Archie was now sixteen. He has a white streak in his hair that no one can explain. He never got over Betty ghosting him. He made knew friends and even got a girlfriend, but losing his bestfriend for no reason always left him confused and sad. When he was twelve, he lost his dad and he really needed Betty, but she wasn't there.
He got ready in his bedroom. He was going to Alice Cooper's press conference at Pops. Even after him and Betty's falling out, Alice was still kind to him. She made him and his mom a lasagna after his dad's death.
He zoomed down the staircase. "Good morning mom," he said.
"Good morning honey," Mary said. "Breakfast is almost ready. Do you need a ride to the press conference?"
"No, Veronica offered to drive me and Jughead," he said. She nods and gives him some waffles. He sits at the counter and starts eating.
"Do you think Betty is going to show up to the conference?" Mary asked.
"No, she never leaves her house," Archie said. "I've only seen her leave to go to school."
"But it was discovered her dad is a serial killer," Mary said.
"If she didn't show up for her dad's funeral, the man who treated her like his own, she won't show up for this," Archie said. He finished up his waffle as Veronica came in.
"Are you ready, babe?" Veronica asked.
"Yeah," he said.
"I'll clean your plate," Mary said. "See you at the conference."
Archie kissed her cheek and walked outside with Veronica. Jughead was already sitting in the backseat. Archie got into the passenger seats and Veronica in the drivers.
"I can't believe a serial killer was my next door neighbor," Archie said.
"He was only killing people for like half a year," Jughead said.
"Still, I even had a close encounter with the blackhood and I never figured it out," Archie said. Archie was almost the first victim of Hal Cooper. He was walking home one night when Hal attacked him. He was almost shot, but sheriff Jones, Jughead's dad, stopped Hal. He somehow got away.
Veronica pulled up to Pops. All of them got out. Archie immediately made eye contact with Betty Copper. There was a awkward moment before Archie approached her.
"Hi," Archie said.
"Oh, hello," Betty said. "How are you?"
"Fine," Archie said. "You?"
"I'm ok, I guess," Betty said. She awkwardly looked at the ground as Veronica and Jughead walked over.
"Is this your bestfriend you iced you out for the six years?" Veronica asked.
"This is Betty," Archie said. "She is Hal's daughter."
There was a brief moment of awkward silence. Archie then got a idea, "I'm having a get together at my house tonight. You should come?"
"Really?" Jughead asked.
"Yeah," Archie said. "I'd love to get to know you again."
"Sure," Betty said. Hopefully I will be able to enjoy the night with the gloves, Betty thinks.
Later that night, everyone was playing truth or dare in Archie's living room. Veronica spilled the bottle and it landed on Betty. "Betty, truth or dare?" Veronica asked.
"Truth," Betty said.
"What's with the gloves?" Veronica asked. Betty froze.
"Is it too late to change to dare?" Betty asked.
"Yes," Veronica said. Veronica wasn't a fan of Betty. She didn't like how Betty just abandoned Archie for six years for seemingly no reason.
"It's getting late, I should head home," Betty said. She tried to get up, but Archie stopped her.
"You're the next house over," Archie said. "You have enough time to answer the question."
Betty managed to get up. Archie tried grab her arm, but he just got her glove. "Give me back my glove," Betty demanded.
"When you tell me why the glove is so important," Archie said. She then started heading to the door, telling him to leave her alone. "Why? Why do you shut me out? Why do you shut the world out? What are you so afraid of?"
"I said enough!" Betty yelled. She accidentally created a pointy ice wall. Everyone else in the room screamed.
"Ice witch," Veronica shouted.
"Betty," Archie said. Betty ran outside. Archie tried to follow her, but she was too fast. As she ran, the streets where being frozen. "Betty wait!"
"It's snowing," someone yelled.
"And it's in the middle of April," another one yelled.
"This is my fault," Archie said. "I'm going after her."
"It's too dangerous," Veronica said.
"She's my bestfriend," Archie said. "She would never hurt me."
"I'm going with you," Jughead said. "She headed towards the woods. And no knows those woods better than me."
"Ok, you can come," Archie said. "Are you coming with us, Veronica?"
"Like I am going to let you face a ice witch by yourself," Veronica said. The three friends quickly got changed into warmer clothes and headed for the woods as the winter storm picked up.