"I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET SO ATTACHED TO THE MORTALS, BUT I DID. AND I'M NOT SORRY I DID, BECAUSE THEY ARE AMAZING. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM, AND THEY STILL LOVE ME."

JOSIE SCRATCH DOESN'T live with her brother, Nicholas in Greendale. He attends the Academy of Unseen Arts, whereas she attends Riverdale High. Yes, most witches are supposed to attend the academy as soon as they reach the age of sixteen, but Josie isn't like most witches.

Her brother grew up in Greendale with their father, and Josie grew up in Riverdale with her mother. Josie's father embraces his powers while Josie's mother has always done her best to forget she's a witch. So Josie has always attended school for mortals, and practices magic when she visits her father on the weekends.

However, both towns seem like every other small town across the world. Decent, innocent, and so safe. But if you get close enough, you'll see that neither town is anything like that. Greendale has witches that live in plain sight, and Riverdale... well, Riverdale seemed innocent until the Blossom twins went out on Sweetwater River on the Fourth of July.

On that day, the Blossom twins went out on the river for an early morning boat ride. The next thing we know happened for sure is that Dilton Doiley, who was leading Riverdale's Boy Scout Troop on a bird watching expedition, came upon Cheryl at the river's edge.

Riverdale Police dragged Sweetwater River for Jason's body, but never found it. So a week later, the Blossom family buried an empty casket, and Jason's death was ruled an accident, as the story that Cheryl told made the rounds. That Cheryl dropped a glove in the water, and Jason reached down to get it, and accidentally tipped the boat, and panicked, and drowned.

As for us, we were still talking about the "July Fourth tragedy" on the last day of summer vacation, when a new mystery rolled into town and an old mystery returned after a summer away...

CAST

SCARLETT BYRNE AS JOSIE 'JO' SCRATCH
"An old friend of mine once told me not to make the mistake of falling in love with mortal. But I think I'm making that mistake right now."

GAVIN LEATHERWOOD AS
NICHOLAS 'NICK' SCRATCH
"Unholy hell, I think my big sister
has finally fallen in love. She must be really special."

NICOLA CORREIA-DAMUDE
AS AUDREY SCRATCH
"I think that girl could do you some good. She brings out the good in you."

DANIELLE ROSE RUSSELL AS
SELENE BLACKWOOD
"Wow. This town has a guy that killed his own son for to keep his drug business going, a crazy redhead chick, a serial killer, a guy that's mixed up in the mafia, and a gang. Riverdale's almost as screwed up as Greendale."

CAMILA MENDES AS
VERONICA 'RONNIE' LODGE
"I don't follow rules. I make them. And when necessary, I break them."

LILI REINHART AS
BETTY COOPER
"You're my best friend, okay?
I love you no matter what."

KJ APA AS ARCHIE 'ARCH' ANDREWS
"How could you keep a secret
like that for so long? I'm so sorry
you had to go through that by yourself."

COLE SPROUSE AS
JUGHEAD 'JUG' JONES
"Do you really expect me to believe
you're a witch? Prove it."

MADELINE PETSCH AS
CHERYL BLOSSOM
"Personally, I think Polly's crazier than a
serial killer on bath salts."

VANESSA MORGAN AS
TONI TOPAZ
"You're kinda my best friend, Jo."

CASEY COTT AS
KEVIN 'KEV' KELLER
"Oh, my God! Jo got hot!"

AND CHARLES MELTON AS
REGGIE MANTLE
"Want me to rough him up? That way you
won't have to use your witchy juju."

and the rest of the riverdale cast
as their respective characters

warning:this book contains several triggering topics involving murder, suicidal attempts, alcohol use, witchcraft, sexual scenes, and other triggering topics. don't read if you can't handle that.

disclaimer:i only own josie scratch, audrey scratch, selene blackwood, and their plots. selene is the oc for my nicholas scratch fic called protector, and i plan on her making an appearance in this book. nick's character belongs to the writers of the chilling adventures of sabrina and netflix. all other characters and plots belong to the writers of riverdale and the cw.

started:november 28th,2018
unpublished:december 19th,2018
republished:january 27th,2019
ended:december 2nd, 2019

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