A/N: Hey guys, watched the finale and was not keen at all. There is now a new fic on my profile which is called Because its not over until we say it is. Which takes place seconds after the finale and fixes the main issue of the episode haha. So yeah, hope you like this guys :) And updates are going to get longer very soon, I'm just being held back by college stuff but I've nearly finished! Yay :D xx
Ontari woke up to a heavy weight across her legs and Lexa's grinning face looking down at her.
"I'm so sorry." Clarke said from the doorway, "There was simply no stopping her."
"I'm sure you did your best." Ontari shot back sarcastically as she tried to wriggle out from under Lexa, only to have Raven reach over and hit her arm.
"I don't care why you're moving but stop, I'm comfy and you're disturbing my sleep." Raven mumbled, her face pressed against Ontari's shoulder.
Ontari groaned, "Raven, I am being crushed."
"Is she on your wound?" Came the muffled voice in reply.
Rolling her eyes at Lexa, who was laughing happily, Ontari sighed, "No, but that's not the point-"
"You're fine, five more minutes." Raven said dismissively, throwing her free arm across Ontari's waist.
Lexa's laughter grew louder when it grew apparent that Ontari was intending to patiently wait for five minutes until Raven was willing to get up. Growing tired of waiting, she decided to remove the choice, slipping from the bed and then physically reaching over and pulling Ontari out of the bed, surprising Ontari with just how strong Lexa actually was.
"Clarke what is going on with her?" Ontari asked from the floor, as Raven sat up and glared at Lexa for waking them up so early.
Clarke shrugged as Lexa quirked an eyebrow at Ontari as she stood up from where Lexa had deposited her. "Am I not allowed to be happy? People complain when I act heartless, people complain when I don't, I just can't win." She said to Clarke over her shoulder.
"I am not complaining about you being happy Lexa, but waking up to you crushing my legs maybe." Ontari groaned as she stood up, the blood flow slowly returning to her feet.
Lexa grinned in response as Raven shook her head tiredly, "Come on then, I'm assuming that you did this for a reason?"
Nodding, Lexa smirked at Ontari, "You made me a bet Ontari. It's time to see if your footing is as sure as you claim."
"What?" Raven said, confused, even as Ontari directed her own smirk at Lexa.
"A race." Clarke explained quietly, when the two night bloods didn't break from the stare down they had found themselves in. "On the Ice Flats."
Raven smiled as she remembered, swinging her own legs over the bed and reaching for her brace, expertly putting it on along with a pair of study boots that Ontari had lent her for use in the snowy terrain of Azgeda.
Shrugging on a jacket, Raven stood up and walked over to her girlfriend, waving a hand in between the two of them before grinning at Lexa, "It's odd that you're so happy about a bet you're going to lose."
"We'll see." Lexa said, looking between the two of them, "Meet at the northern gate in twenty minutes." And then she disappeared, followed by Clarke who just smiled apologetically as she left that their morning as started so early because Lexa had chosen today to act like an excitable child when she had woken up and remembered the challenge set by Ontari weeks prior.
Ontari and Raven made it to the gate with three minutes to spare, not that Lexa was particularly paying attention. Instead she was locked in a passionate kiss with Clarke, who seemed only too happy to spend the rest of the day like that.
When Raven coughed quietly, the two of them reluctantly split from each other and then Lexa gestured for Ontari to lead the way. Which she did, grinning in amusement at the mood Lexa had woken up in that day, which was proving to be highly infectious.
They stopped just short of where the ice started, the three visitors to the Ice Nation looking out in interest at the shimmering surface that stretched as far as the eye could see.
"This is water underneath isn't is?" Clarke asked suddenly, as she was knelt down to get a closer look.
Raven looked up, feeling a jolt of alarm, "Is that safe? What if one of you falls through it?"
Ontari laughed and rubbed her shoulder soothingly. "Don't worry, it's about as thick as the length of your forearm, the ice will hold. And we won't be long, just long enough for Lexa to hit the ground."
Lexa shot a glare at her, "Terms?" She asked softly, a determined edge to her voice as she shrugged out of her long coat, handing it off to Clarke to give herself her full range of mobility.
Ontari followed suit as she spoke, "We both run in a straight line until one of two eventualities occurs. Someone falls, or someone is forced to stop."
"Agreed." Lexa said easily, "The loser has to go on the visit to Arcadia to check on their preparations before winter sets in properly."
Clarke rolled her eyes as Raven laughed, Lexa shrugged her shoulders lightly, "I have no great love for that camp, it is too small and the amount of guns is less than comforting to me."
"Agreed." Ontari said, after a moment of hesitation, confident in her ability to beat the Commander.
"Ok then," Clarke said, stepping forwards and shooing them both back slightly, "Ready? And go!"
As soon as she gave the word they shot off, starting on the normal ground.
The second their feet touched the ice it was clear who had the advantage. Ontari looked as comfortable as she did on grass, adjusting her stride to account for how slippy the ice was, carefully placing her feet with every step.
Lexa had tried to run as though it was any other surface and her struggle was obvious within moments, although she stubbornly stayed upright. Her natural grace and light-footedness being the only thing keeping her going.
Ontari pushed her lead before pausing to look back at Lexa, who was slowly but surely making progress, although her motions were getting slower as she concentrated too much on how to place her feet.
Waiting slightly, Ontari started taunting Lexa before breaking into another full out run herself.
As she knew it would, her words incensed Lexa, and the Trikru warrior bounded forwards, determined to push herself to match Ontari. A wild competitive streak kicking in.
Just in time for her to overreach as her right foot hit the ground, slipping out from under her as she toppled heavily to the ground, landing hard on her side as Ontari slid to a stop in front of her.
Laughing, Ontari offered her hand to the fallen Commander, lifting her up easily before steadying them both.
"Looks like you will be going to Arcadia anyway."
Lexa grinned, rubbing at her shoulder that had taken the brunt of the fall.
"I was going anyway, I knew there was no way I'd win but I wanted to see how far I could get. I have to admit, I did not expect it to be as hard as it was."
Ontari nodded, "It is deceptive, many have broken bones trying to do what you just did, and you managed to get further than a lot of Azgeda."
Clarke and Raven were both laughing when the two warriors made it back onto solid land, which Lexa pretended to be angry at, shaking her head and then storming off back towards town.
The laughter stopped as they hurriedly followed her, looking to apologize, when suddenly a ball of snow hit Clarke square in the face. Another flying at Raven a second later and connecting with her stomach.
Ontari chuckled as she immediately ducked down and started scraping up balls of her snow, timing it for when Lexa next leaned out to release her own projectile. Clarke and Raven soon caught on and within moments they were in the middle of full snow ball fight.
By the time they finally called a draw, they were all soaked through to the bone and freezing so they decided to hurry back to get changed into dry clothes.
"Come here." Clarke smiled, pulling Lexa down into the bed next to her as she came back from changing her clothes to sleep. After their impromptu fight, they had gone hunting again, bringing back a decent amount of food but less than their impressive catch the day before.
Lexa did as Clarke said immediately, slipping under the covers and curling against Clarke's side.
"I love you." Clarke whispered, as she tenderly placed a kiss on Lexa's lips.
"I love you too Clarke." Lexa whispered back, closing her eyes as she marveled that even in the heart of Azgeda, being in Clarke's arms could make her feels safer than she ever had before.