Another chapter done! There's some interaction between Lexa and Clarke and we get a glimpse at what's happening up on the Ark and we also get to see Clarke's past! Remember that this is an AU and in it Clarke was actually a Guard Cadet along with Bellamy, so before you all yell at me just remember that please?

Chapter 3: Yu don stand seintaim close gon faya? bilaik liar lufa au forgiveness kom a bouda

Abby sighed as she looked over the readings from the children's bracelets for the hundredth time that day. She rubbed her eyes and went over more data, not noticing the door open behind her. She jumped when she felt hands on her shoulders. "Easy Ab, it's just me," Jake said, kissing her head.

"Sorry, got so focused I didn't realize you'd come in," Abby told him. Jake smiled and sat next to her.

"I get it, I'm worried too; but Clarke and the others are strong," he told her. "They're still alive so that should mean that it's safe to go down to the ground right?" he asked. Abby sighed and looked at the screen with all the vitals.

"The only thing that I'm worried about is any viruses we might contract while down there, none of us have been exposed to anything down there," she told him. "The only reason they didn't die from anything is because of the compounds I injected them with before they went to the ground," she said. Jake nodded.

"Well, if you're worried about that, can't you make any for us?" he asked. The blonde woman sighed and took her glasses off, rubbing her eyes.

"I have Jackson working on that but I don't know if we have the time to do that, it could take another month for it to be ready by then nearly 75% of the population on the Ark could suffer from oxygen deprivation," she said. Jake nodded.

"Then we do as many as we can before then, we will figure this out Abby," he told her. Abby nodded and sighed, looking back at the data screens and focusing on Clarke.

"I wonder what she's going through down there? Do you think she's leading them?" she asked him. Jake smiled softly and kissed her temple.

"I have no doubt that she's doing just that," he reassured her.

Clarke sighed as she sat on a log not too far from camp, she'd spoken with Monty earlier and he'd said that he was close to figuring out the radio meaning soon they'd have contact with the Ark. She jumped and turned with a knife in her hand when she heard a twig snap behind her. "Good to know you're always prepared Klarke," she heard Lexa say. Clarke sighed and relaxed slightly, lowering her weapon.

"Sorry… I just don't have the best track record with people coming up behind me…" she said softly. Lexa stood there for a moment and regarded the blonde, seeing the sadness and pain flash in her blue eyes. She sighed and walked closer, gesturing to the log.

"May I sit?" she asked. Clarke nodded and moved over slightly. Lexa sat silently for a moment before speaking while looking up at the stars.

"Many of us wonder what's beyond the stars, but now that you're here we know," she said. Clarke sighed.

"It's beautiful definitely… but I believe it's harsher to live up there than down here, all of us who came down here think that as well…" she said. Lexa looked at her, studying the blue eyed Sky Person for a moment.

"What did you do to become their prisoner? You said you were their guard, so why would they lock you away?" she asked. Clarke chuckled.

"I have morals," she said. She laughed softly at the face Lexa gave her. "See, we have a lot of laws that don't make sense up there like being sentenced to death for any crime unless you're a kid, but one main one that many don't agree with is that we can only have one child because of the limited space we have," she told her.

"And you spoke out against that law?" Lexa asked. Clarke nodded.

"By trying to save Octavia," she said. "See, O was one of these secret second born children on the Ark and Bell took her out on Unity Day because our cadet unit was in charge of security that night," she explained.

Clarke sighed as she looked around the group of kids and teens gathered around for the Unity Day masquerade party, she never understood the importance of a stupid dance that ended up with most of the teens hooking up and going their separate ways in the morning. She sighed again as she leaned against the wall and glanced to the doorway where she saw Bellamy appear with another girl, she knew about his sister and had met her a couple times but she internally groaned at his stupidity. Once she saw Octavia leave to mingle she walked over to Bellamy and leaned against the wall beside him. "You're incredibly stupid Blake, you know that right?" she told him. Bellamy just glared down at her.

