I know its been a year and i am sorry for that. A lot of things happened and me being sick i could not upload. But here is a new chapter for you all. Thanks for being patient with me. Please read and review.
Chapter 9
A lot of things happened when the blood had been drawn by Clarke. The grounders that were in the tent had not been expecting the sacred blood flowing through the veins of a sky person. They came out of their shock when they saw their Heda clutching her head as though in pain.
"Lexa!" Clarke cried out. She was worried about what was happening to Lexa. She did not let go of the brunette's hand but instead grabbed Lexa's shoulder with her other hand to support her. "Whats happening?" Clarke asked desperately to no one in particular but if anyone were to hear her voice, they could tell that it was filled with pain.
Minutes passed by and Lexa's legs couldn't hold her weight any longer. So Lexa, with Clarke's help, lowered herself down on the floor. While all this was happening, neither had broken their hold on each other's hands, and it did not seem like they would any time soon. In fact, Lexa increased the grip on her hand.
It was at this point of time Gustus roared in anger. He grabbed hold of Clarke's neck from behind and tried to rip her from his Heda. 'Tried', because no matter the hard hold he had on Clarke, she refused to let go of Lexa.
Panic, Clarke recognized she was panicking. She knew she should go and find a healer or do something or anything to help Lexa but she couldn't move at all. She had been stunned into stupor because of the situation. She was holding onto Lexa as though she was her lifeline. She felt useless that she again could not help the love of her life. The similarity between that night and the current one was not lost on Clarke. And this scared her a lot.
Indra shouted an order to a guard to fetch a healer. Both Anya and Indra then quickly moved to Lexa's side and crouched down but they were unsure of what to do next. They were weary of touching their Heda. They dared not to do that because they did not want to cause their Heda anymore pain. They were uncertain of the source of the pain as no poison known to them did what had been currently happening. Both the grounders angrily turned their gazes to Clarke thinking that she was the reason for the current condition of their Heda.
Lexa's breathing was erratic. She was inhaling deep breaths through her mouth. She had clutched her eyes shut. What felt like hours were only couple of minutes before Lexa's breathing slowed down and returned to somewhat normal. It was only then Lexa loosened the grip on Clarke's hand and released it. However, her eyes remained closed.
As soon as Anya saw Lexa release the skaigada, she pushed Clarke off her Heda. Before anyone could blink, she placed her knife on Clarke's neck. She snarled into her face, "What did you do?"
Clarke looked into Anya's eyes and replied, "I have not done anything." Inwardly a small shred of doubt entered her mind.What if this had happened because of her? What if she caused Lexa pain?She could not bear it if she was the reason for Lexa's suffering. Clarke turned her head slightly towards Lexa and looked at her in concern. Worry and distress were easily seen on the blonde's face. When Anya saw the expression change on Clarke's face, she frowned in confusion. She was wondering why this sky girl was worried about Heda.
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Lexa did not take a glance at anybody's direction but ordered, "Breik au em, Onya!'Release her Anya!
"Heda?" Anya was confused. The skaigada had just tried to poison her Heda but she was being ordered to release the blonde. After a moment of hesitation, Anya let go of Clarke.
Lexa stood up shakily and stumbled towards Clarke slowly. She held Clarke's biceps to steady herself.
Without looking at anyone else, Lexa ordered, "Gon yo we!"Everybody out!
Anya hesitated but at Lexa's unwavering glare, she left. However, not before viciously glaring at Clarke. She was not the only one to do so. All the grounders were sending the skaigada heated glowers. If looks could kill, Clarke would be dead from all the murderous glares that were sent her way. However, Clarke's attention was somewhere else. Or if anyone is being specific then it would be someone else.
The blonde was wondering what was happening to the brunette in front of her and whether she was alright or not.
There was silence in the tent after everyone had left. It was broken by Lexa, "What is happening, Clarke? How do I remember the events that seem to not happen yet?"
"You… you remember?", Clarke was perplexed. She then snapped her attention back to the situation at hand and looked at Lexa as if trying to ascertain whether she was saying the truth or not. She knew that it would be too good to be true that the other girl would recall the time they had spent together. That she would be not alone. "What is the last thing you remember?", she demanded from the brunette.
Lexa's expression was filled with pure sadness for a split second before turning blank. She replied in an emotionless, controlled tone. "I remember you saying goodbye to me before I died because of Titus."
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Anya was sitting few meters away from the Commander's tent on a log sharpening her sword. Gustus was standing tensed at the entrance of the tent as if waiting for something to happen. His hand gripped the handle of the sword tightly.
Indra came to sit in front of Anya on the log. She started a fire in the middle. Both were sitting in contemplating silence at least until Indra decided to end it. Her expression was blank as she stated, "Ai nou wich em op."I don't trust her.
Anya just smirked in response but said nothing. She continued sharpening her new sword. The previous one being lost when the mountain men had taken her captive. She waited for the other woman to continue knowing that there was more to be said.
"Dison laik son swima op ona rein. Emo don trana teik em sonraun au. Osir jos beda frag em op."This is a waste of time. An attempt was made on her life. We should just kill her.
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Lexa had gotten two pieces of cloth to act as a bandage for their cuts. She handed one to Clarke, who was still in a daze because of all the revelations. "I still can't believe that you remember." She said finally and looked at the brunette in amazement.
Lexa let out a small smile at that. Clarke seeing that smile was dazed again. Lexa smiling like that would make anyone dazzled. She shook her head to clear her mind and to get back at the matter in their hands. Clarke gave the other girl watered down explanation about the events that had taken place after Lexa's death.
"What I don't understand is how you remember?" Clarke questioned at the end of the explanation.
"I don't know." Lexa said thoughtfully and then continued, "As soon as I touched your hand, I felt something pass through my hand, and then there was a sharp pain in my neck."
Clarke looked at her palm where the cut she had made and muttered out aloud thoughtfully, "The nightblood and ALIE 2.0 would store the memories sent to the past." Her eyes widened in shock. Clarke then looked into Lexa's eyes and said, "Could it be that your memories stored in the Flame were released somehow? But why did it only release when we made the vow?"
"You said something about nightblood storing the memories. It could be that when your blood touched mine it released the memories?" Lexa stated thoughtfully.
"I don't know. The book did not say anything about something like this happening." Clarke was confused as to why this had happened. But she was not going to waste this opportunity. Never once she had imagined this would happen. She was prepared to love Lexa from afar but her remembering? This was something unbelievable.