"Please exit your rooms and follow the lighted pathway" A woman's voice sounded from a speaker in the corner of Aria's bedroom. Aria's eyes snapped open. She instinctively reached under her pillow, her eyes opened wide when she didn't find what she was looking for. She got on her hands and knees and frantically began searching through all of her covers and bedspreads, she was looking for Winesburg Ohio, a book Ezra had given her early on in their relationship. She got out of her bed and went to the bookshelf on the other side of the room.
'This isn't right…' she thought. The books on her bookshelves were not in the right places. She pulled out her copy of The Great Gatsby but to her dismay when she tried to open it she found it wasn't a book at all! All of her books had been replaced with cardboard boxes. And this was most certainly not her room.
"replaced… where am I?" she said aloud.
"Please exit your rooms and follow the lighted pathway" Aria jumped and tentatively made her way to the door. She threw it open hoping with all her heart that Mike would be on the other side laughing at her because he had just pulled off the best prank.
And she stared out into a long dark hallway.
Aria slowly started walking down the hallway, following the little lights on either side. After walking just a few feet she glimpsed a figure in front of her. 'Spencer?' she thought. The figure whirled around, feeling Aria's presence.
"Spencer!" Aria exclaimed, running up to her best friend and hugging her tightly. Aria sobbed into Spencer's shoulder. She felt safer already, nothing ever got to Spencer.
"Hannah! Emily!" Spencer shouted, she was so glad to see Aria, she thought she was alone in this hell-hole, but now that she knew this creep had taken Aria she was sure that her other friends were here as well.
"Down here!" Emily cried. Running to Aria and Spencer. "Hannah come on!" Hannah was holding onto Emily's hand tightly, her face was white and her eyes couldn't help but give away just how terrified she was.
"Spencer where are we?" Asked Hannah
"How should I know?" Spencer scoffed back.
"You always know the answer to everything!" Hannah exclaimed "For god's sake don't end your streak here!"
"The last thing I remember we were in Hannah's car" Emily said slowly, straining herself to remember where they had been going.
"Do you think A drugged us?" Aria asked timidly "I know we must have been knocked out but I can't remember anything".
"I don't know but we have to figure out where we are" Spencer said matter-of-factly.
"Follow the lighted pathway" The sickeningly sweet voice said again.
"Hey does that voice sound familiar?" Asked Aria, cocking her head.
"Mona!" gasped Hannah "She's alive!"