Thank you so much for the reviews and kudos. It really encouraged me to keep this story going. I'm really sorry that this took so long to upload, with Christmas getting closer, I'm getting really busy, but I'm hoping that the length of the chapter will make up for it.

Also THE SEASON 3 TRAILER! It absolutely killed me and the amount of Clexa is just asfhsfkgjhsd!

Anyways on with the chapter :)

All mistakes are my own

Disclaimer: see Chapter 1


Clarke

The sun was shining brightly into the clearing by the river, as Clarke soaked in the warmth of the body behind her, leaning against a tree. She cherished moments like this, she truly felt at peace, with her soulmate's arms wrapped around her waist, and the sounds of the woods surrounding them.

It was not often that they had days like this. Most days were cold and dark and according to the Trikru, the snow would begin to fall soon. But despite the cold, the sun was out and Clarke insisted that she and Lexa take advantage of it.

However, there was a thought that was eating away at Clarke: that this moment was not quite as perfect as it could be. It crossed her mind often that there was still a missing piece of her, but she had tried to resign to the fact that she may never find her other soulmate. She already had Lexa and she was more than happy with that, but deep in her heart, she longed for more.

"You are thinking too hard," Lexa said before she planted a soft kiss on Clarke's shoulder and waited for a response.

Clarke sighed and leaned her head back onto Lexa's shoulder, closing her eyes. "You know what I'm thinking about."

"We have talked about this Clarke. We may not ever find them, just like we may not have found each other. But at least, I have you with me now." Lexa said and tightened her arms around Clarke's waist.

Clarke smiled. Being with Lexa was more than she had ever imagined. She would often catch herself smiling whenever she thought of Lexa and how happy the brunette made her feel. Occasionally Clarke would even find small gifts left for her from her soulmate. All of the small things that Lexa did constantly made her smile and filled her with warmth but, the nagging feeling that her other soulmate was still out there drove her crazy.

"But what if we do find them, Lexa?" Clarke asked, "We are always saying that we might not find them, but what if we do? What then?"

"I do not know Clarke. I told you what happened last time there were three connected soulmates. They were tortured and killed."

"I know, but we could keep it a secret," Clarke said hopefully.

"We haven't even found them yet, Prisa" Lexa chuckled, "we should not get too far ahead of ourselves."

A small smile appeared on Clarke's face, "I know." She whispered.

Lexa pulled away slightly so she could look at Clarke with a smile that was reserved solely for her, "I don't know why you decided to make us leave camp when it is getting colder. We could have spent our time in our tent, under our furs, all day."

"You know that wouldn't have worked," Clarke replied, "we would have been disturbed every minute. At least, out here we don't have to worry about that."

Clarke leaned in to kiss Lexa, their noses brushing gently when suddenly she heard an almighty roar from nearby. In an instant both women were up on their feet, weapons were drawn and eyes scanning the clearing for the source of the roar.

"You don't think that was-?" Clarke asked quietly. A shiver ran through Clarke as she remembered that day. She had almost lost Lexa.

"It is possible, but I have not heard of any sightings since we trapped her," Lexa replied.

Another roar was unleashed and it sounded closer than before.

"Yep, that's definitely her. RUN!" Clarke said and the two of them took off into the woods. They ran away from the clearing as fast as they could, making sure that they weren't heading back towards Tondc. The last thing they needed was a mutant gorilla destroying the village.

"We need to hide!" Clarke yelled.

"This way!" Lexa said and led Clarke through the trees and heavy shrubbery. Clarke's legs were starting to burn, but she swore to herself that she would push through. She was not going to die at the hands of a gorilla.

Lexa led them to another clearing but instead of a place to hide, they were faced with a cliff face. There was nowhere to go but up.

"Great job Lex! You just fucking trapped us."

"Skrish. So we stand and fight." Clarke watched as Lexa held her short sword ready.

"Well I guess if we're going down, we are taking it with us." Clarke said and readied her gun.

Moments later, the giant gorilla broke through the trees, blood dripping from its mouth and breathing heavily.

Clarke quickly shot it several times, hoping to slow it down, but it didn't seem to do much. It just roared and ran at them. Clarke just barely dodged to the side as its hand swiped at her. It let out another roar as fell into the wall of rocks that had been behind them. Clarke looked over and saw that Lexa's sword had blood on it. She must have managed to slice it in the leg, causing the gorilla to lose balance.

