Best Friends For Never - Part 2 Archie Fan betty_cooper72@yahoo.ca After Betty gets the wishing ring things change even more Veronica woke up feeling strange. Try as she wanted to she couldn't remember how she got home from school the previous day. She had the vaguest dream about living in a mansion similar to the one that her tormentor at school, Betty Cooper, lived in. But it was just that, a dream and nothing more. Her father was just the manager of the local grocery store and while they weren't poor by any means they weren't rich either. But in the town of Riverdale her family were basically second class citizens. Riverdale was a unique town to say the least. The small town of about five thousand people was run by a number of large muscular women who called themselves the Femizons. These women only made up perhaps 10% of Riverdale's population but they held almost all the positions of power. Nobody was entirely sure what caused Riverdale to have these women who just started appearing in the mid 1960's, scientists had done hundreds if not thousands of tests with no conclusive results Veronica had long wondered why her father had decided to move to Riverdale just before she was born. Even he wasn't entirely sure why, he might have reconsidered given what he now knew. But Riverdale had become a home and he didn't want to leave. Veronica's parents had gotten a divorce when she was six. Not being a Femizon meant that she was subject to ridicule from the women who were. This had driven her mother to drink and after a stay in rehab and an attempt at suicide she had filed for divorce and moved away, supposedly to Florida. Veronica had heard from her mother one time since then when she was ten and her mother had been arrested for vehicular manslaughter after hitting a pedestrian while driving when she had been drinking and doing cocaine. As far as Veronica knew her mother was serving a fifteen year sentence still and hopefully was getting sober. Veronica showered and got dressed and gathered her things to go to school. School was by far the worst part of her day. For some reason she was one of the favourite targets of bullying by the Femizon students at her school. As she walked to school she met up with her boyfriend Archie Andrews. Like Veronica, Archie also came from a broken home; however in his case it was his father who had left. Archie's mother was one of the Femizons and was the captain of Riverdale's Police Force. His father, who had grown up in a traditional home, had ended up relegated to the homemaker role and had found it emasculating. Like Veronica's mother he had taken to drinking. His drinking made him violent and while Archie's mother was more than able to stand up to her husband she had divorced him to protect her son. His father had ended up arrested dozens of times for public drunkenness, was unable to hold down a job and had eventually been found dead, drowned in a public fountain. There had been an investigation and it had been determined that he had drunkenly fallen into the fountain and been knocked out when he had hit his head. However Archie never entirely believed that it was an accident. The two of them met up with their friend Jughead. Jughead was from a normal family. Jughead came from a normal stable family; his parents were both still married. His father ran the bowling alley while his mother worked part-time at the library. The three of them went to school together. Riverdale High had about five hundred students as it served the entire town. The three of them were all seniors at Riverdale High. Their grade had twelve Femizons in the 128 students in their grade. There was Midge Klump a dark haired girl whose mother was also a Femizon. Ginger Lopez was a Latina girl with blond bangs whose younger twin sisters were freshmen at the school and also Femizons. Maria Rodriguez was another Latina girl whose father was a teacher at the school. Wendy Weatherbee had dark hair with dyed red streak and she was the niece of Mr. Weatherbee, the former principal who had retired the year prior. Tomoko Yoshida was a Japanese girl who was huge compared to her parents. Trula Twyst was a red- head whose mother Krista was a bestselling author who had just taken a position teaching English at the school. Joani Jumpp was another red-head but who had curlier hair, who was Trula's cousin. Sandy Sanchez was a brunette girl whose father was a teacher and her mother was a Femizon on the town council. Danni Malloy was a girl with red-brown hair who came from an otherwise normal family. And there was Sabrina Spellman, a blonde girl who lived with her normal aunts, who most of the town thought of as crazy. But the two leaders of this group of girls were Betty Cooper and Cheryl Blossom. Betty was the daughter of the Femizon mayor Alice Cooper, and her father Hal Cooper was the owner of several local businesses, including the pharmacy, a car dealership and multiple fast food outlets. Her older sister Polly was also a Femizon and a history teacher at Riverdale High. Cheryl was the daughter of the wealthy Blossom Family. They owned a large food distribution company and all of the farms in the very fertile area around