Welcome to Chapter One of this crazy story. I hope you enjoy it. I have many ideas planned for this story. As time goes on, more and more things will be explained as memories come back to our characters of past events. I took one of my friends stories and ran with it. She is having a baby and will no longer be posting on here. So I asked if I could take her idea, change it a lot and run with it and she said she would love it.
Also I am doing first person I hope you enjoy it. Also Adeline's first person might sound older than an 8 year old but it's hard to write as an eight year old, plus I want her to be a little stubborn, feisty and defiant since she has a mix of her both her parents and I think that would make for some fun personality traits. I also thought since she has been through quite a bit her mind would be a bit mature but her actions would be that of an 8 year old.
Everything that is Italicized is in their native tongue.
Chapter One
(Adeline)
The town of Tondc turned ominous as the sun started to set behind the thicket of dying trees. I pause for a few seconds before I crawl slowly out from the bushes, but am stopped when a hand grabs my arm pulling me swiftly back into the safety of the shadows. I struggle and resist as an arm wraps around my waist, while a hand covers my mouth to keep me from screaming out, as my back presses up against someone's chest. Soon however, a familiar sent washes over me causing my whole body to relax as I take a calming breath, letting my head fall back against Anya's shoulder. I stay like this until my breathing and heart slows to a normal pace. Soon Anya's grip around me loosens and disappears, but it still takes a few moments before I can gather up the strength to push myself up and away from the warmth of her body turning to stare into her dark brown eyes which always seem to coruscate when touched by the light of the moon.
"What do you think you are doing?" I sigh and turn from Anya as I stare into the clearing wanting to run, but I know Anya is much faster than I am and probably will be for a while, no matter how much I train. When I turn back to Anya I can see anger burning behind her eyes, but her face was impassive, just like my momma's face was when she was upset/mad at me or when she was strictly in Heda role. It's amazing how much things can change within a year. A year ago I was an orphan up on the Ark. An orphan that was taken in by Clarke, who I now call Mom, but when we landed on Earth everything changed, even my eyes. My eyes were brown but as soon as I pushed that button which killed hundreds my eyes changed. Clarke was now in a relationship with Lexa and Second in Command of the now thirteen clans. The Sky People being the 13th clan. Even though the past year had been hard, with the Sky people and the grounders not getting along, with death from both sides, with alliances breaking, bombs dropping, relationships reforming, trust building and much more it got us to where we are now. Mom was now respected as Wanheda and many other names and I was known as the Child of Fire, thanks to my hair. I was also apparently marked by the gods thanks to my birthmarks, I was destined for something, however I didn't know, but I didn't want to be destined. I wanted to be free.
"I wanted to go on a run." I quickly lied as I looked back to Anya who gave me a wicked grin and I instantly regretted lying, because she grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet and nodded and now I had to go on a run and not just a run, but a run with Anya one of the people who was in charge of my training and boy did she kick my ass, and I think she enjoyed it.
"A quick hard run, then bed. Someone has a birthday tomorrow." Anya said and I groaned, hard meant near death for me. She knew I was lying I could see that I was going to pay for it now and next time we trained. Anya looked down at me with a hard glare. "Keep up with me or you will be punished for lying." My eyes went big as I nodded my head as I quickly took off after her, I stepped where she stepped, as we ran hard through the dark woods. Within 30 mins I was laying on the ground with my hands above my head taking deep breaths, as Anya stood above me sweat slightly dripping down her forehead, breathing normal, the run wasn't hard for her at all, but she knew it pushed me to my limits. After letting me catch my breath Anya grabbed my upper arm and easily picked me up like I was a bundle of twigs and held on as we walked back through the quiet sleeping town. When we approached my quarters my heart began to quicken as Lexa my momma was standing in front of the large tent flap with her arms crossed, and if looks could kill I would defiantly be dead. I looked up and Anya raised an eyebrow at me letting me know I was on my own. She let go of my arm, slightly bowed to her Heda and disappeared in the direction of her sleeping quarters. I took a deep breath and walked toward an angry momma, she didn't say anything as I walked up to her, she just held up the tent flap and let me walk in with her on my heels. She told the guards something, that I didn't hear since I was too busy seeing my death even though I knew she would never kill me. She cared to much about me, but she wasn't above giving be a lecture, a hard slap across back of a head, or at times a good beating, and mom only ever stopped her once.
