Vivianna Arden-Cardinal had done it again, but her parents were at breaking point. It was obvious that South Dakota wasn't doing her any good. No matter how much money her parents spent on her, she always acted out. Whether it was drugs, stealing, breaking and entering or worse, she always ended up in trouble. Her parents came to the conclusion that the only way to fix her was to send her to live with her aunt and her cousin, Grace Cardinal, and go to a school called Degrassi.