How long had it been since I have been locked in this stupid cell? At least where I was being held captive I was able to have a brilliant view of the Earth. Every time that I looked at It however, I was reminded that during my generation I was never going to be able to see it. I could just imagine the site. If ever went down to the ground, the first thing that I would do would be playing in the rivers if there were any. Up in space, you really don't get to go exploring anytime soon. There are restricted areas that only certain people could go to. For example, as of late, only approved medical staff members, council members as well as the horrifyingly terrible Chancellor Jaha were allowed into the Earth Monitoring station. This also included my godfather, Marcus Kane. There was only one reason why I was even called a prisoner. I was trying to survive. Being a diabetic on the Ark proved to be great challenge once I was born. As I grew older, it became worse. Whenever my blood sugar would go at least one point below of the norm, I would faint. I was told by my doctor Abagail Griffin, that my brain wasn't getting the oxygen needed.

The fainting only became a thing recently. It was around the time that people were hearing rumors that oxygen was running low. To me the rumor turned into a fact after her husband Jake Griffin was floated for supposedly trying to commit treason. I agreed that the people of the Ark have a right to know that the Ark was dying. For me it was going to be sooner than most, the insulin supply was running very low and there were others that needed it just as bad as me. During our last appointment, I snuck away down the hallway and into one of the medicine cabinets. I took about three things of insulin and ran for my life. When I had gotten home, I was administrating the needle to the appropriate vein when the guard came into arrest me. While the guards were trying to detain me, I was fighting them off as much as I could. I wasn't even a challenge as they used a weapon on me to knock me out. The next time I woke up I was in the skybox. I looked like a wild animal according to Abby, my dark raven hair all over the place and according to some of my guards my blue eyes were filled with madness as I tried to get them off of me.

Thanks to Abby being the only person to visit me other than her assistant Jackson, I know I have been in the skybox for almost seven months. No word whatsoever from m godfather. The one person I was supposed to trust to take care of me when in the unfortunate death of my parents occurred never showed up to see me. It hurt to the point where it didn't anymore. Out of nowhere, bringing me out of my train of thought, I heard a lot of yelling coming from the outside. My door then violently springs wide open. I was pissed now. There were four guards and the one person who had ignored me during my stay in this cell.

"Prisoner 287945 please turn around and hands behind the back." Order Guardsman Shumway. He was always a bit of a creep to me. And because of this I disobeyed out of spite and anger. He forcibly grabbed my hands and cuffed them. I felt really strong metal and then a very painful twitch in my right hand. I couldn't move it to see what the object was and that irritated me even more than the cuffs.

"What the hell is going?" I asked anyone willing to answer. I finally looked to my godfather for the first time I had been in the skybox, he was clean shaven and neatly dressed. I tried not showing any emotion. "Well, are you finally going talk Uncle Marcus?" I almost spat in his face as the guard was holding. Uncle Marcus told them to back off and wait outside the door so he could talk to me.

"Rowena, I'm sorry I couldn't come to see you," he began but I was to pissed to care.

"Bull shit Uncle Marcus! You had seven months according to Jackson and Abby! Not even a secret note to check on me!" I was trying to hold back tears now. I have been holding in these for so long that I have forgotten that I could just release them willingly. "Do you want to know besides Jackson and Abby who came to visit me?" he almost didn't want to look at me. If I had my hands free, I would have made him do so on my own.

"Who was it?"

"Bellamy Blake. Even being the fucking ex-boyfriend, had checked up on me." I spat. He took a deep breath before he spoke. This was probably to make sure he wouldn't say something he shouldn't.

"Again, Rowena, I am very sorry. All I can say is that there was a certain scrutiny on me and I wasn't able to visit. I will no longer discuss the matter. But there is something else I want to tell you, it deals with the wristband." He told me as he gestured behind my back, where I was still tied up from Shumway the Creep.

"How do you mean?"

"What I mean is, you get to be the generation that gets us to the ground. Rowena my godchild, you will finally get to go our home, our birth right, planet Earth." After hearing the word earth my mind went to a million things. Growing up we are taught that the earth was no longer survivable due to severe radiation thanks to nuclear bombs, this is the reason why we are even in this freaking tin can machine thing.

