Disclaimer: I do not own The 100 (either the books or the tv series), I do however own the creativity described in this story, not made by either owners of The 100. A general disclaimer is posted on my profile for all of my fics.

A/N: Hey guys! I've been wanting to write my own fanfic for The 100, mostly because I cannot find one that appeases me. Hopefully this will appease not only me, but others as well. - If you're looking for cute and fluff, please look elsewhere. This fic will contain pairings that you may not like, blood, violence, gore, death, sex, addiction, rape, maybe foul language (undecided), romance, humor, and angst.

A/N#2: If you haven't read the books, worry not, only some parts will be spoilers. I'll be sure to announce spoilers in those chapters in the A/N's.

Rating: Mature (read the A/N for details)

Pairings: RoanxClarke, BellamyxClarke, FinnxRaven, FinnxClarke, WellsxClarke, LexaxClarke, LincolnxOctavia, OctaviaxJasper, JohnxClarke, JohnxRaven, etc..

This fic begins during their fall.

Ascent

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A/N: Mild spoilers

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Chapter One

Clarke startles awake, eyes widening upon realizing where she ended up. This can't be happening, she thought. Her eyes darting around the floor she was on, landing on the person next to her, then narrowing into thin slits in distaste. Before she could utter the words that were at the tip of her tongue, the person spoke. His voice strangely calm, "Clarke, I'm glad you're awake. Look, I know we aren't on good terms, but, I need you to know-" the dropship shifted, causing him to stop mid-sentence to watch as her head bumped roughly into her seat. Biting back the word bile that was piling up, she chose to let him continue. When he didn't feel discouraged he continued, "I need you to know why I followed you." Images of why she was locked up fluttering across her eyes, she resumed her glare, remembering everything that happened to lead to this point.

He faltered for a moment, but that was all she needed. "No Wells, you do not need to remind me why I am here, and I don't care what you did to chase after me. Just stay away from me." She growled out. Clarke shifted her attention away from Wells, ignoring him now, her eyes landing on kids unbuckling their restraints, her mouth dropped open before trying to warn them of the danger.

"Guys! You need to stay seated!" She shouted over the roar of the laughter, other kids pointing at them and attempting to get free themselves. Someone from behind her shouted back, but she ignored them. "When we hit Earth's atmosphere, something could go wrong and-"

Just as she spoke the words, the ship shifted drastically and two of the kids slammed against the metal walls, her eyes widening in fear and shock. The kids grew quiet for a moment and then became hysteric, some crying out the kids names. Another shift, upward this time, the chutes have released, she thought. She looked at the kids who were trying to get free, some had, and were now frantically trying to get back in their seats, holding onto the belts for dear life.

Wells had turned his attention to one of the kids who lay beside him, motionless. The screens on the walls flickered to life, as his father appeared, telling them of their fate. He heard a kid tell him his father was a dick. He rolled his eyes and then focused on the shaking of the ship, he turned to Clarke again, "Clarke, I need to tell you something, I can't die knowing you hate me." He confessed. She turned to him, eyes like fire and told him she did hate him for what happened.

Clarke asked one of the other kids that they called Spacewalker if the kid who hit the wall was breathing. Finn shook his head low, eyes wide, not from fear, but shock at that the impact could do that much damage and they were still in the air.

The ship shuttered against the atmosphere, rattling the kids, they screamed, only Clarke, Wells, and Finn were calm on their level. Something's wrong, she thought. She felt it carry them at an odd angle, until their were released from the chutes and they were dropped to the ground roughly.

It wasn't long before the kids were unbuckling and fleeing their level. Someone shouted at the exit was on the second floor, and that's where they were all headed. Clarke, climbing down the ladder saw an older guy head toward the entrance, she tried warning him that it could be toxic, he gave her a snide remark in return. Biting her lip, she resigned herself from stopping him again. He turned to open the door, he grabbed the lever, pulling and the door creaked open slowly. Someone whizzed past her, a young girl with dark long hair. The girl stood beside the young man, and his expression softened. Clarke raised her brow at the sight, but didn't question it. She approached the door as well, once the door had dropped to the ground, there was a moment of silence. The dark haired girl stepped into the light and then onto the dirt, she began to twirl and wave her hands in the air and yelling into the opening. The kids reared up and ready to go, ran out, cheering, dancing, and celebrating.