Riverdale. Her mother Penelope, who was also a Femizon, ran the company despite it being inherited by her father Clifford. When they reached the school they saw the senior Femizons gathered out front. Veronica wasn't entirely sure why but she had the oddest feeling today that they hadn't always been like this. However she just shook her head and went into the school with Archie and Jughead. Betty smiled as she watched Veronica walk past looking a little confused. So far it seemed as if her wish had worked out exactly as she had wanted it to. She then looked at her huge classmates and her smile became a grin. Before her wish their size and strength had come from Sabrina's potions and so they had been forced to share it with the male students. While it had been necessary Betty had never wanted to share that with the boys, she felt that strength like this only deserved by females like herself and her friends. Thanks to her wish the origins of their size and strength was not only enhanced but they no longer had to share with the boys and now they effectively ran the school. Betty found her new height a little disorienting, just the day before she had woken up standing 6'5" and now she was 6'10". But she was having a little more trouble adjusting to her new strength. Where the day before she had been what some would consider toned, or perhaps buff, now she could only be described as jacked. Her huge body was practically bursting with muscles. She had spent over an hour this morning just flexing and admiring her nude body in the mirror. She had been amazed with how large and defined every muscle was, and how perfectly proportioned her body was so that she still had that very female looking figure. She had stepped on the scale out of curiosity just to see how much she weighed and was surprised to see that she weighed 360 lbs. The bell rang to let the students know that school was starting. As Betty made her way inside with her equally large friends she wondered just how strong she was now. As she checked the schedule in her locker she saw that gym class was once again last period, she wasn't sure if she would be able to wait that long to find out. First period was history class, which was taught by her older sister Polly. The Femizon students all had separate classes from the other students because they were also academically ahead of their peers. They had a history test in class which they all finished in under fifteen minutes leaving them with more than an hour to kill before second period. Given that Halloween was approaching the girls discussed what they were planning to be for Halloween. Wendy was the closest to a nerd in the group and she was talking about how she was going to be the Red She-Hulk comic book character. Danni was her best friend and had decided to be the original She- Hulk. Trula and Joani were talking about being the Greek Goddesses Aphrodite and Athena and Ginger and Maria were talking about being Isis and Nephthys from the Egyptian Pantheon. The other girls hadn't come up with any ideas yet and neither had Betty. However she was intrigued by Wendy and Danni's She-Hulks and wondered if there were any other comic book characters she could dress up as. She asked Wendy but Wendy wasn't entirely sure, but she suggested that Betty speak with Chuck Clayton, who was an inspiring comic artist himself and read tons of comics. First period ended and as Betty made her way to her locker she spotted Chuck in the hallway. She decided that this was as good a time as any to test her strength and she grabbed him by the back of his shirt and held him up against the nearby lockers with ease. "Oh uh hey Betty," Chuck stammered nervously. "I'm sorry did I do something to upset you?" Betty smiled enjoying his nervousness. "Not at all," she replied. "I was just wondering if you knew any good comic book characters that I could dress up as for Halloween." "Oh, yeah sure," Chuck said. "Could you put me down first?" "No, you can tell me just like this," Betty replied. "Okay then," Chuck agreed half-heartedly. "Um, I head that Wendy and Danni are the She-Hulks so those are out I guess?" "Good guess," Betty confirmed. "Do you want to be a hero or a villain?" Chuck inquired. "Doesn't really matter as long as I look amazing," Betty replied. "Well if the character's design is really more what you want I've got a good one," Chuck said. "A villainess from Spider-man named Stunner. She didn't stick around for too long and the artwork on her changed a bit but I think she's exactly what you want. If you want I can draw you a picture of her to see if you'd like it." "Good, have it ready by lunch time," Betty said finally setting Chuck back down on his feet. "Uh yeah sure no problem," Chuck said as Betty walked away from him not bothering to look back. The following period was English class where Trula's mother was their teacher. They had a long class discussion about how a book could be considered a classic and whether certain books would become classics. When second period was over they all went to the cafeteria for lunch. The school had a special meal plan for the Femizon students who claimed to have special dietary needs, although