Another week passed by and Spencer couldn't believe it was almost thanksgiving. She and her friends (minus Alison) were waiting in Mona's front room for her. She wondered how they'd gone from thinking Mona was a loser to being tormented by her to wanting her help in taking down their best friend. How did our lives all become so complicated and messed up? She wondered.

Mona came down the stairs, shocked to see who the visitors were. "To what do I owe this pleasure?" she said in such a way that clearly showed her disinterest."

"We need your help in taking down Ali." Hanna stated.

"She's down at the police station now and we don't know what she's saying." Emily continued.

Aria added "She could be telling them anything to make herself look innocent."

Spencer finally spoke up "We need you to find out what she's telling them."

"Why not ask her yourself?" Mona asked, in an attempt to get them to leave.

It was Aria who answered. "That wouldn't be good for us. And you're Mona."

She was caught out there. Mona's face showed that she was prepared to help them. "Sit down. We'll talk."

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The next day in school, Mona texted the girls to meet her in the bathroom. She told them what she'd found out between then and their conversation the day before. "I think she's ending the game." She concluded.

"What game?" Hanna asked.

"The one she stole from me."

"The A game." Spencer guessed.

"She assembled the perfect group to manipulate." Mona looked at each of the girls in turn- Spencer, Emily, Hanna and finally Aria while saying, "Smart, loyal, admiring and compassionate. One of you would've been boring, but together you're a challenge for her."

"I never understood why she chose me." Aria said.

"It must've been fun for her to mess with someone who feels so much."

"Alison's A. So that must mean she never really loved me." Emily said disappointedly.

Aria added, "Or any of us."

"If what we're saying is true, then she went to the cops to frame us." Spencer stated.

Mona spoke then. "I'll find out what she told the cops. Then you can come up with a clear story to set the record straight. Act normal; don't let anyone know we're planning anything." She turned round and strolled out the room. Across the corridor she saw Ali with a group of girls who looked just like Aria, Emily, Spencer and Hanna. Typical she thought.

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It was later that day when Mona got the footage and the group went to Spencer's house to see the footage. Caleb joined them and explained that Mona had asked him to. They found out that the cops thought Ali had nothing to do with Bethany's murder. They thought that Spencer killed her to gain loyalty with Ali. "Why Ali would want Bethany dead must be in the Radley files." Aria was saying.

Spencer's phone beeped. She checked it and saw a text from Toby. I'm an officer now. I start as soon as my cast's off. You're safe now. X

"Is it A?" Hanna inquired.

"Just Toby. Let's go to Radley."

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An hour later Spencer and Mona were walking through Radley dressed in uniform to find Bethany's file. Hanna and Caleb were waiting outside in the car on stakeout while Emily kept Alison busy. Aria was keep watch from the inside since she was a volunteer. Spencer's phone beeped again. "That had better not be A this time." Mona said.

"Toby again. He's just become a cop and I'm meant to be at his ceremony."

"Well then let's make this quick."

They were in and out within five minutes. They had burrowed the files and recordings of Bethany and were sat in the car again with Aria too. Mona played one of the recordings. "Like mother like daughter." Part of it said.

"Bethany did know Alison." Spencer realised out loud.

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Spencer had barely taken three steps away from the car when she was handcuffed by a group of cops. Holbrook was in the group and said, "You're under arrest for the murder of Bethany Young."

In an attempt to save herself and let Toby know she was there she called out, "Toby!"

He heard her and whipped his head round in his seat. "Spencer!" He called back as he watched her being dragged into the police car.

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The next day (on thanksgiving) Mona texted the girls minus Spencer to meet her at her house because she had proof that Alison was A. But when they turned up there was blood covering the walls and furniture overturned. Emily went upstairs and screamed so loudly the entire neighbourhood could hear. She was in Mona's bedroom. There was blood everywhere. It was far too much blood to lose. Mona was dead!

"Call 911!" Aria shouted. They did and suddenly the house was a crime scene. Thanksgiving had turned into a nightmare.

I know this chapter is more or less what happened in the show, but it is needed in this story. The next chapter will be Christmas and I'm going to add in a scene or two of my own. Just to clarify, this will be different to the TV series so I won't just be re-writing the episodes.