"Clarke!" I could hear my mother before I seen her. We were nearing the camp grounds, the doors opening to reveal my mother, Marcus, Raven, Octavia, and a few grounders. My mother and two grounders met us half way, the grounders quickly examining the damage done to their commander, while my mother frantically looked at me. "Are you okay? What happened out there? You had me worried Clarke. What did that to the commander? Are you-
"Mom, it's fine. I'm fine, just tired." I said, walking alongside her to enter the camp grounds. "It was a gorilla" I smiled, knowing I sounded a little crazy.
"A gorilla? Hunny, where is this gorilla?" she asked as I was greeted back by my people. Raven smiled and a gave me a tight hug, along with Octavia, and then continued to ask the same questions my mother asked.
"I just need some sleep and food. Then I'll tell you what happened okay?" The three of them nodded in agreement as we walked toward a larger tent, built for holding our food supply. I turned my head around to see if Lexa was coming, but she was walking in the opposite direction, talking to the people surrounding her.
We sat at a table and the three women continued to ask questions, even though my mouth was stuffed with caribou meat. I ate sloppily, not caring about the glances I got from people near my table, who seemed to be disgusted by my savage appetite. The meat was good, better than anything I've tasted in a while actually, and I ate a lot of it, I have to admit. But soon I stopped, my stomach finally telling me it was full, and I decided to answer some of their questions.
"Okay, I'll tell you what happened" I started, wiping my mouth of any blood or leftover pieces of meat. "I was running from a grounder and-"
"Wait. A grounder? Why were you running from a grounder?" Octavia interrupted.
"He didn't like me. Anyway, he was about to kill me when Lexa found us and threw a knife at him. She helped me up and told me to kill him, which I didn't get the chance to do because something was coming at us through the woods." I continued "Turns out it was a huge gorilla, which killed anything in it's sight. We ran from it, but Lexa got hurt. We got away from it eventually, but we were exhausted, which is why it took us so long to get back here" I finished, looking at their faces that seemed lost in thought.
"So" Raven started after a few seconds of contemplating my story "A gorilla tried to eat you?" I nodded and she laughed. Soon all three of them were laughing at the thought of a crazed gorilla running after two girls in a forest. "Is it still out there?"
I nodded again, smiling at their laughter, even though I knew they wouldn't be so happy if they too seen the size of the gorilla. "We couldn't kill it" I said as I stood from the table.
"Wait Clarke, where are you going?" My mother asked, her smiling face quickly turning to one of concern. "You should be checked out, to make sure you weren't injured"
"I'm going back to my tent to rest. I'm fine honestly, I just need some sleep" I said, leaving the large tent and taking the path to my own. It wasn't a long walk, but my legs could barely make it. They felt like jelly, barely able to keep me upright. As I neared my tent, I could see someone sitting outside of it, a certain commander with a newly made sling for her arm.
"You should probably get some rest" I told her as I stopped in front of the entrance to my small sleeping space.
"Yes, I guess you're right." she said, standing up and awkwardly looking at the ground. "I just wanted to make sure you were alright."
"I'm fine, tired is all." I said
"Yes well then, I guess I'll leave you to it." She said and turned to go. I grabbed her wrist and turned her back to face me.
"Thank you Lexa" I said sincerely, looking into her hard green eyes.
"For what?"
"For not killing me when you had the chance" I smirked, still holding onto her wrist tightly.
She smirked too, looking down for a second before bringing her gaze back to my eyes. Something changed in her at that moment, something happened to her hard front. "I would never kill you Clarke of the sky people" she said softly. "Sleep now" She turned and I let go of her wrist. I watched her walk the path towards the opposite side of the conjoined camps until she took a turn and left my sight. I finally let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and turned to enter my tent. Quickly collapsing onto a bed made of furs and blankets, I slept instantly, dreaming of hard green eyes changing into the most caring being I've ever met.