it was actually made up and done just because they could. The girls all enjoyed a huge lunch of chicken and ribs served with stuffed baked potatoes, corn, green beans and rolls, while the rest of the students had a choice between a mystery meat that was claimed to be Salisbury steak and a very soggy vegetarian lasagne. Betty was sitting at end of the table with next to Sabrina gnawing on a large rib when Chuck came over. "Hey, what are you doing over here?" Sabrina snapped at Chuck. Betty held up a hand to let Sabrina know it was okay. "Did you finish it?" Betty asked. "I didn't have time to add colour but her outfit is mostly red and black," Chuck said handing Betty a piece of paper. Betty took the paper from him and looked at it. She looked back at Chuck who was still standing there. "Why are you still here? Get lost!" Betty growled. Chuck took off quickly not wanting to stick around and earn any further ire. Betty went back to looking at the picture. She had to admit that the character looked quite a bit like a cartoon version of herself, although with slightly longer hair. "What's that?" asked Cheryl who was sitting across from Betty. "I asked Chuck for an idea for a Halloween costume," Betty replied handing Cheryl the page. "He suggested this villain, her name is Stunner." "You could definitely pull this off," Cheryl said. "It's very you." "Yep, just a matter of getting somebody to make it for me," Betty said. "Which shouldn't be hard." "What's your plan for that?" Sabrina asked. "Why the Home Economics class of course," Betty replied with a smile. "Oh that's such a good idea," Cheryl agreed. "Perhaps I'll have them make my costume as well once I figure out what to be." "Well if you're ever stuck you can always ask Chuck," Betty suggested. "Just make sure you intimidate him when you do." "I'll consider it," Cheryl said as she ate an entire chicken leg in one bite and tossed the bones over her shoulder. After lunch they had math class with Maria's father Mr. Rodriguez. They were so far ahead in math that Mr. Rodriguez was borrowing curriculum from the first year MIT math course. But even that wasn't challenging for any of the girls. After third period ended they next had gym class, which was their favourite class which they had every day. When they got to the change room the normal girls were all already there and they hurried to finish changing and get out of the room since this was the place in school where they were most likely to be picked on. Betty and the others made no move to stop them; there would be plenty of time to torment them during class anyway. Betty changed into her gym clothes, a pair of spandex shorts with the Riverdale High logo and an incredibly tight fighting tank top that was strained as it tried to contain her giant tits. As Betty just flexed one arm she could feel the fabric was about ready to tear apart, something she would like to do but she decided to hold off for now. Coach Pacer was also a Femizon and she had set up a fitness training day for today's gym class. There were stations set up both in the gym and outside where the girls would test their various athletic skills. There was a high jump, a sprint, a long jump, a distance run, a stretching area to test their flexibility and the one that Betty looked most forward to, the bench press. Coach Pacer had them divide into groups of four and she made sure that there were two Femizons and two normal students in each group. Betty ended up in a group with Sabrina, Veronica and the obese Bridgette. They started off with the high jump. The bar was started out at the low height of only five feet, however neither Veronica nor Bridgette was able to clear it. Betty and Sabrina had to wait as the bar was gradually lowered until Veronica was able to clear 4'7" and lower still until Bridgette was able to get over the bar at 4'0". "That's a pathetic effort," Betty commented after Bridgette had finished her jump. She and Sabrina then raised the bar to 7'0" and began taking turns clearing it and raising it by a further inch until Sabrina was stopped at 7'4". Betty was able to get to 7'8" before she couldn't clear the bar anymore. Both of their efforts were far better than the women's world record, but as it wasn't a competition with officials watching it wasn't official. Not that either of them cared much about that, it was more about showing up the other two girls. The next station they went to was the sprint, a 100 meter dash. They went individually so they could time each other. The timing wasn't overly precise but Betty had about 10.8 seconds and Sabrina was 10.9, both were approaching the women's world record and neither of them had really been pushing themselves. Veronica and Bridgette were significantly slower, Veronica was about fifteen seconds while Bridgette was just barely under twenty and she was so out of breath she fell to the ground panting. "Get up you useless lump of fat," Betty said poking Bridgette with her foot. "Time for the next station." Up next was the long jump, Veronica and Bridgette were still recovering from their sprints so Sabrina went first and set a huge distance of 25'3" which would have been a world record