Hey guy's! I'm back with chapter 2! Again I would really love the feedback as I have horrible self doubt about things and would really love constructive criticism with things like this.

Chapter 2: Oso kik raun Ogeda, soulou

Two weeks had passed since the eight had been sent to the ground, in that two weeks they had made headway in creating a small camp out of whatever was sent with them. Clarke, with her natural disposition of leadership, had been elected the groups leader and made sure that they had basic things set up. A wall around the camp to keep out any threats, a small area just outside the wall set up as a garden to grow some food, she'd even set up her own guard that consisted of her, John, Nathan, and Bellamy. Together they took turns standing watch during both day and night while also going out hunting for game. Due to their inexperience on the ground on account of them having grown up in space, it left them vulnerable to common ground illnesses. Over the last week nearly all of them had fallen sick with some type of bug, the only ones well enough to do anything were Clarke, John, and Bellamy. "Look, all I'm saying is that you shouldn't go out there by yourself Clarke," Bellamy told her. The blonde sighed and adjusted the pack on her shoulder.

"Bell, we're running low on medicine and they're just getting sicker," she told him. "I need to go out and get what I can to help them recover, if I can't then the Ark is lost," she said. Bellamy opened his mouth to say something when John spoke up.

"She's right, out of the three of us only Clarke knows what to get and I'm the only other one with medical training," he said. "We've seen the evidence that we could possibly not be alone here, I need you to watch my back here. Clarke's a big girl, she can take care of herself," he told him.

"Trust me on this Bellamy, I'll be back before noon tomorrow," Clarke said. Bellamy sighed and nodded, walking over and grabbing a makeshift spear that they'd made out of scavenged materials.

"Don't do anything stupid out there Clarke," he told her. She nodded and set out to find whatever could help them. Throughout the day Bellamy kept getting worried and paced, causing John annoyance.

"Will you stop pacing Bellamy? Everything is fine, Clarke will be back and we will get through this," he told him. Bellamy rolled his eyes.

"We don't even know if whatever's out there means us harm," he told him. He was about to say something else when he noticed Octavia wasn't in her bed. "Wait… Where's O?" he asked. John looked over and sighed.

"She probably overheard that Clarke was going out and wanted to follow her, with her being sick she couldn't have made it too far. Just go out and-" he was cut off by the sound of a horn and both young men looked at each other uneasily. Suddenly they heard shouting and the sound of something hitting the fence.

"Something's attacking," Bellamy said, running over to the door of the dropship and closing it.

"You're just leaving them out there?" John asked. Bell looked at him.

"We can't do anything, Clarke and O are probably together and found some place to lay low until this blows over," he told him. John hesitated for a moment before nodding.

"Just make sure nothing gets through that door," he told him. "I can't take care of our friends and defend the camp at the same time," he added. Bellamy nodded and stood near the door. During this exchange in the drop ship Octavia was outside in the woods hiding, trying to find a way to get past the attackers and back into camp. She struggled as she suddenly felt arms wrap around her body and a hand cover her mouth. Once she realized that whoever was holding her wasn't going to hurt her she stopped struggling and turned to look at the man. He was large and intimidating but his eyes held a sense of kindness and safety. He put a finger over his lips and motioned for Octavia to follow, which she did. The man took her a little ways away from the camp and into an underground cave like area.

"Who are you? Where am I?" she asked him as he started a small fire in the area. The man took off his mask and scarf and looked up at the woman.

"My name is Lincoln, you're in a safe area halfway between your camp and my village," he told her. This surprised Octavia.

"Your village? You mean there are more people?" she asked. Lincoln nodded.

"My ancestors survived the great fires that destroyed the planet, we haven't seen people like you at all though. You interest us and the Commander," he told her. Octavia sat down across from him.

"People like me?" she asked.

"Skaikru," he said. "Or Sky People in your language, we call you that because you came from the sky," he told her. Octavia nodded and glanced out where it was now silent.

"Who were they? The ones that attacked us?" she asked Lincoln.

"Azgeda," he told her. "The Ice Nation, they're the most ruthless clan of the coalition and oftentimes they don't listen to the Commanders orders," he said. "They probably see your little clan as weak and a slight threat to them because you look so much like the Maunon," he added.

"Clans? Maunon?" Octavia asked, curious.

