Chapter 1

Lexa POV

I jolt awake from another nightmare about Clarke. Clarke had been missing for some time now and it was taking a toll on the Commander. I miss her but I am not going to admit that to anyone. I remember what I did on Mount weather. I betrayed her. I left her and her people for dead to save my own. It wasn't a choice I took lightly but I am Heda and I must put my people first. I know she survived. I know she is still out there I can feel it in my bones. I need to find her but there is nothing I can do now and she probably hates me. If I was her I would hate me for what I have done to her.

I get out of bed slowly and get dressed ready to face another day. Once I am dressed I go to meet Indra who is on the training grounds on the other side of the camp. I stroll through camp looking around at my people who are getting on with their jobs. I hear children laughing and playing around me which makes me feel a little better about myself. As I approach Indra I can see she is fighting one of the other grounders. She takes a swipe with her sword knocking the grounder backwards and to the ground. She pounces on top of him with her sword to his throat.

"Indra, I need to speak to you" I shout over to her. She gets up off of the grounder offering a hand to help him up. She runs over to me.

"Heda what can I do for you?" she asks.

" I want to throw a feast tonight for our people. To remember those who have fallen during battle and to celebrate our victory and also to help cheer me up a bit as I have not been feeling great recently with everything that has happened."

"I will sort that out for you Commander but I also have some news for you too! Last night one of the men on watch saw a sky person coming nearer to our camp. He believe that she is Clarke the sky princess. He said she looked pretty dazed and wounded so he brought her back to camp. She is with the healer now. I thought you should know."

" Thank you for telling me I will go over and see her now."

I turn around and start to make my way to the healer's tent. I am so nervous. I have butterflies in my stomach and I feel a little sick. I don't know what is gonna happen when she sees me again. I know she wouldn't have come here if it wasn't her last option or because she wanted answers I don't know. I open the flap to the tent and see her lying there in the middle of the room on a bed.

Clarke POV

The last thing I remember is me stumbling away from the arc. Leaving my people behind. I needed to get away. I feel like I am no longer worthy to be the leader of my people anymore. I stumble through the forest not really knowing where I am going or what I am going to do. I need to hunt was my first instinct and find somewhere to camp overnight that would be suitable for me. I had packed a bag full of supplies with a tent and some other things that might come in handy. I also took a hand gun some ammo and a couple of daggers and my sword. I was prepared for whatever I was going to face hopefully. I trail on looking for anything that could be lurking near for me to hunt. I had picked up a few things about tracking animals when I had been out hunting with Finn. Looking for tracks starts to bring up memories of him. I miss him. I feel like I betrayed him even though I did all I could to try to save him even offer myself up instead of him.

I start to track what I think could potentially be a deer. Catching a deer would be great I think to myself. At least I would have enough food from that to survive for a few days. I feel hopeful. I see that the tracks are becoming fresher and soon I spot the deer in the distance. I hide behind the trees and bushes as I attempt to try to get closer to the animal. I think about what the best way to kill it would be. I decide against the use of the handgun as I don't really want to use up the ammo. I decide that I am going to use my dagger. I am going to throw the dagger at the deer; hopefully hitting it in the right place so that it falls to the floor and doesn't run off then I will approach and make the final kill. I quietly and quickly get myself ready and in position. Suddenly I hear a fierce growl coming from behind me and before I knew it or even turn around a tiger like creature with scaly skin jumps at me from behind. I was so terrified and shock. I had no time to dwell on that though as I was fighting for my life. I quickly drew my sword from in its fastened place around my waist.

The animals was pouncing at me hitting my head and making deep scratches all over my body. I felt so weak and as if I was going to faint. I can do this I say to myself trying to encourage me to attack. I quickly took a swing of my sword at the fierce animal. It backed away from me just in time and I miss it by mere centimeters. I take a deep breath while the animal growls at me again. It goes to pounce at me again and this time I duck and as it comes above me and push the sword up and into the chest of the animal. The animal collapses on top of me but I can't feel or hear its heavy breathing so I know it's dead. I puch the beast to the side so I can squeeze out. It takes most if not all of my strength to do this. I am exhausted and feel so faint and dizzy. I decide that I need to relax a bit and will deal with the animal when I wake. I fall to sleep I think or even just pass out from everything.