"Please Clarke, don't say anything," he said. Clarke chuckled and shook her head.

"Don't worry Bellamy, I'll never betray you like that but it is risky bringing her here," she told him. "You could get caught and you would get kicked out and your mother would be floated," she said. Bellamy sighed.

"Clarke, she needs to know what it's like beyond the floor," he said. "She's my sister and my responsibility, if I can't give her the freedom she needs then how can I call myself her big brother?" he asked her. Clarke sighed.

"Bell, I understand that but I don't want you to risk everything," she told him.

"If it's for Octavia, I'd do this over and over again," he said. Clarke looked at him and nodded, putting her hand on his shoulder.

"You're a good man Bellamy, don't let anything change that," she told him. Bellamy nodded and they watched the kids for a while until an alert came across the loudspeaker of a solar flare.

"Shit…" Bellamy said. He looked around in a panic for Octavia when Clarke gently pushed him.

"Go, I can get Octavia back to you and I have an ID scanner," she told him. "You just get home," she added. Bellamy nodded and turned to leave but grabbed Clarke's hand.

"Clarke, don't get caught," he said. "If both of you get caught you'll both be arrested," he added. Clarke nodded and quickly found her way to Octavia, she grabbed her arm and led her to a corner while pulling out her ID scanner. Octavia moved to pull away until she realized who it was that had grabbed her.

"Clarke? What's going on?" she asked. Clarke looked at her and glanced around, going through the motions of scanning her ID.

"It's a solar flare event, the others saw me use the scanner but we need to get you home," she told her. "Bell is already on the way, he'll meet us there," she said. Octavia nodded and followed the blonde out of the room and down a service hall.

"Why are we going this way?" Octavia asked. Clarke glanced back at her.

"Guards hardly ever patrol this way, I know because I used to tag along to work with my dad when I was younger," she said. Octavia nodded and trusted the blonde to get her home safely. Both young women gasped as they turned the corner and bumped into none other than Marcus Kane, Clarke quickly snapped to attention and saluted.

"Commander sir!" she said. Octavia stood beside Clarke, nervous.

"At ease Cadet Griffin, who is this?" he asked, gesturing to O. Clarke looked at her and back at her commander.

"She was at the party but she wasn't feeling well and had no one to escort her home, I volunteered," she said. "I already scanned her ID sir," she told him. Kane nodded and looked between the young women before holding out his hand.

"May I see?" he asked. Octavia panicked for a moment, glancing at Clarke who nodded and reached behind her to grab her scanner, discreetly messing with it to make it malfunction.

"It was effected by the flare afterwards, I believe it cleared the scan history," she said, handing it over. Kane nodded as he looked it over.

"What's her name?" he asked.

"Lilianna McAllister, sir," she said. Marcus paused for a moment, thinking before nodding.

"I'm afraid you're going the wrong way cadet, the McAllister's live in hydro station which is the other way," he said, pulling out a data pad and looking up something that the girls couldn't see. Clarke nodded.

"Sorry sir, Thank you for the clarification," she said, turning and grabbing Octavia's arm. They started walking the other way when Marcus called out.

"Cadet Griffin, stay where you are," he said. Clarke sighed and stopped, not turning around. "It seems you also forgot that the McAllister's only have one child as everyone else should on the Ark, a son," he said. Octavia was panicking now, looking at Clarke in fear. The blonde took a deep breath before nodding at her companion before she turned and launched her full body into Kane.

"Run Octavia!" she shouted. The girl in question quickly reacted and started running towards home, only to be stopped by a guard patrol who quickly grabbed her and restrained her, bringing her back to Kane who now had Clarke pinned to the floor. She noticed Clarke had a bruise forming on her eye, a bloody nose, and a split lip while Kane had a split lip as well.

