Here we go again!
So this is just a little intro into the main characters for you and we get to see how Lexa and Clarke's dynamic and characters have developed especially with the children. This is also an introduction into the families of all the characters now :)
So yeah a sequel to 'But You're Lost On The Road To Misery' exciting times. I tried to hold off on doing one but I honestly couldn't because I had so many emotions of them with kids rushing through my head so I had to write it. Hope you enjoy!
If you haven't read it then I recommend you do because it really is just set 18 years after the end of the finale and idealy you want to know what happened in the first fic to catch up with the events in this one. Especially the Epilogue. I'm not sure how long this fic will be, the last one was huge, way bigger than I originally expected so I have no idea what will happen in this one. I'm going to estimate around 20 maybe more, maybe less. Just an estimate.
If you didn't know then I started up a new fic of Clarke and Lexa both being from the Ark called 'Endurance' have a look if you haven't already :)
Anyway Enjoy!
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Clarke sighed and laid herself gently down against the furs in the tent. It had been a hectic day and Lexa still hadn't returned. After Aliyah had been born Clarke had given birth to another daughter two years later which they named Willow. The two girls took after each of their parents in different ways but both insisted on spending most of their days arguing and between the never ending screams of "Mum!" and "Make her stop" Clarke was beginning to remember why she argued against a second child. Aliyah took after Clarke in looks except for her hair which, though started out blonde, developed into a light brown. But still she had Lexa's eyes and physique whilst Willow looked like Lexa but matched Clarke in every other way along with Clarke's stand-out blonde hair. Clarke always found herself doing a double-take with Aliyah because her hair reminded Clarke so much of Anya it was easy to see the grounder blonde in her whereas Willow was much more Arker. Aliyah spent most her days training with Lexa and Echo, who had taken her niece as her second, and Willow had become Clarke's shadow training to be a healer. Having a seventeen year old and a fifteen year that acted three wasn't easy and Lexa wasn't much help using the excuse 'I deal with world wars. I'm tired'. But, for the first time since Clarke could remember, Lexa had taken the girls on a hunt leaving Clarke alone in the tent.
She let out another sigh and enjoyed the feeling of warmth wrapped around her as the sound of a flap opening and feet approaching caught her attention.
"Clarke"
She groaned and opened an eye to see Raven watching her with a smirk on her face. Clarke rolled her eyes and closed them again, "Leave me alone Reyes, it's my day off, Lexa's orders"
Raven snorted and threw herself down on the bed, "I know, Octavia went with them and took the twins so I'm bored"
The twins were a year younger than Aliyah. The girl, Savannah, looked like Octavia but had light brown hair and was training to be a healer under Clarke's care alongside Willow. The boy, Finnick (Octavia's suggestion, a mix between Finn and Wick, much to Raven's shock yet happiness), had surprised everyone when he grew to look exactly like Bellamy that it had intimidated Echo for a while. In fact Benjy had convinced half a village that Finnick was his twin one time. Finnick took after Raven and Wick. He was their new genius training under Monty and Raven for the time being.
"Sucks for you"
Raven hummed and looked at Clarke who's eyes were still closed, "Would Lexa kill me if she found me in your bed?"
"Probably"
"Would you stop her?"
Clarke sighed and buried deeper into the pillow, "Maybe, if you let me sleep"
Raven laughed and pulled herself up from the bed, "Alright I'll let you sleep"
Clarke listened until the steps were gone before allowing herself to drift off into much needed rest.
Clarke's eyes fluttered open at the feeling of a hand gently running over her hair and smiled. The hand stilled for a moment before continuing.
"Did you have a good sleep?"
Clarke hummed into the pillow and tightened her arms, "Good hunt?"
"Very. Aliyah helped me pull down a boar"
She felt her eyes snap open and she pushed herself up to see Lexa, covered in blood, kneeling beside the bed. Clarke's eyes narrowed and she growled out, "You let her take on a boar?"
Lexa's eyes widened in fear and she pulled back preparing herself for Clarke's fury, "She's almost eighteen Clarke, when I was her age I took down a boar almost every hunt, besides I can't tell her what to do"
Clarke pulled herself up and out of bed following Lexa over to the table, "But you should try"
"No harm was going to come to her Clarke. I was there"
She sighed and allowed Lexa to wrap her arms around her and place her chin on Clarke's shoulder. She fell back into the embrace and closed her eyes, "I know but I worry"
"I know you do" Lexa pushed gently against Clarke's cheek and kissed her, "I do too but there has to be a limit to our control"
"I know" Clarke breathed enjoying the feel of Lexa pressed up against her back, "Where are the girls?"
"Outside" She punctuated the word with a kiss to Clarke's jaw, "Presenting the meat for the feast"
"We're having a feast?"
"We are now"
Clarke grinned and spun in Lexa's arms so she could lean up and press her soft lips against her own. Lexa leaned into the kiss and smiled as her arms wrapped tighter around Clarke's waist.
"Clarke?"
She groaned but didn't move away from Lexa. The commander merely shrugged and pulled her closer.
"Clarke"
Lexa growled, "Ignore them and maybe they'll go away"
"Clarke!"
Clarke rolled her eyes and leant back in Lexa's arms causing the commander to moan slightly, "I don't think they're going away Lexa"
Sure enough the flap was pulled back to reveal Octavia, equally covered in blood, looking between the two flustered women with an irritated look, "Come on. We can't eat until you get out here"
Lexa glared at her but the effect had worn off with Octavia and she merely rolled her eyes in response, "Sorry Commander but I'm starving"
With that she left the tent but the flap remained open leaving it clear that their moment was over. Lexa turned back to Clarke and frowned, "Why does that always happen?"
