Octavia tried not to cry out in frustration as she hit the ground-loosing yet another sparring match with one of the Grounder girls -Arya.

Rolling onto her side, she cradled her injured arm, listening to their laughter- the reason for their entertainment she was sure of it was her failure.

She knew how insufficient her fighting skills were and it made her want to smack herself, although to be fair, her chances weren't equal to the other girl's , only being given scraps to eat and minimal water, being forced to sleep standing up – she was constantly exhausted.

She couldn't blame the Grounders for treating her this way, they had had bad experiences with foreigners but she also wanted to finally settle down somewhere, where she could feel safe and welcome. She never felt like that on the Ark and here wasn't any different. She must have been to consumed by her thoughts and not heard Indra call her because suddenly she was being pulled up by her hair and came face to face with the dark skinned female warrior.

She had learned to be scared of the short woman, who had been kind enough to take her in but had also never hesitated to punish her if Octavia did something to displease her – which was constantly.

"Girl...have you gone deaf ? I have been calling you three times !"

"I apologize mistress"

"If I wasn't about to leave camp – I would punish you for your behavior right now"

Oh no Octavia thought leaving camp ? Indra's punishments were bad but the other grounders while she wasn't there were way worse! The girls would leave her chained up for days without food and the times she would be able to walk around freely she spent fending off unwanted attention from the men.

She noticed that Indra had let go of her hair and was pulling her away from the sparring area, towards her private tent. She never was allowed in there. Indra also had started talking again .

"...Him to train you since you're slowing everyone else down"

"Who is going to train me?"

Indra gave her a sharp look and was about to answer but they had already entered her tent and she caught sight of a very large men sitting on the floor sipping from a metal cup. As they entered he got up.Gods he is even taller than I thought Octavia realized.

"Girl this is Lincoln he will force some discipline into you , if he can't teach you something than you are as useless as I always thought"

A chuckle "Now Indra, that's not the way to motivate someone " Lincoln said

His low voice made Octavia look up and meet his deep honey colored eyes, he had dark skin but not as dark as Indra's, his head was shaved and he was wearing animal furs and paint on his face- like some of the scouts in the village. He was tall and muscular. When her eyes returned to his face she realize he was appraising her too- from head to toe. She felt uncomfortable under his scrutinizing gaze. His face hardened and his gaze turned dark. Great another Grounder who hated her and he didn't even know her yet.

"You will leave with Lincoln to train. We're holding a meeting with a few other clans and I can't have you here. If they find out we trained you and didn't kill you it would mean the end to our alliance"

Indra said

"But..what about the other girls..everyone who has seen me, they will tell"

"I will tell them you got killed by stray Reapers. These are difficult times Octavia and the Alliance has to be maintained no matter what.

"But.." Octavia started but Indra interrupted her

"Octavia you don't belong here, Lincoln will give you what you need to survive on your own. There is no time for you to fight me on this, you have to leave now!"

Octavia started to interrupt again but was stopped by Indira hitting the side of her head with her sword and then.. only darkness.

There. My first chapter of my first ever fanfic. Please let me know what you think,