"Cadet Griffin, you are under arrest for assault against a commanding officer and are hereby expelled from the Guard Corps," he said. "Both of you will be brought in for questioning to see what other charges will be brought against you," he added, cuffing Clarke and pulling her up. Both young women were led away and placed in separate interrogation rooms, with Clarke being left alone while Abby was brought in to run a DNA test on Octavia to determine which family she belonged to. Once the results were in, Kane sent a guard detachment to the Blake's room, arresting Aurora and bringing Bellamy to Kane's office where he was expelled from the Corps as well. Clarke jumped slightly when the door to her interrogation room was opened and Kane walked in, setting a file down in front of her. "Not only did you assault me, lied to me, and tried to flee, but you also withheld information of a second born child which is also a criminal offense," he told her. Clarke just stared up at him with a blank expression. "This isn't like you Clarke, I've known you since you were a child why now would you suddenly change?" he asked. Clarke chuckled.

"Obviously you don't know me as well as you think you do Marcus, not everyone agrees with the law about only having one child," she told him. "Do you know how many women induce miscarriages or go to medical for abortions because they're more afraid of what will happen to them if they have the child than worrying about the life they're snuffing out due to that fear?" she asked, glaring at him. Marcus just looked at her and sighed.

"Clarke, the laws are in place so we can all live and not die due to the oxygen running out, you know that," he told her. Clarke chuckled and shook her head.

"It's obviously never effected you personally then," she said. This made Marcus pause for a moment but he still stood up and walked around the table. He released her restraints and pulled her up.

"You're still under arrest Clarke, but thankfully for you the only charge on your record will be helping a fugitive try to escape," he told her, leading her out of the room. She was silent as they walked towards the airlocks, only sighing as she was placed next to Octavia and Aurora was standing next to Jaha. Octavia looked at Clarke and just glared at her before looking back at her mother. She suddenly heard her parents voices and stiffened, looking at Kane.

"They don't need to know about this Kane, at least not right now," she said. Marcus looked back at her.

"Even if they're not the ones being floated they still need to know that their child is a criminal," he told her. Clarke glared at him.

"They'd be the laughing stock of the council Marcus, you don't want that on your conscience," she said. Marcus just shrugged and looked over to where Abby and Jake had now come out of a corridor, shock and confusion written on their faces. Jaha then started speaking.

"Aurora Blake, you have been found guilty of having and hiding a second born child when you knew it was against the law for this you will be floated," he said. Aurora just stood there defiantly and glared at Jaha. The guards then took hold of her arms and led her into the air lock. At this moment Octavia lost her composer and started to struggle against the guards.

"NO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" she cried. "YOU'RE ALL MONSTERS!" Kane and the others just ignored her as the airlock shut into place. They saw Aurora look at both Bellamy and Octavia with a soft smile and then she glanced at Clarke, giving the young woman a sad smile knowing everything she'd just sacrificed for her own children. Jaha nodded at the guard and the button was pressed, sending the Blake siblings mother out of the station and into space. Jaha then turned to Clarke and Octavia.

"Octavia Blake, you are guilty of fleeing authorities and trying to hide and are hereby sentenced to be locked away until you come of age thereupon you will be floated," he said. The girl just glared at the chancellor and spit at his shoes. He sighed and motioned for the guards to take her away to lock up before he looked at Clarke. "Clarke Griffin, you are guilty of aiding and abetting a fugitive and are hereby sentenced to be locked away until you come of age thereupon you will be floated," he told her. The guards pulled her up off her knees and she looked Thelonious in the eye, glaring.

"I hope you can live with yourself Jaha, sentencing so many children to death for small mistakes," she told him. The guards started to lead her away. "Especially Octavia, someone who never asked to be born but her mother was brave enough to give her a chance," she added as they led her away. She didn't miss the looks of sadness and confusion on her parents' faces as they led her to lock up. She was placed in the same cell as Octavia and soon found out that the girl blamed her mother for everything as she was the one to give Marcus the facts he needed. Clarke resigned herself to live with Octavia's hate for the rest of her short life, after all the blonde had only just turned 17.

"So Octavia blames you for her mother's death?" Lexa asked. Clarke nodded.

