Riverdale Oneshots

Unexpected Beginnings

A/N: hey everyone! This is an alternate to FnchDrcy 's part one to her Sherlock x riverdale crossover! Check out her sherlolly oneshots for part two! Thanks loves!

"Hey dad! Who is this in the photograph next to you?" Betty Cooper and her dad, Hal Cooper were looking at old photos.

"Um, well," Hal starts. "I guess I can tell you."

Betty is overcome with both worry and excitement for this secret her father is about to share.

"Her name is Molly, Molly Cooper. She is my sister, your aunt. We did not get along one bit. She was always jealous of my accomplishments that overshadowed her very few." Hal states proudly before continuing his story. "When she turned 18 and couldn't be constructed by your grandparents any longer, she packed her bags and ran off to England. Now I can only assume she is doing some obscure job, hanging about the weirdest people. No one has seen her in years. We all know where she is, but I guess no one really cares, including myself."

Betty looks astonished. She has a secret aunt? By this point, Hal is back to showing pictures of himself holding various trophies. 3rd grade spelling bee, 10th grade cross country meet, 12th grade honor roll. The list went on for ages.

"Just curious," Betty says nonchalantly. "you wouldn't happen to have her address, would you?"

"Oh I do! I guess it wouldn't hurt to give it to you. It's not like you can leave here anyways." He scribbles down a hardly recognizable address in godawful print.

She gazes at the note, trying to decipher the address.

"Thanks dad! I'll be up in my room if you need me!"

"Wait I still have more trophies to show you!" He shouts after her, but she has already locked her bedroom door and started composing the letter.

Dear Molly Cooper,

She starts the letter and realizes that her life must have been truly horrible for her to want to leave that quickly. Almost no one left Riverdale.

Small tears start to roll down her face as she writes, thinking of all the fun she could have had with another family member. Did she have cousins? Was her aunt mean? Would she have gotten better birthdays and Christmases? All these unanswered questions.

Suddenly her pencil snapped with Betty realizing her paper is stained with tears. She carefully finishes the letter, not wanting to ruin it more than she already has. She seals the envelope and clubs down the ladder Jughead has leaned against her window to mail the letter.

Time skip: later that day in a booth at Pops.

"Ok guys, I have news."

"What is it Betts?" Jug asks, a worried tone in his voice.

"Yeah come on B, that text you sent us has me really scared." Veronica says.

"Ok, so I just found out I have a secret aunt who left Riverdale as soon as she turned 18. She and my dad didn't get along, which is understandable. I think we should go and see her."

"Wow." The three of them say in unison.

"How far are we talkin' here?" Archie asks. "Canada? California?"

"England." Betty says, an adventurous glisten in her eyes.

"England? There's no way my parents will let me go." Veronica says. "After all the sneaking around, and my father being back, I'm not so sure B."

"Oh please, they've done enough crap to you. I'm sure you can wiggle your way out of this one too. You have so much dirt on them it's not even funny" Jughead says with a smirk.

"So does that mean you're down?" Betty asks hopefully.

"Oh I'm so down." Archie says.

"Me too I guess. I could use an adventure." Veronica gives in.

"When do we leave?" Jug says putting an arm around Betty.

"A week." Betty says. "I left my phone number just in case she needs to contact me before them. I'm ready to learn all of my family's messed up past. After what I've learned recently , all with my secret brother and my relation to the Blossom family, there's bound to be tons more."

The gang chats for hours, scheming away.

Ring ring

Betty picks up her phone.  It reads Blocked Caller.

The gang is set to leave in a few hours and are sitting in the waiting area for British Airlines.

"Hello?"

"Hello there!" The voice was that of a British man. "My name is Sherlock Holmes. Am I speaking to Elizabeth Cooper?"

So fancy. Betty think to herself.

"Yes this is she. How may I be of service to you?" Jughead gives her a strange look and Archie laughs.

"I realize you are coming to see Miss Molly Hooper?" The man asks.

"Um I am coming to see Molly Cooper if that's what you mean."

"Oh why of course, my mistake. Well I am a close friend of hers and she is very excited to meet you in a few hours. I'm guessing your flight lands in" he pauses. "8 hours and 31 minutes?"

"Woah yeah how did you do that?" She asks amazed.

"Some might call me a... proper genius."

"Cool! We'll see you later and Sherlock Holmes!"

"And you, Miss Elizabeth Cooper."

He hangs up the phone.

"Who was that, B?"  Veronica asks.

"Sherlock Holmes!"

"Like the guy from the storybooks?" Jughead asks skeptically.

"I guess so! You never know what can happen in this crazy messed up world." Betty says shrugging.

They board the plane and set off on their way to England.

A/N: if you enjoyed this story, don't forget to check out the other side of the story and the part 2 in FnchDrcy 's story called sherlolly oneshots!