I don't own Avengers and Riverdale. There are hints of the character's stories of Once Upon a Time.
Prologue
"At some point, we all have to choose, between what the world wants you to be, and who you are."
That was the quote from her say closets friend the Black Widow.
A girl wearing a hat and wearing an oversized jean jacket, black pants, tennis shoes, and carrying a backpack.
She is sleeping her days away as she remembers the memories that brought her a time when she was really happy.
Past~
"Uncle Tony!" A five-year girl running and squealing at this game she made him do. A much younger Tony Stark is chasing after her.
Why do you ask?
Holding in her hand is a betting ticket.
"Get back here!" Tony is out of breath, but what can you expect. She got all her dad's gene's when it comes to energy and running.
"I need that to win my money back!"
"Only if you catch me!" She giggles as she ran around him.
Tony began to frustrate himself and had no choice, but to bribe her. "Arabella!" He tried to chase her, but she keeps dodging his hands.
"15 dollars if you give my betting ticket back!"
That made the child paused, but gave a loud hmmm to herself. She said, "One Hundred."
He choked at that. "You're five years old. How the hell do you know how to extort money? How do you even know how much a hundred bucks is?" Tony said in disbelief. "You're worse than your pops, you know that?"
"One hundred or I'll tell mommy about your gambling problems," Arabella said in a defiant tone. For being that young, she was devious.
That girl was going to be a handful as a teenager or worse dating boys or girls. Tony wasn't looking forward to it. He shivers at the thought of being the one to try and stop her.
"I heard mommy telling daddy all about your fin-finchal problems (She is trying to say financial), Uncle Tony. She said if she finds out she will make sure you take a job and work for real. You're going to be in so much trouble."
"Seventy-five?" Tony negotiated and he didn't like the glimmer of mischief he saw in the girl's eyes.
"Oh, Mommy!" Arabella called loudly. "Mommy, Uncle Tony has his-"
"Fine! One hundred," Tony finally relented before holding out his hand. "Here's what we are going to do you are going to hand me my ticket and at the same time, I will give you the cash. Deal?"
Arabella looked defiant and said, "Show me money first!"
Tony groaned and said, "Fine! You're such a little shit. No one likes a tattletale. You should keep that in mind for the future. Tattle Tales don't have a lot of friends."
"Oooohh! You made a swear! Ten bucks please!" Arabella added as she obediently handed over her the ticket and tony gave her the money. "Mommy makes daddy put money in the swear jar for bad words."
"That's kind of steep for a swear jar," Tony grumbled as he quickly gave her the money. He could've sworn the little girl was smirking.
"Mommy says you're rich," Arabella told him with a puppy look.
Tony sneered at her, but smirked, "Someday you're going to make an amazing lawyer," Tony told her.
Arabella not paying attention. She was already thinking about the kind of toys she was going to buy when she made Uncle Tony take her to the toy store to spend it.
The bus made a hasting stop that awoken her up.
"Riverdale! Folks welcome to Riverdale! Anybody wished to come here!"
Arabella checks her map that she planned out if worse comes to worst. That map shows the circle where she was told to hide there.
She grabbed her backpack and waved to the bus driver. The traveling bus stop to side walked and opens the door.
Her blue eyes looked around the town and sighs.
'This is what I am reduced to live?' She walked to go find a place to settle in.
"It's like I am traveling back to fuckin 50's here." She muttered and glared.
She finds a small home that is on rent right now. There is a pawnshop owner and rent collector in the town of Riverdale.
She enters there.
"Mr. Gold!" Arabella announced herself. There is a man that will have to help her.
"Hello, Dearie." Mr. Gold smiled at Arabella's arrival.
Arabella nodded and said, "Well?"
Mr. Gold nodded and said, "Follow me." He walked with a cane in his hand and Arabella followed him in the back.
In the back is full of stuff and a table with a kitchen inside.
"Sit please."
Mr. Gold muttered over 'The box' and 'I know I put it here.' He went near where he slides the picture of Alice in Wonder by Lewis Carrol and announced, "Aha! There you are."
There is a hole where he placed the iron tray box. He smiled and grabbed the box. He walked back to the table and place it down then seated himself on the chair.
"It's all arranged so I suggest you opened it now."
Arabella looked down the box then slowly at him. Mr. Gold just smile charmingly at her. 'Ugh, I will wipe that smug out of his face one day.'
There are her new files for her new life. Papers of birth certificate, social securities, papers of being legal citizenships and ID plus driver's license.
Her name is Arabella Jean Barnes as her cover identity.
"My dear, I am curious. Last names I can understand, but keeping your first name might raise some red flags." Mr. Gold leaned a bit.
"My first name is the only real identity I know. Last names I never care."
"Of course, since your mother and father named you as their only miracle child." Mr. Gold gave a somewhat sad smile and continue, "Now, let's go over the background story. You are my new ward that is recently are under my care from an agency. You have been in foster care and orphanage all your life before I decided to take you in. You have never know your parents or relatives since you were abandoned in the streets. Deal?"
Arabella sighs and nodded, "Deal."
Mr. Gold smiled and offered his hand to shake hers. Arabella muttered, "I'll regret this later." She handshake his hand.
"Now tell me, dearie, what have I been hearing about this…" He waved his hand nonchalantly. "Sokovia Accords and you on the run?"
Arabella smirked, "It's a long story."
Mr. Gold nodded his head.
"I have time."
Our story is about a town, a small town, and the people who live in the town. From the 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. Like all small towns, it had its quirks and charms and a long history. It was founded by the Blossom family, who are treated like royalty and practically own everything. Nothing happens in this town that they don't know about. And as it would turn out, the recent Blossom decedents would be at the center of showing the dark and true nature of the town.
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. Riverdale Police dragged Sweetwater River for Jason's body, but never found it. 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.
Funnily enough, Mr. Gold the town's dealer had recently brought up a ward. A girl named Arabella Barnes has come to Riverdale. She gave little to no contact with anyone. The only story everyone heard was that she recently became his ward and is now helping him around his shop. However, people were skeptical because Mr. Gold is a deal maker and demands payment one way or another. He is never known for the charity of his good heart. So, the theory is that the young girl is paying for her family's debt to Mr. Gold. She looked like a model or a rich girl from well off family, but she is quite unapproachable for others. Either by Mr. Gold or herself.
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Arabella. This medieval Scottish name is most likely a variant of Annabel, and stems from the Latin word orabilis, which means invocable.
Robert Carlyle portrayed: Rumpelstiltskin In OUaT. Also known as Mr. Gold.