Once we were both in the tent, she knelt down so her face was the same level as mine and glared at me, she didn't say anything, her face impassive, but her eyes held the fury of a hundred fires. "I'm sorry, Anya and I went on a run." She didn't move, she knew I was guilty, I sighed and ran my hands through my hair gripping the ends of it before letting go trying to relieve some of my nerves. "I went out to explore, I know I'm not supposed to, I know it's dangerous, but sometimes when I can't sleep I can't help it. I just do irrational things. However, Anya found me. I lied to her and she made me run really hard for 30 minutes I thought I was going to die. Even though it barely made her break a sweat, not to mention I don't think I'm in the clear yet for lying to Anya." I quickly said and Momma seemed satisfied for now as she pointed to my bedroom behind the flap to the left. As I walked in she followed and watched me get ready for bed and slip under the furs. I rolled over and looked at her as she walked away. "I'm sorry."
She paused for a second then whispered "I know," before she disappeared, I rolled over and found an uneasy sleep as the nightmares found me once again.
"Adeline." I stirred in my sleep as someone gently shook me awake, when I rolled over I found both my parents staring at me. "Happy 8th birthday." I smiled as I jumped out of my furs and wrapped my arms around my mom's neck. I watch her look up at Momma and smile as I jumped at her next. "We have a special day planned for you, and a big fest and festival tonight." I smiled at this, of course Momma would go all out for my birthday. My last birthday on the ground the Sky People burned 300 grounders and I pushed the button from on top of the drop ship when Mom and Raven yelled at me to do so after Raven connected the wires below.
"Get ready we leave in one hour." Momma said as she turned and left the room. I smiled as I could see how excited she was even if she held it in, her eyes gave it all away. I quickly got ready when I was left alone and once I pulled on my boots I tried to run out of my sleeping area but was pushed back and fell on my bottom. I almost yelped in surprised as I rubbed my elbow after it hit the ground, but was silenced by Lincoln. His eyes held worry as he spoke quickly and in a low voice.
"Run. Run to your secret spot and stay there until Heda, Wanheda, Anya, Octavia or I come get you." I opened my mouth to speak but he put his hand up to silence me. "When I tell you, run past your parents and past the visitors. Don't stop, these visitors aren't nice visitors and they want you. They want to kill your parents, all of us. However, they don't have enough people for that, we can easily fight off the party they have if it comes down to that. They are here to get to know Tondc, so they can sneak in later and grab you, you can't be here when they come back." He was scaring me, I didn't understand, if I run through them they will just follow me. I looked behind me and grabbed my bag that was packed for emergencies and showed Lincoln a whole I cut in the tent for when I want to get away even though I know it's going to be fixed when all this ends.
Lincoln nodded and I vanished right when I heard him say "She isn't here Heda." I run as fast as I could to the forest and when I cross the tree line, I don't stop for anything until I get to a huge willow tree and climbed until I got to the highest branch. Once there, I turned to the hole in the tree and I crawled in. I found this hiding place a while ago when I got mad at my parents. It took them three days to find me. When they found me they were both relieved and both furious. I wasn't allowed out of their site for almost two weeks straight. That was punishment enough. Not mention training was hard that week and I had more bruises and cuts than I could count.
Once I was settled in my hiding place, I took out a book that was in my bag and began reading. When I couldn't keep my eyes focused any longer, I took out a fur, some dried meat and water as I curled up and tried to fall asleep.
(Lexa)
I watched the visitors of the Ice Nation leave the tent and instructed them to be escorted back to their camp outside the town after Lincoln yelled that Adeline was gone. I kept a passive face, hiding all emotions, but when I looked at Clarke the shock and surprise that quickly crossed her face before it disappeared showed the visitors that Lincoln wasn't lying, and that it was news to us. With this they bowed their heads and left. A few of them holding back excited smirks. I didn't trust them. I knew they'd search for her as soon as they had the chance. When they were gone I ordered Indra to post three guards on their camp on rotation for the rest of the time they were here.
"Yes Heda," was all she said and with a slight bow she was gone, leaving Clarke and I alone. I turned to look at her as my hands stay clasped behind my back and could see the panic rising in her eyes, the stress filling her body as she ran her hand for the millionth time through her hair. Her blonde hair was now slightly crazy, from messing with it so much after the Ice Nation warriors left. I understood her panic but years of being just Heda has helped me hide my true feelings. When all I really want to do was punch something or someone. However, that would do us no good, right now the best thing for both of us was to keep a level head, but I knew that it was going to be almost impossible for Clarke.
