Aria's POV

The four of us were currently walking through the woods. I hadn't told anyone about what I knew yet because I figured that no one would believe me. I couldn't even prove that Alison wasn't dead. The only thing that I could prove was that it Alison they had found and I couldn't even prove very well. I could tell that Hanna wasn't thrilled about it because she wasn't in as good of shape as the rest of us. Emily and Spencer both played sports and I was naturally gifted through the curse of lycanthropy. Speaking of which, I wondered if there was any way that I could convince them that I was a werewolf.

"Emily, why did your mom want us to do this?" Hanna questioned.

"She didn't suggest this in particular. This was my idea." The redhead declared. "My mom just thought that we should do something to help us say goodbye to Alison.

"Couldn't we do something without mosquitos?" Hanna asked.

"They're not mosquitos. They're gnats, completely harmless." I explained. Though, there may have been ticks or other harmful insects in the woods.

"Whatever these fuckers are small, annoying and flying up my nose." Hanna declared.

"That's because they're attracted to your perfume." Spencer pointed out. It was so strong that I was almost attracted to it and I didn't even like girls. "And your hair product and your lip gloss."

"So, are you saying that I attract flies?" Hanna inquired. She might have been trying to attract everything.

"Gnats." I corrected. I wouldn't like it if someone called me a coyote.

"I'm not actually sure if this is the right way." Emily remarked.

"Yeah, this is the right way. It's a quarter mile from that tree." I explained. The shed was where I woke up when I returned to normal the other night.

"Have you been here since you got back?" Spencer asked.

"No." I lied.

"But you remember that tree?" Hanna questioned.

"I just have a good sense of direction." I declared. "Not to mention we used to come all the time."

"I think this is a weird place for a shrine." Spencer remarked.

"It's not a shrine. It's a memorial." Emily argued. "What's wrong with that?"

"Doing it way out here makes it look we have something to hide." Spencer explained.

"Unless the police are following us, it doesn't matter where we do it," Emily said. "Since when do you care about what people think?"

"I just never want to see that creepy detective again." Spencer stated. At that point, Hanna started to walk forward.

"Hanna, why did you get so quiet all of a sudden?" Emily asked.

"I want to keep the bugs out of my mouth." Hanna answered.

"Well you can have an opinion on this." Emily pointed out.

"If you want my opinion, I don't think she's dead." Hanna declared. Did she know something that we didn't?

"Hanna, we went to her funeral." Spencer remarked us. I was pretty sure that funerals for people who weren't actually dead were somewhat common.

"Maybe Hanna's right." I stated. "I mean we did never see the body. How do we know it's Alison? Just because the body was a girl in her backyard doesn't automatically mean that it's her."

At that point, I heard something crack. It sounded like someone stepping on a branch.

"Did you hear that?" Emily asked.

"Yes. I'm standing right next to you." I replied in annoyance.

"Hello? Is anybody out there?" Hanna asked. I then saw someone. I wasn't sure if anyone else could. I decided to go over and investigate.

"I'll be right back." I stated. I walked over and there he was. "Noel, what are you doing out here?"

"I'm just enjoying a hike in the woods." Noel declared. "Though, I do wonder how you're the only one that saw me out here. What are you doing here?"

"That's none of your business." I stated. "So, why don't you go and be creepy somewhere else?"

Hanna's POV

The following morning, I walked into the kitchen wearing a tee shirt that had pink sleeves, a white hem and black stripes in the middle with a pair of jean shorts and beige booties. I was greeted by the unfortunate sight of Officer Pervert in a towel opening the fridge.

"Morning." He greeted me.

"Where's my mom?" I demanded.

"She went upstairs for something. So how do I spread this stuff?" He asked. "You want a waffle?"

"I'll eat at school." I declared. I probably wouldn't eat at all because I had lost my appetite.

At that point, my mom came downstairs.

"Darren, please put some clothes on." She declared before he went upstairs.

"Are you seriously going to keep fucking him?" I asked. "I don't care about the sunglasses. I'll pay for them. I'll work them off. I'll do anything to get rid of him."

"It doesn't work like that, Hanna." She told me.