"The coalition is made up of twelve clans: Trikru, Sangedakru, Flokru, Yujeda, Delfikru, Boudalan, Trishanakru, Podakru, Ouskejon Kru, Ingranrona, Louwoda Kliron, and Azgeda," he told her. "Our current commander saw that through the needless fighting between us it was only destroying us, so she united us and created Kongeda the coalition," he explained. Octavia smiled.

"That's just like the Ark, we're one big station made up of 12 smaller stations," she told him. Lincoln smiled slightly at this.

"All the clans are still working on being peaceful, especially Azgeda, but the commander has hope that our continued common threat of the Maunon will one day bring us all together," he said. "Do the 12… sections of Skaikru have a common enemy that they rally against?" he asked. Octavia sighed.

"We have a lot of issues, but I guess now we have the common enemy of our home falling apart; see we have a lot of different systems that help support us and one of them is air since there's no air in space," she said. "The air is failing and they sent eight of us down here to see if we'd be okay, if we could live," she told him. Lincoln nodded and quickly checked to see if he could hear anything.

"I think it's safe… I can get you back to your camp and I can go back to my village and ask them for help in protecting you. I've noticed you only have four warriors and two of them seem to also be your healers," he told her, coming back over. Octavia nodded.

"Clarke is also our leader and she's the only one who didn't get sick recently so she went out and to find different supplies to help us recover more," she told him. Lincoln nodded and led her out of the cave and back to camp, he stopped at the treeline and noticed that the small farm the delinquents had set up was ruined due to the attack and he sighed.

"I can't guarantee help, but I will try as hard as I can," he told Octavia. O nodded and looked at camp.

"Thank you Lincoln," she said. The man nodded and Octavia walked back into camp, before entering she looked back and sighed as she no longer saw him. As she walked into camp she noticed Bellamy and Clarke arguing over something and saw a woman who was wearing similar clothing to Lincoln's. She slowly walked over and started hearing their argument.

"Bellamy, she could've killed me out there instead of protecting me and leading me safely back here," Clarke told him. "She didn't, we can trust her," she added.

"Clarke, up until two hours ago we didn't know that there were actually people still here until they attacked us and destroyed our farm," Bellamy argued. Clarke sighed.

"I don't think she's here to hurt us, she's probably just here to observe us," she said.

"And then what? What happens then? She tells her people and they come and slaughter us?" he asked. "We need to defend ourselves and fight back, send them a message that we're not going to just surrender and die."

"And how would we do that? There's only 8 of us Bellamy, there's probably thousands of them," Clarke told him. "We know from our history classes on the Ark that fighting never ends well for any group, if we kill her we're no better than the guards on the Ark who floated our parents and almost floated me and the others," she added. Bellamy opened his mouth to say something when Octavia piped up.

"Clarke's right, those that attacked us weren't like her," she said. Bellamy sighed and looked at her.

"And where have you been? Do you realize how worried I was about you?" he asked. "And what do you mean that Clarke's right?" he asked. Octavia sighed.

"I was caught outside when the attack happened, one of them took me to a safe place. His name was Lincoln and he seemed genuinely interested in us and where we come from," she told him. "He said he could probably get us protection from whoever attacked us," she added.

"You talked to Lincoln?" the grounder woman asked. Octavia nodded.

"He saved me from the people that attacked us earlier," she said. Clarke sighed and looked at Bellamy.

"See? Not all of them are bad," she said. "Let's just hear her out and try to make peace while we're here, because for all we know when the Ark comes down all hell is gonna break loose," she told him. Bellamy sighed.

"Fine, but she leaves any weapons she has at the gate," he told her. Clarke nodded in agreement and looked at the woman.

"Can you agree to at least leaving your weapons at the gate?" she asked her.

"Only if your men promise to not attack me," the grounder woman replied. Clarke glanced at Bellamy and at Murphy who was now poking his head out of the dropship.

"Don't worry, they respect me enough to follow my orders," she said. "You won't be harmed," the other woman nodded and dropped her weapons near their gate and followed the trio to the ship where everyone else was at. Only Murphy, Monty, and Miller were conscious.

"Who's the native?" Murphy asked. Clarke shrugged.

"Haven't gotten her name, but she saved my life," she said as she walked over to the medical supply area and started pulling out the different medicinal items she'd gathered up. "We're hoping she'll tell us everything we need to know about being on the ground and surviving," she told them before setting up a small sitting area where they could all talk. Everyone sat down to listen to the strange yet alluring woman. "So," Clarke said. "Let's start with something simple, who are you and why are you spying on us?" she asked. The woman smirked.

