The Tale of Opposite Souls

4) 𝒜 𝒟𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 ℳ𝒶𝒹𝑒

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𝓙𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥

I watched as she ran off and I smirked and crossed my arms as Archie approached me. "You really had to upset her? What would your parents say now?"

I shrugged at his response "I didn't want to dance with her, it was the least I could do."

He rolled his eyes and I said "why are they even here? I've told my parents countless of times that I do not like her, then the scorn she is here they demand me to dance with her?"

He laughed out "well I can tell you this then, at least you do not have to wed her."

I shivered at the sheer thought "if I had to do any of that I'd throw up. Never in my life would I ever do that to myself."

He laughed and whispered "having to consummate in front of the ton, in front of her ladies, your mothers."

I hit his neck telling him "thankfully that will never have to happen, and curse me if I ever have a child with that women, I fear it will have horns when it's out just like her."

We both laughed at my comment as suddenly we heard the clinking of glass.

We turned our heads seeing my mother and father standing up as my father held a glass "Everyone, thank you for coming, for a long time we have spent arguing, fighting over petty little things here in Riverdale and not focusing on what truly matters most, the people. And with that, King Harold?"

I watched as the Northside King went up with my father and I was confused seeing what was happening "The Northside and the Southside will begin to build a friendship and no longer be at odds with one another but in fact for as a team to build the town of Riverdale to the highest and strongest monarchy it can be at. And with that being said, Jughead may you come up?"

Confused I turned to Archie as I walked over and he shrugged as I stood beside my parents "what is going on? What haven't either of you told me?" I asked and my mother didn't speak but my father smiled holding my shoulder.

"The throne in exactly five months will go to my son Forsyth Pendleton Jones the Third."

I smiled and everyone clapped as I asked "really I get to be King?"

My father nodded and I questioned "but I thought you wanted me to get married first?"

He smirked and told me "and you will, to unite the partnership and alliance between the both of us, my son Forsyth Pendleton Jones the Third will Mary Northside Princess Elizabeth Marie Cooper."

I had heard some claps and the others just seemed whisper, clearly because Elizabeth and I aren't shy of showing our hatred for one another.

I saw Elizabeth be pushed up and push beside me as she groaned and began speaking with her mother as I told my own mother "I will not marry that girl."

She sighed and tried to calm me down as my father said "A toast for a new chapter for us."

I scoffed and glared at Elizabeth and she did the same back at me.

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When the party was over my parents and Elizabeths parent shoved us into a room "father you cannot be serious that I am marrying this ogre!"

She slapped me and I grabbed her hand as our parents shouted "enough!"

We both stopped and ripped away from one another as my mother explained to me "if we do not do this Jughead we have a disk of putting everyone in the Southside in danger, we need to be stable, and while yes I don't like this either we have no choice but to do this. Please understand that?"

I scoffed and shouted "I hate this women! I will never marry her let alone have a child with her!?"

Betty spat back at me "oh please I wouldn't want your child either! I do not want my child to have four eyes!"

Her father shouted "enough Elizabeth! It does not matter, this is what we have to do and the is final."

She sighed and I stood apart from her as we stayed in silence.

But after a while suddenly Betty let out a huffed out "fine..."

I turned my head to her and she frowned looking at me then to her parents "I'm doing this for my home, but it will not be my fault if I don't bare his child."

She walked out and I sighed as her mother followed her and I looked at my father and he said "are you going to now act right or will you disappoint me again?"

I frowned and groaned tapping my foot and shrugged "fine. But I will not love her, we will sleep in separate beds, I do not care if I have an heir or not. I never wanted this."

They stared at me and I turned around walking away, but when I got to my room I suddenly heard a knock.

I turned around and scoffed telling them "go away I'm definitely not in the mood."

I heard the footsteps and turned my chin to face her.

The Lady Donna smiled at me as she told me "I stayed back, I knew you'd miss me."

I smiled at her as she told me "I saw that you are to marry the brat of the Northsider Princess."

I chuckled softly and nodded "yeah I guess..."

She smiled and began unbuttoning my best saying "I stayed back for you..."

I smirked and placed my hands above hers "well Lady Donna..."

She smirked back "don't make many noises or my parents may hear."

She scoffed out "oh please it's you who does all the talking."

I chuckled softly as she pulled me towards my bed.