"Klark!" the tough Commander yelped as the blonde Sky Heda rammed into her.
"Leksa! Save me!" Clarke screeched. Lexa was immediately on guard.
"Where is the danger houmon?" Lexa crouched shoving Clarke behind her. Clarke lightly batted Lexa's back.
"No, its a joke. Octavia was chasing me." Clarke explained lightly.
"Why was Indra's seken chasing you?" Clarke noticed Lexa was genuinely confused and shook her head.
"It's a game, don't worry about it.. Anyway when do we leave?" Clarke struggled to keep her excitement out of her voice. Lexa sighed gently at her wife's childishness.
"Soon, houmon, soon." Clarke slipped off to check the medical supply list and Lexa turned to Indra.
"Is everything secured? We are set to leave by sun high, Indra." Lexa asked sharply.
"Sha, Heda. Everything is ready. Just awaiting confirmation from Abi and the Skaikru party." Indra responded respectfully.
"Good. Ready my Skai Kwin, we leave as soon as she is atop her steed." Indra nodded and left in search of Clarke. Soon after the group sat tall in their saddles.
"Who is present from Skaikru?" Lexa asked to count all who were journeying with them.
"I bring forth my mother, Kane, Octavia, Raven, and Bellamy, Leksa." Clarke stated calmly.
"Who is present from Trikru?" Lexa asked her second.
"We bring forth Linkon, Dal, Eko, Koda, Brei and Karis," Indra recited. All were seasoned warriors, all except Caris. Lexa decided not to push it as Caris would bring Clarke into it and Lexa was not feeling up to losing that fight.
"Now, we ride." On Heda's command the party moved forward at a brisk pace. Word was a clan resided north near the ocean and as Heda, it was Lexa's job to observe the situation and make a call. They would travel days to reach the ocean. Somewhere called Maine as the Skaikru's old map proclaimed. Lexa and Clarke lead the group with Octavia and Indra stationed beside them.
It was time to find the threat.
They stopped their horses. A white paint line stretched across the weed littered road.
"Storybrooke." Clarke read from an old sign. "What a strange name."
"I say we turn back, Heda." Dal said easily in his gruff tone.
"Is this not what we came for? To meet this other clan?" Lexa mused.
"It could be a trap." Dal responded respectfully. Clarke nudged her horse over the line.
"Clarke no!" Abby called quickly. It was too late, Clarke disappeared as soon as she crossed the line.
"Klark!" Lexa kicked her horse into action and followed her wife across the line. The Trikru and Skaikru after seeing their leaders disappear hurried after them.
"What is this?" Indra asked sharply. The road continued on but it was unblemished, no sign of wear from the years of radiation from the nuclear bombs.
"Let's follow it. Something is up." Clarke said and followed the road. The group urged their horses into a run until they came to buildings where they slowed to a walk.
"The buildings.. They are in perfect condition.. How?" Marcus Kane wondered aloud. The group drew their swords when they noticed movement. Brea and Koda nocked an arrow and were on guard, ready to defend their Hedas. The party stopped when they noticed a group of people standing in the middle of the town. They drew closer and a dark haired woman gathered fire in her palm. The group recoiled in shock and the horses spooked slightly. Caris and Indra whooped a sharp war cry.
"Protect the Hedas!" Indra snapped in Trigedasleng. Caris and Octavia moved Clarke away.
"Let me up there dammit!" Clarke snarled as she was separated from Lexa. The strange people looked fearful and confused.
"Leksa! Emo nou want kom gonplei!" Clarke yelled.
"Em pleni! Emo nou wish kom gonplei! Osir will shish kom emo kru." Lexa snapped. Octavia and Caris let Clarke move to Lexa.
"Houmon." Lexa said softly. Clarke was breathing heavily.
"Why the fuck would you separate me from her!" Clarke bristled.
Regina and Emma stood with the Charmings and looked on at the group of Grounders.
"Who are they?" Snow asked quietly.
"If I knew I would have said." Regina snapped.
"You can't protect yourself Clarke!" Octavia yelled. "You are not trained you can't be in the fray!"
"DO NOT tell me what I am to do." Clarke growled in warning.
"Okteivia, that is your Hedas you are speaking to." Indra snarled. Octavia suddenly looked sheepish. She dismounted and kneeled.
"Forgive me, Hedas. I overstepped my bounds." Octavia said softly. Lexa and Clarke slipped to the ground after.
"You know the rules." Lexa reminded her gently.
"I'm sorry Heda." Octavia said sincerely to Clarke.
"Damn it O, just don't take me away from Lexa." Clarke smiled easily.
"I'll remember that. Don't overreact next time." Octavia joked.
"They act like savages." Snow commented.
"They act like we did in the Enchanted Forest, Snow." Charming reminded gently. The grounders moved towards them, Clarke and Lexa flanked by their guards and Abby and Kane.
"Chon yu bilaik?" Lexa asked in Trigedasleng.
"I'm sorry we don't speak savage." Snow said. Indra snarled from where she stood near Lexa.
"Em pleni, Indra." Lexa said. "Who are you?"