There was no time to recover as the pauna was up again and moving towards them, limping only slightly. Clarke shot several times again and it staggered backwards slightly. She tried to shoot it once more, but she was out of ammo.

"Fuck," She said.

"Yu gonplei non ste odon," Lexa said beside her. Clarke looked at her for what she thought could be the last time. As much as Lexa believed they could survive this, there was no hope and if she was going to die, the last thing Clarke wanted to see was Lexa.

The pauna let out another furious roar and charged at them but out of the corner of her eye, Clarke saw a blur of white burst through the trees and suddenly the mutant gorilla was thrown to the side, away from Clarke and Lexa.

The gorilla fell against a tree and lay still for a moment, allowing Clarke and Lexa to see what saved them. It was a white wolf, larger than any that Clarke had seen or read about. It was standing with its back to them facing the gorilla, snarling furiously. It was still small compared to the giant gorilla, but that made it no less intimidating.

The gorilla roared in response and got up again, but the wolf leapt at it again. It dodged the swipes of the giant black hands and latched its jaws onto the arm. The gorilla roared again and shook its arm violently, ripping the wolf off, sending it flying across the clearing.

While the two creatures were fighting, Lexa tried to pull Clarke away so that they could escape but she wouldn't budge, her eyes were fixed on the wolf that was fighting to defend them.

Suddenly the gorilla managed to throw the wolf into the wall of rocks and the wolf yelped. Clarke's heart stopped. The gorilla advanced toward the wolf, ready to rip it to shreds, but Clarke acted completely on instinct and picked up a rock beside her. Ignoring Lexa's protests, she threw the rock at the gorilla. Its attention turned from the wolf back to them. Clarke's eyes widened as she realised what she had done.

"Why would you do that?" Lexa asked as she backed away.

"I-I don't know," Clarke replied as she did the same.

"Well now you have sealed our-" but before Lexa could finish her sentence, the wolf jumped at the back of the gorilla locking its jaws around the thick neck. It clamped down hard as the gorilla thrashed. Then there was a sickening crack and gorilla stilled, its head slightly to the side. It began to sway gently and suddenly fell backwards with a great boom, crushing the wolf that was still latched onto its neck.

There was silence in the clearing as Clarke and Lexa stood there in shock. Lexa, as always, was the first to come to her senses, but Clarke barely registered her soulmate pulling on her arm.

"Clarke, we need to leave. We need to get back to Tondc before everyone starts to worry."

This snapped Clarke out of her state of shock and she pulled her arm from Lexa's grip.

"But what about the wolf? It just saved our lives."

"The pauna fell on top of it, there is no way it could have survived."

"Just let me have a look." Clarke stepped further into the clearing, slowly approaching the dead animal, hoping for some indication that the wolf was alive. As she got closer, she saw no signs of white fur, but she heard a groan, an oddly human groan, however, Clarke paid no mind to it and immediately tried to push the dead gorilla out of the way.

"Come on! Help me move it. The wolf is still alive." Clarke called to her soulmate.

She heard Lexa sigh and together they managed to push the gorilla a small way to the side. What was revealed was something that neither of them expected.

On the ground, lying there was a naked girl, a beautiful, dark tan-skinned girl with pitch black hair; shaved short on the right side, and just peeking through the mass of curls was a single pure white braid.

She was lying on her back with her eyes closed, showing her incredible body to the two soulmates. Clarke gaped at the sight before her. She clearly had the body of a warrior, much like Lexa, but slightly more muscular. Her upper right arm was covered in a tribal tattoo, beginning above her ear, and weaving all the way down her neck to her elbow; an incredible mixture of curves and shapes, sculpting her arm. It did not stop there.

There was another tattoo that reached around from her upper back and followed the curve of her body on her left side down to her hip. Clarke suddenly felt the need to trace every single line and memorize every shape. She had never seen someone so beautiful, apart from Lexa.

She shook herself from her thoughts as she remembered that this was an unusual situation. What had happened to the wolf? She crouched down next to the girl and gently touched her shoulder to check for any injuries but as soon as her hand made contact, the girl groaned and rolled onto her side away from Clarke.

