InsaneJournal

There was nothing like burgers and shakes at Pop's to make all the weirdness just go away. Sitting against the window in a booth with Betty by his side, Archie and Veronica directly across from them had some kind of supernatural power that made them all forget everything that happened outside the diner doors. That wasn't entirely true, of course not. But when they were there, chowing down on burgers and sipping hand made shakes, it was easy to pretend the outside world didn't exist.

That feeling, that blissful ignorance couldn't last. Of course not. No. The diner might be open 24 hours, but that didn't mean they could sit there indefinitely. Eventually they had to settle up the bill and head out. That, naturally, was when things went sideways again.

Jughead held the door for his friends. Archie and Veronica, then Betty slipped out ahead of him. He pulled up the rear, and as he let go of the door and took a step forward, he felt himself falling. It was the oddest sensation, more like spinning through space and time, and even though it only lasted a few seconds, it felt like an eternity. He lurched forward, dazed, confused, disoriented.

His gaze darted all around. "The hell?" he muttered to no one in particular. "This is not Riverdale." And his friends were nowhere to be seen. He had no idea where he was, or how he'd gotten here, but he was definitely not where he was supposed to be, unless Pop's parking lot had been transformed into a small town town square while no one was looking. But even so, where were the others? No, he was the one who wasn't where he was supposed to be.