Here we go again... I was listening to All Of Me by John Legend during the making of this chapter well the end anyway. During the first part I was listening to Crazy In Love... The 50 shades of grey version (please don't judge the soundtrack is amazing! haha)

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Echo stopped outside the commander's tent and looked at Octavia who was watching her warily. Honestly she didn't know why she was here but she knew that something had been amiss since her return. Lexa had changed so much, she didn't need to look closely to see it, and maybe she was here for an explanation but maybe she was here for the story. Lexa was still her little sister and she didn't care if she was the commander that fact would never change between them no matter how far Lexa attempted to push it away. She knew Lexa wanted her around otherwise she wouldn't have placed her in the guard but Echo was still being pushed away.

Making her way inside she was surprised to find Lexa alone, she had become accustomed to the presence of the blonde around her, and standing beside the war table.

"The war is over"

Lexa didn't look up but Echo didn't miss the tensing of her muscles at her entrance, "With the mountain maybe but I won't walk away from the alliance if the clans decide to turn of the sky people"

"You mean you won't walk away from Clarke"

Echo wasn't completely sure what made her say that. It was true but Lexa wasn't as open as she used to be and Echo no longer knew where the line was between them. She may well have just crossed it.

Lexa looked up slowly her eyes giving away nothing, "Don't" She warned.

There was the line and yes, she had crossed it, but what worried Echo was that her emotions didn't show on her face. She was looking at her as if she was just another one of her warriors. As if she wasn't her sister.

"Lexa-"

"No" she cut her off, "Get. Out"

"Don't" Echo stepped forward forcing Lexa to step further away, "Don't do that. Don't push me away"

"I said get out"

"No" She stood her ground. Clarke may be wary when it came to approaching Lexa but Echo wasn't and she wouldn't back down on this.

Lexa stared at her as if she didn't quite know what to do with her, "That was an order"

"You can't order me around" She crossed her arms, "Commander"

"I am your superior!"

"You're my sister first and it wouldn't kill you to start acting like it"

"You weren't here" Roared Lexa, "Don't start acting the sister now. When it suites you"

Echo dropped her arms and spluttered, "When it suites me? When it suites me? I had no choice Lexa and you know it-"

"You weren't here though and you didn't come back did you?"

They were in each other's faces now and Lexa had long since dropped her mask. Echo dropped her voice as she calmed down slightly in understanding, "So that's what this is about… You're angry that I left"

"I was alone!" Lexa stepped away from her shaking. Tears were starting to pool in her eyes and she wasn't even trying to hide it, "I needed you… so many times I needed you but you weren't there"

"You didn't need me" mumbled Echo.

"I was nine" She snarled back, "I had to kill a man in my first week. How old were you when you made your first kill?"

"Fourteen" But Lexa already new that. Once your training was finished you took a life whether it man or animal at the age of fourteen.

"Fourteen" Lexa spat back at her, "I was dragged injured through the forest in torrential rain for three days not a week later… Where were you?"

"I get it Lexa, I wasn't there, but I'm here now"

"I don't need you now"

"I think you're lying" She stepped forward warily, "I think you need me now more than ever"

Lexa was crying as she stared back at her and she didn't protest as Echo pulled her into a hug. They stood silently for a moment as Echo just held her whilst she cried and she wondered when the last time Lexa ever truly cried was.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there. I'm your sister and it's my duty to protect you… I should have done that sooner"

"You couldn't protect me from this though could you?" Lexa pulled away slightly to look Echo in the eyes, "I'm so tired of being the reason people die… I see them all… the face of every single person I've ever taken the life of and I'm so tired of them pulling me from sleep"

Echo nodded, "If you can't come out from behind your walls then at least let us in… Let me and Clarke in Lexa because I know she cares for you too"

"I can't" She pulled away fully and wiped her eyes, "If Clarke died too…"

"Too?"

Echo watched her warily as she began to move further away into the tent, "I had someone… before… I couldn't protect her and now she's dead. If Clarke died too… I can't- I can't do that"

Echo nodded and followed Lexa over to her bed, "You can't stop yourself from caring about her Lexa. Clarke can protect herself and we're not at war anymore… even if we did Clarke would be with you. You can't not try because of the past"

"I loved her Echo" Her eyes spoke the words without her needing to say it, "I really loved her"

"Maybe now is the time to love again"

Lexa smiled weakly and Echo released a breath she didn't realise she had been holding.

XoXoXoX

They left for Polis the next day. Four guards also accompanied them, two at the front and two at the back, Lexa went first with Echo to her left and Octavia to her right; Jua followed closely behind. Monroe was stationed behind Clarke with Raven and Bellamy at each side.

Jua was not what Clarke had been expecting from a guard. He was talking to Clarke rapidly and excitedly trying to explain everything about Polis to her before they arrived. Raven was listening in and was intrigued when he mentioned the market.

"Big! The market stretches across the bottom of Polis, you could spend all day there exploring the stalls, and it takes up most of the bottom level"

"Bottom level?"

Clarke and Raven shared a look. How big was Polis? So far the only grounder civilisation they had seen was TonDC and that hadn't been particularly big.

"Oh yes Polis is the capitol. Generals and Commanders travel in and out all the time so it has to be big… There are four levels to Polis – you enter through the gate at the bottom level and then cross a bridge to a slightly higher level where the housing is for the capitol's residents. The third level holds the general's rooms and then the fourth holds the commanders and their company… The whole city is surrounding the middle room which is the command room where the meetings take place"

He was beaming at them as he explained and Clarke couldn't help but laugh. He couldn't be much older than them if that and she was shocked that Lexa had chosen him compared to her previous guards.

