Our story is about a town, a small town, and the people who live in the town. From a distance, it presents itself like so many other small towns all over the world... Safe. Decent. Innocent. Get closer, though, and you start seeing the shadows underneath. The name of our town is Riverdale. And our story begins, I guess, with what the Blossom twins did this summer. On the Fourth of July, just after dawn, Jason and Cheryl Blossom drove out to Sweetwater River for an early morning boat ride.
The next thing we know happened for sure is that Dilton Doiley, who was leading Riverdale's Boy Scout Troop on a bird watching expedition, came upon Cheryl by the river's edge.
So a week later, the Blossom family buried an empty casket and Jason's death was ruled an accident, as the story that Cheryl told made the rounds. That Cheryl dropped a glove in the water, and Jason reached down to get it, and accidentally tipped the boat, and panicked, and drowned. Now we would come to find just two days after that funeral another unfortunate event would strike. Jason blossom's death started a domino effect of tragedy on this small town that would have devastating consequences.
The next domino, in this chain reaction, to fall was Arianna Andrews, but no one would connected these events to Jason blossom's death until later. It was also an event that was just as much talked out, quite controversial about as many had their own judgments to pass on as fact along with that many were fearful that what happened would happen again. The real facts, the only ones we know,start with on morning of July 11th the teen had left the construction sight her father owned in somewhat of a haste. She had claimed she had to work on a summer project about the settling days of Riverdale with Kevin Keller, the sheriff's son, who was her best-friend. The only thing strange about that was people would realize that there was no project, and the two weren't even in the same history class.
It is unknown what happened after she disappeared from the site at approximately 11:45am on July 11th but the next thing we know for sure is more then fifteen hours later, Sometime past 3am in the morning of July 12th, she was found. Archie Andrews, her older twin brother, had found her own the doorstep to their house unconscious. The state she was in when when he found her..for a soul crushing moment the teenage believed she was dead. She was so pale with deep purple and blue bruises on her wrists. Her face was blotchy like she had been sobbing and there was blood on her face from a slice on her right cheek. Her breath was so shallow and slow. Police and an ambulance were called and she was shortly rushed to the hospital where she would stay for the next week.
After all the testing and recounting of events and doctors we would all learn she was drugged, robbed, had been clearly abducted and or was held against her will. The bruises on her wrists we determined as roped markings which is what lead them the conclusion. What exactly she had been drugged with is unknown as the test were inconclusive. We only know for sure that whatever it was had caused her to not only not be able to recall the night of July 11th but also the two days leading up to it, one of those days in which included Jason's funeral. She could not remember and therefore she had no answers to give or any idea of what had happened.
Her phone, purse and all the jewelry she was wearing was stolen from her. Jewelry including a ring, a serpent- a snake wrapped around her finger-was also taken. A ring she always wore since the day she was given it. It was something she'd never part from willingly. Even her shoes were stolen from her. The odd thing about that her shoes being stolen is her feet had no markings on them which means someone had to place her on that doorstep, that she couldn't have stumbled home herself. Why would that be? Maybe that single act of returning her to her home and family was one of regret but maybe it was a threatening message to the family, showing them how next time could be worse.
Some speculate that Arianna Andrews found herself paying trouble she had gotten herself into in the few months prior where she had been arrested. Karma, few said but how is something so sinister justice for an infraction so small and something may not of even happened? Yet no one truly knows what she did that had her being pulled out of her class in cuffs by the sheriff as no charges where ever pressed, no formal record of arrest ever made and no word of the answers to why were even spoken. Most regraded that incident as a misunderstanding and have forgotten about it but some people think of her guilty without trial. Though most of those people can agree what happened was too extreme.
Of course people were questioned about it, but not nearly enough and upon little investigation the case just went seemingly cold with no leads so eventually it was just dropped. It almost seemed like the police had given up...or were keeping the truth hidden for whatever reason. As a result of the lack of answers the Andrews family unnerved with injustice so they'd would grow protective, never letting the girl out of their sight again. Too fearful that something may happen again, the every time could be the last time they see her.
You may be wondering why I bring up what happened the teen girl but in a town like Riverdale everything is connected, nothing is a coincidence. Although the two closely timed events were different the similarities of the two victims were indisputable as they fit the same profile. You see both the victims, Arianna Andrews and Jason Blossom, shared very striking features. Their skin the shade of a stark pale white in such contrast to the bright ginger hair and light eyes. Not only did they look alike, and were same age, but they both also had a twin of the opposite sex. More often then not, at times they were often easily confused with each other's counterpart growing up. It was rather unnerving to many.
Everyone seems to be turning a blind eye to the facts not taking anything relevant into consideration. Almost ignoring what they must know, to all of it, including that strangely the weeks leading up to his death that the two, Jason and Arianna had grown closer. In the months and weeks prior they quite quickly went from acquaintances to what some could say were close friends. Maybe even confidantes. Secrets bind, don't they?
Additional details to know going into the fic: Past Reggie/Oc (thats not gonna be coming back, staying in past) and past slightly ongoing: unrequited messy Fp/OC. Wanted to make this fp/oc but i already have other fics planned for them and this fic will be so much better with sheriff/oc. Next chapter will be up soon! Next chapter to be up soon and it should give you a better idea of the story then this intro.
**Note this (the first chapter) was adopted from LoverOfShadows with her permission as she will no longer be continuing her version** After last nights episode she agreed we definitely need some more sheriff keller fics.**
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