"Earth?" I repeated. The shock in my voice made him smile. He walked closer to me as he grabbed a hold of me and hugged me. It was awkward and not just because my hands were tied behind my back. Before I could say anything else, he pulls something out of his pocket and held it out. The tears I have been hiding the last seven months have built over at the sight of my mother's necklace. It was a simple star hanging from the chain it was on. It's been in my family for generations. It was always her dream to see the stars from the ground while wearing the necklace. He put the necklace on me as the guard came back in. he quickly hugged me again and this time I wished I was able to do the same thing back.

"You will be fine." He told me as he grabbed a hold of my face and wiped my tears away. He then kissed me on the forehead and let the guard come in to get me. It was a long walk from the skybox to the drop ship and there was already a long ass line to get in. as I got in line I couldn't help but smile and get annoyed at the same time. The one person who was in front of me was John Murphy. We grew up together as neighbors in the factory station and sometimes you would have sworn that we hated each other. We didn't. we helped each other in the worst of times. I helped him after his father got floated for stealing medicine to save him. He helped me when we didn't have any food at all and him and his mom were low themselves. I guess I was too happy to care that I knew at least one person was going to die with me. He was the one to notice me first.

"well, well, isn't the damsel of the ark." He teased. Ever since the fainting spells became a normal thing that's all he has been able to call me. I don't think he even remembers my real name anymore.

"Just shut the hell up Murphy. It's good to see your annoying mug again too." He just chuckled to himself and turned around and started up the latter. I went in myself and annoyed smile went straight to a happy one when I saw my other two best friends, Monty Green and Jasper Jordan. Before the guard noticed me, I went up and hugged each of them. Both had very anxious and nervous looks about them, as well as other delinquent passengers. Before the guard would see me, I quickly ran back to my seat. Murphy joined next to me.

"How the hell did you two get locked up? The last I saw the two of you, you were free and watched my mother get floated." I asked them as more people went throughout the ship.

"Someone forgot to replace a certain thing. We got caught this time." Monty said as he gave Jasper an annoyed look.

"I've apologized about a million times already." Jasper rolled his eyes. He turned his attention on me "And you?"

"Stealing insulin from Dr. Griffins medicine cabinet. I was running low and couldn't afford it." I told them. I heard Murphy scoff at me but he just remained silent.

"Well, maybe we should just call our group of people thieves company or something." Monty teased. I tried holding in my laughter as I saw the guard bring in a girl on a stretcher. She seemed to be completely knocked out as they had situated her next to the Chancellors son Wells Jaha. It took me a minute to remember who this girl was. She had medium lengthened blond hair, pale white skin. On her wrist was a very old watch she had been carrying around since her father's execution. This was Clarke Griffin. I didn't really know Clarke all that well since I grew up on the Factory Station. She was raised more privileged than most. I had feeling that she was probably going to have the hardest time adjusting to the ground if we make past re-entry as well as radiation. Jasper brought me back.

"How have your fainting spells been?" he asked.

"Worse. If I don't eat regularly they become more frequent…" Before I could finish my sentence, someone came rushing down the latter and this time it was Abby. Her eyes were frantic as they finally landed on me. She rushed over, knelt down to my level and handed me a small box and bag full of needles. The tears were coming back again as she gave my insulin and needles. I just realized that I would have gone to the ground without them.

"Try to make these last Rowena. At least until we follow you down there." She quickly said. I mouthed thank you as I was too emotional to talk. She hugged me and gave one last look to Clarke and left. I'm surprised she didn't give her another good bye or something. That's something I would have done if I were in her position. It was silent for a while, except for the occasional talkers asking what was going to happen next. Then someone would follow with a sarcastic comment about going to the ground

After wait seemed like hours, but really only minutes, I felt the biggest lunch from the ship. Not only the ship but in my stomach. Something about this didn't feel right to me. Another shake from the ship and I then heard a couple of screams from other delinquents. As another violent shake occurred within seconds a video started playing on the one monitor we have. The screen flashed on and there was Chancellor Jaha. Every time I hear or even see the man, horrible thoughts enter my mind. Someone grabbed my hand and it was Murphy. He gave me a reassuring squeeze as I tried to listen to the transmission.

