CHAPTER 11

Clarke's POV

When I saw her hit he mat I went running. I flipped her over. Oh god! There was black blood all over her face. Wait. Was Alicia always a nightblood?

"Why is her blood black?" Nick asked. Well that answered my question.

"Someone help me carry her to the ward NOW." I screamed. I was scared something was wrong with Alicia. Did she suffer a concussion? Nick and Chris carried Alicia to the ward while Indra, Octavia, Ofelia, and I followed from behind.

"It's happening." Indra said. The transition? Why now? She just got punched in the face. I think she got a concussion, but... but the blood though. Alicia looked knocked out literally. Still beautiful. Just out cold. The doors swing open to my mother's ward. My mom walked over to me.

"What happened? Why is her blood the same as a nightblood's Clarke?...? Clarke! Don't keep secrets from me. I need full disclosure. I need answers to treat her the best that I can." My mom woke me up from my daze.

"It's Lexa. Mom, it's Lexa. She's transitioning into Alicia's body. It's the nightbloods spirit's power to move their spirits. Alicia and Lexa are compatible matches. Mom she's coming back." I said so many times to make myself that what I kept saying was going to happen. She's coming back. She's coming back. She's coming back. Right? Madison walked up to our crowded circle.

"Alicia! What happened? I thought it would just be a training session. What? Why is her blood black. Is it poison? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY DAUGHTER. We should've left when she said she wanted to. Oh my gosh I can't lose her again, not like last time." Madison cried. Nick went over to Madison and comforted her with a hug.

"I would've said that to your daughter a year ago Madison." my mom whispered. I smiled, knowing that she was referring to Lexa. My mom gave Alicia a quick check up. She then cleaned up Alicia's smeared blood and laid her on a cot.

"You're not going to put an IV in her?" Madison asked.

"No we don't want to interfere with her blood right now. She is completely healthy except with maybe a minor concussion and the obvious black blood. We need to let her rest now. Clarke and I will monitor her closely, don't worry Madison. All we can do now is hope for the best. You guys go now to sleep. We'll wake you if she wakes up." my mom reassured everyone. It took a couple more minutes of convincing Madison, but eventually the ward was cleared out and only my mom and I were in the room.

"Are you going to tell Alicia's family when the transition happens?" my mom asked. I don't know I never really thought about the loss of Alicia with the transition. All I could think about was the return of Lexa. Now that it was finally happening. I actually could not help but feel bad and somewhat selfish. Alicia had only ever been kind to everyone. She never had a choice in this. She was my pawn. I felt bad, but I needed this to happen. I won't be able to fight Alie's plans by myself. The people of Polis and the clans needed a true leader. They needed someone brave, strong hearted, decisive, fierce, warriorly, kind, and ambitious. I couldn't be that for them. They needed someone better and more qualified than me. They needed Lexa.

I pulled a chair to the side of Alicia's cot and watched her breathing peacefully. I reached out and gently stroked her hair lightly with my fingers. Her locks were soft. Doing this somewhat made me sleepy and I drifted into dreamland.

Alicia's POV

Damn. That punch though. Niylah was the one that sharkeishaed me, not the other way around. I wasn't tryna fuck with your man. Haha as I thought about that viral video. Okay...? Maybe I was trying to hit on Clarke who Niylah liked but damn Clarke's fine, so all's fair in love and war.

I just saw blackness now. I saw the girl that looked like me in my dreams appear from the darkness. Lexa.

"Lexa, right?" I asked.

"That is correct Alicia Lexa Clark." She said very monotonously.

"Somethings going to happen. Isn't it?" I asked.

"Yes, you see your my ancestor. I need to return to my time period alive and you are my only way to do so. Things are going to start getting difficult for the people I care about. I need to be there for them now when they need it the most. I have the power to have my spirit move to different bodies. I have chosen yours because of our compatibility. You saw the black blood when you got punched. That means the transition has begun." Lexa said.

"What's going to happen to me though. You're just going to take my body. What about me?" I asked.

"Don't worry you will not disappear. We will merge and become one spirit in your body. I'd be the more dominant spirit because of my nightblood nature, but you'd still be acting through me too. I will not force you though. I won't allow it to happen unless you give me permission to continue. The decision is ultimately yours, Alicia, don't worry." Lexa said.

"If I do this, you have to promise to protect my family from what's to come." I asked.

"Yes, we will. Together. I'll keep my word to you." Lexa said. I nodded. I raised my arm and grabbed Lexa's forearm. What happened next was so cool. My body started to become almost gaseous as it moved towards Lexa's. I felt her power, her pain, her love, her wisdom, and her strength. We were one.

Lexa's POV

I woke up in Alicia's, well now my body. We had merged and I knew Alicia's history and her vocabulary. I could feel everything she had ever felt and now felt. We had become one in this vessel. A vessel that was different in muscleman stature. This body was sculpted for a dancer. I'd need to sculpt it back into a commander's body.

There was a sharp pain on my jaw. It was a bit numb. The room around me was so dark and empty. I felt a weight on my left arm. I looked overall saw blond hair sprawled out on my arm. It was my blond girl from the sky. It was my Clarke. My headstrong commander of death. I've been watching over her ever since I left the land of the living. I'd always be with her no matter what happened. I would never have left her. I can't believe I can actually touch her now. I reached out and gently ruffled her hair a bit, careful not to wake up my girl. She shifted a little and grumbled a little in her sleep. It was very cute. I had never seen her so peaceful and quiet before, aside from our one moment of intimacy. It was beautiful just like her.

I would've stayed in this room with Clarke until she woke up, but I knew I needed to go somewhere where I was needed more. It only felt right. There was just too much sadness in me for this issue to go unbothered. I had to leave her. I got off the bed, and when I did I looked at my clothes. I didn't hate it because Alicia was so use to it and I didn't mind it. I guess I'd be wearing these clothes for awhile because Alicia was definitely not use to my clan's attire. I stretched out and tried to get use to being back in a body. I took the blanket that was on my cot and covered Clarke. I stared at her face again. Mmm... That face. I thought as I smiled. I gave her a light kiss on her forehead.

"I'll be back." I whispered. I tiptoed out of the room and closed the door gently and headed in the direction of Polis that called to me.

Clarke's POV

Ughh! A ray of sunlight from the window hit my eye. It's morning... My body was so sore from sleeping in this awkward position. I can't believe that I even fell asleep. I stood up and stretched out to get the soreness out of my body. As I got up, a blanket slid off my back. Where did that come from? I looked at an empty for. Float. Alicia was gone. I was suppose to watch her. Damn not when the transition was happening. I walked out of the ward and alerted the guards and Indra.

"FIND ALICIA NOW!" I shouted. The search was on for the brunette.