It had been a month or since I had left the hundred. From what we all have heard in my village was that the Ark had come down and that the maunon had been getting more brave, taking people from every single clan. Nia had forbade me to leave the village unless accompanied by guards but she knew she couldn't place a guard on me at every second of the day. I needed a break from the constant training and Nia having both Ontari and I keep going at it. It had gotten worse since I had returned home, Nia had a tendency to push me to my limits, sometimes even more seeing that Ontari and I were both Nightbloods.
I pulled up the edge of my armor to be met with the black and blue bruises and a knife wound that I had already tended to back at camp. The knife wound had been from Nia when she had said I had been holding back on Ontari and in truth I had been. Ontari had injured her ankle in a hike tone of the other villages and fell down the steep hill. The bruises had been from training with Ontari.
"Nia's been pushing you more in training hasn't she?" My head snapped over to see Mikal standing about three feet from the border.
"You idiot, what are you doing. Get back before a scout sees you!" I screeched standing up. quickly from where I sat against a tree. He was going to get himself killed!
"I have orders from Lexa, Kassie. I am to bring you to a village, there is treaty that is being negotiated between us and the sky people so we can take down Maunon. They've raided all of our lands and taken many."
I turned away. "I can't have anything to do with the Sky People!"I started walk away.
"Your father is alive!"I stopped but I didn't turn around. "I'm not sure about your mother but from what I do know he made into Earth." This was killing me, last time Dad still even though he had been told by Mom and Abby didn't believe I was alive and that had been the end of that anywhere I cut off everyone and headed home. Deep within me I was happy they had. centime down but I still held a lot of anger towards them for doing so, my life down here wasn't easy. I was a Natblida Novitiate, if Roan's banishment wasn't lifted by the time Nia died i'd become the. Queen, leader of the clan an with that have to deal with all the issues that came with it. If I still lived up there on the Ark I would have been able to go to a normal school at least by what my standards have been at that time.
"Why does Heda need me?" I asked.
"You are both Skaikru and royalty of Azgeda to bring you to the making of this treaty would show to Trikru that even we can work with our worst enemy to achieve our goals." Mikal said and I turned around.
"Yes, I am the Princess and next in line if my brother's banishment is not lifted by the time the crown falls to me. I need to focus on my people."
"I used to be apart of that." He said and I tore my eyes away from him not wanting to see. the heartbreak that was in his eyes.
"I didn't mean in that way Mikal." I said softly choking up and a hand was placed on my shoulder. I turned around and came face to face with him, he had to have been like 10 inches away from my face and I leaned fords and smashed my lips upon his and he turned me and pushed me up against the tree, our lips not parting. It was sloppy, but man it felt good, It seemed to last forever but he pulled away leaving me panting.
"That was..."
"Amazing." I finished his sentence.
He nodded and we stood there in an awkward silence. "Fine. I will come with you. Give me a few minutes or so and I will be right back. I need to give a scout a message give Nia to tell her that I. will be back soon." I walked over to my horse that I had tied to the tree and hoped on and rode in the direction of the scout that I had last seen. It took me a little but I had managed to find him and I rode upon front of him.
"Heda has summoned me to come to one of their villages. I will be back in a few days, let the queen know." I barked out In trig and he nodded wishing me safe travels and warning me to stay safe.
I rode back to the border to find Mikal waiting for me. "Lead the way."
We rode for hours until we came upon a gate and seemed as we had arrived just one time as they were letting people through the gate at the moment. We rode up behind them and I pulled up my hood. I know that the guards would know that I was Azgeda, but I wanted to hold off the reunions with any of Skaikru till I had too.
I rode up to the gate and we stopped at the guards. "Mikal I hear that you have brought the Hainofi with you? Is she armed cause is so she is to disarm before she enters the village." The guard said and I glared at him. There would be no way that I would disarm. I was surrounded by people who hated me and my clan and would want to see me dead.
"There will be none of that Alexandar, this is under orders of Heda. She is coming peacefully and she will stay armed incase someone from our clan decided to attack her." Mikal told him and I smirked at Alexandar who looked far less than happy.
"Very well. But if she kills anyone you will be held responsible." Alexander grumbled and opened the gates open for us. I could hear they yelling at Skaikru, threats being thrown at them. Mikal and I hopped off our horses and he motioned for me to follow him to the stables and put our horses in there securely and I walked with Mikal. keeping my head down. I spared a look the crowd and I spotted Lincoln sparing us a glance and he motioned to the head of the group and I followed his eyes and I stopped as I fell upon the familiar face.
"Dad." I whispered and Mikal took my hand.
"Azgeda whore." I turned around to be met with a fist colliding with my face and I fell face first into the ground. I lifted a hand to my mouth and felt blood oozing out the side of my mouth.
"Get away from her!" Mikal screeched and I looked up to see him being knocked aside and down to the ground many steps away from me. I quickly looked up to my attacker who landed a foot on my side and I scrunch my eyes up as it hit my bruised side that I also supported a stab wound on. When I was met with the quick opening of the chance to get out of the line of fire I rolled and drew out a set of daggers.
"HOD OP!" I looked up to see Heda coming forward but I didn't put my daggers away.
"Hainofi Kassandra, chit ste the meaning gon disha? (Princess Kassandra, what is the meaning of this?) She interrogated.