Clarke froze. There it was, as clear as day, as prominent as the other tattoos on the girl. There on her back was a triangle tattoo made of three smaller ones and the triangle on the lower right was black.

She felt Lexa stiffen behind her.

"Don't…touch…me," The girl groaned.

"But I can help," Clarke said.

"No…just need a…moment,"

The girl violently convulsed and screamed as the sound of bones cracking could be heard. It was excruciating for Clarke to watch as the girl cried out in pain. Time felt like it passed too slowly while the girl was writhing in pain on the ground but finally it stopped and the girl lay still on her back.

Clarke couldn't help but watch the way the girl's breasts raised and fell with each breath she took. It was mesmerizing; her whole body was mesmerizing. Clarke didn't bother to try and mentally tell herself off. This girl was her other soulmate and her heart leapt at the thought.

Eventually, the girl moved and stood up. She rolled her shoulders and finally looked at Clarke and Lexa.

The entire forest was silent as their eyes met and Clarke felt the familiar throb in her back. She couldn't help the smile on her face. This was the day she was hoping for, maybe not under these exact circumstances, but the third piece of her puzzle was standing right in front of her. However, she still had many questions about what had just happened.

The girl's eyes went wide as she realised what was happening, "Of course! It all makes sense now!" she exclaimed, "Why I was drawn to this area! Why I felt the need to protect you. You're my-"

"Who are you?" Lexa interrupted, with her face as stoic as ever and her voice even more so.

Clarke almost felt the need to tell her off.

"How rude of me." The girl smiled, "My name is Kida."

"What happened to the wolf?" Clarke asked, "one moment it was there and then suddenly you were there instead."

"I believe the best way to explain it is that I am the wolf. I am a Lycan, a human with the ability to transform into a wolf. If I may, what are your names?"

"I'm Clarke and this is Lexa."

"It's a pleasure to meet you both." Kida's brown eyes almost sparkled as she looked about both Clarke and Lexa. Clarke could nearly feel the happiness radiating off her.

"Clarke," Lexa said turning to walk back the way they came, "we must return to Tondc. It is almost sundown and our people will soon send out a search party."

"But Lexa-" Clarke tried but Lexa didn't stop.

"May I come with you?" Kida asked hopefully.

Clarke and Lexa spoke at the same time.

"Of course,"

"No,"

"Lexa!" Clarke scolded.

"I merely asked to be polite, but I was going to follow you, regardless of your answer," Kida said with a shrug.

"No, you are not." Lexa replied firmly, her face as unreadable as Clarke had ever seen it, but she could see the emotion that Lexa was trying to hide. It was in her eyes, but Clarke couldn't understand exactly what it was.

"Yes, I am. Whether you want me to or not, you are my pack now and I protect my own. My instincts are to protect you and be with you and I trust my instincts." Kida's voice was getting stronger with every word.

"Perhaps your instincts are wrong."

"Enough!" Clarke interrupted. She couldn't understand why Lexa was acting like she was. This was their soulmate and Lexa was turning away from her. She had to assume that Lexa's back was throbbing as much as her's was, but the brunette had decided to ignore it.

Clarke looked back at Kida and remembered that she was, in fact, naked. A blush suddenly crept up into her cheeks as her eyes wondered down Kida's gorgeously toned body. "Um Kida, do you have any clothes or something?"

"Oh yes. I'll be right back," Kida said with a smile and disappeared into the trees.

Clarke watched her go before turning to Lexa and giving her an incredulous look.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Clarke exclaimed.

"I can assure you, Clarke, that there is nothing wrong with me," Lexa replied.

"Don't even try to lie to me Lexa. Why are you acting like this?"

Lexa still refused to show any emotion, "We know nothing about her and I do not trust her."

"You trusted me after we first met."

"That was different. We were at war and we cannot bring someone back to Tondc without an explanation."

"What if you brought back a wolf?" Kida said as she walked back into the clearing, "I can stay in wolf form whilst in public and be human when no one is around."

"That could work," said Clarke smiling, "Then we can tell our people that you're our pet."

"I am no one's pet," Kida said firmly.

"How do we know that you will not harm our people?" Lexa asked.

"Only if they should pose a threat to either of you or me will I retaliate. Otherwise, they are your people and are under your protection because you are my pack. Does that satisfy you?" Kida replied, looking intently into Lexa's eyes.

