Hey Everyone! I am so sorry it took me this long to update. I can keep giving you excuses but that won't change the fact that I didn't update, so I won't. For now, just enjoy the new chapter!
She nearly had escaped, almost had she been free. Why did she have to run into that stupid trap like a dumb animal? Finn was probably already that and now she definitely would be dead soon as well, Clarke thought as she was watching Anya, who was watching her.
Suddenly there was movement not far from her and she saw a man appear from the woods. "You're left flank is vulnerable.", he said to Anya with a judging tone in his voice, and Clarke found herself wondering who the hell this man was that he could say things like that to the leader of the grounders.
Apparently he had quite the reputation, because the grounder guards stood up real fast and they seemed terrified. Anya however, looked pissed and offended as she said: "My archers are in the trees with orders to kill anyone hostile."
Clarke tried really hard not to roll her eyes, even though it wouldn't matter because no one would see it anyone, she still didn't want to risk it. Of course she had archers in the trees, and of course they would kill anyone they did not trust, typical grounders. What a surprise.
But Anya continued: "You're not anyone hostile, are you Tristan?" Ah, so apparently grounder bad ass had a name, Tristan. As he walked towards her she tried really hard not to be scared, but it wasn't working, she was terrified. So when he came closer she tried to move away from her. Suddenly Tristan spoke again. "So this is who is beating you?" Beating you? Anya had told this man that the grounders were losing the war? Now that was interesting.
She was now a bit less terrified, so she dared to speak to him. "Who are you?" she asked him. When he replied with "I'm the man send to slaughter your people." all the fright that had been gone for a minute came back. Anya had had a back-up plan all this time? That back-up plan involved this terrifying big grounder person? How were they ever going to win this?
Apparently Anya did not know yet that Tristan was here for that, because she asked in surprise: "The commander send you?" Okay now who the hell is this commander person?, Clarke thought, grounders were so complicated, but she had to learn as much as she could about them in case she did not die tonight and ever got out of here.
"You're unit is mine now." Tristan said. Clarke couldn't really place the look on Anya's face. It was either disappointment or a defeated look, she wasn't sure. She didn't have much time to think about it, and neither had Anya, because Tristan spoke yet again. "My rangers are hungry, they're at the river. Go feed them!" He nearly shouted that last part. Wow, Clarke thought, seriously who is this man that he can take Anya's place and send people away just to feed his own precious rangers.
The next thing Tristan said however was the thing that really got her attention. "We march at the invaders' camp at first light. We'll make quick work of what you failed to do, starting with this one." Now he was looking at her and he pulled his knife out. No! Not yet, Clarke thought. He was going to kill her, and then he was going to kill the entire camp. He was going to kill everyone she cared about. He would destroy everything they had worked so hard for. She had to warn them. She had to get out of here so she could warn Bellamy. Bellamy! Suddenly she realized that she couldn't without him knowing the truth. This was it, this was her reason to fight. She had to tell Bellamy at least once that she cared about him. He deserved to know that.
So in order to try to safe herself she stumbled backwards, away from Tristan. Apparently she had a guardian angel, because there seemed to be a distraction that was more important than killing her right there in that moment. She heard Anya shout "signal fire!". She had no idea what it meant but she was grateful for it anyway.
"Reapers!" she heard Tristan say. Again, she had no idea what that was, but it seemed to be important because suddenly everyone was in a hurry to let "them", whoever they might be, know that we had seen the fire. Anya wanted to send her strongest men to those people, but Tristan decided that murdering her people was more important. Great.
Anya looked at her one more time, and Clarke knew this was it. She couldn't escape it anymore.
A mask-wearing grounder walked towards her. But before he could kill Clarke Anya stopped him and asked "Is the boy dead?" Apparently it wasn't enough to just kill her, she had to be reminded of Finn first. When the man nodded he confirmed what Clarke had been thinking before, but now that she knew for sure it hurt. Finn was dead. No. He couldn't be. Just because he used her and she didn't trust him anymore did not mean that she didn't care about him anymore all of a sudden. And it certainly did not mean that she was okay with him being dead. Finn didn't deserve to die. Not that she had much time to be sad about it anyway, she would be joining him very soon.
She had to at least try to get away though, she needed to see Bellamy at least one more time before she died. So she stood up and tried to run away from the grounder. Unfortunately she had forgotten about the chains and she was pulled back with an immense force by the grounder. She fell to the ground and hit her head, and she felt herself blacking out. So this is the end, she thought. I'm sorry Bellamy, I am sorry I died. And then there was only darkness.
So that was the second chapter. If you'd like me to continue this story and/or have any ideas, please review! (Positive criticism is also welcome!)
(I know that there is not that much bellarke in this story yet, but that is because at this point Clarke and Bellamy are seperated. I really do look forward to their reunification though, what about you?)