Author's note: So one thing about Finn. I really don't hate him. I've read other fanfics where he's the bad guy, jealous of Bellarke or Clexa, but here he won't be. He won't be the best, but I'm not going to make him the villain of this story. I don't really ship Flarke, obviously, but I guess it's not the worst?

Octavia runs off, moving towards Jasper and Monty. Lincoln watches as the young brunette makes her way to the two boys and grabs cups from them. She comes back slowly, juggling a few cups, and offers some to the group.

"Moonshine?"

"What's that?" Lincoln asks.

"Alcohol. Wait, you guys have alcohol on the ground right? Cause if you don't then we really need to ask Jasper and Monty to make more." She takes a huge gulp of the drink and grimaces slightly as it burns her throat. "That way we can share it with your people."

"Yes, we do," the man answers, looking at Octavia smiling.

Octavia smiles back, "So anyway, want some?"

The trikru shake their heads. Lexa, observing Clarke closely, says, "We are on duty. We need to be alert if anything happens."

"Oh, the delinquents won't do anything if that's what you're worried about." Raven smiles, greedily taking a cup from her cup.

Clarke holds her hand out, "Can I have some?"

"Hmm, O, should we let her?" the brunette asks her friend, rubbing her chin sarcastically.

Octavia places a sloppy kiss on Clarke's forehead, "Sorry, Griffin, you're still too young."

Raven nods at Clarke agreeing with Octavia. She stops as a realization dawns on her, "Wait, that would be so unleader like if we drink tonight."

"Yep," Clarke snorts, "If I don't get it, you don't either."

"But I just drank the whole cup," Octavia grumbles, already feeling the effects of the moonshine.

"I drank half," Raven says looking down at her cup.

"Hey!" a boy drunkenly yells, bumping into Raven, "You gonna drink that?"

"No..."

The boy grabs the cup from the latina's hand, "Thanks!"

Clarke points from Raven to the boy's retreating figure, "Did he just do that?"

"His name is Atom, by the way," Octavia informs.

"And how do you know that how...?" Clarke whispers, eyebrows furrowed.

Octavia blushes softly, "He tried to ask me out. BUT, I said no. Also, he and Bell were, like, friends or something on the Ark. He obviously didn't know about me, back then though."

"Wait, that's the Atom you were talking about?"

"Yep," the girl confirms, sighing.

"Oh..." Clarke says, demeanor changing.

Octavia looks down, "We kinda kissed?"

"How do you kinda kiss someone?"

"Look, Rae, he kissed me before we went to TonDC. I said-"

"He what!?" Raven and Clarke screech at the same time, "He kissed you?"

"The point, guys, is that I said no. I already have eyes for someone else now."

Raven's gaze turns immediately to Lincoln, making Octavia slap her hand. "Ow..."

"Let's go inside one of the tents. I don't want to get trampled by a bunch of drunk kids."

"God, O, you drank a whole cup! You're the drunk one here."

"Whatever." Octavia rolls her eyes, "I'm gonna go lock the gate. I don't want anyone's drunk butt escaping here."

She walks towards the gate slowly, stumbling a few times, and Clarke looks up to Raven. "I'm gonna kill Atom."

"Why? She said that she said no."

"Fine. If Atom tries anything with Octavia, I'm gonna tie him to a tree and let the bugs eat him. But since he was Bellamy's friend, for the sake of Octavia, I will leave him alone."

It was clear to the Trikru who were watching the exchange that Clarke was overprotective at times. It was clear to them that they were all overprotective of each other. Lincoln looked at Clarke, knowing that if he ever hurt Octavia, he would suffer the consequences.

There is a moment of silence before Clarke turns to Lexa, "When do we leave for your village?"

"There will be no leaving. I have decided that since your camp is good enough, and accommodates for all of you perfectly, you will stay here. One ambassador, though, from your camp will come to Polis. And in return, we will some of Indra and Anya's warriors here to protect and help with your camp."

They watch as Clarke and Raven's demeanor changes. Clarke smiles at Lexa grateful. "Thank you so much. It would make this so much easier all of us. We really appreciate that."

Lexa smiles too, obviously glad she made the younger girl happy, "We will leave tomorrow morning, but you, Raven, or Octavia will have to come with us to Polis to become an ambassador."

Clarke nods slowly, "Well, we would have been separated sooner or later."