"Hello fellow members of the Ark. Listen now and well as this will be the only time you will hear from me." It began. I heard arguing to my other side and it was Clarke yelling at Wells. I couldn't quite make out what they were saying. "You have been chosen for an incredible mission that is also very risky. Which is why we chose you. All of you, to us, are expendable. You are expendable because of the crimes you have committed. If you complete the mission to discover that Earth is survivable, all crimes committed will be pardoned no matter the severity. As you arrive to Earth you will be directed to a mountain. That mountain is Mt. Weather. Mt. Weather was government facility during the nuclear waves to be used as shelter. There is food, water and everything else needed for survival. There will be a map and that map will point you in the right direction. I hope you all head my words, because if you don't you will not survive. I wish all the best of luck. May we meet again." Then the transmission ended. Another violent shake occurred and it seemed as if we were going faster then when we were. Was that normal? I tried focusing on something else. But the ship was making it difficult. I looked to Monty and Jasper and they were holding on to the straps of their seats for dear life.

During another shake I noticed students getting out of their seats one ended up being okay and the other two that followed ended up hitting the wall. I looked and they seemed to be unconscious. Out of nowhere I heard sparks go off.

"The ship isn't working like its supposed to!" I heard Wells shouted as I barely heard Clarkes hatred for him. "I'm sorry I got your father arrested!" he added

"Good, you should be! And he wasn't just arrested he was executed no thanks to you!" She yelled back. After hearing the retrorockets go off, there was a very loud bang. Then ultimately silence throughout the ship as everyone remained unsure of what to do.

"Listen, no machine hum." Monty said as he looked up, ears wide and listening. I did the same. We grew up listening to machines humming and this was a new strange thing for everyone involved. Realizing I was still holding his hand Murphy made a sarcastic comment. He was always so full of them.

"I didn't realize that you were iso into me Damsel." He smirked as he tried to get feeling in his hand again. Holding tightly to my insulin and needles I followed the crowed to where the exit was. Everyone was right in front of it and I saw someone who I never thought I would see again, hugging his baby illegal sister Octavia. It was Bellamy Blake. How the hell did get on the ship to Earth? I knew he was over protective of his sister after he discovery, but I never realized how far he was willing to go in order to protect her. Clarke was in the front trying to convince him not to open the ships door. She was worried about the radiation and in all honestly, I was too. I put the insulin and needles in my coat and fought my way to the front.

"The air could be toxic Bellamy." Clarke argued. I spoke up. Jasper and Monty right behind me.

"I agree with her. Just take a minute to realize what were doing here Bell." I said he was shocked at first to see me then he smiled. I forgot how much I missed that smile. It was one of the reasons why I fell for him in the first place. I went up and hugged him as Octavia gave me a look that spelled trouble. I quickly let go of him. "Please Bellamy, just listen to Clarke. She happens to be right in this situation." He just smirks at me.

"Well, if that was the case. All of us will be dead anyway." He said as he looked from me to Clarke to Octavia. "How would you like to be remembered as something else?"

"Like what big brother?" she asked in a very hushed voice.

"Being the first person to step back down on the ground in hundred years." She smiled as if she was answering. Ignoring Clarke and I's plea, Bellamy found the drop ship lever and opened the door. He held everyone else back as he let his sister be the first to breath the air and step down on the ground. I was holding in my breath but as soon as Octavia stepped down, I knew for some odd reason, the Earth was indeed survivable. I let go of what I thought was my last breath. Octavia smiled, throwed her fists in the air and shouted.

"We're back bitches!" she screamed. The members of the hundred were finally able to go and explore the new area they would now call home. I stepped out of the ship and immediately looked at the sky. The sun was out and bright and beautiful, no clouds in the sky could be seen. I smiled a genuine smile that I haven't been able to months, soaking it in. Monty and Jasper came up behind me and pulled me into a hug. This was the first time I was able to see them in months. It makes since now, why I didn't see them in lock up.

"So really back to your spells. Should we be worried since we are the on ground now?" Monty asked as he saw the bulge in my jacket. I tried making it not so noticeable but that obviously wasn't working. Jasper went off to go somewhere else. I think I saw him near Clarke.