if Cheryl hadn't jumped 26'7" earlier and it was official. Betty then went and she broke Cheryl's record as she jumped 26'10". Veronica's jump in comparison was like a little hop as she just managed a 7'0" jump. Bridgette was so out of breath from the other stations that her jump was a pathetic 4'6" which was just barely into the sand pit. The next station was the distance run which was 800 metres, two laps around the track. Sabrina was able to beat Betty with a time of 1 minute 51 seconds to Betty's 1 minute 52 seconds. Once again they were better than world records but not official. Veronica had been lapped by both of them and finished with a time of 3 minutes 41 seconds. Bridgette only finished one lap before giving up. "You could probably finish it if you stopped eating so many Twinkies tubby," Betty taunted Bridgette. The next station was the stretching station, which was run by Coach Pacer. There wasn't anything to it other than to stretch. Betty and Sabrina were easily able to do all the stretches, including the splits and touching their toes. Veronica was quite flexible herself but Bridgette struggled with just about every stretch that they were required to do. "God you're a useless waste of space in my class," Coach Pacer said to Bridgette. "It's like you don't even care." The final station was the one that Betty had been waiting for, the bench press. They were required to at least use half of their body weight. Betty and Sabrina fully intended to use more than their weight so they didn't bother, but Veronica and Bridgette were forced to step on the scale. Veronica was a light 110 lbs. meaning she only had to try with 55 lbs. Veronica was able to do 6 reps with that weight before she dropped it on to her chest. Sabrina and Betty let her struggle for moment before Betty lifted the bar up with just two fingers and re-racked it. They let Bridgette go next since taking weight off the bar was a hassle. Bridgette was a heavy 215 lbs. which meant she had to lift 107 lbs. but because it went in increments of five she was able to round that down to 105 lbs. Still Bridgette was just barely able to do a single rep before she had to rack the bar and stop. Sabrina went next, she and Betty loaded the bar with 500 lbs. and Sabrina got under and she easily and smoothly cranked out 166 reps which were so smooth that it seemed like she was barely trying. Betty however wanted to really test her strength. She added a further 400 lbs. onto the bar so it was now 900 lbs. Even Sabrina wasn't sure if Betty could lift the weight and she stood nearby just in case Betty needed help. Betty gripped the bar tightly and took a few deep breaths to control her breathing before powering the bar up off of the rack and then lowering it all the way down to her chest. She then powered the bar into the air, her huge biceps swelling with the effort. Betty could feel her tank top start to tear a little. She brought the bar down and then raised it up again. She was able to complete three more reps before she felt as though she couldn't do anymore and she racked the bar. Betty stood up and let out a primal bellow as flexed her huge arms. Her tank top finally could not take the strain of her muscles working against it and it burst apart, Betty's huge tits back by thick pectorals springing free from their confines. Her display ended up getting the attention of everybody who was in the gym. Betty was feeling a huge rush of adrenaline and she grabbed the 900 lbs. bar with an underhand grip and letting out a roar she curled the massive weight up to her chest, her huge arms straining with the effort. She was only able to do two reps before having to set the bar down but she once again powered into a huge flex. Both Veronica and Bridgette were terrified by Betty's incredible display of strength and her intense flexing. The thought of somebody having that much strength was frightening. Betty's Femizon friends on the other hand were impressed and they gave Betty a round of applause as Betty did a series of flexing poses for them. Just then the bell sounded signalling the end of gym class. Betty picked up the remains of her top and went to the change room. The normal girls all quickly left without changing not wanting to be anywhere near Betty after her terrifying display of strength. As Betty was changing she went to put the ring on. Two of the stones were black while the third was red meaning there was still one wish left. Betty recalled how exhilarating it had been to lift what was likely a world record amount of weight, but she wanted more. She wanted to be stronger still. She looked down at the ring and wondered why she hadn't wished for more with her first wish. But she still had a second wish, she could fix things. "Girls," Betty said standing up and getting the attention of her friends. "What if I told you that what happened in there was just the beginning? That all of us could be infinitely stronger? Would you want it?" "Of course we would," Cheryl replied as all the other girls nodded. "But how would you do that?" Ginger asked. Betty held up her hand showing the ring, the single red gem left sparkled. "I wish..." Betty began. TO BE CONTINUED