"Well I'm not buying him a father's day gift." I replied. I was pretty sure what he was doing was illegal, but I couldn't remember what it was called. I was pretty sure it sounded like abortion.

Aria's POV

I decided to go to breakfast with my mom and dad. It was kind of weird to do on a school day, we knew the places that could get it done fast so I could get to school.

"You've really gone through that book fast." Mom commented. Mr. Fitz/Ezra had assigned To Kill A Mockingbird to us.

"Yeah, how have I never read this before?" I questioned before I took a bite of my bacon.

"You should read her autobiography next." Dad suggested.

"Somehow I can see why you like this book so much." Mom stated.

"Well I would really love some more bacon." I declared.

"Just what did you see in Iceland to make you want to eat meat again?" Mom asked as she got up. "Just make sure that your father doesn't drink all of my coffee."

"So, you said that your teacher went to Hollis?" He replied. I nodded. "What was his name again? I'm trying to remember if he was one of my students."

I thought he would mention if my dad was one of his professors.

"Ezra Fitz." I answered.

"I think I had him in Freshman Lit. I'll probably have to see him to make sure." He declared. "So, are you still working on your novel?"

"I have a few characters in my head, but I haven't started writing yet." I explained as I noticed walking up behind me.

"Byron?" A voice interrupted. I turned around and saw the devil herself there herself.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt." She said. Yes, she totally.

"Aria, this is Meredith Sorenson, a colleague of mine." I remarked. I knew that she saw me when I saw her, so why was she pretending like she didn't know who I was.

"Did you get my message?" Meredith asked.

"I haven't had a chance to look at my email yet." Dad declared. Did he not have it on his phone?

"Well they need the referral by Monday." Meredith declared. I wished I knew what she was talking about. I did find it suspicious that she just started working in the department right when Dad came back. "I actually have everything here."

She then proceeded to take out a notebook.

"How does it feel to be home? I bet this place must seem pretty dull." She commented.

"It really isn't." I remarked as I repressed the urge to punch her.

"Well I'll send that before lunch." He stated.

"I'm so glad that I ran into you. Nice to meet you. Welcome home." She declared with a flirty smile. There had to be something that I could do about that. I wasn't going to threaten her. It was too bad that I couldn't control myself when I turned because I wouldn't mind just happening to kill her.

"I can't believe that you're working with her." I remarked.

"I'm not. Her office is across the hall from me." He explained. "I can't pretend like she doesn't exist."

There was a way to do that. It was called a restraining order.

Spencer's POV

I walked into the kitchen to see my mom was home and comforting Melissa about her breakup. I wasn't sure if Melissa had said anything to them about me being the cause of it. I was wearing a hunter green collared sweater with a grey miniskirt and tights and brown lace-up boots. I could tell that Melissa was not happy to see me. She stormed out as soon as I arrived.

"Where's Dad?" I questioned.

"He left for the office." Mom answered.

"Already?" I asked.

"He was cleaning up some things that Wren left behind." Melissa remarked. To be fair, he kissed me. All I did was kiss back briefly.

Hanna's POV

"Oh, this color is amazing." Mona declared as she applied some lipstick. "You should have gotten more."

"I can't exactly get too much because everyone is watching me now." I retorted.

At that point, I saw Sean with Noel.

"So, Noel's parents are going to be gone tomorrow night." He said.

"It feels like your parents are always gone." I commented.

"Well it means the party of the year is on." Noel declared.

"Please, you'll be lucky if it's the party of the month." Mona quipped.

"I need to get to class." Sean said before he kissed me.

"So, I guess you and Sean are going to be doing it all night." Mona stated.

"We are not going to be doing it all night." I argued.

"Oh my god. You haven't done it yet." She said. "I'm sure that there's a spell we can do for that in the book."

"Mona, we are not witches." I told her.

"Then how do you explain us getting hot?" She questioned.

"It wasn't magic. It was diet pills and makeovers." I pointed out.

"Well the longer you wait with Sean, the more chance you'll lose him." She replied. "We can just do the spell and if he's all over you, we'll know it worked."

Emily's POV

I was putting my bike up at school.

