Shoutout to PrettyWitchyVamp and Ava B for catching the reference last chapter! It's from 1x19: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool my best friend, you're dead freakin' meat." And now for your reviews:

TotalCowGirl: Thank you so much!
Goldenheart11: Dude, if checking constantly is what fuels your awesome reviews, keep checking! And thank you! I'm telling you, I just love Caleb an insane amount! That's all there is to it. And that's really Hanna to a T, isn't it? She has to rely on her sense of humor a lot of the time because she might not be the brightest bulb in the bunch, but she knows one thing for sure: that if anyone messes with her friends, she'll kick their asses. And sometimes that's all you really need! Since she's like that in the show, it only made sense that she'd be a Hufflepuff in the story :) and some other stories don't touch on muggle-born prejudice? How can they not?! I like doing internal monologues for Aria, though. She's got a lot going on in that noggin of hers, and if someone's gonna go so far as to say the "M" word, it's gonna get to her. Thanks again for reading, and hopefully you'll like this next chapter just as much!
Erica: Noel and Jenna always go too far. But Aria's a tough cookie. She's upset now, but she'll shake it off! Thanks again!
PrettyWitchyVamp: Thank you so much for your reviews, they kill me. Haha, Jenna having a glass eye is a definite highlight of writing this story. And she was actually born with her glass eye, it had nothing to do with the girls. Although, that doesn't mean she's not gonna use it to get what she wants ;) and I'm team Haria all the way. I LOVE their friendship, and they always get caught in these crazy adventures when they're together and it's fantastic. And Aria doesn't usually cower away when someone attacks, this is true. Her feisty petiteness is part of why I love her character so much. But keep in mind, this is a battle she's been facing for seven years now. People at Hogwarts, especially Slytherins like Malfoy and Jenna, are terrible toward muggle-borns like Aria, and chances are she's been fighting them off for as long as she possibly can, but enough is enough and she's tired of it all. She'll fight back with a clever/witty retort for anything else you throw at her, but say the "M" word and all bets are off. You will still very much see the feisty side of Aria throughout this story. It's a long story, so she's got plenty of time to show it off! And indeed, there is trouble in paradise for Haleb, but they have plenty of adorable moments in store as well! Yes, the Weasley twin(s) are quite crazy, but that's why we love them right? Memory eternal, Fred.
Titanium Wolf: Thanks! Scorpius seemed to fit well with Jenna and Noel. I had to give it a go! And Mona as A... well, that's for you to figure out ;)
Sgdp1261: Jeez, that's morbid. Yet appropriate, since Jenna probably deserves it. Especially in this story... and I agree about Caleb. If I ever get a boyfriend, I want him to be EXACTLY like Caleb. In fact, my vision of a perfect boyfriend is someone who is a combination of Caleb and Ezra. And wow, thank you so much! Glad you liked the last chapter so much. And yes, this chapter is Sparia-centric, so you'll get your dose of them :)
Ava B: Thank you so much! I try really hard to make sure I'm true to the characters. And I might watch, like, the first episode of Ravenswood because of Caleb, but I'm not sure. I was never very excited about it to be honest. And wow, MNI sounds awesome! One of these days I'll have to check it out.

Alright, so some of you have been waiting quite a while for this chapter, and I'm here to present it to you with utmost glee: Sparia in the library. Enjoy, and PLEASE review/follow/favorite/WHATEVER!


Spencer stared absentmindedly at the book in front of her, flipping each page quickly without even looking at the content on it. Madam Pince was sitting on a stool at her desk several yards away, having no idea what Spencer was really doing. Spencer had just told her she was looking for books on creatures with fangs, saying she needed it for her Care of Magical Creatures class. Madam Pince had shown her right to them, letting Spencer take as many as she wanted, and Spencer was grateful that Madam Pince didn't notice the beads of sweat collecting on her forehead, considering she hadn't taken Care of Magical Creatures since she was a fifth year.

She heard the door open and close all the way at the front of the library, and when she looked up Aria was walking up to her.

"Hey," Spencer said dramatically, putting her head against one hand while she flipped the page with the other.

Aria sat down next to Spencer, giving her a quizzical look as Spencer continued to flip the pages. "Are you reading that fast or just fanning yourself?"

Spencer let out a dry laugh as she ceased her page flipping. "Very funny. Now help me!"

"Have you found anything yet?" Aria asked as she set her stuff down.

Spencer huffed in frustration as she slumped in her seat. "No," she said bitterly, before handing Aria one book from the stack of books in front of her on the table. "Here. It's a book on reptiles. See if you can figure out who it comes from."

Aria took the book and opened it to a random page before looking up at Spencer. "Do you remember what it looked like?"

"I have it with me," Spencer whispered, not taking her eyes off of Aria as she reached into her pocket to pull out the fang in question, wrapped in a napkin the same way it was when she first showed it to her.

Spencer unraveled the fang from the napkin, studying it carefully. "Okay, I'd say it's about... 6 inches long."

"You're really going to guess on something like this?" Aria whispered frantically.

"It's not guessing if I'm right!" Spencer argued.

"You don't know that though! Just use a ruler or something."

"No!" Spencer said hastily. "I don't wanna touch it!"

Aria just sighed, knowing Spencer wasn't going to listen to her. She flipped through her book, searching for any creature that might have fangs that size. A lot fit the criteria, which she could tell by the oral diagrams that were shown along with each animal, giving an accurate, detailed visual of each tooth, but she couldn't find one in particular that looked exactly like the fang in front of her.

