"My parents are friends with the couple who used to own the island. I'm sure they wouldn't have sold it to a bunch of psychopaths. And we we're all invited so I'm sure it would be fine I mean, targeting a group of people in the same small town would hardly go unnoticed." Noel tried to reassure the rest of the group. They had all received an invitation to a party on a small, private island off the coast of New York. There was no clue who the invitation was from or what the party was for but after all the stress of working and school, the 10 residents of Rosewood decided they were in desperate need of a break.

"I guess it would be good to get away for a bit. I'm just unsure because who would send an invite to people without a name? That is a little creepy." Emily added in. Aria nodded her head in agreement.

"Yeah that is a little weird." Noel turned to Alison for help in his argument.

"Guys I have been to this island before and it's great! It's small and remote and great for a party! And even if something were to happen it would be easy to get back over to New York before anything got worse."

"Alison is right!" Caleb added. "I'm so down for this party it's going to be great!"

It took a bit of convincing but eventually, everyone agreed. The whole group split into two groups - Alison, Emily, Hanna and Caleb driven by Noel and Aria, Toby, Spencer and Paige driven by Ezra - and headed down to the port to catch the last boat over to the island. It was late Thursday night and the party wasn't due to start until Friday night but the group wanted to get over early and get settled in for the weekend.

"I'm glad we're all going here together guys. We haven't had a getaway in forever and we have never had one with our boyfriends!" Alison squealed in excitement. Emily gave her a look before Alison added "or girlfriends." Alison gave her friend a warm smile and Emily couldn't help but laugh. Her and Paige didn't get on at all but Ali gave it her best effort not to fight for her sake. Ezra walked out of the small building with 10 return tickets and handed them out to everyone before they made their way over to the platform to board the boat. They all walked on holding hands with their respective partners; Alison with Noel, Hanna with Caleb, Spencer with Toby, Emily with Paige and Aria with Ezra. It wasn't a long journey across, only 30 minutes, but the boat was empty with the exceptions of them and the driver.

"It looks like we were the only ones with the sense to get over early and get settled in." Toby said trying to start conversation and break the deafening silence.

"Yeah, or maybe we are the only ones going." Caleb added quietly but loud enough for everyone to hear but no one said anything. They all sat in silence and refused to look at each other before Ezra was the one to break the silence.

"I'm sure that everything will be fine. Even if there is someone over there planning to hurt us, what can they do? There are 10 of us for crying out loud! We're just going over for a fun weekend, that's all."

Ezra's words settled the nerves in everyone's stomachs. Everyone except for one. One individual's stomachs was doing somersaults with excitement that the hardest part of the plan was over and everyone was happy and almost at the island...

The island was very small, you could walk round the entire thing in less than two hours. The group followed the only road on the island until they found a small post pointing them in the correct direction, up through a small lane through the forest. After a ten minute walk through the trees they ended up outside the gates of a huge mansion.

"This place is amazing!" Spencer said gawking at the building. "I've never seen anything like it before in my life!"

They continued forward through the gates and up the path to the front door and attached to the handle was a white envelope.. Paige stepped forward and took it, opened the envelope and read out the contents of the letter aloud.

"If you are reading this letter then that means you have arrived before you were supposed to. I do not mind, I just will not be able to make it back in time to greet you properly.

I am so sorry that I cannot be there to greet you into my home but please, make yourself comfortable.

I assume that you all will be hungry so I have left dinner for you all in the dining hall.

The party will begin as soon as you are ready."

"So do we just go in?" Aria asked hesitantly. The others looked at each other in question before Ezra answered "I assume so."

He stepped forward and opened the door, revealing an extravagantly decorated hallway. There was a long, black carpet lain over the original white carpet leading down the hallway. The group slowly but surely followed the black carpet, taking in the beautiful decorations on their way. There was a huge collection of portraits hung on the wall along with other decorations. There was a huge crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling and surrounded by patterns engraved into the ceiling. As they reached the end of the carpet they found it led them into the dining all, and as promised, there was a table set out in the middle of the room with 10 plates of food, 10 cocktail glasses and rose petals covering the table along with a few candles. They walked over to the table and realised that they all had name cards. Each found their name and sat down at their table.
"Does anyone else find it a little weird we were the only ones with place settings? Like they knew it would only be us coming?" Caleb asked, obviously getting freaked out by the situation.

"Yeah but not as weird as that!" Emily added, pointing toward the end of the room. All along the wall were 10 paintings. Portraits actually. Portraits of them in horrible circumstances. Dying.