"So, you want to be Lance Armstrong and Michael Phelps now?" Maya asked as she walked up to me.

"What?" I replied.

"You passed me. Your bike goes faster than my car." She quipped. At that point, Ben came over and kissed me.

"So, did you guys hear about Noel's party?" He asked.

"Is that one of Rosewood's pagan rituals?" Maya inquired.

"Kind of. There was definitely some howling last year." Ben answered.

"You should come." I invited. For some reason, Ben didn't look thrilled. "It will be fun. I promise."

Aria's POV

When I got to school, I had a bit of a flirty exchange with Mr. Fitz and talked to Spencer. Apparently, she had broken up Melissa and her fiancé again. Melissa has to stop dating guys who like Spencer more. Anyway, Melissa was pissed at her and she was a little unprepared for her class.

At that point, we noticed that Jenna was walking down the hall and Toby was with her. I couldn't believe that he was back in school too. I could tell that we were in for some trouble. One of them had to know something.

In between classes, I decided to sneak into Ezra's room.

"Hi." I declared.

"Is this about the homework?" He asked.

"Why didn't you tell me that my dad was one of your professors?" I questioned.

"I guess I just forget to mention it." I declared.

"Well he wants to meet you." I explained. "My mom is going to be at this art gallery and you should come."

"Are you asking me on a date?" He questioned.

"God no." I replied. I would probably never go on a date with him. I knew this wasn't going to be some amazing love story. We would flirt for a little while and then it would end after probably a few months assuming he didn't get caught. "Even if I was, I wouldn't do it in a place where my parents will be. If anything, we could hook up afterwards and I'll tell my mom I'm going to Noel Kahn's party."

"Why don't you do that instead?" He suggested.

"Are you encouraging me to do bad things?" I questioned.

"I think you don't want to throw your classmates off." He replied. "I've done some research on these types of things and one way that leads to people getting caught is the student not spending time with their friends anymore."

Before I could say that he wasn't the center of my world, another teacher came in.

"So, you're all clear about the homework assignment?" He asked.

"Yeah, if I have questions, I'll talk to you later." I replied.

Spencer's POV

I decided to go see Wren because I needed to talk to him. I didn't like how things ended between us. Okay, they didn't end between us. She kicked him out before I got a chance to talk to him.

"Did you sister send you?" He asked. We were currently outside his apartment building with some tea. It was an old family recipe apparently.

"She doesn't know I'm here." I replied. "Things between us were never great."

"Well I'm sorry that I came between you." He apologized.

"You're not the first actually." I told him. "So, you live here?"

"I know it's not exactly Chateau du Hastings, but it's nice. I have can watch my sports here." He said. Melissa didn't like sports except when she was playing.

"So can I ask a favor of you?" I questioned. I really needed to get this paper done.

"Your family won't return my calls." He replied.

"I actually needed your help writing a paper for Russian history." I explained. "I don't have a clue what to write about."

"Why not write about the Romanov family? Have you ever seen the movie Anastasia?" He questioned.

"No." I replied.

"Well you can watch the movie and compare it to the true story." He suggested.

"Would you help me write it?" I questioned.

"Of course I would. Though, my couch is kind of small." He stated. "You know I'm sorry for this mess I made. Perhaps I just fell for the wrong sister."

Aria's POV

The next day, I was preparing to help my mom set up for the gallery. I was wearing a blue vest top with a red and black tulle maxi skirt and a pair of black cat print ballet shoes and blue eyeshadow. I was taken by surprise when I saw Meredith inside.

"Oh thank God you're here." Mom said. "This is Meredith. She works with your dad."

"We've met." Meredith replied.

"Well I invited Meredith to the opening which might be a success now that we have our utensils." Mom said before she left the room.

"Look, I know that you know that I know what happened between you and my dad." I declared. "You can't be here. It's going to stir up trouble."

"Maybe I want to stir up trouble." She retorted.

"Well do it with someone who's single and your own age." I ordered.

Hanna's POV

I went over to Mona's house. We were getting ready for the party together but she also wanted me to do this spell. I was wearing a white lace print dress.

