Back in time
Authors Note: Hello guys. This is my first ever fanfiction. So please go easy on me. On top of that English is not my mother tongue and I have no Beta – Reader. So I apologize for every grammar mistake. This pup needs protection *whimpers*
Thoughts are marked with ´…´ And there is a lot of swearing :D
I´m a big slut for Clexa with kids in Canonverse, so I made this fanfiction :D Let´s get started
Summary: Clarke and Lexa live a life full of peace. They´re married and have kids. At the summer break they go on a vacation into the forest. Things are getting a little confusing when one of the kids is too curious and so they´re coming face to face with the legends they have learned in school about. Past-Canon
Chapter 1: Good old times
It is a beautiful summer day. The teacher is telling something, but Anya doesn´t seem to care what he says. She hates school. It´s not like she isn´t good in any subject, but who needs math to fight, right? Yes, she likes to fight and she is damn good at it. The firstborn of Heda and Wanheda, the born warrior. She is well known in the fight pits. Every day she trains there and everybody knows how good she is.
Anya stares out the window, a little breeze blows her dirty blonde hair. Green eyes scan the streets of Polis. She sees the people roam the market, little children chasing each other, a bird´s flying unusually low – bam! He slams against one of the windows, poor birdy.
"So who can tell me what happened after Pike became Chancellor? Anya!?" The teacher hits her desk with his palm, startling Anya out of her observation.
"Huh what?" Anya has no fucking idea what he said.
"Daydreaming again? If you keep this up, I´m afraid you´ll fail this class!"
Like she gives a damp. Who needs history anyway? The present is important, not what some stupid Pike Chancellor did back then.
"JJ, tell your sister what Pike did, please" He says as he turns his head and faces the boy, who sits at Anya´s right.
The boy scratches his brown hair and glances to his left, seeing his sister´s eyeroll and hearing a quiet "Oh god please don´t".
"That´s easy. He and 10 armed men killed 300 Trikru warriors, who were near Arkadia as a peace army to protect the Skykru against the Ice Nation."
"What a fucking nerd" Anya mutters under her breathe.
"That´s correct JJ." The teacher says and turns around to write something on the board.
RING RGING!
"Fucking finally." Anya sighs. She can go to the pits and train now, or maybe Nomon would spar with her? Either way, she is glad the lesson is over and that means they have a summer break for 3 months.
"You know that mum told us about that, right?" Sky blue eyes stare into forest green one.
"Whatever JJ." They´re walking the corridor, out of school.
As they enter the streets of Polis Anya takes a deep breath, she is free now. Ok only 3 months, but it´s better than nothing, right?
The Twins are making their way home, or at least JJ wants to. Anya stops at the pits, which is on its way. She takes a sword out of the pile of weapons and swings it several times.
"Hey Losers!" A boy calls from across the pit, who makes his way to the twins. He has brown hair and bright brown eyes with a dimple on his chin.
"If you call me Loser one more time, I swear to god I will kick your sorry ass!" Anya threats the boy.
"Nomon and mummy wouldn´t let you." Kai pokes his tongue out.
Who would know that a 12 year old could be so much of a little shit? Sometimes she wants a sister instead of two brothers, that would be easier.
Maybe not, they would get into more fights probably.
Anya turns around and jumps over the 3 feet high fence into the pit. There is already a man twice her size, smirking at her.
Anya runs forward and strikes at him. The man blocks the blow with his sword. The sounds of metal on metal can be heard. Anya takes a step back, ducks and kicks her leg at the man´s shin. He howls and waves his sword at her. Anya avoid the sword, brings her own up and smashes the butt of it at the man´s nose. The satisfying crack of bone can be heard. The man stumbles back, surprised and dizzy from the attack. Anya moves forward and kicks her foot at his chest, he falls flat to the ground. She kicks his sword from his hand and brings her own down his throat. Check mate. 10 seconds. Not bad for a 16 year old, no not at all.
The people around the pit cheer.
Anya turns to her brothers and addresses JJ. "Come on, take a sword and fight me."
He scoffs. He´s no fighter and she knows it. But he knows his sister damn well, she likes to provocate him.
