Chapter 1: Welcome to Riverdale!
*Archie's POV *
I was waiting at the airport a few towns away from Riverdale. It was 6 AM! The airport was 4 hours away from there. Granted I was speeding and there was no traffic but going back it will take about 6 hours or so. I was waiting for my cousin Aria. She was going to be living with me and my family for a year. School will be starting in 5 weeks so she would be attending Riverdale High with me and my friends. Hopefully my friends will like her and hopefully Reggie won't flirt with her. I wonder what she's like. Last time I saw her was a month before Betty moved in next door. New York City was a big and different place. I don't know why my aunt and uncle moved there. It's big and tough. I hope she's ok. I heard from dad that she gets into fights a lot. He also said his brother and sister in law keep arguing with her and punishing her for stuff. Maybe things will be better here. I was becoming impatient. I began tapping my foot while looking at my watch. * Where is she? * I thought as the people started exiting the flight she was suppose to be on. * I don't know why mom and dad wanted me to pick her up. Oh well. At least I get to see her. * I thought as I was looking around for her. After all she had orange hair like me. It shouldn't be that hard to-oh Wait. * I see her! * I thought while waving at her trying to get her attention.
* Aria's POV *
I was getting off of a LONG flight. I wanted to get there soon and this was the only time I could get here. 3 hours. Oh well. Just as long as I got away from my mom and dad. Hopefully my aunt and uncle will be a little bit better. I haven't seen Archie since we were 6 or so. I missed him. I read his emails and emailed him back a lot. He told me about his friends, his love triangle, and his weird mysteries articles and how it started with his friend, Dilton, making a ray that accidentally hit the town causing it to become a magnet for weirdness. I enjoyed them a lot. * Archie said he'd let me join in on his 'Weird Mysteries' articles. That might be fun. * I thought to myself as I walked off the plane. Headphones on my head and music blasting in my ears. I was tired and cramped up but I stretched and looked around before spotting Archie waving at me frantically.
I smiled as I ran to him and hugged him, letting my headphones fall to my neck. "Archie Andrews. I've missed you so much." I stated as he hugged me tighter. "Heh. I've missed you too Aria." He said as he let go of me. We walked over to the baggage claim and waited for my stuff to arrive. "So? Where is Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary?" I asked puzzled. "Oh. Well; you arrived here a day sooner than planned so they won't be back home until tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime I'll be driving us back to Riverdale as soon as your luggage arrives. Which one will be yours?" Archie asked. "Well, I have my lucky back pack on and you've seen my 'wizard' trunk before." I stated as I pointed my torn up lucky backpack that was lavender and have had since I was 8 so there were some rips, holes, and patches on it. "YOU'RE TRUNK?! YOU BROUGHT THAT?!" He asked/yelled/exclaimed rather loudly near my ear. As I was using my finger to rub inside my ear I continued. "Yes. I didn't have a suitcase and I don't like being away from it for a whole year. Plus I don't trust it with my mom and dad AND its my favorite trunk since the coolest cousin in the WHOLE WORLD got it for me for my 13th birthday!" Archie just rubbed his head and chuckled a bit. "Well I suppose it makes sense for you to bring your prized possessions. But wont it be heavy?" Archie asked as I shook my head. "I don't have a lot of stuff nor a lot of clothes so its only half full and thus less heavy." I told him.
Before he could say anything else I pointed out my trunk to him and he grabbed it. I tried to help him but he insisted on carrying it all the way to his car exclaiming 'Ronnie', meaning Veronica, always has him do stuff like this. I told him that wasn't fair but all he said was love makes you do stupid and crazy things. I rolled my eyes as we got to his car. Man did I love that car. 'Betsy', as Archie has named her, was a '57 Fury in a beautiful red. I loved old cars. I didn't see many of them in the city but out here, besides Archie's car, I might see more classic beauties like this one. "Man Arch, I really love Betsy. She's a classic beauty." I flat out told him while slightly gawking at it as I stepped into the car. He finished putting my trunk in the trunk and walked up to the driver's side "Yeah she is a beauty." Archie agreed after getting into the car. Then he started her up and we were on our way to Riverdale.
We hit pretty bad traffic but after that we were ten minutes away from town. All of a sudden we heard a 'GROWL….Grumble grumble.' "What was THAT?" Archie asked looking around. "Ehehehe. That was me and my stomach. Sorry Archie but I mostly slept through the plane ride. Can we stop to eat?" I let him know and he nodded with a smile. * I know that smile.* I thought to myself. Whenever Archie gets an idea he gets this certain smile that I'm very fond of. "I know just the place." He stated as we continued down the road right into Riverdale.