"We should be good as long as I eat and have my insulin shots. You know the worst thing in my life besides the fainting.' I rolled my eyes.

"is that why Murphy always calls you Damsel?" I nodded my head. "What a jerk head move, in speaking of which…" He was looking behind me and I rolled my eyes, yet again, annoyed at John freaking Murphy. It seemed like he was fighting with Wells but defending Jasper. Saying things like 'he's one of us.' I quickly walked back over to get in between the argument he was about to start. In times past, I was there to do so whenever back talked to the teachers or guards or council members. His mouth always got him in trouble. Sometimes I wonder why I was still even friends with him. I quickly walked over and quickly got in between them along with another boy named Finn. He had dropped from the drop ship and landed in the middle before I had landed.

"John, stop this right now." I demanded as Finn went by Wells.

"What we need to do, is go to Mt. Weather." Wells countered. Bellamy, unfortunately decides to join in.

"How about all of the privileged do the dirty work sometimes? We wait, while all of you get the supplies." Bellamy countered. The anger was rising in me as he said and I shook my head in disbelief.

"Wells is right on this, we all need to go to Mt. Weather or we will starve before the guard even thinks about joining us...!" Clarke rebutted. She was holding the map that Jaha had mentioned in his transmissions.

Before anyone could do anything, Murphy gets out of my way and heads straight for Wells. He was holding something it seemed but thankfully I was able to get in front of him. He was only looking at Wells but as soon as I grabbed what he had in his hand, he looked down. He was pissed off that I was interfering but at that moment I didn't care. I hugged him and whispered in his ear. "If you want a fight, wait until it becomes a fair one. Stop trying to be anything to be these people." I put the knife in my pocket. He walks away, being angry that I stopped the fight, some other people trailing behind. I looked at Bellamy and all he did was grab his sister and walk off. I was astonished how much has changed in him since our break up, to our last meeting in the Skybox and now. I don't remember him being so arrogant and ignorant at the same time. I decided to go check on Wells out of good faith and Clarke was checking on his leg. Apparently, it was during the fight, but I didn't believe him. Like I mentioned before, Clarke and I didn't know each other well since we grew up on different stations. She was more among the privileged along with her ex best friend Wells apparently. I have had a few classes here and there with them, but never really dealt with them outside of that.

"I don't know if you remember my name, Clarke but its Rowena St. Warren. Factory station." I smiled as I held out my hand. She got back up and shook it with a smile of her own.

"I do know of you actually, not only do we have some classes back on the ark but my mom talks about you all of the time, especially after you got arrested for stealing." She told me. This was news to me. She talked about me with her daughter? I smiled to myself about that. "I feel like I know without really knowing you." She laughed. I joined with her.

"I wish I could say the same." I told her. "Is your leg okay Wells? I'm sorry if John got to you. He was always a little bit of hot head and never controls what he says." Clarke immediately got annoyed for some reason. I ignored her hostility.

"I will be, thank you Rowena." Clarke left after that and went to go look at the map again with the boy named Finn. Now that I think about it, he was the one who was out of his seat during the ship ride to Earth. He towards the end was doing arialsi in the air. To think, that was the reason he was locked up to begin with. An illegal space walk that took months of oxygen from the Ark. Not only making my fainting spells worse but also putting everyone else in danger. "How do you know him anyway?" Wells asked.

"We are neighbors on the Ark, both of us lived in the Factory Station. We basically helped each other survive." I told him as I sat down next to him. His leg looked pretty beaten up. Sometimes I wish I never would have met John, but it was too late to change that now. "I am really sorry Wells." I told him.

"Don't be. I should be saying sorry." He said.

"Why?"

"Cause of what my father did to you and your family." I looked away from him after that. I looked back at Clarke and Finn, Clarke was frustrated now as she kept looking at the map and the mountains ahead of her. "My father floated your mom for stealing insulin. Then your dad apparently starts beating you because of that. He was found out for abuse and floated as well. No trial needed."

"That last one wasn't really heartbreaking Wells, and he did more than just beat me and you know it." I said, looking away from him. I was trying not associate him with his father.

"I know, I heard from my father. That was one execution he did not mind doing." He told me. I looked at him and tried to hold back a smile as Clarke and Finn came back with map in hand.

