Riverdale The Other Side

Chapter One: Beginning

Riverdale, the once peaceful gem of a town; now corrupted by the evil and the greedy. During the day one can see the people of Riverdale carry on with their normal lives, attempting to hide their fears, and worries for their town. Mr. Blossom's actions had changed Riverdale; opening the door to that which had come, and that which was to come. Let me go back to the beginning, though looking back I wonder where that is. You see when the sun hides its light and the cold, dark nights descend onto Riverdale a war is raged in the back streets and alleyways. For territory, for dominance, but mostly for the control of the town; and on one of these cold, dark nights in a house far from you and me, this war claims another victim, a father. Orphaning his two sons and driving them not only from their home but, also from each other; the eldest son had to move schools from Riverdale High School to Southside High due to the location of his foster parent's home while his brother remained at Riverdale High School.

William Justly, the younger brother of the two stood outside of Riverdale High School on his first day back, nervously he cowered his head down and held his left hand close to his mouth and frantically rubbed his fingers together. He looked up and watched Principal Weatherbee walking towards him,
"Good morning William, it's good to see you again" Principal Weatherbee greeted warmly.
"Hell… hello Mr. Weatherbee sir, it, is also good to see you again" William stuttered, Principal Weatherbee escorted William into the building and to the student lounge where they found Betty Cooper and Kevin Keller sitting down talking to one another.
"Good morning Betty, Kevin" Principal Weatherbee warmly said to them, and they looked at him and smiled,
"Good morning sir" they both replied
"I'm sure you both know William Justly?" Principal Weatherbee asked,
"Of course," Betty assured him,
"Well William I have to go see to something, but I will be back in a few minutes okay?" Principal Weatherbee checked, and William happily nodded. He walked over to an empty seat and sat down joining Betty and Kevin,
"So William, how are you?" Kevin asked politely,
"Oh no, please call me Will, only adults call me William; usually when they are trying to be proper, or I'm in trouble." Will pointed out,
"Okay, sorry Will; how are you?" Kevin corrected himself.
"Oh I'm okay, all things considering, pretty upset that my brother and I won't be going to the same school anymore, but, but you know it will be okay I will just have to try harder at staying out of people's way," Will answered,
"Why is that?" Betty asked curiously
"Well, well because since he isn't here to the troublesome people as he called them away then if I get in their way they, they will cause trouble for me, and, and I don't want trouble." Will said quickly becoming worked up, Betty got up and sat beside him,
"Hey, you listen here Will" Betty began, Will still holding his head down looked up at her, "if anyone causes you any trouble at all you come get one of my friends or me, okay?" Betty said firmly,
"But, but why?" Will stuttered,
"Because you're one of our friends now, and we take care of our own!" Kevin said as he too stood up and sat down next to Will who happily smiled.
"Oh boy, I hope I get to see my brother soon, he will be so happy when I tell him I made friends, so happy. I, I promise I'll be a good friend to you guys, thank you, thank you for allowing me to be your friend" Will said overjoyed, both Betty and Kevin smiled.
"You don't need to thank us Will" Betty assured him.

Meanwhile in the hospital; Archie Andrews sat in a chair resting his head in his hand as Fred Andrews laid in the hospital bed next to him asleep. Veronica Lodge quietly opened the door and entered the room with food and drink from Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe; Archie opened his eyes and smiled at her,
"Hey Ronnie" Archie whispered,
"Hey Archie, I brought food if you're hungry?" Veronica said,
"Yeah thanks," Archie replied as he pulled up another chair for her.
"How is he?" She asked,
"Stable" Archie whispered,
"How are you, Archie?"
"I'm good,"
"Archie!"
"I said I'm good Ronnie; you don't have to worry about me."
"I do and I will; we all do."
"You talked to them?"
"I have."
"How are they?"
"Good; Betty wanted to know why you're ignoring her."
"I don't know what to say to her."
"Well, usually words tend to help."
"Funny."
"Why is it suddenly so difficult for you to talk to her?"
"Because I know what she's like, what she will be like with all of this when we start talking" Archie answered gesturing to his Dad.
"She just wants to help out as much as she can, she cares about you and your Dad, we all do."
"Yeah well there is nothing she or anyone can do right now, so, no point in wasting anyone's time."
"Archie…"
"Thanks for the food Veronica, I won't keep you any longer, I know school is on, and I'd hate for you to get into trouble," Archie said bluntly. Veronica sighed before standing up and heading towards the door, she opened it and went to step out but stopped, turning to look at Archie.
"You know Archie being vulnerable, and letting people who care about you in, letting them help you doesn't make you less of a man; pushing them away does" Veronica concluded before she walked away closing the door behind her, Archie sat in silence looking at his father.

