Riverdale's Serpent Queen

In the small town of Riverdale, nothing is what it seems. The secrets that surround this town are limitless. On the surface, Riverdale is that place everyone wants to live but underneath are dark secrets ready to come to the surface. The death of local resident: Jason Blossom will set off a chain of events that will lead to darkness in this small town...

The Northside of Riverdale has had this long standing rivalry with the Southside. While the Northside of Riverdale is home to the wealthy and privileged, the Southside houses the more impoverished residents of Riverdale. Due to the disconnect and prejudices on both sides, there is a deep resentment between Northsiders and Southsiders that could result in an all out.

In the middle is Mackenzie Logan or simply Max...

Max was a result of an affair between a Southside Serpent and a Northside heiress. Max's grandparents were very disapproving of their daughter's relationship with the Southsider and gave her an ultimatum: end the relationship or be disowned. Refusing to go against her heart, she runs away to start a brand-new life on the Southside, fracturing the already tense relationship between the Northside and Southside.

Eight years later, Max along with her younger brother: Rafe Logan are living in Sunnyside Trailer Park. After the death of her parents, Max found a new family in the Southside Serpents: her father's old crew. At the ripe age of 13, Max was initiated into the Southside Serpents and has become an integral and respected member of the gang. By her side, Toni Topaz, Fangs Fogarty, and Sweet Pea: Max's best friends and confidantes. Despite losing her family, Max never felt like she was alone...

The appearance of Jughead Jones to the Southside, and the tensions between the Northside and the Southside at an all time high, Max is bracing herself for an all out war and uncovering some hidden family secrets, that could completely change everything...

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Author's Note: Lately I have been obsessed with Riverdale. I just finished watching Season one and I'm well into Season two and I am obsessed. Veronica is a boss, Jughead is awesome, and Toni is my spirit animal. This is my take on Riverdale with my own character that I have developed. The story will be based off of Season two, which features more of the Southside and the Southside Serpents.
This will chapter will introduce my character and a bit of background on her story

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN RIVERDALE OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS. I ONLY OWN MAX LOGAN, HER FAMILY, MY STORYLINES, AND WHATEVER YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE.

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Prologue: Welcome to the Southside

It was another cloudy day in Riverdale, but it always seemed like it was cloudy on the Southside of the quaint little town. On the Southside, everywhere you looked, there were either people dealing or gangs beating the crap out of each other for just looking at each other the wrong way. That was life on the Southside of Riverdale. The residents of the Southside deal with not only being victims of circumstance, but also being frowned on by the residents of the Northside.

Those were just a few of the many problems running through Riverdale...

It wasn't even before the crack of dawn, Mackenzie Logan, or Max was in front of her trailer, working on her 1967 Chevy Camaro. People on the Southside knew Max for her signature purple hair and her charming yet fierce attitude. It was pretty easy to spot Max in a crowd of people, and when you did, you never forgot her. Max was just a few of the many residents that lived out of Sunnyside Trailer Park. Although her circumstances aren't the best, Max is getting by everyday.

As Max worked on her car, a small boy bounced out of her trailer.

"Max!" he smiled gleefully. That little boy was Max's whole world: her little brother Rafe. After an accident that took her parents away, Rafe was all Max had left. She would walk through fire and brimstone for her little brother. Rafe was probably the only person in the whole world that Max truly trusts and loves.

"Morning little man" Max genuinely smiled, kissing the top of Rafe's head. "You ready for school?"

"Yeah! I couldn't find my lunch though." This wasn't the first time that Max and Rafe had a food shortage.

Max let out a deep breath, running her fingers through his hair. "That's because today, you're buying lunch."

"Really?!" Max was so used to bringing his own lunch to school that buying lunch from the cafetorium was exciting.

"Yeah" Max smiled. "So, do you wanna use the Harley or the Camaro?"

"The Harley!" Rafe pointed to Max's motorcycle. Rafe always liked riding with his big sister on her motorcycle.

