Honestly, I think the universe just uses my life as a practical joke that it can laugh at whenever it wants. First off, my dad died because my mom turned him, which ultimately leads to my arrest. Then, the Chancellor of the Ark decides that because there isn't enough oxygen to sustain the population, he's going to send down the 100 prisoners to "uninhabitable" Earth. And after many excruciating deaths and fights, and the declaration of an alliance with the grounders, the universe decides it's going to be playing one more trick on me, because my life wasn't already a goddamn mess.

"So Lexa is accepting all of our terms for peace, but there happens to be one small catch." Kane states, not directly looking me in the eyes. I can tell something didn't go as planned because he's not being direct with me, and Kane is always direct with me.

I sigh. "Just tell me. How bad could it possibly be?"

Kane closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. "Ok...Lexa wants to make sure the alliance doesn't break between us, so she declared that there should be more than one "alliance" occurring."

I give him the 'what the hell do you mean look' that I give him very often.

"I'm just gonna come right out and say it."

I snort. "Well then hurry the hell up. I've got a lot more things to do today then listen to you stutter."

"Lexa wants you to marry a grounder so that the alliance between skaikru and the clans is unbreakable."

I freeze. My eyes go wide. This is not happening. "Why me?" It feels like my heart is going jump out of my chest.

Kane runs his fingers through his hair, and at the moment he looks much more older than he is. "Despite everything, you're still seen as the leader of us, and Lexa believes it is the duty of the leader to make a sacrifice for her people."

Despite all the emotions and thoughts running through my body, it made sense to me. I took a deep breath. This is something I have to do.

My people. My responsibility.

If I don't do this, we'll forever be at war with the grounders, and I can't do that to my people. I'm about to respond to Kane when my mother bursts through the door.

"I just heard the news, and listen to me Clarke, I will found a way to get you out of this. I promise. If we have to be at war with the grounders then that's what-"

I interrupt her. "Mom no. These are Lexa's terms and I have to abide by them. It's our only way for peace, and I'm not going to be the selfish one that destroys that for us. This is something I have to do." Her horror stricken face almost stops me, but I turn away. Everything I said was the truth. "When does Lexa want to meet?" I ask Kane

"Um.." he looks between me and my mother for a few seconds. "Tomorrow afternoon."

I take a deep breath and release it. "Ok." I nod at both of them. "Now if you'll excuse me I have some things I need to do." I push past both of them and I keep walking till I'm far enough away from everybody. Then, and only then, do I sink to my knees and cry. It's only for a few seconds, enough to let out all the emotions going through my head.

After I know that it's enough, I wipe away any remnants of tears and stand up. I clear my throat and rejoin the group. I have to be strong for my people. As I make my way towards the medbay I then realize that I never even asked who I'd be marrying.

At noon we begin to make our way towards the grounder camp. The group includes myself, Kane, my mother, Miller and his dad David. At the moment they were the only ones who knew of the marriage. Today, Lexa and I were to hash out the details of the alliance, and then David and Kane were to head back to camp to inform the camp of the marriage. Kane was then to gather my small group of friends and then finally return back to witness the wedding. A giant celebration was then to be held in honor of our alliance.

Lost in my thoughts I didn't even notice Miller come and stand by me.

"Hey" drawing me back to reality.

I smile at him. "Hey."

"You ok? I know this whole thing was just kind of sprung on you and I don't know how you're dealing with it so calmly. That got me thinking that you're most likely holding in all your emotions because that's what Clarke Griffin does."

I take a deep breath. "Am I that obvious?"

He smiles at me. "No, but I'd like to think that I know you enough to know when you're trying too hard to be 'leader' Clarke Griffin when you really want to be 'regular girl' Clarke Griffin. You know you're allowed to be angry and scared about this situation. You're about to marry a guy you've never even meet before. No one expects you to be find with this situation."

And there goes Miller with his wise old logic. "But that's the thing, I can't be 'regular girl' Clarke. Not anymore at least. I don't have that luxury. I am the leader, and I have to act brave." even when I'm terrified, I want to add. "So today, as I face Lexa and my future husband, I'm going to push away any feelings I have and focus on what I have to do for my people, because that's what 'leader" Clarke has to do."

I then walk at a faster pace in order to be alone. I can't listen to Miller any longer, because if I do, I'm afraid I'll turn right around and break the alliance. I turn and look up at the sky, and see that it's nearly sunset. I then see the camp not too far from where we are. I guess it's now or never. There is no turning back now.

Leaving Miller, his dad and my mom, despite her reluctance, Kane and I make our way into the commander's tent. There I see Lexa sitting on her throne, Indra on her left, and then a man I've only ever heard about.

Bellamy Blake. Ruthless warrior. Lexa's second. My husband-to-be.

"Clarke, welcome." Lexa's stands and offers me her hand. I shake it, but it's hard to keep my eyes off of Bellamy. He's a lot more handsome then I thought he'd be. If I was being honest, I was picturing a huge man, long hair and beard, and dark eyes. The only thing I was right about was the eyes.

"Hello Commander. How have you been since I last saw you?" I forced myself to look away from Bellamy and focus on Lexa.

"Better now that you're here. I assume you're here to accept our alliance negotiations?"

I swallow. It now or never. "That is correct."