Clarke hopped out, looking around, it didn't take her long to move away from the others to stand on the edge of the clearing with a clear view of the mountains across the way. She unrolled her parchment paper, examining it. Her expression turned into a scowl. Twigs snapped just beside her and the presence spoke up. Making a joke about not dying in an explosion. She rolled her eyes, and he called her Princess. Her scowl deepened. She turned to him, telling him about Mount Weather.

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Clarke headed back to the ship and began mapping out their next location. Someone made a quip, Wells stepped up to defend her. She defended herself, instead. Another boy John Murphy, notorious for being a troublemaker stepped up to Wells when he mentioned his father. She watched what unfolded next, Murphy pushed him backwards, Wells took a step forward, Murphy drew back his arm, throwing a punch at Wells, but what Murphy didn't know was that Wells had been in training to join the guard. He easily deflected Murphy's punch, sidestepping, causing Murphy to fall forward. Some of the delinquents chuckled. Murphy, angry now, went to attack again, but Finn dropped in front of him. Murphy looked from him to where he dropped down from, eyeing him suspiciously, then shrugged, saying something about Jaha junior not being worth his time.

Clarke raised her brow when the dark haired girl approached Finn, she heard the young man call her Octavia. Octavia looked up at Finn, "next time save me", she said. Those within earshot laughed, and Clarke allowed a smile to form on her lips. Clarke then turned her attention to Finn as he asked what the plan was.

"We head to Mount Weather now". She announced to him, determination setting into her expression. Wells pipped in, "with just you two?"

Finn turned around, grabbing two skinny boys, Jasper and Monty, "now we have four". A grin on his face.

"Whatever, lets just go now." Clarke said, pushing past the boys.

"Wait for me!' Octavia shouted. The young man gripped her arm behind her, whispering to her, she rolled her eyes, "Bell, I need this, I need to go for a walk. I am tired of the rules. I need freedom."

Bell? Clarke absently inquired to herself, before resuming her task. She and the boys headed into the lush forest.

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The group reached a river, stretching out their legs, the women edged closer to the water, Monty pointed out the seaweed in the river holds medicinal properties. Clarke eager to have anything that could help them stay alive, began stripping. Octavia had begun doing the same. The three boys stared in shock af the half naked women standing before them. Octavia and Clarke stepped into the river, gasps escaping each of them. The two girls exchanged a look, and for a moment Clarke forgot she was on a mission. The water was cool against her skin, she shivered slightly. She headed further into the river, gathering the red seaweed as she got closer. When her arms were full, she headed back to the waters edge and deposited the water plant into Monty's arms. Clarke stepped out onto the gravel, the sun glistening off of her body. She head snapped up, she thought she heard a twig snap along the treeline. Her green eyes scanned the area, she noticed a dark clothed figure standing behind the trees from the direction they came. Quickly, Clarke dressed. Finn's head turned in the direction Clarke was looking, "you see something, Princess?"

She glanced at him, then back at the trees, nothing was there now. "No, it was probably just my imagination."

Clarke turned back to the river, "Octavia, lets get back to our task."

As Octavia turned and headed back to shore, she lost her footing and slipped below the water. A gasp escaped Clarke, "Octavia!"

Before she knew what was happening, something clad in dark ran past her, sloshing through the water. When it emerged with a Octavia in it's arms, her eyes narrowed at at the person heading toward dry land.

"Aren't you supposed to be back at camp, watching the kids?" Clarke questioned.

"I go where my sister goes." The voice grumbled back. "It's a good thing I followed too."

Octavia was pushing against him, "put me down, Bell! I am fine. I just slipped."

Reluctantly he obliged, setting her down on the shore. She quickly clothed herself, then turned around to punch him in the arm. "What the hell Bell?! You don't trust me to just take a walk?"

Bell's face frowned a little when she asked him that, though not for a long, he gestured to her traveling companions. "I don't trust them, O."

Clarke rolled her eyes, "look, trust us or not. I don't care. But, we need to get as far as we can before nightfall." She jutted her chin out toward the mountain on the other side of the river.

"How do you propose we get across? It's not like there was water to practice swimming on the Ark." He shot back, his dark eyes watching her bright green ones carefully, they dropped to her lips as she chewed on them in thought.

Clarke's eyes withdrew from his, she turned away from him, scanning for a way across. She was finding no way across. Green eyes shifting to someone approaching them. When did he leave? She wondered.

"Hey, I found a way across!" Jasper called out to them.

Clarke turned to face the young man, "Bell, was it? You either can join us, or go back to camp."