Clarke laughed and tapped her arms, "Come on we better get moving before someone else comes to find us. Like your sister, or my mum, that wouldn't be fun"
She snorted but agreed and a moment later Clarke left the tent followed closely by a disgruntled Lexa.
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Aliyah wandered down the path through camp to where the healer's tent was set up. There she spotted Savannah tending to a young boy with what looked like spots covering his face. The brunette looked up at her approach and smiled, waving her over, as she finished up with the boy and nodded to his mother in reassurance.
"Hey Sav"
"Hi Al"
The warrior crossed her arms and leant back against the beam at the entrance whilst her eyes followed Savannah around the tent.
Savannah smirked at the blood on her chest, "Did something finally get the better of you?"
Aliyah rolled her eyes and scoffed, "Of course not, this isn't my blood"
"Right" She winked at Aliyah then patted the bed nearest her, "Jump up. What do you need?"
She feigned annoyance but secretly Aliyah loved coming to see her friend after a hunt or fight, "I'm fine. Just a few bruises and cuts"
Savannah nodded and lifted the rag up to wipe the blood from her face, "Close" She ordered and Aliyah complied as the cold material was dragged across her face gently.
"It looks like war paint" She teased making the other girl smile.
Aliyah shrugged, "I wish Echo would just hurry up and give me my war paint already"
"Why are you so anxious to go to war? You've heard the stories from your parents and that wasn't even a clan war"
"Nomon tells me about the clan wars all the time"
Savannah paused momentarily, "Really?"
"Yes. She said the ice nation was the worst of all and they have always been the Trikru's biggest enemy and largest threat in the coalition"
"Do you think they'll separate?"
Aliyah felt Savannah lower the wrag and opened her eyes to find Savannah's fearful gaze, "I don't know. Nomon is fearful of something but I don't think she wants us to know"
"Does your mum know?"
She shrugged and Savannah sighed, "Maybe it's nothing. Maybe you're worried about nothing"
"Maybe"
They looked at each other and smiled before holding each other in a tight hug. Aliyah closed her eyes and enjoyed it for a moment before her name being called drew them apart and they turned to see Willow's beaming face darting towards them. She was holding one of the deer antlers from the hunt above her head.
"Look what I have! Look what I have!"
She screeched to a halt in front of them her head darting between the two with her mouth broken into a huge grin. Willow raised the antlers up for them to look at.
"Look!" She cried, "My first hunt Sav!"
Savannah laughed, "I know, congratulations Willow. Did you enjoy it?"
"Of course" She scoffed, "But I don't think I'll go again"
Aliyah rolled her eyes and sighed humouring her sister, "Why Low?"
Willow fixed a glare on her sister, "Because I'm not you, I don't like the feeling of death under my fingers, and I think I'm better suited as a healer"
"Right"
Savannah giggled as the two sisters shot glares back and forth which turned into light slapping which turned into a full-on fist fight with one another. She merely sighed and left them to it.
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"Mum!"
Clarke looked up from the man's leg she was fixing to see Willow rushing towards her. She smiled and laughed to herself as the girl tripped up against the leg of one of the beds. Willow glared at the bed before carrying on her journey to her mother.
"What is it Low?"
The young girl sat on the other side of the bed and grinned up at the man, who was watching her with interest, as she started to assist Clarke.
"I saw three deer and a boar out there today"
"Yes and Aliyah brought down the boar right?"
Willow scoffed, "Yeah, her and Nomon worked as a unit with Benjy and Echo whilst I sat on the side lines forced to admire the amazing wonder that is my older sister"
Her words were dripping with sarcasm and had Clarke smirking as her eyes were fixed to the injury in front of her, "She's not that bad"
"So you two keep saying"
Clarke looked up and was surprised to see a dejected look on Willow's face, "What were you hoping for?"
"I don't know" Willow's head dropped to her fist and she picked at the bed sheets, "Appreciation?"
"You know we all love you"
"It's not a matter of love but you've got to admit Nomon treats me differently to how she treats Aliyah"
She sighed and dropped her hands to focus on her daughter, "She loves you just as much as Aliyah"
Willow glared up at her mother and Clarke continued, "It's just that Aliyah is older-"
"By two years!" She spluttered, "And even Savannah treats me differently. I'm only a year younger than her!"
"Sav and Al have been close since the day Sav was born. They're close friends and you're closer with Fin… That's just how things have worked out but that doesn't mean any of us love you any less Low"
"I just wish Nomon could see me that way"
"She does"
Willow shook her head, "She loves Al more because she's a fighter. I'm just a healer"
Clarke scoffed and moved around the bed so she was sat next to her, "That makes me just a healer as well then"
"You took down the mountain!" Willow protested, "You and Nomon are these big legends and war heroes. What am I?"
"You're my daughter"
Willow sighed and stood up, "I know" She moved to the entrance of the tent mumbling, "And I'll never forget it"
Clarke groaned and held her head in her hands. Personal issues seemed to be a day to day occurrence amongst the kids in camp. This wasn't the first time Willow had complained about feeling insignificant and Finnick too seemed to have the same thoughts. Aliyah wasn't at the other end of the scale and as far as Clarke was concerned she didn't share her feelings enough.
Just another day of parenthood.
Hope that was a good start?
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