She smiles. "Perfect." She turns to look at Bellamy. "Come hir belomi"

He leaves his post next to the throne and stands next to Lexa. "Clarke this is Bellamy, my second and the man you'll be marrying. Bellamy this is Clarke."

He looks at me with his cold, dark eyes. "Hello Clarke, it's a pleasure to meet you." He holds out his hand and I shake it.

"Likewise." Once we're done shaking, he holds my hand a beat longer before dropping it.

"So, is there anything that needs to be discussed before the ceremony and party tonight?" I ask.

Lexa thinks for a moment, before answering. "Not that I can think of. Ceremony will start once sun sets, which won't take too long. Then will celebrate the new marriage and the new alliance. Till then though, you and Bellamy should get to know each other."

I nod, but neither I or Bellamy makes any movement. He's still staring at me.

"NOW" Lexa orders, pushing Bellamy towards me.

"Right. Right." Bellamy mutters. "Follow me." And he begins walking towards the exit.

I turn towards Kane who hasn't said a word. "So I guess that's it. You and David can return back to camp and get Raven, Jasper, Monty, and...Finn" I say to Kane. "And if they cause you any trouble just tell them I'll talk to them when they get here."

He nods. "Commander." And then he is gone.

I then start to walk towards Bellamy, hoping that we at least have something in common. I am not spending the rest of my life with someone who I can't at least be friends with.

"So" I say, trying to break the awkward silence, "what do you do for fun around here."

Keeping his eyes forward, he stays silent for a few seconds. At first I didn't think he heard me, but finally he answered. "I don't visit here very much. Mainly I stay at the Capitol. But mainly my fun includes reading."

My head whips around to look at him. "There are books at the Capitol?"

For the first time on our walk he looks at me, and he...he smiles. "We have a few actually. Did you have any at your home in space?"

Space. My home. It's honestly been so long since I've thought of it. "There were only a small amount, and I'd read them all so many times that I basically memorized them. During all of our searches for supplies I've tried to find more, but I assumed they were all destroyed. Its nice to know that some still survived."

"When we leave for the Capitol I'll show them to you. I have a few in my own collection, and I'm sure I would be able to find you more."

I stop in my tracks. "What do you mean when we go to the Capitol? We aren't staying here?"

The smile is now gone from his face and he looks straight ahead. "The capitol is where my Commander must be, because of the threats coming from Azgeda. Plus, it's my home as second-in-command, thus it will now be your home. In grounder culture, It isn't common for a husband and wife to be separated. I know this isn't a normal marriage, but It needs to look like one towards the other clans. If it doesn't look like this alliance is real then threatened attacks could happen to both sides."

I inhale a deep breath and stay silent for a few moment. "Right...that makes sense. I just was surprised that's all."

He turns to look at me again. "It's not like you'll never see your family again. Lexa doesn't want you to feel trapped, but I still have my duties to her and to our people. Once we are settled in the Capitol and the threats are taken care of I promise that will arrange a trip for your family and friends to visit."

I can actually see the sincerity in his eyes. "Thank you. Um...I also wanted to talk about our marriage and what it means for me, and us. I don't want us to be awkward around each other. The least we can do is be friends."

"I agree. In order for this marriage to work we need to be civil towards each other."

I clear my throat. "I also wanted to know what is...expected of me in this marriage." I truly hope that he understands what I'm trying to say. I mean I'm not a virgin, but It's still awkward for me to talk about.

He cheeks redden a little bit. "That is actually up to you. I'm not going to pressure you into doing anything you don't want to do, and neither is Lexa."

I nod. "That's um...that's good." I hear my name called and I turned around and see that Kane has returned with my friends. I wave.

"Go."

I turn and look at him.

"Go and be with your friends. There are some things I still have to do. I'll see you at the ceremony." He then walks away from me, leaving me to go with my friends.

I jog towards them, and see that they don't necessarily look thrilled with what is about to happen. "Hey guys." I force a smile on my face.

"Please tell me that this is all just one big practical joke." says Finn. I turn and look at him and my heart hurts. Me and him had "broken up" awhile ago but It still hurt.

I bite my lip. "I really wish I could, but it's the only way to have peace."

He snorts, but doesn't say anything.

"Was the guy you were talking to him? Because he is hot." Raven adds, fanning herself with her hand.

Oh boy don't I know it. "Yes that's him, and I though you were dating Wick."

She rolls her eyes. "I am, but It doesn't mean I can't admire my surroundings."

That earned a laugh out of me. "I'm glad you guys came. I don't think I could do this without you guys here."

"Of course we came." adds Monty and Jasper at the same time. "Jinx. Double Jinx. Triple Jinx-"

"Guys. Hate to stop your jinxing but I have to go get ready, and I don't know if Kane or Lexa need you do something, but you should ask anyway. Raven, can you come help me?" I ask. I really don't want to be surrounded by grounder women poking and prodding me by myself.

"Sure" she hooks her arm through mine. "See you guys at the ceremony." and we begin walking towards the tent meant for me to get ready.

And just like that I walked towards my future, and I still wasn't sure if I was ready.

So that was the 1st Chapter! I really hope you enjoyed it! I really loved this idea and I saw that there wasn't enough stories like it so I decided to write my own. Please review and tell me what you like, and what I could do better. I love compliments but I also like constructive criticism because it helps me as a writer! I'm on spring break so the next chapter will probably be up in the next day or so! Have a great day!