SHIVER

SUMMARY:
Before there was a Sky Princess, there was the Ice Queen.
Kwin Astrid is a notorious leader; fearless, ruthless, and willing to do anything to protect her people. After the bombing of TonDC, many of the twelve Grounder clans were left without leadership and so joined the Ice Nation. With an army bigger than ever, Astrid kom Azgeda decides that it is now time to review her rocky allegiance with the Trikru, and to finally meet the Sky People.

Clarke / Bellamy / OCs

DISCLAIMER:
I do not own The 100, it's characters or storylines.

Chapter 11

RESS:
"Lexa sometimes forgets to guard her right side, look there," Ress said as he and Astrid watched her strike at Indra, twisting her body so that her right side was wide open.
"Indra doesn't even notice, she just missed her chance," Astrid replied, not taking her eyes away from the pair in the ring.
It had been the next day that the Wood clan had begun joining in by the ring, and that morning Lexa had decided to make a personal appearance herself, and for good reason. If the clan saw Astrid sparring in the woods, they would come to see that she was not only a Queen but a warrior. Lexa was wise to remind her own that she was a warrior too.

When the pair had finished sparring, Lexa patted Indra's shoulder and returned to her quarters, and Indra turned to Ress.
"What do you say Kastur?" she mocked, stepping towards them "take a little break from being a lap-dog?"
He was about to reply when a voice he had never heard from Astrid before, one which was deep and raspy sounded and she stepped forward.
"I'll take this one," Astrid said, in a tone which made his bones crack and splinter, made him feel the astonishing cold of a winter long since past, one which nobody dared argue with.
Indra gave her a snake-like smile and nodded, drawing her weapon.


ASTRID:
It was enough. Enough of the pretending and the diplomacy. Enough of Lexa.
"Let's see what you're made of Ice-Queen," Indra chuckled.
Astrid stalked towards her, keeping her own sword sheathed at her side.
Indra's grin widened as she lifted her blade.
She swung, but Astrid struck, ramming her fist into Indra's tired arm and sending the blade soaring through the air.
In the same breath, her palm hit her left arm, knocking it aside too. As Indra staggered back, Astrid's leg came up and Indra's eyes bulged as Astrid's booted foot slammed into her stomach.
The kick sent her down and her body crunched as it hit the floor and slid out of the ring, eliminating her instantly. The forest was utterly silent.

"And there's a lesson for the rest of you," she said, walking towards her tent before turning and glaring at the rest of the Tri-kru with an icy stare, "give me a real Chief to fight, then maybe I'll bother trying."

Back in her tent, she was shortly joined by Ress, who was struggling to keep the smile from his face.
"We'll go back to the Ark," she informed him, "and wait for Lexa's decision there…"
"I think that's for the best Kwin Astrid," he chortled, "I think the woods is making you feral."


I'm sorry this is such a short post! I do enjoy writing the fight scenes I promise!
Next post will be about Astrid and Bellamy visiting the Mountain, been waiting ages to get that written up.

Thank you for the couple of reviews!
Some constructive criticism would be helpful! If you don't see Gigi (absolute babe) Hadid as Astrid WHO DO you imagine when reading?