Raven looks at the blonde, "We will decide who is coming by the end of the night, we promise."

Octavia walks back to the group, "Hey what's going on?"

"The commander is letting us stay here."

The other brunette looks confused, "Isn't that a good thing?"

"One of us have to go to Polis to become an ambassador."

"Ohh..."

"We will discuss this in the tent." Raven says, tugging on both her friend's sleeves, "Let's all go inside."

The trikru follow the three girls into a huge metal box, the dropship. In there, there are a few rugged looking blankets and some weird looking gadgets.

"Hungry?" Octavia asks the group.

"No, we ate before coming here," Gustus replies, smiling at the girl.

"But that was, like, 8 hours ago?" Clarke snorts, "I'm hungry." When Raven hands her a small package, though, she grimaces. "Ew, no, not those."

"Just eat it, Clarke. We need to finish these horrid things before getting anything else."

The blonde rolls her eyes, opening the pack, and taking a bite of the biscuit.

Anya looks at the girl, curiously, "Why do you have to finish these first?"

"Well, first, Rae, O, and I don't believe in wasting food. And secondly, we don't know how to hunt that well. I'm kinda good with knives cause the POI taught me. Raven is good with guns cause she has a good aim from handling explosives. Tavia is good with knives too. But besides that, none of the delinquents know how to fight or hunt. We tried teaching them, but only Fox, Finn, Murphy, Miller, Monroe, and a few others have tried to come with us."

"You guys don't believe in wasting food, which is good, but why are you pressuring yourselves into eating that bad food?" Indra asks.

"Well, on the Ark, even if the food rations are so-called even, people still don't get enough to eat. I was surprised Jaha gave us these many protein packets. Many families are going hungry, and the fact that Chancellor gave us this much, taking away from the others, we should appreciate it."

Raven smiles at Clarke before joining in, "It affects us personally because my mother was a drug abuser. She used to trade in our ration cards for drugs and alcohol. I rarely had a proper meal, and if it weren't for Finn…" she trails off, eyes now having a sad tint to them.

Octavia takes one of Raven's hands, "It affected me because since I was a second child, we had to split two rations into three, et cetera. So me, Bell, and mom never really had fully stomachs. Not that I'm complaining, I'm grateful they didn't decide to give me up as a baby and have me floated instead on them."

"And it affects me because it just runs in my family. My dad used to love sharing his rations with people who needed them. Just because I grew up privileged, doesn't mean that I'm a spoiled brat." Clarke adds.

Indra and Gustus nod at the girls, small smiles coloring their mouths. Lexa is looking at Clarke with heart eyes, Anya is looking at Raven, frowning slightly, and Lincoln is looking at Octavia proudly.

The eldest of the siblings is still looking at Raven, "You went hungry? What leader lets their people go hungry?"

"Jaha does," the brunette answers.

"Is your mother alive?" the dirty blonde asks before she can stop herself.

"I don't know, honestly. I haven't seen her since I was arrested."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Raven. Nobody deserves that treatment."

"Thanks, Anya," the younger girl says, making eye contact with older one.

The staring lasts until Clarke clears her throat, "Sorry to stop this lovey-dovey fest, but we should seriously decide who's going to the Grounder capital with them. It's said that some warriors will come here, but are any of you?"

Lexa nods at her parents, "Indra and Gustus."

Clarke gives a determined smile, "Ok, so Raven would definitely be needed here for her mechanical skills, so that leaves Octavia and me."

Indra looks at Octavia, "We will teach your people how to hunt, and some self-defense. Since Clarke already knows how to fight, I suggest she go to Polis."

The three sky girls look at each other for a few moments, "Can we talk about this alone for a second?" Octavia asks.

Lexa nods so the young brunette drags her friends outside.

"How the hell can we be separated?"

For the first time, Clarke puts her head up at the thought of being separated from Raven and Octavia, "I will and can handle this. I won't let fear or personal preferences get in the way of this. I will be fine, and if necessary, Rae can fix the radios so we can speak to each other. And I promise to visit every week, seriously. I have to do this."

Her two best friends look at her both proud and scared. Finally, when other two give a weak smile and reluctant approval, Clarke goes back into the dropship, addressing the others.

"I'm coming to Polis."

Author's note (continued...):

Next chapter, the group prepares for Polis, and one couple's relationship progresses drastically. Anyway, don't forget to review! :-)

-Lilli