Amyla was gone for almost three weeks, it should have taken longer but she required an heavy rhythm from the start, they weren't travelling for sight seeing. Anya and, strangely enough, Indra were following the rhythm without questions, motivated to accomplish their mission as fast as possible. Clarke and Indra's friendship was really something else, when Amyla was talking about her wife with her travelling companions, Indra was at first scowling, like if just hearing the name of her wife was enough to make her angry, but when she thought that no one was looking, she had a smile on her face, probably remembering her fights with her 'rival'. Amyla shook her head after seeing this strange smile on Indra's face, if it keeps going on like this, Indra will become the godmother of one of her daughters! Well, it would be fun to have Indra running after one of her stubborn daughters while training her.

During their travels, two leaders and three generals had mysteriously disappeared while taking a walk in the forest. The three women were used to assassination, they knew how to be discreet and make a body disappear, some pumas saw recently by the three women were the ideals culprit. The war to unify the clans wasn't just on the battlefield, the assassinations had been frequent in the shadows, without their help, Lexa would never have been able to unify the clans and present herself as a Heda who only wanted peace. Some of the old generation of leaders had to disappear, too much bad bloods, rancour and hate to agree with the Heda, only the new generation was dreaming of peace. Sadly even in this new generation there were some bad apples, some leaders and generals were bribed by the Ice nation to cause trouble to the Heda, others were simply fools who were just thinking with their fits and wanted war to prove their power. They couldn't kill them all, it would be too suspicious, they just took care of the worst. It was a win win for Amyla, she was saving Clarke while helping her sister. The leaders council would meet soon and decided Clarke's fate, if they should continue the war with Mount Weaver and others boring political things. Lexa was the supreme authority, having the final say, but she had no other choice than to consider their opinions if she wanted to keep governing them, going against the majority opinion could cause a revolt.

Finally the camp, she couldn't wait to see her daughters and Clarke, she wasn't used to the emptiness she felt during their travel, she had missed dearly her family, it was new to her, Lexa has always been precious to her but they both were warriors and knew the risks which came with leaving this live.

Amyla walked quickly toward her tent, a small tired smile on her face, but she didn't have the time to go inside, she was stopped by Lincoln and Octavia, both were heavily injured and had a grave expression on their faces,

"What happened to you? " asked an apprehensive Amyla.

" We have some bad news Amyla, you should sit down before listening to what we have to say. " said slowly Lincoln , he had some difficulties to talk clearly with the blows he took on his face.

" Don't treat me as a child Lincoln! You know me better! Talk! " said urgently Amyla , something was wrong, really really wrong, she could feel it in the pit of her stomach.

" Amyla…After you were gone the Grounders started to blame the Sky people for the missile in Tonc dc. They were so angry, so vengeful, they needed someone to blame and the Sky people were the easier target! They are more closed in appearance to the mountain men than to us. Tia was gone to hunt with some Grounders, she wasn't blind like her sisters, she knew the meaning of the regards they were receiving, that the Grounders were considering the girls as traitors to their own bloods. She wanted to show them they were true grounders like them and by doing so, protect her sisters. She took to heart what you said to them, you know how she is, always wanting to prove she is stronger than everyone else, always wanting to make you and Clarke proud….she never came back and the men who were protecting her have disappeared too, we searched for Tia but….» the rage was replacing the sadness in Lincoln's voice, he was clenching his fits so hard than they seemed ready to break.

Octavia took Lincoln's place when she saw he couldn't keep talking, " We found some traces and track them down, one of the men who were protecting her was dead, we think he took an arrow in his back but we can't be sure, he was too much injured and without the weapon as proof... the others traces lead us to the mountain, we think they were knocked out and left on purpose close to the mountain. It's an awful thing to say but maybe it's a good thing that she was taken by the mountain men, at least we still have some hope for her to be alive. After we told our finding to everyone, it was a total chaos. Murphy and your men went to interrogate those who were on the hunt but they were beaten almost to death, others Grounders took the opportunity to express their hate of us and have join those who were on the hunt in beating them down. They are resting in the hospital. After this, Abby has decided to take the girls with her back to Camp Jaha, it was the better thing to do to protect them. We were staying with Lincoln to try to find some information and, well you see how well it has gone, without Lexa's intervention we would probably be dead. "

" What? But, but Lexa was supposed to protect my family ….it shouldn't have happened! " said a shell shocked and angry Amyla.

" And she did! She did the best she could but even the Heda hasn't the power to tell her people what they should be feeling, her orders weren't enough to protect us from their hate and as long as we have no proof of what they have done to Tia ….since no one is willing to talk, the Heda can't do anything. " said Lincoln more calmly.

