Chapter 1

Betty Cooper ran through the hallways to get to class. The blonde haired senior had just finished a student council meeting over lunch where she was the president. She hadn't had a chance to eat and she was trying desperately to eat a jelly sandwich as she went hoping to get to class on time. All of a sudden her foot caught on something and Betty went tumbling to the ground and moments later all the students nearby burst out laughing.

"What's the matter Miss Perfect? Did you take a little trip?" Reggie Mantle, the resident bully asked.

Betty looked to see her notes were smeared in jelly, ruining them. On top of that her clothes were stained too.

"Ah, are your perfect grades going to be ruined?" Reggie taunted her.

Betty picked herself up off the ground slowly.

"You're not so perfect after all," Reggie said. "You're just like the rest of us."

Betty had never wanted to be perfect. She pushed hard to get the best grades and be the best at everything because her parents pushed her to.

"Hey maybe you need one of these," Reggie said as he held up an Adderall pill.

Betty had heard the rumour around the school that the reason she did so well was because she took Adderall. It wasn't true but Betty did not appreciate the insinuation.

"Open wide," Reggie said as he grabbed Betty's mouth and tried to force the pill into her mouth. "You know you want to do this!"

That was when Betty snapped. She lashed out and drove her fist into the side of Reggie's head and he fell to the ground landing on his back completely stunned.

"No! No I won't do it!" Betty shouted.

She mounted Reggie and began hammering her fists down at his face. She caught him flush on the nose breaking it and once in the mouth knocking a couple teeth loose before Reggie was able to cover himself up; however Betty continued to wildly strike at him with her fists.

"No! I'm not doing what anyone wants me to do! I'm not going to do what you want me to do!" Betty screamed.

Finally Moose and Vic were able to pull Betty off of Reggie but she continued to kick and shout as they dragged her off to the office…

Saturday, three weeks later…

"This is such a disappointment," Alice Cooper said to her daughter.

Betty was sitting in the passenger seat of the car a bored expression on her face as she just stared blankly out the window.

"You were on the track to go to any university you wanted, on a full scholarship" Alice said. "Now you'll be lucky if you can get into a state school. And you have to spend every Saturday with a bunch of delinquents."

After the incident in the school Betty had been suspended for two weeks. She had also been removed as student and kicked off the girls' basketball team. Now she had to serve Saturday detention each weekend as well.

"Your brother got into Stamford, your sister is going to Harvard," Alice said. "And you…"

"I don't care Mom," Betty interrupted.

"What do you mean you don't care?" Alice asked her.

"I mean I don't care about going to so big name university," Betty replied still staring out the window.

"Betty you wanted to go to a big name university," Alice said. "You wanted to be as good as your siblings."

"No, I don't," Betty replied finally looking at her mother. "I never cared about being like Chic and Polly or attending some fancy school; those ideas were forced on me by you."

"Betty don't you start getting smart this me," Alice warned her.

"Everyone thinks that when I attacked Reggie it was because he was trying to force me to take a drug," Betty said ignoring her mother's warning. "But that's not entirely true. The truth is that I was sick of other people deciding what I should do. When I was attacking him, I was thinking of you."

Alice brought the car to a sudden halt while they were still about a block away from the school.

"Get out," Alice said.

Without a word to her moth Betty got out of the car and slammed the door shut behind her walked off towards the school.

Saturday detention was held in the library. When Betty arrived she saw that there were several other students there already including four other seniors.

She immediately recognized Cheryl and Jason Blossom. The red-headed twins were from the wealthiest family in town and the two had a bit of a reputation as party animals and they frequently skipped school. Betty also recognized Chuck Clayton who was the son of the school's gym teacher and football coach. Chuck had been one of the better athletes in the school but he'd recently quit playing for some reason. Betty was wondering what exactly Chuck was doing in Saturday detention anyway.

The only other senior student there was a new girl, Veronica. Betty didn't know much about her other than her name as Veronica kept to herself. Betty assumed Veronica was into the Goth stuff since she dressed in a lot of black and had black hair.

Betty walked over and sat down at the same table as Chuck. Chuck looked to be drawing something and was quite focused on it, so much so that he didn't even look up when Betty sat down.

"What are you drawing?" Betty asked him.

Chuck finally looked up and his eyes went wide when he saw Betty and he covered up his drawing.

"N-nothing," Chuck stammered.

This only served to make Betty even more curious.

"Come on, you can show me," Betty said.

"Okay, just, just don't hit me," Chuck said as he slid the picture across to Betty.

Betty looked at the picture, it looked to be a large muscular woman beating up a male. It was only half-coloured so far.

