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Her mother still hit and abused her.
“You.” with a slap.
“Cheryl Marjorie Blossom.” her wrists were harshly grabbed as she was thrown to the ground.
“Are deviant.” A swift and prompt kick to her stomach.
“And no one, no one, will ever love you.” Penelope growled, leaving the bruised Cheryl with nothing but her tears to heal her wounds.
Each and every kick, each and every slap, each and every bruise Cheryl acquired made her stronger. Made her better than her mother. Made her more powerful than her mother. And to the Blossom’s power was everything.
After Jason’s, her father’s, and her own (near) death, Cheryl was ready to reclaim her title. With all her sin and suffering washed out by Sweetwater River, nothing could stop Cheryl. But now, now she had even more power. She had the ‘my brother was shot by my suicidal father’ line and the ‘I tried to commit suicide’ line. Even though the latter would only be useful on the Scooby Gang, it wouldn’t stop her from using it.
In her world, power was everything. And Cheryl Blossom was going to get everything.
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Across the tracks, Toni Topaz was scrubbing her kitchen the smell of bleach piercing her nose.
“Scrub faster.” her uncle grumbled, throwing more dirty rags on the ground. Toni huffed as she tucked a piece of loose hair behind her ear. Her hair was in a high ponytail and she wore an old t-shirt that exposed her midriff and light wash jeans.
“There.” Toni said, standing up, retucking her hair behind her left ear. Before looking up at her uncle.
“Its fine. Now, get out of here before they show up.” he said, walking into his bedroom to change. Toni glared at the closed door before walking into their shared bathroom and undressing to shower.
The cold water made her tense up as she closed her eyes and waited for the slam of the trailer door. Her muscles relaxed when it finally did with a “Get out of here before 7” from her uncle.
All Toni look forward to was when her uncle left for the rest of the month on ‘business’, which was who he was bringing back to their trailer. She loathed the weekend he had to come back to finish his business before returning off to work the next time.
Toni quickly erased the thoughts from her mind as she quickly turned the water off and step out onto the dirty floor. She hasilty got dressed in black jeans, a white crop top, tossing her Serpent jacket over it all. She ran her fingers through her damp hair and dried it as quickly as she could.
6:45
“Shit” Toni muttered to herself and threw whatever cloths she could find into her backpack, along with anything she needed for a couple nights before running out of her trailer. She hopped onto her motorcycle and sped off towards the bright neon lights in the heart of Riverdale.
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“Tiny, it's fine.” Fangs reassured her as he picked the bill up.
“No, at least let me pay you back next time.” Toni insisted. Fangs knew she didn’t have the money. Hell, he was surprised when she even offered to meet him at Pop’s. Truthfully, she rarely went to Pop’s, at least to actually eat. Fangs knew she couldn’t afford it. If they ever went, it was to loiter while him and Sweet Pea ate.
“Listen, you cover me at the Whyte Wyrm all the time, okay? It's fine.” Fangs lied. She didn’t often cover him, but they both knew Toni didn’t have the cash flow.
“I just...you always let me stay at your place when my uncle comes into town and you’re always so…” Toni began but was cut off.
“T, its okay, alright? ‘No Serpent stands alone’, remember?” Fangs reminded her. She smiled appreciatively before taking another sip from her chocolate milkshake.
“So, eyes on anyone new?” Toni raised her eyebrows as Fangs blushed.
“No, not at the moment. I’m not really looking for a girl at the moment and no guys are even remotely gay.” Fangs told her, “Besides, even if they were gay, they're all closet cases. Besides the sheriff’s kid, what’s his name, Keaghen?”
“I don’t know, I don’t even pay attention to Northsiders.” Toni rolled her eyes, taking another onion ring.
As if on cue, the bells to Pop’s rang as Toni heard a stiletto step onto the checkered tiles of Pop’s. Cheryl ‘Bombshell’ in all her glory had arrived with her posie of wanna-be’s.
Toni’s expression hardened as Cheryl’s eyes scanned Pop’s, landing on her before looking at Toni, as they make eye contact. Cheryl’s gaze averted to the Serpent jacket that sat on Toni’s shoulders rolling her eyes once she saw it.
She promptly spun around and lead her ‘friends’ to a booth on the complete opposite side of the diner. Before sitting down with her back to Toni.
Fangs notices the lack of Toni’s attention before following Toni’s glare, landing on one particular redhead.
“Apparently you pay attention to one Northsider.” Fangs teased her.
“Please, I only know about her because of…” Toni began as her voice trailed off in remembrance of the other Blossom twin. Fangs sipped his coffee slowly, avoiding the topic of the murder of Jason Blossom. He knew how close Toni was to the murder, and he knew how close she was to…
“We should go.” Toni said promptly, breaking him from his thoughts. He nodded in agreement, throwing $15 onto the table as they both exited the petit restaurant.
And even though no one noticed, and Cheryl thanks God for that, Cheryl couldn't deny Cheryl’s eye’s burning on the back of Toni’s leather jacket.
And Cheryl couldn't deny the feeling in her goddamn gut that this girl, this foolish pink-haired Serpent, would be the beginning and end of Cheryl Blossom.