It was a Friday night. Me and my family had just moved to a little town called Riverdale. We have a little house on the SouthSide. We spent the whole day unpacking and settling in. After eating a cheese burger and fries from Pop's, I decide to take a walk and see the town. Apparently, the southside is a rough place, there's two gangs that live here. I don't know, I wasn't listening. It was getting colder, wishing I had grabbed a jacket instead of leaving wearing my blue skinny jeans, pink cropped hoodie and converse. I walk past a little shop and see a group of about 6 boys. I instantly become nervous, I walk past and hear someone whistle.
"Hey baby. Why don't you come over here?" Some lad shouts.
"Go to hell." I yell back and walk a little faster. I hear footsteps behind me and someone grab my arm.
"Smart mouth little bitch! I'll teach you to mess with the Ghoulies." The same dude who whistled at me spits. He punches me in the stomach and I crash to the floor. He then grabs my chin and makes me look at him before punching me in the mouth and another in the eye. I feel blood in my mouth and my eye throbbing. He sends another kick into my stomach and another to my face.
"Bitch." He laughs and him and his friends walk away. I groan on the floor for a few minutes before slowly getting up and heading to where I hear people. Hoping it wasn't these so called Ghoulies.
I stumble into what I think is a bar and everyone stares at me. "Why is there a Northsider in our bar!?" Someone yells.
"Shit, she's bleeding! FP!" Another yells. Someone places a hand on my shoulder and I flinch.
I collapse on a sofa and hold my stomach. I feel multiple people crouch next to me. "What's your name, sweetheart?" Someone asks.
"Ally." I whisper.
"Hi Ally, I'm Toni and these are my friends Jughead, Fangs and Sweet Pea. We are going to patch you up." A pink haired girl smiles. I look at her friends and notice them all wearing leather jackets with snakes on.
"Who did this to you?" The one named Jughead asks.
"They called themselves Ghoulies. I don't know who they are." I groan as Toni cleans my lip.
"Those damn Ghoulies. My name is FP and I'm the leader here. We are the Serpents. Don't worry, we won't hurt you like those bastard Ghoulies." FP announces and places a hand on my shoulder. "We will look after you." I smile at him and thank him.
After 30 minutes of cleaning my wounds and Toni bandaging my stomach up, FP and some of the older serpents leave to find the Ghoulies who did this and make them pay. I'm left with Toni, Fangs, Jughead and Sweet Pea. They all seem really nice.
"Thank you guys for helping me. I've only just moved here and I've already got beaten up." I laugh.
"Don't worry about it, I've got your back, babe." Toni smiles and strokes my hand.
"Yeah, the Ghoulies are assholes. Stay away from them, serpents will protect you." Fangs smiles and I nod at him, smiling back.
Fangs, Toni and Jughead go to tend to the bar and clean up, while Sweet Pea stays with me.
"Did you really move here today?" Sweet Pea asks.
I nod. "Yeah, spent the day unpacking and I decided to go for a walk to look at the town, wish I never now."
"Well I'm glad you did." I raise my eyebrow. "I'm not glad you got beaten up, but I'm glad I met you. You seem cool." Sweet Pea mumbles the last part.
"You seem cool too, especially your tattoo." I smile and trace my fingers over his serpent tattoo on his neck. He relaxes under my touch and smiles at me.
I exchange numbers with the serpent foursome, them promising to meet me at school and show me around.
Little did I know, this was the start of a beautiful friendship.