"This sounds like a terrible idea." I declared. "What kind of spell are we even casting?"

"It's a lust spell." She explained. "It will make him as hot for you as you are for him."

"It sounds like an even worse idea now." I remarked. "Let's just get this over with I guess."

We began to do the chanting. I wasn't even sure if I was saying the words correctly. It wasn't like I had a teacher like I was at Hogwarts.

From there, the two went to Noel's party. Noel was loaded and his cabin showed it. There was a keg and foosball table and video games and even a photo booth. I started to look for Sean. He wasn't much of a drinker, so I wasn't sure where to find him.

Emily's POV

I was with Maya and Ben at the party. I was decided to pair of low cut shredded jeans with a red sweater and tan boots.

"I cannot wait to get some beer." Ben told me.

"I could use some myself." Maya added.

"I feel weird coming to one of these." I admitted.

"Crap, I forgot we've been here since before Alison disappeared." Ben remarked. "It really sucks about what happened to her. I didn't really like her, but I didn't want her dead."

"What do you mean you didn't like her?" I asked in offense.

"Well you know, she was just kind of a bitch." He declared.

"Haven't you ever heard that you're not supposed to speak ill of the dead?" I questioned before I took Maya and walked off.

"Hi Emily." Hanna greeted us. She was alone. I was surprised that she wasn't with Sean or Mona.

Spencer's POV

"That was a good movie." I declared as the credits rolled.

"It was. Of course, they found out that Anna Anderson wasn't Anastasia in real life." Wren explained as he ate the last of the popcorn. "The found the grave that she and her brother were buried in later."

"Well I suppose I should get started writing." I remarked.

"Word of warning, I don't have a printer, so you'll need to save it somewhere else." He replied.

"You don't have a printer? What do you do if you need directions?" I questioned.

"Google Maps." He replied as he held up his iPhone.

Hanna's POV

So, Sean appeared to be having way too fun at the foosball table. I was pretty sure that the spell didn't work. It could have been that I wasn't close enough to him or simply that magic wasn't real.

"Did you see that?" He asked as he celebrated his latest win.

"Can we please go somewhere more private?" I requested. He went to another game.

Aria's POV

I finally made it to the party. I really hoped that Meredith wouldn't show up at the gallery. What if I set the two of them up? That could be crazy enough to work and it could solve multiple problems. It would probably never work though.

"Looks like you decided to come after all." Noel declared. I wasn't expecting to be greeted by the master of ceremonies.

"Yeah, but I didn't want to come with you." I replied.

"Why is it that you don't like me?" He asked.

"Because you're an ass." I pointed out. "Who knows how many girls you've tried to get drunk and hook up with."

"I would never do anything like that." He replied. "For your information., I only like a special kind of girl. I've only ever slept with one girl before."

"Why do I find that so hard to believe?" I challenged. There was no way he could be telling the truth about it. "Who was the girl? Is she here?"

"She's not here." He answered. "It was Alison."

"So you say that you had sex with a dead girl because she can't deny." I remarked. "That's classy."

"I already know that you don't think she's dead. I heard you talking with your friends about it the other day." He replied. How had he heard that? He was too far away for that. "What makes you so sure that she's not dead."

"I don't know she's not dead. I just don't think it was her that they buried." I told him. "I can't even be here long. I promised my mom I would go to this photo gallery thing."

"Maybe I'll join you." He quipped.

"You'd never leave your own party to hang out at a photo gallery." I retorted.

"No one would even notice if I left." He pointed out. That was…probably true. I then walked away.

Emily's POV

"Let's check out the photo booth." Maya suggested.

As we were walking, I couldn't help but think about how Alison blackmailed Toby into taking the fall for Jenna's accident. She said that she had something on him but she didn't say what. What could he have done to make him agree to go to juvie?

Hanna's POV

I decided to take Sean to the attic. It was quiet and somewhere that we probably wouldn't be interrupted.

"What made you want to come up here?" He asked.

"I just wanted somewhere private." I declared. Now I could really see if the spell worked. "I had some time to kill while you were playing."

"Hey I was on a roll." He replied.

"Well, I hope you're still interested in rolling." I said before I kissed him.

