YOU FABULOUS PEOPLE GOT ME TO 100 REVIEWS! Thank you so so much, that is beyond awesome! Btw, congrats to Titanium Wolf for being my 100th reviewer, and thank you to everyone else for leaving those last 10 reviews that I need :D Now I feel horrible that I haven't been able to post chapters because I've been away, but I'll find a way to make it up to you! Now to respond to your fabulous reviews:

TotalCowGirl: Mike is thankfully not dead, which is a plus, but he's still in deep danger :/ thanks for the review!
Bagilia: So I take it you're a diehard Haleb shipper? Haha, I am too, I understand your excitement! And if I told you what I have in store for the happy couple, it would ruin the surprise, now wouldn't it? And I can see Draco/Hermione together, but I'm happy with her and Ron. Still, I love Draco/I love him even more after watching all three AVPMs :) and I would never make the Slytherins too guilty! I'm a Slytherin myself! We're the best, it's purely sacrilegious to show anything less than praise toward them. And well, Ron and Hermione's kids will be at least mentioned. This story focuses more on the PLL characters rather than the HP characters - I mean, they're already in the HP world. The PLLs need a chance to shine, too! Anyway, thanks for your review, and hope to hear from you again soon!
Ava B: I think it's safe to say Ezria will never learn the concept of being discreet, but that's why we love 'em, right? The Liars really are an old married couple, and a fantastic one at that :D and no, it's not weird at all! An Ezria fan club meeting between those three is definitely one for the books, someone ought to right a fanfic on that! And thank you, my trip was very relaxing!
LAs: If I were Aria/Aria's parents, I'd be mad at someone! At this point, Aria doesn't know who to be mad at, so she's taking all of her anger out of herself for not doing a good enough job of protecting her baby brother :( and haha, that's fine, I'm just glad you're still with me!
Goldenheart11: Yep! I'm true to my word! And well, in their defense, they gave us Ezria last episode with the last scene! My heart could hardly take it... and hahah McGonagall has to put up with so much shit, especially in this story! She's 10 hundred percent done by this point! And well, you're going to see another interaction between Myrtle and Spencer, and it's kinda gonna be what you're expecting it to be ;)
Sgdp1261: I've missed these two more than words can say. Writing for them has helped to repair the collateral damage that the show has done to my heart by breaking them apart. And as for last episode... aslkjlwjtpjapsjdflkajwlkj there was a conspicuous lack of Vanderjesus, which I did not appreciate, but that reveal with Cece made up for it completely. Predictable, yes, but it's still a freakin' ANSWER! So I'll take it. But if this is a red herring... and thank you, my trip was lovely!
ShadowsOnTheMoon: Hey, you can't get mad at me for being away when you haven't PM'd me in forever! All jokes, of course :) and yes, Hufflepuffs are patient, hardworking, and all of the above. Embrace it! Ezra would look quite adorable in robes... right now I'm picturing Ian Harding walking down the streets in his robes, just "Stupefy!"-ing away at anyone who questions his A-ness. "OR AM I?!" I was hoping you'd catch that ;) And I'm starting to notice how long my ANs are as well! It's because you all are so lovely and leave these long reviews, and I just want to get to every aspect of them!
WideOpenSpacesGirl045: Wow, thank you so much! You're review was so incredibly sweet :) and Aria and Mike really don't deserve this, but does anyone on this show really deserve what's coming toward them? Just something to think about ;)
PrettyWitchyVamp: I have to say, I might just look forward to your reviews more than anyone else's on any of my stories ever. Don't worry about the laziness! Better late than never, right? And yes, McGonagall is in my top 5 favorite characters in the books, in the movies, everywhere. She's brilliant and hilarious and caring and just overall amazing :D and right now, the head of Gryffindor is... *drumroll* Professor Longbottom! He's about in his 40s right now, that's an appropriate age. And as for Mike... you'll have to see! There's only been one attack, so the staff doesn't know if those precautions are necessary. And oh, I've been waiting for your reaction to the Ezria! I edited the chapter to an extreme to make them perfect since I know you've been waiting patiently :) and you're right on the dot with the Congress of the Ezria Fan Club. Spencer would slap anyone in the face who tries to run against her for president, Caleb would back out knowing he doesn't want a face filled with Spencer-slap, and Mike would just sit it out as he gets all the benefits of the dough before him ;)
Titanium Wolf: I love them too! And no worries, Ezria may be apart on the show, but they are still very much together :) thanks so much for the review, you rock!