"Alright" Max chuckled, handing Rafe his helmet. Revving up her motorcycle, Max dropped off Rafe at Southside Elementary before heading to Southside High School. As pulled up to the elementary school, Max got off her bike and crouched down to her little brother's height. "Okay, do good, kick butt and if anyone tries to mess with you, let me know okay" Max smiled at Rafe.

"Okay" Rafe smiled.

"Okay, here's your lunch money and I'll see you when you get home" Max kissed the top of Rafe's head as she saw him off. As Rafe walked into school, he looked back and waved to his big sister before walking into school.

As Max saw her little brother off, she took out her wallet and saw that she had almost no money left. Max had given the last of her money to Rafe. Letting out an annoyed sigh, Max put on her helmet and rode off to school. Max could care less about her well-being. All that mattered was that Rafe was taken care off, that's all Max cared about.

Once she arrived at school, Max parked her bike and with her backpack hanging off one shoulder, she walked into school with her head high. As she walked through the doors, the crowd of students parted like the red sea... just for her. Not only was her hair the center of attention, but the double-headed Serpent on the back of her leather jacket made a very loud statement.

The Southside Serpents ran the Southside with an iron fist. People knew better than to mess with them, and anyone stupid enough to mess with them would feel the their wrath. They were the all-seeing eye of the Southside of Riverdale. Max has been a Serpent since she was 13 and rose up in the ranks by sheer will. Many Serpents, young and old gave her the utmost respect. The Serpents weren't just her gang, they were her family.

As Max walked the halls, she stumbled upon her best friends and fellow Serpents: Toni Topaz, Fangs Fogarty, and Sweet Pea hanging out in the courtyard. While Toni sat on the table, Sweet Pea and Fangs were arm wrestling. Max wasn't a very welcoming person. It took a lot for someone to earn her trust, but when they did, they got a friend for life. When Max was in her early years of being a Serpent, Toni and Sweet Pea were her go-to's, her ride-or-dies, and her best friends. They would meet Fangs down the road, who they took under their wings. Whenever she or Rafe needed something, they were there.

"Mornin' deadbeats, what are you doin?" Max smiled, walking up to them.

"Just your resident meatheads in their natural habitat, in their never ending quest to prove their masculinity" Toni smirked. "The usual."

"And, I'm totally gonna win" Fangs breathed out.

"In your dreams" Sweet Pea strained, trying to keep his arm upright.

"How long have they been going at it?" Max sat next to Toni.

"It's best two out of three..." Tony explained.

Rolling her eyes, Max walked up to Sweet Pea and stood behind him. Max gently dragged her fingernails along his Serpent tattoo on his neck, painfully slow. Sweet Pea felt a breath caught in his throat.

"You good there, Sweet Pea?" Fangs smirked.

"Never better" Sweet Pea tried to ignore Max, but everyone could tell she was getting under his skin. Bending down, Max let her breath fan his neck as Sweet Pea felt his eyes rolling back. Max breathed into his ear before gently nibbling on it. Closing his eyes, Sweet Pea let his guard down for a brief second allowing Fangs to beat him.

"I win!" Fangs exclaimed, earning claps from his fellow Serpents and teases for Sweet Pea.

"That's cheating!" Sweet Pea turned to Max, as she smirked at him.

"Maybe you don't have razor sharp Serpent focus" Toni teased him as she sat next to Toni. Sweet Pea's cheeks were still pretty flushed as his fellow Serpents teased him. Max got a bit of satisfaction out of teasing Sweet Pea. She loves that she could rile him up with little to no effort. As they clowned Sweet Pea, the bell rang.

While they walked to class, a Ghoulie whistled at Max. "Who knew Serpents were so hot" as he slapped Max's butt.

"Hey!" Max growled at him.

"What?" he put his hands up, playing dumb as Fangs, Sweet Pea, and Toni stared him down. It was no secret that the Ghoulies and the Serpents have a very hostile relationship. If they were even in the same breathing room, a fight was bound to break out.

"You really wanna get your ass kicked" Sweet Pea grabbed the Ghoulie by the collar.

"Sweet Pea" Max placed a hand on his bicep. "I'll take care of it..."