"You know I don´t fight, I´m a pacifist. The only weapon-"
"Is your mind." She finishes. "I doubt your mind can protect you from Raiders or other threats brother, but keep dreaming and live in your dreamworld full of flowers and sunshine."
That hit a nerve.
"And you´re only a savage who can´t articulate herself and have to punch everything to feel better about her pathetic life!" He is angry now.
"Ohhhh 1:0 for JJ! Man Anya he crushed you haha." Of course Kai have to say something.
Anya grits her teeth at JJ.
"Nice teeth sister, didn´t had them in white anymore?"
Anya glares at Kai. If looks could kill he would be dead, at least 20 times.
"You little shit" She runs forward and over the 3 feet high fence. Meanwhile Kai runs screaming in the direction of the Polis tower.
The streets of Polis are full, so he can´t avoid to bump into a few people. But he doesn´t care, not if an angry pissed of Anya is hot on his heels, no definitely not.
He arrives at the Polis tower shortly after. Panting and afraid what his sister might do to him if he doesn´t find one of his parents to hide behind.
He makes his way inside, looking around.
"Do you know where my Mum is?" He asks one of the guards, still panting and very flustered.
"She is with Heda at an important summit in the throne room. They wish not to be disturbed." He answers blankly.
The boy stumbles into the elevator and says to one of the guards that he wishes to get to the top floor. As the doors of the elevator shut, he sees Anya, sweaty and angry.
The elevator goes up, he is save.
"Grrrr! Wait till I get you Kai." She pants angrily. "Up to the top floor." She commands one of the guards. She wouldn´t be on time to catch him, but she would get him.
DING!
The elevator comes to a stop, the top floor. Kai runs out of the elevator and down the corridor. He can hear a Ding of another elevator. ´Shit Anya´ he thinks.
Kai is now in front of the throne room. He opens the door and bursts in, the guards at the door were too occupied by Anya´s yelling at the end of the corridor.
In the room are several Ambassadors. The great Heda is seated in her throne at the end of the room.
All eyes are on Kai now, who is running in the direction of his Nomon. But the angry look on her face makes him rethink his decision and he turns right to where Clarke is seated.
"Mummy she wants to kill me, help me!" He yells and hides behind her. One second later a very angry Anya storms into the room. She looks all Ambassadors in the eye, daring them to say something. Her eyes lands on her Mother and then on Kai, who´s shaking out of fear.
"The summit is over. Leave us!" Heda commands.
Every Ambassador stands and leaves the room. As the door close behind them Lexa speaks: "What is the meaning of this?" She sounds calm, but everyone knows she is pissed.
"We were at the pits, I said something and then she wanted to kill me." Kai answers fast.
"You will pay for that Kai." Anya says angrily.
"Stop it Anya, leave your brother alone." Clarke speaks sternly.
Kai steps out of his Mother´s protection and looks at his sister, who mouths a silent "soon" to him.
The door opens and JJ walks in, looking at his family. He smirks at Anya and gives Kai a high five. They are brothers, and brothers have to stick together. Sure he shares a special bond with his sister, they´re twins after all, but Anya deserved this.
"Hi Mum." He kisses her on the cheek. "Hi Nomon." He steps in front of her and she gets a kiss as well. He is always like that, tender. Not afraid to show his feelings, much like Clarke. Yes, he got this from Clarke.
"How was school?" Clarke asks her children.
"Good" "I´m glad it´s over" "Can´t complain" The three of them say at once. Clarke chuckles and looks at Anya. The way she stands, the way she looks. An exact image of Lexa. And then she turns and puts her hand on top of Kai´s head ruffling his semi - long hair.
They are all a part of her and Lexa. The thought let her heart swell with love. She is glad she has this with Lexa, that they worked around the betrayal.
Pike and all who had helped him had paid the prize, yes even Bellamy. All of them died a death by 1000 cuts. Jus drein jus daun. It couldn´t be avoided anymore.
Kane became Chancellor and Skykru was part of the coalition again, the 13th clan. Together they defeated A.L.I.E and Jaha in the City of Lights. After that Lexa asked Clarke to marry her and she couldn´t say no. She knew she loved Lexa a long time back then. Back when they fought against Pauna. "It´s okay. You´re save." Those were the words Lexa said to her and those were the words when she knew she cared about Lexa.
