The Mystery Begins

*The Mystery Begins* is the second episode of The Chronicles of Pretty Little Liars. It aired on September 15th, 2015.

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## Plot

First day of school for the Pevensies! Susan will start her junior year,Peter his senior year and Edmund his first year at Rosewood High School. Susan will try to enter in the Rosewood Swimming Team.

## Title and Background

> The title is an allusion to the 2009's Scooby Doo prequel movie "The Mystery Begins".
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## Episode

The alarm sounded and a new day is arrived.

It was 7 o'clock.

"Finally!" Susan exclaimed. She was excited because she will try to enter in the Rosewood High's swim team that day.

Swimming was her passion since she was 6.

Rosewood High's team was one of the most important in Pennsylvania and the school has a feminine team.

After took a shower,Susan dressed and took her breakfast.

-Are you excited,honey?-asked her mother.

-Sure,I can't wait for this afternoon when I'll do the auditions for the swimming team!-

Mrs. Pevensie drank some coffee,she was nervous.

-Is your first day too,right?- Susan asked.

-I don't wanna screw everything up!-

-Don't worry Mom,you'll be ok. Just..stay calm.- Susan and her mother smiled.

At 7:50 AM Edmund,Peter and Susan left home and arrived at Rosewood High.

It was a really big school,a lot of students were reunited in the entrance  gate.

Susan found Aria with some other girls,one with long black hair,another one with long brown hair and another one with short curly blonde hair.

-Are you sure she won't come back at school?- asked the brown-haired girl to the blonde-haired one.

-I'm sure. She's under therapy.- the blonde-haired answered.

-Ehy.- Susan touched Aria's arm and she blinked.

-Ehy Susan! Are you ok?-

-Yeah,I'm just a little nervous.-

-Don't worry,you'll be fine. Come with me.- Aria said "See you later" to the girls and led Susan to another part of the entrance gate.

-Why we're here?- asked Susan.

-We need to hear Headmaster Ackett's speech for the start of the school year.-

Some seconds later,a 50-years old man with dirty blonde hair talked with a microphone:

-Hello to everybody! For those who don't know me,I'm the headmaster of this school, Arthur Hackett. A warm welcome to the new students and a welcome back to the old ones! This year,like the others,there are chess,basketball,volleyball,football and swimming championships. During this month you can choose in what club you want to enter. And now..GOOD YEAR!-

The students clapped and,after Mr.Hackett went away a lady with red hair read the new classrooms for first year-people of high school.

-Let's go Susan.- said Aria.

Susan followed her and found Peter in the entrance hall.

-Ehi Peter!-

-Ehi Aria!- exclaimed him.

-Are you nervous?-

-Maybe a little,I was like my brother Edmund,this is his first year.-

-Oh I see! By the way..we need to find our class schedule. Lessons are going to start.- Aria,Susan and Peter took three schedules.

-My first lesson is Biology in classroom B2.- Peter said.

-We have History in C3,Aria?- Susan asked.

-Yeah,we're in the same class for now.-

Aria accompanied Peter in the B2 classroom and then,Susan and her head to the History Classroom.

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-So..is your mother the new secretary?- Aria asked.

-Yep. It's because of this job that we left London.-

-I'm sure she'll be more nice than the old one.- Aria smiled.

Susan and Aria entered in the History classroom.

They sit near the windows and waited the professor.

-The lesson is starting,please,sit down.- said a woman with long dark blonde hair.

The woman wrote her name on the blackboard "Mrs. Shepard".

-I'm Mrs. Shepard, your new history teacher.-

She asked: -Is someone new on this classroom?-

Susan and other 3 people stand up.

-Oh good. Can someone of you come here and introduce you to the classroom?- the teacher smiled.

Susan was the first. After her,a girl with dark blonde hair and brown eyes introduced herself as Emma Duval,a girl from Lakewood,California.

-Lakewood uh?- asked Aria.

-It's a strange place?- asked Susan.

-No,it's just..I don't remember.- answered Aria.

After Emma, a guy with brown hair and green eyes named Noah Foster and a girl with short black hair and blue eyes named Audrey Jensen introduced themselves.

Emma,Audrey and Noah are all from Lakewood and they moved to Rosewood with their family.

-Lakewood..Lakewood..Oh! Now I remember!- exclaimed Aria.

-What?- asked Susan.

Aria whispered: -Lakewood is a town when a mass murder happened 1 year ago.-

-A killer?-

-Exactly. This killer killed various people until May,when the murders stopped.-

-That's why these guys moved here.-

-Ms. Montgomery,right?- asked Mrs. Shepard.

-Yes?- Aria blinked.

-Please, be quiet. The lesson is going to start.-

After the first lesson,Aria went to the Science classroom and Susan went to the Maths one. She lost but then she arrived safe and sound.

The first day was cool,the teachers were ok and the school was ok.

Lunch time: Aria and Peter are disappeared and Susan sit in a table near Emma Duval,Noah Foster and Audrey Jensen.

-Hi.-

-Hi,are you..?- Emma asked.

-I'm Susan Pevensie,I'm in your history classroom.-

-Oh yeah,you introduced to the class before us!- exclaimed Noah.

-So..why you're here?- asked Audrey.

