Hey guy's! I'm back! Sorry things have been so weird with COVID and I am currently back at school in NYC so I'm sorry if updates are kind of slow. I recently got back into The 100 fandom after watching the series finale that had both me and my roommate on an emotional roller coaster for around 2 days straight. This is an AU that I've thought of for a few weeks now and I finally decided to write it down. Please remember that only aspects of this is follows the cannon continuity of the show and that this is my own vision of how things could've been so please keep an open mind with it. I struggle with thinking my writing is good so all the support and constructive criticism is welcome, and don't be afraid to be truthful. I'm an actor so I'm used to it from my instructors. Anyway, Enjoy this chapter!
Em's nou a question, ba a lesson learned in time
Octavia growled one more time as she couldn't get the panel off the back of the door in order to get at the wiring for the keypad on the outside. Clarke sighed as she watched from her bunk. "You're never going to get at those wires, trust me that panel won't come off," she told her. Octavia rolled her eyes and glared back at the blonde.
"Go float yourself Clarke, it's your fault that I'm in here anyway," she said. Clarke sighed and sat up.
"I was trying to save you O, Marcus is the reason we're here right now and don't worry. I have three more weeks left before they do float me so then you'll be free of me," the blonde said, grumpy. Octavia was about to reply when a guard appeared in the doorway.
"Prisoner's Blake and Griffin, move to the back of the cell," he ordered. Both young women looked at him confused but knew better than to disobey orders and quickly walked to the back of the cell and put their hands on the wall. The guard came in and cuffed them before starting to escort them out of their cell.
"What's going on? Where are you taking us?" Clarke asked, noticing six other prisoners being escorted towards the same area.
"Quiet, the chancellor will give you all the information you need to know," the guard said. The blonde rolled her eyes and looked back to Octavia who looked terrified.
"Clarke… they're gonna float us!" she whispered, scared. Clarke quickly shook her head.
"Hey, you still have a year O," she told her. "They're taking us to the Chancellor, there's seven of us being taken out of our cells and not all of us are near 18… something big is going on," she said. Octavia looked back and noticed the others before relaxing, realizing Clarke was right. The seven children were led to a small room where what looked like an old drop ship was docked. Standing in the room were Chancellor Jaha, Abigail Griffin, Jake Griffin, and Marcus Kane; each had their own faces of uncertainty as they looked at the children. Jaha was the first to address them with a smile. He looked at the guards.
"Please, there is no need for the restraints on them," he told them. Marcus looked at the guards and nodded in affirmation and the guards released their hands. The children rubbed their wrists and all glared at the guards as they moved to the doors. "Welcome, I know this must all be confusing but you seven have been chosen for a very special assignment; one that could end up saving us all," Jaha told them. John Murphy scoffed.
"And what exactly would that be, oh great chancellor?" he asked sarcastically. Thelonious looked over to Jake and nodded. The middle-aged man nodded back and took a deep breath before speaking.
"Nearly 100 years ago around 400 people took to space in order to save the human race from extinction, these 400 Grounders founded the Ark but they never predicted how long we would have up here," he told them. "What you're about to do will dictate whether or not we will survive or if we will die within the next few months," he said. Monty Green and Jasper Jordan looked at each other confused while Finn Collins spoke his confusion.
"I'm sorry Mr. Griffin, but what exactly are you saying?" he asked. Jake looked at him before looking over all the children, stopping at Clarke before speaking to them all.
"In layman's terms… the Ark is dying," he told them, causing them all to tense up. "The O2 system only has three months left before it completely shuts down, and I've tried everything to keep it alive but the fact of the matter is that we don't have much longer up here," he said. Jaha spoke next.
"I have approved an exploratory mission to Earth to see if it can be our salvation, Dr. Griffin is the mastermind behind this mission and she will be constantly monitoring you all during the time we've set aside for you to try and survive on the ground," he told them. Abby came by and injected everyone with different solutions to help combat the extra radiation they may encounter.
"We believe that the ground is habitable for us, these solutions will help you process the extra radiation you might encounter," she told them before she placed wrist monitors on all of them. "These will help me monitor your vitals before we establish communication with you all," she added. Nathan Miller glared at Jaha.
"You said that there's a time limit to how long we have to be down there before you come for us, that means you don't think we'll survive do you?" he asked. It angered him more when he didn't get an answer. "How long are you giving us?!" he asked.
"You will be alone for one month, after that if we see that you are all still alive and well, we will start making plans to return everyone to the ground," Jaha told him. Octavia rolled her eyes.
"Why send a bunch of kids and not trained scientists?" she asked. Marcus chuckled and stepped forward, stopping at each one of them.
