A/N This is my first story I've ever published on a website so I hope people will take a moment to review. I decided to write this because there aren't many stories with grounder/ocs, but this story is specifically about Nyko, the healer.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the 100.
Stepping away from the wall my ear was up against, I rushed back over to my bed and opened my favourite book. There was a lot of commotion going on outside of my confinements, something seemed wrong. When my door began to open I knew I had been right, "Prisoner 248, face the wall." A guard walked in with another, younger looking guard.
"Samuel." I gave the younger guard a smile, recognizing him from my childhood. At least I can have some good old memories before I get floated. I faced the wall without a second thought, my book still in my hand and hair falling front of my eyes. I've been waiting to be floated for almost four years. "Put out your arm." I heard Samuel take charge.
I hesitantly put my arm out and turned to see what was going on behind me. Before I could protest or resist what was going on, a metal band was placed around my right wrist. Without thinking I swung my left hand, the hand with the book, and hit Samuel roughly in the ear with the corner of the book. Before I could protect myself I was shot in the neck with something sharp then dropped to the floor. Attempting to stay conscious, I pushed myself up and pulled a dart out of my neck. Fuck. My eyes squeezed shut but I failed to open them back up when my vision finally went black.
I awoke to the voice of Chancellor Jaha. Great. I let out a deep sigh and nearly choked when I opened my eyes to see a bunch of other people strapped into seats around me. I snapped my head in the direction of the television to figure out what's going on.
"We have no idea what is waiting for you down there…" Jaha spoke his scripted speech and I instantly stopped listening since he didn't know what the hell was down here.
The girl in front of me raised her arm and cheered as Finn or "the Spacewalker" struck again, as said by another not too far from us. "Hey!" She kicked her leg to get my attention but she wasn't close enough to actually kick me.
"Hey." I acknowledged her with a questionable look on my pale face, thinking that now was a hell of a time to start conversations with someone. "You seem excited." I commented.
"We're going down to Earth! Earth! If it's survivable just think of how free we will be and how beautiful everything is!" She exclaimed, to my surprise, happily. I respected that she could see the positive in this situation.
"You're right, that's exciting." I smiled at her sheepishly, noticing that she had a look of victory on her face. I had a high mark in Earth skills back on the Ark. I've seen many photos of what Earth's wilderness looked like, and if she was right then Earth would be incredible.
The dropship began jerking from side to side, flinging the people who were floating around all over the ship. People began panicking loudly and I squeezed my hands shut to see my book was sitting on my lap and in my hands still.
We all crashed into the ground leaving me unable to collect my thoughts, "Listen, no machine hum." Some guy said loud enough for everyone to hear.
With more commotion, we didn't get out of the dropship for what seemed like forever to me. The woman I was talking with was Octavia Blake, the girl who lived in the floor, but regardless everyone had to wait for her family reunion to be done with. It all felt worth it once we stepped out onto the Earth, the actual ground. "We're back bitches!" Octavia screamed, everyone rushing passed her, myself being one of them.
I stopped shortly ahead of Octavia with a grin spread across my face, it had been such a long time since the last time I smiled like this. "I can't believe this." My eyes couldn't stop roaming around all the luscious, green trees surrounded by more green and dirt. "It's incredible."
"I knew it would be great down here!" The smile never left Octavia's face. "I never got your name, I'm Octavia Blake.
"Remi Fisher." I replied, "I'll see you around."
I scurried off deeper into the forest before I could hear if she replied or not. My excitement was becoming too much for me to brush off at this point. I found a spot that fit my fancy rather quickly and opened my book. I wanted to scavenge some plants from around the camp that were in my book but when I opened the book a note fell from its cover.
Remi. I read the outside of the paper and open it like a child on Christmas. Be brave and stay safe. Pages: 100, 200, 500, back cover (I'm sorry). That was all the note said, if it weren't for my mother's handwriting I would have thought this was from Samuel. How else could this have made its way onto the dropship?
First I turned to the back of my book and saw a knife inside my book, with pages cut out to accommodate the knife. The knife was small and homemade, more like a shiv than a knife. I placed the shiv in my coat pocket.
My mother would have sent a bigger weapon, but she knew I liked my books, especially ones that help me find herbs for cooking and healing. Page 500 had an old photo of my family tucked into it, page 200 had a baby sock in it and page 100 had medical thread inside. I closed the book and headed back towards the dropship.
As I was walking back towards a crowd I saw Octavia walking into the group I was going to walk passed. Interested, I began to eavesdrop, "Sounds like a party, make it five."
"Where are we going? I'm in too." I turned on my heel as I was just about to pass them. I only knew Octavia here but now would be a good time to make friends.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing?" Octavia's brother came up behind her and grabbed the side of her arm protectively. This looked like family business so I looked at the rest of the group, I recognized some of them from around the Ark.
"Were you trying to take this off?" Clarke asked and grabbed Finn's wrist. Finn was in my Earth Skills class before I was arrested, and he's Raven's boyfriend.
