It had been 14 years since Asce was sent to the ground. He learned a lot in that time and had as much time as he needed to plan what he would do to Jaha if he ever dared to set foot on the ground. He also became a skilled warrior and became part of Trikru. The commander became like a little sister to him and she appointed him to be her personal guard. They joked when it was just them in the tent as if they really were siblings and the commander often times found herself seeking his advice. Lexa had just turned 20, she was older than Clarke but not by much, only 3 years, she was much younger than Asce originally thought when they first met.
One day as Lexa and Asce were discussing on going back to Polis, Indra came running into the tent sweating.
"Heda, the sky is falling again." Both Asce and Lexa shot up, Lexa turned to Asce who was having an internal conflict on what this could mean, the commander nodded and ordered for her and Asce's horses.
They rode quickly and quietly, Lexa taking glances at her guard constantly. What would this mean for him? Would he leave the Trikru and Lexa? Would he stay by her side? Deciding that she didn't like these thoughts Lexa pushed them away and focused on the task at hand; finding out why more Skaikru were being sent to the ground.
When they arrived they dismounted and sent their horses off before climbing a tree and watching the Skaikru exit the ship and look around in wonder and amazement.
They soon quickly ended up acting like children, running around screaming and laughing. They were scaring off any game in the area and possibly attracting danger. Lexa looked at Asce, he had grown a lot since he hit the ground, he was no longer skinny and pale, he was built and tanned, he became a great warrior alongside Lexa as they trained under Anya, their mentor. His gray eyes got lighter and seemed to glow in the light, and when the moonlight caught them, his eyes were almost transparent. He had gotten scars from fighting off reapers and other dangers from TonDc. His black hair was starting to touch his ears and Lexa knew she would shave the sides again for him soon. He was loyal and more of an older brother that Lexa never had then a personal guard. He had learned their language quickly, three weeks after he was brought to the village, and usually dressed like them, only keeping his leather jacket on him at all times to remind him of where he came from. He had taken his bracelet off the second day he was there, feeling as it didn't really matter.
"Bellamy! This place is amazing!" A voice rang out and Asce looked too who the voice belonged too, a girl with black hair, she looked similar Bellamy and was surprised when he let her hug him. A sibling? It would have been dangerous with the rule of one child only, and Asce couldn't remember another Blake sibling running around while he was on the Ark.
"I know, hey Clarke come see this!" Lexa felt Asce tense up beside her.
A blonde walked out of the drop ship, her blue eyes widening in awe as she took in the sights around her, she took in the trees and the grass, everything she could.
Asce felt tears start to gather in his eyes as he laid eyes on his younger sister, her golden locks fell around her shoulders, she was wearing a worn black jacket and a gray shirt from what Asce could see. She was wearing standard jeans that had been patched up one to many times, and black boots.
Clarke Griffin was alive.
His little sister was alive, the little girl he remembered from 14 years ago was gone and now standing on the ground was a teenager who was filled to the brim with optimism. He was shocked.
Feeling a nudge he looked to his right and saw Lexa tilt her head towards the blonde with an eyebrow raised, he realized she didn't know who the girl was.
"That's my little sister, Clarke. The one I told you about when I first got here. But I don't understand why they are here; I thought I was the only one who was coming to the ground." He said and watched Lexa nod. Indra was in the tree next to them watching over the sky people run around like children.
Suddenly Asce honed in on someone, the chancellor's son, Wells. He nudged Lexa and pointed to the boy.
"I believe that's the leader's son." His eyes hardened when he saw the boy approach Clarke, a growl tore from his throat when Wells put his hand on her shoulder. He felt a bit of pride when Clarke shook his hand off.
"Do I have permission to make myself known commander? I can guide some of them to become strong warriors." He turned to the commander who thought about it and nodded. "You are to report back to me when you have valuable information on them. Indra and I shall return to TonDc. Be careful, I know they are your people but they also sent you down here to die." Lexa whispered the last part before climbing down the tree and calling for her horse. Indra followed her and took Asce's horse with them. Asce observed them a little longer, who to go to and who to avoid. He noticed that Bellamy had a gun and took charge simply because of it.