Slowly walking up to him, Max's face was way too close to that Ghoulie's for comfort. Sweet Pea felt his anger getting the better of him. Closing his eyes, the Ghoulie thought Max was gonna kiss him but was met with a headbutt. That headbutt was strong enough to knock him off his feet.

"What the hell?!" the Ghoulie held his nose in pain, as Fangs, Sweet Pea, and Toni just chuckled at him.

"Remember that the next time you even think about putting your hands on any Serpent" Max picked him up by the collar before slamming him down on the ground. With that said, Max walked over him with her best friends in tow.

"Impressive" Sweet Pea wrapped an arm around Max's shoulder. Sweet Pea is very protective of Max and anyone knew better than to mess with her, because they'd have to deal with him. While Max could take care of herself, Sweet Pea is always looking after her even when she doesn't realize it.

"And you think I can't take care of myself" Max smirked, elbowing him in the gut as they walked to class.

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After a long day of school, Max, Toni, Fangs, and Sweet Pea were hanging out at the Whyte Wyrm: a local bar where all the Serpents would hang out. If the four of them weren't in school, most likely they were here. While Toni was manning the bar and Fangs was playing Mortal Kombat, Max and Sweet Pea were playing a round of pool.

"You coming to the quarry later?" Sweet Pea hit the cue ball.

"Can't, no one's watching Rafe..." Max sat on the edge of the pool table.

"Starting to think you love Rafe more than me" Sweet Pea joked.

"Please..." Max jumped off the pool table before knocking in two striped balls. "I'll always love Rafe more than you, you're a close second though." Earning a light shove and a smile from Sweet Pea.

As they continued playing, they heard a ruckus coming from outside.

"What the hell?" Max put down her pool cue.

"Fogarty, let's check it out" Sweet Pea called out as they went out to see what was going on.

"Toni!" Max called out as the two of them followed after Sweet Pea and Fangs.

Max and Toni ran outside to see that some Serpents were mixing it up with some Northside Bulldogs, that thought it would be smart to come to their neck of the woods. As a Bulldog was about to punch Sweet Pea, Max ran and grabbed his arm before swinging at him, hitting him right in the jaw. Sweet Pea couldn't help but smile. He could always count on Max to have his back with her killer right hook.

"Get him up" Sweet Pea said as Max held his head up as he hit him again.

Before the fight could get out of hand, sirens could be heard in the immediate area. "Cops!" Fangs yelled.

"Come on!" Sweet Pea took Max's hand as they got on his bike, and drove off as everyone else dispersed. The last thing the Serpents needed was to get hauled in by the cops or spend another night at the Sheriff's station.

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Arriving at her trailer, Sweet Pea sat on the hood of Max's Camaro as she went to get him an ice pack for his eye. This wasn't the first fight that Max and her friends have been in and it won't be the last. That's why she kept several first aid kits and ice packs in her trailer.

"I can't believe you left my bike at the Wyrm" Mac whined as she tossed the ice pack to Sweet Pea.

"Stop whining, we'll get your bike the morning" Sweet Pea iced his eye.

"You'll have quite the shiner in the morning" Max smirked, hopping into the hood of her car next to him.

"It's a trophy, those Northside chumps will know better than to mess with us."

"God knows you need more of those..." Max rolled her eyes at the number of battle scars Sweet Pea had gotten over the years. "You would think that they would know better" Max chuckled as she gently ran her fingers on Sweet Pea's black eye. "Does it hurt?"

"It'll be better if you kiss it" Sweet Pea teased her.

"In your dreams" Max shoved his face, making them both laugh.

"But seriously, thanks for having my back."

"If I don't who will" Max smiled at him. Not that many people can handle Sweet Pea's temper. But Max could with ease. She was the one that can keep him from flying off the hinges or let him off his leash. "That's what we do, we look out for each other..."

Max and Sweet Pea sat there in comfortable silence. Out of all the Serpents, Max and Sweet Pea have a very special relationship. Although they could fight, tease each other, and get under each other's skin, when bush came to shove, Sweet Pea would run into the fire for Max and he knew she would do the same for him. His loyalty to was her strong. Sweet Pea is one of the few people that Max is comfortable showing her true self too. Sweet Pea has seem Max at her best and at her worst, and has stayed by her side. There were moments where he knew her better than Max knew herself.