"I am Anya Kom Trikru, I was sent to see who these people who fell from the sky were and if they posed a threat to the coalition," she told them. This confused everyone but Octavia.

"Lincoln mentioned something about the coalition… it's made up of 12 clans right?" she asked. Anya nodded.

"Yes, we're held together by Heda, or commander, she united us and keeps us all in line," she told them. "She doesn't want to have senseless killing anymore and wants to make sure she doesn't need to wipe out any invaders who mean to do us harm like the Maunon," she said.

"Ma what now?" Murphy said. Octavia looked at him.

"Maunon, they're the common threat of the Coalition," she told him. Everyone nodded in understanding.

"They come from the mountain and take our people, turning them into Ripas or bleeding them to heal themselves," Anya told them. Clarke looked at her in confusion.

"What do you mean they bleed your people to heal themselves?" she asked. Anya sighed.

"The Maunon can't survive outside their mountain like we can, they wear suits whenever they come and if those suits get broken, they need to bleed one of us to live then," she explained. Clarke thought for a moment before sighing.

"It's Mount Weather… It would make sense that they can't handle the radiation because they've been locked up for so long in their bunker that's airtight meaning they've never been exposed to it, the bleeding must be for some sort of dialysis that helps them filter out the radiation and the toxins in their body after they get exposed," she said.

"I guess we all do what we can to survive here right?" Murphy suggested.

"You're more civilized than the Maunon, you at least try to live off the land instead of just taking whatever you please," she said. Clarke chuckled slightly in amusement.

"We're struggling in all honesty, we only just started to get things to grow in the garden and now we need to start all over," she told her. "Now we also need to set up better defenses but with only four people who can fight, it's challenging. We were given a month to survive but I don't think we'll make it that long," she added. Anya regarded the blonde for a few moments. She could see a lot of her commander in this woman, the way she put the burden of her people solely on her shoulders and how she put their needs first above her own. In this moment she knew that these Sky People were not that different from her own people.

"What if I told you that part of my mission was to see if you could live alongside us in peace?" she suggested.

"What would happen to us if that were the case?" Bellamy asked. Anya looked at him and then to the others.

"I would go back and tell the commander and she would then place you under her protection before coming out here herself to observe you," she told them. "You wouldn't have to worry about food or your safety," she added. Many of the delinquents voiced their agreement but Clarke was silent, unsure. "You have doubts, Klarke Kom Skaikru?" Anya asked her. Clarke sighed.

"Forgive me, it's just we've been promised protection on the Ark but the moment we slipped up and made even one mistake our deaths were sealed even though we were just children," she told her. "I'm just worried that we could do the same thing down here and you'll just end up killing all of us," she said.

"The commander is fair and just, if it's a minor thing you mess up with you will probably get a slap on the wrist," Anya reassured her. "If it's a moderate thing you might get a beating, we only kill those who have betrayed clans or killed others," she told her. Clarke nodded and Bellamy put his hand on her shoulder.

"Clarke, we need an alliance with someone down here and if it's with their leader we won't have to worry," he told her. The blonde nodded.

"Alright, inform your commander and we'll meet with her," she said. Anya nodded and stood up, preparing to leave. "And Anya?" the woman looked at her. "Thank you," Anya smiled slightly and nodded at Clarke.

"You are an interesting people Skaikru, I look forward to learning more from and about you," she told them before leaving. Clarke and the others stood around for a moment before the blonde took a deep breath.

"Alright guys, let's get to work on trying to salvage the garden," she told them. They nodded and a few left to the garden while Clarke checked over the sick, Jasper was now awake and making jokes.

"Give it to me straight doc, am I gonna die?" he joked. Clarke chuckled.

"No Jasp, you're just suffering through a little stomach bug," she said, handing him something to drink. "Drink this, it'll help with nausea and the fever," she told him. Clarke busied herself with work around the camp for the next week and a half when Anya returned with others and their commander. She was talking to Monty about the status of the radio when Murphy came in.

"Clarke, Anya's back," he told her. Clarke nodded and put a hand on Monty's shoulder.

"Keep it up Monty, I'm sure we'll get it fixed soon," she told him. The young man nodded and continued to look over the radio while Clarke walked out of the ship. As she did so she saw Bellamy talking to Anya and the others at the gate of the camp.

"You know how we feel Anya, no weapons in our camp," he told her. Anya sighed.

