{1} Tempest {Sweet Pea}

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Storm moved to stand between the Southside Serpents and the Riverdale Bulldogs and Vixens, who were all at once, coming down the stairs to face off with them.

"There's the school spirit that I so fondly remember." Jughead mumbles and Storm shakes her head at him.

"Cheryl, no one invited Fascist Barbie to the party." Veronica says coldly and anger sparked in her eyes, blazing up.

"Wrong, Veronica. No one invited Southside Scum to our school. Listen up, ragamuffins. I will not allow the great, far above average Riverdale High's GPA to suffer because of our classrooms that are now overcrowded with underachievers."

Cheryl was only starting as Storm's eyes flared up at once. "So, please find some other school to debase with your... very hardscrabble ways."

Cheryl finished and Storm held out her arm quickly to stop Toni from her verbal presence being used to start a fight.

"Why don't you come over here and say that to my face?" Toni said coldly and then the entire crew of Serpents, including Storm was now walking in the same direction toward Cheryl, the forward one.

"Happily, Queen of the Buskers." The bitch queen said and Storm looked at her.

"Hey, Cheryl bitchshell." Storm said coldly and Cheryl's head snaps to face her immediately. "You can get away, with calling me all sorts of shit names and whatever the hell else that your little lackeys there call me. But I'm warning you, insult my friends again, and you'll pay." Storm said coldly.

"Okay, guys. Everyone." Archie stepped in the middle of it and Storm growled at her twin brother, who shot her a look and she gave him a look that was the exact same in return.

"Can we just put our Northside-Southside differences apart and start over? A new slate?" Archie asked and Reggie shakes his head.

"You don't speak for the Bulldogs Andrews. And may I remind you, that these greaser-snakes showed up at your place to kick your ass."

Reggie said and Storm immediately steps in front of Sweet Pea, who was furious now, and everyone could see it.

"Time to finish what we started." He said and Storm stood in between the two, while Toni and Jughead grabbed him quickly.

"I am so over the toxic masculinity in this hallway right now." Veronica said so that all could hear her.

"All right, enough pomp and circumstance. Everyone, let's get to class. Now." Weatherbee says and the Serpents walk off together in a huddle while Storm followed them.

At lunch, Storm was sitting between Sweet Pea and Kevin on one couch in the lounge, while Toni was opposite them with a couple of others and Jug was in the middle.

"I don't think that we have properly met. Veronica Lodge." Veronica says as she stuck her hand out to Toni.

"Of the Park Avenue Lodges." Jughead adds with emphasis on it and Storm chuckled quietly as he gave her a smile in return.

"Toni. Toni Topaz." Toni said with a raised eyebrow at Jughead, before she shook hands with Veronica.

"Oh, like the purple - colored gemstone. Love it." Veronica says with a smile, and actually she was lucky enough to be getting one in return from Toni.

"And I'm Josie McCoy, formerly of the Pussycats. And this is Kevin." Josie was eager to pass it onto Kevin, who looks across at Fangs.

"So what's your name?" Kevin asked him.

"Fogarty. Or you can just call me Fangs." Fogarty says and Storm nods and fist bumped him, almost falling off the couch and into the table as a consequence, but being saved by the boys who yanked her back.

"Thanks guys. I forgot how short I am." She said and Kevin shakes his head quickly.

"Your last name's Keller, right?" Fangs asked.

"How did you know that?" Kevin asked, looking more then just a little bit creeped out.

"Joaquin and I used to hang out. He talked about you all the time." Fangs says and Kevin nods slightly.