In this chapter, I wanted to try and bring in the other characters and how they take care of each other, also Octavia and how she feels about Bellamy. She is struggling and still holding him accountable for Lincoln. I wanted to show she is still a Blake and everyone knows the Blakes are both stubborn.

The100 Haunted Searchers

Clarke walked briskly towards the stable. She knew Octavia would be there, it was her favorite place.

The stable was small, there were only six horses in Arkadia, Octavia spent most of her time there, sleeping on the straw pallets more than in the room she once shared with Lincoln.

Clarke found her brushing her horse. Octavia heard her walking up, but didn't turn away from her task. Brushing the chestnut brown animal made her feel calm.

"Octavia," said Clarke. "Bellamy's been gone almost two weeks, I'm worried."

"And?" Octavia nonchalantly said.

"He's never been gone this long," said Clarke.

"Not my problem," Octavia said while she exhaled overly loud as she spoke.

"Please tell me you care just a little, He's still your brother Octavia!" Clarke said anxiously.

"I don't have a brother. Just because we fought Ali together, doesn't change things," Octavia said coldly.

"Octavia…" Clarke said, "I know deep down you still care. You can say you don't, but how can you turn your back on him when he could be in trouble."

"Like he turned his back on Lincoln?" Octavia said dryly. She kept brushing the horse, her brush strokes getting harder.

Clarke didn't know what to say. She just watched Octavia, brushing the horse, ignoring the fact that Bellamy might be in trouble. She thought things were better between the two, but she was wrong. Finally she left the stable.

When Clarke left, Octavia stopped brushing the horse. She leaned her head against the hoses flank, closing her eyes. She was torn; she didn't want to think of Bellamy. He caused Lincoln to lose his life. Even if Bellamy wanted to help her rescue Lincoln and the others, he couldn't be trusted. That mistrust was something he caused, and she would never forgive him for that. He was the one that backed Pike and put him in charge, Pike killed Lincoln and Octavia would never forgive Bellamy for that.

"He's probably fine." Octavia said to herself.

Clarke rushed to the mechanics bay, "Raven," she shouted when she stepped inside. "Raven," she called out again, with added urgency.

"Yo, Clarke, back here," she shouted from a small side room, as she peered from the doorway.

Raven and Monty were checking a circuit board, but stopped when Clarke came in.

They both saw the concern on her face, "What's going on" asked Raven?

"It's Bellamy," said Clarke, "he's been gone too long, I'm worried"

"Wait, he's not back yet" asked Monty?

"He's never out more than a few days, it's almost two weeks now" Monty said "Somethings wrong" Monty said quietly with a worried frown.

Clarke was surprised that Monty was aware of Bellamy's habits.

"You think he left for good?" asked Raven, "He wouldn't do that, would he? I mean, he wouldn't leave Octavia and yo…" Raven stopped short as her eyes me Clarkes.

Clarke's eyes were full of fear and worry as she looked back at Raven.

"We need to find him,' said Monty as he looked between the two women. Clarke you get the packs together, I'll get Octavia," Monty said as he began to leave.

"No Monty," said Clarke. "Don't bother, Octavia doesn't care, I just left her."

"What do you mean, doesn't care?" asked Raven. "She's his sister."

"She said she doesn't have a brother anymore," said Clarke, "She pretends she doesn't care about him, but I know she does, she's just being stubborn."

"Yea well, we'll see about that," said Monty, "Clarke you get those packs"

"I'll get a radio, and talk to the gate guards, see what direction he went," said Raven. "Don't worry Clarke, we'll find him, he's probably fine."

Monty found Octavia, still in the stable, mucking out one of the stalls. "Octavia," he called out. "Were going out after Bellamy," he said. "We could use your help."

"I already told Clarke, it's no concern of mine" she said.

"How can you say that?" Monty pressed. "He's your family."

"Lincoln was my family," Octavia snapped. "The 100… they are family. He's not part of that. Not anymore."

"Why? Because he followed Pikes orders?" asked Monty. "If that's true, do you hate me as well? I was in Pikes army, am I dead to you too?"

"Monty… no I…" Octavia looked at him. She saw the pain in his eyes.

Monty looked at her. "He's your family, Octavia. You don't know how lucky you are." Monty shook his head, turned, and left.

"Monty…" said Octavia. She knew she hit a raw spot with him, remembering how Monty killed his mother to save her.

But, Monty is not Bellamy. Monty followed Pike because of Hannah. She could give Monty a pass, but not Bellamy. He hasn't earned that.

"Damn it," she snapped, angry at the situation.

Monty met back up with Clarke. She had gathered four packs. "I really thought she would care." Monty said softly. He was disappointed in Octavia.

"Yea, me too," said Clarke. "She still blames him for Lincoln."

"Even so, he's her brother, I just thought…"

"I called Miller. He should be here in a minute," said Raven as she limped into the room. Clarke and Monty gathered the gear and started loading the rover. "Harper said he headed north, so we'll head that way and hopefully we can pick up his trail."

Miller got to the transport bay just as they had finished loading. "Okay, I told Abby, we're all clear, Bryan's on the com, so he'll track us."

The four pulled out of camp and headed north. They weren't surprised when Octavia appeared next to the rover on her horse. Monty tapped Clarke on the shoulder and pointed towards Octavia, showing Clarke she was there. Clarke nodded in approval, happy to see the girl coming along. She knew Octavia still cared about Bellamy; she just wasn't ready to show it yet.

As Octavia rode, her thoughts were mixed. She didn't want Bellamy hurt, any more than she would any of her people. That's the only reason she was going. That's what she told herself, that's what she believed as she rode alongside the rover. Any excuse to get out of camp, she would take it.

The group got to the north trail. After a week his trail would be difficult, but Octavia found signs. He didn't have a reason to try and hide where he was going and they were lucky there was no rain. They took it slow stopping to make sure they didn't lose his trail. They came to where he camped and by that time it was getting too dark to see so they made camp in the same spot.

They sat by the fire and ate. The mood was quiet.

"I remember the first time I met Bellamy, he thought he was so tough. I pulled a knife on him," Raven laughed.

Clarke smiled, thinking how tough Bellamy tried to be, before they really knew him, all he wanted to do was give orders to everyone.

"You pulled a knife on him?" asked Monty. "What did he do?"

"He stole my radio," said Raven. "That's when he found out he hadn't actually killed Jaha."

"Yea, but he helped us find it," said Clarke.

"He saved my life after that," said Clarke. "Someone sent Dax to kill him, and he tried to kill me too, but Bellamy saved my life," said Clarke. "That's the first time I saw how he really was. He tries hard to do what's right. It's just hard sometimes here."

Octavia was silent as she listened to their stories. She had her own when they were kids, and Bellamy brought home books to read to her, and played games with her. She tried to block all that from her memories. She wanted to forget that life.

"You should have seen him when he went after you," Monty told Clarke. "It drove him crazy, we saw you across the field, but the ice nation was coming. We hid in a cave and while we weren't looking, he took the clothes off a dead man and walked right through the middle of that army. When we found him, he was bleeding, he could hardly walk and he was still trying to go after you," said Monty. "I've never seen him like that. He would have bled to death trying to find you if we let him."

Clarke just stared into the fire. She remembered when he found her tied up in the tunnel with Roan, and all that happened. She was so scared for him then and she was worried now. Where could he be?

Miller shared a story about him and Bellamy hunting a boar and how they were almost cut when the animal ran them both up a tree. They laughed when he told them Bellamy fell out of the tree when a large spider scared him and he lost his balance.

The group finally began to quiet and settled in for the night. Clarke looked up to the stars and wondered if Bellamy was looking at the same sky.