"I know that, but the commander and Indra don't know you the way I do," she said. "Besides, it's kind of contradictory if you're holding a spear and telling us not to have our weapons here," she added. Bellamy opened his mouth to argue when Clarke stepped in.

"Bellamy, spread the word between Murphy and Miller that the only time we'll use our weapons while our guests are here will be when we're outside the camp wall," she told him. Bellamy looked at her with an annoyed expression.

"Clarke…" he said. She just looked at him with a raised eyebrow daring him to challenge her authority. Bell sighed and walked away and Clarke turned to Anya, offering her hand.

"Welcome back Anya, please leave your weapons here to help my people feel more at ease?" she asked. Anya nodded, grasping Clarke's arm in welcome before disarming and turning to Indra and the commander.

"Indra, Heda, please do as the Skaikru leader asks I have her word that her people won't attack us," she said. Indra stayed silent but the commander spoke.

"Forgive me Onya, but they look too much like the Maunon," she said. "I need more than just some Skaikru's word," she told the warrior. Clarke sighed and looked at the brunette who looked no older than herself, maybe slightly older.

"I understand your concerns commander, but my people have had a rough life and we're not too keen on people coming into our living space with weapons," she told her. "I promise you none of my people hold any ill will towards you and your people, we only want to survive and make a life down here," she added. Indra chose to spoke up.

"I hear that it's not just you, you have an entire clan up in the sky that's waiting to come down," she said. Clarke nodded, tensing up at the mention of the Ark. "How do we know your people will honor any truce that we set down here when they finally fall out of the sky?" she asked. Clarke steeled her features and held her chin high.

"You don't need to worry about that Indra, I will make sure that any truce we agree upon down here will be honored when the rest of our people come down," she told her. Anya noticed a flash of emotion come over her commander's face, a rare sight that only shows itself when she starts to gain some sort of trust either through what they say or do. This caused the commander to finally start disarming herself.

"Very well Klarke kom Skaikru, I will honor your people's wish at disarming and make sure that my people will do the same," the commander said. The young woman gestured for the other people with them to do the same which they did. She then turned to Clarke, green eyes staring into sky blue. "We have brought people to help with replanting, as well as hunters to help your own warriors learn how to hunt and track food," she told the girl from the sky. Clarke nodded with a soft smile before turning to her people. She looked at Octavia and Jasper.

"O, Jasp, you two go help in the garden," she told them. They nodded and led the others towards the garden that they've been trying to salvage and Clarke turned to Miller, Bellamy, and Finn. "Nate, Bell, Finn, I want you three to go with the hunters," she told them. Bellamy looked like he was about to argue when she held up a hand to silence him. "I'll still have John here to defend the camp as well as whoever the commander brought with her," she told him. Bellamy glared at her.

"How can you know to trust them Clarke? They're not like us," he said. Clarke looked at him.

"You mean they're not like you, the seven of us have had to survive in the hold awaiting death for years Bell. You've been off living in the Ark barely having to survive, now stop arguing with me and go with the hunters," she told him, sky blue eyes nearly like steel as she stared him down. Bellamy knew he couldn't argue with that and sighed before grabbing Miller and Finn and following the hunters. Clarke then turned back to Anya, Indra, and the Commander with a smile. "Now I suppose we can get onto peace talks?" she asked. The commander nodded and turned to a few men and spoke in their native tongue. The men nodded and grabbed their weapons before standing guard right outside the camp gate, one with eyes and ears focused on those outside the wall, and the other was focusing on what was going on inside the camp. Clarke led the three women inside the dropship where Monty was seated working on the radio and Murphy was going through medical supplies. Both young men looked up at their entrance. "Monty, how's the work on the radio coming?" Clarke asked him. The young man shrugged.

"Still trying to figure out how to complete circuits but it's hard to find any salvageable material in the dropship with it being over 100 years old," he told her. Clarke nodded.

"Keep at it, my mom probably has others up there working on getting communication set up as well they need to know more than just what our wristbands are telling them," she told him. Monty nodded and went back to work and the blonde looked at Murphy.

"John, keep an ear out for any trouble and check on the guards at the front sometime to see if they need anything, you're the only other guard we have here because I sent Bell and Nate out along with Finn in order to hunt," she told him. John arched his eyebrow.

"You really think it's a good idea to only have me here too?" he asked. Clarke rolled her eyes and ruffled his hair, something that annoyed John but entertained Clarke at his reaction.

"You forget that I was the most promising guard cadet back on the Ark before I helped O hide," she said. John just shook his head and went back to his task.