"Finn Collins, arrested on the proven accusation of an unauthorized spacewalk causing us to lose three weeks worth of oxygen," he said, looking Finn up and down. The boy just glared at him. "Monty Green and Jasper Jordan, two dumb potheads who were stupid enough to not clean up after themselves," the boys just looked down in shame. "Nathan Miller, how the son of a well respected guard could stoop as low as theft I have no idea," he said, causing the young man to growl at him. "John Murphy, you stole food and medicine when you knew we didn't have enough," John just rolled his eyes and grumbled under his breath. Kane finally came to Clarke and Octavia and smirked. "Octavia Blake, an illegal child that was hidden for 16 years right under our noses," Octavia just glared at him. "And Clarke Griffin, you were such a promising cadet and you threw it all away just to hide one fugitive," he told her. Clarke just shrugged and stared him down.
"She never asked to be born, that shouldn't mean that both she and her mother has to die," she told him. Marcus chuckled at her spirit.
"You were all suggested by me for this mission, and many think it's just because you're expendable due to your status as prisoners," he said. Everyone glared at him at that comment. "But each of you have skills that will only benefit each other on the ground, I know that you seven are our best chance at going back down to the ground," he told them. Clarke and the others just glared at him. Jake and Abby stepped forward to try and diffuse the situation.
"The next month will be very hard on all of you, but if you work together we might just go home," Jake said. Abby smiled at all of them.
"All of you are strong in your own ways, you might not all see eye to eye on everything but you'll band together because that's what your instincts will tell you to do," she told them, all the teens holding onto her every word. Abby was always able to make anyone calm down and believe her, it's what made her such a good doctor. "The people of the Ark may consider you all criminals, but most of us in this room know that you're all good people and you and your parents did what you did because you look out for others; now is your chance to show that to the people of the Ark," finished with a smile.
"How will we survive without anything to start us out with?" Octavia asked. Jaha smiled softly.
"Don't worry, we've given you any provisions you might need while you start out," Jaha said. Marcus opened the door to the dropship and Abby led them inside.
"There's not much time, if we don't drop you soon we'll miss your dropsite in what was once the northwestern United States," she told them. Everyone picked a seat and strapped in, Abby and Jake came to check on them and make sure they were situated. Clarke sat next to Octavia as she could tell the girl was still nervous and her parents came over to them. "Clarke, your instincts will tell you to worry about everyone, but you need to make sure you all set up a decent camp first. Don't just rush into things, I know how stubborn you can get but please don't rush things," Abby begged her. Clarke nodded. "Promise me you'll play it safe Clarke," she said.
"I promise mom," she told her. Jake looked to Clarke and smiled softly, handing over his watch.
"You could use this more than me down there," he told her. Clarke nodded with a smile. "There's a radio, if it doesn't survive I know you and your friends can fix it," he said. Clarke nodded.
"We'll make sure to get it working dad, we'll see you in a month," she said. While Jake was talking to Clarke, Abby went above the main area of the dropship under the pretense of checking the supplies when in reality she was checking on and giving Bellamy, who she snuck on board the ship, his wristband and injection.
"Thank you again Abby, for getting me on here," he told her. Abby smiled softly.
"You're doing this to make sure your sister is safe on the ground," she said.
"I also owe Clarke, without her I would've already been dead," he told her. Abby chuckled.
"Just keep them safe Bellamy," she told him. Bellamy nodded and watched the doctor leave. The delinquents all watched the adults exit the ship and the door close. Everyone in the ship became tense and nervous as the monitor of the ship streamed a live feed of the small command center that was set up to monitor them and the ship.
"You seven hold the future of the human race in your hands, good luck. In peace may you leave the shore. In love may you find the next. Safe passage on your travels, until our final journey on the ground. May we meet again," Jaha told them. The doors below the dropship opened and it began its freefall towards Earth causing the children to grab onto their restraints in fear.
"How long do you think this will last?!" Jasper cried.
"Considering how heavy this dropship is and the angle of attack, I say about 2 minutes give or take," Monty said.
"I think he was being rhetorical Monty," Murphy said.
"Come on guys, stop being dicks," Miller said.
"Hey could you guys just shut up!" Octavia yelled. "None of this is helping!"
"Yeah? Why don't you bring this up with Griffin, it's her parents that are sending us down to die!" Murphy yelled.
"Oh fuck off Murphy!" Clarke growled. "You heard my father, the Ark is dying and we're the only ones that can save them. We might be expendable but we're their only hope so they have no choice but to rely on us," she told them.
"Do you think this thing can withstand the landing?" Monty asked.
"They wouldn't have put us in here if it couldn't, the real question is can we survive the landing?" Octavia asked. Clarke put a hand on the girl's shoulder.