"We are the inhabitants of this town. I am the Mayor." Regina said cordially.
"Mayor.. What is this?" Indra demanded.
"The better question is who and what are you?" Snow snapped.
"I am Lexa, the Commander of the thirteen clans and this is the Sky Queen and also my wife, Clarke." Lexa informed the snappy princess.
"I am Dr. Abby Griffin, Chancellor of the Sky People and my general Marcus Kane." Abby said formally.
"It seems we have much to discuss." Regina commented drily. The Charmings led Lexa and the others to the Mayor's mansion. Clarke, Lexa and Abby were seated at the table with the Mayor and the Charmings.
"Where do you come from?" Emma asked.
"Polis, the capital city." Lexa replied smoothly.
"Where is this Polis?" Regina asked suddenly stumped.
"Well, I believe I can answer that. Polis is around the area that was previously known as Washington DC." Abby said showing them the old map.
"Previously!? What do you mean!" Emma shrieked.
"And that is where my knowledge base comes in, dearie." Rumpelstiltskin Gold said coming through the hallway.
"Who are you?" Kane demanded.
"Mr. Gold or Rumpelstiltskin as I'm called." he smiled.
"Wait, Snow White, Prince Charming, Rumpelstiltskin.. They are fairy tales characters!" Clarke said loudly.
"Since there is magic here, time flows differently. So tell me what has happened in the years?" He said with a sharp gleam in his eyes.
"About 100 years ago, there were a bunch of nuclear bombs that exploded. It made Earth uninhabitable. Many people took to the sky. Hence, Sky people. But some still survived on the ground. Grounders as the sky people called them. It was said Earth would be habitable in 100 years, but the Ark where the sky people lived was running out of oxygen. They sent down 100 kids ranging from ages 12-18 to see if it was okay. Most of us survived, those who didn't weren't killed of the radiation anyway. The Ark found its way down as well. A new threat arose as the Grounders and the Sky people clashed but we soon formed an alliance due to the threat of the Mountain Men. The Maunon as we call them were draining our people's blood to inject into themselves for healing from the radiation. Together we took down the mountain." Clarke started but was then cut off.
"Don't let her fool you. She singlehandedly killed 300 of my warriors that I sent to kill her. Then it was her that took down the mountain." Lexa cut in.
"Wait you sent 300 warriors to kill her? And she killed them all? Aren't you two like married?" Emma asked, eyes wide.
"Klark is my houmon, yes. I did also set out to kill the Skai Kwin, however I am glad I did not succeed." Lexa smiled widely, "I fell in love with her spark and after the mountain fell sought a union with her."
"That makes two of us glad we did not kill our future partners." Regina said lightly.
"I can imagine. But many clans of our people reside around the continent. Lexa and I command thirteen clans." Clarke said.
"Wow Regina they have a better record than you did." Emma commented. Emma's brunette lover snapped her teeth.
'You're saying.. Earth as we know it is gone?" Emma said her voice small.
"Sha." Lexa said.
"Leksa, english for the Majikru." Clarke said gently.
"How did you learn to speak.. that." A male voice asked then cracked slightly.
"Henry!" Emma and Regina exclaimed at the same time.
"I was raised speaking Trigedasleng, goufa." Lexa said smoothly.
"But she was a sky person as you call them. Why can she speak it?" the boy asked fascinated.
"Skai Kwin is stubborn. She spent much time learning the language of my people and how to wield a sword. She does not easily give up." Lexa said, a ghost of a smile flitted across the fierce Commander's face.
"That's awesome! Are you staying here? We have many rooms in our house." Henry said looking at his mothers for confirmation.
"Yes, we have many rooms and much to discuss." Regina echoed.
"We will stay in your strange village but we will not stay in your.. house." Lexa said finally.
"Why not?" Henry asked curiously. Indra huffed at the boy's insolence.
"Well goufa we are warriors. We sleep on the ground." Caris said her smile wide.
"Oh. Strange." Clarke laughed lightly at the boy then turned to Indra and the other warriors.
"Teik osir homplei, Indra." Clarke said.
"Sha, Skai Kwin." Indra tipped her head slightly indicating she would follow through with the order.
"My warriors and I need nourishment. May we hunt in the woods surrounding your village?" Lexa asked catching Clarke and Indra's conversation.
"We have plenty of food here. We can feed you." Snow cut in.
"No. We do not eat food already prepared for us. We hunt and we eat." Brea snapped gently.
"Let us feed you," Snow said adamantly.
"Look lady, we said no." Raven bit out.
"I simply want to help." Snow snapped. Her husband stood behind her, his hand at his sword.
"It would be helpful, if you gave us permission to hunt." Clarke growled.
"You may hunt in our lands." Regina said effectively shutting Snow White up. Clarke and Lexa left the house with their warriors and began setting up camp a ways from the large place. After all was said and done, and their bellies were full, the group of warriors settled down for bed.
"I don't quite trust that Snow." Clarke commented as she cuddled into Lexa's side.
"And for good reason." Lexa said softly as she began to stroke circles in Clarke's back.
"Sleep houmon, ai hod yu in," was the last thing Clarke heard before sleep pulled her away.