"Whatever you say Griffin," he said. Clarke then led the others up to the upper part of the dropship where she quickly pulled some chairs and a table together so they could speak.

"Please, sit down," she said, offering all three seats. The commander sat down but Anya and Indra stood behind her against the wall. Clarke looked at them in confusion and the commander spoke.

"One rule you must learn Klarke is that you've reached out to me for peace between our people, though you asked Onya if there was a way for peace I lead the Kongeda so if you want peace then you will speak to me, Onya and Indra are only acting as personal guards because you and your people are an unknown factor and we do not completely trust you," she said. Clarke nodded and sat down across from the woman.

"I understand that Commander, but you will find no violence here," she told her. "All of us here aside from Bellamy have been victims to the violence of our people for many years, we don't want to start a war that could kill us when we've only just begun to live," she said. The commander became interested at this and sat up straight.

"From our understanding your clan in the sky has much more capable people to be down here surviving, you have weapons up there, healers, why would they send children down when they could've sent others?" she asked. This made Clarke tense up, weighing the pros and cons of telling them that they were all prisoners where they were from but ultimately she knew she needed to be honest in order to broker peace between their people. She sighed.

"Commander, you must understand when I say this that the way we live in space is vastly different than here on the ground. One major thing is that up there all crimes no matter how small they would be are punishable by death," she told her. This grabbed the commanders, as well as Indra's, attention. "Adults are always what we call floated, a punishment where they're put into a small airlock and thrust out into space where no living thing can survive. If a child were to break the law, no matter how small it is, they are locked away until their 18th birthday where they're then floated," Clarke explained.

"That's cruel even by our standards," Indra said. Clarke nodded.

"Unfortunately there's not any leeway on prisoners there, we're already overcrowded as is," she told them. "It's why we were sent down here to see if the ground was survivable, our station is running out of air and thousands will die if we can't get them down here," she said.

"You were expendable, that's why they sent you down," Anya said. Clarke nodded and sighed.

"We were expendable with bad reputations in lockup," she said. "John, Nate, and Finn never took lightly to the guards orders, Monty and Jasper would always talk back to them and make jokes involving them, Octavia never listened to their orders, and I am the kid of not just one but two of our council members and I was patiently waiting for the day I'd be killed in front of them," she explained. "But apparently it's because we all have certain skills that help us down here," she added, sighing. The commander nodded, her face conveying a hint of sympathy.

"Trust me Klarke, I can understand having abilities that make you stand out amongst those who you consider friends while isolated from your family," she said. Clarke chuckled.

"Forgive me if I don't believe that commander, but I might be more comfortable with speaking if I knew your name," she said. The commander glanced at Anya and Indra for advice which they nodded. She then turned back to Clarke.

"I am Leksa Kom Trikru, Heda of Kongeda, and much like you I do not wish to have any bloodshed between our people. Those that attacked you were Azgeda, a warring clan that likes to test my patience every chance they get," she said. Clarke smiled softly and nodded.

"It's nice to meet you Lexa, my name is Clarke Griffin and thank you for meeting with me to try and gain peace between our people," she said. Lexa nodded as well in agreement.

"Before we agree to peace, I only ask that I be allowed to observe you and your people in order to determine if we should try and have peace," she said. Clarke nodded in understanding.

"We've heard about the Maunon and I can assure you we are nothing like them, but you are welcome to stay as an honored guest and observe us. I only ask that any time you're within our walls that you not have any weapons on you, should you be worried about your safety I can assign some of my own guards to you while you're with us," she told her. Lexa nodded.

"That is agreeable Klarke, though that would leave you nearly defenseless if I were to take your guards from you," she said. Clarke smiled.

"Don't worry, like I told John, I was training to be a guard on the Ark when I was arrested for helping Octavia hide. I'm more than capable of protecting myself if it came down to it," she reassured her. Lexa nodded and held out her hand which Clarke smiled at before offering her own. Both leaders grasped the others forearm in respect to one another.

"I look forward to working with you and your people Klarke Kom Skaikru," the commander said. The blonde haired sky leader nodded with a smile.

"I as well, Lexa Kom Trikru," she said.

I believe this is a longer chapter than the first one but I don't know for sure. Anyway I hope you all like it and hold out for chapter 3. Next chapter we'll get a glimpse of things up on the Ark and we'll get some one on one Lexa and Clarke.

Till next time!

~FrozenSWLoKfan01