Asce stored his weapons in the tree but kept his main sword on him along with one of his daggers; putting the others next to his sword and pulled up his hood before he jumped down and started walking towards his sister.
"Bellamy! Someone's coming." Someone screamed and everyone ran back towards the drop ship, Bellamy had his gun trained on Asce not knowing who he was.
"Who are you." The older Blake questioned.
"Yu do nou remember ai taim boy."(You do not remember me then boy) Asce said, not realizing he was speaking in Lexa's native tongue.
"Do you speak English?" Bellamy gritted his teeth to appear intimidating but Asce could sense the fear coming off him in waves. The very thought brought a smile to his lips.
Removing his hood Asce spoke in English. "Put the gun down Bellamy, I do not enjoy hurting children." He said, his voice coming out gruffer than he intended. "Who are you." Bellamy slowly lowered his gun but kept it out.
Ignoring the boys question he looked around and noticed that Clarke was nowhere to be seen, had she gotten back into the dropship? "Where is Clarke boy?" He was growing impatient on not being able to see his sister. He was about to punch Bellamy if he did not let him see his younger sister.
"Who are you. I asked you a question." Letting out a growl from his throat Asce narrowed his eyes at the boy.
"I am Asce, Clarke's older brother who was sent down to the ground 14 years ago when you were all still children." Asce barked out stepping closer to the boy. His eyes widened at the information and tried shoving Asce back to make it look like he was still in control of the situation. Asce rolled his eyes and quickly disarmed the boy and unloaded the gun, taking the clip and grabbing the bullet that was in the chamber. He threw the stray bullet as far as he could into the woods before pocketing the clip, tossing the now useless gun to Bellamy's feet.
"Do that again Bellamy Blake and I will break your nose." He growled and made his way to the drop ship where all of the teens were. He did not enter however; he simply looked in and took note of all the fearful faces.
"I do not harm children; I only want to see Clarke." He stated, the teens quickly shoved the girl out of the drop ship and she tripped, almost hitting the ground if Asce had not been there to catch her.
She shoved away from him and stood a few feet back, looking at him with fear. He cringed at the look on his little sister's face, he didn't want to scare her, and he simply wanted to see her again after so long.
"Who are you and how do you know me?" Her voice was shaking slightly. Asce realized that we was taller than her and quickly knelt on the ground putting his hands up, he wanted to show her that he meant no harm. It slightly worked but she still looked at him with fear.
"Clarke, it's me Asce, your big brother." He watched as confusion crossed her face. She shook her head. "You're not him; Asce is still on the ark in solitary." Is that what Jaha told her? "Clarke sunshine it's me I promise, Jaha sent me to the ground to die 14 years ago, you were only 5, I was sent here when I was 15. You are 17 now and I just turned 27 a few days ago, our parent's names are Abigail Griffin who is a doctor on the Ark and Jake Griffin, the head engineer. The necklace you are wearing was mine before I gave it to you; I gave dad my ring and mom a drawing. I taught you to draw when you were a kid, we used to play hide and seek all the time, I would sing you to sleep if you had a nightmare and you always followed me around the Ark if I wasn't working. Please, you have to believe that it's me sis, I'm here on the ground with you and everyone else. I was sent here because Jaha made a new rule where it was one child per family, all the oldest siblings were floated. I was sent to the ground." Asce explained, tears welling up in his gray eyes.
Clarke seemed to process this information for a minute. The man could almost see the gears turning in her head. Every second the girl was quiet Asce grew more and more nervous. Something seemed to click something in her brain before she flung herself on to her older brother, holding him tight as he stood up and held her close. The blonde cried into his chest and gripped his jacket. Her older brother had changed so much since she last saw him. Jaha had told her he was just going into solitary for a long while. Her parents cried for 2 weeks. Her father was floated a few months ago and she remembered giving Clarke his watch and her mother a ring she had always seen him wear, not knowing it had belonged to Asce.
"I thought you were dead." Her voice cracked. Asce laughed as he kissed the top of his sister's head with a large grin and tears rolling down his face.
