I was laying on the ground of my cell
reading a book about the ground. My dad gave it to me on my 16th birthday, the day I got locked up. I stopped reading when I though about that day . It's been 1 year and 3 weeks that I have been locked up for something that was not my fault. My own father locked me up. I hate him for that. At the beginning, he came to visit me, but I ignored him. I couldn't even look at him or speak to him,so after some time, he stopped coming. Glad he did, because I was starting to loose my calm. I wanted to scream at him or punch him, but I was sure that he would float me even if I weren't 18 years old. Suddenly the door of my cell opened and I snapped my head seeing my father with 3 guards looking at me. Something wasn't right. My dad looked like he wanted to cry, the guard on his right was holding a wristband , the guard on his left was holding a syringe and the guard behind him was holding a gun. I stood on my feet quickly and took a step back, they were going to float me, but I don't understand I just turned 17 years old. My dad saw that I started to panic. He took a step forward and I took a step back. He held his hands up and told me "Relax, you're not getting floated" he smiled sadly. I decided to speak to him. "Yeah, well, what the hell is going on?" "My beautiful daughter you're going to the ground" My eyes widdened and I looked at him like he grew 2 heads, hell 5 heads not just 2. "Comme again? Hey, don't come any closer!" I yelled at the guard holding the syringe who started to come closer. My father held his arm up and grappled the guard. He comes to me and hugs me tightly. I didn't resist. I was in shock. I was going to earth. "I'm sorry, it was the only way. If you don't do this, you would be dead in 1 year. Stay alive. I don't want to loose you too like I lost your moth-" I pushed him away, glarring at him. He stopped talking and he did a sign to the guards to come to me. The guard holding the metallic bracelet came first and I tried to get past him, but the guard behind my father came and held me. I started screaming when I realised I couldn't do anything
'' Please dad do something, please! " I screamed looking at him. The guard with the syringe came beside me and injected something to my arm. All of sudden, I started to feel sleepy. I tried to fight sleep, but my eyes started to close, the last thing I heard was my father apologizing to me but it was too late.
My eyes started to open and I looked around me. I saw the other prisoners are strapped in, just like me. I didn't recognize anyone, great. I looked beside me and I saw a beautiful girl, probably my age. She looked at me and smiled. I smiled back awkwardly and she held her hand out for me to take. I took her hand and she started speaking "Hi my name's Octavia. What's yours?" I let go of her hand and before I could respond the ship jolted. Oh my..? What was that? Seconds later the video monitors around the cabin flashed to life with a pre-recorded message of chancellor Jaha. I didn't listen to the video, to stressed from the joltes of the ship. Octavia saw me and took my hand, giving it a squeeze. I really like this girl. Someone yelled "Your father's a dick Wells!" Everyone around me starts laughing, except from me. Wells was my best friend, beside Clarke. I really miss them. Wait... That means that Wells is here! I looked around me, but I didn't see him.
Then all of sudden the parachute deploys. I closed my eyes tightly, as the ship started shaking. After a few terrifying seconds the ship stopped shaking. I still hadn't opened my eyes.
"Listen. No machine hum." I opened one eye and I saw an Asian boy, beside him was a cute guy with goggles. Octavia giggled from beside me and said "Hey beautiful girl, you can open your other eye too." I opened both eyes and I playfully glared at her.
"The outer door's below" someone said as we got out off our seatbelts and went in the front.
"No! We can't just open the door!"
A familiar voice said and I gasped. Clarke is here, my best friend is here.
I saw passengers already gathering at the outer door. I saw a handsome guy who looked kind of older than all of us and I got confused. He was wearing a guard's uniform and that made him less attractive.
" The air could be toxic" Clarke continues.
"If the air's toxic. We will die anyway" the handsome guy said.
Clarke was about to say something when Octavia, who was still beside me froze as she saw the guy
"Bellamy?" So, his name is Bellamy. Beautiful name. Bellamy turned around slowly and I saw his face softened. She jumped down and rushes towards him. She hugged him tightly.
"Look how big you are!" Bellamy said looking at her with a proud smile.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him.
"Someone had to keep an eye on you" he replied.
Suddenly Clarke asked looking Bellamy and interrupting the beautiful moment.
