A/N: Hey guys! So for this chapter I was nowhere near confident enough in Trigedasleng to translate so the lines are in bold. Also I really hope you like this,I have a really awful headache but I battled through it for you guys haha :D Also 40 CHAPTERS! Please let me know what you think! Love you all xxx

The following morning after the announcement of Octavia's induction into the tree people, a hunt was arranged as part of the customs for the ceremony, Octavia would hunt and whatever she killed would be the food for the feast that night after she swore her allegiance to her new people.

Clarke and Raven were leaning against a tree watching Ontari, Lincoln and Lexa giving as much last minute advice as possible and near burying her in weapons.

Finally Clarke walked over laughing, "Ok guys, I think her brains about to explode and I don't think she could carry anything else if she tried."

"Ok then, one final thing," Lexa said, as other members of Trikru started arriving to see her off, "You can take someone in with you to help you during your hunt."

Octavia rolled her eyes subtly, "You couldn't have told me that before?"

Lexa just quirked an eyebrow at her, "Would you rather I hadn't told you at all? Although I must warn you that it would be wise to choose someone other than Lincoln. I know he wouldn't, but some may argue that he could just do the work himself and then just leave you to take the credit, his love for you has led to disobedience of orders before."

"I don't suppose I could take you then." Octavia joked as Lexa shook her head with a small smile, before quickly glancing around at her other friends. "Fine then, Ontari fancy a day out?"

Ontari grinned at her, "I would be honored to accompany you Octavia."

Lexa grinned along with them before sighing slightly, "An Azgeda accompanying a Skaikru attempting to become Trikru. There's no way that I am not going to get lectured by Indra for pulling politics into this, even if that was the furthest thing from my mind. Regardless, prepare yourselves."

Lexa moved away to gather the Trikru towards her as Lincoln and Octavia came together in a fierce embrace, "You are going to do brilliantly Octavia." Lincoln said immediately, wrapping his strong arms around her and squeezing tightly.

"Is it strange that I just want this to be all over so we can go to Polis and get started with our lives." Octavia laughed as she leaned her head against his chest. "I want a little house in Polis and to married to you."

"No more fighting? You're a warrior Octavia." Lincoln smiled.

Octavia grinned against his chest, "Ok so maybe my plan needs work, but after everything we've been through, I'm really looking forward to some normalcy."

"You're Indra's second and Clarke's General Octavia. Normal just isn't you, but when we get to the capitol we will definitely look at getting that house." Lincoln chuckled as he leaned down and kissed her tenderly before drawing back so they could both listen to Lexa, who nodded to them once she saw they were ready and then starting addressing the crowd.

"Kru kom Tondisi, it is time for the warrior Octavia to take the first step towards becoming one of our clan. She will head into the forest along with her aid, Ontari kom Azgeda and they will emerge by nightfall will the food for tonights celebration." Lexa announced, as the people cheered and shouted words of encouragement to Octavia who smiled and bowed to them, prompting more cheering.

Lincoln caught hold of Ontari's arm, "Take care of her, don't let her do anything stupid."

"Of course not." She smiled before following Octavia as they both disappeared into the forest.

"What now?" Clarke asked as Lexa came back to join them and others started taking seats on the ground around the entrance to the forest.

Lexa just smiled in answer, before speeding up and taking a running leap to catch a low hanging bough of the tree they were stood under to pull herself up, before reaching down to pull Clarke up to meet her, "Now we wait Clarke, for Octavia to return."

Clarke grinned happily, her feet dangling down on either side of the branch, "I forgot to ask before, what is this meaning behind this whole hunt this anyway? And what if Octavia didn't manage to bring anything back?"

Leaning back against the trunk of the tree, Lexa looked at Clarke thoughtfully, "It dates back to when there was confusion and warring between the clans and a great deal of distrust towards anyone that wasn't immediately known to others. Everyone had to prove they were willing to contribute so they had to bring an offering to the clan leaders before they would be accepted."

Clarke nodded with interest, "That makes a lot of sense, so now it's ceremonial rather than literal."

Lexa nodded, "Exactly, but still important, if Octavia were to fail she would be cast out of Trikru lands. But don't worry, I have every faith in her ability to complete this."

"This is hopeless." Octavia grumbled as they stalked through the woods two hours later, "There's nothing worth hunting out here, and I can't just take back a rabbit."

Ontari smiled at her as she studied the ground in front of them, "Less hopeless than you might think, look at this."

Octavia moved over to kneel down next to her, "What is that? It looks almost like a human print but the proportions are all wrong."

"That's because it's what the Trikru call a Pauna." Ontari explained.