"Clarke you know him?" They sibling broke apart when a voice came from behind them. It was Bellamy. Asce thought the boy would remember him; he was always coming to Asce when he had nightmares, so did Raven.
"Yes, this is Asce, my older brother." Bellamy looked him over before turning to the entrance of the dropship.
'It's alright guys, he means no harm. He's Clarke's older brother." Some of them nodded and left the drop ship once they knew he wasn't going to harm them. Some still were wary of the man but still walked off. Two boys came running off the drop ship and hugged the man tight.
"Jasper, Monty. Let me go can't breathe." Asce huffed out as the two let go, Jasper was still wearing the goggles that Asce had given him when he was younger and Monty was just grinning.
"You're back and you're alive holy shit!" Jasper said as he grinned up at the older man. Monty just smiled and patted Asce on the back, happy his childhood friend was still alive and on the ground with them. "That's right knuckleheads I'm alive and well." Asce chuckled. He turned to Bellamy and his expression became serious. "I would love to play catch up all day but there are more dangerous things in these woods than me and the Trikru. We need to build a wall before night." Everyone nodded and questioned the foreign word that came out of Asce's mouth. Bellamy barked orders at people and they began building a wall. Asce had started to walk off to help build when Clarke grabbed his wrist to stop him.
"What is a Trikru?" She said slowly, testing the word on her tongue, Asce chuckled.
"Trikru are people. They are the woods clan, they saved me from death when I first got here and taught me everything I know, the commander is Trikru and lives in Polis." Asce explained and watched as Clarke's face lit up. "You mean that there are other people out here?" Asce nodded but explained that not all of them want peace.
"Oh okay. Well when we finish building this wall you are going to tell me everything and we are going to catch up." Asce laughed and nodded, turning he left her behind and went to go help.
Hours later they had a wall built and Asce had informed Bellamy that he was going to go hunt for food; the boy seemed to light up at the word. He came back an hour later with a boar, quickly skinning it and started roasting it over the fire.
He spotted the younger Blake sibling slipping through the gate and quietly followed her. He found her standing in an opening surrounded by glowing butterflies, her face full of awe as they landed on her arms.
"Shouldn't you be inside the gate little one?" Octavia spun around and relaxed slightly when she saw it was just Asce who was leaning against a tree watching her; slightly questioning how his eyes seemed to glow with the butterflies.
"I didn't hear you follow me." She said and sat down in the field. Asce walked over and sat next to the girl, chuckling slightly. "I learned. I could teach you if you want, you left an easy to follow trail. I could teach you to blend into the shadows." Asce offered and just as he expected Octavia nodded. They sat there for a few minutes in silence, content on watching the butterflies.
Deciding it wasn't completely safe to be outside of the gate at night Asce stood up and brushing himself off he held his hand out to the girl and pulled her up with ease. They set off back to the drop ship.
"Could you really teach me?" Asce nodded and remained quiet the rest of the way back. Once they made it back they slipped back inside like that had leaving, Octavia walked off towards the drop ship that was currently holding the 100 as they settled in for the night. Asce sat in front of the fire tending to it to make sure it was lit throughout the night. He felt a pair of eyes watching him and then felt someone sit next to him, Clarke.
"I'm glad you're alive Asce. Mom and dad were really upset you were sent to the ground." Clarke said gently as she shivered, the fire did nothing to warm her despite being close to it. She felt a weight on her shoulders and her nose was greeted with the scent of the woods, smoke and rain came from the jacket. It was comforting.
"I am too Clarke. I guess you want to hear about how I survived 14 years on the ground." He felt Clarke lean against him and nodded. Wrapping an arm around his baby sister he began to tell her the story of what happened to him since that day, what he said to Jaha, how he didn't want to leave his family, how he was sent to the ground, how he was found by Indra and Gustus and met the commander, when he trained under Anya with Lexa and became the warrior he is today. He told her about the good times when Asce and Lexa would try to one up each other during training and just ended up being smacked on the back of the head by Anya. When Asce and Lexa were finally getting their face paint and wouldn't sit still so Anya just put a big hand print in the middle of their faces. He listened to Clarke's laughs became softer and softer before all of her weight slumped against him. He chuckled when he saw the girl had fallen asleep and gently carried her to the drop ship. He stood at the entrance for a little, not having been inside of anything from the Ark since he got out of the pod. He let out a sigh and carried the girl inside, carefully stepping over people and carried her up the ladder into the second part of the drop ship. He laid her down gently before sitting next to her and lifting her head onto his thigh. He kept watch that night, his dagger never leaving his hand as his eyes were trained on the ladder daring someone to come up.