Lexa nodded and said, "Let's go."

They began walking through the trees in silence, back towards Tondc. Clarke walked beside Kida, with Lexa leading the way back to the village. The silence didn't last long when Clarke's curiosity got the better of her.

"Are you hurt after fighting the gorilla?"

"I was," Kida replied, "but not anymore. It's on of the advantages of being a Lycan. I can heal from almost any injury."

"You're completely fine? No pain or anything?" Clarke asked shocked.

"The healing process is the most painful part, depending on the injury. My body has to go through the pain of the injury in order to heal. The gorilla broke a few of my bones so my body had to break them back into place."

"That's incredible. What else can you do?"

"In human form we have enhanced speed and strength also our senses are much sharper than a regular human."

"Wow," Clarke said in awe. In a world where tattoos mysteriously appeared on your body, you'd think that the idea of people who could turn into wolves wouldn't be a surprise but it was.

"You two must be important to your people if they are likely to worry about you?" Kida asked.

"Well," Clarke said, "I am actually referred to as Skai Prisa or Clarke of the Sky people."

"And I am Heda Leksa kom Trikru." Lexa said.

Kida smiled and said, "Ah the Sky Princess and Commander. It seems fitting, as I am Alpha Kida. Or at least, I was." The Lycan's shoulders dropped.

The sadness Clarke saw on Kida's face made her heart clench. She never wanted to see Kida sad, "What happened?" She asked softly.

Kida sighed and looked up to the rapidly darkening sky, "I was destined to be Alpha from birth. When I was born, I already had the tattoos on my arm, a sign that I would succeed the current Alpha. So I was trained from birth but there was another in my pack who believed I didn't deserve to be Alpha. He wanted the position for himself. Three nights ago, I was out on patrol when he and his followers attacked me. I fought back as much as I could, but they overpowered me. So I ran. I left my pack."

"You should have fought to the death," Lexa said harshly.

"If I had, then what would have I achieved?" Kida bit back, "They would be stuck under his rule until he died. This way I have a chance at saving them. Sometimes you must concede a battle to win a war."

Kida's words hung in the air. The only sounds that could be heard were their footsteps.

"But you can go back now," Clarke stated.

"Not exactly," replied Kida, "When I left, I severed my ties with the pack, completely cutting myself off. I became a lone wolf, which is the most dangerous thing for my kind. Many who have been exiled from backs are driven to insanity from the loneliness. But you two are my new pack so that will not happen to me, and one day I will go back and claim my rightful place."

The trio walked for a while longer before Lexa said, "We are approaching Tondc and will soon be spotted by the patrols."

Kida nodded and began to take off her clothes and hand them to Clarke.

"Your clothes," Lexa said curiously, "where did you get them from? They look similar to those of my people."

"They are," Kida said, "I stole them from a village two nights ago."

"You stole from my people?" Lexa's hand dropped to her dagger.

"I did what I had to do to survive Lexa. As a leader, I thought you would understand that." Kida stepped away from the two humans and took a breath. Suddenly her features began to change. Her once jet black hair was now pure white and appearing all over her body. Her nose and mouth elongated into a snout; she bent over as her arms and back lengthened.

Within seconds, standing before them, was the white wolf that had saved their lives earlier.

"Wow," said Clarke, "you're magnificent." She couldn't stop herself when she stepped closer to Kida and ran a hand over the white fur. It was much softer than she imagined and she never wanted to stop. Kida seemed to be enjoying it too as her tail was wagging happily from side to side.

"Come on." Lexa said and she continued walking back to Tondc. Kida took up position on Lexa's right whilst Clarke moved to her left.

The three of them soon arrived on the outskirts of Tondc. They were greeted by the armed guards, that all bowed slightly to Lexa and Clarke, whilst eyeing Kida warily. Lexa quickly told them to take a group to the clearing and collect the pauna body before any animals began to eat the carcass.

As Lexa and Clarke walked in between the tents, people slowly stopped and stared, eyes following their two leaders as they walked by. Neither Lexa nor Clarke acknowledged the stares as they walked, both focused on returning to their tent.

Kida's ears twitched as she heard sounds of people's whispers and running feet, but she did not stray from Lexa's side.

The trio arrived at their tent to be met with the sight of those closest to them, looking at them with shocked expressions, except for Indra; she showed no sign of emotion as always.

