PROLOGUE
6,565. 6,565. The number of days I've lived for. Also the number of days I've been locked up for, or at least that's what I've worked out based on the day I get to walk around the Ark, my birthday. I also get to see my sister, Raven.
5. The number of days I may have left in this world. The number of days until my case is brought before the council. That's the day I will get my freedom, whether it's through death or through pardon. That's the day I may be able to finally hug my sister. But, it's also the day I may say goodbye to Raven. It may be my end. But then again, it may be my new beginning.
35,405. Over 35,405 days. That's how long the Ark has existed. How long we humans have lived in space. Always orbiting the earth. For ninety-seven years, the Ark has held the only remaining humans. It's also how long it's been since the Atomic War ended. The War was fought with bombs and atomic weaponry. It made it impossible to live on the surface of the earth. So to solve this, twelve of the earth's nations with the last remaining space stations came together and formed the Ark. Like every other prisoner, I was born in space. The laws we live by are cruel. Every crime, no matter how small, is punishable by death. If you are under eighteen, you are sent to the Sky-box, the prison. Once you turn eighteen, your case is brought before the council and they decide if you live or die.
Life on the Ark is hard. The people here have been divided into two groups, the privileged-they are the council, families with more influence on how things are run- and the workers-they grow the food and they fix things that break. Alpha Station is where most privileged families live, while Meca Station and Argo Station are for the workers live. I think it's mainly workers who get sent to prison or get floated because they get smaller rations and not as much medical care as the privileged.
Unlike most prisoners, I don't have a name. It's the one thing other then freedom that the council have denied me. They refused to give me a name and wouldn't tell anyone the name my parents had decided on before they got floated. Raven has always called me her little bunny, because I'm small. Everyone else just calls me prisoner 3-2-0. I'm kept in solitude not because I pose a threat or anything like that. Because over time I've learned the guards' timetable and their scared I'll tell one of the other prisoners. so, I guess you could say I do pose a threat. They put me in solitary with Clarke Griffin, she's the daughter of Abbey Griffin and Jack Griffin, the head doctor and engineer on the Ark. They allow us to talk through the gap in the wall, it's tiny, the only reason we found it was because Clarke heard me singing and I heard her drawing on the walls and floor. Clarke calls me lyric because I've got nothing better to do but sing all day. I'm broken from my Song when the door opens.
Prisoners of the Ark. Hear me now. I hold no ownership over any characters but my own(I really need to name her)and the story line belongs to Kass Morgan and the producors of the TV series./p