Chapter 1

(A/N This is my first story with the 100! Thanks for reading! Tell me if you like it in the reviews!)

Arkadia High School.

Lexa stared up at the sign of the high school she was starting at. It was the twentieth school in eight months. Maybe Anya would let her stay longer at this school. It was farfetched, but Lexa could hope. The Azgeda were always hot on their trail. Always waiting for the moment they would see a mistake and be ready to strike.

She could feel everything so strongly at this place. Lexa had always had the power to feel and mentally see her surroundings through their energy, but in Arkadia she felt an extra presence. As if there she and Anya weren't the only inhuman beings living here. It could just be her power growing stronger, but that wouldn't create such a huge disturbance in her awareness.

She hoped to god it wasn't the Azgeda. If they found her this soon that could only mean they were recruiting more of The Gifted. The thought of her own people turning against each other was so disgusting she had to shove it out of her mind.

Walking into school, she quickly got her schedule and map from the front office.

1st Period: English, Kane, Room 101

2nd Period: Biology, Marshall, Room 155

3rd Period: Math, Smith, Room 143

4th Period: History, Jenkins, Room 127

5th Period: Health, Russell, Room 138

6th Period: Spanish, Clarke, Room 148

She quickly followed the map she'd grabbed from the office and found Mr. Kane's room. He smiled politely at her with warm, brown eyes. "You must be Alexandria Woods," Kane said to her politely. Lexa nodded her head stiffly heading to the back of the classroom.

Finally looking up, she saw the room was small with rectangular tables lining up from back to front. In the back of the room there was only one seat left by a blonde girl. Lexa sat down next to her sliding her bag back onto the floor. "Hi, you must be new here. I'm Clarke."

Lexa looked up to tell the girl off, but was met with the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen. It was as if the girl could see into her soul and read her innermost thoughts. Gaping, she didn't realize what the girl had said. The girl giggled. "Not much of a talker, huh?"

"Oh, sorry. I guess I was spacing out. I'm Lexa. Lexa Woods," Lexa said in a smooth voice. She tried not to talk to anyone at her schools since it only put them in pointless danger, but this girl pulled Lexa in. She couldn't help herself. She just had to gaze into those beautiful blue eyes.

"Well Lexa, I'm Clarke. Welcome to Arkadia." Clarke smile was almost blinding it was so beautiful. Her husky voice flowed into Lexa's ears, possibly the best sound she had ever heard. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Clarke waving her hand slowly, methodically.

That's when Lexa realized what was happing.

She snapped out of it quickly. Clarke was trying to tap into her mind! "You're one of the gifted," Lexa stated with her usual stoic expression. Her only sign of shock a fractional widening of her eyes. Clarke on the other hand looked at her like Lexa had just grown a second head.

"The Gifted? What is that? Is that what I am? How the hell do you know who I am?" The speed of Clarke's breathing grew faster with each question she asked. Lexa froze in place. Was it possible this girl didn't know who she was? Every kid of her race was thought of as precious. They were hunted at a young age by the Azgeda because their powers didn't develop fully until they were around twenty five.

"Listen, I'm not here to explain your whole destiny and all that bullshit. Just stay out of my head before I make you incapable of ever entering someone's mind again," Lexa said with a glare. The girl was not her issue. She quickly pulled out her phone and typed out a message to Anya.

There are others here.

"I'm so sorry, I don't know what's happening. All I know is that when I woke up a couple months ago I could hear every one around me's thoughts." Clarke was cut off by the bell.

Kane started talking about something, but Lexa wasn't listening. She could feel Clarke's eyes on her. Her phone buzzed to life with a message from Anya. Lexa released a breath of air. Anya would know what to do, she was sure of it.

Do we need to fight or run?

She considered that for a moment. Clarke seemed harmless, but if she was the extra presence Lexa felt when she first entered town then she could be powerful. Not all of The Gifted were the same.

Some were first generation human mutants. They weren't all that powerful, but more often had a singular physical power. Super strength, speed enhancements, control of a specific element, or possibly a more complicated power like invisibility.

The farther back mutants went in your family tree, the more powerful you were. Lexa and Anya were 50th generation mutants. Their blood went all the way back to the original mutants. They were more powerful than any other single mutant on the earth. Together they could have taken over earth by now, but they believed they were given their powers to help humans. Not destroy them.

So far I see no need to do either.

Lexa knew that wasn't going to be enough for Anya, but it was as much as she was willing to say over the phone. When she saw here next she'd have to tell her about this girl Clarke. At the moment she had bigger problems. The whole period Clarke had been staring at her trying to gain her attention. Lexa continued to ignore her.

The class was quickly coming to an end and Lexa had to decide what she was going to do. She could completely ignore Clarke, go home, and they could run away. Or she could take Clarke home with her to Anya and help the seemingly helpless girl.

With only five minutes left of class, Lexa finally met Clarke's eyes. She could see the fear swirling there. Fear of what she was unsure of. If she was playing dumb and knew who Lexa was, the fear could be from knowing what Lexa could do to her. Or more likely it could be fear of Lexa running and never giving her the answers she desperately sought.

Finally Lexa decided.