"Where's your wristband?"
Octavia turned to glare at Clarke.
"You mind. I haven't seen my brother in three years." What brother, nobody has a brother or sister. I heard various voices talking
"Nobody has a brother" Good point
"that's Octavia Blake, the girl they found hidden in the floor" Ohh, yeah I know that story.
Octavia wasn't happy, she lunged at the person who said that, but her brother held her back.
"No Octavia, don't do that. Let's give them something else to remember you by." he said
"Like what?" she asked sarcastically
"Like being the first person on the ground in a hundred years" Bellamy said with a smile.
"I'm pretty sure is 97 years" I said before thinking. Everyone turned to look at me. I saw the older Blake look back at me and we held our eye contact. I was the first one to look away them I heard Clarke saying my name and I looked at her instead.
"Ah yeah, well in 97 years." With that he finally throws the lever.
Daylight streams in. Trees everywhere, a breeze. I gazed out in awe.
Octavia hesitates, but just for a moment. She steps out, looking around in
wide-eyed amazement. She thrusts her arms out and yells
" We're back bitches!"
Everyone started to run outside. I waited to go outside. I caught Bellamy Blake looking at me, before he follows his sister. After that I set foot on the ground and took a big breath. Real air. This is the ground. Seconds later I felt a body slamming into mine and someone hugged me tigltly. I looked and I saw Clarke. I hugged back as tight as her. "Clarke!" I yelled excited.
"I missed you so much" she said and we pulled back. "I miss you too" I smiled and we hugged again. She pulled away and took my hand.
I know her, something is wrong.
"Clarke what's going on?" I asked her confused. She turned and held out a map.
"I think that we're on the wrong mountain" I shook my head.
Suddenly a guy I didn't know come up to us.
"Why so serious princess?" he asked Clarke with a smirk, then he noticed me.
"Oh hello, name's Finn and yours gorgeous?" he asked me. I smirked at him and said. "Hello Finn, nice to meet you. I'm Jasmine Kane" Finn smiled back and turned to Clarke
"It's not like we died in a fiery explosion" he joked and Clarke looked at him before looking back at the map
" Tell that to the two boys who followed you out of their seats" Finn looked down, I guess he was sad.
"Jasmine, you see that peak over there?" The blonde asked me. She pointed in front of us and I nodded
"Yes, what about it?"
"Mount Weather. There's a radiation soaked forest between us and our next meal."
"Anddd?" Finn asked. I looked at him and said. " They really dropped us on the wrong goddamn mountain. We're screwed."
"Hey beautiful." Someone said from behind me, but I didn't turn around. This someone laughed and put their hand on my shoulder and made me turn around. I saw Octavia.
I smiled at her "Hey Octavia, what's up?" She laughed " I just realized that I don't know your name" oh she's right. I couldn't say my name, because the ship started shaking and I was scared for my life. "I'm Jasmine Kane" Octavia's smile dropped. "I'm nothing like my father " I reassured her quickly.
She smiled again and took my hand, leading me somewhere. We stopped behind a group of guys. The guys turned when they heard steps. I only knew one. Bellamy Blake and he looked at me. A guy beside him smirked at me and moved forward.
"Wow look who's here. Jasmine Hot Kane" I didn't know this guy but sure as hell didn't like him. I crossed my arms and said.
"I didn't know that I had a middle name" his smirk became bigger and he started talking when Bellamy interrupted him, not taking his eyes from me "Murphy, leave her alone. She's a princess after all" Jackass, he smirked. Before I could respond I saw Murphy walking past me and pushing Wells away. Wells! " Hey! Hands off! He's with us." I looked at the guy with goggles and he looked confused. I quickly went beside Wells. Ready to defend him.
"Well he looks confused. I don't really think that he's with you Murphy." I said trying to puss his buttons and it worked. He began to take a step at me, but Wells pushed me behind him and said. "Relax, we're just trying to figure out where we are."
"We're on the ground. That's not good enough for you?" Bellamy asked sarcastically. I start to not like this guy, even if he's cute.
"We need to find Mount Weather. You heard my father's message. That has to be our first priority" Wells said to the gathering crowd.