Emily's POV

"You ready?" I asked Maya.

"Yeah." She said before the machine started to take pictures of us. "If this comes out decent, I'm going to cut mine out and replace it with the one on my driver's license."

"I heard those never turn out well." I commented.

After a few pictures we started to mess around.

"I bet you'll have a good one when you get yours." She remarked. "You are perfect after all."

That was when she kissed me and I kissed back. I seemed to forget that it was a photo booth and people could see the pictures that came out. We stepped outside and I saw Ben holding them.

"You know just because we had a fight doesn't give you the right to cheat on me." He declared as he showed them to me.

"We were just messing around." I lied. I didn't think it was the right time to say that I liked it.

"Fuck you." He declared as he poured beer on both of our heads. "We're done."

Hanna's POV

I was on top of Sean and I reached into my purse to pull out a condom. I was a little nervous but I wanted to do this. I was ready.

"What are you looking for?" He asked.

"What do you think?" I retorted as I showed it to him.

"Hanna, I think we have different ideas about what is happening here." He stated. "I don't want to do this right now."

"Well do you want to go to a five-star hotel?" I questioned.

"It's not about where. It's about when and that when is on my wedding night, which I hope could be our wedding night." He said.

"Seriously, any guy here would want to do this with me." I told him. "Why don't you? You can't seriously want to wait until marriage."

"Why are you acting so desperate? You don't need to do this now." He replied.

"Well I want to." I said. "I want to have sex and I can't wait anymore. Just leave me alone."

Aria's POV

Once I was at the gallery, I noticed that Ezra was there talking to my parents. However, I didn't have time to talk to him because I noticed someone else was there.

"What are you doing here?" I asked. "Did you forget what I said earlier?"

"No, I remember it." She said. "I also thought that I'm not going to do what a high school student tells me to."

At that point, I felt the anger rising again. I seriously wanted to kill that bitch. She was still trying to wreck my family.

Hanna's POV

I stormed outside after taking Sean's keys.

"Hanna, why are you taking Sean's car?" Mona asked.

"Your fucking spell didn't work." I told her before I drove off.

I decided that I really needed someone to talk to about the mess that Meredith was causing. I wished that I could talk to Alison because she understood it. She would also be able to give me good advice. Instead, I decided to cry alone outside. I might even tell some random passerby because they wouldn't tell my parents.

"Aria, are you okay?" Ezra asked.

"Not really." I answered. "You know that blonde woman that was talking to my dad tonight?"

"Yeah, Meredith. She seems nice." He remarked.

"She's not. She's the woman that I saw my dad having an affair with." I explained. "The worst part is she's still interested and she doesn't even care that he's married. Can you please take me somewhere that's not here and not my house. I don't want to be here any more."

Hanna's POV

I ended up crashing Sean's car. It was intentional, but I didn't want to wait for the police to show up. I knew I would be charged with DUI and I couldn't have that because unless my mom wanted to sleep with the chief of police, she couldn't make that go away. I just walked away from it.

Emily's POV

Maya took me home. I had rinsed the beer out of my hair but I would probably need a shower to make the smell go away. I couldn't believe that I had kissed her. That was not like me at all.

It was then that I noticed someone walking closer to me. After a few seconds, I noticed it was Toby.

"You scared me." I declared.

"I didn't mean to." He stated. "But I did want to see you."

"Why?" I asked nervously.

"I've wanted to be with you for so long and I think you feel the same." He declared.

"No, I don't." I replied. "I think I should go inside."

He then pushed me against the wall and put his tongue in my mouth. I did the only thing that I could think to do. I bit his tongue and then I felt hungry. I started to suck on it. It was like I couldn't get enough. He started to cough and pulled apart from me. He was in pain before he stopped breathing all together.

"Toby?" I asked. I checked his pulse. I couldn't believe it. I had killed him.

There's the first major change from the show. If you don't know, in the books Toby committed suicide early on. Here Emily found out that she's a succubus and killed him herself. He was also affected by Hanna's spell instead of Sean. Meredith is played by Emily Bett Rickards and Veronica is played by Tara Strong. Please don't forget to review.