"She's learned to put that hate behind her in order for us to survive down here, but I can see it in her eyes that she's never going to forgive me," she said. She sighed and looked down. "Some part of me still resents my mother for being the one to give Kane everything, but I know that he didn't tell her which cadet helped Octavia," she added. Lexa looked at her.

"Do you think had he told your mother who had helped Octavia she would've helped him?" she asked. Clarke sighed and shrugged.

"She probably would've broke the law to get me out of trouble, causing her to be floated as well as Aurora and I still probably would've been locked away," she said.

"Your mother must care much for you, if she's willing to get herself killed for your sake," Lexa said. Clarke sighed.

"My mother is just as stubborn as me, something that has gotten us all into trouble before but nothing as serious as what I did that night," she said. "I knew what the consequences were if we'd gotten caught and I was under 18, if it had been Bellamy, Octavia would've lost both her mother and brother that day," she added. Lexa nodded.

"That is why I respect you Klarke kom Skaikru, you put the needs of your people before your own wants and needs," she said. "Only the greatest Commanders in our history have understood that," she told her. Clarke smiled softly.

"I suppose it's a good thing that I have the respect of the Commander then, especially if I want peace," she said. Lexa chuckled.

"It's a very good thing," she said. "To have the respect of the Commander, is to have the respect of Kongeda," she told her. Clarke smiled more and looked up at the sky, noticing a bright star moving slowly across the sky.

"I've been learning some Trigedasleng from Anya and the others… tell me how I do with this?" she asked the brunette. Lexa chuckled softly and nodded, listening to Clarke who pointed up at the star. "See dei de bright star up der?" the blonde asked, Lexa nodded. "Dei de's Ark orbiting above yumi. Many kru up der fig raun Oso're dead, jos bida get in dei de Oso're alive. Oso were prisoners up der, accused kom fotones dei de would get yumi don frag op taim Oso became adults. Nau dei de Oso're raun graun ai na nou help ba wonder taim Oso'll kigon gon stay free once everyone comes down" she told her, sighing and looking down slightly. Lexa frowned softly and gently put a hand over the blonde's.

"You're afraid that if they come down here after you make contact with your people, you and your friends will be locked away again?" she asked. Clarke nodded.

"We never were technically pardoned by the Chancellor so we're technically still prisoners," she said. Lexa frowned.

"I promise you we will find a way for that not to happen," she told her. Clarke chuckled and quickly stood up.

"I highly doubt that Lexa, but thank you for listening to my story," she said. "I bid you goodnight Commander, she told her before quickly walking back towards camp, leaving Lexa to sit there and watch her disappear into her camp. The Commander sighed and looked down for a moment before looking up to the sky, watching the Ark slowly creep across the stars. She felt a deep anger at the station, an anger that's arisen due to the injustice of locking away children who will never get a chance to live freely or even live to start families. She took one more look back towards camp and schooled her features.

"I promise you Klarke, I will make sure your people stay free," she thought. "I swear on my life that I will keep them free," she added before heading in the direction of her own camp that was slightly further into the trees.

Again, a new chapter! please continue giving constructive criticism and I thank all of you for sticking with this. Like I keep saying, I'm very self conscious about any creative thing I do so your support means a lot to me!

Trigedasleng Translation:

"see dei de bright star up der? dei de's ark orbiting above yumi. Many kru up der fig raun Oso're dead, jos bida get in dei de Oso're alive. Oso were prisoners up der, accused kom fotones dei de would get yumi don frag op taim Oso became adults. Nau dei de Oso're raun graun ai na nou help ba wonder taim Oso'll kigon gon stay free once everyone comes down"

"See that bright star up there? That's the Ark orbiting above us. Many people up there think we're dead, only a few know that we're alive. We were prisoners up there, accused of crimes that would get us killed if we became adults. Now that we're on the ground I can't help but wonder if we'll continue to stay free once everyone comes down"

Thanks again for all the support and I can't wait to get the next chapter to you guys!

~FrozenSWLoKfan01