Shortly after the marriage she got pregnant with the twins. She couldn´t be happier.
If someone at the Ark had said to her she would fall from the sky, marry a Grouder Commander, who commands an entire army and gives birth to the twins at the age of 19 and to Kai at the age of 23, she would say they were totally crazy. As she was imprisoned and waited for her death. So a child was out of question and 3, totally unthinkable. But she has 3 gorgeous children now. To say she is happy is an understatement.
"Since you interrupted the summit you don´t have a say anymore where we´ll go on our vacation." Lexa says stoic.
An audible groan can be heard. Lexa smirks and turns around, so now her back faces the others.
"We are going into the forest, a 3 hours ride on horseback away from New TonDC. It´s really beautiful there, you´ll like it." She turns around to watch her children´s expression.
Kai pouts and huffs a sigh "Oh no, how boring. At least can Artemis come with us?"
Artemis, the daughter of Octavia and Lincoln. Tan skin with hazel eyes and the same age like Kai. They grew up together, you can say they are inseparable. She is very smart for her age, quite the opposite than Kai, who´s childish. A perfect contrast.
"Sure Honey. Octavia, Lincoln and Artemis can go with us." Clarke answers her son.
Lexa observes the expression of her other son. JJ´s attempt to hide his annoyance doesn´t go past her. She knows her children well. And one thing she knows for certain is that JJ is all brain. He would happily spend his whole vacation in a library. But JJ says nothing, he doesn´t want to upset his Nomon.
Lexa knows what expression Anya would have, but she glances briefly to her. Anya has a smile on her lips. She loves the outdoors, it means she could go on hunts and learn more about survival in nature.
"So it is set then, the forest it is." Lexa´s answer is final.
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"Knock knock." Kai says to Artemis, who rides with her Mother. Octavia behind her, arm around her waist, so she doesn´t fall of the horse. Next to them are Clarke with Kai, in a similar position.
It is early in the morning and birds are chirping happily.
"Oh no, please don´t Kai." Artemis hates those jokes. They´re not even funny.
"Ask." Kai pleas.
"Fine. Who is there?" Artemis asks annoyed.
"Iva." Kai smirks.
"Iva who?"
"I´ve a sore hand from knocking!" He burst into a fit of laugher now.
Artemis rolls her eyes. Octavia and Clarke share a look. A quiet conversation between them.
´From who does he have that?´
´No idea. Definitely not from me.´
At the front rides Lexa with Lincoln deep in conversation. Next to them Anya and JJ.
The ride goes like that. Till they arrive 4 hours later in New TonDC to rest for 1 hour and then ride to the small creek, 3 hours away from here.
All dismount and are happy to be able to rest a little.
The people greet them and several times you can hear ´Heda´ and ´Wanheda´ as one of the greetings.
All kids gather around the fire to eat a little. Octavia and Lincoln are with them.
Lexa and Clarke lock eyes with each other, the glint in Clarke´s can´t be missed. Both of them excuse themselves to make preparations for the rest of the ride. Lexa enters the war room, which is the same old room 17 years ago. When Clarke warned Lexa about the missile. It still stands.
They walk into the room, Lexa turns around and as soon as she does, Clarke crash they lips together. The kiss is passionately. Lexa leans into it and feels Clarkes tongue touching her bottom lip. She grants entrance by parting her lips. Tongues fighting for dominants. Lexa hums and Clarke response by squeezing Lexa´s waist. They break for air and soon only they foreheads touch, breathing the same air in.
Who knows that both would jump each other even after 17 years of marriage?
"We have to do preparations, Clarke."
"You know damn well that we don´t have to do any preparations." She smirks.
"Soon, ai hodens. Let us first arrive at the hut." Lexa chuckles and gives her one last peck on the lips.
She takes a step back from Clarke and take her by the hand, leading her to the exit.
Arriving at the fire, they sit next to Octavia and Lincoln. The kids chat with one another. Soon the hour is over and they mount their horses yet again.
JJ groans, how will he survive another 3 hours of horse riding? Everything hurts.
