Trip To Polis

The next day, Clarke woke up really early, the sunrays entering through the small window on her room making her sigh, today would be a very tiring day, she already knew it and she was dreading it. She was not eager to go to Polis especially now that she found about her baby and how much in danger she could be if people found out, but she also knew that it was something she had to do for her people and for the grounders as well. If Roan really thought that she could help him unite the clans to prevent the shattering of the Coalition, then she had to do it.

She couldn't run away from it even because a lot hanged around the Coalition staying intact so with that in mind, she sat up on her bed. And once again, she was faced with a few of her many drawings of Lexa and she sighed looking at the portrait of the girl. It was one drawing of her face as if she was directly looking at Clarke herself and for a moment, the blonde imagined what it would be like if the brunette was there to really look at her and to give Clarke the chance to see those beautiful green eyes full of life again. She missed Lexa so much.

"I don't know if I can do this, Lexa. I don't know if I am strong enough, but I know that I can't let our child be born into a world torn apart by war, a world you fought so hard to leave behind in the past. I have to do this for the three of us, don't I?" Clarke said and the drawing just stood there staring right back at her. She gripped her necklace that she never took it out before got up from the bed coming to touch the drawing of the love of her life and speaking to it. "I love you so much. I miss you every second of every day. I wish you were here with us,"

After her moment, she went to her closet and packed a few of her clothes into a bag, as well as her journal that she would never leave it behind, a few papers and charcoal to draw, and that was it. Once she was all packed, she went to take a shower and once she was done, she went to get dressed, before attaching her holster and putting her gun inside it. She fixed her hair and grabbed her bag before walking out of her room, closing the door behind her as she started walking towards the great hall to meet her friends that would be accompanying her on this emergency trip to the grounder capitol.

She saw Raven by the table and Clarke went straight to her, sitting down beside her, "Ignore it. I'm a mess."

Raven looked at her before she spoke to her friend, "Welcome back to the 'I'm a mess' club, Ms. President. Nice to see you up and about."

"Jackass. You know why I'm a mess," Clarke said to her as she shoved the mechanic a little while the other girl simply chuckled at that.

"First of all, ouch. Second, yes, I do know why, but you will be fine and we will all be there to help you through it. So, fear not, young Jedi, the Force is with you," Raven replied trying to joke and lift up Clarke's spirit, which she succeeded as the blonde couldn't help but laugh at her friend's antics, feeling a little bit better already.

"I may be blonde but I'm not stupid. My dad was an engineer with an unhealthy obsession over sci-fi movies so I know the reference. Quite funny," Clarke said to her and Raven nodded.

"I know right? I'm just that amazing. Really, it should be a crime to be this awesome," Raven said motioning to herself from head to toe and Clarke laughed as they started eating being joined by all the others.

"So, what is the plan for the trip?" Jasper asked them once he joined them at the table.

"Well, we will finish eating here, we'll get the rover and drive all the way to Polis. Once we're there, I will go talk to Roan and then we will get to rest. Whatever meeting he wants me to have with the Ambassadors will have to be done tomorrow so we will have the rest of the day to relax before the storm hits us again," Clarke explained to them.

"Do you think they will listen to you Clarke? Even though you're Wanheda and everything that comes with that, you're still Skaikru and as far as I know we're not exactly on their list of the most loved clans," Harper said to her and Clarke nodded.

"That is true. We are not but on the most hated clans list, we are behind Azgeda so it is not as bad as it might seem. They do dislike us immensely because of Pike and Jaha along with ALIE but Kane has been working with them and trying to change their minds about us and he said they have started to do so which is good. As far as I am concerned, the title Wanheda does give me some sort of influence over them, they fear and admire me so I might be able to influence them to see that the Coalition is more important than whatever feelings they may have for Azgeda, at least that is what I will try my best to do and after that, all we can do is hope that they will listen to me and Kane," Clarke explained to them and they nodded.

"That is a nice plan if it works. But what if the Coalition breaks when we are there?" Monty asked as he looked at everyone, "What do we do then?"