As they sat there, a school bus pulled up in front of the trailer.

"Hey Rafe" Max smiled as her little brother ran up to her.

"Max, I got an 'A' on my math test!" Rafe held up his test.

"Good job, my man" Sweet Pea ruffled his hair.

"Are you staying Sweet Pea?" Rafe had come to see Sweet Pea as like the big brother he never had. While Max did all she could, there were just something things that Sweet Pea could teach him that she couldn't.

"Can't buddy, I've got somewhere to be. Maybe tomorrow" Sweet Pea got off Max's Camaro and headed over to his bike.

"Why don't you go inside and do your homework, I'll meet you in a second" Max gently pushed Rafe into their trailer as she followed Sweet Pea to his bike.

"Would you ever let him be a Serpent?" Sweet Pea asked, getting on his bike.

"He'll decide when he's old enough to make that choice" Max crossed her arms. But in her heart, Max didn't want Rafe to be sucked into the world she was in. He has the potential to do more than she's doing. "I can't make that choice for him. I want to give him the choice that I never got..."

"He'd make one hell of a serpent..."

"We'll cross that bridge when we get there" Max looked into her trailer to see Rafe doing his homework. "He could be so much more."

"I don't know, I think your pretty great" Sweet Pea smirked.

"And they say you're just a pretty face" Max gently shoved Sweet Pea. "Pick me up tomorrow?"

Nodding his head, Sweet Pea put on his helmet, revved up his bike and headed back to the Whyte Wyrm. As Max watched him ride off, a rare smile appeared on her face. Max didn't show her emotions very often, but when she did, it was around people she was secure enough with.

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Max was sitting in the backseat with Rafe as her parents were in front. The family was going back to Sunnyside Trailer Park after another family movie night. It was a family tradition that ever Friday, Max and her family would got to the movies together after saving up all the extra money they could during the week.

"Did you kids like the movie?" Max's father: Jake Logan asked his family.

"Yeah!" Rafe exclaimed, happily.

"Sorry dad, wasn't that crazy about Mission Impossible" Max shrugged her shoulders.

"Come on, Max!" Jake breathed out.

"Sweetie, did you not see Tom Cruise?" Max's mother: Miranda Logan stared a hole through her daughter.

"I saw him mom" Max rolled her eyes. "Next week, I'm picking the movie."

"Fine" Jake put his hands up in defense. As Jake drove, he looked in his rear view mirror to see that a car was tailing him. A bit confused, Jake changed lanes but the car followed after him.

"Dad, that car's following us..." Max looked behind her.

"I saw, I'm gonna try to outrun him" Jake pushed on the gas, but the car wasn't going to let them go.

"Dad, he's still following us" Rafe looked behind him. The car as getting way too close to them. If that car wanted to hit them, it could. Nodding his head, Jake sped up the car, hoping to lose whoever was following them.

"Honey, you're driving too fast..." Miranda took her husband's hand.

"Just relax, I got this" Jake kept his eyes glued on the road.

"Dad..." Max held onto Rafe for dear life.

"Kid's just hold on" Jake looked back at his kids with a smile. But once he turned his attention back to the road, Jake was driving straight into a guardrail. "Jake!" Miranda yelled, but before Jake could hit the break it was too late. The car rammed head first into the guard rail...

Max immediately sat up, gasping for air. Trying to steady her breathing, Max just sat on her bed. This wasn't the first time that Max has had these dreams. That night was grained in her memory. As much as Max wanted to forget that night, she couldn't. That was the night that everything was taken from her...

Author's Note: Well, that's Max. You guys got to meet not only her little brother, but Toni, Fangs, and Sweet Pea. This story introduces a little bit of background, taken place some time during Season one. I know it was little boring but it gives a bit of background on Max and where she's going.
The next few chapters are gonna be a bit boring, but they will pick up, I promise.
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