AN: Hi this is my first multi chapter fic, so please forgive my mistakes and unfrequent updates. Reviews are greatly appreciated so without further ado here is the story
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Ria Rivers had just arrived at Briarwood. She was back here after 5 years when she had run away from her abusive relative in her adoptive family. She refused to call him an uncle or god forbid father. He was single handedly responsible for most of the scars in her body. She had run away at the age of 13 after he had tried to beat her to death for trying to (but failing) confide in her friends about her abuses. She had stumbled upon a martial arts academy were the sensei had taught her kung fu, which came with the advantage of weapon training.
She made her way to the Rock Porium eager to see her friends. She had found about this place after visiting her two female friends house. Said friends were chiling about in the rock porium when she entered.
" Hi can I help y- Ria?" a girl with long raven hair exclas when she sees her.
" Hi Madison, how ya doing?" Ria smiles at her before turning and saying hello to Madison's twin, a girl with short raven hair with white highlights, and two boys one australian and another well a little odd.
" Hello Vida, Xander, Chip, its been ages since I last saw you"
The four stared at her thunderstruck for a minute before interogating her together or trying to at any rate. She avoided the questions by saying she had to go for some studying and apologised for not keeping contact.
After their shift ended, by which time they had introduced her to Toby, the shop owner, and had secured her a job, they made their way to her new flat to do some catch up.
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AN: This chapter is quite short. But hopefully next chapter won't be. And more of Ria's past will come to light as the story proceeds