"Oh hell no!" Octavia cried out immediately, "Clarke and Lexa had a run in with one of them before the fall of the Mountain and it nearly killed the both of them."

Chuckling at her reaction, Ontari shushed her before pointing back to the print, "Would you calm down please? This print is fairly small, the females tend to be a lot smaller than the males so we should be just fine as long as you don't announce our presence to the entire forest. If you don't pass this challenge then you can't come back to Trikru lands, dragging back a Pauna is the perfect way to impress the village leaders."

Octavia stared at her dubiously for a few moments before eventually nodding reluctantly, "Fine, but if you get me eaten then Lincoln's going to kill you."

"Me?" Ontari laughed, "You are the branwada who decided to start yelling to attract anything that might be lurking in the trees towards us."

Octavia just rolled her eyes and bumped her shoulder against Ontari's, "Whatever, let's just go."

They followed the tracks for around half an hour, being cautious to make a note of the direction they were going so they could find their way back to the village. Eventually the heard the sounds of crunching over the next ridge so they dropped down and crawled the last bit until they were able to see the source of the sounds.

In a small hollow in front of them was the Pauna, munching on the bones of a deer that had been ripped to shreds and whose blood was decorating the forest floor.

"I was right, it is a female." Ontari whispered to Octavia who's jaw dropped.

"You mean that's what you meant when you said it was small." She hissed.

Ontari smirked, "I never said small, I said smaller. Now come on, you need to kill it so we can get back before the deadline."

Octavia stared at her in disbelief, "You're not going to help me?"

Shaking her head, Ontari grinned at her, "No, I'm here to make sure you don't die and to help you drag it back afterwards. But you have to make the kill yourself or it doesn't count."

"Brilliant." Octavia muttered, before pausing as an idea occurred to her, "I can use you to distract it though right?"

Ontari mulled it over thoughtfully before nodding, "I suppose so, why? What did you have in mi-?"

She didn't get a chance to finish her sentence before Octavia suddenly rammed into her back, sending her tumbling down the ridge which caught the attention of the Pauna whose head whipped around to look at the small Azgeda warrior.

"This is not being a distraction Octavia! This is being bait!" Ontari yelled as she leapt sideways and darted round to stay out of it's reach. "I am going to kill you for this."

Octavia was suddenly completely serious, painfully aware that if she made a mistake she would cost Ontari her life. Backing up a few steps, she quickly ran forward and jumped from the top of the ridge with a fierce war cry. The blade of her sword pointed straight down.

The people of TonDC were getting restless as the sun started to dip below the horizon and the two warriors had still not emerged from the forest.

Lexa had assured Clarke that they would be fine, but Clarke knew Lexa too well and it was clear that she was starting to worry, which was not helped by Lincoln's constant pacing directly underneath the branch they were sat on.

Cal had also come to join them, having spent most of the day with the other children doing some basic training because Ontari and Raven had both assured him that it would be very boring just sitting and waiting for them to get back all day. As the time dragged on the boy got more and more distressed that they were still not back and it broke Raven's heart who couldn't do anything more than just hold him close and whisper gentle reassurances in his ear.

The sun had all but disappeared and Lexa was about to move to gravely announce the failure and organize teams to sweep the forests when raised, irritable voices were heard from within the trees, as well as the snapping of branches and pained grunts.

Everyone leapt to their feet and stood in a horseshoe shape around the forest entrance as Ontari and Octavia emerged side by side, dripping with sweat and dragging a giant gorilla between them.

Dropping the arm she was holding to the floor, Octavia marched straight over to Lexa and dropped to her knees as Indra had taught her she would need to do.

"I Octavia of the Sky People bring you this offering, in hopes that you will open you clan to me."She said solemnly as Lexa observed her with a almost imperceptible smile.

Lexa then looked to Ontari who had moved to stand just a few paces behind Octavia, "Who made the kill?"

"Octavia of the Sky People." Ontari answered, before walking over to where Raven was stood with Cal, taking the boy into her arms, her part in the whole affair over.

"Do you swear allegiance to the people of the Woods Clan?" Lexa asked, as Octavia raised her eyes to meet the Commander's, who was wearing a proud smile that went unseen by the Trikru people who were stood behind her.

"I swear my life and loyalty to the Tree People, to provide and fight for them, and to give my own life if necessary."

Lexa turned round to face the people gathered, "Do you accept this warriors oath?" She called out.

"Yes Commander!" Came the answering shout.

Lexa held out her hand to Octavia, "Then rise Octavia of the Tree People, for tonight is a night of celebration."