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Riverdale. It sounds like something out of a clitchè teen tv show, which we all know it is. But, perhaps its another universe, perhaps when someone is able to write a book, a movie script, even a fanfiction they are actually grabbing a glimpse into another universe, one where all these events are true, where they all happened. So, when we say Riverdale is just some teen tv show, perhaps it actually a whole other universe, perhaps all the events we see on tv, and we read in fanfictions such as this one, perhaps it is really happening.
Riley white. Who was she? Where did she come from? A riverdale newbie, a mystery yet to unfold. Its crazy to think that people, and worlds can collide, to bring people and their stories together. So lets go to this girl, lets see where she is. Lets find out who she is
A Wednesday morning at Riverdale high, serpents and bulldogs finally able to get along. Its about time really, especially after the hbic of Riverdale high hooked up with a serpent.
Anyway, Wednesday morning, serpents and bulldogs pushing each other around, the bookworm "nerd" students in the library, the softball team practicing on the yard, the vixens walking out of the locker rooms after their early morning practice.
A certain brown haired bluish green eyed girl shows up at the school gates. Normally a new kid would go unnoticed by the students of the school. But today, well she was very much noticed, as you normally are when you show up in the most cliché Australian outfit possible, flannel, akubra, boots, jeans, you name it she was probably wearing it.
Adjusting the satchel around her shoulder and the camera bag around her neck she walks through the crowd of students, making her way into the school building and to the office. A smirk remained on her face all the way their.
She receives her timetable from the lady at the front office, and nods when she's told that there will be someone to show her around. So she waits, leaning against the wall when a tanned dark haired girl walks towards her, a smirk also on the girls face that us matched by the new girls.
"I'm Veronica, I'll be showing you around around this sorry school. You are?" Veronica asks, sighing as the girl chuckles
"Riley, Riley White", she answers, studying the girl carefully. She seemed classy, like an ex daddy's girl that went rouge, as you'd have to be rouge if you looked like veronica and lived in Riverdale. She nods, Veronica smirking again as she leads Riley down the many hallways
When the tour comes to a stop, they're in the gym, Veronica seeming to be waiting for someone.
"Thanks mate. I think I remember everything", she answers, her Australian accent thick and Veronica chuckles. "Australian hey? Sexy" the girl jokes, and Riley rolls her eyes as a blonde girl in a pastel blue sweater walks over to Veronica.
"Hey Ronnie, who's this?", the girl asks, and Veronica takes the girls hand in her own. The blonde blushes slightly, and Riley takes note of that before answering for Veronica.
"I'm Riley. It's great to meet ya", she smiles lopsidedly at Veronica and the girl before Veronica speaks again, a bright smile on her face
"This is Betty Cooper, my girlfriend". The girl- Betty looks at Veronica nervously
"Ronnie, I told you not to introduce me like that", she whines, and the slightly shorter girl laughs, leaning on Betty as she wraps her arms around her waist. Riley's smile widens. Proud huh?
She slips into the classroom right on time, taking a seat at the back, behind a group of serpents and a red head. They all watch her take a seat, mumbles continuing until the teacher quietens them all. She leans back in her chair, and answers with a "here" when the teacher calls her name. Then the bell goes for first period, and she heads for her multi media arts class.
She opens the door, looking down and walking to a seat as the students already there raise an eyebrow at her, but go back to work. The same redhead sat at a seat on a bench, a serpent with pink streaks through her hair sat next to her. The red head had a sketch pad and pencils and sat in front of her, while the serpent had a camera sat in front of her, fiddling with it. Riley places both her satchel and her camera bag out, before she talks with the teacher about what she has to do.
She's arrived halfway through the unit so she's allowed to do what she wants for this assignment, pretty much having free reign over what she wants to do. She nods, taking her sketchbook out of her satchel and camera out of its bag. She then moves to an empty bench, and begins to flip through the book, drawings in a cartoonist style littering the pages, she takes a picture or two of the ones she likes, the red head and Pinkett watching her from across the room.
She eventually finishes with the sketch book she puts it down, disappearing out of the room. The pink haired serpent follows her out with her own camera. Riley walks to the oval, asking permission and instantly getting it when she asks to be allowed to snap a few shots of the football team practicing. She gets to work, taking pictures of the players. The serpent watching her raises an eyebrow, approaching the girl once she sees she's done.
"Hey" the girl says, Riley turning to face her.
"Oh hey there", she answers simply, a smile on her lips as she slips the camera strap back around her neck for safety.
"You're the new girl, right?", she asks her, before adding "I'm Toni, Toni Topaz".
Riley nods, studying the girl as she takes her all in. Pink streaks in hair, she's rather short, serpent Jacket, hanging out with that girl with the red head. This girl, along with many other students she had met today intrigued her.