When morning came Asce knew he would have to report to the commander on what he learned. He didn't know why the 100 was sent down in the first place but he knew that he could just ask Clarke. The girl fell asleep before he could ask her how her life on the Ark was going. Speaking of said girl he felt her move her head from his thigh and glanced over at her while she was rubbing her eyes. Glad that his sister had a restful night sleep he smiled softly.
"Morning Asce." Clarke said, her voice slightly horse. He handed her a pouch filled with water, she took it gently and nodded her head in thanks before drinking half of it and handing it back to her brother.
"Morning Clarke, sleep well?" He questioned. She nodded and stood up, Asce followed her action and the two made their way down the ladder and out of the drop ship. They were greeted by Octavia who handed them some meat from last nights' dinner. Asce said his thanks and walked over to the fire, quickly eating his share of the meat. He knew he would have to go hunting again soon, but he had other things that needed to be taken care of first. He turned away from the fire and to his sister who was quietly talking to Octavia.
"Clarke I apologize for interrupting but I have a question." He said as he stood in front of the two. Octavia smiled at him and excused herself when she heard Bellamy call for her.
Clarke nodded. "Sure Asce what's up?" He thanked Gaia that she didn't question him. He smiled at her and said; "why were you all sent to the ground? Is something wrong with the Ark?" He noticed how Clarke tensed a bit. He took note of how she slid her hand over their father's watch.
"Uh Jaha said that he wanted to make sure that the ground was habitable." Asce nodded. So they were sent to make sure the people of the Ark could survive down on the ground, meaning that they would be following soon.
"How are mom and dad?" He watched as Clarke tensed and started toying with the watch. "Moms alright, but dad uh, Jaha floated him. Dad found a problem with the Ark's oxygen system and he got floated when he wanted to tell everyone. Jaha floated him and he locked me up, then he sent all of us down here, their monitoring our vitals with these wrist bands." The blonde held up her wrist and showed her brother the same wrist band he was sent down with. He nodded.
Before he could thank her and tell her he would be gone most of the day a voice called out for Clarke and Wells showed up beside them He was much too close to Clarke for Asce's liking.
"Hey so uh I wanted to ask you when we were going to Mount Weather?" He questioned and placed his hand on her shoulder. Asce let a growl come from his throat as he glared at the boy.
"You will not go to Mount Weather. It is occupied by the Mountain Men who bleed my people dry just so they can live another day. If you go there I cannot help you if they do decide to harm you. No one has ever entered that mountain and walked out alive." Asce said and looked at Clarke, clear that he had no intention of letting her go to the mountain.
"No one ever walked out there alive? Guess we aren't going to the Mount Weather then." Clarke said and looked at Wells, "You shouldn't have to ask me, you got my dad floated." Asce grinned sadistically. The boy in front of him shrunk away from his look, Jaha had floated Asce's girlfriend and sent him to the ground to die, and now Wells got their father floated? Oh Asce was definitely going to have fun killing this boy. Clarke stormed off away from them and Asce made his move. His quickly took out his dagger and held it to the boy's throat, slamming him against the side of the ship.
"So you're father got me sent to the ground, hundreds of children and teens floated, including my girlfriend and you got my dad floated. Oh man I am going to have such a fun time killing both of you. But I have to make him suffer first." Asce had a dangerous look in his eyes as he pressed his dagger against Wells' throat hard enough to draw blood but not hard enough to slit his throat. Asce grabbed Wells and quickly left the camp and farther into the woods.