Finn just shrugged his shoulders leading to Clarke going on a speech about how the bracelets are to let everyone on the Ark know that we're still alive. I stared down at my wrist with the band around it, it stung slightly and personally, I didn't care whether or not my mother thought I was dead or alive.
While everyone was still talking I began walking away, "Where are you going?" Clarke asked, not finished her earlier sentence with the rest of the group.
"I'll be back before you're done, just keeping telling them what you were." I waved my hand and walked away. I saw a pile of leaves and rocks to hide my book underneath, someone delinquent would probably rip it up if I left it laying around because "fuck the Ark".
I rushed back to see the group was just leaving, perfect timing. I walked next to Octavia and Clarke, "Before you two get any ideas, Finn's mine." Octavia said in a sassy tone.
I burst into a mild fit of laughter as we walked while Clarke replied that she didn't care. "His girlfriend is back on the Ark." I finally chimed in before she walked away. I began laughing again, not as much, and put my hands up in mock defense, "But go for it, Clarke and I aren't interested."
Octavia huffed and rushed up ahead with the guys. "What's your name?" Clarke asked me as we continued to walk through the forest.
"Remi." I introduced myself for the second time today, that's a record. "I haven't talked to someone in what feels like forever." I admit aloud.
"My mom used to treat you and your family." Clarke smiled. There was a time when Clarke would work under her mother and one of those times was when I came in. I've never really seen her outside of the doctors office.
Clarke and I caught up with the rest of the group but she eventually went ahead by herself. I stayed with the rest of the group and appreciated the environment around me. Jasper and Monty introduced themselves to me on the way, third time I said my name today. I lost my focus on the wonders around me when I saw Finn put a flower into Octavia's hair. "Now, that my friend, is game." Jasper said to Monty with a grin on his face.
"That, my friend, is poison sumac." Monty replied causing me to laugh loudly as Octavia shuffled and swatted at the flower behind her ear.
"The flower is okay, you're okay." I tried to stifle my laughter but still received a glare from Octavia.
"He said it's poison something!"
"The flowers aren't poisonous, they're medicinal." Monty smiled calmly and took a bite of the flower.
Clarke began going on a rant about something heroic, as she usually did, but I turned my focus to the area beside me. It looked like there was something moving around in the trees, it could be a bird. I took a few steps closer to where I thought I saw something and just stared into the forest and up at the trees trying to find a sign of anything moving. I grabbed a poison sumac flower and took a bite while still observing the forested area.
When I looked down I saw a plant I recognized, ginseng. With a smile on my face I reached down to grip and pull out the deeply rooted plant but the group started moving again and decided to drop it. With one last look into the trees I headed back to the rest of the group.
"I need to know what you did to get sent here." Finn was speaking to Jasper and Monty.
"Poison sumac isn't the only herb on the Ark, if you know what I mean." Monty chimed smoothly, "Someone forgot to replace what we took." He must have been referring to Jasper. "How about you, Octavia? What'd they get you for?"
I used my hand to pull my dark hair from my face and watched to hear Octavia's response, not expecting a pleasant answer. "Being born." She replied in a low voice and ran up ahead with Clarke.
"That is so not game." Monty commented sadly, "What about you, Remi?"
Monty wanted to change the subject to something else, which was good, except my arrest is complicated. "Aiding and abetting." I answered the question as simply as I could.
"Aiding and abetting what?" Finn asked, slowing down his pace, now interested in my story.
I've been quiet about the truth for so many years, but forgiving my mother something I don't think I could do. Not until she at least admits she ruined any chance of me leading a regular life.
My mother and father both ran with a corrupt crowd that involved Nygel's smuggling business. My parents ran deep, and my father was caught in the act one day, I was with him. I thought that him and I were just going to an event on the Ark but for him it was just a business day. For me, it was the day I realized my parents were truly criminals. "An assortment of things." I lied.
I quickened my pace to catch up with Octavia and Clarke. I didn't want to continue the conversation or the memories. That was easily done when we all stopped and crouched to see a deer. It was amazing, I've never seen a real animal and I never thought that I would ever seen one.
The deer was eating something off the ground, it looked pretty small. Finn stepped forward and startled the deer. The deer turned to reveal another deformed head growing on the left side of its face. I touched the side of my face and wondered if we were all going to grow another head ourselves.
There were some sentimental moments about the Ark dying and finding out why Clarke was locked up, but I'll spare the details. Long story short, the Ark sent us down here to live or die for their own benefit because we're expendable for committing petty crimes. I'm sure we are mostly innocent people.
I walked off when I saw Octavia start taking off her clothes and getting into the water. I couldn't swim and I'm more interested in the plants growing amuck the forest anyway. That's where my passion rested and luckily for me, I was now an earthling.
On the Ark I was going to work with the farmers, it's what I've wanted to do since I was a child. I mostly learnt about plants and growing them, but the odd class was dedicated to caring for farm animals, if for example, we get sent down to Earth and find animals.