"And that's not all, we learnt from the guards that Clarke has stop eating! We don't have the right to go to see her, you are the only one who can do something! " said Octavia quickly, she didn't want to burden Amyla anymore but she had to know everything, it wouldn't be less hurtful later.

Amyla let herself fall on the ground heavily, she couldn't breathe, how could all of this happen? The Grounders, her people, her brothers in arms, people who she was highly respecting were some racists, some low lives who didn't hesitate to take their rage against some little girls, against her beautiful little girls! She never felt more betrayed, more ashamed of herself for not seeing it happening! Never again would she trust blindly her old people to do the right thing. She didn't want to be a Grounder anymore, her heart was tearing apart, they have completely crushed the pride, the honour she felt once at being a Grounder. Never again would she trust them with what was the most precious thing on the world for her. She moved in a haze, she will need a lot more time to pull herself together, but right now she didn't have the time, she had to see Clarke.

Clarke wasn't moving when she moved inside the cell, she didn't even seem to have heard her. She was curled up in a corner, in a foetus position, pale like the death, Amyla couldn't even tell if she was still breathing .

She ran to her and took her in her arms, she was weighing almost nothing, the panic was rapidly replacing the fear she had felt after seeing her unmoving, what did you do Clarke? Why?

" Clarke! Clarke wake up! " shouted Amyla desperately while shaking her .

Clarke opened with difficulty her eyes , this simple act took a lot of effort from her, showing at what point she was weak.

" Amyla? " whispered Clarke, barely conscious.

" Clarke! Why? " Amyla wasn't able to say anything else, she couldn't stop the tears or the sobs in her voice.

" I didn't want our daughters to see me getting tortured, I didn't want to be the cause of a war." whispered weakly Clarke, struggling to find her words .

" You idiot! You silly girl! I told you I will find a way to get you released! Why didn't you trust me!? " replied Amyla between sobs .

" I didn't want to be a burden to you, I just wanted to make everything better and if by letting myself die, I could avoid a war to you and our daughters, then it was a small price to pay. " murmured gently Clarke.

" And did you think about what it will make me feel? The girls? Clarke you shouldn't think about sacrificing yourself when you have people who care about you! People who love you! " Amyla felt a more familiar feeling replacing everything else, the anger. She will not hesitate to be hard with her wife if it kept her alive,

" Tia was taken by the Mountain men! They are going to take her blood! They will treat her like a pig in a abattoir while you are letting yourself die! " she finally got a reaction from Clarke, a small sparkle in her beautiful eyes, the eyes she was loving so much were becoming more clear, " our others daughters had to leave the camp in a hurry before something bad happen to them! They consider them as traitors! " , Clarke's visage was now afraid, good, it was working, " Damn it Clarke! If you don't take better care of yourself and eat, I will make you escape and probably will be killed in doing so! Leaving our girls alone! Tia will die alone! Suffering an horrible death, always asking herself, why my mothers didn't come? Is this what you want? "

" No! No! I don't want this! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have…..I want to be with you, with the girls, I want to save Tia. " Clarke was now crying softly in her wife's arms.

Finally, she was able to get through her, she was starting to lose hope,

" I love you Clarke, I need you more than ever by my side. Promise me you will never do this again! Please, I don't think I could support it if you…. "Amyla sadly said, her voice breaking.

" I love you Amyla, I swear on our daughter's head that I will never do it again . We will find Tia, Amyla, we will find her and save her together, even if we have to fight against everyone to do it . " said Clarke with more strength in her tone.

" We will. " replied softly Amyla with a small smile , feeling her strength, her hope coming back along with her wife. Together they could do anything . She told her succinctly what happened during her trip, not wanting to exhaust her. She put her delicately on the small bed and stay closed to her, watching her sleeping lovingly while passing her hand in her hairs. She needed this time with her wife, she felt at peace when she was looking at Clarke's sleeping face. This time would be precious to her for the next days if she didn't want to lose the control of her emotions and charged in furry in this camp. Oh, how much she wanted to find the ones who were responsible for Tia's abduction and cut them in pieces, but she couldn't do this now, she had to wait, her priorities were getting Clarke released and finding Tia, she needed the Grounders support for attacking Mount weaver. After this….well, some Grounders will never leave Mount weaver, after all it was expected to have people dying in war.

Thanks to the readers following the story and sorry, maybe you wanted something more loving and peaceful, it's just, in The 100 they always face difficult situation and never have time to simply enjoy life.