5 years forward » pll

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At the end they had to, they had to lie for Ali one more time.

The day of the court date aria looked at herself in the mirror. She closed her eyes.

the sound of a train passing, darkness, cries. claustrophobia. fear.

She remembered being locked in a box with a dead body in a train and she started to sweat.

Aria was definitely the weakest link of the group.

-

Sitting in the court room, Aria was contemplating, whether or whether not to, but they were doing this for Ali, right? Not for the monster.

Spencer went first, and she lied, she clearly lied.

Then went Emily.

And then Hanna.

They all did the same thing, they lied, or maybe they didn't, maybe they did want Charlotte to be released.

It was Aria's turn. She sat on the chair
across the judge. Her friends, and even Ezra were behind Aria, She had a piece of paper in front of her, she tried to read it out but all she did was stutter.

She looked up at the judge who was giving her a questioning look and then she spoke, this time not from the paper but from her brain.

"I was on the redline going to brain tree and the train stopped in the tunnel between the stations." She started, "The power went out, it was dark."

She shook her head, "No, not dark, it was black, and I was back in every box and every dark, tight place, 'A' ever put me in. And I couldn't breathe."

She looked at Ali for a bread second, she felt like she was betraying her but she wasn't going to lie for her, not this time.

"Then I heard a girl crying, 'Good' I thought, 'at least somebody else is scared out of their mind." She took a deep breath.

"Then the power came back and every single person on the train was looking at me, because I was the girl crying."

She looked straight into the judges eyeshadow spike bravely, "I don't want Charlotte released."

"Ever."

-

The girls were supposed to meet at The Radley, so they did. Aria was scared to confront them.

All the girls were proud of Aria for being so brave, "You're small but mighty." Spencer said to her giving her a hug.

That night Hanna asked the girls to stay over at her hotel room so they did.

Hanna making tea woke the girls up.

And then she got a call, "Hanna, It's me Alison. Did Charlotte come to your hotel room last night?"

"No, why?" Hanna frowned, "Because when I woke up, she was gone."

Hanna's eyes widened, "Dr Rollins said I should call the police."

"Yeah you should." Hanna answered back, "Can you come here?" Hanna told her that they'd be there.

Spencer received a call from Toby, "Charlotte DiLaurentis is dead." Was all he said and cut the call.

Dr Rollins only wanted Emily to stay with Charlotte, the girls stayed outside as they spoke to the Police and they said that Charlotte committed suicide as she jumped of the bell tower.

Alison was crying in bed and Dr Rollins told Emily to take care of her, she reached out for her hand as Alison cried herself to sleep.

-

They all attended the funeral and someone walked in, someone the girls knew too well, Sara Harvey.

She walked with a man who looked like her helper, she was dressed just like Black Widow.

She wore gloves and Emily remembered what the girls had done to her.

After the funeral and Ali's cries they walked outside to see Lorenzo, they greeted him and he smiled back.

"What're your plans for staying in Rosewood? How many days are you here for?" He asked

"Why?" Hanna asked him. "The autopsy reports came, Charlotte DiLaurentis was murdered."