Later that afternoon in the Keller household, Kevin walked into the kitchen to find his father home and making himself a sandwich.
"Oh yes please," Kevin said happily,
"What do you want?" Mr. Keller asked,
"Surprise me" Kevin replied as he opened the fridge and got himself a can of coke.
"How was your day?" Mr. Keller asked,
"It was good, how was yours, find the guy who shot Archie's Dad?"
"No not yet, but I'm not at liberty to discuss the case with me son."
"Speaking of cases, guess who joined my group today."
"I don't know Kevin, who?"
"William Justly" Kevin revealed, his Dad stopped what he was doing and turned around to look at him.
"You mean?" Mr. Keller asked,
"The same one" Kevin answered before his Father turned aback around returning to the sandwiches in front of him.
"You be careful around him, his Father was tied up with some bad people."
"Dad please, how much harm can he be, he is a sweet and kind guy who has been through a lot."
"And his Dad was a Southside Serpent, and I think his brother may have some dealings with them as well."
"His older brother?"
"His twin brother,"
"Huh?"
"The older brother you're referring to is his twin brother who is a minute or something older than him."
"Huh, he didn't mention that," Kevin said as he father walked over to him with a sandwich on a plate for him.
"I'm not saying William is a bad kid, but his Dad and brother aren't the cleanest of people and who ever killed their father might come back for William." Mr. Keller said as he handed Kevin the plate.
"What, why?"
"Well because William was there in the house when his father was murdered."
"Did you get a statement off of him?"
"Yeah but it wasn't a full statement, and I just can't get rid of this suspicious feeling about it."
"Well if he says anything I'll let you know."
"If he is willing to talk, get him to come down to the station and gives us a full statement."
"No worries Dad."
"Thanks, son" Mr. Keller insisted as the two ate began eating their sandwiches.

That night, somewhere dark and hidden a man severely beaten and bloodied sat tied to a chair as a hooded figure circled him.
"Please, I'm the middle man I don't know anything else." The man said fearfully,
"As you keep saying, what about Fred Andrews?" The hooded figured hissed.
"I already said, that was a small-time crook trying to prove himself, I gave you his name."
"That you did, I will give you that, yes I will. What about the Serpents?"
"With the Mayor and police cracking down on them, we are moving in on their territory."
"But you don't know who is giving the orders because everyone above is being extra tight lipped?"
"Yeah!"
"You are only the messenger after all."
"And I cooperated, you said you'd show mercy if I cooperated," the man said, and the hood figured stopped in front of him and looked at him.
"Shh, I know what I said, and I'm a man of my word. I will show you mercy; by ending your suffering." The hooded figure insisted,
"No!" the man shouted before being shot in the chest. The hooded figure put the gun away before walking off with a slight skip in his step.
"Mercy, mercy, and mercy they cried; but in times of war mercy is a sign of weakness, so much can go wrong by showing mercy. I can't afford any mistakes, no bumps in the road not now. No, this, this is just the beginning. I have so many ideas, so many plans that are to come but firstly; I think it's time I go on a little hunt." The hood figure sinisterly said before he started laughing, a menacing, croaking laugh.

Author's note:
Hey, everyone, this is the first chapter of my new fanfic I hope you enjoyed it I've been mulling over doing this one or not for some time now and I just thought I'd have a go at it. Please leave a review, send me a message, or you can go to my twitter and follow me Brayden_lamaka and let me know what you think I'd love to hear from you.

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Brayden L :)