Hello everybody :)
I'm really really sorry, that I didn't upload something in very long time, but I had no inspiration to continue writing. I hope you can forgive me. But, here I am again with a new chapter :)
You should know, I am not a master of the Trigedaslang, so I did my best.
But now, enjoy the chapter :)
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Clarke looked to her side. Bellamy nodded. He was the only string, that was left for her, to hold on. No one wanted to come with her to polis. She could understand it, polis wasn't any longer the city, she knew from Lexa's time as commander.
"Ready?", Bellamy asked. Clarke took a deep breath. "Yes."
Bellamy turned to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "We can do that, okay?" A short moment, Clarke only looked into his eyes and tried to took the energy she needed from it.
"Let's do this.", She answered.
Side by side, they walked into the city. Grounders on both sides of the street looked at them. Skïkru never really was welcome. With determined steps, they got nearer and nearer to the tower.
In front of the building, a group of guards blocked their way.
"Chon yu bilaik? (Who are you?)" The guards didn't seemed really cooperative. "Klark en Belomi kom Skïkru.", Clarke answered. The guard raised an eyebrow. "Wanheda, I heard a lot of you. Why are you here?" His voice was mocking.
"We want to speak with Ontari.", Bellamy said.
The guards looked at each other. "Why?", One of them asked. "She had send us a message and we want to answer it.", Bellamy said. His voice was calm and political. And even if his voice was calm and controlled, he seemed authoritative.
One of the guards raised an eyebrow. "I'm goin to check that.", He said and rushed down the corridor.
Clarke and Ballamy waited patiently for the guard to come back. But as someone came back, it wasn't the guard, but another well known face. "Look who's back.", Murphy said.
Wether Bellamy neither Clarke could remember a time, when Murphy's face wasn't totally bruised and scratched. But now, it was free of any harm."Hey.", Bellamy said. His tone was distant, but not ignorant. In Murphy's face, there was the loose flutter of hope. Clarke tried to focus on it, but before she could, it was gone.
"You're here to answer Ontari's question?", He asked. Bellamy and Clarke both nodded. "Great. Follow me." Murphy sounded a little forced and hie happiness was a mask, how Clarke recognized on the first look.
The left guard made the measures to follow Murphy to, but as Murphy saw that he stopped.
"The commanders wish is, that I guide them and only me, no one else.", Murphy said. "I don't know, I don't think that this is good idea." The guard sounded worried.
Murphy shrugged. "Okay, if you want to die a painful death, I'm not going to stop you. But after that, don't say that I didn't warned you."
The guards face turned pale. "I think it is alright to trust you. Flamekeeper.", The guard said mocking, even if the expression on his face didn't fit with his words.
Murphy's lips curled a little upwards. He turned again to the elevator and the three of them entered the cabin.
As the doors were closed, Clarke turned her face against Murphy. "Flamekeeper?", She asked suspiciously. "Yeah. After you left, I became Onatri's flamekeeper.", Murphy answered simply. "Long story."
Clarke nodded. Since Titus was dead, Ontari needed a new flamekeeper. She suspected Murphy only became flamekeeper because of his persuasiveness.
The elevator stopped and the doors opened. Murphy guided them to the throne room.
In there, Ontari sat on the wooden throne. The expression on her face was totally bored. When she saw Murphy, she looked happier, how Clarke recognize. It was strange. She looked at Bellamy, but he didn't seemed to recognize anything strange.
"Well there you are. Wanheda and the Blake boy, killed hundreds of my people.", She said with a little smile on her face. "Ontari.", Clarke said and even if she didn't liked it, she bowed her head a little.
The smirk on Ontari's face grew. "I heard you two are here to answer my message."
"Yes. Murphy said, you would want a meeting with our leader. And we made a decision.", Clarke answered. Before they went to polis, they decided, that she was the one who had to spoke. Ontari raised an eyebrow. "And what is that decision?", She asked, a little impatient.
"You can meet our leader." – "And who is that?" Clarke began to smile a little. Bellamy glanced over to her. "Me.", He said.
They heard a chuckle. Everyones eyes flew over to Murphy. He held a hand forwards his face. "I'm sorry.", He chuckled. "But, that reminds me of the good old times."
There was silence. Ontari frowned. "Daun ste pleni. (That's enough.)", She growled. Murphy shrugged, but he didn't seemed to made any further plans to say more.
Ontari focused again on Bellamy. „You are the new leader of Skïkru?", Ontari asked. Bellamy nodded. "Yes, I am.", He said. Ontari looked over to Murphy. There was insecurity for a moment.
Then she looked back to the two Skïkru members.
"Well. I have have a deal for you and your folk. It would guarantee the peace between our people, since you and your old leader destroyed any peace we had.", Ontari began. She seemed self sure, but inside, she was so helpless. She hated it.
"And what would that deal look like?", asked Bellamy. His voice was calm and he still looked controlled. Another fact that brought Ontari out of her natural character.
She cleared her thoat. „There is something…" She breathed in. Her heart felt like it would burst in her chest. "I might have a problem and I need you to find out, if it's the truth. I will impose a punishment, to everyone, who tries to attack the Skïkru."
Bellamy frowned. "How can I trust you in that point?", He asked.
Ontari stood up. "I know, that I did some things in the past, that doesn't make me look like a person you can trust, but I will give you my word." The determination in her face and words, were real. Clarke couldn't deny it.
For a long moment, there was only the sound of heart beatings in there own ears. Silence was overwhelming.
"But before you cause me any trouble, what might be the problem?", asked Bellamy skeptically.
Ontari looked again over to Murphy. He nodded. She glanced back at Bellamy.
"I may be pregnant."