"Um, what is this?" Betty inquired.

"It uh, you, beating up Reggie," Chuck replied.

Betty took a closer look at the picture and she actually noticed the resemblance to herself. However wasn't entirely sure what to think.

"Um, it's good," Betty said as she slid it back to Chuck.

"You think so?" Chuck asked excitedly.

"Well, I think you made me a bit more muscular than I am," Betty replied. "But you're definitely a talented artist."

"Thanks," Chuck said as he took the picture back and started working on it once more.

Just then Cheryl and Jason came over and the two of them pulled chairs from another table and sat down on either side of Betty.

"Well, well if it isn't the most popular girl in Riverdale High," Cheryl said.

"Oh I don't think I'm very popular," Betty said. "I mean I don't have a lot of friends…"

"We weren't talking popularity as in friends, we mean as in the most talked about student in the school," Jason corrected her.

"Oh…" Betty said quietly.

"So tell us, why'd you snap?" Cheryl inquired curiously.

"What?" Betty asked.

"Reggie is a jerk, we all know that, but something he did made you lose it," Jason said. "What was it?"

Betty glanced at the two of them not sure if she wanted to say or not.

"I… it was when he said that I wanted to take that Aderall pill," Betty said. "I was just… I was so sick of everyone else telling me what to do and telling me what I wanted to do."

"Amen sister," Chuck muttered from across the table.

Betty looked across at him.

"What do you mean?" Betty asked.

"Well that's why I'm here," Chuck said. "I told my dad I was done, I didn't want to play football or basketball anymore. And because he's said that if I wanted to quit I could, but I'd spend every Saturday here. Jokes on him, this is a great place for me to work on my comics."

"You know what, I can respect that," Jason said. "You do you, right?"

"Exactly, why shouldn't I do what I want?" Chuck asked.

"Well speaking of sticking it to parents," Cheryl said with a sly grin. "Perhaps you two would like to come to a little get together Jason and I are holding tonight."

"What kind of get together?" Betty asked.

"Oh you know a bonfire, maybe some skinny dipping," Cheryl replied with a smirk.

"We're holding it at the old quarry," Jason added.

"Isn't the quarry a no trespassing area?" Chuck asked.

"Our family owns the quarry," Cheryl replied. "So if we invite you it's fine."

"Sounds like it would be fun but I'm grounded," Betty said.

"You're going to let that stop you?" Jason asked her.

"Well…" Betty started to say.

"Ask yourself, what do you want to do tonight? Do you want to stay in your room and study like your parents want you to, or are you going to come to our party?" Jason proposed.

When it was put to her like that the choice seemed obvious to Betty. But there was one small problem.

"I have no way to get to the quarry though," Betty said.

"I can help with that," Jason said. "Be outside your house at nine o'clock and I'll give you a lift."

"Okay," Betty agreed.

Cheryl glanced over at the new girl Veronica who was sitting by herself just reading a book.

"Hey if you want to come too feel free," Cheryl offered. "It's B.Y.O.B. though."

Veronica gave just the briefest of glances up from her book to even acknowledge that she had heard Cheryl.

Just then Miss Grundy, the old English teacher who's turn it was to watch Saturday detention this week entered the library.

"Alright everyone be quiet," she said. "Do your homework or whatever and we'll all be out of here in three hours."

It was almost nine and Betty was in her room. She had told her parents she was going to go study and then go to bed early. As she sat looking out her window out onto the street she could hear her parents arguing downstairs.

"It's your fault that she's like this Hal," Alice was yelling at Betty's father.

"My fault? How is this my fault?" Hal asked.

"If you had just left it to me to dictate what she likes," Alice said. "Instead you had to go and let her see things and try stuff."

"Really? Really Alice? You do know that you sound like a crazy person right?" Hal responded. "You cannot control every aspect of our daughter's life."

"I can and I will," Alice said. "Betty knows that I only want the best for her."

"Do you? Because honestly it seems like what you want is what's best for yourself," Hal retorted.

Betty was distracted by their conversation by a car pulling to a stop across the street, which Betty recognized as an '84 El Camino. The window rolled down and Betty was a little surprised as she immediately recognized Jason's red hair. Betty slid open her window and climbed out onto the covered roof of the porch. She then walked across the roof to where a wooden with ivy was against the side of the house and used it to climb down. She then ran across the street and got into the car.

"Nice car," Betty commented as she hopped in the passenger seat.

"Thanks, You know you just won me ten bucks from Cheryl," Jason commented as she got in. "We had a bet over whether or not you would come."