"Screw your father! You think your in charge? You and your little princess?" Octavia asked looking between him and Clarke
"Octavia, we don't care who's in charge.
We need to find Mount Weather.
Not because the Chancellor said so,
but because the longer we wait, the
hungrier we'll get, the harder
it'll be." I said with a sigh, Clarke nodded her head and continued
"How long do you think
we'll last out here without those
supplies?We're looking at a 20 mile trek.
If we wanna make it before dark,
we need to leave... now."
"I got a better idea... You two go.
Find it for us. Let the privileged
do the hard work for a change." Bellamy said. That's weird, I'm privileged too. Why didn't he name me?
A cheer goes up and I can say that Bellamy is surprised at first by it, but likes the feeling. Clarke regards him warily. Wells plows ahead...
" You're not listening. We all need
to go."
Just then, Murphy
shoved Wells in the back.
"Look, everybody. It's the
Chancellor of Earth."
The crowed laughed at this . Wells stepped forward.
"You think that's funny?" he asked Murphy
Without blinking, Murphy executes a vicious leg sweep,
throwing Wells to the ground. Oh hell no, he can do that to Wells. I got angry and I stepped between them, before Clarke could hold me back.
"What the hell is your problem?" I yelled, ready to punch him. He just smirked and held his arms up.
"That was funny" he said laughing. Okay that's it. I punched him and his head turn to the side from the impact. He stopped laughing and I heard a lot of gasps. He turned slowly and looked dangerously at me. "Your dead Kane"
Before he could come at me, Finn dropped from the trees above between us. "Really are you going to hit a girl. Wait untill Wells can fight."
After that the crowd around us
started going away. Octavia came and stood between us, giving a flirtatious look at Finn "Hey, spacewalker, rescue me next." Finn just smiled at her and I laughed as Bellamy took her arm and dragged her aside. Bellamy gave her an annoying look
"What? He's cute" Octavia said looking all innocent.
"He's a criminal" Bellamy stated and I rolled my eyes.
"Sorry to cut your wigs, but everyone here is a criminal Bellamy, even you" He looked back at me and his eyes widened for a couple of seconds, before he shook his head and dragged Octavia away. He is definitely hiding something. I will find out soon enough. I saw Finn walking beside me and I stopped him with a smile. "Hey Finn, thank you for rescuing me" he smiled back and we walked up to Clarke, who was treating Wells ankle.
"It's nothing. I like you Kane.
When do we leave?" Finn asked Clarke. She stood up and said
"Right now. We'll be back tomorrow with food. Once the others know the supplies
are still there, they'll follow."
"How are three of you gonna carry
enough food for a hundred?". Wells asked looking at Clarke.
Without a word, Finn collared the boy with googles and an asian from
the crowd.
"Five of us. Can we go now?"
That's when Octavia sashayed toward us...
"Sounds like a party. Make it six."
Bellamy hurried behind her, catching her arm,as Clarke took mine and whispered to me.
"Hey I want you to stay here and take care of Wells. I don't trust these guys" she pointed to Bellamy and his group. I rolled my eyes. I'm going to babysit Wells and miss an adventure. I nodded my head finally and she hugged me before we turned around to face the crowd around us. Just then, Clarke grabbed Finn's
wristband, turning it to reveal what appear to be saw marks.
"Were you trying to take this off?" she asked shocked
"Yeah. So?''
" So this wristband transmits your
vital signs to the Ark. Take it
off and they'll think you're dead. "
Clarke schooled him. I observed Bellamy and he looked sceptical. He caught my eye and looked away.
" Should I care? "Finn asked
" I don't know. You want the people
you love to think you're dead?You want them to follow you down
here in two months? Because they
won't if they think we're dying."
She has a very good point.
Finn nodded understanding her point and Clarke dropped his arm.
" Okay. Then move out. "Clarke said and Finn walks off. His two recruits follow. Octavia wants to, but looks first to Bellamy. He sighed and said with a smile
" Go."
A kiss on his cheek and she hurried after the others.
Bellamy looked at me and came closer. He was a little bit too close for my liking.
"Listen to me angel. Anything happens to my sister, you will answer to me, got it? " Did he just threaten me? Who does he think he is?
