Chapter 2: The Funeral

A/N: Here is the next chapter, I hope you'll like it. please let me know what you think of it, because I don't want to continue writing this story if no one reads it.

Emily's Pov-

It had been a week since I had found Alison, after she had died I panicked and called my mom who sent some police officers to make a crime scene and then I was brought in for some questions, if Alison had some enemies or someone she could have lived with when she was gone. I didn't tell the police officers about the creepy texts I got since I was scared.

Now I was preparing for Alison's funeral. Aria, Hanna and Spencer were invited too.

I was wearing a black dress with sleeves, a pair of black high heels and I was going to wear a dark coat over my dress since it was cold today.

"Hi, how are you doing?" My mom asked as she walked into my room.

"I can't believe she is gone." I said holding back my tears and my mom walked up and hugged me.

"How did she..." I asked and mom didn't say anything.

"Please mom, I really need to know this." I said.

"It was an animal attack." My mom said.

I thought it made sense since Alison did look like she had been attacked by a predator but then I got reminded that A had sent a text to me where she had admitted that she had killed Alison.

"Are you sure you can go to the funeral?" I heard mom ask.

"I have to be there." I said.

"Ok, do you want me to drive you there?" Mom asked, she wasn't going to the funeral since it was mostly her direct family but Kenneth and Jessica made an exception for the me and the girls.

"I'm walking." I said, I knew that walking in the shoes I was wearing was going to be a hell but I wasn't really in any state of mind to drive myself and I couldn't stay in the car with my mom since it'd just be uncomfortable if she'd be silent and even worse if she would try to talk to me.

Grams walked in and she sat down on my bed.

"I know what it's like to lose a friend, it's incredibly hard at first but in time the pain will fade away." She said. It felt good that she wasn't talking about the witch stuff for once.

"Thank you, both of you." I said then I hugged Grams, then I walked out of the house and walked to the church.

When I had walked a few blocks I saw two persons, it was the twin sisters Cindy and Mindy, they were two of the girls that Alison had tormented. I didn't know their last names since Alison only referred to them as "The moron twins."

"Going somewhere?" One of the twins asked, they looked so much the same I couldn't tell them apart.

"Yeah, I am." I said hoping that they'd just leave.

"She was a bitch and she got what she deserved." The other twin said.

"She's dead, drop it." I said.

"Why should we? The first twin said.

"She walked around like she owned the place, picked on everyone and was merciless doing so." They said, I could swear both said it at the same time.

"I know she wasn't the best girl in school but it's over, move on." I said and tried to walk past them but Cindy and Mindy stepped up in front of me, blocking my way.

"Why does she deserve a funeral; she should just be rotting in a swamp." One of the twins said.

"Why are you picking on me? I have nothing to do with the way Alison tormented you!" I cried.

"You let her, you and the other girls. You could have told her to stop but you just stood silently behind her and didn't do a damn thing." One of them said, I felt like I was in a horror movie.

"HEY!" I suddenly heard someone shout.

"Back off." Someone said she stood in front of me and pushed back both Cindy and Mindy.

I looked at the person's face and to my surprise it was Paige.

"What's your problem? You hated Alison as well, she called you Pigskin." One of the twins said.

"I know but I don't care about that since the bitch is dead, now back off or I will make you wish you did." Paige threatened the twins and they gave me a this isn't over glare before they left.

"Thank you." I said very surprised that Paige had protected me.

"For what? I just showed that I'm not getting pushed around, something you never will do." Paige said.

"Did you chase off the twins just to pick on me yourself?" I said.

"That's my own reason." Paige said and walked past me, purposely tackling me with her shoulder.

What was up with her? I'll never understand that girl.

I kept walking to the church hoping I wouldn't bump into any more Alison haters. What I hated the most was that Paige could be right, when Alison was alive I didn't tell her to back off when she was bullying others, not even when I started to think she was going too far… no I couldn't think about Ali like that, not today.

When I had finally reached the church Aria, Hanna and Spencer was standing there waiting for me.

"Hi guys, sorry I'm late I bumped into some of Ali's fans." I said sarcastically.

"Ali sure made a lot of people hate her." Aria said.

"I'm not surprised if some people would want to dance on her grave." Hanna said.

It was sad but true, Alison might have been popular but she was hated by almost everyone at school.

"Ok, how are we going to do this?" I asked.

"We'll go in, sit down and avoid awkward conversations with anyone." Spencer said, we all just wanted to get this thing over.

We walked in and sat down at the front row where Kenneth DiLaurentis had arranged us to sit. There was a surprisingly large amount of people arriving for the funeral.

"They are just here to make sure she is dead." Spencer said, sounding mad.

I looked to the bench next to ours and I could see Jessica DiLaurentis, she was crying and was leaning against her husband. I couldn't imagine how had this was for her.