"We are on the wrong damn mountain. We need to leave now if we are going to get back in time before dark." They landed us on the wrong mountain? Of course, they fucking would. Why would they make anything easier on us? I perked up though at the thought of going on exploring mission.

"Cool I'm in." I said as Monty came up. He hugged me and told me Jasper was going as well. Octavia rolled up behind Finn and volunteers to go then notices me. Another dirty look was given to me, I brushed it off. Before any of us could be outside of the camp we were suddenly stopped. It was the one and only Bellamy yelling at his sister. I told the others go ahead and that we will catch up later, as well as Octavia herself. Making sure she was out of ear shot, Bellamy was pissed.

"What the actual hell St. Warren?"

"St. Warren, since when are we last name basis Blake?"

"Oh, I don't know, maybe it's because of you that the guard knew to check on the dance when my sister happened to be there?"

"That wasn't me Bellamy! It was a real surprise inspection!" I yelled. Other people were looking at us now but I was too angry to care. "You know why I had to break up with you. Trust me it wasn't my choice!"

"You expect me to believe that it was because of your godfather? Do you really think I am that naive?"

"Yes, I do expect that. During our entire relationship, I never, not once, lied to you." He looked to the direction his sister went off to and then back to me. "How did you get locked up?"

"I can't tell you. When the guard come down here, they will arrest me no matter what Row."

"Now you have to tell to me." I told him, worried more than I was before. He looked down at me and gave me a smile. Heart skipping a beat. I hate how he can do that. "Bell…"

"If O insists on going, then promise me one thing." He pleaded.

"What?"

"Watch over her while I am not able to do so. You are the only other person I can somewhat trust." He said as he walked away. I rushed back over to him hugged him from behind and then ran to catch up with the crowd. They were good few ways away by the time I had managed to catch up to him. Octavia was the first person to notice me and rolled her eyes. She lingered back as I kept enjoying the beautiful scenery. There were many leaves of many different colors. Mostly green leave, and whole lot of trees. A nice wind was felt and that moment I couldn't be happier I was criminal.

"What did my brother want?" She asked me.

"He didn't want you to go but I was able to convince him."

"I guess you are good for something." Octavia replied. I rolled my eyes for what seemed to be the millionth time today.

"Octavia, I don't know what your brother told you, but it wasn't my fault that you were caught and mother was executed." I told her as I grabbed her arm. She immediately pulled away and started running off. I joined Monty and Jasper but with one look from me, they knew not to answer questions.

It was a while before all of reached an open field. Grass was a yellowish orange with leaves and sticks all over the place. I noticed that Finn had Clarke bend down and look ahead. The rest of the copied the movements as we continued to walk closer you something. From what I remember from my studies on the Ark it was called a Deer. The dear was beautiful like the rest of the surroundings. The light brown fur was able to almost blend in with its surroundings. Its antlers were long and lethal if it was attacked by another animal. As I was about to step forward with the others, my foot had snapped a twig in half. It started the deer that was in front us. The deer looked up at us and to our astonishment, it had to heads. The second head showed its face and then ran off. That was interesting as well as freighting. We continue for a while in silence. I was near Monty as jasper continued to flirt with Octavia. I just smirked to myself as well as Monty. We bother knew it was never going to happen, especially thanks to Bellamy. Finn then asks why Clarke was sent to the ground. Honestly, I was a bit curious as well.

"So, princess, why you here?" Finn wondered. Clarke kept on walking.

"Its because the Ark is dying rapidly. We can't fix this error. The Ark has more than three to four months left. That's we were sent down, that's why we have the wristbands. My father, he wanted to tell the people but the council disagreed with him." Clarke almost looked like she wanted cry. "Wells told his father and the rest of is history. "silence remained after that, that is, until we stopped at one of things I had always wanted to since I was a small child. A river. That's right, a freaking river. Octavia was apparently just as excited as me. She had beaten me to the river and started taking off her clothes. Clarke of course, had to be the downer leader. I don't know what's worse a downer leader or an arrogant ass leader like Bellamy is pretending to be.