I shoved him a little bit and I looked up to him
"Sorry douchebag, I'm babysitting, I'm going with them." i went to walk away, but he grabbed me.
"Why aren't you going?" I took my arm out of his grip and said
"Because I don't trust you. You did something very bad Bellamy.You are scared . I'm going to find out sooner or later." With that I walked away.
After walking around, trying to find Wells, I finally found him after 5 minutes of searching. I jumped on his arms and I hugged him, he hugged me back and even with one leg, he was able to catch me.
" Wells I missed you so much" I said pulling back from the hug. He smiled at me
"I missed you to Jas" I smiled back.
"Find any water yet?" The guy behind me asked Wells. I turned around and I saw Murphy with a guy beside him. I rolled my eyes, not in the mood for his childish games.
"No, not yet, but, I'm going back out if you want to come." He asked Murphy, then we turned our heads and we saw
a message scratched outside the drop ship.
'FIRST SON, FIRST TO DYE.'
Did he even go to school, he spelled 'die' wrong.
I crossed my arms and said at him
" I don't think you went to school, but you spelled die wrong genius". Murphy just glared at me and then looked at Wells
"My dad begged for mercy in the
airlock when your dad floated him."
Wells didn't say anything and limped past him with the help of a stick. I, on the other hand I past him and I hit him with my elbow in his ribs. He let out a cry and he grabbed my elbow roughly.
" Let her go Murphy " Wells said while he stopped walking.
At the same time Bellamy came saying "I'd you're planning to kill someone, it's better not to announce it. Murphy let her go. Now"
Murphy and I glared at each other and after he let me go.
Wells and I walked for a little bit longer
"What are we going to do now?" I asked, I honestly started to get bored.
"Well, we are going to built a tent for us, are you in?" he asked me with a smile and smiled back at him
"He'll yeah! Let's go"
I look around and it was dark. It took us at least 6 hours to built our tent and I was sweating. It wasn't that easy as it seemed at the beginning.
Suddenly we started hearing yellings of joy. Wells and I started walking.
A big fire was up and everybody was there. I pushed myself in the front and what I saw made my eyes widened. Murphy and the other guy help to take a girl's wristband off and then tossed it to the fire.
"Who's next?" Bellamy yelled. So that was his idea.
"What the hell are you doing?" Wells asked him, getting in front of Bellamy with me beside him. A guy started to come to us, but Bellamy put a hand out to stop him.
"Liberating ourselves, what's it
look like?" Bellamy asked
"It looks like you're trying to get
us all killed. Our communication system is fried.
These wristbands are all we've got.
Take them off and the Ark will
think we're dying. That it's not
safe for them to follow." I said looking at the crowd and glaring at Bellamy.
" That's the point, Chancellor, princess
We can take care of ourselves.
Can't we?" Bellamy yelled the last part and I knew he got them.
Everybody started cheering .
" You think this is a game?!
Those aren't just our parents and
our friends." Wells started I continue looking at the crowd of stupid people.
" They're our farmers.
Our doctors. Our engineers. I
don't care what he tells you, we
won't survive here on our own. "
I continued looking at the crowd and then at Bellamy, challenging him.
" Besides, if it really is safe, how
could you not want the rest of our
people to come down?"
" My people already are down.
Those people locked my people up.
Those people killed my mother for
the crime of having a second child.
Your father did that." Bellamy said pointing to the sky and last at Wells
" My father didn't write the laws.''
"No, he enforced them. But not
anymore. Not here. Here, there
are no laws. Here, we do whatever-
the-hell we want, whenever-the-hell
we want. You don't have to like it, Wells, princess.
You can even try to stop it, change
it, kill me. You know why?
Whatever-the-hell we want." Bellamy said without taking his eyes off of mine. I might think about killing him
" Whatever-the-hell we want!"Murphy screamed and then everybody started screaming this 5 words. Bellamy is going to get us all killed. Seriously, what the hell is his damn problem. What did he do to the ark. He's scared.
Suddenly it started raining. Wow it feels amazing. Wells and I looked at each other and we said at the same time
"We collect this".
"Whatever the hell you want" Bellamy whispered looking just at me. I turned around and started walking away from him.