Everyone stood in silence for a moment; all apart from the two leaders were lost for words until:

"First off, where the hell have you been all day?" asked Raven, "and secondly what the hell is this?"

Then suddenly all of Clarke's friends from the Sky spoke at once.

"Why would you bring a giant wolf into camp?" Bellamy.

"Where did you find it?" Octavia.

"What has gotten into you, Clarke? Did it hurt you?" Abby.

"This is kind of awesome but seriously, what are you doing?" Raven.

As the shouting continued, Kida began to growl quietly, watching the people standing before them. Lexa felt it next to her and decided this had gone on long enough.

She raised her hand and shouted, "Em pleni!"

Everyone stopped, including Kida, but she kept her eyes on the people.

"Clarke and I spent the day in the woods together. We believed that everything was under control here and you would be fine without us. This wolf protected us from pauna. She could have let us die, but she did not. We left to return here, but she followed us. She has not harmed us."

On their way back to camp, Clarke and Lexa had finalized the story they would tell their people, keeping Kida's identity a secret.

"Heda, this is not a wise choice," Indra spoke up for the first time, "how do you know she will not kill us all?"

"Do not question our decision to bring her here. She will not harm anyone. Enough with these questions, you will have time to ask them tomorrow."

With that, Lexa turned into the Commander's tent, followed quickly by Clarke and Kida. No one dared to try and follow them.

Inside the tent, Clarke's shoulders slumped and she finally relaxed, she went to lean on the table but was met with soft fur and warmth instead. She cuddled into the Kida's side; reveling in the warmth before leaving it to move to the bed she shared with Lexa.

Lexa went straight to her throne and sat down. She pulled out her dagger and slowly started playing with it. She made eye contact Kida again as she stood beside the table.

Lexa lifted her head as she spoke, "You will sleep in here, on the floor."

"Really Lexa?" Clarke protested, "You can't be-"

Kida stepped forward and shook her head, no, at Clarke. This made her stop.

"Fine. Only because you agree to this," she said to Kida.

The two humans eventually crawled into bed. Lexa moved to hold Clarke, but the blonde turned away. Clarke was quite annoyed with the brunette. She still didn't understand why Lexa had been so unreceptive of Kida and Clarke knew she wouldn't give up her reasons easily.

The tent went quiet, and Clarke listened to the soft padding of Kida's footsteps as she settled at the base of the bed. The throbbing in her back again reminded her that her other soulmate was right there. The missing piece of her puzzle was finally found. Clarke smiled as she closed her eyes and let sleep overtake her.

Kida

Kida's ears twitched as she heard a noise, soft murmurs coming from the bed beside her. She opened her eyes, sat up and looked at the two humans under the furs. It was still quite late in the night; the sun wouldn't rise for some time.

Lexa was sweating and her head was thrashing from side to side. She mumbling barely coherent words, "No…Clarke…stay away…"

That's when Kida realised she was having a nightmare. The protectiveness in her sparked up. She silently walked over to Lexa's side of her bed, still in wolf form and nudged Lexa gently with her snout.

She received no reaction, so Kida did what her mother had done for her when she had nightmares. Kida put her large white head onto Lexa's stomach, hoping the contact would help the brunette sleep.

Soon Lexa's thrashing stopped and she settled. As if sensing that Lexa was all right, Clarke rolled over and cuddled into Lexa's side.

Kida smiled internally at the sight, she could definitely get used to being around those two.

With Lexa now settled, she couldn't help but wonder what had happened in the nightmare. Suddenly Kida's stomach grumbled, reminding her that she hadn't eaten all day.

Now that Lexa was safe in Clarke's arms, Kida crept out of the tent and into the night.


I hope it wasn't too dialogue-heavy. It just the way that I write so please let me know if you like that or not, also if you have any writing tips that would be great :)

I was meant to say this last chapter but if anyone can tell me what/where I got the shape of Clarke, Lexa and no Kida's tattoo from (being a fan of video games may help), not only will I bake you virtual brownies or cookies (your choice) but I'll dedicate a chapter to you.

There is a lot of symbolism behind the tattoo that will be explained eventually, but that may not be for a while. And if you don't really care about it then that's cool, no brownies/cookies for you.

Thanks for reading. Please leave a comment because it really helps :)