"We can Octavia, we're all strong," she told her. Octavia nodded and grabbed onto Clarke's hand and held it tight. The dropship shuddered harshly and everyone yelled out in terror before the ship landed rather roughly even with the thrusters. Everyone groaned in slight pain and looked around. Clarke cursed silently as she noticed that there was no power at all to the dropship, she blinked when she suddenly saw a tall young man with tan skin and curly black hair kneel next to her and Octavia.
"Clarke? O? You guys okay?" he asked. Both young women blinked in surprise.
"Bellamy?" Octavia asked. Bellamy smiled and unbuckled her before moving to Clarke.
"What are you doing here Bellamy? You should still be on the Ark," she told him. Bellamy sighed and unbuckled her, prodding at the small bump on her forehead that she gained from bumping it against her seat on impact.
"Your mom snuck me on, I needed to know O was okay and I owe you for what you did nearly a year ago," he told her. Clarke winced softly.
"You don't owe me anything, anyone with morals would've done the same thing," she said, standing up slowly. Bellamy shrugged.
"Unfortunately not everyone on the guard thinks like that, and if they do they don't show it out of fear of getting kicked off," he told her. Clarke shrugged at that and looked around.
"Is everyone okay?" she asked. "Jasper? Monty? Miller? Finn? Murphy?" she called.
"We're good Griffin. Just a little shaken and bruised," Miller said. They all looked around and sighed.
"Well, what now?" Finn asked. Clarke and Bellamy looked at the door.
"We go outside," Bellamy said and Clarke walked over to the door, pulling a lever. The door opened and everyone gasped in amazement and wonder at the green forest before them.
"This is amazing…" Jasper said. Monty nodded. While everyone was stuck in awe at the sight Octavia giggled and stepped down the ramp, breathing in the air.
"WE'RE BACK BITCHES!" she cried, eliciting a cheer from the others who ran out. Bellamy noticed Clarke looking around and walked over to her.
"What're you thinking?" he asked. Clarke sighed.
"We need to take stock of what we have, they say we have enough for a month but with this many teenagers I highly doubt they'll last us two weeks," she said. "We need to start putting forth the effort in finding food and a water source, and we need to get power going to the dropship; the radio is also dead and we need to set up communication between us and the Ark," she told him. Bellamy nodded and looked at the other teens.
"Let them have a bit to take this in, then we'll figure out our next step," he told her. "You should also enjoy it," he said. Clarke smiled and sighed before walking out to join her friends. Later that night they went through the supplies, unknown to them that they weren't alone and that someone had already spread the word of their arrival. In a high tower further in the woods a large, burly and grizzly man entered a large throne room. On the throne sat a young woman with brown hair and emerald green eyes that were surrounded by black warpaint. A brass cog sat in the center of her forehead. The large man kneeled before the young woman.
"Heda, a biga metal box has been said kom don fallen in trikru lands. Chit laik your orders?" he informed and asked. The woman, Heda, thought for a moment while tapping her finger on the arm of the throne before she got up and walked over to the balcony and looked out over the city and surrounding woods.
"Tel Indra bilaik ai will be sending Onya out kom scout. Em will tel Indra whatever em finds out, taim der laik kru em souda keep a distance en determine taim emo laik a threat kom kongeda kru. Taim emo laik osir will send gonakru kom kill em, taim nou Indra ste kom teik some gonakru kom investigate as well. Ai will den come ona their word. En Gustus? make sure bilaik Onya understands bilaik em beda nou defy ai word disha time" She told him. The man nodded and stood.
"Sha, Heda," he said before walking away to inform both Anya and to get a message to Indra. The young woman stared out at her lands and sighed.
"I will not allow strangers to destroy all that I have worked so hard and sacrificed so much for, I will protect my people at all costs," she thought.
And this is chapter 1. I'm currently working on Chapter 2 now and I hope you guys enjoy it!
Trigedsleng Translation:
"Heda, a biga metal box has been said kom don fallen in trikru lands. Chit laik your orders?"
"Commander, a big metal box has been said to have fallen in Trikru lands. What are your orders?"
"Tel Indra bilaik ai will be sending Onya out kom scout. Em will tel Indra whatever em finds out, taim der laik kru em souda keep a distance en determine taim emo laik a threat kom kongeda kru. Taim emo laik osir will send gonakru kom kill em, taim nou Indra ste kom teik some gonakru kom investigate as well. Ai will den come ona their word. En Gustus? make sure bilaik Onya understands bilaik em beda nou defy ai word disha time"
"Tell Indra that I will be sending Anya out to scout. She will tell Indra whatever she finds out, if there are people she must keep a distance and determine if they are a threat to Kongeda people. If they are we will send warriors to kill them, if not Indra is to take some warriors to investigate as well. I will then come on their word. And Gustus? Make sure that Anya understands that she should not defy my word this time"
"Sha, Heda"
"Yes, Commander"
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~FrozenSWLoKfan01