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𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝒀𝑶𝑼
prologue.

𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬' 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐧.

THUNDER CLASHED WITH LIGHTING ON a cold summer night in Rosewood, Pennsylvania. Five teenage girls were sat in a red barn, drinking and laughing. Those girls consisted of Spencer Hastings, Belle Carter, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields and Aria Montgomery. The five girls sat around waiting for their ringleader of the group to show up, Alison DiLaurentis.

Belle rested her head against Spencer's shoulder, taking a sip out of the red cup that the girls had been passing around slowly, before passing it towards the brunette. The raven haired girl watched as Spencer taking a sip of the clear liquid. The girls giggled causing the brunette to blush before handing it back to the raven haired girl.

Their laughter seemed to be cut short by the loud sound of thunder from outside the barn, for a moment the lights flickered before turning off completely, leaving the five girls in the dark. Belle's eyebrows knitted together as she sat up straight, placing the red cup down.

"Woah, what happened?" Hanna asked as the girls turned on their flashlights and Spencer lit the candles.

"Must be the storm." Spencer reassured the four as she picked up her flashlight.

Though it didn't have the effect she wanted as the five heard the floorboards creak and the barn door open, "guys." Hanna whispered in fear as all five of the girls stood up, facing the door.

The girls stood huddled together as they face the door. "Who's there?" Aria called out as she pointed her flashlight at the door.

Belle carefully moved to pass Spencer and slowly made her way towards the barn door.

"Belle?!" Hanna pulled her back in worry.

"Don't worry. It's Rosewood. What's the worse that could happen?" She reassured the worried blonde as she slowly made her way towards the door. The four other girls slowly following slightly behind, just as the girls were in reached of the barn doors, there was a voice that spoke loudly and a petite blonde wearing a pastel yellow tank top walked through the open doors,"gotcha!"

Each of the girls screamed at the sudden appearance of their friend, fear trickled down their spines as they tried to regain their normal breathing.

"That was so not funny, Ali." Spencer shouted her as they all walked back to where they were sitting.

"I thought it was hilarious, girls." Alison replied as she wrapped her arms around Belle, the other four girls started to laugh about it.

"Ali, did you download the new Beyoncé?" Hanna asked the leader of their group as she sat down.

"Not yet." Alison groaned as she took a seat.

"I'm loving her new video." Emily confessed as she sat down next to Aria and scoots her knees up to her chest.

"Maybe a little too much, Em." Alison joked as she passed the glass to aria, it has some of the vodka in it. "Your turn. Go on," Aria started to drink, a lot.

"Careful Aria." Spencer jokingly warned. "Drink too much and you'll tell us all your secrets." Spencer finished making the other two girls laugh.

"Friends share secrets. That's what makes us close." Alison told her friends one of the statements she has always said before, she turned back to Aria. "Drink up."

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BELLE'S EYES SLOWLY FLITTERED OPEN, the soft vibrations against the pillow. She rubbed her eye as she buried her face further into the pillow, trying to block the noise. With a groaned her eyes squinted from the bright light, she was still in the Hastings barn on the ground beside Aria. Her phone chimed again, the Carter girl let out a soft groan, pulling the blackberry from under the pillow.

Her phone screen flickered to life, the flashing yellow on the screen, indicating a new notification, one new message. A smile ghosted on her lips once she saw who it was from.

𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧.

— 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧

Belle bit down on her lip as she contemplating on going. Her eyes scanned around the room to see all the girls soundly sleeping, her eyebrows knitted together as she thought about what would've happened if one of them would wake up and find her not there. With a sigh she pushed the covers off her and carefully got up, making sure not to wake up the Montgomery girl beside her.

Belle has managed to find her way out of the barn, without disturbing the girls. Looking over her shoulder one last time, she slipped through the small space she made, sliding the doors closed. Belle hadn't notice that the girl in the pastel yellow tank top was missing from the group.

The raven haired girl wrapped the thin cardigan around her frame, looking over both shoulders before walking across the Hastings backyard. It didn't take long until the raven haired girl to step onto the DiLaurentis backyard.

Belle's small hands pushed open the door, it creaked softly at the movement causing the raven haired girl to cringe at the sound. The raven haired girl jumped at the sound of thudding steps coming down the stairs. Belle peered over shoulder to see Jason, his sandy blonde hair was hanging over his forehead, sending a smirk towards the raven haired girl. Belle's lips parted before turning up right as Jason slowly made his way over towards her.

Belle sighed as she felt his body heat against hers, his finger brushed her hair off her face, her eyes followed his soft hand. Jason leaned down, "I thought we promised?" Belle muttered, her lips brushed along his.

Jason's fingertips brushed along her lips, causing Belle's breath to hitch in her throat and her eyes fluttered shut. Hypnotised by his touch, "one more night, wouldn't hurt." He told her.


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WRAPPING THE THIN CARDIGAN AROUND HER FRAME, the wind blowing throw her hair. Belle followed the path back to Spencer's barn, it was peaceful but also creepy as she walked back towards the barn, her head snapped in a direction she thought she had heard twig snap.

"If this isn't a start to a horror movie, I don't know what is," she mumbled to herself.

All of sudden, a scream was heard. Belle snapped her head in the direction it come from, her eyebrows knitted together, picking up the pace. She didn't have time to comprehend what was going on until she knocked into something.

"Oh my," Belle gasped as the other shouted, "Belle!"

Belle furrowed her eyebrows together, "Spencer? What the hell are you doing out here?"

"What am I doing out here? What are you doing out here?" Spencer questioned.

"I asked you first," Belle spoke as she ran a head through her hair.

"Alison wasn't in the barn when I woke up," Spencer answered, "and you weren't there either."

"Alison wasn't in the barn?" Belle questioned, her mind running wild before her eyebrows furrowed together.

Spencer nodded, "I just thought you went to look for her."

"I haven't seen her," Belle told Spencer, her eyebrows knitted together as she tried to piece things together. Belle's eyes widen as she grabbed Spencer's arm, "do you think that was her? the scream?"

Both Spencer and Belle walked towards the barn, hand in hand. "Ali?" They both heard as the two made their way inside.

Belle shook her head.

"She's gone," Belle simply replied.

"What do you mean she's gone?" Aria asked confused as she looked between the two girls.

"She wasn't in the barn when I woke up," Spencer muttered as she glanced over the other four girl's faces.

"I've looked everywhere for her." Spencer told them. "I think we heard her scream."

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