"Asce right? Please it doesn't have to be like this, I'm just trying to get everyone to safety. I care about Clarke, I don't want her out here getting hur-" Asce quickly cut him off when he slammed Wells' to the ground and held his dagger to the boy's throat. Asce growled dangerously. "You are to go nowhere near Clarke, don't act like you're the hero when you got our dad floated and your fucking dad got me sent to the ground and hundreds of other's killed. You are no hero and by trying to take my sister to the mountain you are signing her death contract. If you want to go to that cursed mountain and into the hands of the Mountain Men then be my guest, I won't miss you and I doubt anyone would. But I swear if you bring Clarke anywhere near that mountain I will hunt you down and kill you with my bare hands." Asce punched the boy in the face and jerked him to his feet, shoving him forward until he knew they were far enough away from the camp.
He tied the boy to a tree and gagged him to make sure he wouldn't scream for help. Asce grabbed his wrist band and pried it off, he struggled a little bit with Wells moving against the tree. He growled and punched the boy hard in the stomach, effectively making him lean over and still with a groan. Asce made quick work of the wrist band and stood in front of the boy when he was done.
Glaring at him Asce said "if I catch you trying to put my sister in harm's way by going to the mountain I will make sure you die a painful slow death right where you stand. Do I make myself clear boy?" Wells nodded and before Asce untied him he leaned in next to Wells' ear. "You won't tell anyone about this if you value your tongue and eyes. If Clarke or anyone finds out about this I'll make sure to scoop out your eyes with my hands before I cut your tongue out and remove your fingers one by one. Got it?" Wells nodded frantically.
Satisfied for now that he had struck fear into the boy's heart and most likely pain in Jaha's he untied the boy and watched as he ran towards the drop ship. Chuckling Asce followed him and went to find Clarke. He found her by the fire watching the flames.
"Clarke, I'll be back in a few hours, be safe and if anyone tries anything let me know and I'll handle it okay?" Asce said as he hugged his sister briefly and kissed the top of her head.
Clarke looked at him with confusion. "Where are you going?" He chuckled. "I'm just going to see the commander and check up on everything in the village, I'll be back as soon as I can." He watched as she nodded and sat back down in her original spot.
"Be careful, and come back alive, I just got you back yesterday and I don't need to lose you again." Asce nodded and turned around to leave, he bumped into Octavia.
"So when does my training begin?" Asce thought about it, "now, you're going to come with me to the village and you're going to learn how to walk quietly in the forest and not leave a trail." Octavia nodded eagerly and they both left and headed off to TonDc.
Asce made sure that Octavia was following in his footsteps exactly, he made her do 10 pushups for every sound she made. Which after about 50 pushups, wasn't very much. They left little trail but at the rate Octavia was going in a few weeks' time the girl would no longer leave any trail and a would be hard to hear for. She would make a great warrior for the Trikru.
They finally made it to TonDc and the guards bowed their head at the man and when they spotted Octavia they questioned him.
"Bilaik ste em Aske? Ste em kom skai?" (Who is she Asce? Is she from the sky?) One of them asked in the native tongue. Asce nodded before replying.
"Sha em ste, em ste Okteivia kom Skaikru an ai laik training her krom bilaik gona kom Trikru."(Yes she is, she is Octavia of the Sky People and I am training her to become a warrior of the Tree People) The guards nodded and let them pass, watching Octavia with a curious eye.
"What did you say?" The girl questioned. "It is the native tongue, Trigedasleng. The commander taught me when I first got here. It's more accent than anything. "Asce explained as they made their way to the commander's tent; once again, the guards stopped them.
"Why do yu bring in an splita kom skai Aske, em na bilaik dangerous?"(Why do you bring in an outsider from the sky Asce, is she dangerous?) Asce laughed and waved his words away.
"Em ste as dangerous as leaf, der ste no harm em na cause krom us, ai laik hir krom see heda nau teik ai through an shof op."(She is as dangerous as a leaf, there is no harm she can cause us, I am here to see the commander now let me through and shut up) The guard nodded and let them through, Asce saw Lexa sitting on her throne talking to Indra.
"Heda." (Commander) Asce said as he bowed his head. Lexa looked at him and smiled.
