Clarke could feel her bottom becoming numb from the continuous riding on Toki. She looked up to see Finn shifting on his seat, "Hey!"
Finn turned on his seat pulling the reigns on the horse, stopping, "What is it?". Clarke rode up to him and stopped, "Take a break? My bottom is killing me right now." Finn looked at Clarke and chuckled, "Might as well. We are about a day away from reaching the kingdom." Finn rode to the biggest tree near and tied up both his horse and mine. "Get the fire started Clarke. I will go to the river to grab us some water." As soon as Finn finished he walked away and left Clarke by herself. Clarke went down and collected all the wood she could find, and threw then in one pile. As soon as the fire began she sat on the roots and laid back, and started to sing.

The one who always stops to her
Stops to say one thing
Come to me and then we'll see
How one chides and how one loves
Is it me or is it him
The one who always stops to her

Clarke let out a breath and opened her eyes. She could see a hint of darkness creep into the sky. The trees were in her way so she couldn't see quite clearly but she noticed the moon had a tint of red. She remembered hearing many stories about a red moon, mostly ones leading to death and tragedy, except for one.

Clarke was entering the village below the kingdom and was stopping at an Inn near the entrance. She remembered many people were outside and placing red flowers on their sill, she couldn't remember the name of them so she asked the store owner as she went in. As soon as Clarke walked in everybody that she saw were wearing red and white. These colors usually symbolized love and pureness, usually for a wedding. She walked over to the owner, "May I ask something?"
The owner looked up at her and smiled, "Depends on that something; dear." Clarke eyed her, "What's with the red and white dressings on everyone?" The lady looked at me. Her eyes glinted of humor and I narrowed my eyes. "Well did you see the moon that was tinted red? High in the sky. It symbolizes a new love. A love that will eventually help combine all the nation's together and those lovers will be the King and Queen."
Clarke looked at the owner biting her lip, holding down her laughter, so she wouldn't anger her. "And what about the red flowers on the sills? What type of flowers are those?"
The owner continued to smile, "That my dear is called a Devil's Bit. There are many meanings of this." She smiled slightly and looked up, "It's to call the gods and tell them too chose them. Everyone who knows about this places a flower on their sill and whispers a word to it. People say if you say the word "Tinae" it helps you claim the status of the rulers of the world." She paused and went around the bar stand heading to me, "You should do it dear. You never know who it could be." She smiled and pushed her hair over her shoulder and walked away. Clarke got up and turned around she looked back at the owner, who was still looking at her smiling. Clarke quickly turned around and headed out. Once she stepped out she noticed people were leaning towards the flower and she saw their lips move, slightly brushing the petals. Stupid myths. Clarke hopped onto her horse and pulled on the reigns. One last look at the moon tinted red and she turned back heading toward the castle.

"What you thinking about there, Clarke?"

She broke out of her trance and quickly sat up. She noticed Finn standing over her with a look on his face. "Nothing." She waved off, then she grinned, "you still suck at retrieving things quick enough." Clarke pointed to the sky and Finn turn his head. It was practically night time, he left about an hour ago. "Not like anyone was volunteering." He said annoyed. "Not like you offered." Clarke replied back. Finn stepped over to the fire and sat down. He was staring at the fire and she saw the light splash hints of red onto Finn's hair. She wanted to touch it. She crawled over to Finn and sat next to him. Finn felt her sit beside her and stiffen. "Your hair looks like it's dyed in blood." Clarke said pointing to his hair, she lightly touched it. Finn had coarse hair, which was thanks to his father. Finn scooted to the side, away from Clarke and she felt a pang in her chest. "Well," he said, leaning back, "yours looks like fire." Clarke liked the way he usually said this and it always made her happy, but now it felt like a afterthought of his, she faked a smile and got up. She walked to her bag and laid on top of it because it was too hot to sleep underneath it, and she also needed to be able to run if she had to.
One reason why Clarke never told Finn about her feelings was simple. One, she didn't want to ruin one of the only real relationships she had now and second, whenever she did do something more than friendly and more of a romantic show of emotion, Finn always moved away from me for awhile. This was every time she ever did something and every time she did this and he left, she always felt a pang in her chest. Clarke rarely did them, only to protect herself from that pain.

She sighed and looked above her, whatever she saw, she already knew the moon was still red and the clouds weren't out. She heard movement to her side and found Finn walking to where he was going to sleep, only feet away from me. He ignored me and laid himself down. She saw his chest rise up and down, slowing down to an even pace as he fell asleep. She dreamed about him holding her and caressing her hair with his large hands. She shivered and pushed the thought out of the way. Another thing stopping her from pushing any romance in between them was Finn's father. The king. He would never allow Finn, his son, heir to the kingdom to marry her, a girl with no family or status. She knew this Of course but it always hurt her the most. Knowing that she could never really have a relationship with the one she loved most.