After about an hour of nonstop flipping pages of books, Aria rested her head on her open book, letting out a frustrated moan. Spencer looked up from her book. "No luck?"

"No," Aria mumbled, her voice muffled by the book, before sitting back up, pushing her hair out of her face.

"Maybe you were right," Spencer said thoughtfully, staring down at her open book blankly, as though she were looking right through the book, and through the table, straight to her shoes. "Maybe the fang is fake? Maybe this is just some sort of joke?"

"Still seems like kind of a sick joke," Aria said glumly, before letting out a long sigh. "Can we take a break? My brain is fried."

"Yeah, we can," Spencer agreed, tiredly marking the page in her current textbook before closing it. "Let's talk about something else. How was your day so far?"

"It was alright," Aria said with a shrug. "Until Malfoy and the odd couple from Hell had to show up."

"Odd couple from Hell?"

"Jenna and Noel," Aria explained irritably. Aria was especially bitter about them as a couple because of the tension between her and Noel. The two dated back when they were third years, and he had broken it off with her for reasons she was still unaware of; he hadn't even bothered to explain. She didn't know why it bothered her so much; he was known for going through girls in the school like they were kleenex, and she knew this going out with him in the first place. Also, she was in a happy relationship now, and he was free to date whoever he wanted. But there was still something off about him, and Jenna, that Aria couldn't quite place.

Spencer stiffened. "What did they say?"

"Some snarky comment about me being muggle born," Aria said bitterly. "The usual."

"Seriously?" Spencer exclaimed, getting angry, until she realized where she was. She lowered her voice. "I will destroy them."

"Don't, Spence," Aria whined. "I'm used to it by now, this is seven years in the making."

Spencer just scoffed as she leaned forward over the table. "It still sickens me."

"What does?" Aria said curiously.

"That the most honest person I know has to share parents with the most deceitful person in this school," Spencer said bluntly, bitterly changing the subject.

It took Aria a minute, but she finally connected the dots. "Wait... are you talking about Toby and Jenna?" she asked, raising an eyebrow to justify her confusion.

"He was so sweet last night," Spencer said softly, reliving Toby rubbing her shoulders before allowing her to fall asleep against his strong chest. "And I couldn't tell him anything. It must be killing him."

Aria nodded sympathetically as she reached out for Spencer's hand, giving it a loving squeeze. "The less he knows the better. We don't know what we're dealing with when it comes to this; we don't know how serious it is! And we can't let the people we care about get involved."

For whatever reason, something in what Aria just said sparked Spencer's attention. She jerked her head up, narrowing her eyes at Aria as she pulled her hand back. "What did you just say?"

Aria froze, running through the last sentence in her head, trying to think of whether she had slipped up on something. Spencer was smart, and not much got past her. Just when Aria was about to settle on that Spencer just didn't hear her right, she stopped.

Aria didn't say you. She said we.

Shit.

"Aria," Spencer said darkly, "did you get one too?"

"I..."

Aria closed her mouth. Great. She was trapped.

Spencer sat back in her chair, giving Aria a judging once over. "Empty your pockets."

"What?" Aria asked, confused, as well as a little scared.

"Empty. Your. Pockets," Spencer repeated firmly.

Aria just stared at Spencer, trying her hardest not to crumble under her harsh gaze. But finally, Aria gave up, deciding that she had indeed lost this battle. Spencer knew her too well. She stood up, reached into her right pocket, and pulled out a near identical fang to the one Spencer had, wrapped in a handkerchief, the same red 'A' carved across the top.

Spencer let out a small squeak as Aria placed the fang on the table before sitting down. "I got it last night," Aria said softly. "I was in the common room, and then the fire in the fireplace started freaking out... and then this came flying out."

"Why were you going to hide this from me?" Spencer said carefully.

Aria sighed before reaching out for Spencer's hand again, encasing it in her own. "You were so worried already, and I didn't want to work you up even more."

"Too late," Spencer muttered before putting her head in her hands. It was bad enough when someone put a fang in her soup; now this person was going after Aria? What had Aria done to make anyone mad?

Spencer looked down at Aria's fang, and carefully, still without touching it, moved it next to her own, comparing the two. "You said this came out of the fireplace?"

"Yeah," Aria said, nodding her head. "I was putting another log in the fire, and it just... combusted!"

"So whoever is doing this must be serious," Spencer said grimly before turning back to Aria. "Someone wants to hurt us, Aria."

"But why?" Aria whispered frantically. "What could we have possibly done?"

"I don't know," Spencer said truthfully before looking back down at the two fangs. Until she noticed something.

"One of them is smaller than the other," she whispered, gesturing for Aria to come toward her as she kept her eyes on the page.

Aria surveyed the two together, before a thought occurred to her. "Two different kinds of fangs?"

"No, they look like they came from the same beast," Spencer surmised, "but they're..."

"From different parts of the mouth," Aria concluded.

Spencer felt the blood rush to her head as she turned back to Aria. "They don't sell fake fangs in different shapes and sizes, do they?"

Aria glumly shook her head. "They're a lot less versatile than that."

"So this is real..." Spencer said softly, looking back down at the fangs to just stare at them. "Someone is out to get us. Someone pried these things out of an actual beast to try to scare us."

"But why?" Aria asked curiously, but Spencer could detect a hint of desperation in her voice.

Spencer gulped before answering, "That's what we need to find out."


Side Note: God, words cannot describe how much I love these two. Just... Ugh. Sparia is perfect. And anyone catch any references? ;) remember, they can be from both Harry Potter AND PLL. No restrictions. Review with your findings!