To say the ride was boring was an understatement, so JJ took a book out of his saddle bag and read it. He made sure that he took enough stuff to read with him. His books are mainly about history. About the old world and about the legendary story of his two mothers. He just loves history, alright?
Anya is muscles and he is all brains. It´s not like he is lanky, he has muscles. Not as defined as Anya´s but he is proud of his baby abs and little muscular biceps. He´s good looking, handsome even.
What else would come out if you combine the genes of Clarke and Lexa, right?
"There is a big hut near the creek, where we resident for the 2 weeks." His Nomon addresses all and interrupts his reading.
"How many bedrooms are there?"
"Five bedrooms and before you ask each room has a restroom." She answers her daughter.
"Five rooms, that means we have to share." Says Artemis and looks to Anya, who gives a little smile.
Anya likes Artemis, she´s like a little sister to her. And a bonus, she´s nothing like the little shit named Kai. Sure she loves him, she loves both of her brothers, but you know sibling – love is complicated.
As they arrive it is late afternoon and everybody is happy to not ride another 7 hours ride, not till the 2 weeks are over.
"The biggest bedroom belongs to Artemis and me!" shouts Anya, grabs Artemis´s hand and drags her running into the hut and up the stairs.
"No way, it´s ours!" shouts Kai back and runs after them.
JJ only sighs, this would be 2 long weeks for him. He is now the last of the children among the adults. JJ glances briefly to them, then he goes after the others.
"Octavia. Lincoln. Your bedroom is the second door on the left and ours is on the very end. Make yourselves comfortable, please." Lexa says to them before she goes to the horses to feed them. Lincoln follows after her, but not before he gives his wife a quick kiss.
"How does Lexa knows that the kids didn´t claim those?"
"Because they´re the smallest." Answers the blonde.
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After they ate something for dinner, all of them were glad to fall into bed already. A 7 hours ride is really tiring.
Lexa and Clarke make their way to their bedroom, passing every child´s room. Out of JJ´s and Kai´s room they can hear Kai telling one of his not so funny jokes.
"From who does he have that?" asks Lexa and turns to look at her wife. Clarke only shrugs.
In the girl´s room they hear giggles. Lexa and Clarke smile at each other. This were the moments they loved. This were the moments they fought for.
The next morning arrived. A sunbeam lands on Anya´s face. She groans and throws an arm over her eyes to cover them, but is irritated because she can´t move. She looks down and sees Artemis, who is cuddled up into her and embraces her, so Anya´s arms are in a vice like grip.
"Artemis can you please get off me?"
"Mmmhhh five more minutes Nomon." She says groggily.
Anya rolls her eyes at that and shoves her away off from her. "Yesterday you laid in your bed, how does it come that I didn´t noticed that you came here?"
"You slept like a baby." Artemis answers, eyes still closed.
Anya huffs at this and stands up. "You have to stand up, it´s almost midday."
"Mmmh huh" Is the only response Anya gets from her, so she goes to the restroom to make herself ready for the day.
Today she would go on a hunt along with her Nomon, Octavia and Lincoln. That would be fun. She would really enjoy this.
As she makes her way out of the bedroom and into the hall, she sees Octavia and greets her.
"Artemis´s still asleep?"
"Yes, how do you wake her? She just continued to sleep after I shoved her off of me."
"Did she slept in your bed?"
"Yes, does she always do this?"
"Yeah a bad habit of hers, can´t really sleep alone. She needs the human contact." Octavia smiles.
Both make their way down the stairs into the living room. Lexa and Clarke are sitting on the couch, speaking in hushed voices.
"You´re up? Can we go hunting now?"
"Yes Anya, we will." Says Lexa to her daughter.
"After that we could do a little picnic and eat the game that you killed?" Clarke suggest.
Lexa nods at Clarke. "See you in an hour." She gives her a quick kiss.
Octavia, Anya and Lexa make their way outside to Lincoln, who is already by the horses, feeding them.
Clarke leans back, she really enjoys the free time. It´s really rare to not have any duties. Both, Lexa and her, made sure their got at least one vacation per year. To spent time with the kids, as a family. So this 2 weeks, she will definitely enjoy this. She smiles as she hears JJ, who is making his way downstairs.