"Aske, yu laik back early. Yu also bring skai gada, bilaik ste em? Ste something wrong?"(Asce you are back early. You also bring a Sky Girl, who is she? Is something wrong?) Lexa questioned, curious as to why her guard was back earlier than they had planned.
"Nothing ste wrong heda, ai bring Okteivia kom Skaikru, em wants krom bilaik gona. Ai came krom tel op yu when ai know about Skaikru."(Nothing is wrong commander, I bring Octavia of the Sky People, she wants to become a warrior. I came to tell you all I know about the Sky People.) Asce nodded towards the girl behind him. Lexa looked at her and turned to Indra.
"Jak op em as yu seken Indra, train em. Em has spirit kom gona."(Make her your second Indra, train her. She has the spirit of a warrior.) Indra was about to protest but Lexa held up her hand and silenced the general. "Sha heda. But I shall see what she is made of first before I make her my second." Lexa nodded satisfied with that answer, Asce turned to Octavia. "She is going to train you and make you her second if you can pass her test. Just try to remain quiet if you're walking through the woods and you shall be fine, I'll be here when you return." He gave her his dagger and turned to Indra. "She does not speak our tongue, she will learn however." Indra nodded and motioned for the girl to follow her.
"Indra tell the guards we are not to be disturbed unless it is an emergency." The general nodded and walked out of the tent, leaving Asce and Lexa alone.
"You bring Octavia but not your sister?" Lexa questioned and smiled at Asce collapsing into the chair near the war table.
"I brought Octavia because I knew Indra could teach her more than I could, she balances out Indra. They would work well together. I have learned why they were sent to the ground. They are all prisoners like I was, but none of them older than 18."
Lexa looked at him, slightly confused. "Why would they send prisoners to the ground? What is wrong in space?" Lexa watched as Asce rubbed his eyes tiredly, she had never seen him this exhausted.
"The Ark is dying and they sent prisoners who were going to be floated anyways down to see if the ground was habitable. And get this Lexa, the leader did send his own son down, the oldest that should have been floated like the rest of the first born children 14 years ago." Asce laughed darkly. "History must repeat it's self because the leader's son got my father executed. Like father like son huh? His father orders my execution to the ground and his son gets my father executed for trying to warn people that the Ark is dying. If he goes anywhere near Clarke I will slit his throat and throw him the Pauna myself." Lexa has slightly taken back, she had never seen Asce this angry, he was usually calm and collected.
"Do they mean us any harm?" Asce shook his head and closed his eyes. "They wish to survive only, they have no intention of fighting, not when they have no weapons but knives they made with the metal from the ship. They are like children, they do not know how to hunt, they run around laughing loudly and screaming as if they are the only ones who live on the ground. They have a leader, Bellamy. He leads with an iron fist, ordering people around then doing nothing himself. He has a second, Murphy who follows him around harming people." Lexa was mortified, a leader should never harm their own people.
"I know what you're thinking Lexa, and no we cannot kill them without reason, Bellamy is Octavia's brother and would be crushed if we just killed him." Lexa nodded understandingly and pulled the leash tighter on her emotions.
"Well then what shall we do?" Asce sighed and ran a hand over his tired face. He slightly missed his war paint but decided against putting some on if he was only going back to the drop ship. "I guess we just wait and see where this goes." He looked at Lexa and gray eyes met green as they had a conversation without words. They understood each other enough to the point where they didn't have to use words.
"Emo ste children. Em ste tiring, emo ste sheep; following krom no idea what krom do." (They are children. It is tiring, they are sheep; following with no idea what to do) Asce murmured as he ran a had over his face, his facial growing longer than he liked, it was just long enough to pass his chin, he would need to shave soon.
After a few hours of catching up and telling Lexa what he knew about the Skaikru Indra and Octavia walked in, both sweaty and slightly bloody. Asce looked at Indra with an eyebrow raised and smirked when he saw her nod.
Turning to Octavia he handed her a pouch of water which she thanked him for before drinking, enjoying the way it gave relief to her dry throat.