-My friend disappeared,I don't know where she is, this school is so big,so I decided to sit here,we're in..ehm..the same situation. I'm new like you.- Susan smiled and the others too.

-I like this town,I heard about a stalker that tormented 4 girls the last year.- Noah smiled and Susan blinked.

A stalker? Is Noah...?!

-Come on Noah,there's no time for scary things! We left Lakewood because of...ehm..- Emma saw Susan and said: -Some things.-

-My friend told me about you and the Lakewood thing. The killer.- Susan said.

Noah and Emma blinked,Audrey said: -We're famous. A psycho killer tormented us during the last year.-

-Maybe Emma is right. You don't have to talk about scary things. Let's enjoy this day!- Susan smiled and the others too.

-What are you going to do later?- Noah asked.

-I'm going to the audiences of the swimming team of this school. And you?-

Audrey blinked: -My god! Me too!-

-Let's go together!- exclaimed Susan.

After lunch break,Susan and Audrey left Emma and Noah and went to the swimming pool near the gym.

-Do you know where the gym is,right?- Susan asked to Audrey.

-What?! I'm new as you! I don't even know where the bathrooms are!- Audrey exclaimed.

-Are you going to the swimming pool for the audiences?- a feminine voice asked.

Susan and Audrey turned back and saw a very beautiful girl with emerald green eyes,light brown hair,a blue top and jeans really cool.

-Y-yes.- Susan answered.

-You need to go straight on this hallway,you'll find a blue door and then you'll arrive to the locker rooms.- the girl smiled.

-Thank you so much! What's your name?- asked Audrey.

-I'm Jenna. Jenna Marshall.-

-It's a pleasure.-

-Are you a friend of Aria Montgomery? I saw you with her this morning.- Jenna said with a grimace.

-Yeah,we were talking about school.-

Some minutes later..

-Susan,we need to go!-

Audrey screamed Audrey went to the locker rooms and when Susan was ready to go,Jenna stopped her.

-Wait! Are you Susan Pevensie? I have a delivery for you.-

Jenna gave Susan a purple package and then she left.

Susan put it in the bag and followed Audrey.

-Finally! Why you take so long?!- said Audrey.

-..Nothing!-

Audrey raised an eyebrow. -Let's go,Susan!-

They arrived in the locker rooms,after being undressed and with the swimming cap,they arrived on the poolside.

Near them,were present other girls from the school. In front of them there were a lady with black skin and dark hair and,close to her,2 girls.

Susan recognized one of the girls,she was one of the girls near to Aria that morning.

-Hello to everybody! I'm coach Fulton,gym teacher and coach of the feminine swimming team of Rosewood! I'm really happy that so many girls want to enter in the team but just 10 people will pass and will enter in a team with our veterans, Emily Fields and Paige McCullers!-  she indicated them.

Some time later,after Audrey's audition,Susan was called.

She dived, coach Fulton asked her to swim backstroke,freestyle and butterfly.

After the end of her audition,the coach smiled.  -I saw in you a good determination. Really good, the next week we'll tell the results. Now you can go.-

Emily and Paige were really happy.

-Wow,she's really good!- exclaimed Paige.

-Exactly!- answered Emily.

Susan dressed again and,after took the bag,prepared to leave the locker rooms.

Weird thing,the other girls were gone, Audrey was disappeared.

Suddenly,the few neon that were illuminating the cold corridors,went out.

Susan was scared and a text arrived.

*Really good audition -A*

## Episode's cast

Main cast:

* Anna Popplewell as Susan Pevensie -> *2/26*

* Lucy Hale as Aria Montgomery -> *2/26*

* Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields -> *1/26*

* Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings -> *1/26*

* Ashley Benson as Hanna Marin -> *1/26*

Recurring cast:

* William Moseley as Peter Pevensie -> *2/26*
* Judy McIntosh as Helen Pevensie -> *2/26*
* John O' Brien as Arthur Hackett -> *1/26*
* Sara Shepard as Mrs. Shepard -> *1/26*

* Tammin Sursok as Jenna Marshall -> *1/26*

* Lindsay Shaw as Paige McCullers -> *1/26*

* Paula Newsome as Coach Fulton -> *1/26*

* Willa Fitzgerald as Emma Duval -> *1/26*

* John Karna as Noah Foster -> *1/26*

* Bex Taylor-Klaus as Audrey Jensen -> *1/26*
* Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie *\*Only mentioned*

## Mysteries

* *Who is the person that Aria,Emily and the other 2 girls were talking?*
* *Why Jenna gave a package to Susan?*
* *What there is inside the package?*
* *Where Audrey went after the auditions?*

## Trivia

> **The full main cast appeared.**
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> **This episode was published on EFP(a popular Italian fanfiction site) on September 9th,2014. Translation to English language and writing started on September 14th,2015 and ended on September 15th,2015.**
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> **This episode is Chapter 1 on EFP and is named "***Capitolo 1: L'Inizio di Tutto* (**Translation:** *Chapter 1: The Start of Everything*)
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> **Mrs.Pevensie**,**Audrey,Noah and Emma are not the present in the original/Italian version.**
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> *Scream (TV series)* **isn't part of the crossover in the original/Italian version.**
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