"Heda, Disha azgeda gada ste a threat en souda be wiped kom disha planet. (Commander, this ice nation girl is a threat and everyone must be wiped from this planet.)
"Ion, she is our guest today. Leave her be!" She yelled and I looked between Heda and Ion who had a long standoff of staring at one another.
Ion broke and walked off, I put away my daggers and Mikal was at my side in an instant.
"Are you ok?" He asked and from under my hood I nodded.
"I apologize for the treatment." Heda said and I gave her a brief nod
"No worries heda, your kru nou like mine." (No worries commander, your people don't like mine.) I told her and Mikal wrapped his arm around my waist and I looked up to him.
"Still, you are here under my request you will not be treated like that as long as I can help it, and if you may please use English today in honor of our treaty with Skaikru, they are our guests." Heda said nicely and I nodded.
Mikal led me through the village, whispers could be heard about the two of us and I walked into the tent and over to the bed and I sat on the edge and Mikal came and sat down next to me.
"Are you ok?" He asked me softly and I nodded and he gave me a look and he lifted up the corner of my armor and I winced as the fabric was peeled up.
"I'm gonna get you some herbs that will help to dull the pain cause don't deny it I can tell that it hurts." He said and he looked up at me and I avoided his gaze. "Your pain in my ass, you know that?" I gave him a small smile and I took off my hood and my armor walking around in my black tank top and pants and that still had my weapons encased on my sides.
What were Mikal and I going to be if we got together again. For certain we would be faced with hate the rest of our life, but that wouldn't be anything new to us, our encounter just moments ago proving our point. "Mikal?" He turned around and I looked up to him. "If we are to do this." I pointed between both of us. "We need to find a way to make this work that wouldn't make each other a target for each other by our clans." I said him and he smiled, happy that I was changing my mind that from when last month I was telling him no.
"It would be hard but I'm hopeful that Lexa could stop at least my clan from coming at you. I know that you can't promise anything involving Nia since there is no one that can control her, she'll do what she wants to for her clan." Mikal said, some hate coming off his words.
"That's what I'm afraid of Mikal, you heard of what she had ordered one of our warriors to do to Heda's lover. She was tortured for days and her head was cut off and delivered to chambers. I don't want that to happen to you." He brought his hand up to my face and cupped my face in his hands which were slightly cold.
"It's worth it for you." He said and I smiled and felt better inside a bit knowing he was willing to take the risk but it didn't put out the nervousness in me of Nia going after him because of my connection that I had with him. I was brought away from my concerns as soft lips kissed down my neck and I closed my eyes and hummed in pleasure.
"Come on out love birds." Lincoln hummed and Mikal stopped and I groaned in annoyance, opening my eyes, I got up and slid back on my armor.
"You and I will continue this later." He nodded and with that I pulled out of my bag I pulled my containers of war paint, but in this case it would be ceremonial purposes. Putting black on my eyes first I then afterwards put white on the rest of my face to find Mikal had put on his as well but with him it was a kind of wild black around the eyes was his usual style.
He and I walked out of the tent to be met with Lincoln who was smirking and I punched him in the arm. "Having fun brother?" I heard him mumble and I could hear Mikal grumble threatening to stab him in his sleep if he kept it up which Lincoln laughed and I'm pretty sure even with the layer of white that I was still turning a bit red.
We gathered with the group who had set up for the burning of the victims of the village and the murderer. I took a place next to Mikal and the two of us stood slightly behind Heda.
I watched and soon Skaikru joined us and I watched one by one, Clarke, Bellamy, Raven, Octavia, Abby,... Dad. I stared at him for a solid five seconds till I was noticed by Octavia who looked up to Lincoln who gave me a slight nod that it was ok.
"People of Tondc, in fire, we cleanse the pain of the past." She said to all of the villagers and from the side that we wherein a guard passed her a lit torch and after a few moments she looked over to Clarke.
"Clarke..." Heda handed Clarke the torch as soon as she joined her side, a few moments of Clarke looking out, a haunting look in her eyes from what I could see. What had happened?
Clarke lowered the torch down to the wood and it lit tan the fire spread, Clarke through the torch off the side of the fire. "Yu gonplei ste odon." She said and I looked to her in a bit of surprise to hear any Trig coming out of her mouth. I watched the fire burn and not long after it burned people started to clear out after the fire was all in flames, I had to stay, it came with being apart of royalty and having to pay respects, well in my case to show the other clans that I did care.
It took awhile but the fire burned down to a pile of smoldering ash and that was then Mikal and I walked away from the group. We knew that soon wed going down to join the feast but until then we had some time.
We were walking through the village hand in hand, "Why don't you want your Dad to know that you are alive?" Mikal asked me and I shrugged.
"When they found out I was alive my Dad did not believe my Mom that I was in fact and truly alive. He was not willing to admit that I could be alive." I trailed off. "I told my Mom just to tell my Dad that I wasn't alive. It would be easier on him seeing as I'm not the same girl or daughter that he remembers." I told him and Mikal looked at me confused.
"He's here now. Why don't you take the chance that you have?" Mikal asked.
"I was about to say the same thing."
-icewarrior413
Man, that episode last night... I loved it. I'm loving Season 6 so far.