"Morning honey, did you slept well?" She got a kiss on the cheek.
"Mornin´. Yes, you?"
"Yeah. Your Nomon, Anya, Lincoln and Octavia are out hunting, that means we will have a picnic in the afternoon."
"Sounds like a good plan. Want me to help you preparing it?" Clarke smiles, how could she get so lucky? JJ was always a boy who asks everyone if they could use a hand. Just like her father. She named him well, Jake Junior.
"Yes thank you, follow me into the kitchen."
The hunt was good, they caught a boar and 3 rabbits. Lexa was really proud of her daughter, because she helped her to kill the boar.
Picnic´s ready and they´re making their way to the creek.
"Hey Artemis. Did you hear about the guy who´s whole left side was cut off?" Kai grins. Artemis gives him one of her best death glares.
"He is all right now." He laughs.
"Tell me again why we are friends?" Artemis asks seriously.
The boy shrugs "You love them, admit it."
"Yeah right." She huffs and runs to the front, where her mother is.
"You know, you should really stop with those jokes, they´re not funny."
"You have no sense of humor brother. All of you." The last part was said a little louder, so everyone would hear.
After 20 minutes they´re arrived at the creek. Lincoln and JJ laid a big blanket onto the ground, so everyone could sit on it.
10 minutes into the picnic, Kai asks Artemis if she would like to play hide and seek.
"It´s no fun if we are only 2."
"So? We could ask our parents." Kai responses.
It was no surprise that the adults declined the offer.
"Please Nomon, play with us." Kai pleas.
"No goufa, why don´t you ask you´re siblings. I´m sure JJ would play with you."
At the mentioning of his name, JJ looks up from his book.
"JJ? Would you play hide and seek with us?" He gives his brother his best innocent smile that he could muster.
"No, that is a child - game." He starts reading again. Kai pouts and looks to his Mummy.
"JJ. Anya. Please play with your brother, we are on a vacation after all. Nobody would see."
"What?! No, I´m no goufa!" Anya complains."
Clarke looks at her wife. A silent conversation between them.
´Tell your daughter to play with her brother, or you will sleep on the couch tonight.´
"Anya you will play with him, if you don´t I´ll banish you from the upcoming hunt." Lexa says to her daughter.
"Nomon you can´t do this!" Lexa fixes her with a stern look. "Fine." Anya sighs defeated.
"Sweet! You both count to 30 and we hide. Come Artemis." Kai stands up and runs into the woods along with Artemis.
"Be careful Artemis!" Lincoln shouts to his daughter before she too vanished into the woods.
"We should better count to 30 now." Suggests JJ.
"Fuck the counting I´ll go now." Anya stands up and is about to run after them.
"Anya Elizabeth Griffin!" Anya stops dead in her track. If her mum addresses her with her full name, then she knows shit is about to hit the fan. "First: Language. And Second: You will sit down and count to 30, young Lady."
Anya groans and turns around. Sitting down again she begins to count under the watchful eye of her mother.
For her mother Kai is the baby of the family. She protects him like a lioness her cub. Sure she protects JJ and her just as much as Kai, but you now, since he´s the youngster and all that.
After they counted, they stand up and make their way into the woods.
"What a stupid game!"
"Don´t be mad, we used to play that too." JJ smirks at her.
Anya huffs. Yes, he was right, they played hide and seek very often. And Anya enjoyed it. She was so good, that she hided 3 hours till her Nomon found her. And she was 6 back then.
They´re looking around, looking for a good place to hide.
"We should split up to cover more ground." Anya suggests. Getting into strategy tactics.
"Good idea. You´ll go this direction and I´ll go there." Just as JJ finishes his sentence, both fall into a huge gap. Landing flat on their backs. Rubble falls over the twins, both groaning in pain.
"Shit, I think I broke every bone in my body." Anya moans.
"Where are we?" JJ asks as he stands up, holding his shoulder.
Anya stands as well and looks up. "There is no way we could climb that."
They landed at least 10 feet into the gap. No way to climb all the way up. JJ looks around. "Look, there is a tunnel." He points out.
"Seems like we don´t have any other option. Let´s go then." Anya turns to her brother who nods.
The twins make their way to the dark tunnel, just as they´re step into it, light floods it.