Later that night:

The funeral had been very sad, it felt like most people had just sneaked in to see Ali's dead body, it was a closed casket ceremony since her remains wasn't something anyone could see without getting nightmares.

After the girl and I had changed out of the black dresses we wore at the funeral and putted on some of our normal clothes we went to Spencer's place starting our recover from losing Alison, mostly by drinking tequila from a flask we passed around between us.

"Poor Mr. and Mrs. DiLaurentis. They looked very sad." I said.

"I thought Kenneth was going to throw out a few of those who walked up to the casket." Aria said.

"Yeah, good thing he didn't." Hanna said as she passed Spencer the flask.

"I know most didn't liked Alison but they should still respect the dead…" Spencer said and then she suddenly looked shocked.

"I did not just say that." She said.

"Ok Spence, I think you've had enough." Aria said and took the flask away from Spencer.

"I wonder how school will be now?" I said.

"Most will stare at us and whisper things about Alison but it'll pass eventually." Spencer said looking down to the floor. "It always passes after a while."

"I hope you're right." Aria said as she held the flask tight and then she took a sip from it.

Suddenly the door opened and Spencer's big sister Melissa walked in and she looked like she was mad at something.

"Is this what you're doing, drinking while our parents aren't home?" Melissa said as she took the flask from Aria and smelled it to notice the tequila.

"Our best friend is gone, give us a break." Spencer said.

"She's a blackmailing bitch that got what she deserved." Melissa snapped at us.

"Melissa don't, please just… don't" Spencer said.

"Why are you defending her after what she did to you?" Melissa said.

"I know Alison made all of us do somethings we regret but we're passed that now, it's called to move on," Spencer said defending herself.

"You're forgiving someone who never said as much as a sorry to you." Melissa said.

"I know you, sis. You're not mad about this. It's something else something personal between you and Alison." Spencer said.

"I don't need a reason to hate that girl." Melissa said.

"What did she do to you?" Spencer asked.

"I have my reasons to hate her!" Melissa said.

"WHAT DID SHE DO TO YOU!" Spencer yelled.

"That's none of your business." Melissa said and got out of Spencer's room, slamming the door loud.

"Your sister seemed very mad at Ali." Hanna said. "Like more than just angry." Hanna continued.

"Yeah, she's hiding something, but she sure won't tell me if I ask." Spencer said.

"Hey, you don't think that she…" Aria started.

"No, she couldn't have. I know she can be scary when she wants to but Melissa could never have done something like that." Spencer said.

We stayed in Spencer's room and after a while we noticed that it was late and that we all needed to go home before our parents called the police.

Spencer followed Aria, Hanna and I to the driveway where Cindy and Mindy stood, they looked at us like they were judging us for being friends with Alison, like they had done to me earlier today.

"Look here, if it isn't Alison's minions." Mindy said.

"Yes, I live here and I had invited my friends." Spencer said.

"What do you two want now?" I asked, I wasn't as scared of them as I was the last time I met them now that I had my friends here.

"We just wanted to see what you'd do to remember your leader." Mindy said and she started to sniff in the air.

"Drinking? Why aren't we surprised?" she said and looked to her sister that wasn't responding, she just stood there like a zombie.

"And now when you know how we remember our friend, get the fuck out of here." Aria said.

"Maybe we will." Mindy said but as she was about to go Cindy suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"Cindy?" Mindy said, confused to what her sister just did, then Mindy suddenly pulled out a pocketknife and held it in her hand.

"Cindy, you're scaring me." Mindy said and Cindy stabber her in the neck.

We all gasped as Mindy coughed up some blood before she fell down dead on the street.

"I got a message for all of you." Cindy said, still looking like a zombie.

"A know you've all read the messages and this is a warning, do not do anything to piss A off." Cindy said. "Do you understand?" She asked us.

I was really surprised; the other girls had also gotten texts from A?

"What are you doing? Are you A?" I asked.

"No, I'm not A, I've just been sent to tell you what A wants." Cindy said and held the knife to her own throat. "If they don't understand I'll slash my throat." She said.

"Wait, we understand!" I quickly said.

"You all understand?" Cindy asked.

"Yes, we all understand. You can put the knife down now." Aria said.

Cindy smiled and dropped the knife and kicked it way.

"A is very glad that you understand." Cindy said and took a few steps back. "And if you refuse to do as A says, this is your only warning." She said.

Then she started to wink and shake her head like she had awakened from a nightmare.

"Why am I here?" She asked and before anyone of us had any time to explain what just had happened a car came out from nowhere and hit Cindy, she bumped of the car and landed on her back right next to her sister, neither one was breathing.

"We need to call an ambulance." Spencer said but then we all got a text.

Have I got your attention yet? Do as I say or all of you are next, -A.