His eyes narrowed, "you don't get to tell me what to do, Princess." He paused, "it's Bellamy."

Finn shot him a look, "get your own nickname."

Clarke ignored his comment, and padded her way over to Jasper. "Lets get going then."

Monty had taken up beside Jasper, after putting the water plant into Clarke's bag, then handing it back to her.

Finn, Bell, and Octavia stood there awkwardly for a moment, until Octavia looked at her brother, "I'm going, Bell, with or without you." She started off, and Finn joined her.

The young man shifted his weight, debating his options. Dawning on his words, he goes where she goes, he followed, taking up the rear.

Jasper showed them toward the path he found. As they got closer they started to discuss why they were sent to the ground, what could have happened.

"That's not why. The Ark is dying." Clarke announced. Everyone but her stopped in their tracks. "With the Ark's currently population, there is about three months to live, maybe four, now that we're gone." She pressed forward.

"Is that why they kept you in solitary?" Finn asked.

"That's only half of it. These bracelets are to show the Ark that the Earth is survivable." She spoke ahead of them now.

"There's more?" Octavia asked.

"If we don't survive down here, or find a way to contact the Ark, then everyone we know and love up there will die." Clarke said grimly, thinking of her mother, even though she was mad at her for sticking her in solitary.

"That's why your old man was floated?" Finn inquired.

"He was the chief engineer, the council and my mother didn't agree to tell the public, and he was going to tell anyway, so was I." She confessed.

Bell scoffed in the back. Clarke stopped, Monty nearly walked into her. "What?" She demanded from him.

"After what they did to my sister and I, I don't care if they all get floated." He announced, almost as if he were proud of what he was saying.

Clarke gritted her teeth. "You may not care, but there are others who would."

A grin was on his face now, "does that upset Princess?"

She closed her eyes for a short moment, before opening, she reminded herself he wasn't worth it. "No." Pivoting around, and stalking back toward the front.

His grin was still in place, as he watched her go. He couldn't help but let his eyes scan her from head to toe, musing that she looked good, "lighten up, will you?" he called.

Clarke and Jasper headed up a hill, Finn pulled loose a thick vine. Finne glanced to Jasper, "thinking what I'm thinking?" Jasper nodded eagerly. Clarke rolled her eyes. She pushed past them, grabbing the vine from Finn. She turned to face the young many, "is this light enough for you?" She questioned, almost daring him to object.

"You don't have to be the first one," Monty mentioned.

"It's fine, I want to do this." She told him.

Jasper looked from her to Octavia, then to Clarke, "hey, let me?"

Clarke gave him a look that told him, no. She positioned herself, hesitant, but then Bell cracked a chuckle, and she felt herself become embarrassed for delaying. She reared up, and pushed off. The air whizzing through her hair, she gasped, eyes wide at the experience. When the other side came into view, she landed on the ground easily, smoothly even, like she had been doing that alot in her free time. Clarke swung the vine back over to her comrades. She shifted on her feet, the next person swinging in, Jasper. Clarke spotted something metal amongst the shrubbery. Squatting beside it, wiping away the dirt caked onto it. Mount Weather, it read. She grinned, picking up the sign. Jasper leaned in to see what she was looking at.

He held his hands out to her, she placed it with him. He turned around, holding it up, cheering happily. Clarke felt suddenly uneasy. As if they were being watched. She reached for Jasper's shoulder, he turned to face her, seeing the worry in her eyes. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"Someone's out there." She whispered. Both of their eyes now scanning the area. A thud behind them. They whipped around, startled, it was only Finn. He was in the middle of swinging the vine back, Clarke felt something grab her and tug her into the trees. She let out a squeak in shock, both boys turned around to see her being dragged away. Finn had just gotten done swinging the branch back, and Bellamy caught it. He was in the middle of swinging over when he saw it happen.

Clarke had been taken into the trees, Jasper and Finn had begun to head in after her. When he landed, he turned to Octavia and Monty. "Go back to camp! It's not safe!" Octavia registered the tone.

"What's wrong Bell?" She shouted back.

"What's going on?" Monty asked.

"Just go. Princess has been taken by something or someone!" He shouted back.

A scream tore his attention back to the trees behind him. He yelled again to the two on the other side, "go now!" His voice more demanding now.

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End of chapter one. Yes, there are a ton of similarities to the books/show, but that's how it is with most fanfictions. I have my own twists and turns in store. :) Hope you liked it. Please be sure to leave a favorite (or kudos), or even better a comment. :D