"If that happens, we get Kane and then get out of there as fast as we possibly can. We come back here and prepare ourselves for war. What else is there left for us to do?" Bellamy answered him and Clarke just shook her head.

"Failing is not an option, Monty. We have to achieve our goal, no matter what it takes to get us there. We cannot go to war." Clarke said to the young engineer as she unconsciously yet discreetly touched her belly, without any of the others seeing it.

"Clarke is right, guys. All of these people are counting on us to make things right and that is exactly what we have to do. Which is why it's time to go. Come on, y'all. Finish your food and let's get the hell out of here," Raven said to them and the others nodded.

And that was exactly what they did. With Raven's incentive, they all quickly finished their food. Once they were done, they each grabbed their backpacks before they started moving towards the Rover, Clarke too until the moment she heard her name being called and turned around to see her mother coming towards her. She stopped in her tracks to wait for her mother to catch up with her. "Were you leaving without saying goodbye?" Abby said to her once she came close and Clarke smiled at the older woman.

"I left a note for you, you were sleeping. I didn't want to wake you up. Sorry," The blonde said and Abby smiled at her while also shaking her head.

"No need for apologies. I just wanted to see you off and give you this," She said and gave a bag to Clarke, "These are medicine for pregnant women. We have many of it so you can take those with you. you know how to use them so please take care of both of you."

Clarke smiled before taking the bag and putting inside her backpack then turning to face her mother again, "Thanks Mom and I will. I promise."

The two women hugged each other tightly, "I love you both so much, sweetheart. |Don't forget that," Abby said talking about her and the baby and Clarke smiled.

"We love you too, Mom and Grandma," Clarke said and they both chuckled before pulling back to look at one another, both of them with tears in their eyes.

"Guess I have to get used to being called that from now on, don't I?" Abby joked.

Clarke nodded while smiling, "Yes, you will but you got time. Don't worry. I will radio you as soon as I can, okay?"

"Go on or you will be late to save the world once again," Abby replied and Clarke nodded her head before turning around and going towards the Rover. She got inside the passenger seat, closed the door and looked at Raven who was driving and nodded.

"Let's get the hell out of here," She said and the mechanic smirked as she nodded. The hanger doors opened and they passed by the camp as the gates were opened and once out in the open, Raven sped through the road and started on their way to the grounder capitol. As they got to it, Jasper moved ahead and connected the mp3 to the rover system and a song started playing. 'Highway to Hell' by AC/DC. Once the song started, they all looked at him.

"What? It's fitting," He shrugged and the others chuckled about it but continued to enjoy the song and after a while, Clarke pulled out her journal and started writing into it, telling Lexa of what was happening and within what seemed like no time at all, they arrived in the City entrance where there were Azgeda warriors guarding it.

Once they got there, Raven stopped the Rover to the side of the entrance, just in case people needed to get in or out and turned down the engine. Clarke was the first one to get out of the car followed by the others as they joined her.

"The King is expecting us,"Clarke said to the guards outside. Took them no time to recognize her so they nodded at her.

"They will escort you to the Tower and to the King, Commander of Death," One of the guards said and Clarke nodded before he motioned for other warriors to join them and to take them to the king and once that was solved, they made their way into the city.

It looked different from the last time they were here, that's for sure. The city was cleaned of the blood that had been spilt that day when ALIE tried to take over completely and they defeated her but to Clarke, it also looked so different than from when Lexa was in charge. Everyone had a somber look on their faces and there was no much joy or the resounding noise on the streets from the merchants trying to sell their goods, however it was filled with Azgeda warriors walking around, armed to the teeth. The people were most definitely feeling the change since Lexa's death and Clarke could feel it too.

"You had said that the city was beautiful." Monty said to Clarke. Apparently, she wasn't the only one who noticed the mood around the city so she only nodded.

