{1} Tempest {Sweet Pea}

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Storm led the Serpents along with Archie, Sweet Pea and Cheryl, as the rest followed them. Running full out when they heard the sirens, keeping up an even pace when they didn't.

Storm felt a hand in hers and somehow she wasn't surprised to see that it was Sweet Pea holding it. He squeezed it as they all raced off.

They found all of their ways to the Andrews' house and Storm took all of the Serpents to the multiple closets.

Then, the very next day, Storm and her father were very busy in kitchens and cookin'. "Pea! Heads up!" She calls as she handed him a plate, stacked tall with pancakes, eggs, and sausage. "Dig in." She said to him, and he laughed at her antics, as everyone eventually got to eat food, and she finally got to eat herself.

"You left almost nothing, for yourself kiddo." FP noted as she ate the barely qualified as a meal that she had on an plate in her hand.

"They needed it more then I ever did, Mr. Jones." She says, and he looked at her. "FP." She corrected herself and he sat down.

"I'm gonna give the mantle to Jughead. I think you already knew about that, but I need you to promise me something." FP murmured, as she looked around and nodded.

"You and Sweet Pea. He trusts you two, probably the most out of every one of our Serpents. You are his two picks. Be his second here. You've got the will for it, we all know that. You'll be needed when it gets rough. You're also gonna be needed to control Sweet Pea, keep his temper in check." FP chuckled and Storm shakes her head at him.

"He trusts me FP. It's not a matter of whether I can control him or not." She says.

"Whatever you say." He says and he claps her on the shoulder, before he walked out of the Andrews' house of Serpents once again.

At school, Principal Weatherbee was clearly and completely shocked that it was nearly the entire school that had Serpent Jackets on now.

"What's the meaning of this?" The furious and startled Principal asked them all furiously.

"It's a show of support, sir. For all of the Southsiders who are all now being wrongly transferred out of our school, and I know it's wrong." Archie says.

"The Southsiders lost their home, they lost everything. Is it fair to leave them with nothing again? Without even the school to fall back on?"

Storm asked, as she stood next to Sweet Pea, but then as she spoke, the crowd of people suddenly moved to allow her to speak directly to the very stunned, Principal Weatherbee.

"You dare to defy us in such a way Miss Andrews?" He asked and she'd shake her head at him.

"Please Principal Weatherbee, save the formality for people who actually care about it. My name is Tempest, so you call me that, or Storm. We are ready to walk out. Serpent or not, we will not stay at a school where among the staff, discrimination is tolerated. It doesn't matter what side of the tracks you came from. It doesn't matter if you moved away and came back. We are all a part of Riverdale." She says as she looked at the crowds around her.

"Jughead Jones is a part of Riverdale, a vital part. Sweet Pea, the guy who is known mostly by the very misleading nature of his name is Riverdale. Every person here, every student, teacher at any opportunity or any school, would agree that everyone here today is part of Riverdale." She says, and the crowd began to cheer.

"Tempest! Tempest! Tempest!"

The Southside Serpents were among the loudest chanting for clear and the obvious reasoning, as then Sweet Pea with help from Archie, they had lifted her onto their shoulders.

"Tempest! Tempest! Tempest!"

The crowd was now roaring her name, and naturally going completely berserk over the fact that even after a rousing speech such as that, Principal Weatherbee had still not said anythin' to indicate a change of mind.

"Everyone, get to class." He said finally, after the crowd had been calmed at least a little, by Storm's magic voice.

"Put me down, you sweet, but complete and total idiots." She said to Sweet Pea as he put her down as then the Serpents swarmed her. "I take that back!"

She exclaims at once, while Sweet Pea's laughter and smile were both seen and heard from across the school all over.

After the student election had been completed Storm was twisting a snake ring around her finger as she waited a bit impatiently, while Sweet Pea was messing around with a deck of cards.

"Attention, all the Riverdale High students. The results of your Student Council election are in. Your new student body president is... Archie Andrews." And everyone began to cheer loudly. "In unrelated news, as for the foreseeable future, all former Southside High students will remain at Riverdale High. That is all." And the rest of the school erupted back into cheers and Storm smiled.