A/N: I know most of my stories are, but this story is very sad. It's kinda if the Fault In Our Stars met Riverdale.
It was the night before senior year started. The group was having a bonfire in Veronica's backyard. "Let's make a toast," Veronica said. "To a normal senior year. No cults, no murders, no griffons and gargoyles. Just prom and graduation."
Everyone made a toast to that, expect for Betty. "Is everything alright Bets?" Archie asked. She silently got up. They knew this was going to be serious,
"There's something I've been putting off telling you guys all night," she said. Tears started welling up in her eyes. "I went to the doctor this morning. He ran so many test. When he told us the results, I went into a state of shock."
Everyone looked at Betty, knowing her next words weren't going to be good. "I've got it," she said.
"Got what?" Cheryl asked.
"Lung cancer," she said. No one knew what to say. They were all hoping this was some kind of sick senior prank. "Stage three. They said at most I have six months."
She sat down quietly. Jughead wrapped his arm around his girlfriend. Everyone was quiet for a few minutes, not knowing what to say or do.
Eventually, Veronica stood back up. "Then I propose a new toast," she declared. "To making these next six months the best of our dear Betty's life."
"I can toast to that," Archie said. Everyone stood up and cheers to that.
On the otherside of town, Toni was bartending at the Whyte Worm. She needed the extra cash so she wasn't able to go to the bonfire, but Cheryl was sending her all of the details. The next text made Toni almost drop the bottle of beer.
Cheryl: Just found out Betty has cancer :(. She only has six months left.
Toni: You're joking, right?
Cheryl: Nope, but we made a pact to make these next six months epic.
"Off your phone and serve me my beer," a serpent yelled. Toni put her phone in her back pocket. She gave the guy a bottle of beer. There was then a scream from the girls bathroom.
Toni ran to the bathroom. A female serpent was laying on the floor with multiple stab wounds. These words were written on the wall.
'I'm back. Now the serpents will die.'