Week 3, Earth

"You said you had a proposal. I want to hear it but first I think since I'm welcoming you into our home I should at least know the names of my guests." She said leading Lexa and those with her into the military compound's smallest meeting hall, one that she had set up with a round table to show that all that sat here would hold an equal vote on the actions taken.

She turned to see Lexa and her group taking in her repairs. "I believe you are correct." She turned to look at those who came with her. "Ai biyo bilaik tagon, hon daun seat./I say your name, take seat."

She looked back at Isis. "You already know one of my generals, Tristan. Next is Anya, one of my army's many leaders." A tanned woman in her mid to late twenties with dark caramel blonde waves and black roots stepped forward to sit, her hazel colored almond eyes revealing little but a small hint of determination though for what she didn't know.

"Indra, Chief of Tondc." A dark skinned woman with short black hair and a tattoo curving around her right eye while the other side of her face held several thick scars. Her dark eyes showed she was wary and while she did not care for us she was not outright hostile in the manner Tristan was.

"Gustus, my guard." A large tanned man with brown hair that was beginning to grey pulled back into a braid at the top of his head with the sides shaved, a long thick matching beard, and dark facial tattoos that reach above his brow and continued down beneath his jacket stood near a chair Lexa stood in front of.

"And of course your watchers. Kenari." He was an older man of Asian descent that stood slightly shorter than Indra with a shaved head, a long black mustache with numerous grey hairs mixed in and a matching braided goatee. He had numerous scars going across his head and face.

"And his disciple Lincoln." A man only slight shorter than Gustus, at a height just over 6', with brown skin and a shaved head stepped forward. She could see the curve of a tattoo on his neck before it disappeared behind his right ear. He was lean but muscular and as he moved to sit her blue-green eyes met his brown, she felt her magic begin to sing within her, and she quickly looked away as he did the same. Unaware to either of them three others Lexa, Kenari, and Jake Griffin had caught the look they shared.

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"You are the leader of Skaikru. You and you alone."

"That might not be possible." Jake spoke up looking between Lexa and his daughter.

"Why not?" Anya spoke annoyed the man dared to speak. She could admit he was of the attractive sort but despite the man's large frame he was no warrior and as such he should not have a voice in these matters.

"The Chancellor. He or she is the one who leads us on the Ark. The Chancellor is decided by vote. The people choose their leader."

"They do not choose the strongest of your warriors?" Indra questioned her voice clearly showing how she believed such a thing was foolish.

"They choose whoever they believe will lead them best. There aren't wars or anything like that on the Ark so-" Jake responded

"Dad." She said stopping him from saying something he shouldn't, God only knows what the grounders could try if he mentioned there was no army on the Ark and only the guard. "Basically, whoever promises things better than the other will be voted in despite the fact that few of the promises are likely to be kept." Isis spoke now.

"Isis!"

"It's true, Daddy. The Chancellor, hell the council is supposed to protect the people of the Ark instead they tried to execute both of us because you wanted to tell the people that the Ark was dying!"

"The Ark? You have mentioned this Ark several times now, what is it?" Lincoln's voice came across and she turned to face him.

"It was our home in space. "

"That does not matter, you are on the ground now. It is simple, you rule Skaikru or there is no Skaikru." Lexa said looking at Isis who looked at her father hoping he would understand, he nodded to her.

"Agreed. I will rule Skaikru but the Skaikru of the Valley. I will not be responsible for the actions of those from the Ark who hold to their old ways should they make it to the ground. They will be outsiders. I'll also promise not to join with your enemies."

"And what makes you think I have enemies?" Lexa asked, her head tilted.

"You rule. There's always someone who wants what another person has." Lexa smirks at her reply.

"Why should the Commander allow this when your people or rather the people, you say, you won't take in could attack us at any moment? What is to stop your people from pretending to be one of these others." Isis looked at Anya.

"She will tie herself to us." Her head snapped back to Lexa.

"Excuse me?/What?" Both Isis and Jake stared at Lexa wide-eyes and so did her companions, though not as blatantly.

"To become the 13th Clan, acknowledged by the Trikru, and for our alliance you will take a Trikru man or woman for your life partner. Who, you can decide but I will make suggestions preferably a skilled warrior and you will have only 2 years to decide before you must at least live or rather have him or her live with you and 5 years at most to marry."

"Wait a minute! You're talking about making some sort of arranged marriage for my daughter. My 17 year old daughter!"

"Yes and she is nearly a woman fully grown." She said not bothering to look at Jake as she held Isis' eyes with her own. "Will you agree to these terms and become Queen of the Sky Valley? Joining as the 13th Clan and a member of the Coalition I am forming?"

"Yes."

A/N: So when I asked you guys if you wanted Costia to live, I was kind of surprised when I started getting suggestions for Clarke. Let me just make this clear, Clarke and Anya will not happen. It sort of leads back to that ick factor I have with Octavia and Lincoln. Anya as we know was Lexa's mentor and as such would be older than her. As her actress Dichen Lachman is 37 now so I've decided she'll be about 27 at this point.

Anyways, the ick factor. In the case with Anya we know that Lexa was her second up until she was 12 (6 years from this point). This would mean Anya herself had to have been experienced in battle and so likely in her late teens to early 20's. Lexa was said to be around 20-22 in canon and I've decided to go with 20 meaning she'd have been Commander for 8 years when the 100 land. With the age I've chosen this makes her 29 at canon and I'm sorry but I'm not having her with Clarke.

Lincoln is supposed to be in his mid-20's while Octavia had only recently turned 17 and considering her limited time around anyone besides her family this would have actually stunted her growth somewhat when it came to social and especially romantic situations. While Isis is the same age Octavia had been the two are slightly closer in age (Lincoln will be 25 at canon, making him 6 years older than Isis), she also already lived another life where she was not only a mother but a grandmother twice over. At the same time remember that before she died she was physically, still in her early 30's despite having been in her 70's. I'm actually thinking a different route with Anya.

Honestly, while I think Abby could grow as a person I can't see Jake coming back from her betrayal against him and her involving Isis in it, nearly getting them both killed. Let alone when he finds out Abby let Wells, a boy who they know loves Clarke, take the fall for it. I think Jake could let it go if it had just been him she ratted out to the council but I feel like he would just know that it was her that involved Isis in it as well. I just don't think he could forgive her again. He stayed originally for Clarke but I think it's time he let go and moved on.

Anya while stoic and seeing the 100 as enemies in canon (which lets be honest, there was reason for her to) was highly protective of her people and we even see a motherly quality from her second, Tris.

What do you guys think about him eventually being with Anya?