Clarke had woken up first. The sun wasn't showing itself so she decided to say it was around 5. She got up and nudged Finn, "Rise and shine, sleeping beauty." Clarke grinned at him. Finn wasn't a morning person and she loved knowing that. Finn groaned and sat up, "The Suns not up." It wasn't a question as to more like a statement. "Well if we want to be there at the appropriate time we should leave now." Clarke moved to untie her horse and grabbed a couple of bars for Finn and her. "Eat up as well." She had rolled up her bed and placed it on the back of her horse. She smelt a pungent smell coming from behind. She looked down. "Dammit Finn !" She looked down to what used to be her clothes for the trip. "I told you to take the horses out before you slept. Now your horse has shit all over my clothes!" Clarke glared at Finn. Finn looked behind her to see the droppings that obviously got onto all of her clothes, no saving anything. Finn sighed, "Sorry Clarke, do you want me to lend you something? I have a weeks worth of clothes, might not be enough though." Clarke kneeled the horse to move forward and she could hear Finn call her but the aggravation wasn't letting her stop. Finn rode up To her and apologized multiple times before Clarke stopped. "Fine, fine, I got it. You're sorry, but sorrys aren't gonna give me clothes." She ran a hand through her gold locks and sighed, "You know what, Clothes Aren't Even Important Right now. Right now we need to get to the village and find out how the kingdom is doing." Finn muttered something under his breath and Clarke didn't quite hear it but she knew it was something about her bossing him around and how he's the heir of the king. Clarke looked out the corner of her eye and she saw that Finn had a confused look on his face. Clarke laughed. "I said it's good. You don't have to fret over it." She tapped his shoulder, making sure he knew that she was fine. Finn grinned one of his all teeth grins and strutted on. Clarke paused a little, calming her heart. But whenever he smiled, her heart flipped. She looked to where Finn was riding and saw and saw he had gained quite the distance. She ran toki up to him and they ran the entire way to the village. She knew it wouldn't be long until they arrived and if they galloped all the way there they could make it in about an hour, max of 2 hours. She saw in the far distance the beginnings of the village. She notified Finn and he waved his hand behind letting her know that they would be stopping soon. Clarke pushed toki faster, and she knew he was tired from running hard the entire way. She whispered in his ear, "You can get all get all the apples and rest you want." Toki fluttered his ear and whinnied, Clarke smiled. She looked up and saw Finn, he was looking out. We were near the village, only a couple a couple of meters way from the entrance. They heard sirens go around them to notify everyone who everyone who was coming. Everyone knew who they were, they had visited this place multiple times on the king's orders. Clarke called out to Finn, "I'll find an Inn to stay at, you go inform the king we are here, on behalf of our king." Clarke turned towards the village homes and headed to her favorite place here, the blacksmiths place. The blacksmiths place was where everything was made, jewels, weapons, transportation. Clarke arrived Clarke arrived at Clarke arrived at the Clarke arrived at the entrance Clarke arrived at the entrance and heard a small voice call out to her, "Ceelie" She felt she felt a she felt a pair she felt a pair of she felt a pair of small arms wrap around her thigh, "Hey there Zul." She picked up the young child. Zul was the only daughter of the two blacksmiths. Her green eyes and brown hair showed that she was born of natives from this region. "I'm 7 now!" Zul exclaimed loudly in Clarke's face. Clarke chuckled and walked over walked over to the nearest bench for them to sit on. She looked over to her left and could see that Zul' s parent were busy with customers. Ana belle, the wife and could be her one closest female friend, waved to Clarke and smiled. She said bye to the person leaving the tent and headed toward Clarke. "Well hasn't it been like only 3 months since you've been here last?" She grinned like a child, "I knew you would miss me. You can't help loving me." She threw her arms around Clarke and squeezed. Clarke laughed and hugged her back. She could hear Zul saying something like, "Clarke mine!" Or something of the sort. "It's been a while B. And just a check up on the king to answer the question you WILL ask later." Ana belle pouted and poked Clarke in the shoulder. "Meanie." For a lady that was already married AND has a child, she was awfully young-minded.

So I actually gained some followers! Thank you guys. I couldn't update because I was on a cruise and it was awesome. But here is part 2. Hope you guys enjoy it! What do you guys think of it so far? It'll get better soon! Just wait you guys 3