Hidden Secrets {season 2}

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Season 2: episode 11: The Wrestler {part 1}

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One week after Riverdale highs absorption of its southside counterpart, and everything was the same. And nothing was the same. Take Archie Andrews. On the surface, he is getting ready for basketball tryouts, as he does every winter. But underneath, he was churning. His life is chaos after the unexpected visit from the feds. Meanwhile, the town was preparing to honour its founding father, general Augustus Pickens.
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"Mr. Jones, Miss. Queen, eyes up front please." Our teacher called out as we both look back up to Cheryls presentation.

"Thank you, Mrs. Haggly." Cheryl said as she went back to talking about the Pickens man. "As i was saying, each year, we honour the memory of the General Pickens. Yet few know the truth. That it was my great, great, great, grandpappy, colonel Barnabas. B Blossom who bank-rolled general Pickens settlement of an eden along the river of Sweetwater, where the maple tres grow taller than the steeples of Europes grandest cathedrals which is why, every year, i petition the mayor's office to rename Pickens day to..."

And before she could finish the bell went off and dismissed us from this shitty ass class. "Thank you for that, Cheryl. Mr. Jones andMiss. Queen, we look forward to see your oral history report next week." Our teacher said. We both nod and made our way out of the class room.

"Got that when on way to long." I mumbled to myself as i exited the school to go home.

The next day Jughead and i make our way into the student lounge to find all of our friends all on the couch looking at Betty's phone. "Well, i must say, he is very fetching for someone who was living on skid row." Veronica said as she hands the phone back to Betty.

"Who we taking about?" I ask as jughead and i sit down.

"Betty's long lost brother." kevin says

"Cool, you found him." I say. I wasnt sure what to say at the time. I mean, what do you say when you find out that your friend just found her long lost brother.

Kevin then take the phone to look at. "Yeah, he is a hottie who looks incredibly familiar to me by the way."

"Maybe you adventures in the woods?" Jughead suggested.

"Maybe if i were allowed to meet this hottie in person..." Betty then cuts Kevin off.

"Chic is still acclimating. And i am trying to get him to trust me,it my mother is treating him like he is a 10 year old boy,and my father is acting like her is the devil's spawn." Betty explained to us.

"Well, that's fun." I mutter to myself as i look over to Jughead to see him roll his eyes.

"Well, i think i have an amazing idea. Bring the Omen to Pickens Day, and then we can all meet him. Plus it would be good for him to get out of the house." Veronica suggested. "Everyone is coming right?"

"No, why would we go, when the Serpents weren't invited. Like every yea, we are never invited." I explain, throwing my hands up in the air.

"The serpents were specifically asked to come this year." Veronica said getting defensive about it all.

"Yeah, to provide security. Like we are all on the Snowpiecer train, but the serpents happen to be waiting all the cockroaches for yo guys. It is unfair, hints the reason we are not going." Jug said as i nodded agreeing with him on this one.

"You dont have to work if you dont want to." Veronica said trying to calm jughead down.

"And the rest of the Serpents do. Yeah, no. Not goin to happen." I said as i got up and spotted Toni. "No if you excuse me i am off."

"The damage, as they say, has already been done." Jughead then got up and followed me. "Talk to you guys later. Y/n and i have plans with Toni. We are going to be interviewing her grandfather for our oral history report. Oldest living serpent."

"My grandfather is older." I say joking.

"Yeah, but he is in Spain."jughead says as we start walking away.

"Thank you far meeting with us, Mr. Topaz. Toni told me that yo are one of the founding members of the South-side serpents." Jughead said as he pull out his computer to take notes.

"Yes, the snake, the laws, all based on the Uktena tradition." Mr. topaz explained.

"Can you explain more of who the Uktena people were?" I ask.

"The Uktena is a type of serpent, a horned serpent or a water serpent. Before this land was known as Riverdale it all belonged to the Uktena. It was our land."

"How did the Ukteana evolve into the Serpents?" Jughead asked.

Mr. topaz laughed a little as Jughead gave a confused look. "The Uktena, we didn't evolve. We al got slaughtered. When my grandpa was a bab, he was there. At the raid. Along with one of you great great something grandparents, y/n. I am sure they would know a lot about this, with there royalty title. Anyways as i was saying, my grand father was at the raid and was lead by non other than the General Pickens. In the battle if you want to calll it that, it only lasted for 12 minutes. However the slaughter was total and savage."

"The General Pickens? The guy that has a statue that stands up in Pickens park?" He nods.

"And every year the nothsiders honour a man that killed many of our children. When my grand father died, we formed the serpents to keep the family together. Along with honouring those that we lost."

"How do people not know about this?" Jughead asks

"Well, people do, it is just that the white wash of histor takes affect and well, we all get forgotten." I say as jughead looks over at me shocked.

"You didnt think that Jason Blossom was the first to get killed in little old Riverdale did you?" Toni asks.

Jughead and i finish questioning and then we go call my grandfather in Spain and get some more answers. I knew the general part to the killing that mr Pickens did but i wanted more answer.