"When Lexa was alive, it was," She told him before they continued on their way. People looked at them but it was something Clarke had already expected and warned them about. She even warned them in case someone threw something at them or tried to attack them in any way, but luckily for them, that did not happen and they were able to get to the tower without any trouble beside a few angry looks, nothing they couldn't handle. They went towards the elevator and as she expected, the geeks, Monty, Raven and Wick freaked out when they saw it.

"Oh My God. This is freaking insane," Raven called out as the three of them started talking science and mechanic stuff as the lift door opened and Clarke got them inside.

"Clarke, can we check this out later? See how it works? Pretty, please?" Monty asked her with a look of pure joy on his face and she couldn't help but nod at them, smiling.

"Yes, I will ask Roan to let you three geek your way into this elevator to see how it works," She told them and chuckled at their little squeals of delight at the news as they continued on their way up talking about it, discussing possibilities among themselves. Then, once they reached the throne room's floor, the elevator stopped, the doors opened and Clarke urged them outside before she went to the throne room and the doors opened for them to get inside.

She was immediately met with Roan, Echo and Kane waiting for them as all of her friends got inside the room, those who had not been there before taking the time to check it out. "Hello, Wanheda," Roan said to her from the throne and she nodded at him.

"Hello Roan," She said to him with a cold tone in her voice and it was because she was thinking of how wrong it was for him to be sitting on the throne that belonged to Lexa. She didn't think she would ever feel okay with someone else sitting on that thing. It was just wrong. It was Lexa's throne, not just the Commander's but Lexa's and for Clarke, that is how it will always be.

Roan smirked at her as if he knew exactly what she was thinking and before things could escalate, Kane decided to intervene, "It is good to see all of you made a safe trip here."

Clarke understood what he was doing, deviating the focus from where it was going to where it should be and was grateful for the older man's sensitivity and she smiled warmly at him in gratitude for his understanding, "Thank you, Kane and it is very nice to see you too."

"Now the pleasantries are over, you and I need to talk about the reason you are here. Immediately," Roan spoke as he looked directly at her.

Clarke nodded at him, knowing that the situation required such hurry to be solved so she spoke, "I agree with you. There is much for us to discuss."

"Echo will escort your friends to the rooms they have been given here. Kane, you can go with them. Wanheda and I will talk alone," Roan said as he kept his eyes trained on the blonde who didn't cower and met his stare with one of her own.

"Clarke, are you sure you don't want one of us to stay with you? I'm not exactly much for trusting this guy," Raven whispered in her ear and the blonde shook her head.

"I'll be fine. He needs me too much to try anything so don't worry. I'm safe. Now, you need to go, you drove us all the way here. You may be awesome but you are also human and that means you need to rest," Clarke said to her and passed her back pack to Raven who took it.

"Echo escort them." Roan gave her the orders as she looked up at him.

"Yes, my King." The warrior said as she bowed down to him before she stepped down the small stairs towards them, motioning for them to follow her before she looked at one of them especifically and spoke, "Hello Bellamy."

"Echo." Was all he said before she started walking away with them following behind as they left with Kane tagging along after giving Clarke a warm bear hug. Once the doors were closed and only the two of them remained in the room, Roan finally broke the silence.

"How much it angers you to see my sitting on what used to be her throne?" He asked her and she had been right. He had known what she was thinking and it didn't bother her. She wasn't trying to hide it then and certainly wasn't trying to hide it now so Clarke answered truthfully.

"Seeing how much you don't deserve to be sitting there and never will, you have no idea how much it angers me. If only I could, I would pull you away from it myself but we both know I can't so I will deal with my feelings regarding that." She answered, shrugging her shoulders.

He chuckled before he spoke to her, "I expected nothing less from the Great Wanheda and as always, you didn't disappoint me. With everything that has been going on, you have no idea how comforting it is to see that you haven't changed since the last time we saw each other."

"Oh, I have changed, Roan. You just don't know me well enough to know how," She said to him sarcastically as he looked at her before she continued speaking, "You brought me here to help you fix this mess but I can't do that if I don't know all the facts so start speaking Roan. You and I don't have time to be wasting right now,".

He nodded at her before he took a deep breath and said, "Very well, where do we start?"