"She is a good fighter heda, no doubt she shall make a fine warrior with more training." Lexa smirked just as Asce had and Indra rolled her eyes, those two were practically twins, even if they weren't related at all.
"It is time to go back to the drop ship if we want to get there before dark. No doubt your brother would have been looking for you hours ago." Octavia nodded and the two turned towards Lexa and bowed.
"Reshop heda, I will return in the near future if anything happens."(Goodnight commander) The commander nodded and stood from her throne of antlers, walking over to Asce and shaking his forearm. "Reshop Aske, safe travels back to your people." (Goodnight Asce) They let go and Asce and Octavia left without another word.
"How did your training with Indra go?" Asce asked as they trekked back to the drop ship. Octavia had a bit of blood on her face and Asce stopped her to clean her face up, the last thing they needed was for Bellamy to forbid her to leave the camp and ruin Octavia's chances of being a warrior.
"It went well, Indra taught me how to hold a sword, how to disarm an enemy and how to run in the woods without being loud." Asce nodded, that was definitely Indra's training.
They made it back just as soon as the sun was starting to set, Asce had given his dagger for Octavia to keep for training and protection. He motioned for her to follow him as he walked swiftly to the tree that he left his weapons in and climbed up it. His swords and daggers were still there, he sighed in relief as he strapped his remaining 2 daggers to his thigh and under his shirt to his right side, he strapped his sword back to his right side and jumped down nodding at Octavia who was staring at his weapons. "Indra should be teaching you how to throw daggers soon if you already know how to hold a sword. She moves quickly so while we are here at camp I shall help you prepare for her training." Asce explained as they continued their trek to the drop ship from the tree line. Octavia nodded and was quiet the rest of the way back as she disappeared into her thoughts. As soon as they got inside the gate Asce had a knife to his throat and a very angry Bellamy in his face. Clarke was being held back by Monty and Jasper. Octavia made a move for her dagger but Asce held his hand up to keep her from stabbing her brother and defending him.
"Where have you been with Octavia!?" He screamed in his face. Growing impatient with the boy Asce quickly disarmed him and had a knife to his throat with Bellamy's back pressed against his front.
"I advise you never do that again boy, if you value your tongue." Asce warned and shoved him forward, throwing the knife into the dirt at Bellamy's feet. "I was training Octavia how to walk quietly through the woods and not leave a trail. You are all children and naive for believing these walls can hold forever. There are much more dangerous things out there than myself so I suggest you do what I tell you if you want to live." Bellamy laughed.
"Yeah right, I'm in charge here, there's no way in hell I'm gonna listen to you. You're a grounder. One of them, you belong in the woods." There were cheers behind Bellamy.
"You are correct, I do belong to the woods. But you forget without my help you probably would be dead by now. Half of you would die by reapers, half by the mountain men, and the rest of you would turn against each other like you have against me when I told you to build a wall to keep safe. I taught you how to build and handle a knife yet here you are pressing on against my throat. I doubt you realize that if I am injured this place would be wiped out by the commander's army. I am her personal guard, I am a general. She would avenge me. Choose what you say to me carefully boy, I am more trained than you and will slit your throat in a matter of seconds whether you are awake or sleeping." With that Asce walked towards the drop ship and quickly climbed to the top to calm down.
He heard the whispers as he passed, he heard what they called him. But he did not let it phase him, he was not going to let Clarke or Octavia get hurt because of Bellamy's pride.
He watched over the two from above, sharpening the dagger in his hand as they walked into the drop ship, looking at him with curious faces.
Translations:
Yo do nou remember ai taim boy- You do not remember me then boy
Bilaik ste em Asce? Ste em kom skai?- Who is she Aske? Is she from the sky?
Sha em ste, em ste Okteivia kom Skaikru an ai laik training her krom bilaik gona kom Trikru- Yes she is, she is Octavia of the sky people and I am training her to become a warrior for the Tree people
Why do yo bring in an splita kom skai Aske, em na bilaik dangerous- Why do you bring in an outsider from the sky Asce, is she dangerous?