"Okay look, here's how this is gonna go. When the bell rings, you're going to wipe that pathetic look off your face and toughen up. We act as if nothing is different. You tell your mother the new girl got sick and you had to drive her home. I'll take you to another of our kind and explain what is going on. I don't know why you don't know what you are, and I don't really care. When you live in our world, as one of our kind, ignorance means death. That is the only reason we're talking. I don't need another one of us to die."

Clarke nodded quickly. The bell rang a moment after. Lexa stood quickly and walked out of the room with Clarke close on her heals.

They entered the parking lot heading towards Lexa's old, red Jeep. Lexa hated the piece of junk, but Anya insisted her sports car would draw unwanted attention. The Azgeda ruined everything, including her choice of car.

"Where are we going?" Clarke asked.

"Just get in the car and shut up. No questions until we're in a secure place," Lexa said. She didn't need to find out there was Azgeda spy lurking. Lexa knew she was being harsh, but sometimes you have to be.

She started the car and pulled out of the parking lot. She automatically checked her mirrors to make sure no one was following them. "Is mind reading your gift?" Lexa asked uncertainly.

"How do I know I can trust you?" Clarke asked. Lexa thought about that. Why should she trust her?

"You should have asked that question before you got in the car."

"Wow, that's very reassuring," Clarke said suddenly looking nauseous. Lexa could hear Clarke's heart beating faster. Lexa couldn't keep her stoic facade at that. A small smile pulled at her lips. She snorted.

"Okay, fine. You should trust me because I'm the same as you. I'm one of The Gifted. But I suppose the most important thing you could know is that I can kill you very easily, but I don't wish to." Her stoic expression returned at that.

"I can see into someone's mind. It's not really hearing their thoughts, it's more like seeing them or seeing through their minds. Sometimes I can play small tricks on their minds too, but only things like short term memory loss," Clarke said after a minute.

If Clarke had the ability to see into someone's mind that clearly, it could only mean she came from at least fifth generation blood. Mental abilities were rare and often deadly. Most people couldn't separate their own minds from what they saw in another's. Clarke's parents should have explained that to her when she was young.

"Who are you're parents?" Lexa asked.

"Abigail and Jake Griffin. Why? What do they have to do with this?" Lexa slammed on the brakes.

Griffin.

Clarke was a Griffin.

The Griffins were one of the most powerful lines of The Gifted there were. Not as powerful as the Woods of course, but if they had enough of them they'd give Lexa and Anya a run for their money.

I'm bringing over the one I found. Her Name is Clarke. Clarke Griffin. She doesn't know who she is.

She quickly texted Anya.

"Lexa, please tell me what any of this has to do with my parents." Lexa looked into Clarke's big blue eyes then. They were shining with worried tears. Lexa didn't know if she should comfort her or kick her out of the car. It made sense now the presence she had felt. She had unknowingly walked into the hometown of a bunch of people who could kill her.

"You're parents haven't been honest with you Clarke. But that's not my place to tell. Talk to them when you go home."

Lexa pulled up into her newest house's driveway. Anya was already standing outside. Clarke all of a sudden started to choke. The air was being ripped out of her lungs by Anya. "How could you be so stupid as to bring one of them here? They hate us!" Anya screamed at me.

Clarke's wide blue eyes begged me to make it stop. I held up my hand and blocked Anya's hold on the air around Clarke. Clarke gasped for air, barely conscious.

"What are you doing? She's obviously tricking you! You would dare use your power against me to save a Griffin!" Anya screamed shaking with rage. She always had been a hot head. Lexa knew the Griffins and Woods were longtime enemies, but that didn't mean she had to keep it going.

"Anya you may be my older sister, but I'm in charge when it comes to these things. I was born to protect our kind, and you can bet you're ass I'm going to," Lexa yelled back. She got out of the car and went over to the passenger side door. "Clarke are you alright?"

"Ye-Yeah I'm fine," She stated with tears streaming down her face. Something about her made Lexa's heart break. She wrapped her arms around Clarke.

"Listen to me, as long as I'm here Anya will not hurt you." Clarke nodded her head frantically. She allowed Lexa to drag her out of the car.

"Bitch," Lexa muttered when she passed Anya.

"Idiot," Anya said softening. The Griffin girl obviously wasn't the fearsome warrior the rest of her family was. "Sorry," She mutters.

They all walked into the house and sat down in the living room. "Okay, I waited for us to get to your secure location. Tell me what is going on," Clarke said tensely.

"Around the year 400, the first of The Gifted was born. It was a woman who's name is not known. All we know is she was born with a mutation that gave her powers. The earth gave her these evolved powers to allow her to create order on the planet. It originally worked, but as more of The Gifted were created they started to fight each other. They separated into thirteen different clans. Most of the clans are now dissolved, but three remain: Azgeda, Trikru, and Skikru. The Azgeda are the darkest of all. They want to kill all the humans and take over earth.

"We don't allow for this to happen. 'We' being the Trikru and Skikru. But in the last thousand years the Azgeda have grown stronger and started using dishonorable tactics like hunting children. This has driven most of the Trikru and Skikru into hiding. The Gifted all have different powers and different degrees of power. The Woods are the most powerful family there is. Then there are the Griffins, the Forrests, the Blakes, and the Floukru."

Clarke swallowed thickly. "So you're telling me I'm some all-powerful alien thing?"

Lexa shook her head. "No, I'm telling you you're one of The Gifted."