Hello and welcome back. This chapter has no Clexa. Clarke isn't even in it. This is just Lexa and how she is becoming the Commander again. Ps- Don't ask how the grounders did all of this shit because well they just did. Thanks for all of the support and keep it up!


Lexa saw the large drop, it was about 100 feet down. One slip of foot and she'd be dead. Lexa grabbed the two large steel knives from her belt. She lowered herself down until she found a place to put her foot. Lexa dug one of her knives into the rock then the other. Lexa lowered herself down even more keeping down the slow but effective method. Most tired to go as fast as they could. It wasn't a race.

About half way down the cliff face Lexa's footing slipped making her dangle by the two knives in the rock. Lexa's left leg sliced itself open against the sharp rock. She cursed under her breath as her heart rate rocketed. "Calm down, if I freak out than I'll die." Lexa told herself as she controlled her breathing. She found another ledge to put her feet on. Lexa tried to forget the pain in her leg.

It took a while for Lexa to reach the bottom but it wasn't very eventful. Lexa sighed in relief when her feet hit the floor. She saw dead bodies on the floor. She ignored them as she looked at her leg. It was a flesh wound but not too deep. There was black blood down it but was now dried creating a bandage. Lexa tore a piece of fabric from her shirt and wrapped it around the wound.

She looked up to only see a slight glimmer of light. 1 down, 9 to go. Lexa through as she moved on to the second challenge. Lexa looked forward to see a group of mutated savages. These had been criminals who's crimes were too horrendous and it would be not be surviving justice if they died by 1000 cuts. Lexa drew her sword as they saw her. 5 of them lunged at her. She cut the nearest ones stomach open with her sword and dodged the other attacks. He fell to the ground dying.

Lexa knew if she went to the ground then she'd die. Most didn't die from this challenge but it was still hard after climbing down 100 feet with no rest. Lexa grabbed the weapon from another and used it to slice through another's neck. Then rammed her sword into his neck. She couldn't remove it in time to not get hit. Two left. Lexa looked as one grabbed her sword.

Lexa took her knife out of it's holder. She couldn't fight them hand to hand. She threw the knife landing it into the one with her sword's face. She dodged the last one's attack and ran to her sword. She ignored the pain shooting through her leg as she grabbed her sword. She turned just in time to put her sword through the monster's skull. A sigh left her lips. She picked up her knife. She moved one after catching her breath. Lexa moved on from that challenge. 8 to go.

There was a pool of water in front of her. She cringed slightly. There were many large river snakes in that water. Too many for her to kill. There were small stones raised above the water. Falling into the water meant death. Lexa stepped onto the first stone. There were 6 going across it. Lexa was happy that she had so much practise jumping from branch to branch over the last two years.

A snake snapped up at her. Lexa ignored the beast and jumped to the stone. She landed crotched on it. Her leg burned with pain. The warrior ignored it and jumped to the next rock. She was halfway. Two more river snakes joined in tried to get to her. She knew it was impossible but it still sent a shiver down her spine. Lexa hopped to the fourth stone then quickly to the fifth then to the six. The jump to the shore was the longest and hardest. Lexa used all of her momentum to get to it.

She crashed onto the ground onto her left side rolling slightly. Lexa let go of the breathe she was holding. Then slightly thanked the Gods. Lexa stood up and moved forward.

It was a bottle of brown liquid on the table with a gold key stuck to the bottom. There was a door at the other end. Lexa knew what she had to do. The liquid wasn't poison so she couldn't shallow any of it. Lexa grabbed the bottle and started to drink. She spit the liquid out of her mouth as soon as she had to. Lexa hunched over and gagged. Lexa bend over the table and drank again. Lexa spat out the liquid and this time did throw up. The acid burnt her mouth and throat but she had done it also it had taken all of the poison from her mouth and system.

Once Lexa had recovered and grabbed the key. The door was open as soon as Lexa unlocked it. She had completed the 4th challenge, she still had 6 left. Lexa groaned and moved forward.

The 5th challenge was a thin strip of rock leading to the other side however left and right of it was large jagged rocks with skeletons and rotting corpses on it. Lexa almost threw up again at the smell but stopped herself. Lexa needed complete composure. She put her right foot on first and began to walk. Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot. The challenge was over before she knew it. She had completed half of the challenges and in better shape than last time. But she was 14 back then with less training and hadn't done it before.

Lexa moved to the 6th one with slight bounce in her step. Lexa saw the 6th to see three different levels of 30 feet walls. She had to climb them. Lexa grabbed her two knives again. She began climbing, her arms were burning but she continued until she was on the first level. Lexa shook some feeling back into her arms before starting to climb the second. Her was pretty sure her arms were about to fall off when she reached the second ledge.

Lexa began to climb again but a quarter of the way up feel onto her left shoulder. Lexa groaned in pain. Her vision dazed slightly as she looked up to the top. She was so close. Lexa stood back up and began to climb again. She rolled onto the top and looked at her shoulder. It was throbbing. She ignored the pain again, she couldn't afford to worry about it. Good news, she had completed the 6th challenge.

