Pretty Little Liars: the next generation

A is for Answers

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A is for Answers

Troian drove home, and saw Spencer in the kitchen. "Mom, what's going on?" she asked. "Shouldn't you be at work?"

Spencer lifted her head up, and Troian saw her eyes were red. She looked like she'd been crying.

"What's wrong?" Troian asked, sitting in a stool besides her.

"I'm sorry," Spencer apologized. "I know I don't usually get emotional like this, but with you hanging out with Sasha so much, I just kind of... lost it."

"Mom, you don't need to apologize," Troian said, gently. "And what does Sasha have to do with any of this?"

Spencer sighed. "Well, I never told you this before. I thought you'd find out, it was all over the news, but I guess you never did. I think you should know."

"Know what?" Troian asked.

"Well, you know I got stalked by someone called A," Spencer started. "I'm sure glad all that A drama is over."

Not exactly, Troian thought, but didn't say so.

"Well, as you know, the first A was Mona," Spencer continued. "But what you don't know, is that Mona's dead."

"Wait, I thought she was in rehab, and then twenty years of prison," Troian exclaimed.

Spencer shook her head. "No, she died."

"Wait, how?" Troian asked. "Was she murdered?"

"Kind of," Spencer said, making a constipated face.

"Wait, what do you mean kind of? Who killed her?" Troian asked. She couldn't believe her ears.

"You're looking at her," Spencer answered.

"Wait, you killed Mona?" Troian asked, her eyes growing wide.

"She tried to kill me," Spencer's voice was so soft, she was practically whispering. "It was self defense."

"I'm so sorry," Troian said, squeezing her mom's hands. "But, then who killed Ian, Graham, and Kyla?"

"It was Nick," Troian answered. "And... Alison."

"Alison?" Troian yelled with surprise. "You mean the person living next door to us killed three people?"

"No, not that Alison. The other one."

"What do you mean not that Alison?" Troian asked. "What other Alison could it be?"

"Well, Ali had a twin sister, Courtney. Ali sent Courtney to a mental hospital. Then, while Courtney was home, she managed to switch places with Ali. Courtney was our friend, Ali was the psycho."

Troian nodded.

"Well, they just found out. At age two, their parents got them confused. Alison is really Courtney, and Courtney is Alison."

"So, you were friends with Real Ali?" Troian asked.

"Yeah," Spencer answered. "She tried to kill me... twice."

"How?" Troian asked.

"Well, the first time she trapped us in her mountain house in the Poconos, and started a fire. Then, we went into her hide out, and she and Nick sprayed a poisonous gas in the air."

"Wow," Troian exclaimed. "That sounds awful."

Spencer nodded in agreement. "It was."

That left Troian with an uneasy feeling. What would this new A do to her? And would she survive the wrath?