"Honestly I wasn't entirely sure myself," Betty said.

"Are your parents arguing or something?" Jason asked. "I can hear a commotion from here."

"Yeah," Betty replied.

"About what?" Jason inquired.

"Me," Betty replied. "My mom is a total control freak, she wants to completely run my life. My dad not so much, but my mom tries to control him too."

"Sounds rough, but I have no idea what that's like," Jason said. "My parents barely pay any attention to me and Cheryl."

Betty was about to respond when she heard the side door to her house open.

"Go, go, drive!" Betty shouted.

Jason slammed the car into gear and peeled away.

"Oh man my heart is racing," Betty breathed a sigh of relief as she looked out the back window. "I thought for sure my parents would see me."

Jason just chuckled as he drove along. Soon they arrived at the quarry. The quarry had not been in use for more than a decade and it was filled with water. Jason drove around to the far side where there was a fire going. As Betty got out she saw the only other people there were Cheryl and Chuck.

"Looks like I owe you ten bucks," Cheryl said to her brother as he got out of the car.

Betty watched as Cheryl handed Jason a bill which he slid into his pocket.

"I had faith in you," Jason said to Betty with a grin.

"Hey Betty, pop a squat," Chuck called out pointing at a folding chair next to him.

Betty went over and sat in the chair next to Chuck.

"Care for a drink?" Cheryl asked her as she went over to a small cooler and opened it.

"Um, sure," Betty replied.

"We've got MGD and Coors, pick your poison," Cheryl said.

"Um, whichever," Betty responded.

"Catch," Cheryl said as she threw a can towards Betty.

Betty barely got her hands up in time to catch it as Chuck and Jason both laughed. Betty looked the beer can over in her hands.

"You do know how to open that right?" Chuck asked.

"Yeah, I'm not an idiot," Betty replied as she stared at the can.

Betty had never had a drink before in her life. She popped open the can and looked at it for a moment. Then Betty slowly took a sip. She made a face as the watery and bitter liquid hit her tongue causing Cheryl, Jason and Chuck to all laugh.

"It's so obvious it's your first time," Jason said as he opened a can of his own and took a big gulp.

"Yeah, so?" Betty asked.

"So nothing," Jason replied with a shrug.

Just then there was a noise behind Betty. Everyone looked and were surprised to see the new girl, Veronica.

"Ha, she showed up," Cheryl said.

Reluctantly Jason reached into his pocket and handed the ten dollar bill back to his sister.

"Do you guys bet on everything?" Chuck asked them.

"Only if we disagree with each other," Jason replied.

"Not much of a party," Veronica commented as she walked towards the fire.

"It's pretty exclusive," Cheryl said. "Only the cool kids that get themselves detention are invited."

That drew a chuckle from everyone else.

"Well I brought Tequila," Veronica said holding out a bottle of Jose Cuervo silver tequila.

"Yes! Shots!" Cheryl exclaimed.

Cheryl grabbed the bottle from Veronica and opened it and took a swig straight from the bottle and then handed it back. Veronica then took a chug herself and then passed the bottle to Chuck.

"Kind of wish we had salt and lemons," Chuck said.

Chuck then took a swig from the bottle and then handed it to Betty. Betty took a whiff of the contents, it smelled strong, a little like rubbing alcohol; which sort of made sense. Betty took a deep breath and then took a big gulp. She let out a loud cough the moment she had swallowed as the tequila burned on its way down. Cheryl, Jason, Chuck and Veronica all laughed at Betty once more.

"Easy there," Jason said still chuckling as he took the bottle from Betty. "This stuff is strong."

They continued to pass the bottle around, each taking a drink. It wasn't long until the bottle was empty and all of them were pretty tipsy, especially Betty.

"Man, I thought that was would be lame, but this is pretty awesome," Veronica commented, her words slightly slurred.

"You know what would make it awesomer, er more awesome, er whatever?" Cheryl said. "Naked cliff jumping!"

"Yeah!" Betty agreed.

Betty then began stripping out of her clothes, much to the surprise of the others as she made her way to the edge of the quarry. Jason was the least drunk and he got up and tried to stop her.

"Betty wait," Jason called out.

Betty was already down to just her bra and panties when Jason grabbed her arm. Betty just grinned at Jason and then she pulled him right to the edge and leapt down towards the water bring Jason with her.

"Oh my god, Jason!" Cheryl cried out as she stumbled to the edge.

She got there just in time to see Jason and Betty hit the water. Veronica and Chuck were soon beside Cheryl looking down.

"That's a long way down," Chuck commented.

"Yeah," Veronica agreed.

