Hello! So, this is my first attempt at writing fan fiction... Like ever. I've been wanting to write something about Clarke and Lexa for a long time. This, although in an alternate universe, is very loosely based off of the show in terms of how events unfold. Hope you like! If not, constructive criticism would be much appreciated!

Also, disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters used within this story. I don't know how I came up with this idea, but if this seems familiar, it is by complete coincidence.

Again thank you for taking the time to read!


Chapter 1: The Beginning

Clarke

It was the wrong day to decide to come to class. We, my friends and I, picked a specific day not to come to class one day out of the month. We picked the wrong day…

"Raven, Finn! Where are the others? We usually meet here!" I shouted as I ran over to the couple that was frantically looking around the quad.

The statue resembling our college's mascot was our meeting place after the last person's class. Instead of congregating there, we were huddled into a small classroom with a few other unknown students.

"We have to find them." I said to no one in particular.

"Well no shit, Princess." Bellamy was more freaked out than the rest of us.

"No one tried texting?" Raven held up her phone, revealing a message from one of our group. "It's Octavia. She's with Jasper and Monty."

"Well tell her to get her skinny ass over to this room." Bellamy was more freaked out because Octavia was his sister.

"I don't think that's a good idea. Those things are kind of swarming the hallways?" I spoke up.

I felt a hand grab my shoulder and turn me towards them. "We have to get into the building, find a safe space. The campus is going on lockdown. It isn't safe out here." Bellamy looked at all of us in alarm. I turned back to the couple that stood behind me and nodded.

We needed to stick together and figure out a plan to find the others. We weren't actually allowed to leave the rooms. Security guards made sure of that. Octavia was able to communicate to us that Octavia, Jasper, and Monty were all right. They were being contained within the confines of the classroom that they were nearby. Bellamy was currently on the phone with Octavia, only to make sure that she was actually okay.

The only sounds that could be heard were the concerned voices of those speaking to their loved ones and the weird noises coming from the reanimated bodies outside. The administration was smart enough not to speak over the intercom.

"Clarke…?" Raven tapped my shoulder. I hadn't realized that I had zoned out.

"We need to get out of here." I said.

"They're not gonna let us leave." Raven told me.

"Did anyone call their parents to see if they could find out anything?" Finn asked. He was fidgeting with his phone.


Octavia

"Dammit!" I held my elbow as I stood up. Blood was all over my left hand as I held the wound.

"Ouch, Bellamy's gonna be pissed at you Jasper." Monty walked over to examine my elbow and I pulled away from him.

"It's nothing. I fall off mine at home." I replied as I jogged across the street to retrieve Jasper's longboard. He was rummaging through his car's trunk for the first aid kit he always carried around.

"Where is your longboard, O?" He asked as I tossed his into the trunk, right over top of the first aid kit. The cut wasn't that bad. I'd let it heal on its own if they weren't so afraid of overprotective Bellamy Blake.

"I left it in my dorm. Went for a jog today and was done early enough to make it on time to class today by walking. I pulled Jasper back and shut his trunk before wiping my elbow on the side of my black hoodie.

"Were you bitten?" That was about the millionth time someone's asked me about my elbow since the attack. I shot daggers at the brunette standing near me. She backed off and Jasper explained.

"Why do you keep being asked that? Were you bitten?" I was currently stuck on the phone with that protective brother of mine.

"No, I fell off Jasper's-"

"O? Hello? You fell off Jasper's what?"

I watched as the doorknob began to jiggle. Surely Zombies didn't know how to use doors, right? At least in most movies they didn't know how. Video games were another story, but I never wanted to think about the superhuman version of the undead. Everyone fell quiet, anticipating the living… or not-so-living person banging on the other side of the door.

"O? What's going on? Hello?"

"Let me call you back Bell."

I hung up the phone before he could protest. As I was putting my phone into my pocket, Jasper was pulling me back so that he and Monty could block me from whatever danger lurked beyond the door. There were some other students preparing themselves for a fight, grabbing whatever they could use as a weapon.

There were a few gunshots and a few of the girls screamed at the sound before hiding under a desk. The doorknob jingled and a security guard stepped in. He quickly shut the door behind him. The startled girls removed themselves from under the desks and the ones ready for a fight relaxed themselves.

"Good afternoon. As you all know, there has been a disturbance situated on campus. We have been alerted of this and there is a plan to get you all out quickly and safely. You are all to congregate with the other students within the confines of the gym. All students will be together and there has been an evacuation plan from the campus that is to be put into action as soon as everyone is situated and accounted for." He spoke to us without going into further detail about this… disturbance.

"What's to happen after we are evacuated from the premises?" One of the other students asked.

I pushed through Jasper and Monty to ask, "What's happening exactly. What is the disturbance?"

"We're going to be able to meet up with our friends right?" Someone else asked.

"Will it definitely be safe getting to the gym?" Another person asked.

Soon this unfortunate security guard was bombarded with a million questions from the small group of us. He had already seemed shaken, overwhelmed, and annoyance began to creep into his eyes. He sighed and sat down at a desk calmly until everyone realized that he wasn't going to answer any other questions. He had already given the information intended for our ears. Why can't they just tell us everything?

My phone rang again.

"Bell, what?"

"The just gave us our orders."

"Great, so we'll meet up with you guys soon. Why're you calling me?"

"Because it's not going to be safe getting there. Can you three please be careful in case we don't see each other before we all make it to the gym?"

"As long as you four be safe."

"Okay. I'll see you at the gym then."

"Love you big brother."

"Love you too."

We often fought, but one of us could die today. Don't want our last conversation to be filled with irritation. Just as I hung up, the security guard stood up and told us to organize ourselves behind him with a weapon. We'd make a break for it in a minute or so. Monty usually kept a pocket knife on him. Jasper and I were empty-handed.

"Just make sure she's cool. Bellamy will kill us if we show up without her." Monty said, obviously stating he'd take the lead. I rolled my eyes.

"I'd feel more loved if you guys could make a decision about me without taking my brother into consideration. What're you, babysitters?"

"Sorry." They both said.