And NOW for your chapter. There is a time-lapse here, incase that wasn't clear by the date at the top that is not in close proximity with September 1st/2nd/anything in September, and entering the story now will be my personal favorite character on the show/on TV and media and books and PLANET EARTH ever... so now that my fangirling has subsided, enjoy this chapter AND don't forget to review/follow/favorite/WHATEVER to let me know that you like it!


October 13th

"Alright, guys," Mona Vanderwaal said authoritatively, standing at the front of the Great Hall near the furthest point of the House tables. "As you know, more than a month has passed since the... incident... in the hallway."

At this, Spencer hardly suppressed a scoff. Incident. It was more than an incident. Aria's brother had been paralyzed, none of the staff or students knew the cause, Mike hadn't even moved since that day and was still in critical condition, and Aria hadn't been able to think straight ever since.

Mona caught onto the scoff, and her ears perked up immediately. "Is there something you'd like to share, Spencer?"

Spencer shot daggers at Mona with her eyes, but then managed to sit straight and find some form of composure, swallowing her pride whole. "No, there's not," she said through teeth so tightly gritted you could barely make out what she was saying. "Continue, Mona."

Mona gave a victorious grin as she turned back to the whole group, while Spencer tried her hardest to tune her out. She didn't even know why she attended these Prefect meetings anymore. With Mona as Head Girl, all Spencer ever wanted to do the entire time was slap Mona silly. But she knew that if that happened, not only would her Prefect privileges be revoked, but she'd also most likely be expelled.

"It's been pretty safe and uneventful in the halls ever since then," Mona continued haughtily, "but you've probably heard the news that Mike Montgomery isn't getting any better. Whatever happened to him, it's sticking."

At this, a small snicker was heard a few feet away. Andrew Campbell, who was standing up front next to Mona, leaning against one of the stone pedestals on the stairway up to the higher platform, bounced off of it and darted his eyes straight at Noel Kahn. "Noel!" he shouted, giving him an are-you-kidding-me face. "How could you even possibly come up with an innuendo for that?"

"Easily," Mona muttered bitterly. "He wishes he could be sticking something in that kid, that's for sure."

Noel's laughter dissipated completely, and he found himself blushing instead. A few others giggled quietly, and Mona just smirked confidently before turning away from him. Things were tense between them. From a distance, one would think it was because Noel had the maturity of a 12-year-old, merely getting by in school through his smile that took up most of his face, and no one was entirely sure how he had gotten to be a Prefect; but it was actually because the two had dated for a while, closely after he had broken up with Aria, in fact; until he decided to leave her for Jenna, something Mona was never happy about.

Spencer had mixed feelings about this; she despised Mona, sure, but she wasn't sure if she despised her more or less than she did Noel, so she remained fairly neutral about the whole thing.

"As I was saying," Mona chirped, "we need to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. All of you need to be sure that you take your job of patrolling the halls more seriously. So..."

She took out her wand, gave it a flick, and the white sheet that was covering the easel beside her was lifted right off, revealing a seemingly complicated chart written in typewriter-neat handwriting. Mona then turned around excitedly, giving the crowd of Prefects a thousand-watt smile. "I made a schedule! This way you all can keep track of when it's your shift to patrol the halls and keep track of students. You know, send them back to class if they're wandering the halls, make sure none of them do anything stupid, that sort of thing. Also, we're going to be on the lookout for the culprit who is responsible for Mike's injury; see if they ever strike again on any other students. This will happen in the evening, as well as during classes, since we're permitted to skip class to follow through on duties."