The warrior moved to the 7th with a limp and holding her shoulder slightly. The 7th was about bravery. Lexa knew what was at the bottom. There was a large pool of water. You had to dive into the water which was a 50 foot drop. You had to dive due to the fact the rock was almost impossible to dig into due to it being so slippery. If she messed up then she'd die but Lincoln and her used to dive from a cliff into a near by lake since they were young. Most of the children did.

Lexa took a few steps back before jumping off the edge of the cliff. Lexa tensed all of her muscled and created fists with her hands. Her whole body filled with pain as she hit the water but it was nothing too bad. Lexa laughed slightly, that was fun. She hadn't done it in years. She began to swim out of the water. She lay on the ground for a few moments before standing up. She loved the 7th challenge. Lexa moved onto the 8th as fast as she could.

The 8th was the complete opposite to the 7th. She hated the 8th challenge. Lexa saw the dimly light corridor. She could barely see in front of her but needed to move. Lexa knew there were holes in the floor leading to her death. She moved slowly reluctantly putting her foot down on the floor, it was safe for the next 5 steps. The 6th was a hole. Lexa almost fell into it but didn't. She moved back just in time. She landed on her bad leg causing her to moan in pain.

It took 7 more steps, 3 more holes, for her to reach the light. Lexa was relieved that one was over. That challenge made her frustrated. She couldn't see anything making her helpless. She hated being helpless. However there were only two challenges left and she'd finally be done. She wondered how long she'd been down here. An hour? Two? Three? She didn't know.

The 9th wasn't the hardest, that was the 10th, but it wasn't easy either. The 9th was a large maze with all sorts of creatures inside it. It wasn't really a maze, more a corridor with a lot of bends and twists. She began walking down it. Lexa saw her first beast which was a large panther. Lexa saw it first and had drawn her knife just as the panther saw her. She threw it as the panther was just about to pounce. The warrior grabbed the knife from the dead beast's eye.

The next beast was 3 bends since the last. Last had checked every corner so when she saw the ripa on the 3rd, she was ready. The ripa also saw her and charged. He blocked her first strike and just sliced her abdomen but only a scratch but ripping her clothing. Lexa used knife to stab his chest with. He fell to the ground dead. Lexa checked her stomach to see it only bleeding slightly. It wouldn't leave a scar. Lexa took her knife and moved on.

The 3rd monster was a large bear type thing, it was guarding the doorway to the 10th challenge. She inspected the animal. It would be hard to kill, almost impossible without a real plan. Lexa made a quick plan. She grabbed a rock from the ground and threw it behind the animal. The bear turned to look what it was. Lexa used this time to dart towards it. It turned and swung for her but she slide on her knees as it missed. She ran her sword through the bottom of it's jaw through it's head. Blood covered her arm but the bear fell dead. Lexa removed her sword. She moved to the door and opened it.

Her whole body stiffened at the look of the 10th challenge. There was a exit point at the top of the cave. Flames surrounded the way up meaning she'd have to be quick otherwise she'd die. To accompany the raging flames, it was a 30 foot climb. It wasn't straight but different platforms surrounded by fire. There was about 10 platforms to go up. The whole room was boiling.

Lexa moved to the first flame surrounded platform and felt a bead of sweat travel down her back. She pulled herself up onto the next one and quickly away from the scowling hot rocks. Blisters began to form on her hands at the intense heat. She ignored the pain throbbing from her hands. As she climbed the second one. Again her hands burnt but she got up.

The third is when it all went wrong. Her grip slipped and she fell into the flames. She rolled off the burning platform and onto the floor landing on her bubbling hip. The pain was worse than anything she'd ever felt. Her breathing was laboured. She ripped the fabric away from the area to look at it. Well most of the fabric had been burnt off. The skin was red and blistering. Lexa guessed it was good she was feeling the pain all over the effected area because that meant she still had feeling there.

The pain was making it impossible for her to stand. She could just give up. Lexa was considering it. She was going to die down here anyway. She had no fight left. She didn't want to fight anymore. Death wasn't the end. Her spirit would choose well.

Lexa snapped out of it. "I'm the Commander of the 12 clans. I don't give up. I promised Clarke, I wouldn't give up, that I'd return to her." She muttered standing up fighting through the torture of all of the pain in her body. Lexa climbed the first platform. I'm not weak. Then the second. I will fight. The third.My fight isn't over. The forth. The spirit chose me. The fifth. Anya chose me as her second. The sixth. Clarke chose me. The seventh. I promised Clarke. The eightieth. I will return to her. The ninth. I won't die. The tenth. I am the Commander. Lexa reached out of the hole to see three faces looking at her. Then her vision went black.


I told you no Clarke. At this moment in time Clarke is walking through the forest with Octavia and Finn towards where they are going to be meeting Anya. Of course Lexa is being a fucking badass. Don't ask me how this all happened, they work hard to make it happen. Also it's late and coming up with 10 deadly challenges without going overboard is hard.

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