I knelt down to snap some mint leaves off the plant and held them tightly in my hand as I walked further away from the group. Finding my way shouldn't be too hard since they're having fun from the sound of it. That's what I thought until I heard Octavia scream, I swear it could have been heard back at camp.
I turned too quickly and tripped over a large root from a tree. My face met the dirt and my vision went fuzzy while I slowly pull myself into a crouching position. Looking forward, I blinked one second and a person appeared to be in front of me hanging from a tree and the next he's gone. I shook my head, "What?" I mumbled, regaining my balance and ran in the direction of where the group was.
"Where were you?" Clarke demanded, running over to me with a stern look on her pale face.
"I was getting plants, but I fell on my face…" I trailed off looking at the wound on Octavia's leg, "I think.. I think I saw a person."
"You probably just hit your head too hard." Clarke insisted, looking back at Octavia. "The water isn't safe to swim in."
"Clearly."
That comment earned me a dirty look from Clarke, but she'd get over it quickly. "Are you okay?" I asked Octavia once we started walking again.
"Just great." Octavia answered. She was limping now and the group was further ahead than the both of us, "So what's the real story for you being sent down here?"
I opened my mouth to answer, but no words came out. I was a bit shocked that she even asked me, "Aiding and-"
Octavia interrupted me, "No, the real story. How did you get caught? Was it even you?"
I looked up at the group ahead of us then back at Octavia, "I was in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"I get that feeling." Octavia murmured next to me, "I'll tell you my story if you tell me yours?" She nudged my arm with her elbow, a friendly gesture.
A smile spread across my face. It's been a long time since I've felt this accepted within a group, where people cared to know who I was and what happened in the past, even though it is mostly Octavia. A friend is a good thing to have in a place like this.
"My mom and dad were in an illegal smuggling business with Nygel. They put the items people bought in places to be picked up, they were the middlemen and I just happened to be there when my dad got caught." I noticed Octavia was listening intently, "The Ark thought it was me and my dad who were selling the stuff, not him and my mother."
"You didn't want her to get floated?" I nodded as a reply.
The whole group settled down to sleep for the night but Octavia and I sat a small distance away talking. She told me about what happened at the masquerade dance on the Ark, how she was locked up for existing. "I'm glad to be down here." Octavia mumbled after a few minutes of silence.
"Me too." I whispered, staring up at the stars in the sky. The area surrounding us was covered in green leaves and plants, it made the ground a lot nicer to lay down on. I looked over at Octavia to see her staring at me with a quizzical expression. "What?" I asked her.
"Did you really see a person?" She asked nervously, her eyes darting around to see if the others were awake or to see if others were listening.
My face became serious, "I don't know, I hit my head." I brought my hand to my forehead and felt a bump across along the top.
"People could be good or bad."
"There isn't much we can do either way." I watched Octavia roll onto her side and did the same. I wouldn't be useful if I didn't have any energy.
I couldn't sleep long, and if I did I felt restless anyway. The group was not that far behind me, I could see them from where I was standing. The bioluminescent plants that were surrounding the area we picked to rest lit up a majority of the area, but as I walked further away from the group the forest surrounding me became dark and unfamiliar. I found some chamomile flowers growing by a nearby tree and shoved them into my pocket with the mint I found earlier in my adventures.
I was beginning to think that being sent down here to die was the best thing that could have possibly happened to me. I stared at the tree in front of me and pulled myself off the ground, I've never climbed a tree, or anything, before in my life but as the saying goes, "there's a first time for everything". I struggled to pull my entire body up certain thick branches, but I managed to make my way up at least twenty feet.
My jaw hung in awe as I watched the sun begin to rise from the what I now knew was east. My dirty hands gripped onto the sharp bark of the tree, my hands were scratched and slightly cut from the climb up the tree. I leaned my head and body against the tree for more support and sat in silence as the sun brightened the environment.
It didn't occur to me that I had been gone for as long as I was. When I returned to the spot where everyone was sleeping, they were all gone. The sun shined down in my eyes when my stomach sank, I could probably find them but if I couldn't I would be lost all alone. Their shouts echoed through the forest in every direction but the shoe prints lead one way. I followed along the steps in the mud and came to the end of the forest along a wall of rocks, a river separating another side.
Jasper held up a Mount Weather sign smiling and jumping with joy until a large spear came shooting straight into his chest. I gasped and stumbled backwards to lean a tree only to press my hand against something warm and squishy. My eyes met a pair of piercing blue eyes as I spin around on the heels of my feet.
I knew it was a man because his shirt was off. His body and face were covered in mud with war paint and tattoos decorating him all over. I opened my mouth to say something but no words came out and the wild man in front of me knocked me unconscious.
A/N There is it folks. I hope you didn't see many errors in there, I was originally going to name the OC Ena instead of Remi, so if I accidentally left her name in there I'm sorry. I did reread this but I may have missed it still. Please review and follow! I don't know exactly where I'm going with the story but I have a general idea.