Just then Betty and Jason surfaced, Betty laughing and Jason spitting out water.

"Come on down guys!" Betty called up.

Without hesitation Chuck leapt off plunging down to water landing just a few feet from Betty and Jason. Cheryl then looked over at Veronica.

"You game new girl?" Cheryl asked.

Veronica just smirked and did a graceful swan dive off of the cliff.

"Show off," Cheryl muttered before she too jumped down.

Soon the four of them found themselves treading water.

"Um, how do we get out of the water?" Betty asked.

"We've got to swim over there," Jason pointed towards the far end of the quarry.

"That's too far; I'm going to climb back up," Betty said.

She swam back over to the cliff and began trying to climb.

"Betty, Betty don't!" Jason called.

"You should not have let her drink so much," Chuck said.

Betty got about six or seven feet up the side of the cliff when suddenly the rock gave way and simply collapsed and Betty plunged down into the water again.

"Are you okay?" Jason asked as he swam over.

"I'm alright, I'm alright," Betty replied. "That wall is slippery."

"Hey look," Chuck said pointing at the rock wall.

In the newly exposed rock face just a couple feet above the water were five small glowing stones, one red, one blue, one yellow, one pink and one a purplish-black.

"Cool!" Betty exclaimed as she swam over.

Up close she saw the stones were fairly flat and about twice the size of a quarter. Betty grabbed the red one and pulled and the stone came free easily. Betty was surprised that it felt warm to the touch.

"What is it?" Cheryl asked as she swam over to look.

"No idea," Betty replied.

Cheryl then swam over and grabbed the pink one, as pink was her favourite colour.

"They're warm," Cheryl commented.

"Really? Let me see," Jason said.

Cheryl handed him the stone and Jason felt that it was indeed warm. He handed it back to her and then he went over and pulled the purplish-black one off the wall.

"This one's warm too," Jason said.

Not wanting to be left out Chuck and Veronica swam over and pulled out the blue and yellow ones respectively.

"Do you think they're radioactive?" Chuck asked.

"Oh no, my hair!" Cheryl panicked. "I don't want my hair to fall out!"

"I don't think they're radioactive," Veronica said. "Radiation makes you taste metal in your mouth, even though it's not there."

"How do you know that?" Jason asked.

"I read," Veronica replied.

"Maybe we should get out of the water and go back up to the fire and take a better look at these," Chuck suggested.

The all got out of the water and went back up to the fire. Jason and Chuck threw some more wood on to get it burning hotter so they could all dry off and Betty began putting her clothes back on.

"Does anybody else think it's odd that we found five of these things?" Veronica asked as she looked at her yellow stone.

"Yeah, these things don't seem natural," Chuck agreed as he held is towards the fire letting the blue light that passed through strike his face. "It's almost like they were left there."

"Come on these things were buried in there for millions of years," Betty said as she made her way towards the fire now that she was dressed again. "I mean it would have had to have been…"

Betty stopped and threw up as the others all laughed.

"Betty's right though," Jason said. "I mean these things would have had to have been put there during the time of dinosaurs."

"Yeah who would have done that, aliens?" Cheryl asked.

All of them laughed at the ridiculousness of it all.

Just then they saw another vehicle enter the quarry.

"Who's that?" Chuck asked looking at Jason and Cheryl. "Did you guys invite somebody else?"

"No, we didn't invite anyone else," Cheryl replied.

As the vehicle approached Betty saw that it was a Cadillac Escalade, black with a large silver serpent decal on the side.

"Shit, it's the Southside Serpents," Jason said. "We have to get out of here!"

They all ran to Jason's El Camino. Cheryl climbed into the passenger seat while the rest of them climbed into the back. Jason started it up and peeled away as fast as he could. However the SUV chased after them.

"Why are they chasing us?" Betty demanded frightenedly.

"The Serpents come out here to dispose of bodies and do drug deals," Cheryl replied.

"I thought your family owned the quarry," Chuck shouted.

"They do, but it's not used for anything," Jason responded.

Just then a second vehicle appeared in the quarry, this one a black Camaro. It came around the other side heading right for them.

"Jason look out!" Cheryl shouted.

Jason swerved to try and get around the car but it hit the rear end and the El Camino flipped over and rolled. Betty, Chuck and Veronica were thrown from the back and they hit the ground and rolled down into the pit the El Camino coming after plunging down into the water with an unconscious Cheryl and Jason trapped inside.

What, did I just kill the main characters off in the first chapter? No, of course not why would I call this chapter 1 then? But how did they survive? Well find out in the next chapter. Please review!