she's going to see them tomorrow so she just responded with "Oh alright. Well I'll see you tomorrow?" she said with a bright smile on her face. "Definitely" Phil and Emma simultaneously. And off they went to the front office meeting up with Emma's mum. "Who were they?" a male voice said from behind Ally. The brunette let out a small yelp from surprise and turned around to see who would scare her like that. Austin. "Oh, just some friends I made in my class" Ally responded with a proud smile. Austin made a fake smile, for Ally, but on the inside, he didn't like the 2 boys who were just leaving the school. 'They better not touch Ally' he said as he narrowed his eyes at Dan and Phil. "Just friends?" Austin asked cautiously. The songwriter rolled her eyes in response and said "Just friends". (A/N *sigh* Austin must really hate me for putting 2 attractive British boys in Ally's class and making Dallas have a teensy crush on her... I REGRET NOTHING)
"Shoot, I forgot my songbook in my classroom, I'll meet you outside" Ally said as she quickly walked to the classroom. She grabbed her book and rushed out the door, only to find Cassidy with her foot stuck out. Ally didn't have time to stop walking so she face-planted the ground. "Watch where your going dork" Cassidy said as she watched Ally pick herself off the ground. The brunette didn't know what she was doing or saying but before she could stop herself words just flowed out of her mouth. "M-Maybe you s-should watch where y-you stick out your f-foot" Ally tumbled over her words but the whole sentence was clear to Cassidy. "Who do you think you are, you little brat?" the bottle blonde spat at the now standing songwriter. "A-Ally Dawson, and I've had e-enough of you" Ally was proud of herself, she stood up to her first bully, but she wasn't ready for what Cassidy did next. Cassidy dug her sharp nails into Ally's shoulders and shoved her back. Little did Ally know, that this was all part of Cassidy's plan too get her revenge, on the little brunette who took her spotlight. Ally stumbled back and let out a yelp, unfortunately all the teachers are at a conference in the front office and, Ally's classroom was just out of earshot. Cassidy grabbed the petite brunette and whispered in her ear "I'm going to take everybody you care about" Ally did the only thing she could think of at that moment. She shoved Cassidy DiLaurentis. Ally didn't shove her too hard, but Cassidy made it seem like Ally headbutted her to the ground. Then a voice came from the end of the hallway, that brought a scared look on Ally's face and a grateful smirk to Cassidy's face. "Ally?..." Austin whispered in disbelief.
He couldn't believe it. Was Cassidy telling him the truth? Was Ally really a bully before he met her? Was this why Cassidy looked incredibly uncomfortable during lunch? Austin jammed the puzzle pieces together. It all made sense too him now, but he still couldn't believe it. Ally Dawson the Bully. His best friend. the Bully. He rushed to Cassidy's side and helped her up. Ally just stared at him with wide eyes. "A-Austin, I can expl-" the songwriter started but, Austin was too mad at her too let her finish the sentence. "Can you Ally, can you? I saw what I needed too see. You know what? Cassidy was right about you. You are a Bully". Ally couldn't believe it. What happened too him? Just minutes ago, he was protective over her, just because he saw Dan and Phil. "Austin. She pushed me first. I was just defending myself. You have too believe me." Ally tried to convince him, but she wasn't talking too the fun-loving blonde she knew, now, she's talking the Austin, that Cassidy manipulated into thinking she was the bad guy. The blonde just rolled his eyes, "yea right why would I believe you? Lets go Cassidy". Austin scoffed and grabbed Cassidy's arm. The bottle blonde put her acting skills to good use and acted hurt, from Ally's actions. "O-Okay A-Austin" and let the blonde boy guide her away. "Because I'm your best friend! So your actually going to believe her instead of me?!" Ally called out to Austin, but he kept walking away. "Austin?..." she dialed down to a whisper when she noticed Austin ignored her the first time, so what was the point. "C-Come B-Back...please" her voice faltered, her legs giving in, making her drop to her knees. By now Austin was long gone, out of her reach, and into Cassidy's. "Friends Forever...Together...Always...Family...You Promised" she muttered and that's when she broke. She cried and cried until her mum found her sobbing into her hands. It was so bad she had to carry the small girl into the car slowly, her sobs turned to soft sniffles and she drifted off into a deep sleep.
Ally found herself replaying that horrible scene inside her dream over and, over again. Cassidy. Austin siding with her. Austin leaving Ally. Austin. But one line stood out for her. What Cassidy said:
I'm Going To Take Away Everybody You Care About
And that's exactly what Cassidy did. The next day, Dez was already with Austin. Can you really blame him? They were best friends since they were 1! Austin could kill a baby, all the evidence could point to him and Dez would still take his side. Trish stayed by Ally's side for about a few days, but soon enough Cassidy got to her as well. Ally still had Dan, Phil, and Emma. Dan and Emma would sass anyone who would insult her, and Ally and Phil were attached by the hip, so Phil could protect her from the mean comments. But that couldn't last forever since the 3 British kids had to go back to England. And ever since then Ally felt so alone, and she cried herself too sleep every night for a whole month, but a habit that never left her was her muttering:
Friends Forever...Together...Always...Family...You Promised
Can Life Be Any More Crueler?
(A/N AND THANKS FOR LISTENING TO THE PAST! Next Chapters are going to be the present so it's 6 years into the future so I'm going to have a lot of explaining to do, since you guys missed so much. But thanks for reviewing :D. BTW, I'm not going to be that author who needs a certain amount of reviews for the next chapter. All I'm asking for is for you guys to sit back, relax, enjoy. My expectations? maybe 1 review. just one. that's it. LOVE YOU GUYS!)