Nine year old Archie Andrews snuck into his neighbor Betty's bedroom. "Betty, wake up," Archie said. "Let's play."
"Go home, Archie," Betty said. "We have school in the morning."
"But I can't go to sleep," Archie complained.
"Then count sheep," Betty suggested, closing her eyes. Archie was about to leave, when he remembered something that always got Betty up. He pried open her left eye.
"Do you want to build a snowman?" Archie asked.
Betty and Archie arrived in her backyard. "Do the magic already," Archie demanded playfully.
"Shush, keep it down, someone might here us," Betty said. She waved around her hands and a snowball appeared. Archie watched her in amazement. He was one of the only people who knew about her powers, not even her own sister, Polly, knew.
"Why don't you share your powers with the world?" Archie asked.
"If I do, I will get taken away and experimented on," Betty said. The two friends played with Betty's powers. Betty liked that Archie was the only person who didn't treat her like a monster.
Betty was making a snow piles so Archie can jump from one pile to the other. He started getting too fast. "Slow down," Betty yelled, but it was too late. She accidentally hit him in the head and he fell to the ground.
"Archie," Betty yelled, running to him. "Mama, papa, help."
Alice and Hal ran outside. "Betty, what have you done?" Hal asked.
"It was a accident," Betty said.
"We have to get him to the witch's of Greendale," Hal said, hosting the young boy into his arms.
"I will stay just in case Polly wakes up," Alice said. Hal quickly kissed her and he carried the boy to his car, Betty following him.
Hal, Betty, and the still unconscious Archie arrived at the Spellmen's house. Zelda had sensed they were going to come so she was on the porch. "Good evening, Coopers," she said. "What happened here?"
"I accidentally struck him with my powers," Betty said.
"Was she born with the powers or cursed?" Zelda asked.
"Born, and there getting stronger by the day," Hal said. Zelda put her hand on his head.
"He will be fine," she promised. "But to make sure of it, we are removing all memories of magic, but he will keep the memories of the fun."
"Take away my magic to," Betty said.
"I can't, little snow," Zelda said, "your magic is apart of who you are. But beware, if you let you're fear consume you, there will be death and destruction."
Betty hugged her father out of fear. "We won't let that happen," Hal said.
"To make sure, cut down her interaction with the outside world until she learns to control it," Zelda said. "Only let her out for school."
"I will talk to Alice about it," Hal said. Archie began to stir so they took that as their cue to leave. They left and made it back right before the sun rose.
For the next six years, Betty's only interaction with the outside world would be school. She isolated herself from everyone, including Archie. By the time she was thirteen, her room had frozen over so they had to close the blinds permanently. Archie missed his bestfriend and Betty missed hers.
The Coopers where thrust into the spotlight when they found out Hal was the blackhood, a killer who attacked a lot of Riverdale citizens. Betty knew her mom couldn't face the press by herself, so Betty decided to help her by taking some of the spotlight. She hopes she doesn't freak out and accidentally expose her powers.
Betty looked at herself in the mirror and said, "conceal, don't feel," Betty repeated. She put on her gloves. "Make one wrong move and everyone will know."
She then opened the door and left her house. She went to Pops because of the press conference her mom was hosting there. The moment she arrived, she made eye contact with Archie Andrews.