"Looks like an abandoned bunker." JJ observes the lamps at the ceiling. Both then look at each other. Green eyes full of fear and adventurousness, blue eyes full of wonder and dread.
At the end of the tunnel is a white door. Anya and JJ share a look once more, not sure what to find behind it.
"It´s maybe the only way out here JJ. Help me open it."
Both push against the door, which is making a squeaky noise. Probably because it wasn´t opened for 97 years?
The room is all white. White walls and a white floor. In the middle of the room is only one thing, a little table with a cup like object on top of it.
"What the fuck is this?" Asks Anya
"I have no idea." JJ moves forward and examine it.
"So we stuck here. Fuck this vacation and fuck Kai who wanted to play this fucking game!" Anya sets her jaw in anger.
JJ, now finished eying the object stretch out to touch it. Just as his fingers touch the cup he gets sucked up into a black hole.
"JJ!" Anya screams. She can´t believe what just happened. Can´t believe her eyes. They played a trick on her, right? No, this was real.
"Fuck." Anya whispers and threads her fingers through her hair. She looks back to the door, back into the tunnel. No, going back wasn´t an option. She wouldn't get out of here, so she moves forward. Extends her hand, but stops right after her fingers can touch the cup.
"Fuck it." She says, squeezes her eyes shut and touches it.
ZIP
Bang. She falls. "Ouch!" What was that? Did she said that? No she didn´t hurt herself, she landed soft. On something soft. Or rather on someone?
"Get off me!" The person says angrily. Wait! This voice, she knows this voice. She would recognize this voice everywhere.
Anya turns around and comes face to face with her mother. Or rather a younger version of her.
"What the fuck?" Anya stares wide eyed at Clarke.
"Yeah I could say the same thing. Would you mind to get off me now?" She says annoyed. Shit, that's right, she still lays on top of her. Anya gets up like her mother was on fire and she got burned. Clarke stands as well looking up to the small building, which is about 8 feet high.
"Did you just jumped off that building?" Clarke asks her skeptically.
"What?" Anya asks irritated. She looks up, that's a good excuse. She couldn´t just tell her that she was her future daughter, who got sucked up into the past by a cup. No, definitely not.
"Yeah sorry about that, I just…erm…practiced flying?" What the actual fuck did she just said?! ´Seriously Anya you couldn´t come up with something less stupid?´
That wasn´t the best excuse, but what can she do now?
Clarke frowns and mutters under her breathe "Stupid Grounders."
"Excuse me?" Anya asks, did she just heard that right. But it´s too late to get an answer, Clarke is walking away from her. It seems like she wants to go to the Polis tower. It hit her then, what if she crushes a butterfly and the whole future would change. What if she wouldn´t exist anymore, vanish into thin air? No, she just felt on top of her mother and held a conversation with her. THIS could lead to her disappearance.
She has to find her brother. What if he does something stupid. Maybe he is now with their Nomon, that would be the only logic guess.
"Hey wait!" Clarke turns around, looking really annoyed. "Do you know where Nom - Heda is?" That was close.
"Why do everybody think I would know where she is?" She answers angrily staring into the same green forest eyes like Lexa´s. "Are you related to her?"
"Yes, actually." Anya says and this wasn´t even a lie. "So do you know where she is?"
Clarke turns around and leaves.
Anya runs after her, falling into her step. "Look, it´s really important, maybe you could name some places where she hangs out or something."
Clarke glances at her and huffs. "Maybe the Polis tower?"
"Thank you I couldn´t tell." Anya responses sarcastically. "So you go to the tower right?"
"Yeah"
"Ok cool, I´m going with you."
"Whatever."
Hope you liked it, tell me if I should continue this story or not.
Translations: Nomon - mother
Jus drein jus daun - blood must have blood
Ai hodnes – my love
Goufa - child
Characters:
Clarke: 35 years
Lexa: 37 years
Children: Anya, 16 years, blonde dirty hair with green eyes
JJ, 16 years, brown hair with blue eyes
Kai, 12 years, brown hair with bright brown eyes
Lincoln: 38
Octavia: 34
Child: Artemis, 12 years, tan skin with hazel eyes