"Octavia don't! The water could be toxic! And anyways, you don't know how to swim, none of us do!" I ignored her plea as well and started taking my clothes of just like Octavia. I was too excited to care about anything dangerous. Jasper and Monty came up and pleaded with me not to go. I didn't listen anyway. As I was about to take off my pants Octavia had jumped into the river.

"No, but we can stand." She said. Her shirt was soaked and clinging to her body in all of the right ways. Seeing this, everyone, at the courage of Finn, started copying our movements. As I was about to jump in the river I noticed something moving very quickly in water…I couldn't tell what it was but it was coming very fast for Octavia as its meal. It grabbed her by the leg and then her screams penetrated to the area, alerting everyone else.

I started freaking out. I promised Bellamy I would take of his little sister while we were away. She was being pulled so quickly that I couldn't tell if she still able to stand. Seeing that no one could swim, I tried to find something that would distract whatever is in the water. Not to far from the ledge I noticed a very large rock that would be perfect. I monitor for the others to help me push it in. thankfully the plan had worked it swam away from Octavia but now there was another danger in the way. Like mentioned before by Clarke, we don't know how to swim. I was about to jump in away but someone had beaten me to it. Jasper had heroically swum into the water, helping a frightened Octavia. She was still flaying her arms everywhere and screaming she was drowning. Octavia managed to pull an arm around Jasper and they swam safely to shore. I was more than beyond grateful for him. When they got close enough I was able to help them out of on my own. The panic came back as I noticed thee was a decent wound on Octavia's leg. Clarke had immediately sprung into action. She had the look that her mother had so many times whenever I saw her in Med bay. It was reserved and calculated look that showed that's Clarkes gears in her mind were turning very rapidly. Out of nowhere, she was able to get some fabric and put it around the leg.

"We should get moving." Clarke said as she started walking in our original direction. I told everyone to follow ahead as I grabbed Octavia and had her weight on me. Sure, it might slow me down but at that moment I didn't care...

"Why are you being so nice to me when I have been nothing but a bitch to you since we landed?" She asked., a very quizzical look on her face.

"Because it was the right thing to do."

Another yet somber silence immolated from the group as we kept walking alongside the river. Back on the Ark I was always so excited to see the river. Now that I have been near it and seen the dangers, it scared me to the point where I would never go back in it. The reason I ever wanted to find it in the beginning was because if I just floated in it, even for a second. I would be at peace, free. I could do whatever I wanted and no one would judge me for it. But now, even that was taken away from me. As I was holding Octavia on me. The others had managed to find another rock ledge that was facing the other side of the river. I started speeding up again and this made things worse for poor Octavia.

"What the hell you guys! Didn't we just learn something important about this dumb river?"

"We're not swimming, we're swinging." Finn said. Finn had managed to find a vine that was securely attached to a tree. I still didn't want him to get an injury like Octavia did. As Finn was about to swing across, Jasper for some reason stops him.

"Jasper Jordon, don't you fucking dare." I threatened him. Normally this stops him from doing something but for some reason he just completely ignored me. He asked Finn if he could go first as he kept looking at Octavia to him. Great, he was just trying to impress her. I all of the sudden wasn't angry anymore as something totally normal was happening. A boy was just impressing a girl he likes. Finn obliged as Jasper grabbed a hold of the vine. Monty and just laughed as he stood back a few feet, making sure no one was in his way, and then he shouted as he was crossing the river.

"APOGEE!"

He was able to swing himself over the river safely and I breathed a sigh of relief. I helped Octavia join the others as Clarke was about to take her turn. I turned my attention back over to Jasper and he had originally fallen on holy metal sign that had seen better days. He smiled and just about the time Clarke is about to go, he shouts the name we all have been looking and dying to hear.

"Mt. Weather!" Jasper screamed in joy. All of us cheered that something was finally going the right way. But of course, when something good happens. Something equally as horrible happens to us. No one saw it coming. Not even me, who was checking on Jasper constantly, it could have come from anywhere but a spear had flown right passed us and then another fear sprung back up on me. The spear had reached Jaspers chest knocking him off of his feet. Everyone screamed and started panicking. I let go of Octavia, shoved everyone out of the way but stopped when I noticed Jasper was no longer there. My heart was starting to speed up so fast that I almost didn't hear Clarke speak.

"We are not alone."