"We made copies of the schedule," Andrew said as he pulled from behind him several pieces of parchment paper, one for each Prefect, and started to hand them out. "And that about concludes tonight's meeting! Remember everything we talked about, guys. Nice work."

Spencer curtly nodded her head before yawning quietly. She had a test in Astronomy tomorrow, and she had been studying her butt off all week. Now, all she wanted was to curl up in bed and get a good night's rest for once.

As everyone was gathering their things and getting ready to go up to the dorms, Noel stalked up to Mona. "What the hell was all of that about?" he said in a hushed tone.

"What?" Mona said innocently. "Is it so bad that I think you and Mike would make a cute couple? Way better than that one-eyed hag, that's for sure."

"Hey you leave her out of this!" Noel growled. Spencer laughed as she gathered the rest of her things. The three of them were the last people left in the Great Hall, and Spencer walked past them as she made her way out.

But Noel kept talking. "Why are you being such a bitch about this? You know why I'm with her!"

At this, Spencer froze. Why he's with her? Was she just being paranoid, and this was simply some catty gossip that she didn't need to keep up with? Or was there a deeper subtext behind it?

"Of course I know!" Mona whispered. "That doesn't mean I'm not gonna be bitter about it."

"Well tone it down!" Noel whispered back. As hard as he was trying not to draw attention to himself, he had caught Spencer's attention fully. Something was up.

"All I'm saying is I don't see what she has that I don't!" Mona said with a shrug. "I'm smart, I'm pretty, I have two functioning eyes - "

"Her eyes are functioning, one of them just happens to be made out of glass," Noel said defensively.

"Oh, okay," Mona said mockingly. "My bad!"

"You know, you could try to be happy for me," Noel said through gritted teeth. "If you like me as much as you claim, you should just be happy that I'm happy. Isn't that the way it's supposed to work in all of those sappy stories?"

"Whatever," Mona said, rolling her eyes. "At this point you've just brainwashed yourself into thinking that you're actually happy, and I think we can both agree that our situation is fairly different than those sappy stories."

There was something in Mona's tone that Spencer caught on to as she was a mere inch away from the exit - she was walking incredibly slowly so that she could catch onto whatever they were saying - and she froze. A different situation? What did that even mean?

"Look, let's not talk about this here," Noel whispered, and Spencer quickly walked out into the hall, but ducked behind a pillar outside of the door so that she could still listen in.

"She's gone now," Mona whispered back. "Everyone's gone! What better time to talk about this than now?"

Noel sighed. "Fine. We're still set for tomorrow?"

"Of course!" Mona said excitedly. "Wouldn't miss it for the world. And you better not, either!" she added at the end, poking her index finger into Noel's chest.

"What, you think I'll bail on this?"

"All I know is that when you were with me, you did a lot better at staying on task," Mona said coldly.

Spencer's eyes widened. Staying on task with what? What were they talking about? She tried to lean in to listen more closely, but their voices started to fade. They were walking in the other direction.

Great, Spencer thought glumly as she started to walk away. But she merely took 2 steps before walking into something hard.

Spencer stumbled backward while blinking a few times. She was disoriented, and her vision was badly blurred, yet she could still make out the tall, flawless figure in front of her.

"Toby?" she gasped, before he charmingly put a finger to her lips, silencing her. She stared down at it, before frustratingly shoving it away. "What are you doing here? You're supposed to be in bed!"

"No one's going to catch me, Spencer," he giggled as he put his arm around her. "And if they do, so what? If I get expelled, at least I get to spend my last moments at this school with you."

"Pssh, yeah," Spencer said sarcastically. "How romantic. You'd have to leave this school a year before graduating, but hey! At least you got to greet your girlfriend and walk her back to the dorm after her monthly Prefect meeting."

"I don't care," he whispered seductively in her ear he pulled away from her and started to run ahead.