"Well, as you may know I'm Riley, Riley", she sighs before adding her last name, her nose wrinkling in disgust as she says it, "White". Toni nods, raising an eyebrow at the girl's reaction to her own last name. Riley ignores it, biting her bottom lip with a shake of her head.
"Long story Topaz. Come on, we should head back", she walks off, and Toni sighs before following. This new girl, she was oh so different to what Toni was used to.
They make their way back to the classroom, Toni heading back to the red head's side and Riley taking a seat as she fishes through her bag, pulling out a small laptop. She removes the SD card from her camera, placing it into the laptop before getting to work. Toni watches the girl for the rest of the lesson, the girl besides her tilting her head before continuing the sketch she had started.
When the bell goes for lunch Riley stands, packing up her things and walking out of the room. Toni follows her, telling the other that she'll find her soon. She jogs after Riley, finding the brown haired girl at her locker, placing her laptop away, her camera bag remaining around her neck.
"Hey, new girl. You wanna come sit with my group at lunch?" She offers, Riley looking at her in surprise. But she nods, accepting the offer
"Umm sure, thanks", she follows Toni into the lunch room, watching as the girl walks towards a large group of students, recognizing two of them as Betty and Veronica, and another as the red head that seemed glued to Toni's side.
Toni takes a seat next to said red head, offering the girl a seat on her other side. Riley smiles, taking a seat next to Toni as she looks back at the rest of the group, who where looking at her.
"This is Riley, as you may know", Toni speaks, and continues
"This is Cheryl Blossom, aka Cherry Bombshell", the red head- Cheryl, smiles, it's more like a smirk really. Toni continues again
"That's Archie Andrews", she points to another red head, this time a boy, "that's Kevin", a brown haired boy, "Jughead", Riley raises an eyebrow at the name and Jughead rolls his eyes. "Sweet Pea and Fangs", Riley nods again at the names, "and I'm guessing you've met B&V". She finishes at the blonde and raven haired girls, and Riley nods.
"So, White, tell us about yourself", Cheryl says, sitting in Toni's lap on a chair. They had moved to the student lounge. Archie was sitting on the arm of a chair, Jughead on the floor, Betty in Veronica's lap. Kevin sat next to Riley on the floor, opposite Jughead.
"Alright. Umm well let's see", she sticks her tounge out, something she seemed to do often when she was in a train of though.
"Alright, well as you know I'm Australian, obvious really. Umm I'm 17, I love horses and big dogs. By the way this feels like a class introduction", Jughead snorts. "I'm a practicing cartoonist and photographer, along with writer", she catches the interest of Jughead with the writer part.
"Umm what's more interesting? Uh", she glances to B and V before continuing.
"I'm gay, as some of you may have guessed", Kevin high fives Veronica, Riley rolling her eyes. Toni and Cheryl look to each other with a smirk before turning back to Riley.
"Aaand I am single, unfortunate for me I suppose. I had a girlfriend back in Aus, didn't work out. That's about it", she finishes, glancing around the group of students. They all seemed satisfied, except for a certain Topaz, who was looking at her with a questioning look. Riley shakes her head as if to say "later" before the bell goes once again. She stands, walking away from the group quickly.
The rest of the day passes uneventfully, Riley dragging herself from class to class. Although, that afternoon she gets called to the office, the principal seeming to have gotten word of her photography skills and had a project for her.
She was excited, something to do that afternoon. So she manages the last class of hers for the day, modern history (bleh, ancient history is so much more interesting). At the end of the day she walks to the gym, entering and is met with a group of girls, a few of them she recognized, in a cheerleaders uniform. Cheryl turns to her, raising an eyebrow
"What are you doing here, Australian bat?" She asks, the insult really rather weak. Riley laughs, before answering.
"Relax red, principal Wetherbee has me taking pictures of the different clubs". Cheryl sighs, Toni smirking as Betty and Veronica giggle to each other.
"Fine, just stay out of the way", Cheryl says, before getting her group ready. Riley steadied her camera before they start, snapping shots of the girls all through practice.
At the end of it, the group of girls walked over, the few she knew stopped in front of her. Betty was smiling, her hand in Veronica's, as per usually. Toni and Cheryl stood there, smirking at her.
"What?" Riley asks, giving the two a confused look as Betty and Veronica turn and head into the locker room.
"Enjoy that?" Cheryl asks, making Toni's smirk grow. Riley face palms, groaning, making the two giggle.
"Really? You went there?" She asks, the two smirking down at her as she continues to pack up.
"We did", Toni answers, before grabbing Cheryl's hand and pulling her into the locker room. Riley rolls her eyes, standing and walking out of the gym, walking home. It took ages, but she made it.
She collapses onto her bed, a smirk crossing her lips. Well, Riverdale high. That was rather interesting wasn't it. Much more interesting then back home, much more eventful. So much more fun.