"What the fuck is this!?" Alison screamed. She stood up to leave but as she did the doors of the room swung shut. She ran over and tried to open them to no avail. The lights cut out and the only source of light was from the flickering candles on the table and all around the room. It was hard to see but clear enough that everyone was visible to each other.

"Ali come sit back down. We need to stick together this isn't going to get us anywhere." Alison was hesitant and tried to pull on the doors again but when they refused to budge she walked back over and sat back down in her seat between Noel and Emily. There was a loud, thunderous bang and the room fell into an eerie silence. Just then a shrill, sinister voice began to sing...

ten little soldier boys went out to dine; one choked his little self and then there were nine

nine little soldier boys stayed up very late; one overslept and then there were eight

eight little soldier boys travelling in Devon; one said he'd stay there and then there were seven

seven little soldier boys chopping up sticks; one chopped himself in half and then there were six

six little soldier boys playing with a hive; a bumblebee stung one and then there were five

five little soldier boys going in for law; one got in Chancery and then there were four

four little soldier boys going out to sea; a red herring got one and then there were three

three little soldier boys walking in the zoo; a big bear hugged one and then there were two

two little soldier boys fighting over a gun; one shot the other and then there was one

one little soldier boy left all alone; he went out and hanged himself and then there were none

No one said a word. They all just looked at each other.

"Is this supposed to be some kind of sick joke!? Because it's not fucking funny!" Alison screamed.

The words played over and over in Caleb's head. They weren't in Devon, or at a zoo, an none of them were studying law. But as he looked around he saw there were 10 of them and it didn't give him the easiest of feelings. Alison stood up again and slammed her fists on the table. "I've had enough of this!"

"Alison DiLaurentis," the voice spoke up again. Alison just froze and looked at Noel, and then Emily, and then to everyone else before the voice continued. "The Bitch."

"You're shallow and manipulative. You know you won't do anything in your life so you try to make everyone feel as worthless as you will become. This is why you are being condemned."

Alison settled back into her seat nervously. Condemned? What was that supposed to mean? Why was she the only one being singled out?

"Noel Kahn," the voice continued. Alison mentally sighed in relief but the fear was still there all the same. "The Snob."

Noel looked down at his plate of food and avoided eye contact with everyone.

"You have more money than you know what to do with and you never use it to help others, only to bring them down. You turn your nose up at people who are less fortunate and make their lives hell. This is why you are being condemned."

The group all sat in silence as the voice continued, describing to them the reasons that each of them were here.

"Emily Fields, The Tease - You are selfish and desperate and will do anything to get what you want, not caring who you hurt in your way. You play with people's emotions like they are your own personal toys. This is why you are being condemned.

Paige McCullers, The Lesbian - You knew it all your life and you made people feel bad for feeling how you do. You let your emotions out and your tendencies are sin. This is why you are being condemned.

Spencer Hastings, The Know-It-All - You are controlling and stubborn. You think you are better than everyone else because you have a few more IQ points and it gives you the right to judge them. Well you don't. This is why you are being condemned.

Toby Cavanaugh, The Pushover - You don't put up a fight for yourself and you let everyone walk all over you. You let your step-sister pressure you into a sexual relationship and you didn't even try to stop it. This is why you are being condemned.

Hanna Marin, The Poser - You act like you are some queen bee when in reality you are just some insecure little girl who needs to make herself sick to feel good about herself. This is why you are being condemned.

Caleb Rivers, The Hacker - Day after day you commit a number of crimes and help hide others and you may think you are helping those you care about but you deserve your punishment for your wrong-doing. This is why you are being condemned.

Ezra Fitz, The Pedophile - You knowingly got in a relationship with your 16-year-old student and had no guilt about doing so. You had a sexual relationship with a minor and you must pay for your actions. This is why you are being condemned.

Aria Montgomery, The Slut - You had a secret and illegal relationship with your teacher and you knew how much damage it would cause if anyone found out but you didn't care. This is why you are being condemned."

The lights in the room came back on and no one dared say anything. The only audible sound was that of heavy breathing and pounding heartbeats of pure terror. It had to be a joke. There was no way someone brought them all here to kill them. Someone had to be messing with their heads with a sick, sick joke. Their eyes finally began to meet each other and they found solace in one another's gazes but if they only knew that one of them was seconds away from taking their final breath.

A/N Please leave a review and let me know what you think of this story! Please leave your guesses on who the evil genius is because I'm really curious to know who you all think it is because I have had it planned out from the get go who it is going to be! Also let me know if you have any suggestions on how I can make this story better! I hope you enjoy!