It was soon going to be nightfall. They had walked two and half days from Camp Jaha to the east and all of them were exhausted. Since Mount Weather was gone there was no reason for them to venture out into the forest, only for food but even that was rare. All of a sudden Bellamy felt a small but fast gush of wind fly past his face. Octavia grabbed the scruff of his shirt and forced him down to the ground. An arrow had pierced the tree just centimetres from Bellamy's face. It all happened so fast that Monty and Jasper automatically fell to the floor while Lincoln just stood there. He raised his hands and started to speak in language. It wasn't the usual language Octavia had learnt; it was a completely different dialect. Once Lincoln had stopped talking out loud, there was no movement until out from know where a small group appeared. A mixture of males and females surrounded them; they were armed with bows and arrows, swords and small knives. One of them stepped forward to hug and greet Lincoln; they exchanged a few more words again.
"He says sorry about the arrow. They didn't know if you were dangerous."
Lincoln looked at Bellamy. Slowly they started to rise to their feet.
"They could have said hello."
Bellamy mumbled under his breath.
"Don't worry they won't harm us. They'll take us to see Luna."
The grounders started to move off into the direction they were already heading. Lincoln followed them followed closely by Octavia. Bellamy looked at Jasper and Monty.
"Just stay close."
Bellamy ordered the two as he turned to follow his sister and Lincoln. Octavia noticed how swiftly and gracious the east clan moved across the forest floor, they were fast and yet you could barely hear them move.
"They take their name, east sea, and move like that of the waves gentle and yet fast, but when they want to be they can be forceful. Some of the best warriors come from the sea clans."
Lincoln noticed how intrigued Octavia was. As soon as the camp was in their sights the grounders started to run and inform the camp of the people who were about to enter. Once they entered the gates and into the east sea clan, another man headed towards Lincoln and gave him a hug and greeted him. By this time a crowd had quickly gathered around them as though they were like a new shiny toy. The crowd started to become over excited about them and so Lincoln's friend told them to back away and wait until they had spoken to Luna. As the crowd dispersed from their midst Bellamy stood beside Lincoln and then he noticed someone still standing there watching them, his heart tightened and he clenched his jaw together. He looked at the familiar face which was smiling back at him but he showed no expression or emotion in knowing the person. He turned his head towards Monty and Jasper and whispered in their ears. They looked up in shock and turned their heads to look in the direction Bellamy had just looked.
"Clarke!"
Jasper and Monty realised what Bellamy had told them and ran through the camp and into the arms of an old friend. Jasper and Monty took turns in darting her questions.
"Are you okay?"
"Where have you been?"
"How long have you been here?"
"Are you coming back with us?"
Clarke slightly zoned out as her two friends were asking her all types of questions. She watched as Lincoln took Bellamy and Octavia to Luna's tent. She was slightly surprised and wondered why she didn't get the reaction she had wanted from Bellamy; he just stood there staring at her until he told Jasper and Monty. She quickly came out of her little daydream and answered their questions, now it was time to ask hers.
"Why are youse here?"
"We're here to ask about the woman in the red dress?"
Jasper continued to talk, despite she hadn't answered any of their multiple questions, and he was answering hers.
"Who?"
Clarke had trouble digesting their reason for being here. Monty decided to fill her in on their latest development within the camp.
"Murphy came back in a mess, blood everywhere, broken arm, a bite mark, dehydration. He's fine, your Mom fixed him. But when Bellamy found him he was mumbling a story about a woman in a red dress and then a bomb and Lincoln thinks that Luna would know more about her. So Abby sent Bellamy here to find out, we just tagged along. Well we'd hope we'd see you along the way and now you're here you have to come back with us."
Clarke froze for a moment. Was she ready to go back home?
Bellamy followed Lincoln further into the camp, everyone they passed was watching them. Until a woman was standing in front of them. She was beautiful, he would get why they called her Luna, she just radiated beauty and peace. For some reason he felt relaxed while being in her presence.
"Lincoln my dear friend."
Luna greeted him, and then looked at Octavia standing next to him.
"And this must be the beautiful Octavia."
Luna grabbed her by the hands and held them.
"You know my name?"
Octavia was surprised.
"Of course, Lincoln has told me all about you."
Octavia just smiled and blushed at Luna's admittance, and turned to her brother to introduce him to Luna.
"This is my brother Bellamy."
"It's a pleasure."
Luna was still holding Octavia's hands when she turned her attention to Bellamy.
"I don't mean to intrude on you and your people but I was hoping you would have some answers for me."
Bellamy felt at ease talking to her, but was still weary about being there. He wasn't sure that Luna would have the answers for him. If his people would be in danger again all he could think of was how he would keep them safe.
"Well you won't get the right answers until you ask the right questions. Come. We shall discuss this inside."