I would have in a second killed all those Ice Nation warriors if it wouldn't have started a war, and honestly I wouldn't mind a war, but we just obtained something close to peace, and I wanted to keep that for a while longer. Keep it until my people were ready to strike. The collation still lives and is stable even after we added the 13th clan. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes and opened them. It never stops, there is always something, there will always be something. We were also already in the middle of planning to take down the Senate and A.L.I.E, we didn't need this right now. I turned my attention back to my blonde beauty.
"Klark, she is safe." I said as I touched her arm, causing her to turn to me, her bright blue eyes burning with worry and anger.
"Let's go find our baby." Clarke said as she strapped on her weapons on her back full of determination, but I shook my head no. I knew where she was, and I knew she did as well, and if we went to find her, we would put her in danger. When I shook my head, she lost it. "What do you mean no." She started shouting as she came at me not thinking clearly. I put up my hand to catch her sloppy punch as I quickly kicked her feet from out from under her and watched as she landed on her back. I grab her wrists and pin them above her head as I straddled her body pinning her down. "Enough" I hissed as Clarke looked up at me with wide eyes as she let her stress and fear out with tears. She struggled against me and I smirked, she was getting stronger but she wasn't there yet. "I will protect her. I won't let anything happen to her. She is safe, she is smart, she is part of both of us now. The gods will protect her." After I finished talking she stopped struggling and I saw her sense coming back to her. When the light returned to Clarke's eyes I let go over her wrists and helped her up.
"I can't wait tell I can kick your ass." Clarke said in frustration and all I could was smirk at her. Her feisty nature was something I loved about her. "What, don't think I could do it." I shrugged and walked up to her, my face only inches from hers.
"That day is a long while off Sky Princess, but I can't wait tell you can match my strength." I rested my forehead on hers and placed my hand in her hair. "I promise we will keep her safe, keep our people safe and keep peace in our land. We are stronger as a family." I said even though I never thought I'd be saying that, however as I look at my Wanheda I knew it was true even if she had much to learn. We both had much to learn it's still hard for me to share command, I don't know how long it will be until I am fully okay with it. To rule with Klark was a welcomed challenge, and I'm glad most of our people have accepted her as someone to look to trust as well. I pulled away from her but was pulled back as Clarke grabbed my jacket and kissed me with passion and desperation.
"I can't wait either, now what's the plan." When she pulled away the fear and anger which use to be in her eyes was replaced with fierce determination. I turned from her and called in Indra for a report. When she walked in she bowed her head and explained that the Ice Nation warriors were preparing to go on a hunt, three of their youngest warriors left, she suspected they were hunting for food but would keep an eye on them just in case.
"Get Anya." I snapped as I prepared a plan on how to deal with the mess. Clarke and I were looking down at the war table when Anya walked in standing strong. "Grab Lincoln and go get Adeline. Make sure no one sees you." She didn't say anything, Anya just nodded her head and disappeared, about two hours later Indra bust through the tent bowed her head and swiftly spoke.
"Heda, they are leaving, they broke down their camp and informed the guards who were watching over them that they got what they came for." Indra quickly finished as she ran out of the tent with Clarke and I right on her tail as we hastily mounted horses and took off toward the Ice Nation camp with about 50 warriors to match their numbers. All I could think of was they found her they found our child with hair of fire, with one green and one blue eye. Why else would they be leaving so quickly? I looked over at Clarke to tell her to remain calm as we slowed our pace and entered their camp as they were putting out their fires.
"Heda," one of their warriors said as she bowed her head with a small smile as she mounted her horse. I held back my glare as I nodded at her.
"There three warriors aren't back yet." One of the guards whispered to me as he walked past. "Anya and Lincoln aren't back yet either." He added as he disappeared behind me.
"Thank you for your hospitality despite our differences, we will be off now. We are urgently needed back in our land." Their leader spoke. I nodded and let them leave as I realized they didn't have Adeline. Once they were out of ear shot, I started shouting orders and ordered everyone to fan out and search for the three missing Ice Nation scouts. No one hesitated as everyone quickly began the search.
"I want them caught by sun down." I shouted then called for two of my most trusted scouts and had them follow the warriors and report back once they leave our lands.
"If they have Adeline don't let them leave our territory." I ordered as they nodded and rode off. I was pissed that this was so out of my control right now. I needed everything back in order, I needed back the control I lost when these damn people decided to show up unannounced. This was not how the day was supposed to go. I grumbled as I mounted my horse heading in the direction of the willow tree, following a distressed Clarke.
... to be continued. (updated 2/27, I'm slowly cleaning this up. I hope to have it all cleaned up by tonight when I post my next chapter.)