Em ste as dangerous as leaf, der ste no harm em na cause krom us, ai laik hir krom see heda nau teik ai through an shof op- She is as dangerous as a leaf, there is no harm she can cause us, I am here to see the commander now let me through and shut up
Aske, yu laik back early. Yo also bring skai gada, bilaik ste em? Ste something wrong?- Asce, you are back early. You also bring a sky girl, who is she? Is something wrong?
Nothing ste wrong heda, ai bring Okteivia kom Skaikru, em wants krom bilaik gona. Ai came krom tel op yo when ai know about Skikru- Nothing is wrong commander, I bring Octavia of the sky people, she wants to become a warrior. I came to tell you all I know about the sky people
Jak op em as yu seken Indra, train em. Em has spirit kom gona- Take her as your second Indra, train her. She has the spirit of a warrior
Sha heda- Yes commander
Heda- Commander
Reshop- Goodnight
Emo ste children. Em ste tiring, emo ste sheep; following krom no idea what krom do.- They are children. It is tiring, they are sheep; following with no idea what to do.
Well guys that's it for now! I think I'm going to update every Sunday, this was just a little bonus because I'm on a productive streak at the moment.
As soon as I finished the last chapter I started working on this one.
Also I guess I should explain some things
I changed the ages because Bellamy being 23 doesn't completely sit right with me for this story.
Bellamy is 5'7"; Bellamy is 19
Asce is 5'9"; Asce is 27
Clarke is 5'4"; Clarke is 17
Lexa is 5'5"; Lexa is 20
Octavia is 5'4"; Octavia is 16
Raven is 5'4"; Raven is 19
Finn is 5'6"; Finn is 18
Anya is 5'6"; Anya is 34
Asce and Lexa trained under Anya but Lexa is Anya's second
Asce hates Wells' with a passion and Wells' is trying to figure out wtf he did to Asce cause he never met him
Clarke wears her father's watch and Asce's necklace
Finn comes in next chapter and Raven comes pretty soon because I love Raven so much omg she's gonna be so sassy
Asce's sword is the Shinwa - Fiery Inferno Black Damascus Katana Sword, the wrapping however is a blood red, to symbolize how many people Asce has killed during his time on the ground, he has 3 marks on his right shoulder but they stopped marking him once they realized that there wasn't enough room on his body for all his kills. His sword was a gift from Lexa when he was appointed to be her personal guard. He would probably fight someone if they tried to touch it and would probably kill someone if they stole it from him, but the only time it left his side is when he put it up in the tree when he first encountered the Skikru. Lexa, Anya and Clarke are the only ones he wouldn't even blink at if they had his sword.
He also has a Covert Black Ninja Samurai Katana Sword that he was also gifted with by Anya, it usually sits on his back and is used for backup usually. He is ambidextrous but prefers his left hand. he usually carries a bow when he is hunting but normally he just stores it away. His bow is a Freddie Archery Black Shadow Recurve Bow and he made it as his first weapon, he later just covered it in black coal and put oil on it to keep the color.
Asce gave Lexa a dagger for her 18th birthday and it is a Horn Handle Carbon Steel Viking Dagger. Lexa usually has it on her at all times, tucked just under her shirt on the small of her back with the handle pointed down so she can quickly use it.
The dagger he gave Octavia was the Sgian Dubh Scottish Dagger he didn't use it very much so he was just like "Ah fuck it might as well give the girl something to use."
The dagger he uses most is the one Lexa gave him for his 25th birthday, Scorned Scorpion Double Edged Dagger he wondered for months how Lexa got a scorpion in the handle but he stopped questioning it. It's the one he was sharpening on the top of the drop ship.
Fuck it I'm just gonna do a chapter explaining the weapons and the characters.
Fun fact: He carries a whetstone on him to sharpen his weapons at all times. Which he does when he is stressing out/ over thinking things. It's his way to calm down
You are most likely going to be reading about these weapons a lot in the upcoming chapters.
Well that's all for now. I'll see you guys next Sunday! Hope you enjoyed!
ASCE'S NAME IS PRONOUNCED "ASK" IN TRIGEDASLENG
Song(s) listened to when writing this: Heathens by Twenty One Pilots & The Grounder Anthem
Ciao!