

Instead, she used emojis, which differentiated her from the original A-Team and her predecessors. At the beginning of her game, Alex didn't sign her messages with the letter "A". Whereas Mona and Charlotte could never be seen hiding in the shadows, this copycat "A" hid in plain sight, via masks and disguises. She used violence, blackmail, and murder to convince them she was serious about her quest. Alex mistakenly believed that The Liars knew who the killer was, or that one of them had done it. Her death sparked the rise of the third, final, and deadliest, A.Īfter the murder of Charlotte DiLaurentis, her secret half-sister, Alex Drake traveled to the United States to find Charlotte's killer. However, was murdered before she had the chance. She was released from Welby five-years-later and planned to restart the game upon her release. Afterward, Charlotte's plan to murder herself and Alison was thwarted and she was sent to Welby State Psychiatric Hospital for intense therapy. Charlotte and her helper Sara Harvey were ultimately revealed in, " Game Over, Charles", when Charlotte told Alison her origin story. She tortured them for weeks until they managed to escape alongside a fifth girl, Sara Harvey. She framed Alison for Mona's death and then kidnapped the remaining Liars, Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna. Her fantasy eventually escalated to the point where she saw the Liars as nothing more than dolls for her to play with. After Wilden's murder, Charlotte fled to France but returned when she needed to play the game again. She also murdered Darren Wilden and was responsible for the deaths of several others. When Mona was finally released, Charlotte integrated her into the A-Team, among several others including Jenna Marshall, Toby Cavanaugh, Spencer Hastings - a double agent at the time, Sara Harvey, and Noel Kahn. She used their most dangerous and deadliest secrets to manipulate them to do her bidding. She forced the Liars to commit crimes and break laws. She became addicted to the game and began upping the antics from Mona's original plans. She planned ways to insert herself into the Liars' lives and escaped Radley. Mona also told Charlotte about how happy the Liars were when Alison died, which sent Charlotte over the edge, as she was secretly Alison's cousin and adoptive sister. She snuck into Mona's room for story time and would listen to all the ways Mona made The Liars suffer. Charlotte was intrigued by Mona, who she described as the, " craziest girl". Intrigued and yearning to play the game again, she began helping the new puppet master, whose game was increasingly more volatile.Ĭharlotte DiLaurentis Main article: Big AĬharlotte was first introduced to the game and the A alias during her time at Radley Sanitarium, where she met the recently admitted Mona Vanderwaal. After her release, Mona was surprised when someone else restarted her game. She was ultimately exposed as A in, " UnmAsked", and sent to Radley Sanitarium for intense psychiatric treatment.ĭuring her reign, Mona had the fewest number of A-Team members, using only Lucas Gottesman and Melissa Hastings - both of whom she blackmailed. Her time as A was mainly spent threatening and blackmailing the Liars into doing demeaning tasks, or exposing their secrets. She sought to punish the Liars for stealing Hanna, and Hanna for leaving her so easily. Hanna stopped spending time with Mona, which, in Mona's mind, meant the other three girls had stolen Hanna away from her. When Aria Montgomery returned to Rosewood, she resumed her friendship with Spencer Hastings, Emily Fields, and Hanna Marin. She even became best friends with Alison's former posse member, Hanna Marin. After Alison's disappearance, Mona stopped using the alias and became popular. Mona never truly wanted to hurt Alison, she just wanted her to feel the same fear that she had felt for years. The messages escalated to the point where Alison no longer felt safe. She adopted the alias "A" and sent Alison threatening messages. She was bullied and tormented by Alison DiLaurentis throughout high school, and wanted to make the girl suffer. Mona was the progenitor of the "A" alias and the A-game.