"Are you insane?" Spencer said harshly, in a voice nearly above a whisper, before breaking into a run so that she could follow him.

He's going to get me into so much trouble, she thought to herself. This isn't even the way to the Slytherin Dungeons!

She finally rounded a corner and caught up to him, out of breath. While she huffed and heaved, he stood straight and tall, seemingly unaffected by how quickly he just ran.

Spencer glared at him playfully. "Oh, you're in big trouble now," she said threateningly.

"What are you going to do to me?" he challenged. "Take ten points from Slytherin?"

Spencer just crossed her arms as she walked slowly toward him. "I'll show you what I'm going to do," she said softly, before tilting her chin upward to give him a supple kiss on the lips.

They stayed like this for a few moments, passionately holding each other as their lips met again and again, and for a minute Spencer completely forgot about the conversation between Noel and Mona that she had just witnessed. Toby had that power on her; he could make her forget absolutely anything going on in her life, simply by being there.

She finally pulled away. "If someone finds out that I let you roam the halls at night like this - "

"Just tell them that you were taking me into custody for roaming the halls at night," Toby said with a shrug and a cheeky grin.

Spencer rolled her eyes as she walked away. "Such a tease."

"How?" Toby asked as he caught up with her while they made their way toward the Slytherin Dungeons.

She just cocked an eyebrow upward as she looked at him. "You're asking me to pretend to put you into custody? Why can't I actually do that?"

"You want to imprison me?" Toby asked with a laugh.

"Yeah," Spencer said softly as she stopped to brush her body up against his. "What's sexier than your girlfriend holding you captive? In my room?"

"... Nothing," Toby agreed, baby blue eyes widened to their extent as Spencer planted another kiss on his cheek. Toby was stunned, but he found a way to compose himself as he kept walking.

"So," he began, "what's the deal with you eavesdropping on Noel and Mona?"

"What?"

Toby just gave her a knowing look, and Spencer sighed. "That obvious, huh?"

"Yeah," Toby said obviously, and Spencer looked up at him in shock. He held up his hands in defense. "Love you and all, but you're terrible when it comes to being discreet."

"Well, I don't need to be discreet," she said stubbornly. "It wasn't even important!"

"Oh?" Toby cocked his head to the side, his eyebrows so high up his forehead Spencer was surprised they didn't fly right off. "So what was it, then?"

"They were... arguing, like usual, and I was watching to see if anything interesting happened!"

Toby just looked at her inquisitively. Spencer trying to catch up on gossip? That seemed more like something Hanna would do. He knew something was up, but he seemed to be okay with just leaving it for now. Spencer was happy with that; she was mainly just impressed with how quickly she was able to spew that lie out.

They kept walking, until they reached the dungeons, where the entrance to the common room was located. Toby walked up to the stone wall. "Pure-blood."

At the password, the stone wall opened, revealing an entrance into a green-tinted room, surrounded with leather sofas and dark, wooden cupboards. The Slytherin common room.

Spencer turned to Toby. "I have to go up now, or I'll fall asleep on you."

"I'd be okay with that," he said with a sly grin. Spencer giggled lightly as she kissed him again, but she noticed him pulling back slightly on the kiss. She, too, pulled back to stare up at him in confusion. "What's wrong?"

He looked down at her, concern swirling in his blue eyes. "You would tell me if something was going on, right?"

"Yeah..." she said warily, not sure where he was going. "Why?"

He opened his mouth, seemingly about to tell her something, but then he decided against it. He leaned down to kiss her cheek, muttered a "good night", and then hastily walked toward the staircase that led to the boy's dormitory, leaving Spencer behind, watching him in perplexity.


Side Note: For all of the Spoby shippers out there :) also, MONA VANDERJESUS LADIES AND GENTS! I can't think of a better character on this show if I'm being completely honest (and I could not be happier with the timing of this chapter considering she wasn't even present for the last episode, which upsets me greatly). Well be seeing more of Mona I can say :) any theories on Noel and Mona? Sound off in the reviews!