"How long has Polis been the capitol?"

"Not long" It was Lexa that spoke now from the front of their party, "Polis was formed along with the joining of the twelve clans… We needed a capitol where the meetings could be held and decisions would be made. Polis is directly in equal distance of all our lands so it seemed the safest option"

"What are the other clans like?" They were all listening and Octavia was still adamant about learning everything there was to know about their new landscape.

"There's us, the tree people, then there's the ice nation" She growled that one and Clarke remembered the story of Costia, "The sea tribe, the westerners, southerners, the eastern clan and the north. Then further to the south there's the desert people, the land tribe and the fire clan. The last two are the further north and we call them the shadow and lights"

"Why?"

Clarke expected Lexa to not reply but she did, "There is a place where the sun meets the earth… Further beyond the light splits between the two lands. On one side the light and on the other the dark"

Raven made a noise and Clarke looked at her and could see her confusion mirrored. The sun didn't meet the earth.

"Are there any other forms of life on earth?"

"There is the city of light but none ever return from there"

Clarke was curious now, "Why not?"

"It is in the dead zone. For the dead Clarke, not for the living" Lexa answered simply, Echo and Jua nodded in agreement.

Raven leant over and whispered in her ear, "That's where Jaha went"

So that's where Jaha went. She hadn't asked because of the more pressing matters but she did remain curious. Of course he had gone to the city of light, it would be just like him to do something like this.

"He will not return" Jua had been listening in, "Nobody ever does"

Clarke nodded and Bellamy leaned forward, "How do you know they aren't alive?"

Jua scoffed, "We do not... but they never return"

"Why don't you go after them?"

Lexa turned around to face them, "We have. I have sent many men into the dead zone… they never returned"

Nobody spoke for the rest of the journey and Clarke's thoughts trailed off to Jaha and the others.

XoXoXoX

It was dark by the time the guards had lit the fire. They sat further away on constant watch and Clarke couldn't help but wonder if Lexa's fear of the alliance breaking ran deeper than she had first admitted.

Bellamy was sat with Echo and Jua by the fire. Jua was telling them about Polis and Echo, who had never been, was as transfixed as Bellamy. Raven and Octavia were opposite them and talking in hushed voices to each other.

Clarke decided to place herself further away from everyone else at the stump of a tree where she could look up through the leaf canopy at the sky. She was admiring one particular star when a branch snapping brought her back down to earth.

Lexa was looking down at her and holding out some water for her, "Here"

Clarke smiled and took it as the commander settled down next to her, "Thank you"

Lexa smiled back and looked up at the sky, "I've always preferred the night sky"

She nodded and looked up as well, "It was always night in space… before we came down I didn't even know what the sky looked like. Now I've seen so many things that I had only ever seen in books… I never dreamed that I'd ever come down to earth. I didn't believe we would be in that generation"

"What was it like… the sky?"

"From space?" Lexa nodded, "It was… blue… all of it… with green stretching over small parts and the white swirls of clouds. It was like a dream that we all wanted to reach… I could see it from my cell"

Lexa looked at her in surprise, "A cell? As in… prison?"

Clarke nodded and her eyes widened, "You were a prisoner?"

She nodded again and smiled weakly, "We're all prisoners. The 100 were prisoners and that's why we were sent down because even if we died at least they knew what earth was like"

"You were a test" Lexa whispered gently.

"I suppose so… yes"

"I'm glad…" Clarke looked down to see Lexa watching her still, "I'm glad you came down Clarke"

She smiled lightly, "Me too"

Lexa leant forward and a second later their lips were brushing against one another. God she could get used to this. Her hand reached up and cupped Lexa's cheek as she deepened the kiss and a moment later she felt a hand resting gently on her hip. Lexa leant further forward so Clarke was leaning heavily against the tree.

She felt Lexa smile into the kiss and realised that she too was grinning.

XoXoXoX

"Clarke…"

"Clarke!"

Groaning she pulled herself out of sleep and was immediately met with an ache in her neck from sleeping awkwardly. Looking up she realised her head was on Lexa's shoulder. Blushing she lifted her head up and rubbed her neck.

"Sorry"

Lexa smiled and shook her head, "It's fine... follow me"

She helped Clarke up and led her past the trees to a clearing. It was still slightly dark and Clarke wondered what on earth they were doing up at this time.

"Lexa, what are we doing?"

"Trust me" she offered no other explanation but pulled her out of the trees.

They were standing at the top of a cliff looking over the vast forest below them dipped in moonlight. In the distance Clarke could see the mountain casting its shadow over them all. She turned to Lexa who was watching her carefully.

"What are we doing here?"

"Just watch" Lexa placed herself at the base of a tree and indicated for Clarke to join her.

Clarke leant her head back into the crook of Lexa's neck enjoying the warmth of having arms wrapped around her. She closed her eyes and mumbled sleepily, "You're crazy"

A light laugh vibrated beneath her, "Don't fall asleep or you will miss it"

She opened her eyes again and wondered for a moment longer what Lexa was talking about until she saw it. Behind the mountain peak an orange glow could be seen. Clarke smiled and leaned further into Lexa as they watched the sun break from behind the mountain.

They watched the sun rise together and it was the first time Clarke felt a sense of peace and serenity wash over her. She wished this moment could last.

It was as if Lexa read her mind, "We will do this again Clarke"

"Thank you Lexa" For more than just the sunrise.

Clarke felt the brush of lips against her temple and her smile widened. They didn't move until the others were calling for them and even then they lingered for just a moment longer.

Awwww cuteness... Anyway where All Of Me was being listened to on repeat during the making of that last moment

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